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[Q] Text Message Notification

Has anyone else been having problems with their text message notifications. Frequently when I click on the notification in the pull down, it will either not open the messaging app and clear the notification, open the messaging app to the thread but start at the top, or clear the notification and leave the notification pull down still down?

pakah said:
Has anyone else been having problems with their text message notifications. Frequently when I click on the notification in the pull down, it will either not open the messaging app and clear the notification, open the messaging app to the thread but start at the top, or clear the notification and leave the notification pull down still down?
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What rom? Or stock
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pakah said:
Has anyone else been having problems with their text message notifications. Frequently when I click on the notification in the pull down, it will either not open the messaging app and clear the notification, open the messaging app to the thread but start at the top, or clear the notification and leave the notification pull down still down?
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I've had this problem from time to time on my Heroc, 2.2+ roms, and its present on the Shift as well. Though its not very often, and not limited to one rom.
Leads me to believe its Android-related, and not rom-related.
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JKILO said:
What rom? Or stock
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I'm running the stock build, just rooted. When I contacted HTC all they could suggest was a soft reset, and clearing of all of the messaging data.

Yeah its a problem with android because my girl has a shift that has never been rooted and it does the same thing
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I'm running the stock build, just rooted. When I contacted HTC all they could suggest was a soft reset, and clearing of all of the messaging data.
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I did find out from another thread on here somewhere that the problem with it starting you at the top of the messages is actually because you slide the keyboard open when it is opening the thread.

^^This. If you open a thread in portrait and slide the keyboard while it is still opening the thread, it will start at the top.

I dont understand the lockscreen on this phone

Why when a message is displayed on my lockscreen, clicking it creates a box below that i then have to swipe on to unlock the phone in the messages app?
What's the point of creating that faded box? why not just open the app when i click on the text message?

I agree it's very annoying...

To prevent opening in your pocket...
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theraker007 said:
Why when a message is displayed on my lockscreen, clicking it creates a box below that i then have to swipe on to unlock the phone in the messages app?
What's the point of creating that faded box? why not just open the app when i click on the text message?
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This is happening even with no lock on the screen - just swipe to unlock? I don't know because I have a pattern lock and assumed it was just for security but if you keep your phone unlocked and it's still happening then I agree, it's stupid. No lockscreen widgets when using any kind of security is also stupid in my opinion.

hamzer11 said:
This is happening even with no lock on the screen - just swipe to unlock? I don't know because I have a pattern lock and assumed it was just for security but if you keep your phone unlocked and it's still happening then I agree, it's stupid. No lockscreen widgets when using any kind of security is also stupid in my opinion.
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I only have swipe to unlock and it happens on it..
Seriously a 'feature' I can do without..

I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.

RandomHandle said:
I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.
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I agree. Now that option only appears if you have your lockscreen timeout set for a few minutes and you manually lock the screen. When you unlock within the timeout period it will show your lockscreen widgets and you can swipe them to go right into that app.
Someone at Samsung over thought this one.

RandomHandle said:
I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.
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I agree. I liked when they had the puzzle piece, and you swiped to "complete" the puzzle, and that would take you to the message. I think that was back on the S2?

I just drag notification bar down then click the message.
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you press the notification then swipe in that box and it will take you the message

Guys, all you have to do is swipe down the box to open the message or view the call log (if it was a missed call).

Bjray said:
Guys, all you have to do is swipe down the box to open the message or view the call log (if it was a missed call).
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you can do it when your playing music too

Don't blame Samsung for this, it's an Android 4.2 "feature".
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
you press the notification then swipe in that box and it will take you the message
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Thank you captain obvious :silly:
Of course that's "all you have to do". But my point is that it's silly that it creates that box in the first place after you click the message. It looks like they tried to implement something then quit halfway through.

theraker007 said:
Thank you captain obvious :silly:
Of course that's "all you have to do". But my point is that it's silly that it creates that box in the first place after you click the message. It looks like they tried to implement something then quit halfway through.
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You're not understanding... That transparent box does not show if you do it right. When I get a text message, a small message box will appear, I swipe it down to the bottom of the screen and it takes me directly to the messaging app.
EDIT: It's more of a tap then pull, I should make a video...

Bjray said:
You're not understanding... That transparent box does not show if you do it right. When I get a text message, a small message box will appear, I swipe it down to the bottom of the screen and it takes me directly to the messaging app.
EDIT: It's more of a tap then pull, I should make a video...
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yes i can make that happen too.. i still dont get the box though.. why is it there in the first place.. what are they trying to do here?

Once the box is there, you can swipe left or right for other widgets if you have multi widgets in settings setup
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Air View not working

You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?

Pull down your notif bar>long press air view
You'll find a looot of things to tick and untick there
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I didnt get it.
What do you mean?
My problem is that before, if I got an email or a whatsapp message, I hover my finger over the notification of the message in the notification pulldown menu, I can see the message.
I already have "information preview" enabled in the Air View menu.
I used to be able to do Air View over notifications like gmailor whatsapp, but now I cant.

You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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Vadrieldur said:
You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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did you not read my post just above yours?
I already have 'information preview' enabled.

try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility

Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
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aimseven said:
try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility
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It was already disabled. :crying:
lambstone said:
Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
Sent from my Galaxy S IV
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Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.

CorruptedSanity said:
It was already disabled. :crying:
Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.
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Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.

lambstone said:
Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.
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What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.

CorruptedSanity said:
What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.
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Hm. Strange. Perhaps you could try a nandroid backup then factory reset to see if it works again?

no one else had air view for notifications?

No Air View in the standard email app
LastPass was the culprit for me. Disabling it in Accessibility gave me back my Air View in the standard email app. So to any that are having issues with Air View not working it is most certainly an app. First look at anything in Accessibility that is associated with any app that you've added and disable it.

On 4.2.2 MGA (and older chrome version) airview worked as mouseover, it was SOOO good popup menus etc.
It didn't work all the time though.

Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
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CorruptedSanity said:
no one else had air view for notifications?
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dave106 said:
Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Hi,
Same here! I was on 4.2.2 stock on my S4 GT-i9505 for about a year, i used to preview Facebook comments, Whatsapp messages just hovering my finger and a pop-up showed the entire message. But since I upgraded to 4.4.2 , i missed that!
Anyone solved this?! :good:
edit: remember that on 4.2.2 i could preview the messages only if i pull down the notifications with the SCREEN LOCKED (slide to unlock) and then hovering my finger.

CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Hey fellas! I just recorded a video showing that feature on Facebook notification in S4 Wanamlite Kit Kat ROM. But for some reason it shows for a few mili-seconds. browse on youtube for "air view hovering facebook notifications"
So, thats possible to expand notifications just hovering the finger. Just need a fix to pop-up remains for a long time!
Anyone?! :good:

How did it get disabled
CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Air Gestures will let you navigate by waving your hand. Instead of swiping your finger from picture to picture in your gallery, you can wave your hand instead. You can even answer your phone without picking it up. You will find quick on/off toggles for both Air View and Air Gestures in your notification pull down, but you might need to fine tune the settings a little. Just hit the break for our video showing you how to set them up and how to use them.

Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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frapeti said:
Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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Same thing, the app work on it but when I pull down the notification bar, it seems to disable the Air View Function!

[Q] Messaging > New Message

I truly love my S4 but this is driving me insane.
When receiving a message instead of telling me who it's from and an idea of what the message is... I get this:
Edit: Apparently I can't post an image of the issue until after 10 posts. In any case, my notification, both on the lock screen and on the notification bar, say Messaging, and underneath says New Message. Normally, or at least with my S3, it would show who the text message is from, and then a small preview of what the message says.
Has anyone else had this issue or know of a fix? I am trying to stay away from rooting my phone, for now. I am using Nova Launcher Prime but I don't see why this would effect anything. A reboot has done nothing so far.

In message app enter menu and after, settings thhan tick the last option before signature, in italian "anteprima messaggio"

noooooo said:
In message app enter menu and after, settings thhan tick the last option before signature, in italian "anteprima messaggio"
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Thanks. For some reason I didn't think to go into the settings of the actual messaging screen. I was able to put a check mark beside "Preview Message" and that has solved my issue. Thanks Again!

Why isn't it on ny default?

CorruptedSanity said:
Why isn't it on ny default?
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I guess Samsung left it off to keep the privacy of unexperienced users on Android that have no idea how to change settings by themselves.
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I'm almost definitely sure mine was on by default as I turned it off. It showed the message on the lock screen too.

How to turn off top banner notification?

As per title, how do you turn off the white banner that slides down whenever you receive a notification (fb, appointment, charging,)? This came in after i updated to android 5.0.
It's annoying it blocks the view when i'm doing something else and i can't take it off but wait until it retracts back!
thanks

hpl912 said:
As per title, how do you turn off the white banner that slides down whenever you receive a notification (fb, appointment, charging,)? This came in after i updated to android 5.0.
It's annoying it blocks the view when i'm doing something else and i can't take it off but wait until it retracts back!
thanks
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hi,
Take a look at stock Sms app, open sms app, top right three dots( menu) settings, scroll down to notifications, press and check "pop up display" if check or what. ?
2 Also, you can also check Phone app, press, three dot menu(top right) settings, call, see call related pop ups? check.. unchecked..
3 Then you can take a look at.. Settings, Sound and notifications, scroll down and press on Application notification , it will load all apps and you can select any app , block that notification if you want too ?
Is it these options you were looking for ?
good luck

thanks!
3 is what i was looking for... though i find out that if you turn it off, it will turn off ALL notifications for this app... that sucks cuz i only hate that big white banner notification.... so i'll still leave it on

You should be able to swipe it to one side as soon as it appears to get rid of it, rather than waiting for it to disappear.
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@hpl912
Try the app headsoff available on the play store
It does what you wish to do
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silverfinger.ticklrfree&hl=en
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-ticklr-ticker-notifications-t3141056
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