topic Re: Messages App Problem in XPERIA archive

Messages App Problem

owen_legend — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:42:38 GMT

Hey guys, new Xperia Z1 owner here and I've run into a problem.

I have come from using iphones for the past 4 years - the nature of iphones is that the text messages store in conversations like the Xperia. However I have all the conversations from when i first got my first iphone.

I used the PC companion to transfer my contacts and messages and stuff to my Xperia thinking nothing of it however the messsages app can be a little slow loading all the old conversations at times, so i tried to delete them, although I couldn't as the app froze. I tried deleting all the messages individually using "mark all" and deleting the whole conversations however the result is the same.

Is there any way to delete messages from the phone in an alternate way to this? Its quite annoying

Thanks

Re: Messages App Problem

Sam — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:45:49 GMT

If there are a lot of messages it can be quite slow; however if you want to delete all of the messages you can always do this: Main Menu > Settings > Apps > All > Messaging > Clear Data.

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Re: Messages App Problem

owen_legend — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:05:32 GMT

I have also tried that method, but it doesn't actually delete the conversations

Re: Messages App Problem

Uliwooly — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:08:53 GMT

You could just delete all the conversations and/or repair your phone if that doesn't hurt

Update Service (SUS)

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/Software%20Downloads/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.12.5.exe

PC Companion (PCC)

Bridge (for Mac)

Alternatives on How to backup Xperias

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36355

Re: Messages App Problem

owen_legend — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:19:21 GMT

Whenever I try to delete the conversations though the phone never actually deletes them but merely locks up usually forcing a restart.
I could technically delete them one by one but there's probably thousands of messages there haha

Re: Messages App Problem

Uliwooly — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:31:24 GMT

open the messaging app > menu > delete conversations > drop down menu (left) mark all

Re: Messages App Problem

owen_legend — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:15:23 GMT

This freezes the phone almost immediately

Re: Messages App Problem

Archanos — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:42:21 GMT

I found this one actually working:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vp.smsmanager

it's a bit plain app, extremely simple, but for me it does the job, I have tons of messages too - it is useless if you want to use it for receiving messages, but works fair with deleting (didn't hang on me yet)

Re: Messages App Problem

owen_legend — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:41:40 GMT

Just tried that app and it failed, just locked up the app almost instantly

How hard can deleting messages be? lol

Re: Messages App Problem

Sam — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 22:18:01 GMT

It sounds like you have some corrupt data in the messaging application. I would recommend following the advice of Uliwooly above and run a repair.

Re: Messages App Problem

MUSHARAB — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:06:31 GMT

Sony PC Comapanion Should also have a app to read SMS while Xperia Handsets are connected to PC.

Re: Messages App Problem

Sam — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:22:44 GMT

@MUSHARAB wrote:

Sony PC Comapanion Should also have a app to read SMS while Xperia Handsets are connected to PC.

You may wish to have a look at a program/application by the name of My Phone Explorer for this kind of functionality:

http://www.fjsoft.at/en/

Re: Messages App Problem

MUSHARAB — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:57:49 GMT

Thanks SAM, Thats really a good application. I have been using it since 2010. Addition of such feature to PC Companion will be highly appreciated .