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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Beta Testing

Thanks for Google's new Play Store changes, I can now offer Beta access to anyone willing to help me test new releases.

All I need is your gmail to invite you to the Cloud SMS Beta Testing Google+ Group, and then you can click a link to get access to the latest beta on your devices.

I've started a beta to resolve the following issues, and add a new feature:

Added Time Offset for users who have phones which send down GMT only timestamps. This allows you to force all incoming messages to be automatically offset by -12 to +12 hours.

Fixed bug in Phone Call Notification which was occuring on some devices when dismissing the Ringtone.

Fixed bug when sending Images from outside of the Gallery app.

I'm very happy to offer this Beta channel, as anyone with a specific issue can join up and get the update to verify and help me confirm resolutions and features.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Uppenberg:
Something that bothers me is that I get all old notifications when I pickup the tablet if I haven't used it for a while.

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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Just set your tablet's Wifi to Always On and this won't happen. Google's cloud service is delivering messages when it detects your device has awaken from sleep.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Yeah!

One more enhancement added to the new beta; When you tap Mark Read or Mark All Read from the notification, Cloud SMS remains closed and the notification simply updates with messages marked read in the background.

Much better, no more app flash when marking read!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
2.1.13 Released

It's out, woo!

2.1.13

Added Time Offset setting to fix incorrect incoming message time, for people whose devices refuse to agree on time zones.

Fixed MMS Send from tablet bug where images selected outside of the gallery would cause a crash.

Fixed Mark Read and Mark All Read from the notification. The buttons will now silently do their job rather than briefly flash open and close Cloud SMS.

A few small bug fixes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] N1_Fan:
The mark read and all read buttons are not clearing the notification for me on the latest update.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SpideRMaN-17:
Hi,

I purchased and installed this app on a galaxy s3 (rooted with latest omega rom v 4.1.2) and installed it on my rooted tablet (motorola xoom mz601). I use go sms on the S3.

Whenever I send an sms from the xoom tablet, I can see it on the galaxy S3 (inside go sms) but the galaxy S3 never sends the SMS

Please help

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Please try the instructions in Cloud Sms help for Go SMS. Once you've made the required settings change, please reboot your phone and you should be receiving new messages as intended.

Please let me know if that resolves the issue for you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SpideRMaN-17:
Thanks for replying.

I have already disabled other notification in go sms but the problem is not receiving an sms but sending it. When ever I send a new sms from the tablet, the S3 (go sms) gets the new sms but does not send it to the intended person. It stays in go sms without it being delivered
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] shaftenberg:
Hi bechard,

great app, thanks for this!

Three things: there is no message popup on my tablet (Galaxy Note 2), even if screen on or off, tested both.

Next: I'd like to have an export option, just for the case.

Last: I transferred 11.000 SMS from phone to tablet over the cloud, works good, but after that no number was assigned to my contacts, had to tap on every conversation.

Keep up the good work!

[edit]

One last (and half serious) thing: After syncing the message database my Google contacts have been deleted on the tablet!! After reboot and syncing the contacts anew they were there again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Hey guys,

Just preparing a new beta to test to hold everyone over with a few bug fixes while I work on the next major release (tablet ui?!)

I'm looking into all reported issues, and HAVE identified the issue with popup messages not working. Should be released within a few days, and tonight for those in the Beta test group.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Update Released!

2.1.14

Fixed issue which prevented Message Popup from firing when messages were received.

Fixed a number of issues which had the potential to cause a crash.

Changed Message Popup behaviour to show popup only when popups are enabled, and when the screen is off, or screen is on but Cloud SMS is not the open app.

A few small bug fixes.

Stay tuned for the next major release!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] akanjana:
tnks guys

nice imporvements
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Guys? Nope, just one guy. :laugh:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Wackey:
Web app

if this app just had a web-app then it would be the best remote sms sender! :fingers-crossed:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Skyrocket2Paradise:
I cannot send a picture from my tablet. when I attach it the screen place where the picture should be is blank. I'm on the new nexus 7 4.3

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also cannot receive mms. my phone is note 2 with go sms and I made the correct changes in settings and reboot
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jack1984:
Notification buttons such as "mark read" do not work on 4.3. I no longer have the old nexus 7, buy the fhd nexus 7 has this problem. Scrolling is a little jumpy, too.

Still, a great app otherwise. Thanks, mbechard!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
I'll take a look at the image attach issue tonight. In regards to the mms issue, it's possible that go sms is still interfering, although I've had no reports of that happening.

Would you be willing to try uninstalling go sms, rebooting, and trying again?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Hi Jack,

I'm running 4.3 on my nexus 7 and haven't been able to reproduce this issue. Would you mind sending me a logcat from your device after hitting Mark all read? For the life of me I can't get it to happen on my devices. I will say I've had a couple emails with the same issue.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Beta

Gentlemen,

I've posted a new update to the Beta Test Group. Please let me know if you'd like to join up.

This latest beta should resolve any outstanding issues, pop-up problems, notifications, etc.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] csamolot:
I wouldn't mind joining the test group
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jack1984:
Just sent you an email with the logcat attached. Also, if you're still accepting beta testers, I'm down. I expressed interest before, but ended up selling my nexus 7 because of the flash memory issues that seemed to have been fixed with the latest iteration of android.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Cloud SMS 2.1.16

Hey guys,

Another bug fix is on its way. I have another tweak for next week to better re-queue messages sent from the tablet when the network is down.

2.1.16

Tweaks for Android 4.3

Fixed isolated Notification Mark All Read / Mark Read button where messages were not being properly marked for some devices.

Fixed isolated Message Popup bug.

Misc bug fixes on Tablet.

Cheers!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Skyrocket2Paradise:
Tried it and it's still not working. I'm on the latest update btw.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jack1984:
Hey bechard. The mark read and mark all buttons still don't work. Tapping on them does nothing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Update 2.1.17 Released!

Ok guys, this Mark Read bug had me stumped for a week or so. No matter what I did, I was unable to reproduce it.

Finally, I've sorted it out. As a gesture of gratitude to all of you, I've completely re-written the slowest part of the app (contact photo loading) to apply a firm burst of ultra butter smooth, super slick cached image handling. Let me know what you think, should be live in about an hour.

Cheers!

2.1.17

Project extra smooth butter - scrolling should be smoother than ever before with my new image caching

Fixed Mark Read / Mark All Read from notification (really this time, I promise!)

Fixed a few isolated issues when sending new messages from the tablet

Please let me know if you can feel a noticeably smoother scroll, as I only have a few devices to test against and would love to hear some feedback.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jack1984:
I can confirm that the buttons work, and that scrolling is much smoother. Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jguns112:
I'm sure you are well aware but this app is not very functional on 4.3 at the moment. I have a nexus 7 2013 and GSIII running cm 10.2 and it just did not run well on the nexus 7. I could go into more detail if you wish.

However, with that being said this app has the potential to be my go to tablet SMS app over tablet talk/mighty text. I think the UI looks awesome since it looks similar to stock android. I love that you implemented a quick reply within the notification bar and not just a pop up. I'm not too sure about needing a mark read and a mark all button though.

Killer feature: ability to mark phone notifications as read.. As far as I know yours is the only app that can do this so kudos to you. I also like how you can use the stock sms icon although it didn't work for me.

Suggestions: add feedback to the send button and buttons in quick reply.. Feels weird to press them and not have it highlighted. Smoother scrolling but maybe this is related to 4.3?

Anyways I hope this post was helpful and didn't seem too nitpicky. I look forward to new updates!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Please do explain more about your issues with 4.3, as I've been testing with this android release with no issues at all. I'll look into adding some visual feedback on the notification buttons.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Isambard Prince:
Nexus 7 FLO and SGS3 SGH-T999

Both stock, both rooted. SGS3 is Samsung stock, just to be clear.

Working perfectly. No issues, just happiness.

Thank you!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Steve Giordano:
Works!! C;
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] em.vrs:
Works great. Just tried it out.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Update 2.1.18 Released!

2.1.18

Fixed long standing bug which prevented sharing images from other apps to Cloud SMS.

Fixed a few minor bugs.

Cheers guys! Let me know if any other issues surface!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Flyarnk:
When selecting "Contact Select Style" as "Contact Search/Number Entry" it lags before it allows to enter phone number or contact. Any ideas??

Using Sony Xperia Ultra as Phone (Personal Phone)

Using Samsung S4 as Tablet (Office Phone)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DPilot:
Thanks for the great app; I just started using this to sync text messages from one phone to a second phone. Is there a way to change the font size in the app?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Android 4.4 KitKat

Hey everyone,

After much research, I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that Cloud SMS will NOT be compatible with Android 4.4.

Google has made significant changes in how SMS works in 4.4, and most significantly limiting the number of apps able to receive SMS notices, and read SMS data to only one. This means that in 4.4, users can choose an SMS app (if not using stock), and only that app will have access to read from the SMS database. The only way Cloud SMS can continue to function, is if I was to develop an entire SMS replacement for phones, which would then relay the SMS data as Cloud SMS does now. I am not prepared to replace the stock phone SMS/MMS app as this would be many magnitudes more difficult, and may be replaced by Hangouts in the near future. The design goal of Cloud SMS has always been to stay out of the way on your phone, and securely transmit your messages to the main app on your tablet, not provide a full SMS replacement on your phone.

I for one and quite disappointed with this change in 4.4, although it does finally provide an API for SMS app writers, which should improve quality of SMS replacement apps. I'm not the only one affected by this issue, as ALL apps that received background SMS updates (every other app that can transmit SMS) will be affected and locked out on 4.4.

For users running Android 4.3 and under, Cloud SMS will remains running as always.

Question and answer time!

Q: Does this affect me if I am running Android 4.3 or less?

A: Only users with phones running 4.4 are affected.

Q: Seriously? No apps can read SMS data besides the one single default SMS app?

A: Sadly, yes.

Please feel free to ask me anything!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
KitKat

Hey guys,

After more API review, I *may* be able to bring the app into KitKat for phone too, but with one caveat. New messages and replies written on the tablet end will NOT be saved to the SMS history on your phone. This is due to KitKat blocking all SMS apps from writing unless the user has specifically selected that single app as the PRIMARY SMS app.

Would this be an acceptable solution, or should I just try to support 4.4 tablets? Other thoughts?

* Edit *

Is anyone here running Android 4.4, and interested in beta testing? My phone (T-mobile S2) is a few days out from a stable Cyanogenmod 11 ROM. Once that arrives, I can test myself.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] N1_Fan:
I'm on CM11 on my N4 and have a N7 that I can upgrade if you want testing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] VanillaG0rilla:
I wouldn't mind if they weren't saved on the phone... As long as it can still send/receive from the tablet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
4.4 Update

Hey guys,

I'm working on the 4.4 update, and should have a beta up this weekend to fully support 4.4 on the tablet side. I'm still working on updating my phone to 4.4, so while I believe the code is in place to mostly work on the phone end, I won't know for sure until I'm running it on both devices.

It looks like the only issue on the table is storing composed tablet messages back to the phone, and updating read status.

I'll add another post once I've got a beta posted.

Thanks for the support!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Android 4.4 KitKat Update!

New release time! Evidently I was able to make a few changes and get full support between my phone and tablet, both running Android 4.4 KitKat.

I tested against Cyanogenmod 11, and was able to fully sync everything, and store messaging in both directions.

Please let me know if you experience ANY issues on 4.4 phones, and with that said, the update should be available soon!

2.2.0

Added support for Android 4.4 KitKat! Please let me know if you experience any problems!

Fixed initial contact detection and photo assignment on SMS History Sync.

Improved compatibility with some cellular tablets.

Fixed other small bugs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Andie00:
I have my N4 (4.3 PA) and 1st Gen N7 (4.4 100% OTA stock no root) fully updated to the latest version of cloudSMS. I received a message but my tablet didn't notify me at all. I figured it would take a second or two to register on my tablet but it never came. I don't often receive SMS so I can't test functionality often. Just wanted to share my experience this morning. I've been a user from when it first released and it worked well enough for me. Thanks for the hard work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Nayslayer:
Works perfect for me. Just updated and restarted both devices. Thanks so much for keeping this up to date. :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] csamolot:
So far so good. Running 4.4 on both my moto x and my nexus 7
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Andie00:
Was able to do a bit more testing. Restarted my phone and tablet just in case. I can send messages on my tablet just fine but I won't get any notification of new messages arriving. Oh well...:silly:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] csamolot:
Did some more testing and I'm unable to send MMS from my tablet. Not sure yet about receiving them as I don't get them a lot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] N1_Fan:
No problems sending and receiving here. 4.3 on tablet and 4.4 on phone.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Hi Andie,

Could you try confirming your account hash matches on both devices?

Open Cloud SMS on both devices, hit menu, help, and tap diagnostics. Both should list the same account hash. If they do not, please let me know and I'll walk you through an alternate configuration.

The other possibility is if you are using a third party sms app, and haven't set it to pass through messaging as per the help section.

Let me know if that helps!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Could you try again tonight? I was able to send fine from my devices, and I'm curious as to what is stopping it on your end.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] csamolot:
OK I tried it tonight and I can send MMS from inside the gallery app but not from within cloud SMS.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Would you mind providing some more detail about the file you were trying to send from within Cloud SMS? What was the extension? Did it fail on selecting the image or somewhere else? I'll try to recreate the issue once I have these details, and get a fix out as quickly as I can.

Thanks for the feedback!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] csamolot:
Was just a normal jpeg. Didn't fail to select it either. I could select it and send it, just didn't send the link. Though even the one that did go through doesn't show the link either. However when I checked the phone the one that did go through had the link, the first one didn't.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Can you walk me through the exact selection method you used? In KitKat the attach button gives a new dialog with gallery, photos, drive, etc. I tried choosing from gallery here and it did work for me.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
New Release - 2.2.1

2.2.1

Fixed KitKat bug with contact selection when "Show Only Mobile Numbers" was unchecked.

Fixed display of dialog to users when selecting a contact with no mobile categorized numbers.

Fixed other small bugs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
New Update 2.2.2

Here we go, another update for stability.

2.2.2

Fixed a registration bug where Cloud Services were unable to register if Google's service took longer than three seconds to respond.

Changed the Settings description for Force Tablet Mode to better indicate how to use the feature.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
UI Tweaks + KitKat Attachment Fix

Hey folks, new release time!

2.3.0

Fixed SMS History Sync with an empty SMS list on Phone.

Fixed Popup showing in recent tasks

Fixed Attachment selector (KitKat issues resolved!)

Updated UI to improve look and feel, fixed missing Android UX elements (Thanks David!):

Cleaned UI with better spacing, padding

Action Bar now displays Contact name and number to match the stock SMS app.

Updated font sizes on main message list.

Various UI Tweaks and updates.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
MMS Fix for KitKat Users!

2.3.1

Fixed MMS Receiver for KitKat (Android 4.4) devices.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Nayslayer:
Thanks for all your hard work. I really enjoy the app. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] AleXXnoD:
What with UA numbers? My friend don't receive my sms ;C
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Andie00:
Whoops sorry for the extremely late reply but the culprit was NinjaSMS it seems. NinjaSMS was giving me problems with Dashclock, I got fed up with it and uninstalled it and what do you know? It fixed my issue with CloudSMS. Thanks dev.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ziglik:
The app doesnt recognze sign "+" at the beggining of number. You can try somthing like double 0 instesd of "+". change +380-... to 00380-...

Same for RU. i have to use 8 instead of +7.

[MENTION=1387465]bechard[/MENTION] can add support for "+" sign and mrge threads for numbers that has difference only at the beggining, ex +7-903-123-45-67 and 8-903-123-45-67 are the same numbers here in Russia. Thx.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Sure, I can look at that now (see next post).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Hey guys, been a while, but I've got a new beta posted (performance tweaks) while I work on some new changes.

My primary development system had suffered a full drive failure in April, and while I've always had full off-site backup for my app code, my signing key evidently was not backed up. Without the signing key, I'd have to release a new app, with a new package name which would nullify all existing purchases.

I wasn't going to start fresh and drop the existing purchases, so last night I popped my failed drive in a test rack and pulled some data off with a few recovery tools.

After a few hours of sifting through data, the key has been recovered and the latest beta posted. I've since backed the key to multiple locations, and expect smooth sailing from here out.

Please let me know if Cloud SMS is noticeably quicker with this release, as my nexus 7 is ridiculously slow and doesn't make for a useful testing platform in it's state (I blame my kids!).

Next up are some UI tweaks for people using a second phone instead of a tablet.﻿
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] vvd214:
5605

i like so much
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hasbrobot:
Where exactly is the beta? It's likely out in the open but I didn't see it?

posted while using my note 3
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djbenny1:
Dev are you still working on this?

I have a few bugs on my Nexus 7 / OnePlus One combo.

1) messages received that are the same as those that you send will not show up on Cloud SMS. For example if I text my friend "hi" and he replies "hi", the phone receives it but the tablet does not. My friend can then say "Omg Wtf are you ignoring me" and that will show up on tablet.

2) the read message sync doesn't work

3) sometimes messages I send appear twice in the conversation, but on the phone they only appear once.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bechard:
Thanks for the reports. I'm very much still involved (two releases in the last week), but I do write this app in my spare time.

Can you tell me which messaging client you're using on your phone?

Google may have permanently stopped read sync on unrooted devices with Android 4.4.

That "hi" situation may be a bug with my message duplication prevention code, meant to stop some bad carriers from sending multiple times on a single send request. I'll look into that too.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djbenny1:
Hi I figured that was the reason for the hi thing.

I'm using the stock sms app on kitkat, I am rooted though.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ArtZ:
Hi Bechard,

As Guitarboarder28, I found similar problem: I cannot send MMS from tablet

I'm using version 2.5.1 on a Xperia X2 (D6503 - KitKat 4.4.4) [Phone] together with a Huawei MediaPad X1 (7D-501L) [tablet - KitKat 4.4.2]. Both have stock ROM, and they're not rooted.

SMS work perfect. When I want to send a MMS, I can attach an image (Attach, View, Replace and Remove buttons work) but Send button remains inactif. If I add some text after attach un image, Send buttom becomes actif (then I can send) but the attached image it's NOT send, ONLY the text.

I wonder if the problem shows because most Google apps are desactivted in my phone and tablet. Google+, Hangouts and Gmail are desactivated. Only Google Play, Maps and Youtube are activated.

Thank you for your help. Regards.