Composing new text message

just type the 1st two letters of the contacts name and a drop down list will appear with all ur contacts that name starts with the st letter

 

how did u get the contacts in the phone?

 

Not sure about the last name, but it works when I type the first name. Maybe you don't have the contacts info entered correctly?

I highly suggest installing a free app called Handcent SMS. It will allow you to pull a list of contacts up, rather than having to type or search for them. It also lets you select groups of contacts like family/co-workers with a few clicks. Among other things this app does, it is a HUGE improvement over the stock program that manages your messages.

Highly recommend this app because it makes text/pic/video messaging on the droid 500% easier. Trust me, it improves the experience by far. Best of all, its free. So give it a try.

 

I'm not sure unless the transfer has somehow entered the names etc in the wrong field.

Try manually entering a few contacts making sure to put thefirst/last names in the right box etc and see if they show up as expected. I'm not sure what to tell you if that doesn't work. You could try a reset or exchanging the phone if it still doesnt work.

 

Don't forget to disable the phone's message notifications. Otherwise, you will get double notifications for each message (one from phone, one from handcent sms).

If you like, there is an option in the settings to make the layout look almost exactly the same as the phone's messaing program (without all those bubbles and pretty colors). The Handcent skin looks nice but I turned those extra effects off because it made reading the messages more difficult.

 

hmm. I guess that makes sense, except that a lot of people have a work mobile phone and setting it to "work" makes sense but I'd still like to SMS them.

Might have to go through and change that...but it seems like it would make more sense to fix the functionality.

 

Well, it would make more sense to give us an option to pull up our contact list also, but no, you have to type each person's number or name just to write a message to them, rather than quickling selecting them from the contact list.

And there is no telling when and if improvement on that will ever be added, and so thats why I made the switch to the Handcent SMS app. But honestly, once I got use to it and set everything up like I wanted, I'm never looking back. This app is amazing.

 

i was using SMS Popup, but I just installed Handcent - we'll see how it goes once i start getting more texts from ESPN updating me on NFL stuff today =p