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[Android Apps and Games] zappoo:
Crashes whenever I go to settings..since today's update
[Android Apps and Games] cv19985:
the new version crashes for me whenever I try to open the app!

CM10 on SGS3

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[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
What device and android version are you using? Can you send a report through the Market so that I can see some information and fix it? It works for me :(

EDIT @cv19985: It's the Greek translation which is br0ken. I'll fix it and submit a new release.

@zappoo: what language are you using? (just in case...)

EDIT2: It should be fixed in -r1 being uploaded RIGHT NOW.
[Android Apps and Games] cv19985:
Installed the latest -r1 version. Everything seems ok!!! no crashes...

about the greek translation, I will correct some minor things-words I found I have translated with not so correct syntax....

But, I cant view the donator version to viewthe greek translations there...

So, if there is anyone from greece who have boight-donated the ghostly sms app check the translations there as well... Thx

Super hrk! THX once again for you work!

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[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
PM me with your email and you'll get the translator package :)
[Android Apps and Games] zappoo:
All good now..and I use English

Only minor issue is the change log shows the new version as null
[Android Apps and Games] cv19985:
just sent you pm with my email.

THX

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[Android Apps and Games] .Ejekt:
Just donated last night! This app is a life saver.

Quick question, and I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere in the thread. Is there any way to have the app only show a notification if the message was not received by the stock messaging app? As it is now, I am receiving two notifications for each text message I get. Ideally, I'd want this app to only notify me if it catches a message that hasn't appeared in the stock messenger. I have the delayed notification option enabled and yet the notifications persist.

Also, the "Dial %s" bug is still there.

(Samsung Fascinate - AOKP JB Milestone 1)
[Android Apps and Games] cv19985:
@Hrk I Just corrected some translation strings for Greek language!

---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

There are some options you can try.... like DELAYED messages or for example check the box MOVE lost Messages or DELAYED notification...

Read the FAQ (1st page) maybe you find some usefull information....
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
A new year means a new release! Horray for Zoidberg!

2013-01-05 - 1.29

- Fix for FC when opening app w/ Ice Cream Sandwich or above. Please, contact me if you still get the FC and let me know the version of Android you're running as the automated "Report" information is incomplete.

- Fix for FC when switching to SMS/MMS app on devices with no SMS/MMS app (no, seriously?)

- New Chinese (Hong Kong) translation.

- Updates to other translations.

Now... regarding #2. NO SRSLY? :eek: Sometimes I think people do it on purpose.

Regarding #1... I'm almost ready to give up. There are 57 reports of FC when opening the app which can be traced to opening the contact picture using Google's own call (Contacts.openContactPictureStream()). I mean... this is fragmentation. I can successfully run the call on 2.3, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2. 57 people with who-knows-what version-after-ics of Android can't and get a FC, making the app utterly useless. I feel sorry for them. I hope they feel sorry for me, too.

Last but not least, another thank you to my precious translators. :)
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
Working well on 4.1.2. No FCs at the moment. But having the notification bug.
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
Not sure if it's a bug report or anything, but when recovering message from app, it successfully insert it into the inbox. However, the time is ALWAYS "Jan 1, 1970". Even when I click the message details, it shows the correct time, yet when inserting it into the inbox, the time is wrong.

Situation 1 :

Unchecked "Use sent date";

Unchecked "Fix sent date";

Message appear in inbox in the same order, but date is Jan 1, 1970.

Situation 2:

Checked "Use sent date";

Unchecked :Fix sent date";

Same as above.

Situation 3

Checked both.

Message appear in inbox. Message date is Jan 1, 1970. And in wrong order. Near the top of the message list.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
What version of android are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] Febby:
Useful application :)
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
Android 4.1.2 Jellybean on Xperia Ray P.A.C ROM. Is it not compatible? Because I've been loosing many SMS and your app successfully catch them. Just that the time is having problem.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I don't really know. Is it an AOSP (=stock Google, like a Nexus device) or CyanogenMod based or is it Xperia based? Do you have the stock (green smiley face) SMS/MMS app?

I'll check out if Google changed something in Jelly Bean's messaging app. :|
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
Using CyanogenMod based SMS app, if I'm not mistaken. CM10 -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069841

Thanks for your help again. If you can't fix it and I'm the only one having this problem, then it's okay, yeah!(:

If you would like a logcat or anything, would be glad to produce one.
[Android Apps and Games] J0kker:
You made a mistake in the google play link url, you forgot last "S" :)

Will try it soon, thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I need more information: if you long press on the message and get its details, what date do you see? Translated: do you see the same date in the conversation and in the details?

I forgot to add this: you should/can check the "Fix sent date" only if you have the corresponding "Fix sent date" option enabled in the SMS/MMS app. Otherwise, you'll get a date which is wrong by as many hours as your difference to GMT/UTC (in my case it's +1 hour now, but in the USA could be -9 hours) which is the reason for its bad position in the conversation view. :)
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
I have "Original Timestamps" checked in my SMS app. No "Fix sent date" option.

In Ghostly SMS, I have ONLY "Use sent date" checked and everything is working perfectly BEFORE I move the SMS into the inbox.

Before moving :

In inbox after moving :
[Android Apps and Games] .Ejekt:
Still waiting on a fix for the "Dial %s" bug.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
R: [APP][1.29][Jan 5th] Ghostly SMS: never lose an SMS anymore!

I kind of keep forgetting about it, especially since I still run gingerbread on my daily device... sorry... I'll fix it right away so it'll be in the next release for sure. :)
[Android Apps and Games] .Ejekt:
Friendly reminder. Only pestering because I donated.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I was waiting for ActionBarSherlock 4.3.0 (currently using a patched 4.2.x), but the author keeps delaying the release. I'll stick to 4.2.x. Expect a release tonight. :)

EDIT.

2013-03-06 (it's still 05 here, though...) - 1.30

- Improved compatibility with IceCreamSandwich and above.

- Increased app priority when receiving messages.

- Fix: "Dial %s" in JellyBean notifications.

- Updates to French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Romanian translations.

Too (bodily) tired to comment the changes. I hope increasing the priority will help recover any and all messages.
[Android Apps and Games] .Ejekt:
Much app-reciated!
[Android Apps and Games] atarisoul:
Re: [APP][1.30][Mar 6th] Ghostly SMS: never lose an SMS anymore!

Hello HRK

A weird thing happened while reading your thread about the update. Your app captured an SMS that would have been lost!

Well done from a happy donator :)

People buy the app
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
\O/

What I find really weird is that you need Ghostly SMS with a Samsung Galaxy SIII device, which is a powerhouse. I would have guessed such devices wouldn't be suffering from the "bug" due to their huge amount of RAM, but I get reports from people with SGSIII, HTC Sensation and other "big" devices. (Ok, the HTC Sensation is old, but my standard was a HTC Dream and now a HTC Desire Z...)
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
@frenzyboi: could you let me know if you get the same issue with the new 1.30 release?
[Android Apps and Games] gunnar236:
Fantastic work! It is wonderful to finally be able to trust my phones when it comes to text messaging.. Thank you! Sadly ridiculous that this fix is STILL so much needed. Shame on Google. :/

However.. I wish there were some kind of solution for the (percentage wise) even more frequent loss of MMS messages. Would it be possible to have the app at least record the existence of incoming mms messages? Ghostly does not have to save them, data wise. But it would be simply GREAT if it could show sender information about incoming MMS messages in the same list as the sms messages. Thereby you would know whom to ask to resend the lost mms message once again. At the moment i use Light flow on my S3 which gives accurate information about all incoming messages. And it sometimes shows that i have received completely unspecified mms-messages which neither ghostly or the mms-app have registered. :’(‘’’
[Android Apps and Games] afcp:
Re: [APP][1.30][Mar 6th] Ghostly SMS: never lose an SMS anymore!

Hello, thank you for this application that allows me to do all these lost messages. But I have a question. To set the time and accuracy of the time I put a s3 galaxy for the best possible outcome? Thank you in advance
[Android Apps and Games] kunal998:
Great Work :good:
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Apparently, not. :(

- Use delayed notifications [x]

- Delay = 15 seconds

Then when you receive a duplicate notification, long press on the message (in Ghostly SMS list) and select "Adjust accuracy". It will show you the ideal accuracy in milliseconds. Touch the corresponding message and it will be automatically updated.
[Android Apps and Games] afcp:
Re: [APP][1.30.1][Mar 24th] Ghostly SMS: never lose an SMS anymore!

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] Garreth88:
This app just recovered 2 lost messages at my sgs3... Thank you for that app, I've donated you, but I wish that there was a permanent solution to this...

//EDIT: Ok, I've found a solution, which works at least for me: I've turned off V6 supercharger script. Apparently it killed my messaging app sometimes in wrong moment.
[Android Apps and Games] googlemakesbrokenjunk:
Hi all. I have been googling this issue this evening but cant find out much about it.

I would like to know if google has fixed this bug and in which android version was it fixed.

Can anybody answer this question?

I'm on android 2.3.2 currently.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I doubt Google has fixed it. I haven't had a look at the code in 4.2 but last time I checked it was still broken. :(
[Android Apps and Games] googlemakesbrokenjunk:
Really? Man that is so bad. Maybe google should stick to what it can actually do well.. search engines. their track-record of buggy junk really keeps growing.

I figure I'll just replace this phone with something that isn't android, which is a real shame because I like android lots. I just can't be running my business using technology that doesn't work as advertised.

Thanks for the replies :)

Oh, btw. Do you have any references for this bug? I can;t seem to find a lot, but maybe I am searching for the wrong term?
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I don't have references, as it's not a "simple" bug but a design change which allows for messages to get lost. Unless Google goes back on the design, it will never get "fixed". Out of curiosity, what is your device?
[Android Apps and Games] googlemakesbrokenjunk:
I have an LG LGP500
[Android Apps and Games] 1/4 Life:
Does this work with the Facebook Messenger by any chance? For SMS messages I mean, of course.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I have no idea, I have never seen nor used Facebook Messenger. Does it replace the stock SMS/MMS app?
[Android Apps and Games] 1/4 Life:
It says it does in the options, but the stock SMS app still functions. (It doesn't appear to launch when an SMS is received though.)

Disabling stock SMS notification replacement appears to get Ghostly to see all incomming SMS messages, but then of course facebook messenger no longer notifies you of new texts.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Ok, now I understand. There's no solution for that: if you enable the setting, then Facebook Messenger will EAT the SMS notification, so that no other app can read it. And if you say that not even Ghostly gets it, it means Facebook is very "hungry". Well, forgive me for the culinary examples... every app can declare its "importance" (android coding terms: priority) and Ghostly already tells the system is is "more important" than stock, with a value of 100. If Facebook has a higher value, it will prevent Ghostly from receiving it. :(
[Android Apps and Games] 1/4 Life:
Is there any chance I could change the priority to fix it? I don't mind opening up a hex editor to get things going. I purchased your app by the way, just as a thanks for the support.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I'm not sure, because I've never dealt with modifying apk-s. XDA-developers, however, sure is the best place to ask support for such tasks! ;)

The value you are looking for is inside the AndroidManifest.xml file and is

... priority"100" ...

near a "Receiver" tag. There's only one, you don't risk getting it wrong. The best would be searching the Facebook Messenger xml, hoping the priority is declared there and not through code during execution, and letting me know its value.
[Android Apps and Games] 1/4 Life:
I decompiled it and took a look. Their priority is (No joke): 2147483647
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
And what's more.... the official docs state it has to be in the range -1000 +1000! :D
[Android Apps and Games] gen_vive:
Please help me =(

Hi, I really find this app useful but can't really figure out the configurations so that I will not get double notifications and double messages sent to my inbox. I have tried the early suggestion of selecting a message and choose detect accuracy and have ranged from as low as 300 to as high as 1600. Is there anything I'm missing? The double notification/double message is really annoying because it happens for every message I receive. So it's like detecting each message as lost? Please help thanks.

Below are my current settings:

Show Notification - Yes

Display Contact Icon - No

Vibrate - No

Use Sent date - No (already tried Yes)

Use Delayed Notification - Yes

Delay (in seconds) 15 (already tried up to 40)

Time accuracy (in milliseconds) - 900 (tried from 300-1600 as per the accuracy estimate differs for each msg)

Delete received messages - Yes

Move lost messages - Yes

Display Ads - No

Btw, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3

Thanks,

R
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Delay and accuracy have to be set accordingly to each other. Both (may) need to be increased in order to avoid double notifications.

I don't know an easy way to explain it, help me help you.

When you receive a double notification, open the message in Ghostly SMS and check for accuracy. If it tells you you need a higher value for accuracy, increase it.

If your accuracy is already high enough (so you're wondering "Why did it catch it as lost?"), then increase delay.

Sent date has to be enabled only if your stock SMS app allows for the same setting.
[Android Apps and Games] WatsonDue:
Hi hrk.

Is there a way yo avoid notifications on flash sms type?

For example, when I end a call, my operator (TIM) send me a flash SMS that appears on the screen and that is not being saved as a normal sms.

Ghostly catch and notify it in any case!
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Cool, TIM didn't do such a thing while I was with them. Oh well, I'm nog going back. ;) That aside... you can "blacklist" the sender, hoping that TIM uses the same sender only for flash messages.
[Android Apps and Games] gen_vive:
Thanks, seems to be working more stably now.

R
[Android Apps and Games] dellboyan:
Hello I am not able to download ghostly sms from play store, it says that both of my phones are not compatible, Galaxy Note and Xperia Ray, could someone explain to me what the problem is, I currently use Galaxy Note with SweetRom based ond stock TW 4.1.2.

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I'm overseas, I can't check the store. Your phone carrier region?
[Android Apps and Games] dellboyan:
Serbia, but I tried with tunnelbear to switch to USA to see If that could fix it but still it's not in the playstore.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Android Apps and Games] dellboyan:
Is it possible to upload the app here, so I can try to install it and see if it works?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
I am still overseas, you will have to wait another week :)
[Android Apps and Games] dellboyan:
Ok, Thank you :) my girlfriend is getting mad at my phone, she wants to destroy it, because it's not receiving messages sometimes :D hope this app will help :)

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Android Apps and Games] Takaji:
On KitKat don't work correctly

Good app, but on KitKat it's don't move SMS to Inbox...
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
The app won't work on KitKat due to how Google changed the way SMS are received.

I am uncertain if the best "fix" is just to block KitKat since people can move to a different/better SMS app intead of the buggy SMS/MMS app.
[Android Apps and Games] qriozum:
But your app works perfectly under control KitKat!

I have it installed "from ancient times" and so was today.

Currently I have a system ViperOne v4.1.0 is based has Kitkat 4.4 (4.06.1400.3) and Sense 5.5.

GhostlySMS working on it so far on wszsytkich other systems.

greetings

q.
[Android Apps and Games] hinduboy74:
Hello I’ve been using the app since I got an LG G2 and over the last couple of weeks I’ve been missing texts here and there. I have it nicely setup that it will only notify me when I receive a "Ghost" message. At that point I have the option to move it over but is there a way for this to be bypassed? I donated and I was hoping for a setting that would auto move the message from Ghostly to your normal inbox and then pop up the regular SMS app.

Let me know if this is there or in the works. Background on my phone is that I’m running stock Jelly bean 4.2.2 rooted and using Go SMS Pro with stock app disabled.

Thanks

JD
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
You can auto-move in the INBOX, and you should even get the new SMS notification (albeit it may happen only after a reboot).
[Android Apps and Games] Takaji:
Solution!!

I resolved whit "App ops X"!! :laugh:

I've installed this app, and I'v set write permission in Ghostly SMS, and it work perfectly!!:laugh::good:
[Android Apps and Games] Iceman_jkh:
I have Ghostly SMS (donate) installed and recently received an MMS on kitkat 4.4.2. The MMS was not correctly received by my phone (only the Lightflow notification + notify sound let me know it arrived).

I checked Ghostly but it showed no msgs received.

Can anyone tell me what text string I should look for in the log file, to chase down the MMS details and try to retrieve it manually.

I know I've done this previously on ICS for an SMS (before I knew about ghostly), but I can't recall the specific text to search for and at the time, that was an SMS (not MMS).

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
2014-10-27 - 1.31

- Sorry for the long and overdue update! However… KitKat is now properly supported!

- Android 4.4 KitKat and Android 5.0 Lollipop support!

- Fixed small bugs reported through Play Store.

- Translation updates.

Finally, proper KitKat support. Sorry it took this long.
[Android Apps and Games] joebrit:
In app purchasing doesn't work. It says the app uses a billing version no longer supported.

I'm on a nexus 5, 4.4.4 play services 6.5.99
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Thank you, I'll fix it as soon as possible!
[Android Apps and Games] joebrit:
Thanks.

I think a great option for the app (maybe for pro users) if technically possible would be a button to scan the ghostly database for any messages not in the main inbox then an option to move any found to the inbox. I suppose if one is using the delayed notification this might not be needed if everything is working, but it would certainly be nice for peace of mind.
[Android Apps and Games] JaydenH:
Question

Hi,

Some of my text messages aren't showing up. Is there a chance that they will show up AFTER I install the app? Or will it save only the messages I miss from the moment I install it?

Please reply ASAP - it's an emergency!

All the best!
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
It will save only messages received AFTER the app is installed. :)
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
It is technically possible, yes.

Regarding In-App Billing... I've updated the code, but I need a couple of testers, to see if the new code works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] joebrit:
Does this mean you're not interested in doing it? :)

I'd buy it, but I had my heart set on that feature for buying the "big" donation.
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Nope, it means I've pasted your comment in a "TODO.txt" file... :angel:

And I guess you can't buy it with the current 1.31-r1 :p Hopefully I'll be able to test it today. Stupid new Billingv3 is a unfriendlier regarding to status messages and testing.
[Android Apps and Games] joebrit:
Nope, I can't buy it yet. I just wondered if using root might make your app more full proof? Not that I'm saying there's strong evidence that ghostly isn't catching sms but I noticed that if I set call master (a rooted app) to block an sms it will stop even ghostly from receiving it.
[Android Apps and Games] ktulu84:
Hi, I have to report a bug, it seems that using delayed notification with sent time instead of receive time is not working good, it shows always a notification, even if it finds the message in the inbox, i'm using stock CM 12.1 app with sent timestamp instead of received timestamp. swithcing both sms app and this app to received time works fine
[Android Apps and Games] lilbeezy:
I gave your app a ****ty review at the Play store because it insists on wanting to be my default SMS app if I try to move a message. When I try to move a message I get a dialogue window asking to make Ghostly the default SMS app. Pressing 'cancel' aborts the move operation. Is this a feature or a bug? It doesn't say anything about making a donation for that feature in your store ad.
[Android Apps and Games] ferryPL:
In my CM on Motorola Milestone I have keep_system_app1= line in /system/build.prop file

There you can add com.android.mms process and sms app will be bulletproofed ;)

It works for me ferfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] ObihoernchenDE:
But this is completly different.
[Android Apps and Games] aaunderscore:
this thing is really annoying.. can't you do something? :(:( i suffer from same problem.. if you can then put some settings in your next release so that user can choose whether to show ghostly sms notification or not.. in this way it will keep working in background but wont show icon or any notification in status bar.. we can manually go to application whenever we want & check if there's any sms we missed.. please if u can.. it would be great
[Android Apps and Games] aaunderscore:
does this worked for anyone else too?? we can give it a try then..
[Android Apps and Games] hrk:
Indeed, it is completely different. Neither this nor my app are real solutions, the real solution would be a bugfix from Google. :)

Keeping the SMS/MMS app in memory has the disadvantage that you're using memory even if you don't need it.

Using my application has the disadvantage that you need yet another app installed in the phone and you get the "twin" notifications.

You have to choose what you prefer :)

Now, regarding the "twin" notifications...

... since it's being asked here and in the market, I will add this option. However, I am not sure about its real usefulness. Isn't it better to receive the notification, than being forced to manually check the app when you remember to check it? :confused:

However, as I said, I'll add it with a big fat warning. Power to the users! :) Please, expect it in the next few days, I am not sure I will be able to work on it right away.