Hello, i am trying to find a way to change my default dialer to use a third party app. I use textnow app to make my phone calls and txt messages. Is there a way this can be done so when i hit the phone icon it opens up to txtnow? Thank you
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Ive been trying to figure out how to set custom ringtones for txts for individual contacts but havent gotten anything. Can anyone help?
Use handcent sms from the Market. Turn off notifications in your stock messaging app once you've installed it to avoid double notifications. In the thread for the person whose notification tone you want to change, tap the button in the top right (the person with a gear) and choose notification settings, then notification sound.
There's no way to do it through the AOSP contacts or sms app.
thank you but thats for android. I forgot to mention I use the touch pro 2. I appreciate the help tho.
Does anyone know why all my text messages will get automatically deleted from time to time? It happened using the stock text app so I downloaded Handcent and It just now happened to me again? Is there a certain setting I can change or anything like that?
Handcent and the stock sms messenger work hand in hand. Handcent has a setting to disable the stock and all other 3rd party messengers but I have found it not to work. So with that in mind any text you get in handcent you will also get in the stock app. So the same holds true. If you delete a message in the stock app then it will also delete in handcent.
Now go to your stock messages app. Hit the menu button and select "settings". Select "general". Under "storage settings" you most likely have "Delete old messages" checked. Just uncheck it and you should be good to go.
Every few days I get a notification:
"Messaging not default sms app. Tap to make Messaging your default SMS.."
(that's what it says; it actually stops mid sentence). I click on it and there's a dialog box:
"Change SMS app?
Use messaging instead of Hangouts as your SMS app?
No Yes"
Now obviously I don't want to do this (why would anyone), but I click on No and the box goes away but it'll come back again later. I can't uninstall messaging, and when I load it to see if it has options to never do anything again ever the first thing it does is pop up the "Change sms app" box again, and when I press No it quits.
Hangouts is indeed my default SMS app; it's enabled (you can see it in the settings), it works (i receive SMS and hangout messages through it).
Do I have to start disabling apps, or is there a way of getting this to stop? I'm on 5.0.2 on a 6603 (uk unbranded) and this problem is new to lollipop.
never got this problem, maybe because i disable the other one. try that and let us know how it goes.
Hi all, I only recently switched to Lollipop and I'm not quite sure how Contacts and Phone are meant to work together.
For example, if I try to make a shortcut to Phone using PIE or any similar app, it always sends me to Contacts instead. And then, once I'm in Contacts, there doesn't seem to be a way to open up the dialer keypad to directly punch in phone numbers to call. I don't know if I'm just missing something but it's rather inconvenient; I'd like to be able to access the dialer keypad from anywhere for quick calling instead of needing a shortcut on my homescreen or fumbling through my contacts or app drawer.
TIA!
Link the Phone app instead. You can access contacts from there anyway
That's the problem though - linking the Phone app often results in it automatically sending me to Contacts instead. It doesn't make any sense!
Im hoping there is a simple solution to my problem. When someone calls me i like to be able to see when the last time they called was, or any text messages they have sent me before i answer the call. All my previous samsung phones had this feature. Is there a way to turn on call history on incoming calls? Or is it possible to change the dialer?
I tried installing a 3rd party dialer from the app store but it still rang in with the stock one, did i miss something?
Thanks for your help
delamarrr said:
I tried installing a 3rd party dialer from the app store but it still rang in with the stock one, did i miss something?
Thanks for your help
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Yes, you simply missed that the Mate 9 does not support this feature.
Settings - Apps - Settings - Default app settings - Call
Go here to check whether your 3rd party dialer exists in the list.