Stock messaging app keeps going back to DEFAULT on it's own.... - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I use Google Voice and some other texting app... I want my phone to ask me everytime I want to send a text which app I want to use, so I "clear default" on the stock messaging app. but it keeps selecting back on it's own!! It's annoying. Does anyone know how to stop this? if I clear defaults now, few minutes later the stock app is "default" again!

haulero said:
I use Google Voice and some other texting app... I want my phone to ask me everytime I want to send a text which app I want to use, so I "clear default" on the stock messaging app. but it keeps selecting back on it's own!! It's annoying. Does anyone know how to stop this? if I clear defaults now, few minutes later the stock app is "default" again!
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I would suggest freezing that messaging app that you are not using. Titanium backup does this.

Brava27 said:
I would suggest freezing that messaging app that you are not using. Titanium backup does this.
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That doesn't help. I "turned off" stock app but my other messaging app (goSMS) then sets itself as default! when I clear defaults for goSMS few minutes later it will select itselft as default, just like stock app does. Now, if I uninstall goSMS then "hangouts" will be default and will select itself as default!... So for some reason, clearing defaults for messaging doesn't work because random messaging app will set as default on it's own, wheather is stock app, goSMS or hangouts.

I guess nobody else have the same problem??? I have 4 browsers, Opera, Chrome, Mozilla and stock browser app and everytime I click on a link (say, from a text message I click a link some friend sent me) phone will ask which browser I want to use and then I pick... that is exactly what I want on text messages! I need the phone to ask me everytime I send a text so I can choose stock app or google voice! but everytime I clear defaults, they go back to defaul on it's own.

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Allow me to elaborate...
I used handcent for texting on my g2. I sold that yesterday and got a mt4g, but I have a problem. When I installed it on my g2 and first opened a text, a message popped up and asked me which program I wanted to use and I clicked handcent. Ever since then I never had a problem with it on my g2, it would always open my texts with handcent. But when I opened a text on my mt4g it didn't ask but I didnt think anything of it at first. But i noticed now that when I get a text, i get 2, one for the stock app and one for handcent. Is there any way to "unassociate" the program with the text files? So then my stock messaging app won't work? i also tried going to "manage applications" and tried to uninstall the stock app but the box is greyed out and you cannot delete it, nor did I know if this was a good idea or not.
TIA
Disable notifications in stock app and you should be good to go.
1. Go to Manage Apps, find stock messages.apk and click the "Clear Defaults" button at the bottom
2. Use titanium if you wanna freeze or uninstall Messages.apk (not recommended since messages.apk have the auto-retrieve option for SMSs)
3. And yes disable any notifications in Settings of stock app

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] App selector problem

You know how if you have more than one app that performs a specific task, like lets say you have the basic messenger app that comes with the phone and then you get a second messenger app like Handcent, and then when you click on a contact and say send message you get the option of which messenger app to use.
and then you can say "use by default for this action."
If you check that box, then then next time you try to send a message you won't get the option of choosing any more, that's the only app you can use to perform that function like sending a message.
Well, if you did that by mistake, how can you get back to using either app?
If you understand my question.
thanks.
Go to settings, applications, manage applications, then scroll to find the app and select it. At the bottom you'll see "clear defaults".
You need to clear defaults for the app that you chose when prompted, not the app that prompted you. In your example, you'd "clear defaults" for Handcent if you wanted to use the stock SMS app.
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plainjane said:
Go to settings, applications, manage applications, then scroll to find the app and select it. At the bottom you'll see "clear defaults".
You need to clear defaults for the app that you chose when prompted, not the app that prompted you. In your example, you'd "clear defaults" for Handcent if you wanted to use the stock SMS app.
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Thanks! That did it!!!

FYI - Freezing the default Messaging app

For those of you that have migrated to Hangouts for SMS or some other 3rd party app and like to disable/freeze apps that come preinstalled on the phone. If you freeze/disable the default android messaging app you will loose the ability to have quick sms responses while receiving a phone call.
Figured I let you know.
dsimages said:
For those of you that have migrated to Hangouts for SMS or some other 3rd party app and like to disable/freeze apps that come preinstalled on the phone. If you freeze/disable the default android messaging app you will loose the ability to have quick sms responses while receiving a phone call.
Figured I let you know.
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I think you may have changed the default application for quick sms to the default messaging. And it;s still looking for that. Try this.
1. Unfreeze messaging app
2. Go to app info for messaging
3. Clear defaults
4. Try this with the phone app as well just in case.
5. Check to see it worked.

Messaging app crashing after Oreo update (H870 model)

After yesterday's upgrade to Oreo I can't open messaging app. It's crashing before opening.
I cleared app cache/data, made phone reset ... Any solution?
Thank you!
go to settings, aplications and select messages app and clear cache and data of that app. reboot the phone and see if this works...
That's what I've done. It's written in first post.
Have you try to update chrome? Or go to setting->developer option->webview choose Chrome stable.
It's updated and set in webwiew ... Is this ooption somwhow connected with messaging app?
p.s.:, I've done hard reset and now it works.
akulp said:
It's updated and set in webwiew ... Is this ooption somwhow connected with messaging app?
p.s.:, I've done hard reset and now it works.
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Because I ever uninstall chrome and didn't set webview, the messaging app has stopped like you. ?
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Hi there.
Same problem with Message app here.
Chrome is up to date, and set in webview by default (i cannot select Android webview, it's grayed out).
So I downloaded"Android Messages" by Google, set it as default messege app in settings. Et vaula...
My Messages app doesn't work but I'm able to send and receive SMS.
sun_is_shinning said:
go to settings, aplications and select messages app and clear cache and data of that app. reboot the phone and see if this works...
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hibridman said:
Hi there.
Same problem with Message app here.
Chrome is up to date, and set in webview by default (i cannot select Android webview, it's grayed out).
So I downloaded"Android Messages" by Google, set it as default messege app in settings. Et vaula...
My Messages app doesn't work but I'm able to send and receive SMS.
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Try to delete all messages.
Than default app'll probaly start to work.
I had same problem. I have 2 sms apps. When I woke up this morning, all stopped working . Then I read here about the chrome thing. So I remembered I disabled Chrome lastnight. So I enabled it then sms apps working again. Why is chrome connected to my sms apps? Hhmmm...

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