Release Notes¶
2.25.1 – Sep 3, 2025¶
Remove purchase requirement
Publish off Google Play
Warn if Google Messages detected
2.24.2 – Sep 2, 2024¶
Target Android 14
In-app update check
2.24.1 – May 27, 2024¶
Improved error handling
Skip purchase for some
2.2¶
2.2.3 – Nov 10, 2023¶
No visible changes
2.2.2 – Oct 27, 2023¶
Hide Samsung Advanced duplicate messages on Android 13
2.2.1 – Oct 6, 2023¶
Hide Samsung Advanced duplicate messages
Improve error reporting
2.2.0 – Nov 7, 2022¶
Android 13 compatibility
No longer collects draft messages
2.1¶
2.1.6 – July 7, 2021¶
Allow for expired LG Advanced attachments
2.1.5 – Apr 13, 2021¶
Allow for additional types of missing attachments
2.1.4 – Dec 3, 2020¶
Allow Samsung Advanced attachments of unspecified types
Mark sender unkown for some failed or cancelled Samsung messages
2.1.3 – Sep 24, 2020¶
Collect some missing attachments on Alcatel and LG phones
2.1.2 – June 22, 2020¶
Improve diagnostics for some errors
2.1.1 – May 20, 2020¶
Handle error stopping collection on some Samsung messages
2.1.0 – May 16, 2020¶
Better error information when phone is low on space
Always renders in Roboto font regardless of system default
Most recent collections appear at the top of the collection list
Start date filter picker default matches end of previous collection
Labeled “Legal Text Collector” instead of “Text Collector” on home screen
Updated icon for Android 8 and later
Shows only last segment of attachment names that look like full paths
Messages labeled “unknown type” now labeled “unknown status”
Some “unknown status” messages no longer guessed as outgoing
More message statuses recognized on LG phones
New descriptive text on date filter screen and About screen
Handle Google Play billing crash
2.0¶
2.0.12 – Feb 13, 2020¶
Fix Gmail truncating error reports
2.0.11 – Feb 11, 2020¶
Allow for Samsung Smart Switch transfer omitting thread participants
2.0.10 – Jan 29, 2020¶
Handle an error stopping collections on some BlackBerry phones
2.0.9 – Jan 21, 2020¶
Handle Google Play Billing crashes
2.0.8 – Jan 10, 2020¶
Collections allow MMS messages with multiple senders
Fix showing out-of-date owner name on Samsung phones
2.0.7 – Sep 3, 2019¶
Handle new permission restrictions in Android 10
2.0.6 – Jun 9, 2019¶
Handle permission errors on Verizon Google Pixel phones
Allow sharing when Google Play billing fails
2.0.5 – Mar 7, 2019¶
Improve Samsung attachment not found error handling
2.0.4 – Feb 17, 2019¶
Handle Samsung message download in progress
2.0.3 – Feb 10, 2019¶
Add option to include unthreaded messages
2.0.2 – Jan 25, 2019¶
Stronger warning about Verizon Messages+ compatibility
2.0.1 – Jan 15, 2019¶
Fix collection abend on Xiaomi phones
2.0.0 – Jan 11, 2019¶
An option to export individual conversations
Timestamps in shared filenames give exported collections unique sortable names
Attachments export in a single top-level folder
Deleted messages on Samsung restored from iPhone can be hidden
Duplicate messages from Samsung Advanced no longer appear
Deleted messages no longer appear on HTC phones
Some unrecognized LG Advanced Messaging status codes no longer abort collections
Fix collections aborting when finding Alcatel Advanced Messaging
Exclude some Alcatel Advanced bookkeeping messages
1.4¶
1.4.0 – Oct 4, 2018¶
Support Alcatel Chat messaging on T-Mobile and MetroPCS
1.3¶
1.3.3 – Aug 5, 2018¶
Allow additional address field for some Samsung Advanced messages
1.3.2 – July 9, 2018¶
Handle another Samsung Advanced messaging status code
1.3.1 – June 2, 2018¶
Handle new Samsung Advanced messaging status codes
1.3.0 – May 8, 2018¶
Filter out duplicate entries in phone contacts
Detect Verizon Messages+ and display a warning
Forgive some types of Google Play purchase errors
Save storage space when collections fail
Links to instructions remain always visible
Popup warning that purchase is required upon starting a new collection
“Allow clipping” option on by default
1.2¶
1.2.4 – Apr 19, 2018¶
Do not show duplicate addresses on the same message
1.2.3 – Apr 6, 2018¶
Handle messages to yourself over Advanced Messaging on LG phones
1.2.2 – Apr 2, 2018¶
Fix crash on some LG phones running Android 6.0
1.2.1 – Apr 2, 2018¶
Fix collection abend on Metro PCS Alcatel phones
1.2.0 – Mar 31, 2018¶
Experimental support for Advanced Messaging on LG phones
Correct handling of partially downloaded AT&T Advanced messages on Samsung phones
Improved error reporting
1.1¶
1.1.14 – Dec 2, 2017¶
International phone formats update
1.1.13 – Oct 28, 2017¶
Show high-precision timestamps for selected customers
1.1.12 – Oct 17, 2017¶
Handle messages that use both insert-address-token and sender address
1.1.11 – Oct 7, 2017¶
Fix crash on Shenzhen Hongkaijiawei phones
Improve international phone number formatting
1.1.10 – Sept 23, 2017¶
Fix collection failure on Xiaomi phones
1.1.9 – Sept 16, 2017¶
Option to restart interrupted collections
1.1.8 – Sept 2, 2017¶
Render some types of image corruption as an error message instead of crashing or failing the zip
1.1.7 – Aug 26, 2017¶
Fix collection failure due to missing EXIF tags on some Kyocera phones
Fix zip failure for images that can’t be decoded in reduced fidelity
Use locale-sensitive sort order for documents
Fix collection failure on phones that do not report number their own number, such as some Indian phones
1.1.6 – Aug 14, 2017¶
Reduce memory consumption and zip size to prevent some zip failures
Option to make all images external attachments
1.1.5 – Aug 9, 2017¶
Fix collection failures for some AT&T Advanced messages with inconsistent addressee fields
1.1.4 – Aug 7, 2017¶
Fix collection failures when the same corrupted image appears in multiple conversations
Fix crash in viewer when attempting to view a collection not quite completed
1.1.3 – Aug 2, 2017¶
Handle attachments missing mimetype
1.1.2 – July 29, 2017¶
Change owner phone number resolution order for some dual-SIM configurations
1.1.1 – July 27, 2017¶
Fix help email link on About screen
1.1.0 – July 26, 2017¶
Clarify and expand explanations of how Text Collector works in various parts of the user interface
Show conversation name in the title of the preview screen
Sort message threads alphabetically instead of chronologically
Fix context menu placement on Android 7
1.0¶
1.0.6 – July 20, 2017¶
Fix a crash when going to background during purchase
Accept unknown types of AT&T Advanced Messages by default
1.0.5 – July 19, 2017¶
Request a missing permission needed on some HTC phones
Accept another AT&T Advanced Messaging status for attachments failed to download
1.0.4 – July 17, 2017¶
Ensure zip is complete before purchase to prevent Android PDF generator segfaults from causing errors after purchase
Trap an error requesting addresses from message thread
1.0.3 – July 13, 2017¶
Fix incoming AT&T Advanced messages with pictures and attachments appeared to be outgoing
Handle AT&T Advanced messages that failed to upload or download pictures and attachments
Workaround AT&T Advanced bug that hides certain draft messages
1.0.2 – July 12, 2017¶
Handle duplicated message text in some Verizon Messages with attachments
1.0.1 – July 11, 2017¶
Handle occasional out of memory errors more gracefully when generating PDF
Work around a Google Play billing bug where purchases sometimes do not return any response code
1.0.0 – June 12, 2017¶
The first release, Legal Text Collector 1.0 supported these features:
SMS, MMS and Samsung Advanced text message to PDF conversion
Images and other types of attachments
Date filtering
