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.
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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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I am new to Android; Came from Windows Mobile for years.
I have searched, but have not found how to change the look of the conversation mode of SMS on the Vibrant. I was looking for something a little more professional, than the blue and green bubbles.
aiwapro said:
I am new to Android; Came from Windows Mobile for years.
I have searched, but have not found how to change the look of the conversation mode of SMS on the Vibrant. I was looking for something a little more professional, than the blue and green bubbles.
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check handcent sms in market. very good app with all sort of themes and msg styles. if using dont forget to switch off notifications in original client to avoid double notifications.
Thanks. Are there any cons. to having two messaging apps. on the phone? Can I remove the original?
aiwapro said:
Thanks. Are there any cons. to having two messaging apps. on the phone? Can I remove the original?
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No cons. I wouldn't recommend removing the original.
Ok, thanks again.
I installed the app., and it let me customize sms pretty much the way that I wanted.
One more thing I think on this, how do I replace the message shorcut, from the 4 shortcuts across the bottom, with the Handcent SMS app. shortcut?
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Ok, thanks again.
I installed the app., and it let me customize sms pretty much the way that I wanted.
One more thing I think on this, how do I replace the message shorcut, from the 4 shortcuts across the bottom, with the Handcent SMS app. shortcut?
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Oh, I figured it out: Applications/Menu/Customizable Grid/Menu/Edit. You are then able to move around some of the 4 icons at the bottom of the screen. When finished, you may select Applications/Menu/Alphabetical Grid, to put the icons back in alphabetical order.
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.
I'm looking for a messaging app that will get rid of the contact picture next to each text message and only show it at the top, and also allow for changing of the background and LED notification colors. Is anything like this available from any ROMs that I would be able to use/extract it from?
Pretty much your only choices are..
Handcent
ChompSMS
or Stock.
Those are the most popular. Handcent is very easily customized.
i hate how the handcent popup looks so dated. otherwise it is way more customizable than chomp.
I'd really prefer to use the stock app, I just really hate that the contact pictures show up next to each and every text. Hopefully someone comes up with a way to disable this, as I'm not smart enough to figure it out...
I agree with Kilgil27... I used to use Handcent, but eventually went back to the stock app because I would double and triple text my buddies for no reason. I went back to the stock and found it to be so much faster. When I went to uninstall Handcent I found out why... 6MB for a freaking texting app? Damn, son!
hey guys i am trying to see if i could delete my stock sms on my epic cause i used Handcent and blacklist some msgs and it still shows them on the stock sms and i want to hide them so can someone help...
If you are using LauncherPro you can easily hide apps you don't use. My phone is out of commission right now, so I can't tell you exactly how to use it.
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If you are using LauncherPro you can easily hide apps you don't use. My phone is out of commission right now, so I can't tell you exactly how to use it.
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thanks man but i am using touchwiz i like touchwiz so i hope there something outhere
You can't delete the stock sms app or you will lose the ability to do mms. The apps from the market aren't full replacements but more like a skin. If you are running any of the froyo leaks, you can replace the sms application on the dock easily. If you aren't then what you can do is go into settings, applications, all, messaging application and wipe defaults. Next time you get a text or send one, it should ask you which application to use (as long as you have another one already installed). You can't replace the icon, but at least it will launch handcent/chomp/whatever instead.
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Im using Handcent and was getting double notifications. I just went to the set-up for stock messaging and disabled notifications. Kind of a band-aid approach but it worked for me.
For sure keep the stock Messenging app.
I removed it completely awhile back, and started getting errors. Picture messages would NOT download/send, and I would get these strange Stock Messenging notifications for texts even though there was NO stock messenging app on the phone.
If anything, hide the messenging app from the drawer, and then you can even try freezing Messenging with Titanium to see if it gives you errors.
NeonMonster said:
For sure keep the stock Messenging app.
I removed it completely awhile back, and started getting errors. Picture messages would NOT download/send, and I would get these strange Stock Messenging notifications for texts even though there was NO stock messenging app on the phone.
If anything, hide the messenging app from the drawer, and then you can even try freezing Messenging with Titanium to see if it gives you errors.
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you see i am atleast trying to hide it but i dont know how to on touchwiz and i dont want to use launcer pro i used it on the moment loved it but i like touchwiz...o i dont have to delete it just hide the stock icon lol