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still getting charged for messaging with handcent?

so i downloaded "Handcent" text messaging and it works fine... other then getting double notification i had a question:::::
since i get double notification it obviously means the Stock SMS still gets text messages from people i send messages to from handcent... do i get charged towards my texting plan on the stock sms? or not?.... if i am, would a solution be to rename the stock sms file with .old in the end of it so its gone? will i still get charged towards my plan?

Handcent uses the same SMS system app so there's no extra charge for texting via it.
To solve the double notification, just go open the default messaging app, hit menu -> settings -> uncheck Notifications.
Now you should only get notifications via Handcent.

NKT said:
Handcent uses the same SMS system app so there's no extra charge for texting via it.
To solve the double notification, just go open the default messaging app, hit menu -> settings -> uncheck Notifications.
Now you should only get notifications via Handcent.
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my concern is that im still getting messages to my stock sms... doesnt matter?
im not getting cahrged?

Frenzifun said:
my concern is that im still getting messages to my stock sms... doesnt matter?
im not getting cahrged?
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Technically, yes. The stock sms program still gets the texts. But all it really is doing is accessing the same system SMS program as Handcent.
They're both just front ends for interacting with the SMS program.
You don't get charged "extra" for using Handcent versus the stock messaging app.
I've been using Handcent from day one and there's no extra charge and all my messages show up in both apps. I just never open the stock app.

Handcent doesn't bypass SMS charges by using data. It's just another app that does what the stock SMS app does, just a bit more prettily.
For free SMS you need Google Voice. But note you have to use the Google Voice phone number as inbound/outbound. Also, there's no api for sending messages through Google Voice so you can't use any frontend app besides Voice itself.
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s44 said:
Handcent doesn't bypass SMS charges by using data. It's just another app that does what the stock SMS app does, just a bit more prettily.
For free SMS you need Google Voice. But note you have to use the Google Voice phone number as inbound/outbound. Also, there's no api for sending messages through Google Voice so you can't use any frontend app besides Voice itself.
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thereee is my answer, awesome, thank you... so its still used as one of my text messages on my 500 plan.
so in that case theres no point in it for me...
now how do i do this google voice thing... i have an account with google voice with my gmail account... how does this free texting take place?

Frenzifun said:
thereee is my answer, awesome, thank you... so its still used as one of my text messages on my 500 plan.
so in that case theres no point in it for me...
now how do i do this google voice thing... i have an account with google voice with my gmail account... how does this free texting take place?
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Ahhh, I see now. Yes, any texting from your phone's number is charged to your texting plan.
To use SMS through Google Voice, just give people your GV number and have them use that to text you. It will not be charged to your plan text bucket.

First install the GV app if you haven't...
Then, as the previous guy said, just have people text the GV number. For outbound texts you can either fire up the GV app and select "Compose" from the menu/respond to a text someone's already sent your GV, or go to Contacts and use "Send Message" for a contact (the first time you do this the app choice menu should pop up -- you can set GV as the default for future uses).

Make sure Google Voice isn't set to forward the text messages from your Google Voice number to your cell phone number or you will be charged for the text sent from Google Voice to your Cell number.

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[Q] Google Voice texts via native messaging. Does anyone know how to do it?

Does anyone know how to make the native messaging app send and receive SMS/MMS via Google Voice instead of using GV app?
I'm wondering if it's as simple as changing the messaging centre number to whatever it might be for GV. If so, what's the Google Voice message centre number?

*bump* Anyone? No idea? Help?

This is the only reason I haven't ported over to google voice, I don't like that app for texting at all. Even on ics its not great.
As far as I know you cannot but could be wrong, its been a bit since I researched that.
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Exactly! I find the GV app to be no less than very clunky when used for SMS, hence my desire to use the native SMS for GV texts instead. That would be great!

[Q] Google Voice, LG Revo & Verizon Wireless [Texting Q's]

I have activated GV on my Revo (using the Number provided by GV) and I am experiencing an issue I have never encountered with other android devices on other carriers.
When I send a text using the stock messaging app the message caller id to the recipient displays my actual cel # (not my GV number) (either in the stock ROM or gingervolt 1.3). If I receive a text with a person using my GV # it will go in both the GV app by google and the stock messaging app - if I reply to that message it WILL use my GV number (even from the stock messaging app). So only if I originate a text from the stock messaging app the my number shows up to the recipient as my cel# (not GV #)
My questions are these:
Is this how Google Voice works on the verizon wireless network?
Or is there something wrong with my setup?
I have been very thorough and have been able to get this functioning properly with carriers like Sprint and T-Mo using Android and non android devices.
Thanks in advance for any assistance the community can provide.
-Matt

Pretty sure you can only send text from the google voice app. In settings choosing Use Voice To Make All Calls from this phone only refers to voice calls. Unless I am missing the setting also but been through it several times. I know Verizon blocked the voicemail feature
EDIT: Actually try Handcent sms.. just sent txt to my gvoice # and received it on both handcent and Gvoice..
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drt054 said:
Pretty sure you can only send text from the google voice app. In settings choosing Use Voice To Make All Calls from this phone only refers to voice calls. Unless I am missing the setting also but been through it several times. I know Verizon blocked the voicemail feature
EDIT: Actually try Handcent sms.. just sent txt to my gvoice # and received it on both handcent and Gvoice..
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I'm only talking about texting. I have the same problem with Handcent as well. The only time I can originate a text message where my gv # will show to the recipient is from google's gv app.

Nevermind.. you want all txts to come from your gvoice#, right?
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Right by using the stock messaging app (like I have done many times before with other devices on other carriers).
If you send a text from handcent or the stock messaging app (not the google voice app) does it show as your GV# to other people even if you originate the text?
-Matt

I sent a txt msg to my personal email and a buddy and it came from my vzw#..
I sent a txt msg to my GV# from handcent and said sender was my GV#. From GV app sent a txt to my vzw#, replied to it from handcent and checked message details and it was sent from my gvoice#
IMO Verizon blocked sending txts from anything but your vzw# because if everybody would do it then and would never have to pay vzw for texting again. But can't explain why you can reply to a GV# and it will come from your GV#..

drt054 said:
I sent a txt msg to my personal email and a buddy and it came from my vzw#..
I sent a txt msg to my GV# from handcent and said sender was my GV#. From GV app sent a txt to my vzw#, replied to it from handcent and checked message details and it was sent from my gvoice#
IMO Verizon blocked sending txts from anything but your vzw# because if everybody would do it then and would never have to pay vzw for texting again. But can't explain why you can reply to a GV# and it will come from your GV#..
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Hmm.... That is what I thought it is on Verizon's end. Thanks for confirming this.

Google Voice Question.

I put my sprint number as my Google voice number. Does the stock messaging app still work? Should I disable it and use Google Voice? What about making calls from the Google Voice icon? Is that possible or do I need to use the normal phone icon?
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I'm a Sprint Product Ambassador supporting the launch of the One.
The stock messaging app will reflect what is in your GV inbox. I recommend using the GV app itself wherever possible for the bext experience.
I don't see a dialer in the GV icon, I use GV to make all calls and just use the native dialer.
Let me know if you have any other questions.

mattvalenz said:
I'm a Sprint Product Ambassador supporting the launch of the One.
The stock messaging app will reflect what is in your GV inbox. I recommend using the GV app itself wherever possible for the bext experience.
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This couldn't be further from the truth. I don't know of any advantage to use the GV app on a sprint phone (save for going through old texts that may be gone from phone). The beauty of Sprint and Google Voice is the fact that you can use all the native apps without having to deal with the GV app at all.
Having to wait for the google voice app to load the data from your google voice account via Sprint's data connection is just not efficient. Which also means its not even possible to send a text through the google voice app(or load it) without a data connection. Texts can be sent with no mobile data turned on.
Just setup the Sprint/Google Voice integration in settings at google.com/voice.

To each his own!
daviss said:
This couldn't be further from the truth. I don't know of any advantage to use the GV app on a sprint phone (save for going through old texts that may be gone from phone). The beauty of Sprint and Google Voice is the fact that you can use all the native apps without having to deal with the GV app at all.
Having to wait for the google voice app to load the data from your google voice account via Sprint's data connection is just not efficient. Which also means its not even possible to send a text through the google voice app(or load it) without a data connection. Texts can be sent with no mobile data turned on.
Just setup the Sprint/Google Voice integration in settings at google.com/voice.
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I never said it was a requirement. I use GV across multiple devices and have better luck with the GV app for messaging than the native app. You'll have to find out what works best for you.

mattvalenz said:
I never said it was a requirement. I use GV across multiple devices and have better luck with the GV app for messaging than the native app. You'll have to find out what works best for you.
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Advantage to using the GV App: Messaging sync'd across multiple devices/screens. Easy to read conversations on your home PC, etc.
Advantage to using the stock messaging app: The ability to read/write MMS. These aren't directly supported by GV last I looked.

jskup said:
Advantage to using the GV App: Messaging sync'd across multiple devices/screens. Easy to read conversations on your home PC, etc.
Advantage to using the stock messaging app: The ability to read/write MMS. These aren't directly supported by GV last I looked.
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The OP's question was whether the stock messaging client worked and if he should disable it to use google voice. Not whether he could sync his google voice messages across devices and how it looked on his computer.
Using the stock messaging app to send through google voice doesn't change how it looks on his PC and whether his messages sent via stock app show up on his PC. They will always show up through the google voice app or google voice website.
I do agree though there are advantages to both. I use both apps for different purposes. I just find the GUI and notifications of the stock app(and GoSMS popups) to be far more informative than having to load up a program that has to connect to the internet and load before I can read or send a message. To each their own.

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Using the stock messaging app to send through google voice doesn't change how it looks on his PC and whether his messages sent via stock app show up on his PC. They will always show up through the google voice app or google voice website.
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My experience was different when using my Epic 4G Touch. Messages that I sent using the stock app there were not sync'd across my google voice account. Only the received messages were shown everywhere. If that experience is different on other devices or I set it up improperly, I apologize. I also can't speak towards any experience with the GoSMS app.

If you initiaite an SMS session first from the GV app and you get a reply (assuming you have it in GV Settings to also receive messages to stock Messaging app), any messages you send and receive henceforth from the stock Messaging app will show up (synced) in the GV app.
I do this all the time. Why? Because the GV app is slow to refresh most times, Sprint's 3G speeds are not that great where i am so i am usually waiting for GV to refresh, and once i've gotten a reply i'm just using regular SMS really over the 1x network and still everything gets synced to my GV account.

Google Voice Text Integration?

I don't use carrier texting (refuse to pay $30 so I have texts disabled). I use Google Voice as my primary number.
Does the Galaxy Gear allow changing the text function to use an app other than stock messaging (i.e. Google Voice).

I would think this could work, since when someone texts you at your google voice number it goes into the regular text on the phone? That should forward to the phone...

I don't think it works. I had my phone originally set up as you suggested but I want getting messages to the watch
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You have to go to settings in Google voice on your pc and click on the box to forward google voice messages to your email. Use the stock samsung email app and you will get Google voice messages that way. This is what I do. The only thing is that the Samsung email app doesn't push email as fast as the Gmail app but you can't use the Gmail app on the watch.
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