Hey all,
Loving my Evo (running fresh 3.2 for battery life). One thing I miss about my old Pre was the integrated messaging app -- from one screen I could manage sms and gchat and have one integrated message inbox for them all. I find android's approach a bit kludgy in comparison.
Anyone have any thoughts/advice/recommendations?
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From you guys' experience, what's the most rated IM client on Android? I'd like to get one that is pretty good (or very good) for all the popular IMs.
I use Google's Talk. Low on resources. Obviously works well with Google.
I use Nimbuzz. Tried it for Gtalk but for some reason it stopped logging on properly and my Google contacts stopped coming up. It works best for me for Skype chats over wifi. A much quicker and cleaner client than Fring which I also tried.
I haven't tried AIM.
What do you guys recommend?
Ebuddy does, msn,yahoo, aim,gtalk, facebook icq etc all in one app. i find it very good
Also check out Palringo. Nice integration
ebuddy I think! using it now as we speak lol
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I'm using Nimbuzz.. Its pretty cool I'll have to try out Parlingo and Ebuddy
Meebo anybody??
Using meebo right now seems fine to me
EBuddy is a bit more stylish
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Cheers guys. I'm trying Ebuddy right now. One thing that I already like is the notifications are not annoying like another one I used which used it's own high pitched notification noise.
used meebo but switched to nimbuzz, cos it also has skype. otherwise meebo was ql.
I've been using MSN Droid for a week. It was pretty much ok, I liked the UI, it have all the usuall MSN options including avatar (it's missing "appear offline" feature only), but I noticed that it actually slows down my Desire (When I am in application and I press home button it takes at least 20 second to load my home screen, after that everything goes smoothly). It was enough annoyance for me so I decided to uninstall.
Now I am using eBuddy for several days and it seems very lightweight compared to MSN Droid. I really like integration of Facebook chat in it. Only feature that eBuddy is currently missing is personal avatar, but it might come with future update.
One particullar bug (or just something I haven't figured out yet) is that after I recieve message the phone indicator LED is not always blinking. Maybe someone else knows why on some messages the LED is blinking and not on the others?
Anyhow for the time being, eBuddy is my recommendation for you to try.
Cheers
Anyone know if it is possible to get the native android IM application working on the desire? The one that was ported from the g1 and modified to work on mobile internet/3g that is usually included on custom roms for the nexus one.
agile messenger and parlingo ar the best until now, at least from the one's that i've tested.
I like Im+ a lot, used it on my Windows Mobile X1 for a long time and bought it right away after switching to the Desire. Works great for me, unfortunately no Skype or Facebook as of now
Does anyone have the new 1.6.2 version installed ?
Says it comes with handScent SMS and k9 mail.....but what I want to know is, does it also have the stock android SMS and mail apps also ? In case I didn't want to Use a third party app.
Actually.. I tried the both unrevolved and the captjager (senseless) roms, while they don't have the sense ui, they still have all of htc apps. So its kinda of pointless IMHO.. I can disable the senseui with the HTC build.
If you want pure vanilla the Cyanogenmod is the only one that I know of. I am running this one and it has its own bugs unfortunately. But it is really fast I must say. The biggest bug that I notice is some screen tearing.
I'm also currently running the CM test ROM. While I love the speed, and my battery was amazing on day 1 (only light usage, but i only drained 15-20% all day yesterday on my 1500mah battery)....I want something with a few less bugs for now. Thinking of running one of these other ROMS until the full vanilla (hopefully FroYo) gets a little better.
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Does anyone have the new 1.6.2 version installed ?
Says it comes with handScent SMS and k9 mail.....but what I want to know is, does it also have the stock android SMS and mail apps also ? In case I didn't want to Use a third party app.
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Handscent uses the stock SMS app to send MMS so it would have to have the stock SMS app
yes it does .
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why does facebook have sync problems( i.e with contacts)
I think its because its still based on the HTC sense rom witch syncs facebook with friendstreem.apk, not the android facebook app. If you go to options in the android facebook app the contact sync options arent there. If you push the friendstreem.apk (you can leave the widget off) back onto the phone it should sync facebook again.
I installed this rom and thought it was okay then i flashed the non-oc undervolt kernel (w/o n wifi) and my phone hasent been better. Surprisingly it made a huge difference. Im still using jagers vanilla rom of course
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What are your thoughts? what do you prefer. Coming from biteSMS on an iPhone chompSMS looks great, but handcent looks just as good, maybe better. Let me know what you think!
I've used Handcent as my primary messaging client forever. Great layout for conversations and I like the voice to text feature. It can be flaky when sending picture messages from the gallery. Sometimes you have to reattach the photo. I had this occasional problem on my G1 and haven't run into it on the Vibrant.
I used both on my G1 and ended up sticking with Handcent. Chomp was a little buggy for me, and at the time I had to use SMSPopup in conjunction to get the same functionality of Handcent.
I'm not sure, but ChompSMS may have the popup now as well. I haven't tried it on my Vibrant, but Handcent has been working just fine.
Handcent ftw. .. however I been enjoying stock on the galaxy.
I used Handcent for the almost 2 years with my G1 and thought it was great but now with the Vibrant I find I like the stock messaging app is quite nice and don't really see a need for it anymore.
I used to use chompSMS and switched to HandcentSMS when chompSMS clogged it up with ads everywhere. HandcentSMS has ads too but only in options, I believe chompSMS has changed this but ehh.. HandcentSMS seems to work a lot better for me so I decided to keep it. (inb4. AdFree; still takes up space)
I've always used handcent, but the stock messenger app is nice too.
I use ChompSMS, mostly for the popup window. It looks more polished and takes a lot of design cues from BiteSMS on the iPhone, which I always preferred.
Functionally I havent noticed a performance difference between the two, I just like the design of ChompSMS better
I agree. I like the stock app - similar gui to Handcent. With the better version of Swype on the Vibrant, I'm not using the voice features as much.
I use Chomp. I just love the way the widget looks. It also works very well. You can remove the ads by sending the a donation. If you go to the apps/themes section look for show your home screens. I've posted a few pics of how it looks on the Vibrant with no Ada.
Hey,
Ive been searching for a contacts app similar to native one from HTC Desire which is perfect but slightly slow when browsing. I havent found any yet. I love Handcent SMS instead of the native app. So is there something similar for browsing and managing contacts?
There is a Contacts app and widget similar to the HTC one with the pay version of LauncherPro.
Try Dialer One.
I have LauncherPro but there is only a widget which is great. I will try the Dialer One
Dialer One is slightly slower when browsing contacts. Probably due to loading pictures at contacts but it is great app...
hello,
I dont wanna open an new thread so maybe you cann help me:
I've seen an launcherpro people widget with an kind of glass effect, maybe you guys can help me, how to implement/change these in launcherpro plus?
Is there any way to put HTC Dialer and Contacts application to non-sense rom, such as cyanogen mod?..
Because for me stock dialer and contacts application are awful, and I can't find any another applications as good, as made HTC..
Is it possible?
Try DialerOne.
Thanks, DialerOne is good..
And what about screen during call, with horizontal slider, is there another one in Sense style?
In response to installing HTC's Dialer and Contacts apps, it can't be done.
Any update on this ? Getting the HTC Sense dialer and contacts on a rooted EVO w/ CM 6.1 ?
The default Android in all black sucks, compared to the nice Sense dialer.
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Any update on this ? Getting the HTC Sense dialer and contacts on a rooted EVO w/ CM 6.1 ?
The default Android in all black sucks, compared to the nice Sense dialer.
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You cannot use HTC system apps on Google devices because they use totally different frameworks and other stuff. It would be so much easier to build an app that is similiar to HTC than to use the original HTC apps.
alternate Programs to Sense UI ones
For those of us that know that the sense applications cannot be used on non-sense roms, I beleive the true question is where is a list of the best HTC replacement apps. Most importantly for the dialer and the contacts but also for other things like the calendar and weather/clock etc.
I know HTC does this on purpose so that they can have specific things about their phones that are better than the standard phones on the market. But it seems like if the apps were replicated and then still used on HTC phones that it wouldn't be an issue. Just my rant anyway. But the main deal is just having a comparable apps list since the sense apps HAVEN'T been replicated outside of sense. Anyone?
im kinda surprised no one commented on this. fwiw, i just downloaded the Dialer One app and I'm kinda digging it.
I switched from HTC One to AOSP-driven phone, and Google dialer is an ergonomically disaster.
Any news on best HTC-like dialer replacement?
(Dialer One seems not exist anymore)