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Me during texting

When I am texting and I am in threaded mode it always says me and the time like a conversation is it possible to change the me to something else like my real name?

"me" appears only on your device, on the receiver's device it would be displayed as the contact name associated with your number.

Can you change the ME on your own device

i think you can't change it unless you mess with specific system files. personally i like the "me" rather than my full name.. im no fan of 3rd person reference.

mputtr said:
i think you can't change it unless you mess with specific system files. personally i like the "me" rather than my full name.. im no fan of 3rd person reference.
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Well, maybe the poster is Bob Dole... That would explain the request.
BTW, I like Bob Dole.

ahhhh hahaha thank you, you made my day..and it's only noon!!!!

[APP] [REQUEST] Need an APP to assign Unknown Caller ringtone?

Hi tried posting this in Q&A thread and got no response. So thought I'd try again here in the Apps section.
Is there a way set a discrete ringtone to unknown callers. I do not believe there is a way to do this right now. I think I need an application to do it for me.
Apparently there are three different types of unknown calls:
1. Calls from number-withheld callers.
2. Calls from a public telephone.
3. Calls from the environment where you are unable to notify the number.
It is not possible to treat the three separately.
No problems here... All I want is for my phone to use a specific ringtone for these calls, that is different to the default one I assign to contacts or calls from non withheld numbers.
I do not want to block or divert or silence them, which is what the current "unknown number" Applications do.
I do not want a different ringtone for callers not in contacts. So don't confuse my request as a requirement for this.
I get a lot of legitimate calls from a single "unknown caller" who is is fact my employer. They use number-withheld to mask who is calling. So I want my phone to ring differently when they call. Seems a pretty simple request to me.
The Nexus call log does not let you add Unknown calls in the history to contacts, which I have read in another forum as a suggested solution.
Simply want the phone to realise caller ID is unknown and because of this fact use a dedicated ringtone.
Any ideas? Perhaps for you programmer types, it is a simple app waiting to be made, that no one has thougt of yet
You could even call it "Unknown Tone". That rhymes and has a certain ring to it. pardon the pun

Alright - so no one is at all interested in this app. I can live with that.
But a simple favour. Could someone at least tell me if an app to do this seemingly simple task would be relatively easy to make?

logger said:
Alright - so no one is at all interested in this app. I can live with that.
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Its 6am here in the US and your post is 4 hours old. Wait a bit and you will get answers
Do you have access to google voice? It lets you screen unknown callers.

Thanks for the reply. I recall a lack of interest back when I had a WinMo phone a couple of years ago too. Just not something most people need.
Don't have google voice as I am in Australia. If I new how to program, I would have a crack at it. On the face of it, it sounds so simple. Wonder if it would be a simple utility that I could do as a way of learning something about programming with the SDK.

So no one nows if a app to set a dedicated ringtone for unknown callers is possible?
I have installed Eclipse and the android SDK, naively thinking I might be able to make this app myself. Hello World is about the limit of what I can do. I have NFI where to start programming this thing.
Funny thing is on the face of it it seems such an easy thing to do.
If phone rings AND caller ID = unknown, assign ringtone X.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666894
It's dedicated to ROM development, I think...but, maybe you can get some help there on coding...

OK thanks will give it a try. It is such a simple idea after all.

Unknown caller answer
Hi
Just had the same issue...Go into your call history and find one of the "unknown" or "private" numbers with no phone number attached and save it as a contact and then assign your ringtone....I have a htc hero and can do this. Just did it for Private and Unknown, they can be no number attached to it, otherwise it will only work for that particular num.
NO app needed.
Good Luck
ifixit

Callfilter, it's free, its in the market and it works ^_^

smoothone said:
Callfilter, it's free, its in the market and it works ^_^
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As I said in my first post, "I do not want to block or divert or silence them, which is what the current "unknown number" Applications do. " So NO it does not WORK for what I want. I need to assign a ringtone not Block. But thanks for the suggestion.

ifixit said:
Hi
Just had the same issue...Go into your call history and find one of the "unknown" or "private" numbers with no phone number attached and save it as a contact and then assign your ringtone....I have a htc hero and can do this. Just did it for Private and Unknown, they can be no number attached to it, otherwise it will only work for that particular num.
NO app needed.
Good Luck
ifixit
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Not the case I am afraid.
Hero must run an earlier version of the android OS that the Nexus One. Because what you suggested was the very thing I first tried before starting this thread. Android 2.1 is smart enough or stupid enough (depending on your point of view) to prevent adding "Unknown" numbers to contact.
Normal number in call history, long press gives:
Call 1234567890
Edit number before call
Send text message
Add to Contacts
Remove from Call log​
Unknown number in call history, long press gives:
Remove from Call log​
So as you can see the lack of an "Add to Contacts" choice means I am currently snookered. What android is on your Hero and do you get the same list of options as shown above when you long press an unknown number?
Perhaps the functionality you described was removed without thought to unintended consequences in OS2.1 . They might put it back in with OS2.2 with any luck.

logger said:
As I said in my first post, "I do not want to block or divert or silence them, which is what the current "unknown number" Applications do. " So NO it does not WORK for what I want. I need to assign a ringtone not Block. But thanks for the suggestion.
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Yes I heard you the first time. I just tried to suggest an easy way to get rid of the unknown calls because I figured why would anyone want to here an annoying ringtone for a call that he probably doesn't want to pick up! This is why I have such few posts but I have been a member here for a lot longer than most people! You sound really angry there bud ^_^

Nah not angry bud. Just pointing out that your suggestion (for which I thanked you) does not assign ringtones to unknown callers and therefore is not a solution for me. Will be interesting to see if Froyo does this any differently. I am guessing not.

I would like to know an answer to this as well. I just upgraded to nexus one from treo 680. IN the Treo it was a simple matter to assign a particular ringtone to unknown numbers, in fact it was a menu option in call settings.

Isn't it interesting how the Treo has it as a Menu option. Where as for all intensive purposes it is not possible in the Android OS.
I now have Android OS 2.2 on my N1 and it remains unchanged. Still no obvious way to assign a discrete ring tone to an Unknown caller. Plenty off apps to block/kill Unknown/Private calls. But no way to simply give them a discrete ringtone.

Just to add that I've also wanted this since I first got my Hero - it should be possible without having to resort to using an app, though i'd be grateful for an app if it existed

You guys should request it for CyanogenMod or ask WYSIE if it's possible to add to his Contact.apk mod.
Here's a stupid question though... have you tried first going into the options for contacts and UN-checking "only contacts with phones" and then see if you can have a contact that doesn't have a phone number attached named "Unknown" ? I realize it's a long shot, but maybe you were only trying to add it when that option was checked....

Not sure if this can be setup to achieve what the OP needed?
http://www.getjar.com/mobile/11591/blackballer-(tm)-for-windows-mobile/

TrueCaller or Net Caller ID? Suggestions?

I am looking for a caller ID that works and these are the two common ones I found. Do you use one and would you recommend it? (I need one that works in the US.)
TrueCaller is a paid app but it is not that bad, only $7.
NetCallerId is free but it seems to be on beta testing.
I would love to hear people's input on it. (If there's an old thread about this, I prefer that you don't refer me to that one as I am looking for current users' input.) Thanks.

k8sh said:
I am looking for a caller ID that works and these are the two common ones I found. Do you use one and would you recommend it? (I need one that works in the US.)
TrueCaller is a paid app but it is not that bad, only $7.
NetCallerId is free but it seems to be on beta testing.
I would love to hear people's input on it. (If there's an old thread about this, I prefer that you don't refer me to that one as I am looking for current users' input.) Thanks.
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Tried netcallerid...it works especially for home #'s but it overlays it's page of information on top of the answer page so you dont see the picture of who is calling. Was annoying enough I didn't install it on most recent rom reinstall.

Can tell You that far that Truecaller works w/o neg effect on performance and does not freeze the phone. Also does not consume too much RAM and stays nicely in the background.
When incoming call starts, it shows in the upper third of the screen only in case the phone# is not stored in contacts. In case of known/stored contact it does not show up at all, which means: this app is as unobtrusive as possible.
Only problem is: especially with mobile phone numbers-incoming calls most of them are not detected (here in Austria mostly recognizes only incoming numbers from A1-provider, some of T-mobile and the rest: none).
Might be due to the fact that databenches from some mobile providers cannot be accessed by Truecaller, but methinks that this is caused not by the app but by some protection or inaccessibility or non-databench-conformity of the various small and smallest providers here in Austria.
But since Truecaller does not interfere the slightest with overall performance and usability of my HD2 I leave it and once in a while get the info of the incoming caller.

k8sh said:
I am looking for a caller ID that works and these are the two common ones I found. Do you use one and would you recommend it? (I need one that works in the US.)
TrueCaller is a paid app but it is not that bad, only $7.
NetCallerId is free but it seems to be on beta testing.
I would love to hear people's input on it. (If there's an old thread about this, I prefer that you don't refer me to that one as I am looking for current users' input.) Thanks.
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You are living in the USA so it is not free
I am in the netherlands its just free

jan-willem3 said:
You are living in the USA so it is not free
I am in the netherlands its just free
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Yeah, why don't you tell me something that I don't already know?

troed said:
Can tell You that far that Truecaller works w/o neg effect on performance and does not freeze the phone. Also does not consume too much RAM and stays nicely in the background.
When incoming call starts, it shows in the upper third of the screen only in case the phone# is not stored in contacts. In case of known/stored contact it does not show up at all, which means: this app is as unobtrusive as possible.
Only problem is: especially with mobile phone numbers-incoming calls most of them are not detected (here in Austria mostly recognizes only incoming numbers from A1-provider, some of T-mobile and the rest: none).
Might be due to the fact that databenches from some mobile providers cannot be accessed by Truecaller, but methinks that this is caused not by the app but by some protection or inaccessibility or non-databench-conformity of the various small and smallest providers here in Austria.
But since Truecaller does not interfere the slightest with overall performance and usability of my HD2 I leave it and once in a while get the info of the incoming caller.
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Thanks. I might just try the trial version of Truecaller. It looks like a really solid app. I have 2 weeks to test it before deciding if it is good enough or not.

jan-willem3 said:
You are living in the USA so it is not free
I am in the netherlands its just free
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Very smug.
On the other hand we have google voice, Pandora, Last.fm.........

famewolf said:
Very smug.
On the other hand we have google voice, Pandora, Last.fm.........
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You win my friend.
Now lets get back to the topic I have used it for a short time I wasn't really impressed of it since it couldn't detect mobile numbers only home numbers. Not very useful.
Don't know how that is in the usa. Second thing that I also runs in the background. In my opnion it is not worth the money.

Looking for Caller ID app....

I have tried to find this, but it doesn't seem as if there are any that work very well.
Looking for a caller info app (not one that adds full screen pix of my contacts). But has a connection to a database for all available landline caller's information, and, to the extent available, cell phone information (by "information" I mean city, state, name or business name).
I have found apps that will look up numbers, most have lousy info (only city and state), but in addition to better/more complete information, I would also like it to offer to complete a contact for a number not in my contacts and open up the "edit contact" screen (or something similar to this....I just want to be able to immediately add contact info and not have to go back through my call log, look up each number individually, and THEN add to contacts...that's horribly inefficient).
Amy help would be greatly appreciated!
Syntropic
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Get whitepages caller Id version 3.52... Works great
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anilLiAnCe said:
Get whitepages caller Id version 3.52... Works great
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Thanks again.. This is awesome. Well worth the $6.99...probably the most I have ever paid for an app... But it really does have an immense library of information on phone numbers, both land line and cell!
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TrueCaller uploads our phonebook?

I recently installed truecaller. I was satisfied with it but then a question raised in my mind: from where does the app collect the caller IDs. I installed the app on one of my friend's mobile & tried to search the numbers of my relatives which are present on my phonebook. I was surprised to see that he is getting my relative's nick names (As I saved their numbers on my phonebook) as search result. After searching on google I am preety sure that this app uploads the users caller ID as well as his phonebook to its server. Am I right?
sources: http://articles.economictimes.india...2337276_1_popular-app-phone-numbers-user-base
http://www.gshrey.in/blog/?p=510

@arpanbag1996 sure it does. But it doesnt shows this to unknown people so no need to worry about.
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thahim said:
@arpanbag1996 sure it does. But it doesnt shows this to unknown people so no need to worry about.
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Unknown people means? It shows it to all the people searching for the number.

It will show the details to the one who enters the numbers. Thats what tc is for.
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thahim said:
It will show the details to the one who enters the numbers. Thats what tc is for.
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It means that if anyone searches with the numbers of my relatives their names will be shown. Isn't it a great privacy concern?

arpanbag1996 said:
It means that if anyone searches with the numbers of my relatives their names will be shown. Isn't it a great privacy concern?
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Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.

thahim said:
Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.
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But sometimes, it is better to be anonymous.

arpanbag1996 said:
But sometimes, it is better to be anonymous.
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You are not actually getting the concept of TC, bro this app is meant for this purpose.
Call receiving party has all rights to know who is calling them. or can search the number later to know who was it.

arpanbag1996 said:
I recently installed truecaller. I was satisfied with it but then a question raised in my mind: from where does the app collect the caller IDs. I installed the app on one of my friend's mobile & tried to search the numbers of my relatives which are present on my phonebook. I was surprised to see that he is getting my relative's nick names (As I saved their numbers on my phonebook) as search result. After searching on google I am preety sure that this app uploads the users caller ID as well as his phonebook to its server. Am I right?
sources: http://articles.economictimes.india...2337276_1_popular-app-phone-numbers-user-base
http://www.gshrey.in/blog/?p=510
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If you are calling someone or someone is calling you them its just a matter of picking the call. Then both of you will know each other's name. So true caller is just giving you that information few seconds earlier. And if its that big of privacy concern then uninstall it. Check truecaller settings. You can disable phone book upload from there. And its not that big of privacy issue. If you want to know other's details then be ready to give up yours. It works both ways. You can't just have everyone's info and not give yours.

thahim said:
You are not actually getting the concept of TC, bro this app is meant for this purpose.
Call receiving party has all rights to know who is calling them. or can search the number later to know who was it.
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Then tell me why service providers don't tell us who called me? Even if I give them the number they says "Sir, I can't tell you the caller's name due to security reasons"

Kapiljhajhria said:
If you are calling someone or someone is calling you them its just a matter of picking the call. Then both of you will know each other's name. So true caller is just giving you that information few seconds earlier. And if its that big of privacy concern then uninstall it. Check truecaller settings. You can disable phone book upload from there. And its not that big of privacy issue. If you want to know other's details then be ready to give up yours. It works both ways. You can't just have everyone's info and not give yours.
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I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.

arpanbag1996 said:
I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.
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root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
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ggs2 said:
root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
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That seems a good solution. I'm using CM11 & I have built in privacy guard.

arpanbag1996 said:
Then tell me why service providers don't tell us who called me? Even if I give them the number they says "Sir, I can't tell you the caller's name due to security reasons"
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That number must not be in their data base.

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root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
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built-in privacy guard is good in general. However, it just cuts off so some app crashes plus it is not as fine grained as xprivacy. But if it does your purpose, its good enoguh

thahim said:
That number must not be in their data base.
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No. They have those numbers in their database. they just don't want to tell us.

arpanbag1996 said:
I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.
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use privacy app to block contacts access or uninstall the app. but thats how this app works.
let me again explain you why its not such a big deal.
suppose you have my number in your phonebook. truecaller picks up my details from your phonebook. now it useless to htem at thye moment.
but when i will call someone who has truecaller (i am calling him/her that means chances are they already know my name and if they don't then they will know after they answer the call and i introduce myself. ) they will be able to see my name before they answer the call.
but if they stop using your, mine and everyone's phonebook then it will be useless app. it will have no purpose or use.

Kapiljhajhria said:
use privacy app to block contacts access or uninstall the app. but thats how this app works.
let me again explain you why its not such a big deal.
suppose you have my number in your phonebook. truecaller picks up my details from your phonebook. now it useless to htem at thye moment.
but when i will call someone who has truecaller (i am calling him/her that means chances are they already know my name and if they don't then they will know after they answer the call and i introduce myself. ) they will be able to see my name before they answer the call.
but if they stop using your, mine and everyone's phonebook then it will be useless app. it will have no purpose or use.
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I understand bro. But sometimes, it is necessary to keep my number secret...

thahim said:
Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.
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Except if this database is leaked

dserodio said:
Except if this database is leaked
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