Can anyone tell me how to cut and paste from an email received in the Exchange email client (not the gmail one). Pressing and holding on the text does nothing since the mail isn't an input field. Forwarding the text doesn't help as the forwarded email is not included in the 'compose' window but in a separate field which again is not an input field so pressing and holding doesn't work.
This is really annoying me as there are often things such as addresses that I want to cut and paste and pop into google maps for example.
Has anyone worked out a way to do this ?
Same problem
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
I also have the same problem
I find that the copy/paste features over the whole phone really suck. Why can't I touch and drag over text? I like that feature that iphones have where the little magnifying glass pops up so you can see exactly where the cursor is.
Yep, Android has a crappy implementation of cut & paste
I cant copy text in gmail, gtalk and a ton of other applications....thats a pity
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This is driving me up the wall - I got my O2 XDA Mini S yesterday, and I love it, bar 1 (major) fault - I can't (easily) send an SMS to multiple contacts.
Every day I send out 10 texts (sometimes more) to different people (to see who can play football that night). It's not always the same 10, so I can't just set up a Dist List or Group.
At the minute I have to click where it says To:, choose a contact, click where it says To:, choose another contact, etc, etc.
How on Earth can I just click To:, select as many contacts as I need, then send?
I realise after searching these forums that I don't think it can be done with the standard software, but is there any 3rd party software that will let me do this? (I'm only bothered about SMS, not e-mail, if that matters)
Thank you so much!
FlexMail 2007 seems to do what I need.
hey mate, on my mda vario when I start a new sms the cursor is in the 'To' field.
All I do is start typing the name of who I want to send to and the vario brings up a list of possibilites, like it does when it's guessing what words you're typing during a text. Once I pick a name the cursor then moves across so I can type in another name and so on and so on.
does your Mini S not do this?
I just noticed today that it does!!!
It's a shame really that people say "It doesn't do <insert action here>" but actually it does...
It's not their fault they havn't noticed it, it's that it's so well hidden, you don't see it...
i send similar SMS's to a group of friends. what i did was create a new "Contact" for each person and i put a prefix before each name (ie) 1carlos....etc 2mark.....etc this way they are the very first contacts on the list so when i hit the "To" button all the names are right in order at the top of the list
hope this helps
Same here. I send a list of emails or SMS messages to a group of friends. I never found a way to create a distribution list like you can do on the desktop version of Outlook.
I created a notepad file with all the groups. I cut and paste them in the To: box to send to those groups.
Sean
SeanH said:
Same here. I send a list of emails or SMS messages to a group of friends. I never found a way to create a distribution list like you can do on the desktop version of Outlook.
I created a notepad file with all the groups. I cut and paste them in the To: box to send to those groups.
Sean
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I also tried doing this, but I also discovered not all the addresse received the message at the end...
It seems there is a limit on the number of characters the "To:" field accepts...
And also, if it is faster to send a pigeon, why do I need a PocketPC ???
Ciao
Mix
Has anybody else found annoying bugs so far? Here's the ones that I've run into:
- Address Book server sync overwrites changes that you've made from the phone (haven't confirmed this one, might be my fault somehow)
- Multimedia volume slider plays your ringtone once you adjust the volume, but plays it at the volume set in the ringtone slider (not the volume that you're actually adjusting)
- Browser bookmarks list has a lot of trouble keeping site icons straight, it just kind of randomly shuffles them around to the wrong site as you load different bookmarks
- AOL Instant Messenger app shows weird behavior, not sure if it's a bug but it is definitely difficult to use in its current state. Locking the phone prevents messages from showing up, then on unlock they stream in all at once, and if you go too long without checking in on it the program will be terminated but your screen name will not be signed out of AOL's server
- There doesn't appear to be any way to set a vibration for notifications like Text Messages or IMs
- Some apps (MySpace Mobile, specifically) do not account for their process being interrupted when the screen rotates and the current action will be cancelled or the program will freeze.
Overall great phone, I'm really extremely impressed with it as a whole so far. I'm amazed at how fast my internet connection is on EDGE, my old Dash was technically on the exact same connection but took 5 or 10 times longer to load a full web page. Even without 3G the web browsing experience is comparable to using my desktop at home.
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- There doesn't appear to be any way to set a vibration for notifications like Text Messages or IMs
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ya there is. for example, go to the main Messaging page where it shows all of your threads. Click on Menu > Settings > Vibrate (put a check mark)
same thing with IMs or EMail
snofrandy said:
ya there is. for example, go to the main Messaging page where it shows all of your threads. Click on Menu > Settings > Vibrate (put a check mark)
same thing with IMs or EMail
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Awesome, thank you! Weird that the option isn't available in the same place as setting the vibration function for the phone. Has anybody found solutions to any of these other problems?
Thanks
That fixed it for me. Thanks..its so Funny because Ive been messing around with my phone for 2 days and Just found this answer...Thanks
Android will get it wrong sometimes on sms threads when the sender is not in your contacts.
I noticed yesterday I received an sms from [email protected] and deleted it. Later an sms from +1913XXXXXXX. When I pulled up the my sms folders later, the newer, undeleted sms from the 913 number said it was from @domain.com.
(and the two are in no way related.) I did a reboot and it still displayed the same.
chefgon said:
Has anybody else found annoying bugs so far?
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When I plug my G1 into my iMac the computer freezes and I need to do a hard restart. Is anyone else having this issue? My updates are current on my iMac and all of my other phones work without any problems.
when i play music and i turn of the screen, there is a jump every 15 seconds
here's an email bug...
Go to craigslist.org. I wanted to ask a seller a question. When I email from there, it gives me 2 options, to use my pop 3 email account or gmail. If I use gmail, it takes off the craigslist.org extension and replaces it with gmail.com. If i choose to send with my pop 3, it just opens a blank email without the email address. I try to copy and paste the address into the sending field, but it won't let me. I use craigslist a lot, so this is a bit of a pain...
Otherwise, lovin the G1
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Go to craigslist.org. I wanted to ask a seller a question. When I email from there, it gives me 2 options, to use my pop 3 email account or gmail. If I use gmail, it takes off the craigslist.org extension and replaces it with gmail.com. If i choose to send with my pop 3, it just opens a blank email without the email address. I try to copy and paste the address into the sending field, but it won't let me. I use craigslist a lot, so this is a bit of a pain...
Otherwise, lovin the G1
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When it switches you over to gmail. Is the body filled out or the sender in the field?
no, just replaces the extention
Give it a try see what you find. www.craigslist.org
Actually i did try it and it worked for me.
But, i used the mobile version of Craigslist.
Mobile version of Craigs
I was wondering if there is a program built in the HTC that can send photos in 1 click to the assigned emails.
For example : I take a picture, go to send - email, and thats it.
The software automatically sends the picture to any assigned emails.
On my previous N97, I had a program called PixelPipe that can do that. But since the HTC triumphs over the N97, I feel that it can do that without the fuss of using an external program.
If its not possible, what program does that ?
You can do that with the camera.
Take a picture, and when the menu bar appears, click the envelope
Thanks for replying
Yes im aware of that feature, but thats exactly why I was referring for (implied actually)
I want a way to click e.g. Send by Email => It sends to all assigned contacts directly
The option you are referring to, I have to add the emails manually, PLUS I must have an email assigned to the phone.
So any ideas ?
ZaZu90 said:
Thanks for replying
Yes im aware of that feature, but thats exactly why I was referring for (implied actually)
I want a way to click e.g. Send by Email => It sends to all assigned contacts directly
The option you are referring to, I have to add the emails manually, PLUS I must have an email assigned to the phone.
So any ideas ?
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Sorry - you've lost me there. Of course you have to have an email account on the phone, and of course you have to enter email addresses (or names, if they're in your contact list with email addresses assigned).
No phone in the world will have native functionality to send emails without you first setting up an email account, and to suggest you want to send emails without telling the phone who to send them to is ridiculous.
Either I've completely misunderstood you or that request is ludicrous (no offense, but it is!)
Hmm I think I wrote a rather confusing description
I remember in Pixel Pipe you had to register using your email, so yeah either way you must have your email registered, my bad.
But other than that here is how it works :
You open the program
You add a list of emails you want to send to
Take a picture
Press " SEND BY EMAIL "
The software comes in and you click your account name
The software sends the picture to emails you already registered to them before
I hope this makes it clearer
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Hmm I think I wrote a rather confusing description
I remember in Pixel Pipe you had to register using your email, so yeah either way you must have your email registered, my bad.
But other than that here is how it works :
You open the program
You add a list of emails you want to send to
Take a picture
Press " SEND BY EMAIL "
The software comes in and you click your account name
The software sends the picture to emails you already registered to them before
I hope this makes it clearer
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Okay, I understand now. I just don't see why that's any better than the native functionality of the phone as it stands.
You open the camera app
You take a picture
You press send
You select email type
You enter email addresses
It sends an email
It's a very straight-forward process. I guess not many people would want to send picture after picture to the same group of people. (I'm not even sure the group of people would want it either lol).
If you really want the application you mentioned earler, you're better off requesting that from the developers. The only close alternatives out-of-the-box are things like facebook or twitter uploads.
Trying to do something similar to the BBM (black berry messenger) .. Friends share pictures in an instant, one click.
Since I dont have a blackberry, I send by email, so I just wanted a faster way to send pictures rather than typing the same email over and over again.
Have you tried using the "Groups" tool in the HTC Contact application? Not sure if it can do e-mail or just phone numbers since I'm not using it myself.
I dunno about the Groups tool, going to check it now.
But I found a good thing about HTC, thats why I love this phone.
If you assign someone with an email in Contacts, then by typing the first letter (or first few) in the " TO : " Field, the name will pop instantly, saving time from typing it all !!!
So its :
*take a picture
*press mailbox sign
*choose email
*type first letter
*choose contact
*send
Love it
But what is the groups tool you mentioned pphuck ??
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But what is the groups tool you mentioned pphuck ??
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contact tab -> all contacts -> third icon "Groups"
my guess is that you can create a group of people and then use this group for your photo mail, but i haven't tested it myself
Not sure how that would work though, because you are supposed to enter contacts' emails in "Send To" field
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Not sure how that would work though, because you are supposed to enter contacts' emails in "Send To" field
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i would presume that you could enter the name of the group as a contact
I just tried that, didnt work.
It sounds like a great idea though, it should be implemented !!
1. ok so sometimes I have to jerk/nudge my phone to get the accelerometer to work...
2. When I create a new text through text msg interface and type in the contacts name in the name field it only seems to read and recognize half of my contacts... so i have to exit out, go to contacts, select the contact and text that way...
3. If i haven't used my phone for a while, say in the morning when i wake up the touch screen seems act funny and is not very accurate... to say the least!
4. When replying to text sometimes i have to click the text entry field numerous times before the keypad will launch, both in landscape and portrait...
and damn this phone needs multi touch! ; )
any feedback would be great, thanks!
well i have only had my phone for about a week now and haven't seen any of these problems at all. I use Chompsms so not sure about the default program for text. The touch pad works pretty well for me. I don't really have any problems with it. I use Dolphin for internet which has multi touch so I don't really care if it gets added to the default browser or not. All in all the only problems i seem to have is with the USB for the PC. Connection speeds are really really slow. Don't get anything over like 600k transfer rate. Where as if i plug the SD card into my PC its self i get over 8mb asec.
1. Haven't noticed this issue, unable to comment.
2. sounds like a possible problem with how your contacts are named, or possible where they're sourced from (multiple places, google/facebook/sim/microsd). Unify your source and/or try cleaning the names.
3./4. Known issue, try rebooting your phone, there's a problem that crops up over time. Also, ensure you don't have the edges of your hand/finger near the edge of the screen, its super sensitive. This includes the meaty part of your palm as you reach over with your thumb.
thanks for the replies,
@bofslime
I'm always trying to watch where my other hand is, no MT ; ( This problem is only in the text msg screen I have to click the field a bunch in different spots until it finally selects it... doesn't happen all the time but enough to bugg me!
Also How do I merge/unify I got my contacts on my phone via vcard from my apple address book then loaded into gmail and from there added to the phone... I do have contacts on my sim, at first i uploaded them but it was missing so many i deleted them off the phone then gmail synced it... follow?
thanks!
The reason why you have to go to contacts to text some people is because you don't have the number stored as a mobile phone number. It is probably list as other or home. Just edit it to mobile and it should fix it.
Hi does anyone else have a problem finding out how to copy and paste email text in the body of the email. I had a htc aria and I could do all that but now with the moto blur email client I cannot do all that.
its poorly implemented in the messaging app... you have to pull up your options, touch more, then touch "select text" and you have to highlight it. The thing is... it doesn't give you the option to manually change the highlighted text after you first select it, so you usually end up copying more or less of what you want. It's really annoying.
I used to be able to see the more button under options but now I see only move, mark unread and flag.
I am so confused.. this is really killing me.
This phone was supposed to replace my iPhone. Pathetic I swear. Add one more thing to the list that the iPhone does better...Lol my wait for a replacement for my iPhone goes on..
found out theres no copy n paste on email.. Dissapointing.
Any workarounds or updates to that? Its almost everywhere on the IOS so why not on androids email?