Whats up guys, the other day i was searching this forum and I found an application that allowed you to set different sms notifications for different senders as well as email and a few other things and now I cannot find it for the life of me, anybody have the link to that thread? thanks
I've never heard of this but would be really cool to have on my Touch Pro, what device did you see it on before?
wolfnumba1 said:
Whats up guys, the other day i was searching this forum and I found an application that allowed you to set different sms notifications for different senders as well as email and a few other things and now I cannot find it for the life of me, anybody have the link to that thread? thanks
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It wasn't an app, it was just an idea that someone came up. But it was never done. It was just an idea of development Although I don't think it's useful, but would love to see how they pull it out.
Different notifications TO YOU you mean?
What is the point?
Except if you mean auto reply to them (SMS or EMail) based on who they are.
CommManagerPro (you'll find it in XDA Devs) is adding this functionality in the next version (among other things).
Try Ringo. Its a WinMo software that enables you to set separate ringtones and SMS tones for each separate contact. The user interface is very very simple, it is a great application to have and use. Either try searching for it Google, or you might be able to find it on this forum using search.
NLS said:
Different notifications TO YOU you mean?
What is the point?
Except if you mean auto reply to them (SMS or EMail) based on who they are.
CommManagerPro (you'll find it in XDA Devs) is adding this functionality in the next version (among other things).
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No I meant like how you have custom ringtones for your contacts, I could have sworn I saw a thread with an app that allowed you to set custom SMS tones for your contacts instead of just one default SMS sound, but the other guy said it was just a concept for an application, :-(
Interesting idea.
wolfnumba1 said:
...I saw a thread with an app that allowed you to set custom SMS tones for your contacts instead of just one default SMS sound...
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as already stated - RINGO is an app that can do this for you.
First of all, from HTC Kaiser to Samsung Vibrant to HTC HD 7 & I'm never going to look back!
OK now:
1. Go to an Email tile
2. Tap on the far left (next to the bolded name of the sender)
3. Voila - you have a slick option to select mail
Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. Thought it might be useful
Yeah found it the other day by mistake but I didn't think it was any earth mover
Yeah, my phone actually pointed the feature out the other day - I was deleting several emails one at a time, and a little info bar appeared at the top to say you can click on the left to quick select.
Not an earth mover at all, but neat that it recognised what I was doing and was able to tell me how I could do it quicker!
Big Foot said:
First of all, from HTC Kaiser to Samsung Vibrant to HTC HD 7 & I'm never going to look back!
OK now:
1. Go to an Email tile
2. Tap on the far left (next to the bolded name of the sender)
3. Voila - you have a slick option to select mail
Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. Thought it might be useful
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its great, but were is the "select all" feature, instead of you having to select each one.
I avg over 80 emails a day... how fun is my day selecting each one to delete
rysky007 said:
its great, but were is the "select all" feature, instead of you having to select each one.
I avg over 80 emails a day... how fun is my day selecting each one to delete
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If you are deleting all the emails you have recieved each day, then consider to discontinue using email...
homer.web said:
If you are deleting all the emails you have recieved each day, then consider to discontinue using email...
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That makes no sense, what is the point of keeping an email once you have read it? I check most of my emails on my desk top, the phone I use to track what is happening via emails for 4 different accounts when out with clients.
I dont need 100 emails sitting on my phone.
I am simply stating that every phone I have every used even old ones allowed you to do a select all feature for old sms phones.
HD2 has it, why was it not placed into WM7, just a small feature which is important but also missing as many important ones are.
but face book is there, wheeepy another face book driven phone, like we dont have enough of those.
Here's another one that you may (or may not) be aware of.
when typing press and hold on the actual text you have been typing. A cursor will appear allowing you to re-position anywhere within the text.
very handy for going back to make changes (like inserting a space between words, inserting words etc.
rysky007 said:
That makes no sense, what is the point of keeping an email once you have read it? I check most of my emails on my desk top, the phone I use to track what is happening via emails for 4 different accounts when out with clients.
I dont need 100 emails sitting on my phone.
I am simply stating that every phone I have every used even old ones allowed you to do a select all feature for old sms phones.
HD2 has it, why was it not placed into WM7, just a small feature which is important but also missing as many important ones are.
but face book is there, wheeepy another face book driven phone, like we dont have enough of those.
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I am also using 4 email accounts, two Exchange servers and two Hotmail accounts. I have no problem to have two weeks synchronized on all of the accounts. If you dont want it, than set it to last 3 days and you dont have to worry about...
Kiwi_Dave said:
Here's another one that you may (or may not) be aware of.
when typing press and hold on the actual text you have been typing. A cursor will appear allowing you to re-position anywhere within the text.
very handy for going back to make changes (like inserting a space between words, inserting words etc.
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This is very cute feature... I didnt know about it and was missing this one...
Big Foot said:
First of all, from HTC Kaiser to Samsung Vibrant to HTC HD 7 & I'm never going to look back!
OK now:
1. Go to an Email tile
2. Tap on the far left (next to the bolded name of the sender)
3. Voila - you have a slick option to select mail
Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. Thought it might be useful
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Umm thanks for the tip was trying to figure out how to do it
now am gonna poke everywhere to get more goodies
homer.web said:
I am also using 4 email accounts, two Exchange servers and two Hotmail accounts. I have no problem to have two weeks synchronized on all of the accounts. If you dont want it, than set it to last 3 days and you dont have to worry about...
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i have it set to minimal days i avg over 100 per day
homer.web said:
If you are deleting all the emails you have recieved each day, then consider to discontinue using email...
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ee
you are cute.... i only check my emails and if its imporant and must reply i will reply, edit delete and reply i will do on my notebook or desktop...
Yeah, it was nice when the phone pointed out I could do that.
Nice feature.
homer.web said:
This is very cute feature... I didnt know about it and was missing this one...
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Me too, ditto. And the email delete feature is good too.
In Windows Phone 8 is it possible to disable Toast Notifications for SMS and Instant Messages? It was really annoying that personal messages would pop up on my lock screen in business situations etc ....you can disable this on Android and IOS phones my colleagues use.
ebzrascal said:
In Windows Phone 8 is it possible to disable Toast Notifications for SMS and Instant Messages? It was really annoying that personal messages would pop up on my lock screen in business situations etc ....you can disable this on Android and IOS phones my colleagues use.
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setting > lockscreen
There is a button to choose what to show detailed things about, and 5 buttons underneath to add or remove stuff like sms, phone etc.
ebzrascal said:
In Windows Phone 8 is it possible to disable Toast Notifications for SMS and Instant Messages? It was really annoying that personal messages would pop up on my lock screen in business situations etc ....you can disable this on Android and IOS phones my colleagues use.
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setting > lockscreen
There is a button to choose what to show detailed things about, and 5 buttons underneath to add or remove stuff like sms, phone etc.
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You two are talking about completely different things... The OP was talking about Toasts, not about lockscreen apps. But AFAIK there is still no way to hide the message in the the toast.
jessenic said:
You two are talking about completely different things... The OP was talking about Toasts, not about lockscreen apps. But AFAIK there is still no way to hide the message in the the toast.
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But something very weird happened. I was at the ATT store yesterday, the HTC 8X on display was connected. I looked up its number, and I texted it from my existing Windows Phone 7 (Samsung Focus S), and there was no Toast Notification! I tried several times.....with the screen locked, not locked and so on. The tile notification indicated there was a new text message each time, but not display on the screen. I quietly snickered to myself, and then happily purchased the HTC 8X yesterday (and I was actually some sort of 100th customer thing after Black Friday, and I got $250 worth of accessories for free!).
But to my chagrin, the first text I got this morning.....TOAST NOTIFICATION, and everyone since. So why did they not come up in the store but do now.
Does anyone know how to make the quick status notification for Xbox games work on the lock screen. I have added it, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't work.
Demo devices have modified builds
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But something very weird happened. I was at the ATT store yesterday, the HTC 8X on display was connected. I looked up its number, and I texted it from my existing Windows Phone 7 (Samsung Focus S), and there was no Toast Notification! I tried several times.....with the screen locked, not locked and so on. The tile notification indicated there was a new text message each time, but not display on the screen. I quietly snickered to myself, and then happily purchased the HTC 8X yesterday (and I was actually some sort of 100th customer thing after Black Friday, and I got $250 worth of accessories for free!).
But to my chagrin, the first text I got this morning.....TOAST NOTIFICATION, and everyone since. So why did they not come up in the store but do now.
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Demo devices have modified builds
Sent from my RM-824_nam_att_101 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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So how do we get this build which eliminates the toast notification for texts? It worked perfectly...the tile notification updated, but no texts came to the lock screen or Start screen.
jbogstartrek said:
So how do we get this build which eliminates the toast notification for texts? It worked perfectly...the tile notification updated, but no texts came to the lock screen or Start screen.
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You don't
Guidelines and checklist for toast notifications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465391.aspx
Inappropriate use of toast notifications
Don't notify the user of something they didn't ask to be notified about.
... Your app is expected to work without toast notifications.
When will Microsoft developers begin to use these guidelines? lol
I just found out what toast notofications really do...They violate your privacy...This is a very important reason for me to switch back to android or go for an iPhone! I would hate to leave wp though...It's unacceptable...If i'm using my phone next to a friend of mine and my girl sends me something horny, well, it's not a nice experience! This has already happened to me along with similar situations...
Could you use Driving Mode as a work-around?
If you have a spare bluetooth device (such as an no longer used earpiece) it might be easier to do this than using a switch in settings. You wouldn't need to touch the phone, all you would need to do is turn on/off the BT device as and when you need to block texts.
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I just found out what toast notofications really do...They violate your privacy...This is a very important reason for me to switch back to android or go for an iPhone! I would hate to leave wp though...It's unacceptable...If i'm using my phone next to a friend of mine and my girl sends me something horny, well, it's not a nice experience! This has already happened to me along with similar situations...
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Ha ha ha ha :laugh: "Something horny"......
sinister1 said:
Ha ha ha ha :laugh: "Something horny"......
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hahaha yeah that was funny I admit it!
As a workaround you could enable the phone to read the incoming messages out loud so your friend doesn't have to invest the energy to read it.
On a serious note, I find theta complaint very far fetched. Unless your friend is staring directly at your screen, it'll be hard to read what your girlfriend wrote. If he is watching your screen, it is common courtesy to look away when someone receives a text or message.
Either way, you can always swipe the incoming toast notification away.
Edit: and since the toast will really only show the first few words of a message, I'd find it challenging to put something raunchy or embarrassing in those t or 6 words.
"I wanna f your friend!"
First time android user, ive had my note 3 for barely a day. Just switched from the iPhone 4s, so my switch to android has been surprising to say the least.
The spoiler below summarizes my first struggle/rant with how "amazing" android customization is.
They say android is very customizable, and it is, but what they don't tell you is that there are no good apps to do what you want to do. For example, I tried syncing my iTunes library to my android phone. Doubletwist wouldnt work because my library is in a different place than where iTunes installs normally, and it seems that iTunes only updates iTunes Library.xml instead of the iTunes Music Library.xml, so not all my music is transferred to my phone anyway. Good interface, bad performance. Right now im using the free trial of iSyncr, which works great, but has a ****ty icon/interface, with the free trial of playerpro for a music player with a good interface and the ability to change play counts and ratings so it reflects in my iTunes library. Once those free trials end, I'll have to dish out 10 bucks just to do what was native on iPhone. I understand you can drag and drop music, but im not gonna go through my entire music library every time i have to transfer over a new song (so I avoid duplicates of songs already on there), or wait 30 minutes each time to transfer my whole library over every time I want to sync (replacing my old library). Google Play is nice and all, but it doesnt keep track of play counts, and I just hate the fact that its streaming. What if I was stuck in a class that was in a brick classroom that just killed my network connectivity and provided no wifi? (I do encounter this at my university some times). Does that mean I cant listen to music?
1. What are the LED notifications? What does red mean? what is blue? what is green? My note 3 didnt come with a manual... I think my phone told me when i was setting it up, but it was a lot to take in, so i forgot some parts.
2. Are the apps with a blue circle with a white arrow on the lower bottom left corner of the apps free? or just shortcuts to buy the app in the app store? I hope they are free apps that come bundled with it, since I would love to use the sketchbook app, but I dont wanna pay for it when I can use the mobile free version.
3. I want to get rid of the bloatware on my phone, but I have no clue which apps are bloatware and which ones are actually useful (besides the obvious ones that are branded with AT&T and samsung(are the samsung apps useful?). What ROM should I flash to get to stock android (and rooted since it seems like some of these roms come with root). I dont want any fancy themes or whatever, since most of the time, they suck.
4. Can I set lockscreen notifications? Or do i have to unlock my device, pull down the notifications bar, and go from there?
5. Can I customize the icons on the status bar? Like their location on the status bar (id like to have my 4g and at&t signal on the left, instead of the 4g in the middle of nowhere) or what shows up on the status bar?
6. What is the best themeing app called?
7. uhh thats all the questions I can think of now, but its only been a day. Once i start using it more, i'll have more questions, but im sure I can figure those out myself unless its a stumper.
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7. How do I set my mail to automatically load images?
Marth said:
First time android user, ive had my note 3 for barely a day. Just switched from the iPhone 4s, so my switch to android has been surprising to say the least.
The spoiler below summarizes my first struggle/rant with how "amazing" android customization is.
They say android is very customizable, and it is, but what they don't tell you is that there are no good apps to do what you want to do. For example, I tried syncing my iTunes library to my android phone. Doubletwist wouldnt work because my library is in a different place than where iTunes installs normally, and it seems that iTunes only updates iTunes Library.xml instead of the iTunes Music Library.xml, so not all my music is transferred to my phone anyway. Good interface, bad performance. Right now im using the free trial of iSyncr, which works great, but has a ****ty icon/interface, with the free trial of playerpro for a music player with a good interface and the ability to change play counts and ratings so it reflects in my iTunes library. Once those free trials end, I'll have to dish out 10 bucks just to do what was native on iPhone. I understand you can drag and drop music, but im not gonna go through my entire music library every time i have to transfer over a new song (so I avoid duplicates of songs already on there), or wait 30 minutes each time to transfer my whole library over every time I want to sync (replacing my old library). Google Play is nice and all, but it doesnt keep track of play counts, and I just hate the fact that its streaming. What if I was stuck in a class that was in a brick classroom that just killed my network connectivity and provided no wifi? (I do encounter this at my university some times). Does that mean I cant listen to music?
1. What are the LED notifications? What does red mean? what is blue? what is green? My note 3 didnt come with a manual... I think my phone told me when i was setting it up, but it was a lot to take in, so i forgot some parts.
2. Are the apps with a blue circle with a white arrow on the lower bottom left corner of the apps free? or just shortcuts to buy the app in the app store? I hope they are free apps that come bundled with it, since I would love to use the sketchbook app, but I dont wanna pay for it when I can use the mobile free version.
3. I want to get rid of the bloatware on my phone, but I have no clue which apps are bloatware and which ones are actually useful (besides the obvious ones that are branded with AT&T and samsung(are the samsung apps useful?). What ROM should I flash to get to stock android (and rooted since it seems like some of these roms come with root). I dont want any fancy themes or whatever, since most of the time, they suck.
4. Can I set lockscreen notifications? Or do i have to unlock my device, pull down the notifications bar, and go from there?
5. Can I customize the icons on the status bar? Like their location on the status bar (id like to have my 4g and at&t signal on the left, instead of the 4g in the middle of nowhere) or what shows up on the status bar?
6. What is the best themeing app called?
7. uhh thats all the questions I can think of now, but its only been a day. Once i start using it more, i'll have more questions, but im sure I can figure those out myself unless its a stumper.
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7. How do I set my mail to automatically load images?
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Here is the manual if you don't have one. Enjoy!
http://www.note3manual.net/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-Manual-PDF-N9005_JellyBean_English.pdf
ukic said:
Here is the manual if you don't have one. Enjoy!
http://www.note3manual.net/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-Manual-PDF-N9005_JellyBean_English.pdf
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HAHAHA! That cracked me up to no avail.
I feel for the original poster as I too came from IOS which I had been using for around 4 years prior. Fortunately I did get a little way time with a Galaxy S4 prior to getting the Note 3.
Limeybastard said:
HAHAHA! That cracked me up to no avail.
I feel for the original poster as I too came from IOS which I had been using for around 4 years prior. Fortunately I did get a little way time with a Galaxy S4 prior to getting the Note 3.
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unfortunately, neither of you were any help to me since none of my questions were answered.
what a great community.
Marth said:
unfortunately, neither of you were any help to me since none of my questions were answered.
what a great community.
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He did help, he sent you a manual for the Note 3.
The following You Tube video helped me to "delete" bloatware. without rooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78srpO13zI
Limeybastard said:
He did help, he sent you a manual for the Note 3.
The following You Tube video helped me to "delete" bloatware. without rooting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78srpO13zI
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no, its actually not helpful at all. i can google the manual for myself, thank you very much. If i needed someone to google it for me, I wouldnt have posted.
The manual does not answer any of my questions. If you disagree, show me what page actually answers any of my questions.
Instead of just sending me to google.com, is it really that hard to take 1 minute of your time, and post your own opinion? I would only be okay with this if there was a stick or something that actually answered my questions, but theres not, so stop trying to be a smartass.
you said you used your iphone before the s4. wow, thats so helpful to me. Why not take the time to answer my questions instead of bragging how you had a previous android phone that helped you transition.
Marth said:
unfortunately, neither of you were any help to me since none of my questions were answered.
what a great community.
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This is a very helpful community BUT this question belongs to Official Stupid Questions Thread - No Question too Stupid thread. Took me 5 seconds to find the manual using google and you did say you didn't get one.
Marth said:
no, its actually not helpful at all. i can google the manual for myself, thank you very much. If i needed someone to google it for me, I wouldnt have posted.
The manual does not answer any of my questions. If you disagree, show me what page actually answers any of my questions.
Instead of just sending me to google.com, is it really that hard to take 1 minute of your time, and post your own opinion? I would only be okay with this if there was a stick or something that actually answered my questions, but theres not, so stop trying to be a smartass.
you said you used your iphone before the s4. wow, thats so helpful to me. Why not take the time to answer my questions instead of bragging how you had a previous android phone that helped you transition.
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Did you watch that You Tube video?
I am trying to help you transition.
ukic said:
This is a very helpful community BUT this question belongs to Official Stupid Questions Thread - No Question too Stupid thread. Took me 5 seconds to find the manual using google and you did say you didn't get one.
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Just because i said I didnt get one doesnt mean that I cant google it for myself. I already googled it before I even posted in this thread, and looked through it. I decided it didnt help me, so I posted.
Why the hell do you even have this sub-thread if youre just gonna suggest that everyone post in the stupid questions thread? no one even replies there either, people just post new questions.
@Limeybastard
thanks for the video, thats pretty useful, but it only (barely) answers one of my numerous questions. what about my other questions?
im trying not to double post, but theres a 5 min timer between when I can edit posts...
Marth said:
Just because i said I didnt get one doesnt mean that I cant google it for myself. I already googled it before I even posted in this thread, and looked through it. I decided it didnt help me, so I posted.
Why the hell do you even have this sub-thread if youre just gonna suggest that everyone post in the stupid questions thread? no one even replies there either, people just post new questions.
@Limeybastard
thanks for the video, thats pretty useful, but it only (barely) answers one of my numerous questions. what about my other questions?
im trying not to double post, but theres a 5 min timer between when I can edit posts...
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Review attached image. It is within the settings of the stock email application . Press the menu button then settings then more settings and drive to the below and check what you see below.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
Marth said:
1. What are the LED notifications? What does red mean? what is blue? what is green? My note 3 didnt come with a manual... I think my phone told me when i was setting it up, but it was a lot to take in, so i forgot some parts.
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1A) Settings > Device > Led Indicator = Will tell you what those colors mean.
Marth said:
2. Are the apps with a blue circle with a white arrow on the lower bottom left corner of the apps free? or just shortcuts to buy the app in the app store? I hope they are free apps that come bundled with it, since I would love to use the sketchbook app, but I dont wanna pay for it when I can use the mobile free version.
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2A) Shortcuts which redirects you to playstore.
Marth said:
3. I want to get rid of the bloatware on my phone, but I have no clue which apps are bloatware and which ones are actually useful (besides the obvious ones that are branded with AT&T and samsung(are the samsung apps useful?). What ROM should I flash to get to stock android (and rooted since it seems like some of these roms come with root). I dont want any fancy themes or whatever, since most of the time, they suck.
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3A) Check the video above that was posted or root your phone and use Titanium Backup Pro and freeze/delete the apps you don't want.
Marth said:
4. Can I set lockscreen notifications? Or do i have to unlock my device, pull down the notifications bar, and go from there?
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4A) You can pull down your notification window even when you are on your lock screen and yes you can set some of it.
Marth said:
5. Can I customize the icons on the status bar? Like their location on the status bar (id like to have my 4g and at&t signal on the left, instead of the 4g in the middle of nowhere) or what shows up on the status bar?
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EDIT: 5A) Check Wanam/Xposed. This needs root.
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6. What is the best themeing app called?
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6A) Check Wanam/Xposed. This needs root.
Marth said:
7. uhh thats all the questions I can think of now, but its only been a day. Once i start using it more, i'll have more questions, but im sure I can figure those out myself unless its a stumper.
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7. How do I set my mail to automatically load images?
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7A) I use g-mail app and under options you can uncheck the option to load images only when connected to wifi so it will load images even without wifi.
Limeybastard said:
Review attached image. It is within the settings of the stock email application . Press the menu button then settings then more settings and drive to the below and check what you see below.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
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thats really weird, I dont have an option for more settings on my stock email app. I have account settings, then under display settings, it shows display, composing and sending, auto advance, confirm deletions, priority senders, spam addresses, rules for filtering and split view mode. No other option for more settings or how often I want my mail being checked.
@ukic
thank you for your help now lol. However, some of your answers dont make sense to me. To change the icon locations in the status bar, you said hold down the icons. However when I do it, notification center gets pulled down. Im guessing I need root for this?
and I tried using the gmail app, and I do like it, I would just prefer if I could change the default inbox to be set to all mail. Any way I can do this?
Marth said:
thats really weird, I dont have an option for more settings on my stock email app. I have account settings, then under display settings, it shows display, composing and sending, auto advance, confirm deletions, priority senders, spam addresses, rules for filtering and split view mode. No other option for more settings or how often I want my mail being checked.
@ukic
thank you for your help now lol. However, some of your answers dont make sense to me. To change the icon locations in the status bar, you said hold down the icons. However when I do it, notification center gets pulled down. Im guessing I need root for this?
and I tried using the gmail app, and I do like it, I would just prefer if I could change the default inbox to be set to all mail. Any way I can do this?
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Under account settings press your finger on your email address. The below should screen should appear.
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Under account settings press your finger on your email address. The below should screen should appear.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
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Thank you very much!
Marth said:
Thank you very much!
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No worries, I am still learning. It is like being in a foreign country and not understanding the language when coming from IOS devices.
Marth said:
thats really weird, I dont have an option for more settings on my stock email app. I have account settings, then under display settings, it shows display, composing and sending, auto advance, confirm deletions, priority senders, spam addresses, rules for filtering and split view mode. No other option for more settings or how often I want my mail being checked.
@ukic
thank you for your help now lol. However, some of your answers dont make sense to me. To change the icon locations in the status bar, you said hold down the icons. However when I do it, notification center gets pulled down. Im guessing I need root for this?
and I tried using the gmail app, and I do like it, I would just prefer if I could change the default inbox to be set to all mail. Any way I can do this?
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Sorry was thinking of too many things at the same time, updated answer > 5A) Check Wanam/Xposed. This needs root.
In regards to default inbox > all mail, I haven't tried to do that but let me see if I can figure it out. Will let you know.
Marth said:
They say android is very customizable, and it is, but what they don't tell you is that there are no good apps to do what you want to do. For example, I tried syncing my iTunes library to my android phone. Doubletwist wouldnt work because my library is in a different place than where iTunes installs normally, and it seems that iTunes only updates iTunes Library.xml instead of the iTunes Music Library.xml, so not all my music is transferred to my phone anyway. Good interface, bad performance. Right now im using the free trial of iSyncr, which works great, but has a ****ty icon/interface, with the free trial of playerpro for a music player with a good interface and the ability to change play counts and ratings so it reflects in my iTunes library. Once those free trials end, I'll have to dish out 10 bucks just to do what was native on iPhone. I understand you can drag and drop music, but im not gonna go through my entire music library every time i have to transfer over a new song (so I avoid duplicates of songs already on there), or wait 30 minutes each time to transfer my whole library over every time I want to sync (replacing my old library). Google Play is nice and all, but it doesnt keep track of play counts, and I just hate the fact that its streaming. What if I was stuck in a class that was in a brick classroom that just killed my network connectivity and provided no wifi? (I do encounter this at my university some times). Does that mean I cant listen to music?
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It doesn't help that you're coming from a platform that doesn't want to make it easy for you to move...
I feel the same way about the streaming music services, and I tried to explain this to my roommate who works at google, and has drunk the koolaid. The impression I got from him was that we shouldn't be in places that don't have internet - and I'm all for avoiding those, but those times when I can't, I really want to be able to listen to music! At least the note 3 has a microSD card slot, so you can store lots of music on a 64GB micro SD card.
I just put all my music onto a MicroSD card and pointed Music Folder Player at it. I don't know if this will work on an iTunes library though.
Marth said:
What ROM should I flash to get to stock android (and rooted since it seems like some of these roms come with root). I dont want any fancy themes or whatever, since most of the time, they suck.
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I don't think anyone said this already... You can't flash roms on an AT&T note3, the bootloader is locked. All we can do is root the stock rom (until someone comes up with a bootloader exploit). But you can do a lot with "just" root.
As for samsung apps being useful, probably all you want is the S-Pen related ones.
If you use the Email app (not just GMail), do not disable MyMagazine, however annoying it is; it breaks the basic email app if you do.
The apps with the circle and arrow are shortcuts to download the apps. I just checked on a few of mine, though, and they look to be free. It looks like Samsung had the courtesy not to install all of the bloatware they wanted to? Or maybe they have to pay royalties based on how many people actually install it...? (at least some of them are not samsung products)
DrAzzy said:
It doesn't help that you're coming from a platform that doesn't want to make it easy for you to move...
I feel the same way about the streaming music services, and I tried to explain this to my roommate who works at google, and has drunk the koolaid. The impression I got from him was that we shouldn't be in places that don't have internet - and I'm all for avoiding those, but those times when I can't, I really want to be able to listen to music! At least the note 3 has a microSD card slot, so you can store lots of music on a 64GB micro SD card.
I just put all my music onto a MicroSD card and pointed Music Folder Player at it. I don't know if this will work on an iTunes library though.
I don't think anyone said this already... You can't flash roms on an AT&T note3, the bootloader is locked. All we can do is root the stock rom (until someone comes up with a bootloader exploit). But you can do a lot with "just" root.
As for samsung apps being useful, probably all you want is the S-Pen related ones.
If you use the Email app (not just GMail), do not disable MyMagazine, however annoying it is; it breaks the basic email app if you do.
The apps with the circle and arrow are shortcuts to download the apps. I just checked on a few of mine, though, and they look to be free. It looks like Samsung had the courtesy not to install all of the bloatware they wanted to? Or maybe they have to pay royalties based on how many people actually install it...? (at least some of them are not samsung products)
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Thats very true, but theres also no music manager for android either. Okay well, i'll give you winamp, but honestly, i hate the look of winamp, and most of the themes/skins for it are also terrible. I tried googling for themes for the android app, and I couldnt even find any (then again, i didnt look too hard. just a simple google search).
say what you want, iTunes is a pretty good music manager for those who like to manage their music, but arnt anal about tagging. Ive found that using iSyncr and PlayerPro together have been a great substitution for the same experience as on an iPhone. Except that you CANT SET PlayerPro as your default music app. Apparently people have had issues with the same thing, and theres just no solution on how to set PlayerPro as your default app. I might try finding another music app soon if I cant figure it out, since I play my music through bluetooth in my car, and if I cant choose the songs through my cars system, theres no point.
What do you mean change songs through your car's system? Is it really too much trouble to pick up your phone and press the skip button on whatever music player is running.
And what do you mean by "default music app"? If you want to run something different than what you have, just put that icon on your home screen and open it instead.
I don't know why former iOS sheep have to make things so complicated, like" how do I get this to look/act/do the same as my iPhone "? Something sent you this side of the Isle, just embrace android for a few day whilst you learn the basics of the platform and your device.
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Marth said:
Thats very true, but theres also no music manager for android either. Okay well, i'll give you winamp, but honestly, i hate the look of winamp, and most of the themes/skins for it are also terrible. I tried googling for themes for the android app, and I couldnt even find any (then again, i didnt look too hard. just a simple google search).
say what you want, iTunes is a pretty good music manager for those who like to manage their music, but arnt anal about tagging. Ive found that using iSyncr and PlayerPro together have been a great substitution for the same experience as on an iPhone. Except that you CANT SET PlayerPro as your default music app. Apparently people have had issues with the same thing, and theres just no solution on how to set PlayerPro as your default app. I might try finding another music app soon if I cant figure it out, since I play my music through bluetooth in my car, and if I cant choose the songs through my cars system, theres no point.
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Were you able to select the music before on your iPhone through Bluetooth? Because I would love to find what ever head unit/car you have, because my wife would love that. Only place I've ever seen seen that is if you plug in the iPhone, never though Bluetooth.
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I am getting this tablet ready to send off to SO's mom for Christmas. I want to make a guide book of sorts to help her use the tablet. I'v rooted it, put nova launcher and gotten rid of lock screen ads. As well as put the google play store on it.
What should I include in the guide?
So far its how to turn the device on/off, and thats basically it :/ I just can't get my self in the head of a non-tech savy elderly individual.
Did you block OTA updates or it might undo all that you've done at some point?
A quick line on what all of the apps on it atm are for maybe.
How to buy a book, show, app
What the various icons in the status bar, notification panel mean
How to change the notification sounds and possibly font size.
Could put some bookmarks in the browser for sites you think she'd want
Got the ota blocked. Thanks for the suggestions. So far I have turning it on, what the home screen is, and app drawer.
Teach her how to close background running apps! I had a go on my dads I pad and he had thirty a
pps in the background. Some where the set up ones from the first day he had it!
BadPotato said:
Teach her how to close background running apps! I had a go on my dads I pad and he had thirty apps in the background. Some where the set up ones from the first day he had it!
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Do you mean actually background running or the recent apps on the square button carousel?
If the latter I don't think it's significant, if you look in running apps and cached processes on android though you'll see the older ones that most of them aren't in either anyway. Some of those processes in settings just restart as well.
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Do you mean actually background running or the recent apps on the square button carousel?
If the latter I don't think it's significant, if you look in running apps and cached processes on android though you'll see the older ones that most of them aren't in either anyway. Some of those processes in settings just restart as well.
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I meant in the recent apps bit!
Does it not slow the tablet down if every app is in it?
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Teach her how to close background running apps! I had a go on my dads I pad and he had thirty a
pps in the background. Some where the set up ones from the first day he had it!
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Got that covered. Thanks!
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I meant in the recent apps bit!
Does it not slow the tablet down if every app is in it?
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No, it makes no difference.
maybe load up on commonly used apps and tell them how to use?
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
how to set up email sync.
Newsstand for people who read news.
I set large text from accessibility options for my parents' device.
means said:
maybe load up on commonly used apps and tell them how to use?
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
how to set up email sync.
Newsstand for people who read news.
I set large text from accessibility options for my parents' device.
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Is the Facebook app a battery hog? I hear so much crap about that app.