I have been an android user for 5 years but recently my S6 got broken. So I used my daughters old iphone 5s for a few weeks. I have to admit the texts simplicity was really very nice. I receive a text with a popup in the middle of the screen, swipe left to dismiss or swipe right and the message app opens with the keyboard popping right up. Very convenient especially one handed. With android I need to swipe down the banner, tap reply and and then also tap in the reply area of the message to get the keyboard to pop up.
Ive tried a few apps with good results but just nothing as simple as the iphone. Chomp ok but won't show MMS in popup and no sending indicator. Textra good but small banner popup only on top of screen plus no sending indicator. Yaata best so far but sends all my pictures turned sideways. Also all the texting apps show all my previous texts once I download the app but the scrolling if VERY VERY choppy. I do plenty of one handed texting and just like it to be as simple as possible. Thanks, Tim
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Having a slight problem here with my new captivate (came from an iPhone 4 and happy btw )
When someone sends me a text, and I reply... sometimes my 'bubble' will go above theirs and during a fast texting conversation I can send many texts that will go above all of my friends, causing it to be very hard to read. This happens with a bunch of people that text me. All people involved are on AT&T network, all getting automatic time from smartphones.
Any way to force texts to go in the order your device receives/sends them rather than by a time stamp?
Thanks folks
I've installed handcent and set it as my default in launcherpro.... BUT now I get double notifications (one handcent, one original) up top and only the handcent one clears when I view the message
help
ttu98ss said:
I've installed handcent and set it as my default in launcherpro.... BUT now I get double notifications (one handcent, one original) up top and only the handcent one clears when I view the message
help
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Disable notifications in the settings for the Messaging app that came with the phone.
hey guys, what's up?
have been getting used to using android system for a while now and there's one final issue i'd like to sort out.
im coming from an iphone 3gs - jailbroken of course. cydia market had a tweak for texting (bitesms) that i absolutely loved. it gave you the ability to quickly reply to received texts and quick compose from any screen without disrupting what you were doing. also allowed you to reply/compose from the lock screen without "sliding to unlock". my favorite part was if i wanted to compose my own messages, all i had to do was hit the volume up, or volume down button and tap the volume slider icon and it would bring up an sms window. even worked from lock screen.
i've been searching android market to find something similar. found a few options but none quite as polished as bitesms was. wanted to see if there was anything out there i've missed that might be what i'm looking for.
so far, i've tried GOsms, handcent, and chompSMS(made by the same people as bite) thanks in advance
When I have the little pink colored circle show up with the quantity of messages inside of it (1) (2) or whatever the number is, when I hit the messaging icon there is a delay and the phone lag's when it organizes the messages or brings the most recent one to the top.
I basically hit the messaging icon and it takes me to my messages but the phone takes a solid second to organize itself. Essentially the screen show's that no messages are new then it updates after a second and pushes the most recent to the top.
Is anyone else experiencing this? It's annoying as hell.
Also when I send a text, the revolving "please wait" circle is terrible. I am generally typing another text right after I send one, as weird as that sounds, and the "please wait" thing takes a solid second before you can start typing again.
Ouch you are serious? That was main reason I replaced my myTouch 4G and went to a stock android phone.
Actually, use another SMS client, i forget the name, Handcent SMS
I works same, and you won't have any of that lagg of "Please wait"
Well this is my first post, so i hope it's in the right section. I've been using an ICS rom on my Inspire for a while now and I love everything about it. One thing I love especially is the ability to swipe away notifications, mostly because my touchscreen doesn't work in the very top right corner, right where the X is to clear the notifications, so it makes it alot easier on me. While i was swiping away a text notification i wondered if the notification bar could be further tweaked to allow replying to a text message straight through the notification bar. For people like me who like the stock messaging app in ICS more than others such as GoSMS and Handcent, I think it would be pretty cool to just swipe down, maybe long press on the notification, and be able to reply right there instead of having to exit whatever im doing. I'm not sure if this can be done, but if it can I think alot of people would utilize it.
Welcome to the forum.
I'm not sure but can you swipe the opposite way and then it launches the reply dialog? If it isn't built in, I agree it is a good idea.
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Well this is my first post, so i hope it's in the right section. I've been using an ICS rom on my Inspire for a while now and I love everything about it. One thing I love especially is the ability to swipe away notifications, mostly because my touchscreen doesn't work in the very top right corner, right where the X is to clear the notifications, so it makes it alot easier on me. While i was swiping away a text notification i wondered if the notification bar could be further tweaked to allow replying to a text message straight through the notification bar. For people like me who like the stock messaging app in ICS more than others such as GoSMS and Handcent, I think it would be pretty cool to just swipe down, maybe long press on the notification, and be able to reply right there instead of having to exit whatever im doing. I'm not sure if this can be done, but if it can I think alot of people would utilize it.
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This is a good idea. My galaxy note allows me to swipe one way on a contact to call, and the other to text, regardless of which screen its on (except the notification tray of course).
I think the best way to have this handled would be a mod that allows swiping one way to through away, and swyping the other way to start a predefined activity.
I am currently using Galaxy S9 Plus on Verizon and with Apex launcher. From the last week, when I get a text message or a new message in Facebook Messenger I don't just get a notification in the bar at the top, but an actual pop-up that comes up over the top of anything else and goes all the way across the top of the screen and about three quarters of an inch tall. It stays up for four or five seconds before going away. As you can see this is pretty annoying and I have tried to control it but I can find no setting regarding this matter. It does not seem to be app specific as it comes up with texts, voice mail notifications, Facebook messenger message notifications and maybe others. Does anyone know how to get rid of these and have just the normal notifications?