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Unread text message notification will not go away.

I was enjoying my new Touch Pro 2 from T-Mobile for over a month now and suddenly I noticed that Touch Flo 3D said I had a "new text message". I usually just check "all messages" so that I can see all text message "discussions" instead of one at a time or "read only" mode when you tap a contact and slide over to "sms". So this time I checked "all messages" and none of my messages were "unread". I even went through every conversation to make sure nothing was missing, not even an mms message.
I even turned off Touch Flo 3D thinking that was causing the issue, no dice. Everytime I go into the SMS app for Windows Mobile and look at the folder tree, I see "inbox (1)". So I downloaded a cab file from xda that allows "mark all as read" in the sms app. After installing/softresetting and choosing "mark all as read" from within the WinMo SMS app, this issue did not go away both in Touch Flo 3D and in the WinMo SMS app.
Finally I came across a link of someone having an issue with their HTC Hermes (Kaiser?). They made a program called "FixUnreadCount". This app shows that it is checking all mailboxes (including sms/mms) on the WinMo message app and determines which messages are actually "read" or not.
Once I got to the "sms" portion of the scan, it found that all messages had been read, but the notification was set to "1". It fixed this and moved on to check my other messages on the phone.
After the scan finished, I noticed that TF3D still thought I had an unread message so I softreset my Touch Pro 2 and that was it. Touch Flo 3D had synchronized with the WinMo messaging app and determined that there were no "unread" messages.
I felt I would post this up here since I know there are a lot of Touch Pro 2 owners out there and none of the other fixes worked for me. I also hope that this can be found easily in a search because finding the fix in the hermes forum was almost dumb luck.
I posted a link to the thread that has the file available for download. It's a zip file. I just downloaded the file via Opera directly onto my storage card, then extracted the file and ran the file after extracting. You may get a warning that says "unknown publisher" just tap allow and it should run just fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1519862

Thank you, I've hard reset twice already because of this annoyance.

Thank you. Ran it once and after a soft-reset, all was fixed.

This fix worked for me to.
Much appreciated!
Thank you for the post!

Glad I could help. I know this was an issue that wasn't covered too well when I first learned about it. Making it easy for others.

Just use SafeInboxExtender
Once installed, go to your inbox (windows default, not TF3D), click menu, scroll down and click 'mark all as read'
That should do the trick, and its easy too.

i have been having this issue with my phone for months thanks so much for posting this, yur a life saver... really!!!!!!!!

Thanks for this soo much. I was about to flash my phone again cause I had this problem the first month I got my TP2 and looked online a lil' and could not find an answer... dat is why I luv this forum

I had this same issue and stupidly started a new thread without a thorough search (sorry).
Any ideas why it happened in the first place?

Well, I installed the SafeInboxExtender and clicked on Mark All As Read and the phone still says that I have one unread message. It didn't work for me. Any other ideas, guys?

aliendan said:
Well, I installed the SafeInboxExtender and clicked on Mark All As Read and the phone still says that I have one unread message. It didn't work for me. Any other ideas, guys?
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So did you try FixUnreadCount followed by a soft reset, as in the first post?

Can someone please help me! I have downloaded this zip many times and it works for a few days then the phantom message appears again somedays totaling to like 5 new text so it says. Is there anything I can do to keep them away for good? I love my phone but this is driving me crazy!!!

NeoDMD
Thank you! Awesome fix. I've had this problem with several WinMo phones from time to time, usually after receiving several automated texts, and always had to hard reset the phone to fix the problem, which in this case, with the Tilt2, would have been a major hassle getting it just the way I like it again.
I changed my settings to the default UI and then ran the exe file, then switched back to TouchFlo 3D, but the count was still wrong, so I performed the soft reboot like you suggested and again, it was still there, so I just ran the zip file again and it was gone with out another reboot.
Thanks again.

=)
works great thx a bunch

how to extract the file
NeoDMD said:
Glad I could help. I know this was an issue that wasn't covered too well when I first learned about it. Making it easy for others.
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hey i was wonderin how do i extract the file lol idk how 2 do it like i already downloaded the zip file but i dont know how to extract it lol

thanks a lot. saved my sanity.

thank you men xD

Unread text in message fix
and easy fix for this Is safe inbox extender it gives you the option to mark all messages as read something the original option fails to do so download it and no more hard resets
Laters

thank god it freakin worked! ive had to deal with this for months now!
the first time i ran it, it said it had taken out the message on the scan so i exited the scan and did a soft reset, and it didnt work. so then i ran the scan again and this time did the reset before exiting the scan, and that worked like a charm. so if your havin issues with it try that. thank you again so much for that, im glad someone finally figured this issue out

flory115 said:
hey i was wonderin how do i extract the file lol idk how 2 do it like i already downloaded the zip file but i dont know how to extract it lol
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go to tools, then file explorer and find the file, select it then press the menu button, one of your selections should say "extract" (select it), then youll get a screen askin where you want to save it, just to make it easier on yourself save it to your storage card, once this is done go through your program files again and you should see 2 files with "fixunreadcount" (one is the folder logo which you just extracted from, the other is a little window logo thing which is the actual file), select the file with the window thing and it will then run the scan, after that press the reset button on the side of your phone. if it doesnt work the first time (it didnt for me), run the scan again and reset again and it should work

Mark as read?

Is there anyway to mark any unread texts as read w/o manually selecting each one? Somehow I recieved a text yet it's not showing up on my screen. I'm stuck having that little bubble with a 1 but I see no unread messages. Is there anyway to make this annoyance go away w/o deleting all my texts? Sorry if this is placed in the wrong section.

the attached file should work. Extract the file, copy the file to your phone and then run it.

mzshortay said:
Is there anyway to mark any unread texts as read w/o manually selecting each one? Somehow I recieved a text yet it's not showing up on my screen. I'm stuck having that little bubble with a 1 but I see no unread messages. Is there anyway to make this annoyance go away w/o deleting all my texts? Sorry if this is placed in the wrong section.
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There is a cab file for "safe inbox extender" that adds the option to "Mark All Read". Do a search.
EDIT: Oops, read the darn OP! The former cab is the one you want...

burtonsnow8 said:
the attached file should work. Extract the file, copy the file to your phone and then run it.
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Thanks! I'll be sure try this.

will that work for emails as well?
I am sooo tired of having to open each email and close it.

Okay, after a soft reset, it worked! It had a lil delay but it worked. Thanks again.

[Q] How to remove AT&T Address Book Pop-up

I swear I saw a post about this somewhere before I got my phone, but now I can't find it... How the hell do you get the "AT&T Address Book - Checking Subscriber Information" pop-up to stop coming up every time you open up the Contacts app?
I tried clearing cache in Contacts, didn't work. I have frozen ALL AT&T bloatware, still coming up. I'm not sure which app is causing this stupid pop-up. Help would be appreciated.

Settings -> Application Manager -> "All" tab -> "AT&T Messages"
Click Stop if its running then Disable.
See if that works.

bardroid said:
Settings -> Application Manager -> "All" tab -> "AT&T Messages"
Click Stop if its running then Disable.
See if that works.
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Thanks, already tried that, for some reason it kept popping up. I ended up rooting, and renaming the app with a .bak extension, and rebooting. Seems to have gone away now. Thanks for pointing me to the right app though.

here's the old thread (it was mine)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1724071
It ended up stopping popping up for me without really needing to do anything. Not sure what if anything changed but I never rooted or did any of the steps mentioned in the thread.

What worked for me is just let it do it's thing, don't hit cancel. A pop up will come up asking you if you want it to check or sync with AT&T address book next time, paraphrasing here, click no. Done. Now when I got into my contacts it doesn't come up anymore.

Gadgetz said:
What worked for me is just let it do it's thing, don't hit cancel. A pop up will come up asking you if you want it to check or sync with AT&T address book next time, paraphrasing here, click no. Done. Now when I got into my contacts it doesn't come up anymore.
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I did the same thing and it never came back up for me. This was before I was rooted. Even after I don't get it anymore

No clue. I let it do its thing probably 10 times and it never went away. Now that I rooted and removed anything related to AT&T, it doesn't come up anymore. I have no idea why my phone was being so stubborn with it.

Recently install SKY ICS, and there are no apps with AT&T or YP, but the checking still comes up... any clues?

I froze everything att with titanium and hasn't happened to me..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Disable AT&T address book
Saw this some where.. got the issue resolved on my LG V10 AT&t model. All credits to the original uploader
"Go to dialer than dial *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". Exit out than you are done."

zahid78 said:
Saw this some where.. got the issue resolved on my LG V10 AT&t model. All credits to the original uploader
"Go to dialer than dial *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". Exit out than you are done."
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Absolutely worked for me. Thanks so much!!!

Text messages deleted!

Hey guys. Is anyone else having problems with their text messages being deleted on the note 4? It's random for me but my text messages delete after reading them. I have a completely stock note 4 and it's really annoying. I've deleted cache to no avail. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Open your text message app, click on the three buttons on the top right, choose settings, and make sure the DELETE OLD MESSAGES is UNCHECKED.

RockRatt said:
Open your text message app, click on the three buttons on the top right, choose settings, and make sure the DELETE OLD MESSAGES is UNCHECKED.
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I did that and it didn't help. This phone is deleting texts before I can read them.

Hey there, found this.
Says...
SDHarleydad said:
Check your settings under messaging. The stock setting for messages is 200. you can up it to hold it more or not have it delete them until you do it manually
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In relation to the Note 4...
Messaging -> Settings -> Delete old messages
There are 2 settings in there (technically 3 if you count the ability to toggle on and off). Check your limits, or just disable it - see if that fixes it for you.

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rc51rider said:
Hey guys. Is anyone else having problems with their text messages being deleted on the note 4? It's random for me but my text messages delete after reading them. I have a completely stock note 4 and it's really annoying. I've deleted cache to no avail. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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hey there, i am having the same trouble, it not the settings, with message limits that auto delete the old messages, its something else??
maybe a bug??
yes, sometimes even before i can read them, i can see they were sent in the logs, but not the message
let me know if you have any solution..
please this is driving me crazy...
lol
thanks
JJ

I have the same problem. I have already turned off the auto delete setting. Has anyone found a solution to this?
I will try a few things tonight, and report my findings.

App
Try a different texting app, try looking at the messages through the Google Messenger app. If it shows them there then its the stock app issue, if its still disappearing then I recommend just trying a stock reset if none of the other options worked listed above.

Website asking for location, not working.

Question about websites asking for my location. We have two Note 10+ phones and anytime a website asks for the location the pop-up appears asking for the ok but the phone never allows either option to be picked. I always have to use the back button to clear the pop-up off the screen. We've had both Note 10+'s for months and it's never allowed us to select an option. How do I make the thing work? Using Chrome as the browser and everything is fully updated. I checked the feature in the default Samsung browser and it works fine, but I want to issue Chrome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Open Chrome and go to settings and look for "site settings" . Once opened look for "location". Open "location" and change your settings accordingly.
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

Mine does same but I went to settings and tried to change the permissions but it only allows Ask every time, or deny. Only choices. Very odd

BigPimpin said:
Question about websites asking for my location. We have two Note 10+ phones and anytime a website asks for the location the pop-up appears asking for the ok but the phone never allows either option to be picked. I always have to use the back button to clear the pop-up off the screen. We've had both Note 10+'s for months and it's never allowed us to select an option. How do I make the thing work? Using Chrome as the browser and everything is fully updated. I checked the feature in the default Samsung browser and it works fine, but I want to issue Chrome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use

i23u8 said:
For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use
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I've done that too and still doesn't allow me to pick either option in the pop-up.

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I've done that too and still doesn't allow me to pick either option in the pop-up.
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I think thats Android not allowing you to select a choice because an 'overlay' is blocking your view.

i23u8 said:
For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use
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i23u8 said:
I think thats Android not allowing you to select a choice because an 'overlay' is blocking your view.
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Got it to work. Went into Settings and search for "on top" and open the Special Access menu and select Appear on top and turn off all the apps.