Messaging Classic

The stock messaging with native Android design

Messaging Classic

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By: DC Mobile Studio

Users: 4,673,004

337

Rating: 3.50

(19,657)

2 ratings

Version: 3.2.16 (Last updated: 2024-10-29)

Creation date: 2013-12-20

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Cellular data settings: change/intercept network settings and traffic

Identity: read your own contact card

Contacts: read your contacts

Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)

SMS:

read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
receive text messages (MMS)
receive text messages (SMS)
send SMS messages
edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)

Phone: directly call phone numbers, read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera: take pictures and videos

Microphone: record audio

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

interact across users
MMS Wakeup
receive data from Internet
view network connections
change network connectivity
disable your screen lock
full network access
run at startup
draw over other apps
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
modify system settings
install shortcuts
read Google service configuration

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App summary

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Message Classic (alternate name as Messaging Classic) is the stock messaging (SMS & MMS) app ported from the Android native system!

Most of the phone manufacturers, for example, Samsung, LG, Sony and HTC, build their own messaging apps with different user experience, Message Classic brings you the native taste with Google design.

In Nexus 5, Google Hangouts is the default messaging app, while the original messaging app is gone. Message Classic gives you a chance to bring it back.

Remember to disable your other third party SMS apps' notifications or you may get duplicated notifications for each message.

Highlights:
• Totally free.
• Fully support Android 4.4.
• Fully support MMS for all Android versions.
• Quick reply pop-ups
• Quick action button support in message notification

In Android 4.4, an SMS app can not update SMS/MMS data if it's not the default SMS app. So please set Message Classic as your default SMS app.

User reviews

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Pros

Basic messaging function works as intended.
Has been a preferred messaging app for many users over the years.
Can send and receive MMS messages.
Imported messages from previous messaging apps successfully.

Cons

Recent updates led to loss of important messages.
Frequent advertising disrupts user experience.
New version has multiple bugs, such as deleting messages incorrectly.
Lack of customer support and responsiveness has frustrated users.
Inability to send messages to multiple contacts is a significant issue.

Most mentioned

Users want to revert to the old version due to dissatisfaction with updates.
Advertisements have become intrusive and annoying.
Issues with message deletion and inability to restore lost messages.
Functionality of the app has degraded significantly after the latest upgrade.

User reviews

The update is awful, I've lost half of my messages that I had from my parents which has really upset me. I can see it in the backup but it won't let me restore it and I'm dreading loosing it. I used to be able to lock messages where I now cant. Now I can't send a text it just says schedule for later which is no good to me at all. Please bring back the old version there was nothing wrong with it and I could use it and save messages easily. Also where does it back up to?

Vicki Thomas, 2024-11-18

Since the last upgrade this has not worked properly. I select messages to delete, but it deletes other messages instead... important messages I needed to keep. When I pull up my contacts to search for someone the pictures are all the same person but not actually the person I'm searching for. Please go back to how it was!

iamk9mom, 2024-10-24

It's so hard being forced to find a new messaging app I l9se track of which ones I've tested so I gotta review all tested ones so I know why to stay away... can't send mms even after changing settings no themes at all, chats show up as numbers not names