this may be a longshot, but does anyone know of a Froyo Gmail apk that works on Eclair? I'm still a fan of Eclair roms, I feel like I still get better battery life with certain custom kernels. the main thing I miss from having Froyo is being able to increase the font size in Gmail, and I'm not really a fan of K9 mail or Maildroid, or the stock email app. thx.
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I am sure this has been done to death, and I have searched, but keep twisting myself around and around.
I recently installed CyanogenMod 6.0.2 with LauncherPro Plus and really like it, but I do miss some of the Sense stuff and, as such, am considering heading back to a Sense based ROM...at least for now.
That said, I much prefer the way that Cyanogen deals with Syncing Google, Twitter and Facebook Contacts. I think it is the Facebook and Twitter for HTC Sense that cause my pain..as I can't setup a standard facebook/twitter sync option.
Does anyone have a ROM recommendation for Sense based, but without these apps installed? So I can sync my contacts etc like I can in Cyanogen?
Cheers
As i still have battery-drain-problems with Froyo-Galaxy-Email.apk (AOSP-Froyo Email.apk v. 2.2.1 and older also) when setting Exchange-Sync not to "Push" i'm wondering if it's possible to use the Gingerbread-AOSP-Email.apk on Froyo.
Has it been tested by anyone yet?
endebe said:
As i still have battery-drain-problems with Froyo-Galaxy-Email.apk (AOSP-Froyo Email.apk v. 2.2.1 and older also) when setting Exchange-Sync not to "Push" i'm wondering if it's possible to use the Gingerbread-AOSP-Email.apk on Froyo.
Has it been tested by anyone yet?
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can you please post AOSP Email.apk 2.2.1 for JPU?
I have only 2.2 AOSP Email, which is constantly draining CPU...
Thank you very much.
aosp email 2.2.1 is also draining battery as 2.2...
i hope with gingerbread it's fixed.
you can get latest froyo-email here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9724950&postcount=14436
AOSP Email 2.2.1
Did anyone else notice in 2.2.1 from 2.2 that the ability to customize the color per mailbox disappeared? I really find that useful since it decides to make 2 of my accounts nearly the exact same color. And it's always the 2 that get the most email.
Am I missing a setting?
Replying to reactivate this thread. Having the same probs here.. Isn't there a better email client? The old 2.1 one had more functionality
Just flashed to Skyraider Athena 1.2. build 3.26.605.1 to compare it to Uber Z. So far, so good on standard and installed apps.
Two issues I've detected:
1) Noticed that I cannot do "pinch to zoom" on my Gmail messages. Is that a limitation in this build? Or did I miss a setup step??
2) Emails do not load images automatically -- have to select "show pictures" which is kinda annoying. Any way to set this to happen automagically?
Thanks. I'm learning quite alot on this forum as a newbie...
1). I have noticed that, and I don't remember being able to do this in Gmail. I tried it with CM7 RC1, and no pinch to zoom.
2). I've noticed the sure pictures thing in many of the ROM's I've flashed, so I am pretty sure it is a Gmail thing. Not sure if that can be changed, I don't think it can...
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What you're describing seems to be the normal behavior of the GMail app itself. It's worked that way for me in Uber Z, the IncDoes Z port, Athena, Skyraider Sense, and Virtuous.
Both work exactly the same on my Athena build, so that might help rule out user-error. I think it's working as designed.
Skyraider Athena & email issues
Thanks for all the replies to confirm the situation with email client within SkyRaider Athena. Question: would another email client solve this situation (if one exists)? Any recommendations?
BTW, I don't recall having these issues with Uber Z, but then again I think it had a diff email client.
Thanks again.
The other app I use is Enhanced Email, and I've noticed that it does the same two things as stated in the OP. I use it for my Exchange email, and just tried it to no avail.
Currently on InsertCoin Data++ and while it's beautiful and smooth, the battery life is quite poor (I've found...). Looking for a ROM with a far better battery life.
It needs to be sense really. I basically love the dialer/sms/mail apps. I've tried a couple of AOSP ROMS with reputedly great battery life (namely Oxygen and Redux) but I just don't like the feel of them beyond the home screen. I suppose I wouldn't mind a "stripped sense" ROM as that would keep the apps I like, would it not?
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers
Not quite the answer you are after but you could always use a stripped ROM and LauncherPro which has some sense-like widgets.
The Go Contacts/SMS/Weather/Dialer etc seem like decent replacements too.
I gave up on Sense a long time ago.
I wouldn't mind that, I'd just need the actual apps too. Are they present on stripped sense roms?
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Well I use GingerVillain which is Gingerbread.
LauncherPro
Go SMS
Go Contacts
Go Dialer
Go Weather
Beautiful Widgets
..... all available on the market
you will have to purchase the full version of LauncherPro (a couple of quid) for the widgets but its well worth it.
I'll take a look at those apps now then...thanks
OK after a few minutes of fiddling about with those, they're definitely worthy replacements thanks for that.
Dyou know of any good gallery/mail*/calendar apps too?
*I currently have both ExchangeActiveSync and Gmail accounts, both in the native "Mail" app
LauncherPro has a great Calendar widget built in.
GMAIL i use the standar google app to be honest
Gallery wise I use the gallery app built into GingerVillain which i think is called 3D Gallery.
Id also recommend
BattStatt
Make Your Clock Widget
Thanks...I've just flashed Oxygen so we'll see how it goes
Is it possible to get the Sense Keyboard dyou know?
cgmorris89 said:
Thanks...I've just flashed Oxygen so we'll see how it goes
Is it possible to get the Sense Keyboard dyou know?
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hmmm. you may be able to download it somewhere but the Gingerbread Keyboard is decent enough.
'Go' also do a keyboard that you can skin but i will admit im not keen on that one
K. Thanks for your help
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K. Thanks for your help
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no probs. Have fun Flashing
Does anyone know of a senseless ICS rom that is newer than this one? Something based off a Sense 4 base.
I would love to go the CM route, but I love my Sense Mail. No other mail apps have come close to the way it handles multiple accounts, subfolders (both imap and exchange), and even message threads/grouping.
I didn't see anything here besides the one mentioned above and some older 2.x based ROMs.
Thanks
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Does anyone know of a senseless ICS rom that is newer than this one? Something based off a Sense 4 base.
I would love to go the CM route, but I love my Sense Mail. No other mail apps have come close to the way it handles multiple accounts, subfolders (both imap and exchange), and even message threads/grouping.
I didn't see anything here besides the one mentioned above and some older 2.x based ROMs.
Thanks
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so, you want a de-sensed, sense based rom? ?
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so, you want a de-sensed, sense based rom? ?
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Yes. I'm can't claim to understand everything about ROMs, but from what I've read you need Sense to have Sense Mail.
Every thread you read about someone wanting HTC Sense Mail app on their non-HTC phone or ASOP ROM, ends with something to his effect:
You need x, y or z from the Sense 'framework' for Sense Mail to work.
The Sense Mail app in Viper is great. I just want to have something with the default launcher removed, but the other stuff intact and run a different launcher.
Can I safely freeze, disable, or remove the "HTC Sense x.x.x (Desktop) without trashing my phone?
I'll also take suggestions for alternate mail apps, but they need to have the following functions;
ability to sync subfolders (exchange and imap)
an "all messages' view per account
grouped message threads
I'll attach some screenshots to try and show what I mean.
The last time I tried some of the ones out there (free and paid), I didn't get all the functionality I was looking for.
Why don't you just download an alternative launcher and leave the Sense launcher be?
And yes you can freeze things one by one to see up to what point the ROM will still be stable then simply delete them