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[Xoom Themes and Apps] StrifeSoldierVII:
I hear ya! :) Hopefully in the future that will be possible, I'm on your side. Battery life is very precious! I'm doing a test so that I can present it to the public since what you said is not currently possible and this is. That's what this whole topic is about. I'll be posting my results later today.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] FrayAdjacent:
Here I was, thinking I had a good idea for an app... something that would sync SMS messages to a 'client' on a WiFi only tablet and a 'server' on one's smartphone... thus you could interface with your messages from your tablet while they would be sent and received by your phone.

I was thinking about it being done over BlueTooth.

Oh well, I'm not a developer, and some smart dude already came up with something! I'll give this a try when I get my Acer A500 next week.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] StrifeSoldierVII:
I have tested this app with my Xoom while off the charger to see how much a 15 second sync time would hurt the battery life. Meanwhile my phone was charging during this time. The main focus of this test involved the Xoom only. My point is to show the public how this will affect the battery life. I know there will be tons of people worried about the battery life from using a 15 second sync time so here you go folks...

Things you should know about my test with my Xoom:

*The test began with a solid 100% battery life

*Wifi network was connected the whole time, no 3G at all

*Sync SMS was set to sync every 15 seconds

*Screen brightness was set to 50% the whole time

*The screen was actually on virtually the entire time

*Music from the PowerAmp music player was going the whole time

*Bluetooth was on with Bluetooth stereo headphones connected the whole time for my music

*I am running the Tiamat kernel 1.3.2 with the CPU speed set at 1GHz the whole time with the conservative governor

*I was surfing the internet for quite awhile/streamed internet radio for awhile as well

Results:

*Total time on battery was: 5 hours 49 minutes 18 seconds

*Actual screen on time was: 5 hours 24 minutes 11 seconds

*Battery life left before ending the test was: 28%

Obviously there will be more of a battery drain with a sync time of every 15 seconds. But overall the battery life was manageable, I could have easily gotten over 6 hours of constant usage this way. I can safely say that you will still do pretty well on battery life with decent usage and a 15 second sync time. I feel very good about using this sync time. Keep in mind that my test involved the screen being set to 50% brightness and almost never be turned off along with other usage the entire time for constant hours at a time. I would consider this an extreme case since an average user will not be using it for 5+ hours straight in a single sitting without a rest or screen off time. This is a fine example though. Screenshots posted to show the visual results.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gparker249:
Valuable info - thank you.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] coreywilner:
Working with Gingerbread?

I'm not sure this application is working with Gingerbread. I have an OG Droid that I have put a Gingerbread release on, and installed Sync SMS. I also installed the program on my WIFI Xoom. When I send from the Xoom, the receiver gets the message. When they respond, my native application on the phone shows the response, but it does not get across to the Xoom. In addition, when the reply came across, the receiver let me know that they ended up getting my original message a second time.

Might I have something configured improperly? For the test I had both sides set up to sync at a 15sec interval.

Thanks

Corey
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
it works with gingerbread, i developed using N1 and Xoom. When you compose a text from the Xoom, check that it gets uploaded to your "sms_outbox" Dropbox folder. It should then be copied to your phone's databases (thus showing up in whatever SMS app you use on your phone), and sent out to the text message's recipient. You can also try restarting the service from the settings on both devices. Let me know how it goes!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] coreywilner:
I will try again later.

How does your app intercept the messages coming into the phone? Does it take every incoming message and forward to the tablet?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
yeap, there is a sms text message listener that i hook into
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ayman86:
i know this is a xoom forum but has anyone tried this on a nook? this would seem like a perfect app for it
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
haven't tried it, but no reason i can think of why it shouldn't work. worst case, you may have to change the setting to force the nook to be a tablet
[Xoom Themes and Apps] weiln12:
No message on tablet

I just found this app via Android Police, bought it and installed it. However, I cannot get messages to show up on my tablet. I have a Thunderbolt and a Galaxy Tab through Verizon.

1. TBolt gets message, uploads to Dropbox (verified message arrives in Dropbox via website).

2. Galaxy Tab notifies me message available. Clicking on notification brings me to SyncSMS app, which states that "No SMS messages available. Please view messages using your regular SMS app." At this point, messages are gone from Dropbox.

3. Checked both Handcent and default Messaging app, no messages are available.

4. Sending SMS from Galaxy Tab sends them through the Tab, not SyncSMS. I understand that I do have service from Verizon, but it was my understanding that SyncSMS would handle all the SMS and that I could do this from the app.

So...any ideas? Why can't I get/send my messages on my Tab? The Marketplace says this can be used with a 3G Tablet. However, I can't get messaging plans (nor do I want to) on my Verizon Tab. I essentially want to use this instead of TalkMyPhone.

Thanks,

Nathan
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
Make sure you have it set to 'Tablet' on your galaxy tab or it will think it's a phone (hence the message about the regular SMS app).

XOOM'd from the XDA app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] weiln12:
@arrtoodeetoo,

Double checked that it's set as Tablet.

Also, new development...I've turned off SyncSMS on my Thunderbolt...but it's still running. I keep getting SyncSMS notifications on my Tab for every text message...but the widget on my Thunderbolt definitely says "OFF".

Nathan
[Xoom Themes and Apps] charleshenrysmith@comcast:
I just purchased from the market after reading about it on Androidpolice.com. I have a samsung fascinate and a xoom and it works flawlessly. This is a must have app for any tablet user!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wase4711:
do you get notification on your tablet, that you have a text?

is there a pop up, or something?

I was never able to see any sort of notification of a received text on my tablet when I was using version 0.35..

thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jtseidner:
Yes, I see notifications when I have a new text.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
you might need to restart the app (force it to close via settings > apps > sync sms > force close button) after setting it to tablet. you should not being seeing the "no messages available..." message when it is set properly.

as for getting new messages when widget is off on the tbolt, perhaps a few messages were already sent up to dropbox for delivery to the tablet but had not been brought down by the tablet yet. else, there might be a bug turning off the service. i will look into it. you can try going into sync sms app on thunderbolt and try turning the service on and off again through the settings. let me know how it goes, thanks and enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] chbennett:
Its worth it. Trust me.

Sent from my Xoom the way it should be, rooted and with SD card.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
not valid licence?

I just got the error: this app is not a valid licence now. now exiting...

wtf? I bought this and still have the email if you want proof!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
hmmm, that's weird. please check your PMs
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wase4711:
where do the notifications show up?

Is it a pop up? in the tray?

Do you hear any notification at the same time on your Xoom?

thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
hey all, just pushed v0.4.2 update which fixed a bug that was blocking support of non-honeycomb tablets. enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
redownloaded and works thank you!

suggestions: customizable icons like handcent

when message is sent automatically sync, or does it do that already?

customizable UI background bubbles for the people that want them (not me) option to change colors

Questions:

If I am not using my tablet is this still running on my phone? guesstimate on how much battery that would use constantly syncing?

Can I leave my phone in my dorm room and go off campus and use this or do i need to be connected to the same wifi since I am using wifi only xoom
[Xoom Themes and Apps] areayetee:
Thank you for adding support for non honeycomb tabs. This rocks on my Galaxy Tab now.

Would it be possible to add support for androids "sharing" system? Example if I am in my web browser or google reader and click share sync SMS comes up as a option to create a new message.

Thanks Again
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Ooo that'd be cool. Let me see what I can do!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dbarniak:
Just got the app from market....4.2 works awesome! again, great work and look forward to updates. This is worth every penny!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wase4711:
Yeah, I would like to know this too; do you need to have your phone on, and on the same wifi network for this to send texts to your XOOM?

thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gparker249:
No need to be on the same wifi. So long as you are connected somehow to the internet at both ends, it will work.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wase4711:
thanks; that makes the app much more useful..
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
I have one suggestion.

When clicking on the icon to type a new message, it takes ages to bring up the dialog screen. What if you did something like what Plume does and have the dialog box always available by pulling it down from the top? In other words, the box is always there, but is just hidden away until the user needs it.

XOOM'd from the XDA app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
hahaha, sorry, it's poorly indexing the contacts for the auto-complete. i'll see what i can do here
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
MKS,

redownloaded and works thank you!

suggestions: customizable icons like handcent

> can you please elaborate?

when message is sent automatically sync, or does it do that already?

> does this

customizable UI background bubbles for the people that want them (not me)

option to change colors

> maybe, i am looking into tweaking the interface a bit more

Questions:

If I am not using my tablet is this still running on my phone? guesstimate on how much battery that would use constantly syncing?

> see previous responses

Can I leave my phone in my dorm room and go off campus and use this or do i need to be connected to the same wifi since I am using wifi only xoom

> yeap, as long as both devices are on some sort of data network and the phone has carrier network signal
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
I do this all the time. For instance, when I go to lunch, I may leave my phone in my car or even at the office and will get text via my tablet (assuming I am connected via wifi on the tablet wherever I am at). This will be even more useful once I activate my 3g/4g service and have service all the time for the most part. Its nice because I don't have to carry my phone and tablet everwhere I go.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
On handcent when you actually get the text you can change the notification icon

Also a popup quickreply would be cool!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
you mean u don't want to see the awesomely cool syncsms icon? u'd rather see a smiley in a bubble in ur taskbar???
[Xoom Themes and Apps] DroidHam:
Is ths available for download yet?

Also, developer sir, checkout HORIZON. It allows you to hide certain texts from certain people. I use this, and would love to have something similar for texts being pushed to my xoom...

Whatddya think?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
yes, the app is AVAILABLE in the Android Market. please check the OP for download link. enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
2 issues I have found when typing a new message if i receive a new one it instantly goes to it. in the messages when I reply get a new one they get out of order and not in the order received.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Attached preview picture of v0.5.0 UI to the OP. Design donated by Greg Hamilton. Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Does that mean the colors can be customized now?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
no, just a revamped UI for now.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
lol I wasnt trying to offend you :P I was just saying with that its more likely to work with themes
[Xoom Themes and Apps] pyee0124:
Im not sure if anyone has suggested checking out how GtalkSMS works

http://code.google.com/p/gtalksms/

I am currently using this because I can do all my replies with my Xoom or at a computer without too much work and does not need to be sync'd every 5min.

This basically uses the same idea, but instead uses a seconday gtalk/jabber account to relay SMS messages instead of drop box sync.

Anyway, something with checking out if you haven't already tried it out.

Aside from that, your app looks and functions really well. Love using it for non conversation transmissons!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
interesting concept. i had explored trying to use Gmail event triggers, but never thought of GTalk. i'm exploring currently exploring the possibility of the addition of push notifications. hopefully that would seal the deal =]
[Xoom Themes and Apps] BronTron:
There should be an option to kill notifications from the SMS app on the phone.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
I'm sorry, what do you mean?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] apollyon0810:
I think he means he wants the app to disable notifications on the phone while in use.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
ah i can try to add that as an option. thanks!

in other news, if push notifications do come to to fruition, then they would only support android 2.2 and up. are any users still on 2.1 or below?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kkwus74:
Push would be simply awesome!.... can't wait for that....
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mengineer:
Bought yesterday and couldn't be happier. Now I just leave my Fascinate in bedroom. I rarely make phone calls, so between this and email I can stick to my Xoom. Good job, as always a first release app from a xda dev is better than year old app from most others.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
When/If push notifications come, they will only be for Received messages by the phone and Composed messages by the tablet. I will not be able to support copying Sent messages from your Phone to your Tablet withing doing polling. Please star the Android defect at the link below to add your support behind this enhancement to fix the issue. Thanks!

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2261
[Xoom Themes and Apps] keitht:
But incoming messages will still be on both devices no problem? And any outgoing messages will still get sent out? I think that is acceptable and polling every one hour or so would be ok for me. Thanks for working on this.

Wouldn't it be possible to push notify (hidden) that would force a full sync with dropbox from your app?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
My plan is to have it so when the phone receives a message, it: (1) uploads the message to Dropbox, (2) uploads any unsynced sent messages that have been composed by the phone, and (3) triggers a push notification to be sent to the tablet. When the tablet gets the push notification, it will pull down the 1 new incoming message as well as the 0 to many new sent messages from the phone.

The above scenario works well, but has the effect of not syncing sent messages from the phone to the tablet unless you received a reply back. My only solution is to poll.

Note: the polling is not a long-running service, rather a repeating alarm which wakes up the device only for a short enough time to complete processing then goes back to sleep. (this is very battery efficient)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] The_Tech_Ninja:
Mine is just not working

I'm signed in with both devices. Samsung Fascinate and my WIFI Xoom. Signed into dropbox, and I set my XOOM to tablet and my phone to SMS. I have nothing in my inbox on either device. Sent a test SMS and nothing happens. I press refresh and nothing happens it tells me there are no sms messages available. Please view messages using your regular SMS app. But I do have SMS'. Any help would be great.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Sistum Id:
I just bought the app, pretty good from the testing I tried earlier on.

If I could make a suggestion that might save on some battery time. Time schedule syncing. Set it to not sync when you're asleep.

Also Tasker integration would be pretty nice as well. If you made a plug-in for Tasker the coding for a time schedule wouldn't really be needed.

Just a thought, thanks.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
thanks sistum, i've added your suggestions to the list!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] juDGEY2k10:
Could u not make this free as a beta download, not saying this aint ready just would be nice to test before u pay for it is all.

Cheers dude
[Xoom Themes and Apps] BronTron:
Is there any reason why the menu button isn't being used? Just wondering.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
simply no need. plenty of screen real estate on the action bar. if i end up adding any more actions/settings/options, i will then use the menu button
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mengineer:
Did you set your phone as phone in settings and your tablet as tablet in settings? And exclude from task killer if you're running one. I'm using it between my Fascinate and Xoom with no problems.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] The_Tech_Ninja:
Weird mine started working when I got home.... Didn't change anything.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nhvrod:
Mine works well most of the time on my Xoom and DX..except when it randomly decides to turn itself off. I love it though.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mjnotto:
i was wondering if this had to be purchased twice? I use two different accounts for my ddevices. Would prefer not dropping 6$ for app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Purchase once, put on both devices. Enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] lchute1158:
How do I setup SMS dropbox on my iPhone?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mjnotto:
How do i purchase once and pput on both devices?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Standard Android Market rules. The purchase is tied to your Market account, so if you sign into market with same account on both devices, the app will already appear purchased for the 2nd device. Enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] debh945:
Great app! Love it on my Gtab paired with my Optimus S. The one feature I would LOVE to see added is to make hyperlinks clickable on the messages received on the tab. Any support for this in the future?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] keitht:
d0lph1nK1ng: Do you have an idea on when the push notifications version will be released?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Handshake87:
Sucks that this can not be compatible with the iPhone :-/ O well still is very good app and glad you got it working!!!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] atoy74:
Very nice app, thank you for developing such a useful tool.

I am a little concerned that a 15min poll will A, not be enough to be seamless and B, cause too much battery drain.

I look forward to your updates and hopefully finding some sort of push solution.

Thanks again!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
I like that idea! let me see what I can do in the next release with this!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] StrifeSoldierVII:
No need to be concerned. I tested the app with a 15 second sync time and the battery life was pretty decent on the Xoom. But I understand that the Xoom is not the worry when it comes to battery drain but the phone you are using. But regardless you should check out my post at the bottom of the page here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010597&page=20

But I too look forward to see about push notifications and what this app holds for its future.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
If an iphone developer wants to work with me to make it compatible, I could see what we could do. Any iphone integration would not be able to support push though
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Not sure yet, but things are falling into place. I have the server coding done, app coding is done and working, but couple bugs I need to work out. No ETA ATM. I need to do some performance testing as well to make sure I can handle the load.

One note is that I will reserve the right to remove/suspend push notifications if I can't cover the load or costs grow to high. But hopefully it will not come to this. In this worst case, it would fall back to the original sync-based behavior. I hope that you will understand.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] bishop72:
I don't understand. When you said that "...if I (you) can't cover the load or costs grow too high..." that push might be suspended or removed. What does that mean? Will you have to maintain this on a server of your own or something? Don't know much about this so just trying to understand.

Thanks for all the hard work and effort.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Yes, the cloud to device messaging (C2DM) aka push notifications implementation requires apps to set up an application server to interface between google's push servers and the mobile app.

Edit: just to be clear, the server does not pass your text info, it only relays a message to your device that you need to check your dropbox for new messages
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fsunoles157:
How do I set this up between xoom and evo. Can I send SMS from xoom?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fsunoles157:
Why is this thing sending two texts to everybody
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
I'm currently looking into this. Hope to have a fix out soon. Sorry for the inconvenience!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ghoticov:
Not sure why but for some reason, today the messages decided to not get pushed from my phone to my xoom.

I left my phone in my car while I went in (with my xoom) to get something to eat. I sent a few text to my wife (was connected to wifi where I ate). I never got a response so I thought she was just busy. When I got back in my car there were 3 messages from her and I never got them on my xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
That's odd. (1) Are you using a task-killer? (2) Was the WiFi-network one of those where you had to log-in from the web browser? (3) Did the messages get uploaded to Dropbox?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Ninas:
Messages not syncing to Xoom

Purchased this last week and installed on HTC Desire running 2.2 and my Xoom. Messages are not syncing consistently from the phone to the Xoom. It seems after I receive one message no more come in. Have uninstalled and reinstalled twice on both devices with no change in behavior so now I'm disappointed. Also wondering why when I set the device type on the tablet the choices are: Tablet (No SMS support) or Phone (Supports SMS) and Not Set (do not select). I selected Tablet but what's up with the no sms support? I'm usually on a wifi network but do have 3g on the tablet as well. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nhvrod:
Install on both devices. In settings on the Xoom, set it as a tablet. On the evo make sure it is set up as a phone. Yes you can send from the Xoom. It sends the SMS to dropbox and your phone grabs it and sends it.