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Hey all I've been on Android for a little under a year now and if there's one thing I don't like, it's been the e-mail experience. I can't find any mail app outside of the ridiculously priced Maildroid Pro that has what I'm looking for (and I don't even think what I'm looking for is unreasonable!).
Here's what I'm looking for in a mail app:
- Non-ugly icon (I'm looking at you K-9)
- Clean interface
- Support for both Hotmail and GMail with no issues and push notification (Evomail)
- Loads all images in e-mails by default, or at least with the option to turn this feature on (a lot of apps don't)
- Has an informative widget that displays the subject and brief bit of the body in it (SolMail has a useless widget that displays too little info and Evomail has NO widget unbelievably)
I'd be perfectly happy with the default Mail and GMail app (either or) on my Nexus 4 if it wasn't for the fact that neither of them display images automatically, and I have to click on "show all images" all the time. It's annoying. I'm not sure why all this is so difficult, especially when I had no problems with e-mail when I was on iOS. Is there anything anyone can recommend?
HeyYoWL said:
Hey all I've been on Android for a little under a year now and if there's one thing I don't like, it's been the e-mail experience. I can't find any mail app outside of the ridiculously priced Maildroid Pro that has what I'm looking for (and I don't even think what I'm looking for is unreasonable!).
Here's what I'm looking for in a mail app:
- Non-ugly icon (I'm looking at you K-9)
- Clean interface
- Support for both Hotmail and GMail with no issues and push notification (Evomail)
- Loads all images in e-mails by default, or at least with the option to turn this feature on (a lot of apps don't)
- Has an informative widget that displays the subject and brief bit of the body in it (SolMail has a useless widget that displays too little info and Evomail has NO widget unbelievably)
I'd be perfectly happy with the default Mail and GMail app (either or) on my Nexus 4 if it wasn't for the fact that neither of them display images automatically, and I have to click on "show all images" all the time. It's annoying. I'm not sure why all this is so difficult, especially when I had no problems with e-mail when I was on iOS. Is there anything anyone can recommend?
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Last Gmail update now display images, and in case there is a problem, there is an option under config to display always images :good:
evil_arri said:
Last Gmail update now display images, and in case there is a problem, there is an option under config to display always images :good:
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I saw that, but it doesn't help with my Hotmail account, and I want it all with one app. Any other recommendations?
In that case, I join your question, my main account is hotmail also, lol
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I always end up going back to the good old gmail app.
The latest version of [email protected] Mail works brilliantly for me. I believe is covers everything you have asked for.
armageddon6 said:
The latest version of [email protected] Mail works brilliantly for me. I believe is covers everything you have asked for.
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It seemed so, until I noticed that my Hotmail doesn't get pushed properly. I need both. Or am I not choosing certain settings correctly?
HeyYoWL said:
It seemed so, until I noticed that my Hotmail doesn't get pushed properly. I need both. Or am I not choosing certain settings correctly?
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I am not having issues with my hotmail getting pushed.... It might be something to do with the settings being used.I am using pop3.live.com on port 995.
Don't know if this will help. I think I also had to make a change in the hotmail settings also but can't remember where that was sorry.
armageddon6 said:
I am not having issues with my hotmail getting pushed.... It might be something to do with the settings being used.I am using pop3.live.com on port 995.
Don't know if this will help. I think I also had to make a change in the hotmail settings also but can't remember where that was sorry.
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When I changed the IMAP server settings to read pop3.live.com, and port 995, it couldn't connect to the server?
HeyYoWL said:
When I changed the IMAP server settings to read pop3.live.com, and port 995, it couldn't connect to the server?
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You may need to look up the other settings required. I know there are more but that was all I could remember off the top of my head. I don't have my tablet here to check sorry.
armageddon6 said:
You may need to look up the other settings required. I know there are more but that was all I could remember off the top of my head. I don't have my tablet here to check sorry.
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If you can let me know any time I would appreciate it!
SolMail widget improvement idea?
HeyYoWL said:
- Has an informative widget that displays the subject and brief bit of the body in it (SolMail has a useless widget that displays too little info and Evomail has NO widget unbelievably)
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Hi, as a SolMail Team, we want to improve the widget for you~ So, what's your opinion of perfect size of widget (with subject and brief bit of the body)? 1x1 or 4x2 is a little bit small, isn't it? Thanks for your opinion!
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Hi, as a SolMail Team, we want to improve the widget for you~ So, what's your opinion of perfect size of widget (with subject and brief bit of the body)? 1x1 or 4x2 is a little bit small, isn't it? Thanks for your opinion!
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The default Mail and GMail app's style of widget is all I need. Subject, brief lines of body, done. The lines of the body should be changeable by the user. I actually use 5 rows of icons with Nova Launcher and would prefer 5x4, but as long as it's resizable just like the stock app I'm fine with it.
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The default Mail and GMail app's style of widget is all I need. Subject, brief lines of body, done. The lines of the body should be changeable by the user. I actually use 5 rows of icons with Nova Launcher and would prefer 5x4, but as long as it's resizable just like the stock app I'm fine with it.
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oops, sorry for late update.
We added resizable and scrollable widget on SolMail.(actually it's 2.0 update on May). It can be extended to the tablet size!
Thank you for your valuable suggestion.
I'm using Cloudmagic now, so far I have liked it. The only downside for you could be that the widget is quite simplistic. Anyway for me it works because I usually use the notification area to peek at new mails.
Oh and is really beautiful.
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After updating to Android 5.0 i cant find the Gallery App, is it gone? or did I made a mistake updating my nexus
Please let me know if im the only one with this problem
There is no Gallery app. Only Photos app of Google Plus. Use QuicPic
Stock gallery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytlvi1zeoggfwwm/Gallery.apk?dl=0
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SMRPOWER said:
After updating to Android 5.0 i cant find the Gallery App, is it gone? or did I made a mistake updating my nexus
Please let me know if im the only one with this problem
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I am using this..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyngn.gallerynext
So far so good.
Don't worry guys. Already opened an issue on this and some other things.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79233
Just use Photos->left menu->On Device
Xami said:
Don't worry guys. Already opened an issue on this and some other things.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79233
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Why? The Gallery app was only on the previews cause it was the AOSP app, same with messeging and browser apps. Once the factory image came out it reverted back to GApps and they were removed
There was never the new lollipop gallery app in either previews.
Check this and you'll know. Material design: http://youtu.be/Q8TXgCzxEnw
Im not sure how i feel about google not including an AOSP gallery and forcing me to install google plus so i can use the photo app or use a thrid part app since kitkats gallary FCs when i try edit my pics. I wonder if google is breaking any kind of antitrust laws with its unfair and deceptive practices because if anyone decides to puchase a stock lollipop phone their only option to view thier pics is to either sign up for google plus or download a thrid party app.
Xami said:
There was never the new lollipop gallery app in either previews.
Check this and you'll know. Material design: http://youtu.be/Q8TXgCzxEnw
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Can anybody tell me which music and picture app they show in the Video?
Thanks!
Absolutely hated this. Dont wanna use no crappy G+
The G+ gallery is terrible, an average app developer could reimplement a better version of it in half a day. Quickpic isn't a valid alternative if you have your images on google's cloud. Quickpic max rex is 2048x2048, and doesn't support geotags from picasa cloud, while the old aosp gallery didnt have neither of these limitations. Plus quickpic doesn't support photospheres. I wish there was a valid alternative, but atm it seems that we are stuck with sideloading a 2011 aosp abandoned apk
Try Pikture, a material designed Gallery app, beautiful and fully fonctionnal : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures
They said that the old Gallery app will not be present in the Lollipop version. I don't like this either, maybe if we had waited for the OTA, the old Gallery app would still be there. And it doesn't necessarily need Google+, you can log out of Google+ inside the Photos app.
Atok_fr said:
Try Pikture, a material designed Gallery app, beautiful and fully fonctionnal : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures
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Does it support cloud services?
tylerdurden83 said:
Does it support cloud services?
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No
You could try the old QuickPic.
sorcio91 said:
No
You could try the old QuickPic.
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I'm not really sure what's the fuzz with quickpic is about. The app is stuck in 2012. As I said, it has severe limitations when dealing with cloud images from Google, like the lack of support of geotags, or higher resolution than 2048x2048, or photospheres.
QuickPic Beta with full material design support (look at G+ community for apk ) !
Atok_fr said:
QuickPic Beta with full material design support (look at G+ community for apk ) !
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Using it, but it has nothing of the features I pointed out before....
tylerdurden83 said:
Using it, but it has nothing of the features I pointed out before....
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Yeah sorry for that. I can't do anything for you but this update is a cool news
When using the google gboard, i cannot use the gif portion of the keyboard. It is crossed out. I noticed using hangouts will enable the gif icon. Gboard isnt supported by the samsung stock messenger? Is there anything i can do to get the gif's to work?
Could try something like Go SMS or any other replacement apps. I noticed it doesn't work same as you.
Thats a bummer. I like the google keyboard. I can always use the stock Samsung one. Wonder why google set these limits in the 1st place.
Audigy187 said:
Thats a bummer. I like the google keyboard. I can always use the stock Samsung one. Wonder why google set these limits in the 1st place.
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If you click on it, it says the samsung messenger app isn't supported. Tells me there is some code samsung hasn't added to allow it to work. Probably because they'd prefer you use their keyboard. I hate the samsung keyboard so I'll just live without it.
Tried swift keyboard and hate some of the layout and features. Need to see what I can change.
Textra sms has built in gifs. And a whole bunch of amazing features. Give it a try if you still looking
Audigy187 said:
When using the google gboard, i cannot use the gif portion of the keyboard. It is crossed out. I noticed using hangouts will enable the gif icon. Gboard isnt supported by the samsung stock messenger? Is there anything i can do to get the gif's to work?
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I am using Android messages and I have to go into emojis to find the GIF button and mine looks like its greyed out but it works...
JoshuaFCB said:
Textra sms has built in gifs. And a whole bunch of amazing features. Give it a try if you still looking
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Can confirm...Textra supports GIF and works beautifully with the built-in GBoard functionality.
I'm looking for black themed apps specifically for like Gmail. I've come across in GB insta YouTube vanced and even face Slim. Those have been great, still looking for a decent email application with a black theme. If anyone knows the best apps to get on f-droid share them here.
I'm interested to see who considers what app to be good and why. Also there was a YouTube alternative app that allowed downloading app videos what was that app called? I'm sure someone on here will know.
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I'm looking for black themed apps specifically for like Gmail. I've come across in GB insta YouTube vanced and even face Slim. Those have been great, still looking for a decent email application with a black theme. If anyone knows the best apps to get on f-droid share them here.
I'm interested to see who considers what app to be good and why. Also there was a YouTube alternative app that allowed downloading app videos what was that app called? I'm sure someone on here will know.
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I think the YouTube you're thinking of is called OG YouTube.
As for black email clients, I've been using the Samsung one. It's a little different to get used to but not bad.
Bromite, open source Chromium without Google's crap, if you care about that
Newpipe, very lightweight YouTube client with downloads and dark mode.
bp328i said:
I think the YouTube you're thinking of is called OG YouTube.
As for black email clients, I've been using the Samsung one. It's a little different to get used to but not bad.
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Does the Samsung one use alot of battery to a point of concern?
thepersona said:
Does the Samsung one use alot of battery to a point of concern?
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I just started using it last night and didn't check the battery use tonight before charging my phone. I'll check it out tomorrow night and let you know.
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Does the Samsung one use alot of battery to a point of concern?
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I have the Samsung email client set to sync Auto when received.
It's not using hardly any battery at all.
Check out YouTube Vanced - it's the regular YouTube client but with all the ads removed, has black mode, background play, and a lot more features! It's basically the way YouTube should have been designed in the first place!
https://youtubevanced.com/
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Check out YouTube Vanced - it's the regular YouTube client but with all the ads removed, has black mode, background play, and a lot more features! It's basically the way YouTube should have been designed in the first place!
https://youtubevanced.com/
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i second that. youtube vanced all the way. been using it since my s8+. can't be any happier
even though download doesn't actually work for me. never seen the option even
so i use snaptube along with it
For email im using TypeApp which has a dark theme and fairly customizeable appearance and can support multiple email accounts. Its not on f-droid however so if you dont have/want to use google play store you may be able to find the APK for it online.
If you use the hex theme creator it sets gmail background to whatever you themed background colour to.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.vivid.hex.bodhi
Darkat70 said:
If you use the hex theme creator it sets gmail background to whatever you themed background colour to.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.vivid.hex.bodhi
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Thanks for the suggestion, how does the application work? I tried to make it work but am not sure how to get it to work. Is it like substratum?
thepersona said:
Thanks for the suggestion, how does the application work? I tried to make it work but am not sure how to get it to work. Is it like substratum?
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If you personalise, setup the colours and settings you want. Then at the bottom build theme. Once that has finished, go to theme store and apply the hex theme.
Gmail, Google Photos, Play store and some others will theme.
The only issue I have found is multiple accounts in gmail I have to select the account swipe out of the app and back in every time I change account.
Darkat70 said:
If you personalise, setup the colours and settings you want. Then at the bottom build theme. Once that has finished, go to theme store and apply the hex theme.
Gmail, Google Photos, Play store and some others will theme.
The only issue I have found is multiple accounts in gmail I have to select the account swipe out of the app and back in every time I change account.
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Interesting, I'll have a thorough look at the app hopefully it's as simple as you make it out to be. Cuz it comes packaged with two apps one being the theme selection store and then one of your own personal customisation. Also do you have to reapply the themes after every boot up? Or after every update do you have to uninstall each overlays like substratum if you wish to update?
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Interesting, I'll have a thorough look at the app hopefully it's as simple as you make it out to be. Cuz it comes packaged with two apps one being the theme selection store and then one of your own personal customisation. Also do you have to reapply the themes after every boot up? Or after every update do you have to uninstall each overlays like substratum if you wish to update?
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Forget to mention that you need to turn on night mode in the hex app.
No the theme stays there all the time, when you make changes though, it seems that you have to apply the default theme then apply hex theme again.
Darkat70 said:
Forget to mention that you need to turn on night mode in the hex app.
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Yeah I tried but it says I can't parse the plugin
thepersona said:
Yeah I tried but it says I can't parse the plugin
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Oh ok, I found the plugin apk, you can try installing see if this fixes the problem.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DI2CgwsNbnFFnSem3C6PZmgd_nAaEww/view?usp=drivesdk
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Oh ok, I found the plugin apk, you can try installing see if this fixes the problem.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DI2CgwsNbnFFnSem3C6PZmgd_nAaEww/view?usp=drivesdk
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Thanks man! Where did you find/ or can I find more plug ins?
Also I'll give this a shot and see how it goes. Hopefully it doesn't drain or consume too much battery
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Oh ok, I found the plugin apk, you can try installing see if this fixes the problem.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DI2CgwsNbnFFnSem3C6PZmgd_nAaEww/view?usp=drivesdk
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There seems to be more components missing and this isn't as simple to do as they make it out. I wish there was a page or resource with all the apks needed to make this app work.
thepersona said:
There seems to be more components missing and this isn't as simple to do as they make it out. I wish there was a page or resource with all the apks needed to make this app work.
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There is this thread here which talks about the app but I think the thread is about theme or similar, I'm a little confused about it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s10-plus/themes/theme-anxious-t3921645/page98
Why has OPO dumped their own OOS caller for Google phones app?
Google Dialer is superior. Probably the reason.
xocomaox said:
Google Dialer is superior. Probably the reason.
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Is it? It probably phones home quite a lot though.
True phone dialer is the absolute best I've ever used. Granted I miss the call screening from my old pixel but that's the only reason I'd keep a Google dialer
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Google Dialer is superior. Probably the reason.
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The contacts app, totally sucks. It's the most unreadable app out there. The sms app, looks too stuffed for a simple sms app. Avoid. And yes, the probablity of them to phone home is high.