Stock messaging app

[johnnyshinta]

How many people use the stock messaging app? I prefer textra at the moment but ever text app I've tried has had its bugs where the stock just works. The features I miss on stock are individual text tones and the screen turning on when a message comes in.

 

[VW Maverick]

I use Go SMS. It does what you mentioned and more.
Mav.

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band LG G2.

 

[donm527#IM]

Using Textra too and having no problems.

I like the simple look and feel of stock messaging app from my Nexus 4 but Textra is pretty clean. Silly that the LG messaging app on AT&T doesn't support group messaging.

 

[tsells]

How many people use the stock messaging app? The features I miss on stock are individual text tones and the screen turning on when a message comes in.

You can certainly set individual text tones on the stock messaging app. Open "Contacts" and go to individual contacts and add notification tone.
And you can also set your own backgrounds in the text app for individual contacts (nice feature).

 

[jmarkey77]

I'm using Hangouts and I gotta say taking to the folks I talk to on hangouts and text in one app rocks.

Sent from my LG G2

 

[johnnyshinta]

You can certainly set individual text tones on the stock messaging app. Open "Contacts" and go to individual contacts and add notification tone.
And you can also set your own backgrounds in the text app for individual contacts (nice feature).

The Verizon variant doesn't support individual notification

 

[tsells]

The Verizon variant doesn't support individual notification

Did you go to Contacts>scroll to individual contact and open>edit>scroll down to message alerts and then add. I'm surprised that it is not a Verizon feature..

 

[johnnyshinta]

Yes we can set individual notification led colors but not individual notification tones.

 

[tsells]

Yes we can set individual notification led colors but not individual notification tones.

Wow. That sucks.
Here's what all contacts look like on AT&T:

 

[anon(826501)]

How many people use the stock messaging app? I prefer textra at the moment but ever text app I've tried has had its bugs where the stock just works. The features I miss on stock are individual text tones and the screen turning on when a message comes in.

Textra is a solid SMS application, never a problem with Textra. GO SMS PRO have an update for $19.99, no ads, free forever themes, a kind of cloud to archive messages and other fancy stuff. Lots of costume but I noticed that sometimes when sending a message to X contact it freaks out and the message is delivered to Y contact. This is BAD THING. The issue can be controlled by disable the Pop Up Window and use the message sending confirmation, so you can check out the message is going to the right contact and right telephone number. For some reason I never had a problem with GO SMS PRO with the simple free version, this problem began with the $19.99 update version. You can check out in Google Play Store the 8SMS ( Stock Messaging ) kind of a more nice android stock stuff. In my opinion Chomp, Handcent and Easy SMS applications are far behind Textra. It's a not so cool situation that GO SMS PRO with all the fancy themes and costume possibilities has come to be a not trusted app. The really fact is that is the most fancy text message app, just take a look at the screen shot, but when you're at work and time is a fast requirement Textra is the SECURE OPTION, no messing up contact X with contact Y.



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[johnnyshinta]

The only things on textra I wish they had was message failed notifications. And the only bug I have is if I am in a message and click the plus sign to add a picture and choose camera the app doesn't compress it properly so it fails saying "content too large" if I then add the picture from the gallery it compresses properly.

 

[AbuYazeedUK]

I'm also using Hangouts but on a reboot the stock messaging app notifies me of the same messages. does anyone know how to remove the stock messaging app? I'm rooted. (sorry for hijacking the thread).

 

[johnnyshinta]

So support fixed my issue. Now I just wish they had send failure notifications

 

[jmarkey77]

Go into settings and turn notifications for for that app.

Sent from my LG G2

 

[johnnyshinta]

It doesn't have it