Fdroid Fossify Messages getting constant java error

BraX3 iodéOS
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While using the Fdroid Fossify Messages app (which I like) a constant error message keeps popping up over and over. Any ideas how to resolve?

Error: java.lang.NullPointerException

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Hey TCG,
I am using the same app with no problems. Have you tried to remove it and re-install it?

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I was going to do that, but I don’t see an uninstall option. Maybe a system app?

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Click on Settings, Apps, Preinstalled apps, Communication, Messages. Click the trash can, reboot, re-install. Does that work?

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Did all that and still getting that error. The app works, but that error popup gets annoying :-).

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You could try resetting the storage for it: Long Press > App Info > Storage & cache > Clear storage. Then if you use MMS go back into Settings and re-enable sending group messages as MMS instead of single SMS :slight_smile:

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I tried clearing storage and re-enabled MMS for Groups. Still getting the error.

Something I unintentionally left out of my post was a huge number of messages were transferred from an iPhone. I wonder if there is some incompatibility there.

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Hey TCG,
Just out of curiosity, did you disable imessage before transferring the sim to the Brax3?

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I did not. Should I have? Dang!

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Yes. Maybe this will be the solution. Reboot the Brax3 after doing this. It might take a few minutes to start working properly.

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SMS works fine, MMS not so much on T-Mobile
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I tried the Apple thing to deregister iMessage. Still getting that error. I guess I’ll just live with it. The app works great, except for that java error.

Thanks for all the help.

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it really seems like something in the messages database must be corrupt or something (and I would suspect the initial bulk import caused this, as I don’t know of others ever reporting this issue). Your messages db is separate from the app itself (that is why when you clear the storage / cache of the app your messages aren’t erased).

With group MMS messages the “export / import” of the Messages app will possibly mess them up a bit, so better is to use SMS Import / Export from F-Droid. With it, you could export all messages (including MMS), then wipe the messages db, and then import the saved export. Possibly that would clean up error.

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