blue contact names in SMS - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

anyone know why certain threads in stock SMS have the contacts name appear in blue rather than white? cant figure it out for the life of me.
also does everyone else sms start at the bottom (earliest) thread rather than the top. i have to scroll up every time i open the app.

Been wondering the same **** lol

I've noticed the same. Except which ones are blue seems to be totally random.
I figured it was a small unfortunate glitch.

maybe facebook contacts? i dont have this problem nor a facebook so, maybe thats why?

Deputy13 said:
maybe facebook contacts? i dont have this problem nor a facebook so, maybe thats why?
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hmm good observation...

No it doesn't seem to be Facebook either. I have non Facebook and Facebook contacts in blue
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Starred in Android? Favorites? Phone contacts?

its totally random and now that i think about it, i haven't seen a blue thread in days. I wonder if its coverage related?

Did anyone flash Mad Industries ICS Blue toggles from the VZW dev section? I thought thats what did it because I noticed this after I flashed that Mod. On my phone the 2nd, 3rd and 4th threads in my Messaging app have it but all others are regular. Then if I delete a thread and a different one moves into one of those positions that name becomes blue. I dont really mind it and if it is that Mod that did it I dont care even less cuz that ICS Blue toggle mod is the shiz!

The blue threads aren't the ones where the last text in the thread is yours?

storm81456 said:
The blue threads aren't the ones where the last text in the thread is yours?
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Nope
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It's texts you haven't responded to, or have a draft outstanding. Take a blue one and start a response, it goes to white. Delete your text good back to blue
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stevesprivateaccount said:
It's texts you haven't responded to, or have a draft outstanding. Take a blue one and start a response, it goes to white. Delete your text good back to blue
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I disagree with that.
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yeah its definitely not the last one you responded to. that doesnt seem to make a difference for me. i did notice that over usage time everyone of my threads turned blue even days old messages with no activity that were previously white. then upon restart of the phone its back to a mix.

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IOS Notification?

Does anyone know his I can get ios like notifications on my evo 3d?
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yep. its easy. trade your evo in and buy an iphone jk. had to do it tho but also I don't even know what theirs looks like so sorry buddy.
Um? Push notifications? Gotta find apps that support them. Android does but I'm surprised at how few apps take advantage. Something that just looks like ios notifications? Uh... Wish I knew what they looked like to help.
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go to market and get the iphone notifier app...
what kind of notifications are you talking about?
ios 5 style notifications that appear on the top of your screen instead of the status bar.
prashy said:
ios 5 style notifications that appear on the top of your screen instead of the status bar.
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Have you tried miui closest to rom.to looking like iphone os
lol i've actually wanted the same thing a few times.
let's see if i can explain a bit better.
you know that time when you're playing a game or watching a video or doing something full screen and you get a text? you feel the phone vibrate, but you cant read it or see who it's from or anythign. ios has a neat little toast-like notification that pops down from the top for a second before dissapearing again to tell you the info.
the easiest way to do this for android without making a whole new notification system would be to add toast notifications to messages and stuff.
yes that is exactly what I need. Can anyone find something like that?
Tasker would probably be able to do it, though it may be a bit of a pain to set up, especially if you're not familiar with how Tasker works. There may be a tutorial somewhere for doing something like that.
what is tasker?
I know one which does that, but it's wp7 style... It's called wp7 notifications.
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dkdude36 said:
you know that time when you're playing a game or watching a video or doing something full screen and you get a text? you feel the phone vibrate, but you cant read it or see who it's from or anythign. ios has a neat little toast-like notification that pops down from the top for a second before dissapearing again to tell you the info.
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use MIUI, it does this and I found it annoying so I turned it off.
Try here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480094
Guys! I have 2 apps that do this. 1 was specifically for this, the other I didn't know had it. Text notify (that's the app name) does exactly this but it's near the bottom of the screen. Maybe 1/4 from the bottom. Then I got true caller Id, which might be questionable because it prompts you saying by using this app your contact list gets added to their database... But True caller id puts the notifications at the top like you described. Both apps free.
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I've been using iPhone notifications for a few days now and besides it's ugly look I'm digging it. Check that one out
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Tape an iPhone to your Evo.
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[Q] After ICS update - no more swipe top of screen for brightness :(

Idk if this has been mentioned yet, but i use this feature everyday...no more swiping the top of the screen to adjust brightness level.
Is there a new shortcut for this? It's very handy.
oh man are you serious?? I too use this feature ALL the time no joke... hmm maybe I should put off this update? lol. Can someones else with ICS please confirm this?
Unfortunately it is indeed gone (I used it very often before, too).
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oh man are you serious?? I too use this feature ALL the time no joke... hmm maybe I should put off this update? lol. Can someones else with ICS please confirm this?
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I just went back stock and updated today and can confirm it's no longer there. I noticed the same with the ICS leaks that have been out recently but just thought it was something to do with being a leak.
Unfortunate, I really liked that feature.
A lot of the CM9 based ROMS have this feature available.
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That is unfortunate. When I was on the stock battery and stock I'd use that. However, now with the extended back I just leave it on auto
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They need to put it back. I miss it already
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But i can say that now tapping on android version we now have the flying android
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Do you all really not look in the market or on google for apps or do you just come here for answers cause you don't wanna take the time to look? Here is an app that does exactly what you want. You can control brightness by swipeing the top, bottom or side, your choice. It can also bee seen or you can make the bar transparent https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en
There is another app, Notification Toggle which mimics that of the 15 toggle mod that we were seeing around a bit before. You can put it in your status bar so all you do is pull down and set brightness from there plus a whole mess of other stuff.
Hope you enjoy.
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Do you all really not look in the market or on google for apps or do you just come here for answers cause you don't wanna take the time to look? Here is an app that does exactly what you want. You can control brightness by swipeing the top, bottom or side, your choice. It can also bee seen or you can make the bar transparent https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en
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Nobody cares about an app. It was stock on the phone. No ones complaing about it. Just throwing it out there. Why are half the people on here so ignorant. This site is just ****ty. I never had to listen to people like u whine on any other phone forum.
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Still not as cool as the gb stock one
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Justinfedor said:
Nobody cares about an app. It was stock on the phone. No ones complaing about it. Just throwing it out there. Why are half the people on here so ignorant. This site is just ****ty. I never had to listen to people like u whine on any other phone forum.
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Was not whineing just saying a solution could have been found in 30 seconds if you took the time to look. The search bar is your friend.
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Do you all really not look in the market or on google for apps or do you just come here for answers cause you don't wanna take the time to look? Here is an app that does exactly what you want. You can control brightness by swipeing the top, bottom or side, your choice. It can also bee seen or you can make the bar transparent https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en
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No one was saying you couldn't find a replacement bud...just that its not stock anymore. Read next time.
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Tx for the tip porky!
Wow! After using the app porkenhimer suggested (my new favorite app : thanks) I can see what the other gentlemen were talking about. That would be a feature I would miss and ask for in future roms.
If you don't have this app, get it asap.
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Was not whineing just saying a solution could have been found in 30 seconds if you took the time to look. The search bar is your friend.
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While your reply had useful information, you answered a question that wasn't asked and were kind of a jerk about it.
porkenhimer said:
Do you all really not look in the market or on google for apps or do you just come here for answers cause you don't wanna take the time to look? Here is an app that does exactly what you want. You can control brightness by swipeing the top, bottom or side, your choice. It can also bee seen or you can make the bar transparent https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en
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After trying this app i'll admit it's a terrible replacement. I might try the similar app that is just a widget and see if that'll work better.
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ICS Text Messaging Issues

Hey everyone. I updated to ICS yesterday and have been experiencing text messaging issues. I can no longer scroll up through my text messages to read previous ones. It only lets me go up like two, then it stops. The texting overall is extremely laggy. Can anyone help? I am using the official ROM. Thanks!
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Here's a long shot, but, have you tried clearing cache and data for the messaging app?
Yep. Even clearing data as well as deleting my entire text message conversation. (although it didn't even delete them, the screen just turned black and I had to do a live battery pull) It still won't let me scroll up.
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I notice your signature is that of the sky rocket. Just to be sure you're in the right forum, you are having issues with the I777, right? Also the other thread you created in the sky rocket forum about you're ics issues leads me to believe you are indeed in the wrong forum.

What is the little clock icon beside text message threads?

I have one next to my fiancee's name in my list of text message threads. A little orange clock icon.
Never seen it before. Anyone know what it is or means?
Thanks
It is her Google talk icon. She's on away status. When she's online, it'll turn green.
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evilive27 said:
It is her Google talk icon. She's on away status. When she's online, it'll turn green.
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Interesting. That's quite cool. Anyway, thanks for answering.
misread that...
NaimC said:
A little orange clock icon.
Thanks
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I have a messed up brain. I actually needed to read this twice to realize that your thread wasn't about a little '**** icon'

better sms/mms for liquid smooth rom?

i notice i text someone,text someone else later you click the text icon and it shows the people you have texted so you can text them again, the sms came with liquid is not doing that i have to select them again from phone contacts,so looking for a differnt one thanks
leo5111 said:
i notice i text someone,text someone else later you click the text icon and it shows the people you have texted so you can text them again, the sms came with liquid is not doing that i have to select them again from phone contacts,so looking for a differnt one thanks
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Why not just click the individual thread?
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individual thread what do you mean? thanks
leo5111 said:
individual thread what do you mean? thanks
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On the main screen of the messaging app. Don't you see everyone your texting?
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no thats what im saying it doesnt show who i texted just shows my whole phone book of contacts
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no thats what im saying it doesnt show who i texted just shos my whole phone book of contacts
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never seen that. You don't see a conversation list on your main screen?
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well i replaced it with handcent, i have never seen the stock sms do that that, handcent does what i want
Stock SMS has always done that. Are you sure you are going to the messaging app and not contacts app? I can assure you what you want is a stock feature on Liquid and all CM/AOSP roms. If not factory reset and reinstall...or wait for slim to come out later today.
leo5111 said:
well i replaced it with handcent, i have never seen the stock sms do that that, handcent does what i want
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Handset is horrible on jelly bean. gosms isn't that much better.
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dafoxs said:
Handset is horrible on jelly bean. gosms isn't that much better.
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how is it horrible? it seems to work ok so just wondering thanks
leo5111 said:
how is it horrible? it seems to work ok so just wondering thanks
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To much stuff going on with it. Can you send a long text, more then 160, does it split it or only send the first 160 or won't send it at all?
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Handcent is full of problems but unfortunately I have to use it to get threaded conversations with my iPhone friends.
manwithmanypiercings said:
Handcent is full of problems but unfortunately I have to use it to get threaded conversations with my iPhone friends.
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Stock app gives me threaded conversations with ikphoners
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dafoxs said:
Stock app gives me threaded conversations with ikphoners
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I second this statement
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i also use GoSms and it has worked fine on all jb roms...so far..
mangee1234 said:
i also use GoSms and it has worked fine on all jb roms...so far..
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Can you sent long text without spitting it, try it, let me know
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dafoxs said:
Can you sent long text without spitting it, try it, let me know
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there is an option in the settings to split large messages that i left unchecked, and then i sent a long message to verify...it works as advertised.
dafoxs said:
Stock app gives me threaded conversations with ikphoners
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I wish i could say the same.
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I use handcent on every platform from froyo to jellybean...and I still love it.. zero issues with mine and I'm on slim rom 4.1.1...
There is alot of options for main list..and dozens of options for different looks for conversation threads..you can choose from android to iphone little popuos in the text..or a simple text feel..handcent can suit basically anyone needs as long as you soend the time tweaking it out...it becomes awesome..just remember to backup the app using titanium backup...so when you change roms..your settings are still there. I hate if I had to change all my fonts and font colors I made..lol
wish777 said:
I use handcent on every platform from froyo to jellybean...and I still love it.. zero issues with mine and I'm on slim rom 4.1.1...
There is alot of options for main list..and dozens of options for different looks for conversation threads..you can choose from android to iphone little popuos in the text..or a simple text feel..handcent can suit basically anyone needs as long as you soend the time tweaking it out...it becomes awesome..just remember to backup the app using titanium backup...so when you change roms..your settings are still there. I hate if I had to change all my fonts and font colors I made..lol
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If i'm texting my iphone friends in group text i can send one singke text. If i try to send a second without exiting the program then it sends a blank text to them all. I also have alot of texts that take forever to send. Stock messaging app is great for single texts to an iphone user or if i want to send four of the same text to my friend individually.
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