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[Q] Stock Contacts App Mod

is it possible to make the stock contacts app in the infuse under recent show only all for missed calls, made calls, and incoming calls, instead of it including text messages also. they have no purpose being in the contacts section of recents when your looking for a phone number?
any way to modify this. I know u can have it show one category at a time, but that's still no efficient.

I would also like to know about this
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me too. it really annoys me showing the text messsages

Yeah. It kinda seems very silly to have it like that.
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Same, its very annoying. I might even look for a 3rd party contact app when I have time.

Yeah, I REALLY hate that Samsung tweak. (Stock AOSP doesn't behave like this...)

It's a fairly easy LogsProvider.apk mod.
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AEDan1977 said:
is it possible to make the stock contacts app in the infuse under recent show only all for missed calls, made calls, and incoming calls, instead of it including text messages also. they have no purpose being in the contacts section of recents when your looking for a phone number?
any way to modify this. I know u can have it show one category at a time, but that's still no efficient.
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use the attatched logsprovider.apk file and paste it into system/app folder using root explorer. Rename the logsprovider.apk that is already in the system/app folder logsprovider.apk.stock. You can delete it if you want but i keep it just incase you need to go back to it. After you have done that, clear your logs and everything from then on should be only calls, no texts!!!!

Hi dajeoo,
thank you for the file. I was also looking for something like this. HAve you tried it on your Infuse? Are there any known bugs or issues?

I did it earlier today and it's fine so far... btw I got that file from refuse rom v1 so thanks to the developer of that....
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Thanks for the quick response. I tried, after i read your message. and it works perfectly as described. Thank you for the quick instructions and the file.

Thanks it worked!

No prob guys, we're here to help each other
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dajeoo said:
use the attatched logsprovider.apk file and paste it into system/app folder using root explorer. Rename the logsprovider.apk that is already in the system/app folder logsprovider.apk.stock. You can delete it if you want but i keep it just incase you need to go back to it. After you have done that, clear your logs and everything from then on should be only calls, no texts!!!!
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Ty.very much. Gets very clusterd in the logs from all the texts lol
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Omg thank you very much dajeoo. I thought this would have been ignored. Works great
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Does this stick after a restart, OR will it only work on custom roms? I just did it and cleared everything including texts, restarted and texts are still going into the log

I've restarted my phone 2wice so far and it still functions as expected.
I'm on Infused 1.5

carhigh said:
Does this stick after a restart, OR will it only work on custom roms? I just did it and cleared everything including texts, restarted and texts are still going into the log
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I restarted my phone today and this mod still works.

Carhigh,Did you change the file extension of the original logsprovider.apk file, or you can delete it.
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Are there any free file transfer programs that will do this? My phreakin bank now charges $17.00 for any transaction out of the states.

Handcent SMS notifications

Ok so as we know the galaxy 4g has the cool puzzle piece unlock. But the default SMS app isn't very good compared to handcent. So is there anyway you could use the puzzle piece unlock with handcent
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with handcent doesnt the message automatically pop up without you having to unlock your phone?

and shouldnt this thread be in general?

I have the pop up disabled. I was in a rush so I thts why I posted it in the wrong section
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This is just my opinion but if you can get the .apk file and if the rom your on is deodexed than you can try to use root explorer or anything like it to overwrite the original mms.apk with handcent.
You got to rename handcent to Mms.apk or whatever your mms.apk is named.
I've done it when I was on white's deodexed kd1 but thats just me.
Don't try it if your unsure and I take no responsiblity if you mess up.
Hope this info gives you more of a idea on how it can be done.
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My gf got rid of handcent because it kept messing up her messaging. Either missing text, not sending, or send very garbled up messages; was really weird.
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I switched from Handcent to GOSMSPro, and haven't looked to any other apps since. They're very similar at first glance but I like GOSMS better. I don't use the puzzle unlock, but maybe you can give it a go, it might work with it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms

FBis251 said:
I switched from Handcent to GOSMSPro, and haven't looked to any other apps since. They're very similar at first glance but I like GOSMS better. I don't use the puzzle unlock, but maybe you can give it a go, it might work with it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms
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Hrm, I've been looking at that app. What is exactly better about it compared to handcent?
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I just tried go SMS pro and its ok but I think handcent is a lot better. I don't think go SMS had the puzzle piece unlock option
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I like that it allows theming plus you can turn off features you don't use so it'll use up less memory. You can also customize the icons that come up in notifications, you can have contact blacklists, private threads (you can password protect texts from certain people), per contact notifications, backlight notifications... That's what I can think of off the top of my head. I think they're very similar apps.
Too bad that neither works with the puzzle unlock.

Ya go SMS definitely has really cool features but I like the look of handcent more. And memory isn't a problem for me since I can force apps to the sd card using titanium backup
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falcons2 said:
memory isn't a problem for me since I can force apps to the sd card using titanium backup
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I think SBis251 was talking about RAM, not ROM
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[Q] SMS char limit after 2.3.5?

Has anyone else noticed that there is now a character limit in the stock SMS app? It used to split my messages after 160 characters, but now it just stops me from typing all together.
The settings menu doesn't have any options to change this anymore either. I'm kind of mad... seems like such basic functionality.

It never split my messages....there was no change between 2.3.4 and 2.3.5
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That's annoying. It should send longer messages as an MMS which can be much larger.

fraspas said:
It never split my messages....there was no change between 2.3.4 and 2.3.5
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Hmm. I'm using the stock deodexed 2.3.4 ROM and it splits my messages. Is there a custom messaging app that someone might have stuck in the 2.3.4 ROM?

Stock 2.3.5 AOSP does not limit on a gsm device, it properly splits.
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very frustrating.
either way, I flashed my backup of 2.3.4 and pulled the MMS.apk off of it and stuck it in on 2.3.5 so I can split my flipping texts. this seems like such a simple feature to leave out.
PM me if you want a copy of it

Removing default sound

How the heck do you remove (or change ) the default sound for receiving e-mail messages?
I've tried going into settings and GMail, but with no luck. For lack of a better way to describe the sound, it sounds like a "haunting sound". I've installed a number of ROMs and this sound seems to be the default.
Thanks!!
MC

I think your talking about the "notification ringtone." For me, email, Facebook, and any other apps are tied together to this. Just go to settings/sounds/notification, to change.
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xIC-MACIx said:
I think your talking about the "notification ringtone." For me, email, Facebook, and any other apps are tied together to this. Just go to settings/sounds/notification, to change.
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Yea, I have tried that, but it still uses the same sound

Go t root explorer....system>media>notifications>and delete your selected ringtone
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Edit.....system>media>audio>notifications
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Really? I always change my notification tone in the gmail settings. Check again. Or tell me what you see in settings.
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Thanks, everyone. Turned out I missed changing a setting in my email program. Usually when I restore my apps using TBU, I haven't had to worry about that setting, but for some reason the notification tone changed this last time I flashed a ROM.
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lock screen sms count shortcut to 3rd party app. Possible/available?

Hey, after a few searches, I know this has been brought up elsewhere, but I'm just looking for updates.
I just changed over to handcent so I can have emojis, but now I'm realizing that the app doesn't work with one of my favorite features: the lock screen shortcut notification for sms/mms messages. What I'm looking for is some way that when you swipe that circle with the unread count for sms that it brings you to handcent (or whatever other 3rd party sms app) instead of the stock messaging app. I figure there has to be a way..

You're talking about on ICS TW(Stock setup) right? I don't believe that would be able to be done without a MOD of some sort.
I think you can do what you want, with a bit of a different look, using something like widget locker or some other lockscreen replacement app.

Brian Gove said:
You're talking about on ICS TW(Stock setup) right? I don't believe that would be able to be done without a MOD of some sort.
I think you can do what you want, with a bit of a different look, using something like widget locker or some other lockscreen replacement app.
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Thanks for the reply. Yea, ICS TW for now (synergy to be exact, not that it matters in this case). I really like the stock setup for the lockscteen, but I'll check out widget locker. I guess the best solution would be if someone made emojis work on rooted stock, but I'm not sure how much work that entails. I've only seen it available on AOSP
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GoSms also has emoji support. But you'll run into the same issue with the lock screen.

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GoSms also has emoji support. But you'll run into the same issue with the lock screen.
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I'm having trouble visualizing what you're both talking about, however I haven't used Synergy. Are y'all talking about the four lockscreen shortcuts or a widget on the lock screen in addition to the lockscreen shortcuts?
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If you talking about the missed sms count to swipe to the left, dunno.
As for the sms icon/app you can change it under shortcuts where you toggle it on and off, you can click it and change it to your sms program.

Yeah, the OP wants to change where the missed message count brings him when he swipes it.

Long shot, but is there an ASOP messaging app we can use? And would that be able to be recognized as "stock"? I know ASOP has a mod for emojis
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I did this on my old RAZR so maybe it's similar. What I did was rename the stock MMS to .bak then moved my preferred MMS app to system/app folder and renamed it to the stock MMS rebooted and it worked. Worth a shot, I'm on eclipse or I'd try it.
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kintwofan said:
I did this on my old RAZR so maybe it's similar. What I did was rename the stock MMS to .bak then moved my preferred MMS app to system/app folder and renamed it to the stock MMS rebooted and it worked. Worth a shot, I'm on eclipse or I'd try it.
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I'll have to give that a shot. If anyone does before me, please post up your results
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mike86325 said:
I'll have to give that a shot. If anyone does before me, please post up your results
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Just curious is that worked?
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kintwofan said:
Just curious is that worked?
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haven't tried it yet. I'm a little nervous lol
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mike86325 said:
haven't tried it yet. I'm a little nervous lol
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If it breaks anything you just delete the file you moved and thanks the original back to mms.apk

I have an inverted version of the stock MMS app (4.0.4-eng.tvap624.20120702.011632) and I can say that the notification that pops up on the stock lockscreen is unique to the Samsung mms app. This means notifications using any other mms app will not show up as a swipable event on the stock lockscreen. Inverted stock is a great version of the mms app. I just renamed secmms.apk (I believe) with .bak, put in the new app, renamed it as the original, set permissions, and rebooted. I have emoji support and messages on an all black background. It's nice.

Solar257 said:
I have an inverted version of the stock MMS app (4.0.4-eng.tvap624.20120702.011632) and I can say that the notification that pops up on the stock lockscreen is unique to the Samsung mms app. This means notifications using any other mms app will not show up as a swipable event on the stock lockscreen. Inverted stock is a great version of the mms app. I just renamed secmms.apk (I believe) with .bak, put in the new app, renamed it as the original, set permissions, and rebooted. I have emoji support and messages on an all black background. It's nice.
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thanks for the info. where did you get the inverted stock mms app? does it work 100%? I think this will be the best option for me since handcent has been slow and crashing. is the emoji support complete ios6?
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is this what you are using?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1921429
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mike86325 said:
... I think this will be the best option for me since handcent has been slow and crashing. is the emoji support complete ios6?
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GoSms also has emoji support. But you'll run into the same issue with the lock screen.
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I know, I'm actually using Handcent right now for emojis (didnt want to pay GoSMS just to send emojis).
It seems like lockscreen support is probably a complete no go unless someone somehow mods the stock mms for emojis (no idea how intense that process might be).
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mike86325 said:
I know, I'm actually using Handcent right now for emojis (didnt want to pay GoSMS just to send emojis).
It seems like lockscreen support is probably a complete no go unless someone somehow mods the stock mms for emojis (no idea how intense that process might be).
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Lol, I never noticed you had to pay to be able to send them. My bad.