Hello all. First off, lemme just say that this forum rocks. I've been lurking around Android Forums and now I've been lurking here and you guys might just be a little bit more awesome. .
So I installed Sky Raider 2.5 Vanilla and it's working great for me. I went from stock 2.1 and it's a nice improvement, but I do have some questions. Thank you for even reading this far!
#1: Using the dialer that comes installed with SR2.5V, I see all my contacts there. I really don't think the dialer that came with my Incredible listed them. Is there anyway to have it only show calls I've made instead of listing everyone?
#2: Is installing the Social Networking pack the only way to sync Facebook photos with my phones contact list? I tried using the Android Facebook application but it didn't work.
#3: I use the latest Swype beta and whenever I reboot my phone, I can't trace the letters. I can type fine using the Swype keyboard, but whenever I try to actually trace it doesn't go through to the input field. I have to switch to the Android keyboard then back to Swype for it to work.
I could have sworn I had more, I guess the dialer question is the one that really bothers me. Thanks for reading and thanks for any answers!
1. No..not at first but as calls come in they will be there
2. Yes
3. The swype beta expired..I reccommend usind the skinned ones under themes and apps
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What social networking pack are you referring too? I would like to get that facebook contact integration back to its former glory as well.
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in the goodies, dude.
Re #3...
If you signed up for the Swype Beta, go to beta.swype.com and request a new beta invite email. You will need to reinstall.
for the record goodies is in the app rom manager under download rom/ihftp69
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Hello, Newbie to Android world here - receiving my HTC Desire, hopefully, next week.
Just wanted to share some information regarding an application called "LiveProfile" which will soon be released that incorporates BBM for Androids, if im not mistaken.
Anyone heard of it?
Just looked it up and from what I can see its a replacement for bbm. It will work across iPhone, blackberry and android. Basically MSN messenger for phones.
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I've been using a BlackBerry for practically 2 years now and I have to say perhaps the only application that has the BB stand out among its rivals is the BlackBerry Messenger - now with LiveProfile, I'm very excited for the upcoming release of this app.
What's the advantage of this over WhatsApp or PingChat? Those are both multi-platform already, and with WhatsApp there's no need for a user name as it uses your phone number, so anyone in your contacts with the application is automatically in your friend list.
Yeah, why another one? ... PingChat is OK.
I know, competition is good.
But for this kind of app, I just want ONE ...
It seems impossible.
Wait until someone created multi of multi IM of multi IM ...
PingChat is a good one.
MJwitter: well, quite frankly, i believe there is one prime advantage over iphone's Whatsapp in terms of privacy. With "whatsapp" you do not necessarily have to have the contact on your list, just as long as he has your number he is able to send you msgs - which a lot of people would find annoying (you could probably ignore them, im not sure, but its a terrible feature initially)
gogol + lukehluke: i have never heard of ping chat before. i'll have to google it. However, as i have mentioned earlier i believe this application is intended to merge bbm, whatsapp and so on all under one roof - again I am uncertain of this information; however, hopefully this turns out to be the advantage of LiveProfile.
Nonetheless, thank you for sharing that information.
I just checked it out; however it seems to display an error when i clicked on "Join Now." Is this application not yet released?
there are quite a few BBM replacements available. They will never connect to BBM Contacts but provide the same functionality.
1. PingChat
2. Cnectd
3. LucidMessenger
4. Pmessenger
those are all i know of atm.
I'll try ping chat on HTC, just as soon as I get it by next week.
I heard about Pmessenger, but the reviews weren't very good.
Is WhatsApp ever coning out for android?, ive tried to convert a few people over to ping chat but they all use whatsapp
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I'm confused. Help me. What is the differences between pingchat,whatsapp and IM messenger such ebuddy, fringe, and nimbuzz?
LOL try to be patient, my friend.
Ive been trying to do that for the past 24 hrs too. fortunately, a few ppl installed it.
however,they dont need to "convert" to pingchat, ask them to install it and they could use both ;D
antu_pogroms said:
I'm confused. Help me. What is the differences between pingchat,whatsapp and IM messenger such ebuddy, fringe, and nimbuzz?
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Pingchat and Whatsapp? call themselves 'SMS Replacement' apps. Wherein they act like BBM so you can send a message whether a person is online or offline. These apps can only be used between their respective clients i.e. Pingchat-to-Pingchat, Whatsapp?-to-Whatsapp?
IM clients connect through AIM, MSN, Facebook &c.
Whatsapp Beta works. Google up Whatsapp android beta and youll find a download link on a facebook page. Install it and then you may get authorization error just wait like 1 day and try again and it will work. Been working well cant find any bugs with it yet.
I tried what you said but only info seems to say the beta is only available for people living in san fansisco and whatsapp put the app on your phone from there office?, cant seem to find a download link or apk file, if you have a link can you post it or reply to me with a pm to the link please, thanks.
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Ok i found it
http://beta.whatsapp.com/WhatsApp.apk
It installs fine but doesnt seem to work as you need to register to be a beta tester.
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yea like i said install it it will fail just wait and try again tommorow and it will start working. lots of people have reported success after waiting a while
Cool, i'll update in a day or 2 if its working, did you email them to request to be a beta tester or just try it after a few days and it worked without emailing them?
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Didn't send an email
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Cool, its started working.
Ok, my quick review - pingchat vs whatsapp
Its alot faster than pingchat in terms of messages being delivered, sometimes pingchat lags a very long time and also pingtchat soelmetimes doesnt give notifications unless you open the app, so whatsapp wins on those two.
But pingchat has a MUCH better look and feet to it, and it works on phone numbers & ID's so you can use either, but whatsapp only works over phone numbers, so unless i have the persons phone number i cant message them on whatsapp, but on pingchat you can just use there id and dont need there phone number so pingchat wins on that.
So both have goods & bads, ping chat is free though which is a plus, if you check in the account info in the whatsapp beta, it says it expires in November 2010, so i asume thats when it goes live in the android marketplace, it also has an upgrade option so it will definatly be a paid app when its released and have a limeted free use period
More people use whatsapp so its better "at the moment", but pingchat has a much better feel to it, so hopfully more people start using pingchat.
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Using oxygen 2.0 and so far VERY impressed, however one small snag, I'm struggling to find how to manually link Facebook contacts with Android contacts (for picture purposes)
Since this is my first "Sense-less" ROM I'm a bit lost
Any help would be appreciated!
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Download the Facebook app, go into the settings of the app and choose the syncing option which allows you to link phone contacts with contacts. It will only link some contacts that have similar names, or you can do it manually by going into you phone contact, menu, edit, press menu again and press join. This will allow you to link your contact with a Facebook contact. Hope that wasn't confusing for you.
Beautiful! Thanks, this Android contacts is baffling compared to HTC people lol, thanks again
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Yes it is. SenseUI makes it a lot easier to set up. You just got to get use to Android
Took me a while to figure out how to do that. It is only because Android doesn't come with Facebook installed. Once you install it, you can sync it. That is why it is easier on SenseUI because it is already there.
What is it? Originally this was a direct extract of the Email.apk from Nexus One 2.3.4; but the most recent update uses a bug-fixed version extracted from CM7. Primarily because the text prediction bar works in this Email app; while it seems to be missing from all the SGS Gingerbread Email.apks.
Update November 3: I have been using CM7 and don't see myself switching back... CM rocks!!
Update June 6: New version extracted from CM7 nightly that appears to really fix the problem where Exchange email accounts stop syncing, requiring a reboot of the phone. I've been using this build 4 days without sync problem. Relevant threads HERE and HERE
As far as I know this will only work on a Gingerbread ROM. Install via CWM. The installer will attempt to ERASE your emails and email account settings from your phone. This keeps the system from getting all goofed up due to database incompatibilities between Email.apks (Thanks nitr8 and styxx!)
I tested this under Juwe's ROM v4.2 and under Darkys 10.1 against my office Exchange server. It seems to work great.
I am not a developer by any means. What I've posted here is something hacked together out of nothing more than dumb luck. (Really, all I did was extract the APK from the CM7 nightly and modify the menu xml files to link to APK internal PNG images rather than linking to the phone framework PNGs. No actual program code changes were made by me.) If it bricks your phone and your hair falls out... sorry, but don't come crying to me. You have been warned! If this app doesn't work for you, please post anyway so I can laugh at you... Errr... I mean, so I can try to help you.
May 8th update: Some of the menu icons were not showing up properly. Spent some time with APK Manager and figured out how to add in the missing icons.
looks fun
ive tried this and it looks good and works well. The major issue for me as with all the older email apps is there is no "Move to folder" option..... which absolutely drives me nuts. I had it until I tried using the TAB email app, then tried going back but keep getting this same apk and am missing this option. Its a real pain!
Funny, I didn't even notice the "Move to Folder" option was absent!
For me the text prediction was a huge issue, and it was really my only motivator for trying it out. I'm very happy with how quick and responsive this app is. With the stock app I would get lag at different times, especially noticeable when deleting multiple messages. This Nexus version seems to delete them instantly. I also really like having the check-mark boxes present on the message list.
I haven't tried the TAB email app, are you saying the move-to-folder option is missing from the TAB version as well? Have you tried the SGSII Email app from this thread?
good plan
the option was there in the tab email app and also in the newer one of the galaxy but I cant find the apk for that! that'll teach me to back them up! I'll have a look at that thread anyway and see where it leads. Thanks for your work and your assistance.
post a couple of screenshots please: ) otherwise thanks!
Thanks works great
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THANK YOU. Samsung email client is sub-optimal. I feel like I can breath again. No more staring at the screen waiting to read an email.
Thanks for sharing !
Anyway, Landscape mode (as with Samsumg one) doesn't work with this Email.apk ... So I'll stay with my K9-mail app.
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Thanks for sharing !
Anyway, Landscape mode (as with Samsumg one) doesn't work with this Email.apk ... So I'll stay with my K9-mail app.
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I use K9 for my personal email account, and the Nexus app for my work email account... and I don't see a difference in the way they handle landscape mode... so just curious, what am I missing?
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post a couple of screenshots please: ) otherwise thanks!
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It doesn't look significantly different. There are check boxes along the left edge of the message list view so you can quickly select multiple messages for deletion, otherwise it looks pretty much the same. The big difference is in how much more responsive it is over the Samsung client, and the fact that the keyboard text prediction bar works when using this email client.
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I use K9 for my personal email account, and the Nexus app for my work email account... and I don't see a difference in the way they handle landscape mode... so just curious, what am I missing?
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There was a misunderstanding : Samsung app has a different landscape mode.
quick noob question. do i have to wipe anything before flashing this? I'm guessing no but want to be sure.
You need to flash the ZIP via from ClockworkManager, and it will attempt to wipe your email accounts to prevent force close issues due to email database differences between the Email.apk versions.
Does the number of unread emails appear in the icon?
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Does the number of unread emails appear in the icon?
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I wish!
Thanks for posting this! I was killing myself trying to figure out why autocorrection and word prediction wasn't working on my gb rom. I installed it on my captivate running a gb rom (Serendipity VII). It works very nicely for me.
New version _actually_ seems to fix Exchange sync problem.
Thanks for the update. I had trouble getting it to connect over a good 3g signal, but it did so when I enabled wireless for the first sync. I hadn't noticed the synching problem but might not have used it long enough to see the problem. All seems to be working. This app is much nicer than the stock samsung email client in virtually every way. It is much more polished and easier to use. It would be nice if it didn't clear settings when updating over itself, but that is not a big deal.
It's a bit confusing in this thread, but I take it that this apk also lacks Move To Folder? That's a seriously useful feature and it might drive me back to stock on my Incredible just to get it back. Then, of course, I lost the ability to create private appointments in the calendar! Whee. Have you found a version yet that has this feature?
I use Exchange for work using the stock Email app that comes loaded on the phone. I am also using the factory installed Swype keyboard. Stock rom, I am now root, but experienced this issue before root as well.
When typing in the Email app only(I have not experienced this in the Gmail app or any other app) when you backspace and delete the entire word, it does basically a "delete" key on a keyboad and deletes one row below where you are typing, brining the paragraph below up one line. This is quite annoying when trying to type.
I tried adding my gmail to the Email app and experience the same issue. This doesnt seem to happen with the Samsung keyboard, only Swype. I know others mentioned there is a Swype beta we can install...anyone have a link for that?
Thanks all!
Ok so I'm stumped. I'm on cleanrom 2.1 experiencing the same issue using Swype beta from the Swype website. Could there be an issue with the Email app?
Will try to find another keyboard tomorrow.
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I tried. It was so cool
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so you were able to replicate this?
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I tried. It was so cool
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Flashing the Android 4.2 keyboard fixes this issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964814
Edit: scratch that enter key won't create a new line
bump....no one else uses the Mail app? composing emails on this phone SUCKS!!
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bump....no one else uses the Mail app? composing emails on this phone SUCKS!!
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Ran into this problem using the 4.2 keyboard on my GS3. I don't have a solution, however the Samsung keyboard allows me to enter a new line so I just use that for composing emails. Although I hate the stock keyboard. But it is better than having a sloppy email.
A video would help so we can see what you're talking about. Sounds like your screen is sensing the heat of your finger? Lol idk
Didn't know where else to ask this so I'm trying here... My wife has a iPhone.. I can send emoji's to her with no problem but when she sends them to me, all I get is black diamonds with question marks... Anybody know how to fix this? I'm current using handcent but I tried go sms and the same results... Any help would be appreciated.
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This was covered previously. Follow the instructions about the emoji part, and you should be good to go dude.
Go SMS works fine. I also have a stock SMS app that allows for iPhone compatibility if you don't want any other app besides stock. Both work fine, but you have to enable group messaging in go SMS.
Flash this in twrp and go into your settings afterwords to make sure group messaging is enabled for your stock messaging.
http://db.tt/bjfPiCb1
This is for emojis to be able to view them. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klncity1.emojifontupdater
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I asked the same questions and while back. Check out here and here. I am currently using the second one and it works like a charm. It uses the new updated Google Hangout emojis.
Thats the one I gave him. I just uploaded it to my drop box to make things easier.
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If you use Google voice, that can cause an issue as well because it can't process the emojis as the text gets routed through Google
heeeeyyy i've tried other apps to see the emoji there's no one work if you just installed the emoji keyboard or something like that , but one last think i tried its very2 awesome , , ,i just download a font pack on playstore and use the one of that font , voilllaaaaaaaaa you cant send or see emoji from iphone to your android phone :laugh:
thanks , best regards