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Uninstall stock messaging app?

I use Handcent solely for my messaging and I am considering uninstalling the stock app to free up space and remove clutter. Is there anything the stock app is required for that handcent wouldn't cover?
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If i remember correctly, handcent is merely a frontend for the stock messaging app, if you were to delete the stock app you probably wont be able to send messages anymore, im not sure though
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That's kinda what I thought it may be. I have Handcent set as the default for everything, but the stock messaging still shows up in in things like "share" and such. And that just annoys me.

I deleted the stock messaging, and don't recall any problems using Handcent. The problem was that it still showed up in the Share menu, and it was annoying to select it and have it fail. I reinstalled it to avoid the nuisance, and just shut off notifications in the stock app.

-Gilgamesh- said:
I use Handcent solely for my messaging and I am considering uninstalling the stock app to free up space and remove clutter. Is there anything the stock app is required for that handcent wouldn't cover?
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I use Root Explorer (root is required obviously). Simply navigate to /system/app and look for Mms.apk i beleive. I use the stock google mms app, and thats the name of that one. You'll press the button at the top that says "Mount R/W", then long press the app you want gone, press delete, and accept. Make sure you WATCH WHAT YOU DELETE out of this folder.

Haha, thanks. I've been doing allot of playing around the the system folders; deleting, modifying, etc. Thus I always keep backups and such, and I the SBF files ready to go on my comp just incase of bricking. So how was never an issue, more looking at the impact of doing so. But thanks, irregardless.

I deleted the stock txt app once and I wasn't able to receive or send media txts such as video or pics, same goes for the stock web browser.
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You delete the stock messaging app and you loose MMS. You can send and receive regular text but no send/receive MMS.

[Q] Replying from Notification Bar Using Stock SMS App

is there any way to enable the option to reply from the notification bar like AOSP/CM using the stock messaging app? Im guessing no, but any advice would be nice.

+1...Would be nice to be able to mark as read also for the text and emails! I'm a droid noob so I'm lost!
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charlesthedestroyer said:
is there any way to enable the option to reply from the notification bar like AOSP/CM using the stock messaging app? Im guessing no, but any advice would be nice.
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I like the stock Samsung SMS app also.
This was where I screwed things up on my phone and I had to re-install the stock ROM because Titanium wouldn't let me restore.
I removed the AT&T Messages app thinking that doing so would make the default stock Samsung SMS app appear in the notification bar.
Man was I wrong. After removing the AT&T Messages app my contacts went all wonky.
It turns out that deleting the AT&T Messages app also removes a system app called Contacts Storage 4.2.2.
I tried to restore these apps using Titanium but it would fail to restore each time.
Maybe a dev will have a workaround for this.

^ good to know.
Well im using sliding messaging now and it does offer the reply from notification bar feature. Its a little buggy, but reliable enough for daily use.

Can't see pics with chompSMS?

Does anyone know how to fix this? I have to switch to stock messenger to see the pic and then when I go back to chomp it will then show.
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Try handcent SMS. I've had problems with chomp in the past and always came back to handcent. The devs are really good about fixing any issues.
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Try Textra...it's made by the same people, and it's fast, fluid, and completely replaced my stock messaging app (I can freeze the stock app with no issues). I've had no issues with MMS in it, like I have with most other 3rd party SMS apps.

+1 for textra I use it as my daily SMS app. I was having problems with other 3rd party SMS apps I would take a picture but it would only send sideways it was stupid with textra it doesn't do that and its light so it makes it fast.
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+1 textra

OK, so I'm trying out textra and have made it my default SMS. I'm not receiving notifications or the pop up. I'm getting them in the stock messaging though. Am I doing something wrong? Help is appreciated. Thanks.
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It's a common problem w chomp i fixed it like so...begin by whining your application cache for chomp and stock messenger. ..
Go to your mobile settings and copy the mms settings or whatever...then input those to the chomp app...i also had to enable in the stock messenger "auto retrieve mms"....then in chomp disable that feature that says something like b preserve resolution"... Once all is done reboot and have someone send you a pic. It should work. Give it a few hours i knew mine wouldn't work right away but now it's golden.

No Textra Notification
This happened to me as well. I found that if I have any additional third party SMS apps besides Textra installed, then Textra will not notify me of a new message. Also check your stock messaging app and make sure notifications are turned off there as well.
plumpkinstew said:
OK, so I'm trying out textra and have made it my default SMS. I'm not receiving notifications or the pop up. I'm getting them in the stock messaging though. Am I doing something wrong? Help is appreciated. Thanks.
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I.tried all the suggestions and in the end nothing worked so I jumped ship to Sliding Messenger, which does fine with pics.
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Wittyusernametaken said:
I.tried all the suggestions and in the end nothing worked so I jumped ship to Sliding Messenger, which does fine with pics.
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Lucky you, I've never gotten Sliding Messaging to fully work with MMS, no matter what combination of settings I've tried. It's the reason I jumped ship to Textra (although to be honest I've been using Hangouts for my SMS lately...the only features I'm really missing are the pop-up replies and dark theme).

johnus said:
Lucky you, I've never gotten Sliding Messaging to fully work with MMS, no matter what combination of settings I've tried. It's the reason I jumped ship to Textra (although to be honest I've been using Hangouts for my SMS lately...the only features I'm really missing are the pop-up replies and dark theme).
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It disgust me that there are messaging apps that don't support popup on Android these days especially hangouts

Group Messaging broken?

I'm currently in a group message with two people, and while I am able to see both replies, the names aren't differentiated between causing it to seem as if one person is sending all of the messages. Anyone else having this issue? I'm currently using Textra and will go back to the stock messaging app to see if that fixes it.

Or try hangouts as default sms
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I use Hangouts with group MMS enabled and it works fine.
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Hangouts and stock messaging don't have this issue for me.
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Stock Messaging or Hangouts?

Curious as to what everyone is using on the z3c for regular SMS and MMS i know that hangouts messages are a chat and therefore use data so curious if people that dont do that very often just forgo using hangouts as a general?

Both are the same ..delete hangouts its bloatware
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Textra here. The stock messaging app is lacking in features like group MMS.

Textra also.
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Textra is like the stock messaging app but on steroids. Pretty lightweight and loaded with customization features and options to fine tune what you what in a SMS/MMS app.

Textra

Hangouts... I like the integration
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I'm using hello sms app. I like the ui
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Hangouts for all, also using the Dialer for voLTE calls.

Hangouts is a pretty awesome, all-in-one app, not just for texting, but instant messaging, voice chat, video chat, and regular phone calls. And gifs!

Hangouts

Is Textra Sms only or does it also get actual Hangouts messages?
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MySMS. I use it for cloud text backup and notifications on my tablet and PC.

Hangouts.

Textra FTW! ?

I've been using Go SMS Pro because of the group messaging (most of my friends have iPhones). I haven't been happy with it because it gets laggy when there is a lot of activity going on. I will check out Textra!

Hangouts is still not that great, but I use it. Where the hell is the search feature in Hangouts?

I did never used Hangouts for sms. What are the prons in it? I tried it now, but I see nothing special in it.
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Melodycd said:
I did never used Hangouts for sms. What are the prons in it? I tried it now, but I see nothing special in it.
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Well for those who need group messaging, the stock Sony SMS client is not an option. Hangouts is as good a choice as any to most people.
Personally, I've been using the leaked Messenger app from Lollipop.

I'm using the 5.0 Lollipop MMS app