01-04-2023, 08:51 PM
(01-04-2023, 04:24 PM)Radio Fixer Wrote: Getting on quite well but confused myself over Texting. It may show in what I write here.
Tried to avoid getting into Goggle takeover. Have K-9 Mail working, MS Edge as the browser and making telephone calls.
Somehow I got a ********gmail.com address but it uses my home PC one in K-9 which is what I want. Maybe I dont need the gmail one? In Settings the Sim card comes up as Virgin and the number that came with it. Seems fine to me.
Tapped the Goggle Icon and used Contacts to enter those. It works to both mine and the wifes old Doro phones for Call (phone) but only to mine for Text. Odd. And odder it gets sent to a friend: maybe the person texted has to be a gmail ?
Perhaps I shouldnt have entered my contacts in the one which is part of Goggle? Perhaps like e-mail there is a better App for texting that can be downloaded?
Sorry if this is muddled but I am.
PS. Bought a 2023 book on using an Android phone but it is totally wedded to Goggle !
Would really appreciate any help Gary
Of course Android is wedded to Google as it's their baby.
I find the app I got with my OPPO and previous two Huawei phones perfectly fine. I use Petal mail on this phone but the Huawei app on the old phones was brilliant, still have a strong leaning towards Huawei smartphones, I found them terrific value and fast along with excellent reliability, this brand new faulty oppo was a dead simple fix all for £35 works well enough and is fast, now with Android 13.
Personally I'd stick with the apps it came with, I use Google Chrome with no issues. I'm typing this reply on my phone.
