Which texting app

17 comments

• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Don't know much about these things, have no idea why they would suspend your account.
  
  Could you just make a new gmail account and then activate whatever services of their's you use?
  
  Could WhatsApp meet you needs?
  
  I take it Google Voice worked with a Burner number, but it does not by itself alleviate the need for Burner?
  
  SJG
• PaulDrake

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  5 years ago

  Adding some detail as I know I will get questions. I think I got banned because I found a way to load the app twice on my phone in a secondary fake OS. I wanted 3 numbers, my normal one, one burner for selling stuff on craiglist and giving to businesses, and one for the club and SBs. Going forward it looks like you doing a workaround to get GV twice is a bad idea.
• Hank Moody

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  5 years ago

  TLDR - I had a problem with TextNow but that’s the one I use.
  
  I have both TextNow and Textfree. I almost exclusively use TextNow, but only because I got the number first. I had a problem one time where I could see the alerts of messages coming in but then the message would disappear from the app and I couldn’t read it. In fact, that was why I got the Textfree number. After some testing by texting myself from from real number and the two burners and confirming the problem, I eventually deleted and reinstalled TextNow. I just logged back in and kept the same number I had previously. Knock on wood, it’s been fine in the years since.
• PaulDrake

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  5 years ago

  @jimmymcnutty - Which app is easier to use or has a better interface?
• Hank Moody

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  5 years ago

  They are about the same and do everything I need. The advertising on Textfree is big and covers half the screen but goes away when you are typing. Not a big deal but may bug you. They both have the ability to turn notifications on/off like any other app, send phone calls directly to a voicemail separate from your real number, and require you use the number at least once every 30 days to keep it. Six of one...
• georgmicrodong

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  5 years ago

  If you use the Google Voice app, you can have multiple GV accounts. I have about 5, plus a textfree number. Every time I've had reason to start using a new phone, whether work, or moving, or whatever, I've created a new google voice account and tied it to that number. As long as I send and receive a text once in a while, they've stayed active.
  
  Of course, if the reason for your "secondary fake OS" was security, then this option won't work. Probably won't work anyway; it *is* google after all.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  ^^^ makes a lot of sense to me. Need to manage what Google and any of these service providers can see of you. Most important is that they not be able to link together things you don't want to have be seen as linked.
  
  I am not going to disclose how many accounts I have with all the major email providers.
  
  SJG
• PinkSugarDoll

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  5 years ago

  I have used Burner for 5 years, no complaints and easy to never hear from someone again if you so desire.
• PinkSugarDoll

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  5 years ago

  Also you can have multiple lines if you want, you can mute your burners, you can use it internationally, it will make you pancakes in the morning if you want.
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  5 years ago

  Burner works great for me.
• prevert

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  5 years ago

  I’ve started using google voice lately. Works ok.
• Uprightcitizen

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  5 years ago

  coverme
• PaulDrake

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  5 years ago

  Good news, Google looked into my appeal and lifted the ban!
• georgmicrodong

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  5 years ago

  Did they tell you why you were banned in the first place?
• PaulDrake

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  5 years ago

  Of course not.
• georgmicrodong

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  5 years ago

  Did you ask? :)
• blahblahblah23

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  5 years ago

  I've heard Burner is good, thanks for confirming PSD