I want to give the stock messaging app a go round after years of handcent/next sms. Is there any way to change the conversation list screen to a dark theme or add a background pic? Thanks in advance.
Yes. It's in the settings
Oh you mean the conversation list. I don't think you can. It will just follow the theme you use. Just choose a dark theme in general. There are plenty.
Kendi TouchWiz Black isn't updated to handle the new gallery, sadly.
I like the stock Samsung SMS app but it has one huge downside for me and that's the limit on characters you can send in each message. It's like being transported back several years when we had to send two or more messages if we had a lot to say. Is there a setting I've missed? For that reason I use the Google SMS app.
I know that, but all of the other SMS apps I have used stitch the 160 character messages together seamlessly so neither I nor the recipient is any the wiser. They and I see one long message. The Samsung app is the only one which appears not to be able to do this.
That's the problem. As soon as I go over 160 characters the Samsung app tells me my message is too long and gives me no option to write any more. I would have to initiate a new message - which I don't have to do in other SMS apps. That makes it a deal-breaker for me. I may have missed a setting, but I can't find anything which would make it behave like other SMS apps.