Handcent problem

chillerman · October 13th, 2012, 12:36 PM

Hi all.
I'm hoping that someone can help. I recently got a Galaxy s2 and installed Handcent on it as I liked it on my old HTC. Yesterday I tried to send txts via this and it wont work. I just get a message saying 'message not sent'. I reset all the settings and have even uninstalled and reinstalled the app but to no avail. The stock messaging app works ok so I know theres not a problem with txts etc.
Thanks for any help or advise.

~~Ceverol~~ · October 13th, 2012, 06:36 PM

Hmm!
In your place I would do it again, but a tad stricter: uninstall, power down, remove battery, replace after 30 secs, reboot, reinstall Handcent. Test.
The next step up from that, if it doesn't work, would be resetting to factory settings and starting from scratch rebuilding the SGS2. But that IS a bit drastic. So I would probably opt for living without Handcent (maybe get a good alternative like free MySMS).

chanchan05 · October 13th, 2012, 06:49 PM

Handcent new versions is having trouble in the recent Samsung phones for some reason. I suggest Go SMS Pro. It has all the same features as Handcent.

pool_shark · October 13th, 2012, 08:23 PM

Go SMS sucks now.
They keep sending spam text messages, you can't select a contact in landscape, backups are now in the cloud, etc.
Read the reviews over the past month.

hazmat47 · October 13th, 2012, 08:28 PM

heres my problem....
i have been using handcent and i luv it...but i get double notifications in the program all the time in the program. i have uninstalled and reinstalled and still it happens. i have tried some of the others, chomp, go, etc....they stop the double messages but arent as customizable as i need.

~~Ceverol~~ · October 13th, 2012, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazmat47

heres my problem....
i have been using handcent and i luv it...but i get double notifications in the program all the time in the program. i have uninstalled and reinstalled and still it happens. i have tried some of the others, chomp, go, etc....they stop the double messages but arent as customizable as i need.

Try some more.

chanchan05 · October 13th, 2012, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pool_shark

Go SMS sucks now.
They keep sending spam text messages, you can't select a contact in landscape, backups are now in the cloud, etc.
Read the reviews over the past month.

I use Go SMS with no problems. I get a random advertising text from them like once a month. I get more scam texts than that in a week (happens with same sim on a dumbphone so its noy Go). I got my entire phone backed up to cloud, and I dont use Go SMS backup so those aren't issues for me.

And I can select contacts in landscape. Those people posting the reviews don't know what they are saying.

And I am using the latest version.

chanchan05 · October 13th, 2012, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazmat47

heres my problem....
i have been using handcent and i luv it...but i get double notifications in the program all the time in the program. i have uninstalled and reinstalled and still it happens. i have tried some of the others, chomp, go, etc....they stop the double messages but arent as customizable as i need.

The ONLY feature handcent has that Go doesn't have is pictures per message bubble. Define 'not as customizeable as you need'. What is it you are trying to do exactly?

As for double notifications, just go to stock SMS app and turn off notifications for that.

hazmat47 · October 14th, 2012, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanchan05

The ONLY feature handcent has that Go doesn't have is pictures per message bubble. Define 'not as customizeable as you need'. What is it you are trying to do exactly?

As for double notifications, just go to stock SMS app and turn off notifications for that.

i have the stock app off...
i want to have different tones for different contacts....i get pages thru work and they dont come in as number but as an email...it is saved as a contact but chomp and go would not let me customize them

chanchan05 · October 14th, 2012, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by hazmat47

i have the stock app off...
i want to have different tones for different contacts....i get pages thru work and they dont come in as number but as an email...it is saved as a contact but chomp and go would not let me customize them

You mean when you go to the 'individual settings' part of the go SMS settings and change individual ringtones, nothing happens?

kmf · October 14th, 2012, 08:14 AM

Have you gone into Handcent's settings/general settings and made Handcent the default messaging app?

chillerman · October 14th, 2012, 04:53 PM

Hi all. Many thanks for the replies. I did as advised, I uninstalled the app, turned phone off and on again and then reinstalled it. Hey presto it worked! Have used it a few times today and it seems ok.
Thanks again.

pool_shark · October 14th, 2012, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanchan05

I use Go SMS with no problems. I get a random advertising text from them like once a month. I get more scam texts than that in a week (happens with same sim on a dumbphone so its noy Go). I got my entire phone backed up to cloud, and I dont use Go SMS backup so those aren't issues for me.

And I can select contacts in landscape. Those people posting the reviews don't know what they are saying.

And I am using the latest version.

I can't select a contact in landscape, when I do it sees it as a word, it never enters the name or number. This started 3 updates ago. I don't use cloud backup services.
I also kept getting messages about trying go chat, which I don't want to use.

hazmat47 · October 14th, 2012, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmf

Have you gone into Handcent's settings/general settings and made Handcent the default messaging app?

yes....i think it is an issue with their recent updates

firebladeash · October 25th, 2012, 04:24 AM

I had the same problem it it was missing the sms service centre number.