TrackballColorNotify allows you set the color of the Trackball/jogball on incoming SMS/MMS.
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Change List
-1.0beta3 (12-Feb-2010)
Added more debugging to sort FCs
Cleaned up su_binary evaluation code
New primary control directory
Few bug fixes
Added more additional fields to debug email-1.0beta2 (11-Feb-2010)
Added Email Debug Info
This will email me debug info including logcat data.
If you are concerned about sensitive information, you can change the To address to yourself to check the contents of the logcat and then forward Added custom Flash Color via RGB Sliders
Added Message count preference
Added Test Notification option-1.0beta1 (05-Feb-2010)
Added preferences screen,
Vibrate on/off
Flash Color
Ringtone selection
Flash rateCompletely rewritten su code again (still native c, now with less su popups)
Added Application menu and moved "force stop" there
Trackball constructor can now except control-directory, maybe add control-directory as a preference in future if keeps changing
- 1.0alpha6 (03-Feb-2010)
Trackball constructor now looks in 1 of 2 locations for Jogball-backlight directory. It seems in .32 kernel it has moved- 1.0alpha5 (unreleased)
Rewrote all su code in native c/c++, for speed and reliability
- 1.0alpha4 (unreleased)
Improved debugging to help solve .32 kernel issues- 1.0alpha3 (29-Jan-2010)
Fixed missing mms notification - Messed up logic- 1.0alpha2 (23-Jan-2010)
Fixed vibrate FC bug - Missing permission
Fixed "Clear all" bug by excluding alert from "Clear all"- 1.0alpha1 (22-Jan-2010)
Initial ReleaseKnown Issues:
- There is a delay of 3 seconds before it starts flashing selected color at the moment this a because the system will turn it off because it thinks its turning off the white led.
Caveat
- The system will override the flashing if another system notification is set
- You will see a single white flash before the app flashes the correct color, this is the system doing this.Todo:
- Add check for Nexus One
Requirements:
- Su/Rooted phone
- Nexus One
- Notifications turned off in your SMS/MMS app
Use at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible for loss or damage etc etc yada yada yada.
Probably my favorite app so far
Gonna have to buy you a beer or something
wow this is pretty amazing. the new colors are awesome! definitely would donate!
suggestions; alternate colored notification bar icon colors (ie the ones found in Handcent), and later, i know its still only beta, email and gmail support if that would even be a possibility.
Besides those minor aesthetic opinions, it works like it says. Switch of notifications in chompsms, handcent or whatever you have including the stock app, set up the preferences in this one and it works brilliantly!
thanks for your hard work!
Works so far.
Im still unclear on the default icon in notification bar. Is it mandatory for it to appear there ?
Reason being I have handcent setup with different icons/sounds for individuals.
When a text comes in the trackball works fine but I get both the default messaging app Icon in notification bar AND handcent.
I tried turning off the default messaging but it pops up with trackball.
This is a great little app. Thanks. Do you have plans to enable it for email alerts as well?
hmarcus said:
wow this is pretty amazing. the new colors are awesome! definitely would donate!
suggestions; alternate colored notification bar icon colors (ie the ones found in Handcent), and later, i know its still only beta, email and gmail support if that would even be a possibility.
Besides those minor aesthetic opinions, it works like it says. Switch of notifications in chompsms, handcent or whatever you have including the stock app, set up the preferences in this one and it works brilliantly!
thanks for your hard work!
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Thanks for your kind comments.
I'm looking to implement this at a lower level than app, so we can get different notifications. Currently the system can override the trackball.
I'm open to icon/image donations (via pm please to keep the thread tidy) I'll give you credit if used.
lilHermit
lilHermit said:
Thanks for your kind comments.
I'm looking to implement this at a lower level than app, so we can get different notifications. Currently the system can override the trackball.
I'm open to icon/image donations (via pm please to keep the thread tidy) I'll give you credit if used.
lilHermit
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Id much much prefer to get this working on Email /VM/Missed calls etc than worrying about aesthetics at this point.
Hace you contacted any of the rom guys to see if it can be dug into a deeper level and work in a fuller capacity ?
+1 on that- to be able to apply this across the whole rom would be fantastic.
this is awesome- i think it needs the ability to not have the icon show in status bar though due to some people (me being one) who use handcent personalised notifications.
now, where is your donate button?
MontAlbert said:
+1 on that- to be able to apply this across the whole rom would be fantastic.
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I'm looking into that. The problem is the current codebase only has a method flashing the trackball white. We need to hook right into the core notification system.
MontAlbert said:
this is awesome- i think it needs the ability to not have the icon show in status bar though due to some people (me being one) who use handcent personalised notifications.
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I can add an option but i think you will end up with a situation where the trackball does not stop flashing. Because its my notification, when it get selected/acknowledged my Cancel "callback" method is actioned.
MontAlbert said:
now, where is your donate button?
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Its now in the footer
Great work...donating now. Nice to see a green trackball! Can't wait for more. Thank you.
overground said:
Great work...donating now. Nice to see a green trackball! Can't wait for more. Thank you.
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Received, many thanks. Stay tunes... more to come
Hands down one of my favorite apps now. Thanks for making this. Its funny how the simple things are some of the best (colored blinking lights) lol.
the beta version is not working for me. the alpha version of trackball notification worked alright (with very few minor bugs). i turned off the notifications on messaging and popup sms and i get one white flash and nothing else. i turned off popup sms entirely and still got the same issue. im currently running cyanogen's beta4 if that matters.
[email protected] said:
the beta version is not working for me. the alpha version of trackball notification worked alright (with very few minor bugs). i turned off the notifications on messaging and popup sms and i get one white flash and nothing else. i turned off popup sms entirely and still got the same issue. im currently running cyanogen's beta4 if that matters.
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I'll pm you for logcat info.
Cant wait for widget!
Very cool. I'll send ya some green :3
Just sucks I need to be rooted .
But, besides that completely, amazing job! I was waiting for someone to do this, and you did it!!! . I will be rooting very soon, I cant be missing these 'important fixes'.
Thanks again (will donate down the road definitely)!
Are you going to implement a way to flash different colors for different contacts SMSing you? If you do this i will definitely buy you a beer!
When I recieve texts now, my notification bar shows two of the smilie face text notifications and when i pull the bar down it shows the same texts twice. Only started after I installed this.
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Its now in the footer
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donated- thanks mate- sorry its not heaps as this work deserves more.
Related
Progress:
All mods need testing!
Basic tutorials on how to install the mods are included inside the downloads.
Minimum Brightness Patcher (allows you to set the minimum brightness lower!)
Credits to Xeudoxus
Build.Prop mods (only include the value to change, they are NOT full replacements!)
Credits to LexusBrian400
Code:
-Change LCD Density to 220
-Change LCD Density to 200
-HQ Recording Mod (720x480)
-Keep button lighting on while the screen is on
-Delay wifi search from 60 to 90 ms (for when you forget WiFi on)
Contact List Mod[NOT WORKING]
Credits to Wysie
Code:
[B]+Dialer[/B]:
-Ability to set certain programs for voicemail
-Themeable background: custom_background_dialer.png in drawable-finger
-Changeable digits color
-Haptic feedback function
[B]+Call log[/B]:
-View total incoming/outgoing call time in call log
-Show actual time in call log, instead of relative time
-Show contact pictures in call log
-Hide the green dial button, when this is hidden, tapping on the arrows showing incoming/outgoing/missed call will dial the number instead. That is, they replace the function of the green dial button.
-Ability to clear all logs of a particular user or number (long-press on the entry, it's in the context menu)
-Ability to clear all logs of a particular type (missed, incoming, outgoing)
-Call logs are now grouped
-Ability to change the size of the contact picture when viewing an individual's call log
[B]+Contacts[/B]:
-Navigate directly from contact info
-Show dial button in Contacts/Favourites
-Add/remove contacts from Groups
-Ability to change the size of the contact picture when viewing a contact.
-Alphabetical separators in contacts
-Ability to create/rename and delete groups! System Groups and Starred in Android are shown but not editable though
-Ability to take a picture with the camera directly when adding/editing a contact.
-Added copy to context menu when viewing a contact so you can copy a contact's number, address, email, etc. directly
-Added preference to hide all "Text/SMS" actions except for mobile numbers.
[B]+Favourite[/B]s:
-Ability to clear frequently called numbers
-Ability to hide frequently called numbers
[B]+Misc[/B]:
Enable/disable auto-rotation based on sensor
Phone Mod[NOT WORKING]
Credits to cytown
Code:
-Add notification differ than talking when dialing.
-Vibrate on outgoing call on answered.
-Vibrate on 45 sec when outgoing talking, i.e. 45", 1'45", 2'45"... (also have attached without this function.)
-2 short vibrate on off hook.
-More awake time for screen on while talking.
-Notify with led blink when missing call
-Vibrate on call waiting
-Force return to call log screen after a call out end
-Settings for on/off of all above
-Show avatar when outgoing call not answered
-Ringer performance improved
-Show organization in call screen
-Larger avatar
-Black list
-Layout from eclair
-Force use touch ui keyboard
-Turn over to silence incoming call
-Support left hand user
-Support wire control to hangup
-Show nickname in call screen
Mods In Progress:
YouTube Default HQ Mod
Incognito Browser Mod
Multitouch Gallery 3D From BlackDroid v10
Launcher2 From BlackDroid v10
HelixLauncher From BlackDroid v10
HelixLauncher2 From BlackDroid v10
MMS App From BlackDroid v10
Music App From BlackDroid v10
270/360 Degree rotation from CyanogenMod
The UltimateDroid Menu from UltimateDroid eXtreme 8
Contact List Mod
Phone Mod
Your suggestions
Anyone wanting to try out the files? I don't own a device yet, and I don't think the android emulator will allow these changes..
Mikevhl said:
Progress:
I'm currently researching a file I took from the hero forums but am stuck at finding a way to modify "classes.dex" found inside "framework.jar"
I found it in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721811
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This might help you!
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
89luca89 said:
This might help you!
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
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Thanks, I just found the 'Avabox v2' tool which I am looking into right now. I will try the APK tool if I have no succes. The proccess I'm going through right now is pretty hard, I have to find the original file, and compare it with my file which has been changed with the 270 degree rotation mod already, and when I am done I have to insert the code into our framework.jar
Being impatient as I am, I'm giving the files from the Fast-Light-Rom v2a a shot, since they look pretty unchanged. I'll report back wether I have succes of failure!
I'm very intrested in ths hack, if you need help, please ask me via pm I'll help you if I can ^_^ (I'm not an advanced developer) and I'll be happy to test and troubleshoot!
Alright, I have attached the modded framework.jar. I assume you know how to replace the current file and if anything goes wrong restore it? If you do, would you please be so kind to test it for me? Since if I have to do it myself, I'll first have to install Ubuntu, go trough some crap taking 30 minutes, compile a system.img for the android emulator and finally check if the file crashes settings.apk or not. I won't even be able to try if the rotating works!
Which I am doing anyway.. downloading Ubuntu 9.04 (10.04 has Wifi issues for me) right now
I'll test it
89luca89 said:
I'll test it
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Much appreciated!
Any news?
Note that after installing the file the first boot is supposed to take longer, so that you won't freak out
Mikevhl said:
Any news?
Note that after installing the file the first boot is supposed to take longer, so that you won't freak out
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Yeah I imagin xD Now I'm returning home and I'll test, now I'm from milestone lolz
I have many things to test on my rom, but when I'll return home I'll test your firts
Thanks a bunch, I'm confused if this will work or not, maybe I still need to add an entry in the settings.apk to enable it, maybe it will enable by itself.
Hoping to hear from you!
I'm sorry, but it's 01:30 where I live right now and I realy need some sleep
I'll be back tomorrow!
Greetings, Mike
Mikevhl said:
I'm sorry, but it's 01:30 where I live right now and I realy need some sleep
I'll be back tomorrow!
Greetings, Mike
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the file is broken, cannot unzip it!
Please can you do it in rar? or better 7z?
89luca89 said:
the file is broken, cannot unzip it!
Please can you do it in rar? or better 7z?
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That's weird, it downloads fine for me.. but alright, I'll 7zip it up for you
Hope this one'll work
It works in the Android emulator!
Any news on the real-world device?
turns out android-emulator is always capable of rotating the screen... I'll need a real-world-device-test
Mikevhl said:
It works in the Android emulator!
Any news on the real-world device?
turns out android-emulator is always capable of rotating the screen... I'll need a real-world-device-test
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real-world not working
Only rotates on the left like normal
89luca89 said:
real-world not working
Only rotates on the left like normal
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Al right, thanks for the report. Does it crash anything though?
Mikevhl said:
Al right, thanks for the report. Does it crash anything though?
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not, simply does nothing xD
Some mods like the brightness,the build.prop changes for lcd density wifi and HQ all works because are included in my Rom from a while xD
Would suggest you also the youtube mod!
EDIT:
wait, your phone,contacts and brightness mode doesn't work!
Lcd and hq yes are tested a lot, bi those 2 hacks not!
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
Hi guys,
I remember that Motofrenzy has rotate mod and works like a charm. It's yours?.
@89luca89: I'm using your EclairMod (AMAZING!!, by the way), I wonder if you make a patch for your ROM with rotate mod. Or I cant use this zips archives attached to this thread?.
Regards!!. Keep the wonderfull work!!
Download (incl. advertising screen displayed once per 3 days):
http://www.mapeapps.com/downloads/SMSNotifier.apk
Paid plugin (removes advertising screen displayed once per 3 days):
http://www.mapeapps.com
Hints / Limitations:
* HTC Desire with stock ROM - how to fix LED blinking (let us know if it works for other phones with similar problem)
- On stock ROM, LED blinking will stop in about 5 mins after text message arrives. To workaround that we have added refresh during reminders. Simply, set reminders to a period of 5 mins to keep the led on. Btw, you can have reminders 'on' without need to set further Sound, Vibration, Turn on Display.
* LED colors / LED blink rate
- Your phone / rom needs to support that in a way it's accessible via standard Android API (android.app.Notification), otherwise the options won't work for you.
- We know that other programs may use some sort of workarounds and other tricks, but currently we don't have any plans to implement that.
* On-screen message visible when the phone is locked (in a sleep mode).
- Currently, not possible. To introduce that, it would mean to play with the Keyguard functionality in Android API which we are not sure we wanna do. Maybe in the future ... on TODO list.
- You could maybe try some other 3rd party apps which implements their own lock screen. Let us know here if you find something which works together with SMS Notifier.
From v1.5:
*NEW* The most wanted functions are here - Quick reply, Delete, Mark as read right from interactive popup
*NEW* If you don't like Ads or the Thank You screen or just wish to support us, please, consider buying SMS Notifier PREMIUM from our website
*NEW* Now requires Android OS 1.6+
From v1.4.2:
*FIX* fixed SE X10 notification issue
*NEW* click on the picture in interactive popup allows to call the sender
*NEW* possibility to change text color for popup
*NEW* time of received message in interactive popup
From v1.4.1:
*FIX* notification sound issues
*FIX* problem with different screen densities
*NEW* added support for Samsung Galaxy Tab
From v1.4:
*NEW* optional interactive on-screen message preview (popup)
From v1.3.1:
* Few minor fixes and new additional notification icons
From v1.3:
*NEW* privacy level now affects also on-screen preview and notification text in pulldown menu
*NEW* option to use different notification sound for reminders
*NEW* option to keep LED turned on (no blinking) - This needs to be supported by your phone HW / SW (ROM) in order to work
*NEW* option to enable/disable sound and vibration notifications during call
From v1.2.1:
* Few minor fixes and new app launcher icon
From v1.2:
*FIX* resolving contacts issue on Android 2.0+
*FIX* force close on background color selector
*NEW* option to display contact photo in on-screen preview
*NEW* changed on-screen preview icon
*NEW* more on-screen preview positions
From v1.1:
*FIX* audio issues (was probably bugged only on Droid and Droid X)
*NEW* option to customize background color (incl. transparency) of on-screen preview
*NEW* customizable position of on-screen preview
*NEW* added default Android notification icon
Features:
* shows number of unread messages in a notification bar
* adjustable level of privacy (no sender name or message text if you select)
* customizable sound, vibration and LED notifications
* possibility to change icon in a notification bar
* on-screen preview of new incoming messages
* notification reminder system
* quiet hours feature
* designed for a low battery consumption
* and more
If you think there is a feature your are missing or a bug which bothers you just let us know.
Thanks,
Martin and Petr from mapeapps
Web: www.mapeapps.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mapeapps
SlideME:
http://slideme.org/application/sms-notifier
E-mail Notifier thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810713
Network Counter thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136179
Nice little app that I would theme immediatelly !
Would be nice to have it in Android style..why using different icons? So it fits better..and missing the smilies
For example, I use only froyos default sms app and would like to use kind of a pop up plugin that fits and does not look like a different sms app.
greets
Edit: just did a quick edit...think I will keep this app now, looks like buid in..
I am curios how you gonna continue with this app..looking forward!!!
Hi rori,
Glad you like it.
I think we can add that default icon in the next update - need to double check the licensing first.
We have some plans for usability improvements and also some more eye-candy for the future releases.
Looking forward to more theming screenshots
Have a nice weekend.
And why not adding a text box that it allows us to make a reply ? Just like ChompSMS or Handcent or SMSPopup!
So far it is working great on my Samsung Moment. Thank you.
@aladin6:
There are two ways how to process an incoming message:
1) Let user just read a message (even if notification bar is not visible) with no interruption of whatever doing (watching a movie, playing a game,...).
This is implemented in SMS Notifier. We have missed this feature a lot in other sms applications and this is also one of the reasons why we have developed our own.
2) Interrupt running activity and force user to do some action ("popup").
This is considered for implementantion in the future, but it is not top priority at this moment.
mapeapps said:
Hi rori,
Glad you like it.
I think we can add that default icon in the next update - need to double check the licensing first.
We have some plans for usability improvements and also some more eye-candy for the future releases.
Looking forward to more theming screenshots
Have a nice weekend.
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Thanx!
I keep it on my phone...seriously hope you can make it froyo look.
Dont waste your time on your own UI....you just make a great app that fits to default and we have a feeling it is not a third party app, that´s all.
Dekuji moc, pozdrav!
Version 1.1 hits the market.
*FIX* audio issues (was probably bugged only on Droid and Droid X)
*NEW* option to customize background color (incl. transparency of on-screen preview)
*NEW* customizable position of on-screen preview
*NEW* added default Android notification icon
Also adding some hints to main post.
Rori, how did you get your popup to look like that?
m2thedeep said:
Rori, how did you get your popup to look like that?
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I just did a quick edit of v1.0, but as OP updatet to 1.1 iz´s probably obsolete..
rori~ said:
Nice little app that I would theme immediatelly !
Would be nice to have it in Android style..why using different icons? So it fits better..and missing the smilies
For example, I use only froyos default sms app and would like to use kind of a pop up plugin that fits and does not look like a different sms app.
greets
Edit: just did a quick edit...think I will keep this app now, looks like buid in..
I am curios how you gonna continue with this app..looking forward!!!
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How did you get your lockscreen to have 4 sliders? I really like this feature...
rori~ said:
I just did a quick edit of v1.0, but as OP updatet to 1.1 iz´s probably obsolete..
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You can change color (incl. transparency) in version 1.1
Regarding that icon in on-screen preview... wait for the next update where we will rework that part quite significantly. We believe you will like it
On another note, any Droid / X / 2 users? We're getting some strange reports regarding notification LED functionality. Could anybody with that phone(s) and using SMS Notifier describe us if it works for him as expected or what are the problems?
Basically, we are using native Android API for LED functionality and for example on HTC Desire we don't see any issues.
Superb app!! I am not sure if its a bug with HTC Desire (been using rooted stock for some time) but choosing LED color is not working
masi0 said:
Superb app!! I am not sure if its a bug with HTC Desire (been using rooted stock for some time) but choosing LED color is not working
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Thanks for the note. Correct. At least on Desire we don't see how to make it through Android API. Heard something about you need rooted device and work with charging LED. It's just black magic.
You gonna implement tab on notification opens sms.apk?
Sent from my Nexus One
bchsun said:
How did you get your lockscreen to have 4 sliders? I really like this feature...
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widget locker great app
also ill give this a try
Does this notification app support Google Voice?
No onscreen notification here, using:
Android 1.6 CSDI V4 por [email protected] On a t-mobile g1
When using the test function on the app itself the notification appears.
Just not when I turn the screen of and then get an sms..
Still, A great app
aladin6 said:
And why not adding a text box that it allows us to make a reply ? Just like ChompSMS or Handcent or SMSPopup!
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Please make this an option if you go this route - I really hate having all those buttons and whatnot all over the screen. I like the idea of just a simple popup - click on it it to reply. I would like to see something like "2 other unread messages" somewhere else (if it doesn't already do this... I just installed it.)
Love the app - it just replaced SMS Popup on my EVO.
Quick question: in the OP the pop-up takes up the whole bottom third of the screen. On mine it just takes up a bit of each corner (or a bit in the center of the screen.) How do I get it to take up the whole width of the screen?
led - notification
Rooted Epic 4G
Bubbys AOSP v 0.2
StoopidFast Kernel'
LED notification is not working, same problem I think as some other applications (like modified sms.apk from cyanogenmod)
anyone else? any fix?
Flip4Silence 2.0 BETA
Silence notifications when your phone is flipped - battery friendly!
Flip4Silence is back! It's just an BETA version but it already serves its purpose: Silence notifications when the phone lays upside down on the table! And the best thing about this, it doesn't eat up your battery (like other tools do)!
I just finished the BETA and I'm currently testing it. But as I think it could be useful to someone in this state I just made it public. Please be so kind and keep in mind that this is not the final and probably will not act as reliable as it should. I will do my best to fix any bugs which are found, so please report your problems back.
If you are a ROM chief or have a custom ROM installed:
I have planned to migrate this tool to a "one for all" tone silencer. Unfortunately this requires a patch (which is attached to this post) to allow the user to set the tones as the system defaults. The patch is also posted on the AOSP gerrit and may be accepted (don't know if they like the patch) and I will try to integrate it into CM9.
If you are a ROM chief and would like to integrate the patch and the (upcoming) tool feel free to contact me via pm.
If you are a user of a custom ROM feel free to encourage your ROM chief to integrate the patch.
Feel free to contact me if you have integrated the patch somewhere, especially if it's a ROM for the Galaxy Nexus or Nexus One as I would like to use it on my own phones
Attention:
If you had a previous version installed I'm very sorry to tell you that you have to REASSIGN every single ringtone you have selected with F4S Ultimate before again due to a internal incompatible change!
What it gives you:
Silence nearly every notification!
Is planned to be a full replacement for every ringtone picker (please tell me what you want from your ringtone picker)
It's nice to your battery as it's only active when something happens and not all the time.
More control over the sensitivity used (no more "low", "high", "normal", you are in charge now!).
MP3 ringtones are now supported! The UI is not really finished, it's at least planned to add the album covers to the list.
"Silence when user is present" - never get a notification sound again when you are playing with your device and don't need a audio notification.
What it can't do:
You can't use it to put silenced ringtones into the default settings. Please never ever put a silenced ringtone into your phone ringer or the default notification sound. It will just not work (and will never), trust me. However, you can put in a "unsilenced" ringtone (more later).
Currently the sensors will report strange results if you have vibration on while a ringtone is played. It lacks a good filtering, so it's not really usable currently.
How to use it?
It has currently no settings dialog at all, it is just a alternative to pick a ringtone. When you select somewhere a "Choose a ringtone now" button it will be an option which you can launch.
When you select your tones with the tool it will more or less look like the standard ringtone picker with some exceptions. On the bottom you will see a list with all ringtones you may pick from. When you select them, they will be played as a preview to you (just like the stock ringtone picker does). When you have found your ringtone just hit the tick button at the top bar and you are done. It will now silence this (and only this) notification when the phone lays on its display. When you want to discard your selection just hit the cross on the top, the back button of your phone or the home button, it's your choice.
The really interesting thing is the speaker icon at the top bar. It works the following way:
When you see the muted speaker (speaker with X) the ringtone will be silenced when you hit the tick button (sure, it will only be muted when the phone lays upside down). But sometimes you want a sound so be played everytime and not only when the phone lays with its back on the table. Then you can press the speaker at the top and it will switch over to a unmuted speaker. When you now hit the tick the selected tone will never be muted by the tool.
You can now start over and replace every notification sound with a one selected via this tool. Just pick a tone and hit the tick at the bar and you are done.
I'm currently using gingerbread and was able to replace the tones in the following applications:
Stock SMS/MMS
gTalk
Google+
Facebook
Flip4Silence
How does this sensitivity slider work?
It allows you to set the exact degree when Flip4Silence should recognize the phone as "lays on its screen". The range is from 0 (lays exactly on its screen) to 90 degree (stands on its bottom).
You can change the value with the slider or with the plus and minus button to a value which should fit your need (it lacks a testing mode, sorry :/).
The green part of the slice on the left is a visualization of the "snap area" where Flip4Silence will recognize the phone should be silent. You can transfer it to the real world when you put your phone with its bottom on the table which would be 90 degree. When you now tilt it slowly down to it's screen it would be 0. So you have actually moved it on 90 degrees of a circle which is what the image tried to tell you.
The settings are now this way because people reported that LOW and HIGH weren't enough to trigger it the way they wanted it. The dialog still lacks a "choose from presets" option but this will hopefully be added in the future.
As a hint here are the settings known from F4S 1.0 (which will suit the most people)
High: 20 degree
Normal: 25 degree
Low: 30 degree
So you say it's now save to use it to pick global ringtones?
Yes, in general it is. The picker maintains now a blacklist for Activities which aren't able to handle the special ringtones we return. This blacklist currently only has the stock settings blacklisted so it should work for most devices. But HTC/Motorola/Samsung may have changed ROMs in a way that they also changed the identifier for the SystemSettings. In this cases the blacklist will not work until I have added them
So as it's more or less save, here is the warning again:
Please note the fact that you should never ever use a "silenced" ringtone for the ringer or the default notification sound. The new BETA tries to prevent you from doing so (the little speaker on the top is not drawn) but it may fail! If you see a speaker in your Default Notification/Ringtone picker than please hit the "Report usage" button in Flip4Silence ultimate so I can add it to the blacklist.
What does this "Report usage" button do again?
As stated above it will send a report to me about the places where you have used Flip4Silence Ultimate to select a ringtone. Please only send the manual report if you have found out that your System Settings is not blocked from setting a silenced ringtone (as described above). Please also leave a short note here that you have send a report. Reports contain the same data as crashreports, so nothing is really special about them.
"Silence when user is present" does what?
Did it ever annoyed you to hear notifications when you got your device in your hand? Did you ever thought "Damn, shut up! I have seen the notification, no need to play a sound...".
If yes, then I have a solution for you: "Silence when user is present" does simply what is says, it blocks the notification sound when you are currently fiddling with your device and don't need another acoustic notification about a new message or anything else.
Of course it only works with sound which were set with this app and currently the switch is on a global base (will likely change in an upcoming version).
Okay, sounds good so far, where can I get it?
I will attach the newest version and the previous one to this post whenever an update occures. You can also download it on the Android Market
Why is this nifty app not translated into [INSERT LANGUAGE HERE]?
I will contribute at least a German translation once the strings in the program have settled down (one or two releases before the first stable will be released). If your favorite language is missing and you are willing to translate it by yourself please contact me and I will hand the localization files when the app has reached the pre stable state.
The icons used are nice, but the application icon is damn ugly dude!
Yea, I know. I had to make some of my own when I developed Flip4Silence so the quality is far from good. While I like the overall theme (the phone and the sleep indication) it's not really pretty as I'm more the coding guy than a designer. If you are a designer or know someone who would like to make some icons for this app it would be awesome if you would contact me. I can't provide any money for this as it's only a fun project but it would be worth a credits entry and publicity (it depends, but I expect a broad usage around the globe, just like the original Flip4Silence ).
Uh, who has done this cute icons you are using?
The icons used in the main view of the ringtone picker are from AndroidIcons.com. Thanks guys for this great set of free icons!
Changelog
1.0 BETA6
Fixed BETA4 bugs.
1.0 BETA5 (skipped due to major bugfix fail)
1.0 BETA4
Resolved all BETA3 problems
Feature: added 'Silence when user is present'
Added ICS SoundPreferences to caller blacklist
Minimal Android version bumped to Eclair as I updated ActionBarSherlock
1.0 BETA3
Local music is now selectable.
Choose if you want to send your systemlog on crash
Bugfix: Crash on settings when empty skip value was given.
Blacklist for SystemSettings added (at least for stockroms)
1.0 BETA2
Fixed critical bug (default settings weren't read causing infinite sensor poll...)
1.0 BETA
Bugfixes (a bunch, should be more stable now)
Added sensitivity settings dialogue
Added ACRA for error reporting (you may opt out)
1.0 ALPHA
Initial release
(maybe) Upcoming Features
List of default ringtones to set (for easier reselection of the same tones)
Some kind of indicator which ringtone was previously selected (in tune lists)
Known Bugs:
BETA4: The 'local media' selection breaks when you have more than 2 songs on your phone (stupid me, should have tested this...)
Resolved Bugs:
BETA4: Crashes in the 'sensitivity picker' due to a random/rare stackoverflow condition
BETA4: Crashes in the 'local music picker' due to a uninitialized object
BETA3: It's possible to assign a silenced ringtone to a blacklisted caller by changing the device configuration (change view to landscape)
BETA3: includes GTalk in the blacklist (added it for testing purposes, forgot to remove it...) so you can't set a silenced ringtone to it...
BETA3: Some database queries and lost cursors create warnings in the systemlog
BETA3: ticking "include systemlog in reports" is useless the app lacks the required privileges (will be removed)
BETA3: the sound settings activity used by Android 1.6 is missing in the blacklist
BETA3: it looks like that at least the Android 1.6 emulator has problems displaying the pick list columns correctly.
Do U think it is possible to also disable vibration on incomming calls? It was working on Gingerbread but not longer on ICS (at least for me)
icke said:
Do U think it is possible to also disable vibration on incomming calls? It was working on Gingerbread but not longer on ICS (at least for me)
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Flip4Silence classic doesn't work correctly on ICS? Didn't knew that, sure I will try to fix this in this rewrite (the old app will not receive any update, everything will be reimplemented).
I will give it a try when I move the old code to the new codebase but I can't promise anything as I don't know whats broken and so don't know how it may be fixed.
But thanks for the report =)
OMG!
Just installed older version from market. I know why it wasn't working..."Keep vibrating" was still enabled.
Sorry...my fault.
icke said:
OMG!
Just installed older version from market. I know why it wasn't working..."Keep vibrating" was still enabled.
Sorry...my fault.
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No problem at all, so I can note down that F4S Classic also works on ICS? Good... =)
Luminger said:
No problem at all, so I can note down that F4S Classic also works on ICS? Good... =)
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Yepp...definitely working on ICS.
Glad you haven't abbandoned this project. I will test it soon on my NS.
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I just release BETA3. As nobody reads the main post again, please note the following:
You generally don't have to take special care about the System Settings default sound picker as it's now blacklisted as it not supports F4S Ultimate. Consult the main post for more info about this. But If the little speaker at the top is shown for you in the default settings please hit the "Report usage" button and send me some info about your phone (again, more info is hidden in the main post ).
If you had a previous version installed I'm very sorry to tell you that you have to REASSIGN every single ringtone you have selected with F4S Ultimate before again due to a internal incompatible change!
Also I would like to say "Thank you!" to everybody who is currently testing/using this! I have not thought that so many people would try it! Thank you very much!
Luminger said:
I just release BETA3. As nobody reads the main post again, please note the following:
You generally don't have to take special care about the System Settings default sound picker as it's now blacklisted as it not supports F4S Ultimate. Consult the main post for more info about this. But If the little speaker at the top is shown for you in the default settings please hit the "Report usage" button and send me some info about your phone (again, more info is hidden in the main post ).
If you had a previous version installed I'm very sorry to tell you that you have to REASSIGN every single ringtone you have selected with F4S Ultimate before again due to a internal incompatible change!
Also I would like to say "Thank you!" to everybody who is currently testing/using this! I have not thought that so many people would try it! Thank you very much!
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If you want to keep a secret, post it in the OP!
Why the BETA sign? What's not stable yet? And when do you plan to release a non-beta version?
eirh said:
Why the BETA sign? What's not stable yet? And when do you plan to release a non-beta version?
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It has the beta sign because it's rather untested and it's a very fragile kind of app as it operates at the border (or some steps beyond) of the android system.
I does things which were never intended by the developers, also I'm developing this thing alone. The beta sign will be removed when it's proven that it operates on virtually any phone from android 1.6 to 4.0 and includes all the features the original Flip4Silence has.
Currently everything is working as intended besides a bug I have just found (which is documented in the second post). A "stable" (I only release software which is at least usable for me) without the beta sign will come when I have done all the work. I can't tell you a date as this is not my job but I will do my best to release as often as I can.
BETA4 is out now!
BETA4 is out now!
It introduces a new feature: "Silence when user is present", please take a look at the first and second post for the changes in detail.
Besides that I had to wipe the caller database once again as the format changed again, so you have to reassign anything again (should be the last time, the format should be stable now...).
A sidenote:
I have not received any crash so far and it seems to work pretty good so I consider it now "stable enough for everyday use".
Thanks for this app, sounds good downloading now....
How Do I start the app?
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danlivesey said:
Thanks for this app, sounds good downloading now....
How Do I start the app?
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
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It's a ringtonepicker replacement, to use the app you have to reassign the notification tones of the apps you want to be silenced on a flip. Your system will present you a list of apps which are suitable for ringtone picking, just select Flip4Silence there.
"Silence when user is present" - never get a notification sound again when you are playing with your device and don't need a audio notification.
Man I have been looking for this feature since day 1 of owning a Android Phone! I'll help you test the app!
Edit: I goto settings>Sound>Ringtone phone> choose flip4silence>Local Media
Crashes every time
Desire S
IceColdSandwich 7.0
zxzyzd said:
"Silence when user is present" - never get a notification sound again when you are playing with your device and don't need a audio notification.
Man I have been looking for this feature since day 1 of owning a Android Phone! I'll help you test the app!
Edit: I goto settings>Sound>Ringtone phone> choose flip4silence>Local Media
Crashes every time
Desire S
IceColdSandwich 7.0
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Once again, lesson learned: never ever say "it's working good, quiet good" as it will brake then =)
It's a problem in (at least) the artist list, I will fix it soon. Stay tuned for an update and thanks for testing =)
Crappy video I made showing how I made it crash: http://youtu.be/R_4v-AKSjM4 (done in about half an hour)
I also provided a logcat with warnings, errors and fatal exceptions. Don't worry about the rmt_storage lines though, that has something to do with the beta ROM I'm using.
zxzyzd said:
Crappy video I made showing how I made it crash: http://youtu.be/R_4v-AKSjM4 (done in about half an hour)
I also provided a logcat with warnings, errors and fatal exceptions. Don't worry about the rmt_storage lines though, that has something to do with the beta ROM I'm using.
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Now that's cool, I have never seen a bug report video before . It should be easy to fix this, but I have one question:
How many MP3s do you have on your device (I don't need an exact number, just a rough estimation, something like "60 albums" or something like that)?
13 normal albums, 1 album of Super Smash Bros (which has about 200+ songs ) and one "album" I made myself for my ringtones.
Hi everyone,
Even unregistered I've been using this forum for some years. Now it's time to make my contribution.
I've seen some people requesting this app, and even I needed it, so I'm presenting it waiting for your feedback.
Some applications on market (like Notification Toggle, Elixir 2, etc) are doing more or less what I porpose, but on a different way. Also, as far as I know, no app does exactly the same.
So, here it is my proposal. StatusBarAddon is like an status bar mod, so you can "pull" power controls at any time, on any rom even without root.
This app is free and available on android market (search for):
StatusBarAddon
What it does:
"Pull" down power controls at any time (and on any app);
Costumizable controls;
Volume and brightness controls;
Compatible with all android 2.1-2.3 versions (sorry, no ICS support);
Compatible with the Android status bar;
Free.
How to help
FeedBack;
Provide translations;
Donate;
Thank you for your time!
(As you know, I'm not able to post links, so sorry but no market links or pics )
Here's the link: https://market.android.com/details?...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ybXNjLnN0YXR1c2JhciJd
Thank you for the URL!
Add landscape mode, please make + the ability to hide icon in the status bar. I would also like to when you click on the button does not switch to the settings window, and immediately disable or enable any mode (eg Data)
Thank you very much for your program!
can you get a direct link to your softwareb
Not working on my Atrix running ICS
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
Thank you for your suggestions, I'll try to implement that as soon as I can (I'll be busy for some time, for professional reasons).
The data toggle is a peculiar one, since Android does not provide a standard interface to enable/disable data, so I decided to not do hacks (like change the carrier apn). I'm not sure if I can make anything about data (and Sync).
Since I'm a new user, I'm not able to post links, sorry.
That's right, I completelly forget to test ICS, so no ICS support, sorry for any inconvenience.
You are wellcome
nice app, i like it, especially the brightness changer.
you said you need translations? i could translate to Estonian.
a bug is that the gps toogle wont work, it allways shows gps is on, pressing the button doesent change anything.
and please, make the icon invisible also
work pefectely on sgs2 i love it keep the good work
Unfortunately sys it's not compatible with my P999 running ICS.
Nice app
But you should add an option to make the background transparent with black or white icon and add a option to remove the icon in statut bar
I can maybe translate to french
҉ Envoyé depuis mon Samsung Galaxy 3 avec Kyorarom 5.2 ҉
The GPS switch uses the Android power control widget, so I'm sorry but I cannot provide any fix for that at the moment.
I've just released a new release wich makes it possible to hide the notification icon.
I'll now work (as soon as I can) on some costumization options.
Thank's for your feedback
Nice and usefull app. No problems so far om my HTC Wildfire.
Some suggestions:
add battery status
add volume levels for ringing tone, media, alarm.
tap on "sync" should do a "sync all" instead of going to the settings
make it possible to choose the order of the buttons (e.g. I don't use fllight mode that often and would like to enebale it, but somewhere near the end of the list).
Can do translation to Dutch/Nederlands.
your app locks great but no work on atrix att 2.3.4 stock
meteoro84 said:
your app locks great but no work on atrix att 2.3.4 stock
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That's your problem, get off stock already! Lol
The battery status is on my todo list, will probabilly be one of the next improvements. Also, I've already started to do something about the buttons order.
The different volume levels will certainly be considered.
For the sync toggle, it's the same situation as the data toggle, since I haven't already find a convenient to do it, but I'll keep searching for a solution.
Some users are having troubles with the bar (not working at all), but I can't reproduce this situation myself on my phone or in the emulator, so I can't provide any support at the time, sorry for that.
Thank you again for your feedback!
you should make it so that when you have only the bars (volume and brightness) activated then the box aboove, where the other options are, should dissapear.
martenp17 said:
you should make it so that when you have only the bars (volume and brightness) activated then the box aboove, where the other options are, should dissapear.
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Just implemented that, will be on the next release
For your information: for the synchronisation I currently use the HTC widget "sync all".
eversp01 said:
For your information: for the synchronisation I currently use the HTC widget "sync all".
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I have already done something about the sych toggle, will be on the next release. However, it's not fully functional, because (right now) I'm not able to read the sync status, I'm only able to start or stop the sync.
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Code:
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* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* or you getting fired because your alarm app failed. Please do
* some research if you have any concerns about features in this
* ROM prior to flashing it! You alone are choosing to make these
* modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up
* your device, I will turn away and smh...
A note from the Developer:
"Welcome to Adrenaline! This has been a long time coming and a project I've been working on for quite some time now. If you were looking for MAXIMUM SPEED and BATTERY EFFICIENCY, well.. You've come to the right place.
ADRENALINE is a rom injected with Pure Awesome and has great potential.
This rom and it's apps are fully upgraded, and carry only what I feel is necessary in a rom (only 650mb in filesize!). Everything else can be downloaded from the playstore at your choice.
Within the rom, I have included my very own, custom themes (33 in total) available for selection in the HTC Theme Choice Menu (Sense 6).
For you rom devs: I may make flashable themes in the future similar to what is in this rom for you to use in your roms as I enjoy doing the work.
Without further adeau, please preview just a fraction of the features present in this rom prior to flashing:"
Features:
Lollipop 5.0.1 m9 Port Verizon Base (for now until m8 gets official)
Sense 7.0
Massively Debloated (The Rom is only 589mb in file size)
All Social Media Removed (I like ti clean. However, I offer a flashable)
Disabled annoying help pop-ups for first time boots.
System level integrated ad-blocker
Custom Bookmarks
Faster SMS retries on sms fails.
Gif animations auto enabled in browser
Default HotSpot name changed
Annoying Wi-Fi Popup Nag removed
Custom Boot and Shutdown Animation
ALL Gapps completely up to date
Apps that would be found in the playstore have been moved to data apps so as not to clutter the system.
Navigation icon is back! Yet still on the latest maps
Flashlight
Working FM Radio
Extreme Power Saver Launcher
HTC Backup
Beats Enabled (No effect just yet)
Custom Wallpapers
32 custom themes and theme color choices
Fast and Light rom, built for speed!
and many, many more system level tweaks and customizations.
Installation InstructionsI recommend users of this rom to be on the latest firmware and Hboot with an s-off device.
NOTE: You need to be on at least TWRP 2.8.2.1 or above if you intend to flash this rom.
If you are NOT on this recovery and have a rom complaint, I will not address it.
Flashing Procedure is as follows:
1. Compare the md5 sum of your download.
-Windows: MD5 Calculator
-LINUX: Open Terminal and type: md5sum [path to the rom zip]
-Mac: Open a terminal and type: md5 [path to the rom zip]
2. Put the Rom on the root of your internal memory (or root of external sd)
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. Scroll down and select "Wipe"
5. Do a "Swipe Wipe" (or a Full advanced Wipe, whichever you prefer)
7. Install Rom Zip
8. Reboot and enjoy!Further questions about the ROM
Please check the FAQ in the second post. (Coming Soon)Note: DO NOT Mirror this Rom, Quote this entire OP, or Use this as a base for your Rom. Thanks.DOWNLOAD
MIRRORmd5: 0e5e899c6e7f7270affa564539a5ac99Kernel Source:
Stock M8 Dev Base
Special Thanks goes out to @lyapota for his awesome mod pack!!
Thanks goes out to ckpv5 of Team Sky Dragon for the solution and shared knowledge to the SystemUI FC issue I was originally having with the m9 port.
Thanks to BuckMarble for his awesome Elite Kernel in my Sense 7 builds.
Thanks to Roland_KR for the firmware bits to make Sense 7 possible on the m8.
Thanks to AndyBones for his assistance also with the port and for troubleshoot and ideas.
Thanks to Dottat for gifting me with this m8
Guys if you like the rom, consider donating! It's always appreciated and will go directly to helping me support my mini me's insatiable desire to consume ice cream!I WANT TO DONATE TO NEO!
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CHANGE LOG
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*Initial Release
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***A Clean Flash is strongly recommended, but not required***
*Fixed MMS Hangup issues
*Tapatalk notifications and other sites being blocked fixed: Ad blocker removed for now.
*WiFi Status Bar Nag Exterminated
*Notification Ticker (rolling messages in status bar) with Heads Up notification disabled available for Download in the downloads section below (soon).
*Data Usage icon fixed
*Play Services and all other data apps restored back to the system for stability
*Exchange issues (a few were experiencing) hopefully resolved
*Constant sim icon issue (a few were experiencing) hopefully resolved
*Close all recents option now available
*Neo Themes integration for Dialer, Contacts, WorldClock, Mail, and Weather complete
*Advanced Power Menu now available
*Long Press Back to Kill now available
*Double tap status bar to sleep now available
*Sweep to sleep now available
*Battery percentage added into icon
*Hid Recents Search Bar
*Right Corner Pull down for Quick Settings
*Exchange Security Requirements now Disabled
*Increased Media Volume Steps
*Big Caller ID Photo Enabled
*Flashlight App shortcut when long pressing power while in sleep
*Confirmed Working Ant+
*Cleaner Bluetooth Audio
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*All WiFi Nags Removed
*No Sim Card Nag/Bug Removed
*XPosed Bridge and Installer pre-installed
*Ap Ops integrated into the rom (Thanks to @andybones)
*Youtube Adaway module pre-installed (Commercial Free Youtube!) ((must be enabled in XPosed)
*Screen Shot Delay Remover Module pre-installed (Instant screen shots) ((must be enabled in XPosed)
*MMS Lockscreen Notification bubble now follows theme color
*Non-Working Beats option disabled
*Harmon Kardon Effects pre-installed (requires S=OFF and flashing @santod040 / @Sneakyghost mod for full effect)
*Ad Blocker re-added (mistake as it's still blocking Tapatalk notifications. Will leave out going forward)
*Ambient display brightness increased slightly and display time doubled (forgot to delete the last two lines in build.prop to make this work properly)
*Lyapota Mod pack specific to this rom created (included in downloads folder)
*Stock Themes Flashable for a pure feel added to the downloads folder.
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*Sense 7 Rebase
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*skittles and broken stuffz
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Fixed native APM (Advanced Power Menu)
Fixed Themes Crash (Asking for HTC Login)
Fixed Hotspot Security
Fixed the no data on reboot (delay)
Normal Power Saver option added back in
HK built in and now with working Settings Toggle
Persistent 3-dot nav bar menu vanquished
3-Dot menu in Accounts no longer fc’s
FC with certain play store apps resolved
EPST and Sim Toolkit re-added
Power Saver enabled on first boot (battery saving)
Haptic Feedback in Keyboard disabled on first boot (battery saving)
Fixed a lot of lag issues/hangups
Added a memory leak patch for pre 5.1 roms as an Xposed Module
Updated all Apps, Gapps, and Modules
Tune2fs added
Rom debloated further
System level tweaks to make this faster, and more battery efficient
Untested:
security smart lock trusted places
Resolved data issues with GSM smart cards
Broken still:
Priority notifications other than phone. All priority settings will work with phone calls but not messages for some reason.
VVM (Visual Voice Mail)
Future plans:
Forgot to modify the notification drop down to black (oops) next update
Remove some unnecessary files for a smaller rom
Other thangz…
OTHER DOWNLOADS
Restore all Social Networks: DOWNLOAD
Restore Foreign Languages: DOWNLOAD
Harmon Kardon Installer and Switcher: LINK TO POST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
[Q]: What is the difference between Textra and Google Messenger?
[A]: A Comprehensive and Thorough User Level Comparison Review of Google's "Messenger" VS Delicious Inc.'s "Textra SMS"
It has also occurred to me that many users don't actually know the difference between the two (other than the fact that Textra comes with a dark skin default which is changeable). So I have taken the time to compare the many different abilities and functions that each app provides in comparison to each other (at user level).
I hope that you find this informative enough to make a decision in the future as to which you would prefer. So without further delay, I present to you my review.
Now many of you may not care about the messaging app as you've selected Hangouts to be your default SMS receiver. For those of you like myself however that prefer SMS messages to be kept separate from hangouts, this may be of good use to you.
So to the Left we have Messenger and to the Right we have Textra.
Right off the bat you will notice that Textra does a full system theme where your status bar coloring is altered to reflect the theme (as with most of our apps including our Kit Kat stock Message) where as in Messenger it remains untouched.
You will also notice that the contact icons in Messenger are slightly larger than those appearing in Textra which I personally feel would limit the amount of text being displayed due to the "create a new message" button covering the last recent message. Yet the font is slightly larger in that of the Textra app making it easier to read which is what we care about most in a messaging app.
Both layouts appear to be nearly identical with exception to color.
Here we have an example where a single message has been long pressed.
In Messenger, the message selected is indicated by a slight discoloration of the field in which the text inhabits along with changing the contact icon to a Blue Checkmark (which only deselects the message if pressed). Notice also the create a new message icon disappears (as it is not needed for this current function).
In Textra, the message selected is indicated by a highlighted check mark that shuffles in from the left of the message (shuffling the message dates to the right off screen). Additionally, the create a new message button in the bottom right corner becomes a grayed out Checkmark which when pressed, changes color and selects every message currently in the chat summary. However, there is no Archive function built into Textra as there is in Messenger which for some of you, very well may be a deal breaker as you may actually use that function (I don't).
The options that appear above in Messenger are that of cancel (go back), Archive, Delete, and options.
The options that appear above in Textra are that of cancel (go back) Silence notifications, delete, and options.
In the following two images, we see what a multi message selections looks like in both Messenger on the left, and Textra on the right.
Immediately in Messenger, the options button vanishes and converts into simply silence notifications (as that is apparently the only multi message function it can perform).
However in Textra, the options to silence, delete, and "options" remain.
I have gone and deselected one of the messages in both Messenger and Textra so that we can compare and explore the options that are presented for a selected message (since it disappears in Messenger if multiple messages are selected). However, I have included the multi selected messages in Textra also so that you can see the options remain unchanged.
To the left, Messenger displays the only options to be Silencing notifications (which for some reason was not available until multi messages were selected) Add contact which adds the person to your contacts if not already, and block or “blacklisting” (which prevents you from receiving their messages).
To the Right, Textra displays Notifications Settings, Bubble Color settings, Delivery Report settings, Signatures, and black listing. Keep in mind also that silencing notifications is already present in the main window as well.
Since we pretty much already know what Notifications off, add contact, and block do, we will go over them through Textra while we explore the additional options it has to offer in the next images to follow.
We now are looking at the notifications settings specifically for the selected messages. What you will notice, is that in Textra you can define message/people specific themes, options, and settings.
In here you can enable or disable notifications on the main page.
Tap Notifications allow you to select the action to be taken when you tap a message notification from that specific message/person. You can choose to open a floating quick reply window that will disappear after you send a message and resume whatever activity you were currently doing, or you can have it open textra like most stock messaging apps will do.
Floating notifications settings will allow you to decide the duration of the pop up notification for that specific contact (should you decide to have pop up notifications in the previous setting)
Notification Icon Settings allows you to decide what color that selected contact/message should appear in. As you can see, there are 44 different color options to choose from (wow!)
LED Blink Color is an awesome option for phones that support it. You have the ability to specify what color your selected message/contact should appear in when you have received a message from them. While our device doesn't support every color listed, I have taken the liberty of providing you with the huge variety of LED colors that actually do work for our device: Green & Red.
Default Notification sound although "says" Ringtone, actually pulls from your notifications folder (like it's supposed to).
Vibrate Settings allow you to set specific vibration instructions for that particular selected contact/message.
Now, if you've elected to allow vibrations, you can go so far as to even select contact/message specific vibrate patterns!
Wake Up Screen options allow you to decide whether or not a message from that particularly selected individual should wake your phone and turn screen on or not.
Repeat notifications let's you decide how often your phone should harass you for not checking or acknowledging the newly received message per contact/person. Hey if it's mom you may actually want it to keep telling you her message is waiting to be seen
This ends all the options available for Notifications.
Backing out now we select the option to go into Bubble Colors for the specific contact/message. You can decide what color your text bubbles should be in, and what color their text bubbles should be in. Check it out, you have 42 color options
This ends the options available for Bubbles.
Backing out now we select the option for Delivery Reports
Here you can decide if you want to receive a report for a MMS or SMS message successfully received by the end user's device to which you sent a message to. Very handy for those who claim they never got your message or simply informative to you for those who honestly didn't receive it and perhaps should be called.
This ends the options available for Delivery Reports.
Backing out now we select the option for Signatures to be displayed in your messages to these specifically selected individuals. After having opted to include a message, you can edit and create your own. Note that after confirming your new signature, the signature displayed looks overwritten but a quick back out and back in to the Settings will provide you with visual proof of the correct change. (This is likely a glitch they are probably working out).
This ends the options available for Signatures.
Backing out and selecting the Blacklist option will immediately BlackList (block) those messages selected from ever being received to your device again. Don't worry however, as this can be undone by going to the main settings for the app outside of these message specific options we've explored through this review. Pay no mind to the fact that I just blacklisted my mother-in-law by "accident"
Deselecting all the contacts in both Messenger (Hey what was this app for again?) and Textra, we are now able to enter their Primary App Options via the same options button to the top right of both apps.
Notice that since Messenger has Archive functions, you are able to go into your Archived Messages as seen in the image above. Since I don't have any messages archived, none will appear but if you had used it to Archive them, that is where you would find them. This is the same feature that is present in Google Hangouts where you can archive a conversation for later viewing (and to keep it out of your primary chat summary).
On the main page you will see a search button (magnifying glass). Perhaps you had a conversation with someone a long time ago in your messages about a certain topic but can't remember who it was or when it took place. To easily recall that conversation, you can type in a word or phrase used in the message as indicated in these examples.
A very crucial thing here to note, is that Messenger will only highlight and provide you with the very last time the subject was ever discussed and take you back to that moment in time via clicking on it.
Textra however, will display a brief message from each and every time that particular subject was discussed and take you to that exact moment in time you were looking for by clicking on the specific search result.
Since it will be extremely brief, due to the minimal activity taking place in this app, we will go ahead and explore the main options taking place in Google's Messenger App first.
As you can see, aside from having 0 message specific settings, only very little remains for any of the global settings. Whether or not you want notifications for all incoming messages, one specific sound for all, whether or not all vibrate or don't, and your typical MMS settings which appear in every MMS app.
Now in Textra's Main Global Options/Settings, we see all the following choices.
Many of these you recognize from the per message/contact options/settings we covered earlier. These will be the primary settings to take place globally in no settings are specified per contact/message.
We will only cover those that were not covered in the individual settings.
Under the "About" option, selecting "What's New?" will give us a detailed change log for all the advancements Textra has made per release.
Enable Debugging is set for times when Textra provides support to you for an issue related to their app (wow)
Tell your friends allows you to share the playstore link for this app via a variety of different sharing options.
Resync Textra does what it says: Basically re-syncs all your messages should you have strayed away experimenting with other apps that intercept messages and wish to return to stability It will re-sync everything for you without changing any of your settings.
This ends the About Options.
Backing back out into Settings you'll notice a support button. Click this and you will have the option to contact the developers directly with any issues you may have that aren't listed in their provided Q&A/FAQ listed below. They also provide a button to tap to link directly to their Feedback Forum (yeah, they have one).
This ends the Support Options.
Backing back out into the main Settings, there is a Customize Look menu. Here you can change the text size of the fonts being viewed as presented in the image above.
You can also change the Dark Mode Settings to "Off", Dark (default) and Black.
In Theme color, you can change the overal theme color of the entire app! You have 40 selectable themes to choose form. Take notice of the checkmark and circle color of each theme you select. It is the color of your secondary colors like menu option font color, check boxes, etc.
Under the Default Notifications Settings, the only difference you'll see that wasn't discussed before is whether or not floating notifications will appear while the phone is both locked and unlocked (or duration of the notifications).
All the other settings are global and as mentioned before, work for all those who don't have individually set settings.
This ends our exploration of the Settings options.
Now, we go into a message as it appears in Messenger.
Uh oh, my chat window with my buddy Justin is in Pink and White?? Gee thanks Google.. Apparently, Google thought it would be cute to pre-select random theme colors per conversation in your messages. There is no way to change the color options as they appear in this conversation nor can you change any of your chat bubble colors or font sizes.
Long pressing a message as indicated in the second picture above yields a couple options. Delete that single post, return to the chat, Forward that post to another contact, or information regarding that post (type, from, to, sent, received).
There is no multi selection option, there is no swiping side to side for additional options or navigations. However options for the entire message is present without post selection.
Now in Textra, I'm happy to say that I have assigned this theme to the chat with my buddy and I.
Pressing on his image pulls up his personal info and gives me the option to call.
Swiping from left to right in the chat window sends me right back into my main chat summary.
Swiping from right to left however, will display the exact time and date of every sent and received message regardless of the time interval between as indicated in the 3rd image.
Long pressing a message gives me the option to multi-select individual posts where I can either trash them, send them all as a new message to someone in my contacts, forward the messages to another contact, copy the text, lock the individual posts, or share in an email Man I love options!
This concludes my review of both Textra VS Messenger.
I hope you have found it enlightening and will have taught you how to operate either app like a pro by the time Lollipop roms surface.
Guess now I should go and un-blackllist my Mother-In-Law
Last one for Skittles...
First troll
Can't wait for some Sprint love :fingers-crossed:
Dang Second. Glad to see this posted officially. Fasted running ROM I've used in a while.
Holy crap! NEEEOOOOO! So excited to try it out!
So I would like to use this Rom....and by use I mean for my own I plan to release tomorrow morning.
Jk
Glad you finally posted something m8
Way to go Nemo and welcome back.
"Mr. Anderson, we've missed you."
So you were able to pump Powerthirst directly into an m8 Sense ROM and it not explode? SWEET!
Screenshots and Eye Candy will come at another time. I am leh tired
Tell your friends and everyone you know...
Adrenaline has arrived.
WooHoo!
really quick first boot. bada$$ boot animation. awesome job on this.
Thank you for adding extra themes! !
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BD619 said:
First troll
Can't wait for some Sprint love :fingers-crossed:
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When that system dump comes, I'll need you for testing
jsminnis said:
Thank you for adding extra themes! !
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32 friend and open to more of someone can suggest something they want that I do not currently offer.
Welcome back Neo! I ran your roms on the rezound exclusively. Thanks for bringing the magic back to the m8!
The flashaholic in me is literally shaking right now....
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Welcome back Neo! I ran your roms on the rezound exclusively. Thanks for bringing the magic back to the m8!
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Certainly. I'm glad to be on the m8 finally!
RemnantKing2 said:
The flashaholic in me is literally shaking right now....
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It's the added Adrenaline in your system
This thing flies!
Wow
Sure glad to see you here NEO. I used your Roms on my old Rezound. They were and are the best!