I been helpign my friend with updates for his phone and such and he was telling that when he was on stock that in the dial pad he was able to type the last names or a part of a name and it would show up as a option from the drop down..
But after i installed him a dk28 build it stopped working that way but with first names only. I have a captivate and when i was on stock, I definitely didnt have that feature.
Does anyone know if this is true? Any way to make it work the way he was telling me?
I would really appreciate it..
Thanks
I can confirm that mine (DK28) only searches first name, weird.
AndrewZorn said:
I can confirm that mine (DK28) only searches first name, weird.
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Do you remember how it worked when you were on stock?
Well, no, just saying it does in fact only search by FIRST name. Which is odd, considering the way I have my contacts set up... first name should not really be relevant...
So I'm thinking it isn't "first name" as much as it is "starts with".
I don't know if this is different than the way stock worked, but knowing that it is "starts with" makes more sense. I mean, every time you typed "a" or "e" you would get so many results if it searched as "contains"...
Contains would make more sense with what my friend wants to do.. Alot of his contacts cause of work have the name of the company before the first name to differ which person it is but also there is a "-" in the company which prevents him from searching exactly how he wants
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Hi guys, I've had my HD2 for a few weeks now and i'm loving it (Just come from an iPhone aswell). But there are two things anoying me, and I want to fix them.
1. Is there anyway to stop the Squares showing in the Email preview, as far as I know they are image placeholders and they make the email preview look a mess.
2. Is there a way to download all the images in the email message automatically. Because at the moment its telling me its blocked due to privicy settings and I have to click to download them in every email..
Thanks for any help guys.
Hiya, that is annoying me too maybe it is a limitation of sense 2.5? and I am pretty certain the other bit about internet content being blocked such as pictures cannot be turned off.
I have tried this myself by downloading all the email +attachments but nothing so far works.
Anyone know a fix for these like the original poster commented on?
Yeah, I'd like to know if there's a reg hack or similar for that, does my head in as well. It completely spoils an otherwise very good email app
reeco said:
Is there anyway to stop the Squares showing in the Email preview, as far as I know they are image placeholders and they make the email preview look a mess.
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This looks like a font issue to me. Maybe there's characters in the emails that aren't in the font that the email preview tab uses. I don't know, but that's what it looks like.
reeco said:
Is there a way to download all the images in the email message automatically. Because at the moment its telling me its blocked due to privicy settings and I have to click to download them in every email..
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You can't make it automatically download images for security reasons. Embedded images can be the cause of much spam, and can also be used (in rare cases) for spreading malware.
Also, the email application that you see when you click an email in the Sense UI is actually part of Windows, not Sense.
I'll be very suprised if you ever find a way to make it automatically download images, and I wouldn't want my phone to become virus-ridden so would never use it if it did exist.
The squares you see in the email preview are the symbols for the "enter" key.
When you get an email from someone that has more lines and that person pressed enter or more enters at the end of a line those enters end up being squares in the email preview.
Unfortunately you cant do anything about it. I'm a software developer and i know about this issue from my work. It's HTC's job to eliminate the squares and it has to be done in the code. We can't do it by ourselves.
I would love to have the images downloaded automatically as well, but Microsoft didn't provided an option for this. At least let us chose whether we want to be secure or not.
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The squares you see in the email preview are the symbols for the "enter" key.
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It's not that at all. It's any character that is not defined in the font that's used. If you like, I can take a screenshot of an email that is FULL of boxes, and I know for a fact that they're not all line breaks/page returns.
The enter key doesn't cause it, or you'd see it at the end of every line that has a line break/page return, and you don't. But anyway, this isn't resolving the issue, so I'll bow out
Yeah, i'm sure the font doesn't cover all the characters... well... its HTC's fault on this one.
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Yeah, i'm sure the font doesn't cover all the characters... well... its HTC's fault on this one.
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Laying fault anywhere, whether correct or not, does not help these guys resolve the issues they've raised. Let's keep it on topic eh?
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Laying fault anywhere, whether correct or not, does not help these guys resolve the issues they've raised. Let's keep it on topic eh?
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Well, i could suggest that someone with good knowledge of wm should look into the fonts being used in the emails. Maybe they can be changed. I'm sure new fonts can be installed but i don't know how to change them and where.
Its also possible that this issue is unsolvable because of the current coding of the email tab in sense. We need to know for sure what's causing the problem.
any follow up on this guys ?? would like to get it sorted
I just got the nexus one and am loving it! However, I've noticed that in the phone dialer, there isn't any kind of auto-complete function. I'm used to typing the first couple of letters of someone's name then selecting from the list of matches that comes up to call them. I'm only getting the digits I dial, though. This seems like a step back into the cellphone stone ages. Is there any fix? I haven't rooted yet, but eventually will. I really like the dialer on the droid eris.
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I just got the nexus one and am loving it! However, I've noticed that in the phone dialer, there isn't any kind of auto-complete function. I'm used to typing the first couple of letters of someone's name then selecting from the list of matches that comes up to call them. I'm only getting the digits I dial, though. This seems like a step back into the cellphone stone ages. Is there any fix? I haven't rooted yet, but eventually will. I really like the dialer on the droid eris.
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download dailer one from the market. its free. then delete your phone shortcut and replace it with dailer one. It's exactly what you are looking for
Hello all. Sorry if this seems dumb! I just got a Nexus S and everything is great apart from when sending a SMS it does not show a picture next to my name it only shows pictures of my contacts. I know there is probably a simple way to change it but for the life of me i can't find it! Thanks for your help.
bump bump bump. Easy question for someone out there.
go to
https://www.google.com/accounts
and change your picture
Ive done that and still nothing.
benrees21 said:
Ive done that and still nothing.
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in that case, your having the same issue im having, on my N1 it kinda just eventually showed up
Bloody phones lol
lucky for me though i know what i look like
yea just annoying when u send a msg.
Could try making sure you have your phone number set on your sim card.
Yeah, I had to make an entry for "me" with my phone number to get it to show my picture. Not really a big deal.
Named it "WHOAMI Phone Identity" so it's more or less out of the way. Inculded y address and additional contact information, since it can serve a second purpose in the event that you leave your phone somewhere and a person who isn't a complete douchebag tries to get in contact to return it.
Since I have redone my phone, contacts in my contact list the name is now showing up in text messages. Anyone know what the problem may be?
Thanks.
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Since I have redone my phone, contacts in my contact list the name is now showing up in text messages. Anyone know what the problem may be?
Thanks.
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I'm a bit confused, can you reword that?
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I'm a bit confused, can you reword that?
Sent from my Epic 4G
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Ok I took my phone back to stock. I have since put a custom kernel on it, mobile ap, and emotionless beast. Every since then when I get a text message of someone from my contact list, it only shows the number instead of the name.
Hopefully that makes better sense.
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Ok I took my phone back to stock. I have since put a custom kernel on it, mobile ap, and emotionless beast. Every since then when I get a text message of someone from my contact list, it only shows the number instead of the name.
Hopefully that makes better sense.
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It does but I don't have any experience with different roms or.kernels on the Epic. Can't really help :/ hopefully someone else knows
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mynewepic10 said:
Ok I took my phone back to stock. I have since put a custom kernel on it, mobile ap, and emotionless beast. Every since then when I get a text message of someone from my contact list, it only shows the number instead of the name.
Hopefully that makes better sense.
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I am a flash-a-holic, so maybe I can help a "little".!! I have noticed that many of the latest/greatest themes use some form of the stock messaging ap, which has a check box in the settings menu (under "extra settings") that says something like "Only Mobile Numbers". Unchecking this has fixed this issue for me.
And before I get flamed too bad by people who "know" this isn't the reason, but have not offered their own suggestions - this is what I have noticed and what has worked for me!
i swear that is a setting... i cannot remember exactly where i saw that but i know i did, unless it was on another android... i wish i could be more help, ill try to see if i can look it up tomorrow at work, have access to all the menus on one screen rather than cheking everything on my phone
Hi everyone,
I've got an ATT I337 running the awesome Hyperdrive ROM version 17.1. Several of us --but clearly not all of us!-- over in that thread have noticed a problem with incoming calls. I think there's a setting somewhere that can fix it, so I'm opening it to a wider audience by posting it here, in hopes someone from this group will know what to tweak.
Here's the specific problem.
If my cell phone receives a call from a known contact "Bob" and Bob's contact info (being a U.S. phone number) is 317-555-1212, so far the phone seems to recognize the call as coming from Bob. However, it reports it as coming from +317-555-1212. When I go into the call log and try to return the call, it dials +317-555-1212, and the extra + causes the system to interpret it as an international call attempt, and the call fails. Cannot be completed as dialed, the message says. If it's an non-contact number, the + is still added. IT's not JUST for contacts.
Let's say Bob leaves a message. The voicemail indicator shows and it says offers to dial *86, the correct access code for voice mail for ATT as I understand it. However, tapping that actually dialed +11 then my ten digit phone number. Call fails.
At the dialpad, pressing and holding 1 to invoke voicemail has the same problem.
In Contacts, contacts are NOT listed with +s, and clicking the call button for them makes them dial OK without a + being prepended.
So, this looks like some international feature is being enabled that I'm not sure how to turn off. Does anyone have any idea how to turn this off? Sorta puts a crimp in the basic phone functionality. Seriously, who actually calls anyone these days? But it would be good to fix.
Please, if anyone has an idea of what might be at the root of this, I would appreciate your help!
Marc
I am confused. Does this only happen on the Hyper rom or all roms for you.
Not sure how anyone else does their contacts. But, I always enter numbers as 1-555-555-5555 even if local.
My voicemail number is set as +15555555555
I never had issues--
I remember some talk of that on Hyper awhile back. But, never paid attention--
Only happens on Hyperdrive. Or at least, I can say I never saw it on stock. Hyper is the only ROM I've actually gotten so far as to run while SIM card is inserted. :good:
My contacts are almost all US based and are just ten digits, no leading 1. I did try editing the contact to my work cell phone by adding a 1 to it, and calling my S4 phone. It still was registered as +317-555-1212 format and return call didn't work.
So, it's not really about the way the contacts are stored, more about how the phone interprets incoming calls.
Try the 1+ and see what happens. Just do a few of your most used numbers to start--
Can you put a different dialer on phone and see
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Try the 1+ and see what happens. Just do a few of your most used numbers to start--
Can you put a different dialer on phone and see
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Just edited above, adding 1 to the way contacts are stored doesn't change the behavior. I can certainly try a different dialer and see what happens, but it seems to be based on how incoming calls are interpreted. I'm guessing there's a build.prop item or somesuch that needs a-tweaking.
Marc
so you changed the contact number to 1-555-555-5555 with hyphens
i ran hyper for quite a bit awhile back never any issues. of course could be something new--
i am not thinking rom or a lot more would have issue--
I did some tests.
On the phone in question, I edited the google contact for a test phone number. I then called the phone from that tested phone number.
It didn't matter whether the contact was saved in the formats:
317-555-1212
1-317-555-1212
+1-317-555-1212
+317-555-1212
In all cases, the incoming call was recognized as +317-555-1212, which isn't a valid call-back number, and return calls failed. Since this only happened when I put a custom ROM on, I'm sure it's something buried inside the ROM. However, I'm at a loss as to where to check various settings.
Gotta be something deep in there...
If all else fails you can Odin back to stock, reformat your internal card and reroot.
Under Phone Settings/Additional Settings/My Phone Number--is it in format 15555555555
Also, and I don't know where to check, your country code may not be set. I don't know if we even have that setting anymore or would it be in Build Prop.
Probably under ro.something
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If all else fails you can Odin back to stock, reformat your internal card and reroot.
Under Phone Settings/Additional Settings/My Phone Number--is it in format 15555555555
Also, and I don't know where to check, your country code may not be set. I don't know if we even have that setting anymore or would it be in Build Prop.
Probably under ro.something
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Interesting thought. I had gone into the dialer settings, and checked the Current Country... it listed United States of America. Then I stopped. But looking further it turns out that in the Assisted Dialing settings just below that, there might be stuff that matters. Currently my assisted dialing is OFF. The settings inside are:
Country code: 1
IDD prefix: 011
NDD prefix 1
City/area code: 131
National number length: 11
The area code probably doesn't matter, but I'm interested in the national number length. Ours tend to be 10. Could you please see what your settings are in there, and let me know if anything is different?
I can always backup (ug, safestrap backup), return to stock, poke around, re-root/restore. But if you could take a quick peek I'd be grateful.
Thank you!
Marc
I tried an alternative dialer... it acted just like the stock with the + thing.
I am on a rom that doesn't have those settings--sorry
Thanks anyway! I experimented changing the last setting to 10, and enabling assisted dialing, and it didn't change anything. Sigh.
Ok, you can still go back to stock with Odin. Or, try one of iB's roms they are very good too, I use them almost exclusively now--
Good Luck--:good:
Yeah. I've been back to stock a couple times with Odin. I've got the process down pat! I prefer the hyperdrive rom if I can work through the few small warts. It's just such an elegantly crafted piece of work. Worth the effort, if I eventually sort out the call issue. Appreciate your help.
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Yeah. I've been back to stock a couple times with Odin. I've got the process down pat! I prefer the hyperdrive rom if I can work through the few small warts. It's just such an elegantly crafted piece of work. Worth the effort, if I eventually sort out the call issue. Appreciate your help.
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i got the same problem too. We'll get it figured out!
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i got the same problem too. We'll get it figured out!
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I figured out the clock on status bar thing. Like someone else said it was under the alignment options ... hidden by default. One by one warts going away.
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Have the same issue here ..can't dial vm..on hyper
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Have the same issue here ..can't dial vm..on hyper
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If you haven't done so yet i suggest noting the issue in the hyper thread ... either the Verizon or att one depending on your phone. Seems to be a bunch of us... more folks report it the common thread will emerge.
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Same issue here i can not dial voicemail and can not call a number back without typing the number in manually. Deal breaker for me hope it gets fixed soon so i can go back to Hyperdrive. Or somebody comes up with some sort of fix.
Download Prefixer and remove the + for outgoing call
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Download Prefixer and remove the + for outgoing call
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When I get back from vacation I will have to try this. Thanks!