I'm specifically talking about the options at the top on Samsung Epic 4G Touch. I would love to root my phone and make it look like my previous HTC dialer, but I doubt that's even possible. Is there anyway to remove the top options (Ya know, keypad, logs, contacts, favorites)? I would just like the dialpad and nothing else. Thankyou.
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I'm specifically talking about the options at the top on Samsung Epic 4G Touch. I would love to root my phone and make it look like my previous HTC dialer, but I doubt that's even possible. Is there anyway to remove the top options (Ya know, keypad, logs, contacts, favorites)? I would just like the dialpad and nothing else. Thankyou.
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I just use "Go Contacts"...it is the most like HTC's dialer. That is the only thing I miss from Sense, the dialer. It's also skinnable.
Yeah the dialer in Go Contacts is pretty good. The last time I installed it though, it seemed to have wakelocked my phone when I ignored an incoming call. At least I think it did it. I'm a battery hawk so I uninstalled first and asked questions later. Definitely give it a try though.
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I just use "Go Contacts"...it is the most like HTC's dialer. That is the only thing I miss from Sense, the dialer. It's also skinnable.
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Thanks, I tried it and it looks really good! But I guess the next step I wanna take is replacing the dialer. It's Android, which mean Open Source, right? Meaning ANYTHING is changeable? I could replace it with any dialer by default right? And I'm not talking about when hitting the home button and clicking "set Go Contacts as default". I mean, really get rid of the dialer and replace it as if it came with stock. Does anyone think/know if this is possible?
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Thanks, I tried it and it looks really good! But I guess the next step I wanna take is replacing the dialer. It's Android, which mean Open Source, right? Meaning ANYTHING is changeable? I could replace it with any dialer by default right? And I'm not talking about when hitting the home button and clicking "set Go Contacts as default". I mean, really get rid of the dialer and replace it as if it came with stock. Does anyone think/know if this is possible?
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If you're rooted, yeah. I mean, I wouldn't...just remove the stock dialer icon and put that one in it's place. It has a dialer...and without the stock dialer you can't use ##codes...and I love ##codes.
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Can either of these simple things be achieved with the Desire?
1) unlock without having to use last button - ie wake up the phone from just a screen tap?
2) have an option to go straight to an event from the lock screen, be that a new sms / email / missed call or whatever other notification I might receive? I don't want to have to press power to unlock, then slide and then navigate through to messages or emails etc.
Oh and while I think about it, can I adjust the sensitivity of the track pad?
All of these things would make it a much better experience!
1) to unlock you have to use a button on top of the phone, no option in the software to unlock with just a screen touch, maybe a third party app would make this possible but not sure.
2)Again this is not something that is included in the default lock screen, you can control the music player from the lock screen but that is about all. A third party option may make what you want possible, not sure if such a solution exists though.
I haven't found any option to adjust the track pad sensitivity but I got used to it fairly quickly and it works just as well as a trackball in my opinion.
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Can either of these simple things be achieved with the Desire?
1) unlock without having to use last button - ie wake up the phone from just a screen tap?
Nope.
2) have an option to go straight to an event from the lock screen, be that a new sms / email / missed call or whatever other notification I might receive? I don't want to have to press power to unlock, then slide and then navigate through to messages or emails etc.
Nope. Only things that I can see operable from here is Snooze/Dismiss Alarm and the Music Player. May be more I haven't stumbled across
Oh and while I think about it, can I adjust the sensitivity of the track pad?
Again, Not as far as I can See
All of these things would make it a much better experience!
Agreed!
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Bloody 10 Characters...
Oh, and Beaten too by liamw.
on the lock screen, if you've got notifications, you unlock it and then slide down the taskbar and it gives you the notifications that you just click on to open them...or is that not it??
Thanks for replies, seems a shame these simple thinga cannot be achieved in Android.
Sure you can do that eddyos but to my way of thinking that's still too many steps to read a message!
Does anyone else keep hitting the damn full stop instead of space when typing?! Any solutions?
And while I am on a roll sms counter anyone? How do we know when we have reached 160 characters in our txts?
You can do it on the HD2 as the lock slider can be expanded to select the SMS you want to read for example...that was in Sense so perhaps someone will write an app for it once the Desire is rooted...doesn't bother me, tbh
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Thanks for replies, seems a shame these simple thinga cannot be achieved in Android.
Sure you can do that eddyos but to my way of thinking that's still too many steps to read a message!
Does anyone else keep hitting the damn full stop instead of space when typing?! Any solutions?
And while I am on a roll sms counter anyone? How do we know when we have reached 160 characters in our txts?
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When you get towards the end of a text it says above the send button x/160.
Try expanding the notification tray and THEN locking it. when you unlock the tray will be expanded just one click to get to a message, one click to get back home (home button).
i use handcent and you can rply messages from teh lock screen so that might be what your looking for
Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.
brummiesteven said:
Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.
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Agreed, or download chompSMS or Handcent.
EddyOS said:
You can do it on the HD2 as the lock slider can be expanded to select the SMS you want to read for example...that was in Sense so perhaps someone will write an app for it once the Desire is rooted...doesn't bother me, tbh
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That would be ideal! Flick up for going straight to the relevant app or down (as normal) for home screen.
brummiesteven said:
When you get towards the end of a text it says above the send button x/160.
Try expanding the notification tray and THEN locking it. when you unlock the tray will be expanded just one click to get to a message, one click to get back home (home button).
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So it does (the 160 characters that is) - not sure how I missed that!
Expanding the notification tray has no effect for me. As soon as the Desire is unlocked it's already rolled back up to the top.
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i use handcent and you can rply messages from teh lock screen so that might be what your looking for
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Hmmm, not quite what I am after as I do not want to totally replace the in buily application. Running handcent alongside it still means I get notifications in the native app, which I don't want. Thanks for the suggestion though, I may persevere with it!
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Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.
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Bingo! That's pretty much exactly what I am after - even wakes up the phone so no need for the power to unlock each time an sms comes in - thanks
One problem though - is this a bug? When selecting close at the popup window, if 'mark as read' is selected it should do just that, right? Well it's not doing. Any new sms remains in the message app as a new unread sms even after I have selected to close it with the option to mark as read ticked. So I am having to get rid of it twice.
Can anyone confirm this?
The mark as read thing is a bug, used to get it on my G1 although only when replying to SMS (IE I'd reply, the window would close but it would still be in the tray).
You can just clear the tray when you get the time or, search for a similar app.
Ok, worth mailing the dev or have you already done that?
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Ok, worth mailing the dev or have you already done that?
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Nope never bothered so yeah it might be worth doing that.
Yep this is the bug i mentioned in another thread! quite annoying
VERY annoying. I will email the dev .. can't hurt I suppose. Just need something like this for email as well now
That would be awesome.. surprised no ones made it!
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Hmmm, not quite what I am after as I do not want to totally replace the in buily application. Running handcent alongside it still means I get notifications in the native app, which I don't want. Thanks for the suggestion though, I may persevere with it!
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not true just go into the native apps and turn notifications off in the inbuilt app problem solved in less than a minute
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not true just go into the native apps and turn notifications off in the inbuilt app problem solved in less than a minute
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Yep, I did that but although there was no sound alert, the native messaging app still shows a new message in there when I don't want it to.
bizzare I don't get any notifications from the native app Any more after disabling all notifications in it
Hi,
I there any way to change the default incoming call screen, when the phone is locked? The problem is that when someone calls me, and the phone is in my pocket.. the process of taking it out often involves reject or answer, while the phone is still in the pocket .
I've tried some dialers, but it seems that this is a part of htc sense.
If i can divert to standard android behavior it will help too .
Regards
Tried the App; Full Screen Caller ID ?
Yes I tried it, but its not a replacement of the default call screen .
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the_powerhead said:
Hi,
I there any way to change the default incoming call screen, when the phone is locked? The problem is that when someone calls me, and the phone is in my pocket.. the process of taking it out often involves reject or answer, while the phone is still in the pocket .
I've tried some dialers, but it seems that this is a part of htc sense.
If i can divert to standard android behavior it will help too .
Regards
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same problem here!!
I think you have to use an other phone.apk or dailer. Then remove the htclockscreen.apk.
I wanted something similar. Just remove the htc stuff and use as only lock screen the unlock' pattern and not the htc or stock lockscreen!
I got same problem here.
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I got same problem here.
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Likewise, upon searching for a solution... none is found... I would very much like to use CM roms but i miss the Sense T9 dictonary... thats the reason i used Leedroids... if only cooked roms are able to change the HTC dialer to the stock ones...
There are dialer apps in the market with t9. Use one of those with cyanogenmod.
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I don`t understand why Google didn`t implement t9 dialer already :/ Are there any patent`s for this? :/ Stock Android dialer sucks! aTakePhone is the best so far as I know (apart of SENSE of course )
I dont use the HTC lockscreen i removed it from the rom before install (using Revolution HD rom removed with RomCleaner)
I also removed the htcdialer.apk which does revert the phone back to the standard android answer screen (so much better imo) but your back on the android dialer and the main phone button on the homepage doesn't work either if you can live with that then just remove the htcdialer.apk.
I didn't use the phone to long without the htcdialer.apk so not sure if there are other issue's also...
wakers said:
I dont use the HTC lockscreen i removed it from the rom before install (using Revolution HD rom removed with RomCleaner)
I also removed the htcdialer.apk which does revert the phone back to the standard android answer screen (so much better imo) but your back on the android dialer and the main phone button on the homepage doesn't work either if you can live with that then just remove the htcdialer.apk.
I didn't use the phone to long without the htcdialer.apk so not sure if there are other issue's also...
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Okay i did this but i must be doing something wrong...
I used Titanium Backup to remove the htc dialer ( i get repeated F/C for android core process)
Pulled out the battery.
After restart, pressing the dialer button/icon have no effect
Downloaded and used launcher pro, no effect either
downloaded Dialer one, docked it with launcher pro.. works like charm
BUT!!! When i called my own phone, im still getting that stupid HTC answer screen where u slide up and down instead of stock androids left and right...
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Okay i did this but i must be doing something wrong...
I used Titanium Backup to remove the htc dialer ( i get repeated F/C for android core process)
Pulled out the battery.
After restart, pressing the dialer button/icon have no effect
Downloaded and used launcher pro, no effect either
downloaded Dialer one, docked it with launcher pro.. works like charm
BUT!!! When i called my own phone, im still getting that stupid HTC answer screen where u slide up and down instead of stock androids left and right...
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Hmm i have been scouring the net and i seem to hit something...
If my searches is correct, the answer call slide screen is tied to the HTC Framework... Coz phones like Samsung galaxy in order to revert to the stock android lockscreen, they have to replace one of their framework files... policy something IIRC...
So wondering if any dev could look into the framework and do some editing/mods/changes?
kedirakevo said:
Hmm i have been scouring the net and i seem to hit something...
If my searches is correct, the answer call slide screen is tied to the HTC Framework... Coz phones like Samsung galaxy in order to revert to the stock android lockscreen, they have to replace one of their framework files... policy something IIRC...
So wondering if any dev could look into the framework and do some editing/mods/changes?
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hi,
I am having the same problem, really dont like the HTC sense screens but want to keep the stock rom as i get free turn by turn nav with my provider.
I have removed the lockscreen, so it revets to vinilla, but really want to change the slide down to answer screen?
has anyone looked into the last posed question?
It is incorporated into Sense.. No way to have a stock unlock screen and Sense ROM together...
U will have to get back to stock with scripts like "no-sense" and remove stuff from the rom after flashing it.. Or just install CM rom..
OR, this is maybe a walk around which i use it sometimes:
1. Install standard ROM with sense,
2. Install WidgetLocker
3. Set it up the way you like it
4. Choose an option to "hide the caller screen"
5. So, when it rings, you have to use the slider to unlock the screen, and then you have the sense slider (up to decline, down to answer)
This prevents to answer and gives you extra options when locked..
Hope this help.
Greets
I have gone back o Launcher Pro Plus and now instead of the htc sence slider for incoming call I get a green answer and red decline button to press.
It seems better to me but might not suit everyone.
I decided to switch back to Sence to see how things stood.
Low and behold I still have the same answer screen as I had with L.P. full screen, caller ID, and the two buttons red/green.
Don't know what I did wrong but I am glad I did.
I searched a few hours for a solution of this problem and finally found one i will try now.
The App I installed is called HD Caller ID and is free.
So for you, looking for a solution try this App. Maybe it´s good for your belongings.
Greetz
Cutter
Is there any rom or flashable zip to change the phone app to something nicer?
I absolutely hate the stock answer screen, it annoys me that sometimes I can't pull the slider or it let's go of it. not to mention the dialer, it looks so crappy :/
Right now I'm on MIUI and the answer screen is absolutely perfect, but I'd like to get back on samsung fw with few mods, and this keeps me from doing that.
engwee said:
Is there any rom or flashable zip to change the phone app to something nicer?
I absolutely hate the stock answer screen, it annoys me that sometimes I can't pull the slider or it let's go of it. not to mention the dialer, it looks so crappy :/
Right now I'm on MIUI and the answer screen is absolutely perfect, but I'd like to get back on samsung fw with few mods, and this keeps me from doing that.
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You can find some dialer apps on the market by searching for "dialer": https://market.android.com/search?q=dialer&so=1&c=apps
hate the people who only read briefly through the topic, I'm mostly annoyed by the answer screen and I'd like the dialer to be default, there are few roms that have changed dialer that's why I asked, but I'd like to know about the answer sliders also.
engwee said:
hate the people who only read briefly through the topic, I'm mostly annoyed by the answer screen and I'd like the dialer to be default, there are few roms that have changed dialer that's why I asked, but I'd like to know about the answer sliders also.
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There is no way to change those. Only way is some themes that theme the sliders as well (but in the end, they're still sliders)
engwee said:
hate the people who only read briefly through the topic, I'm mostly annoyed by the answer screen and I'd like the dialer to be default, there are few roms that have changed dialer that's why I asked, but I'd like to know about the answer sliders also.
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....need the same too!!
well the miui phone app is great, answer screen has a drag down slider, it's so much more confortable to use it.
I don't know.. maybe it's a problem with vertical drag or something, on miui you can also change lockscreen to be iphone style, it looks exactly, but if I drag the arrow it's glitchy while the drag down slider works flawlessly.
so, does the samsung fw support changing the answer screen to something else?
engwee said:
Is there any rom or flashable zip to change the phone app to something nicer?
I absolutely hate the stock answer screen, it annoys me that sometimes I can't pull the slider or it let's go of it. not to mention the dialer, it looks so crappy :/
Right now I'm on MIUI and the answer screen is absolutely perfect, but I'd like to get back on samsung fw with few mods, and this keeps me from doing that.
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i have the EXACT same problem. also trying to find a other phone.apk, setting the home button as answer is NOT a solution.
Hanger you guys looked at Widgetlocker in the market, it will change the lock screen and answering sliders...
WidgetLocker does not change anything else than the lock screen.
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I just made the switch from the S2 to the Nexus, and love the phone minus two things...
I really dislike how the nexus doesnt start to search contacts when you start to dial there name or number... any way to flash the touchwiz phone app?
And the smiley face icon that pops up in the notifications and the stock messenger app icon are a REAL dislike, any way to use the touchwiz messenger app?
Hmmm... mine will pop up a contact as soon as you type in a couple of letters. You can also hit the microphone on the home screen and just say "call Mary" and it will do it.
Like if the person's name is sarah... on touchwiz you can start to type S A R
and it will filter the contacts and display the first couple that match, and when you continue to type it will narrow down the contacts... my nexus just displays the dialer
Ls1ssz28 said:
Like if the person's name is sarah... on touchwiz you can start to type S A R
and it will filter the contacts and display the first couple that match, and when you continue to type it will narrow down the contacts... my nexus just displays the dialer
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T9 Dialer.
You might find alternative dialers in the Market.
If not...custom roms have this option.
Ok yeah I was thinking that I might have to resort to flashing a custom rom..which i was going to do anyway
Do you by chance know if using the galaxy S3 launcher brings any of these features?
I know im going to get flamed for mention this, but i do like a FEW things from touchwiz such as the phone and icon... could you recomend any of the custom roms?
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
Ls1ssz28 said:
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
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i dont think so. they use the touchwiz framework, so you would need all the framework items too.
Ls1ssz28 said:
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
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You need more than just the apks, you need all of the other touchwiz BS. And the launcher isn't going to bring the functionality either.
There's a S3 add on pack that might suit your fancy. I recommend flashing it on top of AOKP, it was buttery smooth with no problems for me.
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Thanks! Ill check it out... Honestly in regards to the messaging icon, could i just change the icon for the stock apk?
hello,i flashed cm11 and i like it alot, except for one thing.
the problem is when i go to my contacts screen,and im scrolling through my contacts- if i just tap on the a certain contact by accident , the phone calls them right away.
on the stock firmware, if you tap the contact - it opens up another page with information about that contact...
is there anyway to disable this feature on cm11
i really like it, and its the only reason thats keeping me from making it my DAILY..
THANKS
BookinZ06 said:
hello,i flashed cm11 and i like it alot, except for one thing.
the problem is when i go to my contacts screen,and im scrolling through my contacts- if i just tap on the a certain contact by accident , the phone calls them right away.
on the stock firmware, if you tap the contact - it opens up another page with information about that contact...
is there anyway to disable this feature on cm11
i really like it, and its the only reason thats keeping me from making it my DAILY..
THANKS
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On every ROM i use, no matter it TW, AOSP, or CM, i use exDialer found on the play store. VERY many customizations to make it the perfect dialer app ever. Otherwise, have you gone through the settings of the contacts to see if that is an option?
elesbb said:
On every ROM i use, no matter it TW, AOSP, or CM, i use exDialer found on the play store. VERY many customizations to make it the perfect dialer app ever. Otherwise, have you gone through the settings of the contacts to see if that is an option?
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i did not try that dialer from the play store.
i did go through the setting on the cm11, and unfortunately it was not changeable ..
i will try this ex dialer and see how it does .. thanks