Latest ATT Update (March '18) - new Messaging/Gallery apps?

[CFoote]

Did anyone get the latest security update yet from AT&T?

Looks like it was security patches, but my Messaging and Gallery apps changed.

I am OK with the gallery app, and the Messaging app is OK with the exception the text is pretty damn small! I know you can pinch to zoom, but I am unable to find anyway to keep the ZOOM setting I selected in the new Messaging app, as soon as I back out and go back to a person I was chatting with, the text is back to being small.

Just confirming I'm not the only one with this issue.

Chris

 

[Magicalfire]

Oh, believe me, you are not alone. Mine is doing the same thing. It is also showing replies to texts in white text boxes with white type. I had to switch my purchased themes 4 times to find one that didn't do this! I also lost the ability to schedule messages, and lost all of my quick responses! This is VERY annoying.

Krista

 

[Tex Arcana]

Ditto here, white text on white background for incoming texts. Exceptionally annoying.

A few people have complained on the AT&T support forums (https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung-Discussion-Support/Text-bubble-issue/m-p/5452599/thread-id/35765), but it seems the forum moderators are going thru and deleting threads and replies. And so far, the only "answer" wasn't an answer at all, just a canned response pointing to a tutorial (that wasn't there last night, btw) on how to change messaging settings.

If anyone has any ideas, please let us know.

 

[xc rider]

Using pulse for messaging. And sungstratum for theming. It's a part of substratum. No root.

 

[Tex Arcana]

Using pulse for messaging. And sungstratum for theming. It's a part of substratum. No root.

I don't understand what you mean, please explain.

 

[o_01uk]

It's another SMS app, you can download it on the playstore.

 

[CFoote]

Thanks everyone for confirming it wasn't just me. It's a shame because the stock txting app wasn't pretty bad for the past ~2 years....here's hoping AT&T steps up, otherwise I will go third party too...

 

[xc rider]

Pulse is awesome. I have the paid subscription and can access my txts from any device.

 

[Tex Arcana]

First, new "update" fubared text messaging; now, there's something running in the background that's turning it into a hotplate & sucking the battery down in just a couple hours, instead of decent consumption all day long. Even after a reboot & running the "save battery" app in Settings, it's still warm to the touch, & draining the battery too quickly.



Does AT&T have plans to fix this, or is this a push to force an upgrade? (this I put to them on their forum)

SAMSUNG-SM-G891A

Android. 7.0

Patch level January 1, 2018 (so no shenanigans about "security enhancements" in this one, they ain't there)

 

[faronium]

There were betas for these updates for several months now. There must have been some big changes under the hood and this one came as a 500MB update rather than a 35MB security patch. Probably stuck with any bugs until the next major update which will most likely be Oreo. All of this is just speculation on my part.

 

[CFoote]

I didn't receive any notification on my S7 Active regarding BETAs - how do you sign up for those? I would have gladly given feedback on this Messaging app....

 

[faronium]

They don't have a beta program open to the public as far as I know. Over on the firmware update thread, user khaliullov posts a link to firmware and uncovered a way to directly download firmware from ATT's servers. That's where I've seen betas for this update for the past few months. You don't want to have those betas installed as they offer no upgrade path, so you would be stuck with the issues that whatever beta you used came with.

 

[CFoote]

Got it - thanks for the info!

 

[Tex Arcana]

Looks like time to investigate rooting the phone...

 

[CFoote]

Just got prompted for another update - let's see what this one does...

 

[roperband]

Just got prompted for another update - let's see what this one does...

Same here, can't really see any difference in anything so far.

 

[CFoote]

No difference here either, unfortunately. I was really hoping the Messages app would be updated. This new one SUCKS.

 

[CFoote]

Is there anyone would could grab the old messaging app, make it a APK and then let us sideload it? I would be VERY interested in this, as would others.... this new Messaging app is junk!

 

[landfiller]

The new messaging app is really weird, but all the features are there.... you hafta hit the + sign & the features come up. To schedule messages and more.

 

[Droid_Razr]

Could be worse, half your account could be stuck in Spanish. It's been well over a year and they still can't do anything about it. Lol.