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Hey all,
Im a long time user of the forums but havent posted anything yet. Anyway, ive been seeing this issue on some other forums and after massive searching cant find a fix.
I just got the official upgrade to WM6.1 on my sprint HTC Touch. PRIOR to 6.1 the "main" today screen showed a missed calls link (icon is a phone with a "!"), which by default listed an entire call history - missed calls, received calls, and outgoing calls. AFTER upgrading to 6.1 the same button now only lists missed calls. there is a menu button which contains a filter, and the ability to switch to "all calls". the only problem is, this filter doesnt stick. after closing it and reopening it reverts back to only showing missed calls. This is a huge pain in my arse as I used that button almost every time i use my phone. (redials, sending texts, getting numbers, etc)
As far as my options on alternatives goes, this is what I know:
1. I know you can open the "phone" dial screen and access a full call history. (this is ok, but I really want a quick one touch access!)
2. I found the callhistory.exe floating around on here, got it set up in my programs and mapped it to the camera softkey. (also a pain because I had all my soft keys mapped to other things, and i tend to hold my phone in my right hand making it annoying to hit)
I would really LOVE to know if there is a way to get that "missed calls" key on the today screen to show the entire call history like it used to do!!!!! (or at least add/change another button on the main today screen to access call history)
I may just be screwed, but if anyone can figure it out I know xda-devs can. Any help would be appreciated.
p.s. If other people are seeing this thread and are in the same spot, and want to know how to set up callhistory.exe to map to a softkey let me know, and ill post those details on that temporary alternative.
Call history bug
navogel said:
Hey all,
Im a long time user of the forums but havent posted anything yet. Anyway, ive been seeing this issue on some other forums and after massive searching cant find a fix.
I just got the official upgrade to WM6.1 on my sprint HTC Touch. PRIOR to 6.1 the "main" today screen showed a missed calls link (icon is a phone with a "!"), which by default listed an entire call history - missed calls, received calls, and outgoing calls. AFTER upgrading to 6.1 the same button now only lists missed calls. there is a menu button which contains a filter, and the ability to switch to "all calls". the only problem is, this filter doesnt stick. after closing it and reopening it reverts back to only showing missed calls. This is a huge pain in my arse as I used that button almost every time i use my phone. (redials, sending texts, getting numbers, etc)
As far as my options on alternatives goes, this is what I know:
1. I know you can open the "phone" dial screen and access a full call history. (this is ok, but I really want a quick one touch access!)
2. I found the callhistory.exe floating around on here, got it set up in my programs and mapped it to the camera softkey. (also a pain because I had all my soft keys mapped to other things, and i tend to hold my phone in my right hand making it annoying to hit)
I would really LOVE to know if there is a way to get that "missed calls" key on the today screen to show the entire call history like it used to do!!!!! (or at least add/change another button on the main today screen to access call history)
I may just be screwed, but if anyone can figure it out I know xda-devs can. Any help would be appreciated.
p.s. If other people are seeing this thread and are in the same spot, and want to know how to set up callhistory.exe to map to a softkey let me know, and ill post those details on that temporary alternative.
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I have the same problem on my Xperia. Does anyone have a solution?
Why dont you try this little app,dont remember where i got it from but very handy.It creates a short cut for your call history in the Programs section.Hope this helps.
has anyone come up with solution for this annoying bug that filter selection in Call History from Today screen does not stick and defaults to Missed Calls only?
Using CM6 and I have a annoying issue. I don't know if this was intended as a feature or maybe just an issue on my part. I'd like to be able to go into call log, tap on a missed call/contact, and have it automatically call.
If I want to call my gf I have to long press her name and select call. Is there a way to enable this. I check through the call log preferences and didn't see anything.
Basically need to tap on a contact in my call log and automatically call them. I DON'T want to have to long press.
Judging on it's behavior it looks like it was intended this way.
I think it threads calls by day, and if there were multiple calls in that day you click on you're going to expand the thread.
Otherwise clicking on the call then I get the option to call in the next screen... so 2 maybe 3 clicks at most.
I don't think it is an issue, but the design. I could understand you just want to click to call but it gives you multiple options when clicking on the missed call.
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Judging on it's behavior it looks like it was intended this way.
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Or you could just open the Phone app, Press Menu >> Preferences, scroll down to Call Log, and click "Show Dial Button".
Nahh... you're right, it's intended that you should be forced to long-press.
Yeah I always redial from my call log so its annoying. Thanks that worked I saw that option but didn't know what it meant. This works perfect.
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If you press the arrow on the right side of the call log, it will call that person.
One major inconvenience on our Galaxy S2 devices is the current impossibility to call from anywhere within Android without first going back to the home screen. After examining the currently available solutions for direct dialing, I will make an improvement suggestion / request that has to do with double tapping the home button.
Proposed solutions
1. In order to call from the messenging application, you can (credits to mrfreddan):
swipe over the contact name in the messaging overview (1 button)
in the message history, you can press menu + call (2 buttons). Samsung if you read this, please allow swiping call from within the message overview as well!
2. In order to call from the Samsung/Google email application (credits to BlueScreenJunky):
can click on contact pictures in both Gmail/Samsung Mail application (still 2 taps), but unlike in the messaging app, no swipe & call option in the email clients...
...would be better to double tap to call, either on picture or on home button
3. In order to call from any other menu (credits to itsjusttim):
Can highlight a phone number when directly visible / available and call from there...
...otherwise forced to go back to home screen and call from there (2 buttons)
Conclusion: this is still insufficient versus other phones that allow calls with a single press from anywhere in Android.
Improvement/Fix request:
Allow double tapping fix to bring up dialer instead of voice talk (which cannot be used in loud / very silent environments)
Make single pressing home button more reactive by shortening the double tapping interval
Improve the messaging and Samsung/Google Email applications to allow direct calls more easily (probably an immediate Samsung/Google to do)
If you have any proposed tricks / solutions, please feel free to post in this thread. Thanks
If you press on the number within the email or text.. etc it will take you to the phone app
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I know it's not what you're looking for, but whenever you have the picture of a contact (in Gmail, in Go SMS or CM7 SMS) you can click the picture and there you have the option to call/IM/email the contact.
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it seems impossible to call email or SMS contacts directly from these applications(I may have overlooked something obvious).
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I don't know about the email app but from the message app you can call people both from the main view (swype right over name) and in the message view (press menu then call, or, if they texted you with a number in the message itself, just press it)
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I don't know about the email app but from the message app you can call people both from the main view (swype right over name) and in the message view (press menu then call, or, if they texted you with a number in the message itself, just press it)
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Thank you for this! I have updated my original post to include current solutions.
I love the swipe & call option, even though I wished it worked in the messaging thread itself. Menu+call is still 2 buttons, swiping over is equivalent to the HTC call button...only 1 tap.
That leaves the need to call from other places in Android...There it is also 2 buttons to bring up the dialer (home+call). I wish double-tapping could be used to bring up the dialer!
I am sure this is not a big deal to implement, so hopefully someone will come up with a quick fix!
What you are discussing here is worthwhile but is available within a number of apps such as handcent where the call option is in every part including the message thread. Since these apps are also quite a bit more fully featured in other ways and work seamlessly I'm not sure why a person would want to spend time modifying the stock app? I feel like I'm missing something here.
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What you are discussing here is worthwhile but is available within a number of apps such as handcent where the call option is in every part including the message thread. Since these apps are also quite a bit more fully featured in other ways and work seamlessly I'm not sure why a person would want to spend time modifying the stock app? I feel like I'm missing something here.
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Yes, indeed, in Handcent or free SMS or many others you can call from the message overview. I did investigate today and found many options. But that's for SMS only.
From any menu outside of Messenging, this is still a 2-step process to launch the dialer. In HTC sense, this is as simple as tapping the call button. On the Samsung there is no hard button, so you have to use inbuilt shortcuts within the main applications (still a two step process, tap picture and then press call) or you have to press the home button and call from there.
Therefore my suggestions still hold. Reassigning the double tapping to direct dial (or other action for that matter) as an option, would be beneficial to the G2 community.
Has anyone found a solution for reassigning hard keys / key combinations to other functionality?
How about just getting Wave Launcher (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher&feature=search_result) and then adding "Phone" to the menu?
Then you can access the dialer from anywhere in Android without pressing the Home button.
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There is this
http://android.modaco.com/content/s...odaco-com/340047/take-control-of-home-button/
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Yes, indeed, in Handcent or free SMS or many others you can call from the message overview. I did investigate today and found many options. But that's for SMS only.
From any menu outside of Messenging, this is still a 2-step process to launch the dialer. In HTC sense, this is as simple as tapping the call button. On the Samsung there is no hard button, so you have to use inbuilt shortcuts within the main applications (still a two step process, tap picture and then press call) or you have to press the home button and call from there.
Therefore my suggestions still hold. Reassigning the double tapping to direct dial (or other action for that matter) as an option, would be beneficial to the G2 community.
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Ok, the way your post originally read it was just from the messaging app but from anywhere is something completely different.
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[*]swipe over the contact name in the messaging overview (1 button)
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hey man, you dont actually have to swipe just tab on your contact and you have plenty of options ))
aussiebum said:
How about just getting Wave Launcher (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher&feature=search_result) and then adding "Phone" to the menu?
Then you can access the dialer from anywhere in Android without pressing the Home button.
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I would prefer not to have something that has to work in the background, don't want to affect system performance...
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hey man, you dont actually have to swipe just tab on your contact and you have plenty of options ))
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But the issue with that is: 2 gestures instead of one, slower.
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Ok, the way your post originally read it was just from the messaging app but from anywhere is something completely different.
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It did say I want from anywhere, but it is still true I have edited the post to contain the proposed solutions. Still, thank you.
What we need is an application that allows to reassign all key combinations to the desired action. I want to call others want VoiceCommander, others want GoSMS...This is what people are after.
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But the issue with that is: 2 gestures instead of one, slower.
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true it's good that we have options so that everyone is happy
btw i'm using handcent and dont have the swipe option :S
Three features I wasn't expecting are especially nice improvements over my previous phone:
(1) A setting that blocks all calls or messages from people not on my contact list.
(2) A setting that keeps the phone on as long as it sees me looking at it.
(3) The ability to take a photo via a voice command.
Gary02468
Its an awsome phone and its great you want to share your discovery with us. However it would be even better if you can add some value to your thread you have created by elaborating on how thiese features are great , how to turn them on and off , and or make a list to help newcomers find little usefull features like thies on there new awsome phone. Think of these members who would search for a post like this one and how it could help them.
Thanks in anycase.
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1) I could be totally wrong, as it's been about a month since I last held the original Note, but I could have sworn I distinctly remember this feature in the original Note. I remember remarking to myself how convenient it was, but I never used it because I had a third party app that did the same thing.
2) Smart Stay was a feature I was really looking forward to from the S III. I can't tell you how many times I've been reading a long article online or something else, and the screen dimmed or turned off because it had no clue I was still actively using the phone. Smart Stay has effectively eliminated this, and it has worked really well for me.
3) This feature I have only heard about ONCE, and that was while watching a YouTube video someone had done on the Note II. I was very impressed and it's another feature I have longed for. I've tried it out and it works flawlessly.
I'd also go on to add there are many more features I find convenient. Quick Glance is a convenient little gem that I've heard no one mention in the dozens of reviews I've seen about the Note II. I found it by just going through every part of my phones' settings. When your screen is off, quick glance will cut on your screen for a couple of seconds, and display a large clock with the date, email count, text count, and missed calls count. This is activated by hovering your hand, briefly, over the phones light sensor. It comes in extremely hand during the night when I want to quickly roll over, check the time, and roll back over to sleep. No more trying to find the phone ... finding the button to turn the screen on ... then turning the screen off again. Everything is hands-free. A beautiful little aurora borealis-type animation happens in the background while quick glance is active. The majority of the screen stays black so it's not bothersome.
Another favorite feature of mine is Direct Call. It essentially calls whatever contact whose information is currently being displayed on your screen from your contacts list. So instead of having to pull up, John Doe in your contact ... then select what number of his you want to dial (assuming he has multiple numbers) ... then pushing the "call" button to execute the call... all you have to do is have John Doe's contact info pulled up and put the phone to your face as if you were about to talk on a call, and Direct Call will automatically dial the first number assigned to that contact or whatever the default number is. I've found this feature GREATLY appreciated.
I'm so happy with my new toy. So many cool features that are actually beneficial.
Cab121 said:
it would be even better if you can add some value to your thread you have created by elaborating on how thiese features are great , how to turn them on and off , and or make a list to help newcomers find little usefull features like thies on there new awsome phone.
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Ok, sure. All three features can be found just by browsing through the phone's settings (or the User Manual). Blocking Mode is listed under the device's top-level Settings; the screen-stay face-detection is under the device's Settings|Display; and the camera's viewfinder screen explains the voice-command feature when that feature is enabled (which I think it was by default; it can be toggled in the camera's top-level Settings).
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I could have sworn I distinctly remember [Blocking Mode] in the original Note.
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Could well be. My previous phone was an Infuse, not a Note 1. So the feature was new to me, if not to the world.
3) i did not know this... found it and tested it out. pretty cool
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3) i did not know this... found it and tested it out. pretty cool
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Same here. I did not know this feature on the camera. Nice!
(1) A setting that blocks all calls or messages from people not on my contact list.
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Blocking Mode is listed under the device's top-level Settings
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Hmm I wasn't aware Blocking mode could be used like this.
I'm guessing I would set it to "Disable Incoming Calls" "Always" "Allowed contacts > All contacts".
Does that sound right?
daveschz said:
Hmm I wasn't aware Blocking mode could be used like this.
I'm guessing I would set it to "Disable Incoming Calls" "Always" "Allowed contacts > All contacts".
Does that sound right?
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Exactly.
Unrecognized callers can still leave you voice mails. If you use Google Voice for voice mail, then you can spam-filter those; and even for messages that don't get filtered, you only have to glance at the transcriptions for a second, instead of taking time to listen to the messages, if you want to see if any are legit.
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When your screen is off, quick glance will cut on your screen for a couple of seconds, and display a large clock with the date, email count, text count, and missed calls count. This is activated by hovering your hand, briefly, over the phone[']s light sensor.
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I like that feature too, except that there's a five-second delay before the screen responds to the gesture, which makes it quicker just to press the power button.
Do you get that delay as well?
Gary02468 said:
I like that feature too, except that there's a five-second delay before the screen responds to the gesture, which makes it quicker just to press the power button.
Do you get that delay as well?
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Yeah, this is a great idea for a feature. But, I have some reservations. First - battery life, you can tell the prox sensor is on, and lights up red when the screen is off. Second - speed, I find it faster when the device is flat to just press the home key, all the same info is on the lock screen, and it wakes and goes back to sleep faster if anything.
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Direct Dial
Actually, you can specify which number is the default dialed by this feature:
Touch and hold the phone number you want set to default. After a second or so delay, a menu appears, and "set default" is the last item in that menu.
Dr. Evo said:
1) Another favorite feature of mine is Direct Call. It essentially calls whatever contact whose information is currently being displayed on your screen from your contacts list. So instead of having to pull up, John Doe in your contact ... then select what number of his you want to dial (assuming he has multiple numbers) ... then pushing the "call" button to execute the call... all you have to do is have John Doe's contact info pulled up and put the phone to your face as if you were about to talk on a call, and Direct Call will automatically dial the first number assigned to that contact or whatever the default number is. I've found this feature GREATLY appreciated.
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Hey all,
Please don't flame, I am just looking for help (and I did search, I just want to make sure I am reading the state of things correctly).
I got a Moto360, and I use a Gear Fit. Is there still no way (on an S5) to use a "quick reply" to a text? Using the stock app? It is so nice on the Fit to just swipe a pre-configured text reply. I can't seem to do that on the 360, and what I read indicates I have to use a third party app?? Seems backward, but do I have that right?
Also, I can't seem to get my 360 to vibrate when I get a notification (email or text). I'm sure this is just user error, but I can't find the setting.
Thanks
When you receive a text, swipe to the right until you see reply, then if the speech request comes up, tap the screen again to get the quick reply options.
Pull down from the main clock screen and you'll see the mute/unmute. You're probably muted. Muted in this device's case means vibrate/don't vibrate (there's no speaker).
Hope this helps.
impala454 said:
When you receive a text, swipe to the right until you see reply, then if the speech request comes up, tap the screen again to get the quick reply options.
Pull down from the main clock screen and you'll see the mute/unmute. You're probably muted. Muted in this device's case means vibrate/don't vibrate (there's no speaker).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks. I tried it, and when I get to the speech request, there don't seem to be any other pages. I swipe all directions, and all I can do is go back. Do I need to configure it somewhere?
You say you're swiping in all directions. Just tap in the center. So to sum it up:
Recieve text message
Swipe to the left to read it
Swipe again to the left to Reply, then tap
When speech req box comes up, tap, and that should bring up the canned reply menu
impala454 said:
You say you're swiping in all directions. Just tap in the center. So to sum it up:
Recieve text message
Swipe to the left to read it
Swipe again to the left to Reply, then tap
When speech req box comes up, tap, and that should bring up the canned reply menu
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Thanks for sticking with me. I admit to being daft. Unless you're having a laugh on me, I just can't see it. When I get a text, I open it, tap "reply", get the voice dictation screen, and...nothing. I swipe, tap, double tap, nothing opens any submenu and I never see any canned replies. Any idea what I'm missing??
I'm using an S5, if that matters...
EDIT: It must have something to do with the type of messaging app. The stock Samsung app acts weird; this one just lets you hit "reply", then it sends a blank text. Handsent SMS doesn't even give you a reply option. Textra allows you to reply and pops up the voice reply app. If there an app that has the canned responses? Or is it just a flat spot for Samsung?
My experiences:
~Stock messaging app on my Nexus 4: swipe left, no reply feature on watch, only "open on phone"
~Go SMS Pro: swipe left, no reply feature on watch...which is weird because it used to have it...I swear it did...
~Messenger (from Google): swipe left (shows full conversation thread), swipe left again, tap reply, start speaking when it shows "speak now"
So it would appear that different apps do function differently on the watch.
Ah, yes, it does depend on the app you're using. I'm using Google Hangouts.
Note- Google Hangouts, not Messenger.
So, for anyone that cares, your mileage will vary GREATLY depending on what messaging app you use. It's a little disappointing that a relatively "dumber" device like the Fit (which I bought for $79) works like a champ with replying to texts, and the "smart" watch is a little dumb with such a basic feature. I will give Hangouts a try, although I am not crazy about the looks of the UI.
Thanks guys, and if there are others apps that work well with SMS, please let me know.
When you go to reply screen with Google screen, swipe up to reveal canned texts.
Works with hangouts and messenger
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ret4425 said:
So, for anyone that cares, your mileage will vary GREATLY depending on what messaging app you use. It's a little disappointing that a relatively "dumber" device like the Fit (which I bought for $79) works like a champ with replying to texts, and the "smart" watch is a little dumb with such a basic feature.
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This is the fault of the app makers, not Android Wear.
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This is the fault of the app makers, not Android Wear.
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Be that as it may, and I'm sure it is, it still stinks.
So, if you're looking, the canned texts works with Hangouts and Messenger ONLY that I've found. Have you guys found a way to add custom canned text?
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Be that as it may, and I'm sure it is, it still stinks.
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Sure. I just felt the distinction was important, as software issues get fixed or features added. Device design flaws don't.
There's an app called wear canned responses .. But your phone need to be rooted.. It uses xposed... Also xposed doesn't work on lollipop
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Has anyone found any other apps that allow a text response OTHER than Hangouts?