[Q] What Are the Icons in SMS List? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Because of the way all the texts are listed in threads, I have two threads which have icons on them that i cannot [fully] identify.
One of the threads has a paperclip icon. This presumably indicates that one of the texts has an attachment? I think that one of the texts might have a vcard attached - however, when lookin in the thread there is nothing that indicates which one has the attachment, i have long pressed on all the texts around the time i was expecting the vcard but the menu is the same of all the texts.
VERY ANNOYING as on my old Hero i had problems accessing vcards (Only installing the handsent sms app would let me access it, seems they still havent sorted this for Android?...).
The second icon is an orange clock - WTF is that all about??
Not very intitive.

MikhailCompo said:
Because of the way all the texts are listed in threads, I have two threads which have icons on them that i cannot [fully] identify.
One of the threads has a paperclip icon. This presumably indicates that one of the texts has an attachment? I think that one of the texts might have a vcard attached - however, when lookin in the thread there is nothing that indicates which one has the attachment, i have long pressed on all the texts around the time i was expecting the vcard but the menu is the same of all the texts.
VERY ANNOYING as on my old Hero i had problems accessing vcards (Only installing the handsent sms app would let me access it, seems they still havent sorted this for Android?...).
The second icon is an orange clock - WTF is that all about??
Not very intitive.
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Got the same thing....but after update to another nightly (CM build22) is gone

The paperclip is an attachment - ie an image (mms) .
The orange clock is indicating that the contact's status in Google talk is away.
Green dot is they are online.
Hope this helps.
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DumbUglyDragon said:
The paperclip is an attachment - ie an image (mms) .
The orange clock is indicating that the contact's status in Google talk is away.
Green dot is they are online.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks - i knew someone on here would know! I should check for replies more frequently.....

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Text messages do not show up in "All Messages"

I just got an HTC Fuze yesterday with AT&T and I haven't flashed it yet but I was wondering if this was a 'problem' with this Raphael phone in general.
The problem I am having is that when in TF3D and I scroll to text messages, I see 6/6 for text messages that I have received. However, when I click on the "All Messages" tab on the bottom left, it brings me to Inbox where I only see 1 Conversation with just one recipient (the one I have replied to). The other 5 messages are nowhere to be found in there unless i get back out to the TF3D main message.
It is even worse when I slide out the keyboard to enter the other mode. I can't see any of the 6 messages in my Inbox. Is this a bug or something wrong with my settings? Are the rest of you guys able to see ALL of your text messages when you guys are in your Inbox?
Can you please let me know if this is working as intended? Or if I have a faulty phone?
Surely someone can just state whether or not they can see all their text messages when they click on "All Messages" on the Messages tab on their phone....
please? =P
It should be thatyou see every single message (sent and recieved) in your all messages view. Your situation is strange, unfortunately I can't tell you what to do. You might wanna try a hard reset, but beaware that it will erase all your data.
Hard reset fixed it. Thanks for the heads up!
I had the same exact issue when my friend told me to install this Diamond Tweak program. It has a lot of tweaks in it that I want but it has screwed up my texting so I can't afford that. A fix for this would be awesome if someone knows what's going on.

Sms not being sent

I installed Go SMS because i love the features especially the pop notification. Using the app, I've come to realize that text messages are not being sent. It just stays there and never sends. I looked at HTC's messaging app and the text also displays there are being sent but never sends.
Has anyone else had a problem sending texts with GoSMS?
I uninstalled Go SMS and using just the default to see if Go SMS was the one causing the issue
maybe I am the only one.
I've had this issue as well. Sometimes it will just say text not sent and never send.
Other times I will get an error saying text not sent but it did indeed send so I end up sending two of the same.
Best thing you can do with this is pull the SIM card and re-insert it. This problem, if existing, affects more than just people who use GoSMS as GoSMS is just a skinned texting surrogate. Sure, it sends and receives texts, but it does so using the frameworks of the main messaging app on your device. I've encountered this problem with the main messaging app, and I just pull the SIM or put it in airplane mode for a few seconds then take it off and it's fixed it every time.
Hope this helps.
x3phyr said:
Best thing you can do with this is pull the SIM card and re-insert it. This problem, if existing, affects more than just people who use GoSMS as GoSMS is just a skinned texting surrogate. Sure, it sends and receives texts, but it does so using the frameworks of the main messaging app on your device. I've encountered this problem with the main messaging app, and I just pull the SIM or put it in airplane mode for a few seconds then take it off and it's fixed it every time.
Hope this helps.
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Does the issue go away after doing that or does it come back? Should I turn off the phone when I remove the sim or should I do it while it is on?
If a text doesn't send for me I can still send one right after and that one sends fine.
so for the past 2 days i used HTC's messaging app and everything always sent. just now i redownloaded GO SMS and the second text i sent, it did not send so it must be something else
try handcent
Go msg might have bugs on ICS
ytwytw said:
try handcent
Go msg might have bugs on ICS
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it's an uglier app but I did download it. So far so good
For what it's worth, gosms works fine for me other than the recipient used to get duplicate messages. I froze the stock messaging app and changed gosms settings to control text delivery and it's been all good so far. It's not an ics compatibility issue, it's sense. Hope that helps
sdotkdot said:
For what it's worth, gosms works fine for me other than the recipient used to get duplicate messages. I froze the stock messaging app and changed gosms settings to control text delivery and it's been all good so far. It's not an ics compatibility issue, it's sense. Hope that helps
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Can you tell me how to set up GoSMS to control the delivery of texts?
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Go into settings and press the advanced tab. Scroll all the way to the bottom for important tips. Then check the box for stock messaging uninstalled
sdotkdot said:
Go into settings and press the advanced tab. Scroll all the way to the bottom for important tips. Then check the box for stock messaging uninstalled
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I will keep this in mind. I haven't rooted my phone so I can't freeze the message app.
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So i have found out what is causing my text not to send. If I reply to a text using the pop notification while I am in another app like Google Chrome or draw something, the text does not send. When I go to go sms, I can see the green arrow showing that it is sending but it never does. The only times I can successfully 100% of the time send a text from the pop up notification is if I am on the home screen instead of within another app. Can anyone else test this for me to see if I am the only one with this issue?
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Anyone having this issue?
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sdotkdot said:
For what it's worth, gosms works fine for me other than the recipient used to get duplicate messages. I froze the stock messaging app and changed gosms settings to control text delivery and it's been all good so far. It's not an ics compatibility issue, it's sense. Hope that helps
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I had the exact same problem with duplicate messages. the freeze worked for me. i had no more issues with messages being sent but i no longer have root access so i can't confirm if that would have changed over time. I have no issues right now.
fitchpuckman said:
I had the exact same problem with duplicate messages. the freeze worked for me. i had no more issues with messages being sent but i no longer have root access so i can't confirm if that would have changed over time. I have no issues right now.
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So even if you reply from the pop up notification while within another app, your text message sends?
Since there is no way to root the AT&T HOX without it being discovered by htc/at&t, I haven't rooted and therefore can't freeze the messaging app
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dominican2589 said:
So even if you reply from the pop up notification while within another app, your text message sends?
Since there is no way to root the AT&T HOX without it being discovered by htc/at&t, I haven't rooted and therefore can't freeze the messaging app
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Not sure if you have solved your problem yet, but ChompSMS has worked well for me since the latest update to cater to some of HTC One X's quirks.
tekkneke said:
Not sure if you have solved your problem yet, but ChompSMS has worked well for me since the latest update to cater to some of HTC One X's quirks.
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I had completely forgotten about chomp. Thanks for reminding me. I started using it and while I still get messages not sending if I reply to a text from the pop up notification, it doesn't do it nearly as much as go sms. With go sms, the message not sending would happen one after another but not with chomp. And even though I don't like the sound, I've set chomp to make a sound after a successful sent message so at least I can tell if my message has sent without having to open the app.
Thanks again for mentioning chomp
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I'm having the same issue with texts not sending from the pop up window. It doesn't happen all the time but enough that it's annoying and I always go to the app to make sure it sent, which kind of defeats the purpose of the pop up. I haven't noticed whether it was when I'm in another app or not. However, it's not that it just doesn't send, it's totally lost. There will be no record of it. Other times messages seem to just get stuck sending and I have to click edit and resend in order to get them to go through.
GO SMS has also become very laggy. I can't really type when it's sending or receiving a message. If I'm typing during this time, it's delayed in showing what I've typed and auto-correct and word suggestion don't work. Also, when I leave a conversation and go back to the main screen, it takes several seconds to update the threads. Long enough that I can click on one but then it takes me to the wrong one because it's updated. I thought maybe I just have too many messages. I've set it to limit messages to 700 per thread. Anyone else experiencing these issues? I think I'll try Chomp again until these issues are fixed.

GMail says I have 3 unread messages but it shows only 2

Hello,
many times happened that GMail unread count messages notification indicates I have 3 email to read, but it shows only 2 of 3 unread emails.
I solved pressing the refresh button so far, but it doesn't work now.
How can I solve?
had this problem too.
go from Inbox to Labels then choose all messages and this is where your last unread message should show up...
Yes, I've actually noticed that if I go in all mail I see that message. If I am not wrong, this happens only for certain messages. Strange!
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Happened to me too once. I solved opening gmail with browser and reading the mails.
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I don't think it's an issue, just that there's an unread email you missed long ago Like fonpacific me said, go to Gmail on your PC and read the email.
Reading the email on the pc is not a solution. For sure I can do it, but it is not absolutely normal that I see 2 unread messages but the counter says 3.
The email is not an old one that I missed long ago. Actually it's just an email I've received few minutes earlier.
As far as I can see, this only happened with a particular message today.
I think it may be related to background syncing. For me this problem shows up more often if I have background syncing turned off. But may be a bug in Gmail app as well.
Well, I've noticed that this mainly happens only with a certain type of e-mails. They are are all bugreport (bugzilla) notifications (e.g. KDE bugs, or Gentoo bugs, etc.). And background syncing is always on, for me.
fbcyborg said:
Hello,
many times happened that GMail unread count messages notification indicates I have 3 email to read, but it shows only 2 of 3 unread emails.
I solved pressing the refresh button so far, but it doesn't work now.
How can I solve?
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Did u restore from nandroid? cause I have same problem. Try to clear data ur Gmail app maybe its work again.
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fbcyborg said:
Hello,
many times happened that GMail unread count messages notification indicates I have 3 email to read, but it shows only 2 of 3 unread emails.
I solved pressing the refresh button so far, but it doesn't work now.
How can I solve?
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Hi,
You can clear data for the Gmail app and it should function properly and you can then see the unread mail and the app should function normally henceforth. Happens to me almost always when i restore Nandroid backups. Let me know if it worked
to all, just click refresh and there mails
Sorry for my English. You have to change the settings how many days back you want to synchronize. Messages that are unable to see the extent they are not what you set.
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baji240588 said:
Did u restore from nandroid? cause I have same problem. Try to clear data ur Gmail app maybe its work again.
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No, I didn't restore from nandroid.
srimany_sanket said:
Hi,
You can clear data for the Gmail app and it should function properly and you can then see the unread mail and the app should function normally henceforth. Happens to me almost always when i restore Nandroid backups. Let me know if it worked
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Yeah! This worked for me!!! THANK you so much.
Aleeksandar85 said:
to all, just click refresh and there mails
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No, this is not the solution and do you really think that I didn't already do that?
mario_ili said:
Sorry for my English. You have to change the settings how many days back you want to synchronize. Messages that are unable to see the extent they are not what you set.
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No, this is not the solution.
solution:
go to inbox and search for is:unread
you will find the unread messages and can read/delete them.
greets
Thanks a lot, but it seems we have already found a definitive solution.
Sting07 said:
solution:
go to inbox and search for is:unread
you will find the unread messages and can read/delete them.
greets
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this is the only thing that worked for me, thanks allot.

Question about messaging app

So when you text someone, let's say their name is Dan, a circle with the letter D will appear next to the message they sent you. If you want, you can set a picture and the pic will take the place of the circled letter.
My GF just got the pixel and not only does the circle and letter appear next to the person's message, but it also appears next to her messages as well.
On MY phone, I see the circle and letter for the other person, but not for myself. Is there a way I can enable that for myself and set a picture for myself as well?
I hope this makes sense. If not, I can try and post some pics of this phenomenon.
magnumtripod said:
So when you text someone, let's say their name is Dan, a circle with the letter D will appear next to the message they sent you. If you want, you can set a picture and the pic will take the place of the circled letter.
My GF just got the pixel and not only does the circle and letter appear next to the person's message, but it also appears next to her messages as well.
On MY phone, I see the circle and letter for the other person, but not for myself. Is there a way I can enable that for myself and set a picture for myself as well?
I hope this makes sense. If not, I can try and post some pics of this phenomenon.
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Know exactly what you're talking about. And if you're using the Verizon Messages+ app, there's no changing it. Other messaging apps let you have avatars for both the sender and the recipient, or none for both.
Neither my phone or my GFs phone are Verizon, but her phone has the circled letter by her name and mine doesn't. She just got the same phone yesterday (used), did a factory reset and started from scratch. Not sure what's different about her phone from mine
magnumtripod said:
Neither my phone or my GFs phone are Verizon, but her phone has the circled letter by her name and mine doesn't. She just got the same phone yesterday (used), did a factory reset and started from scratch. Not sure what's different about her phone from mine
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What messaging app are you using? You do not have to be on Verizon to use the Messages+ all. So, what app do you use, and what does she use?
quangtran1 said:
What messaging app are you using?
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Just the stock app
It's just called messenger
magnumtripod said:
Just the stock app
It's just called messenger
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I've never seen an avatar for my messages other than in hangouts.
Do you have multiple entries in Contacts for yourself? I wonder if the default entry "Me" causes confusions as to which avatar to display.
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Do you have multiple entries in Contacts for yourself? I wonder if the default entry "Me" causes confusions as to which avatar to display.
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I don't have any entries for myself in contacts. I actually tried to add myself, but it still didn't display an avatar next to my messages
This always bugged me too. i noticed if i sign-in to google + it updates my picture for the "me" contact and uses my pic for messenger as well.
So I just factory reset my phone, and when it initially restarted, messenger was showing a circle with my initial by my messages. Then an update from the play store for messenger installed, and now that circle is gone.

Text message conversations not staying in order

When I view my list of text messages conversations they're not showing in the correct order. And the text that appears in the preview box before you open the conversation isn't showing the most recent text. When I click on individual conversations all of the messages are there and correct.. When I get a new message it will be at the top, then I respond and back out, and it'll get pushed back to March or sometimes just a few days! So for some reason just when I view all my conversations it's not remembering I've been talking to people, just annoying to have to scroll back a month to text someone you talk to daily.. Is this happening to anyone else?
Time and date of the phone correct?
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Time and date of the phone correct?
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Yes, and I haven't changed the time and date for anything.
I'm getting similar thing on my Huawei P10.
When I look at my list of sms messages the last message sent is not at the top of the list. I have to scroll down through a few days of threads and then the 'latest' thread appears.
So what happens is I either send or receive a text. It shows at top of list. If I come out of messages and go to another app and then go back into messages that text that was just sent is no longer at the top, it is moved down about 20 thread down.
It's really annoying. Somebody texts me, the message is at top. I answer it then switch to other app. The other person sends me another text and when I go back into messenger it's not at top anymore it away down the list and its takes a lot of scrolling to get to it.
The individual texts within any thread are in the right order withing the thread. It's the thread that moves down below others of older date.
And the thread doesn't move to the bottom of the list just down about 20. The threads above it are in correct order except they should be below the latest ones, and the threads below the latest ones which are pushed down are also in order.
So everything really old is in order.
Very recent threads are pushed down about 20 places.
The 20 places are in correct order, except they are above the most recent.
It's quite hard to explain but it's very weird and very annoying.
If I send a text and get no response the text stays at the top until another unconnected text is sent or is received. It's only when a thread is created that the threads goes out of kilter
Have checked all dates/times/zones are auto to network
Can you force setting the date and time manually on the phone? Does this happen with other SMS apps?

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