Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Henson Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google Messages annoyance Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:05:56 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 4dbVC65UP2oa02gQ1Be9Nw79bojYsVL3OajNxJ5WN7abTlglXq Cancel-Lock: sha1:cKQfIsI2LtuPnhbv11+YJ5ySxq8= sha256:XVOXlLRqtDcjLMEnvvsHPoeub+C7Jq9VrvBSiKM3GBE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:150533 On 11/9/25 11:46 am, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-09-11 11:26, Bob Henson wrote: >> >> Updating to Android 15 broke my simple SMS program, so I installed >> Google Messages. I have found how to disable the functions I don't want >> (I only want simple text messages)  but every time a text comes in >> Google puts up an extremely annoying box asking me if I want to save the >> number as a contact. I've done come searching online, but cannot find >> out how to stop this. Is there a way to turn it off or remove it for good? >> >> Failing that, does anyone know of a free app which runs under Android 15 >> and only does, or can be configured to only do, plain SMS messages? A >> spam blocking facility would be handy (as in my old app Spamhound) but I >> don't want bells and whistles and pretty pictures everywhere - the apps >> I'm forced to use by family connections already do those. >> > > Google Messages does have antispam. I don't get a prompt so generate a > contact for every message I get. But then I have version 13. > I'm aware of that - the antispam works well. It would be OK for my purposes if it didn't have that hugely annoying "save as contact" box popping up. -- Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK