So you like Shady SMS 3.0 
Excellent, because I like it too. It is by far my best work and now weights in at a whopping 38,554 lines of code. It has come a long way since the release of 1.0 early last year and it’s current iteration is remarkable stable with essentially no known instabilities or outstanding bugs. As everyone know I not only fix stuff at warp speed I add new features almost too frequently. 3.0 has simply because a disturbingly awesome and reliable product with powerful new features including:
- Touch sensitive drag and drop contact list
- Innovative alphabetic sorting feature
- Android Market style swip-able pages
- Fantastic UI overhaul with a transparent call filters and settings page
- Croppable HD wallpaper for the contact list and the contact threads
- Countless new additions including 25 fonts and 19 built in messager themes
- Tweaks and enhancements to all code establishing a remarkable level of stability
- Complete compatibility with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- More, more, more……
The list really goes on an on as 3.0 is over twice as much code as the final version of Shady 2.0. It’s almost a completely new application from a code perspective even though some aspects may seem the same. One of the coolest new features is the action bar. Android style guidelines is moving away from use of the menu button, and the action bar, just at the name implies, is a centralized location for select functions. In the action bar is a convenient toggle to enable and disable shady contact notifications, a kinda stealth mode as some of my competitors would like to call it. Also the add contact button and menu buttons are present as expected.
Obviously the most important feature of Shady SMS is the sms and mms filter capacity. Shady’s sms filter is simply flawless, precise, and reliable always. It’s the end all be all of sms filtering and by far the superior sms filtering design on the Android Market. The only thing that overshadows the sms filter is the mms filtering. Currently there are two mms filters in Shady. The default is the observer filter. After Android downloads the shady mms attachments Shady will filter them at warp speed, and for all practical purposes they won’t be outside of Shady for more than a blink of an eye. Shady’s mms filter now extends from images to video and also text. The second mms filter I call the power download filter. There is nothing at all to see with the power download filter as Shady will handle the entire download process direct from your carriers mms server. It is by far the superior filter, with the only drawback being video support. If video filtering is not a requirement, and images are the only expected mms attachment, the power download filter is simply awesome and far superior to the observer filter.
Overall welcome to Shady 3.0, where what happens in Shady stays in Shady
Shady 3.0 26.19 »« Shady SMS 2.0 – Version 23.72
do the text records still show on Verizon bills and online??
I was wondering the difference between Shady SMS 3.0 & Shady SMS 3.0PAYG also if i pay the 7.99 do I get to send SMS for free or do I have to purchase shady dollars?
Yes, I don’t see how sending texts could be done without sending texts :-/
The paid version is unlimited, free Shady sms’ing to your hearts content.
I would like to completely disable all the notifications including the custom icon in the notification bar. Is this possible?
Yes, press the bell in the action bar.
i need to swap my phone out what is the easiest way to get all my pictures to the new phone without losing resolution and size
if i were to look at my bill online will there still be numbers of the people i text using shady sms3.0
Of course, SMS is SMS and this is Shady “SMS”.
Just use the backup and restore to SD feature. In Shady SMS press thr wrench in the action bar. In Shady Photo & Video Safe use press the hard drive in the action bar.
Hi, What does the pay version get me over the free version. I don’t see anything about this anywhere. There is a post on your blog where you say the pay version is unlimited. How is the free version limeited. And what are Shady bucks?
Shady Bucks are used to send sms. It costs 1 Shady Buck to send an sms. You get 3000 free then you can click on ads to get more free Shady Bucks. The paid version is unlimited and has no ads.
Logs of Prior Texts and Calls
I have Shady SMS 3.0PAYG. Can I hide logs of texts and calls made before installing Shady?
When you import a contact into Shady the sms, mms, and call history are also imported. Just make sure the proper telephone numbers are set. After importing press the contact and select edit to double check.
Can you please explain how Shady SMS updates delivered via Google Play/Marketplace need to be handled so the hidden application is not revealed? I do not want shady SMS update notices to be shown in the taskbar.
Simple. Open the Play Store, press menu, settings, and uncheck notifications. Couldn’t be much easier.
Feature suggestion…….
I would value seeing the name of the person I’m composing a txt to in the header as a last second confirmation before pressing send, just as some other txt apps do.
Regards
I added the send confirm feature a couple of days ago, and in the next update it will show the users name
Without sounding completely ignorant about texting I would like to know how to configure shady sms 3.0 so that I eliminate the learning curve. All I ever did in the past was send and receive texts. Any help with instructions on use and what the results are would be greatly appreciated.
Are there any tutorials on how to set up and use this app. Some guide that tells what happens when you enable or disable functions? Regards
Shady is a contact list, and any contact on the list is kept discrete. Add contacts to Shady, that’s it Please follow the very minor setup instruction to disable stock notifications, Shady handles all sms mms notifications for the entire phone. Email anytime for support I’m always around to help the best I can.
Yes, every setting has a blue info button that explains exactly what happens when a setting is turned on an off. The tutorial is baked directly into the application for immediate access.
I want to see when was the shady application last seen/accessed on my phone. How can I do that?
Hi,
I would like to know if this is somehow similar to blackbook app? thank you so much!
Shady is the best blackbook app on Android and has no competition. With years of optimziations and fine tuning, Shady has been overwhelming perfected in countless regards.
There are no records of that information. A possible feature though, thanks for the suggestion.
