Cabbage Desktop / Cabbage Mobile mega thread (Desktop/mobile texting app)

Jayop · 29-07-2014 9:04pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Did you mean while you are outside Ireland Jayop??

No, to send messages to UK mobiles from within Ireland.

Vodafone put a thing in place recently that when you send a webtext to an international number they text you an authorisation code that you have to then enter in a wee box on the website before the text will go though. On cabbage there is no box.

On cabbage, you type the message, send it, do the captha and then you get the text back from vodafone but there's no place to put it.

Lucuma · 30-07-2014 1:10pm

Jayop wrote: »

No, to send messages to UK mobiles from within Ireland.

Vodafone put a thing in place recently that when you send a webtext to an international number they text you an authorisation code that you have to then enter in a wee box on the website before the text will go though. On cabbage there is no box.

On cabbage, you type the message, send it, do the captha and then you get the text back from vodafone but there's no place to put it.

Vodafone the hoors.
At least international texting still works fon cabbage if u are with 02 as long as you are inside Ireland.
Outside Ireland Cabbage (or its competitors) doesn't work at all anymore though

Jayop · 30-07-2014 2:18pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Vodafone the hoors.
At least that still works from 02 as long as you are inside Ireland.
Outside Ireland Cabbage (or its competitors) doesn't work at all anymore though

Wonder how they manage that? I'm no IT guru but I thought the Cabbage App was only a conduit to the main web text site and that any IP or location discovery would have to be done from where the Cabbage servers are held.

The phone companies must hate this app! If they wanted they could do something like it themselves but it would cost them credit.

Steviemoyne · 30-07-2014 2:21pm

Jayop wrote: »

Wonder how they manage that? I'm no IT guru but I thought the Cabbage App was only a conduit to the main web text site and that any IP or location discovery would have to be done from where the Cabbage servers are held.

The phone companies must hate this app! If they wanted they could do something like it themselves but it would cost them credit.

Vodafone have an app of their own. It absolutely pales in comparison compared to cabbage.

Jayop · 30-07-2014 3:22pm

Steviemoyne wrote: »

Vodafone have an app of their own. It absolutely pales in comparison compared to cabbage.

I didn't know that Stevie. I'll have a look, but it'll be hard to compete with cabbage.

Do you guys use the captcha app? I gave up on it a while back there and just enter it manually.

Lucuma · 30-07-2014 6:37pm

Jayop wrote: »

Wonder how they manage that? I'm no IT guru but I thought the Cabbage App was only a conduit to the main web text site and that any IP or location discovery would have to be done from where the Cabbage servers are held.

The phone companies must hate this/

Yeah somehow the fact you are connecting to cabbage from a non-irish IP address is detectable by 02.ie (and vodafone.ie afaik) and that code that they send you is req'd. Cabbage & its competitors can't process that code thing.

loki7777 · 13-08-2014 11:04pm

Anything for vodafone windows phone - noelle is not available anymore in the market.

Fluffy88 · 14-08-2014 9:29am

The only other webtext app I know of on Windows Phone is Webtextr.
You could try it.

loki7777 · 14-08-2014 9:58am

This one didn't work for me.

KERSPLAT! · 25-08-2014 4:52pm

Cabbage not saving sent messages to default app, any ideas? I've ticked the option in the settings

KERSPLAT! · 25-08-2014 4:52pm

Cabbage not saving sent messages to default app, any ideas? I've ticked the option in the settings

Fluffy88 · 25-08-2014 5:24pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Cabbage not saving sent messages to default app, any ideas? I've ticked the option in the settings

Android 4.4/KitKat disabled the ability to directly write to the SMS store on a device unless the app is registered as the default SMS app.
This means Cabbage Free cannot save your sent messages anymore.

KERSPLAT! · 25-08-2014 5:38pm

Fluffy88 wrote: »

Android 4.4/KitKat disabled the ability to directly write to the SMS store on a device unless the app is registered as the default SMS app.
This means Cabbage Free cannot save your sent messages anymore.

Ah feck, very annoying

dubecho · 02-09-2014 2:31pm

Android app and Desktop exe both seem to be down on O2, or is it just me?

Edit: Android app working again but desktop not, giving error 7.

PeterDuggan · 02-09-2014 5:37pm

The elastic band has snapped in O2. Currently no-one can log in. They're working on it...

Jayop · 08-09-2014 10:38pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Ah feck, very annoying

That's a pure balls in fairness. One of the best things about cabbage over using the webmail on vodafone's site was saving outgoing messages.

Ardennes1944 · 10-10-2014 8:54am

Moved to Switzerland 2 days ago, Cabbage worked fine, now getting could not connect to network site error, any ideas?

Lucuma · 12-10-2014 6:57pm

Cabbage doesn't work outside Ireland anymore for vodafone or 02

Danno · 24-10-2014 6:05pm

Vodafone wouldn't work today... error -5

dubecho · 24-10-2014 7:49pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Cabbage doesn't work outside Ireland anymore for vodafone or 02

Sorry for the late reply. I was away, but was able to use orBot (free from Play store) with an exit node set to {IE} and strict exit node checked, in settings.
This was on O2 and it worked. May work for others, but not sure about activation of accounts etc. I think someone tried previously and it failed, but worth a try.
If there are a few exit nodes open in Ireland, if one fails, disconnect Tor and try again.
There may well be other VPN apps, that one could try use, but not all allow for setting an exit node country to Ireland.
Hola have an Android app, but I have never tried it on a phone, but the PC browser version allows for setting Ireland.

Sorry I can't post links, but both apps are easy found. "Orbot: Proxy with Tor" "Hola Free VPN"

Have a good weekend all

Big Game · 31-10-2014 5:25pm

Not working on 3 today, anyone else having problems?

SickBoy · 31-10-2014 5:31pm

Big Game wrote: »

Not working on 3 today, anyone else having problems?

Working fine for me on 3 today.

Big Game · 31-10-2014 5:33pm

SickBoy wrote: »

Working fine for me on 3 today.

Weird. Swift SMS is working grand for me, haven't got one though on Cabbage, getting a "Could not connect to network website" error.

Lucuma · 04-11-2014 5:59pm

dubecho wrote: »

Sorry for the late reply. I was away, but was able to use orBot (free from Play store) with an exit node set to {IE} and strict exit node checked, in settings.
This was on O2 and it worked. May work for others, but not sure about activation of accounts etc. I think someone tried previously and it failed, but worth a try.
If there are a few exit nodes open in Ireland, if one fails, disconnect Tor and try again.
There may well be other VPN apps, that one could try use, but not all allow for setting an exit node country to Ireland.
Hola have an Android app, but I have never tried it on a phone, but the PC browser version allows for setting Ireland.

Sorry I can't post links, but both apps are easy found. "Orbot: Proxy with Tor" "Hola Free VPN"

Have a good weekend all

Wow thanks so much for taking the time to post this. Ok have installed 'Orbot proxy with Tor' and have checked strict exit node in settings. When you say 'with an exit node set to {IE}' do you mean that in the settings I click on 'Exit nodes' and when a text input box appears called 'Enter Exit nodes' I manually type the text {IE} in and press ok? Or should there be a drop down menu where I select Ireland?

dubecho · 04-11-2014 6:02pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Wow thanks so much for taking the time to post this. Ok have installed 'Orbot proxy with Tor' and have checked strict exit node in settings. When you say 'with an exit node set to {IE}' do you mean that in the settings I click on 'Exit nodes' and when a text input box appears called 'Enter Exit nodes' I manually type the text {IE} in and press ok? Or should there be a drop down menu where I select Ireland?

Manually type the text {IE}

I should have said in original post tht orbot requires rooted device and Halo will work on both rooted and unrooted devices.

Best of luck.

Lucuma · 04-11-2014 6:06pm

dubecho wrote: »

Manually type the text {IE}

I should have said in original post tht orbot requires rooted device and Halo will work on both rooted and unrooted devices.

Best of luck.

What is a rooted device?

dubecho · 04-11-2014 6:08pm

Lucuma wrote: »

What is a rooted device?

The phone has to be rooted, basically means you have full access to all system files.
Would take to long to explain how, but XDA forums is best place to find the specific method for your device.

Lucuma · 04-11-2014 6:09pm

My friend told me today that Eirtext, an Iphone app, is working for her when her phone is outside Ireland, sickened!! The developers of Eirtext have obviously figured out a way to overcome the authorisation code that the websites like 02 send out....

Lucuma · 04-11-2014 6:14pm

dubecho wrote: »

Manually type the text {IE}

I should have said in original post tht orbot requires rooted device and Halo will work on both rooted and unrooted devices.

Best of luck.

Ok just downloaded Halo, it asked me what apps I wanted to open on the phone, so I selected Cabbage. So it opened Cabbage through Halo, and it asked me what country I wanted to open Cabbage in so I selected Ireland from a drop down menu - and it worked!!! I love you !!!!! You've just saved me a fortune!!

:D:D:D

dubecho · 04-11-2014 6:15pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Ok just downloaded Halo, it asked me what apps I wanted to open on the phone, so I selected Cabbage. So it opened Cabbage through Halo, and it asked me what country I wanted to open Cabbage in so I selected Ireland from a drop down menu - and it worked!!! I love you !!!!! You've just saved me a fortune!! :D:D:D

LOL... You are most welcome

Cabbage Desktop / Cabbage Mobile mega thread (Desktop/mobile texting app)

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