[Q] Problem With Chat Requests In Notification Area - XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all,
I've had my X8 for quite some time now and it is still basically stock SE. I have added some features like the dual touch plus removed Timescape and Facebook. Oddly though, when I check for updates via Android Market. Right at the bottom a Facebook icon remains but says "Free" to the right. Anyway I am having trouble with a constant chat request from a gmail.com address every time I connect to the internet.
Is there a way to permanently remove the chat request and if possible block further requests?
Regards
Pete

Petebob said:
Hello all,
I've had my X8 for quite some time now and it is still basically stock SE. I have added some features like the dual touch plus removed Timescape and Facebook. Oddly though, when I check for updates via Android Market. Right at the bottom a Facebook icon remains but says "Free" to the right. Anyway I am having trouble with a constant chat request from a gmail.com address every time I connect to the internet.
Is there a way to permanently remove the chat request and if possible block further requests?
Regards
Pete
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Do you know what is causing the message? If you could provide a screenshot it would help to understand what is causing it...
Probably its something you have installed...

stamatis said:
Do you know what is causing the message? If you could provide a screenshot it would help to understand what is causing it...
Probably its something you have installed...
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Shortly after connecting to the internet the icon appears in the top left corner (Pic1)
Once I drag the top bar down I get the chat request which is always the same address (Pic2)
Unsurprisingly, a quick Google with the address shows no results.

Petebob said:
Shortly after connecting to the internet the icon appears in the top left corner (Pic1)
Once I drag the top bar down I get the chat request which is always the same address (Pic2)
Unsurprisingly, a quick Google with the address shows no results.
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Thats not your email..?
What does the message says... "wants to be able to..."?
Never encountered something similar before, it could be from a simple email notification to malware....

stamatis said:
Thats not your email..?
What does the message says... "wants to be able to..."?
Never encountered something similar before, it could be from a simple email notification to malware....
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Nope, it's not my email.
It scrolls across the top when it happens and says [email protected] wants to be able to chat.
But when I pull the bar down and click on it, nothing happens.

Petebob said:
Nope, it's not my email.
It scrolls across the top when it happens and says [email protected] wants to be able to chat.
But when I pull the bar down and click on it, nothing happens.
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Have you checked your email account for any notifications?

stamatis said:
Have you checked your email account for any notifications?
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When it first happened I thought maybe there was something, but I don't have anything apart from the odd spam email.
I think I disabled the Chat in gmail at that time, but I checked last night and there is still nothing.
It's rather puzzling.
(Additional)
After fiddling about I have found that if I disable "Background Data" then once connecting to the internet I no longer have the notification pop up.
So this must be due to an App that I've installed.
Would you be able to advise me on the best way to go about troubleshooting this?

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more than one Gmail notification

OK is there any way to get more than the very first gmail notification at a time? Can we do something so that if we receive lets say 3 emails one right after the other They will all trigger the notification instead of just the first one?
Cobra302 said:
OK is there any way to get more than the very first gmail notification at a time? Can we do something so that if we receive lets say 3 emails one right after the other They will all trigger the notification instead of just the first one?
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well, if you are opening your email for the one, why waste time showing X amount...
You could also use the baked email app, its much better...
designgears said:
well, if you are opening your email for the one, why waste time showing X amount...
You could also use the baked email app, its much better...
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the wha? (ten chars)
Kreiger1981 said:
the wha? (ten chars)
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I think he means the "email" app. I think it is a lot better than the "gmail" app.
madjsp said:
I think he means the "email" app. I think it is a lot better than the "gmail" app.
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They are both not very good. The gmail app lacks lots of features, and the built in email app doesn't have push support. Try K9 mail. It will show a notification in the bar and a small circle showing how many new emails you have. It is also much more customizable than either of the stock email apps.
Question?
have you observed that the Detail of the notification will do the following
- when there is only 1 email, it will show the subject
- when there is more than 1, it will show the # of unread emails.
max_warheads said:
Question?
have you observed that the Detail of the notification will do the following
- when there is only 1 email, it will show the subject
- when there is more than 1, it will show the # of unread emails.
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Yes, it has the number. But the thing is, the phone will only "ring" for the first email. It won't sound again for all the subsequent emails.
me-boy said:
Yes, it has the number. But the thing is, the phone will only "ring" for the first email. It won't sound again for all the subsequent emails.
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Is there anyway to solve that? I want to see every email subject when the email is come. I mean if i have 3 mails, status bar must show 3 gmail notificaion and list it.
Settings / (account name) / Labels to Notify / Inbox. In the notification settings, you can select whether you want it to notify for each email or just the first one.

ClockworkMod DesktopSMS: Sending and receiving texts from your XOOM (and desktop)

DesktopSMS forwards all your incoming SMS on your *Android Phone* to your Gmail to GTalk.
You can then reply to the chat request or email, and the response will be sent back from your phone as a text message. This is very similar to Google Voice, except you won't need a new number or anything annoying like that!
http://app.net/desktopsms
Installation:
1) Install DesktopSMS on your ANDROID PHONE. (Not onto your XOOM)
2) Login to Desktop SMS on your ANDROID ****PHONE****.
3) Install a Chat client like Google Talk (which may already be on your XOOM) onto your XOOM or desktop PC.
4) Receive a text. Watch as your text gets converted to an email and google chat message
5) Respond!
So, once again, this app is only installed on your phone. Then just install your favorite IM client on your desktop and tablet, and the rest will work magically!
You do not need to install this on both your phone and tablet like other apps. You do not need to be on the same network like other apps. This all works by magic (my servers).
Let me know what you think. This is in a free beta right now, so be prepared for some bugs! I'd love to hear your feedback.
Wrote you a PM
well, I don't have a smart phone so thats a problem.
I, like many others, have ditched their smartphomes and activated their xooms. I now only have a dummy phone. I didn't see a need in paying for two data plans because I ws rarey using my phone. Now I use it to talk and text.... even though I wish it was only to talk.
I am waiting for the day that I can SMS on my Xoom using my current phone number. Guess I'll jabe to keep waiting. lol
Works awesome...just had a conversation with myself, through gtalk. Hahaha havnt tried it with my xoom yet. But im pretty sure it will work just fine. Very good job
It looks great but I cannot seem to get it to work yet, Mr. Koush. I have it signed it with push notifications successfully on my gmail account on my OG Droid. I can do the test message from within the app and it pops up on my phone like always, but other than that it does nothing on my Xoom, or on anything else for that matter. It seems almost like the push notifications are not even being sent out.
EDIT: I found out what the problem was. I had the default messaging app totally disabled, as I am using Handcent SMS as a complete replacement to the default one. I would like to use Handcent SMS instead of the default one. I know its beta and I cannot wait for updates!
diablo2224 said:
I found out what the problem was. I had the default messaging app totally disabled, as I am using Handcent SMS as a complete replacement to the default one.
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I had that same "issue" so thanks for posting the solution. User error as usual
Is there a way to make the contact name show up or will we need to add these email addresses to our contacts? Thanks and awesome job!
CT453213 said:
I had that same "issue" so thanks for posting the solution. User error as usual
Is there a way to make the contact name show up or will we need to add these email addresses to our contacts? Thanks and awesome job!
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It looks like after you receive your first text from that person after you accepted the "chat invite" on your Gtalk account it syncs up with your current contact list automatically. It shows the phone number on the left side of the screen under your gmail account, but in the chat window it shows that contacts name in parenthesis.
This ofcourse is for if you are using the Xoom with Gtalk, such as myself. I haven't tried anything else yet.
Could it be that the contacts NAME will be in the gtalk LIST instead of phonenumber ?
OK, being a bit thick here.
I'm using GoSMS Pro, but as far as I know, the default messaging app is still active, just without any notifications... does this make a difference?
Not currently receiving any notifications in email or g-talk... :/
Mr.Clark said:
OK, being a bit thick here.
I'm using GoSMS Pro, but as far as I know, the default messaging app is still active, just without any notifications... does this make a difference?
Not currently receiving any notifications in email or g-talk... :/
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Are u signed in in the app? The first time the app froze, i had to go back into it and sign in.
Just tested it with my xoom and it works great.
Looking for a little help, I have the app installed on my HTC desire HD, and it will forward the text to my gmail and talk, but when I reply nothing happens. Am i missing something, I've triedreplying through talk and gmail, and nothing from both.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Peace
Dan
ghoticov said:
I am waiting for the day that I can SMS on my Xoom using my current phone number. Guess I'll jabe to keep waiting. lol
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You can do this already if you have sprint
dowenprs said:
Looking for a little help, I have the app installed on my HTC desire HD, and it will forward the text to my gmail and talk, but when I reply nothing happens. Am i missing something, I've triedreplying through talk and gmail, and nothing from both.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Peace
Dan
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*edit* update took care of it, never mind.
@Koush
I am having an issue getting the app to try it out. When I tell the system to send me a link, it does, but it sends me a link for the link request page again. It does not send me a link to the actual app.
EDIT: Nevermind. I figured it out. Shouldn't browse until I had my coffee.
Is GTalk the only SMS application that will work on the tablet if the tablet is WiFi only?
dalepl said:
Is GTalk the only SMS application that will work on the tablet if the tablet is WiFi only?
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Havnt tried google voice...but its wifi only...gtalk is probably the only one
mulletcutter said:
Are u signed in in the app? The first time the app froze, i had to go back into it and sign in.
Just tested it with my xoom and it works great.
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Definitely signed in...
Koush:
Is it possible that your push servers are blocked in China?
I can correctly Login with Google Account, but get an error on 'registering with push server....' (takes long and eventually times out)
Error message: "Login failed. Please check your password. If the error persists, please send a log to the developer"
here is a log... maybe it helps analyze why i can't connect with the push servers...
Ok, it's just updated, and when I go to send a test SMS, it brings up
The application GoSMS was found installed. If you do not recieve a text message, please verify that it has not disabled SMS notifications in the application's settings.
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So that's cool, then I send the test. GoSMS then pops up the text, as it always does.
However, it still doesn't appear to be sending me an email.
When it says "please verify that it has not disabled SMS notifications in the application's settings", does it mean the default Messaging app?
I've tested by disabling the taskbar notification for GoSMS and re-enabling it for the default Messaging app, but even then, there is no sound nor visual cue that an SMS has arrived... is this why it's not working? Has GoSMS broken my default messaging app?
bwcorvus said:
You can do this already if you have sprint
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Of course, I have BIG RED. :/

New HTC One - Authentication Problem

Hi folks. I picked up a new HTC One a couple days ago. Love it!!!
One issue I have, though, is an "authentication problem" message that I'm receiving.
It happens when I go into the Gallery (when it updates).
I get an error indicator in the top left, and I receive a message that says "Authentication problem" when I drag down from the top left.
When I tap on the error message, it shows a Facebook page with an error note. If I click "okay" I then go back to a main phone/desktop screen. But the error indicator in the top left remains.
If I instead back out of the Facebook error page, I have a notification window on my screen that reads, "Authorization problem - Please authorize HTC Sense to access your Facebook account. Once your HTC Sense is authorized, you can read and post updates in People, Gallery and Calendar."
I don't know what it's looking for me to authorize or do, or where to do it. And I can only get rid of the error note in the top left corner if I restart the phone.
I'm not sure if it's related to Blinkfeed or something else. With Blinkfeed, it's not my "home screen" and I moved that Blinkfeed screen all of the way to the side and have nothing checked, so the phone is not updating anything through there. I'm not sure if it's related to this error message problem I'm having.
Please help. Thank you.
Sounds like it's Facebook authentication that it's looking for. There should be a way to turn that off. At least I hope there is.. my phone won't be here until tomorrow, but I'll be damned if I want Facebook to do anything with it until I tell it to (which is no further than installing the app).
Jedi2016 said:
Sounds like it's Facebook authentication that it's looking for. There should be a way to turn that off. At least I hope there is.. my phone won't be here until tomorrow, but I'll be damned if I want Facebook to do anything with it until I tell it to (which is no further than installing the app).
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Yeah, I'm sure there's a way to turn off whatever is causing this to happen, but: 1) I don't know why it's happening; and 2) I can't find whatever I need to do in order to stop it.
Problem solved.
From what it seems, the One's Gallery was trying to interact with Facebook and couldn't. I went into Facebook from my desktop and turned on Applications (I had it off). That seems to have done the trick.
michaelp68 said:
Problem solved.
From what it seems, the One's Gallery was trying to interact with Facebook and couldn't. I went into Facebook from my desktop and turned on Applications (I had it off). That seems to have done the trick.
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yes facebook is requesting AUTH for access to your photos. the gallery section now will pull photos from your facebook if you have it setup. BUT if you have 3rd party access turned off everytime gallery goes to pull when you start it, it will get rejected from the facebook website which is why you were getting the AUTH issue.
SOLVED-Authorized HTC sense to access facebook error
michaelp68 said:
Hi folks. I picked up a new HTC One a couple days ago. Love it!!!
One issue I have, though, is an "authentication problem" message that I'm receiving.
It happens when I go into the Gallery (when it updates).
I get an error indicator in the top left, and I receive a message that says "Authentication problem" when I drag down from the top left.
When I tap on the error message, it shows a Facebook page with an error note. If I click "okay" I then go back to a main phone/desktop screen. But the error indicator in the top left remains.
If I instead back out of the Facebook error page, I have a notification window on my screen that reads, "Authorization problem - Please authorize HTC Sense to access your Facebook account. Once your HTC Sense is authorized, you can read and post updates in People, Gallery and Calendar."
I don't know what it's looking for me to authorize or do, or where to do it. And I can only get rid of the error note in the top left corner if I restart the phone.
I'm not sure if it's related to Blinkfeed or something else. With Blinkfeed, it's not my "home screen" and I moved that Blinkfeed screen all of the way to the side and have nothing checked, so the phone is not updating anything through there. I'm not sure if it's related to this error message problem I'm having.
Please help. Thank you.
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GO to APPS> ALL APPS > check for facebook for htc sense > open and disable it after clearing data
worked for me , mystery solved
thanks
masad89 said:
GO to APPS> ALL APPS > check for facebook for htc sense > open and disable it after clearing data
worked for me , mystery solved
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OMG! thank you been pulling my hair for a day. Even went so far to deactivate my facebook profile. cheers to you!

[Q] Email App - Reply-All is including me?

Hey,
Just picked up a Note 3 through work, and have it connected via ActiveSync to my work's exchange server.
I used to have a GNEX with the same configuration, so I know this problem is due to the new device.
When I receive an email, and hit Reply All, it includes me on the response - but on my GNEX, this was never the issue, it would only reply to the other people in the email thread.
Does anyone know what the deal is with this? Am I missing a setting somewhere (I honestly don't know where everything is, with this ****ty TW layout).
Any help is appreciated.
dsac said:
Hey,
Just picked up a Note 3 through work, and have it connected via ActiveSync to my work's exchange server.
I used to have a GNEX with the same configuration, so I know this problem is due to the new device.
When I receive an email, and hit Reply All, it includes me on the response - but on my GNEX, this was never the issue, it would only reply to the other people in the email thread.
Does anyone know what the deal is with this? Am I missing a setting somewhere (I honestly don't know where everything is, with this ****ty TW layout).
Any help is appreciated.
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You need to go into the email app and settings. Click on your email account you want to edit and look for it.
LuckyColdJohnson said:
You need to go into the email app and settings. Click on your email account you want to edit and look for it.
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Yeah, been there, done that.
There's a "Make Reply-All the default" option, but that's about it.
2 attached files show the problem in action.
dsac said:
Yeah, been there, done that.
There's a "Make Reply-All the default" option, but that's about it.
2 attached files show the problem in action.
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I can't find it as well. This is weird. When I hit the two arrows at the bottom (Reply to all)
It does not include me. You don't have that "Make Reply-All" checked right? If so, I would take that off.
When reading an email, at the bottom you should have multiple buttons to use.
One back arrow for reply
Two back arrows together for reply all
One forward arrow to forward emails
The trash can looking icon
and last, next and back icon to go between emails quicker.
This is whats on all my emails when opened and I have no issues at all.
[URL=http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/Luckycoldjohnson/media/11-7-201312-51-17PM_zps56a70ff7.png.html]
[/URL]
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I can't find it as well. This is weird. When I hit the two arrows at the bottom (Reply to all)
It does not include me. You don't have that "Make Reply-All" checked right? If so, I would take that off.
When reading an email, at the bottom you should have multiple buttons to use.
One back arrow for reply
Two back arrows together for reply all
One forward arrow to forward emails
The trash can looking icon
and last, next and back icon to go between emails quicker.
This is whats on all my emails when opened and I have no issues at all.
[URL=http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/Luckycoldjohnson/media/11-7-201312-51-17PM_zps56a70ff7.png.html]
[/URL]
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yes, Make Reply-All The Default is checked. even without it though, i get the same problem.
interestingly enough, this also happens in Gmail.
just did a factory reset, going to see if that changes anything.
dsac said:
yes, Make Reply-All The Default is checked. even without it though, i get the same problem.
interestingly enough, this also happens in Gmail.
just did a factory reset, going to see if that changes anything.
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That's just crazy. Maybe your phone just really loves you.
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I can't find it as well. This is weird. When I hit the two arrows at the bottom (Reply to all)
It does not include me.
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OK, a factory reset solved it in both Email and Gmail.
In the Samsung Email app, if you go into Settings and pick Show More Settings, there is a "Auto CC/BCC" option. Strangely enough, this was unchecked (set to None) while this strangeness was happening.
Factory reset, then flashed the 4.4 Email and Exchange apks, then added my work account. Still experienced the same "Reply-All-Includes-Me" issue in 4.4 Email, didn't check Gmail. Added my work account to the Samsung Email app, and the problem disappeared. Deleted my account from the Samsung Email app, and now the 4.4 Email app is working properly.
Thanks for your help with this, it's greatly appreciated.
dsac said:
OK, a factory reset solved it in both Email and Gmail.
In the Samsung Email app, if you go into Settings and pick Show More Settings, there is a "Auto CC/BCC" option. Strangely enough, this was unchecked (set to None) while this strangeness was happening.
Factory reset, then flashed the 4.4 Email and Exchange apks, then added my work account. Still experienced the same "Reply-All-Includes-Me" issue in 4.4 Email, didn't check Gmail. Added my work account to the Samsung Email app, and the problem disappeared. Deleted my account from the Samsung Email app, and now the 4.4 Email app is working properly.
Thanks for your help with this, it's greatly appreciated.
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No problem, glad you figured it out. That would of drove me crazy.

text notification issues

All of a sudden I have 1 number in my phone that I do not get notifications from when they text me. My phone for not ring, vibrate, light up, nothing. This only happens with this one number, all other contacts work fine. I'm using the default messaging app and on the latest Google update. Has anyone has this issue. Is there something that maybe I clicked on that could have caused this.
FilthyFord said:
All of a sudden I have 1 number in my phone that I do not get notifications from when they text me. My phone for not ring, vibrate, light up, nothing. This only happens with this one number, all other contacts work fine. I'm using the default messaging app and on the latest Google update. Has anyone has this issue. Is there something that maybe I clicked on that could have caused this.
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You haven't accidentally blocked that number by accident have you?
To check this do the following, go to the messaging app > click on the 3 dot menu > check to see if the number/contact is listed there.
If it is click on the contact/number and then click on unblock.
Hope this is of some help.
It doesn't sound like this is your issue, but carriers will have a separate block-list that works account-wide. For example, numbers blocked in the Google Fi app will be blocked for all phones covered by that account. I seem to remember my last carrier having something similar on their website.
Although, can you clarify something... does the SMS appear in your messaging app and there's no notification... or does nothing at all appear?
jljtgr said:
It doesn't sound like this is your issue, but carriers will have a separate block-list that works account-wide. For example, numbers blocked in the Google Fi app will be blocked for all phones covered by that account. I seem to remember my last carrier having something similar on their website.
Although, can you clarify something... does the SMS appear in your messaging app and there's no notification... or does nothing at all appear?
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The message appears in the messaging app, I just don't get any notification. As far as I can see, it hasn't been blocked anywhere. It is my son's phone number so I know I wouldn't have done it purposely. I've thought about dirty flashing the FW again to see if that fixes it out just wait till the new one comes out next month
Keith W said:
You haven't accidentally blocked that number by accident have you?
To check this do the following, go to the messaging app > click on the 3 dot menu > check to see if the number/contact is listed there.
If it is click on the contact/number and then click on unblock.
Hope this is of some help.
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I checked and the number is not blocked. Hopefully next months update will fix it when I flash it.
If you use Messages, look at the notification settings and make sure you haven't toggled a conversation name off. Doing so would match what you're seeing.
jljtgr said:
If you use Messages, look at the notification settings and make sure you haven't toggled a conversation name off. Doing so would match what you're seeing.
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Ok thank you. I'll check that, but suddenly it is working again. I am leading toward it being a glitch in the FW. I'm gonna wait till the new one comes out and upgrade it and see if it happens again

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