Help Anyway to keep contact thumbnail beside each text message?

[SONE9]

My question is, is there a way to make the regular SMS show the contact picture beside each text, similar to the way it works in timescape? Or if there are any apps that do this?

 

[MrWomble]

Not sure on stock messaging but Handcent SMS does it

 

[SONE9]

Alright ill give it a shot, need to find different themes though too iphone esque ~_~ i like the way stock sms looks but eh what can I do

 

[rosered]

If you register with Handcent online you can download themes for your messaging app. I don't mind the iPhone look but might give some of the themes a go just to ring the changes.

 

[SONE9]

So handcent has been great sofar, however I'll randomly have to reboot my phone because neither handcent nor the stock messenger will open up, and I am unable to receive messages as well. Any ideas?

 

[rosered]

That's a bit odd, I haven't encountered that problem with my phone and not seen it highlighted on here as an issue. I do have the occasional failure to send but that tends to be when my signal drops.

I guess you could uninstall Handcent for a day or so and see if you still get the problem. There is another programme called Chomp SMS which is pretty similar to Handcent so if it is the source of the issue you could give Chomp a try. That said a reinstall of a third party app can help solve certain issues, so you could try reinstalling Handcent and see if the problem comes back.

If it still happens on the Stock app with no 3rd party apps on the phone I think it might be the old chestnut of re-flashing your software through Sony Ericsson Update Service or PC Companion, which is a bit of a pain as it will wipe your phone - make sure you have contacts/sms etc backed up. You will then have to 'build' your phone from scratch with google account and emails etc.