anyone use the oz messenger cab?

[simbadogg]

anyone use this at all, from the time that i upgraded my rom, even when i first got my phone w/ the oem tilt rom, it has not worked. I changed the settings on my phone because initially the internet wasn't working, but not it works fine, i'm using palingro...but i at least want to try the oz because there are some things that bother me about it.

and by the way, i'm connecting using the att network, not wifi...as that is the first thing it says when its having trouble connecting. but honestly, no matter what i change in my phone, i'm still getting the "communication error. please try again or check your settings. IM is not supported over wi-fi connections" error.
any help/ideas?

[simbadogg]

gotten quite a few views, any input guys?

[Liquidfire]

heya sim,

I use the OZ cab, both stock installed on the phone and installed with custom rom. I have experienced the situation you detail. It seems to happen when I close it down a way it didn't like or do something internet-wise with another program.

Fixing it usually only requires a quick turn off then turn on. It does get annoying sometimes when it happens.

Also I would like to add it doesn't seem very responsive as far as receiving messages goes either. Like sometimes I will get a message on my computer at roughly 12 in the afternoon and will not see it on the phone until after dinner. I have even had a couple experiences where I didn't receive messages until after the program had been restarted.

I will be trying another messaging program soon that doesn't use up messaging on my phone, this is part of what I believe makes it slow is the fact it uses messaging instead of internet.

any recommendations? / questions?

[simbadogg]

oh great...you mean to tell me that the oz messenger is sms based and not internet based? jeeze...i REALLY dont wanna pay for agile

[Liquidfire]

yes this is what they told me at AT&T, There are a few out there that use internet via data connection (3g, hsdpa, etc.) agile being one of them...isnt it free tho? The same goes for Fring, and i believe IM+ you have to pay for but uses data connection aswell.

[GFridrich3]

Yea, i use the OZ one, but only as a way of checking my current buddy lists in AIM and Yahoo. Its very unreliable for actually carrying a conversation. Also, its very clunky to use if you log into 2 or 3 messengers at once. One of the features about this phone that really made me want it (instant messaging on the go) has been pretty lackluster to me. I have yet to try any different messenger suites yet.

[Liquidfire]

Ill let you both know for sure how the others work in comparison as I intend to try a couple other non sms bases ones

[gqstatus0685]

OZ messenger is LAME.. go to Palringo.com from your phone. Download it. Way better and its free push to talk built in.

[gqstatus0685]

you guys wont be disappointed with Palringo. You can have your AOL, Google Talk/Jabber, MSM messenger, yahoo. It signs in really quick about 2 seconds, gets all your friends, no drops in connection, Beautiful software and best of all its free.

[simbadogg]

you guys wont be disappointed with Palringo. You can have your AOL, Google Talk/Jabber, MSM messenger, yahoo. It signs in really quick about 2 seconds, gets all your friends, no drops in connection, Beautiful software and best of all its free.

mine ALWAYS drops my aim connection. i have no idea why. It keeps my google chat online constantly though, but not aim. anybody know of a sms based messenger for aim by any chance?

[simbadogg]

ok, i guess the problem w/ my messenger was the data package that i had with AT&T, now that i upgraded, i can sign on. only problem is, when i'm online...i'm not really online. it shows that all my buddys are off, when i check on another computer (different SN) if i'm on, its says i'm not. anyone know what the hell this is about? it seems like one problem after another w/ this....
plus i'm using the "OZ_Instant_Messanger_at_t_AKU_0.4.4" cab. thanx in advance

[zenichi]

I have dumped Oz because it is slow to connect at times. At times it connects but it does not tell you so, that is you show up on a buddies computer but your phone still shows that it has not connected. Also, in this case if you quit the program, (stop it from memory) you are still logged on. Added to this is that you get charged for text messages!! :mad:

So, I have gone to Agile, which is data only. It connects fine too. It is pricey but it does the job. I am using it on a Treo 750. My service is At&T. It also does PTT etc. :)

[zenichi]

The AIM client also uses data only and not SMS. So if you do not need the other message servers like Yahoo or MSN or Google etc. then AIM might be a good option. You can find it on this forum.

[tbfl]

I had been using the OZ client on a trip earlier this month for the first time - did not care for the SMS integration of it at all. Every time a reply would come in you'd get a system SMS message. I've just installed the Palringo client listed above and it seems to work very well. Thanks for the heads up.

[ChumleyEX]

I use slick it's easy and free

[freekquency]

yea wish i had read this thread prior to sending those 100 sms messeages at .15 cents each. Wait employee discount! oh shit not for sms. hahaha


gdit at&t!!

gonna check out one of these two you guys mentioned, that oz one does suck
and i have unimited data only.

[schulzj]

I really wish I read this before paying for IM+. I like their service but have had a lot of problems lately when I flash roms constantly. Crap like always having to put in my resistration and then saying that my registration number is being used. I would understand if I stole the software but I paid good money for it.

I tried aglie and really like the GUI, but I'm not in the mood to spend that much money for another program.

I just downloaded palringo and from first impression really like it. The only thing I don't like is that it won't keep my always connected. Battery isn't an issue and neither is data.

[freekquency]

I hear that. Im waiting and watching for something better.










BTW super rocks! :)

[louisd]

[QUOTE=freekquency;2128040]I hear that. Im waiting and watching for something better.

I've had great luck with fring... Use it and if you twitter it has a built in twitter interface that's outside of the normal IM integration, it's pretty slick.

[JstarLuvsTina]

I use slick it's easy and free

same here.. been using it since i first bought my tilt and no complaints to day

[jfame617]

i have used almost all of the AIM alternatives and the best by far to me is the original AIM 2.0 for windows mobile. none of the AIM applications i used looked like AIM or had the features of basic AIM (like checking a full away message, lol at Palringo and OZ). i was a heavy Sidekick 2 user before I got the At&t Tilt so I was used to a working and functional AIM. Palringo, OZ, slick, IM+ and others just didn't cut it for me. I don't understand why AOL had to downgrade their basic AIM 2.0 with OZ messenger. you can't even check an away message on the OZ messenger, PATHETIC! on top of that, it uses freakin TEXT MESSAGES instead of your data plan! what a rip off! if you want the full AIM, get AIM 2.0, you can find it on the forum if you search around a bit. good luck

[Hyden121]

OZ Messenger would not be so lame if you could use it over WiFi. i may consider using it again when this can be done.

[amkaos]

I use slick it's easy and free

what / where is "slick"?

how can you map the PTT button for this?

also, can this slick be used over wifi?

thanx

[scotchua]

I use Jivetalk for AIM, WLM, Yahoo, and Googletalk. It's by far the nicest IM client i've used thus far. You need to have sqlce and .netCF installed but i highly recommend it.