Hello! Can anyone advise on how to install Message plus on the Extreme? Ive heard that it can be done. I downloaded the apk and installed it, but it now says that I have to click for permissions and doesn't allow me to do so. I'm not that tech savvy so please help. Thanks

Ok so I figured how to allow all the permissions and Message Plus is working. However, I'm having 2 issues. The messages arent showing up on the extrenal screen. There seem to be different versions of message plus. not sure if i should have installed a different one. also, to make message plus work, I had to make it that default SMS app and disable the regular message app. Now the button that usually is assigned to messages doesn't work. Any way to map it to message plus?

I apologize if this question has been asked before. I searched the forums for a long time and can't find a comprehensible answer.

this is the version of the apk i installed and it works far better than many others i tried. It is version 6.4.5 I found it in a Veriozn forum addressing this Kyocera model but i had to set all the permissions manually in developer menu. don't know if that the right way to do it. im not so savvy https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ojAlDVvS1iQ2ngsmIrtH858wZ8__g_l7/view?usp=sharing

rabbims is that the exalt Version of the 6.4.5?

im not sure. It's version 6.4.5 which is the same version number as the one on the cadence and the duraxv. It was posted on a Verizon forum where people were complaining about the lack of message plus on the Extreme. Its the only version i tried which seems to be optimized for a flip, and works well, except for this detail. Also its not displaying to the external screen. I wanted to try to pull the Cadence version off of my friend's phone to see if it's exactly the same. I can't seem to be able to do it properly. I used Wedadb and used pm list packages and path and "pull" but it didnt work. If someone could instruct me on the proper commands to pull and extract using webadb i'd really apprciate. If you have the exalt version of messaenger plus or a different one for he kyocera phones I would appreciate

rabbims You may want to back up your phone and then reset it. That should solve all of your issues, and save you a lot of time.

Not sure what you mean. For some reason, the Extreme comes without message+ installed, just with a lousy SMS app that is extremely limited. That's not enough for my needs. So far I've managed to download the proper version of message plus (v6.4.5, which is for flips), install it, and set all the proper permissions. It's working fine, except for the external screen and the soft key set for messages. its also only syncing one way (syncs to my iphone which i prefer not to use, but not back from iphone to the flip). I was asking for help with fixing those issues, but they are minor compared to not having a decent messaging app. If you have any idea how to get the external screen to work id appreciate, can't find any setting for it in any developer menu or app Ive seen so far.

Have you ever seen it working? Is it known to be possible?

I dont know that it is possible. It SHOULD be possible - the native messaging app displays to external screen, and this exact version of message+ displays to external screen on the Cadence and the Kyocera DuraXV, so why should the Extreme be different? But I havent found anyone who knows how... I managed to find a different version of message+ that is supposed to be for Kyocera and it so far seems to work slightly more smootly . v6.4.4 https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9pni6bwzsg069n/message%2B%206.4.3%20Kyocera.apk?dl=0

rabbims Nice. Can you explain what is smoother about it?

Installing Message Plus on Kyocera DuraXV Extreme

Atusb

Flippy is there a message plus app THAT ACTUALLY WORKS for lg classic?

SruliB

rabbims Now Im having the same issue, did you figure it out already?

awer25

I just found this website today and installed the 6.4.4 version from this thread on my DuraXV Extreme E4810. It works fine for me. I copied the APK through OpenMTP, and then opened the APK on the phone to install it (Dev mode needed to be on to allow unknown sources). When I first opened it it kept crashing right away. I started pressing the middle button repeatedly and quickly each time I opened the app. That would close the crash window and the Message+ permissions request would then show. After a few times of allowing the various permissions, it now runs perfectly as the default messaging app.

It doesn't replace the Messages app. Message+ is located in Settings-Business Tools-Messages+. I set one of the programmable keys to open it.

Flippy

awer25 Nice. Can you link to the specific download that you used?

awer25 it now runs perfectly as the default messaging app

In what way is it default Can you use the messaging soft key to access?
Also can you see the message preview on outer screen?

Techgen

Flippy I doubt it, he said the regular messages is still there, doesn't seem to be breaking any new ground.

awer25

Flippy I'll try to find the link, I'm on a different computer today and the links I see in this thread don't seem to be what I recall. I know the APK had Kyocera in the file name and the app shows v.6.4.4 on the phone - the file name wasn't the generic "VZMessages.apk". It is probably this link b/c the post says 6.4.4, although the file name shows 6.4.3: [Login to see the link]

Edit: It is this link above^^

I meant it's the default in that new messages go to the Message+ app and not to the old Messages app. Messages doesn't open anymore without crashing. However the right softkey still shows Messages, and Message+ does not show notifications on the outer screen. I mapped Message+ to the Up nav button and use it that way. I believe the LED does blink orange when there's an unread message.

moshe1

Flippy You can download from apk pure a app called Hidden settings and u can set from there what should be default messaging app and then the messages come up by notifications ()Correction not on outer screen) just like the default messaging app I actually installed the oldest version of message plus that apk pure had which is 6.7.12 but it doesn't work that well because that version is really designed to use with a touchscreen also u can add widgets on the menu so instead of browser u can have the message plus icon there though u cant have the default messaging app and message plus at the same time because once u set message plus for default then the regular messaging crashes

4448641

Is there any way to install any other messaging app and have it work like the default messaging, ie. right soft key, notifications, etc.
Doesn't have to be message plus, just something more functional than the current app.

moshe1

4448641 moshe1

moshe1

if you use button mapper which you can download with apk pure app store (button-mapper I downloaded from apps for flip didn't work on my e4810) (apk-pure u can download from apk-pure website) then u can set the right soft key for message plus when u double tap on the soft key or long press. Button mapper lets u set 3 different functions for each button, one for single tap one for double ta,p, and one for long press (you might need the mouse app and switchboard to use apk pure app-store,) or you can install a different messaging app and set the right soft key the same way for that app And disable the regular messaging app by going to advanced settings by dev options and then going to apps and notification and when you go to regular messaging press disable if not every time you single tap the right soft when u r by the home screen it will come up then crash

Flippy

moshe1 Then you can never use the soft key in any menu because it always pulls up the messages app, instead of the action its supposed to do. Makes the phone sort of unusable.

moshe1

actually I set it with button mapper for double tap and single tap stays for default function

moshe1

Exosylver moshe1

Flippy

moshe1 Nice. can you post links to the aforementioned apps that you used to make it easier to find?

moshe1

moshe1 actually about coming up on the outer screen I'm non sure but it comes up in notifications and rings or vibrates

Techgen

moshe1 Nice, if it works to display on the front screen it would be great. I'm not sure what you mean by widgets though, on the extreme you can set menu items to whatever you want, including message plus instead of the browser, without using hidden settings

moshe1

Flippy [[Login to see the link]] (disclaimer I am not sure if posting a link to a app store is against the rules if it is, someone should please reply and I will remove it)
[[Login to see the link]]

moshe1

here is a link [[Login to see the link]] to a google drive file with message plus that was pulled from a cadence it works b''h excellently on the e4810 if u want to delete a conversation you can delete the conversation by selecting it by options-select threads and then delete by pressing right softkey. 2 issues when you want to add an attachment by taking a pic by pressing take photo it doesn't go, number 2 is that if you want to delete a conversation by long pressing it then you need to press delete with a mouse. When I installed it kept on crashing so I went to the dev options and u go to the last option on the list which is advanced and go to apps and notifications (hidden settings app and go to the line that says app info) and u scroll down till u find message plus and u press it and then press permissions and then press on all switches icons there except location I think isn't necessary

yerushivish

moshe1 do you know of a way to do this on the extreme PLUS? i did it no problem on the regular duraxv extreme but on the extreme plus it just refuses to start up without crashing...

moshe1

Techgen I think it only comes up on the outside screen by the new version of message plus that doesn't work to well on a non-touch phone I'm not 100 percent sure it does but if I remember correctly it does but using the version that works normally far outways having it come up on the outer screen. regarding widgets I didn't know that u can set the widgets with regular settings I'm new to the e4810

Lonely

I wanna know if there is a way to install the regular Message Plus app (for Smart Phones) on my Kyocera E4180?
I've download it and installed but I can't go in to a conversation it came up that the app has bin stoped

moshe1

Lonely I installed it on the E4810 (downloaded it from apk pure) and I used this [[Login to see the link]] app to allow the permissions for the app and to make it the default message app and I disabled the default message app by going to the last option in the dev option menu list and I set with button mapper the right soft key when u double tap it, it should open the message plus app. Though it is made to use with a touch screen therefore u can only use with a mouse app and even with that it isn't fully functional, u cant swipe the screen with a flip phone after all. I used the oldest version of the smartphone version message + app that apk pure had I don't know about the latest versions will work

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