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Message shortcut to Handcent?

Hey guys,
Apologies if this isn't the right spot for this thread, please let me know if that's the case.
I've done some googling and found people who were able to set the messages icon shortcut so that it launched handcent. But it seems that those were all on the Nexus One. Has anyone done this on the EVO? How?
Thanks so much! I don't really care for the Handcent icon.

so you want to use the standard messaging icon but launch handcent with it? Just trying to clear up the issue.
Im using fresh rom and i have launcher, i used their icon for handcent in the launcher bar. Prob doesnt help you though.

Better Cut

Thanks. I tried that but it kept fc'ing. Tried any cut and I'm halfway there. Changed the name but not the icon.
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Not sure if this is what you're looking for but with LauncherPro you can customize the five shortcuts (phone, contacts, apps, messaging and web) on the bottom toolbar. You can simply hold down the messaging shortcut and link it to handcent while keeping the appearance of the icon itself unchanged.

ok I have LauncherPro but when I do a long press on the messaging shortcut it does not have handcent as an option. Thoughts?

Actually, I found some inconsistencies with BetterCut. You should try FolderOrganizer instead.
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+1 to folder organizer

AcIdC0R3 said:
Actually, I found some inconsistencies with BetterCut. You should try FolderOrganizer instead.
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At first I didn't think FolderOrganizer was going to do what I wanted, but I figured it out. However I had to use one of FolderOrganizer's icons for the messages, I couldn't find how to make the default icon work?
Thanks for the recommendation guys!

xtripnic said:
Not sure if this is what you're looking for but with LauncherPro you can customize the five shortcuts (phone, contacts, apps, messaging and web) on the bottom toolbar. You can simply hold down the messaging shortcut and link it to handcent while keeping the appearance of the icon itself unchanged.
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alittle feature my girl showed me about launcher pro is that you can have up to 15 shortcuts on the bottom by scrolling left to right

teddykgb715 said:
ok I have LauncherPro but when I do a long press on the messaging shortcut it does not have handcent as an option. Thoughts?
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Yeah, you have to choose "applications" first...

Ha. Good point.
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How to re-arange apps (icons)

Hi is there a way to rearrange the app icons, I dont really care in what order but when you delete an app it leaves a space where the app used to be which looks weird.

Menu-button -> edit while in the drawer. Works just the way it does on the iphone from there on.

dagingaa said:
Menu-button -> edit while in the drawer. Works just the way it does on the iphone from there on.
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Thanks now I can drag them around but this still isnt that great if you have 7 or 8 pages each with a missing app in them takes a bit of fannying about to get thinks in order. isn't there an auto arrange or sorte by date/name etc?
still if not at least i can get things looking better so thank you.

It is strange how you can manually arrange the icons but there is no way to auto-arrange. Why not have some basic auto-arrange by alphabet name?

Is there a way to like arrange these by catagorie without having to arrange them yourself

jason544 said:
Is there a way to like arrange these by catagorie without having to arrange them yourself
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yeahh, like are you able to create a folder in your app drawer?

How to Change Primary Shortcuts?

Just curious if anyone knows how to change the primary shortcuts listed across the bottom of the screen? I dont like samsungs stock messaging, want to put handcent there instead. Also want to change the rest of them, except applications lol.

jtmercutio said:
Just curious if anyone knows how to change the primary shortcuts listed across the bottom of the screen? I dont like samsungs stock messaging, want to put handcent there instead. Also want to change the rest of them, except applications lol.
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From what I have read, you cannot.

jtmercutio said:
Just curious if anyone knows how to change the primary shortcuts listed across the bottom of the screen? I dont like samsungs stock messaging, want to put handcent there instead. Also want to change the rest of them, except applications lol.
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You cannot change the app dock in EPIC. Hopefully that feature will be added in the upcoming updates of GPS and Froyo.
As of now EPIC can't change apps on the dock. Cannot remove/add homescreens. Has basic music player and no eqaulizer as found in captivate and vibrant.

http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/how-to-delete-or-replace-default-dock-icons-samsung-galaxy-s/
Does this not work?

Only thing I can suggest is ADW launcher or Launcher Pro (I use this). You can have handcent in the dock (I have it there).
Also, thank goodness the Epic 4G still has the Samsung Video player which looks so sweet! It also has the 5.1 surround sound button too

kramboid said:
Does this not work?
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The instructions on the page kramboid linked worked perfectly for me on an unmodified unrooted Fascinate.

ottonomy said:
The instructions on the page kramboid linked worked perfectly for me on an unmodified unrooted Fascinate.
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Thats because the Fascinate runs TW 3.0....the epic runs 2.5 due to landscape issues in 3.0 and you cannot change the apps in the dock on 2.5. I would definitely suggest ADW or Launcher pro, TW works great but it isn't customizable like adw or launcher pro and both work amazing as well

jtmercutio said:
Just curious if anyone knows how to change the primary shortcuts listed across the bottom of the screen? I dont like samsungs stock messaging, want to put handcent there instead. Also want to change the rest of them, except applications lol.
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I was able to change my "Messaging" to Handcent by doing the following:
1) Go to Applications/Menu/Edit
2) On the primary shortcuts, press and hold the shortcut you wish to remove and drag it up by the rest of your apps. You should now have an open slot.
3) Find the Handcent icon and drag it down to the primary shortcuts bar.
4) Click Menu/Save
You should now have Handcent app as a primary shortcut.

JSKCKNIT said:
I was able to change my "Messaging" to Handcent by doing the following:
1) Go to Applications/Menu/Edit
2) On the primary shortcuts, press and hold the shortcut you wish to remove and drag it up by the rest of your apps. You should now have an open slot.
3) Find the Handcent icon and drag it down to the primary shortcuts bar.
4) Click Menu/Save
You should now have Handcent app as a primary shortcut.
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This absolutely will work (personal experience doing this on both Froyo and GB stock). One note - you will need to make sure your applications are in "grid view" instead of "list mode" or you won't get the right menu options... at least that's what I recall.

JSKCKNIT said:
I was able to change my "Messaging" to Handcent by doing the following:
1) Go to Applications/Menu/Edit
2) On the primary shortcuts, press and hold the shortcut you wish to remove and drag it up by the rest of your apps. You should now have an open slot.
3) Find the Handcent icon and drag it down to the primary shortcuts bar.
4) Click Menu/Save
You should now have Handcent app as a primary shortcut.
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yes, that will work now as we have a newer version of both android and touchwiz.
the post you are repling to is 18 months old. back then we had eclair with a jankier version of tw3.
we has had a come upance.

Worst. Necro. Ever.

Question changing defaults...

How does one change the 4 apps assigned at the bottom?
[phone, contacts, messaging, applications]
My brother downloaded Handcent and wants messaging to go to Handcent not the stock app.
Thanks

mattykinsx said:
How does one change the 4 apps assigned at the bottom?
[phone, contacts, messaging, applications]
My brother downloaded Handcent and wants messaging to go to Handcent not the stock app.
Thanks
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Change the ****ty TouchWiz interface

You cannot. The Epic4G has an older version of TouchWiz and does not allow it.
I recommend you install "AWD Launcher" or "LauncherPro". Both support that feature.

That's....lame...but alright thanks for the suggestion.

mattykinsx said:
How does one change the 4 apps assigned at the bottom?
[phone, contacts, messaging, applications]
My brother downloaded Handcent and wants messaging to go to Handcent not the stock app.
Thanks
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I'd suggest downloading ADW, lots of settings and you can get it to look like TouchWiz also.

An additional thing to consider, AMOLED screens suffer from "Burn-in". The most likely place it will happen is the status bar since it is always displayed. These other launchers have a setting that allows you to hide it (status bar), which will help.
Technically it would be more accurate to call it "Burn-out" but the burn-in term is carried over from CRT displays. The issue has a similar result. You will see a ghost of items that are on the screen for long periods.

Just download Handcent. When you hit the messaging icon at the bottom it will ask you if you want to use the stock app or Handcent (then you can check - remember this choice). Now whenever you hit the SMS icon (it will still appear to be the same...). It will open Handcent.

jonesdana said:
Just download Handcent. When you hit the messaging icon at the bottom it will ask you if you want to use the stock app or Handcent (then you can check - remember this choice). Now whenever you hit the SMS icon (it will still appear to be the same...). It will open Handcent.
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Tried it. Didn't work. Doesn't prompt me to select SMS client of choice. I even went into Application Mgmt and deselected Messenger as default. No go.
Any advice? Handcent is...er' was my fave SMS client.

Same thing happened to me. Handcent was the first app I downloaded, always use it, and I was never asked to choose a default.
Sad news on another front: The pre-release, advocate and seed devices were supposed to get the full version of Asphalt 5, and when I finally got around to downloading it today, it was the demo. I'm slightly miffed.

Handcent SMS not sending MMS

Just got the Note 3 thru T-Mobile..had it for about 9 days. Cant send/recieve pics, even to myself.
Switched to the stock SMS/MMS app and it works fine. Anyone else experienced this? I kinda like Handcent because I can have a LED light notify me of a unread SMS/MMS..stock app only gives me a sound.

Handcent sms just updated and fixed the issue.
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sohebq said:
Handcent sms just updated and fixed the issue.
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I'll check it out.

As much as I hate Handcent 5, I tried it, but no go for me. Again searching for a new messaging app. Stock would be fine if it wasn't bubbled.
Themagicm, did you have any luck?

Yes. Seems to be working for me. I'll test some more and if it craps out I'll reply back.

False alarm. Sending works....some recieving works. Uninstalling. The only reason I use it is because I can change the LED color to notify me of unread TMs.

I just now uninstalled Handcent as well. I went over to goSMS. Far from ideal, but at least I can again send receive MMS, as well as receive MMS over wifi.

The original messaging app works for me though...I just want the LED to flash a color of my choosing. Lol

Spovik said:
As much as I hate Handcent 5, I tried it, but no go for me. Again searching for a new messaging app. Stock would be fine if it wasn't bubbled.
Themagicm, did you have any luck?
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Use sliding message
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YungMage said:
Use sliding message
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I was looking at that one, but didn't want to shell out money just to try it as I couldn't find a demo. I know I can return it after a few minutes, but would prefer to test it over a few days. Is it that much better/different than others?

...!!!!!

Spovik said:
I was looking at that one, but didn't want to shell out money just to try it as I couldn't find a demo. I know I can return it after a few minutes, but would prefer to test it over a few days. Is it that much better/different than others?
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IMO it is. It's made by a XDA Developer. Nice simple interface.
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Just tried sliding messaging...swiping left and right to loop through conversations? Seriously? There may be ways to change that in the settings but I'm not going to lose my refund window you find it.
I just wish there was a demo, even if it was crippleware, too go through the options. Looked like there was potential, I'll see if I can learn more about it abd may reconsider

Spovik said:
Just tried sliding messaging...swiping left and right to loop through conversations? Seriously? There may be ways to change that in the settings but I'm not going to lose my refund window you find it.
I just wish there was a demo, even if it was crippleware, too go through the options. Looked like there was potential, I'll see if I can learn more about it abd may reconsider
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Yea you can change that through settings. It is still different from other messaging apps. Easy to get a hang off. Won't use any other sms app now.
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I started using Textra SMS it's actually nice and simple, and I am able to send/recieve MMS.

YungMage said:
Yea you can change that through settings. It is still different from other messaging apps. Easy to get a hang off. Won't use any other sms app now.
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I paid for it and used it for a day. Buggy, UI layout can't be changed only colors, stuck in conversation style, when using dark theme you can't see new message notifications on your conversation list since there's no way to change the black highlight color.
I'm sure it fills a niche and I see it has it's fans, but the sliding seems gimmicky and underwhelming. even with the maximum customization that I could do, the best I could do is get it close to 8sms, which is more reliable and less bloated.
They definitely need a free version, or at the very least, a trial period. There's too much in the app to get a feel for it in 15 minutes, and you'd spend most of that time attempting to MANUALLY configure it to send and receive MMS.
I say all this not to bust on the app, as it may be just right for some, but just to throw it out there that if you're used to a handcent-level of customization, this isn't for you.

Spovik said:
I paid for it and used it for a day. Buggy, UI layout can't be changed only colors, stuck in conversation style, when using dark theme you can't see new message notifications on your conversation list since there's no way to change the black highlight color.
I'm sure it fills a niche and I see it has it's fans, but the sliding seems gimmicky and underwhelming. even with the maximum customization that I could do, the best I could do is get it close to 8sms, which is more reliable and less bloated.
They definitely need a free version, or at the very least, a trial period. There's too much in the app to get a feel for it in 15 minutes, and you'd spend most of that time attempting to MANUALLY configure it to send and receive MMS.
I say all this not to bust on the app, as it may be just right for some, but just to throw it out there that if you're used to a handcent-level of customization, this isn't for you.
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I dont know what you did but you can change the UI layout. There are 4 different styles. It isn't buggy for me. maybe bad install for you. I do admit that sliding between messages wasn't for me so i disabled it in settings. In theme seting in sliding menu mode choose fullscreen sliding menu or choose no sliding menu.to change display layout it is under theme settings too. Mine highlight color for new messages show up in red highlight and I chose Dark blue theme. Yea like you say it might not be for some.

YungMage said:
I dont know what you did but you can change the UI layout. There are 4 different styles.
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Right. The layout, meaning where things are located, is the same though. Just the styling of the layout can be changed. For example, I want my contact picture on the left, so that it's in a vertical list and not alternating.
YungMage said:
I do admit that sliding between messages wasn't for me so i disabled it in settings. In theme seting in sliding menu mode choose fullscreen sliding menu or choose no sliding menu.to change display layout it is under theme settings too.
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Ahh. I didn't notice that. It would have made it a bit more pleasant. Thanks for at least making me aware of it. I had done the SMS app search before and came up blank so it was at least interesting to learn about and try something new.