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is there anyway to make the trackball light up for txt messages
Yes, but it would require the creator of an sms app to make it happen.
About a week ago I found what command needs to be sent to our phone to control the trackball, but the creator of handcent or chomp would need to add that command in to their app.
I was wondering that just the other day - not so much a toggle in the system, but I was hoping someone would make an app that would utilize the trackball light. It would be cool if it would blink with a txt message.
Handcent SMS has a option for this
w01fm4n said:
Handcent SMS has a option for this
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But it doesn't work on the Hero.
posguy99 said:
But it doesn't work on the Hero.
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I see an update for handcent in the market that states it works on the hero now. Will test and report back.
UPDATE: Yeah, its a no go with this version. I thought maybe someone sent the developer the commands that would make it work. The timing seemed perfect for this scenario.
Ive been wondering the same thing. Thanks ill check out that app now. Ive had a nokia 6300 for a while and the LED's oni the side flash when i have a txt or a missed call. Id like an app that does something similar to this
Well, I have that version of Handcent installed, set the tackball to light up every 5 seconds and still no luck it doens't work
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Yes, but it would require the creator of an sms app to make it happen.
About a week ago I found what command needs to be sent to our phone to control the trackball, but the creator of handcent or chomp would need to add that command in to their app.
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Hey flipz first of all thanks for the AMAZING work you are doing around here, I really apreciate it.
Second of all, would it be possible for you to get in contact with the developer of Handcent and tell him about this commands? Or even if I can be the messenger and let him know one way or the other? I think this would be a nice add to any Message app.
Thanks in advance!
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Hey flipz first of all thanks for the AMAZING work you are doing around here, I really apreciate it.
Second of all, would it be possible for you to get in contact with the developer of Handcent and tell him about this commands? Or even if I can be the messenger and let him know one way or the other? I think this would be a nice add to any Message app.
Thanks in advance!
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I just sent an email to the dev with how to do it. I'll let you all know if I hear back from him/her.
Tried out the new version today, still a no go with lighting the trackball on our CDMA heros.
When I was researching the Hero prior to Sprint getting it i saw on a Youtube video that the trackball would blink for some alerts. Guess Sprint thought it was frivolous.
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When I was researching the Hero prior to Sprint getting it i saw on a Youtube video that the trackball would blink for some alerts. Guess Sprint thought it was frivolous.
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Yea. The option is built in and can be trigger manually. We just don't have any apps that currently use it or trigger it properly. The location of the trigger has changed slightly from the GSM Hero which is why apps that currently do support it for that phone don't work on ours.
honestly, just uninstalled handcent. I could not deal with the slowness of the scrolling plus the frequent issues with MMS downloading.
trying out sms popup along with picsay to see if this is a good workaround.
why can't everything just work and work fast!? oy!!
Hey guys,
Flipz sent me some code yesterday to tinker with. I was planning on working on this tonight. I will let you know tommorow if I actually have any luck getting it to come on in a test app.
Has anyone tried the new version of handcent? To see if the developer included the trackball suport? It was release today i think. Version 2.9.22
That sucks! The Eris's track ball pulses when i get messages of any type or phone call. I think it has to do with the carrier. But i don't know alot so don't quote that.
Just to update you guys I was working directly with the developer. He sent me 5 different test builds but couldn't get the trackball working. He seemed a bit distracted while we were talking though because I kept having to tell him stuff that I had already said. heh.
kcarpenter and I are still working on a work-around, but I haven't been able to help him out much between being out of town and now working on the kitchen.
Thanks for the update flipz!! Maybe the Eris configuration for the trackball can help?
@Daveli, maybe you are familiar enough with the phone to pull the LED directory of the Eris. Post it up here with a zip?
One thing I have wanted on this phone since I got it is to be able to know when a text message or other notification comes through while in a call. Like a short beep or something similar to the sound the G1 makes when the battery is low. I am not a huge coder, but love toying around with my rooted G1. Any takers? Anyone want to do this? Anyone else been wanting this??? Thanks for all who view this thread.
I think Handcent sms has this feature but we are still missing gmail and other notifications
Maybe someone can get this done, this is one of the few things that has bothered me about my g1 since I got it.
I know this isn't the place to ask, but a way to have the keyboard along with the face buttons stay lit until the keys lock would be the best thing. It's annoying to move the trackball every time to just get those buttons to light up every time.
Unless there is a way and I've just missed it every time.
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One thing I have wanted on this phone since I got it is to be able to know when a text message or other notification comes through while in a call. Like a short beep or something similar to the sound the G1 makes when the battery is low. I am not a huge coder, but love toying around with my rooted G1. Any takers? Anyone want to do this? Anyone else been wanting this??? Thanks for all who view this thread.
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I'm almost 100% certain my phone does this anyway +_+
In fact i'll test it tomorrow but i'm sure it does happen coz it scares the crap out of me when it does!
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One thing I have wanted on this phone since I got it is to be able to know when a text message or other notification comes through while in a call. Like a short beep or something similar to the sound the G1 makes when the battery is low. I am not a huge coder, but love toying around with my rooted G1. Any takers? Anyone want to do this? Anyone else been wanting this??? Thanks for all who view this thread.
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i second the hancent sms. only one i know that does it and you can get rid of those annoying ass bubbles.
and, jesus people, stop with the unnecessary flame war. :/ really wtf are you guys gaining from any of it?
meltus if it does, what rom are you using? i could have sworn it was an options on cyanogens, but i can't find it anywhere it would be so i'm going to have to say its hancent sms. are you using that as your msging app?
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I think Handcent sms has this feature but we are still missing gmail and other notifications
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Obviously you people aren't READING THE WHOLE THREAD.
We are aware that Handcent covers SMS/MMS notifications in voice calls, but what about gtalk, gmail, facebook, MSN, ect.
As far as I can gather, Handcent DOESN'T do this.
The OP is asking for someone to see if it's possible to modify the Phone.apk to include this. All of you "Members" and "Senior Members" need to get off your high horses, if you're true senior members (likely not the case as most of your post counts probably come from slamming people who "DO EVERYTHING WRONG!!!") remember the days when the Android section of this forum was still relatively young, everybody helped everybody, regardless of how unusual or stupid their questions seemed. These days if you're not 100% perfect in your initial post, you get slammed. Leading to more completely useless posts from all of you "Senior Members" that are taking up EVEN MORE space with useless drivel that's EVEN MORE useless than the OP.
I personally think this is a great idea, and whole heartedly support it, if I had the slightest idea how this is done, I would be on it right away.
Also, before anybody slams me for being wrong, I have never used Handcent for my SMS handler because I prefer the modified one that comes with my CM build, but if it DOES allow notifications for ALL APPS through calls, it could have saved a great deal of time to mention that.
This gets my support as well. I dont like Handcent. So if we can make it work with the standard APK, it will be awesome. I have asked around, for it to work, its not the Phone.apk that needs to be modified, its the .apk that giving out the notification that has to be modified. example is
for sms/mms, the mms.apk needs to be modified to check the phone status, and give out the correct sound notification. (not in call, use selected sound clip from external speakers; in call, use small beep sound in the ear speaker.)
same goes for gtalk,gmail,twidroid and any other apps that have notification.
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This gets my support as well. I dont like Handcent. So if we can make it work with the standard APK, it will be awesome. I have asked around, for it to work, its not the Phone.apk that needs to be modified, its the .apk that giving out the notification that has to be modified. example is
for sms/mms, the mms.apk needs to be modified to check the phone status, and give out the correct sound notification. (not in call, use selected sound clip from external speakers; in call, use small beep sound in the ear speaker.)
same goes for gtalk,gmail,twidroid and any other apps that have notification.
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Good to see some serious input here finally, depressing to know it would have to be handled by the corresponding application, being as some of them are off limits (gtalk/gmail/ect).
At least someone still has their head on straight here.
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A grand total of 6 question marks...... so i guess if it reaches 7 question marks its officially a question right? next2nothing000 your a retard it's because of people like you we have such things as metal disorders and such. When people like you are allowed to breed we end up with retards...
P.S. you suck next2nothing000, if you where too slow to understand what i was getting at
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I'm sorry. I usually post something constructive, but this kind of crap makes me mad.
Why does it bother you that he had more than one question? How can you even complain about that? Uh oh, I just used 2, I probably have a "metal disorder" too, huh? You know what people accomplish by asking questions? They learn things. Yes sir, it is people like YOU, who don't ask questions or even make the slightest attempt to educate themselves, who shouldn't be "allowed to breed." When people like you breed, we get thick skulled smart-asses who think they're tough on the internet.
P.S. You used 7 extra periods that weren't needed. Your first sentence was a fragment. You used one capital letter. You used the wrong form of it's the first time. You used the wrong form of you're. You forgot a period after retard. It's supposed to be "mental" disorders. You used an ellipses incorrectly. You used "where" instead of "were."
P.P.S. His sentence wasn't even a fragment (I'm assuming you mean't "typed" instead of "type"). "I'm an idiot," says Mr. Grammer and Punctuation. There you go. Stop trying to be a hero for the board, that is the mods job. You saying "OMG RONG [email protected][email protected]!!" isn't helping a thing, considering 90% of people who post in the wrong thread just post one time. Especially when there are people before you that have pointed this out. I know it gives you an ego boost, but seriously, keep it in your pants. You are the one filling xda with garbage, not the people who have a question about a feature they would like to see implemented on their phone.
Thanks for bearing with me, everyone else.
Stefan, find something better to do than insult people in a forum. Next time you see something in the wrong place and someone has acknowledged it, I dare you to just skip over it.
I was going to delete this as well but it makes my point so much easier to make and its not a flame post or very hostile.
PiLoT
BrutalHoe said:
Download handcent of the market and for FFS post in the right forum this is for dev not Q&A. there is nothing to develope its already been done with an app.
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Actually if the person is asking a question it belongs in a QUESTION AND ANSWER forum
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A grand total of 6 question marks...... so i guess if it reaches 7 question marks its officially a question right? next2nothing000 your a retard it's because of people like you we have such things as metal disorders and such. When people like you are allowed to breed we end up with retards...
P.S. you suck next2nothing000, if you where too slow to understand what i was getting at
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And you would be wise to wind your neck in
not only is he fully entitled to ask a question he asked it in the proper forum
what's so bad about that
did you just feel lashing out was the good thing to do?
and yes these posts were deleted i just thought i'de qoute them so the writers can be shown how horribly wrong they are
stop the *****ing in this thread or ill start dishing out bans
your all acting like children
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Obviously you people aren't READING THE WHOLE THREAD.
We are aware that Handcent covers SMS/MMS notifications in voice calls, but what about gtalk, gmail, facebook, MSN, ect.
As far as I can gather, Handcent DOESN'T do this.
The OP is asking for someone to see if it's possible to modify the Phone.apk to include this. All of you "Members" and "Senior Members" need to get off your high horses, if you're true senior members (likely not the case as most of your post counts probably come from slamming people who "DO EVERYTHING WRONG!!!") remember the days when the Android section of this forum was still relatively young, everybody helped everybody, regardless of how unusual or stupid their questions seemed. These days if you're not 100% perfect in your initial post, you get slammed. Leading to more completely useless posts from all of you "Senior Members" that are taking up EVEN MORE space with useless drivel that's EVEN MORE useless than the OP.
I personally think this is a great idea, and whole heartedly support it, if I had the slightest idea how this is done, I would be on it right away.
Also, before anybody slams me for being wrong, I have never used Handcent for my SMS handler because I prefer the modified one that comes with my CM build, but if it DOES allow notifications for ALL APPS through calls, it could have saved a great deal of time to mention that.
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Obviously, you're not reading the whole thread, bro. We are putting suggestions out. So what if we miss two words? You're complaining about something that's not happening. We're still TRYING to help.
But, back on topic. Now that I know this, I support. Would be quite useful, as I have it set so apps get killed on screen off and it seems everytime I press "End" on a call, it goes blank and only thing that keeps me knowing I even have a sms is "Sms unread count" widget.
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Obviously, you're not reading the whole thread, bro. We are putting suggestions out. So what if we miss two words? You're complaining about something that's not happening. We're still TRYING to help.
But, back on topic. Now that I know this, I support. Would be quite useful, as I have it set so apps get killed on screen off and it seems everytime I press "End" on a call, it goes blank and only thing that keeps me knowing I even have a sms is "Sms unread count" widget.
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I would have things that give notifications to not be killed- that might help
ok this is just plain retarded why do u need to know if u received email or a txt while u r on the phone? who's gonna check email or txt while talking on the phone?? unless ur a freaking multitasker n can talk txt n email it the same i c no point of this.
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ok this is just plain retarded why do u need to know if u received email or a txt while u r on the phone? who's gonna check email or txt while talking on the phone?? unless ur a freaking multitasker n can talk txt n email it the same i c no point of this.
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I do sometimes, especially when coordinating stuff with a few people. It will be something like talking to someone, then getting a text to update me on information to relay to the person I am talking to. Stuff like that.
Other times its just an compulsive need to reply text as soon as it comes in.
Also, another reason why you need to know if a text comes in while in a call : having 2 girlfriend. (not that I have 2 anyway)
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I do sometimes, especially when coordinating stuff with a few people. It will be something like talking to someone, then getting a text to update me on information to relay to the person I am talking to. Stuff like that.
Other times its just an compulsive need to reply text as soon as it comes in.
Also, another reason why you need to know if a text comes in while in a call : having 2 girlfriend. (not that I have 2 anyway)
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you can with handcent i believe...it does it with vibrate or sound in call...
I have the TTSnotifier app and it will announce the callers name, if they are in my contacts, from call waiting. I also have it set to notify me of incoming texts as well. Doesn't work with email though. You will need the text to speech app from the market for it to work. You can customize the announcements. Hope maybe this will help. Can't remember where I got it from but I can e-mail it to you. [email protected]
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I have the TTSnotifier app and it will announce the callers name, if they are in my contacts, from call waiting. I also have it set to notify me of incoming texts as well. Doesn't work with email though. You will need the text to speech app from the market for it to work. You can customize the announcements. Hope maybe this will help. Can't remember where I got it from but I can e-mail it to you. [email protected]
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Just emailed you.... I don't care if I don't get my texts or email but the absence of "call waiting" notification has been driving me nuts... to the point of really thinking of getting rid of G1. I mean, this is so basic, we shouldn't have to find workarounds just to enable this. If that app does that... it would be like a gift from heaven.
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BrutalHoe said:
i c no point of this.
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opinion? someone else may see the use in this.
Wasnt sure exactly where to post this. The new app from Vlingo, "Vlingo InCar" is in beta, and only available through the market for sprint customers during the beta period.
Could one of you kind evo users post up the apk for the rest of the android community? Thanks!
Best of luck with it! I love it so far!
http://db.tt/LXLQyfw
enjoy!
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What does this do that you cannot do with the new google voice program?
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What does this do that you cannot do with the new google voice program?
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When you put it in "InCar" mode you can say "Hey Vlingo" to wake it up and use voice commands.
FYI, this works on the VZW with the Incredible with no problem..
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What does this do that you cannot do with the new google voice program?
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Also, it works! The new Google program is about 1/10 in getting what I say right.
Vlingo is (so far) about 5/5. I like that if it doesn't find what you're saying locally, it does a (very fast) internet search.
any word on making it work for other android devices? ie the g-1
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Best of luck with it! I love it so far!
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Works great on the dinc. I appreciate the share!
thank you so much for sharing this app with the community. I have been fooling around with it for half an hour or so and it does some pretty awesome things. LOVE the in-car feature, completely hands-free and works perfectly, even reads and writes text messages for me. "hey vlingo"
Edit: Forgot to add, very accurate, even with names
Wow, the incar mode is really REALLY good. Anybody know how to have it differentiate between a contacts home and cell when sending a text message?
Say call blah blah mobile. That should work.
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Google's voice search sucked at recognizing what I was saying for the first week or so, but then it got a lot better. I'm wondering if it learns your voice or something. Vlingo, on the other hand, worked well on day one. However, while it does a good job of recognizing what I am saying, it doesn't always give me the results I wanted. For instance, movie times never come up even though that's one of the examples the app shows, and it displays my exact phrase correctly (movie times near #####). It just says "No answer found". And I've also had trouble getting it to dial the right phone number for a contact. It's like it ignores when I say "mobile."
I'm having the same problem. It ignores when I say "mobile" after the contacts name. My g/f is getting irritated with the text to landline messages that repeat "test" lol
Is it necessary to install the standard Vlingo app before installing the incar pack?
I´ve been trying to download the installer but i still cant find it, it´s not in the market either.
It would be much if I ask to share the installer?
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Is it necessary to install the standard Vlingo app before installing the incar pack?
I´ve been trying to download the installer but i still cant find it, it´s not in the market either.
It would be much if I ask to share the installer?
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? It's in the second post of this thread.
anyway to successfully have this running in the background with the in-car? Currently it seems that the program has to be on main screen for me to say "Hey Vlingo" and it wakes...
Plus..too bad I cant say Jarvis to have it wake up
Instead of 'mobile' try saying 'cell'.
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Wow, the incar mode is really REALLY good. Anybody know how to have it differentiate between a contacts home and cell when sending a text message?
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Right now the best way is to make two contacts for the person and label one cell and one home after the name. Best workaround at the moment.
JimsPoBox said:
Right now the best way is to make two contacts for the person and label one cell and one home after the name. Best workaround at the moment.
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Yeah, I went ahead and did that the other day, but thanks! Hopefully that will get sorted.
It would be nice if you could ask it to use your GV # by default as well.
i wonder if there is any way to train a contact that it gets wrong every time. Wifes name is tricky and unless i use her last name first it misses it every time.
I wanted an application that could do this but all I could find was the one from blueAnt which only works with their specific bluetooth device...
You could use Tasker and use this profile - price looks high but it's VERY powerful once you know what you're doing.
Comes with a trial mode for around seven days.
+1 for Tasker. Brilliant app.
I have my 'in car' profile set to read texts - on text receipt it pauses the music player, then reads the senders contact name, and then the body of the text. Awesome.
i was planning on getting the blueant Q1 (just found it for $25). are you saying it won't work with handcent in reading a txt message?
edit: forget it...answered my own question by going to their site. "Hear text messages read aloud on your Q1 when connected to an Android device with our Android application."
What about the vlingo application. It has an email and sms reader that reads the message out loud when activated, but I haven't managed to get it to read the message through the Bluetooth headset
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Wondering why SayMyName hasn't been mentioned yet... works fantastic even with caller names, mail, Twitter etc.
see this is why a thread like this is good, we all network our own thoughts and experiences together and find out about all these new apps that we never knew about before...thanks all, keep em comin if you have more comments or anything
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see this is why a thread like this is good, we all network our own thoughts and experiences together and find out about all these new apps that we never knew about before...thanks all, keep em comin if you have more comments or anything
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hey try drive.safely I think its called I had it for my blackberry but I believe it worked for other platforms
Handcent does this...But I assume you mean aloud soon as it comes in avoiding any phone contact correct ?
playya said:
hey try drive.safely I think its called I had it for my blackberry but I believe it worked for other platforms
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+1 for DriveSafe.ly
Used it on my iPhone and now on my Captivate.
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SMS Speak
Just stumbled across this thread looking for something else. But thought I'd chime in. I use SMS Speak (the paid one, not the free one - two different companies/products), and it works great. I can get incoming texts and reply, all orally. I'm curious about the other products mentioned, though...
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You could use Tasker and use this profile - price looks high but it's VERY powerful once you know what you're doing.
Comes with a trial mode for around seven days.
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something wierd happened today, i use handcent sms on 2.1 X10. Someone sent me an sms and when i unlocked the phone the phone read it out for me...i didnt install any app to do this...does the x10 have a built in utility for it? was it a malnufunction of some sort? i kind of liked it and what to activate it. it doesnt do it anymore though
Did you accidentally put your phone in driving mode or change a setting for something like that?
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have you tried Vlingo?
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Did you accidentally put your phone in driving mode or change a setting for something like that?
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i dont think so i dont even know how to put it into driving mode...nope havent tried vlingo...very strange indeed
I don't know if there is a thread out there already asking this specifically or not but, does anyone know of a good SMS/MMS visual alert? I used to have the app NoLED. But they've changed it up so much that it doesn't work as good on my Samsung Infuse 1997. It used to allow me to (assign a photo) so when I would get a text or phone call the contacts photo would pop up (so convenient!) Now they've changed it, and the whole app sucks! :crying: Does anyone know of something similar?
Thanks in advance!
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I don't know if there is a thread out there already asking this specifically or not but, does anyone know of a good SMS/MMS visual alert? I used to have the app NoLED. But they've changed it up so much that it doesn't work as good on my Samsung Infuse 1997. It used to allow me to (assign a photo) so when I would get a text or phone call the contacts photo would pop up (so convenient!) Now they've changed it, and the whole app sucks! :crying: Does anyone know of something similar?
Thanks in advance!
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Why just use the old version of the NoLED that was working before? you have a freedom not to update the software to newest version.