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[Q] Editing the "Me" contact card...

Whenever I look at a text message conversation it puts "Me" as blank picture: (see first picture).
But whenever I try to edit "Me" from the "People" application, the device just hangs and won't let me edit anything. Does this happen to anyone else or does anyone know where to fix it? Thanks!
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From what I remember reading a while back, you will need to make sure that your sim card has your number set in to it... From what I remember reading, you can do this using an iphone or a blackberry... The cyanogenmod rom used to do this from what I recall... But can't say 100%...
Unless someone can correct me, as I only used android for a few weeks

I'd like to piggyback off this question and ask if theres a way to make one of our contacts "Me" or just overwrite it.

lovelldr said:
From what I remember reading a while back, you will need to make sure that your sim card has your number set in to it... From what I remember reading, you can do this using an iphone or a blackberry... The cyanogenmod rom used to do this from what I recall... But can't say 100%...
Unless someone can correct me, as I only used android for a few weeks
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Ah at least I have an idea now! Thanks!

salemfox said:
Ah at least I have an idea now! Thanks!
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On Windows Mobile there was an option to copy any contact into the "Me" contact but I can't find that option, should there be one on Android!

The "Me" thing is an HTC thing, not an ANDROID thing. In Vanilla Android there is nothing like this in the People area, you just have a contact card of yourself. I can edit my "Me" information fine. If you go on Google.com and edit your contacts with your name, it seems to change it as you login to facebook and stuff and it auto associates you with yourself, ie my Facebook is Josh ______, my twitter is GlitchZero, it auto links these things to "Me" or "Josh ______" in my Google contacts.

Ah thank you for that information. I did a hard reset & made sure "Me" was not associated with any Facebook or Google account & it works perfectly, thanks!
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Glad I could help.

[Q] in call/incoming call/outgoing call screenshots please.!!

can anyone post the in call/incoming call/outgoing call screenshots here? i want to see if the pics blur or not and how it looks..!

cant post a screen shot but mine blur once the go full screen

Mine is ok
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If you go to contacts, selected one and than change picture, you select a good resolution picture from your sd card and confirm, this way the pics won't be blurry. That was the solution on the x10, which had the same problem. Don't know if its the same with arc, as mine will be delivered today, but the problem of blurry contacts sounds very familiar.
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PollPixx said:
If you go to contacts, selected one and than change picture, you select a good resolution picture from your sd card and confirm, this way the pics won't be blurry. That was the solution on the x10, which had the same problem. Don't know if its the same with arc, as mine will be delivered today, but the problem of blurry contacts sounds very familiar.
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I can confirm this.
Original sync -> bad picture
manual set the picture -> good image
This is a real pain in the ass... but since there is no solution since the x10 (at least none that i've heard of...), I think we'll have to deal with this.
Only way out might be a way to change the dialer and contacts app. Is someone already looking into this??

oXunknownXo said:
Mine is ok
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exactly what i was looking for.. thanks buddy!!
can you also post incoming call screen?

the issue isn't caused by SE or Android... it's simply because the images held on facebook are small thumbnails.. so when they're stretched to our screen it's quite pixellated.
I might try putting a higher res image on google for one of my contacts and see if that syncs well.
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im_iceman said:
the issue isn't caused by SE or Android... it's simply because the images held on facebook are small thumbnails.. so when they're stretched to our screen it's quite pixellated.
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I dont use facebook! I have HQ pics on my phone or computer and use them.

kaisan1 said:
exactly what i was looking for.. thanks buddy!!
can you also post incoming call screen?
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That will be why mine are blurry then as they are synced from Facebook
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well as i said, i use HQ pics to, but i have to set them manually every time i reflash the phone!

Here is a thread on what we had to do on the X10:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943846
Hope that helps. Cheers!

Stock text app, "X"

Is it just me or are others getting this too? Not for everyone or every time, but for a few people who I text, there is always a gray x on the right side of my messages thread above the time of the most recent activity. What does that mean?! It seems as if people are still receiving all my texts though. Stock messaging app btw.
I attached an image with arrows pointing to the "x"
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Screenshot?

pdykstra said:
Screenshot?
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I attached a picture on the op. Is it not visible?

DK253 said:
I attached a picture on the op. Is it not visible?
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I'm not seeing the picture. Try uploading it to this forum.

pdykstra said:
I'm not seeing the picture. Try uploading it to this forum.
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Another try

DK253 said:
Another try
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Haven't seen that before, but it looks to me like there is one or more unsent messages in each of those threads.

When I get that symbol in GoSMS it means message failed to send. Click it to retry to send it or delete it. If i try twice and it doesn't go, just delete and do a new one cause that message is just FUBAR'd. Happens sometimes
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pdykstra said:
Haven't seen that before, but it looks to me like there is one or more unsent messages in each of those threads.
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Legato Bluesummers said:
When I get that symbol in GoSMS it means message failed to send. Click it to retry to send it or delete it. If i try twice and it doesn't go, just delete and do a new one cause that message is just FUBAR'd. Happens sometimes
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But when I check through the threads, all the messages have been sent and people reply to all the messages I semd. Idk. It's just a little annoying haha

DK253 said:
But when I check through the threads, all the messages have been sent and people reply to all the messages I semd. Idk. It's just a little annoying haha
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Have you tried clearing the app data in your application manager and/or restarting your phone? Other than that, I'm not really sure. You could delete the threads if they aren't important, and chances are those symbols won't come back.

pdykstra said:
Have you tried clearing the app data in your application manager and/or restarting your phone? Other than that, I'm not really sure. You could delete the threads if they aren't important, and chances are those symbols won't come back.
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Just tried clearing the data. Will post back if it solves the problem or if it continues! Thanks!

Disable Auto Hide Softkeys

I had this app installed that provided the ability to autohide the softkeys, but decided to uninstall it. After rebooting the phone it still has the softkeys autohiding, and I am not sure where to look to disable this function.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I emailed the programmer but haven't heard back as of yet, and wonder if anyone else has an idea where to look to restore softkeys to default.

dratsablive said:
I had this app installed that provided the ability to autohide the softkeys, but decided to uninstall it. After rebooting the phone it still has the softkeys autohiding, and I am not sure where to look to disable this function.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I emailed the programmer but haven't heard back as of yet, and wonder if anyone else has an idea where to look to restore softkeys to default.
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Did you restore the soft keys before uninstalling the app? That would be my first step. If that does not work, you'll have to reflash your rom.
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Actually there doesn't appear a way to disable the auto hide in the app.

dratsablive said:
Actually there doesn't appear a way to disable the auto hide in the app.
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Looking at the screenshots in the Play Store, it gives me the impression that you can toggle them on or off.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Looking at the screenshots in the Play Store, it gives me the impression that you can toggle them on or off.
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Those screens in the App Store are no where to be found, not even in the paid version.

So I reflashed:
system.img
boot.img
vendor.img
But the softkeys are still autohiding. Looks like I need a complete wipe to get rid of it. I find it disheartening that the screenshots shown on the Appstore that show a way to disable the app are not actually part of the installed app.

dratsablive said:
So I reflashed:
system.img
boot.img
vendor.img
But the softkeys are still autohiding. Looks like I need a complete wipe to get rid of it. I find it disheartening that the screenshots shown on the Appstore that show a way to disable the app are not actually part of the installed app.
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Unfortunately, that's on the developer to maintain and they appear to be unhelpful. Everything should go back to normal after a factory reset. I suggest using a custom rom to auto hide those keys, if you are so inclined.
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Thanks. Looks like I'll have to factory reset.

Found thread that provides solution. Had to tap an unmarked icon. Button has no information on what it does. These are the in app screens I get.
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Definitely not what's shown in App Store.

dratsablive said:
Found thread that provides solution. Had to tap an unmarked icon. Button has no information on what it does. These are the in app screens I get. View attachment 3677876
Definitely not what's shown in App Store.
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All's well that ends well!

Screenshots without the edge panel showing?

Is there a way to take a screen shot without the edge panel also showing up in the screenshot?

Do you mean the whole Edge panel, or just the little tab?
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You can make the tab invisible within the edge panel settings.
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You can do this by using Google Nows on tap feature (make sure it's enabled in Google now settings). Just hold the home button, press share and it will take a screenshot of that window only. The only downside being that you have to send it immediately, it does not save.
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CuBz90 said:
You can do this by using Google Nows on tap feature (make sure it's enabled in Google now settings). Just hold the home button, press share and it will take a screenshot of that window only. The only downside being that you have to send it immediately, it does not save.
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Nice. Didn't know that. Much better than the "hand slide" for a quick share.

CuBz90 said:
You can do this by using Google Nows on tap feature (make sure it's enabled in Google now settings). Just hold the home button, press share and it will take a screenshot of that window only. The only downside being that you have to send it immediately, it does not save.
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I'm trying to do this while in the gallery of pictures. Example: Zoom into a pic and then just screen shot the image leaving the original untouched.

Mattressguy said:
I'm trying to do this while in the gallery of pictures. Example: Zoom into a pic and then just screen shot the image leaving the original untouched.
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The easiest solution is to just crop the photo. It will save as a separate photo.
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fiNker said:
You can make the tab invisible within the edge panel settings.
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I set the transparency to 0% and it's still visible I changed the size to small the only way in the tmobile variant seems to be that you have to turn the edge panel off to do this.

CuBz90 said:
The easiest solution is to just crop the photo. It will save as a separate photo.
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Hopefully they will create a fix to this.

Mattressguy said:
I set the transparency to 0% and it's still visible I changed the size to small the only way in the tmobile variant seems to be that you have to turn the edge panel off to do this.
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Set to 100% transparency for invisible.

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fiNker said:
Set to 100% transparency for invisible.
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Thanks that worked nicely