I was wondering if it was possible to read/reply to txts messages on the lock screen rather than have to always unlock my phone to read and reply to them and if so how do I go about making it so that my phone can do this? Im currently running CM7 RC2 on the DInc. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Handcent has a popup that can bypass the lockscreen. At least it used to, I haven't used it for a long time.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/handcent-sms/com.handcent.nextsms
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is there a way the phone will wake upon receiving a text? or can i wake the phone using the trackball..
ur help will be appreciated... tnx guys...
satriani809 said:
or can i wake the phone using the trackball..
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Cyanogen rom does this.
hancent dose it to... with out root
dose what the iphone dose.. bringing your text to your lock screen
tnx.. i will try 1st the handcent..
Yep definitely try handcent
sms popup also
handcent is amazing, so many customization options
+1 for handcent
Handcent is a no brainer even if you are running cyanogen.
Yep, Handcent is very flexable & cool!
Hey guys,
I just recently got my HTC hero and I have a question about the messaging app. First of all, I am currently using Handcent mainly because if you use the stock app, texts always show up on the lock screen even if you are using the pattern lock. That is annoying, and I don't understand what the point of the pattern lock is if you can just see my texts without having to even unlock my phone...anyway, so I am using handcent and it's fine. I've made sure to remove notifications on the stock app so that I don't get double notifications, but my question is: is there a way to delete the stock app? I mean is the phone going to slow down since it is getting texts from 2 apps, does that make sense? Even though the notifications are disabled for the stock app, the texts still go there and they are also going to handcent...So basically i would like to know if:
1. i can delete the stock app (i have rooted my phone so...)
2. does it matter that the phone is pulling texts to two different apps
3. is there a way to make my texts not go to my lock screen, if so i would just not use handcent
Finally, on handcent, i will oftentimes get a text twice from people. does anyone have this problem?
Ok tahnks!
1. Don't delete the stock messaging app.
2. From what I've read on these forums, Handcent basically gets texts from the stock messaging app to get texts. Your phone isn't really doing twice the amount of work.
3. Hmm, I use handcent, and I disabled notifications on the stock app, and I don't see any texts from the stock app on my lock screen.
I also get texts twice once in a while. I think it has something to do with scrolling down the conversation window while the text is being received... not sure, but that's what I noticed.
sxelsharif said:
Hey guys,
I just recently got my HTC hero and I have a question about the messaging app. First of all, I am currently using Handcent mainly because if you use the stock app, texts always show up on the lock screen even if you are using the pattern lock. That is annoying, and I don't understand what the point of the pattern lock is if you can just see my texts without having to even unlock my phone...anyway, so I am using handcent and it's fine. I've made sure to remove notifications on the stock app so that I don't get double notifications, but my question is: is there a way to delete the stock app? I mean is the phone going to slow down since it is getting texts from 2 apps, does that make sense? Even though the notifications are disabled for the stock app, the texts still go there and they are also going to handcent...So basically i would like to know if:
1. i can delete the stock app (i have rooted my phone so...)
2. does it matter that the phone is pulling texts to two different apps
3. is there a way to make my texts not go to my lock screen, if so i would just not use handcent
Finally, on handcent, i will oftentimes get a text twice from people. does anyone have this problem?
Ok tahnks!
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Look at handcent as a theme for ur stock text app.
Deleting stock would make text not work.
No way to turn that off in stock text for the lockscreen
Dbl text is the carrier at times. It happens. No way to stop it.
My experience is different, I deleted the stock app (mms.apk) and my text work just fine. As long you as you remembered to turn on auto retrieve in your handcent's setting under "Receive message settings". It has been working for me without any issue.
Handcent and Google Voice don't play well with one another. Handcent won't display my Google Voice number despite what the Google Voice settings say. It also behaves... oddly for me. I really wish it would work the way I want it to, though. Hot damn, is it pretty. I love the interface and the customization options. I just hate the fact that it won't play nice with Google Voice. So... ugly texting through my preferred number, it is!
Have you tried chomp sms? Similar look, not as customizable, but may play better with gv
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danaff37 said:
Have you tried chomp sms? Similar look, not as customizable, but may play better with gv
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I have tried Chomp. But, as far as I can tell, when not sending from the Google Voice application, it tells people that it came from my cell number, not my Google Voice number. The whole point of Google Voice, at least for me, is to have one number forever, not switch between them.
Hey guys!
I just discovered an annoying feature on my SGS which I think is a general feature of Android phones...
I usually text long messages (I'm on an unlimited SMS plan) and I get frustrated at the fact that whenever I pass the 3 SMS point, it auto-converts my SMS to MMS. This would be useful for those whose carriers naturally charge less for 1 MMS as compared to long SMS but mine isn't one of them (15 php/mms versus 1 php/sms or free)... and besides I'm on unlimited SMS so this "feature" wastes that plan of mine.
Anyway, I was wondering if there's any way at all to suppress this behavior. A quick Google led me to solutions of just cutting back on texts/sending them in multiple parts or using Handcent SMS app.
The first is too inconvenient for me and the recipients of my texts and cutting back on texting is difficult for me and shouldn't be a solution.
As for the second, I've tried Handcent and it does have a setting to not auto-convert long SMS to MMS but I dislike the layout/theme. I prefer having the look of the original messaging app of the Galaxy S. Nice and clean and blends with the look of the whole system. No matter what tweak I do to the themes and such, it just doesn't look good for me.
So my question is...if Handcent SMS has a setting of suppressing that behavior of Android, is there some way to do that without Handcent SMS? Maybe just a simple app or a tweak somewhere in the software perhaps?
Thanks so much in advance! This is really too annoying a feature and I just want to be rid of it.
I know this is sort of old but I am wondering the same thing. Anybody have any answers?
Foryo is said to keep it as sms http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=74cc9dfbd1669f47&hl=en
EDITED: didn't completely read first post.
I'm not sure if chompSMS has the option too, but it's much closer to the layout/simplicity of the original app.
Yeah from my research on the issue Froyo will in fact fix this issue...here's to hoping it will come out some time soon for SGS!!! I'm tired of copy pasting my long texts into Handcent SMS :/ it caused a disastrous mis-send recently )
I have yet to try ChompSMS..I'll give it a go later and report the results. If it does look better and has that feature then I guess it can help me deal better with this issue until Froyo comes out. :O
Anyone who has tried the Froyo beta for SGS willing to report if this issue really is resolved?
Thanks!!!
Still here
This issue is not resolved and is extremely irritating. Surely with all the Dev powar here this could be easily taken care of? I'd do it myself if I knew how...
Can someone please let us know how to stop SMS converting to MMS.
Handcent SMS works perfect for me when I need to type a long sms. But I hate that app and would love to stick to the standard one.
I am also irritated by this problem and could not find a way to deal with it other than dividing it manually; I am running on Froyo and it's there, very frustrating.
SargeRX8 said:
Handcent SMS works perfect for me when I need to type a long sms. But I hate that app and would love to stick to the standard one.
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I also started using Handcent to deal with this issue and I'm very happy with it.
I find it very much like the stock application.
Its not really an andriod problem but a messaging application problem from samsung
Same here in Slovenia...my recipients also get the “broken message“ text sometimes,folowed by another sms with the txt ive written.
I also hate that if the reception is poor and u cant send an sms or mms, the phone wont retry sending when the reception is back... What gives,dammit?
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Did anybody found solution for that?
MindFever, I'm also from Slovenia. Did you have problems with sending mms? It wont sent to Croatia numbers, and sometimes it won't sent to anybody or recieve it from others
Hi I have this very frustrating conversion problem also, handcent is a waste of time. so is orange (my network) they are aware of the problem but say that there is a fix on the way from android but noone knows when!!!!!!! anyone help in the meantime?
Hello!
I too have this very problem on my phone (running Darky's RC4). I don't want to use any 3rd-party application to solve this issue like handcent or chop. Is there a mod or a fix that I could use to fix this problem?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
Same for Galaxy Tab
Hi guys,
I have a galaxy tab and the same problem, checked under froyo and gingerbread. I thinks that in fact it is a Samsung problem and not android. It's just the messaging app that sucks. Waiting for samsung to fix it, I tried handcent and it's ok.
check the modified version here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065452
I've done some research and found out that HTC sense offers this. I want to have a pop-up of my text with a quick reply option on my lockscreen. Is there an apparently that can do it for the captivate? I've tries SMS pop-up and go SMS. Neither works and I hate to continuously install apps. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Handscent does this very well but it tends to work best as a replacement for the default messaging app.
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ntdb said:
Handscent does this very well but it tends to work best as a replacement for the default messaging app.
Sent from my Captivate running Cognition 2.4
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And so does chomp. I like both of them equally.
SMS Popup works great. what exactly makes you think it doesnt work?
uhh, i havent tried handscent but
go sms and sms popup dont show me a preview on the lock screen :S only during the home screen
supaphreek said:
uhh, i havent tried handscent but
go sms and sms popup dont show me a preview on the lock screen :S only during the home screen
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yeah. SMS Popup will show you a preview
open it
go to additional settings
screen on for popup
works for me every time
got handcent to work Thanks for your help people
Ok, so.. I've tried all of those, they all suck. I just found this new one called GO MMS or GO SMS or something. It's awesome, customization options, awesome popup ui, quick, try it out.
I think only Orb Unlock (Puzzle Unlock) and Glass Unlock (Screen swipe) are able to display stock SMS notifications on the lockscreen.
Since I'm using GoSMS, is there a way for when I unlock with the "Missed text" icon on the lockscreen it brings me to GoSMS and not the stock SMS?
I don't remember if it was an older version of the ROM I'm on (Serendipity) that when I unlock the Missed Text icon when it has 2+ missed messages, it asks me what app to open for it. But that doesn't happen anymore. And when you unlock it with 1 missed text, it automatically opens with the stock SMS. <~ Might even be on a different ROM but I don't remember which, either way... I can't figure out how to get it to work the way I described.
zerkai said:
I think only Orb Unlock (Puzzle Unlock) and Glass Unlock (Screen swipe) are able to display stock SMS notifications on the lockscreen.
Since I'm using GoSMS, is there a way for when I unlock with the "Missed text" icon on the lockscreen it brings me to GoSMS and not the stock SMS?
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Good question. I use Handcent and would like to do the same.
ShadrachCA said:
Good question. I use Handcent and would like to do the same.
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If anyone is using serendipity and the orb/ glass unlock that enables stock SMS on the lock screen, any of you having a problem where the stock SMS opens quite slow when you open it through the lock screen?
Also still wondering how to link after market SMS apps to be used in lock screen as well
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Hi:
I too would like to use Handcent with the stock (AT&T) puzzle indicator. I have found several threads with this question asked, but none have answers. Does anyone know if this is even possible? If so, how?
Or is it just impossible?
Thanks!
MikeyMike01 said you would need to hack the sms app. Since they aren't open source, I don't think it's possible.