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[Android Apps and Games] DurhamHusker:
When you receive a voicemail Sprint will send your device a text message. Your visual voicemail app should grab that message when it comes in and see that there is a new voicemail. At that time your voicemail app should give you a new message notification.

Those text messages are what's telling your device that you have a voicemail message. If things are working correctly you should never see any of those texts in any messaging app. The voicemail app should grab them and keep them out of your messaging apps. If you 'stop' those messages you won't get any voicemail notifications.

I'm a Sprint customer but haven't used their voicemail in years. I use Google Voice. But I haven't heard of anyone else having these problems. Go SMS used to keep messages away from all other apps in the system and cause problems like what you're describing, but I have yet to experience anything like that with 8sms.
[Android Apps and Games] nuxbag:
Yes your right thats how it works but some how somewhere the stock messaging app fits in by ignoring them I guess, because if ever I freeze the the stock app or delete it, what ever replacement app I use start receiving those messages i know if I Block them I won't get my VM, thats why I thought bengten could make 8sms ignore them or something. I don't use Google + vioce or whatever its called. I don't think I should give 100% control of all my personal data. No social network for me either.
[Android Apps and Games] AlpineMan:
I use Apex Launcher that allows me to put number of new messages on the icon. You tell the launcher which messaging app you're using...You put the the 8sms icon in your home screen. Whenever you get a new message, a counter shows up and increments automatically. It also supports new calls, new emails (stock email app), new Gmails, etc. The notification module is separate from the main launcher app. It's called Apex Notifier.
[Android Apps and Games] kroimon:
Any ETA on that and a new release?

I'm really looking forward to that multi-select feature :)
[Android Apps and Games] andrew378:
I've been using 88sms since it was released and I love it - and this is after using both stock and Handcent. One request: gif support? I use Hangouts to send gifs and I'd love to see the ability to send them in 88sms.
[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
One feature I would ADORE if it was added would be the "Send as new" option as in Textra. It's much nicer to just resend failed messages, than to copy the text, and paste it into an entirely new identical message.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Uh no :)

Changing launcher icons dynamically require that 8sms kills the launcher app in order to refresh it. I don't think such a heavy-handed technique would be suitable for using on a recurring basis.

Probably about 2 or 3 releases away. I'm 50/50 between whether the next big task should be an update from cyanogenmod or themeing. Whilst themeing is more urgent, it's also a much bigger task then a cm update.

I'll add it to my to-do list, but I do consider this very low priority. The only advantage for using gifs is animated gifs, yes?

Noted. Add to to-do list. Uh ... don't have a definite eta though. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] trikotret:
Hey bengtan, do you mind if any themers or there help you out and theme your app? Or you like to do it yourself. This way someone can theme while you concentrate on your updates :)
[Android Apps and Games] nuxbag:
How hard would it be to add a setting for the alert to go off until new messages are checked, like once every 5,10,15 mins? Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] andrew378:
Yes sir. And yes, it is a low priority, it's more of a gimmick/convenience than anything. Thanks for your time!
[Android Apps and Games] DurhamHusker:
I believe if there is a 'failed to send' message, you should be able to just tap the message text and 8sms should dump the entire message back into the editor.

I haven't had a failed one for a while. But I seem to remember it working like that ... ?
[Android Apps and Games] cornelha:
I would really like to see an option where we can select multiple threads and mark them as read. I receive updates via sms from services and don't always need to read them, but would like to be able to just mark them as read.
[Android Apps and Games] Mharcuz:
hai.

Hey guys, I would like to ask something. Is there any possibilities that the previous text messages can be recovered?. ;) It would be great if someone can help me bout this thing.
[Android Apps and Games] ScratMan38:
I have an issue with the contact names, many of my sms threads are showing the phone number only, and not the contact name with his picture. The app acts as if the phone numbers were unknown.

I' discovered that if the phone number is stored in my contact list as "local" format (in France, mobile phones are like 06 xx xx xx xx) the contact name disappears in 8sms.

But if I change the number to make it international (so for France replace the first 0 by +33 so it looks like +33 6 xx xx xx xx), the phone number is recognized and the contact name is correctly displayed.

Is there a way to correct this ? 8sms is the only SMS app I used with this issue.

I'm using it in Standalone mode, stock SMS app is disabled in the app manager.

Also, is there a way to replace the ugly stock Android smileys ?

I've been using Smiley Replacer for a while, it's a Xposed module that replaces the smileys on my stock TouchWiz messenging app, but it does not work on 8sms.

Edit: I solved the contact name issue, in fact it's not the format of the phone number which causes the issue, but something else. I managed to solve this by simply editing the contacts I had issues with. When the contact's info is updated, the contact name and picture is updated and now shown in 8sms.
[Android Apps and Games] andrew378:
Backup? There are a variety of SMS backup/restore apps on the Play Store and Titanium Backup can do this as well. I think that's your best option. The only other thing I can think of is having a dedicated trash folder for SMS (like email). While it's a viable option, I personally don't see that as a necessary feature.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Hi,

What I ideally would like to do is ... implement some sort of themeing engine into 8sms so that other people can make their own themes. Then, maybe I can create one or two more new themes (and improve on the existing dark theme) and that would be sufficient work from me. Other people can create their own themes, and even release them to others if they wish.

I certainly don't want to be the one creating all the themes, because it would be a lot of work, and I'm sure I'm not the best theme creator out there.

Problem is ... (I did some research into Android and themeing over the weekend in order to evaluate when I should do themeing) ... I don't think Android has good support, if any, for apps to be 'themeable' by users. I haven't been able to find any documentation or examples of how to do this (for apps), nor what is best practice.

(Off-topic: Does anyone have any pointers to information which might be useful?)

In likelihood, I'd probably have to try writing my own themeing engine or something sizable like that ... and if that turns out to be too difficult or time-consuming, then I'll have to think of something else.

I guess we'll see when I get to that point.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Not hard, but as usual, I have limited time and there are other things that I think should go in first.

I've discovered that cyanogenmod stock messaging now has a "Resend" feature for failed messages. This will be merged in when I next do a cm update.

Uh, I don't think deleted messages can be retrieved. Messages are managed by the OS, and once you delete it, it's gone.

Not at the moment. I don't like them myself either. For now, you can disable by turning off the 'Enable smileys' checkbox in 8sms.

Might be related to the contacts cache in 8sms. Maybe clearing the 8sms app cache after editing your contacts will be helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] Pilatus47:
The problem with the animation when opening for the first time the app is gone with the latest update. No more white or black flash.

Saludos

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4
[Android Apps and Games] PsychDrummer:
I noticed an issue the other day where I sent a text, and I have the option for delivery reports checked. The text was said to be delivered but a few days later I realized the person never got the text. Anyone get this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] nuxbag:
New led update stops my led from flashing at all.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] zopostyle:
DId you checked the Direct message shortcut?

When we click on an shortcut to a contact to send mesage, the phone number does not get filled..

But if we have old messages, it works just fine..
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Yay, good to hear. Thanks for letting me know.

Could be any number of possible causes, including the network. I've never believed in 100% reliability for delivery reports. Some providers send a delivery report once a sms reaches the destination network, not the destination phone.

The led customisation is off by default, so if you haven't changed any settings, the code's behaviour is unchanged. Perhaps something is funny with your phone? You could try a phone reboot.

I think this is a known bug. How did you trigger it? I don't know what is "Direct message shortcut".
[Android Apps and Games] landale:
Thanks so much for the vibrate on silient mode! Is the multiple popup window problem when hitting reply in the notification still going on or was this resolved in this update as well?

Also one other option idea although this one might have limited appeal so I'd understand if it wasn't something you'd want to deal with too much but here it is anyway. In Textra there is an option where you can set the default option of tapping on the text notification so that it either brings you into the full message or into the quickreply. This is rather handy for users like myself on the Moto X with Active Notifications or those using similar 3rd party apps on their device as it allows us to swipe to the notification and go right into the quickreply for faster reply. Obviously if the screen was already on you could simply hit the reply button in the notification but this is more limited in the Active Notification programs so we'd need to be able to set the default action. Ideally if one was to set the quickreply as the default action the reply button would then take you to the full message instead but I could understand if this might be trickier to accomplish. Anyway I would totally understand if this isn't something you'd put high on your list, especially given that there are still some issues with the quickreply feature but thought I would throw this out there in case others thought this might be handy as well.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
You're welcome.

I haven't been able to pin the "multiple pop window" problem down so, in the latest release, no change was made to address it.

If you're able to consistently reproduce this problem, and you know how to logcat, then would you like to help me diagnose this issue? Email me.

Uh, you're right. I don't want to go there right now. Maybe remind me about this about 6-9 months from now? :)

That's right. I vaguely remember reading somewhere on the Net that the HTC (One?) LED colour cannot be changed. It's a phone limitation.

The LED settings in 8sms are "best effort" because the full range of timings and colours may not be supported by all phones. If it works, great. If it doesn't work, I can't do any more. Or else use Light Flow.
[Android Apps and Games] Mercado_Negro:
This is a great replacement for the stock messaging application, it has almost everything you'd find on custom ROMs. Just restored my backup of Stock and downloaded it because I read about it a few hours ago. I couldn't be happier with it, thanks for sharing this with the Android Community. Looking forward to more theming options in the future, cheers! :)
[Android Apps and Games] zopostyle:
With Nova launcher for example click and hold on a home screen, chose shortcuts, direct message.

Then chose a contact and his phone number.

Thanks, hope you can solve this easily
[Android Apps and Games] nuxbag:
I figured that, I was just letting you know what's working and not. No complaints here. One more thing I found new with this update is if 8sms is running in the background and I relaunch it from active apps the txt disappear for 2 sec and come back.
[Android Apps and Games] landale:
I was playing around the multiple popup issues and think I figured out a fix that's good enough for me. The issue I had was that when I hit reply and there were multiple messages from the same person hitting close only closed the first one when I preferred it to close all. I found there was an option for this if you enabled show popup so I enabled it, checked the box and then disabled show popup. Now it behaves how I prefer. The other "problem" was just my preference that since the reply box only appears in the notification if all texts are from the same user to have it where if I reply using the first quickreply message to dismiss the others. When I last used CM I recall it behaving this way but I might be mistaken. Obviously in an ideal world if someone sends three messages and you hit reply all three would appear in a single quickreply popup but that's a whole other thing!

In regards to the default to quickreply option no worries or rush on that at all. Was just something I found I liked about Textra when using Active notifications and was curious what others thought. I could never use Textra anyway as their use of a proprietary database prevents me from using MightyText or reliably backing up messages.

Thanks again though, I am excited to see what's coming next.
[Android Apps and Games] Maneth:
Hi Bengtan,

I'm back on topic, I have another issue : I cannot received MMS until I sent myself a MMS.

I'm sorry if this was already say, I hope that you have an idea ;)
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Sorry, I might have misread your tone. Apologies if I sounded like I was biting back.

Then your specific instance of this possible issue is mostly just differences in understanding and opinion. Whilst I agree quick reply popups can be refined further, yours isn't a bug so I'm going to come back to this some other day when someone else runs into a real bug.

Can you check your mms settings?

http://8s.ms/cant-send-mms

http://8s.ms/mms-settings
[Android Apps and Games] Manzzon:
Is it not possible to send sms to a group.

If it is, how do I do it?
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Hey, just a quick little feature request: Auto download MMS while roaming!
[Android Apps and Games] noodles2k:
Did the smiley icons change in the last update? or am I just going mad? :eek:

Also is it possible to have different smiley icon sets? I've always liked HTC's. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Maneth:
I have checked and checked again ;) I can send and reçoive, it's just that I need to send a MMS to receive another MMS.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
Uh, compose a new message, and in the textfield where you enter the destination "To:" number, enter multiple contacts or numbers.

You might have to disable (mms) group messaging (in the 8sms settings), otherwise group messages are always sent as mms.

There's a checkbox in the 8sms settings for this (if you are using Stand-alone mode or if you are on KitKat). You just need to turn it on. Can you try and let me know if it works?

Smileys or emojis? None of them changed in the latest update, but perhaps a few updates prior.

It's problematic. Android doesn't have a way for apps to easily use resources (ie. icons) from other packages on the same phone, and I don't want to be including multiple icon sets into the 8sms apk. That would soon make it very very large.

Can you send me an email please? Describe in steps what you are doing and what you are seeing. I might need to investigate further. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] HTCore:
Is there any possibility to add multi selection for SMS messages (not conversation)? I want to delete useless messages from conversations and keep the ones that I need. Having delete them one by one is very time consuming and frustrating.

There are few app in play store which are able to do it but I simply I can't party away with 8sms and don't like to keep both apps in the same time.
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
I'm not using stand alone mode nor am I on KitKat!! :(
[Android Apps and Games] agentsmith988:
Does anyone know why the time stamp area of my messages are surrounded by a solid white box? It's not an issue of function.. just is an eyesore...
[Android Apps and Games] noodles2k:
Would it be possible to have the option to show split SMS as one message?
[Android Apps and Games] aXiDroid:
I want to report an issue:

The app keeps active all the time, which causes the battery drain.

It started 2 days ago, I was using 8sms since I've got my Nexus 5, and it was all ok. I didn't received and send any MMS messages - only SMS.

See the attachment: 1h 38m - 11% of battery drained. Active state is when 8sms was not stoped.

With my settings it usually takes 1% per hour on deep sleep. (but the phone doesn't go into the deep sleep mode if app is active) :rolleyes:

Link to screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] nzube14:
Installed successfully on T999 Galaxy S3. The only thing I can't figure out is that it continues to not notify me of an mms received, and I won't know unless I happen to turn on my 4g and I get a message. Also, I had a another mms app which would automatically turn on 4g temporarily whenever I sent an mms, then turn it off again when it's done. Can that be added? Would improve versatility of the app.

On Galaxy S3 using CM11 4.4.1 KitKat
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
The problem with this is that long pressing (which is usually used for selecting items) is already used for another purpose. Changing it to implement multi selection would mean diverging from upstream in a way that I'd rather not happen. It's just a lot of work (known costs) for uncertain benefit.

If you want to lobby for this feature, I'd suggest you ask cyanogenmod or Android.

In which case, auto-retrieval of mms message contents is handled by the stock messaging app for your phone. It's not handled by 8sms. Can you see if that has an "auto-retrieve while roaming" option?

Probably a mistake. I'll address it when, or after, themeing is re-done. Thanks.

No, because there is insufficient information to do this in a consistent and reliable way.

If the sms segments had enough information to reconstruct them into one long message ... then it would have already been implemented ... which is essentially the same as long sms.

See http://8s.ms/high-battery-usage

You may not have sent or received any mms messages lately, but there might be an old mms message saved somewhere. Or your mms settings are incorrect and this is causing problems.

If you still have this problem, please email me and I can investigate further.

Some Android rom's require that mobile data is enabled before mms can be used. If your rom is one of those, there's not much 8sms can do.

Also, you're using "CM11 4.4.1" which is a very early beta. It's silly for me to provide support for this before it's matured. It may very well be a bug in the rom.
[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
Feature Request -- I realize this one is 1) quite a picky one 2) a long shot and 3) probably one for the VERY bottom of the todo list -- but if it would be possible to set it up so that Group Messages appeared in the conversation list with either:

1) the contact pictures of the participants together in a mosaic (ala Textra)

or

2) Just with some placeholder, maybe a Gmail style "G" or something -- basically anything other than the empty contact pic it now shows.

That would be outstanding. Just putting that in the ring.

Thanks very much.
[Android Apps and Games] Eddiemc:
Xposed module has a smiley replacement, which works great on stock messaging, but doesn't get applied on this.. I haven't tried when running this in standalone, but I reckon it would (should) work then..
[Android Apps and Games] HTCore:
I understand your point, thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] tiduscrying:
Would it be possible then to add to the "select multiple" option to the app via the menu button? I can see where implementing it as a long touch thing would be difficult, but I do feel it is a feature that has got to be accessible somehow...

(Fantastic work by the way. I absolutely love the app!)
[Android Apps and Games] lotus_flower:
it doesn't work,I tried:(
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
The new version 1.01 should be publicly available on Google Play in a few hours time.

Hi all,

I've just made a new release of 88sms. The new version 1.01 should be publicly available on Google Play in a few hours time.

This version should (hopefully) fix all the forced crashes reported so far.

It also contains an attempted fix for those who aren't able to send mms. I'd appreciate if people could report to me whether the fix makes a difference.

(Thanks for hasbrobot for sending me logcats.)

Thank you,

Beng Tan

88sms developer
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
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[MENTION=4467274]Spacemonkie4207[/MENTION]: Agreed. I just randomly hurriedly put something together. I would like to review and improve on it at a later time.

[MENTION=2641753]foltambo[/MENTION]: Should be. In the settings, you can tick checkboxes to enable delivery receipts for sms and mms. However, the actual functionality is dependant on the carrier ... in other words, not all carriers implement delivery receipts according to the standard (which is a discussion for another day). Please let me know if it doesn't work for you.

[MENTION=2465635]ahoslc[/MENTION]: I agree it could be improved. I'm not very good with colours or graphical design, and I just randomly implemented the dark theme. It's something I'd review at a later point, but right now, I have a backlog of more urgent issues to worry about :)

[MENTION=4792239]comstyle[/MENTION]: Uh, later ... right now, I have a backlog of more urgent issues to worry about :)
[Android Apps and Games] Jolufa:
Very nice app.

I'm testing it their functions.

Can you add support for dual sim phones?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] hasbrobot:
Dude your a genius, it's fixed on the note 2!!!! I did notice it cuts down the image size and quality drastically but at least it's working! Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] comstyle:
i'll play the reminder :D
[Android Apps and Games] PUNCHYS:
Thanks for the update. Providing feedback... I can't open a slideshow. When I received a couple of pictures it shows that I have a slideshow but I cannot view it. I hit the "play" but nothing opens. It looks like it wants to but doesn't. Hope I'm explaining myself properly. I'm on a sprint s3 running MOAR.
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
That's unlikely to happen anytime soon. Unfortunately, dual sim functionality isn't s

Hi,

That's unlikely to happen anytime soon. Unfortunately, dual sim functionality isn't standardised across Android (AFAIK), and each manufacturer may implement it differently. Furthermore, I don't have any sample code or documentation to tell me how dual sim is accomplished.

For now, it will be too difficult to attempt dual sim until manufacturers and Google make more progress in this area.
[Android Apps and Games] biggggant:
MMS worked on my Note 2....Awesome work man
[Android Apps and Games] hasbrobot:
Thank you again for fixing mms on my note 2...!
[Android Apps and Games] bengtan:
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[MENTION=2596221]hasbrobot[/MENTION], [MENTION=407701]biggggant[/MENTION]: You're welcome. If you rated the app on Google Play, feel free to re-rate it :)

Hmmm ... I just ported the app from stock. Maybe there's a setting somewhere. I'll have to dig in and see.

Hmmm ... any chance you can get me a logcat during when you attempt this? Perhaps there's an exception happening somewhere.