LG G3 What text app are you using?

[Fredrick 801st]

Re: What text app are you using?

Everything

 

[pblakk]

textra

 

[Rayfire]

I use Hangouts with the Google keyboard, somehow the LG G3's stock messaging app won't work smoothly with the Google keyboard.

 

[o4liberty]

Hangouts has been the most stable for me so far.

 

[Von Spradlin]

Re: What text app are you using?

GO SMS Pro.

Mav.

Yea, another vote for GO SMS Pro. Easy, hassle free, and never crashes. Been using it for as long as I can remember.

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[pseudoware]

Textra, the last ad-free version, which I never update.

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[matty032]

Microsoft DropIns

 

[the gator]

Re: What text app are you using?

Started using Hangouts a few months ago and stayed with it, I used to use Textra.

 

[Jezza819]

Re: What text app are you using?

Are any of you with Verizon and using something else other than Messages+? If so do you still get your LED notification when you get a text message? The reason I'm asking it since an update to Messages+ over a week ago I no longer get any LED notification that I've received a text message. So I was wondering about switching to some other form of text message app to see if that would return my LED notification. Although I also no longer receive LED notification of calendar reminders either so the two might not be related.

 

[pblakk]

Re: What text app are you using?

Are any of you with Verizon and using something else other than Messages+? If so do you still get your LED notification when you get a text message? The reason I'm asking it since an update to Messages+ over a week ago I no longer get any LED notification that I've received a text message. So I was wondering about switching to some other form of text message app to see if that would return my LED notification. Although I also no longer receive LED notification of calendar reminders either so the two might not be related.

I use Textra and the LED notification works fine. Try turning off LED notifications in main Settings, restart the phone and reactivate LED.

 

[Jezza819]

Re: What text app are you using?

I use Textra and the LED notification works fine. Try turning off LED notifications in main Settings, restart the phone and reactivate LED.

See that's the dilemma. If I restart the phone I think it's going to force the Lollipop update which I do not want. Verizon's suggestion was to turn off the phone, pull the sim card, and then restart the phone. I have no clue how to get to the sim card and then there;s the update issue..

 

[Nodnerb]

Re: What text app are you using?

I use hover chat. Really like it but it seems to have some issues with MMS at times. It will ALWAYS revert to data from wifi when sending or receiving an MMS. I dunno, maybe it's meant to work like that, but I'd certainly rather use wifi. Other than that though it is great. I love the ability to reject or directly reply in the window no matter what app I am in.

My biggest gripe with texting apps these days is that they are all going to a subscription pay system. I will never use a texting app on a subscription. Paying $5 or so as a one time payment maybe, but not a subscription. If they all go that way, I'll just be using the stock app.

 

[RLewy]

I've done this and my LED notifications aren't working still.

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[Tadrift]

Stock is just plain ugly. I just recently got the phone and immediately put Google Messenger on it from the play store. Clean, simple, everything works.

But now you guys are making me want to try Textra. Which I think I will.

 

[droidguy17]

Re: What text app are you using?

I was using default sms app but sometimes it lags, so i shifted to hangouts , its more like a All in One Package

 

[Jezza819]

I've done this and my LED notifications aren't working still.

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Changed text apps?

 

[pblakk]

Re: What text app are you using?

See that's the dilemma. If I restart the phone I think it's going to force the Lollipop update which I do not want. Verizon's suggestion was to turn off the phone, pull the sim card, and then restart the phone. I have no clue how to get to the sim card and then there;s the update issue..

Try disabling the update using http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/how-to-disable-ota-downloads-verizon-t2914735

 

[Jezza819]

Re: What text app are you using?

Try disabling the update using How to disable OTA Downloads Verizon (vs985) | Verizon LG G3 | XDA Forums

Well I tried this, which is a pretty neat trick just by itself, and turned off notifications, powered off the phone and restarted it, turned notifications LED back on......still nothing. Reinstalled Light Flow......still nothing.

Verizon Messages plus updated again this morning but there was nothing in the update notes about solving the LED situation. The puzzling thing is that calendar notifications don't work either. Audible tone but no LED. That's why I don't know if changing text apps will do any good or not. If it was just text messages notifications not working then I would lean towards changing apps to fix it.

 

[swiftythesloth]

QKSMS, love having the option to customise colour schemes.

 

[Jezza819]

Re: What text app are you using?

Try disabling the update using How to disable OTA Downloads Verizon (vs985) | Verizon LG G3 | XDA Forums

This by the way did not work. I'm still getting prompted to do the update. And honestly at this point I'm almost just ready to give in and do it just to see if I can get my notifications back.