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[Q] How to keep phone from 'forgetting' the area code when texting.

Alright. The screen broke on my first Captivate because I was clumsy/stupid. Put the claim in for insurance, got a new phone, set everything up. Nice shiny phone, what could go wrong? For one single contact, it 'forgets' the area code when I go to message them from contacts or reply to their messages. I have to type in their name and choose the number from the drop down list. Very annoying as this is the person I text the most. I've seen two other threads on this subject, but there was no mention of a cure. I've tried deleting and re-entering the contacts, to no avail. I tried using GO Sms, it has the same problems. I have stock 2.1, running LauncherPro -in case that matters.

I think I'm in the clear to bump this, as it has yet to be resolved and it has been a month. Please. anyone? I'm certain I'm not the only one to experience this problem.

I just started putting the area code into my contacts' phone numbers. I did it on my PC in Google's contacts app, though.

If only it was that easy. The area code is in the contact's phone number! I click reply to a text and it will often disappear! Thanks for trying though. I remember reading once that it was a bug in the actual contact management itself, but I thought the great people here would be able to come up with a solution.
Edit: Actually, I am adding this contact to google contacts as I type, maybe your suggestion will work after all! I'm no sure yet do to the sporadic nature of the bug.

CaptivatedChaos said:
If only it was that easy. The area code is in the contact's phone number! I click reply to a text and it will often disappear! Thanks for trying though. I remember reading once that it was a bug in the actual contact management itself, but I thought the great people here would be able to come up with a solution.
Edit: Actually, I am adding this contact to google contacts as I type, maybe your suggestion will work after all! I'm no sure yet do to the sporadic nature of the bug.
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Hmm.. This is a known issue with the stock ROM.. Download and load a custom Firmware..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 shows how to root phone and load custom roms..
For downloading custom rom, use one of them, like phoenix from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892973
Custom ROMs don't have this issue

rickysa2000 said:
Hmm.. This is a known issue with the stock ROM.. Download and load a custom Firmware..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 shows how to root phone and load custom roms..
For downloading custom rom, use one of them, like phoenix from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892973
Custom ROMs don't have this issue
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I think these methods worked for many people. Use one:
1. Do a full factory reset.
2. Open messaging
click new message
Add offending contact to the send list
click to type in the send list and hit backspace until you have deleted the incorrect phone number.
then type in the correct phone number.
type a test message and hit send to fix the contact permanently.
3. Delete the contact. Ask the contact to call you. In the call log, long press and add to contact

Adding to Google Contacts didn't work after all. I am thinking of Flashing a custom ROM tonight once I decide on which.
Thanks for the help though! It is really annoying.

[Q] How to fix the Captivates text messaging system?

On my Captivate when I recieve a message it's never in order.
For example, I send a test text to a friend at 7:41. When he sends it back one minute later the text ends up behind mine (not in order) and the time recieved says 2:41am.
Is there something wrong that I'm missing? How can I fix this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-783778.html

cappysw10 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-783778.html
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Wow. I tried the app mentioned in the topic and it totally ruined the order of my texts...

Yeah, that did not work at all. Messed things up even more.
Any other ideas?

Use Handcent, it's free, totally customizable and works.

Hypercore said:
Yeah, that did not work at all. Messed things up even more.
Any other ideas?
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don't use auto time/date update
if you use the stock messaging app, try using handcent or chomp and see if it still does it.

How to save pictures?

Has anyone figured it out? I have had my first ever since it came out and I am confused on how to save pictures. I have tried opening them in the messaging app it won't save on there i open it on messenger and messaging it comes up with the save picture pop up I click it and then it says there was an error. Hopefully someone has figured this out.

andoneballuh said:
Has anyone figured it out? I have had my first ever since it came out and I am confused on how to save pictures. I have tried opening them in the messaging app it won't save on there i open it on messenger and messaging it comes up with the save picture pop up I click it and then it says there was an error. Hopefully someone has figured this out.
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I installed GoSMS just for that. When someone sends me a picture I want to save, I go open the message in GoSMS and save it there. It's not elegant (or even logical), but it works.

chrisliphart said:
I installed GoSMS just for that. When someone sends me a picture I want to save, I go open the message in GoSMS and save it there. It's not elegant (or even logical), but it works.
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Why didn't I think of that sooner?! Thank you
Have you figured out to get custom ringtones on here? I tried phonezoo the way i used to make ringtones for all my previous phones doesn't work.

andoneballuh said:
Why didn't I think of that sooner?! Thank you
Have you figured out to get custom ringtones on here? I tried phonezoo the way i used to make ringtones for all my previous phones doesn't work.
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Just take any MP3 you want and drop it in the Ringtones folder. Also, check out Zedge. Tons of ringtones for free from there, and a great selection of good stuff.

[Q] how to remove SMS limit per hour on Lollipop?

Hello,
I send a lot of text messages to nearly 200 contacts on a semi regular basis. I have an excellent app that does it well. The only issue is I constantly get permission messages saying I'm sending too many and if I wanna authorize more, its very annoying and if I don't accept it as soon as it comes up, will usually delay my messages.
So my question is, how do I remove/change that SMS limit on Android 5.0? IRS definitely baked into the OS cause as I said, any SMS app gets the same issue.
All help and thoughts appreciated!
- Master Ramy
PS: I tried a couple SMS limit apps on the Play Store, nothing updated for lollipop yet.

Bump, anyone able to help me? Any devs want to weigh in?

I believe liquid smooth has option in settings

thorracing1 said:
I believe liquid smooth has option in settings
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Yes it does.
To op. It's a custom rom feature.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

zephiK said:
Yes it does.
To op. It's a custom rom feature.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Sure, but I also understand its an adjustment somewhere in a system database file to change the limit, I found instructions for a Galaxy S3 phone, but its not in the same place. I was hoping one of the devs of said Roms could point me to the right file so I can adjust it manually on stock.

Anyone else?

Master Ramy said:
Anyone else?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bamf.smslimittool.donate&hl=en
EDIT: sorry just read the rest of your post

duffman452001 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bamf.smslimittool.donate&hl=en
EDIT: sorry just read the rest of your post
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Thanks, but yeah I tried that one, negative....it can't be this hard!! Anyone know where it would be located? Build.prop? Settings.db? ?!?

I think this app works : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mittelmanapps.smslimitunlock
Just intalled it and proceded to a full unlock. Requires root.
Device said the operation is a complete success and needed a reboot to apply all modifications which I just did.
If I don't have the limit, I will come back to confirm this app works.
Hope it works !!!

Mackovich said:
I think this app works : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mittelmanapps.smslimitunlock
Just intalled it and proceded to a full unlock. Requires root.
Device said the operation is a complete success and needed a reboot to apply all modifications which I just did.
If I don't have the limit, I will come back to confirm this app works.
Hope it works !!!
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I think that app worked. I'll report back later today
Sent from my Nexus 5

r3sidual said:
I think that app worked. I'll report back later today
Sent from my Nexus 5
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That app didn't work :/ this is the most annoying feature ever.

Shponglized said:
That app didn't work :/ this is the most annoying feature ever.
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My phone is rooted and I'm on Dirty Unicorns 5.02. I'm not sure what system you're on but I've sent out 150 messages without an issue using Group SMS Pro. It will ask me to Wait or Kill the app while sending bulk sms, but I hit Wait and everything goes through. Also, I don't send much more than 200 messages at a time because even on KitKat that seemed to be an issue.

So? Did it work?
r3sidual said:
I think that app worked. I'll report back later today
Sent from my Nexus 5
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So? Did it work? I think not, but your promised update would be appreciated.

I to would like to figure out how to work around this limit. I am on Benzo rom 5.1 and under settings/security you can select 30, 50, 100 or 200 but it's a dead setting apparently because I can select 50, 100 or 200 and I still have to approve any text over 30. Did you figure out how to fix it? I tried the linked google play apps to get around but no luck so far

Flash a custom rom - like what was posted in post #2.
Other than that, you're probably out of luck, OP. Just do what anyone else here would do if they *just have to have that ability* - flash the rom.

Thanks for the reply but I will NOT flash LS because everytime I have tried it it borks my phone and I've been dumb enough to try it "one more time" too many times and paid the price. I know it's probably something I'm doing and not the roms fault but done with that one..........:cyclops:
I went back and looked at the app posted above called SMS Limit Unlock and played around a bit more. I changed the Restriction cycle time and Restriction message amount settings a few times when I was in there before but never clicked on 'Unlock'. I did that this time and it went thru a progression and then said I needed to reboot for settings to take hold. I sorta forgot that step before thinking the Unlock was to convert to the paid version of the app. I rebooted just in time to give it a try and it worked exactly as it should so I got it to work correctly.
Figured I'd post this in the thread so in case someone else does a google search on SMS limit problems and they get directed to this thread as I did, hopefully this will work for them as well. I am on Benzo 5.1 and it worked...... Yippeeeee

Master Ramy said:
Hello,
I send a lot of text messages to nearly 200 contacts on a semi regular basis. I have an excellent app that does it well. The only issue is I constantly get permission messages saying I'm sending too many and if I wanna authorize more, its very annoying and if I don't accept it as soon as it comes up, will usually delay my messages.
So my question is, how do I remove/change that SMS limit on Android 5.0? IRS definitely baked into the OS cause as I said, any SMS app gets the same issue.
All help and thoughts appreciated!
- Master Ramy
PS: I tried a couple SMS limit apps on the Play Store, nothing updated for lollipop yet.
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1. Root Phone
2. Download/Install a Different SMS(texting) app from the Google Store
I chose to use the 'Go SMS PRO app
3. Download a Root Uninstaller
I used 'Root Uninstaller Free'
4. Uninstall the stock SMS app, it's called 'Text Messaging' I believe. Can't quite remember
5. Profit!!! Just remember to check the setting in your new SMS app for any limit. In Go SMS PRO you can turn off any limit or have it save upto 100+ texts and then start deleting old ones.
I'm not really sure if uninstalling the stock app can actually cause problems, but a few people told me it Could.
It obviously worked fine on Android 5.0 :laugh:

Have Root Will Work
sdorinxda said:
So? Did it work? I think not, but your promised update would be appreciated.
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Yes, SMS Limit Unlock did work. Right above your post I said that I sent out about 200 messages with no issues. Some ROMs like BeanStalk, by the way, have SMS limit settings.

Hey ! I have a Lg G3 rooted but it doesn't work for me ....

I have CM but want unlimited back on android 6.01

Live Message Freezing

Is anybody else having issues with live Message? When I try to draw anything, it'll work for around 1 second, then it'll freeze up and crash. I've tried clearing the app data and cache, even going as fast as completely wiping my phone, but I still have the same issue.
It seems that it'll always freeze around the same spot on the time bar, so if I draw with my finger (which makes that bar go by more slowly" it'll let me draw a little bit longer.
Any suggestions?
Edit: Here is a video of what is happening:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Y6beMVH9GdZGM1ZjU3bHRqQ3c/view?usp=drivesdk

That's weird what carrier/device do you have? I have a T-Mobile variant and I can draw until it says I've reached file limit than I send them fine as well.

nique0201 said:
That's weird what carrier/device do you have? I have a T-Mobile variant and I can draw until it says I've reached file limit than I send them fine as well.
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I'm using the unlocked variant. Could this possibly be hardware? It persists through a factory reset, but maybe it has something to do with my backup.

I have the AT&T version. No problem creating them. However, I can't send them via MMS. Whatsapp seems to be able to send them just fine. I'm guessing it's a size limit thing.

EvoKnvl said:
I have the AT&T version. No problem creating them. However, I can't send them via MMS. Whatsapp seems to be able to send them just fine. I'm guessing it's a size limit thing.
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Even in the Samsung stock messaging app?
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EvoKnvl said:
I have the AT&T version. No problem creating them. However, I can't send them via MMS. Whatsapp seems to be able to send them just fine. I'm guessing it's a size limit thing.
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Could be. I would go into a unlocked thread and see if it's only you... Of it is try a reset with no back up and see if it persist.

So I've been doing a little more testing and it seems like ALL 3D renders will crash out.

EvoKnvl said:
I have the AT&T version. No problem creating them. However, I can't send them via MMS. Whatsapp seems to be able to send them just fine. I'm guessing it's a size limit thing.
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What messaging app are you using?
I have an AT&T version and I can send them via MMS just fine using the stock messenger app.

rjohnstone said:
What messaging app are you using?
I have an AT&T version and I can send them via MMS just fine using the stock messenger app.
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Sorry, I've been super busy travelling. I am using Textra.

EvoKnvl said:
Sorry, I've been super busy travelling. I am using Textra.
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Textra has always had issues with images and MMS, so I'm not surprised it failed.

textra
so you cats would not recommend textra over stock note 8 text app?

The stock messaging app is rubbish. It's too basic and by default, it will send any text as an MMS if you dare to put even a simple emoji in there. There have been complaints for years that people are getting extra charges on their bills because of this. Now Textra is a fantastic fully loaded messaging client and I have never had any issues. It's even fully compatible with the Gear S3. I don't know about Live Message compatibility I don't really send pictures via SMS but the developers would likely look into it.