Can anyone please suggest a good dialer with address book..which has google and Facebook sync for CM7.
Tried youlu and contapps(uselessly using lot of screen area) but weren't up to the mark..
Please suggest one...thanks in advance ..
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hi there
I think you should try GO CONTACT,it has dialer that integrate your phone's contacts with your contacts from facbook google yahoo etc
I use GO Contact it is very good. It has features like quick search in the manufacturer HTC phone app. Unfortunately, it would prefer the original applications from HTC.
Don't know if you are facing the same issue..but go contacts always takes time in initial loading of contact list..any solution ...please suggest ...
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vijaykirann said:
Don't know if you are facing the same issue..but go contacts always takes time in initial loading of contact list..any solution ...please suggest ...
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Yes, you are right about go contacts, try phonebook 2.0 on appbrain or market, it has nice UI and is faster than go contacts, I think.
Go contacts sucks, compared to the CM7 Dialer most dialers suck.
The only drawback I found in this rom's dialer is the fact that you cannot preview a contact when typing a part of that contacts number into the ,,phone" tab. ( like the sense dialer does for example )
Any ideas on how to enable that, as I am unable to find the option?
You can't on the Stock dialer, it's not supported, which is exactly why everyone is finding (Or rather, trying to find ) alternatives.
This feature is called Smart Dialing BTW, Just FYI.
I use TouchPal. It supports smart dialing and is much faster than Go Contacts.
Bysler said:
I use TouchPal. It supports smart dialing and is much faster than Go Contacts.
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Does that sync the FB contact details..
I use contapps, works pretty well.
Contapps use lot of screen space in case of wildfire
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Angel Dialer is the best
Personally I use aContact - skins, plugins, integrates Call History with dialer screen, smaller than GO Contacts & seems pretty quick.
I tried lot of Dialers and in my opinion the best are:
- aTAKEphONE (payed)
- Youlu Address Book (free)
For "best" I mean they are fast in smartdial and they are nice/fancy, plus they fit pretty well on the QVGA screen of our Wildfire.
I never tried Angel Dialer and aContact, so I'm gonna try them ASAP.
Bye
Marshall
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Personally I use aContact - skins, plugins, integrates Call History with dialer screen, smaller than GO Contacts & seems pretty quick.
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Your phone is Wildfire? Install, go to aContacts, not see any contacts ...
Contapps is definitely has the best dialer, work smoothly and has so many extra cool stuff.
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Your phone is Wildfire? Install, go to aContacts, not see any contacts ...
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Should open to show the dialer - swipe right to see Contacts, swipe left for config screen to download plugins & set initial screen ... at least that's how it installed for me
+1 on Contapps, fastest dialer in the market, works great for me.
Hello,
before i use the Dialer of CM7 i used Youlu and last i prefer Go Contacts!
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I am looking for a "iphone like" messaging software. I like the sms built into PocketCM, but don’t like the rest of the program. Any suggestions?
I have tried:
Sms Chat - would use it if you could get skins for it
PocketCm - the sms is great but you have to access the whole program to use it. And you also cannot set it to be the default sms.
highflyin128 said:
I am looking for a "iphone like" messaging software. I like the sms built into PocketCM, but don’t like the rest of the program. Any suggestions?
I have tried:
Sms Chat - would use it if you could get skins for it
PocketCm - the sms is great but you have to access the whole program to use it. And you also cannot set it to be the default sms.
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i use sms chat, why would you want skins for it? as long as it's functional thats the main thing.. adding skins would uneccessarily make the program bulky and slow it down.
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i use sms chat, why would you want skins for it? as long as it's functional thats the main thing.. adding skins would uneccessarily make the program bulky and slow it down.
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I agree. I use sms-chat & love it just the way it is.....
I just wish I could receive MMS pics within the app, but none of them do that.....
~John
SMS Tweaker
I use SMS Tweaker and like it a lot. It even lets you set a background pic to your messages when not in Threaded Mode.
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I am looking for a "iphone like" messaging software. I like the sms built into PocketCM, but don’t like the rest of the program. Any suggestions?
I have tried:
Sms Chat - would use it if you could get skins for it
PocketCm - the sms is great but you have to access the whole program to use it. And you also cannot set it to be the default sms.
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Thanks for mentioning SMS Chat, just tried it and love it. I've been looking for something similar to this....
Ok, so I can't seem to find anything on this. I had Sense UI on my old phone and I really liked how everything was consolidated within contacts. When you selected "contacts", you'd see their name and whatever their FB status was. Then when you'd click a specific contact, you'd have tabs for each communication method. You could easily click on call history, SMS history, emails, etc.
I can't seem to find anything like that for the Streak in an app format. There has to be something like that.
Is PhoneBook 2.0 something like what you are looking for http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.voxmobili.phonebook2
Close. Better than the stock contact app. No email grouping and you have to link one profile at a time to FB.
Like I said, better than stock, so I'll use that for a while. Thanks!
I think you'll struggle to find a home replacement with all the features of SenseUI.
Sense isn't just an .apk, it replies heavily on HTC's framework.
When Dell get off their arse and release the Kernel, we should be able to port over Sense to the streak
WHEN ???????????
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I think you'll struggle to find a home replacement with all the features of SenseUI.
Sense isn't just an .apk, it replies heavily on HTC's framework.
When Dell get off their arse and release the Kernel, we should be able to port over Sense to the streak
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I don't necessarily want a home replacement, just a better contacts/email/sms/info organizer. The link above is close. Another drawback I found, when you put a contact shortcut on the home screen, it opens the stock contacts and not the Phonebook app.
The contact app from 2.1 is much better, either wait for the upgrade or flash the leaked beta,
To direct dial a contact with a shortcut go to add /shortcut/direct dial
The icon will direct dial the number you choose.
No, I know how to do that. I mean, when I put the contact on the desktop (whatever you call it for Android ) it opens the contact in the stock contact manager, not PhoneBook 2.0 manager. When I use Handcent, I defaulted that as the SMS client, so now when I start a new SMS, Handcent pops up. I don't get that option with Phonebook, for some reason.
Hi!
I find the default sms app a bit lacking in features, it's not very nice/pretty and it's slow. I've tried handcent and go sms pro, and they're OK but I feel they're also a bit slow and sluggish. So what do you guys use?
And hm, the dialer, why oh why can't they implement it like for example the HTC Sense one, where you can dial the "letters" of a contact with the dial-pad and it'll find it? Like 2 = abc, 3 = def, etc... Anyone know a better one for SE?
Handcent was always really quick for me until recently.. about a month ago maybe? (was using it for ages on my X10..) Would like to know if anyone can suggest an alternative to that..
I used superdial for a while, but it's not being supported now as they're doing a complete re-write.. however, dialer one looks pretty good.
I am using Handcent SMS although it seems slow & sluggish now, was quick on X10i. I have tried Go SMS Pro also, but Go SMS is way too slow & sluggish on ARC So i have to live with Handcent... As i am a SMS-person, i need a fast SMS app I will try Chomp SMS within days...
I use stick dialer
For Calls, I recommend Dialer One. It has Speed dial (type numbers for letters), and it's customizable. For SMS, i'm still with the default one.
For dialing I'm using TouchPal Smart Dialer:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cootek.smartdialer
For sms I'm using Handcent SMS: ( not sluggish at all for me )
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms
for sms ... go sms pro ... but i didnt use the handcent to compare so ill try it and tell ya
for dail . default becuz i feel the other is complicated .. but im gona try again hehe
ARC of NOAh
I have purchaised donate version of Chomp SMS today.. Using it & it is quciker & faster than handcent & Go sms pro so far, but need more testing
Touchpal dialer and go sms pro. Both do the job good for me.
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i used to use dialerone but have recently switched to youlu which loads much faster. the latest version is integrated with sms. i prefer to use a separate sms app (go sms pro by the way) so i downloaded v1.5 from the internet which was the latest version before the sms function was added.
I am using RocketDial Pro - cool dialer!!
I have tried pair GO SMS + GO Contacts, but it had not good localization, & after RocketDial found i`ve delete them & now use standart app for SMS.
I've always been a massive fan of handcent SMS, havent gotten around to installing it on my arc yet, but if it's really laggy i might give one of the others a go.
Was happily using diallerone on my previous phone. However there was a recent update of the app and it suddenly started to request *far* too many permissions from the phone for a simple dialler app, so i wont be installing it on my arc.
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I've always been a massive fan of handcent SMS, havent gotten around to installing it on my arc yet, but if it's really laggy i might give one of the others a go.
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I have no lag at all with Handcent, so I'd suggest you try it if you use to use it. It can always be uninstalled if it's bad for you.
I was really liking the stock sms app. Even liked it on my x10. But i just realized that the arc's messaging app doesn't have the search function.
I used to use it all the time. Anyone got any other suggestions. I want it to be just like the arcs standard app but with search.
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I was really liking the stock sms app. Even liked it on my x10. But i just realized that the arc's messaging app doesn't have the search function.
I used to use it all the time. Anyone got any other suggestions. I want it to be just like the arcs standard app but with search.
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power search is great.. and you'll be able to search calendar and pretty much anything else!
i use the GO products from the DEV Team,
i like go sms pro, and also uss go contacts and go dialer,
i was using go launcher ex on my HTC desire before, but right now i stayed with the SE ARC's normal home launcher
I use Go Dialer and handsent for sms,,
Never sluggish for me,,,,,,
Go SMS is definitely much better than the stock app
Are any of the various SMS apps mentioned here better suited to landscape usage?
The stock one is ok but when viewing previous messages the bar along the top of the screen with the contact information in it takes up a lot of room - the picture etc could easily be shifted to one side instead.
And when composing a message, the send button is hidden behind the keyboard, with the pointless 'add media' button above it.
If anyone knows of a messaging app that addresses both of these issues, I'd be interested to hear.
I will be trying Chomp, Go SMS and Handcent soon anyway but I'd still appreciate the feedback.
I use chomp SMS and dialer2. Chomp is similar to iPhone with the conversation bubbles, it comes with several themes or you can create your own...its very customizable. I highly recomend chomp. Dialer2 is ok. It is all black with white text and numbers. It doesn't have many features but it can search your contacts using the t9 number pad like sense.
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Is there a way of disabling the default notification when using another sms app? when I installed both Go and Handcent I get two notifications for each sms.
Hi All,
Before you say it, I know what I'm doing and understand how Google contacts work, I had a HTC HD2 (thanks Pongster and XDA!) and I am used to Android.
I know how Google contacts work, infact I submitted a bug fix to AweSync to fix up their syncing of Google Contacts with Lotus Notes.
Why does the Samsung Galaxy 1 (and 2!) show me _ALL CONTACTS_ when trying to SMS people? or when I try to save a newly dialled number into contacts, it shows all contacts?
I don't want to SMS an email address! I don't want to sift through 1,300 contacts yet this idiot phone is showing me them.
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It's listing email Address's in the SMS TO: field - yet I've CLEARLY unticked "All contacts" and I've made it only show contacts with a phone number.
What is wrong with this thing?
EDIT: also, forgetting my ring tone every time I reboot isn't impressing me either.
Okay, I can't answer all your problems, and I do agree that the management of contacts on this phone is pretty poor, but there's obviously ways round certain issues.
One thing that will immediately help you is to use the contacts app to send SMS, rather than the SMS app. Select your contact (filtered as shown in your post) and you can swipe them left to SMS or right to call. That's a pretty handy feature.
However, if you're sending a message to more than 1 person you're back to square 1. I'd strongly recommend getting GO SMS Pro and GO Contacts (both free) from the Market. They're excellent replacements and I'm sure you'll be a LOT happier with them.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Okay, I can't answer all your problems, and I do agree that the management of contacts on this phone is pretty poor, but there's obviously ways round certain issues.
One thing that will immediately help you is to use the contacts app to send SMS, rather than the SMS app. Select your contact (filtered as shown in your post) and you can swipe them left to SMS or right to call. That's a pretty handy feature.
However, if you're sending a message to more than 1 person you're back to square 1. I'd strongly recommend getting GO SMS Pro and GO Contacts (both free) from the Market. They're excellent replacements and I'm sure you'll be a LOT happier with them.
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Would go contacts solve my issue when saving a new phone number into my contactl ist?
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Would go contacts solve my issue when saving a new phone number into my contactl ist?
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It does what you describe above. I don't know what you expect it to do though. You dial a number, click "Add to contacts" or "New contact" to either list all your contacts or create a new one.
is there any solution to this, i quite like the messaging app, but find it quite annoying when i have to search through hundreds of contacts, or else exit out to the contact application to text some1 who's actually in my contacts list ....
Its not a deal breaker for me, i prefer the stock than go sms or handcent, or any alternative i've tried, so if there is no fix i'll grin and bear it but if there is please help out
.... its not that i prefer the stock to any other, its just that no other provides anything that makes me want to move from stock, and since both will be running anyways it seems pointless to be wasting battery .... also i found double contacts problems with other apps aswell
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is there any solution to this, i quite like the messaging app, but find it quite annoying when i have to search through hundreds of contacts, or else exit out to the contact application to text some1 who's actually in my contacts list ....
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It's just poor design by Samsung.
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It's just poor design by Samsung.
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Why? I think it is a good idea, since I very often MMS to email addresses! It is very handy to automatically downsize an image to MMS size when you are sending it to a person who you know will be looking at the email on their phone (e.g. my friend in Japan doesn't have MMS at all, over there nearly everything is email).
Been wondering about this too, i know the contact app you can customize what to show, which is fine, but the sms app show everyone you have been in contact with on google. Only "fix" i've found so far is to use another SMS app that can filter the contact list.
The solution is very simple. Just open display options in contacts and select only display contacts with numbers. Also untick everything that you don't want it to display. I don't save any numbers in phone or sim card so I save it to gmail account.
Even if I select only gmail it shows lots unnecessary contacts. So I went to gmail on my laptop and opened the contacts (phone book or something like that. Its been over a year so I don't remember)
I created a new category (u can choose an existing one) and transferred every single contact that I needed under it.
And thats it. Everytime I format my phone I just go to contact display settings on my phone and only choose the category that I made. And it only shows the contacts that I need.
It works also if u want to save a contact. I chose to save contacts to my gmail account when it asks. And everytime u save it saves it to the category that u choose.
I have been using this over a year and work flawlessly. I remember beig sick of choosing amongst 1000s of contacts.
I tried to explain as I could. If there is a problem ask me I will try to help.
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I realized this doesn't answer ur question about sms. This doesn't fix that SMS list behaviour.
I've been a big fan of Dialer One for a while now and have used it as my Phone app even since the developers stopped working on it and released 2GIS Dialer.
I much prefer the look and feel of Dialer One and all the options but have been having and issue that as Dialer One is my default phone app, I'm saving my contacts here and if a contact has what's app, it seems to duplicate their entry and then if I try edit/delete the entry through Dialer One, it won't do it properly as you can't get rid of the duplicate with the what's app number. I then need to go to the "contacts" app, where all the entries appear fine and make changes here. So it appears dialer one is the problem actually, but I'm wondering is there a way to solve this without getting rid of Dialer One, or all my saved preferences.
Of course, the best solution would be to find a better alternative that is up to date, supported and with the same functionality Dialer One had so if anyone has any suggestions, please share :fingers-crossed: