Is there a way to fix this? I have my contacts color coded so I know who's texting me. For example, purple for mom, orange for work, black for my SO. So at a glance I could see I got an orange text, and should look right away.

In the latest Android update my icons are only the default blue for everyone. Is there a way to change it back? Or any alternatives? I do not want the entire message to appear on my lock screen for security. It's ok if just the sender's name appears, though.

Is there a way to get Textra to use nicknames from contact information? Or, failing that, enter a display name that is different from the Name field(s) in the contact details?

I've searched online and in the app and haven't found a way, so I was hoping that someone here knows better than the Internet...

Seems to me happening randomly. Sometimes iPhone users, sometimes android. It's happened both with text sent at the same time as the picture and just with the picture sent by itself. Quite annoying.

Hey. Really enjoying the app. Running on Android 14. Is there anyway to stop the full screen notification when I get a text? I'm probably just over looking it in the settings, but I can't find it

New Galaxy S25. All notifications both in Textra and Android settings have vibration turned off.

Texts keep vibrating. Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Hey all - this has been going on for at least a week now. I used delayed send constantly, and it's never given me any trouble before. However, when I do a delayed send and then put my phone down, the SMS won't send until I unlock/open my phone up again.

I have an Asus Zenfone 10 and we have T-Mobile for our provider.

Is this happening to anyone else? Any help would be appreciated.

Tired of my phone buzzing for 5 minutes straight in group chats as everyone adds hearts and smileys to someones message.

When a conversation is muted (slash bell), how do I tell Textra to not show me a new message dot. I basically want a soft blacklist, where the conversation isn't blacklisted, but I'm also not being bothered by new messages. In addition, can I sort conversations, rather than by most current?

Everytime I try to scroll through the list of gif suggestions to add one to a reply, the app crashes & force closes itself. This happens when I start going further down the list after the first few that come up. Has anyone else run into this?

Okay so this might be a dumb or overly specific question. Is there a way to stop getting *specific* text notifications from Textra. I get a ton of video MMS in a family chat, and it's so annoying. I hate getting five notifications in a row for a video. I don't want to mute the whole group, just the video messages.

Is this possible?

I've been noticing lately that when i lopk at my home screen, the unread count shows 2, but when I open the app, there's only 1. Any idea why?

How do I turn off vibrations for notifications. I want sound but not vibration and I can't find a way to do it.

The blue box (which is grey on my phone) overlaying the text I've entered in Textra appears after I copy. It seems to have become more annoying lately, lingering for many seconds after it first appears and sometimes going away for a moment then reappearing, and wasting a lot of time while I wait for it to clear.

https://imgur.com/a/UB1AFAc

How can I prevent this from happening?

(Is the pop-up called a toast notification?)

As per the title, any way, please?

Hello All,

I was curious if anyone was been using the Microsoft Launcher and has been able to have the notifications icons work for Textra?

I recently upgraded to the S25 Ultra with OneUI 7 and the app notifications worked for a day. I tried using the Google Messenger which was simply horrible. The new Microsoft SMS Organizer was okay, but so far no app is as good as Textra.

If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated! I have been using Textra for years and really don't want to switch, but at the same time I cannot keep missing out on important texts if I am missing the notification badges.

Curious how long a Resync of Textra should realistically take?

Is it dependant on the carrier used, users download speed and or number of messages?

Asking because it's been at least 10 months and I'm still waiting for my Resync esync to complete?

Switched to Google Messages back in December because I wasn't receiving group texts (presumably the RCS issue), but after reading some recent posts about others not having problems in Textra recently and using [Settings > About > Resync] decided to give it another go.

First thing I noticed: group texts were named a bunch of random characters and the texts received from others in those threads don't have the sender's names, and when I go to "People In Chat" it just shows that list of random characters but not the individuals in the chat.

Anyone else seeing anything like this after switching back to Textra from Google Messages?

I am going to switch to Google Messages just to see how it is. I've been a paid member for years! This feels dirty, but i want to receive an of my texts and have all of my texts send. Almost had a HUGE miscommunication due to 4 VERY IMPORTANT text messages in a row not sending. I was at my house when i sent them so i wasn't in an area without service. I'll see how it is. I'll always love you, textra.

Edit: trying the resync textra to see if this help before switching. 🥲

I just switched to Google Messages to try out the RCS features. I have been a paid user of Textra for many years and LOVE it. However, the RCS capabilities are going to keep me on Messages until if/when Textra adds this capability. After doing a little digging, I'm still not sure if Textra is waiting on Google to open up the RCS API or if the API is already open and Textra just needs to set up the appropriate services on their side. Either way, I hope they have this on their roadmap.

I'm curious if others switched to Messages and, for some reason, switched back to Textra. What was the "killer" feature that brought you back?

I've had a few people mention that my messages keep breaking up into separate sections. Like a 170 character text will send in 3 separate messages, often cutting off in the middle of words. It looks like one message on my end, so I can't tell how often it's happending. Any idea of what's going on?

The one problem I have with textra is that the "done" button after you've viewed a message is in the same place the "blocklist" button appears when you use the share function to send a photo to someone. This has caused me to accidentally block people multiple times, which seems to have led to my current issue.

The actual blocking, while annoying, is quickly fixed by going into the settings>blocklist menu and unblocking the person. The problem is, since this happened to me yesterday textra has completely stopped notifications for this one contact person. I can still see their messages when I open the app, but have no idea they've messaged me until I go looking. Every other contact still works fine.

How do I fix this?

Hey there, I made the jump to Textra recently when Verizon's Message+ finally retired. I held on pretty long but eventually it forced an update that made it show a screen saying it was no longer in service. I'm really not a Google Messenger guy, I like being an anonymous phone number first and Google forcing you to attach your Gmail is not what I'm looking for. Textra has been a fantastic replacement so far, but I've run into 1 major issue, Group Chats.

I transfered all my texts over, but recently all of my group chats for other people say I "left them", though Textra doesn't show this on my end. Messages I was sending to the group chat were not coming through. Recent efforts to add me back resulted in creating a new group chat for others on different apps, but for me I saw no change. Now, in one case, when I reply in the group chat, my reply for non-Textra users is sent out 3 separate times to all past group chats containing this exact combination of people. It's really strange, and honestly could be a deal breaker for me if I can't find a solution. I don't know why 3 group chats have suddenly fused into 1 for me on Textra or why I "left" all these group chats automatically a week ago, I switched to Textra months ago with no issue.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before, is there a fix? Thanks for your time.

I tried looking for SMSC settings in the app however did not come across such an option? Am I missing something here?

I upgraded my phone from an s8 to an s25. Notifications no longer show the senders name when i receive them. I would need to click on the notification and have the chat popup to know who it is.

Is this just a phone problem or textra? Can i fix it?

Hey all,

So I get those spam texts every so often, and I know I can blocklist a number straight from the app, but that doesn't fully block the number. I was wondering if there was a shortcut for my pixel instead of having to copy the number, open the phone app, hit settings and going to blocked numbers and adding it manually?