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Has anybody else found annoying bugs so far? Here's the ones that I've run into:
- Address Book server sync overwrites changes that you've made from the phone (haven't confirmed this one, might be my fault somehow)
- Multimedia volume slider plays your ringtone once you adjust the volume, but plays it at the volume set in the ringtone slider (not the volume that you're actually adjusting)
- Browser bookmarks list has a lot of trouble keeping site icons straight, it just kind of randomly shuffles them around to the wrong site as you load different bookmarks
- AOL Instant Messenger app shows weird behavior, not sure if it's a bug but it is definitely difficult to use in its current state. Locking the phone prevents messages from showing up, then on unlock they stream in all at once, and if you go too long without checking in on it the program will be terminated but your screen name will not be signed out of AOL's server
- There doesn't appear to be any way to set a vibration for notifications like Text Messages or IMs
- Some apps (MySpace Mobile, specifically) do not account for their process being interrupted when the screen rotates and the current action will be cancelled or the program will freeze.
Overall great phone, I'm really extremely impressed with it as a whole so far. I'm amazed at how fast my internet connection is on EDGE, my old Dash was technically on the exact same connection but took 5 or 10 times longer to load a full web page. Even without 3G the web browsing experience is comparable to using my desktop at home.
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- There doesn't appear to be any way to set a vibration for notifications like Text Messages or IMs
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ya there is. for example, go to the main Messaging page where it shows all of your threads. Click on Menu > Settings > Vibrate (put a check mark)
same thing with IMs or EMail
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ya there is. for example, go to the main Messaging page where it shows all of your threads. Click on Menu > Settings > Vibrate (put a check mark)
same thing with IMs or EMail
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Awesome, thank you! Weird that the option isn't available in the same place as setting the vibration function for the phone. Has anybody found solutions to any of these other problems?
Thanks
That fixed it for me. Thanks..its so Funny because Ive been messing around with my phone for 2 days and Just found this answer...Thanks
Android will get it wrong sometimes on sms threads when the sender is not in your contacts.
I noticed yesterday I received an sms from [email protected] and deleted it. Later an sms from +1913XXXXXXX. When I pulled up the my sms folders later, the newer, undeleted sms from the 913 number said it was from @domain.com.
(and the two are in no way related.) I did a reboot and it still displayed the same.
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Has anybody else found annoying bugs so far?
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When I plug my G1 into my iMac the computer freezes and I need to do a hard restart. Is anyone else having this issue? My updates are current on my iMac and all of my other phones work without any problems.
when i play music and i turn of the screen, there is a jump every 15 seconds
here's an email bug...
Go to craigslist.org. I wanted to ask a seller a question. When I email from there, it gives me 2 options, to use my pop 3 email account or gmail. If I use gmail, it takes off the craigslist.org extension and replaces it with gmail.com. If i choose to send with my pop 3, it just opens a blank email without the email address. I try to copy and paste the address into the sending field, but it won't let me. I use craigslist a lot, so this is a bit of a pain...
Otherwise, lovin the G1
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Go to craigslist.org. I wanted to ask a seller a question. When I email from there, it gives me 2 options, to use my pop 3 email account or gmail. If I use gmail, it takes off the craigslist.org extension and replaces it with gmail.com. If i choose to send with my pop 3, it just opens a blank email without the email address. I try to copy and paste the address into the sending field, but it won't let me. I use craigslist a lot, so this is a bit of a pain...
Otherwise, lovin the G1
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When it switches you over to gmail. Is the body filled out or the sender in the field?
no, just replaces the extention
Give it a try see what you find. www.craigslist.org
Actually i did try it and it worked for me.
But, i used the mobile version of Craigslist.
Mobile version of Craigs
This is the second time I've had this issue so i thought i'd post it.
Basically what happened was my phone was in my pocket and it locked itself out. I had pattern lock enabled so i was getting "Too many pattern attempts. please login" No matter how i put my information in username (by itself), [email protected], [email protected] it wouldn't authenticate me. The first time it happened to me i posted the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485903
No matter what i did i was not able to get in so i just reflashed the phone. After a reflash the authentication worked fine. At that time I was using one of JFs ROMS so i figured that may have been the issue. Recently the problem happened again. This time i was using one of Cyanogens ROMS. This time instead of flashing the phone i followed haykuro's thread to defeat pattern lock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485988
once i did those adb commands and rebooted the phone it asked to authenticate again but this time it worked! After it authenticates it will ask you for a new unlock pattern. And you're all set! hopefully it works for you. This is a really annoying problem and im surprised more people aren't having it.
Figured it out without hard reset!!! htc hero " too many pattern attempts"
I figured out a way to get past the screen lock "too many attempts" problem without doing a hard reset on my phone.
I called my Phone (from my Skype account so I could get to the notifications pull down. (couldn't get to home screen or setting from the call) But, I could pull down my notifications. I had a "new email" notification so I clicked on it so that my gmail would open. I then opened an email that had a URL link in it and I clicked on the link. This then opened my browser, which tried to open the link but, it couldn't because, I was still on my Skype call. This prompted the browser to give me an error message that had a Settings button. I clicked on the settings button and was able to turn on my wi-fi and connect to my home network ( I couldn't get to any other settings). At this point I pulled down my notifications again and clicked on the sign in failure notification and this time my phone was able to authenticate my gmail password, through the wi-fi connection.
FYI, I had to go to gmail and change my password as I'd forgotten it. If you don't remember your password you'll have to go through the gmail, I forgot my password/reset process.
If you have email notifications turned off, I think you can send a URL link through with a text message but, I've never done that. Maybe someone else can chime in on how to do that. It's probably pretty simple.
Lemme know if this works for you.
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I figured out a way to get past the screen lock "too many attempts" problem without doing a hard reset on my phone.
I called my Phone (from my Skype account so I could get to the notifications pull down. (couldn't get to home screen or setting from the call) But, I could pull down my notifications. I had a "new email" notification so I clicked on it so that my gmail would open. I then opened an email that had a URL link in it and I clicked on the link. This then opened my browser, which tried to open the link but, it couldn't because, I was still on my Skype call. This prompted the browser to give me an error message that had a Settings button. I clicked on the settings button and was able to turn on my wi-fi and connect to my home network ( I couldn't get to any other settings). At this point I pulled down my notifications again and clicked on the sign in failure notification and this time my phone was able to authenticate my gmail password, through the wi-fi connection.
FYI, I had to go to gmail and change my password as I'd forgotten it. If you don't remember your password you'll have to go through the gmail, I forgot my password/reset process.
If you have email notifications turned off, I think you can send a URL link through with a text message but, I've never done that. Maybe someone else can chime in on how to do that. It's probably pretty simple.
Lemme know if this works for you.
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Sounds like one hell of a flaw in the security to me. I actually hope that this gets fixed sometime in the near future.
I had this problem on a HTC Hero I could not run sqlite3 ont he command line for permissions so the second thread did not work for me. But did not want to flash my phone, this is how I solved it.
Take out the battery, OFF button does not work.
Take out the SD card.
Plugin the USB cable to the phone and turn the phone back on.
Download the Android SDK
untar to a new directory
run
./tools/adb -d shell
To get a shell open, you do not need to be root.
You should get a $ prompt, indicating you are not root
Make a call from another phone to the blocked phone and answer the call.
Then run the following command.
$ am start -a android.settings.SETTINGS -n com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings
This will bring the Settings window to the front so you can then disable the screen lock, thus proving that the screen lock facility not a security feature.
Screen lock is still useful so you don't make unintentional phone calls.
easier method
You can also enter your username, and in the password field just enter the string "null"
Hi,
I have rooted my Nook Simple Touch using the latest version of touchnooter and also installed the latest version of WhatsApp from Android Market. Everything went smoothly, from installation to verification of my mobile number and subsequent chatting with friends even. However, the problem is as such:
When I turn off my wifi router, thereby cutting off internet access, a pop up will appear and the exact quote is as follows: "Connection failed! This usually occurs if you have installed WhatsApp on another device with the same phone number. Please reverify your number." It then gives me the option to reverify my mobile number again. I would then have to reconnect to wifi and reverify.
Also, if I were to start WhatsApp, then switch to another app (e.g.: Opera to do web browsing), the pop up will appear after a while of using another app, but not immediately though.
Another case is if I use a task manager to kill WhatsApp, and restart it again, it will also request for me to reverify again.
Just to clarify, I have never registered my mobile number for WhatsApp on any other device except my Nook Simple Touch.
I don't mind having to reverify my number everytime I disconnect and reconnect my wifi, but I have read online that if reverification is done too many times, the WhatsApp servers might permanently block you from reverifying again. Also, if you try to reverify more than twice in a short span of time, it will ask you to wait a certain number of minutes before reverification can be done again.
Does anyone have a working solution to this problem? Anyone has a working WhatsApp on a NST that doesn't ask for reverification constantly?
Thanks a lot.
i had the same problem while ago, then i stop to using it. it would be cool to have a solution for that..
drmxmyt said:
i had the same problem while ago, then i stop to using it. it would be cool to have a solution for that..
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It's gotta be about IMEI.
I don't remember for sure, but AFAIR, nook generates new IMEI every time.
There is fix to make framework to return same IMEI.
Try to search Nook Color for IMEI fix.
Mali100 ported it to NST, I think...
I suspected it was the IMEI causing WhatsApp to ask for constant reverification too, but come to think of it, when WhatsApp is installed on the computer using Youwave, or on the iPod touch, somehow it doesn't happen. Computers and iPod touch do not have IMEI numbers too, but WhatsApp seems to be able to work flawlessly on them. Any idea whether the IMEI numbers generated by them are always the same number? Also, this problem happens whenever I turn on and off my wifi connection or switch to using another app for too long a time, so does it mean that the Nook randomly generates a new IMEI when I do the above actions? Thanks.
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I suspected it was the IMEI causing WhatsApp to ask for constant reverification too, but come to think of it, when WhatsApp is installed on the computer using Youwave, or on the iPod touch, somehow it doesn't happen. Computers and iPod touch do not have IMEI numbers too, but WhatsApp seems to be able to work flawlessly on them. Any idea whether the IMEI numbers generated by them are always the same number? Also, this problem happens whenever I turn on and off my wifi connection or switch to using another app for too long a time, so does it mean that the Nook randomly generates a new IMEI when I do the above actions? Thanks.
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I really don’t know if it’s IMEI or not, I thought it might be.
It’s possible WhatsApp uses different methods on different platform to detect device.
If you switch to using another app for too long a time, it’s possible WhatsApp got unloaded completely.
When it starts again it got another IMEI.
If you feel to investigate further – ddms may shed some light or you can try IMEI patch.
Don’t forget to backup your nook.
Thanks to everyone! I finally got WhatsApp working perfectly on NST and WhatsApp indeed determines whether you have changed your device based on your IMEI number. The NST randomly generates a different IMEI every time it is being asked for one, causing the need to reverify constantly. The only problem now is the inability to add contacts. But a simple workaround is to get your friends to add you on WhatsApp first, then you can chat with them.
I would appreciate if anyone could teach me how to enable contacts.apk to work on NST, instead of social.apk being run whenever I hit the contacts app in my app drawer. This would allow us to add our contacts as WhatsApp friends and start a chat with them.
These are the steps I took to get WhatsApp working.
1) I downloaded the latest version of IMEI fix from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103766
I must say that it is a really neat program, a big thank you to DizzyDen for this app!
2) I enabled adbWireless on my NST.
3) I ran the !IMEIme.exe on my computer and selected "Update Device", followed by "Generate".
4) Just follow the instructions onscreen and try to reverify (hopefully for the last time...) WhatsApp after everything is done.
5) Enjoy!
wow thats nice. also try go contact ex. it shows my google contacts there and u can add contacts..
edit: i did it, worked but after reboot, it asked to reverify again. did i do it wrong or is it general behaviour?
edit2: now im sure, i got an imei but it changes instantly. i checking with android system info and whenever i open it, it shows a different imei, cant we force it to use same imei on every time?
keepfishes said:
Thanks to everyone! I finally got WhatsApp working perfectly on NST and WhatsApp indeed determines whether you have changed your device based on your IMEI number. The NST randomly generates a different IMEI every time it is being asked for one, causing the need to reverify constantly. The only problem now is the inability to add contacts. But a simple workaround is to get your friends to add you on WhatsApp first, then you can chat with them.
I would appreciate if anyone could teach me how to enable contacts.apk to work on NST, instead of social.apk being run whenever I hit the contacts app in my app drawer. This would allow us to add our contacts as WhatsApp friends and start a chat with them.
These are the steps I took to get WhatsApp working.
1) I downloaded the latest version of IMEI fix from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103766
I must say that it is a really neat program, a big thank you to DizzyDen for this app!
2) I enabled adbWireless on my NST.
3) I ran the !IMEIme.exe on my computer and selected "Update Device", followed by "Generate".
4) Just follow the instructions onscreen and try to reverify (hopefully for the last time...) WhatsApp after everything is done.
5) Enjoy!
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Do you get same IMEI after reboot?
drmxmyt said:
wow thats nice. also try go contact ex. it shows my google contacts there and u can add contacts..
edit: i did it, worked but after reboot, it asked to reverify again. did i do it wrong or is it general behaviour?
edit2: now im sure, i got an imei but it changes instantly. i checking with android system info and whenever i open it, it shows a different imei, cant we force it to use same imei on every time?
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Nope, mine works perfectly fine with no more reverifications, even after I reboot, turn on/off my wifi or run other apps. I even installed CWM just now and my WhatsApp still remains. Yes, I think your IMEI wasn't fixed properly. To check, you can go to Android Market and search for the app "Show Me My IMEI". Install it, and when you run the app, you can constantly tap on "Show Me My IMEI!" button and see if it changes constantly with each tap. If it does, that means the IMEI fix isn't working. For mine, when I keep tapping the button, it shows me the same IMEI number over and over again, even after rebooting, killing all tasks using tasks manager and running the Show Me My IMEI app again, my IMEI still stays the same, although my IMEI is a weird 17 digit number with dashes at random places in between (ie: xx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx).
Try running the fix again. The version of the fix I downloaded is "!IMEIme(2.1).zip". Unzip it and run the program following the steps in my previous post, and you should be able to get a fixed IMEI.
Just to add, I've tested WhatsApp functionality by going to different places in my country and logging to to different wireless hotspots and so far I have never been asked to reverify again. I am also able to chat with my friends and receive their messages just fine.
About the contacts, i've tried copying GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk to system/app and installed GO Contacts EX but I still can't get contacts to work after following one of the forum threads online.
still no luck on imeime. tried bunch of times with all different program settings. it says your devices already has an imei, it will use that etc, but its changes. i tried to clear the dalvik chace, didnt go. even i roll back my 1month old restore and tried again. the program is keep saying your device has imei. really annoying.
may i ask which firmware version do u use? maybe something about it.
MY girlfriend bought this phone a month ago.
There were problems from the start - sometimes, but rarely, she didnt receive notifications from both IM's she is using, Viber and Whatsapp. Only when she enters the app, she sees that there are actually new messages - I checked Emotion UI settings for Battery manager and both apps are protected from the start (should work in the background). It wasnt such a big deal until today when she noticed that not a single message (7 viber and 2 whatsapp messages) didnt "go through" and only when the app is opened, she sees the message received. On top of that, problem got even bigger in the evening - in the middle of chat session, she doesnt even receive messages, until certain delay. I checked, it was not mobile data/wifi issue as everything else was working fine, one phone next to another, I send her a message and her's phone doesnt receive, while her phone is pretty much able to run a 1080p video from YT
Any solution to this .. ? she needs Viber very much as her work group from her job uses Viber extensively and she cant afford to miss new messages
tried: restarting, checking for EUI blocking apps, checked data/wifi for always ON on sleep, checked everything there is ..
pls help XDA!
Have u allowed notifications? Go to settings/apps and find whatsapp there.Tap on Notifications and Allow Notifications.
I have this same problem with others apps I tried ever everything, I think it's problem with Huawei optimizations (same says others, maybe this will be fixed in Android N).
i had a similar problem with my other apps...i just made them system apps... you need root for it, but no problems since
I Dont have any such issue.I Have tried sending Whatsapp message on my phone from another phone and it gave me notification instantly.
I'm using Viber, Telegram and whatsapp on this phone and I don't have such issues.... I'm not using any of the battery management or optimization apps by the way.
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I have the same problem and still found no solution... In WhatsApp, you can see the when it goes off on your mobile - just open the desktop WhatsApp version on your PC and wait until a message saying something like "your mobile is not connected" appears.
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I have the same problem and still found no solution... In WhatsApp, you can see the when it goes off on your mobile - just open the desktop WhatsApp version on your PC and wait until a message saying something like "your mobile is not connected" appears.
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try to set in phone manager all apps in protected apps section and keep the phone in performance power plan not smart...
snapdesign said:
try to set in phone manager all apps in protected apps section and keep the phone in performance power plan not smart...
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it worked for me when adding the apps i was having problems with to the phone manager exceptions
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it worked for me when adding the apps i was having problems with to the phone manager exceptions
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i have the similair problem
i add the apps to protected apps but nothing changes, still no notifications
any new solutions, maybe?
What battery profile are you using? It looks like Smart is affected by this problem, while Performance is not. I guess it somehow breaks the GCM service used to deliver push notifications for those apps.
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What battery profile are you using? It looks like Smart is affected by this problem, while Performance is not. I guess it somehow breaks the GCM service used to deliver push notifications for those apps.
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I have checked and power plan is on performance..., still no notifications
Yeah, it happens to be broken on Performance too.
Damn phone.
I have the same problem whith whatsapp from time to time, this is a huge problem, can't believe that huawei hasn't adreessed it yet...
daviderules said:
I have the same problem whith whatsapp from time to time, this is a huge problem, can't believe that huawei hasn't adreessed it yet...
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Guys found a solution for the problem but need somebody to test to confirm. I connect VPN with opera max or other VPN app and then i get notifications as normal with mobile data. Anybody who can try and see if it works for them too?
I've had the same issue with mine since I got it. In my case I'm not using WhatsApp but Ebay and Amazon Seller apps. So that means that the problem is the phone, not something specific to any app. I often get a backlog of notifications when I unlock it, all at once.
I've tried every bit of advice offered in this thread and elsewhere. I'm now trying the Opera Max app - it could well be a useful work-around. I suppose if something changes the way it communicates by adding a proxy then it may be enough to bypass whatever thing is causing the problem, hopefully just until Huawei get round to actually fixing this widespread problem.
Hello!
Regarding push notifications issue i have some news.
- on P9 Lite, VNS-L21, new stock with B114 firmware, whatsapp, skype, gmail - works fine on both profiles (smart and performance)
- after a few days i make update from B114 to B120, B131 and B151 firmware and that issue appear only at whatsapp (skype and gmail work fine)
- first workaround was to maintain active whatapp application when device enter in sleep, simply start application and notifications appears.
- second workaround is to revert firmware to B114 version on wich my device work fine with whatsapp.
- final workaround is in Huawei yard....
PS: if whatsapp is closed notifications appear when i open application, not when i wake up device...
My firmware is VNS-L31C432B130 which I installed manually, using the procedure on this forum. I did this to enable the second SIM, as for some stupid reason they disable this feature on UK phones, and Carphone Warehouse don't tell you about it when you order one.
It looks like it's pretty widespread though - there seem to be lots of reports on the web, so I don't think I've caused this problem.
I got a notification from the eBay App over 2 hours late this morning, after I installed Opera Max the other day. It's possible that this was an error at ebay's end though - their IT systems can be quite random sometimes anyway, so I wouldn't take this as evidence that Opera Max doesn't fix the problem! There are far too many variables in the chain to conclude anything really.
However, I've just manually updated the firmware from VNS-L31C432B130 to VNS-L31C432B151. I've checked and all my app and performance power settings are still set OK.
If my phone now starts working properly then I won't know whether Opera Max or the firmware update fixed it. If so then I'll try uninstalling Opera Max so I can report back here on it.
Update: after a few reinstall of B122, B131 and B151 firmware, notifications of whatsapp works again properly, but now i have problem of syncing yahoo mail account (sync error)....
If I receive a text message, I get a notification in the top bar. If i receive a second text the notification disappears from the top bar and I have no way of knowing that I have messages until I open the app. This is extremely frustrating especially since I am away from my phone often at work.
Anyone have any ideas ?
Sounds like an app causing a conflict... does it do it in Safe Mode?
To enter Safe Mode, press power until the Shutdown confirmation pops up, then long press the notification and acknowledge Safe Mode... the next boot will not load any user applications in memory, just basic Android services, test it there and see if it is still a problem, if not you have an app that is conflicting, if it is still there I would try a factory reset and test again.
It does not occur in safe mode. How would I go about figuring out which app is causing the conflict
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It does not occur in safe mode. How would I go about figuring out which app is causing the conflict
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This is a carrier SMS (text message) issue? Remove any app you can that deals with SMS or texting except the stock app, that is where I would start. Or any app that monitors notifications. Unfortunately, this is a trial and error process. Do you have a lot of apps installed?
Either that or factory reset, then add apps one at a time until it breaks.
Yes, unfortunately, I do have a lot of apps installed. How would I go about seeing what apps deal with notifications or SMS. Thanks
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Yes, unfortunately, I do have a lot of apps installed. How would I go about seeing what apps deal with notifications or SMS. Thanks
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Honestly, I don't know... Do you have lots of texting apps?
Just whatsapp
Any other ideas anyone ? It is extremely frustrating.
Test to see if WhatsApp is your conflict. Uninstall it long enough to see if it is the culprit. If it is and you want to keep using it, I don't know how to fix it, but at least you know more precisely where to start.
It is not WhatsApp causing the issue. Any other ideas ? I'm surprised no one else has had this issue. It is extremely frustrating.
I am still having this problem. I also get "unfortunately messaging has stopped." When receiving messages from one particular contact.
There are other apps that can do texting and act as a messaging app...I.e Facebook messenger, Hangouts, Skype, etc. The are also apps with access to messaging which you can find on permissions. As stated by acejavelin, you will have to start doing trial and error as this appears to be an app conflict if safe mode works. The easiest first step is to deny permissions to messaging and see if you can find the culprit.
Are you rooted by chance? I'm not asking you to root if you are not and I'm not claiming root is the issue. Try denying messaging app permissions first one by one. You can find this in Settings, Apps, tap the gear icon in top right, App permissions, SMS. If toggling one doesn't fix the issue, toggle the next one off. Just make sure to leave the stock messaging app on. If the text notifications problem persists, report back.
I'm not rooted. I am going to try this today. Thank you.
So I tried this and went through each app and denied permission of SMS to each one, one by one. The same thing happened everytime no matter what.
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So I tried this and went through each app and denied permission of SMS to each one, one by one. The same thing happened everytime no matter what.
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Denying permissions was an idea to try and make as painless as possible. The only options left for you to try are the most painful. However, as was asked once already, could this be something to do with your carrier (or your friends). While you could start uninstalling apps one by one, I would recommend doing a factory reset and start fresh when prompted (don't let Google automatically restore your apps). If upon a fresh install and update of system apps your message notifications don't work correctly, then it is a carrier issue most likely which you would need to take up with them. If message notifications work properly, then start installing apps one by one and testing as you go. Whether you uninstall or install one by one, it is not a quick process, but with a factory reset, you get a refreshed phone.