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LastInLine posted:If you use Nova Launcher there's a way to show an unread badge on the GMail icon. It's not a paid feature and is available on the free version. It also now supports Email as well as Gmail, you just have to let it create an invisible widget to pull the unread count from (quite a neat little trick they found there).
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YggiDee posted:Is there a 1x1 widget that could just show my unread e-mail count? Nova launcher with the plug in that was mentioned is probably the most elegant solution, and if you're using the stock launcher it wouldn't hurt to look into Nova anyway, but you could always make your own widget with UCCW or Zooper that shows your unread count and opens the messaging app when pressed.
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Jan 2, 2013 12:45
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Konjuro posted:Nova launcher with the plug in that was mentioned is probably the most elegant solution, and if you're using the stock launcher it wouldn't hurt to look into Nova anyway, but you could always make your own widget with UCCW or Zooper that shows your unread count and opens the messaging app when pressed.
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So I've given Nova Launcher a try, my first non stock launcher and noticed a few widgets are missing like the calendar and weather, what do you guys recommend to get them/that functionality back?
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Is there a good phone call recorder? something to record both sides of the conversation and (preferably) allow me to annotate it? * *ignore the legal issues
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Jan 2, 2013 14:46
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spog posted:Is there a good phone call recorder? something to record both sides of the conversation and (preferably) allow me to annotate it? * Well, if you can link your number to Google Voice, you can record conversations and save them as an mp3. I think this only works on Sprint, though.
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Jan 2, 2013 15:27
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LastInLine posted:Zooper is so good. I know it's been said before but it really needs to be reiterated how pleasant to use it is. I'm so glad to have exactly the data I want without the data I don't without having to use Beautiful Widgets which just looks so dated now. Beautiful Widgets is dated? News to me. It just got a huge update a few weeks ago.
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LastInLine posted:Zooper is so good. I know it's been said before but it really needs to be reiterated how pleasant to use it is. I'm so glad to have exactly the data I want without the data I don't without having to use Beautiful Widgets which just looks so dated now. I tried to use Zooper a couple of weeks back, but it's just way too much of a time investment up front to get everything arranged the way you want. If there was a way to share configurations so I could start from someone else's template that I really like and just tweak it I would probably give it another go.
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My problem with zooper is this : My phone is my watch. I quickly turn the screen on and look at the clock, on occasion. I use a zooper widget on my lockscreen (widgetlocker) to display time and some other information, but the time does not update instantly along with the system clock. So : I turn the screen on and often times I look at the screen and put it back in my pocket before the widget's time updates.
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Jan 2, 2013 16:00
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Nova Launcher updated on my phone yesterday, and now any folders placed in my dock are displaying misaligned with its background like this:  Is there a setting I missed? I've been using Nova for months, and it just suddenly did this. As you can see, folders on a home screen are fine.
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Jan 2, 2013 16:29
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I use Apex so I can't help, but what is that rad sports widget?
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Jan 2, 2013 16:39
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I wouldn't call BW dated. Zooper also has a problem, in that it only looks good if you have nothing else on the same screen as it. That's all fine and well if you're into minimalism but I'm not interested in turning my phone into a modern art installation - I like having folders and shortcuts on my home screen(s) so that I can actually get on with the business of using my phone with as few taps as possible.
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Jan 2, 2013 17:17
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For those who want something like Zooper but don't like Zooper, there is Ultimate Custom Widget https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget&hl=en
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Nerdrock posted:My problem with zooper is this : My phone is my watch. I quickly turn the screen on and look at the clock, on occasion. I use a zooper widget on my lockscreen (widgetlocker) to display time and some other information, but the time does not update instantly along with the system clock. So : I turn the screen on and often times I look at the screen and put it back in my pocket before the widget's time updates. Yeah, when I used to use a clock on my homescreen, I always had this problem with Beautiful Widgets.
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So according to Google Now I'm currently on a flight from Paris to Newark, despite the fact that (to my knowledge) I haven't even been on the same continent as Paris today, or that I haven't Googled any flights, or haven't received any emails with flight info. This is the second time in the last month or so a random flight has shown up for me, anyone have any idea what's happening?  Showing flights I haven't booked, yet still won't show any of my tracking info. 
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Jan 2, 2013 18:48
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Konjuro posted:So according to Google Now I'm currently on a flight from Paris to Newark, despite the fact that (to my knowledge) I haven't even been on the same continent as Paris today, or that I haven't Googled any flights, or haven't received any emails with flight info. This is the second time in the last month or so a random flight has shown up for me, anyone have any idea what's happening? Could you be having the issue of a wifi geo location showing up incorrectly maybe?
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Jan 2, 2013 19:02
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Search your Gmail for "EC 3", the IATA code/flight number of the flight that's showing up on that card.
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None of those bring up any results in my Gmail.
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Jan 2, 2013 19:26
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GonadTheBallbarian posted:Well, if you can link your number to Google Voice, you can record conversations and save them as an mp3. I think this only works on Sprint, though. I don't have GV. Which is a shame, as it sounds cool, thanks.
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Gyshall posted:I use Apex so I can't help, but what is that rad sports widget? Espn Sports Center widget
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Well, I just ditched Boid (and TweetLanes) for Falcon Pro and I'm really happy with it. I was a big fan of Boid, but wanted something that would be getting continued support. Although I'd like a black theme, I don't mind the grey. I guess my only complaint would be that I can't have two accounts, since I run the account for a business as well. Am I missing a way to do that?
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Jan 2, 2013 20:17
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spog posted:I don't have GV. Which is a shame, as it sounds cool, thanks.
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Konjuro posted:Nova launcher with the plug in that was mentioned is probably the most elegant solution, and if you're using the stock launcher it wouldn't hurt to look into Nova anyway, but you could always make your own widget with UCCW or Zooper that shows your unread count and opens the messaging app when pressed. Thanks, now every thing's rad. 
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Karthe posted:Google Voice sounds neat, but it's severely hampered by its inability to receive MMS. If you switch to it, be prepared to have friends bitch at you when they send you a picture of their dog's butthole or a group text message and you don't receive it. The ability to send and receive text messages via a browser is one of GV's strong points, but with Android apps like AirDroid, that seems less and less like a killer feature. It's either hampered or GLORIFIED by this. Personally, I don't think I've ever received an MMS I actually wanted to receive. Now I can just tell those people "haha, gently caress your MMS, why don't you join the 21st century and use email".
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Thermopyle posted:It's either hampered or GLORIFIED by this. Personally, I don't think I've ever received an MMS I actually wanted to receive. Now I can just tell those people "haha, gently caress your MMS, why don't you join the 21st century and use email". My carrier charges me data for emails, but not for MMS. Also, if you're sending private photos (don't do this you twits), I suppose MMS results in fewer intermediate servers containing the data along the way.
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I recently downloaded RD Mute (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raidroid.rdmute&hl=en) for my phone because I am in and out of meetings and its super cool to auto mute my phone by flipping it over. They also have a "driving a car" feature that mutes your phone when you're driving. Is there an app out there that will mute while driving but also auto respond to anyone texting me that I'm driving and will get back to them? Like a context sensitive text answering machine?
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Thermopyle posted:It's either hampered or GLORIFIED by this. Personally, I don't think I've ever received an MMS I actually wanted to receive. Now I can just tell those people "haha, gently caress your MMS, why don't you join the 21st century and use email". So you're basically a pre-iOS 3 iPhone owner.
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UnbornApple posted:So you're basically a pre-iOS 3 iPhone owner. No.
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Thermopyle posted:It's either hampered or GLORIFIED by this. Personally, I don't think I've ever received an MMS I actually wanted to receive. Now I can just tell those people "haha, gently caress your MMS, why don't you join the 21st century and use email". Yeah this is great until you have actual friends who use MMS for group messaging.
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:My carrier charges me data for emails, but not for MMS. My carrier is the exact opposite (EE, UK). Emails are free, MMS are 25p each. Pissed me off when the stock OS would take a long SMS and convert it to an MMS.
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MMS has come up before and it seems to be very different in the US vs. the UK. You guys in the states seem to get it for free and use it a lot, whereas it's extremely rare for it to be free in the UK (e.g. my contract charges me 30p per MMS) so the usual response is "what the hell is MMS?". Most people here haven't even heard of it and wouldn't use it if you explained it to them because they can just use email or any of the various group chat apps which include picture messaging functionality for 'free' (i.e. using their inclusive data). I can count the number of MMSs I've sent in my lifetime without running out of fingers.
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rolleyes posted:MMS has come up before and it seems to be very different in the US vs. the UK. You guys in the states seem to get it for free and use it a lot, whereas it's extremely rare for it to be free in the UK (e.g. my contract charges me 30p per MMS) so the usual response is "what the hell is MMS?". Most people here haven't even heard of it and wouldn't use it if you explained it to them because they can just use email or any of the various group chat apps which include picture messaging functionality for 'free' (i.e. using their inclusive data). Yeah, in the states MMS is just considered another form of "messaging" by the carrier, and a lot of people just tack on "unlimited messaging" when getting plans.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Yeah, in the states MMS is just considered another form of "messaging" by the carrier, and a lot of people just tack on "unlimited messaging" when getting plans. I think operators here saw the popularity of SMS and assumed that MMS would be another huge cash cow. Which it could have been, right up until the execs got involved and decided to charge at least double what SMS had ever cost even in the early days, and did so right at the time that large inclusive SMS allowances were becoming common in contract deals. As with so many other things, greed killed it stone dead. If it was priced competitively back when it came out then things could have been very different.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Yeah this is great until you have actual friends who use MMS for group messaging. Yeah, most definitely. Like I said, I just meant for me personally. Hardly any of my friends use SMS, much less MMS.
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MMS messages are also able to be sent to most people with us phones by sending an email to phonenumber@carrier (where the phone number was their cell number and carrier was the carrier's domain). This was rather useful if you wanted to message someone for free back before everyone had data on their phones, you could even include pictures. E.g. 9178675309@mms.att.net
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XIII posted:Well, I just ditched Boid (and TweetLanes) for Falcon Pro and I'm really happy with it. I was a big fan of Boid, but wanted something that would be getting continued support. Although I'd like a black theme, I don't mind the grey. I guess my only complaint would be that I can't have two accounts, since I run the account for a business as well. Am I missing a way to do that? Falcon doesn't have multiple users support yet. It will eventually. Plume has it now if you'd like to try that.
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Why MMS when you can Facebook or Snapchat?
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Radbot posted:Why MMS when you can Facebook or Snapchat? Sexting. No other reason.
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Skeezy posted:Falcon doesn't have multiple users support yet. It will eventually. Plume has it now if you'd like to try that. For some reason, I just can't get into Plume. I don't know why, I just can't.
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