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Automatically forward text messages?

I have a Nexus One with Tmobile as my main cell-phone. I received a Sprint HTC EVO 4G from the Google IO conference. I want all of the text messages I receive on my Nexus One to AUTOMATICALLY forward, as text messages, to my Sprint EVO smartphone. Is this possible? If so, how do I set this up?
-Greymarch
I write about smartphones, especially the Nexus One at my website:
http://www.greymarch.com

Another way you can go about it is forward the sms as email and set the program to not mark as read.
Edit: This is referring to a 3rd party program from the market. There are a few, try some and see what you think.

greymarch said:
I have a Nexus One with Tmobile as my main cell-phone. I received a Sprint HTC EVO 4G from the Google IO conference. I want all of the text messages I receive on my Nexus One to AUTOMATICALLY forward, as text messages, to my Sprint EVO smartphone. Is this possible? If so, how do I set this up?
-Greymarch
I write about smartphones, especially the Nexus One at my website:
http://www.greymarch.com
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This is a good time to mention Google Voice, for anyone who might be unaware of it's powerful awesomeness. As of a few months ago, I've fully switched over and I am loving it. If you're going to have two phone numbers for a while (or even if not), you would be a prime candidate for Google Voice.
Everyone should check it out, highly recommended!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSoxdtyc58
http://www.youtube.com/googlevoice
Texts via email = awesome. (And for you, texts to multiple phones.)

Paul22000 said:
This is a good time to mention Google Voice, for anyone who might be unaware of it's powerful awesomeness. As of a few months ago, I've fully switched over and I am loving it. If you're going to have two phone numbers for a while (or even if not), you would be a prime candidate for Google Voice.
Everyone should check it out, highly recommended!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSoxdtyc58
http://www.youtube.com/googlevoice
Texts via email = awesome. (And for you, texts to multiple phones.)
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I already have google voice. Everyone with a Nexus One has Google voice. I do not want to make people switch to my new google voice number, and Google voice has nothing to do with what I want to accomplish anyhow. The point of the thread is how to make an android phone automatically forward text messages, AS TEXT MESSAGES, to another phone. Do you know how to do that? If so, please share it with us.

If you did forward them as text messages, they would just come back as sent from your phone. The solution I gave works better because they will apear as SMS From:xxxx.

Update...
A friendly fellow on another android message board system tipped me off to SMS Forwarder in the android marketplace. I installed it on my Froyo Nexus One, and it works like a charm.
However, I hope there is a way to do this internally in android, instead of requiring a third-party application.

evilkorn said:
If you did forward them as text messages, they would just come back as sent from your phone. The solution I gave works better because they will apear as SMS From:xxxx.
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The SMS Forwarder application shows where the forwarded text message originally came from.

greymarch said:
I already have google voice. Everyone with a Nexus One has Google voice. I do not want to make people switch to my new google voice number,
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I was saying it might be beneficial to consider using GV for texting in the future. If it's such a huge deal to switch for you, then fine forget it. But it's still information for others who might be reading, which is why I specifically said "for anyone" / "everyone". This is a public forum after all.
and Google voice has nothing to do with what I want to accomplish anyhow.
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Google Voice allows you forward text messages to two (or any number) of phones.
The point of the thread is how to make an android phone automatically forward text messages, AS TEXT MESSAGES, to another phone. Do you know how to do that? If so, please share it with us.
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A quick search would have yielded plenty of options:
http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=sms+forward&market=android

greymarch said:
However, I hope there is a way to do this internally in android, instead of requiring a third-party application.
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No there isn't.

The absolute best way to get SMS forwarding is through your carrier. But that'll depend on whether your carrier cares enough to add such a feature. Rogers in Canada just added it.

Paul22000 said:
I was saying it might be beneficial to consider using GV for texting in the future. If it's such a huge deal to switch for you, then fine forget it. But it's still information for others who might be reading, which is why I specifically said "for anyone" / "everyone". This is a public forum after all.
Google Voice allows you forward text messages to two (or any number) of phones.
A quick search would have yielded plenty of options:
http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=sms+forward&market=android
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- It's a public forum, but my initial question was very specific. You nearly de-railed the thread.
- I did a quick search, in fact I did an extensive search on these boards and on the net. I couldnt find any answers so I posted here.
- My very specific question asked how to automatically forward a text message from my Nexus One phone to my Sprint EVO phone. Forwarding from a google voice number to other phones was never the right answer, and you know it. Why people insist on inserting themselves into internet message board questions, when they know they don't actually have the correct answer, is beyond me.

greymarch said:
- It's a public forum, but my initial question was very specific. You nearly de-railed the thread.
- I did a quick search, in fact I did an extensive search on these boards and on the net. I couldnt find any answers so I posted here.
- My very specific question asked how to automatically forward a text message from my Nexus One phone to my Sprint EVO phone. Forwarding from a google voice number to other phones was never the right answer, and you know it. Why people insist on inserting themselves into internet message board questions, when they know they don't actually have the correct answer, is beyond me.
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A VERY quick search on the market brought up some results you were looking for.
And people usually insert themselves even if it's not the exact answer the OP might have been looking for because the OP might not know about the idea, and decide that fulfills his/her needs for the situation. Why people insist on giving douche responses on internet messaging boards when people are merely trying to help them is beyond me.

MMS - Reduced quality & size

Hi all,
Have found an issue with MMS. I can send them fine, and the person receiving them has no problems.
When I receive an MMS, though, it's greatly reduced in both size and quality.
I've tried saving the MMS image to open in the gallery app - in case the messaging app displayed it smaller for some reason - but it displayed the same.
The only settings I can find (I believe) are only related to sending not receiving, but none the less has been checked at 600k for maximum size.
My previous phone - One XL, same network/carrier - didn't have this issue at all.
It just looks as though the One compresses incoming images :/
Has anyone else experienced this?
HTC One
Android 4.1.2
Sense 5.0

Wow, I think we have found one of the last 5 MMS users in the world!
(Sorry, that wasn't helpful )

Sounds like the person sending you the image has compressed it. Seems unlikely that your phone would compress incoming images

Haha, I still use it on a regular basis!
Not being compressed from sender tho - I work for a Telco, and have sent images from multiple handsets - all of which came through compressed.
From my phone, I've sent a photo to both myself and other handsets (iPhone & Galaxy S III). Comes through perfectly on them, comes through reduced on mine.
So it's definitely unique to the handset, and it's definitely compressing incoming images :/
Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk 2

Why don't people use MMS anymore? I send MMS to my girlfriend throughout the day and she sends to me. Am I missing something?

Kilmar said:
Why don't people use MMS anymore? I send MMS to my girlfriend throughout the day and she sends to me. Am I missing something?
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People use apps like Whatapp and Facebook to send pictures to one another as its free to do so. MMS messages are usually not part of the included texts so are charged.

All my friends send MMS all the time. I think most plans in Canada have nation-wide SMS and MMS included though.

Use whatever works best for you and the people you communicate with.
However, SMS and MMS (from a data-transmission standpoint) are about the worst way you could possibly send text and pictures/media (in terms of speed and reliability). Apple was smart to invent iMessage and have it tied to peoples phone number. They were dumb not to open it up to every platform and there-by kill SMS once and for all. G+, FaceBook, and 100s of others are trying to get control of peoples SMS/MMS, but nobody other than Apple has been smart enough to converge people that still use it with the modern digital-data age.
I'm not saying you shouldn't still use it... I'm saying the fact that it is more convenient for you to still use it is a major failure of the software industry (HTC, Google, your carrier, Apple, or whoever you want to point the finger at.).
OP: Please let us know if you find a solution. I get an MMS every now and then, and it being compressed is bs... it should be upscaled like 1080p TVs do if anything.

Mcyates said:
People use apps like Whatapp and Facebook to send pictures to one another as its free to do so. MMS messages are usually not part of the included texts so are charged.
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Ah, that makes perfect sense. My girlfriend doesn't have a smartphone (she likes little phones for her little hands) and rarely uses FB, so we are relegated to MMS. I use Whatsapp with other friends and family. I'm not too worried about charges since Sprint has unlimited text and data.

mercury670 said:
Hi all,
Have found an issue with MMS. I can send them fine, and the person receiving them has no problems.
When I receive an MMS, though, it's greatly reduced in both size and quality.
I've tried saving the MMS image to open in the gallery app - in case the messaging app displayed it smaller for some reason - but it displayed the same.
The only settings I can find (I believe) are only related to sending not receiving, but none the less has been checked at 600k for maximum size.
My previous phone - One XL, same network/carrier - didn't have this issue at all.
It just looks as though the One compresses incoming images :/
Has anyone else experienced this?
HTC One
Android 4.1.2
Sense 5.0
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I got an MMS this morning from my iPhone 5-using friend on Verizon and it wasn't noticeably compressed.

rpmccormick said:
Use whatever works best for you and the people you communicate with.
However, SMS and MMS (from a data-transmission standpoint) are about the worst way you could possibly send text and pictures/media (in terms of speed and reliability). Apple was smart to invent iMessage and have it tied to peoples phone number. They were dumb not to open it up to every platform and there-by kill SMS once and for all. G+, FaceBook, and 100s of others are trying to get control of peoples SMS/MMS, but nobody other than Apple has been smart enough to converge people that still use it with the modern digital-data age.
I'm not saying you shouldn't still use it... I'm saying the fact that it is more convenient for you to still use it is a major failure of the software industry (HTC, Google, your carrier, Apple, or whoever you want to point the finger at.).
OP: Please let us know if you find a solution. I get an MMS every now and then, and it being compressed is bs... it should be upscaled like 1080p TVs do if anything.
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Nahhh man, LOTS of people still use MMS -- probably the majority of people with cell phones...... they are already conversing via sms.... so mms is what they use... for convenience sake.
And it has been fee for probably five years (with unlimited text and pics plans becoming more the norm)
I would be surprised if more than 2% avoid using mms, even though it is pretty lossy.

gruuvin said:
Nahhh man, LOTS of people still use MMS -- probably the majority of people with cell phones...... they are already conversing via sms.... so mms is what they use... for convenience sake.
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The problem is they are still using SMS. When Android was first invented, the first G1 phone had a GoogleTalk online bubble in the contacts/dialer. They were hoping people with Android phones would use GoogleTalk instead of SMS (as I always do), but it did not catch on. Apple on the other hand built iMessage right into the SMS app and forced their users to use it... too bad there is not an iMessage app for Android... we could all be free of the evils of SMS just like iPhone-to-iPhone users are.

js931 said:
Wow, I think we have found one of the last 5 MMS users in the world!
(Sorry, that wasn't helpful )
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Welcome to the outside world! You'll be shocked there's still millions of people using MMS... Specially like here in our country where you could send one for free

Just so you can see, these are screen shots. Same photo, same source. First image is as received on One XL, second is from the One.
Clearly obvious how much they're being reduced :/

Has no-one else honestly not noticed this?
It's practically a deal breaker

i have noticed this also...thought it was the sender. will have to play around with this myself.

**UPDATE**
Today received a call from Telstra about the tech enquiry I asked for.
They've done some in-house testing, and have confirmed it is a unique issue to the One, nothing to do with carriers.
I've lodged 2 separate support 'tickets' with HTC, and am currently in the middle of email trails trying to find a resolution.
Will report back with more info when available.
HTC One
4.1.2
Sense 5.0
Stock, Telstra AU

mercury670 said:
Has no-one else honestly not noticed this?
It's practically a deal breaker
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I just noticed this today. I am unable to send a mms picture larger than 50-80kb even though the size is multiple MB.
I checked all settings but can't figure out a way to use a larger image as mms.
Stock android 4.3
This is really annoying because i am sending images of text that aren't readable when reduced in quality. I would rather text than email.
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mercury670 said:
**UPDATE**
Today received a call from Telstra about the tech enquiry I asked for.
They've done some in-house testing, and have confirmed it is a unique issue to the One, nothing to do with carriers.
I've lodged 2 separate support 'tickets' with HTC, and am currently in the middle of email trails trying to find a resolution.
Will report back with more info when available.
HTC One
4.1.2
Sense 5.0
Stock, Telstra AU
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Any updates?

Alcoholic said:
I would rather text than email.
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SMS, MMS, and Fax-Machines are the worst data-transmission technologies that we are forced to cling on to. I long for the day when all 3 are extinct.

i dont know if my problem is the same but its really annoying when i can't send pictures taken from my phone camera. i can send pictures from the internet and pictures that arent very high quality taken with my camera but with a lot of the pictures i take that have a lot of detail and very focused they always fail when their sending. i have not changed any settings for MMS

[Q] Send texts from browser? (like DeskSMS for Androids but a windows version).

Good evening gentlemen,
Thanks for taking a look at my problem.
Basically I need something like DeskSMS for Android but for my windows phone (Nokia Lumia 820). The reason is the mother of my son (ex) is being a pain in the ass and "doesn't have an email" but I need to be able to record and send communications and be able to save them. Also thumbing my phone for hours trying to type out an email (via SMS texts) is a huge pain in the ass.
The solution would be a nice little app like DeskSMS or whatever else... instead of fighting her I could just type things out fast with that and after a few texts I'm sure she'd come around to my way of thinking without having to debate it (i.e. texts are not for formal conversations).
So... now I've let you into my strange little world perhaps you could help me? How to send texts from a browser (through my Windows phone)... any suggestions? I'm open to solutions!

Many mobile operators used to (and possibly still do) allow you to send email to an address that's something like <phonenumber>@<carriername>.com or similar. Not elegant, and I'm not sure how well it handles larger messages, but it used to work.
Otherwise, you may be in a bit of difficulty... I believe third-party WP8 apps are not permitted to send SMS directly (because of the risk of malware texting premium services, one of several popular tactics for Android malware). It's quaint and antiquated, but does she have fax? Otherwise, there's always the option of recorded telephone calls, though those can be a pain to transcribe.

TYVM
GoodDayToDie said:
Many mobile operators used to (and possibly still do) allow you to send email to an address that's something like <phonenumber>@<carriername>.com or similar. Not elegant, and I'm not sure how well it handles larger messages, but it used to work.
Otherwise, you may be in a bit of difficulty... I believe third-party WP8 apps are not permitted to send SMS directly (because of the risk of malware texting premium services, one of several popular tactics for Android malware). It's quaint and antiquated, but does she have fax? Otherwise, there's always the option of recorded telephone calls, though those can be a pain to transcribe.
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Some good thinking here especially about emailing her to her phone using <phonenumber>@<carriername>.com which I'll have a look into. I think she uses an iPhone too so seems ludicrous that she doesn't use her email (I don't know but guess you probably have to have one to have an apple account).
As you have guessed though I was hoping for something slick and polished and didn't realise third-party WP8 apps aren't permitted to send SMS directly. Thank you for helping me.
Frustrating really because I don't feel it's reasonable to demand she use a form of communication if she doesn't want to (this is hypothetical I think she must use email! maybe she really doesn't... she never was very tech... who doesn't use email?). I guess I'll have to think about writing an old fashioned letter maybe... god? has it come to this!
EDIT - just noticed I could email a conversation from whatsapp so maybe that's the answer.

Remove SMS Limit (manually preferred)

I'm looking to remove the SMS limit. I'm currently on 6.0 (pure nexus rom), but I would also like to know how to do it on 5.1.1. Manually is preferred so I know exactly what is being changed on my device.
Why? Because it's my phone and I should be able to remove this ridiculous limit if I want to, and...
I wrote a python script that sends out multiple SMS to a large group of my friends. I keep getting that annoying pop up that the app is sending large amounts of text messages, and having to hit the allow button multiple times. This wouldn't be an issue if hitting the allow button actually sent all of the text, but it doesn't. Quite frustrating.
I've read a few thread on XDA about the issue, but can't seem to remove the limit. I tried following a guide in one of the s3 categories to no avail.

I am looking for this too!

After hours of searching today - it appears that the setting has been moved into the framework?
com.android.internal.telephony
https://android.googlesource.com/pl...droid/internal/telephony/SmsUsageMonitor.java
I hope I'm wrong as I'm no Android dev.... But, if I'm correct the only way I know of to "fix" it is to make the change in a custom Android build/ROM.
This SUCKS as I use mass texting for business purposes (communicating with many individuals who sign up for contract work). I really like Android N (along with AndroidPay) - but, looks like I'll be going back to M (on a custom ROM)...
If anyone locates/determines a way to alter that file using RootExplorer/Sqlite or some other way - please let me know.

Group texts

So I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon N950U). Over the previous 24 hours, first, my daughter and then I received a group text from an unknown person. It was noone from our contact lists and noone we know. I use chomp sms as my default messaging app. I am extremely annoyed and wish for all of these textx to stop. I cant ask the group message originator to remove me from the list because I dont know who sent it. Also of the 10 to 15 numbers on the list that he/she also sent it to, I do not know anyone on the list.
I need some advice/help. With this high end phone of mine and all of its power, you would think there would be some way to just simply remove myself from the list. In my research on this topic, the only app I found that might have a chance of stopping this is called GroupXit but I dont even know if it would really work or is still valid. The only info I can find concerning the app is that its from 2014. (kinda old)
Since I have root access, isnt there something that I can do to stop it? Some type of app for rooted phones or something?

TRexombo said:
So I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon N950U). Over the previous 24 hours, first, my daughter and then I received a group text from an unknown person. It was noone from our contact lists and noone we know. I use chomp sms as my default messaging app. I am extremely annoyed and wish for all of these textx to stop. I cant ask the group message originator to remove me from the list because I dont know who sent it. Also of the 10 to 15 numbers on the list that he/she also sent it to, I do not know anyone on the list.
I need some advice/help. With this high end phone of mine and all of its power, you would think there would be some way to just simply remove myself from the list. In my research on this topic, the only app I found that might have a chance of stopping this is called GroupXit but I dont even know if it would really work or is still valid. The only info I can find concerning the app is that its from 2014. (kinda old)
Since I have root access, isnt there something that I can do to stop it? Some type of app for rooted phones or something?
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Well its not as simple as one might think.
Heres the problem.
The current infrastructure allows this and call spoofing to happen because out going calls and texts are not verified and filtered properly and said calls and text are forwarded to the given address. Like a letter. It would be like trying to stop someone from writing you a letter. There isnt a mechanism the verifies he registerd number of the phone to the ID being given over the air to the recipient. Said mechanism would make call spoofing much much harder and could be modified to remove ones-self from a group chat.
You do have a few options.
1. An app that blocks texts
2. Have your carrier block them
3. Look at who their carrier is and request a block (not sure if possible but worth a shot).
4. Ask them. I know you dont want to contact them but aslong as you dont give any information, click a link, or become hostile toward them, you should be fine. To be safe. Somewhere in your messaging setting, there should be an option to auto download attachment. Id turn that off before requesting your removal.
****HEADS UP****
some carriers do charge monthly to block someone.
Id look that info up or ask before jumping straight to that option.

Thank you Shadow Assassin. I noticed another app called Textra. It says it will specifically block the group texts of your choice. May be worth a shot.
I'm kind of hesitant to contact the originator of this group text, 1. Because I can't tell which number it comes from. (When I look at the contact details it gives me a list of 10 - 15 numbers) and 2. Because of the content of the text. Both were the same on my phone and my daughter's phone. It said : "Hey mister, I'm just gonna put this out there, I'm chubby, lonely and horny." Then it got more detailed.

TRexombo said:
Thank you Shadow Assassin. I noticed another app called Textra. It says it will specifically block the group texts of your choice. May be worth a shot.
I'm kind of hesitant to contact the originator of this group text, 1. Because I can't tell which number it comes from. (When I look at the contact details it gives me a list of 10 - 15 numbers) and 2. Because of the content of the text. Both were the same on my phone and my daughter's phone. It said : "Hey mister, I'm just gonna put this out there, I'm chubby, lonely and horny." Then it got more detailed.
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Wow, ok. Thats concerning knowing the little chance of texting both yall randomly. So it doesnt seem so random (could be wrong). You can see the actually sender by long pressing on the message and click View Message Details. You can block numbers on the galaxy 8 series. Messages/Settings/Block Messages
Now those messages wont show up in the main messages but they are saved in the blocked folder in the same place I directed you to block them.
****Do Note****
Due to the way sms/mms works, your phone will still receive the messages no matter what apl you use. They just block them from visibility. Only a carrier block stops them from reaching your devices
I can say, if it were me. I would atleast file a police report if it came from the same area code especially sonce both you and your daughter got it aswell. But the chances of randomly texting both of yall are slim.

Ok thank you for your advice. There has been no further activity from that group text and no others have been sent. I guess I'm just going to wait for now but if anything else happens I may be forced to take action.