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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
It turns out that - for rooted people - there is a way to completely turn off Direct Share!
For the short version skip to the bottom of this answer.
In my search for a way to stop this stupid ...
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
Go to settings. Click on Advanced Features. Scroll to "Direct Share". Turn it off and all contacts are gone from share via.
Image shows a before and after visualization of disabling Direct ...
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What does "Can't send message on card 1, error 21" mean?
Most likely the destination phone number is formatted wrong, which can happen particularly when importing contacts via third-party tool.
In this particular case, I used My Contacts Backup for iOS to ...
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Receiving Chinese blocks of texts in the Messaging app
Cause
It's likely caused by either/both character encoding incompatibility and/or wrong character encoding, resulting in mojibake (garbled text):
Character encoding incompatibility
SMS, or text ...
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
You can disable the 'share via' menu by removing Messenger's permission to access your contacts. This isn't practical if you use Messenger as your primary SMS app, but if you use another app, it's ...
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Scheduling with Google messages. What does the roll-out information mean?
It means that feature will be enable by Google's server. You might already have the feature but you won't see it on the app's interface.
Surely they're not talking about something that requires ...
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
Currently. as of 6.0 there is no way of disabling direct share all together. Some apps may add an option to disable direct share for their apps though.
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
I discovered that if you block the contact in WhatsApp, it stops showing it in the share menu and in the new "frequent chats" section when you share or forward stuff.
However, when you ...
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Google's Messages app says text message sent by SMS
Today morning, I got a prompt asking me if I wanted to enable chat features on messages app. I did that and saw the info on the SMS sent yesterday. Dug, to know more, and here's the summary from the ...
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How do I export my text messages from either my Android phone, or from the Android Messages web interface, with the timestamps?
SMSBackupRestore can create local xml files in following format
/storage/emulated/0/SMSBackupRestore/sms-20220130231717.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<!--File ...
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How can I copy entire chain of text messages (not just a single one) with the stock Android messages app?
Stock SMS app on Pixel 4a does not have this option and you need alternative methods.
Use SMS Backup and restore
Option 1 : Take a complete backup of your SMSes and from the app see "Backed up (...
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Google Messages adds spaces to emoticons
This is caused by the "use simple characters" setting on Android Messages app. The setting will convert special characters in SMS messages.
This is due to the possibility that the recipient'...
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Samsung Messages/SMS - What exactly does logging into your google account do?
If you're sending sms with an internet connection, you can tunnel your messages through a vpn for privacy concerns. Is the only "useful" function, I can think of. If, it matters. Sms through ...
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Messages is processing an incoming message
Hardware Performance?
It could be that your phone is underpowered.
Your mention a Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1, which is a mid-range phone from 2018. So I wouldn't think it's THAT slow, but I definitely ...
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How to set MMS subject with the official Google Messages app?
You need to long-press the MMS button on the bottom right. Only then will you be able to add the subject.
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Android Messages can't send images
You might be having a number of APNs pre-loaded on your handset. Just keep the right APN and delete the extras. Keeping only the right APN will force the messenger to use that particular APN.
Follow ...
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How can I rename an app on my phone, and what are the consequences?
If you are willing to install an app , you can try Commandr for Google, which let's you
Integrate Tasker
Launch an app under different name ( custom app name)
Not tried by me
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WAP Push messages - what and why are they?
I cannot answer all your questions, but I can tell you this, I was also getting a message regularly from WAP_PUSH_SI! with no content in it through my stock Samsung messages app. I would delete it and ...
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Is there method to send by not using SMS?
You can send messages without using SMS by using a messaging platform. These include
Google Allo,
Hangouts,
Skype,
Facebook Messenger,
Discord,
Kik,
and many more.
If you need your message to arrive ...
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Is there method to send by not using SMS?
Google Messenger is an SMS/MMS application. If you are not able to send SMS/MMS for some reason, you need to use a different messaging system and a different application. For example, you can use ...
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Google Messenger - Cannot search thread
I finally figured this out. Tldr: turn on permissions for services and google app.
Had to enable permission to contacts and sms for google services. Also would not work unless Google App had sms ...
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Help understanding the integration between Google Voice, Hangouts, and Messenger
Messenger is an SMS application. It can be used to send SMS. Every SMS that are sent from your device are stored somewhere. Other SMS apps can read and write them.
Phone is a phone app. It is used to ...
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
To successfully remove Outlook contacts from Share via menu, I did the following:-
Settings, Applications, Application Manager, Outlook, Permissions - uncheck all
Outlook, Gear icon, click account in ...
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Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel
I discovered that in the case of WhatsApp showing the offending contact on your direct share menu (i.e. your side chick when your girlfriend is looking), you can push that contact down and out of the ...
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