WYSIWYG SMS characters question. Is it chomp SMS or Contacts in S7 doing this?

[hdhuntr]

I sent the following message to chomp SMS help but trying here too.

This isn't really a bug or problem but it is a flaw for me. The thing is, I don't even know if it is controlled by chomp SMS. It may be something in Contacts in my Galaxy S7.

It drives me crazy when I try to send a phone number in DIGITS to someone in a text but it is automatically translated to a clickable contact link. I try putting dots between each character and even that doesn't always work.

Is there any way to make it type only what I enter into the keyboard? In case this isn't clear…when I type '615.400.XXXX' I want to see '615.400.XXXX' NOT 'Dave Staats' as a hyperlink. It is maddening and I have looked everywhere I can find for the answer.

 

[N4Newbie]

Just out of curiosity, does the recipient of the SMS see the same thing? In other words, does the recipient get 615.400.XXXX, or does he get the hyperlink?

 

[SpookDroid]

When you send the text, what does the other party receive? I don't have Chomp, but I just tested this on Textra and I'm not seeing phone numbers get automatically replaced by contacts.

What I'm wondering is if Chomp is just showing that the number IS a contact on your phone, but will actually just send the number once the text is sent.

 

[chanchan05]

It's chompSMS. I have it, and it only happens in their app, and it happened on my previous phones I used it on. But no, I don't know how to stop it.

 

[hdhuntr]

Good point from you and N4... I will need to try it again and ask someone. I assumed they saw what I did but if they see what I typed regardless of what I see then there's no problem. I'll report back when I find out. TY.

When you send the text, what does the other party receive? I don't have Chomp, but I just tested this on Textra and I'm not seeing phone numbers get automatically replaced by contacts.

What I'm wondering is if Chomp is just showing that the number IS a contact on your phone, but will actually just send the number once the text is sent.

 

[hdhuntr]

Interesting. My first test the other guy got the digits I typed but it still changed to contact name on my end. I wish I could turn that off but at least I know they get what I typed. I almost wonder if it may be SwiftKey and not chomp doing it...

Good point from you and N4... I will need to try it again and ask someone. I assumed they saw what I did but if they see what I typed regardless of what I see then there's no problem. I'll report back when I find out. TY.

 

[SpookDroid]

I'm using SwiftKey as my keyboard and it doesn't do it. Must be a 'feature' of Chomp to automatically recognize contacts in texts.

 

[hdhuntr]

Yes, Jason from chompSMS said this after my prior post. I guess it is a non-issue since the other end sees the numbers. I just wish I could turn it off.

I'm using SwiftKey as my keyboard and it doesn't do it. Must be a 'feature' of Chomp to automatically recognize contacts in texts.

 

[SpookDroid]

Well, you've contacted Chomp's dev, but it wouldn't hurt to 'remind' them through social media, perhaps? Or if they have a suggestions/bug report forum, just chime in there, I'm sure there are other users who'd love to have that feature removed or having a way to disable it.