Frequently Asked Questions

• What's new in YagattaTalk 1.0.1?

  • Delete conversations via long-press
  • Save voice notes and photos to your phone
  • Photos taken within YagattaTalk save to the Android Gallery
  • Yagatta notifications in the Android curtain show sender's name and message preview instead of "Yagatta Message!"
  • New Setting lets you disable YagattaTalk notifications for regular SMS texts and MMS messages
  • Copy text messages via long-press on message bubble
  • View photo messages with text captions
  • Various performance updates

• How do I delete messages?

  To delete a message, long-press on the message bubble and select "Delete." To delete a conversation, long-press on a conversation and select "Delete."

• What is YagattaTalk?

  YagattaTalk is a mobile app for complete, next-level voice, text and picture messaging with everyone and anyone who has a smart phone or a feature phone with texting and data capabilities. YagattaTalk lets you stay in touch with your friends your way, and it works whether they have YagattaTalk yet or not.

• How does YagattaTalk work?

  When you message with friends who also have YagattaTalk, we send the messages over your existing WiFi or 3G data connection. These messages count against your data plan, not your carrier’s text-messaging plan.

  When you message with friends who don’t use YagattaTalk yet, your messages are sent and received as regular text messages from your phone number. These messages will count as normal messages on your carrier’s text-messaging plan.

• Does YagattaTalk cost me anything?

  The YagattaTalk app is a free download from the Android Market. YagattaTalk uses only data (WiFi or 3G/4G) to send your messages to other YagattaTalk users. To send messages to non-YagattaTalk users, we use SMS. If you decide to make a call to a friend—YagattaTalk user or not – you’ll be using your regular calling minutes. Depending on your plan, text and data charges may apply.

• Okay, so how do I know if my friend has YagattaTalk or not?

  The app automatically compares the contacts on your phone with the YagattaTalk database, so you can always see which of your friends have YagattaTalk. When you open conversations, you can identify other YagattaTalk users by the orange badges next to their names.

• How can other people find me on YagattaTalk?

  Your phone number is your unique ID on YagattaTalk, so you don’t have to worry about keeping track of a new username. You don’t need to worry about “friending” or “adding” people. If you know their phone number or if they’re already in your phone contacts, you’ll automatically know if they have YagattaTalk.

• Why am I getting duplicate notifications of some incoming messages?

  That is because YagattaTalk aggregates all your text and multimedia messages, even ones received from certain other messaging apps on your phone. You can turn notifications off on your other messaging applications to avoid duplicate notifications. Because YagattaTalk displays all of your phone’s incoming text and multimedia messages, you won’t have to worry about checking your other messaging apps.

• What's the button with the walkie-talkies on it?

  That’s the “voice-note” or “voice-message” recording button. Hold the button down and speak your voice note. As soon as you let go, your voice note will be sent automatically. It’s just like a walkie-talkie, except now you have a message history that you can play back!

• What's a voice note?

  A voice note is like a text, only with voice. If you send it to a friend with YagattaTalk, it will appear in your conversation stream. All they have to do is tap the message inside the conversation stream to hear your voice note. Friends who don’t have YagattaTalk will receive the voice note as an SMS with a link to the recording. To play the voice note, the receiving device needs to have a browser and a compatible media player.

• How do I invite friends to use YagattaTalk?

  For your friends with Android devices, just use the “Invite” menu option in the app (SMS charges will apply), or just tell them to download YagattaTalk free from the Android Market.

• I don't have an Android phone. What about me?

  We haven’t forgotten you. An iOS version is in the works, and the YagattaTalk team is working as fast as we can to get it out the door and into your hands. Sign up for our email updates so you’ll know when we release it.

  If you’d like to see us support more platforms, just let us know by visiting contact us page!

• Why do some of my friends get links in an SMS from me when I send a photo or voice message?

  When you send a photo or voice message to someone who doesn’t have YagattaTalk, we convert it into a link so your friends can listen to or view your message photo from their phone. Of course, YagattaTalk works better when the other person has the app, too. So go ahead—get them to download the app, already!

• Does YagattaTalk support Google Voice?

  YagattaTalk does not currently support Google Voice numbers. Stay tuned for updates, and you can do so by signing up for email updates..

• Why can't I register my phone?

  To register successfully, your Android phone needs to be activated with a valid, U.S. phone number and have an active data connection, which can be either WiFi or 3G. If you’re still having issues, please visit contact us page.

• Why am I having trouble sending and receiving YagattaTalk messages?

  Make sure you have an active data connection. If you’re still having issues, try going to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications on your phone and closing YagattaTalk manually. Then re-launch the app.

• Can I send group messages?

  Not yet. But we’re working on it, so stay tuned for updates, and you can do so by signing up for email updates.

• What exactly will YagattaTalk let me do that I can't do on my smartphone now?

  YagattaTalk unifies all your communications in one super-cool, fast user interface and lets you shift messaging to other YagattaTalk users over to data. That means you get to communicate with your friends the way you want to, with fewer texts that count against your standard-text messaging plan.

• How do I know whether YagattaTalk will work on my phone?

  Currently, we support only Android devices running 2.1 or above. But be sure to sign up for our newsletter and stayed tuned for updates as we build for other platforms! Sign up and remember, your friends don’t have to have Android phones in order to receive messages from you.

• Will YagattaTalk work on a 4G network?

  YagattaTalk is designed to work with whatever data connection you have, whether it be WiFi, edge, 3G or 4G. Should you experience degraded performance when using YagattaTalk on a 4G network, you may be able to turn off the 4G connection and experience YagattaTalk on a 3G network instead.

• Tips and Tricks

  • Just search for contacts to start a conversation. If they’re in your phone’s contacts list, they’ll show up in YagattaTalk.
  • Depending on the cost and availability of your WiFi connection, it may make sense to turn off your 3G data connection and turn on your WiFi connection instead (if available) when sending messages to other YagattaTalk users. That way, your communication will be sent over the WiFi network, as opposed to a 3G network. Please remember: If you’re sending a message to a friend who does not have YagattaTalk, it will count toward your text-messaging plan even when you have an active data connection.
  • Invite your friends! The app works even better with other YagattaTalk users, so go ahead and invite them!

• Got other questions or any feedback?

  Contact us if you’re using the app, select the "Feedback" menu option at any time. We'd love to hear from you!

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