Just switched from iPhone 4...What is the best messaging app for keeping lots of texts?

[bisqual]

I just switched from the Iphone 4 yesterday. So far, im not sure if I will keep the S4 or not. Since I got my Iphone over 2 years ago, I never deleted a single text. I have since transferred my texts over to my S4 and the messaging app is slow and constantly freezes. I have searched and found that the app simply cannot handle this many texts being stored. WHY? I find it crazy that my 2+ year old iphone can handle this no problem but the "supposedly best" phone cannot. In my searching I couldnt find if their was a definitive solution to this. Is their a messaging app that can handle all of these texts going forward or a way that I can back them up daily to always have them? I dont want to delete them because I shouldnt have to.

 

[bisqual]

Did I post this in the wrong section? Lots of view but no advice. Can someone please guide me in the right direction.

 

[HPotak]

I am having the same exact issue. I have 3 years worth of texts that I probably shouldn't have put onto the S4 but it is making the messaging app excruciatingly slow and unusable.

 

[bisqual]

I am having the same exact issue. I have 3 years worth of texts that I probably shouldn't have put onto the S4 but it is making the messaging app excruciatingly slow and unusable.

Its horrible. It took 5 hours to delete one thread of 25k messages. Im not quite sure why the iphone4 which is less than half of this phone could handle it but this phone cant.

 

[dkaralis]

I've had the same issue with too many open message threads in my stock messaging app. I don't know what it is that slows it down, but I clear the messages once a month. Try using another app that's available in the Play Store. Handcent SMS is one of the better ones.

 

[markbc]

Try Handcent. I believe you can store & access your text messages with them if you open a (free?) Handcent account.

 

[w0ng]

i have no prob with stock, if you wanna try other messaging application, try handcent as suggest, or go sms.

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