Hello All,
I've been running Stock JB for a while and I just flashed houstonn's Carbon 4.3. It works great is very smooth and stable. However, It looks like the Email, Phone and SMS apps in Carbon do not have unread count / badge displayed in launcher or dock. The stock version's corresponding apps do display unread count as little red circle on the icons. I am not sure if this is because of the launcher or what. It appears that badge/unread count may not be available for any AOSP based ROMS? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Does any one know if ParanoidAndroid apps (or other ROMs) display badge/unread/missed count?
It looks like Apex Prime or Nova Prime launcher claim to have this feature, but I have not tried them yet. I want to check here first to see that the deal is if I want badge/unread/missed count on apps.
What are my options?
1. Does PA or any other rom support this?
2. New Launcher? Which one?
3. New E-mail/Phone/SMS apps? Which ones?
3. Some how obtain stock apks?
Thanks in advance for your help.
SV.
Nova Prime works well, had the Gmail count hang up a few times showing unread when there wasn't.
I use Nova prime and it seems to work fine for me.
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What about stock e-mail app
Thanks for the input on Nova Prime. Looks like it works with Gmail fine. Any idea about stock/touchdown/Emoze? I have to use Exchange email.
Thanks again.
SV
Yeah it works with those too... AFAIK. I used em in the summer and it was working then.
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Things I've tried so far
Just thought I'd update with what I found so far. Thanks for Nova recommendation.
1. Notifyer - sort of works, but very unreliable.
2. Nova Prime + TeslaUnread - Works with Stock Email/Phone/SMS/K9. Does NOT work with Emoze. Also, The bade doesn't really show "unread" count. It just shows the same count as the notification bar. If you clear the notification from the notification bar, the badge also disappears. This defeats the whole purpose of the "unread" badge for me. If I get 10 messages and I clear the notification but only read one message, the badge is gone!
Next up is Apex Paid and Apex Notifier. I'll also try Missed It (not really a "badge", but a widget).
Apex and Missed It
I've tried the latest version of Missed It. It does work, but with a couple of really big flaws. Problem 1: If I clear notifications from the status bar, the count is cleared from Missed It as well. Kind of pointless to have this app if all it does is mirror the notification bar. Problem 2: E-mail Count is wrong. I have more than one account configured in e-mail. I've tried multiple event settings set to all three different settings, but no dice. It appears that the stock e-mail app sends notifications with number of unread mails every time it gets a bunch of new e-mails. But it sends one notification per account. So count as single or multiple probably doesn't work since it sends only one notification if more than one new mails arrive at the same time. Count as value does not work since it sends one notification per account, so the last account notification overwrites previous. Count as value can work if it is additive. Note that Missed It is supposed to provide counts for Nova Prime, but I didn't bother with config since it does not work for me.
The last one that I've tried (and it worked) is Apex Pro. Don't know why I didn't try this first. Works right out of the box. Note that a companion app called Apex Notfiier must be installed. But is all seamless and works great with AOSP dialer, SMS, Calendar and E-Mail. On dialer, it clears the count if I clear the notification bar or open the dialer, which I think is ok. It does the proper thing for SMS, E-mail and Cal and retains the true count as report by the app. It is supposed to work with few other email clients including K9 but not with Whatsapp, facebook etc.
So, I stuck with Apex Pro ($4) in the end. Not sure why this is not native to Android since the badge/unread is very useful.
Hope this helps others.
Sarat
On a different note, I couldn't find a decent email app that combines exchange 2010 + POP3/IMAP so I had to stick with Stock. Stock works fine, but limited in its user interface and tweakability. Be careful with Emoze as everything is routed through their servers in Israel.
Holo Launcher HD Plus supports this. Worked well when I tried it, but I keep some messages unread, so always seeing the red circles on my dark themes annoyed me. Lol
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Hey guys
I got the SGSII a few days ago and downloaded LauncherPro because I like the app tray to be vertical like the Nexus S.
Anyway, I have a "Messaging" shortcut on my homepage. The problem is that when I get a new message and have not looked at it, it does not show a little notification beside the icon (like a small "1" if I have 1 unread message).
Is there something I can do to fix this? It also does this with my emails (my email icon is one of the dock icons). I have "Unread SMS count" checked in LauncherPro preferences but it still does not work.
Thanks,
Elliott
This is from the the LP website...hope it helps...
Please note that for these notifications to work, you must either use the corresponding LauncherPro-style icon, or have the shortcut set for the stock phone/messaging app. It should work with other apps as long as you use the LauncherPro icon, and it should work with custom icons as long as you use the stock apps. Support for 3rd party apps with custom icons *might* come in the future but it’s not certain yet.
Thanks.
I do have a shortcut set for the stock messaging app and still doesn't work. No custom icons...
Elliott
you have gone into menu>preferences>dock settings and ticked the notifications for unread sms count havent you?
Ive a custom icon linking to handcent and its working fine with a little red 1 when i have an unread text.
skimminstones said:
you have gone into menu>preferences>dock settings and ticked the notifications for unread sms count havent you?
Ive a custom icon linking to handcent and its working fine with a little red 1 when i have an unread text.
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I believe the newest version of Gmail "broke" the mail notofication in both ADWLauncher and LauncherPro. The ADWNotifier description says the following: "Since Gmail app updated to 2.3.5, we can no longer receive the unread count data. I'll try to find an alternative. " Nothing from LauncherPro so far.
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rebecker said:
I believe the newest version of Gmail "broke" the mail notofication in both ADWLauncher and LauncherPro. The ADWNotifier description says the following: "Since Gmail app updated to 2.3.5, we can no longer receive the unread count data. I'll try to find an alternative. " Nothing from LauncherPro so far.
-Bob-
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From the LauncherPro site: I just received some pretty sad news. The API that LauncherPro uses to access your Gmail messages (used on the Gmail widget and the Gmail dock notifications) is being removed in the next version of the Gmail app for Android 2.2 and higher. Apparently the API does not meet modern security standards.
What this means for LauncherPro users is once you update to this new version, your LauncherPro Plus Gmail widget, and LauncherPro Gmail dock notifications will stop working, and even potentially crash the launcher if you try to use them (I don’t have access to this upcoming version yet, so I cannot fully test it).
I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope that the Android team will come out with a revised API soon enough, so that we can re-gain our Gmail integration in LauncherPro.
Fede
rebecker said:
I believe the newest version of Gmail "broke" the mail notofication in both ADWLauncher and LauncherPro. The ADWNotifier description says the following: "Since Gmail app updated to 2.3.5, we can no longer receive the unread count data. I'll try to find an alternative. " Nothing from LauncherPro so far.
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the OP is asking about notifications for messages, not g mails.
skimminstones said:
you have gone into menu>preferences>dock settings and ticked the notifications for unread sms count havent you?
Ive a custom icon linking to handcent and its working fine with a little red 1 when i have an unread text.
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Yes I have. And yes I've read that it seems to work for Handcent but not for the stock messaging app.
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the OP is asking about notifications for messages, not g mails.
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Exactly. Thank you. But my email is also not working in the dock...just using the stock email app with Hotmail.
Bump...anyone?
The latest gmail update changed the api structure so that all gmail notification apps (even launcher pro and touchwiz 4.5).
We have to wait for those apps to be updated to the new system.
Starholdest said:
Yes I have. And yes I've read that it seems to work for Handcent but not for the stock messaging app.
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It works fine for me if im using stock messaging app or handcent. It doesnt work on stock email though. Im not sure what to suggest, maybe try uninstalling launcherpro and reinstalling it?
Lennyuk said:
The latest gmail update changed the api structure so that all gmail notification apps (even launcher pro and touchwiz 4.5).
We have to wait for those apps to be updated to the new system.
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I'm not using Gmail I'm using the stock Email app on hotmail.
skimminstones said:
It works fine for me if im using stock messaging app or handcent. It doesnt work on stock email though. Im not sure what to suggest, maybe try uninstalling launcherpro and reinstalling it?
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Yea I'll have to try doing something...
Hey guys,
I installed launcher pro on my phone and use it as my preferred launcher. However, even when the settings under dock are checked, I don't get a number letting me know I have a new text message over the icon in the dock. Is anyone else having this problem? If so, have you found a solution or is this something the developer has to fix? Thanks for the help
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Just installed LP and the dock notifications are not working.
I've got LauncherPro (Plus) on my GS2 and the notification icon is working for the text messages. I don't use the missed phone or gmail notifications. I also changed my dock shortcuts to the stock shortcuts and stock icons. I don't know if that makes a difference or not. I also use Handcent as my default messaging application and turn off notification bar notices for all but a few close contacts (daughter, hubby, etc.).
LPP is my default home app...
When I was using LPP (with custom icons), my notifications for all three stopped working after a while. I switched to Go Launcher EX with notifications, and they didn't work either. It's pretty damn annoying.
It was originally working for me as well. I read somewhere that Google had patched Gmail for security reasons but I forgot to disable updates on Gmail ... so I think when I did the mass app updates in Market that it broke it like it did last time on my HTC aria. I'm assuming we need the original apk now but I have a feeling we're screwed ... I don't want to revert to my cwm backup since I did so much tweaking since then but it may be the only way to get email notification to work again.
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Okay I restored my stock rooted backup in cwm and almost immediately market tried downloading Gmail updates. I killed my data connection before it finished downloading and cleared market cache and data. I froze Gmail and started the market with data connection again ... so far I still have notification in Launcher Pro but who knows if there's a way to disable Gmail app updates in the future?
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No matter what I do, what setting I choose or how I attempt to make it work, I cannot figure out how to get the notifications to show on my messages icon like I am used to with stock GB. When I get a new txt, it shows in the notifications bar, but unless I check it, I don't know I have a new txt.
Is it me, ICS or the rom I'm on?
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It's actually the launcher you're using. Most(if not all) launchers(and all popular ones) require an upgrade from the free version to be able to see an actual notification count on the icon itself. I know for a fact this is the case with Apex and Nova.
Solutions: Buy the paid version of the launcher you're using from the Play Store. Rely on notifications bar/clicking the icon to tell you whether you have new messages.
Hi.
I use whatsapp for my communication purposes more than SMS/calls. I have selected my default messaging app on Themer as Whatsapp.
As expected, the messages icon takes me to Whatsapp. BUT, the unread messages count on the widget does not reflect the unread messages on whatsapp. Instead, it only shows the count of unread SMSs.
This is the major reason why I am staying away from Themer (which I don't wanna do!). Is this a common issue with everyone?
Themer Support, if this is an issue, is it being fixed?
Thanks
AB256 said:
Hi.
I use whatsapp for my communication purposes more than SMS/calls. I have selected my default messaging app on Themer as Whatsapp.
As expected, the messages icon takes me to Whatsapp. BUT, the unread messages count on the widget does not reflect the unread messages on whatsapp. Instead, it only shows the count of unread SMSs.
This is the major reason why I am staying away from Themer (which I don't wanna do!). Is this a common issue with everyone?
Themer Support, if this is an issue, is it being fixed?
Thanks
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I know of no such launcher which supports badges on WhatsApp. AFAIK, there's no way to show unread message badge on the icon. Though you can use missedit for notification.
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Hi AB256,
To be honest this is quite a difficult feat to achieve, even advanced launchers struggle to do this. However, with the advances of Zooper widget combined with Tasker it might be possible, but not anytime soon. Apologies for the inconvenience...
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Hi AB256,
To be honest this is quite a difficult feat to achieve, even advanced launchers struggle to do this. However, with the advances of Zooper widget combined with Tasker it might be possible, but not anytime soon. Apologies for the inconvenience...
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Still no way to do this ? I find this to be one of the very few things that themer falls short in ..
I'm looking for a launcher that will work well with the Verizon V10 which is not rooted. I've always used Nova on my previous Samsungs. But with the V10 I'm having problems such as an inability to keep a record of the number of texts, phone calls etc, except on the lock page. There is also the issue of widgets being "buried" under windows unless made smaller, and a seeming inability to add app notifications to the lower bar.. There is an overall feel they are not "made for each other".
I had a similar experience with Sola launcher.
My primary wish is to be able to add more fonts to the very skimpy choices made available by LG, change icons and names and size icons.
Is anyone using a launcher on their VZ V10 without the above Nova problems and with the ability to add fonts and icons?
thanks.
Apex launcher
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mlg250 said:
I'm looking for a launcher that will work well with the Verizon V10 which is not rooted. I've always used Nova on my previous Samsungs. But with the V10 I'm having problems such as an inability to keep a record of the number of texts, phone calls etc, except on the lock page. There is also the issue of widgets being "buried" under windows unless made smaller, and a seeming inability to add app notifications to the lower bar.. There is an overall feel they are not "made for each other".
I had a similar experience with Sola launcher.
My primary wish is to be able to add more fonts to the very skimpy choices made available by LG, change icons and names and size icons.
Is anyone using a launcher on their VZ V10 without the above Nova problems and with the ability to add fonts and icons?
thanks.
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Long time Nova user, now using it on V10. I'm not entirely sure I understand the issues that you're having.
For example, when you say 'keep a record of the number of texts, phone calls, etc..." are you talking about missed calls/texts, etc. ? Because I'm not having any issues with that. I'm also not sure what you mean by 'adding app notifications to the lower bar'. If by lower bar you mean the dock area, and again, if you're talking about e.g., missed calls, texts, etc., they are working for all apps I use, including those that I have in the dock area.
Not sure what you're referring to w/respect to items being 'buried', perhaps you can clarify.
In general, the only issue that I'm having with Nova Launcher (I should mention that I'm using the pro-version and more often than not have the latest beta running), is that certainwidgets that came with the device and are available via the default launcher (e.g., LG Health/fitness meter) are not available as widgets in Nova.
Nova Launcher and V10
Capp5050 said:
Long time Nova user, now using it on V10. I'm not entirely sure I understand the issues that you're having.
For example, when you say 'keep a record of the number of texts, phone calls, etc..." are you talking about missed calls/texts, etc. ? Because I'm not having any issues with that. I'm also not sure what you mean by 'adding app notifications to the lower bar'. If by lower bar you mean the dock area, and again, if you're talking about e.g., missed calls, texts, etc., they are working for all apps I use, including those that I have in the dock area.
Not sure what you're referring to w/respect to items being 'buried', perhaps you can clarify.
In general, the only issue that I'm having with Nova Launcher (I should mention that I'm using the pro-version and more often than not have the latest beta running), is that certainwidgets that came with the device and are available via the default launcher (e.g., LG Health/fitness meter) are not available as widgets in Nova.
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My experience with the Nova Notifier is that it is not registering text messages, nor voice mails although I didn't have this problems with my Samsungs. Whether it's really Nova, or Verizon's endless efforts to lock up their phones, I'm not sure.
What I meant by hiding the widgets is this: when you tap the LG circle with dots to see all installed apps and widgets, there are two tabs - one for apps and the second for thumbnails of all widgets loaded directly and loaded by apps.
But after I installed Nova there was only one tab for apps and it did include the two specific widgets I had been using. I eventually discovered that if you minimize all the screens, there is an icon for widgets and it shows everything. But they were hidden from my view until I discovered this.
However, being unable to get the notifications right was still a grave concern and so I'm sadly looking further.
As per the previous answer, I have installed Apex. It doesn't seem to provide as many options but if the notifier works, that will be a big step. I tried Nova twice and had the same difficulties with notification so I'm hesitant.
Are you using Verizon or might this be the result of different carriers "adjusting" different things? Or....I did something wrong?
mlg250 said:
My experience with the Nova Notifier is that it is not registering text messages, nor voice mails although I didn't have this problems with my Samsungs. Whether it's really Nova, or Verizon's endless efforts to lock up their phones, I'm not sure.
What I meant by hiding the widgets is this: when you tap the LG circle with dots to see all installed apps and widgets, there are two tabs - one for apps and the second for thumbnails of all widgets loaded directly and loaded by apps.
But after I installed Nova there was only one tab for apps and it did include the two specific widgets I had been using. I eventually discovered that if you minimize all the screens, there is an icon for widgets and it shows everything. But they were hidden from my view until I discovered this.
However, being unable to get the notifications right was still a grave concern and so I'm sadly looking further.
As per the previous answer, I have installed Apex. It doesn't seem to provide as many options but if the notifier works, that will be a big step. I tried Nova twice and had the same difficulties with notification so I'm hesitant.
Are you using Verizon or might this be the result of different carriers "adjusting" different things? Or....I did something wrong?
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I'm on Verizon as well.
Nova gets to widgets differently than the LG launcher, you don't do it from apps. You can get there a couple ways, the easiest is to long-press your home screen until the 'previews' screen comes up and then hit Widgets (screen shot attached). Make sure the default behavior is set accordingly.
For notifications, do you have Tesla Unread installed and configured correctly? More relevant screen shots attached.
Finally, you may want to hit the Nova forum on XDA, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071 lots of good info there.
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can't get the message counter to work doing something wrong?
Capp5050 said:
I'm on Verizon as well.
Nova gets to widgets differently than the LG launcher, you don't do it from apps. You can get there a couple ways, the easiest is to long-press your home screen until the 'previews' screen comes up and then hit Widgets (screen shot attached). Make sure the default behavior is set accordingly.
For notifications, do you have Tesla Unread installed and configured correctly? More relevant screen shots attached.
Finally, you may want to hit the Nova forum on XDA, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071 lots of good info there.
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Thanks so much for the screen shots - I found my icons and put them in place in a two minutes!
BUT - I'm getting the counter for messages on the lockscreen and it is counting correctly. I cannot get a counter for messages on the bottom bar of the home screen. In your example you have counters on BlueMail and on the Email app. I've kept the bottom bar that is under the page dots.
I went to my apps and moved the messaging app to the home screen. I then removed the text. I then dragged it to the bar under the page dots. It will bring up my messages but it doesn't get "notified" of the number of unread messages I have. Am I supposed to use another kind of icon? I don't have a messaging widget. Do you also have a lock screen and do you get your notification numbers there as well?
I couldn't get a screenshot of the lockscreen but here is a screenshot of my homescreen which I'm about to put together again with Nova. Well I guess not, it won't paste. I hope my verbal description was clear enough
I do have Tesla Unread installed. I have SMS (the yellow one) on, missed calls on and hangouts off. I have nothing under gmail and I have the stock email turned off because I use AquaMail and Tesla says they consider it an API app.
I have notification bar watch turned on and under applications I DON'T HAVE THE YELLOW MESSAGING AP PRESENT AT ALL?, I have phone and voice mail turned on and that's it. But where did the listing for messaging go - and how would I put it back?
mlg250 said:
Thanks so much for the screen shots - I found my icons and put them in place in a two minutes!
BUT - I'm getting the counter for messages on the lockscreen and it is counting correctly. I cannot get a counter for messages on the bottom bar of the home screen. In your example you have counters on BlueMail and on the Email app. I've kept the bottom bar that is under the page dots.
I went to my apps and moved the messaging app to the home screen. I then removed the text. I then dragged it to the bar under the page dots. It will bring up my messages but it doesn't get "notified" of the number of unread messages I have. Am I supposed to use another kind of icon? I don't have a messaging widget. Do you also have a lock screen and do you get your notification numbers there as well?
I couldn't get a screenshot of the lockscreen but here is a screenshot of my homescreen which I'm about to put together again with Nova. Well I guess not, it won't paste. I hope my verbal description was clear enough
I do have Tesla Unread installed. I have SMS (the yellow one) on, missed calls on and hangouts off. I have nothing under gmail and I have the stock email turned off because I use AquaMail and Tesla says they consider it an API app.
I have notification bar watch turned on and under applications I DON'T HAVE THE YELLOW MESSAGING AP PRESENT AT ALL?, I have phone and voice mail turned on and that's it. But where did the listing for messaging go - and how would I put it back?
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I'm using the Verizon message+ app instead of the yellow LG, not sure if that matters. It was preloaded and is decent.
One thing to check, take note of whether the settings in your sms app might be marking your text messages as 'read' after previewing them on your lock screen.
Other than that, you might want to reset your Nova settings to default. Not sure if it matters or not, but I do have Nova set to Aggressive Desktop.
More screen shots attached, including showing my sms notification (sms is currently grouped with contacts in the dock so I'm showing that it works grouped and expanded)
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I'm using the Verizon message+ app instead of the yellow LG, not sure if that matters. It was preloaded and is decent.
One thing to check, take note of whether the settings in your sms app might be marking your text messages as 'read' after previewing them on your lock screen.
Other than that, you might want to reset your Nova settings to default. Not sure if it matters or not, but I do have Nova set to Aggressive Desktop.
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The settings on the sms app WERE to be marked as read after appearing on the lock screen. And I didn't even want them on my lockscreen! Reset and all is well. Thank you so much for sticking with these issues and figuring out ways for me to resolve them. Nova is really fast on the V10 and such a good launcher. I'm glad I'm able to use it. BTW, I use 1Weather also - it's great fun!
Great that you got everything working, glad I could help.
I know I'm late to the game and you got it working because after reading post 1 I was also going to say I had no issues with Nova Prime. I ran Nova the first couple weeks on my V10 but since then I've been running TSF. I've always gone back and forth between Nova and TSF and so far I'm really digging TSF on the V10.
I'm sorry if I'm a little late to the game as well, but I had the same problem with the notifications on my Samsung Note 2. I ended up getting an app called "Missed It!" from the Play Store. After adding apps to it's settings, I was getting accurate notifications in icons. It's even listed in Nova settings as an alternative to TeslaUnread. You may want to try it.