I wasn't entirely sure which forum to post this in, so went with general discussion.
Would any of you be able to recommend some decent phonebook/contacts apps for Android? I can't say I particularly like the 'People' app HTC offer, so I'm looking for some alternatives.
Hmm. Anyone?
I've tried the GoContacts app which is free and is quite user friendly. Most contact apps, if not all, use the HTC People app as a source for data and UI as far as I can see but I may be wrong.
GoContacts is the one I use. The Sense one is just awful.
Why don't you like the "people" htc app?
try using acontacts or dialer one...they have t9 search and stuff
Contacts GOWidget
I currently use the People app on my HTC phone. What do these apps do that People doesn't?
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Contacts GOWidget
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I use that one too
Dialer One
GoContacts is the one I use.
Contacts GOWidget is my preferred option.
I tried GoContacts and I liked it, but the stock Contacts is the best for me.
I'd go with GoContacts or the Launcher Pro Plus Contacts Widget
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I'm looking for a sense dialer app (or similar). Basically, one that will query contacts AND the call log as you dial. Do any exist?
don't think so. but you can search for NubDialer in the market - made by Wysie. Or you can also try the dialer one. it's something quite similar to sense dialer.
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don't think so. but you can search for NubDialer in the market - made by Wysie. Or you can also try the dialer one. it's something quite similar to sense dialer.
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Dialer One doesn't query the call log or tell you the number you are calling (e.g., mobile, work, etc.). I just checked and NubDialer doesn't either.
Re: Sense dialer app (or similiar)
has anyone found an app to do this yet?
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Dialer One doesn't query the call log or tell you the number you are calling (e.g., mobile, work, etc.). I just checked and NubDialer doesn't either.
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current version of dialer one does all these things.
Re: Sense dialer app (or similiar)
the search widget does this too. as you type it searches your contacts.
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arkavat said:
current version of dialer one does all these things.
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This isn't accurate. If I called 1234567890 a week ago, but it isn't in my phonebook, I cannot type 456 in DialerOne and have it retrieve that record. He has thrown in a new "group by call log" which will sort the query results by most frequently called, but that is it.
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the search widget does this too. as you type it searches your contacts.
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Right... but again - not looking for contacts... Looking for call log.
me too.
i tried "dailer one" and its not bad. it searches for contacts while you dial. but i dont like the ui.
i would prefer something more sense like...
does somebody know where to find it?
maybe if somebody could pull it from a sense rom?
EDIT: actually the ui of dialer one is far better if you set the the system wallpaper as background.
i think dialer one will become my phone app;-)
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I'm looking for a sense dialer app (or similar). Basically, one that will query contacts AND the call log as you dial. Do any exist?
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I'm working on making a theme to sense dialer, I will make a thread for it today
As all HTC apps need & use HTC's framework, none of them can be used on a normal Android ROM. The only way is installing a Sense ROM. But as people told you, Dialer One & NubDialer are the best dialers out there.
Looking for suggestions on a good contacts widget similar to the one in sense. Everything I've found so far won't display their facebook linked images.
Any suggestions?
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If you get launcher pro plus, it has a facebook widget just like sense.
I was going for a contacts widget more than a facebook widget. Besides I'm wanting to stick to go launcher. I like it.
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I use this one called scrollable contactwidget beta (spelled just like that), it's awesome and you can chafe the alpha to zero so it's clear.
To bad I'm not at my 8, I would share a screen shot
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missiondarkfox said:
I use this one called scrollable contactwidget beta (spelled just like that), it's awesome and you can chafe the alpha to zero so it's clear.
To bad I'm not at my 8, I would share a screen shot
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I just installed this widget and I like it, but it won't sync the persons contact image, because the contacts get their images from their facebook sync'd image.
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It should work fine if you link the account back to a Gmail contact. I've tried all the other contact widgets and even with this flaw it's better then the other bloated ones. IMO.
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It should work fine if you link the account back to a Gmail contact. I've tried all the other contact widgets and even with this flaw it's better then the other bloated ones. IMO.
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All of my contacts are gmail contacts. All have linked facebook accts with pics. They have photos in my contact list, but they don't show in the widget.
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The dailer on the note is not very good esp compared to htc's are there any better ones? The way it looks up contacts and allows you to set default phone numbers for people for example seems very clunky.
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The dailer on the note is not very good esp compared to htc's are there any better ones? The way it looks up contacts and allows you to set default phone numbers for people for example seems very clunky.
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dialer one is the way to go. Free and the best.
Touch pal dialer is a nice option too.
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Contapps and Rocket Dialler also good options.
Go Contacts EX
Go Contacts Ex is the best.
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Touch pal dialer is a nice option too.
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I tried several dialers, so far I like TouchPal the best.
I'm having the same issue, but how do you make these alternative dialers the default, so it shows when you try to call someone?
RocketDial is quite good as well
I use the MIUI dialer, Its called exDialer; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329172
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I'm having the same issue, but how do you make these alternative dialers the default, so it shows when you try to call someone?
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A dialer is just an app. You need to replace your phone shortcut with a shortcut to whichever dialer you just installed.
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Go Contacts Ex is the best.
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go launcher ex nice
Was using Go Dialer EX, Touch Pal, Contapps, but have downloaded exDialer and find it the best. It's able to clear missed calls in notification and uses default contacts to adding new contacts or editing contacts. Wothte the dialers I had discrepancies between the 2 contacts databases with regards to linked contacts and edited contacts.
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Which dialer allow for video call like Samsung dialer ?
How is the exDialer able to clear missed call notification? Doesn't work for me.
I vote for DW Dialer - i used to use dialer one, but it got a bit slow then i found DW Dialer (the free version does everything, the pay one just costs to much...)
Kicks ass on configurable options and does it all and looks nice on the note.
There's a little ergonomics issue with all these dialers. In the Galaxy Note stock dialer, when you make a search with the number pad, the options are listed just one line above the number pad, with a dropdown box in case there are multiple options. When you click, there's a new window that pops-up, which shows the contacts. These are all reachable with your thumb when you use only one hand.
When I utilize any other dialer, they put the matching names at the top of the screen listing them down. But I can't reach the top with single hand operation.
Would you know any other dialer with "easy reach"?
The s3 stock dialer is blazing fast,i have searched this forum but couldn't find any port to your note, so you guys please request for the Dev to take notice, yes the stock note dialer is crap, by any standards, slow n its not even optimised to your screen size
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I prefer exDialer with the black theme, its free on the market so enjoy..........
I don't really want to start a war of the texting world. But what are your preferences for texting apps and why?
Hand cent, GO, etc.
Thanks all. Just want friendly discussion.
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hate em all. only one I like is the stock android one. i do use handcent, but only for the emoji. if the stock sms app got an addon for that I would switch back in a heartbeat.
Google voice
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AOKP has a stock ICS SMS app that has Emoji. I love it.
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Although it has a large footprint like Handcent, GoSMS is terrific for a lot of reasons. First, it has two plugin downloads for emoticons/Emojis. It comes with standard happy/sad/confused faces, but one plugin adds elaborate faces, symbols and icons (probably close to 300) and are much more detailed. The second plugin adds something like large vector art.
And some may be asking "how can my recipient get these things in their messages if they are not supported--or if one of these items turns the message into an MMS?
Well that's the most nifty thing about it. It had a service that is linked to the app which routes it around their servers and straight to your recipient as a data-based MMS. In other words, even if you cannot typically send MMS because your APN is wrong or whatever, this app makes sure your texts get through...essentially it's an SMS-over-IP service. Plus, your recipient does not need to have it installed.
Lastly GoSMS can be infinitely skinned. I am not sure what Handcent can do, but I use images for the background of my conversations list and my actual conversion (which can be customized for each recipient). It also scans all other apps for any fonts it can use, and offers them to be used as part of the UI..
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I prefer GoSMS. I don't like the stock sms client and originally used Handcent until it started force closing all the time. If this had not start happening, I would probably still use handcent. GoSMS is highly customizable which I like.
I'm using the inverted AOSP Stuff out of this forum from he_stheone64. Because it's look very smart and clean for me and it's much easier to handle than this htc sense stuff..
thats my opinion why I had chosen them.
regards,
mmry
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I'm using the inverted AOSP Stuff out of this forum from he_stheone64. Because it's look very smart and clean for me and it's much easier to handle than this htc sense stuff..
thats my opinion why I had chosen them.
regards,
mmry
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Hi is there anyone here who knows is it posible to use htc sense contact management under MIUI? cause i want to use MIUI with the ability to link and merge contact such as sense feature
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If only, no is the easy answer, you would need the sense frame work, but I'm sure that there must other third party applications with some of the functionality
This is one of the three reasons that I use sense, the quality of the contacts, calendar and phone apps
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which are the other two?
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I seem to remember you can use Go Contacts to merge duplicates. You can uninstall it and the changes will stay, too.
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What do you mean "other two"?
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ben_pyett said:
This is one of the three reasons that I use sense, the quality of the contacts, calendar and phone apps.
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Just as i tought, i love how sense cleverly found similar contacts whether from PHONE, SIM or synced accounts and gives us option to link or merge em, i haven't found apps with such capability, it's annoying to see duplicates of contacts info,i wish dev of MIUI improve this someday. Cheers!
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I seem to remember you can use Go Contacts to merge duplicates. You can uninstall it and the changes will stay, too.
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it's not just to merge duplicates of phone numbers, but the options to link synced account such as social network accounts, i use 3rd party app but it just still lack of it. cheers appreciate it though
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Slightly off topic, but I use sense based ROM but remove Rosie and install Apex launcher instead for a more plain Android experience, means that you can't use sense widgets but all the quality applications are still there to use
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