So I have kit Kat but the launcher isn't present but on my friends Verizon phone it is. I have Sprint
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Blitzpwnage said:
So I have kit Kat but the launcher isn't present but on my friends Verizon phone it is. I have Sprint
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I'm assuming you're talking about the Google Experience Launcher like the Nexus 5 has? I have the Verizon version of this phone and my launcher is the same as yours....he installed something. Google "GEL launcher apk" and follow the instructions.
Here is the Launcher, I just installed it on my phone, no issues.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JsKg2piEExSlBoYlY4bXYzNjg/edit?usp=sharing
I installed GEL too. After that I couldn't use some moto features like the camera shake move. And the active notifications were gone as well.
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grossermanitu said:
I installed GEL too. After that I couldn't use some moto features like the camera shake move. And the active notifications were gone as well.
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Strange, I have it installed as well but I didn't lose any moto features. Did you install it as a system app?
I installed GEL without issue, as well.
Thanks for the link installed with no issues. As with any new launcher I restarted phone after install
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Now it works flawlessly on my phone as well. Thanks
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Was just curious as to what messaging app most people was using and recommended. I like to find one that has pop up and possibly lock screen preview like the stock app. Any help or suggestions is much appreciated.
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tacote said:
Was just curious as to what messaging app most people was using and recommended. I like to find one that has pop up and possibly lock screen preview like the stock app. Any help or suggestions is much appreciated.
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I love the stock messenger app, it has everything I need.
Go sms has pop up too if you prefer that.
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For now, stock app until I find something I like better.
I was using Textra on my S3 but it didn't want to work well with kitkat so I went to hangouts. I think hangouts could be a really good app, but right now its terrible in the way its organized. Contacts are a mess to sort through, and every google account you have has the ability to send messages which makes things very difficult to manage if you end up sending messages from more than one.
I'm not a huge fan of the stock app...kind of ugly, but it works well.
I use Textra and I love it.
Thanks for the info. I will try out those. I liked the stock app but was getting lag using it. It want bad but bad enough to drive me nuts. Lol
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I really liked the stock app until I imported all of my old texts from my I7777 and then the lag was unbearable. Nearly a 2 minute wait. Now I'm using Hangouts. Not as many features, but no lag.
Textra
EvovleSMS (this is the one I use)
HelloSMS
I tried all the popular ones...Go SMS, Textra, hello SMS, Hangouts, Evolve, etc. Hated all of them. I ended up sticking with chomp SMS. It's from the same developer that made biteSMS for the jailbroken iPhone, so I'm familiar with it. Plus, you can customize the theme to your liking. It has all the popular features: popups, quick reply/compose, delay sending, scheduled sending, privacy, etc.
Ever since my SGS 2, I always end up back with Textra. Black theme. Light, fast, actively developed and has all the necessary features. It's not overblown and just does it's job well.
I've been using Chomp for a long time and have been very happy with it. I've been trying out the stock messaging app for a few days, compared to past Samsung messaging apps, I'm impressed, but I'll probably be installing Chomp again soon...
Are there any messaging apps or themes for a messaging app that would make it flat? No matter how much I edit Chomp or Textra it just still doesn't look flat.
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I use hangouts as my stock mainly because I can directly chat with my Google contacts. I have little reception where I live but still have WiFi so I can message my friends with android over a hangout instead of an SMS. I also very much like the layout and Android Emojis. I never liked textra, chomp, or handcent.
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using stock messaging app here , rooted with twrp recovery , I have popup enabled when I get a msg and phone is locked (swipe to unlock set) I click the msg but then the phone lags at the lock screen ,and hangs. anyone else having problems with this ? or know a way to correct it ?
to get out of it I have to swipe to unlock then open up the messaging app it wont let me click the msg I got from the lock screen .
Was using ChompSMS but was getting a bit slow, switched to EvolveSMS but it's still really buggy, using Textra now. Slim, fast, quick reply / compose and not bogged down with tons of settings. Simple theme & emoji setup too. Be sure to download Textra emojis from app store.
since we are discussing the messaging apps, has anyone been getting random message alerts on old messages in the stock app? Phone was sitting on the counter last night charging and I heard it go off. Came out to find an alert for a message from tuesday that had already been read. Had this happen once before as well...alert on a previous read message. Never seen anything like it
From the sound of your needs, it seems like the stock app would suit your needs best. Why not use it? I don't really understand why some people seem to force themselves to use third party apps if the native ones work fine. :what:
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I alternate between stock and 8sms! 8sms is basically the cm messaging app with quick reply, quick call etc
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ex-28 said:
using stock messaging app here , rooted with twrp recovery , I have popup enabled when I get a msg and phone is locked (swipe to unlock set) I click the msg but then the phone lags at the lock screen ,and hangs. anyone else having problems with this ? or know a way to correct it ?
to get out of it I have to swipe to unlock then open up the messaging app it wont let me click the msg I got from the lock screen .
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You have root on the 900A?
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JesseTron said:
Was using ChompSMS but was getting a bit slow, switched to EvolveSMS but it's still really buggy, using Textra now. Slim, fast, quick reply / compose and not bogged down with tons of settings. Simple theme & emoji setup too. Be sure to download Textra emojis from app store.
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Wow, thank you sir. Much better than stock!
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You have root on the 900A?
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typo W
I have a XT1053 (T-Mobile) on stock 4.4.3 that is rooted. I've noticed within the past couple weeks that if I get an incoming call while the screen is unlocked, I can't pick up the call because the incoming call screen will not come up. The navbar disappears and the icon shows in the statusbar, but I can't drag the statusbar down. All other touch screen interaction works like normal. If the call comes while the screen is off, the incoming call screen shows up like normal. As you can understand this is a bit annoying. I disabled Xposed completely and tested it after a reboot but that didn't fix it. Has anybody encountered this or know of a fix? I really don't want to do a factory reset as I have my phone the way I like it, but I understand if it is needed.
Thanks
Have you uninstalled all the xposed apps as well as the framework?
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kboya said:
Have you uninstalled all the xposed apps as well as the framework?
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I haven't but that shouldn't make a difference if I completely uninstalled the exposed framework.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/incoming-call-prompt-missing-t2807712
I had the exact same issue. I had to factory reset (i.e. wipe data) to resolve the issue, unfortunately.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/incoming-call-prompt-missing-t2807712
I had the exact same issue. I had to factory reset (i.e. wipe data) to resolve the issue, unfortunately.
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Not sure why I couldn't find your thread. I thought it would come to this unfortunately. I'm trying to think of anything I could've done but I've not messed with anything that I know could cause issues.
Thanks fur the help.
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scubasteve85 said:
I haven't but that shouldn't make a difference if I completely uninstalled the exposed framework.
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Maybe it shouldn't, but it has for me and others on various devices.
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My moto x is rooted with stock ROM still. Have had no problems for the last like 3 months I've had it. Then yesterday it won't open apps and even the launcher freezes up. I'm still on 4.2.2 as well. Any idea why it would just stop working right? I haven't downloaded anything new either. I haven't had enough time outside of work to search myself. Any help is appreciated.
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Additional info: my phone for some reason has no recovery. SuperSU is crashing and disappears sometimes. I am at a loss and do not want to try to factory reset or anything unless I absolutely have to.
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Long story short my messages app sucks! Short Story long I love the messages app but it don't love me back. I'm sure many of you will suggest that I use hangouts or chomp or textra or some other third party message app which I do but I really want to use the stock app. I'm using hangouts by default right now. That's bc my stock app started acting up about 2 months after use. It would just freeze while texting and doing all kind of weird things that it shouldn't do. I thought it was just my phone and hoped that lollipop would fix it and started using hangouts but lollipop isn't here. Furthermore I bought my wife a note about a month ago after convincing her to leave the iPhone (greatest thing she ever did besides marrying me) and her phone started doing the exact same thing. So I'm curious if anyone else experienced this. I've tried clearing cache, deleting old messages and googling a solution but came with no luck. So here I am reaching out to my fellow xda-ers to see if anyone else had the same problem or better yet a solution?
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Can't say I have same issues. What rom you running?
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
We're both stock believe it or not
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That's really strange. Are you both on T-Mobile? I have not used the stock app since day 1, and I don't like Hangouts, but I do have problems sometimes messaging with my girlfriend. We both have Note 4's with Textra, but she is on Verizon and I am on the big pink T. We had no problems when we both had T-Mobile.
What sorts of things is the stock messaging app doing? I've used it for months with no issues on stock deodexed NK4
Yeah we're both t mobile. Basically while your trying to type it'll freeze the phone for 30 secs to a couple of minutes to the point it's unusable. Sometimes everything you typed will catch up but sometime it will just force close
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damedolla2 said:
Yeah we're both t mobile. Basically while your trying to type it'll freeze the phone for 30 secs to a couple of minutes to the point it's unusable. Sometimes everything you typed will catch up but sometime it will just force close
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Sounds like you both are using stock keyboard. Try swift key. Factory keyboard had a lot of lag. If you guys are rooted start debloating. Should help a ton.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
Both using swiftkey lol I may try stock and see what happens
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