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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Is this possible..?
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Just turn off the notifications for the stock messaging app. You'll be good to go.
All I did was to go into the setting of the stock and unchecked everything.
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All I did was to go into the setting of the stock and unchecked everything.
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I know about that already but I just for some reason can't get handcent to stick as my main sms app... I get asked to choose between the two all the time and just wanna replace stock with handcent..
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When it asks you to choose between the two, look in bottom left , you can check a box to use one or the other as default.
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I know about that already but I just for some reason can't get handcent to stick as my main sms app... I get asked to choose between the two all the time and just wanna replace stock with handcent..
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Chomp sms is where it's at, the only reason why I didn't stock with handcent is because every time my phone died and when I turn it back on it sends everyone the entire conversation I had with them which is insanely annoying. No one wants to get 75 texts in a row lol.
Chompsms lets you put a background for when you txt, lets you use landscape and portrait mode(lets you use a different pic for both). Also lets you change the color of the text from both sides(also the bubbles in which they are typed in). Also when you get a txt it pops up on the screen and you can just reply right away instead of going to the app. One last thing, if you hold down the search button it lets you make a message without going to the app.
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Chomp sms is where it's at, the only reason why I didn't stock with handcent is because every time my phone died and when I turn it back on it sends everyone the entire conversation I had with them which is insanely annoying. No one wants to get 75 texts in a row lol.
Chompsms lets you put a background for when you txt, lets you use landscape and portrait mode(lets you use a different pic for both). Also lets you change the color of the text from both sides(also the bubbles in which they are typed in). Also when you get a txt it pops up on the screen and you can just reply right away instead of going to the app. One last thing, if you hold down the search button it lets you make a message without going to the app.
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I thought handcent let you do the exact same thing?
They both are insanley close, you just gotta play with them and see what's better for you. And you want to stock the app right?
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I've been using handcent since I got my EVO at launch. But I just remembered about the message being displayed on the lockscreen with the stock messaging app, and I actually miss that now. I hate the pop up feature that handcent has, but does anyone know if its still possible to have the message on the bottom of the lockscreen? Even if there's another messaging app that has the feature. I just like having my own custom look. Is there maybe an app for it? Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm not a Mik.....but my EVO is!
Well I don't know of an app that will do that. You can try Go sms, but handcent just give you that full popup, or use stock messaging, which no one wants to do that.
I am -.- lol got tired of people reading my God damn texts. Stupid pop up poop lol.
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Hmm sounds like I just gotta forget about it again then lol
I'm not a Mik.....but my EVO is!
I believe handcent has an option to turn off the pop up. If it doesn't. Chompsms then.
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I believe handcent has an option to turn off the pop up. If it doesn't. Chompsms then.
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it does have the option, and I have it off, I just kinda miss having the message show at the bottom of the lock screen like with the stock messaging app.
I'm not a Mik.....but my EVO is!
Keep in mind, enabling any pop up options in handcent will cause a wakelock until you acknowledge the message. If you get a text a midnight and don't read it til 7am, your phone will be wakelocked for 7 hours, resulting in battery drain.
Oh wow. That's why I deleted that piece of crap. Stock messaging app is reliable..except for the occasional 'miss-click'
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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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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.
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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.
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Oh I'm sorry man, I thought were asking for something entirely different. H'm... hold on moment.
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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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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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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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I always scroll from the side of the screen and now with JB, it zooms. I for one pinch to zoom... I don't need it where I scroll. Does anyone know where or how to kill this?
Thanks!
John
Scroll from the middle. I'm not seeing anything in settings.
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I too had this issue, thought it was a defect. Pretty annoying. Would love to disable it
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I agree, Its the same on the phone and the S3. Doesn't matter the browser. Real annoying...
BUMP.
Any devs know what's up?
yes I hate the zoom function there Would be nice to disable it
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I actually like it just wish I could control it. ie make it only one side or the other not both sides. its handy for one handed operation but yes like you I scroll from the SIDE (so I can keep reading) and now I can't. Grrr
Happen to me as well.. Glad to see it happening to others.. When it happened to me I thought I was going crazy
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I am having the same issue, so I downloaded the google chrome browser because I was so annoyed and getting headaches..... Also NOT HAPPY with the stock Keyboard not having the mic (voice input) button on the keyboard, you have to press three different buttons to get to it, SO ANNOYING, so I downloaded the Jellybean Keyboard from the App Store (which I do not understand why this phone didnt come with a Jelly Bean Keyboard..
Nm I lied
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Things that I'm curious about right off are:
1. What color is the dialer? Is it still white or have they changed that to dark?
2. In the "Internet" app (not chrome) can you "Open page in background"?
and bonus
Have you experienced any problems with files (moving, naming, editing, accessing, coping info back and forth from interral to external, ect...) on the MicroSD card through a downloaded file explorer app (ie ES File Explorer)?
Hangouts now uses the emoji from the Samsung keyboard instead of Google emoji. Kind of annoying.
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Anyone try their dialers or internet yet?
rosedog said:
Anyone try their dialers or internet yet?
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Same thing, internet seems to be the same, no difference.
Most of the notifications are white, kinda liked the green battery.
Camera shortcut in lock screen
The font in notifications is different
Can't find much else
I was hoping to see a fix for the messaging app. When backing out of a text message it can take up to 5 seconds to go back into your message list. It's really annoying.
Checked- still does the same thing. I can't believe a 3rd party app can do this better. Unbelievable.
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Same thing, internet seems to be the same, no difference.
Most of the notifications are white, kinda liked the green battery.
Camera shortcut in lock screen
The font in notifications is different
Can't find much else
I was hoping to see a fix for the messaging app. When backing out of a text message it can take up to 5 seconds to go back into your message list. It's really annoying.
Checked- still does the same thing. I can't believe a 3rd party app can do this better. Unbelievable.
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What 3rd party app you referring to?
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What 3rd party app you referring to?
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I'm using Chomp. I've tried GoSMS, Handcent, all work fine. The stock does not.
2strokenut said:
I'm using Chomp. I've tried GoSMS, Handcent, all work fine. The stock does not.
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That's the same one I'm using
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That's the same one I'm using
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I like chomp, just waiting for them to put a search function in.
Did your stock SMS app lag as well?
2strokenut said:
I like chomp, just waiting for them to put a search function in.
Did your stock SMS app lag as well?
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Yea.. seems to be a few lags with the new update.
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Yea.. seems to be a few lags with the new update.
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Kinda lags?
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I just got my N3 yesterday, so not sure if it did this on 4.3 or not, but the stock music player, and pandora fill the lock screen with album art when playing them.
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I just got my N3 yesterday, so not sure if it did this on 4.3 or not, but the stock music player, and pandora fill the lock screen with album art when playing them.
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That's new KK feature
1 i know they tweak the music and the speaker they are louder now
2 screen is like way brighter than b4
they took the network and battery color all white now lame
white white
Does anyone else have a problem where if you listen to music through earphones the lockscreen album art doesn't show up, but if you play music through the speaker, the album art does show up?
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Kitkat Update Rant!
What kind of bullsh!t update was this????
So as of right now...nothing significant worth the update?
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mrrobc97 said:
So as of right now...nothing significant worth the update?
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Except its KitKat underneath.
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So Samsung released the 4.4 update but apparently theirs A LOT of bugs???
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ajt1995 said:
Except its KitKat underneath.
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Kinda like those $600 jeans that were make in the same factory as the $30 ones in Honduras...they just change the label.
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I noticed the reception is better now:laugh: No seriously what with the full bars!! I always have full bars even when I know im in an area where is barely reception. and Yes the dbm meter is displays the correct reading but the bars are way off. I tried with the international Kitkat rom and I got the same result. Looks like its a kitkat thing across the board. Kinda reminds me of AT&T and Apple saga over the inaccurate iphone reception meter.