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Application recommendations (Calendar, email, notifications)

Hello,
I've just recently switched from a Windows Mobile phone to the Hero, and there are a few features I miss from my old phone. I'm hoping that someone can recommend some apps to fill the gap; I've looked around on the forum and not yet found anything that seems like it would do what I want.
Calendar:
The calendar app that comes with the phone works great for everything except one simple feature - it displays all events on the monthly view with the same icon. My old phone used to have different icons for events in the morning, afternoon or 'all day'. This made it a lot easier to tell them apart at a glance. Edit: You also can't flick the screen to the side to scroll through days.
Mail:
This is just a minor annoyance. You can't swap between emails or email accounts by flicking the screen to the side.
Notifications:
If I've missed a call, received a text message or something of that sort, I'd like the phone to vibrate every 5 minutes until I acknowledge that I missed something. Currently all I can find is making the track ball glow, which isn't terribly useful if the phone is in my pocket.
If anyone can recommend some programs to fix those issues, that'd be great. (By the way, I'm using the Modaco custom ROM v2.2) Thanks!
Steve

For text notifications, grab SMS Popup from the Market. Brilliant little app imo

For the calendar get Pure Grid Calendar and turn on the Timeline option in settings

Steven__ said:
Notifications:
If I've missed a call, received a text message or something of that sort, I'd like the phone to vibrate every 5 minutes until I acknowledge that I missed something. Currently all I can find is making the track ball glow, which isn't terribly useful if the phone is in my pocket.
If anyone can recommend some programs to fix those issues, that'd be great. (By the way, I'm using the Modaco custom ROM v2.2) Thanks!
Steve
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Missed call can repeat notifications for missed calls and texts. You can also set the vibration pattern.

For notifications, I use Missed Call. Seems to work well for missed calls and SMS messages which is all I need it for.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I tried SMS popup and it worked fine for texts, but as expected, it didn't do anything for missed calls. I've now installed Missed Call; I'll see how well it works tomorrow.
For the calendar get Pure Grid Calendar and turn on the Timeline option in settings
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As for Pure Grid Calendar, that looks good. However it's a paid app; does it work well? The reviews generally were positive, but I'm paranoid about paying for something that doesn't work quite how I'd like it. In particular I forgot to mention that I need it to sync with Google Calendar - the guy's website suggests it does in some of the comments but doesn't specifically say so. Do you know if that's definitely the case?
Thanks again guys.

Pure Grid Calendar and it's cousin Pure Calendar are paid apps but you do get to use them for about 24 hours for free. If you then install you get a refund. My understanding is that this happens for all paid apps but perhaps someone who knows more about market can confirm.
As to syncing with Google calendar, again my understanding is that it is the device itself that syncs. In each calendar app, including HTC calendar, you just choose which calendars you want that app to display. The pure calendars are the same.
Personally I use Pure Calendar rather than the grid as it shows an agenda style widget in a 4x2 format.
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martint235 said:
Pure Grid Calendar and it's cousin Pure Calendar are paid apps but you do get to use them for about 24 hours for free. If you then install you get a refund. My understanding is that this happens for all paid apps but perhaps someone who knows more about market can confirm.
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I read that somewhere else as well, and then went to check the Market. That's indeed what the Google Terms of Service said; you can get a refund within 24 hours as long as you haven't tried downloading the program before.
As to syncing with Google calendar, again my understanding is that it is the device itself that syncs. In each calendar app, including HTC calendar, you just choose which calendars you want that app to display. The pure calendars are the same.
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Ah, that does make sense. That way each designer doesn't have to program their own syncing code.
Personally I use Pure Calendar rather than the grid as it shows an agenda style widget in a 4x2 format.
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I actually tried the Pure Grid Calendar yesterday, and I'm happy with it. I particularly like how it brings up a pop-up of the day's events if you tap a day.
I'll have a look at the Pure non-grid Calendar as well later, as I can't access the market from where I am at the moment. I assume its advantage over the basic Android calendar widget is that it displays multiple days?
Thanks to you both for your help.

Recurring Events
I am new to Android from WinMo as well. I am having trouble with recurring events. I work a rotating (2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off; I KNOW!!! ) schedule for 2 wks with one workgroup then repeating for two weeks with another workgoup, then starting over.
This was not a problem with the calendar in my WinMo Tilt. I could "program" my work schedule in my phone and look out as far as I wanted to. I miss my calendar!
Am I missing something, or is the android calendar completely lacking in this area? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Q] Not getting gmail notifications - solved

I'm running stock ATT note 3 with latest gmail app.
I have set gmail to sync and turn on notifications for all labels. But I'm still not getting notification when emails arrive.
Anyone else having the same issue?
Thanks
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Ok it actually has been working. I was testing by sending myself an email. That doesn't work very well unless I do it from another computer or phone. Cuz the sync happens so fast that the email arrives while I still have the gmail app open.

Ngambek2003 said:
I'm running stock ATT note 3 with latest gmail app.
I have set gmail to sync and turn on notifications for all labels. But I'm still not getting notification when emails arrive.
Anyone else having the same issue?
Thanks
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You mean in the notification center or on the app itself? Also do you have sync checked on the quick toggle settings? If you mean the app itself, then that's not happening, you'll need another launcher like Nova or Apex (I'm assuming this isn't what your talking about though).

agent929 said:
Also do you have sync checked on the quick toggle settings?
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OP said there are no notifications when emails arrive. If sync weren't enabled, the emails wouldn't even arrive, would they?
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Ngambek2003 said:
I'm running stock ATT note 3 with latest gmail app.
I have set gmail to sync and turn on notifications for all labels. But I'm still not getting notification when emails arrive.
Anyone else having the same issue?
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Not me. I get proper status-icon, LED, and sound notifications for new emails via gmail.
In addition to the notification settings in gmail itself, have you checked the phone's LED and Blocking Mode settings?

Ngambek2003 said:
I'm running stock ATT note 3 with latest gmail app.
I have set gmail to sync and turn on notifications for all labels. But I'm still not getting notification when emails arrive.
Anyone else having the same issue?
Thanks
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Ok it actually has been working. I was testing by sending myself an email. That doesn't work very well unless I do it from another computer or phone. Cuz the sync happens so fast that the email arrives while I still have the gmail app open.
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Same issue, with the last update I dont get the notifications on my note 2 or note 3. I wish they fix this.

Gary02468 said:
OP said there are no notifications when emails arrive. If sync weren't enabled, the emails wouldn't even arrive, would they?
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Not me. I get proper status-icon, LED, and sound notifications for new emails via gmail.
In addition to the notification settings in gmail itself, have you checked the phone's LED and Blocking Mode settings?
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Yes smart *** they would arrive when he opens the app. You would be amazed how many times is something simple like that.
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make sure the setting of gmail in the app is correct. especially "Notify for every message" is on. the option is in gmail setting -> "your gmail account" -> inbox sound & vibrate

[APP] Enhanced notifications aka ATN Manager <[v1.2.3.1_pre] NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT>

[APP] Enhanced notifications aka ATN Manager <[v1.2.3.1_pre] NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT>
LATEST VERSION: v1.2.3.1_pre
Installation:
I stopped developing and distributing this app due to the latest Gear firmware release which brings full notifications to all apps. This is far superior to the ATN app and I will defer to Samsung on this one ^^
Thanks for the support and feedback, you guys made this a really fun experience! Cheerio

Can that be a sticky please?
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Awesome!
I'm getting my Gear this afternoon, will test it out
It has lots potential...

Installed. Would love a dummy rundown on what boxes to check for what notifications.
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Seems to be working for me. I set gmail and google voice and both seem to work.Google voice shows the message, gmail only shows the senders name and the subject, so you cannot see the body unfortunately.

Did u check both the email and Gmail boxes on the app and in gear manager? I only checked Gmail and I am still getting regular notifications.
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achtung515 said:
Did u check both the email and Gmail boxes on the app and in gear manager? I only checked Gmail and I am still getting regular notifications.
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On the gear manager email needs to be checked, thats the base requirement. Gmail et al are optional.
In the ATN Manager you can check pretty much any app, some work well some don't and some won't work at all. I use and tested a very limited set and can only recommend experimenting with apps you want to receive notifications for and hope they work. Maybe we can start a list somewhere (please not here though) on which apps show notifications and which don't

Thank you, and awesome work! If possible, the couple of features that would be great would be setting different alerts for different apps, and location/date based alerting. I posted the first request on Github with the explanation of getting hundreds of emails a day, and wanting those alerts to still go to my Gear, but not vibrate, while having text messages and appointment reminders still vibrate. For the second request, I was thinking it would be awesome to have my corporate email alerts stop while at my office, and start back up when I leave. Also, it would be nice to have the ability to schedule alert sounds and vibrations based on time of day so that I don't have them going off while sleeping.

Be carefull..this thing screwed up my gear...i did the install, an decided to uninstaal because i got alot of emails with only numbers in it..now i keep getting the same mail as notification, and i cannot get rid of it...i have deleted it numerous times on the gear, it is deleted on my note and from my server...i even reset the gear...still i get the same notification...any help would be appreciated...

jesax said:
Be carefull..this thing screwed up my gear...i did the install, an decided to uninstaal because i got alot of emails with only numbers in it..now i keep getting the same mail as notification, and i cannot get rid of it...i have deleted it numerous times on the gear, it is deleted on my note and from my server...i even reset the gear...still i get the same notification...any help would be appreciated...
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Uninstall the GearManager and reinstall it again. That should work. My app seems to send something that the NSync process doesn't like. It basically keeps the notification in the database and resends it everytime
Sorry

sepiroth887 said:
Uninstall the GearManager and reinstall it again. That should work. My app seems to send something that the NSync process doesn't like. It basically keeps the notification in the database and resends it everytime
Sorry
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Thanx...i'll give it a try later...

jesax said:
Thanx...i'll give it a try later...
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this is awesome, now i dont have to have duplicate services running. I may sugest that in order to get the notifications that everyone is looking for for the gmail app is make sure you select Communication notifications, gmail of course lol, google services framework selected and you will get proper notifications for gmail
YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! :highfive::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

sepiroth887 said:
Uninstall the GearManager and reinstall it again. That should work. My app seems to send something that the NSync process doesn't like. It basically keeps the notification in the database and resends it everytime
Sorry
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Yeah, seeing the same thing here. I just cleared the data for the NSync provider, hopefully that does the trick.
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raiu said:
this is awesome, now i dont have to have duplicate services running. I may sugest that in order to get the notifications that everyone is looking for for the gmail app is make sure you select Communication notifications, gmail of course lol, google services framework selected and you will get proper notifications for gmail
YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! :highfive::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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Can you be a little more clear on exactly what you selected?

If I select messaging and facebook does this mean I will get double notifications ?

xManMythLegend said:
If I select messaging and facebook does this mean I will get double notifications ?
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possible. though I think it's actually Facebook SNS that handles notifications.

mhoepfin said:
Yeah, seeing the same thing here. I just cleared the data for the NSync provider, hopefully that does the trick.
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Can you be a little more clear on exactly what you selected?
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From my previous comment:
I may sugest that in order to get the notifications that everyone is looking for for the gmail app is make sure you select "Communication notifications:, "gmail" of course lol, "google services framework" selected and you will get proper notifications for gmail
You do not need to have "Communication notifications: checked. I just changed that and it worked perfectly

Not working at all for me:T-Mobile N900T
Baseband - N900TUVUBMI7
Gear Model: SM-V700
Software Ver.: V700XXUAMII
Installed ATN Manager, enabled in security settings, check apps, rebooted phone and watch twice. Nothing.

You do not need to have "Communication notifications: checked. I just changed that and it worked perfectly

Works ok so far.
Just to be sure...
The icon is supposed to be the @email icon ?
Gmail and Google voice messages come in and both say "@BOB EXAMPLE or TEXT FROM BOB EXAMPLE" like EMAIL would.
I assume we turn off Gmail notifications on the default gear manager correct ?
Anyone have Instagram working ?
Lastly whats battery usage on the phone and gear like ? I assume its a drain in alpha stage just want to be prepared.

So does this or does it not show entire Gmail notifications?
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Galaxy Note 5- Default Notification Sounds For SMS Messages

Problem with notifications
So I just got my note 5 the other day. Naturally I have changed ring tones and spent some time personalizing my phone. The problem I'm having is with the setting for the messages notification. For some reason when I get texts the notification I hear is what is set for the "default" notification tone even though I have something else specified under the messages notification tone. I don't know how to fix this and would really really love some advice. Thanks in advance!!

Anyone have any advice on this? I would really like to fix it? Should I just take it in to Verizon store or is there something I'm just oblivious to?

Go in and open your individual message threads and click on the 3 dots in the top right hand corner opposite your contacts name.....and click on "customize" and then change your alerts from default to whatever tone you want.

That doesn't work. I did get it fixed though. Was a conflicting app causing the problem

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That doesn't work. I did get it fixed though. Was a conflicting app causing the problem
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How did you fix it? What app? Mine is doing this and it's driving me nuts!! Thank you

Yes, which app? My wife is complaining as well. I'd love to check this off the list of things she has to complain about...
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zerobleu said:
Yes, which app? My wife is complaining as well. I'd love to check this off the list of things she has to complain about...
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Update:
I fixed this problem by changing her default message app from Message+ (Verizon's bloat app) to Messages (Samsungs stock app) and the individual message tones began to work. Hope this fixes it for you!!

Default notification
Had samwith problem I just put the default notification on silent had no problems since every thing works great

Gmail label notification sound not changeable on Oreo?

My phone upgraded to Oreo just yesterday. One issue that I've noticed, that I also had when I briefly tested the beta, is that I no longer seem to be able to find setting to change the sound of specific labels on Gmail.
Previously on nougat I had this set up so, that only messages under primary will cause sound, others show notification without sound (social, promotions, updates, forums). Has this option been completely removed in Oreo, or just moved elsewhere? Can't find such setting anywhere in Gmail or notification settings now.

Rd. Vortex said:
My phone upgraded to Oreo just yesterday. One issue that I've noticed, that I also had when I briefly tested the beta, is that I no longer seem to be able to find setting to change the sound of specific labels on Gmail.
Previously on nougat I had this set up so, that only messages under primary will cause sound, others show notification without sound (social, promotions, updates, forums). Has this option been completely removed in Oreo, or just moved elsewhere? Can't find such setting anywhere in Gmail or notification settings now.
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app info>gmail>app notifications>miscellaneous>additional settings in app
just follow the sequences then u can find it

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app info>gmail>app notifications>miscellaneous>additional settings in app
just follow the sequences then u can find it
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Thanks, although I'm either being really stupid, or that's not just the option I'm looking for. I've tried going through that, but there simply is no option to change the label notifications like it was possible on Nougat. I can't select what labels to notify for, but no option to select notification without sound.
Is there something really obvious that I'm missing?

Notifications for Specific Gmail Labels Gone?
I set up filters to sort IMPORTANT emails into specific labels. I relied on that feature heavily to know when an important email came in that I needed to look at. Now it is all or nothing and I'm interrupted constantly by having to look at my phone for every single email. My time is important and I don't want to be interrupted from a client meeting for a stupid coupon or newsletter. But DO NEED TO KNOW when I get something from my BOSS. I am seriously upset. Is this a GOOGLE update, or a SAMSUNG/Android issue? it seamed to start yesterday or the day before right after my upgrade to the new Android Oreo

Really miss the option that I have used for years.
Special label sounds for:
-Important clients.
-My webcam mailing me, etc etc
So, while driving I hear who sends me the mail so I can decide to park the car...
Any workaround?
Huib
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Is there something really obvious that I'm missing?
Nope you are not stupid but a real Gmail user.
Not many people went this deep in Gmail.
First make filter into lable etc etc
It is a real loss. And I see no other options like a different mail client .
Huib