chompSMS

Description/changelog of chompSMS 5.3:

- Removed full screen ads
- Registering for TextFreek no longer requires you to reduce your unlimited license donation to expire in 12 months
- Fixed a bunch ob bugs

File(s):

• chompSMS_5.3.apk (5 MB, ↓ 1877)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 5.2:

Released: November 23, 2010.
- In Quick Reply, you can now long hold on the text and "Speak all Unread".
- Added a Resend feature, makes it easy to quickly resend a given message. Simply long hold on a bubble.
- Added support for the security pattern lock feature for the xperia x10 phone.
- Fixed up issue where long (multi-part) messages would fail to send on certain HTC branded phones.
- A full list of country names is now displayed during the TextFreek registration process (free text messaging).
- Fixed up a bunch of bugs associated with backups, background images and counter styles.

File(s):

• chompSMS_5.2.apk (5 MB, ↓ 194)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 5.1:

Released: November 5, 2010.
- Fixed issue with Contact Pics not appearing for some users.
- Added an invite feature for the new TextFreek service. Simply long hold on a contact in the Conversation List screen.
- Added support for the Hands-Free and Eyes-Free voice control application called StartTalking. See Settings, StartTalking.
- Fixed "Mark all as read" bug where for some users this would force close.
- Fixed issue with saving themes not always working correctly.

File(s):

• chompSMS_5.1.apk (5 MB, ↓ 213)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 5.0:

Released: November 3, 2010.
- New TextFreek service - lets you send free text messages to other TextFreek users
- Added a couple more new bubble styles

File(s):

• chompSMS_5.0.apk (5 MB, ↓ 117)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 4.9:

Released: September 29, 2010.
- Fixed the Froyo 2.2 timestamp issue, that mostly impacts Droid X phones. The fix is for new incoming messages only, not existing ones.
- Added an additional bubble style in the customization options.
- You can now customize the LED Blink Color (as well as Ringtones) on a per conversation (contact) basis. Just long hold on a contact in the conversation list.
- New feature: If inside the chompSMS application and you receive a message, instead of playing say 30 seconds of your favorite ringtone, you can now nominate to play a simple short zoooom sound.

File(s):

• chompSMS_4.9.apk (5 MB, ↓ 150)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 4.8:

Released: September 23, 2010.
- Themes. Create, Preview and Share your custom Themes with your friends.
- Added the ability to backup (and restore) your chompSMS settings to the SD card.
- Added more privacy options for Notifications and the Quick Reply feature.
- When saving MMS messages to the SD Card you can now specify the file name.
- For contact pics, you can configure them to show independently on the conversation list and conversation screens.
- You can now choose to ignore a failed message if you know it was delivered (in addition to Delete and Retry).
- Added a new "Timestamp Fix" setting in chompSMS, Settings, SMS & MMS Network, Mobile Carrier Settings, Incoming Timestamp Fix.
- Fixed a heap of bugs including better timestamp support for the Droid X.

File(s):

• chompSMS_4.8.apk (5 MB, ↓ 100)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 4.7:

Released: August 19, 2010
- Added 12 new notification icons
- Improved the "vroom sending" sound
- For improved sending performance, by default the "spinning indicator" is no longer shown when a message is sending (Settings, Notifications)
- Fixed force close impacting "ad supported users". While caused by the ad provider, added a workaround to prevent the force close occurring

File(s):

• chompSMS_4.7.apk (3 MB, ↓ 539)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 4.6:

August 16, 2010:
- Added a vibrate and "vroom sound" option that plays once an SMS message has been successfully sent (in Settings, Notifications).
- Added the ability to "Insert Contact" details. Makes it easy to send anyone a contact number.
- Added a contact picture option for the conversation screen as well.
- Fixed up issue that could cause messages to be sent multiple times (typically poor signal areas). In effect we now do the same as the native Messaging app.
- Added new Quick Reply "Portrait Only" setting. Some phones have an issue rotating the home screen (can crash), this setting prevents this occurring.
- You can now tap the landscape widget to open chompSMS (as full widget support in landscape is still in progress).
- Quick Reply now displays properly on the new dell-streak phone.
- Fixed up issue that on some displays the text on the Quick Reply buttons was hard to read.
- Further improvements to Blacklisting (mostly around correct matching logic).
- Improvements when deleting a conversation, if no messages remain then will navigate back to the conversation list.
- The [Later] button in Quick Reply can now be pressed in privacy mode.
- Polished up some of the setting descriptions.
- Fixed issue whereby the notification ringtone while on call did not always play.

Version 4.5 (July 21, 2010)

- Added a new (+) icon in the conversation screen so that it's more convenient and quicker to access Smileys, Templates and for adding Attachments.
- In the conversation screen, users now have the option to show timestamps for every message.
- In the conversation list users now have the option to show a count of messages against each conversation (just like the built-in Messaging app).
- Fixed up a number of issues where MMS messages were being scaled and resized smaller than necessary.
- When deleting a conversation, an Android bug meant that on occasions the option "Include locked messages" was not always offered, and thus locked messages could incorrectly be deleted. We now always show this option.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs and force closes.

Version 4.4 (July 16, 2010)

- Updated the Widget graphics.
- Added support for sending MMS messages with a limit of 600K, as this is the default size for AT&T users. See Settings, MMS Network.
- Added the ability to press the Contact Pic (or long hold on text and choose Open) in Quick Reply to Open the chompSMS application.
- We now use Google contact pics in preference (if present) to facebook contact pics.
- Improved contact matching.
- Fixed a number of force close issues and rectified some bugs.

Version 4.3 (July 13, 2010)

- Completely revamped the Quick Reply feature, added full privacy, better lock screen support and fixed all known bugs.
- Fixed issue where draft messages could sometimes be incorrectly created after sending a message.
- Fixed a number of minor bugs and some force close issues.

File(s):

• chompSMS_4.6.apk (3 MB, ↓ 173)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 3.0:

Version 3.0 (3 February 2010)

* Added support for delivery reports, depicted by neat icons inside the bubbles!
* Improved high resolution graphics support for Droid and Nexus phones.
* Lots of polishing on the Settings screen, which are now grouped logically with much clearer descriptions.
* Under the blacklisting setting, we now show a list of your blacklisted contacts.
* Improved Contact Pic rendering performance.
* Fixed various issues with transparency, long pressing on bubbles and better sound file support.

File(s):

• chompSMS_3.0.apk (962 KB, ↓ 393)

Description/changelog of chompSMS 2.19:

Version 2.19 (21 January 2010)

* Much improved support for high-resolution screens (like Driod and Nexus), better graphics and more polished user interface (more graphic improvements coming soon...)
* More performance improvements and force close fixes.
* Changes to User Interface to make it more consistent with new Android firmware versions.
* For Droid and Nexus devices, pressing on the contact image now opens the new Android contact widget in the correct position.
* Added small banner advert in settings page only, to help us to continue to fund the development of chompSMS.

File(s):

• chompSMS_2.19.apk (929 KB, ↓ 129)