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Multibocks
11-23-2011, 06:43 PM
Tried googling this, but Android + text + reply + all just doesn't narrow it enough. Problem is that my brother keeps sending these texts that go to 5-10 people, including me. They are just infrequent enough that I let my guard down and BAM Android trickfucks me by using a "reply all" button. This would be fine, however when you are looking at your text conversations window it shows the conversation as my brother, not all 10 people. So I think Im just replying to him and that's when the texts starts. "Who are you?", "?", etc.
Anyone know a fix for this? I have no idea why they dont represent his conversation as Brother ++ or make the Reply All button red or anything to differentiate. What's really weird is other people when they do a multiple receiver conversation I see a few of the names in the text title, but not with my brother. Sigh.

Zub
11-23-2011, 06:57 PM
Tried googling this, but Android + text + reply + all just doesn't narrow it enough. Problem is that my brother keeps sending these texts that go to 5-10 people, including me. They are just infrequent enough that I let my guard down and BAM Android trickfucks me by using a "reply all" button. This would be fine, however when you are looking at your text conversations window it shows the conversation as my brother, not all 10 people. So I think Im just replying to him and that's when the texts starts. "Who are you?", "?", etc.
Anyone know a fix for this? I have no idea why they dont represent his conversation as Brother ++ or make the Reply All button red or anything to differentiate. What's really weird is other people when they do a multiple receiver conversation I see a few of the names in the text title, but not with my brother. Sigh.
Not sure what your problem is, when I get multi-contact texts, i see all the names comma-separated.
Maybe it's because they are not in your address book or something like that? try and add one of them to your contacts maybe

Zub
11-23-2011, 06:59 PM
you might be able to check by clicking the menu button and whether you have "View contact" (existing contact - probably only your bro) or "Add contact" (some people not in your contact list, probably not only your bro)

Ughmahedhurtz
11-23-2011, 07:24 PM
Not sure. I use Chomp SMS on my EVO. Never had that problem. Which phone and SMS app are you using?

Multibocks
11-23-2011, 07:24 PM
Yeah I was hoping for a permanent fix, like "change reply all button for multiple receivers to reply." I mean honestly I think I have had one multiple recipient conversation since I have owned the phone, why is this default behavior? It's like they want people to fuck up and send shit to people they don't know
:(

edit: Its the Android Bionic on the Verizon network and its SMS messaging I assume.

Ughmahedhurtz
11-23-2011, 07:34 PM
I suspect that's specific to the app on your phone. You might try a different SMS app and test it with family and see what happens. If that fixes it, then it's basically a permanent solution. Funny enough, I actually get fewer crashes when receiving MMS messages using Chomp SMS versus the default Sprint/HTC app.

Multibocks
11-23-2011, 07:40 PM
Alright I'll try chomp out, thanks.

Acidburning
11-24-2011, 03:46 AM
had a similar situation on my iphone4s, thought I was replying to 1, when I get 3 back saying "who is this?". Didn't even notice it was a multi text and a reply all function.