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[Q] SMS Timestamp Fix

Just wondering if anyone's got an app to fix the timestamp on sms messages. Timestamps show that they're 5 hours behind on my unlocked HTC Surround. I know for there's an app called SMS timefix or something for androids(I use it on my Legend, what a life saving app!) Don't know if such an app exist for WP7 yet? If not, anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance!

fieldop said:
Just wondering if anyone's got an app to fix the timestamp on sms messages. Timestamps show that they're 5 hours behind on my unlocked HTC Surround. I know for there's an app called SMS timefix or something for androids(I use it on my Legend, what a life saving app!) Don't know if such an app exist for WP7 yet? If not, anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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No, it doesn't exist. Currently it's not possible.

IS there any update on this? Times tamps are way off.

Go to Settings in the phone
In that select the Date and Time
Now turned off "Set Automatically"
After that set the time the Time Zone to "UTC Casablanca"
And then adjusted the time manually
It works now, but I have to remember to change the time when daylight saving time during the day arrives.
Not perfect, but it is a "fix of sorts"
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One thing to note tho...this screws up all other time stamps for email and notifications...so more of a disaster after trying it my self on my LG Optimus Quantum

[Q] car radio google now

Hi,
I have a Kenwood DPX405BT, now I was wondering if I could bound a button as play/pause, next, previous with long/double click to activate Google Now on my rooted LG G3?
Thanks in advance!

yakie996 said:
Hi,
I have a Kenwood DPX405BT, now I was wondering if I could bound a button as play/pause, next, previous with long/double click to activate Google Now on my rooted LG G3?
Thanks in advance!
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Using Tasker it should be possible to set up google now to start when any of these commands are received.
I hope this is of help, give it a go and let me know how it turns out. If you have any questions feel free to drop me a message

I tried serveral things with other apps I came across https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton it worked great with headset but isn't compatibel with bluetooth tho... I can't find another app to get this to work.. and i don't know witch profiles I have to set.. i have a task to start google now tho.. So I would like to double press play/pauze button and start google now

How about: the trigger being your phone's media volume, when it is 0 it opens google now? I assume you volume dial in car affects phone volume when connected? You could set this up in tasker easily
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Or bypassing the stereo all together... You can set up google now to open by voice command on any screen, this would be ALOT simpler

Dumb Problem with Alarms and other Sounds

I feel pretty foolish for not being able to figure this out, but I've exhausted my store of ideas.
I can't change the sound for alarms, ringtones, or notifications. I have been fighting with this all day today, and went so far as doing a factory reset, which was a massive pain. The grand finale is that I STILL can't change it.
Any time I click the sound option in alarms, I can navigate through the files on my phone and "click" an mp3. This brings me back to the alarm options page as if it were a success, but "morning flower" is still the sound it displays and I'm assuming it's the name of the sound I hear when the alarm sounds (it's an annoying jingle).
What is worse, my ringtone is now a horrific beeping and any time I try changing it I have exactly the same end result: the song selection seems like it worked, but the ringtone is called "beep once" and sure enough it just beeps (but not only once). With notifications when I select a song the name is "default notification sound (media)," but the phone only vibrates (and yes I did make sure the sound was up).
I feel like I'm 95 and have picked up a smart phone for the first time ever, because I'm utterly baffled and no matter what I do the thing seems to be ignoring and defying me on this issue. In short, wtf?
I've only noticed these kinds of problems since I bought an o2 prepaid sim for my trip to Germany, which I had to fight against Verizon's bloatware and such in order to use. I've been using package disabler pro to kill VZW's slimy influence; is it possible that one of those apps controls media access somehow? Also, could Amaze file manager be somehow incompatible with the settings? I'm really frustrated and I'm not able to find a satisfying ad-free app that can take care of this stuff without being thwarted. What should I do here?

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Now I feel even stupider for going through all that, giving up, and coming here to post this rant. For any who ever come across this post, be sure to clear defaults for your file manager and then come back to the alarm sound selection and click "media storage" when it asks which app you want to use. Then you can click "add sound" and use your file manager through that interface to select the song. Don't get mad, get to the "clear defaults."

skyler544 said:
Now I feel even stupider for going through all that, giving up, and coming here to post this rant. For any who ever come across this post, be sure to clear defaults for your file manager and then come back to the alarm sound selection and click "media storage" when it asks which app you want to use. Then you can click "add sound" and use your file manager through that interface to select the song. Don't get mad, get to the "clear defaults."
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Nice job, so you got it all sorted out than?

tw1n5nak35 said:
Nice job, so you got it all sorted out than?
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Did indeed. I learned how to mess about with Android and rooting with 4.4 and under but my Note 5 isn't rootable and so I don't play with it as much. I guess my skills are slipping, or perhaps they were never that great to begin with. That old galaxy Nexus was sure faithful and fun though.

No Display On Incoming Calls

I looked around to see if any other thread was made about this and I could not find one. So I apologize if this as been asked before. But - does anybody else having issues when your phone rings, the display does not light up? It remains black? The only way to see who is calling is either press the power button or use the Pixel Print sensor.
This is the only time I have an issue with display. The proximity sensor is not the problem, the phone is not in a case - and I turned auto lock time up to 5 minutes to make sure its not a lock screen issue. Can't find anything in the settings that would turn display off on an incoming call.

Same here got it starting last week. I think it's the phone apk
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I have discovered the same issue, but it only occurs when my phone is connected to a Bluetooth device. If I disconnect the Bluetooth device the screen comes on for an incoming call. Must be a new feature they have added.
I removed the latest phone APK and the issue went away. Updating to latest APK again, v15.0.179075669, the issue comes back.
I contacted Google support and they offered to replace my phone. A bit excessive I think as to me it looks like a software bug.

My wife's Pixel 2 started doing the same thing. She complained to me about a week ago. I'm glad I found this thread, so it seems to be a software bug.

kerrglen said:
I have discovered the same issue, but it only occurs when my phone is connected to a Bluetooth device. If I disconnect the Bluetooth device the screen comes on for an incoming call. Must be a new feature they have added.
I removed the latest phone APK and the issue went away. Updating to latest APK again, v15.0.179075669, the issue comes back.
I contacted Google support and they offered to replace my phone. A bit excessive I think as to me it looks like a software bug.
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How do you remove the latest phone APK? I'm having this exact issue - tried troubleshooting with Google and they wanted me to do a reset of my phone, which (a) I don't think will help, and (b) I don't want to reset everything! This is an annoying "feature" - there should absolutely be a way to override this default, if this is indeed the intended functionality.

You go to settings and then you go to your apps then you go to phone and then after you click into your phone on a top right corner is three dots you click on that and select uninstall updates... That's how I fixed mine until they put out an APK for the phone app that actually works right.
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pixel 2
same problem here!

I only got this for Spam calls so far

Yesterday it was a call from a local store that was calling me to let me know that my order was in. This morning, it was my daughter's school's automated system calling about school delays. Both of which required me to turn on my display to see who was calling.
I've just placed a feedback comment from within the phone app so google can take a look into it.

kerrglen said:
I have discovered the same issue, but it only occurs when my phone is connected to a Bluetooth device. If I disconnect the Bluetooth device the screen comes on for an incoming call. Must be a new feature they have added.
I removed the latest phone APK and the issue went away. Updating to latest APK again, v15.0.179075669, the issue comes back.
I contacted Google support and they offered to replace my phone. A bit excessive I think as to me it looks like a software bug.
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I discovered this while connected to my car bluetooth as well. However, there was another time when only the ambient display showed a small phone icon and the name of the caller with the words "incoming call" next to it. The rest of the phone did not light up.
It sucks because the caller ID does not transmit to the car's screen, so I'm answering blindly.

PuffDaddy_d said:
I discovered this while connected to my car bluetooth as well. However, there was another time when only the ambient display showed a small phone icon and the name of the caller with the words "incoming call" next to it. The rest of the phone did not light up.
It sucks because the caller ID does not transmit to the car's screen, so I'm answering blindly.
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It's the same for me. I have to press the power button to see whose calling me. I thought it was just me. Glad to see I'm not the only one!

It drives me nuts!!! Same here. The screen doesn’t lights up on incoming calls whem bluetooth is actively connected.

Just happened today....going to try turning Bluetooth off and check it out....

I had the same issue, and after googling around I found only one solution - factory reset. I did it and it works.
But after that playing with the settings I found where was the problem and You can fix the problem without Factory reset.
Go to Settings - Apps & notifications - App info - Phone - App notification and there you should enable Incoming calls.
Under the Incoming call should appear the text *Make sound and pop on screen*. If *No sound* appears, then click and hold on *Incoming calls,* then click on I*mportance* and finally click on *Urgent*.
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JimiGEE said:
I looked around to see if any other thread was made about this and I could not find one. So I apologize if this as been asked before. But - does anybody else having issues when your phone rings, the display does not light up? It remains black? The only way to see who is calling is either press the power button or use the Pixel Print sensor.
This is the only time I have an issue with display. The proximity sensor is not the problem, the phone is not in a case - and I turned auto lock time up to 5 minutes to make sure its not a lock screen issue. Can't find anything in the settings that would turn display off on an incoming call.
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I had the same issue, and after googling around I found only one solution - factory reset. I did it and it works.
But after that playing with the settings I found where was the problem and You can fix the problem without Factory reset.
Go to Settings - Apps & notifications - App info - Phone - App notification and there you should enable Incoming calls.
Under the Incoming call should appear the text *Make sound and pop on screen*. If *No sound* appears, then click and hold on *Incoming calls,* then click on I*mportance* and finally click on *Urgent*.

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vesselka said:
I had the same issue, and after googling around I found only one solution - factory reset. I did it and it works.
But after that playing with the settings I found where was the problem and You can fix the problem without Factory reset.
Go to Settings - Apps & notifications - App info - Phone - App notification and there you should enable Incoming calls.
Under the Incoming call should appear the text *Make sound and pop on screen*. If *No sound* appears, then click and hold on *Incoming calls,* then click on I*mportance* and finally click on *Urgent*.
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I had the same issue, and after googling around I found only one solution - factory reset. I did it and it works.
But after that playing with the settings I found where was the problem and You can fix the problem without Factory reset.
Go to Settings - Apps & notifications - App info - Phone - App notification and there you should enable Incoming calls.
Under the Incoming call should appear the text *Make sound and pop on screen*. If *No sound* appears, then click and hold on *Incoming calls,* then click on I*mportance* and finally click on *Urgent*.
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I followed your instructions, but all of my settings were already correct and I still have the issue.

Having the same problem here too. It's especially maddening when I'm riding my motorcycle with the phone connected to BT headset. There are very few people that I want to answer the phone when I am riding and with the phone in it's mount I can't easily hit the power button with gloves on to see who is calling.
Hopefully it gets addressed soon. In the mean time there a link to an existing complaint thread that I can add my voice too?
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Thank you PuffDaddy_d! It worked!!! Appreciate your help and effort

APK update came through today for the phone app fix the problem with this completely go to Google Play Store and update for the fix
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I can confirm for myself that after the last update for the phone app or maybe even the one before it that mine displays properly even when connected to the bluetooth.

BDragonD24 said:
I can confirm for myself that after the last update for the phone app or maybe even the one before it that mine displays properly even when connected to the bluetooth.
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Same here, finally saw the caller name on a Bluetooth call

Media output to: <toohard to change! + Notification LED substitute

1 week with the OP7 Pro and overall pretty happy. Staying with Pie version for time being.
Until this phone, all my phones for more than 10 yrs have had an LED for notifications. If I had a choice, I would keep this [efficient, effective low-power] method in my perfect phone - but, looking for a functional compromise and haven't found what I'd like - which is a power-efficient always-on, or at least almost always-on color-coded, visible with a glance dot(s) on the screen that informs me of notification(s). The problem with stock is the 1-time nature of the notification. I've tried a few apps for edge lighting/ambient notifications, but so far, none providing what I'd like - the closest so far is 'Pulse Beat'.
Anyone else have issues with screen-off notifications? Any suggestions?
Second issue is sound - volume control and where the audio goes. Aside from what I find to be an awful placement of the volume control buttons, and having really hard-to-push buttons at that, I am constantly fighting the phone over where 'media' output should go. I like to use LG Tone (around-the-neck bluetooth with retractable buds - I have it on, but only can hear it when I put bud(s) in my ear(s)). Sometime I'd like all the audio to go to the headset (when need to use phone handsfree, for example, while biking); other times, say the phone is on a table and I'm not using or near it, I want the notification audio on the phone speaker. I would like a quicker way of changing this (shortcuts/widgets?) as well as ability to set some rules/automation for handling this. Anyone have ideas/suggestions here? (I've used the app 'Automate' in the past for some things, but I don't see the control for the media output to < x >.
Thanks!

For the first issue, I don't have a good solution either.
For the second issue, when you change the volume, there is an icon on top of the slider and if you tap it, you can change audio output device right there.
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universeman said:
For the first issue, I don't have a good solution either.
For the second issue, when you change the volume, there is an icon on top of the slider and if you tap it, you can change audio output device right there.
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Also, as far as automating the changing of audio devices, I have long since given up on trying to automate that. Only Samsung seems to have a good audio control panel for these kinds of things.

universeman said:
For the first issue, I don't have a good solution either.
For the second issue, when you change the volume, there is an icon on top of the slider and if you tap it, you can change audio output device right there.
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Yes, I have been doing that, but it's really awkward for me - First, the volume buttons are extremely hard to reach & operate - still can't get used to them. Then, because the pop-up is on the curved part of the display, it's even harder to tap the exact right little spot in the pop-up and do it fast enough before it disappears altogether - it is very annoying.

Still trying to figure out these things -
Is it really the case that the only way to bring up the ability to change where media output goes (bluetooth/phone speaker) is by pressing a physical volume up or down button, then tapping the tiny icon to bring the pop-up list, then tap the device you want the sound to go to? That's the only way? That's just incredible.
Is this stock Android behavior?
(Until this phone, I never got beyond Oreo 8.1)

Probably not the solution you are looking for, but...
...have you considered getting a smartwatch?
Mine handles all my notifications gracefully.
I do feel your pain, because I am in the same camp and it was always nice to take a glance from across the room and see the blinking light plus figure from the color what app it was.