Stock ICS Questions - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Just real quick questions.
1.) Can you turn off animations? They just annoy me.
2.) How do you mark as read on Email? (non-gmail)
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Ok you turn off animations in Development Options.
Still not sure how to batch mark as read on non-gmail email.
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Yeah settings developer option window animations and the other one cant remember it has options from off all the way to ten times i think default is 1x .
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Stock non-gmail email app - Checkbox emails you want to mark as read, click top right envelope icon. Sort of confusing, I thought initially it was a reply or compose button because it is an envelope.
Ok close thread.
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A different keyboard?

I just purchased my SII and while I love everything about it I'm not liking the keyboard to much. I've come from the Moment with slide keyboard so it was no problem when replying to messages and being able to read what I was replying to. With the SII when I replay in landscape the keyboard fills most the screen and the text box takes care of the rest. I would have thought you could slide the text box down to read the message but it's not doing that. Any suggestions or different keyboards to try that would allow me to see the message I'm replying to while typing?
Fihnakis said:
I just purchased my SII and while I love everything about it I'm not liking the keyboard to much. I've come from the Moment with slide keyboard so it was no problem when replying to messages and being able to read what I was replying to. With the SII when I replay in landscape the keyboard fills most the screen and the text box takes care of the rest. I would have thought you could slide the text box down to read the message but it's not doing that. Any suggestions or different keyboards to try that would allow me to see the message I'm replying to while typing?
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You can try BetterKeyboard from off the Amazon Market. It was initially up on the normal android market. It costs like three bucks but its well worth it. Its very very feature rich and its the only one that, off the top of my head, has the ability to not show a text box in landscape and just show a keyboard for input. It warns against only working on large screens like tablets, but I've rarely ever had it cause issues for me on this phone.
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I would like to see the text box but also have the ability to slide the box down to quickly read the message then finish typing my reply. Maybe it's a different sms app I need? I'm also not a big fan of the little comic book chat boxes. I'd like to see the message fill the entire screen left to right when in landscape.
Fihnakis said:
I would like to see the text box but also have the ability to slide the box down to quickly read the message then finish typing my reply. Maybe it's a different sms app I need? I'm also not a big fan of the little comic book chat boxes. I'd like to see the message fill the entire screen left to right when in landscape.
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Oh I'm sorry man, I thought were asking for something entirely different. H'm... hold on moment.
**Edit**
I'm still not entirely sure if this is what you're looking for for.. but as for messages not coming up full screen so to speak and being stuck inside little bubbles, you can use Handcent SMS (my preference) though GOSMS or ChompSMS might do the same thing. I can completely customize my interface so that it looks however I want it. Down to the font and font color of each individual thread, the bubble style of each individual thread, the background image for each thread, etc etc etc. Its neat. Two screenies for you. One with bubbles in landscape. One without.
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Is there any way to customize the keyboard? As in make a wider space bar? I keep hitting the . button instead of the space button
Here are the screenies.
**EDIT** Sorry they aren't hi-res. It wont let me upload hi-res pics from my phone using the premium app. Idk why
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darklavalizard said:
Is there any way to customize the keyboard? As in make a wider space bar? I keep hitting the . button instead of the space button
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Take your pick of keyboards. There are plenty. Here are just five of the ones available for your phone.
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Better Keyboard 8 w/ ADWOne skin...
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Swiftkey X
I love Swiftkey X. It has the best word completion. My 2 cents
Agreed, SwiftKey X is what I use. I like it better than the Samsung, ICS, and swype.
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JohnCorleone said:
Better Keyboard 8 w/ ADWOne skin...
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Any chance you could link the theme? I can't find it.
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Optimal Carnage said:
Any chance you could link the theme? I can't find it.
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I'll PM it to you. A lot of their stuff got pulled from Market. It may not be there anymore. Edit..PM sent.
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JohnCorleone said:
I'll PM it to you. A lot of their stuff got pulled from Market. It may not be there anymore.
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Thanks appreciate it I searched everywhere
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Check your PM's and no problem.
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I use thumb keyboard
I have started using Perfect Keyboard as I love how it does the macro text replacement kind of like the blackberry's and windows mobile keyboards used to. I can just type br and it will expand it to whatever I want (currently my email address) . I also like the split screen in landscape mode that give you a number pad between the split.
The developer is a member here at XDA.
I do like swyping, does anyone know if the newer versions have customized text replacement or macros? The version of swype that came pre-installed doesn't.
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I miss better keyboard app wish google would bring them back
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I'm using SwiftKey atm.. I'm not liking it. It's missing my keys I'm pressing?.. and I'm sure I'm hitting them correctly. it's getting annoying.. had to edit my post a couple of times...
anyways I might go back to that better keyboard or w. e
Using thumb keyboard right now and it's much better than swiftkey
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tech7 said:
I miss better keyboard app wish google would bring them back
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I got better keyboard again off the Amazon Market. I was happy to find it. Not so much to pay for it again but very happy to have it back.
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Is there an easier way to mark all emails as read?

Surely you don't have to select them one by one.
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Maildroid
which mail app gmail or stock? if stock check the ones u want then there is a down button at the top right and it says mark as read
The quickest way I found is to either select the check box on each day, which checks all emails for that day at once. Or you can long press the day bar (the blue bar labeling each day) , which collapses them, and then select each day without having to scroll. It's much quicker.
Then just pull down the menu and mark as read.
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Best Messaging App

So the biggest thing I'd like in a messaging app is a back button on the top left corner. I know it's an iphone thing but I'm really used to it. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything like this? Go SMS has been good but that's the only feature I miss.
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I find that the hardware back button is easier to reach.
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megamaster2 said:
So the biggest thing I'd like in a messaging app is a back button on the top left corner. I know it's an iphone thing but I'm really used to it. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything like this? Go SMS has been good but that's the only feature I miss.
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I haven't needed to use it on this phone or my last, but you might try handcent and see if that has the functionality you're looking for.
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I find that the hardware back button is easier to reach.
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There's more to it than that though. The back button takes you back to the last thing you were on (or at least it is suppose to) while the top left button takes you back to the first page of the app. This is a useful feature because i often press home right after finishing a text then when I reopen the app to text someone else, it takes me back to the last person I texted. Then I have to close the app and open it again.
I think the Jellybean messaging app has this.
That is exactly correct! Thanks. I found it. However, the last update broke MMS..
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Handcent has the back button in the upper left corner.
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I'm not rooted yet. But I am using apex launcher. Neither hand cent nor the jelly bean app show up in my notification bar
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Did you look through the settings? Sometimes you have to activate it. Also deactivate the notification of the stock app.
Yeah i did. Go sms works for m
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Didn't want to repost. So I'll bump this and ask.
What's the best Messaging app you're using? I'm using handcent, but I want that's fast and fluid as well (sorta like the iphone messaging app.. the only thing it does right haha)
I'm not a fan of the animations on the Stock app or Handcent. I did like 4.1 Messaging app but the MMS bug was too much
Try GO SMS PRO. Once you have it installed, go into settings>basic>running mode>lite
Also, with Go SMS Pro, you can send group text (like iPhone does it). Only thing I hate is that when getting group texts, phone becomes very slow to a frustrating point if multiple people from group text is replying at once.
Go SMS was very bloaty for me. But I'll try that. Thanks!
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4.1.2 update google now question

How do I disable google now .
While in google now the menu button menu wont stay open it pops up then back down real fast so I cant click the settings.
I really dont want my wife to see the hotel I googled pop up in now saying 15 min to sun suits navigate now
Help
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You can either clear data from app settings or open goggle now and type a few letters on the search bar then hit menu and the menu should pop up and stay
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I think you should keep that sort of personal information off XDA. Nobody cares about what you want to hide from your wife.
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graydiggy said:
I think you should keep that sort of personal information off XDA. Nobody cares about what you want to hide from your wife.
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No you got it all wrong . Thats not personal at all I changed the location and the extra info was to share the fact that places you google can pop up without warning in goole now . So I think I may have helped someone avoid trouble .
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Did you know you can swipe the cards off the screen in Google Now? The navigation cards are the same way.. I have about ten on my screen that I just removed..
Mcleary's?
Pp.
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Gmail 'delete from curtain' broken?

It was working before the md4 update. I could delete from the pull down curtain. Now all I get is the notification without the delete /reply options. I have tried all different settings without success. I even uninstalled gmail, deleted data and cashe, reinstalled. No dice. I really liked to be able to delete without going to the app....
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Any one?
if there are any other notifications in the pulldown (including one's that can't be swiped away) the option doesn't show up... I stopped using ds battery saver for this reason
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Hmmmm. The only other thing there is the green lookout icon. I'll try removing that and see if it changes.
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You were right!
I went to lookout settings and turned off the icon. Now all works again.... I Never would have thought it was from lookout. I even sent them an email to alert them of that. They sent a reply in 5mins. Said it shouldn't do that....
Thanks again for helping!
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thundaar2000 said:
You were right!
I went to lookout settings and turned off the icon. Now all works again.... I Never would have thought it was from lookout. I even sent them an email to alert them of that. They sent a reply in 5mins. Said it shouldn't do that....
Thanks again for helping!
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It's not lookout, it's gmail, if there is already any kind of notification on there it doesn't give the expanded delete reply option... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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The lookout support guy said he has the icon and gmail works properly for him.... maybe someday there will be a solution. For now icon goes away....
I can't believe it was that simple and that I didn't think of it!
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thundaar2000 said:
The lookout support guy said he has the icon and gmail works properly for him.... maybe someday there will be a solution. For now icon goes away....
I can't believe it was that simple and that I didn't think of it!
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He's lying, it won't work with another icon up there...
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I know on aosp you can long click and drag down the notifications to expand them. Doesn't work on tw?
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No, only brings up an option to view app info
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That's all I get too... curious to see what lookout replies to my "it still doesn't work properly"...
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thundaar2000 said:
That's all I get too... curious to see what lookout replies to my "it still doesn't work properly"...
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Again, it's not a lookout problem, is a gmail problem.. nothing lookout can do to fix this, it would have to be coded into the gmail app to allow it to display these options when there is other notifications
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I think the gmail notification has two modes: minimized and full (with buttons).
The notification only shows the buttons when it's the "top" notification. Apps like lookout have persistent notifications, so the gmail notification is never top dog and therefore doesn't go into "full" mode.
I know in 4.2.2, the method I described allows you to expand minimized notifications. I do a medium-length press and hold, then drag the notification down to expand it. I'll try to capture a video of what I mean (never captured video on my phone before).
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topherk said:
I think the gmail notification has two modes: minimized and full (with buttons).
The notification only shows the buttons when it's the "top" notification. Apps like lookout have persistent notifications, so the gmail notification is never top dog and therefore doesn't go into "full" mode.
I know in 4.2.2, the method I described allows you to expand minimized notifications. I do a medium-length press and hold, then drag the notification down to expand it. I'll try to capture a video of what I mean (never captured video on my phone before).
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Doesn't work on tw roms
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