I think I have tried every app out there. Either found on my own, or recommended by others.

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What I am trying to do seems simple, but apparently not. I have a HeyWire number that I'm attempting to use as a replacement for the native messaging app in my phone. I also have a wifi-only tablet, which has no native app, since it has no carrier-assigned phone number. HeyWire works great on both devices. I want to permanently auto-forward my normal messaging number (from the phone) to the HeyWire number, w/o leaving an extra copy of the message in the native messaging app. The problem seems to be that many of the apps don't seem to be able to forward to non-carrier numbers (maybe they think it's a landline?). Here is what I've tried so far, along with the result.

I am one of the developers for an app-in-progress called PhoneLeash. Its on the market, free, but in very early stages, meaning we love interesting challenges like this!As it stands now, PhoneLeash only forwards SMS (and missed calls) to an email address (SMS destination coming).

You can also reply to SMS from the email account (if your device has an email-to-SMS address). I know PhoneLeash can forward to Heywire numbers (in. Lucky, from androidforums.

I put the app thru some testing and here are my thoughts. First, I understand that this app is intended to do much more than my autofwd to HeyWire requirement, so apologies in advance if items on my wish list conflict with your core intent for the app.LIKE:1. I really like the tray icon.

It's a nice visual reminder and clearly suggestive of what it does.2. I really like that this is the only app I've tested providing reply functionality for forwarded SMS.3. It works fine with HeyWire, and is just as fast as dgAway and SMS Bounce.DISLIKE:1. The '-sent from phoneleash-' footer appended to reply SMS messages needs to be removed (or at least provide an option to remove).

This gets included in the SMS message total, and can make a msg exceed the 160 character txt limit, thus causing the message to split. For people like me on a limited text plan, this could cause surprise billing overages (i.e., forwarding multiple messages for a single reply).2.

The notification bar icon doesn't reinstantiate after a reboot. This is a bug, as the forwarding works. Just the icon is missing! I'm trying to use HeyWire and forwarding as a way of eliminating the need to use the native messaging app, and just use forwarding with people not in my address book. The notification icon is a handy reminder.3.

There is too much info in the forwarded SMS, causing short messages to split, thus exhausting my carrier text limit prematurely. For example, a 35 character test msg resulted in a multi-line msg (e.g., 'SMS from.' , 'Message recd:', etc.) split into two messages (a 160 char one + an additional one of 18 chars to include the remainder of the Message recd date).4. The reply function, while nice, is clunky to use. Having to prepend the code and surround the whole message in quotes is difficult to do because of the way numbers, quotes, and letters are accessed on Android keyboards.All in all, I consider it a solid attempt but still needs work. The risk of billing overruns makes it a no go for me in its current form. Here's another (unrelated) observation.

I couldn't find your app in the Market by name (tried with and w/o space between words) yet when I used your tinyurl link from the forum post, it redirected to market np, and I downloaded from there.:O There was no issue finding it in Amazon appstore, but I was unsure if it was the latest version. PhoneLeash version 1.5 is posted.Added 2 new commands 'tolastsender' and 'allrepliesto phonenumber' - they send your reply to last sender, or if you are in an active SMS chat, use 'allrepliesto xxxxxxxxxx' to send all future messages to xxxxxxxxxx until you turn it off by simply saying 'allrepliesto'.

This should look great with HeyWire.Also- Notification on phone bootup and shutdown- First ever GASP implementation;-): GASP ('GPS At Shutdown Point') sends out your phone's GPS location just as the phone begins to shutdown!Take a look! Hello - I just some details and screencaps of how easy PhoneLeash v 1.5 makes replying to incoming SMS from your remote, forwarding destination (such as another phone/Google Voice/HeyWire). Screencaps show HeyWire since thats what started this thread. Multiple dbml files in one project. You can also see in these screencaps that all the message overhead is gone. Now messages to SMS destinations come in simply as ' 'One of the valid points in Mr Lucky's review of PhoneLeash is that it shouldn't cause additional texts to get sent out due to PhoneLeash wanting to advertise itself on replies. Now, PhoneLeash likes some self-promotion but not at the cost of making users spend more than they bargained for, so we tested and can confirm this is not happening.

PhoneLeash will not increase the total number texts it takes for your reply - if there is room we'll add the tagline. So if you reply with a 160 char message (exactly 1 SMS), no tagline.

If you reply with a 240 char message (2 SMS), each message will have the tagline, you're still sending out only 2 SMS'. The yellow bubbles in the screencap below are the replies being sent by PhoneLeash.Thanks!PVSsupport AT gearandroid SEE OH EM. UPDATE: Making good progress with PhoneLeash, but just to leave no stone unturned, I tried two additional apps today (which both turned out to be colossal FAILS).1. Total SMS Control - Looked promising, but uninstalled because it uses AirPush.

This app is tricky to uninstall because it appears in the Settings Applications Manage applications list as 'Android System Storage' There is also a paid version of this app, but at $29.99, plus considering that the dev would stoop so low as to use AirPush on the 'free' version. SMS Block and Forward - This is a paid app (nominal) but it seemed so simple to setup, I though I'd give it a try. The instructions for entering the forward number are straightforward.

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Prefix with country code. I'm in the U.S., so I tried 1 and +1 followed by the 10 digit number. It returned an error on both.

It also failed with just the 10 digit number. REFUND and UNINSTALL! In my never ending quest for the perfect SMS/MMS forward & delete app, I made a discovery today. There are multiple apps out there with the same name but by different authors. I'll set the record straight, so that I don't give a negative review to an app I never tried.It seems there are four apps called 'SMS Forwarder.' The one I tried (that failed to forward to HeyWire) was by Kaan Yamanyar. Yasmani also offers a version, AWA 'SMS Forwarder Free.'

They are highly rated and seem like they would be very useful for someone. There is also an app with the same name by Technicaljar.com, which I did not try (does not meet criteria). Finally, there is the version offered by Migital IA (also 'SMS Forwarder Lite'), which I have already commented on in the first post.There is also another version of 'SMS Forwarding' (commented on in first post), by Kwanovations. However, it did not offer anything beyond what the free apps already do nicely. The one commented on in the first post is by Tony Shen.

Can someone tell me if i have, or had, any of these types of secret apps on my phone?I have reasons to believe a certain person put one on my phone. I recently hard reset my phone but I'm still wondering if it happened, or if it's somehow still happening.

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Before finally wiping my phone though, I went in and analyzed the apps and services/processes, ran all sorts of spyware, etc.Is there any other method of bugging someone's phone like this? The person who I suspect did something to my phone borrowed it a couple of times for not very long (right in front of me too, I tried sort of keeping an eye on my phone to see if it was ok, I am always quite paranoid about something like this happening. I think my texts are being forwarded to another phone. The latest version of PhoneLeash with a truckload of features is t.The full announcement is, but thought I'll leave a word in the thread thats focused on SMS forwarding, and has helped guide the product so much.You can now choose to delete texts forwarded out from your phone. Your replies can also either be stored in your phone text store, or just silently pass through. So you could have entire conversations using your phone without leaving any trace of it, I guess!You can also block numbers that you don't want any SMS forwarded from. One of our users who was forwarding pages to his work email called it the 'girlfriend rule'!You can export a full day's SMS (inbound and outbound) using the smslog command.

It creates a really neat view in email - almost a mirror. Looking for feedback on this feature.There are other features related to phone locating (wifi scan, battery status, better GPS) etc look at the announcement for details on those.Thanks Mr Lucky for beta testing and providing great product reviews.

July 17th, 2010 Posted in by bharathIf you want to get all your new messages to your mobile phone via SMS text messages, there are already enough no of services and tools have been developed to serve the purpose for which you need to share your Gmail password. Even though most of these services are genuine, still you might not always want to share your Gmail personal credentials with those services for security concerns. Here I’m coming up with an alternative where you need not give access to your personal Gmail to any unreliable third-party service. All you need is an Gmail account and a Windows Live Mail ( Hotmail account).

If you still haven’t got an account at Live Hotmail, get a new account. Now follow the steps mentioned below:Steps:1.

Connect a mobile device to your Hotmail account and set up.2. Login to your Gmail account, go to page.3. Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, find the “Forwarding” tab.4.

Add a new email address to your forwarding list by selecting “ Add new email address.” option for the drop down box. Enter the new forwarding email address. It should be something like username@hotmail.com5.

Click Next and complete the verification process. Enter the verification code that you receive via SMS.6. Now that you have successfully verified your new forwarding hotmail address, you will now receive each and every mail from your Gmail inbox to the new forwarding hotmail address (we selected “ keep Gmail’s copy in the inbox” option). As you had also setup your Hotmail Email alerts to be sent to your mobile via SMS, in effect you get all your new mails in your Gmail inbox directly to your mobile.7. But some operators in India like Airtel have a limit on the number of free text messages that you can receive through Hotmail (The current limit for Airtel is 300!). So you might want to filter out some unimportant mails to wasting these free messages count.

Luckily we have “ filters” in Gmail that makes this task easier for us.8. First of all disable the forwarding under your Gmail’s “ Forwarding and POP/IMAP” settings.Now go to Filter tab and create a new filter:9. Under the filter settings filter out Emails based on senders or words or based on subjects of the mail that you receive. I have chosen not to receive alerts for mails from alerts, Twitter alerts etc.

You can setup your own criteria for filtering the mail.Click on “Next Step” once you are done.10. Now select the fifth option i.e “ Forward it to.@hotmail.com”. And click “Create Filter”.That is it.

You are done with configuring your Gmail inbox to receive SMS alerts for important mails in your Gmail.Note:Windows Hotmail Email SMS alerts is currently available only in few countries. This tutorial is based on the such service offered in India,and thus this trick may not work for you if you are located in a country where Hotmail SMS service is currently not available.