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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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Changing conversation mode bubbles

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?

aiwapro said:
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.

[Q] 3 Notifications per Mesage Why

I am getting 3 different icons in notification bar when receive a message, one is
green, another is plain white like enveople kind and third one is like the green one with smile face without green just that, on top of that getting 2 notification sounds which I can manage to turn off from sound properties but keeps coming back. Running froyo with nebula 1.06
I would like to have 1 notification icon if someone know how or suggestion please respond.
dito33

Are you using a custom launcher, or alternative messaging app?

ADW and reg built in messaging app comes with bubble style
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Turn off the ADW notifications in the settings, and uninstall any notification apps you might have installed, like ADW unread count etc.

Yes that helped for one thanks I am still looking for another.
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[Q] Galaxy S3 Toolbar Widget - Configurable?

Hey everyone!
Does anyone know if the toolbar widget (the wifi/gps/etc toggle buttons in the dropdown menu) that comes with SGS3 stock rom is configurable?
I'd like to change which buttons are there, and the order of them, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the settings.
I tried searching for it in the forums and on google without success. Also, I'm hoping I'm posting in the right forum. If I'm not, feel free to move it.
Thanks!

It can't be customized via the stock interface. We'll have to wait for custom roms :/
It would be also nice to change the apps shown in the notification area when earphones are plugged in.
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kallexander said:
Hey everyone!
Does anyone know if the toolbar widget (the wifi/gps/etc toggle buttons in the dropdown menu) that comes with SGS3 stock rom is configurable?
I'd like to change which buttons are there, and the order of them, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the settings.
I tried searching for it in the forums and on google without success. Also, I'm hoping I'm posting in the right forum. If I'm not, feel free to move it.
Thanks!
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by default its not configurable, wait for a few more days you will get a mod for that

Allrighty then, thank you for the swift answer!

Themes and Color schemes

So I'm new to the stock look of this Galaxy, I ran HD ROM on my S4. I like the way the colors looked with the custom ROM. Is installing a theme a way to change the over all look and colors of the screens/menus? I know that launchers do a little with this but I like the stock launcher for now. Sorry I'm semi new to this but any help/pics of your device is VERY helpful.
Thanks!!

tangoboyz said:
So I'm new to the stock look of this Galaxy, I ran HD ROM on my S4. I like the way the colors looked with the custom ROM. Is installing a theme a way to change the over all look and colors of the screens/menus? I know that launchers do a little with this but I like the stock launcher for now. Sorry I'm semi new to this but any help/pics of your device is VERY helpful.
Thanks!!
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Idk if it's considered a theme but if you use Power saving mode you can turn on grey scale
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I was wondering the same. I think all the colors are hideous. I am returning my One M8 to get the S5 because I like the size but I can't get over how stupid all the menus look on the S5.

Unfortunately, using the stock launcher (which I also always prefer) you're stuck with the hideous S5 menu. It's a cross between windows phone and a bland icon pack from MIUI. I am TRYING to upgrade my G2, but the M8 and S5 are just so bleh.

Rippley05 said:
Unfortunately, using the stock launcher (which I also always prefer) you're stuck with the hideous S5 menu. It's a cross between windows phone and a bland icon pack from MIUI. I am TRYING to upgrade my G2, but the M8 and S5 are just so bleh.
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I AGREE!! And to be honest I wouldn't mind changing to a different launcher but I really don't like that my notifications do not work with any of the main stream launchers. Like when I get a text or new email the icon does not display this.
Does anyone know a launcher where icon notifications works??

Have you checked other post about this?

Are you familiar with nova launcher? If not, look it up in the app store.
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GlitchMob said:
Are you familiar with nova launcher? If not, look it up in the app store.
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I am Familiar with Nova, but does Nova display the notifications on the message icons? Like when i get a text will it show a little 1 on the message icon?
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Lodaserves said:
Have you checked other post about this?
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I figured the S5 would work differently than other versions out there. I wanted the opinion of S5 users.
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tangoboyz said:
I am Familiar with Nova, but does Nova display the notifications on the message icons? Like when i get a text will it show a little 1 on the message icon?
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Are you asking if it will display the amount of unread messages in the notification bar? If so, the answer is unfortunately a no.
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GlitchMob said:
Are you asking if it will display the amount of unread messages in the notification bar? If so, the answer is unfortunately a no.
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I think we are talking about the same thing, there is a messages Icon, and email icon. When I have tried other launchers on my GS5, when i receive either an email or text, normally they display a number on the actual icon on the desktop. With the custom launcher this did not happen, I can see the notification in the top bar that i have a text or email but the actual icon on the desktop does NOT display. My question was, is this the same as on Nova.
Guess I should just download and try........

tangoboyz said:
I think we are talking about the same thing, there is a messages Icon, and email icon. When I have tried other launchers on my GS5, when i receive either an email or text, normally they display a number on the actual icon on the desktop. With the custom launcher this did not happen, I can see the notification in the top bar that i have a text or email but the actual icon on the desktop does NOT display. My question was, is this the same as on Nova.
Guess I should just download and try........
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You have to add Nova launcher notifier or something like that, I'm running nova and it shows how many missed emails and text messages I have. But its at the bottom of the nova download section

mach1man said:
You have to add Nova launcher notifier or something like that, I'm running nova and it shows how many missed emails and text messages I have. But its at the bottom of the nova download section
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There's also a fantastic app in the Play Store called Missed It, which provides counter values for any app that provides notifications to the notification panel, integration with the unread counts option within Nova, and can provide counts within fully customizable widgets...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.igecelabs.android.MissedIt
It's a premium app, but well worth it (for me).
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mach1man said:
You have to add Nova launcher notifier or something like that, I'm running nova and it shows how many missed emails and text messages I have. But its at the bottom of the nova download section
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You don't know the exact name do you? Tried searching for that and found nothing
Thanks!!

tangoboyz said:
You don't know the exact name do you? Tried searching for that and found nothing
Thanks!!
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I believe it's tesla unread