[HOW TO] Remove stock mms.apk, replace with vanilla mms.apk - Droid Incredible Themes and Apps

I really really hate the mms app that comes with the Droid Incredible. It's slow, and clunky. I really don't even know how they allowed it to come with the phone. I wanted to uninstall it but was told it may interfere with the HTC stuff. Well.... I uninstalled the default mms.apk and installed the Vanilla mms.apk which is SOOOOOO much better then what HTC gives us. It's so smooth and I have the nice little green messaging icon I haven't had any issues so far.
SMS sent/received - TESTED
MMS sent/received - TESTED
Remember, what you do is at your own risk, I am not responsible for anything.
Be sure you make a nandroid backup, of course and root is required.
To mount \system folder:
1. Reboot into recovery mode (Power device down then hold power button + volume - or optical key instead of vol -)
2. choose partitions
3. choose mount \system
Navigate to C:\sdk\Tools in a windows command prompt
adb shell /system/bin/rm /system/app/Mms.apk <<<<<<<<<<<< File name must match file.
Remount system when complete and reboot.
Attached file is the Vanilla mms.apk, install it when you reboot your phone.
All text messages should be saved, FB integration is still there.
Side note, with the stock mms.apk removed you can use just Handcent for SMS, but MMS won't work.
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I'm up for trying this. Hate the one that comes with sense, always locks up because I have a lot of people I stay in contact with, and deleting them makes my phone freeze

gonna try this soon!

Just mounted my system and tried typing out the command, says directory doesn't exist? but the system wasn't showing up as accessible via My computer (was there, but when i clicked it, asked me to insert disk(x:/) ). Odd, I just opened my system to put in some new audio sounds about 10 min ago and it worked fine.
Edit: Needed to capitalize the M in Mms.apk, forgot it was case sensitive

NickkxNekro said:
Just mounted my system and tried typing out the command, says directory doesn't exist? but the system wasn't showing up as accessible via My computer (was there, but when i clicked it, asked me to insert disk(x:/) ). Odd, I just opened my system to put in some new audio sounds about 10 min ago and it worked fine.
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Is USB debugging enabled?

shoman24v said:
Is USB debugging enabled?
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That shouldn't matter if I'm in recovery. I fixed the issue, like i said, needed to capitalize the M in Mms.apk. Might want to note that in the OP haha.

NickkxNekro said:
That shouldn't matter if I'm in recovery. I fixed the issue, like i said, needed to capitalize the M in Mms.apk. Might want to note that in the OP haha.
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Sorry! lol yeah, I should note that.

Any way to get screen shots of this? I dont like the default MMS/SMS app either but I'd like to see the Vanilla one before I do this.
Thanks.

You sure it's sending messages? mine have a little message box with the timer on them. I've got service, and i can't "resend" the message, so idk if it's working or not.

It should send, it's been doing it for me all morning.

NickkxNekro said:
You sure it's sending messages? mine have a little message box with the timer on them. I've got service, and i can't "resend" the message, so idk if it's working or not.
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send yourself a message.

this is great i really hate sense and anytime i can get rid of it im up for it.....question anyway of getting android stock dialer??

Is un-doing this as simple as deleting the "native" Mms.apk, and installing the "Sense" Mms.apk, via the original instructions?

ds28 said:
Is un-doing this as simple as deleting the "native" Mms.apk, and installing the "Sense" Mms.apk, via the original instructions?
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if you have a backup of the sense mms id imagine just installing it would fix it?
if you did a nandroid before this you could always just go back to that.

Will this commands work for removing other apps like friend stream, city ID and other garbage on the phone.

palomosan said:
Will this commands work for removing other apps like friend stream, city ID and other garbage on the phone.
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see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710009

shoman24v said:
see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710009
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Thank you, that makes it so easy.

Quick question. You said "Side note, with the stock mms.apk removed you can use just Handcent for SMS, but MMS won't work." Does MMS work in the Vanilla messaging app though? I realize it says "MMS sent/received - TESTED" but it doesn't say that it works, just that it has been tested.

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Quick question. You said "Side note, with the stock mms.apk removed you can use just Handcent for SMS, but MMS won't work." Does MMS work in the Vanilla messaging app though? I realize it says "MMS sent/received - TESTED" but it doesn't say that it works, just that it has been tested.
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I meant it works, I guess that's why I put tested.
And yes, MMS/SMS in vanilla works.

definitely nicer, but settings problem
thanks, gave it a shot. I agree, the interface is much nicer.
However-- settings don't stick after a reboot (e.g., notification settings, retrieve while roaming)
Can this be fixed?

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[REQ] Remove Facebook Icons from Contact Picture

I'm hoping this will be quite a simple mod, but does anyone know of a way of removing the Facebook ("f") icons that appear with a contact's Facebook photo?
It's kind of needless anyway, but if you have a contact as a quick link, with the 20 quick links mod the icon drops away from the photo due to the differing size and covers the start of the contact's name - it just generally doesn't look very good.
Any help appreciated!
Anyone have any ideas at all?
As you can see from the picture below it looks terrible and blocks the start of the name:
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I wouldn't mind having the "f" icon disappear all the time, even on the main Contacts page, so if there's even a way of just deleting the icon's source that would be fine.
one more way
Just to dowload this pictures do device or card and in contact you can chose this picture without F... The is way, when you don't need modify something at all..
Volis said:
Just to dowload this pictures do device or card and in contact you can chose this picture without F... The is way, when you don't need modify something at all..
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I'd like to keep the picture synced with Facebook though . I'd rather keep the lost "f" than desync it.
Where did you get the top status bar from? I really like it!
oneshotaz said:
Where did you get the top status bar from? I really like it!
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Here, of course! Can't remember the full name tho, but you can get it off my website: http://www.rghjones.co.uk/htc/brianstaskbar.cab
On topic, I've found the Facebook icon file. It's located in \Windows\mycontactcard_Icon_fb.bmp but because of it's location it can't be deleted/overwritten. Is there a way around this?
Have you tried total commander to delete it?
Total commander allows you to delete protected files so it should be able to delete it!
Link Here
Please report back if it does work as im sure many other people will want to fix this aswell
Hyweljh said:
Have you tried total commander to delete it?
Total commander allows you to delete protected files so it should be able to delete it!
Link Here
Please report back if it does work as im sure many other people will want to fix this aswell
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Actually had this installed already - get the error "Could not delete 1 file(s)!".
Russinating said:
Actually had this installed already - get the error "Could not delete 1 file(s)!".
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Thats very odd, Never had a problem with deleting a file with total commander before
Have you turned off sense UI in home settings and then tried to delete file? and if the file does delete then turn sense UI back on.
I know its a long shot but it may work
Remember to make a backup just incase!
Hyweljh said:
Thats very odd, Never had a problem with deleting a file with total commander before
Have you turned off sense UI in home settings and then tried to delete file? and if the file does delete then turn sense UI back on.
I know its a long shot but it may work
Remember to make a backup just incase!
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No luck :/. Could anyone else try backing the image up and deleting it, just to rule out it being something specific on my phone?
Russinating said:
No luck :/. Could anyone else try backing the image up and deleting it, just to rule out it being something specific on my phone?
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I Have tried to delete it, but in total commander it comes up with a diffrent file name????
anyone have any ideas as to why that is? I think thats the reason we cant delete it though!
Thanks for trying.
Anyone have any other ideas?
Russinating said:
Anyone have any ideas at all?
As you can see from the picture below it looks terrible and blocks the start of the name:
I wouldn't mind having the "f" icon disappear all the time, even on the main Contacts page, so if there's even a way of just deleting the icon's source that would be fine.
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Can I have Sophie's number please?
mightycaz said:
Can I have Sophie's number please?
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Unsurprisingly, no .
Any ideas anyone?
Save a transparent bmp (is that possible?) over that file. Cannot delete ROM files but can overwrite them. Also search registry for that location and delete or change to the locaiton of a transparent png.
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Save a transparent bmp (is that possible?) over that file. Cannot delete ROM files but can overwrite them. Also search registry for that location and delete or change to the locaiton of a transparent png.
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I can't overwrite it either. I get an access is denied error.
Do you/anyone else know of a free PC-based registry editor that'll let me search?
Using CeRegistryEditor and can't find the filename in full. Now search for "fb" and the like and will see what I can find.
Also is there any way to actually save the contact pics into outlook. It seems that the pics only stays on he phone and the outlook is not updated after syncing.
cheers
WPY
wpy said:
Also is there any way to actually save the contact pics into outlook. It seems that the pics only stays on he phone and the outlook is not updated after syncing.
cheers
WPY
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It should "just work". I found that the pictures made their way into Outlook via normal synching. Proof of the pudding was when I re-flashed the device and the pictures all came back. How are you synching to Outlook? Over the air or via the device centre?
I too reflashed my device and the contacts were still linked to my facebook contacts. But the contact pictures on my outlook were never updated. Open your outlook to check. I also noted some tags placed by the device on the Notes of the contact. I think this is how the device is able to link outlook contact and facebook friend.
Btw i am using device center W7

Which ROM is this?

I originally started this topic with this:
I won't ask you: "Which ROM is best for me?" as I've done my little research and although I don't know much yet, I've already figured that each and every ROM is different and it is up to me to decide which ROM is right for me. So we are clear on this.
Here is my question:
Which ROM has as least as possible things pre-installed? I want a ROM where I won't have all those applications I am planning on replacing or never even goign to use. Like: Alarm Clock, Amazon MP3, Browser, Calculator, Calendar, Email, Voice Search and so on... You get the idea.
Any suggestions?
I am using HTC MyTouch 3G with AT&T carrier:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.23.02
May 28 2009, 19:16:41
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BUT I figured that I could as well just get some kind of application in order to get read of the pre-installed applications?! If there is such application (best if free, but if my best option is to pay for it then it is fine), then could you guys just tell it to me.
Why would you need to remove apps that you won't use just because you won't use them I mean...Browser...why would you remove it ? To regain space on /system? Well then we go for another question...why would you need more space on system partition ? Also removing some apps like Browser can disable some other apps that depend on them. You can of course do it really easily just by extracting the zip file, removing apps don't need, ziping all the files you extracted and then signing the zip file. But I still don't get it
Well all you have to do is before you wipe and flash the rom. Unzip it. Remove all the apps you dont want, then rezip and resign it. Then flash it. Simple yet effective
Alarm Clock, Browser, Email...
Wow...you might aswell use Bell's phone instead. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)
eyegor said:
Alarm Clock, Browser, Email...
Wow...you might aswell use Bell's phone instead. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)
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*dies*
eyegor said:
Alarm Clock, Browser, Email...
Wow...you might aswell use Bell's phone instead. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)
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You are so funny, did you try being a comedian?
klothius said:
Why would you need to remove apps that you won't use just because you won't use them
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It is not even about the space they take mb-wise. They take up space in menu. I don't need Browser because I use Opera, I don't need an Alarm Clock because I am using another program for my alarms, and so on. Now that I have like 40 applications and half of them are the original 20 it is hard to navigate, hard to find them, and take a long time to do it too. You see what I mean?
It would even work if I could simply remove a shortcut out of the menu. I don't care for it staying installed in my phone. I just want it out of the menu.
I did and guess what - they loved me.
Advanced launcher does that - hides them from the menu.
Why don't you just put them on your home screens, order them nicely..use folders..
eyegor said:
Advanced launcher does that - hides them from the menu.
Why don't you just put them on your home screens, order them nicely..use folders..
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I got a reason to ask for what I am asking for. Trust me before I posted this topic I tried all ways to go around it!
Perfect application! Does what I need and more! Accept I am facing one problem. I created a couple of folders and I can't add shortcuts inside now... For example if I were to create a regular folder on home screen, then I would enter it and click on "menu" button and then click "add". Problem with the folders in the launcher is that when I enter them the "add" button is grayed out.
Any ideas?
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Unzip the ROM, replace the Launcher.apk with Advanced Launcher's, sign and flash.
Or just download the 1.6 version from the market.
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You can just drag and drop icons into folders..
this is not development this is general!
jesus christ already
plus u never have used a root explorer?"?
eyegor said:
You can just drag and drop icons into folders..
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Nope... When I grab an icon and try to drop it in a folder my whole launcher is being moved as if I was scrolling it... and then if I grab and hold it long enough then that gets my launcher minimized and sends me to my home screen so that I can drop it on my home screen.
alan090 said:
u never have used a root explorer?"?
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Nope... I don't even know what it is. What is it and how can it help me?
Yervand said:
It would even work if I could simply remove a shortcut out of the menu. I don't care for it staying installed in my phone. I just want it out of the menu.
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You could simply just move everything you want to see onto the home screen and ignore the rest by not bringing up the launcher.
Or you can use slidescreen pro, and set only your desired apps on the top 2 rows.
Sounds almost like you want Android: Preschool Edition.
you can remove apps with root explorer by browsing to the app folder and deleting them from there..
you can also delete them via terminal by these commands...
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/app/NAMEOFAPP
and replace NAMEOFAPP with the name of app you want to remove
search harder next time young padawan ... a quick google of "remove stock apps from android" returned heaps of results...

[Resolved] Anyone know how to get rid of this icon in my notification bar

For a DroidX (rooted..but that's it):
I randomly got this voicemail icon in my notification bar last week. I've used google voice for years now, and I've never switched back n forth or anything. I deactivated my google voice today to see if i could manually delete it, but I'm goign to have to go through 2+years of voicemails to even get to my new ones i think (for the built in vzw voicemails).
anyway, anyone know an alt solution to this....notice the date on the voicemail too. wtf is that all about?
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(rebooting nor clearing notifcations etc...don't seem to get rid of it)
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For a DroidX (rooted..but that's it):
I randomly got this voicemail icon in my notification bar last week. I've used google voice for years now, and I've never switched back n forth or anything. I deactivated my google voice today to see if i could manually delete it, but I'm goign to have to go through 2+years of voicemails to even get to my new ones i think (for the built in vzw voicemails).
anyway, anyone know an alt solution to this....notice the date on the voicemail too. wtf is that all about?
(rebooting nor clearing notifcations etc...don't seem to get rid of it)
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I had a voicemail 'sneak' through not long ago, but I just dialed in and deleted it like normal. Is there a way to manage them through the vzw website?
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I had a voicemail 'sneak' through not long ago, but I just dialed in and deleted it like normal. Is there a way to manage them through the vzw website?
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i sure wish there was. i don't think vzw gives that option, surprisingly. but if they even did, i'm sure they'd charge for it
thx for the reply though
aw i finally got it. for some dumbass reason, i thought all my voicemails were somehow cached on vzw side (ya i know..just realized how stupid that sounds). anyway deactivated gvoice & deleted quite a few voicemails until i got to my new one.
sorry for thread hijackin but i have the exact same problem; except its not with voice mail, its with SMS.
I got it when i bought an SMS-ticket for a bus-ride, thing is i sent an sms to a number and was suposed to get an sms back from another number confirming that i bought the ticket and some serial numbers and stuff in it, but i cant find it in my inbox. Although, i have 1 new sms with a red little 1 like the pic, and i have 1 new SMS in the notification bar thingy up top...
at the moment, i have no idea how to fix this, and i've done some reading but cant find any solution. i only have 2400 sms in my inbox atm which should be quite low and not violate some 9300+ bug or whatever that is...
halp pritty plox.
If you are using a custom rom, you might want to back it up using ClocworksMod and then flash the phone back with with Odin3 to stock rom and see if it fixes the problem...............
Did the voicemail message say "Hai it's me! I've built a time machine and travelled back to 1969 to send you a voicemail!!11!. Kthxbai"?
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If you are using a custom rom, you might want to back it up using ClocworksMod and then flash the phone back with with Odin3 to stock rom and see if it fixes the problem...............
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that'll prolly do it. but ahem, i got no custom rom, got 2.2 official, rooted it, fixed some nice theme, some nice apps etc... so any other guess on how to fix it?
discovered that if i delete the message about gettin an sms in the notification bar up top it actually goes away, but if i then enter my sms inbox that still has a red little icon with a 1 in it and then enter a new sms i get the notification about having the sms that i cant read, and if i try to enter the sms thru the notification bar it just takes me to an empty new sms ... just gets wierder :/....

[2.1+] Fast5 Task Switcher - HORIZONTAL Taskbar Task Switcher at last!!!

Hello,
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In case it wasn't clear: it displays your 5 most recent tasks and you can tap on each to switch back to it. You can exclude unwanted ones. You can customize this bar. No ads. Free. Works on 2.1+
Here's a direct link to the market:
MARKET LINK
Won't switch to the app when I tap it. Also didn't start with system automatically even though I set it to.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch running CM9.
garfnodie said:
Won't switch to the app when I tap it. Also didn't start with system automatically even though I set it to.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch running CM9.
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I'm sorry for the unconvinience. It has been fixed. Just forgot about one line . Everything's workin now. Try it!
Thank you!
kbzium said:
I'm sorry for the unconvinience. It has been fixed. Just forgot about one line . Everything's workin now. Try it!
Thank you!
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Installed the update. Still not working, only now it is worse than before.
It still wouldn't allow me to switch apps, it still didn't launch on phone boot up, but now the update prevented me from being able to install apps from the Amazon App Store. I'd hit the install button after the app had downloaded, but it wouldn't register the button press. I could hit the cancel button though just fine. Play Market apps installed just fine. As soon as I Force Stop Fast5, I cold install apps from Amazon just fine.
Very weird. It works perfectly on my device (SGS2) and my friends devices and all emulator devices (2.1+) and i do not get other complains... what's going on?
Have you installed custom rom or something? Do you see all 5 icons? After pressing nothing happens? Or an error?
I would understand if you'd get some errors, but if it's not booting with the device? There is no way it won't boot at normal device configuration...
Thank you for you cooperation!
Have a look...:
see it in action
I think it's isolated issue but I'll try to fix it for you if you'd like to use this app . Wain for report (if you sent it)
Works fine for me. Absolutely perfect!
its a simple task switcher. didn't see any task "manager" function in app(where we able to kill tasks). or it will be available in the future updates?
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its a simple task switcher. didn't see any task "manager" function in app(where we able to kill tasks). or it will be available in the future updates?
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Yep it's a switcher. Will change topic name, sorry. But it works fine for you, right?
It works now on ICS too. There should be a new version active on the market within 1 hour (as always). There was one issue. Fixed.
I will test it. Great job
Edit: "error process buy" say my market
Defy > Defy+
Sorry my bad english
Error process buy? Lol... it's free. Did you try do it from the PC? Market kinda buggy thing. Thanks!
I had no problems with installation nor application so does my friends .
Updated version has been released. Should be working fine for everyone, regardless of Android version (2.1 +).
Try it
the update fixed task-clicking on ICS
- could you please add #111111 as an background color option? that's the color used by android for notification backgrounds
- when opening notification area the icons reorder after like 1-2 seconds. I guess that's because the app isn't running in bg permanently but it's still quite annoying, especially when you're just about to hit one of the icons and then it gets replaced with a adifferent one
- is it possible to have more than 5 apps? (yeah yeah, then the name wouldn't make sense anymore, but...) there's so much whitespace between the icons, it'd well fit 7 of them
Sure. No problem. Download an updated version (should appear on the market within one hour) and tell me if you'd like something more. Everyone else too . I'll see what i can do.
As for 7 icons instead of standard 5 on really large screens: could you please send me an email or post me here if you don't mind everyone looking how do it looks on your screen?
Thanks!
thanks for adding ICS color.
for large screen: just turn your phone 90° to widescreen and you can see it for yourself
any idea about the slow updating?
Check out the newest update (v 1.08). Tick a checkbox in preferences, restart an app and see if that fits your needs . As for more than 5 icons - i'll figure it out if you want to
Cheers!
seems good so far. will report back after some more usetime when it's got a bit more to do than show low-memory-apps what does the checkbox do? start a persistant service?
could you please close the notification bar when selecting an app? always makes me think the click wasn't registered.
No, it just shortens update time . Don't worry if it works right . As for notification: will put an option to do so shortly.
Cheers!
This app blocks the 3rd Party App Install on my device (Motorola Defy). You can still press the cancel button, but the install button has no function.
Tested it on a custom CM7 Version and on a Official CM7 Version(with fullwipe).

[APP][4.2+]DashClock SMS Viewer: View contents of SMS messages in DashClock

I've been a fan of DashClock for a long time. But one thing that always seemed misssing about it was that the SMS extension built into it didn't show the contents of the messages you have received. I thought that this couldn't be too hard, and it wasn't.
I grabbed the DashClock SMS extension source and modified it to display the sender in the top part, and the message text in the bottom part. As of version 0.5 it now supports viewing up to 3 separate message threads (as long as you enable that option). As of 0.6 it supports leading to Hangouts. As of 0.7, the issue on Samsung devices (only tested on S3 running stock 4.3) is resolved.
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Version History:
0.1: Initial release
0.2: Big thanks to ShortFuse, modified the code which reads the SMS contents to work in more situations and close a possible memory leak
0.2.1: Shifted a string to strings.xml, added Slovak translation
0.3: Redone based on Dashclock 1.5 update. Hopefully this addresses the MMS problems people were having,but I have no way to test.
0.4: You can now view all unread messages instead of the latest one if someone sends you multiple messages. (See picture)
0.5
Multiple panels for multiple message threads
Ability to switch message, sender
Settings for each of the above
Bugfix for extra line at end of panels
Status (the small number at top when your lock slider is showing) shows number of messages per convo when multiple panels enabled, number of unread convos when not enabled.
0.5.1
Bugfix: 3rd panel would display 2nd panel messages (unless switch sender/contents was checked)
Code cleanup
0.6:
Bugfixes, lots of them.
Uses method of leading to SMS threads compatible with Hangouts.
Option to manually forward the app to Hangouts, in the case this is needed. (more than 4 unread conversations or multi-panel unchecked)
0.7:
Now works with TouchWiz (But if you're on TouchWiz do yourself a favor and flash a custom ROM, if possible ) Thanks to my dad for letting me test on his work phone.
Updated Slovak translations from pyler.
0.8: Attempt at fixing problem where contents would not show up. Seems to fix when it happens to me but this is on limited circumstances.
0.8.1: Fixed another problem where contacts/messages could not be read.
To do:
Read MMS (group messages, say something about a picture) - as of .5 I found a way to do this. But not a way to test.
It's not tested on Sense devices (it was reported to be also not working on them). But the fix for Touchwizvshould also fix it for Sense devices.
Bug fixes, as they come up
If it becomes popular enough, onto the Play Store!
Github: http://github.com/parkedraccoon/DashClockSMSViewer
Great idea - I can't understand why no-one else thought of this sooner!
Awesome work! Other extensions that do the same thing required Accessibility Service to work, but would force close some apps for some reason. Yours doesn't require Accessibility Service and is working great.
Awesome utility, works great! Think you could code the same thing for Whatsapp?
Great work!
Here is Slovak translation
csm725 said:
Awesome utility, works great! Think you could code the same thing for Whatsapp?
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I would if I knew it was possible, and I had a means of testing it while I started it up. I have no idea if there's an API or the notifications can be read. Try this though.
hello, this extension can wake the screen when you get a notification?
badkill said:
hello, this extension can wake the screen when you get a notification?
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No, but try this:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dberm22.SMSWakeUp&hl=en
I just needed to say that I love this app.
I did find one bug in it though.
I have my MMS messages set to not automatically download (thanks to Sprint being kind of dodgy sometimes).
So, sometimes when I get an MMS, this will incorrectly show a seemingly random old text message (although it does show the correct sender).
Saturn2K said:
I just needed to say that I love this app.
I did find one bug in it though.
I have my MMS messages set to not automatically download (thanks to Sprint being kind of dodgy sometimes).
So, sometimes when I get an MMS, this will incorrectly show a seemingly random old text message (although it does show the correct sender).
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It probably is how it reads the message thread when you have an MMS. I'm not really sure how I would fix it, it's probably a problem in the original DashClock code.
Updated to version 0.3, check the first post! Hopefully it addresses MMS problems, as the main DashClock dev redid a lot of the code to run the base SMS extension, but I'm not sure if it will actually change anything. Maybe in .4 I'll work on a workaround.
parkedraccoon said:
Updated to version 0.3, check the first post! Hopefully it addresses MMS problems, as the main DashClock dev redid a lot of the code to run the base SMS extension, but I'm not sure if it will actually change anything. Maybe in .4 I'll work on a workaround.
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How do use it? :/ Installed but no app in drawer or widget :/
I9505 running Omega
RoseN-95 said:
How do use it? :/ Installed but no app in drawer or widget :/
I9505 running Omega
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Install DashClock from play store, and then go to its menu and add SMS Viewer.
Will test soon
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Does not work with sliding messaging
Sadly it only shows "new message" instead of the contents. I am on a pacman rom using the stock messaging app.
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ruvort said:
Sadly it only shows "new message" instead of the contents. I am on a pacman rom using the stick messaging app.
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I am seeing the same on CM 10 with stock messaging
It was working all right when I tried it out before...i'll take a look when I get back home.
Wishka233 said:
I am seeing the same on CM 10 with stock messaging
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same with latest version of Dash Clock and AOKP
UPDATE
Just use version 0.2.1. It appears that rebasing made it not work right.
From a technical point of view, the messageID value (which is used to seek the right thread and message in the thread) that the old code gave is DIFFERENT than what the new code gives, and the new code's value makes it run wrongly.
I apologize for the problems...in the coming week I'll try to release another update that adds some features.

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