I've scoured the market for hours and can't find crap. I've tried "Delete old messages" and "SMS Cleaner Free"
I want a way where I can select x amount of SMS messages from a given contact and delete them. For example...I could choose a contact, and delete all SMS messages from 2 months and older.
These apps I listed above ALMOST do it, but not quite. You can delete entire threads from a specific contact, however you can't choose a contact and delete certain SMS messages associated with that contact.
So for example if I had 450 sms's from my wife, and I wanted to cleanup just the past 2 months of ONLY hers and no other persons.
Any thoughts?
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Why can my inbox only contain 25 SMS at the maximum?
Is there any way to increase this as my Sent Items has everything i've ever sent!
are you sure that the 25 texts aren't from your sim (sim cards can usually store 25 texts). The HD can store a 'limitless' amount of texts (it continues to store it on the ROM, so as long as you have free space, it will continue to keep storing them...we're talking bout thousands of texts). Otherwise I'm not aware of a setting which limits the number of inbox texts on the HD. Does it erase the oldest text when u get a new one, or just not store the new one? Also, can you make sure you're looking at the right inbox?
Nop, your in box can contain a limitless number of sms (right now I have almost 200 sms).
When you go to messages you have a limit to 25 displayable sms in a single conversation (i think the system roughly associate every message from a contact to the same conversation).
When you go beyond this limit of 25 sms, on the top (before the older message displayed) will appear a link saying older that will access you to the older 25 messages page. The only strange thing I noted is that sometimes is necessary to click many times to go to the others "page".
Anyway I don't know where are stored the message, but would be interesting in order to manage them in some other way.
25 is limit of sms displayed by TF3D: in inbox there isn't a limit (I have 1402 sms).
You can try HDTweak 0.54: Messages SMS/MMS -> 2.3 Classic View and in SMS tab choose "all"
D'rath
PS: Sorry for my ugly english ^^'
Yesterday, I was texting with someone with who I texted a lot. When you press "All messages" you get the windows mobile messages. Suddenly, every message I've received from that person was gone when you pressed that person's name in the messages list.. When I then go into the TouchFLO messages I still see all the previous ones but in the Win. Mobile they're all gone.. Is this because of an overflow or something? And is there a file where every message is kept?
Mike
I was reading something on here not long ago about text messages. Basically, there are 2 copies. 1) in WM itself, which appears under the messaging application. 2) in TF3D itself. To delete all messages, you need to delete from both areas.
I'm looking for a way to make it when I click on a received sms in the sms tab it will bring up that contacts sms thread from within the inbox (Like when clicking "All Messages" in the bottom left corner) as opposed to bringing up that program that shows their contact card, messages, mail, events, call history. That just bogs my phone down and I personally don't like the layout of it.
I noticed the default Email application (with the yellow icon) has been updated. I now see icons representing the name of the contact, similar interface to Gmail, etc. One thing I thought I remember reading about was message threading. This doesn't seem to be working though. Each email I with the same subject (just replies) is continuing to be put in a separate thread/email item. Is there an option I am missing that will enable threading? Sure, it's not a huge disappointment, but I figured with this many years under its belt, the default Email app would allow threading of messages. My dad doesn't like text messaging so we regularly email throughout the day resulting in 12+ emails. Right now, they are still showing up as 10+ email even though they could be shown similar to Gmail in 1 thread.
Thanks.
I'd like to know how to stop conversations in gmail!
I can't help with that, but I have another question someone might know the answer to: how to hide the "Show X more folders" that is ALWAYS at the top of the email inbox view?
I was wondering if anybody has found a fix for Contact-Specific Message Alerts? It uses the default notification no matter what you set up in Contacts / Message alert. I see the problem all over the web. Some say the fixed it by changing from Messages to Message+, other say they fixed it by changing from Message+ to Messages, some say to add SMS PopUp, some try factory reset with no avail. Based on date of posts and the different phones that have the problem, It appears this has been a problem for a long time, and is not not specific to the Note 3. It covers at least from the Note 3 to the Note 4, which would include at least the S4 and S5. In Contacts, I simply select from the standard alerts that came with the phone. I don't have Zedge installed or anything like that. It doesn't matter if I have the microSD card installed or not. Some say that it happens if the contacts are on the SIM, but this is a CDMA phone, and the only SIM it has is for Verizon LTE. I have a Google account, but I don't let Google store my information. I've read about the myriad of reliability and other issues of using 3rd party messaging apps. I just want to use the reliable Messages app that ships as the default on the phone, not some 3rd party app on someone else's server. I want contact-specific alerts so I will jump only when a monitor tells me about a server with issues, not every time there is a text message.
Thanks!
I have figured out my issues, but more importantly I am figuring out how things work. This issue is not specific to any particular Samsung phone or Android version.
Samsung Messages app and requirements
- The Messages app is the default Samsung messaging app. It is designed to work with the default Samsung Contacts app, which has the ability to define a "Message tone"(S5) or "Message alert"(Note 3) by contact. The property may already display in Contacts, or you may have to press a button in Contacts to add the field. Then simply specify the alert/tone you want.
- The contact must be a DEVICE Contact. For example, in my case I use Akrutosync to sync my Outlook with my phone. This requires setting up an Active Sync. Outlook and the phone sync perfectly, however any contact synced like this will only play the default Message tone/Message alert. If you go into the contact, and look at the Connection property, it will show Microsoft Exchange Active Sync. In order for it work work, it must say Device.
- The contact must have a phone number, and that number must be the source of the incoming message. For myself in the IT industry, it is commonplace to have server monitors send a text message via ###-###-####@vtext.com from an e-mail address. We want a different tone/alert for a server down than normal texts. The messages will show as coming from the proper contact, but it will only trigger the default Message tone/Message alert. Samsung said it shouldn't work that way, but I don't have a work-around for the problem.
Verizon Messages+ app and requirements
- Verizon Messages+ app is the default messaging app for Verizon phones. Messages+ can use Verizon's cloud if desired and your account supports it. That makes it simpler to create and respond to text messages for a specific phone number from multiple devices, including computers and tablets. It also means Verizon has access to your personal correspondence. However, even as a local application, It has built-in functionality to record an MMS message, send postcards, pictures from storage or camera, add captions to pictures, markup pictures, make collages, send your location with the click of a button, activate Glympse so people can follow you or link up with you, send someone a contact, send an MP3 or WAV file.
- Messages+ is designed to work with the default Samsung Contacts app, but DOES NOT USE the "Message tone"(S5) / "Message alert"(Note 3) property in Contacts.
- There is no way to do a contact-specific tone/alert in Message+. The best you can do is a conversation-specific tone/alert, and never delete the entire conversation. To do a conversation-specific tone/alert, at the top left next to the contact's picture, there are 3 horizontal lines. Flick those to the right to open a new window. Scroll to "Customize conversation", and then select Tones where you can select your tone for the conversation. Of course if you ever delete the conversation, the tone you set up will be lost also, and the next time you receive a message from the same contact, you will receive the default tone/alert. Message+ does not make use of the Message alert/tone set up in Contacts.
Note: Even when a 3rd party messaging app is set up correctly, you may still get the default tone. You may need to go to the main settings menu, pick 'Sound' then scroll down to 'Messages' under Samsung applications and turn that off.
Let me know if this helps you with your situation.