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Chomp SMS update - 1/23/09 Update

UPDATED....1/23/09
Version 1.7 is out with rotating keyboard...

very cool ... I like the keyboard

I quite like this..however there is no spelling correction. This makes it very frustrating.
Almost there..not quite.

This Is Way Too Frickn Awesome

love the app, is there a way to set this as default sms app? every time i drag down notifaction bar to select the message recieved it send me to default androind sms

blahzay_blah said:
love the app, is there a way to set this as default sms app? every time i drag down notifaction bar to select the message recieved it send me to default androind sms
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go into chomp's settings and turn off notifications.
then go into default android sms and turn off notifications.
go back into chomp and turn on notifications.
this should make it so your g1 only notifies via chomp. however, if you still get multiple alerts for a new sms, one of the envelopes will have a greenish border...this is the notification for chompsms. it looks almost exactly like the default icon, but it has the green color around the envelope thingy.

WOOO
Great! Simple! Easy! Awesome App Finally A Way To Text Without Sliding The Qwerty Out...great Work

mariod1269 said:
go into chomp's settings and turn off notifications.
then go into default android sms and turn off notifications.
go back into chomp and turn on notifications.
this should make it so your g1 only notifies via chomp. however, if you still get multiple alerts for a new sms, one of the envelopes will have a greenish border...this is the notification for chompsms. it looks almost exactly like the default icon, but it has the green color around the envelope thingy.
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thanks alot man

Where can I download Chomp from?

speoples20 said:
Where can I download Chomp from?
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Search for "chompsms" in android market.

bitbybit said:
Search for "chompsms" in android market.
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yeah i found it i typed just chomp and it brought out pac-man

Haha, yah I did the same thing initially. Pacman gets all the lovins!

do u guys know why im still getting notifications from the original sms app? i disabled the notifications but i still get them and get 2 notifications everytime i get a message. you guys kno how to fix this?

thedarkone184 said:
do u guys know why im still getting notifications from the original sms app? i disabled the notifications but i still get them and get 2 notifications everytime i get a message. you guys kno how to fix this?
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i have the same problem...i can't figure it out.

mariod1269 said:
i have the same problem...i can't figure it out.
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i figured it out, i had to uninstall dgalert, the app that u use to customize the notifications for messaging. now i only get one notification for chomp....sweetness

Verry useful program. I like it very much

thedarkone184 said:
i figured it out, i had to uninstall dgalert, the app that u use to customize the notifications for messaging. now i only get one notification for chomp....sweetness
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works like a charm now...thanks darkone!!

thedarkone184 said:
i figured it out, i had to uninstall dgalert, the app that u use to customize the notifications for messaging. now i only get one notification for chomp....sweetness
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I left dgalert installed and turned of notification in chompsms, made sure when asked which to use as a default, set chomp as default. Now i get the benefits of chompsms with one notification, just dont get the green envelope.

I kinda wish it wasn't a direct bite of the iPhone Texting module and it was made custom to the G1...its still cool though.

I kinda wish it supported MMS. Except for the better rates on international texting via Chomp, it's fairly useless to me.

Better Sms Popup

I know there are already sms popup apps out there but I would like to reply straight from the pop up window. Handcent sms has a good example of it but you have to use there messaging application which has a really bad lag. But you can see what I mean here: http://www.handcent.com/images/popup.png
So in a nut shell a sms popup app that you can reply from straight fro.m the pop window that uses the default messaging app.
Thank you all devlopers that take this into consideration

nickryan0612 said:
I know there are already sms popup apps out there but I would like to reply straight from the pop up window. Handcent sms has a good example of it but you have to use there messaging application which has a really bad lag. But you can see what I mean here: http://www.handcent.com/images/popup.png
So in a nut shell a sms popup app that you can reply from straight fro.m the pop window that uses the default messaging app.
Thank you all devlopers that take this into consideration
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I think you answered your own question. Its called sms popup. You can reply within the pop up window and use the default messenger.

supremeteam256 said:
I think you answered your own question. Its called sms popup. You can reply within the pop up window and use the default messenger.
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Dont think you understood it correctly .. sms pop up pops up and lets u hit reply which then take you to your messaging app, he wants a pop up that has an input field for the reply text already in it..

The iPhone has an ill one like that...u dont even have to unlock the phone to reply...

you can use the popup from handcent and use your default messaging app. u dont have to use handcent. handcent and the default apps "talks" with eachother and syncs. so anything udo in handcent is done in the default.
all you have to do is turn off all notifications from handcent and enable notifications for default and just use the popup feature from handcent.
or u can try a widget called Text Widget that does something simliar. it too uses the default msg app and it lets u reply within the quick reply box.

NguyenHuu said:
you can use the popup from handcent and use your default messaging app. u dont have to use handcent. handcent and the default apps "talks" with eachother and syncs. so anything udo in handcent is done in the default.
all you have to do is turn off all notifications from handcent and enable notifications for default and just use the popup feature from handcent.
or u can try a widget called Text Widget that does something simliar. it too uses the default msg app and it lets u reply within the quick reply box.
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Both of those will work for what you want. I just wish smsPopup had the ability to clear the message as new but not look at it.

i love sms pop up never tried the other,,,,,s soon as leds wrk in hero i will go back to it.

also the settings in sms popup is great changes color....and type of vibration

Handcent vs Stock Message App

Which do you use? I'm trying to figure out which one to go with. The Handcent or The Stock message app. I've heard of no fix for the awake time when sending a message via stock app. Handcent is pretty cool but to me, it's not needed if the fix has been for stock app.
What do you use & Why

Which do you use? I'm trying to figure out which one to go with. The Handcent or The Stock message app. I've heard of no fix for the awake time when sending a message via stock app. Handcent is pretty cool but to me, it's not needed if the fix has been for stock app.
What do you use & Why
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I use handcent. I like how u can use the bubble effect on mags and change theme to black, candidates change background color, text color, and a ton of other must have settings for a text service. I hate hate hate despise the stock message app

+1 for Handcent. lots of configuration, features. looks slick too.
be sure to configure notifications so you don't get double msgs.

I like Handcent because it pops up a window over whatever you are doing so you can send a quick reply without having to really open the full app up. I don't know that I could go back to stock messaging again.

Handcent. I love the customization, including the font packs. I also like the pop-up, but it sometimes gets a little annoying, so i could see someone not liking it.

lineman78 said:
Handcent. I love the customization, including the font packs. I also like the pop-up, but it sometimes gets a little annoying, so i could see someone not liking it.
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yeah i dont like the pop up at all but i just turned that function off so it was no big deal

[Q] Help with handcent

I would like to almost completely replace the stock messages app. My dilema is that I really enjoy the stock notifications for the stock messages app, but how handcent is set up better than the stock app. I have the notifications turned off in handcent and the notifications on for the stock app. But this makes it when I read the message with hand cent it doesn't mark the message as read in the stock app thus the notification stays up in the status bar until I clear it manually, which is becoming annoying. So the only way I can think of to fix this since I could not find a setting to mark them as read, would be to take all of handcent files except the notification settings and use them to replace the s app files. Or if someone could tell me how to theme/skin the standard messaging app that would work as well. A third option would be to find a way to make handcent mark the text as read in the stock app. Hopefully someone can help me figure how to do this out provide with an easier way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TheFurriousD said:
I would like to almost completely replace the stock messages app. My dilema is that I really enjoy the stock notifications for the stock messages app, but how handcent is set up better than the stock app. I have the notifications turned off in handcent and the notifications on for the stock app. But this makes it when I read the message with hand cent it doesn't mark the message as read in the stock app thus the notification stays up in the status bar until I clear it manually, which is becoming annoying. So the only way I can think of to fix this since I could not find a setting to mark them as read, would be to take all of handcent files except the notification settings and use them to replace the s app files. Or if someone could tell me how to theme/skin the standard messaging app that would work as well. A third option would be to find a way to make handcent mark the text as read in the stock app. Hopefully someone can help me figure how to do this out provide with an easier way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What exactly do u mean by notifications? Do you mean the icons? if that's what you mean you can change the notification icons in handcent.
Here's how:
1. In the main handcent screen hit menu and go to settings
2. Go to notification settings
3. click on notification settings again
4. Go to notification icon
5. Choose your icon and enjoy!
I believe some of the icons in there look the same as the stock icon. And to keep from getting two notifications disable the notifications in the stock app. Not sure if this is exactly what you were asking about but hope it helps.

I appreciate the response, but what I'm really going for is the wile puzzle piece unlock thing. I have it set up now to where it works so I get the puzzle piece and then launch into handcent but since I have to have the notifications through the stock app to get the puzzle piece to work the status bar icons stay there until I clear them manually because handcent doesn't mark the text messages as read in the native app.

I see. I use the pattern unlock on my phone so i wouldn't know how to change that. I'm sure a dev could probably figure that out for you. Sorry i couldn't be more helpful. Good luck.
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^Agree with OP. Would love the functionality of Handcent but retain the puzzle piece notification, since it's a nice touch and the visual eye candy enhances the overall experience.

The only thing I use Handcent for is the popup notification window when I get a new text so I send a quick reply and put the phone back down. For everything else I just use the stock messaging app.
I tried a few other popup notifications for texts but, like has already been said, Handcent is the best so far.

miztaken1312 said:
The only thing I use Handcent for is the popup notification window when I get a new text so I send a quick reply and put the phone back down. For everything else I just use the stock messaging app.
I tried a few other popup notifications for texts but, like has already been said, Handcent is the best so far.
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Yeah I pretty much want to the exact opposite of that. I like the interface of handcent, but I actually don't like the popups or notifications that handcent uses.
I also just put in a feature request on the handcent forum. Asked them to add and option to automatically mark the text as read in standard app or to have the option to use the puzzle piece as the notification in handcent. So we'll see how that goes

I might have to take back what I said about hancent. Seems as if it managed to delete all of my 3k+ text messages. Not very happy about that.
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miztaken1312 said:
I might have to take back what I said about hancent. Seems as if it managed to delete all of my 3k+ text messages. Not very happy about that.
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havent seen that happen
i use SMSBackup+ from the market to backup all my SMS to my gmail
makes things WORLDS easier for all my constant rom flashing

I know it was Handcent cause I looked at the logs and it was the last app to access my texts. I had a clockwork backup from a few days earlier. I got some of my stuff back, but still lost some important ones. I looked at smsbackup but I was a little weary of it having access to my Google account and about how it worked.
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I would love to have this as well. This is exactly what I have been looking for. If you do end up finding this or figuring out how to make it work, could you let me know or lead me in the right direction? Thanks.

I've learned a lot since I posted this. And to my understanding the puzzle piece thing is part of the touchwiz ui. So it only will work with the Samsung messaging app. The only way to achieve this effect would be to have some one create an entire rom based on this request by using handcent as the default and modifying the touchwiz lock screen to use handcent instead of the Samsung messaging app. Which sucks because this seems like it would be quite tedious but that's my understanding now of the problem but hopefully I'm wrong lol. I kinda gave up on this idea but still if anyone figures out a simple fix to this I would love to know.
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I also have a question regarding the puzzle piece screen when receiving an sms... Is there any way for the puzzle piece screen to still show up when using Widget Locker? I don't see an option for something like that, but there are options to block popups.

Oh man would I love this feature!! I think I'm going to have to go back to the stock app because I love the puzzle piece unlock so much. Its just too tedious to unlock the screen and then click on the messaging app (I know that sounds awful hahah) especially if you text ALOT.

Sms popups

I've done some research and found out that HTC sense offers this. I want to have a pop-up of my text with a quick reply option on my lockscreen. Is there an apparently that can do it for the captivate? I've tries SMS pop-up and go SMS. Neither works and I hate to continuously install apps. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Handscent does this very well but it tends to work best as a replacement for the default messaging app.
Sent from my Captivate running Cognition 2.4

ntdb said:
Handscent does this very well but it tends to work best as a replacement for the default messaging app.
Sent from my Captivate running Cognition 2.4
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And so does chomp. I like both of them equally.

SMS Popup works great. what exactly makes you think it doesnt work?

uhh, i havent tried handscent but
go sms and sms popup dont show me a preview on the lock screen :S only during the home screen

supaphreek said:
uhh, i havent tried handscent but
go sms and sms popup dont show me a preview on the lock screen :S only during the home screen
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yeah. SMS Popup will show you a preview
open it
go to additional settings
screen on for popup
works for me every time

got handcent to work Thanks for your help people

Ok, so.. I've tried all of those, they all suck. I just found this new one called GO MMS or GO SMS or something. It's awesome, customization options, awesome popup ui, quick, try it out.