I'm looking for an app or maybe there's an option I don't know about in Android that could display reminder notes upon calling and receiving a call screens for a specific contact. for example if one of your contacts have a Bday today so it could be shown instead Facebook status, or if dad calls I have a note to ask for money I think it would be useful for allot of businessman and the common short memory users.
I'm sorry I'm bumping this, but there got to be something similar to what I asked, if you looked and found none please say so.
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I am pretty new to this forum and I bought my Diamond just 2 days ago but I looked thruogh this forum before to see what I could expect. Anyway what I miss in the device is an application that would be taking care about reminding me of certain important dates. Birthday might be one of them (I know that there's a funcionality in contact list and calendar) but you can go to some other options like first date and other kind of stuff that expecially women want us to remember One thing for the application would be to make a reminder in some way (maybe even sending e-mail or text message) and the other would be to list those events to give us some overview what we can expect i.e. in 2 days, 1 week etc. That would be application completely separated from calendar and contact list, however it could have an option to use data that are stored there. Of course one could think about some additional functionality but it's just of the top of my head. Of course I am thinking about nice TouchFlo3D GUI.
It could also give/send reminders in advance starting at some point and repeating with some interval.
Since now I have been very happy with WM and especially HTC. But now I discovered, my contact not showing correct on incoming Messages or calls.
What I mean in detail is, that my Numbers are saved to the Phone only by using a Number like: +49179123456.
My Problem is, that now my incoming Messages from saved contacts do not show the Name, because in this case the message is obviously sent by 0170123456. The only way, for now, is to save contacts twice. I already searched the forum and found similar Threads, but none of them could help.
It`s not a huge problem but a little annoying and i would be very thankful if somebody could point me in the right direction.
Greetings from a great Fan of XDA!!
When you have a text log with the original person? I have noticed it shows up in the notification tray under 1 name and then under the actual msg app its to the right person but it makes me scared at times who the last txt REALLY went too..
In the stock messaging app (all I use) Ill start a txt conversation with person x then down the line it'll send the next to person y... idk if it was a confusion between the linked fbook accounts but it almost got me in trouble so now for safety sake I dont have fbook linked to contacts...
Anyone notice this or is it just me?
Sorry to hear this. If its the same two contacts each time, I'd suspect your two contacts may have automatically linked or merged phone numbers. Inspect each one's details for the other's phone number. For example, I found that two contacts who shared the same email were merged, completely deleting one's name entirely.
I'm using Handcent myself so not sure if this would be related, but I've found that text messages received from one particular number (my bank's alerts) always appear as another contact (a friend) in the initial pop-up alert but then appear correctly in Handcent's actual message threads. I've since swapped and rebuilt the handset to no avail. This issue remains a mystery.
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not the same contact. Thats what I originally thought it was something merged weird but its random. so I am not too sure but it makes me whery what I send to certain ppl. For some reason im friends with enemies of the other friend so saying 1 thing starts a fight btwn the 2.. lol I cant win.
same problem, HTC EVO, seems like it goes to a random person, facebook contact or not.
This is a huge problem and is related to the Android platform, not just the Vibrant. You can find more information in the following two links:
1. www.google.com.vn/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=345259e6d424bad3&hl=en
2. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9392
The best thinking that we have on the problem so far is that it is in the ComposeMessageActivity.java file. But it would be great to get more eyes looking over the code to try to get this one licked.
Note: A 3rd party app may make the situation better, but will not resolve it. Best solution is that if you receive a text or e-mail message (or anything that plays with the notification bar or takes focus from what you're typing), quit your message and start over.
This scares the hell out of me. Is there any specific instance when this always happens?
Strange, never had this problem and I've been using Android since the G1. There must be something you are doing or a setting you have that specifically triggers it.
There's nothing related to Facebook - I don't have anything linked on my phone. And I never had this issue on my G1, but I also didn't start screwing with the Vibrant until recently, so it's not something I'm "doing" - it's happened within weeks of getting the Vibrant on launch day.
It can be quite scary. Luckily my friends getting msgs meant for my wife hasn't bit me in the ass yet. But if it ever gets mixed up going to a female friend, I could see this not working out in my best interests, ya know?
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I've had the same problem on my vibrant and my g1. What I've noticed is that if I send a nescafe to person A then receive a message from person B and access that message by using the notification bar and answer person B, the message can go to person A (the last person I sent to.) I've found that if I remember to not use the notification bar and only access messaging by using the icon, I haven't had the problem. Not the best solution but at least it seems to work.
This could be bad
This could be bad especially if you have more than one girlfriend
Omg glad im not the only one. Had to couch it one night cuz of this issue. Now i only text my girl from my phone. Everyone else i text through gv lol.
I use the notification bar all the time and occasionally reply to the weekend person but that's just because I didn't press on the right notification...
yea i had this happen to me as well. luckily or unluckily a txt i was sending to a girl whom i was fooling around with got sent to a girl i had just met 3 days prior. after that needless to say she wouldnt talk to me waa waaa. it was prob a random bug introduced in earlier builds.. say around a month and a half ago. oh yea i had about 12 threads running around 50 a piece.. maybe that had something to do with that and maybe the random stuttering of the vibrant when too many programs are running. Havent had that happen again thankfully but one would have to say.. slow down on the texting sometimes lol
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This scares the hell out of me. Is there any specific instance when this always happens?
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The evidence seems to suggest that the problem is in the ComposeMessageActivity.java file, which means it is not SMS Client related. Said differently, using a 3rd party SMS client might reduce the likelihood of the problem but does not eliminate it.
Now, to answer your question. It seems like the problem happens when multiple threads or events happen when using SMS. For example, it might happen when you are editing a message and when you receive a SMS text message. (It is more likely if you use the notification bar to pull down the message rather than navigating to it in the SMS client.) The good news is that people are trying to reliably reproduce the problem so that we can troubleshoot and fix the problem. (See my earlier post in this thread for a link of those discussions).
kangxi said:
Strange, never had this problem and I've been using Android since the G1. There must be something you are doing or a setting you have that specifically triggers it.
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Based on the review of the code, one fix seems to have been made to the 2.2 code branch. However, people using 2.2 have indicated that they are still experiencing the problem. The problem is in the library. However, there is a very unique set of circumstances that have to occur before you see the problem. It's quite possible that people who haven't seen this problem yet just use the UI in such a way that the problem doesn't show up.
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Omg glad im not the only one. Had to couch it one night cuz of this issue. Now i only text my girl from my phone. Everyone else i text through gv lol.
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i second that. this glitch can be nasty. hopefully it will be addressed soon. GV for the win.
I have the same issue here. It will show one name but have a conversation for another, or the name and the convo are right, but the picture is wrong.
I think I found a solution to the thing. Been getting it a LOT and pissed me off on more than a single occasion.
So. If you are talking to someone and SUDDENLY receive a text message from that person but when you open it, it changes the name of the contact to someone else or ....I guess everyone who has experienced it KNOWS what it looks like. So when you GET IT, open it, then CLOSE the whole messaging app. Then restart it and it should fix itself and be back to texting the right person. If it doesn't (or if you want to be on the safe side), kill the messaging app with a task killer or task manager and restart it.
This has fixed it recently for me. Had it happen a total of about 15 times, with me finding and using the trick about the latest 5 times and it worked every time.
Note that I AM running Bionix Fusion 1.0 with Voodoo if that makes any bit of a difference.
Hey There,
i have a dream...
As i am not really in time with the birthday's of my friends i watched out for some app that will remind me everytime someone had a birthday.
There are some apps they can do this. Some can sync with Contacts/Facebook and the Calendar. Some can import the dates form facebook to the calendar. And some can send semi-automaticly sms to my guys.
But i'm too lazy to think. I have a phone that cost about 500 € and simply the phone should think for me
I want an app that will be able to read the users contacts and/or facebook contacts. Sync the Birthday-Dates with calendar and/or facebook and send automaticly a congratulation sms to contacts that i've choosed.
Not only remind me to congratulate. Just do it!
Thats what the App must do:
- Read every day the contacts / events.
- Check if there is an Birthday.
- Check if the user set the Contact for automatic sms
- Create automatic the sms with name and year of the friend and some user defind message and send it.
- Notify the user about the send sms.
Expamle:
Max Mustermann's Birthay is today. Hes born on 01.01.1980.
The sms can be:
Happy Birthday %Name (max) to your %Year (31)th Birthday.
Thats it.
I'm not a good programmer, i know a little bit about html, php and visual basic. But nothing about how to program an andoird app and i've not enough time to lern it.
For an Developer should it be easy to do that?! I would buy it or donate something
It's just an idea
Thanks for reading. Sorry for some bad gramatic!
This is a perfect example of what's wrong with today's youth, and I'm certain that the OP is young, perhaps 25 or under.
You want to automatically send Happy Birthday greetings to people? You can't be social enough to phone them and tell them directly? How about a hand-written card?
So many "youngsters" have become so anti-social, they have lost the ability, and the desire, to actually speak to people. They spend all day inside on the computer, or texting each other when, in many cases, the person with whom they're texting is only a few metres away. (shaking his head)
If someone is important enough for you to want to send them a Happy Birthday text message ... CALL THEM!
Otherwise, they simply are NOT important to you.
Personally, if I got a Happy Birthday text message, I'd consider the person who sent it of little value to me, and I'd be insulted.
Have a great day.
missunderstood...
oh, you're right in some point's.
BUT
I think i'm not anti-social. I'm forgetable! I know today, that a friend have his birthday tomorrow but tomorrow i'm too busy and forget it till the evening.
It's not fact that i want only automatic birthday sms. I want automatic birthday sms to dont forget birthdays. Every guy who had an birthday will get his card, present and mostly a party from me.
Sure someone would use such an app to send everyone a greeting just to send it.
Not me! The congratulations would be later in the real world and in an social-interaction. But the first shoot will be the sms.
Understand that?
Have a nice day, too!
You live in an automated time - use it as a tool!
Aside from philosophical arguments about the use of automated birthday greetings, this is a good programming exercise for those who are still learning Android app development. It's simple enough that one person can manage it, but not so simple that a monkey could do it. I may give this a try.
jdkoren said:
Aside from philosophical arguments about the use of automated birthday greetings, this is a good programming exercise for those who are still learning Android app development. It's simple enough that one person can manage it, but not so simple that a monkey could do it. I may give this a try.
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Thats a nice comparison I think its not so hard to do that job. Unfortunately i haven't enough time to learn it by myself.
If i can help anything, i'll do! Graphics or something...Just let me hear about it.
I am one of those users who would forget birthdays BUT i would rather have the app remind me to call of buy a birthday-card instead of automatically texting. It feels like cheating...
It's the same thing with receiving a envelope with money instead of a proper present. Wouldn't it be nice that friends would actually take the time to really think about your present instead of putting some money in a envelope?
In short, I would have the he app remind me every 3 hours at that particular day! That would really work for me!
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I'm sure that you want to here now that you can download it right now from the market, but i'm sorry. You have to wait a little bit. At the moment we do some intern beta-testing.
But until you will find it in the market. Visit our site:
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So stay tuned.
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I've looked throughout the forum and I haven't found any concrete answer to my problem. Is there any way I can receive group texts across platforms? So if my friend sends a text from his iphone to multiple people (including other iphone and android users), it will show in one thread? If there is a solution, can someone post step by step instructions? I saw that ATT messages does this but I don't like the UI. Sorry, I am new to android and would really appreciate the help.
EDIT: Also, if my friend sends that group text, if does show up in a thread, when I respond I want the app to respond back to everyone in that thread....thanks for the help guys
Without a 3rd party app, it's not possible. If your friends get Chat On or Whatsapp (I have both and they are both very good since they use data instead of cell to send messages. Also super fast), you could group chat across all platforms.
EDIT: Also some extra info about the apps, they are connected to your phone number so as long as anyone installs it, you will see them on your list. No need for usernames or anything, it uses your number. I also prefer the Whatsapp app because I guess it's a bit cleaner you could say but they are both good.
You can do group texting with Handcent and goSMS...need to enable an option in settings.