[Trick] How to send SMS using your beloved Tab! - Galaxy Tab 10.1 General

Am not sure if this is discussed somewhere.
Anyway, just to share.
Here's how:
Every mobile broadband card comes with a number, and that number will be used when you send / receive SMS.
- Download official Go SMS Pro here and install on your tablet
- Launch the app and send SMS to your other mobile number that you are using to make calls
- The sender number is what your friends will see when they read your SMS from Tab!
Enjoy

On European 3G devices, there is a stock app called Messages, so i don't think that third party app is needed.

For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Until Verizon releases Touchwiz for the LTE versions, this seems like a good alternative. I'm going to test it now.
EDIT: Does not work on mine, says "cannot send message, will send it when the service becomes available" and that message sits there forever until I uninstalled it.

That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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|flyte| said:
For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Thanks for that, works great. I have the 3G version but dont have texts enabled with the sim cards i use, but this is fab!
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parsa5 said:
That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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Interesting... Strange that they advertise it as a capability, and plan on including it with their touchwiz update.
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Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.

parsa5 said:
Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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Wonder if they'll take that provision off when their touchwiz is released...
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i just bought mine.
malaysian release. and off course with no text capabilities.
gonna try this out. thnx for da info aite.

TabGuy said:
I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.
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I'm with you I'm using Google voice
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I been using Heywire and it works well, gave me a regular US number.

If anyone has a 3G tab with Touchwiz, but no Messages app. Try to send a sms to your data plan number, i think that the Messages app appeared after i received the first sms message from my operator.

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Possible to sms/mms and make call from the 3G version SOLVED

I try asking here, because I find different answers around. Is it possible to use sms or mms straight out of the box?
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No one in this forum got the 3G version and can tell me before I order
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Thanks a lot - I will go for the 3G then.
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i have the wifi version and when I go to the Google voice webpage I can send text from mind I tested it yesterday.
I use Textplus on my wifi 10.1, it does sms and mms through wifi and it's free
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Ive got the 10.1v which comes with 3g and we definately dont have send sms/mms capabilities straight out of the box. not sure how other people are able to have it.
I also havent found another app that gives the tablet that option to send sms/mms on its own, but will have a look at this textplus app mentioned above.
You could use the textab program ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277 ) but this app relies on your phone being connected to the device and uses the phones sms send receive function, merely displaying the messages on the tab and allowing you to send a message through the tablet.
and we are unable to make calls either, no dialer program, and havent really looked but dont think there would be one that would be honeycomb compatible for download from the market.
This i was afraid of! I have seen some sales spec. say can sent sms/mms. I have a wifi us version now, and i not find textplus etc not really that great.
I want to be able to text sms direct from the 3g - otherwise the model is useless for me.
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twigster said:
Ive got the 10.1v which comes with 3g and we definately dont have send sms/mms capabilities straight out of the box. not sure how other people are able to have it.
I also havent found another app that gives the tablet that option to send sms/mms on its own, but will have a look at this textplus app mentioned above.
You could use the textab program ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277 ) but this app relies on your phone being connected to the device and uses the phones sms send receive function, merely displaying the messages on the tab and allowing you to send a message through the tablet.
and we are unable to make calls either, no dialer program, and havent really looked but dont think there would be one that would be honeycomb compatible for download from the market.
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mlhdk said:
This i was afraid of! I have seen some sales spec. say can sent sms/mms. I have a wifi us version now, and i not find textplus etc not really that great.
I want to be able to text sms direct from the 3g - otherwise the model is useless for me.
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Keep in mind that the 10.1v is a somewhat older device than the 10.1 - so there may be features in the (brand new, just hitting the market) 10.1 3G not present in the older (available in some other countries for at least some time) 10.1v 3G.
someone can confirm if the 10.1 3g is able to sms??
I asked 5 shops now - and got different answers!!
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This is what the sales-ad. says:
" Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G*brings you the new and creative means, which comes with novel assortment of the straightforward messaging features like SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM. These messaging options are simple, instant and elaborative to covey you, your ideas and messages."
But asking the shop direct - they dont know
Asking Samsung. . . sent an email 2 weeks ago - and still no answer
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Really - nobody got 10.1 3g version??
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I use Heywire, it does sms and mms through wifi, on the data plan and it's free
knut150 said:
I use Heywire, it does sms and mms through wifi, on the data plan and it's free
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Thanks for the info, but I NOT interested in any web solutions. I just want to know if the 3g version can or can not sent sms - out of the box.
I quess nobody actually know it - even Samsung seems to be in doubt LOL
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i've got the 10.1v. it definetly can't send sms out of the box. there's no such sms-app on the tablet. i guess it's the same with the 10.1
but installing an app like chompsms should enable the 3g tablets to send sms through their sim-card, not a web-service. (did not test that, because i don't need sms functionality on my tablet. for this i use my mobil )
i know chompsms and thats a greart app. I used it on my phone before.
If chomp is working on the tab - i can live with it - as it have far more features.
Thanks. . .
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If the item is p7500 then I can surely vouch for you that it is SMS/mms capable from the box... I've used it many times...
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mlhdk said:
someone can confirm if the 10.1 3g is able to sms??
I asked 5 shops now - and got different answers!!
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I have the tab 10.1 3g (p7500) and just installed smsdroid from market and I can send and receive sms over 3G for sure!
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Really - nobody got 10.1 3g version??
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out of the box, it can send sms and mms.
hebbe said:
i've got the 10.1v. it definetly can't send sms out of the box. there's no such sms-app on the tablet. i guess it's the same with the 10.1
but installing an app like chompsms should enable the 3g tablets to send sms through their sim-card, not a web-service. (did not test that, because i don't need sms functionality on my tablet. for this i use my mobil )
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I have 10.1 3g and it works fine. It has messaging app insalled same as any android phone, however does not have any app to make phone calls.
I have a P 7500 (3G + wifi) and it CAN send and receive sms out of the box..

I need sms application urgently.

To recharge my data line I have to send sms to certain numbers of vodafone egypt, I believe that the developers developed an application for doing that.
Hope to find it.
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seawhale said:
To recharge my data line I have to send sms to certain numbers of vodafone egypt, I believe that the developers developed an application for doing that.
Hope to find it.
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try TextPlus
Try Tabtex , install on yr xoom & mobile phone. it will connect by bluetooth and use yr phone to send AND recieve sms.
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Sorry, should be Textab .
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Try Heywire
I use the Google voice site, made it my home page default
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Texting using Wifi

Does anyone know or can recommend an app the lets you send/receive SMS & MMS with the Thrive over Wifi?
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I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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you can try texttab. What it does is connect thru Bluetooth to your phone, and receives any SMS your phone gets and sends them to your thrive. Which you can reply and send on your thrive once your paired up.
TexTab worked awesome on mine! I absolutely love that program. Thanks for the head's up on that app. Definitely worth paying for it...
I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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Sprints decision to work in collaboration with google voice makes it this way. I have Sprint and love them for this. A friend of mine is having trouble figuring out how to send google voice sms from his Thrive since he is on TMobile tho.
I use DeskSMS, I started using it over month ago and the fact it actually syncs with my contacts on my phone rather they have Google Voice or any other service makes it IMO the best app there for texting over wifi without having to jump between phone numbers. Especially for those of us that didnt want to lose our MMS capability by completely syncing with Google Voice.
I tried DeskSMS for a little while and it works ok. I stopped using it because Google Voice Canadian numbers are still not available. Hopefully I will use DeskSMS again once Canadian Google voice numbers are available.
Rogers Wireless use to offer wifi calling and text for consumer however this option is no longer compatible with my current plan with them so I had to improvise.
I`ve also tried textplus which work very well and you can get a Canadian number by
paying a monthly fee.
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I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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HeyWire just got an update that now allows MMS.
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I am using google voice on all my android devices and computers. Most over wi_fi and all sync almost at the same time. Love the thrive.
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Anything new?

Hey guys, just thought I should check in. Seems like this forum is beginning to die. Has anyone got any new things that they would like me to test on my continuum?
Yes, I will have somethings to beta hopefully releasing mid next week, this weekend is my last week of work. So I'm freeing up my weekends again to get back to deving more...
You what are you currently working on?
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Hacked kernel, ported roms, couple things added to jellybean theme, you know the regular
Sounds interesting. I need to get back to gb and I don't remember how to do that...
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Does anyone still use this phone as their daily driver? Looking at people's signatures no one's says sent from the SCH-I400
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Just in the past few weeks I quit using it. I've been trying to get it to work with groove ip lite. So far it works just not with the stock dialer.
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jaycush said:
Just in the past few weeks I quit using it. I've been trying to get it to work with groove ip lite. So far it works just not with the stock dialer.
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Install google voice that's how I had my sons set up. His is still froyo though.
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ciscogee said:
Install google voice that's how I had my sons set up. His is still froyo though.
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I use google voice, do I click on use google voice for all calls?
Why doesn't grove ip work? I use that on my dna sometimes.
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Groove ip works but not with the default dialer, was simply trying to streamline the look. It actually works really well, so right now I'm just asking more for improving aesthetics.
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jaycush said:
I use google voice, do I click on use google voice for all calls?
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Well I don't think it does use stock dialer at all. Stock dialer uses verizons ish. Groove has its own operations and google voice to call and text just uses voice. I'm pretty sure u can take out the dialer and just use groove and voice
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What do you guys think of this custom launcher for my dna I am sick of sense.
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Also thought I should share my nifty sms app I have been using.
It's called ninja sms and I got it for 1$ at the play store and I love it. Should check it out of you text quite a bit and don't want to continuously change between apps. It allows the sms to come up on the screen. Kind of like multi boxing on the s3
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My lcuid 2 has that ability where the text will pop up and allow me to respond, delete or view without leaving the app. It is a super awesome feature.
Yeah I wish my dna had it stock but ninja sms is good for me.
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Does ninja have a character count? My pop-up has a character limit, if I go into the native messaging app I can type as much as I want and it will break it into multiple messages, the pop up only allows for a single message response. I haven't decided if I like that or not. I guess it really depends on I can use that to tweet.
When I text I can send more than 120 characters and on my screen it only sends as one message. You could try it out and always refund if you don't like it.
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Does ninja have a character count? My pop-up has a character limit, if I go into the native messaging app I can type as much as I want and it will break it into multiple messages, the pop up only allows for a single message response. I haven't decided if I like that or not. I guess it really depends on I can use that to tweet.
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Yeah just took a look at it and sent a large message and it sent as one huge message and didn't split into different messages. You can view a text that is more than 160 characters as long as it was sent as one big message. I don't believe it has a limit. As far as I can tell it doesn't split it up.
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So I really like the way ubuntu looks. Since my dna is locked and I have no access to unlock or root the phone via software method all I can do is jtag, however I'm not going to do that so I can't flash anything. Since I love the way ubuntu looks I decided to theme my phone after it using a launcher and a ton of custom widgets. Here is what I came up with.
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[Q] Is this possible?

To be able to use my phone number, and send texts from my tablet. But, using my phone number. Because I know there are texting apps, but I'm not sure if I can set it up to use my real number.
DubleJayJ said:
To be able to use my phone number, and send texts from my tablet. But, using my phone number. Because I know there are texting apps, but I'm not sure if I can set it up to use my real number.
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Yes, download the free app called mighty text, from the play store. Install it on your phone and tablet.
It lets you text from your tablet but using your phone. It sends the texts to and from phone to tablet using phones data allowance as the app on your phone actually sends the texts as if you were using your phone.
It lets you read texts off your phone.
Dave
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Fwiw I'm using Talkatone. Works well. Very dependable.
Don't know if it is better or worse than Mighty Text.
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Cloudsms is a really good app for 99cents. Plus the dev is extremely helpful and active in his thread.
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