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I have a unlock Droid 3, and every time when I try to perform call forwarding, the "call forwarding is disable outside of Verizon Wireless network." message will pop out.
Is there anyway to bypass this?
Thank you very much!
You are SOL. This feature is disabled by Verizon. The restriction is integrated on baseband level (radio firmware), so even if you root the phone you cannot touch it.
If you want to perform call forwarding, take the sim out of D3, place it in normal phone, set forwarding the way you want it and put the sim back in D3. That's the only workaround.
leobg said:
You are SOL. This feature is disabled by Verizon. The restriction is integrated on baseband level (radio firmware), so even if you root the phone you cannot touch it.
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Damn! Now you guys tell me!
Oh well.
Too bad... I should have gone to the xt 860 instead...
I wonder why would Verizon do something like that to a unlocked phone
iggihk said:
Too bad... I should have gone to the xt 860 instead...
I wonder why would Verizon do something like that to a unlocked phone
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Reason is simple - so you are forced to use their services. After all this model was made exclusively and specifically for Verizon. And by default they are all (XT862 - Droid 3) locked to Verizon. If you bought it unlocked from somewhere - they unlocked it before sale. No Droid 3 is manufactured unlocked - even if you buy it straight from Motorola USA.
I'm using straight talk on an at&t s6 edge. Trying to get the google voice voicemail to work. I've tried the mmi code **004*gmnumber# to activate conditional call forwarding, but I always get "couldn't get server response".. Trying to change the voicemail service provider also gives errors. "Can not read data. Network or sim error"
I have tried the individual mmi codes for different kinds of conditional call forwarding, but get same error:"couldn't get server response".
I have read that at&t controls the conditional call forwarding service, being the original carrier for straight talk, but because I don't have an active account, they can not change features for my number.
The ST rep tells me that there might be a hardware specific mmi code that Samsung may provide?
Does anyone have any solutions?
Thanks guys,
Gozirra
Gozirra, I was having a similar problem with my iPhone 6 (on AT&T) and my S6 (on Cricket). I think it may wind up being these phones (both are AT&T branded). I wound up swapping the sim card into a spare (Cricket branded) Moto G LTE and the MMI code worked without issue.
This exactly what I just did and it works. For months I have been trying to forward my Cricket voicemail to Google Voice, from Samsung S5. I couldn't. I called Cricket, they said there's nothing they can do. I then I saw gm2racer's post, used my sim card in my son's Samsung Prime. Voila.
Same issue here with S6 active + straight talk and with youmail as well.. invalid mmi.. straight talk says they dont support conditional forwarding, however 3 windows phones prior all worked on ST (both att and vzw phones)..
Frustrating enough i'm considering switching to tmobile (not willing to switch phones per say, i just got the s6)
I know this isnt the most hit thread on this topic, but today I resolved my issue... I have an AT&T (unlocked cause its older and paid for) Galaxy S6 (SM-G920A), that I simply plugged in the cricket SIM from my older Cricket phone and started using on their network. I got the immediate system text messages that reconfigured most of the call settings and the phone worked fine but in the past couple months, i keep getting complaints that i dont have voice mail set up from callers.
I did, I do, and I have used my google voice number for years now, and use it for my outbound calling (install the gv app and have it set outbound for all to GV). I also use GV as my mailbox... and I know how to use the **004 string to change forwarding (conditional, as in when you dont answer, cant answer, etc).
But with my AT&T S6 and the MM 6.0.1 (DQC1 official AT&T rom) - that 004 string wouldnt work. Neither would changing forwarding settings from the phone settings. They all state they cant talk to the server... and theres no option in my call settings for voicemail to set voice as the handler (versus your carrier).
So I was kind of stuck.. and here is what I did.
I flashed it using odin to the sm-g920aZ QB2 firmware (as in , the Cricket firmware for the S6, 6.0.1 MM version in March 2017).
I know.. it is taking a risk as some people state it doesent work.. some do.. well.. mine did. And since I have never tried to get root or do a custom OS, i am still official (thats all I have ever flashed, was official ROMs), and galaxy pay works, and the phone works, more or less perfectly from what I can tell. In fact, its got a TON less bloatware running a cricket ROM vs AT&T ROM.
And lo and behold, call forwarding works great now. And I actually got a firmware update notice from cricket 5 minutes after it was flashed.. and, well... all I can say is COOL.
I would probably stay with a MM (6.0.1) version of the ROM or match whatever you have now. I understand once you go to nougat, you cant go back to MM, and that may be true for moving between carrier ROMs also.. (cant go from Cricket 7 to at&t 6).
Anyhow.. Ive done a ton of research on this and thought since XDA helped out immensely (thanks everyone for posting roms and such), I would give ya'll a heads up that this worked for me.
I might go ahead and take those cricket firmware updates OTA. I know its a risk, as my phone is really a 920A (it shows as 920AZ now in settings also), but I really think its the exact same hardware... if I brick it I'll let ya'll know.
Confirmed, updates are good.
24br said:
I might go ahead and take those cricket firmware updates OTA. I know its a risk, as my phone is really a 920A (it shows as 920AZ now in settings also), but I really think its the exact same hardware... if I brick it I'll let ya'll know.
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I let it go ahead and apply all of the recent Cricket updates to the S6 (920AZ) and confirmed its been running fine for 2 days now with no issues and no loss of functionality.
Makes me wonder what setting was changed by the cricket firmware - that allowed call forwarding to work properly and be set/reset/accessed by the device? The network and device didn't change, just the firmware.. but I dont see anything in the APN settings that relates to voice mail (maybe its something else that needs to change to allow CF settings?)
ANyhow.. your mileage may vary.. and Cricket firmware is WAY less bloated than AT&T for sure!
To make a long story short, earlier this year I came upon a Verizon branded Moto X 2013. Although it's not an unlocked phone, I have been using my Cricket SIM with it just fine (albeit without LTE coverage). A few days ago, which was a day or two after the update to Android 5.1 finally got pushed to this device, I started receiving an error stating that my SIM was not from Verizon. Up until this point, my phone worked perfectly, aside from not having LTE. Now, my data no longer works and I see the H+ symbol crossed out in my notification bar. I can still send and receive regular texts and make phone calls, but I need my data. Has anyone else noticed something like this?
I haven't rooted this particular phone as I've felt no need to do so. I was quite happy with it out of the box, but if there's a workaround for this that requires me to do so then I will gladly do it.
Both my dad and I picked up the Note 8 on launch day. I had zero issue enabling wifi calling out of the box, and in fact it seems to be working quite well for me. He's not had the same success. At first it said it would have to disable Google Voice. We uninstalled the app, and had Sprint de-integrate his number with Google Voice, so that the carrier stock voicemail could be configured. That didn't work initially either, and he spent some time at the store having their tech fix it. I wasn't there, so I'm not sure what they did, but eventually they got the voicemail working. So then he came around asking me to set up wifi calling. I attempted to, only this time the setup prompt insisted that it be allowed to disable Voicemail first. But since that's a system app, I'm not sure how that can be done. And given his problems with voicemail to date, I'm reticent to let it try and disable his voicemail again.
Anybody else run into this problem? Is there some sort of fix that doesn't involve another visit to Sprint?
beerindex said:
Both my dad and I picked up the Note 8 on launch day. I had zero issue enabling wifi calling out of the box, and in fact it seems to be working quite well for me. He's not had the same success. At first it said it would have to disable Google Voice. We uninstalled the app, and had Sprint de-integrate his number with Google Voice, so that the carrier stock voicemail could be configured. That didn't work initially either, and he spent some time at the store having their tech fix it. I wasn't there, so I'm not sure what they did, but eventually they got the voicemail working. So then he came around asking me to set up wifi calling. I attempted to, only this time the setup prompt insisted that it be allowed to disable Voicemail first. But since that's a system app, I'm not sure how that can be done. And given his problems with voicemail to date, I'm reticent to let it try and disable his voicemail again.
Anybody else run into this problem? Is there some sort of fix that doesn't involve another visit to Sprint?
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If you are having issues with things not working on Sprint, I first had to factory reset...all was well afterwards...make sure you have a brand new SIM for the Note 8...is it a Sprint or Unlocked device (SM-N950U or SM-950U1)
BlueFox721 said:
If you are having issues with things not working on Sprint, I first had to factory reset...all was well afterwards...make sure you have a brand new SIM for the Note 8...is it a Sprint or Unlocked device (SM-N950U or SM-950U1)
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It is a N950U from Sprint with carrier lock.
beerindex said:
It is a N950U from Sprint with carrier lock.
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Coolness, factory reset is probably the best...unless it is because of a previously used SIM
I have an unlocked note 8 (US) on Verizon, and no wifi calling at all.
WiFi Calling on Verizon?
bovineyard said:
I have an unlocked note 8 (US) on Verizon, and no wifi calling at all.
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Same here. I bought mine directly from Samsung and just found out that the option to select WiFi calling is missing! I rely on this at home because we live in a valley with poor cell phone reception (I have to step to a front window to make/receive calls without WiFi calling).
jeffp25 said:
Same here. I bought mine directly from Samsung and just found out that the option to select WiFi calling is missing! I rely on this at home because we live in a valley with poor cell phone reception (I have to step to a front window to make/receive calls without WiFi calling).
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You can flash Verizon firmware if you want WiFi calling on Verizon...but some users have successfully had it added to the unlocked version by calling Verizon and adding their imei to Verizon database....search the threads if you need...
BlueFox721 said:
You can flash Verizon firmware if you want WiFi calling on Verizon...but some users have successfully had it added to the unlocked version by calling Verizon and adding their imei to Verizon database....search the threads if you need...
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Thanks. I tried searching the threads but didn't find much. Maybe I need to change how I'm searching. If I do need to "flash the Verizon firmware," where can I find instructions and will it add bloat or reduce the functionality in any way (I wanted non-Verizon because of the way Verizon changed features on my Note 5)? Will flashing the firmware interfere with the Samsung support?
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Thanks. I tried searching the threads but didn't find much. Maybe I need to change how I'm searching. If I do need to "flash the Verizon firmware," where can I find instructions and will it add bloat or reduce the functionality in any way (I wanted non-Verizon because of the way Verizon changed features on my Note 5)? Will flashing the firmware interfere with the Samsung support?
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You can flash Verizon firmware with Odin using this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...k-recovery-odin-recovery-software-t3671615...
Some Samsung features are blocked by carriers...I do not know what Verizon blocks...search is better from pc
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You can flash Verizon firmware with Odin using this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...k-recovery-odin-recovery-software-t3671615...
Some Samsung features are blocked by carriers...I do not know what Verizon blocks...search is better from pc
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I called Samsung tech support and they confirmed that this feature is not in the based version of Android but the ones distributed by the carriers. The tech suggested calling Verizon and asking them to install the firmware. Anyone know if (assuming they agree) this will be the full package, including all the bloatware, and if this will remove any features from the phone? Would the "upgrade" wipe out the phone so that I have to set everything up again?
When I bought my Note 5 from Verizon two years ago I was upset to find that they had removed the PDF signing capability that was a big feature of the Note 5. I'd really hate to lose any features on my new Note 8, after all that's why I bought directly from Samsung.
jeffp25 said:
I called Samsung tech support and they confirmed that this feature is not in the based version of Android but the ones distributed by the carriers. The tech suggested calling Verizon and asking them to install the firmware. Anyone know if (assuming they agree) this will be the full package, including all the bloatware, and if this will remove any features from the phone? Would the "upgrade" wipe out the phone so that I have to set everything up again?
When I bought my Note 5 from Verizon two years ago I was upset to find that they had removed the PDF signing capability that was a big feature of the Note 5. I'd really hate to lose any features on my new Note 8, after all that's why I bought directly from Samsung.
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In order for you to remain on unlocked firmware to avoid bloat and keep Samsung goodies you must call Verizon to have the imei # to their whitelist and reprovisioned...I did this for Sprint to enable VoLTE when available...others with Verizon have done the same...call Verizon cs and tell them you bought from Samsung and need to have your imei # whitelisted and reprovisioned to improve network connection...if one rep will not do it, call another...do not mention that it is unlocked version...just state that you got from Samsung on a Note 7 deal...afterwards, all Verizon features will work on unlocked except vvm...Google voice is better anyways
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In order for you to remain on unlocked firmware to avoid bloat and keep Samsung goodies you must call Verizon to have the imei # to their whitelist and reprovisioned...I did this for Sprint to enable VoLTE when available...others with Verizon have done the same...call Verizon cs and tell them you bought from Samsung and need to have your imei # whitelisted and reprovisioned to improve network connection...if one rep will not do it, call another...do not mention that it is unlocked version...just state that you got from Samsung on a Note 7 deal...afterwards, all Verizon features will work on unlocked except vvm...Google voice is better anyways
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If I get them to add my imei to the whitelist and "reprovision" the phone, when they do that the option for WiFi calling will appear?
I'm slightly puzzled by your vvm comment: will all Verizon voicemail be non-functional or only Visual Voicemail? I have Google Voice set up to provide a second number on my phone. How do I use it to set up voice mail on my phone with my Verizon number?
jeffp25 said:
If I get them to add my imei to the whitelist and "reprovision" the phone, when they do that the option for WiFi calling will appear?
I'm slightly puzzled by your vvm comment: will all Verizon voicemail be non-functional or only Visual Voicemail? I have Google Voice set up to provide a second number on my phone. How do I use it to set up voice mail on my phone with my Verizon number?
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VVM is only on carrier Firmware...it is baked in...some have gotten it to work on unlocked but I do not know how...regular voicemail works fine...especially with Google voice...to set it up you forward to Google voice...for Sprint it is dialing *73mygooglevoicenumber...I do not know the forward shortcut for verizon but it used to be *71yourgooglevoicenumber...
Your Google voice number is shown in the settings of Google voice.
Yes WiFi calling and VoLTE will work once imei is added...look for WiFi calling in the phone settings...
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VVM is only on carrier Firmware...it is baked in...some have gotten it to work on unlocked but I do not know how...regular voicemail works fine...especially with Google voice...to set it up you forward to Google voice...for Sprint it is dialing *73mygooglevoicenumber...I do not know the forward shortcut for verizon but it used to be *71yourgooglevoicenumber...
Your Google voice number is shown in the settings of Google voice.
Yes WiFi calling and VoLTE will work once imei is added...look for WiFi calling in the phone settings...
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OK, I'll have to try and reach them. I'll follow up with my results later.
No luck with today's call
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VVM is only on carrier Firmware...it is baked in...some have gotten it to work on unlocked but I do not know how...regular voicemail works fine...especially with Google voice...to set it up you forward to Google voice...for Sprint it is dialing *73mygooglevoicenumber...I do not know the forward shortcut for verizon but it used to be *71yourgooglevoicenumber...
Your Google voice number is shown in the settings of Google voice.
Yes WiFi calling and VoLTE will work once imei is added...look for WiFi calling in the phone settings...
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First, I found the Google Voice shortcut for Verizon is what you thought: *71yourgooglevoicenumber
Now for my bad news. I spent nearly an hour on the phone with Verizon tech support. After being bounced around a little, I spoke with a woman who kept contacting their "Network Team" for more details, and who tried to be very helpful, but in the end I am no further ahead. In the end, they said that adding my phone to the Whitelist was "Out of Scope" because the phone was already unlocked and functioning on Verizon. She said that all she could suggest was to contact Samsung, and that Verizon tech support would be happy to have a three-way conference call with Samsung tech support (they would call) to see what could be done, and that she'd put a note in my account about this issue.
Now, if I call back and try to speak to anyone else they will see this note that that will be it. So, I'm back to not being able to make phone calls at home.
jeffp25 said:
First, I found the Google Voice shortcut for Verizon is what you thought: *71yourgooglevoicenumber
Now for my bad news. I spent nearly an hour on the phone with Verizon tech support. After being bounced around a little, I spoke with a woman who kept contacting their "Network Team" for more details, and who tried to be very helpful, but in the end I am no further ahead. In the end, they said that adding my phone to the Whitelist was "Out of Scope" because the phone was already unlocked and functioning on Verizon. She said that all she could suggest was to contact Samsung, and that Verizon tech support would be happy to have a three-way conference call with Samsung tech support (they would call) to see what could be done, and that she'd put a note in my account about this issue.
Now, if I call back and try to speak to anyone else they will see this note that that will be it. So, I'm back to not being able to make phone calls at home.
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You may be stuck with flashing complete firmware...you can always root the complete firmware and debloat...sorry it's not working for you
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You may be stuck with flashing complete firmware...you can always root the complete firmware and debloat...sorry it's not working for you
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For now, I have a partial solution for the poor phone connection at home: years ago, after we had complained a lot about a poor signal at home, Verizon gave us a free "Network extender," which acts as a mini tower in our house (connected through the house Internet). It is only 3G, so I disconnected it when we had WiFi calling on our phones. Now, I'll reconnect it. The only problem is that is won't connect to a phone with VoLTE calling enabled, so I have to remember to turn off VoLTE calling when I get home, and turn it back on when I leave so that I can keep my Internet access on a phone call.
I have the factory unlocked model and I noticed I can't do video calls or enable RCS. Turns out those are only available on the carrier model (my carrier is verizon). I also don't have voicemail built into the phone app like with pixels or iphones—another feature that's only available in the carrier model.
Are there other significant features (and drawbacks) of the carrier version?
Because I'm considering flashing the verizon firmware to get the proper experience with my carrier.
I have the unlocked model as well and use RCS with Google Messages app, as for video calls. Google Duo is enabled by default and shows up in the phone dialer. I have the Voicemail app installed as a system app as well. Weird it's not on your device
Vid call is a feature that looks cooler than it is in practice. It's unnecessarily intrusive.
-Control the flow of information-
It was one of the first things I package blocked.
I had to call my voicemail once for visual voicemail to show up as an app. I'm on ATT, but that's what got mine working on my unlocked S21U
No RCS is huge for 2021. If I have to do it all over again I wouldn't get the unlocked phone. Now i'm stuck with unlocked S21 Ultra (no rcs).
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No RCS is huge for 2021. If I have to do it all over again I wouldn't get the unlocked phone. Now i'm stuck with unlocked S21 Ultra (no rcs).
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Would this help?
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My hatred of Google is boundless at this point and not sure what all the tradeoffs would be.
One sure one is that using any Google app is feeding the beast... the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I am on Verizon and still went with the unlocked version. I really don't see the big deal of RCS. If they respond great, if not that's fine too. I have no regrets going with the unlocked version and I don't need more bloat from Verizon.
I had the T-Mobile version and exchanged it for the Unlocked version with more storage. I still have RCS, video calling, and I have the default, non-Pixel Android voicemail setup. The only other thing is that my unlocked phone didn't come with all of the carrier bloat (it had around 10 missing and useless carrier apps). So for me, getting the Unlocked version was the best idea.
Basically, grab the unlocked version if you've got modern-tech intelligence (idk what else to call that other than being a nerd lol). The carrier version might be better for it's simplicity (but will be mostly hated by the really techy people out there).
I have the Verizon version, but before I ever fired it up, I flashed the U1 (unlocked) firmware onto this phone. I love the lack of bloat and I am able to utilize RCS with Google Messages. RCS is Samsung Messages is not available on the S21 Ultra in the US as of this time, so Google Messages is the route I went. I don't do video calling much anyway, but Goggle Duo is more than sufficient to me. And I have the voicemail app installed and it works perfectly without having to dial in to access it. No, it's not within my dialer app, but it works for me.
i have verizon but neither google nor samsung's native messenger works for RCS??? can folks on VZ confirm that the s21 ultra RCS option works??
johnp357 said:
i have verizon but neither google nor samsung's native messenger works for RCS??? can folks on VZ confirm that the s21 ultra RCS option works??
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I can confirm that I am on Verizon and RCS works in Google Messages. One thing I've seen in other posts/threads is you need to make sure Carrier Services is installed. I can say that I had RCS without installing this, but I've seen others say it was necessary. As I said in the earlier post, I did flash the U1 unlocked firmware, but I've never had an issue with RCS not working in Google Messages since they circumvented the need for carrier support.
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I can confirm that I am on Verizon and RCS works in Google Messages. One thing I've seen in other posts/threads is you need to make sure Carrier Services is installed. I can say that I had RCS without installing this, but I've seen others say it was necessary. As I said in the earlier post, I did flash the U1 unlocked firmware, but I've never had an issue with RCS not working in Google Messages since they circumvented the need for carrier support.
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i have carrier services installed. all the settings said it is enabled but the function of the RCS messages as a live option of seeing people type and getting confirmation does not work for me..?? sigh
johnp357 said:
i have carrier services installed. all the settings said it is enabled but the function of the RCS messages as a live option of seeing people type and getting confirmation does not work for me..?? sigh
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Keep in mind, the people you're texting need to have RCS enabled as well - otherwise is reverts to a traditional SMS. It's very similar to when people on Android text someone using an iPhone. The Android user gets no RCS and the iPhone user gets no iMessage. The good thing is that Google had initially offered Apple a direct implementation of RCS, however, they immediately turned it down and told Google to stay away... Quite a let down at how greedy and manipulative that company is...
Oh, and you probably need to be using Google Messages for the features that you mentioned to work anyway, as those features are implemented into Google Messages but not into Samsung's Messenger app.
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No RCS is huge for 2021. If I have to do it all over again I wouldn't get the unlocked phone. Now i'm stuck with unlocked S21 Ultra (no rcs).
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This upset me too. I had it with my S20+ Verizon variant and I thought the unlocked version would be superior, but now I'm second guessing that notion.
I'm rocking the Verizon version of the S21 Ultra and I can say I have RCS support via Google Messages. Got my phone at launch, however RSC didn't start working until mid February via an update to the Google Messages app.