r/OpenBubbles

I am an iPhone and Mac user and today I am buying the new Z FOLD 8. It's imperative that I use Open Bubbles on the new android phone. I will also Host it on my Mac. My question is, am I still able to transfer my phone number from my iPhone to the Z Fold 8 and use Open Bubbles as my primary texting app? Will all texts go through it (iMessage and SMS)? Will it read as my number aka me for all my contacts or my Apple ID email? As far as anyone would know, they would have no clue that I switched to android? Thanks!

Read enough about the recent sunbird release. I felt it was time to give it a shot. The other messaging apps require you to use your own host Mac at home which is quite an inconvenience.

I got some for today set it up in about five minutes and it started working immediately

I’m using a folder eight with my Apple ID from my iPhone

iMessage and photos are coming through absolutely no problem.

This app is a breakthrough. Love it so far!

Anyone else have thoughts on using the apps recently?

So I have my phone number saved as a contact (not my card.) My messages and FaceTime are set to send/receive from my phone number only, I’m sure!. However, if I’m texting someone and I react to their iMessage (thumbs up for example), and I click my reaction, it shows my Apple email instead of my contact/phone number. But if I react to an android’s message & click the reaction, it’ll show the contact I made under my phone number. Why is this happening? I’m on iOS 18.7 and have no other apple devices. I dealt with iCloud hacker last year but I got a new phone/number/carrier and iCloud. Could this be a sign of compromise or something else?

I just ordered my first Android (Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra if that matters) and I’m coming from being an Apple user for 15+ years.

I want to use open bubbles to keep iMessage and FaceTime and have a couple questions:

1. Can I just use Open Bubbles only for texting? My parents are boomers and aren’t gonna download a separate app or learn to use anything new. I want to be able to have my daughter facetime them but also want to be able to text my husband who is on an android within the same app. Do I have to have 2 different apps?

2. I don’t have a Mac so I know I’ll have to pay the monthly - not a big deal and I’m fine with that as long as the functionality is there…. How’s it work when you’re not self-hosting?

3. Is there anything else I need to know to get it all set up correctly?

I’m pretty tech savvy but swapping from Apple to Android for the first time is going to be foreign to me so I’m trying to figure things out before the new phone arrives!

I was using it but I didn't have an of my conversations transfer over so I logged out to redo and now the app crashes I can't add my esim I use my apple ID it has no messages and then when I try to configure the app is stuff on the logo and ink what to do anymore

If I have a ‘host’ (iPad, Mac) connected ..why is it now trying to charge me $16.99? I have no problem paying it.. I just wanna know if I can ‘fix it’?

So I just switched to a galaxy z fold 8 and downloaded open bubbles to keep my imessages. Is there a way to have it sync my past convo history and is there a way to change the bubbles color for specific people instead of globally? Thanks in advance!

I’ve wanted to switch to an android for years but haven’t because of imessage. Has anyone used open bubbles for a long period of time with no issues? and how could I avoid getting flagged/banned from imessage?

Hey everyone,

I have a question. I’ve been using open bubbles for the first time for the past 3 days now. I notice that it’s delayed and at times I never get a message. If I get a message on my iPhone and then check the android nothing is there until I open the app and wait about a min and it pops up. Is this common? Why fixes?

I know it’s an app so I don’t expect it to run perfect but still would like to know.

Find ha sbeen on android for. Awhile. Just added openbubbles. It's been a week and is still getting failure to send to people who have Imessage. Self hosted on a newer mac.

Is this normal? How lomg does it take? Would trying to register under a different Mac work

Anyone know how to get the group icon to sync? I somehow did it on my old phone, but can't figure out how to get working on my new one. Sorry if this has been asked before.

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I used the qr code generator on my mac studio, my android phone app shows that I can be reached at my cell phone number that is currently active on my iphone via esim. If I move that phone number to be active on my android phone, can I still use open bubbles with my phone number? Or will this phone number deactivate at some point on imessage and default to my icould email?

Is it better to force my phone number to stay active on imessage by keeping my old iphone on and in airplane mode prior to switching my sim to android?

Also, can how do I confirm in open bubbles that imessages are originating from my phone number and not my icloud email address?

I just switched from a Fold 7 to a Fold 8. So far pretty much everything seems to have ported over successfully via the Samsung smart transfer app or whatever it's called. I had had OB, paid hosting, working well between the Fold 7 and my MacBook Pro.

I was able to restore my messages and settings in OB from backups I'd created. However, my 'green bubble' conversations reverted to the in-built Google Messages app rather than Open Bubbles after the switch.

Seems that I had to re-enable iMessages on my iPhone (which is otherwise just sitting around unused), then re-enable text message forwarding there. And in OB Settings it does show ENABLED CAPABLE in green with the rest. So that seemed to work, for iMessages (i.e. messages with Apple users) at least.

But I'm still experiencing some issues. The biggest is that in OB on the Fold 8 when I start a new message, if I type in a phone number for an Android user, the OB app identifies the number as an Android number and moves it into a green Text Message within OB. I don't recall it doing that before. Then when I hit Send in OB the Fold 8 automatically switches to the Google Messages app, in which I'd then have to hit Send in order to actually send the message. And when people reply the replies still go to Google Messages rather than OB.

Next, Android/SMS messages don't send/receive on my MBP.

And, I cannot re-enable the Message in iCloud (BETA) toggle. Not sure if that matters.

Thoughts?

To maybe help diagnose, in the OB Profile, lower down, it seems to mimic the iPhone's iMessage settings somewhat. There's a toggle for Text message forwarding (BETA) which is on. Then there's a toggle to enable it for the 'iPhone' which is actually the OB 'iPhone' code/identifier, and another for my MacBook Pro. The MBP one is enabled, the iPhone one is disabled (if I try to enable it it tells me to re-log into the account with 2FA on 'the other device'....not sure what that means). Is this somehow overriding the Settings on the iPhone or interfering in some way?

Also, this leaves me with an additional question for you. Does this mean I have to keep an iPhone around forever to perform this every time I get a new Android phone? I was kind of hoping to see the iPhone I have because I don't use it otherwise.

TIA for any help

I can't seem to get the app to rotate to portrait using a fold 8. Is the app not capable of rotating to portrait mode? I have rotation lock off and it's not listed as an app to choose to force to portrait mode. Anyone have any idea?

I have open bubbles, hosted by them. Texting works great, but every time I try and FaceTime someone it rings on their end, they can pick it up, but then it disconnects instantly. I searched the web and their site and did those actions, but still having the issue. Also, it's not just one person that I've tried this with it's a handful of different people. Any ideas?

I'm trying to transfer phones and every time I try to backup on my old phone the app freezes. Is there a way to fix that/backup individual chats at a time? Am I doing something wrong?