Hi,
I think the way the note 5 does pic messaging is a bit inconsistent. Sometimes, after selecting a pic I want to send (from the gallery app) it immediately drops the pic into the messaging app and then I just have to type in the recipients name in the top of the message. Often other times, after selecting the pic, I get the attached window pop up asking me to select the recipient.
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from the pic, when you share, doesn't it first show a list of apps you want to share through?
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For me I just get to select the list of apps I want to send it with...I select "Textra" and bam..type in contact name select and send...I haven't had any issues with it over any other phone and it's very consistent.
Yes, it first shows me a list of apps I can attached the pic to. I select the stock messaging app and then that screen pops up that I showed.
Bumping this thread. Anyone else have this issue? I cant seem to fix it.
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Hi all.
I'm trying to do something pretty simple and it's probably just me missing something obvious but here goes:
I'm trying to add contact pictures / thumbnails to all the people or companies that send me text messages. With friends this is never a problem. Normally If someone sends me a text who is not in my contacts list then the sender name simply shows as their phone number - and I can add it to my contacts list and assign a contact picture which the messaging app then picks up ( instead of the standard android picture ( see a few examples in pic 1 ).
However some companies ( I'm using NatWest as an example in this case - see attached pic 1 ) actually come though on the messaging app as NatWest ( rather than a phone number ) - and I have no idea what number the text originated from ( not that I want to reply or anything ).
This means that when I long press on the message and choose to add it to my contacts then it shows the phone number as "NatWest" ( without the quotes - see attached pic 2 ). As a result the messaging app doesn't pick up on the contact picture I have chosen and just uses the default android pic as if it was an unknown recipient.
As you can see in Pic 2 I have assigned the NatWest logo to the contact entry but it still shows as the default picture in the messaging app - as per in Pic 1.
How do I know what number ( probably one of those 6 digit short numbers ) the text is actually coming from? Or how do I get the messaging app to display a contact picture of my choosing rather than the default one?
If it makes any difference I'm using a Motorola Milestone running CM6 12/12/2010.
Thanks.
I'm currently using a T-Mobile Note 5. Previous device was Note 4. So far, I like the phone, (N4 performance was disappointing) but there are a few quirks that I have yet to find a way to circumvent. Like anything, I'm sure there's value to someone for this stuff, just not for me.
1. When sharing an image from a gallery, it prompts me to either send to an Existing Contact or new contact. So they make the first app chosen when opening a new file or link the default app automatically (one of the quirks I don't necessarily prefer, but I can live with), but then add this?
2. Caller ID contact images for incoming and outgoing calls are tiny. I've reuploaded high res images to the contact and opened the contact locally to ensure the image was loaded and cached (so it didn't just display the small image with the blurry background) and still tiny. Both making and receiving calls.
3. If i"m doing something, incoming calls show up as a pop up card with a double ended arrow to expand it. I can live with it, but i'd prefer full screen.Any way to change that default behavior?
4. When in the messenger, tapping the paperclip to select an image attach from your gallery automatically sends the message. You can only select "Send", there is no attach option. Composing text before attaching does nothing and the picture is sent and your text stays in the text box.
I was able to solve the issue of disabling screen mirroring, and no way to keep capacitive touch buttons illuminated with the installation of a few light-weight apps that reenabled the options, but I have been unsuccessful finding anything about the four things I mentioned above.
Spovik said:
I'm currently using a T-Mobile Note 5.
4. When in the messenger, tapping the paperclip to select an image attach from your gallery automatically sends the message. You can only select "Send", there is no attach option. Composing text before attaching does nothing and the picture is sent and your text stays in the text box.
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I do not have the t-mobile version so I do not know what the difference would be but my attachment button works on the stock app.
I'm able to attach files fine, it's just the behavior when I attach them. Using the attached screenshots, I'll start out in a message and I'll tap my paperclip.
After tapping the paperclip, I'll be presented with the attach menu which as my recent photos and then the other options.
Upon selecting an option, there is only one button and that is send in the top right. If I push Send, it sends the picture. If I have text in the message field, it will NOT attach the picture so the image and text go as one message. My text stays untouched in draft and it sends just the picture.
That is weird. After I select a file I have a done button where your send button is. I wonder if it has something to with the advanced messaging for t-mobile.
All I can do is picture the Dr. Evil meme with "Advanced Messaging" in quotes...
I'll see if I can find a non-updated N5 and test the behavior. When I get a new phone I do all the OS updates first, and a fresh factory wipe so I didn't even bother looking to see what was contained in the update.
I could do without the video calling button monopolizing the entire send key area since I'll never use it...
I had to go so far as to check if Easy Mode was set up... Nice job Apple Samsung.
Either way thanks for the heads up. I was out of the loop and didn't even know about the advanced messaging and that sounds like a viable lead.
Just to close the loop on this in case someone else stumbles across it. Disabling VoLTE in the call settings "fixes" #1 and #4.
Thanks to bryyyan, which is where I first learned about this.
After updating there is ABSOLUTELY no option to add a caption or "subject" Text to a picture in the native messaging app. On last version you select a picture from galley and a thumbnail of said picture would be inserted into the body of the MMS and you have the option to enter text. Now you have no option at all only option is to send the picture directly
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After updating there is ABSOLUTELY no option to add a caption or "subject" Text to a picture in the native messaging app. On last version you select a picture from galley and a thumbnail of said picture would be inserted into the body of the MMS and you have the option to enter text. Now you have no option at all only option is to send the picture directly
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I noticed this too, I don't understand why they'd do this :what::what:
Yes! Completely ridiculous! T-mobile of course has "no info" on the issue.
I guess there is still no fix for this? For some reason this is a huge let down. Something so simple that should have been left alone.
You can. First open the message app, select new message icon on bottom right hand side, add attachment, then you can write the caption. Lastly select recipient and send. It's a hassle but the only way to do it
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serio22 said:
You can. First open the message app, select new message icon on bottom right hand side, add attachment, then you can write the caption. Lastly select recipient and send. It's a hassle but the only way to do it
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Thanks for the help. This is better than nothing.
When in Gallery and viewing a picture, if the share button is selected and then Messages is selected, instead of the normal behavior of attaching the picture to a message and opening the message in edit mode, a popup appears which says "Select contact to share" which offers the two choices between new contact or existing contact.
If existing contact is selected however it does not allow to select between alternate phone numbers or e-mail addresses for the contact and will automatically use the default number (or e-mail).
A suggested solution was that it is related to Voice over LTE setting which can be disabled in the dialer app.
Have seen posts on other forums about this and it appears to be on T-Mobile only devices. I'm also suspicious if perhaps it could be related to T-Mobile somehow trying to track who you are sending messages to? It wouldn't surprise me as they seem to be doing other creepy things like tracking all websites you visit.
Why would they need to do this to track who you're sending to? You send anything from your phone and it's easily tracked.
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So earlier today I was attempting to grab an online photo of someone to associate with a contact so I don't accidentally reject the call (I tend to just let people I don't know go to voice mail). So I looked up the number with Firefox/duckduckgo, found the photo I wanted, did a press/hold and the menu pops up. Select 'Set image as' and then selected Contacts.
Contacts then crashes (I tried it twice, with the same result, except the second time it asked to close app or send feedback, vs restart app and send feedback.)
So is this a bug? Or is it me thinking the phone should be smarter than that? I mean is Contacts thinking I'm opening it AS a Contact? And since all it sees is a jpg, it crashes?
This seems like it'd be good functionality. now I wonder if Bixby would look up a photo and put it into a contact for me....