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Help with CM7 discussion and tip sharing...noob-friendly!

Hi, I don't want to bog down the CM7 threads with noob questions. Now that our great DEVs have gotten WiMax working and Epic officially supported I thought I would try CM7 since I was already on MTD. I got it working pretty well but there are some things I miss from TW ROMs that maybe some of you have already got figured out or found an equivalent. I thought this might be a good thread to share tips.
First off the stock email app sucks, can't select to always show pictures so get K9 from the market.
So your long texts don't show up as gibberish make sure to select split sms and turn off split counter. Nightly 16 and up fixes long texts over wifi. Or use GoSMS and set to split long texts in settings.
If you want to record video and need the flash on I found Tjunks video camera in the Market has that option.
300 themes for Theme Changer in the following thread, our phone is HDPI:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167075
Tortel1210 ported over several TW apps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452004
Had trouble getting Shootme to work so found another screen capture called Screenshot from the market.
Tazfanatic suggested I add the wiki (thanks Taz) for the Epic/CM7 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_CyanogenMod
Changelog: http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=epicmtd
Please feel free to share other tips and tricks here. I want this thread to remain noob friendly so if someone asks a question that has been answered 100 times in the CM7 thread please just answer it nicely. Let's leave that thread to Development and bug fixes. Thank you my friends.

kennyglass123 said:
Third, has anyone found a 4G toggle widget that works?
Thanks.
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Flash the most recent nightly for working 4G toggle....it's stable.
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=epicmtd&type=nightly

Second is there a thread somewhere that has screenies of a bunch of different themes? Sorting through the market sucks...lol. Specifically looking for larger icons with a circular battery percentage mod.
Third, has anyone found a 4G toggle widget that works?
Thanks.
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As for themes I always hate searching the market, but it is where I end up all the time. Sometimes a Google search makes it faster but not always. There is an app on the market that allows you to sort cm7 themes by price, but I wasn't a fan.
People have mentioned a paid 4g widget that works, but the toggle has been working since a couple nightlies ago. I'm on nightly 10 with shadow kernel and getting great performance and battery.
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kennyglass123 said:
Second is there a thread somewhere that has screenies of a bunch of different themes? Sorting through the market sucks...lol. Specifically looking for larger icons with a circular battery percentage mod.
Thanks.
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167075
Has 300 or so themes with some cool options.. not exactly what u wanted im sure but I got a lot of mine from here.. flashed cm7 nightly12 and their pulldown 4g toggle is working beautifully, that would be my advice, since its free
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kennyglass123 said:
First off in the stock email app is there anyway to get it to always show pictures? I was so happy when they fixed this in GB TW ROMs. I have 4 email accounts and like to see them all in one place.
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Have you tried K9 mail (free from market)? I dont use it anymore, but I found that to be the best email app for managing multiple accounts.

You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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kennyglass123 said:
You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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For how many times you have helped me, I am glad I could return the favor for a change!!

kennyglass123 said:
You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.

digiblur said:
Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.
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Did you find something else to use? Hitting "show pictures" on every email is so Froyo.
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digiblur said:
Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.
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While I agree, it was ugly as hell, I was able look past that, seeing as it provided the functionality I needed. Interested in other options as well, paid or otherwise.
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I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.

cds0699 said:
I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.
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It's HDPI...

AmnChode said:
It's HDPI...
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Thanks, just wanted to find out before trying anything.

adamdelozier said:
While I agree, it was ugly as hell, I was able look past that, seeing as it provided the functionality I needed. Interested in other options as well, paid or otherwise.
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Try Enhanced Email (although I admit I haven't used it with exchange - just to manage two gmail and one yahoo account). Has a widget with #of unread emails and a bunch of customization options (different colored icons appear on the status bar for each of the accounts). I liked this app much better than K9. It's paid but can be had for free on applanet (just not the newest version).
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Speaking of noobish questions, here are two - how does one add a speedial and a one-touch search function to the stock CM7 dialer? Haven't figured out how to tie speedial #s to digits, so have been using Big Dialer App for this (but would prefer to stay stock as Big Dialer is ugly as hell). I also miss the TW ability to search through contacts by letter from the dialer screen - now have to hit contacts -> menu -> search which is pretty annoying. Any advice? Would prefer not flashing a theme.

dohturdima said:
Try Enhanced Email (although I admit I haven't used it with exchange - just to manage two gmail and one yahoo account). Has a widget with #of unread emails and a bunch of customization options (different colored icons appear on the status bar for each of the accounts). I liked this app much better than K9. It's paid but can be had for free on applanet (just not the newest version).
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Speaking of noobish questions, here are two - how does one add a speedial and a one-touch search function to the stock CM7 dialer? Haven't figured out how to tie speedial #s to digits, so have been using Big Dialer App for this (but would prefer to stay stock as Big Dialer is ugly as hell). I also miss the TW ability to search through contacts by letter from the dialer screen - now have to hit contacts -> menu -> search which is pretty annoying. Any advice? Would prefer not flashing a theme.
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You can search by letter on the dialer screen. Try it.

cds0699 said:
I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.
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Its hdpi.. for some reason you still will get the theme chooser error "some elements are not compatible" blah blah blah
Side note from previous link I posted. Looks like https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.list.tmobile.themes. Is a more convenient way of browsing these themes from your phone
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Decad3nce said:
You can search by letter on the dialer screen. Try it.
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Deca himself! (bowing down) thank you sir for all of your amazing work.
Yes, the T9 contacts search option works pretty well... needed to select search T9 in dialer preferences.
I found a thread with a way to implement speed dial without getting rid of stock CM7 dialer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369776
It's a market app. Unfortunately, it is either this speeddial app or the t9 contacts search option - T9 search has to be unchecked for it to work. There is no long-press function for this app, it is very no-frills. While it is not a make-or-break feature by any means, but it would be nice to have a long-press speed dial option baked in a future nightly (so it could coexist with T9 contacts search).

kennyglass123 said:
Did you find something else to use? Hitting "show pictures" on every email is so Froyo.
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If you run multiple accounts in k9 like I do, go into account settings for each one. You can set it to show pics after clicking (default, yuck), only from contacts, or all, among many other settings you will want to personalize.
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jeffro18 said:
If you run multiple accounts in k9 like I do, go into account settings for each one. You can set it to show pics after clicking (default, yuck), only from contacts, or all, among many other settings you will want to personalize.
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Yes, I have 4 accounts I check. Thanks. Will try it tonight.
And Deca honoring my thread....thank you sir for all that you have done!
I hope we can keep this thread going so everyone can get CM7 setup the way they like.

I really like the idea of a thread like this as I don't want to be flamed for filling the cm7 thread with n00b Qs.. the epic has been my only smartphone.. so cm7 and non-touchwiz is still new to me..
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[Q] Best Text Messaging App For Nexus 4?

I don't like the stock SMS app because of the text alignment so i've been searching for a good DECENT STANDARD messaging app. I do not want anything fancy, I want something that fits the Nexus 4 theme considering I have a Nexus 4. I want something that's good & responsive.

There is no best, it's completely subjective. Try out a few of the most popular SMS apps on the play store and figure out which one suits you best, its probably faster than waiting for replies.
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Nigeldg said:
There is no best, it's completely subjective. Try out a few of the most popular SMS apps on the play store and figure out which one suits you best, its probably faster than waiting for replies.
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recommend one?

The only third party SMS app I've used is GoSMS and that was alright.

I´m using chomp SMS, and has been for a couple of years. It has everything I need. =)
/Regards Bror David
dreseansr said:
I don't like the stock SMS app because of the text alignment so i've been searching for a good DECENT STANDARD messaging app. I do not want anything fancy, I want something that fits the Nexus 4 theme considering I have a Nexus 4. I want something that's good & responsive.
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I think you should give try to textra.. if tyou like sms to popup and dont need to go in app.. it wives quick reply option

Handcent is one of the main 3rd party options.

I like Sliding Messaging , still kind of new but developer is doing a good job updating it,

I am using Contacts+.
Its not bad and also does a good job with social integration.

GoSMS

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GoSMS
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I would do some research on the app before stating that

How about cm messaging app?
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Poppup SMS, Quick Reply/Mark As Read mods.

are there any?? i have used a few apps that dont seem to do the job right. would rather use touchwiz mms over AOSP mms as i think it handles group chats alot better
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Check this out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320384
I'm using it and it works great!
EDIT: Ah... just saw that you said you prefer TW MMS over AOSP. This is AOSP.

sikalb said:
are there any?? i have used a few apps that dont seem to do the job right. would rather use touchwiz mms over AOSP mms as i think it handles group chats alot better
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I use this awesome app called slide messaging located at the playstore. I only really like the pop up built into it so I really only use it. It's perfect for me because I prefer the touchwiz mms but miss the pop up feature on CM10.1! Check it out you'll be happy
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mike216 said:
I use this awesome app called slide messaging located at the playstore. I only really like the pop up built into it so I really only use it. It's perfect for me because I prefer the touchwiz mms but miss the pop up feature on CM10.1! Check it out you'll be happy
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I tried this also, but found it very laggy- especially when using the swiping feature -and not real stable. Maybe there has been some recent updates.

JediSooner said:
Check this out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320384
I'm using it and it works great!
EDIT: Ah... just saw that you said you prefer TW MMS over AOSP. This is AOSP.
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Go Pokes!!!

CPA Poke said:
Go Pokes!!!
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There's only ONE Oklahoma!
BOOMER SOONER!!! :thumbup:
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geekdadof3 said:
I tried this also, but found it very laggy- especially when using the swiping feature -and not real stable. Maybe there has been some recent updates.
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I just use it for its pop up
SGH-M919_Omega, the end result

This is like an iPhone popup works really good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nlucas.iphonenotificationslite
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spiderfly.iserm.popupnotifications
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Quick reply on stock messaging??

I know TW never really had quick reply like aosp messaging does, but does anyone know of a good 3rd party app or someway to get quick reply to messaging? I love my N3 but quick reply is the one thing I am missing a lot from my N2 which was using aosp messaging. I wouldn't mind Touchwiz's messaging if it only had quick reply.
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Try 8sms. It's built off of AOSP with improvements.
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Ibkevin said:
I know TW never really had quick reply like aosp messaging does, but does anyone know of a good 3rd party app or someway to get quick reply to messaging? I love my N3 but quick reply is the one thing I am missing a lot from my N2 which was using aosp messaging. I wouldn't mind Touchwiz's messaging if it only had quick reply.
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As you said, thats a aosp function. You could try to brign over that mod into N3, however since we can't do a nandroid, i wouldnt delete SecSMS but rather rename it and then try bring in the the aosp one.. just a thought
Until we get recovery it is hard for some of these itesm to be accomplished. And we just got root the other day... Give it a little time sir.

Ibkevin said:
I know TW never really had quick reply like aosp messaging does, but does anyone know of a good 3rd party app or someway to get quick reply to messaging? I love my N3 but quick reply is the one thing I am missing a lot from my N2 which was using aosp messaging. I wouldn't mind Touchwiz's messaging if it only had quick reply.
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Try out Textra?
super clean sms app with real statu bar notifications, instead of annoying "new message" lol
and quick reply.

I really miss quick reply as well, but I don't see myself rooting my N3. The bloatware I don't want is already disabled and outside of that I can't really think of that much functionality that nova launcher doesn't offer me outside of this. I like the stock messaging apps because I actually get pic messages and MMS unlike any AOSP messaging app I've ever used so I'm not willing to lose that in order to gain quick reply.
If you find a good solution, please post it up !

I would go with 8sms or textra.
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Gunthermic said:
As you said, thats a aosp function. You could try to brign over that mod into N3, however since we can't do a nandroid, i wouldnt delete SecSMS but rather rename it and then try bring in the the aosp one.. just a thought
Until we get recovery it is hard for some of these itesm to be accomplished. And we just got root the other day... Give it a little time sir.
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Tried that over the weekend, MMS didn't work.

Thanks for all the responses guys. I'm gonna look into 8sms & textra and see what they're like. I'm not sure yet if I'm gonna be rooting my N3 either. I'll probably end up doing so eventually, especially if we get twrp recovery n the bootloader unlocked, but I'm not holding my breath and even if we don't I think I'll still be staying very happy with this phone! With the exception of some minor bugs that are to be expected with new hardware/software, and that I'm sure will be fixed, I think Sammy did a great job with all the upgrades this time around. It would be nice to delete the bloat ware I don't care for like almost all the Verizon apps, but other than that a lot of what I rooted for is either now in the phone or I can get with Nova or Apex launcher. All n all I'm very happy with this phone and its the first phone I may be OK with not rooting. We'll see lol.
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IPhone style emojis in kit Kat?

Does anyone know if there is a current mod available to flash the emojis from iOS onto Android? I just personally prefer the look of the iPhone ones. I would do it myself but my computer has been dead for roughly 2 months now.
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Theres an Xposed module for replacing SMS smilies, but it only works in the text app. I can't remember if its just for AOSP or not

JRJ442 said:
Theres an Xposed module for replacing SMS smilies, but it only works in the text app. I can't remember if its just for AOSP or not
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Unfortunately that won't work for me as I use hangouts as my primary texting app.. Thanks though!
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An old thread I know but maybe this will help anyone who stumbles across:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563757

Ghstudent said:
Does anyone know if there is a current mod available to flash the emojis from iOS onto Android? I just personally prefer the look of the iPhone ones. I would do it myself but my computer has been dead for roughly 2 months now.
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If youre not a fan of the stock messaging app(like me) simply download Textra SMS from the playstore, which is far better in my opinion, and also Textra SMS emoji plugin and voila! you have all ios emojis! just go to the "+" symbol next to the input box and click the smiley at the bottom. See attached screenshot.