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Extreme Text

Guys .... just downloaded this .... works perfectly ...
http://www.birdsoft.biz/extremetext.htm

does it allow you to use a vibrate for your texts? thats really the oly feature I'm missing from IMSMS.

So many free apps out there for it. No thanks!

.PoNeH said:
So many free apps out there for it. No thanks!
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what free threaded app do you suggest then?

Except for a bunch of features that haven't been implemented yet, I'd have to say this is the best threaded sms program out there for the SP. Good GUI and being able to read from the existing inbox and sent items.
I wouldn't pay for it just yet with all the missing features but it looks very promising.

Agreed. I like it, but missing a few things.....
prefer the interface to IMSMS tho!

I really wish IMSMS and the others would display the number of unread messages on the homescreen. I txt a lot and that's a dealbreaker for me. even if it was a custom plugin it'd be better than nothing. Why dont they use the internal database to do this like extreme text does?

nolageek said:
I really wish IMSMS and the others would display the number of unread messages on the homescreen. I txt a lot and that's a dealbreaker for me. even if it was a custom plugin it'd be better than nothing. Why dont they use the internal database to do this like extreme text does?
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Um, this is the Extreme Text thread.... perhaps ask on the IMSMS thread and you may get and answer either way if it is possible or not. Posting a complainant and comparing a free SMS software on another thread for another piece of software seems a bit off.....

Um, I know what thread this is. Someone mentioned IMSMS and I was pointing out that IMSMS doesn't do something that this one does.
Look up the definition of "rhetorical question."

nolageek said:
Um, I know what thread this is. Someone mentioned IMSMS and I was pointing out that IMSMS doesn't do something that this one does.
Look up the definition of "rhetorical question."
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I now understand your point.
I know what rhetorical questions are, my wife has to resort to those as well.

Text Messages Extend... Help/...

Is There any way to make text longer than 160... cuz thats pretty short....
does anybody have a hack or tweak for this lil problem>?????

Send it as a MMS message, no restrictions. The 160 is the limit set by the network

bountyman334 said:
Is There any way to make text longer than 160... cuz thats pretty short....
does anybody have a hack or tweak for this lil problem>?????
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dont know who but it will be nice to see some one toild us how to extend this text messages

mbi0 said:
dont know who but it will be nice to see some one toild us how to extend this text messages
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It's not possible it's set by carrier "just like last poster stated", if you want more than 160 then carry on writing it will send 2 or how ever many and the reciever will recieve as 1 message

sms bubbles

just found this app its nice http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/index.html

6.1 rom has this preinstalled in it.

sorry about that i havent changed roms and just wanted to contribute something

I'm not knocking you for contributing the link, I'm informing you that 6.1 has that feature included

Mikey1022 said:
I'm not knocking you for contributing the link, I'm informing you that 6.1 has that feature included
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Hi Mikey, I'm running Ricks 080330 v17Rom, could you please let me know how to activate built in sms bubbles? Thx! Max

he might mean the whole message appearing in the notifications tab...i uninstalled sms bubbles once i realized that feature existed. lol.

AbsoluteDesignz said:
he might mean the whole message appearing in the notifications tab...i uninstalled sms bubbles once i realized that feature existed. lol.
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It does? Where? I have SMS Bubbles installed. I wasn't aware that 6.1 comes pre-installed with it. Could you guide me to the right direction? Thanks.

When you receive a message, you scroll down to the notifications panel. It shows you the text of the message received. I think that's what they're talking about. It doesn't pop up in a bubble at the bottom of the screen like WM Pro (or SMS bubbles) but it's the same functionality.

Actually someone made a program for the smartphone platform that does THAT. It popus a "bubble" at the bottom of the screen with the SMS info in it and allowing you to discard it or ... whatever. Last time I heard it was buggy. Don't know if THAT's what Ricky integrated in his ROM but I know 6.1 doesn't include that by default...

OrganicM said:
Actually someone made a program for the smartphone platform that does THAT. It popus a "bubble" at the bottom of the screen with the SMS info in it and allowing you to discard it or ... whatever. Last time I heard it was buggy. Don't know if THAT's what Ricky integrated in his ROM but I know 6.1 doesn't include that by default...
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yup, that's what the link takes you to. It's called SMS Bubbles. It's good but a little buggy. Oh well...works for me

I like it personally, only thing is when bubble pops up it says read, i hit the read softkey and message goes away, doesnt pop up!

OrganicM said:
Actually someone made a program for the smartphone platform that does THAT. It popus a "bubble" at the bottom of the screen with the SMS info in it and allowing you to discard it or ... whatever. Last time I heard it was buggy. Don't know if THAT's what Ricky integrated in his ROM but I know 6.1 doesn't include that by default...
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Na it is not buggy and actually works pretty nice, I really like it a lot and have been using it for a while you can download it here and try it out.
www.mobiletopsoft.com/smartphone/freeware/download-sms-bubbles.html

Incoming Call Screen

I think we can all agree that the INCOMING CALL SCREEN on the Excalibur is way too old school. It is hard to see further than half arms length, and with a small picture.
There is plenty of room to have a gigantic CONTACT NAME and picture behind it or below it, much like the.... never mind i'm not going to say it.
I am running the latest 3vo 6.5 ROM, if anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated by all.

that call screen on the 3VO was redesigned and updated by oOkBa, not as old school as you think, check with him and see if he'll make one to your liking.

djsillies said:
I think we can all agree that the INCOMING CALL SCREEN on the Excalibur is way too old school. It is hard to see further than half arms length, and with a small picture.
There is plenty of room to have a gigantic CONTACT NAME and picture behind it or below it, much like the.... never mind i'm not going to say it.
I am running the latest 3vo 6.5 ROM, if anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated by all.
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I agree!! it would be really cool to have this.. or imagine an app that even lets you custom the incoming call design

I was told by ookba that he cannot do it from his end but that there should be a third party app out there. I have been searching all week. Anyone have any luck?

djsillies said:
I was told by ookba that he cannot do it from his end but that there should be a third party app out there. I have been searching all week. Anyone have any luck?
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http://www.pocketx.net/smartphone/photocontacts.html think this is your best bet not free but does what you asking full screen caller.

djsillies said:
I was told by ookba that he cannot do it from his end but that there should be a third party app out there. I have been searching all week. Anyone have any luck?
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Did he mention what would be involved in changing the screen? Which dll would need to be edited?

MMS resizing too small still...

I have seen this question brough up but after looking didn't see any answers. I have tried using the stock mms as well as Handcent and Chomp. I have changed the settings to 1mb but still out going message ends up 7kb to 20kb. The person on the other end gets a picture that you need bottle caps to see.
I did a search on this and found resolves for other phones as well as a simple check your settings but nothing else.
I did come across this link below but don't know of anyone else that has done these steps.
http://connect-utb.com/index.php?op...g-size-for-mms-in-android&catid=36:technology
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If there is already a thread on this I'm sorry I must have over looked it.

Too funny. Yeah I posted this originally and no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705422&highlight=mms.apk
I called Sprint and asked them why I have a HUGE screen, BIG Camera and tiny MMS. They told me this is a known issue and will be fixed in next release. I personally think they just saying that to satisfy my curiosity. They told me it was an Evo only thing. They could save lots of money if people send 16kb MMS instead of 300kb to 2mb which the phone should allow. I think most phones and providers allow 300kb to 1mb.
I did read a thread where they modified it for the G1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542540
Here is one on the Nexus one
On PPCGEEKS
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=124441
It looks like other people are starting to get annoyed with this also, but nobody has attempted to modify.
I am sure if you want to modify the mms.apk, which I looked at and could not find any settings regarding the size limit, you would still have to root your phone and unlock NAND to modify it.
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...s-apk-to-change-user-agent-o2-mms-compatible/

dwertz said:
Too funny. Yeah I posted this originally and no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705422&highlight=mms.apk
I called Sprint and asked them why I have a HUGE screen, BIG Camera and tiny MMS. They told me this is a known issue and will be fixed in next release. I personally think they just saying that to satisfy my curiosity. They told me it was an Evo only thing. They could save lots of money if people send 16kb MMS instead of 300kb to 2mb which the phone should allow. I think most phones and providers allow 300kb to 1mb.
I did read a thread where they modified it for the G1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542540
Here is one on the Nexus one
On PPCGEEKS
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=124441
It looks like other people are starting to get annoyed with this also, but nobody has attempted to modify.
I am sure if you want to modify the mms.apk, which I looked at and could not find any settings regarding the size limit, you would still have to root your phone and unlock NAND to modify it.
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...s-apk-to-change-user-agent-o2-mms-compatible/
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I am opening up grabbing the information off my phone now to dig deeper. If I get anything working I'll repost what I did.

blkout01 said:
I have seen this question brough up but after looking didn't see any answers. I have tried using the stock mms as well as Handcent and Chomp. I have changed the settings to 1mb but still out going message ends up 7kb to 20kb. The person on the other end gets a picture that you need bottle caps to see.
I did a search on this and found resolves for other phones as well as a simple check your settings but nothing else.
I did come across this link below but don't know of anyone else that has done these steps.
http://connect-utb.com/index.php?op...g-size-for-mms-in-android&catid=36:technology
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If there is already a thread on this I'm sorry I must have over looked it.
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I have the same experience using handcent. Even sending the pic to an email causes the same behavior.

Im surprised by the lack of posts in this thread? Does anybody not have this issue?

I can't even send MMS, for some reason. I get them ok, but sending does nothing. Dont even get an error. Could someone post their APN settings? It is grayed out on my phone, but at least it will tell me if that is the issue.

njfoses said:
Im surprised by the lack of posts in this thread? Does anybody not have this issue?
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i guess nobody uses mms? lol i certainly dont haha if i take a picture worth sharing i just upload it to facebook right then and there...i mean we have really fast 3g and if you want super speed use 4g. i was able to upload 25 pictures all at once to facebook using 4g in about 4 mins...

Yeah...haven't sent a MMS since I got the Evo on June 4th...

My Palm Pre (Sprint) was able to send an MP3 to another phone 2-4MB no problem, but this darn phone.... So I know it's possible just gotta find the right segment of code to change.

Wait a second...never heard of this before. So I just ran a test...a 1mpixel photo mms'd to my other phone. Right off the bat it resized it for the message..something about 'photo too large'. But it went so fast I couldn't read whole message.
When I open the sent message, the photo is now only about 2/3's size of the screen and only 70k.
This is crap!

Damn it. Tooke a photo from the Raphael and sent back to Evo. A 3mpixal pic left the Raphael no problem...and showed up on Evo at 60k. WHAT THE HELL?!?!
Calling Sprint first thing. I bailed on the iphone 3g for three major issues. One of which was no MMS. This is huge to me. CRAP.

Here is a thread with mms .apk stuff. I do not have root and still not OTA...so this won't help me yet, but maybe for someone else?
(Hint, they modified mms_config.xml-files ??)

Ok, ran another test today...sent pics from my two phones to a friend...and had her reply with pic from her phone to my two.
Both pics from me were taken at 1mega pixel....she got one at 40k (Raphael) and one at 17k (Evo).
She sent same pic from her camera to both my phones...Raphael got one at 210k (1600*1200) and the Evo got it at 77.9k (640*480).
Now I kinda just glossed over the FPS issue...but now I am seriously getting upset about having my phone with this wonderful screen get messed up shrunken images. I have a high quality camera and I can only send out tiny azz'd pics. Now I have reached the point of being upset with a super/smart phone that has been crippled.

You gotta love how they have great specs on the phone and the programmatically dummy it down.
sablesurfer said:
Ok, ran another test today...sent pics from my two phones to a friend...and had her reply with pic from her phone to my two.
Both pics from me were taken at 1mega pixel....she got one at 40k (Raphael) and one at 17k (Evo).
She sent same pic from her camera to both my phones...Raphael got one at 210k (1600*1200) and the Evo got it at 77.9k (640*480).
Now I kinda just glossed over the FPS issue...but now I am seriously getting upset about having my phone with this wonderful screen get messed up shrunken images. I have a high quality camera and I can only send out tiny azz'd pics. Now I have reached the point of being upset with a super/smart phone that has been crippled.
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I thought it was only me. I hate sending a 720p photo abs the person I send them to replies with...."the photo is really small" and yes the phone does resize the images. It blows

bump on this mms does suk on the evo

Yes it does suck I sent an 8mp photo to a friend and I swear it looked like she got a cif res photo

I brought this up in the store last week...they just kinda went...'Uh huh.' Seemed like they knew but weren't interested in discussing.
We need to hack this as it seems ONLY the Evo does the pre-resizing and then Sprint's system has an auto resize on tope off that.
I am learning android as fast as I can....as this doesn't seem to bug a lot of people...and I'll just have to look at it myself.
(Unless someone else knows more?)

Here's a workaround until I can actually find how to fix it in the HTC version(I've only been able to decrease image quality so far )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709751

MMS Resizing on EVO
Hey - I know the last post was 3 days ago... Just wondering if anyone made any headway on it? I'm going to go to the last link that was posted for the AOSP MMS program, but it looks like there might be some issues with it... Rather stick with stock SMS/MMS program without any of the issues... And have this darn resizing thing fixed. It's a load of bull.
The most advanced phone on the market and seems to be the most limited when it comes to doing what it's made for! Being a multimedia device! I feel horrible sending someone a picture the size of my thumbnail when they can send me something that can be zoomed in 10x without any deterioration lol.
Def lookin forward to hearing what you find @Caulkin.