There are only ads in the settings menus, so only downloads them when in settings

 

I thought this was the case too, but was thinking of getting rid of handcent anyway because I have bad OCD about unnecessary stuff running in the background (it was Windows Mobile that made me that way).

 

Handcent uses very little to run.

 

its a must have app for andriod and intergrated into the OS you wouldnt know its 3rd party if you could rename to messaging

 

Handcent is my favorite so far

 

Hii,
does renaming 'handcent' to 'messaging' improve functionality and speed? just wondering. wat happens to the stock messaging app then, can it be deleted? thanks.

 

Renaming "Handcent" to "Messaging" has absolutely no effect whatsoever in the same way that renaming a hamster from "Terrence" to "Growler" would have no effect on the behaviour of the hamster.

The stock messaging app still runs in the backgound because when you put the widget on your home page it still reports receipt of messages.

I don't know if it can be deleted, sorry.

 

Use AnyCut or BetterCut and you can rename it to whatever you like....

 

Download prepares app, and that will show you

 

Handcent is more an improved interface for the stock app, which it needs to work AFAIK.

 

I see Handcent has recently just had an update. I'm quite impressed with the extra settings that came with the update.

 

Me too

 

Not noticed anything extra myself.

What has been added?

 

I had some bugs with the new update, it sends stuff quite slow. Still doesn't automatically send undelivered messages which couldn't be sent because of no connectivity.

Also some weird bug happened when i typed stuff to my girlfriend, pressed send (but at the same time received a text message from a friend). I pulled down the notification bar right after pressing send, and went to the new message i got from a friend
my friend got the message that was supposed to go to my girlfriend.

It has happened twice today after the update, and I don't like it.

additional info: I have about 8000 stored messages.

Also: auto deleting messages using the stock app does not work! (and has never work on my phone) the message app and handcent will just freeze over and over again.