Very frustrating that you cannot increase the font size in the stock messaging app and have it stick. The problem I've always run into, is using 3rd party apps, Textra, Android messaging,.....is that I seem to miss some text messages, especially in a group text. Is there a way to fix this (both part 1 and 2 i guess)?
Yes . On the att version , I know ( I'm not sure if was an update that did it ) you can pinch 2 finger zoom in/out gesture to increase or decrease size of text fonts in conversation view. Try it and see if it works for you
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Hi guys,
I do have the SGS2 since last week and I think it is a very good device. However, I am coming from a HTC Desire and I got used to some things, which I cannot find on the SGS2:
a) the browser: There is no text-reflow on pinch2zoom and the double-tap is sometimes not zooming enough and I hate to scroll text horizontally. Is there any alternative browser that can reflow text on p2z or even better any chance to get the HTC Browser somehow running
b) the dialer screen on HTC had a very nice and big contact picture and the contacts were shown very well in the phone-book app. With the SGS 2 the pictures (especially the ones synchronized with Facebook) are not shown properly - they look very blurred, are small and the aspect-ratio is wrong.
Any ideas how to improve this?
Regards and thanks!
i think blurring is due to the amoled resolution issue, the screen is big but dpi is not enough, or there might be software issue using 16bit color not 32bit color
16bit vs 24bit colour wouldn't cause blur. I rather suspect face book is the prob.
Maybe grab an image through web browser and assign manually to test
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PseudoReal said:
a) the browser: There is no text-reflow on pinch2zoom and the double-tap is sometimes not zooming enough and I hate to scroll text horizontally. Is there any alternative browser that can reflow text on p2z or even better any chance to get the HTC Browser somehow running
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In the stock browser, go to Menu -> More -> Settings and check "Auto-fit pages". This will make double-tap zoom and reflow to much more readable levels. Having this setting checked is standard on most phones, for some unknown reason Samsung decided to change that.
If you want to try an alternative browser, Dolphin HD is excellent (and a much nicer visual design is in the works, coming with the next release): https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&feature=search_result
wow, this was really helpful. Now just a different dialer or getting syncmypix working, then I would use GoContacts!
opera mobile supports text reflow.
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Posted in another forum with no luck. Default browser text is too small for my eyes although I realize it is not issue for most. Pinching and zooming is real pain. On almost all android browsers and all windows 7 browsers, you can change the default zoom but I can't find a way on touchpad and desperately need this for browser to be useable for me. There are some hacks I am aware of to change the default text size and it works for many mobile web pages but not most full desktop pages that set their own text size. Hence I need to change the default zoom not the default text. Surely this can't be that hard and would be extremely grateful if someone would help even if they don't perceive the issue of default zoom as a problem for them. Thanks in advance!
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Posted in another forum with no luck. Default browser text is too small for my eyes although I realize it is not issue for most. Pinching and zooming is real pain. On almost all android browsers and all windows 7 browsers, you can change the default zoom but I can't find a way on touchpad and desperately need this for browser to be useable for me. There are some hacks I am aware of to change the default text size and it works for many mobile web pages but not most full desktop pages that set their own text size. Hence I need to change the default zoom not the default text. Surely this can't be that hard and would be extremely grateful if someone would help even if they don't perceive the issue of default zoom as a problem for them. Thanks in advance!
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I don't have one [yet] to test, but I think I saw in a video you can double tap on text to zoom in a bit. This should be easier than pinch and zoom.
does work sometimes but very inconsistent. Still wish I could just change the default zoom but have posted in several forums and no respons
Is there a current custom HTC stock SMS app? I actually dont mind the stock sms but I would really like to know a way to change the color scheme of the messaging bubbles, fonts, and/or backgrounds.
I've been running some of the 3rd party SMS apps (Go SMS Pro, Handcent, and etc.) I was even able to fix the profile picture sync issue with them, but they seem to run a little glitchy sometimes. Where as the stock sms performs great other then it being so plain.
Thanks in advance.
I agree that the 3rd party SMS apps aren't running smoothly at this time. I'm running the stock SMS but have SMS Popup installed which doesn't run smoothly either. I'm looking for alternatives to use, cause I like the Individual Notification option in the 3rd party apps. I've used Handcent and GOSMS, both ran decent but they both had there issues with working inconsistently.
If you go into settings>personalize>skin, you can change the skin, some of the skins have a blue sms theme some have a green sms. I know its not really what you are looking for but it is better than nothing.
I want it inverted black
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I know a dev working on that very thing, he's told me its a real pain compared to the sense 2.1 mms, and that took him quite a while.
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Until such time we can compile the apk's successfully it will be tough to make it to your liking. I do themes, and we can't yet get ICS apk's to compile after they've been edited. I'm sure there are devs working on this issue, but as of now there unthemeable.
A black background would be nice.
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I am now currently using GoSms again, but I had to disable the notification / Quick response box. Now it runs smooth. So I'm guessing it's a Sense 4.0 issue. Apparently Sense, doesn't like notification boxes.
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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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I got an update on att version of the phone and notice few things on the stock messenger app , one of them pinching in your conversation screen the fonts get bigger. Am I an idiot for figuring this out just now and this has been there for awhile ? I still see people complain about the font size on other forumsView attachment 4577724
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