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Doesn't receive flash SMS when no system SMS app is installed. #105

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steve77 opened this issue Dec 13, 2012 · 20 comments
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Doesn't receive flash SMS when no system SMS app is installed. #105

steve77 opened this issue Dec 13, 2012 · 20 comments
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@steve77
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steve77 commented Dec 13, 2012

rooted phone (tmobile mytouch slide 4G) and deleted default messaging app, replaced with text secure, however sometimes certain automated SMS (such as from bank (chase) / google 2 step authentication) aren't received for some reason. Is there a way to force the app (make system app) to take control / manage the SMS database? Or is this a bug?

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moxie0 commented Dec 15, 2012

Hmm, interesting. Right now TextSecure isn't really setup to run
without a default SMS application installed. It will let "flash" SMS
messages through to the default SMS app, which is normally configured to
immediately display a dialog with the messages in them.

If we want to support TextSecure operating as the sole messaging
application on a device (seems reasonable), we'll have to handle flash
SMS messages ourselves.

http://www.thoughtcrime.org

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steve77 commented Dec 18, 2012

I see - thanks for the reply guess i will have to look to see what apps i nuked and restore a basis SMS handler untill this issue is resolved. I agree that i think TextSecure is up for this but wasn't aware about the lack of so called "flash message" support.

Perhaps on my last phone I still had some default SMS app that handled this in the background, so im thinking i might have removed something i shouldn't have as now  two-step authentication from google and 2 step security messages from my bank sometimes don't come in / get received by TextSecure, this never used to happen.  But thank you again for making me aware of this ill try restoring the default messaging app and see if it goes away, but making TestSecure a stand-alone SMS handler would be real nice.


From: Moxie Marlinspike notifications@github.com
To: WhisperSystems/TextSecure TextSecure@noreply.github.com
Cc: steve77 strange_steve@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TextSecure] doesnt receive all sms messages (#105)

Hmm, interesting. Right now TextSecure isn't really setup to run
without a default SMS application installed. It will let "flash" SMS
messages through to the default SMS app, which is normally configured to
immediately display a dialog with the messages in them.

If we want to support TextSecure operating as the sole messaging
application on a device (seems reasonable), we'll have to handle flash
SMS messages ourselves.

http://www.thoughtcrime.org

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@beresfordt
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I get the occasional regular sms not received by TextSecure. Infrequent enough that it's not a major issue, but certainly annoying when it's sent by another TextSecure user. Is there any way I can produce some logging which would be useful for you to look at?

Running latest version of TS on unrooted Galaxy Note 2, Android 4.1.1

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moxie0 commented Dec 31, 2012

@beresfordt that sounds like a much more dire situation than the original reporter, who is only missing "flash" sms messages because there's no system SMS app on his device for them to fall through to.

Is your issue reproducible? If you can reproduce it and send over adb logcat output when it happens, that'd be great.

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Yeah on re-reading this my issue is entirely different.. When I get a chance I'll set logcat going, spam myself with texts and raise a new issue if I manage to capture something when it happens

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moxie0 commented Jan 5, 2013

I'm assigning this to @thoughtbox , since not intercepting flash SMS was his idea. =)

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Wat. Wat? Grr.

Right - so; what do we actually want here? Back to the code i submitted a while back? :-) ("Choose whether to intercept flash messages or let them through to the system sms application"?)

Or are we talking about writing functionality in TS (for an option) to display flash messages?

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moxie0 commented Jan 10, 2013

Yeah, I guess I can live with a preference. Simplest way to fix @steve77 's problem.

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steve77 commented Jan 16, 2013

Just wanted to thank you and your team, after the recent update, it seems to be working much better, and the 'flash sms' issue as you called it seems to be resolved. As I seem to be getting all my sms's from googles 2step authentication as well as my bank - where in the past i had to use email as my contact method for 2 step authentication as i would never get the SMS that was sent. But they seem to be coming in fine now. Thanks again
Steve

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moxie0 commented Feb 12, 2013

Hey @steve77, thanks for the confidence, but we didn't actually change anything with that logic! (@thoughtbox is apparently slacking). Strange that it suddenly started intercepting them.

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steve77 commented Feb 12, 2013

Interesting...yeah the last update though the android market seemed to fix the issue i was having.... Dont know but thanks for the update.
steve


From: Moxie Marlinspike notifications@github.com
To: WhisperSystems/TextSecure TextSecure@noreply.github.com
Cc: steve77 strange_steve@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TextSecure] Doesn't receive flash SMS when no system SMS app is installed. (#105)

Hey @steve77, thanks for the confidence, but we didn't actually change anything with that logic! (@thoughtbox is apparently slacking). Strange that it suddenly started intercepting them.

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FelixSt commented Mar 3, 2014

Hello

Running TextSecure 2.0.3 on Android 4.3 (Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM), stock Android. I do not receive any flash SMS, f.e. login codes for my online banking. I verified this issue with Hangouts and stock SMS app, both apps receive flash SMS.

Any ideas?

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arj03 commented Mar 3, 2014

#551 seems to be related

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And I'm supposed to look at it. cough

I'll see what I can do. It's been a while.

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FelixSt commented Mar 3, 2014

Great, many thanks!

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steve77 commented Mar 5, 2014

Felix,

If you are referring to "Chase" bank - for flash sms their
system sucks, I can barely ever get the 2-step authorization for chase
to work. Yet my 2-step on several other sites (yahoo, google, and one
more seem fine) im running textsecure 2.0.4. with kitkat 4.4.2 on
Tmobile MyTouchSlide4G

The only issue I had until recently was with my phone not sending/receiving MMS but I came across a way to fix it on XDA-DEV  courtesy of 'wesgarner':

"
                    FYI - found a fix. If anyone is having issues sending/receiving MMS, do this:
                   
(load up adb shell)
                   
su
                   
mount -o rw,remount /system
                   
rm /system/bin/ip
                   
ln -s /system/xbin/ip /system/bin/ip
"

MMS does NOW work..

As for push messages, not sure why the chase bank ones never come
through... (chase check deposit app sucks too.. hardly works)... Is your problem with chase as well?
-S


From: FelixSt notifications@github.com
To: WhisperSystems/TextSecure TextSecure@noreply.github.com
Cc: steve77 strange_steve@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [TextSecure] Doesn't receive flash SMS when no system SMS app is installed. (#105)

Hello
Running TextSecure 2.0.3 on Android 4.3 (Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM), stock Android. I do not receive any flash SMS, f.e. login codes for my online banking. I verified this issue with Hangouts and stock SMS app, both apps receive flash SMS.
Any ideas?

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@FelixSt
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FelixSt commented Mar 5, 2014

steve: no, i live in switzerland and use the authentification system of a very small bank. just before i began to use textsecure, everything worked fine (i first used the stock sms app, then hangouts).

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steve77 commented Mar 5, 2014

Felix: Ok, the only other thing I can personally think of is if you are using a custom rom (CyanogenMod, etc...) Ive had trouble with the WhisperPush "add-on" to TextSecure in some of those builds. If you have that feature enabled, suggest you wipe your device, reflash to previous point in time before that feature was enabled.
If thats not your problem, cant really help, but wish you luck!  I use TextSecure for several years now for everything, but do hope you figure out your issue.

Anyone else have problems with 2-step authorization with JP Morgan "Chase" bank in US?


From: FelixSt notifications@github.com
To: WhisperSystems/TextSecure TextSecure@noreply.github.com
Cc: steve77 strange_steve@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TextSecure] Doesn't receive flash SMS when no system SMS app is installed. (#105)

steve: no, i live in switzerland and use the authentification system of a very small bank. just before i began to use textsecure, everything worked fine (i first used the stock sms app, then hangouts).

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@FelixSt
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FelixSt commented Mar 5, 2014

Steve: I have a stock version of Android on my Galaxy Nexus, so no custom rom. I remember that when i used the old version (<2.x) flash sms worked fine... Thanks anyway for your help!

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