We've known for a while now that threaded SMS is coming in later versions of the BlackBerry OS, but for those of you who just simply cannot wait there is a solution to the threaded SMS issues right now. bChat is a application which allows you to have threaded SMS today, rather then having to wait for RIM to release OS 5.0. Aside from threaded SMS it includes many other features which make it a worthy purchase for only $0.99:
Features:
- Texts organized by conversation/contact
- Allows texts longer than the standard 160 characters
- Customize the UI colors
- Integration into your profiles
- Save your chats to the device or memory card for your records
- Follow links and emails directly from the conversation, no need to copy and paste the link
- Send texts with just a press of the enter key, just like BlackBerry Messenger
- Track how many texts you send and receive
With the ability to organize and even store your text messages onto your memory card, bChat overall is a great application for those who want the threaded SMS and just that little bit extra as well. bChat is compatible with devices 4.5 OS +. However, no Storm love at this time.
Reader comments
bChat - A Threaded SMS Solution That Is Available Now
i downloaded this app and i was able to send messages, but not receive them in the app. I followed directions people had about allowing bchat to receive messages and what not, but it still doesnt work. let me know if there is anything else i can do to make it work. i really think this app would be awesome if i could receive messages in the app.
Anyone have problem with it working on VZW curve 8330? I can send messages from the app fine, but I cannont receive any in the app. I have "allowed" on all the permissions for the app.
is there a way to redirect the bchat to your messages folder similar to the way you can like email,sms, and bbm to your messages folder on the home screen?
I have a Blackberry Storm 9350. It just stopped working.
I would like it to give you a status update regarding message delivery. There is no way to tell if the message failed or was delivered - at least I have not seen any indications.
wfubball,
2 Suggestions:
1. Create the ability to send the same text to multiple people, and also to people not in your phonebook.
2. Have the date as well as the time next to each text message.
Thanks!
wfubball,
2 Suggestions:
1. Create the ability to send the same text to multiple people, and also to people not in your phonebook.
2. Have the date as well as the time next to each text message.
Thanks!
Just bought this for my new Tour. Love it!
Just make sure you follow directions on blocking your regular SMS so you don't get 2 messages.
Works like a champ!! And for .99 are you kidding me... What wouldn't I buy for .99 :-)
if you receive a sms from the person whose conversation you are currently viewing, the notification isn't marked as read; the star is still present and the led continues to flash. thanks!
I love this app but i wish that you would be able to use the double tap space for a period. i am in the habit of doing that and not having it is hard! other then that, awesome app.
So I installed this program this morning on my Curve 8900 on Tmo...and here are the issues I ran into. I set the firewall to block SMS messages, so that took care of the duplicates. But, even after I read the message in bchat and then used the esc key to back out it still showed the bchat new msg icon at the top. I can send and receive just fine and I like how it works. I do wish that the program used the same typing inputs as the other applications...like capitalization, auto period and other auto text features. I did notice that even after I looked at someones new msg and then when I backed out the person's name was still highlight red like I never read it. Other then that its a pretty cool program and you can't beat a buck for it. If those bugs can be worked out I'll use it indefinitely. But I had to uninstall it because I couldn't deal with the bchat msg indicator always up there...lol.
that will be fixed by the weekend, also the storm version has been released if anyone is still reading these comments
What issues do you think you will be able to address?
Found the solution, thanks
There is no way to set a notifier /vibrate besides the red light?
Ok, will try the fire wall settings and report back. It all good for .99 cents, who sweating?
Only issue I noticed is that once you check your sms message on bChat, it still shows it unread in messages.So you have to check both of them to get rid of the new message icon at the top.
I'm think this is a great program. With a few tweaks e.g time stamp...
This app does work the way it says - threading of sms.
It does not provide a timestamp however for each text!
Such a simple thing to add a timestamp to each incoming/outgoing SMS in the threaded list.
DEVELOPER, please look into it!
Otherwise, a notable app.
Two quick points:
1 - I've been using 3jam threaded texting (http://www.3jam.com/download/bb/beta/) for the past six months and haven't looked back since - It's awesome. And from what I can tell, 3jam's interface is a lot more user-friendly than this one.
2 - As far as getting duplicate sms notifications, this is caused by RIM, not by the application. Regardless, there's a solution regardless of what program you're using - Simply firewall and block sms messages from coming through and you'll only get texts from the 3rd party program.
Hope this helps.
3jam does look nice but its also cost $19.99. I'll stick with bchat and hopefully the programmer person (who has been really helpfull) updates it to look somewhat like 3jam.
Another question when i put my phone(8320) to vibrate the app bchat vibrates, but when i put my phone for sound it doesnt do anything when i get a text is there any way to fix that? thanks
there is a bchat profiles option, so you will need to activate some sort of notification for that and that should fix your problem
Well the night has passed and now its the day after...
Was the Storm version released if so where?
I thought you shared that you were releasing a Storm version lat night (8/18/09)?
Is there another thread for it?
Thanks
you're right I did say that, and it didnt happen. I was so overwhelmed by the traffic the crackberry posting brought I was unable to get it out. I hope to tonight, dont kill me if its not, but it should be im just waiting on one small thing.
with the Storm? That's the message I'm getting when I try and purchase :(
All of you complaining about duplicate message indications in the native SMS and bChat would have your issue resolved if you would simply READ the previous comments. It has been stated several times to firewall text messages for the native SMS app in the security options.
Just purchased it from the bb store. waiting to download it.
its a nice app but you kinda lose some functionality if youre a verizon customer such as it being you wont get that delivery confirmation thing. also does this count as data vs sms or its still sms? and finally the led keeps blinking unless when you go to the conversation you press escape. if you press end even though seemingly you went to the convo you read it and press end it still blinks, you must hit escape.
not available for the storm? =X
I'm not receiving incoming texts on the app. It works fine with sending out texts but when I receive texts they only go to the default SMS inbox. I have an 8330m and I'm running 4.5.0.138.... help please?
I would like to see better screen shots. One's of the actual threaded sms.
id also like to see some screenshots of the threaded parts, etc.
there are more screen shots at http://www.allkappssoftware.com, if there is something that you would like to see that is not on there then let me know and ill post it
I know that this prog is only 99cents so i shouldnt really complain but i feel like i actually wasted 99cents on this program. I dont know what expected but this wasnt it. I want threaded sms and i guess i will just have to wait for the new os to come out
Ill tell ya. never satisfied and obviously dont know what they are talking about. Lulu for example, thats not true. So learn the facts before you spat off at the mouth. FOR THE 100TH TIME. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. Give them some time people. If its that big of an issue to you, give me a paypal address. ill give you .99 myself. jeesh some people.
Here I thought this would be an app that would group my Text message contacts like it does in BBM and I was sadly mistaken. You can "text" your peeps but when they respond it's only in the SMS folder not the app. I guess IF they also have the app it'll show their response. I'm glad it was only a waste of $.99 So it's basically like another chat app but only works if someone else has the pointless app! DON'T WASTE YOUR $.99!!!
it does not require the other person to have the app as well, have you tried any of the other suggestions on the firewall in the comments? Each and every phone and operating system seems to handle texts differently, most it will work right away and others you may have to tweak a few settings, but to just say it doesnt work without trying anything or contacting me for some possible help is kind of pointless
I didn't include this info but I did try the firewall suggestions and it still did not work correctly. I like the idea of the app but would love to see it work better. I have a Tour on the 4.7 OS. I wasn't trying to be mean I was just informing others about my experience. Thanks so much!
For $0.99 it is not that bad. I am just disappointed it doesn't people you have not added for a new conversation. This does not make it a complete replacement for the BB SMS, so I cannot use it unfortunately. When does 5.0 come out? :)
what phone/os do you have? that problem you are having works perfectly on mine
Seriously people? Give me an application or anything on that note that has been released and worked PERFECTLY. This developer is SUPER nice and replies quickly to peoples questions. If you dont want to waste your measly .99 on this app then dont do it. I have a storm and didnt realize it didnt work on the storm, emailed the developer and he tried everything he could to make it work and then said he would update me when it is updated for the storm. Thats customer service!! I think honestly they should charge a bit more for this because its such a wanted feature. And for those of you who are complaining about its flaws, do it in a nice way. Or develop your own PERFECT working application so we can all ooohh and awwee over it. THANKS DEVELOPER!!
That's nice but I bought it, realized that it didn't work, and tried to contact them and I didn't get any reply.
They aren't working with me, so I'm willing to complain.
I remember replying to you, so maybe our emails got crossed, but you were the only one with a question about the pearl and I did respond
I re-checked my email and didn't see a reply.
Nevermind. I didn't realize bchat had its own set of alerts under "other". I got it now.
After going into the firewall menu and blocking sms and giving bchat full permissions my BB Tour doesn't ring when I get a text. Is there a way to change this?
It doesn't work for the 8220 either.
Hey wfubball do we have an eta of the storm release? is that going down tonight i have my $1 ready to go...
So what i did to stop the duplicate text, like others have said, was to disable sms under options-security-firewall and i dont get the duplicates. Im liking this text so much more than the UI's text setup.
I did the firewall thing so hopefully that works. I know its only 99cens but I think the background is too simple. I have seen some threaded sms that have like fb photos and more color to it. when is the update and do I have to repay?
i hope the update will be done by the weekend, and no the updates will all be free
Sorry, I don't know how to PM you.
I like the app, but cannot get incoming sms to show in the app.
I set all permissions to Accept.
I set the firewall.
But nothing shows in the app.
I'm on BB Tour with Sprint. V4.7.1.40
Thanks,
Kevin
I can't pm you because i have posted on enought blogs. i have an 8900 os:4.6.1.231 i have done the firewall setting and all it does is block my sms and never appears on my bchat. pls email me directly as i cannot access the PM as a reply. daylin@gmail.com
I have NOT gotten this to work on my 8350i. Perhaps this is because sprint uses MMS and not SMS.
We've known this for a while now? Where the heck have I been? I thought it was only rumored and desired by many... not actually confirmed that it was coming.
I guess I've got to get my head out of the sand a little more often ;)
please pm me, device model/OS so I can try and help to find the problem, I have tested on all of the devices so I'd like to look into your problems a little more. Thanks and sorry for the troubles... dont worry I will be updating and for free
It doesn't save a full conversation like BBM, but I'm able to see the last 8 msgs in a text conversation. Isn't that "threaded" ?
I'd say it's more of a history. My ideal SMS client would behave a lot like BBM, which is how my Palm Centro worked:
http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/1548-3.htm
I think when most of us say "threaded SMS" that's what we think of.
I donot receive the replys in my bchat window. i can start a conversation but when someone replies it goes straight to my sms inbox. Did anyone have that problem, and how did they fix it?!
getting impatient.....
you have to go to the firewall and block ur sms then allow the bchat to accept the msgs. i had the same prob but not anymore...
wow i didnt notice that till you pointed it out!! boo...yea, update would be nice :(
I do not like that it leaves messages in my regular sms and does not turn off the notification.
Also does not support BB input shortcuts. No periods after two spaces, auto capitalization etc.
Waste of money so far...update please.
to come here and complain but not read the comments telling you exactly how to stop it from doing what you're complaining about?
i followed wut ophrawinfrey said to do which is block the sms on your firewall and allow bchat to accept the sms and it worked...thanku!
cuz i was getting mighty angry at the fact of getting duplicate msgs...hopefully this ends it....
the only funny thing is dat when my red light indicates a msg, it wont turn green unless i exit really quick and go back in, even after i respond to the text...hmmmmm
I believe that this should have been implemented in the beginning to compete.
The app is not exactly what you think it is. You have to create a list of people first with whom you want to have threaded text/chat. It does not automatically add the conversation in threaded format unless it is one of the selected people on your list. Not really efficient for all texting. For $0.99 it's worth a try, you might like it but personally I did not care for it and I am waiting for RIM to hopefully release some sort of threaded SMS since they already have it on their BB Msgr
al3azim, it should add any text message you get whether it is in the list or not, even if it is not a contact. What device and os are you running?
If you want to stop having SMS messages going to the default inbox AND the bchat, you have to go into security and have the firewall block SMS. Then set permission to bchat to allow all the SMS stuff.
I haven't tried this program, but I use 3JAM Threaded SMS (which works great by the way) and after following those instructions I've never had a duplicate or interference.
does 3JAM work for the storm? sorry for the hijack
sorry i do not know the compatibility. google the 3jam app and it should tell you on their site. I'm on a 8330
had me all the way till no storm love :( read for nothing haha
Not only does the store specify a working version for touchscreen models, you can pretty much run any app on the storm if you disable compatibility mode (only exception I've seen is slingplayer).
Is it really worth this much trouble for threaded sms? sheesh, why not just wait for 5.0?
some of us have phones that won't get 5.0 :(
Its ok, I love the threaded feature but I hate the fact that I still have to delete the messages from my regular SMS inbox :(
im seeing a lot of comments saying it doesnt support the storm...say it aint so?
I guessed you skipped the comment about the Storm version being released tonight..
its not avail yet?
I will check out the storm version. Looks interesting.
ANy issues with berrypopup, smsviewer..etc?
What is threaded sms? What are the benefits?
Does this support MMS as well? I just downloaded it and it does not appear to.
no mms is not supported at this time, I am looking into a solution to support that in a newer version
Does not work. I can receive NO incoming texts through this program.
IS there a setting I need to change? So far, a waste of a buck!
developer here! storm version is coming tonight, just wanted to finalize a few things. Sorry if you are having problems, it was tested on all major carriers, and models and it does work. If you have another app that interacts with the sms already running there is a conflict as currently there is only one app allowed to listen for incoming texts.
Great - will def check the app out once it's released for Storm!
Number 1: You can't choose which number to send to a contact.
Number 2: It isnt working properly and I set a few extra permissions as well. I can send the text but it won't pick up the replies.
Number 3: I don't mind if this is still begin tested (somehow) but I just purchased it and it should be working fine.
"I really want to get rid of the notification for the standard mailbox but sadly RIM does not support that in their API so the solution I used was to disable the notifications so only the icon would show and nothing else then mass delete the texts i receive, which only takes two button presses. I guess I could artifically open and close the text app within my app which would take the star away from the sms icon but the notification icon would still be there."
I really dont like getting a notification in default sms and bchat sms when i get a new message. Even after reading the message in bchat it doesnt clear the default notification. And theres been a few times the notification for bchat didnt go away after reading new sms as well, both problems are deal breakers for me but i already paid for it, luckily its only 99 cents lol. Uninstalled it and waiting for an update, hopefully soon because i do like it.
and higher, not 4.5
Come on People! Where is the Storm Love!!!
why make apps nowadys and not include compatibility for the storm? wheather you love it or hate it alot of people own the device. really is a shame, i was 2 seconds away from buying it.....now if they do come around with the storm version how will we know?
Check out the screen shots in the Crackberry store.
I've never paid for an app before. But if they offer a Storm Compatible version, I will definitely buy THIS app!
As long as it there is no duplicate entry for SMS texts....and based on the screen shot, I think there is (2 SMS icons appear on the screen shot - one for the app, and 1 from the native SMS).
Has this been addressed / or confirmed by anyone else?
Just purchased bchat. It duplicates sms text messages and believe this has not been address at this. Did battery pull twice. Still duplicating text messages.
Will give a test run...
What does threaded SMS mean?
was ready to buy this too but us storm users get no love again
its available for storm guys and it works great once you take the firewall settings for SMS and stop duplicate messaging. Great buy guys test it
Purchased, downloaded and installed. After installing did a battery pull (twice).
It's not intercepting the SMS messages on my 8330 running 4.5.0.160
smileys?
Any idea when this will be available for the storm?
So does anyone know if you will get duplicate sms messages like with other apps that have threaded sms..?
This is what I want to know also. If the application can mark the SMS messages as read in the regular SMS module when you read it in the bChat application then I will get it. If not, then I will wait. I wish there was a free trial.
The answer to your question is yes. I had a spare dollar hanging around and thought I'd give this program a whirl. When I get a sms or text message, I get two separate notifications. One in the regular sms module and the other in bchat. When I read the text message in bchat, the text message in regular module remains unread. So it does duplicate. Pity.
Fail. oh well. 5.0 will be out.......sometime :/
There have been countless threads about how to eliminate the duplicate messages. All you do is firewall SMS messages (options>security options>firewall> check SMS) & you will no longer receive SMS messages in your native app but you will still receive them in the third party app (bchat, bbtext2im, or 3jam)...the "search" button is your friend.
Yeah, there is no point in buying this. It is complete fail if you can't " read" your text messages and keep them from staying in an "unread" status.
Eh...
goodness when will any of you learn to read.
Would be great if this supported the Storm! :(
I beta tested this application for a a few weeks i must say that is a a really nice little application, i highly suggest getting it......
Boooo not Storm compatible... :(
Awesome!