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[Q] FB widget for notifications?

I currently have the widget Blue Notify for Facebook notifications, which is ok I guess but instead of the FB notifications just going to the notification bar it would be much better if there was a widget like the Launcher Pro Plus Facebook newsfeed widget that just listed notifications, does anyone know of such a thing?
I'm contemplating just getting a RSS widget and using the RSS feed of FB notifications but that isn't a very elegant solution. I really wish Facebook would give their native Android app the love that it needs especially surrounding the news feed & notifications, plus not linking outside of the app to view certain things!

I wish they would design it like the iPhone app (yea I said that dreaded word here) I miss being able to filter out groups and just be able to see my friends and family updates again

avgjoegeek said:
I wish they would design it like the iPhone app (yea I said that dreaded word here) I miss being able to filter out groups and just be able to see my friends and family updates again
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I miss Facebook iPhone app too.. But.. I don't miss iPhone!!!

SnakeHaveYou said:
I miss Facebook iPhone app too.. But.. I don't miss iPhone!!!
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Amen to that.
Just wish some of the features were ported over.
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Its been a LONG TIME since Ive used an iJunk so I cant say that I remember the facebook app on it. What I can say is that (unfortunately) I did own a Motorola Backflip. I hated the phone, but the facebook widget on that phone was great. I havent seen it on any other phone, but would love to be able to use it on my Captivate. Does anyone know of a way?

[REQUEST] Metal Gear Solid codec dialer.apk

i feel like this would be a solid hit, especially against i*hone lovers that are mgs fans too. any interest?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYN1yz5lU8A

Word!! Metal Gear Solid is an epic game, would love to see it integrated into the captivate

that would be awesome I'm gonna sit down tonight and see what I can do but idk no promises.

Here are two notification sounds I have for anyone interested. One is the codec sound, and the other is the gaurd alert sound.

Bump the eff out of this!

frankdogg said:
Here are two notification sounds I have for anyone interested. One is the codec sound, and the other is the gaurd alert sound.
http://db.tt/CDdqGT4
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link didnt work for me.

i found all the image files but im trying to get an idea how this should look. the calling screen seems easy enough but things like the dialer i feel would would get cluttered if i did to much to them. anywho ill dable a bit. i dont publicly theme but i like to make my own stuff so i can say its a bit personalized. who knows maybe ill take this idea for a spin lol

ih4ckback said:
that would be awesome I'm gonna sit down tonight and see what I can do but idk no promises.
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i would be willing to part with $5 for a pot on this...
lets find a good font to use

kamesen said:
i would be willing to part with $5 for a pot on this...
lets find a good font to use
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im actually trying to find the slanted 'pin stripe' package to use..or thats what im going to call it. i found one BUT it looks like it might be missing some essential characters.
http://www.dafont.com/metal-gear-solid.font
just might be my preference but when i think metal gear i think the above.

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im actually trying to find the slanted 'pin stripe' package to use..or thats what im going to call it. i found one BUT it looks like it might be missing some essential characters.
http://www.dafont.com/metal-gear-solid.font
just might be my preference but when i think metal gear i think the above.
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do like. perhaps a font like the one used for the codec frequency could provide another set of chars for numbers etc
take another look at the video

Aftashok said:
link didnt work for me.
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Fixed. Dropbox wasn't cooperating. I attached it to my first post.

I've played mg
kamesen said:
i would be willing to part with $5 for a pot on this...
lets find a good font to use
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Been a hardcore fan of mg since day one on my nes. If you pull this off I will pay at least 20 usd for a dialer. And 50 usd for a theme, or at least system sounds replacement.

frankdogg said:
Here are two notification sounds I have for anyone interested. One is the codec sound, and the other is the gaurd alert sound.
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Where do I unzip these files to be able to select them as notification sounds?
Think I found it: unzip to system/media/audio/notifications.......right?

eep2378 said:
Where do I unzip these files to be able to select them as notification sounds?
Think I found it: unzip to system/media/audio/notifications.......right?
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I used Ringdroid from the market to convert the mp3 into a ogg file. It also puts the file where you choose, (alarm, notification, ringtone). Im sure there's other ways, but that's how I did it.

Just checking for update. This is my most anticipated relelase for my captivate since day one of ownership.
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frankdogg said:
I used Ringdroid from the market to convert the mp3 into a ogg file. It also puts the file where you choose, (alarm, notification, ringtone). Im sure there's other ways, but that's how I did it.
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thanks worked like a charm

I've been in the hospital and away from my desktop for the last few days but I have pretty good idea for tackling this so once I get home I'll make a mock up and we'll see what we can do.

let me be clear about this, there are a lot of metal gear themes out there, all of which incorporate character models as icons this is the kind of thing I do not like.
I would rather really like to see icons made out of pick up items, or the L1 R1 item weapons scroll windows, ( you know the ones black box w/Red single line drawings) the socom; rations; and the cardboard box a.
when I press keys on my keyboard I want to hear the socom silenced pistol shot. Do you catch my drift?
my mind goes so deep all the details that I can imagine, however I do not have technical ability to make my dreams come true.
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these mgs tones are all over zedge.

ih4ckback said:
I've been in the hospital and away from my desktop for the last few days but I have pretty good idea for tackling this so once I get home I'll make a mock up and we'll see what we can do.
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hope you get well soon
i wish i could have a filter over my contacts picture to make it look like the original game. i have a picture for most every contact so that would be cool. dialer in the middle with a number display above, mostly a black theme/background.
would be sweet with the original sound effects. and the gingerbread lock animation??? SICKKKK!!!

Messaging app

I just had a thought. I really don't like the revo's messaging app (Mms.apk)
What would happen if I replaced it with the Mms.apk from another system? Like from CM7 or something? Would I lose the ability to text message? Maybe lose MMS?
Has anyone tried this on the revo?

Felt adventurous and backed up my phone, and then tried it.
Installed the AOSP 2.3.3 Mms.apk and it seems to work.
Will report back soon with full testing info.

Well, SMS works but MMS doesn't. I tried using the Mms.apk from CM7 for the Thunderbolt but had the same problem. Anyone know how to modify a stock AOSP Mms.apk to work on the Revo?

If you want a new Mms app there's tons of apps like Go Sms Pro, Handcent and some others Handcent and Go Sms pro are the most popular ones. Both of which are free.

Handcent +1

drt054 said:
Handcent +1
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Is it any good? I've been pro Go Sms since I got my first Android phone since day 1.

Gel Pen6 said:
Is it any good? I've been pro Go Sms since I got my first Android phone since day 1.
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I like chompSMS better. More themes available.

spc_hicks09 said:
I like chompSMS better. More themes available.
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I checked chomp out just now and It doesn't really catch my eye and handcent doesn't either just something about Go products catches my eye.

I gave handcent another shot last night, didnt even make it a couple hours....although I hate how the stock one looks on the revo, i just like how fast and smooth it is compared to third party apps. They all get too bloated with features imo
also, go and handcent seem to consume quite a bit of RAM

revo_65 said:
I gave handcent another shot last night, didnt even make it a couple hours....although I hate how the stock one looks on the revo, i just like how fast and smooth it is compared to third party apps. They all get too bloated with features imo
also, go and handcent seem to consume quite a bit of RAM
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Yeah, I get where you're coming from, but I still don't like how the LG app works. I love the stock android messaging app. I do not understand why carriers feel the need to get in there and fiddle with every damn thing in the OS. I almost wish Google and the OHA had pulled an Apple, and restricted the carriers from screwing with Android. I understand "open is open", but some of these OEM android systems are just horrible. MotoBLUR, anyone? -shudder-
I think it would have been good to require carriers, if they wanted to release a phone with a "tinkered" android OS on it, to also provide a ROM download to users who would like to just have a stock experience. No BLUR, no Sense, no LG whatever, no TouchWIZ..

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Yeah, I get where you're coming from, but I still don't like how the LG app works. I love the stock android messaging app. I do not understand why carriers feel the need to get in there and fiddle with every damn thing in the OS. I almost wish Google and the OHA had pulled an Apple, and restricted the carriers from screwing with Android. I understand "open is open", but some of these OEM android systems are just horrible. MotoBLUR, anyone? -shudder-
I think it would have been good to require carriers, if they wanted to release a phone with a "tinkered" android OS on it, to also provide a ROM download to users who would like to just have a stock experience. No BLUR, no Sense, no LG whatever, no TouchWIZ..
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Sense messaging app is just... horrible. BLUR is decent LG is ok and TouchWIZ looks like garbage.

Gel Pen6 said:
BLUR is decent
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You spelled "utter bloated crap" wrong

Here's the one that I just started using yesterday, sms and mms are working fine for me:
http://205.196.122.19/jf263azi8b1g/0ut04hvxra0rvoj/Mms.apk
It's the (very) basic mms but with a black background. I'm pretty sure I grabbed it off of http://forum.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=17790.0 but I'm not 100% sure since the download link is down on that site now. The screenshots are also on that site (v1.1)
edit: nevermind... it won't send mms

Gel Pen6 said:
Is it any good? I've been pro Go Sms since I got my first Android phone since day 1.
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Never had any issues, don't know what some people are complaining about. There are themes but you can also just change the color of the background, the incoming font and out going font, bubbles or no bubbles and change the colors of the bubbles.. very customizable. Think someone in here made a handcent theme in the themes and apps section.

drt054 said:
Never had any issues, don't know what some people are complaining about. There are themes but you can also just change the color of the background, the incoming font and out going font, bubbles or no bubbles and change the colors of the bubbles.. very customizable. Think someone in here made a handcent theme in the themes and apps section.
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I might not have saved it but if you search within the handcent themes for "volted ice" I think I made one and saved it. Can't remember though if it was for Volted Ice or GingerFusion.
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changes in 4.3 and 4.4 to come

Hi guys, like all of you guys i just recently got the 4.3 MJA onto my device. The first thing i noticed was the 4g LTE signal was different, the next thing was that they added the equalizer thing on your volume control when listening to music. The font was also slightly different, other than that. not much else changed. the biggest thing for me is that i can now use full features on my galaxy gear.
Tell me what you guys think samsung should do with the 4.4 kitkat update? i want to hear your thoughts. Me personally i want to see a theme change for once instead of the green battery icon etc, also i'd like to see a new touchwiz version. kinda like aosp. Lastly maybe a theme change in the notification bar. i like how it's set up but it'll be really bad ass if they added some more cool features.

klyang88 said:
Hi guys, like all of you guys i just recently got the 4.3 MJA onto my device. The first thing i noticed was the 4g LTE signal was different, the next thing was that they added the equalizer thing on your volume control when listening to music. The font was also slightly different, other than that. not much else changed. the biggest thing for me is that i can now use full features on my galaxy gear.
Tell me what you guys think samsung should do with the 4.4 kitkat update? i want to hear your thoughts. Me personally i want to see a theme change for once instead of the green battery icon etc, also i'd like to see a new touchwiz version. kinda like aosp. Lastly maybe a theme change in the notification bar. i like how it's set up but it'll be really bad ass if they added some more cool features.
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they have a wide audience, and mostly likely radical change is not gonna work for a portion of that audience, so I highly doubt you will see that happen on this phone. a possibility with the next, but definitly not until a future phone comes out with it first.

Not really a 4.4 thing but wish Samsung had optional TW themes while keeping their TW features. AOSP, seasonal, sports, tech, etc... TW based themes would be refreshing.
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Samsung updated Google Maps.
Used Titanium Backup to go back to 6.x.

Kingmdm said:
Not really a 4.4 thing but wish Samsung had optional TW themes while keeping their TW features. AOSP, seasonal, sports, tech, etc... TW based themes would be refreshing.
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That would be fantastic! At the very least Samsung and Google should put in a theme engine like wanam where you can change the colors of the notification icons, area and pull down panel.
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crawrj said:
That would be fantastic! At the very least Samsung and Google should put in a theme engine like wanam where you can change the colors of the notification icons, area and pull down panel.
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That would be so sick.... I would almost consider not rooting.... but I still deff would

First thing they should do is get rid of the ugly gingerbread green in the status bar. They never adopted holo blue so at least adopt the kitkat gray.

I still have yet to receive my 4.3 update

Pierson97 said:
I still have yet to receive my 4.3 update
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Either clear data on Google services apk or just manually update to 4.3.

Decent Lollipop/other lockscreen replacements

I got this phone (full disclosure: S6 Active) to replace my nexus 5 that stopped holding a charge. So far I really like it and through the Samsung theme store and Nova launcher, etc, I've been able to add enough stock Android to my phone to make it wonderful.
The lone area that I have NOT been able to get decent satisfaction is in finding a quality lockscreen replacement app. Ideally I'd love one that was an exact mirror of Lollipop and I tried a few that I found poking around the app store and they were either buggy messes or had very intrusive ads. I also tried Next lockscreen and have currently settled on Hi Lockscreen which, while adequate, isn't perfect.
The stock S6 lockscreen is crippled by being both ugly and not nearly as functional as I'd like (highlight a notification and then swipe? no thanks) so I'd like to find something better than both it and Hi Lockscreen. I'd be extra happy if I can interact (like delete gmails, etc.) with notifications from the lockscreen and not just open up into the app like in stock Lollipop but that's not a dealbreaker.
I'm willing to give anything a try - I look forward to your suggestions.
Thanks!

I used to use cover lock screen a lot on my N5. It's different and pretty cool
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I just downloaded CM locker and it's great so far. It also works with phones fingerprint sensors (regular S6 that I have).
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I tried cm locker and didn't care for it much. I've settled on acDisplay so far.