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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

Message+ (Verizon messenger) not receiving text group messages from iPhone users

I use Verizon's Message+ as my default text messaging app. When I send a group message to others, I receive the replies (from iPhone users) as a DOWNLOAD. If I click on it, it says Downloading but nothing comes through.
I have read that some people have this problem if they switched over from an iPhone and were using iMessenger. I've always had an Android, never an iPhone.
I have tried using stock messenger and same thing happens. It appears this started when I starting using the 6P, didn't have this issue with previous phones.

Do you have to hit a download button for videos and photos sent to you?

No.
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Huh, odd. My thought was that perhaps MMS auto-retrieve is disabled since group messages are usually MMS. If not, I'm afraid I have no idea.

BillyTheRatKing said:
Huh, odd. My thought was that perhaps MMS auto-retrieve is disabled since group messages are usually MMS. If not, I'm afraid I have no idea.
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Auto-reply is active. I'm wondering if it could be:
1) an updated version of iOS?
2) Nexus 6P and Verizon not working together nicely?

There is already a thread on this topic. Verizon messages is screwed up in the latest update. You need to find the apk for version 6.02 for messenger to work with MMS.

Great! Thanks for the info.
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Messaging issues

I keep having issues with the messaging app built in. Only when I get messages from iphones it always shows the download message box and I have to hit it. I'd there a better messaging app where I don't have to do that? My s6 didn't do that with stock messaging.
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Group messages from iPhones? Your phone is trying to receive an MMS and you might have the auto download MMS off in the settings of your messaging app.

Thanks finally found that part of settings for both group messages and auto download. Let's see if that works.
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Group text

Does anyone know how to get the group texts to say who all is in the group? Instead of just getting a message from the sender as a mms without anyone else's name. Thanks in advance
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I'm not sure about this specific problem, but MMS in general apparently works better with the Textra app on the Axon 7 rather than the stock one so maybe worth trying that.

Skvadlamudi said:
I'm not sure about this specific problem, but MMS in general apparently works better with the Textra app on the Axon 7 rather than the stock one so maybe worth trying that.
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In a group message, I get the messaged from each individual person instead of one message with everyone in it. Does that make sense? Lol I don't really know how to explain it. I'll check that app out though
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This seems to be the way the Axon 7's messaging client is written. I also see every individual reply to a group text as an individual separate message from that person, with no indicator of others that the message is addressed to. This is annoying, because if other don't reply, I would never know it was a group conversation. I was thinking of installing a third-party messaging app because of this. For something simple, there's "Messenger" from google, in the play store. For something fancier, there are a lot of choices out there.

celticchrys said:
This seems to be the way the Axon 7's messaging client is written. I also see every individual reply to a group text as an individual separate message from that person, with no indicator of others that the message is addressed to. This is annoying, because if other don't reply, I would never know it was a group conversation. I was thinking of installing a third-party messaging app because of this. For something simple, there's "Messenger" from google, in the play store. For something fancier, there are a lot of choices out there.
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The textra app does me just fine. I'd give it a shot if I were you ?
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SinisterXReaper said:
The textra app does me just fine. I'd give it a shot if I were you
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Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'm going to give YAATA a try, actually. I've tried most of the others at some point in the past.

Textra is my go to. It's light with all the options I need.
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all you guys that have textra working, can you add unknown phone numbers to "new" contacts? when i click the #circle, and then +contact icon, i only get a a search existing contact to add it to, i cannot add to a brand new contact. the stock messenger does it fine...

B27 should support group messaging though...no need other apps anymore