diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
index 73a459f96..868a6ea82 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
@@ -1,374 +1,371 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import {
   contentStringForMediaArray,
   multimediaMessagePreview,
   shimUploadURI,
 } from '../../media/media-utils';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../../types/device-types';
 import type { Media, Video, Image } from '../../types/media-types';
 import {
   messageTypes,
   assertMessageType,
   isMediaMessageType,
 } from '../../types/message-types';
 import type {
   MessageInfo,
   RawMessageInfo,
   RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   ClientDBMessageInfo,
 } from '../../types/message-types';
 import type {
   ImagesMessageData,
   RawImagesMessageInfo,
   ImagesMessageInfo,
 } from '../../types/messages/images';
 import type {
   MediaMessageData,
   MediaMessageInfo,
   RawMediaMessageInfo,
 } from '../../types/messages/media';
 import { getMediaMessageServerDBContentsFromMedia } from '../../types/messages/media';
 import type { RawUnsupportedMessageInfo } from '../../types/messages/unsupported';
 import type { NotifTexts } from '../../types/notif-types';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../../types/thread-types';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo } from '../../types/user-types';
 import { ET } from '../../utils/entity-text';
 import {
   translateClientDBMediaInfosToMedia,
   translateClientDBMediaInfoToImage,
 } from '../../utils/message-ops-utils';
 import { createMediaMessageInfo } from '../message-utils';
 import { threadIsGroupChat } from '../thread-utils';
-import { stringForUser } from '../user-utils';
 import { hasMinCodeVersion } from '../version-utils';
 import {
   pushTypes,
   type MessageSpec,
   type MessageTitleParam,
-  type NotificationTextsParams,
   type RawMessageInfoFromServerDBRowParams,
 } from './message-spec';
 import { joinResult } from './utils';
 
 export const multimediaMessageSpec: MessageSpec<
   MediaMessageData | ImagesMessageData,
   RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
   MediaMessageInfo | ImagesMessageInfo,
 > = Object.freeze({
   messageContentForServerDB(
     data:
       | MediaMessageData
       | ImagesMessageData
       | RawMediaMessageInfo
       | RawImagesMessageInfo,
   ): string {
     if (data.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       return JSON.stringify(
         getMediaMessageServerDBContentsFromMedia(data.media),
       );
     }
     const mediaIDs = data.media.map(media => parseInt(media.id, 10));
     return JSON.stringify(mediaIDs);
   },
 
   messageContentForClientDB(
     data: RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
   ): string {
     return this.messageContentForServerDB(data);
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromClientDB(
     clientDBMessageInfo: ClientDBMessageInfo,
   ): RawImagesMessageInfo | RawMediaMessageInfo {
     const messageType = assertMessageType(parseInt(clientDBMessageInfo.type));
     invariant(
       isMediaMessageType(messageType),
       'message must be of type IMAGES or MULTIMEDIA',
     );
     invariant(
       clientDBMessageInfo.media_infos !== null &&
         clientDBMessageInfo.media_infos !== undefined,
       `media_infos must be defined`,
     );
 
     const rawMessageInfo: RawImagesMessageInfo | RawMediaMessageInfo =
       messageType === messageTypes.IMAGES
         ? {
             type: messageTypes.IMAGES,
             threadID: clientDBMessageInfo.thread,
             creatorID: clientDBMessageInfo.user,
             time: parseInt(clientDBMessageInfo.time),
             media:
               clientDBMessageInfo.media_infos?.map(
                 translateClientDBMediaInfoToImage,
               ) ?? [],
           }
         : {
             type: messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
             threadID: clientDBMessageInfo.thread,
             creatorID: clientDBMessageInfo.user,
             time: parseInt(clientDBMessageInfo.time),
             media: translateClientDBMediaInfosToMedia(clientDBMessageInfo),
           };
 
     if (clientDBMessageInfo.local_id) {
       rawMessageInfo.localID = clientDBMessageInfo.local_id;
     }
     if (clientDBMessageInfo.id !== clientDBMessageInfo.local_id) {
       rawMessageInfo.id = clientDBMessageInfo.id;
     }
     return rawMessageInfo;
   },
 
   messageTitle({
     messageInfo,
   }: MessageTitleParam<MediaMessageInfo | ImagesMessageInfo>) {
     const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfo.creator });
     const preview = multimediaMessagePreview(messageInfo);
     return ET`${creator} ${preview}`;
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromServerDBRow(
     row: Object,
     params: RawMessageInfoFromServerDBRowParams,
   ): RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo {
     const { localID, media } = params;
     invariant(media, 'Media should be provided');
     return createMediaMessageInfo({
       threadID: row.threadID.toString(),
       creatorID: row.creatorID.toString(),
       media,
       id: row.id.toString(),
       localID,
       time: row.time,
     });
   },
 
   createMessageInfo(
     rawMessageInfo: RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
     creator: RelativeUserInfo,
   ): ?(MediaMessageInfo | ImagesMessageInfo) {
     if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
       const messageInfo: ImagesMessageInfo = {
         type: messageTypes.IMAGES,
         threadID: rawMessageInfo.threadID,
         creator,
         time: rawMessageInfo.time,
         media: rawMessageInfo.media,
       };
       if (rawMessageInfo.id) {
         messageInfo.id = rawMessageInfo.id;
       }
       if (rawMessageInfo.localID) {
         messageInfo.localID = rawMessageInfo.localID;
       }
       return messageInfo;
     } else if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       const messageInfo: MediaMessageInfo = {
         type: messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
         threadID: rawMessageInfo.threadID,
         creator,
         time: rawMessageInfo.time,
         media: rawMessageInfo.media,
       };
       if (rawMessageInfo.id) {
         messageInfo.id = rawMessageInfo.id;
       }
       if (rawMessageInfo.localID) {
         messageInfo.localID = rawMessageInfo.localID;
       }
       return messageInfo;
     }
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromMessageData(
     messageData: MediaMessageData | ImagesMessageData,
     id: ?string,
   ): RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo {
     if (messageData.type === messageTypes.IMAGES && id) {
       return ({ ...messageData, id }: RawImagesMessageInfo);
     } else if (messageData.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
       return ({ ...messageData }: RawImagesMessageInfo);
     } else if (id) {
       return ({ ...messageData, id }: RawMediaMessageInfo);
     } else {
       return ({ ...messageData }: RawMediaMessageInfo);
     }
   },
 
   shimUnsupportedMessageInfo(
     rawMessageInfo: RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
     platformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
   ): RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo | RawUnsupportedMessageInfo {
     if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
       const shimmedRawMessageInfo = shimMediaMessageInfo(
         rawMessageInfo,
         platformDetails,
       );
       return shimmedRawMessageInfo;
     } else {
       const shimmedRawMessageInfo = shimMediaMessageInfo(
         rawMessageInfo,
         platformDetails,
       );
       // TODO figure out first native codeVersion supporting video playback
       if (hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, 158)) {
         return shimmedRawMessageInfo;
       }
       const { id } = shimmedRawMessageInfo;
       invariant(id !== null && id !== undefined, 'id should be set on server');
       return {
         type: messageTypes.UNSUPPORTED,
         id,
         threadID: shimmedRawMessageInfo.threadID,
         creatorID: shimmedRawMessageInfo.creatorID,
         time: shimmedRawMessageInfo.time,
         robotext: multimediaMessagePreview(shimmedRawMessageInfo),
         unsupportedMessageInfo: shimmedRawMessageInfo,
       };
     }
   },
 
   unshimMessageInfo(
     unwrapped: RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
     messageInfo: RawMessageInfo,
   ): ?RawMessageInfo {
     if (unwrapped.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
       return {
         ...unwrapped,
         media: unwrapped.media.map(media => {
           if (media.dimensions) {
             return media;
           }
           const dimensions = preDimensionUploads[media.id];
           invariant(
             dimensions,
             'only four photos were uploaded before dimensions were calculated, ' +
               `and ${media.id} was not one of them`,
           );
           return { ...media, dimensions };
         }),
       };
     } else if (unwrapped.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       for (const { type } of unwrapped.media) {
         if (type !== 'photo' && type !== 'video') {
           return messageInfo;
         }
       }
     }
     return undefined;
   },
 
   async notificationTexts(
     messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
-    params: NotificationTextsParams,
   ): Promise<NotifTexts> {
     const media = [];
     for (const messageInfo of messageInfos) {
       invariant(
         messageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
           messageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
         'messageInfo should be multimedia type!',
       );
       for (const singleMedia of messageInfo.media) {
         media.push(singleMedia);
       }
     }
     const contentString = contentStringForMediaArray(media);
-    const userString = stringForUser(messageInfos[0].creator);
+    const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfos[0].creator });
 
     let body, merged;
     if (!threadInfo.name && !threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo)) {
       body = `sent you ${contentString}`;
       merged = body;
     } else {
       body = `sent ${contentString}`;
-      const threadName = params.notifThreadName(threadInfo);
-      merged = `${body} to ${threadName}`;
+      const thread = ET.thread({ display: 'shortName', threadInfo });
+      merged = ET`${body} to ${thread}`;
     }
-    merged = `${userString} ${merged}`;
+    merged = ET`${creator} ${merged}`;
 
     return {
       merged,
       body,
       title: threadInfo.uiName,
-      prefix: userString,
+      prefix: ET`${creator}`,
     };
   },
 
   notificationCollapseKey(
     rawMessageInfo: RawMediaMessageInfo | RawImagesMessageInfo,
   ): string {
     // We use the legacy constant here to collapse both types into one
     return joinResult(
       messageTypes.IMAGES,
       rawMessageInfo.threadID,
       rawMessageInfo.creatorID,
     );
   },
 
   generatesNotifs: async () => pushTypes.NOTIF,
 
   includedInRepliesCount: true,
 });
 
 function shimMediaMessageInfo(
   rawMessageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   platformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
 ): RawMultimediaMessageInfo {
   if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
     let uriChanged = false;
     const newMedia: Image[] = [];
     for (const singleMedia of rawMessageInfo.media) {
       const shimmedURI = shimUploadURI(singleMedia.uri, platformDetails);
       if (shimmedURI === singleMedia.uri) {
         newMedia.push(singleMedia);
       } else {
         newMedia.push(({ ...singleMedia, uri: shimmedURI }: Image));
         uriChanged = true;
       }
     }
     if (!uriChanged) {
       return rawMessageInfo;
     }
     return ({
       ...rawMessageInfo,
       media: newMedia,
     }: RawImagesMessageInfo);
   } else {
     let uriChanged = false;
     const newMedia: Media[] = [];
     for (const singleMedia of rawMessageInfo.media) {
       const shimmedURI = shimUploadURI(singleMedia.uri, platformDetails);
       if (shimmedURI === singleMedia.uri) {
         newMedia.push(singleMedia);
       } else if (singleMedia.type === 'photo') {
         newMedia.push(({ ...singleMedia, uri: shimmedURI }: Image));
         uriChanged = true;
       } else {
         newMedia.push(({ ...singleMedia, uri: shimmedURI }: Video));
         uriChanged = true;
       }
     }
     if (!uriChanged) {
       return rawMessageInfo;
     }
     return ({
       ...rawMessageInfo,
       media: newMedia,
     }: RawMediaMessageInfo);
   }
 }
 
 // Four photos were uploaded before dimensions were calculated server-side,
 // and delivered to clients without dimensions in the MultimediaMessageInfo.
 const preDimensionUploads = {
   '156642': { width: 1440, height: 1080 },
   '156649': { width: 720, height: 803 },
   '156794': { width: 720, height: 803 },
   '156877': { width: 574, height: 454 },
 };