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[Q] Facebook Messenger SMS integration/Threading

Hi, just a quick question.
I've got the new Facebook Messenger app with working SMS and chat heads.
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the Facebook Messages would be threaded with SMS, so green bubble, blue bubble, etc. If you're offline, it'll send a text, etc.
However, if I'm talking to someone and then choose to SMS, I can create two chat heads for the same person. Is there away to combine these contacts so SMS and Facebook messages become threaded?
Cheers,

humd said:
Hi, just a quick question.
I've got the new Facebook Messenger app with working SMS and chat heads.
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the Facebook Messages would be threaded with SMS, so green bubble, blue bubble, etc. If you're offline, it'll send a text, etc.
However, if I'm talking to someone and then choose to SMS, I can create two chat heads for the same person. Is there away to combine these contacts so SMS and Facebook messages become threaded?
Cheers,
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I heard someone else complaining of this, so I imagine they keep them separate on purpose but I can't say for sure.

Hmm, I don't know why I can't get it working. I even reinstalled it but there's no option for chat heads anywhere.
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iamhacked said:
Hmm, I don't know why I can't get it working. I even reinstalled it but there's no option for chat heads anywhere.
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I managed to get it working perfectly but I'm rooted, running CM 10.1. Tap and hold a message, a popup comes up and then you hit 'pop out chat head'.

humd said:
I managed to get it working perfectly but I'm rooted, running CM 10.1. Tap and hold a message, a popup comes up and then you hit 'pop out chat head'.
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Yeah, I've heard that too but still nothing. I'm on rooted stock
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humd said:
I managed to get it working perfectly but I'm rooted, running CM 10.1. Tap and hold a message, a popup comes up and then you hit 'pop out chat head'.
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Hey, how did you get the sms and fb messages threaded on one chat?

ChompSMS

I cannot figure out how/why on my wife's S4, when using chompSMS and having Quick Reply enabled, she gets a text, the Quick Reply window comes up, but takes her out of where she is and opens chompSMS behind the Quick Reply window. Even if I use the Quick Reply window to respond, it still takes me to the chompSMS app. I checked all settings and I am sure they are the same as my Galaxy Note and chompSMS performs fine on my Note. What am I missing here?
Thanks,
MB

You should use go SMS pro. Or SMS pop up for stock messaging app.
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[email protected] said:
You should use go SMS pro. Or SMS pop up for stock messaging app.
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Thanks for the advice. Hoping someone with a GS4 and who is using chompSMS will chime in...
MB

19android said:
Thanks for the advice. Hoping someone with a GS4 and who is using chompSMS will chime in...
MB
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I have a gs4 it even says in my signature sgh-i337. But don't have chomp.
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I dont use chomp sms but I do use textra sms which is an app in the playstore which was created by the same developers who made chomp sms and it doesnt have this problem. I highly recommend checking it out.

Chomp sms is always having problems like this. I second the suggestion to use go sms pro.

Flashaholics Anonymous said:
Chomp sms is always having problems like this. I second the suggestion to use go sms pro.
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I'm trying out textra for now. I love go SMS but I hate the MMS support on it.
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[email protected] said:
I'm trying out textra for now. I love go SMS but I hate the MMS support on it.
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@op you should try out textra like everyone said. The MMS on it is superb

I'm currently using ChompSMS with my GS4 and have not come across this issue. Maybe try un-installing and re-installing the app to see if it fixes the issue? Maybe e-mail Chomp for support as well?

pham818 said:
@op you should try out textra like everyone said. The MMS on it is superb
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Just tried Textra and its very swift and slick but the emoji plugin is not working for me.
ATTS4

LuRock said:
Just tried Textra and its very swift and slick but the emoji plugin is not working for me.
ATTS4
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I don't know? I just confirmed it working on mine from my gs4 to an iPhone 4s. You hit the big + button and went to emojis?
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I have not had any issues with chompSMS to this point. I am gonna try the uninstall/install thing and see if that works. If I cannot get the issue corrected, I am going with another SMS/MMS provider.

afrojoc said:
I dont use chomp sms but I do use textra sms which is an app in the playstore which was created by the same developers who made chomp sms and it doesnt have this problem. I highly recommend checking it out.
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Any problems with textra and MMS? ChompSMS just fixed their MMS issues.
Thank you,
MB

A better text messaging app?

What is a good ad free text messaging app? I used to run MIUI and LOVE their texting ap. But MIUI isn't working right for me now so switched to CM11. And while I like it the lack of a good text messenger sucks.
I send lots of MMS messages because of work, and I have 3 different gmail accounts logged in on my phone, and while hangouts is boarderline ok, the fact that I get sign in issues because of the two accounts I don't use hangouts with and then the fact that I have to select what account to send the mms over, it's just a pain, and not nearly as smooth as I think it should be, or that it was.
I have tried and tried to find the APK for the MIUI texting ap so I could just install that, but I just can't find it.
Please help me find a suitable replacement. I don't mind paying the few bucks for it, but it has to be worth it without being all bloat ware, I don't care if it has 9999 different emoticons. I just want to be able to text and send good resolution MMS.
Thanks,
PS, being able to schedule text messages would be awesome too.

Chomp
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Jeffrey000 said:
What is a good ad free text messaging app?
Please help me find a suitable replacement. I don't mind paying the few bucks for it, but it has to be worth it without being all bloat ware, I don't care if it has 9999 different emoticons. I just want to be able to text and send good resolution MMS.
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I'm enjoying EvolveSMS a lot. Frequently updated and very smooth. Nice design, a good amount of features and it handles MMS fairly well depending on your carrier.
Google Play - EvolveSMS
The free version is ok but to get the full app and all its awesome extra little features i think its got $2 of in app purchases
Also has backing up to dropbox/google drive and what not

bigube said:
Chomp
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kylecore said:
I'm enjoying EvolveSMS a lot. Frequently updated and very smooth. Nice design, a good amount of features and it handles MMS fairly well depending on your carrier.
Google Play - EvolveSMS
The free version is ok but to get the full app and all its awesome extra little features i think its got $2 of in app purchases
Also has backing up to dropbox/google drive and what not
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Both of those list MMS issues. But will be trying both.

Jeffrey000 said:
Both of those list MMS issues. But will be trying both.
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I had MMS issues like 3 weeks ago but they have since been resolved and improved quite a bit.
My favourite SMS app so far, offers quick reply popup settings as well plus themes are amazing.
Also allows sliding between conversations and a nice pull out list of convos.
Seriously once you try it i find it hard to believe you'll end up wanting to use anything else.

Handcent sms. Worked ceven w apn issues on sprint mms where others dailee
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Jeffrey000 said:
What is a good ad free text messaging app? I used to run MIUI and LOVE their texting ap. But MIUI isn't working right for me now so switched to CM11. And while I like it the lack of a good text messenger sucks.
I send lots of MMS messages because of work, and I have 3 different gmail accounts logged in on my phone, and while hangouts is boarderline ok, the fact that I get sign in issues because of the two accounts I don't use hangouts with and then the fact that I have to select what account to send the mms over, it's just a pain, and not nearly as smooth as I think it should be, or that it was.
I have tried and tried to find the APK for the MIUI texting ap so I could just install that, but I just can't find it.
Please help me find a suitable replacement. I don't mind paying the few bucks for it, but it has to be worth it without being all bloat ware, I don't care if it has 9999 different emoticons. I just want to be able to text and send good resolution MMS.
Thanks,
PS, being able to schedule text messages would be awesome too.
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I've been using Hello SMS and I really like it. It's got a different and I think better UI than anything else I have tried.

Jeffrey000 said:
What is a good ad free text messaging app? I used to run MIUI and LOVE their texting ap. But MIUI isn't working right for me now so switched to CM11. And while I like it the lack of a good text messenger sucks.
I send lots of MMS messages because of work, and I have 3 different gmail accounts logged in on my phone, and while hangouts is boarderline ok, the fact that I get sign in issues because of the two accounts I don't use hangouts with and then the fact that I have to select what account to send the mms over, it's just a pain, and not nearly as smooth as I think it should be, or that it was.
I have tried and tried to find the APK for the MIUI texting ap so I could just install that, but I just can't find it.
Please help me find a suitable replacement. I don't mind paying the few bucks for it, but it has to be worth it without being all bloat ware, I don't care if it has 9999 different emoticons. I just want to be able to text and send good resolution MMS.
Thanks,
PS, being able to schedule text messages would be awesome too.
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If you're a Uber-texter,
Sliding Messsaging Pro:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.messaging_donate
Evolve is okay, But it's essentially a pared down version of Sliding Messagin Pro (even made by the same people)--except for the funky UI. It looks nice, but it's wonky to use:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.evolve_sms
Handcent is another beloved SMS app…It's been around for eons and is a favorite around here. It's got every feature a bacon-loving man could ever want…but it's butt ugly:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms
Go SMS Pro -- Essentially on par with handcent. But it has a downside. Even though it's one of the most customizable of the bunch….it takes hours to configure, and even then, just like GO Keyboard, it loves to place big buttons in places you don't want them, and it hides obscure details and features deep within the config and settings….which means that you'll find random numbers and other metadata in your inbox, not really understand what they mean, and then you'll spend the next 20-30 mins trying to figure out how to get rid of them. While this is probably the most-heavily-themed of the bunch, the themes are almost universally garbage. They're unpolished-- the whole lot of them. It's nearly impossible to find a theme that actually skins/themes absolutely everything. Dev's choice of colors, graphics, design is questionable at best. Lastly, the GO Dev team's relentless drive towards integration means that any day now, your app will update and you'll suddenly find out that your SMS app is now your dialer, your lock screen, your camera app, and your flashlight app. Oh…and they'll want you to pay for the "prime" version of every one of those apps-- with GETJAR Gold.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms
Other options:
Hangouts now integrates SMS into your Hangouts inbox.
ATT Messaging App-- will integrate voicemail, SMS, MMS, and a few other things like account notifications into a single box for you…which is really, really nice…but the app is also really, really ugly.
There are also apps like SMS Popup which will give you the chance to respond to an incoming message via a notification action or popup.
Lastly, you can just find a AOSP SMS app, configure it, and then theme it with XPosed's XTheme.
Good luck.

Textra
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I can't read jamesboy's post, but I think I see a link to a klinker app... Sliding Messaging. Great texting app imho. MMS was a problem until very recently with it, but that appears to be fixed.
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Try the sms app 8sms

Slow and laggy stock Messaging/SMS app

Hi,
I restored 16k messages with SMS Backup and Restore. Everything went pretty OK.
In one thread I have more than 7k SMS messages. Others - smaller.
Is it normal that stock SMS app can't handle that big amount of messages (7k+) without lag in one thread?
I had absolutely no problem or lag with my 3Yr old Galaxy Nexus.
Switched to Hangout and no problems or lag there. But still would like to use stock SMS app.
Any ideas?

Agree
I am having the same problem with my S4. Seems like i am not getting twitter or facebook sms for a long period of time. How can we boost the speed?

Me too. Restored 23k of messages.
It is only slow when in a thread trying to go back to the main list. Otherwise it is ok.

Honestly you're asking for trouble leaving all the messages on the phone. I had a Samsung Infuse and kept tons of messages on it. One day I stopped receiving messages. After I deleted all my messages, I started receiving them again smh

Why not use Hangouts? Any reason for the preference to the stock app? I cannot go back since it does not look that great (UI)...
Also, I am curious to know why you need to track so many text messages... I delete them on a weekly basis.

Messaging should be fast. Hangout requires 1-2 taps more than stock app to do same tasks.
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I know some human is insane. Keeping 7K, 10K, 20K message for what?
Keep track for future revenge? Speechless...

agree, I like keep my messages too but I upload them to my gmail using SMS backup+
it's much easier to navigate that way too

Andrewtst said:
I know some human is insane. Keeping 7K, 10K, 20K message for what?
Keep track for future revenge? Speechless...
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Lol.. For me, it's more for sentimental reasons [emoji6]
Fwiw, I currently have close to 60k smses, restored all the way from my days of using the HTC HD2 when I flashed droid on it [emoji16]
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Andrewtst said:
I know some human is insane. Keeping 7K, 10K, 20K message for what?
Keep track for future revenge? Speechless...
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Hey, don't judge how people choose to use their phones. Some want all their messages stored, some erase some of them, some erase all of them. It's nobody's business why and certainly sanity is not assessed by the amount of SMS on your phone.

Andrewtst said:
I know some human is insane. Keeping 7K, 10K, 20K message for what?
Keep track for future revenge? Speechless...
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I just don't delete them.
I also don't delete emails in my Gmail account since the start of the Gmail service. Beacuse Google said "you will never need to delete your email". I don't delete my corporate emails as well. I applied the same to text messages. It worked so far: my previous phone (Galaxy Nexus) handled without problems. Today in Note 4 - only Hangout app handles them without a lag.
Absolutely no intentions of future revenge or smth.

bat0nas said:
I just don't delete them.
I also don't delete emails in my Gmail account since the start of the Gmail service. Beacuse Google said "you will never need to delete your email". I don't delete my corporate emails as well. I applied the same to text messages. It worked so far: my previous phone (Galaxy Nexus) handled without problems. Today in Note 4 - only Hangout app handles them without a lag.
Absolutely no intentions of future revenge or smth.
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Email is different. It not load all in your device.
SMS wise is not, you need full load. Without delete it just equal to find trouble itself.

bat0nas said:
Switched to Hangout and no problems or lag there. But still would like to use stock SMS app.
Any ideas?
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What is it about the stock app that you prefer? I was using mysms for a while between note 4 and tab 4 and then switched back to the stock Messages app and the lag was a bit much for me. Conversations taking 5-10 seconds to load, I had to wait to start typing for a few seconds otherwise I would get a crazy mix of the first few words, etc. There are several alternatives in the play store though, I'm currently trying out textra and haven't had any issues, lag or otherwise.

Now I use Messenger from Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging
Better than both stock and hangouts.
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Messager vs Hangouts

I am curious what other Nexus 6p owners are doing with the default Messenger app verses Hangouts to send SMS. On my Note 4 I was using Hangouts. But I read that Google is going to be removing SMS handling from Hangouts. (link) So I am a bit inclined to not use Hangouts anymore for SMS, and just use the two applications separately. I like Hangouts. I redirect no answer calls to my GV number for voicemail, which appears in Hangouts nicely. I'll probably use it for SMS as long as I can, but was willing to try out the stock Messenger application. What does everyone else do for SMS, voice mail, etc?

Stock. Used to use QKSMS or Textra but switched to Evolve SMS all when on my Note 4.
Since switching to Nexus I just use stock. Does the job and looks good.
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I use Textra for some time now and really like it.

PieOfJustice said:
Stock. Used to use QKSMS or Textra but switched to Evolve SMS all when on my Note 4.
Since switching to Nexus I just use stock. Does the job and looks good.
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Same. I was a Textra user on everything pre 6P but have switched to Messenger post 6P.
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I currently using Textra. I was rocking stock for a while but I hate the way quick reply takes the whole screen. It's so unnecessary and annoying. I wish they would change it

i was using hangouts for a while since it started handling SMS...and really liked it BUT
once Messenger came out i switched. I wish hangouts looked/worked at smooth as messenger.... maybe in a future update in which it gets better i will....

I use messenger over hangouts for the quick reply feature. I also don't like how it takes up the whole screen, but it's better than not having it at all. I miss the old feature from PA (hover) that let you open any notification in a floating window
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i'm using stock messenger as well. Never did try it with Hangouts, I just didn't feel the need

I use hangouts because:
- Chat/IM/Text/Call in one app is convenient
- I can do all the above on any device without pulling out my phone
I'll be bummed if I have to resort to a separate text app.

Wow, I am surprised so many people don't use Hangouts for SMS. I guess it was pretty buggy at first. Hmmm. I will look into Textra. But probably will try out Messenger for a while at least.

i did use hangouts, ever since they merged it, but yesterday got the 6p, thought i would give messager a go, and i found i do like how well it works.

I use to like hangouts because I liked how they integrated a lot of things and the UI looks nice. I text a lot and when I tried to delete 2000-3000 texts (group text chat) it would take forever, freeze, or never delete them at all. So now i'm using the google messenger and i'm happy with that.

ericstephani said:
Wow, I am surprised so many people don't use Hangouts for SMS. I guess it was pretty buggy at first. Hmmm. I will look into Textra. But probably will try out Messenger for a while at least.
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I only use Hangouts! I'll beleave it when I officially see Google remove SMS from Hangouts.

Personally I'm using YAATA as my sms app. You can find it on XDA / google it. Pretty smooth app.

Is Google voice merged into messenger now?

I use Messenger because of the colorful material look and different colors per contact. It looks nice paired with Flat Style Keyboard. I also wouldn't be able to go without quick reply.