Missing text messages / Battery Life post ICS

[mcvickj]

I am trying to find a specific text message and it seems that for this particular contact they only go back to 8/6/12. The message I'm looking for was back in early July. Does Android delete messages after a certain time period or are they just hidden?

Also has anyone else noticed a drop in battery life after being upgraded to ICS? I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Sprint and I could easily get 1.5 to 2 days on a charge. After they pushed out ICS it seems like I'm getting a day max before having to charge it. My usage hasn't been any different.

 

[gorcorps]

Do you use the stock messaging app? If so I think there's a limit on by default, but on mine it's pretty large and I'd be surprised if you reached that limit in 2 weeks. Anyway, in the app hit the menu button and go to 'settings'. There should be a tick box for "delete old messages" and on my current rom it's enabled with a limit of 500 messages. Yours might be lower, or something else might be going on but that's the easiest to check.

 

[mcvickj]

Thanks for the info gorcorps. Yes I do use the stock messaging app. The Text message limit was set for 200 messages per conversation and the tick box was checked for delete old messages. A bummer that I've lost those previous messages but I'll deal with it. It would be nice if it popped up a message saying I was getting near the limit and if I wanted to archive old messages. Perhaps there is a different messaging app that has that kind of feature?

 

[vshah]

try handcent or chompsms...both have a ton of features, not sure about that one specifically though.

remember that if you install a 2nd messaging app, you should disable notifications in the stock app otherwise you'll get multiple notifications for every sms.

 

[gorcorps]

try handcent or chompsms...both have a ton of features, not sure about that one specifically though.

remember that if you install a 2nd messaging app, you should disable notifications in the stock app otherwise you'll get multiple notifications for every sms.

Yup, and at least in Handcent there's a built in toggle for "disable stock notifications" so you don't have to mess with your system settings. I also like that you can set a specific notification tone per person, which I haven't been able to do with the stock messager (just ringtones).

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Yup, and at least in Handcent there's a built in toggle for "disable stock notifications" so you don't have to mess with your system settings. I also like that you can set a specific notification tone per person, which I haven't been able to do with the stock messager (just ringtones).

I believe you also have to disable the stock SMS. I'm speaking from a GoSMS perspective but I believe it works the same way for Handcent. Disabling on the goSMS side supresses the stock SMs notification. However when you reboot you'll still get a notification. Thus it's best to turn off the stock SMS notification from within the messaging app itself.

Also yes, there's tons of features. I haven;'t touched Handcent since Feb 2011, but GoSMS is getting bloated and kinda bad too.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I've got the Tmo SG2 and battery life is better with the ICS ROMs than Gingerbread.
Though there is an extended battery available for it.