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[APP][2.1+] Tablet Talk - Text Message (SMS) on your Tablet

Tablet Talk is an application for text messaging (SMS) on tablets. It requires that the tablet be connected to an Android phone also running Tablet Talk. When a message is received on the phone, it is forwarded to the tablet. When a message is sent from the tablet, it is forwarded to the phone. The tablet and phone can be connected either via Bluetooth or a Wifi network. Tablet Talk also syncs messages you send and receive on your phone while not connected--when you connect, such messages will sync to the tablet. It has too many additional features to list, including caller ID notifications. Currently, you can mute or ignore incoming calls from the tablet, with more to come.
As of September 6th, Tablet Talk v1.0.0 has been published to the Android Market. However, the hope is that this thread will remain an active place for leaving feedback, requesting features, and releasing test versions with experimental features. As always, all suggestions and feedback are highly appreciated. If you have any questions feel free to ask here or via PM or email. Thanks for looking!
When posting issues, please include the following:
-Tablet: model/OS version and ROM (if not stock)
-Phone: model/OS version and ROM (if not stock)
-If the problem is with Bluetooth, Wifi, or both​
Wifi mode: I recommend only using Wifi on trusted, secured networks--e.g. your home network
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Known issues:
-Not receiving messages? (One of the most emailed and reported "issues":) Are you using a third party SMS app on your phone such as GoSMS or Handcent? If so, please see the FAQ of Tablet Talk's help section for detailed instructions on fixing this problem. It requires a simple and quick change to your third party SMS app's settings. For example:
Handcent: Settings->Application Settings->Default Messaging application: set to "Disable".​
Go SMS: Settings->Receive Settings->Disable other message notification: uncheck​
After configuring the third party app, please open the Android SMS app that came on your phone. Go into its settings and disable notifications. This step is to prevent double notifications for incoming messages.​
-MIUI ROMs: Make sure to allow the app permission to send SMS, otherwise it will crash on the phone whenever you try to send messages. New: disable "System MMS app priority" in MIUI's SMS app, otherwise it will block other SMS apps such as Tablet Talk or Go SMS.​
-Infinite DHCP lease time: experiencing seemingly random and/or frequent disconnections when using Wifi? Please see Issue 20461 and Issue 18648 for more information. Huge thanks to Jon for this information!! This may explain some unresolved Wifi connection problems.​
-Custom ROMs/kernels: If you experience frequent disconnections with Bluetooth and/or Wifi and are not using stock firmware on your phone and/or tablet, please try a different ROM or stock firmware. There have been numerous cases where users switched to a new ROM and disconnections ceased. If you do not want to deal with the hassle of switching ROMs then just email or PM me and I will take care of you no problem!​
-Battery apps: numerous users have found that apps such as Juice Defender or CPU Tuner cause Tablet Talk to disconnect.​
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TODO:
-UI improvements
-Cool stuff​
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Changelog: (If a requested feature or reported bug is not listed then please feel free to post here or contact me again. Please note this list may be missing implemented changes)
v1.4+
-Changelog is in app's help section under "What's new"

Acer A500 running Honeyvillain 1.05a which is based on Acer's 3.1 release.
Nexus One running Cyanogenmod 7.1 RC1, 2.3.4.
As a daily use, I would do bluetooth. But, both worked for me (wifi disconnects randomly on my phone, so it is less preferential).
Any way to interact with the phone's notification system so that it stops the ringtone when the message is read on the tablet?

LG Optimus Pad 3.0.1 rooted
Motorola Atrix 2.3.4 running cherry pie
Bluetooth working great!
now if it could also have a caller id pop up like the Playbook, it would really be over the top cool!

daveid said:
Acer A500 running Honeyvillain 1.05a which is based on Acer's 3.1 release.
Nexus One running Cyanogenmod 7.1 RC1, 2.3.4.
As a daily use, I would do bluetooth. But, both worked for me (wifi disconnects randomly on my phone, so it is less preferential).
Any way to interact with the phone's notification system so that it stops the ringtone when the message is read on the tablet?
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Thank you for the feedback. When the phone disconnected, would the tablet always detect it and change to disconnected?
I am looking for a way to disable incoming text notifications on the phone without risking messages not being saved in the default SMS application inbox.
doaneramma said:
LG Optimus Pad 3.0.1 rooted
Motorola Atrix 2.3.4 running cherry pie
Bluetooth working great!
now if it could also have a caller id pop up like the Playbook, it would really be over the top cool!
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That is in the next update

Using Acer with the epic 4g all running stock. Epic on eg22. Working great so far. Minor thing. Number has to be in 123-123-1234 or 1234567890. I have it connected via Bluetooth.

NoHousePhone said:
Using Acer with the epic 4g all running stock. Epic on eg22. Working great so far. Minor thing. Number has to be in 123-123-1234 or 1234567890. I have it connected via Bluetooth.
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Thanks! Is there a number format you were trying to use in "Compose new message" that it said was invalid? The way it is supposed to work now: it ignores any dashes, and allows any length numbers that may or may not be preceded by a +. Hence "123", "+1234", "23423234", etc are allowed.

Can the icon in status bar be hidden?

Some numbers are in (123) 123-4567 format.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Quick update: by default, incoming call notifications are shown on the tablet. In the future there will be more options to control the sound and vibration for such notifications. If there is interest, conversation threads will also include call logs for received calls.
baseballfanz said:
Can the icon in status bar be hidden?
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My only concern is the inability of the user to know if Tablet Talk is running in the background and if so, what exactly it is doing. I will think about this more, however.
NoHousePhone said:
Some numbers are in (123) 123-4567 format.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Whoops, fixed. Thank you again!

Aaron,
This has the potential to be something HUGE. Imagine all the people who've purchased
high-end smartphones and would like added functionality ala Playbook. Man, you could
make things such as the Asus Padphone and Moto Lap-Docks obsolete! Much luck to
you in perfecting and ENHANCING this app;fantastic effort mate.
-Andri
Phone(s) Moto MB511 Flipout Android 2.1 stock Blur
Tablet Archos 70 8GB Android 2.2 aos 2.3.81
WiFi+Bluetooth

It would be nice to be able to clear the text messages that are saved in the app.

andri2805 said:
Aaron,
This has the potential to be something HUGE. Imagine all the people who've purchased high-end smartphones and would like added functionality ala Playbook. Man, you could make things such as the Asus Padphone and Moto Lap-Docks obsolete! Much luck to you in perfecting and ENHANCING this app;fantastic effort mate.
-Andri
Phone(s) Moto MB511 Flipout Android 2.1 stock Blur
Tablet Archos 70 8GB Android 2.2 aos 2.3.81
WiFi+Bluetooth
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Thank you very much
NoHousePhone said:
It would be nice to be able to clear the text messages that are saved in the app.
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You can delete single messages and conversations by long pressing on them, but I will add an option in settings to clear everything at once.

The long press not working for me. The SMS are being saved on the phone side.
Great work so far.

Wow, this is working great over wifi. What a great app! I do think the UI could use a coat of pretty, but I'm guessing the dev efforts have been focused on functionality initially. It didn't seem to auto reconnect on the tablet (transformer, stock 3.2, rooted) after a phone call. Did I just not give it enough time, or is reconnect not yet supported?

Update (8.10.2011):
-added options for the phone call notifications
-fixed multipart text messaging bug (sorry to those of you who were experiencing FC's!)
-added long press menu for phone
-various fixes/tweaks
NoHousePhone said:
The long press not working for me. The SMS are being saved on the phone side.
Great work so far.
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Sorry, my mistake. Fixed
galt said:
Wow, this is working great over wifi. What a great app! I do think the UI could use a coat of pretty, but I'm guessing the dev efforts have been focused on functionality initially. It didn't seem to auto reconnect on the tablet (transformer, stock 3.2, rooted) after a phone call. Did I just not give it enough time, or is reconnect not yet supported?
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"coat of pretty" is my new favorite expression.
The phone automatically tries to reconnect so that you do not have to get up and find it if it's on the other side of the house. Originally the Tablet also automatically attempted to reconnect, but I removed it and forgot to add it back. It will be back in the next update along with options to control its behavior.
Is it disconnecting every time you receive a phone call? It should not be doing this. Is anyone else experience this problem?

Delete messages fixed.
Maybe a future feature to be able to answer the phone thru the tablet would be cool.
If a contact has more than one mobile number I can only choose one.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Great app idea, good luck with it!
I couldn't manage to connect via wifi but it's worked with Bluetooth.
HTC Desire (Baadnewz Stock Gingerbread rom).
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7510
Edit: The hideous green icon has to go!

I actually love its' UI's simplicity. Looks professional and uncluttered.If you're gonna change it,make it a downloadable option,TabletTalk's small size is greatly appreciated. Volume when i get calls is really soft,though. I installed it for my 66yr old father and he got used to it in a flash. Keep up the great work! (Just refine already available features)
Now running on 3 different users+combos.
1. Moto MB511 2.1blur+ Archos 70IT 2.2aos, BT/Wifi
2. Moto XT720 2.1stock+ Xoom MZ602 3G 3.1stock, BT/Wifi
3. Moto MB511 2.1blur+ Xoom MZ604 Wifi 3.1stock, BT only

NoHousePhone said:
Delete messages fixed.
Maybe a future feature to be able to answer the phone thru the tablet would be cool.
If a contact has more than one mobile number I can only choose one.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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When you manually enter his or her phone number in "Compose Message", or the contact chooser, or both?
UKseagull said:
Great app idea, good luck with it!
I couldn't manage to connect via wifi but it's worked with Bluetooth.
HTC Desire (Baadnewz Stock Gingerbread rom).
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7510
Edit: The hideous green icon has to go!
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Thanks! Is the WiFi network your home's or work's? The WiFi mode will not work on all networks due to individual network settings. If it's your own home network, check to see if the default port is open.
andri2805 said:
I actually love its' UI's simplicity. Looks professional and uncluttered.If you're gonna change it,make it a downloadable option,TabletTalk's small size is greatly appreciated. Volume when i get calls is really soft,though. I installed it for my 66yr old father and he got used to it in a flash. Keep up the great work! (Just refine already available features)
Now running on 3 different users+combos.
1. Moto MB511 2.1blur+ Archos 70IT 2.2aos, BT/Wifi
2. Moto XT720 2.1stock+ Xoom MZ602 3G 3.1stock, BT/Wifi
3. Moto MB511 2.1blur+ Xoom MZ604 Wifi 3.1stock, BT only
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Hah that's great, thanks. Does increasing the tablet's volume increase the sound notification volume?
I am adding a setting for a lighter-colored theme. In the future I will implement third party options for themes.

Both.
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[SystemUI/Framework-res]Pantech Burst Users.:D

A few member in the burst thread know about what I have done SystemUI wise to give us a little bit of that Stock ICS flare. After so I did the same with the framework-res. Well here is a thread dedicated just to that. I hope you enjoy. These do work! I use them myself. Screen shots shall be uploaded sooner or later for proof. Disclaimer: I am not responsible if something goes wrong. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP, just in case.
Below is my 4th revision of a SystemUI: Signal bar, bluetooth, wi-fi, silent, vibrate and battery is changed to stock ICS blue.
www.dropbox.com/s/3ippqv6698z5j7a/SystemUI4.4.apk
instructions: for ease do this.
Of course rename the file back to "SystemUI.apk".lol don't want a awkward situation.In the directory of where you would adb your device place this in the directory and navigate to the folder where said file would be located type.
- adb remount (remounts device and can give permissions)
- adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/SystemUI.apk
--Should move accordingly. Then this.
- adb shell
- su
- reboot
SystemUI is finished!!!
Below is the modified framework-res. The toggle switches for like wifi and bluetooth in the settings menu is changed. The spinner icon for when your phone shuts off is changed. the scrubber when you use your volume control is changed. The USB, ADB, Dload/Uload is changed.
Download it.:https://www.dropbox.com/s/cw7bxsvljplwiwb/framework-res.apk
Instructions: Move the file to your directory where your android stuff is on your computer like for systemUI.
- adb remount
- adb push framework-res.apk /system/framwork/framework-res.apk
-- Should move!
- adb shell
- su
- reboot
There you go!
There will be more revisions in the future when i have the time! Oh and some work with the contact and phone apk.
Hope this works for you and that you love it! I know I do.

Very good mate +1 / Here is the tutorial for the same . I'll appriciate if someone can provide me the orignal settings so i can demonstrate that also
http://forum.gizmolord.com/android-modding/framework-system-ui-by-xxthe/msg84927/#msg84927

ujjwalchhabra said:
Very good mate +1 / Here is the tutorial for the same . I'll appriciate if someone can provide me the orignal settings so i can demonstrate that also
http://forum.gizmolord.com/android-modding/framework-system-ui-by-xxthe/msg84927/#msg84927
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Don't forget the scrubber animation on the volume switcher.

I will upload more screenies for you to post of gizmo. Will be later today as xda is being a fart nugget.

the status thermometers (such as shows when installing an app under "Downloading...") have a flicker to them while they are running...

mr72 said:
the status thermometers (such as shows when installing an app under "Downloading...") have a flicker to them while they are running...
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I noticed that too.. I really do not know what happened at that point... Something may have went wrong when I was switching out the scrubbers... No idea. I will look into it when I get home from work. Sorry for the inconvenience.

xxthe said:
I noticed that too.. I really do not know what happened at that point... Something may have went wrong when I was switching out the scrubbers... No idea. I will look into it when I get home from work. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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No inconvenience, just wanted to mention it in case you hadn't seen it and want to fix it.
Looks like the bar is not in the same place on the Y axis as the original, and it's redrawing a blank page after looping, which causes the jump. guessing

mr72 said:
No inconvenience, just wanted to mention it in case you hadn't seen it and want to fix it.
Looks like the bar is not in the same place on the Y axis as the original, and it's redrawing a blank page after looping, which causes the jump. guessing
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The download is the original. I believe it is just a issue with the phone because when I was tinkering with drop down alittle bit it started that. And I will definitely look into fixing it. It isn't a major issue. I mean. I never pay attention I just look for complete and not installed lol. At the moment I'm working on changing apk icons for our phone and editing the framework for the dialer. It is really ugly in my opinion.
Sent from my PantechP9070 using xda app-developers app

Here is something for you guys. The sexiness of the ics and jb. The messaging.
http://db.tt/qOMoaxMH
One is holo styled meaning black and stuff. And I have the regular as well. Above is the holo here is the regular.
http://db.tt/AjZaJ1Q6
Hope you like.
Also here is the browser for cm9 as well. It works I use it my self http://db.tt/VK7Q7aX2
Forgot this too. Here is the calendar as well.
http://db.tt/0cBvedwN
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Here is some screenies.
That five bar sexiness.
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Calendar I seeped and clicked the wrong one -.- won't let me upload the calendar screen shot.
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Proper calendar xD
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I keep forgetting stuff that works. Here is the deskclock. I assume everyone knows how to do system apps. But yeah.
http://db.tt/lpgfEonH
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xxthe said:
The download is the original. I believe it is just a issue with the phone because when I was tinkering with drop down alittle bit it started that. And I will definitely look into fixing it. It isn't a major issue. I mean. I never pay attention I just look for complete and not installed lol. At the moment I'm working on changing apk icons for our phone and editing the framework for the dialer. It is really ugly in my opinion.
Sent from my PantechP9070 using xda app-developers app
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Actually the stock dialer (and phone.apk, incoming call screen, etc.) will not scale to my resolution (192dpi), so if you have a way to fix this, it would be major! Using Go Contacts (and dialer) EX as a substitute, which works but is very slow.

mr72 said:
Actually the stock dialer (and phone.apk, incoming call screen, etc.) will not scale to my resolution (192dpi), so if you have a way to fix this, it would be major! Using Go Contacts (and dialer) EX as a substitute, which works but is very slow.
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Get exDialer and get the ICS theme for it. I like it alot better in my opinion. And I got a request to cook up a rom. I'm implicating a lot of the stuff you have seen throughout the thread. Stock ICS apps, my systemUI and framework.
Should have the ROM uploaded sometime today!

xxthe said:
Get exDialer and get the ICS theme for it. I like it alot better in my opinion. And I got a request to cook up a rom. I'm implicating a lot of the stuff you have seen throughout the thread. Stock ICS apps, my systemUI and framework.
Should have the ROM uploaded sometime today!
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Yes that's what I have but it is very slow. Loading the dialer/phone app is very, very slow, same for contacts.
While you're building something new, the AOSP lock screen would be killer, and the dialer & phone apps need to be reverted to stock. Those are some of the biggest problems with the Burst stock ICS IMHO.

mr72 said:
Yes that's what I have but it is very slow. Loading the dialer/phone app is very, very slow, same for contacts.
While you're building something new, the AOSP lock screen would be killer, and the dialer & phone apps need to be reverted to stock. Those are some of the biggest problems with the Burst stock ICS IMHO.
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I actually found where our lockscreen lurks. Took me 4 hours to find it. And the dialer and contacts... I have the Stock ics apps for it.. I have tried alot of ways. But I can not get them to work to save my life.
And I'm actually done building. Just a matter of uploading the rom.
Stock ICS contacts and dialer. Ours has so much that they do not so it will be tricky to revert but I will keep fooling with photoshop and see what I can do.

xxthe said:
I actually found where our lockscreen lurks. Took me 4 hours to find it
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Let me know if I can help with this.
And the dialer and contacts... I have the Stock ics apps for it.. I have tried alot of ways. But I can not get them to work to save my life.
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Yes, I did the same thing, and had the same kind of success rate (zero). Couldn't get stock ICS dialer and contacts to work.

mr72 said:
Let me know if I can help with this.
Yes, I did the same thing, and had the same kind of success rate (zero). Couldn't get stock ICS dialer and contacts to work.
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My friend fount a guide for it for me. I will try later. The lockscreen atleast.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949148
There it is. I'm not that good with baksmali. Has been awhile. So have fun mr72
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[Q] HTC One Auto Emoji

Hello
I just updated my HTC One to 4.3 android.. It works perfectly, except one thing:
Before, when I type a text message, emoji would appear as soon as i type it, like semicolon and parentheses  would instantly change to emoji.
Now, it stays as I type it - it doesnt get replaced by emoji.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks!

I would assume that since there's more emojis (probably hundreds of them) and full iPhone compatibility, that's just one of the draw backs. Now between us and iPhones we can see and send full emojis in color, but as far as I know you have to use the stock HTC keyboard and hold down on the smiley button to access them.
And sending these emojis to other android it doesn't show up right, at least to my wife who has the same phone but on android 4.1.2 and sense 5 it showed up as an empty square.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2

The smiley faces you had before updating that automatically changed when typing were not true emoji icons. 5.5 sense brought true emoji standard which you need to actually pull up the separate key layout list to use. This list is also fully compatible with ios and iPhones.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app

The problem lies when one wants to use a custom keyboard, and wants to see emojis

caliber177 said:
The problem lies when one wants to use a custom keyboard, and wants to see emojis
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Yea, I mentioned that above. You can still see emojis everywhere, but you can't use them. I don't use them often so I use Swype, and when I wanna use an emoji I switch to the stock keyboard. It's not perfect, but it works.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2

So in 5.5 we'll be able to see and post color emoji in apps like twitter and instagram and also send and receive full color emoji with iphones??

blueshadow12 said:
So in 5.5 we'll be able to see and post color emoji in apps like twitter and instagram and also send and receive full color emoji with iphones??
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My gf has an iPhone and we can see each others emoji on 5.5 plus I see them on her Instagram using Instagram on my 5.5
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dobbs3x said:
My gf has an iPhone and we can see each others emoji on 5.5 plus I see them on her Instagram using Instagram on my 5.5
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Great. No more black and white android emojis

blueshadow12 said:
Great. No more black and white android emojis
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Ya they are color, identical to the iPhone ones.

dobbs3x said:
The smiley faces you had before updating that automatically changed when typing were not true emoji icons. 5.5 sense brought true emoji standard which you need to actually pull up the separate key layout list to use. This list is also fully compatible with ios and iPhones.
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So is there chance to change that to update automatically, as it was before? The thing is that all text messages that I receive and that are not sent with emoji but with regular typing - are shown as characters not emoticons...
THANKS!

mpavlica said:
So is there chance to change that to update automatically, as it was before? The thing is that all text messages that I receive and that are not sent with emoji but with regular typing - are shown as characters not emoticons...
THANKS!
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You could download a different keyboard and/or sms app form play store or from these forums. e.g. a stock aosp android messaging app and keyboard. or one of the dozens of others out there.

But that doesnt actually display emoji's...

A lot of apps, i.e. sms apps, forums, websites, etc have made "their own" icons to display when you would type a "semi-colon and a parenthesis" together, for example. There was no standard here, it was all individual to the app.
Now, true emoji style icons, which is a standard baked into the Sense 5.5 ROM and IOS does not use the "semi-colon and parenthesis" type format.
Before, when using the "semi-colon parenthesis" style it was not "universal/standard" for example; I could use my "old sense 5" ROM and send a text using a "semi-colon and parenthesis" and on my phone it would convert it to a smiley-face (not an emoji) and I would send it to my gf who has an iPhone and it would show up as a "semi-colon and parenthesis" (not a smiley-face) because it was not a universal/standard way of doing it. TRUE EMOJI is a "standard" that works better and will allow us to see the icons between devices and not rely on individual apps to make up their own as in the past using "semi-colons and parenthesis" that were app specific.. This probably makes no sense to you but I gave it a shot, maybe someone else can explain it better.

I just would love to see some screenshots of this in action in 5.5

thousia sign
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A lot of apps, i.e. sms apps, forums, websites, etc have made "their own" icons to display when you would type a "semi-colon and a parenthesis" together, for example. There was no standard here, it was all individual to the app.
Now, true emoji style icons, which is a standard baked into the Sense 5.5 ROM and IOS does not use the "semi-colon and parenthesis" type format.
Before, when using the "semi-colon parenthesis" style it was not "universal/standard" for example; I could use my "old sense 5" ROM and send a text using a "semi-colon and parenthesis" and on my phone it would convert it to a smiley-face (not an emoji) and I would send it to my gf who has an iPhone and it would show up as a "semi-colon and parenthesis" (not a smiley-face) because it was not a universal/standard way of doing it. TRUE EMOJI is a "standard" that works better and will allow us to see the icons between devices and not rely on individual apps to make up their own as in the past using "semi-colons and parenthesis" that were app specific.. This probably makes no sense to you but I gave it a shot, maybe someone else can explain it better.
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I understood you perfectly. But is it possible that software developers didnt keep that option to show smiley-faces. Thats a step backward....
No chance to "re-enable" that?
Thanks!

Using nexus 4's Messaging app instead of Hangouts

Hello everybody,
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I really don't like hangouts as my sms application. I've just got a Nexus 5 and I was disappointed that the old messaging app in my Nexus 4 was not installed at all.
Much to my surprise, after updating my N4 to 4.4 (I will sell it) I realized that the old messaging app (mms.apk) was actually updated for kitkat. It is located in /system/priv-app/Mms.apk. I decided to give it a try and copy that Mms.apk file from my N4 to the N5, to the same directory, using root explorer. I installed directly from root explorer (had to activate the unknown sources checkmark in the security page of my settings). To make the story short, after choosing Messaging as the default SMS app and wait for some kind of sms rebuild, everything was working perfectly as with the N4. I have not run into any problem in the last 24H and I have received/sent a bunch of sms.
N.B. If google, some day, updates hangouts to merge conversations with the same user into a single window I might consider coming back.
Hope this helps somebody... and hopefully this is not old news (I did search in the forum to check that I'm not rediscovering the wheel )
Regards from the Alps,
Gusano.

Yeah I'd like to keep Hangouts exclusively for my IMs that I have with my gmail contacts, if you could post the MMS apk that would be excellent!

Voilà!
BTW,
md5sum Mms.apk
d748c756ae66a21ea1764def512d631a Mms.apk
If somebody could check their Nexus 4 (4.4) Mms.apk's md5sum it would be nice. I do not expect everybody to trust me

Great!
Thank you very much for this post! It is actual problem for me!

Install 8sms. It's the AOSP messaging app with features added in and improved. It's really nice.

GldRush98 said:
Install 8sms. It's the AOSP messaging app with features added in and improved. It's really nice.
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Thanks for the suggestion, great app.

Unlocked V40 from B&H

Hey guys just a few quick questions here. Did anyone order the V40 from B&H?
If so I have a few questions about some of the system apps. Mainly does it have the stock lg messaging app or did they ditch that with the international version as well? Does the Google dialer from playstore work on the phone or is it blocked? Yes I know there's a patched version but I'm wondering about the one on Google Play. On the G7 it worked fine. And if someone could posts few screenshots for me that would be swell too. Looking to see settings, dialer and if possible the stock messaging app (if it was included)

Did not come with a LG Messaging app. Is compatible with the Google Dialer and Contacts. Installed both and then uninstalled com.android.contacts to remove the lg dialer and contacts, and everything is working fine. Also have done the same with calculator and clock so I could use more overlays with swift black. Settings look different from the V30, but probably similar to the G7. May attach screenshots later if I remember and have time.

The Elite said:
Did not come with a LG Messaging app. Is compatible with the Google Dialer and Contacts. Installed both and then uninstalled com.android.contacts to remove the lg dialer and contacts, and everything is working fine. Also have done the same with calculator and clock so I could use more overlays with swift black. Settings look different from the V30, but probably similar to the G7. May attach screenshots later if I remember and have time.
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Great thanks for this. How about lg calendar app?

It came with Google Messages (currently running 3.7.052) as the stock messaging app. I don't know about the normal version but the beta of the Google Phone (26.0222117411) app works just fine directly from the store. I've attached dialer and messaging screenshots with personal information cleared out.

markbencze said:
Great thanks for this. How about lg calendar app?
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Calendar is the Google version.

My sprint came with lg calendar

Another question for the international one, if that's the B&H one. Can you turn off the camera shutter sound right from the app?

Can someone show me a picture of the theme app open? I want to see something that will be helpful moving forward and let me get a head start on a few things

markbencze said:
Can someone show me a picture of the theme app open? I want to see something that will be helpful moving forward and let me get a head start on a few things
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These?

Ainz_Ooal_Gown said:
These?
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Perfect thanks. That's exactly what I wanted and was hoping to see. Glad they have new themes app. that's good news for us!

markbencze said:
Perfect thanks. That's exactly what I wanted and was hoping to see. Glad they have new themes app. that's good news for us!
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Well if your taking requests a black out theme would be nice and battery saving....and whatever wallpaper you wannna go with as the creator.

Well I don't take requests per say but I sure do listen to people and try to cater as best I can. I will open a support, communication and feedback thread once I get something done. I've had quite a few people asking for pixel experience light and dark so that will be first followed by something else that I've been tinkering with and possibly an icon pack add on since some people prefer stock icons, with the icon pack they can have the choice

markbencze said:
Well I don't take requests per say but I sure do listen to people and try to cater as best I can. I will open a support, communication and feedback thread once I get something done. I've had quite a few people asking for pixel experience light and dark so that will be first followed by something else that I've been tinkering with and possibly an icon pack add on since some people prefer stock icons, with the icon pack they can have the choice
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True true, well I can beta test lol

My V40 has arrived and according to my wife is at home waiting for me. Time to make things happen!

Hi im a lg g6 user can you upolad for me theses system apps :
Answer incoming call.apk
Contacts list.apk
Screen call.apk

The Elite said:
Did not come with a LG Messaging app. Is compatible with the Google Dialer and Contacts. Installed both and then uninstalled com.android.contacts to remove the lg dialer and contacts, and everything is working fine. Also have done the same with calculator and clock so I could use more overlays with swift black. Settings look different from the V30, but probably similar to the G7. May attach screenshots later if I remember and have time.
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Can you root the BH version?
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