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I'm pretty new to WM and the THD is only my 2nd after TyTn II.
I believe there has been discussion on available software for hiding secret contact, sms and other data but none so in detail for THD.
I've tried Skb Mobile Safety Suite v2.02 but it does not work properly in WVGA. Can anyone advise what other softwares that have the following features?
Hide selective Outlook & sim contacts.
Hide selective Outlook & sim contacts from public section but accessible from password protected section.
Hide incoming/outgoing/missed call logs from these hidden contacts from public section but accessible from password protected section so that we still can return missed call.
Discreetly prompt incoming calls or missed calls from hidden contacts so that we can still choose to answer or return the call. It can be a completely discreet with no clues whatsoever or selectable silent or single ring tone, vibration, flashing icon, fake alerts etc.
Hide contact photo associated with the hidden contact.
Hide hidden contact sms or selective sms.
Hide incoming, received, sent, saved, deleted, draft sms from/to the above hidden contacts or selective sms even if contact are not hidden.
Discreet prompt for incoming sms as with incoming/missed calls.
Hide missed call sms alert from selected hidden contacts.
Hide any other data.
This is pretty self explanatory but recommendation is still welcome.
I know the wish list is exhausive but any recommendation and discussion on currently standalone software that can achieve the above features in parts or a combination of different softwares that offer part solution if not complete would be still be very much welcome. Full compatibility may not be an issue for now so long it is still passable. It will be better than having nothing at all.
In the meantime, I also hope developers would pick up the ideas above.
Cheers!
lol, what are you trying to hide from your girlfriend? just joking
Hahahaha ;DDD
Buy a cheap second phone. Much better chance of having your cake and eating it .
@ carz73
you said the mobile safety suite doesnt functions properly in wvga, but for what resolution is it? if it supports vga there is a wvga fix for vga only programs
xdaman85 said:
lol, what are you trying to hide from your girlfriend? just joking
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Correction. Not girlfriend but girlfriends and it's complicated but I'm not married so I don't think I'm way off my line too much
Shetlander said:
Buy a cheap second phone. Much better chance of having your cake and eating it .
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Unless I can hide the 2nd phone inside my ass, I'll be creating more suspicion and inviting much more painful experience.
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@ carz73
you said the mobile safety suite doesnt functions properly in wvga, but for what resolution is it? if it supports vga there is a wvga fix for vga only programs
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Thanks! I dig around for more info on wvga fix but I doubt Mobile Safety Suite hides sms based on selected contact at the most basic level and will require very much manual intervention. I may be wrong until I try out the fix.
If there's any appz that that hides sms based on selected phone contacts and a separate one that hides the contacts and call logs, I'll take it.
Come on everyone's so squeaky clean? Anyone has any other recommendation?
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Seems like WVGAFIX3 does not support WVGA <->QVGA which I think is required by Mobile Safety Suite.
same request
For most of your needs, there is an app which is called Magic Call (MagicCall). Look for it.
With this app you will be able to block calls and sms from certain numbers. It is really cool.
hmoroni said:
For most of your needs, there is an app which is called Magic Call (MagicCall). Look for it.
With this app you will be able to block calls and sms from certain numbers. It is really cool.
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i think he wants to hide calls/sms/email from certain contacts in a "secret" folder/area, 'cause he wants to keep contact to the girls and not ignore them ;-)
regards jan
p.s.1: beware of "cheeters"
p.s.2: would be interested in software like that as well ;-)
hausen said:
i think he wants to hide calls/sms/email from certain contacts in a "secret" folder/area, 'cause he wants to keep contact to the girls and not ignore them ;-)
regards jan
p.s.1: beware of "cheeters"
p.s.2: would be interested in software like that as well ;-)
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You got it spot on! The key is being discreet and hide the tracks. I think I might have heard of similar appz for symbian. Wonder if the likes of CIAs and FBIs have such a software to stretch it abit... kidding... Actually, even if the appz/solution/workaround have some loopholes, girls being usually less IT savvy, it might still pass and I'll take it.
hmoroni said:
For most of your needs, there is an app which is called Magic Call (MagicCall). Look for it.
With this app you will be able to block calls and sms from certain numbers. It is really cool.
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Thanks! Really apprecite all forms of suggestion.
Just installed and still figuring it out. It does seems complicated and also "block" don't sound very right as jan understood my requirement. Girls are like money. You won't mind if you have more and you certainly don't "block" them.
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hmoroni, MagiCall is obviously a great appz. However, I'm not too sure if it suits my needs. When creating a new rule for incoming calls for the list of selected contacts, under "Operation" tab, options for "Action1" do not seem to suggest anything that will discreetly alert me so that I can choose to answer them when it is convenient to do so. The closest option is "Ignore" but will the ring tone still sound and/or the screen will still openly announce incoming calls rather than discreetly? If it does discreetly, then I'll still have to use another appz to hide the contact from public viewing, in which case I'm not sure MagiCall will still work as the contacts may no longer be recognised by it and therefore the rules will not apply.
hmm, I am sure the functionality you want can be implemented into an application, just cross your fingers and hope that theres a cheating unfaithful pimp developer reading this thread lol
But seriously an app that can do that would most likely become very very popular, so popular in fact that eventually windows mobile would gain 99% of the male market segment, and the remaining 1% would be on the FruitIphone
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hmm, I am sure the functionality you want can be implemented into an application, just cross your fingers and hope that theres a cheating unfaithful pimp developer reading this thread lol
But seriously an app that can do that would most likely become very very popular, so popular in fact that eventually windows mobile would gain 99% of the male market segment, and the remaining 1% would be on the FruitIphone
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Then perhaps I should write to M$? Bill Gate$ might already have a ready made appz. If not, it does sound like a great biz strategy. He should rope both of us in as advisers.
I've been doing lots of searching and reading. There might be some appz that do what I want in parts but the searching and reading gets very tedious and short of trying each and every appz, I can only begin to understand them a little here and there before I think the appz is worth a try. Surely, there should be something that come close. Anyone?
I heard about apps that hides calls but i cannot find it...so me interested aswel
anyone got the solution 4 thiss??? hahaha... kinda need it rite now.... hahaha
It is really strange that there is no such application for WM devices. I know there are some apps for Symbian OS who are successfully working this what you are looking for.
why don't you try "sms security". been using this for a while and it always save my neck . www.easyhelper.net
Try EZ Secret SMS
Nice idea for an application
i think i will start working on it, but i will not be using it so don't think much.
maybe also can have a GPS integration so it will know that you are with X girlfriend and it automatically hides everything related to other ones
love the idea, let me plan this right
Information Hide
Hide your private contacts and SMS and access it by a password.
With EasyHelper Information Hide, you can hide your private contacts and SMS and access it by a password. You can also restore the hidden contacts and SMS at any time.
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As some1 else stated this URL: http://www.easyhelper.net/ or better http://www.easyhelper.net/InformationHide.html
Information Hide - Havent tested it - at the bottom of the page
Try those ones
EZ Secret SMS
Skb SMS Manager and Organizer-Ultimate
EasyHelper SMS Security
Does anyone know how to enter the Galaxy Nexus Service menu? Someone produced the code for the testing menu on rootzwiki, which is:
*#*#4636#*#*
If anyone knows, please share. If yo uknow any others, provide those also.
Thanks.
Nevermind.
hmmm. what is the difference b/t service and testing menu?
paOol said:
hmmm. what is the difference b/t service and testing menu?
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I think in the service menu, you can change things like max volume, change whether to be on -a spectrum or -b spectrum (might be mistaken regarding actual terminology of this one), things like that. For what can be done in the testing menu, just input the code above into the dialer of your phone and it will take you there automatically.
Take a look at this
open1your1eyes0 said:
Take a look at this
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Thank-you sir. I have tried some, they don't seem to work. I think for the galaxy nexus, might have to be *#*#1234#*#* format.
Did you find the codes?
I bought a new galaxy nexus from Bell canada, but i feel the phone has been previously used - do you know if there's a way to check (call counter hidden somewhere?)
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Did you find the codes?
I bought a new galaxy nexus from Bell canada, but i feel the phone has been previously used - do you know if there's a way to check (call counter hidden somewhere?)
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I have not found them yet unfortunately. I'm still looking.
would these codes work to boost the stock volume as well for the speaker?
I think some bright spark will be able to pull out all the service codes for our phone and if we can improve the volume then that alone is definitely worth it.
flipm00de said:
Thank-you sir. I have tried some, they don't seem to work. I think for the galaxy nexus, might have to be *#*#1234#*#* format.
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this is correct. for AOSP, the "secret" dialer codes are only recognized by the #*#* type of format. from personal experience, I know sprint preferrs to use ## <number> # and they are able to do this on HTC Sense based devices as HTC redesigns the phone.apk file, but on AOSP devices, the dialer recognizes only #*#* per google's standard.
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I think some bright spark will be able to pull out all the service codes for our phone and if we can improve the volume then that alone is definitely worth it.
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Service codes are handled by the Phone.apk file. This file should contain constants defined for each command in the header of one of the internal .java/.class files.
If somebody reversed the file, they should be able to find these. At least by grepping through the files starting with the code given in the topic, they should be defined near each other.
it should be the same in any android phone, therefore try *#*#INFO#*#*
Yes, all the codes on stock Android should be in *#*#[]#*#* format.
Going from this document here, anyone who has the whole source tree downloaded should simply grep all the Manifests for `android:host` codes, like so:
find –name AndroidManifest.xml | xargs grep secret_code
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Which should show all apps that are set to receive the android_secret_code broadcast.
copkay said:
Yes, all the codes on stock Android should be in *#*#[]#*#* format.
Going from this document here, anyone who has the whole source tree downloaded should simply grep all the Manifests for `android:host` codes, like so:
Which should show all apps that are set to receive the android_secret_code broadcast.
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I have the 4.0.3 GN source tree, and this flagged the following files:
/packages/apps/Email/AndroidManifest.xml
/packages/apps/Protips/AndroidManifest.xml
/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
/packages/apps/VoiceDialer/AndroidManifest.xml (this one showed up twice?)
/packages/providers/CalendarProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
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I have the 4.0.3 GN source tree, and this flagged the following files:
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/packages/apps/Email/AndroidManifest.xml
The Email app receives code *#*#36245#*#* and brings up a debug menu with some advanced logging options -- nothing major.
/packages/apps/Protips/AndroidManifest.xml
Heh. This seems to be a leftover from the ProTips widget in earlier Android versions. Apparently all it does is receive the code *#*#8477#*#* and log "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED".
/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
This is just the usual *#*#4636#*#* to bring up the testing menu.
/packages/apps/VoiceDialer/AndroidManifest.xml (this one showed up twice?)
This receives both *#*#8351#*#* and *#*#8350#*#* which enable and disable (respectively) logging for the Voice Dialer app.
/packages/providers/CalendarProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
This receives *#*#225#*#* and brings up a Calendar information page showing all of your linked calendars and the number of associated events.
copkay said:
/packages/apps/Email/AndroidManifest.xml
The Email app receives code *#*#36245#*#* and brings up a debug menu with some advanced logging options -- nothing major.
/packages/apps/Protips/AndroidManifest.xml
Heh. This seems to be a leftover from the ProTips widget in earlier Android versions. Apparently all it does is receive the code *#*#8477#*#* and log "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED".
/packages/apps/Settings/AndroidManifest.xml
This is just the usual *#*#4636#*#* to bring up the testing menu.
/packages/apps/VoiceDialer/AndroidManifest.xml (this one showed up twice?)
This receives both *#*#8351#*#* and *#*#8350#*#* which enable and disable (respectively) logging for the Voice Dialer app.
/packages/providers/CalendarProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
This receives *#*#225#*#* and brings up a Calendar information page showing all of your linked calendars and the number of associated events.
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Does this mean there are no other testing menus in aosp android?
Firerouge said:
Does this mean there are no other testing menus in aosp android?
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I couldn't say for sure, but I would assume that is all that is available within the source. It's quite possible that the Verizon specific files (or GSM) could also have responses as well, as I would think there has to be a service menu somewhere. I wouldn't know how to check that, though.
for my phone i used *#*#340910#*#* and i was able to enter the service menu which allows you to change your number associated with the phone as well as the MSID number
sforbes said:
for my phone i used *#*#340910#*#* and i was able to enter the service menu which allows you to change your number associated with the phone as well as the MSID number
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Is that your MSL number? Also what version of ICS are you on?
thats just testing menu
flipm00de said:
Does anyone know how to enter the Galaxy Nexus Service menu? Someone produced the code for the testing menu on rootzwiki, which is:
*#*#4636#*#*
If anyone knows, please share. If yo uknow any others, provide those also.
Thanks.
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Hey all,
Apologies if this has been asked before, I've scoured the search function but couldn't find it.
A feature I really miss from iOS and Android (I've had both) is where you look up a restaurant or something on your browser and it recognises the telephone number and underlines it.. so you just tap to call.
Right now I have to copy the number (or memorise it), go to the phone function and then create a new contact, paste the number and then call.
Is there an App or something that gives that functionality in WP (I have a HTC Titan with latest updates)?
Thanks,
K
Swisskom said:
Hey all,
Apologies if this has been asked before, I've scoured the search function but couldn't find it.
A feature I really miss from iOS and Android (I've had both) is where you look up a restaurant or something on your browser and it recognises the telephone number and underlines it.. so you just tap to call.
Right now I have to copy the number (or memorise it), go to the phone function and then create a new contact, paste the number and then call.
Is there an App or something that gives that functionality in WP (I have a HTC Titan with latest updates)?
Thanks,
K
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something called 'send to my wp7' in marketplace.
drupad2drupad said:
something called 'send to my wp7' in marketplace.
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I've just downloaded and set it up, and its useful (same as Chrome to phone on Android) but not what I meant. Essentially if I'm browsing the web on my phone, I want telephone numbers (on the web page) to automatically open up the phone program. All this is on the phone, not my PC.
Cheers
How are the numbers being formatted on the web page? IE9 I think looks for specific syntax.
ScottSUmmers said:
How are the numbers being formatted on the web page? IE9 I think looks for specific syntax.
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Like (us of a numbers) 601-555-1234 just as you would dial them. The os pickes up a set of 7,10 or 11 numbers as phone numbers and dumps them to the dialer. Its the way it should have always been (nice)
I have Samsung Focus and running 7720 and I just tap the phone number on the web page and it take me to a screen asking if I want to call or store number.
Seed 2.0 said:
I have Samsung Focus and running 7720 and I just tap the phone number on the web page and it take me to a screen asking if I want to call or store number.
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same here. Never had a single issue with this.
Same here... always works - is it do to the international settings? (Settings, swipe, phone, international assist)? i have mine on
Also in IE try changing from mobile to desktop version to see if it makes a difference.
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Like (us of a numbers) 601-555-1234 just as you would dial them. The os pickes up a set of 7,10 or 11 numbers as phone numbers and dumps them to the dialer. Its the way it should have always been (nice)
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is the quoted phone number showing up as a link for anyone? Its not clickAble for me on 8107 with mobile or desktop setting. Also tried international assist setting and it had no effect as suspected.
One feature I miss from previous OSes is the lack of ability to paste a phone number in the dialer. It is not always the case that we are able to successfully dial a number by tapping on it.
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is the quoted phone number showing up as a link for anyone? Its not clickAble for me on 8107 with mobile or desktop setting. Also tried international assist setting and it had no effect as suspected.
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Does not work for me, neither do national (Swiss) or other European numbers. I usually have the opposite problem with iOS etc.. i.e. any sequence of numbers (including serial numbers) being interpreted as a telephone number
419-685-5468
419.685.5468
(419) 685-5468
(419) 685 5468
(419)6855468
419 685 5468
4196855468
Do any of these show up as clickable? If so post your OS version
None are clickable on 8107 here.
bobzero said:
419-685-5468
419.685.5468
(419) 685-5468
(419) 685 5468
(419)6855468
419 685 5468
4196855468
Do any of these show up as clickable? If so post your OS version
None are clickable on 8107 here.
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All but the last one were clickable for me (version 7720). I attached a screenshot of what I get with the first 6 numbers. Gives option to call, and edit number beforehand if necessary.
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All but the last one were clickable for me (version 7720). I attached a screenshot of what I get with the first 6 numbers. Gives option to call, and edit number beforehand if necessary.
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Same results for me too. HTC Titan ATT 7720.
Interesting that it is working for you guys. I tried changing my region settings all to USA and now it is working was previously set to Canada.
Weird... report that one to MS... i would think it would urk a lot of people. I live in the US.
Not clickable to me. im using the dft v3 rom on my 7 Pro. How i have managed to pick up numbers from the browser is to copy the number, create a new contact and then call to the number. Leaving the name field empty makes that contact appear frist for easy calling and deletion after the call.
So bottom line here would be to get the paste option to the dialer. That is a WAY better solution to call numbers from the browser, than have the browser identify all numbers as phone numbers.
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is the quoted phone number showing up as a link for anyone? Its not clickAble for me on 8107 with mobile or desktop setting. Also tried international assist setting and it had no effect as suspected.
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That phone number shows up as orange text that is clickable. I have my phone set to mobile view priority.
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dtboos said:
All but the last one were clickable for me (version 7720). I attached a screenshot of what I get with the first 6 numbers. Gives option to call, and edit number beforehand if necessary.
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All but the last one work for me also. Plus the web page has to be 100% loaded before they are clickable.
I Did some more testing. The only value that seems to matter is your region format setting (second from the top) inside the region+location settings. Make sure it is set to united states. Everything else can be whatever.
Anyone have the ear of someone on the windows phone tem and could pass this bug on? There's no obvious reason why the Canadian region should not have the same clickable phone links as we generally use the same formats as our friends to the south. I would chalk this up as an oversight, Canada usually gets forgotten.
Also tested Australian, and it is not working for the above numbers, but then the Aussies use a different number format iirc.
adhoc125 said:
One feature I miss from previous OSes is the lack of ability to paste a phone number in the dialer. It is not always the case that we are able to successfully dial a number by tapping on it.
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There are other dialers you can download that you can past phone numbers into. Give one of those a try.
Hi,
We make Contactive(it's an app)(just to make sure we're on the same page here). It's guaranteed to (insert sips ref here) rustle your jimmies.
We've received some great feedback lately and we're hungry like a wolf for moar. That's where you come in:fingers-crossed:. Fill our suggestion box full of stuff. Types of feedback that we like to munch on:
- all positive comments
- A bunch of five stars pls
- words that want to make us cry
- And I'm legally binded to ask for some constructive criticism. Not too much though. Our dev's get angry pretty easily(please do not tweet to contactive that i said that).
Also too our lead dev is single(lololololol) he like's to go on very brief walks on the beach, he gets tired very easily, and his fave movie is the about the ring.
I guess I should say something about the app now. Um, well it makes your phone ring, or vibrate, when you get a call. It tells you if a celebrity is calling you like Dr. Dre or if its your mailman, or if its just your mum.
But wait there's more:highfive:, if your mom's on twitter, and let's face it there's like a 99% chance she is, it will show you her latest tweet before you pick up her call... you'll be prepared. Also too it'll import all of your friends from Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin(if you have a job), and Gmail to your phone's address book. It identifies unknown callers too by crawling over the inter-webs for all public information connected to that number(ie. location, name,a picture if available, and some other stuff I cant remember.
Seriously though View attachment 2043155
http://contactive.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...forums&utm_medium=XDADevelopers&utm_term=post
Also I forgot to say that our website is the bees knees, so click the link in the op. pls.
contactive_dave said:
Hi,
We make Contactive(it's an app)(just to make sure we're on the same page here). It's guaranteed to (insert sips ref here) rustle your jimmies.
We've received some great feedback lately and we're hungry like a wolf for moar. That's where you come in:fingers-crossed:. Fill our suggestion box full of stuff. Types of feedback that we like to munch on:
- all positive comments
- A bunch of five stars pls
- words that want to make us cry
- And I'm legally binded to ask for some constructive criticism. Not too much though. Our dev's get angry pretty easily(please do not tweet to contactive that i said that).
Also too our lead dev is single(lololololol) he like's to go on very brief walks on the beach, he gets tired very easily, and his fave movie is the about the ring.
I guess I should say something about the app now. Um, well it makes your phone ring, or vibrate, when you get a call. It tells you if a celebrity is calling you like Dr. Dre or if its your mailman, or if its just your mum.
But wait there's more:highfive:, if your mom's on twitter, and let's face it there's like a 99% chance she is, it will show you her latest tweet before you pick up her call... you'll be prepared. Also too it'll import all of your friends from Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin(if you have a job), and Gmail to your phone's address book. It identifies unknown callers too by crawling over the inter-webs for all public information connected to that number(ie. location, name,a picture if available, and some other stuff I cant remember.
Seriously though View attachment 2043155
http://contactive.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...forums&utm_medium=XDADevelopers&utm_term=post
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The app looks pretty nice ... :good: ... And the WebSIte Design ... AWESOME !! (may i ask who made the website ?) .... Keep up ... !! :good:
Looks awesome. can we get a dark theme?
this apps sounds good, gonna give a try. thread subscribe. thks to dev team :good:
I'm not trying to discredit your app but what does it bring that the others don't have ? I tried it works exactly like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callapp.contacts that is my main contacts app
Giving it a try; seems like a useful application, but I am a little concerned about the massive consolidation of personal information. The privacy policy is a good read!
Can you add a feature to remove duplicate numbers in phone contacts
This is good:good:, but feel they have two or more contacts,
numbers on the phone does not directly connect to facebook
hanifbsk said:
Can you add a feature to remove duplicate numbers in phone contacts
This is good:good:, but feel they have two or more contacts,
numbers on the phone does not directly connect to facebook
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what do you mean by duplicate numbers?
hisname said:
what do you mean by duplicate numbers?
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I have a lot of duplicate numbers in the phone
eg for my number, there are 4 same name in the phonebook,
and it automatically removes it,
and hope this app can change the google phonebook, not only the number on the application
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The app looks pretty nice ... :good: ... And the WebSIte Design ... AWESOME !! (may i ask who made the website ?) .... Keep up ... !! :good:
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thanks! our in-house front-end guy plus designer made it.
honki24 said:
Looks awesome. can we get a dark theme?
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We've had a few requests for theme customization. right now, we're busy with bug fixes and core features, but we're hoping to get to a place where we can work on themes. We know the blue is super bright, and some people like it, some people don't.
exadeci said:
I'm not trying to discredit your app but what does it bring that the others don't have ? I tried it works exactly like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callapp.contacts that is my main contacts app
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Yeah. CallApp is our main competitor - and right now we do pretty much the same thing. But we're tryna eventually leapfrog them.
hanifbsk said:
Can you add a feature to remove duplicate numbers in phone contacts
This is good:good:, but feel they have two or more contacts,
numbers on the phone does not directly connect to facebook
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Not sure what's happening there but Contactive SHOULD be taking care of your duplicate numbers. There's also an option to manually merge/link profiles when you go into an individual profile and hit settings. Could you shoot us an email at [email protected]?
PS. Thank you to @TheRomMistress for the article!
I'm trying to wrap my brain around how your app works and where the line in privacy is.
Without actually installing your app, my theory is...
* Your app takes a snapshot of my address book and pushes that to a 3rd party service
* This service builds up a database of numbers, names, and useful information to find people on social networking sites
* Some of this information is pushed back down to the user for their particular contact
* Once a call comes in, if the user already exists the app should know which accounts on what social networks the pole for the callers most recent postings
* If the caller doesn't exist in the address book, a quick ping off to the 3rd party service is made to request any known information on this new caller's phone number, and that's pushed back down to the user and relevant content is shown
Is all that approximately correct or do I have it all backwards? Thanks!
I'm really liking the layout of this app. Good work! Could you guys incorporate a way to turn of the dialer sound?
rubin110 said:
I'm trying to wrap my brain around how your app works and where the line in privacy is.
Without actually installing your app, my theory is...
* Your app takes a snapshot of my address book and pushes that to a 3rd party service
* This service builds up a database of numbers, names, and useful information to find people on social networking sites
* Some of this information is pushed back down to the user for their particular contact
* Once a call comes in, if the user already exists the app should know which accounts on what social networks the pole for the callers most recent postings
* If the caller doesn't exist in the address book, a quick ping off to the 3rd party service is made to request any known information on this new caller's phone number, and that's pushed back down to the user and relevant content is shown
Is all that approximately correct or do I have it all backwards? Thanks!
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Iam totally agree with RUBIN110..Big concern is privacy .I'm not trying to discredit your app but App from Newyork ..,,,Whats About NSA?..Whats about U.S. and British government mass surveillance programs?
I really like the look of the app and I want to use it, but I'm concerned about the privacy aspects.
Do you collect the data and use or store it outside of this app?
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I'm trying to wrap my brain around how your app works and where the line in privacy is.
Without actually installing your app, my theory is...
* Your app takes a snapshot of my address book and pushes that to a 3rd party service
* This service builds up a database of numbers, names, and useful information to find people on social networking sites
* Some of this information is pushed back down to the user for their particular contact
* Once a call comes in, if the user already exists the app should know which accounts on what social networks the pole for the callers most recent postings
* If the caller doesn't exist in the address book, a quick ping off to the 3rd party service is made to request any known information on this new caller's phone number, and that's pushed back down to the user and relevant content is shown
Is all that approximately correct or do I have it all backwards? Thanks!
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As the lowly intern, this is my understanding of how it works - from both asking a bunch of questions and sitting next to the dev guys everyday listening to what they talk about:
You got it mostly correct.
1. yes. The app saves your address book in Contactive's database and stores links (not info) to matching social network profiles. This info is NOT shared with 3rd party services.
2. yes. The service builds up a database of the following: name, number, social network IDs
3. yes. The info you see for a particular contact all depends on what info you can see if you were to visit that user's Facebook page. For example, if you are friends with Alex, all of the info you can normally see on Alex's Facebook will show up within Contactive. If you are NOT friends with Alex, only the info Alex has made public will be seen within Contactive.
4. yes - IF 1. you are friends with them already on the social networks you connect to Contactive, and/or 2. Contactive's database has connected that number to a specific social network account.
5. yes. If the caller doesnt exist in your address book, requests are sent to Contactive's database and third parties such as yelp, facebook, etc - all the different sources we use.
gaquarian said:
Iam totally agree with RUBIN110..Big concern is privacy .I'm not trying to discredit your app but App from Newyork ..,,,Whats About NSA?..Whats about U.S. and British government mass surveillance programs?
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We're pretty sure if the NSA wanted any of the info we have, they can get it off of Facebook. LOL
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I really like the look of the app and I want to use it, but I'm concerned about the privacy aspects.
Do you collect the data and use or store it outside of this app?
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Nope. We don't use or store it for anything other than to bolster our caller ID feature. We won't sell any of our information either.
Are you able to add an option to silence the key press tone?
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Are you able to add an option to silence the key press tone?
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youre actually the second person today to ask about that. I'll bring it up to the dev team and report back.
Looks cool. Any plans for a dark theme and integrating call block( damn telemarketers)
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I tried a number of things to get the Google dialer without success.
For now work with kk dialer, has anyone any idea how to get rid the TrueCaller?
Just don't use TrueCaller?
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Just don't use TrueCaller?
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Thanks for nothing .
I have said that I have kk dialer, to install Google dialer am looking.
Open up the dialler and go to settings, the three dots, The top option is Truecaller you can turn it off
nikoslikos said:
Thanks for nothing .
I have said that I have kk dialer, to install Google dialer am looking.
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I gave you the advice you wanted about Truecaller. As the previous poster stated, you can disable it, or, as I advised, simply not use it. Getting offended because someone took the time out to respond is terrible manners.
You may need to be rooted to remove it and we do not know if you are rooted. We don't know if you are running a Lollipop or Marshamallow ROM either. You have not helped us to help you by not giving us your platform information.
Have you tried to install the Google Dialer from the modular GApps thread?
Be warned that they are targeted to 32bit ROMs. Do a backup!
You could also try CM Next dialer from CM C-Apps package. This also includes Truecaller, but it is trivial to disable it.
I am rooted and am on stock TOS208G with trucaller uninstalled. I replaced with caller ID & call recorder app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callapp.contacts that I prefer.
I have found the phone does not display whose calling via contacts only by the true caller ap. Have I installed something in error or got a setting wrong please?
Trucaller help in many ways
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Just don't use TrueCaller?
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It helps in many way to find out spam caller, customer care calls,
and know the number location carrier etc etc
thunderbolt9148 said:
It helps in many way to find out spam caller, customer care calls,
and know the number location carrier etc etc
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Understood, but the poster doesn't want to use it.
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Understood, but the poster doesn't want to use it.
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From what I have found, there is no caller id system on the phone without having one of the various true caller id apps installed.
image45 said:
From what I have found, there is no caller id system on the phone without having one of the various true caller id apps installed.
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Caller ID is a stock feature of any basic dialer out there (Google/AOSP etc), it should not be dependent on True Caller.
I think True Caller is still on my Swift, so I will test this later.
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r25txe said:
Caller ID is a stock feature of any basic dialer out there (Google/AOSP etc), it should not be dependent on True Caller.
I think True Caller is still on my Swift, so I will test this later.
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Uninstall true caller id and see for yourself then, you don't have to trust the contents of members post if you so choose.
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Uninstall true caller id and see for yourself then, you don't have to trust the contents of members post if you so choose.
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I don't have TrueCaller on my device afterall. The dialer is the stock Android dialer and my caller ID works without issues.
What's the packagename for TrueCaller?
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I wonder if I can restart this discussion here -- I want to turn off TrueCaller, but in Google Play it says it's a System App and it does not appear at all under any name in the Settings - Apps listing (no matter whether showing or hiding system apps). What other options do I have?
I'm on Android 7.1.2. My TrueCaller has no options to either turn it off or to turn off the notifications it brings up (which is my main reason for wanting to get rid of it: for something that's blocking spam, it spams me far too much with stuff that I don't want it to do).
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Caller ID is a stock feature of any basic dialer out there (Google/AOSP etc), it should not be dependent on True Caller.
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This should indeed be the case. Unfortunately, for us Swift (1st gen) users at least, this is now broken.
When Wileyfox migrated from CyanogenMod to Android they broke a few things along the way as well as doing a deal with the Devil aka Truecaller.
Unless your device is Truecaller enabled then caller ID simply will not work. We've tested at least two dozen dialers and contact managers (all from Google Play) and not one of them works with the Swift in its current firmware state. We even installed the APK of the Google Phone dialer (provided by WF themselves and which according to Google Play is incompatible anyway) and even this does not work.
Besides, how many dialers does a mobile ecosystem need anyway? One has to ask themselves why there are so many and why they nearly always require OTA registration to do what they offer....
But that's another matter altogether.
There are other issues too such as SMS alerts going off at full volume in the earpiece during an active voicecall; or the persistence of 'charge mode' when connecting via USB, even though MTP has been set in the developer options or from the status pull-down.
One thing it tells us is that the Swift cannot be running stock Android - otherwise these problems just would not happen. If not that, then it is that WF don't have a proper working build process or test protocol.
Either way, the Swift is damaged goods now and it might seem WF are prepared to kick it into the kerb. Probably the best option now is to try Lineage, assuming owners are savvy and even want to.
On the other hand we could band together to oblige WF to get an update released. We have been trying for months to get their attention, both before and since their buyout by STK. For those who are minded to, perhaps you would like to add your support by liking the following Facebook post:-
https://www.facebook.com/officialwileyfox/posts/1872330073078309
If enough give it the thumbs up then WF may be moved to respond. Please support this initiative if you can.
Thanks.
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I wonder if I can restart this discussion here -- I want to turn off TrueCaller, but in Google Play it says it's a System App and it does not appear at all under any name in the Settings - Apps listing (no matter whether showing or hiding system apps). What other options do I have?
I'm on Android 7.1.2. My TrueCaller has no options to either turn it off or to turn off the notifications it brings up (which is my main reason for wanting to get rid of it: for something that's blocking spam, it spams me far too much with stuff that I don't want it to do).
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We think we have found a solution:-
It ought to be possible to disable Truecaller but not remove it entirely unless your phone is rooted and have other management tools. We have managed this is on our own device which is totally stock and never been tinkered with (7.1.2 Nougat, Build No: TOS257G – N2G48B).
Secondly, installing another dialler from Google Play or via APK will work but it's almost 100% likely that a further setting will need to be made: setting as the default phone app.
This can be done in two ways:-
i) Settings->Apps->Configure Apps (Gear icon in top bar).
ii) From the app drawer, drag the dialler app icon to the "App Info" drop zone at the top of the screen. Scroll down to the setting that says "Phone App" - it should be yes or no.
See attached screenshots for reference.
It seems to us that many owners think their Swift can't be used with any dialler other than Truecaller, when in fact they can; the mistake is on the part of the firmware which won't recognise another dialler by default and hence breaks the contact ID display when incoming calls are received (not to be confused with caller ID).
Hopefully this serves as a solution. :good: