Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans

Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by neurostimulant on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:01AM (#36518834)

After spelunking into the dialer source code a bit, it seems the important stuff related to receiving and initiating calls are already handled by android's TelecomManager and the dialer only provides interface for users to interact with TelecomManager.

I haven't really dig into Messages source code these days, but a few years ago I was making an app that can send MMS messages and it was insane how much heavy lifting a messaging apps have to do in order to send MMS reliably on any carrier. Losing the default Message app might be a big blow considering so many 3rd party message app still can't do MMS right (at least the last time I checked). For example, people are still posting MMS issues on the github repo for SimpleMobileTools app you mentioned.

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by nine_k on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:02AM (#36519293)

QKSMS which I installed through F-droid works pretty well for me for years, FWIW.

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by Ruthalas on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:07AM (#36519863)

I can second the recommendation for QKSMS, it's simple and reliable in my experience.

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by namibj on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:11AM (#36521462)

Telefonica in Germany is sunsetting MMS end of this year (sending and receiving).

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by uni_rule on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:59PM (#36542975)

In this problem, RCS is far more of a potential loss than MMS due to how few other apps support that cluster of a standard.

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