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[Xoom Themes and Apps] Xezuka:
Can anyone confirm that this is no longer working for the Xoom on 3.1? I see someone did here and for a few other apps -- on top of my own app.

EDIT: Ah s*** you know what, Android 3.1 introduced API level 12.

I think this may be my reason, but for the dev of this app, just a heads up! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Nvrenough:
working fine here 3.1 root
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stbbrat:
Set up the widget on your phone and you can turn off syncing.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Dropbox upgraded my current API key to Production status. This means that if you downloaded the app v0.1.0 and got the 403 error, you can retry now and should login successfully. Although, I recommend that you download v0.2.0 from the original post which has many new improvements. Development is still ongoing and features suggestions and feedback is encouraged. I hope that you enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
keitht, thanks for your apology. i understand where you are coming from and know that security is a touchy subject. as further proof of my claims, as i explained in the above post, your login should now work since Dropbox has upgraded my existing API key to Production status.

Andy, excellent suggestion, I will add it to the list.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] 2JZ GZE:
this is great! Another suggestion is threaded messaging? The syncing widget would be very helpful. I'd gladly pay for this app!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
is it correct I need to install both files in OP on both phone and xoom? also install dropbox on both phone and xoom? Any order?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
You only need to install the APK on both the tablet and the phone and you can use the same dropbox account on both devices. The order does not matter
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
darn, cant test from work.. xoom is on wifi, and work blocks dropbox's website.. grrrr
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
if this wont be in the market soon, maybe make an update check feature within the app to download the newest version?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbenj:
Playing around with it, love the app so far, I would be immensely interested in testing and helping with this.

I had some ideas earlier this month that didnt really go anywhere. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=977688)

Please let me know if you want any help, I have a product development/management background and would love to help move this thing along.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
havent had the chance to actually test it, but get FC's from my droid 1 (Petes GPA14)...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbenj:
I should have noted that I'm using it with my Incredible on CM7 RC2.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Shadomastr:
Seems to work well. Had to set the update interval to more often to keep up conversations which, in turn, drained my batts quicker. However, I really enjoy texting through the xoom. Dropbox was a brilliant idea. Can you make the layout of the texting app a little more beautiful and/or user friendly? Its functional now but with a little polish would be so much more appealing to show off to friends/coworkers. Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wase4711:
will this work on a wi fi only xoom, since there is no real "messaging" service, besides google talk?

thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Shadow, I am actually looking to implement conversation mode sync interval. It will check more frequently if received message recently, but with every check with nothing new, it will wait longer before next check until it hits the chosen default sync interval.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Wase, all u need is a data connection for your tablet.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbenj:
Thats a great idea.

Do you have any idea if some kind of listening/push service could be used so that it would't need to actively check for a new message?

Similar to the way android remote notifier sends out a "ping" to devices on the network when it receives a text, that way the tablet could then go and pull the new message. It would work the same way in the other direction, where when the user types a message on the tablet, it pings the phone and the phone goes and gets the message and sends it out.

Obviously that scenario would require both devices to be on the same wifi network, which limits it to a greater extent than the way it currently works.

Whats crazy to think about, is with the current configuration, if you are travelling internationally, and you leave the phone on a home, the tablet could send and receive text messages from any corner of the world, as long as you have a data connection, while the users on the other end would have no indication that you've even left.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
Now that I am home and got a chance to actually test it out, I agree, UI/threading is in need of upgrade. Or atleast in the mean time a reply button on a long press of a message.

I think between a UI upgrade and a widget, we are talkin SMS on tablet solved.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fatimusprime:
Hey buddy, I just want to say that I am testing out the apk right now with another friend of mine, so far it is working quite well. Obviously the UI could use a lot of attention after the core functionality is in place. But I like where this is going. Id be happy to do further testing for ya.

First thing you should do is add a press and hold context menu on the received message to allow easy reply.

I appreciate the work so far.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] theMaginator:
Ill be getting another Xoom tomorrow since I lost/destroyed mine in San Diego Yesterday. I have been using GTalk SMS so far but this sounds so much better. Can't wait
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Shadomastr:
Wow @gbenj, you're totally right. Goodbye international data roaming fees. You just need a wifi network to run this.

To the dev: love the idea of adding more updates when heavy messaging is going on. That would be the perfect addon to core funtionality. Other than that, just some simple interface coding will finish the job. Seems as though all the really difficult stuff is almost finished!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] tek818:
Amazing... I knew someone else had to think of this as well. I was just telling my cfo the other day that it would be great if we could send/receive texts from the tablet via the phone.

There are far more elegant solutions than using dropbox, but major props to you for getting this off the ground!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stbbrat:
Wi-Fi only 3.1 root here working just fine.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Xezuka:
Good to know! Thanks for the feedback :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] s.morris:
Hi d0lph1nK1ng

Shame about that, it can be a little confusing, my phone ( Samsung Galaxy S ) show each person in a conversation ( from the same number ) as a different color, also they are staggered

When I send a text from the compose screen (i.e. big white area with telephone number, send etc at the top) all that seem to happen when the text is sent is, The message disappears but the big white box (screen area) stays with the recipients number still at top, I have to use the back button to get to the SMS receive area , Where as you say the there is also a compose area when you click on a reply

Still a great progam

Thanks

Steve
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
It seems that this issue is limited to your device. Can you please contact me offline via email or PM and we can try to resolve the issue? I will then post back here with the results. Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] johall07:
when i disable the app when im out and come back and enable it it downloads all of the texts i received when i was gone....is there any way to make it only receive new texts after disabling
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
This is a known issue, and I have been debating what to do about it. I suppose for the reasons you mention, that it would be best to fully turn off the sync when set to off. This will be included in today's update.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] graffixnyc:
What's the best interval to use for battery? Currently I have it set to every 5 minutes on my phone and every 1 minute on my tablet. I'm more concerned about battery life on my phone over the tablet.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
- Messages are uploaded upon arrival from phone to dropbox.

- Sync interval on tablet determines how often messages are pulled down from dropbox.

- Sync interval on phone determines how quickly messages composed on the tablet are pulled down from dropbox and sent out

You can gauge your values based on the importance of your activities to you. Also, you can use the widget to turn off the sync if your are not using the tablet or phone.

I usually do 5 minutes on the tablet on 10-20min on the phone because I don't send too many texts out that require instant delivery or having conversations.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] case0:
No problem, keep up the great work!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] juDGEY2k10:
Would be great if u could add bubble chat, also diffrent color for each person would be good to.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jase33:
thanks. now that I have the widget set to off I still get texts sync to my xoom. does the widget stop data but still allow wifi sync if the phone is connected to wifi?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
This is a bug that will be fixed in today's update due out by end of day. There is no logic to sync on wifi-only or ?G data.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] BlackDino:
Just bought syncsms today, thanks!

I am looking forward to future updates :-)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] graklore:
will this work on the wifi only model?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
yes it will
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
New version uploaded to the Android Market

v0.5.5

- Duplicate message detection

- Remove character limit and split text messages up

- Show entire message while composing text

- Make hyperlinks in messages selectable

- Support for Android 2.1 phones

- Fix various FCs

- Option to make Enter key send the message

- Option for smaller font sizes

- Option to turn off debug logs

- Fully turn off sync when service is off
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
hey,

finally bought the app the other night.. noticed that texts sent and received in the same minute arent always in order. Maybe can they be sorted by the second as opposed to the minute?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
They actually are sorted by the millisecond. It is just Android that sometimes messes up the order.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] HTC-Gunge:
only small issue I have is that sometimes an SMS thread is split in two with some messages showing the number like:

+447xxxxxxxx

While other are shown as:

447xxxxxxx
[Xoom Themes and Apps] sabor504:
I was wondering when this app will work with the Iphone? I know alot of ppl wit tablets that uses apple, would be great if you can support this. Thanks.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Dumdidum:
Just wanted to ask if someone knows an app that does this...

THANKS I'll test it out right now...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
this will be fixed in the next update. it is on my todo list (see original post - normalize phone numbers) thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
this app will likely never support the iphone. sorry!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] iamorion:
I just picked up the Xoom three days ago and was disappointed to find that I couldn't use sms texting. After a bit of searching I found this forum and droid-life.com with the download for being able to do sms texting.

As someone completely new to this I have no idea how to do some of the instructions for installing the app. I downloaded it, tried to run it, but get the following: Package installer - Android System - Application not installed.

So is there a very basic walk through for people that are new to this, a wiki maybe or just really simple instructions?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] s.morris:
Hi,

Basically all you do is download and install from the market,

to the pad when you run the program you enter your dropbox account name and password, set up the sync time ( i.e. how long you want before messages are synced between your pad and phone )

with the same market account You then also download to your phone and install, after installing on the phone it will go into a phone mode, Not sure if you have to enter your dropbox detail in the phone as well :confused: would say possibly yes

and that is it

Steve
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbenj:
I think you may be in the wrong thread.

If you want to text from the XOOM's number, you're looking for something else and I'm not sure where to point you. I'm sure others can.

What this thread is about is an app that lets you send texts from your XOOM using your android cell phone's #.

If you're interested in that then yes, its really simple, follow the previous posters instructions.

If you want to send and receive texts from your XOOM itself on its own service and pay for texts then you should be looking somewhere else.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] n99hockey:
This app is outstanding, works great!

I love this, really really great work.

With that always comes some sort of suggestion for the backlog if you deem it necessary.

Would it be possible to maybe bold NEW messages that come in on the tablet? So if someone get a few messages but doesn't notice right away and only looks at the first one someone might miss a message if they don't pay attention to the time stamps.

Just a thought, keep up the amazing work!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Thanks for the kind words. Also, that is definitely a backlog-worthy idea =] Thanks for the suggestion, they are always welcome
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Juzman:
Sorry to go off topic, but what keyboard are you using?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
i believe that is Thumb Keyboard
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
Hey,

Noticing a problem when i use my phone for texting, when i decide to use my xoom for txting, turn on both widgets, when i open syncsms, it is syncing all my messages previously sent, however it is not copying the messages i got from the other person.. so i have tons of one sided conversations syncing..

Is this a known problem?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] hoola20055:
Awesome! Just bought it. Thanks and please keep updating. Works great so far.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
alright wonderful members of XDA, i need a beta group of testers to avoid the original issues i had with dropbox =] (see first page of posts)

if your phone doesn't have android 2.2 or greater, then stop reading now.

the first 5 people to email me (email addy in settings of my app) will receive instructions for enabling push notifications. i will edit this post again when the limit has been reached or in the morning. thanks!

EDIT: Thanks to all of the volunteers, but the beta group is now full.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
Email sent.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Nvrenough:
sent and thank u
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
still 2 more spots. i'm headed to bed tho, so i'll update in the morning

EDIT: Thanks to all of the volunteers, but the beta group is now full.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ruvort:
Email sent as well :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kkwus74:
Email sent:)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Thanks to all of the volunteers, but the beta group is now full.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jratzo:
I managed to figure out how to enable push, but I won't since I'm not in the beta group ;)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] JimmyHACK:
push update is gonna be amazing!!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] hoola20055:
I have to reply again and say thanks again. This is the best purchased app I have made in a while. ((Best USEFUL paid app))
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Thanks :-) Be sure to rate and comment on the app in the Android Market so that others will know as well
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
I rated your app in the Market. For some reason it comes up as Mr. for my name. Anyway good job on the app.

It would be cool if you can update the app to default back to the conversation screen after composing a new text. I end up having to hit the back button to go back to all my conversations.

Here's some more ideas for updating your app once you iron out whatever bugs you or others find:

Theming options: (background wallpapers, colors, etc)

Transitions: (when switching between conversations the screens can flip, roll, etc)

Backup to Gmail/Dropbox: Tapping and holding on a conversation can bring up a popup to save conversation to Gmail, Dropbox, etc.

Ability to reorder conversation views: (Dragging conversations, example my girlfriend on top and everyone else on the bottom)

Starting Calls:Ability to initiate call by tapping and holding on conversation. Tapping and holding can pop up a menu where you can choose various options. Would be awesome if the call can bounce back to your cellphone if you initiate it on the Xoom.

Away Messages: Tapping and holding can enable an away option. If person A send you a text the system will auto respond with "I will get to you in a bit".

I don't know how possible these things are but if you can implement these you will make a ton of money with a useful app like this. This by far is the best purchase I've made on my Xoom. I have tons of ideas so if you want you can message me and I'll fill you in.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] zehkaiser:
Love it, but have one small gripe. The default key is set to return, so 3rd party keyboards only show the enter key. ( Instead of the smilies key).

Also, if you tap a conversation list it doesn't always switch to it. You have to select a different conversation, then the one you want. I assume this is because the index variable isn't updated when the conversation list is updated?

As for the guy's suggestions above me, I'd like cool features, but nothing that will slow down performance. Handcent got so blown up I ended up hating it. So much crap built in made it slow.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
You are right I can transitions affecting performance. Scratch transitions.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
d0lph1nK1ng,

I know you said above that something like this will not be made by you for an apple iphone/ipad, but I got wondering if since its using dropbox, if it would be too hard to use this for PC to phone texting? Not sure if you have experience in programming for PC's, but it would be great for me to text from my PC at work, as opposed to always doing it from my phone.

This is one of the main things I miss about my xv6800 windows mobile phone, is using the program "mymobiler" and texting from pc...

Do you think its something you might be up to testing out whenever you get time?

Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] lanisan:
Google Account

I didn't see it (but probably missed it) .. I see under settings a google account option that is greyed out. I'm curious what that is? I

love this app and the continued development. the 2.99 was well worth what I paid. I also like the regular updates and improvements that keep coming. It's not perfect but you keep working on it making it better. that's awesome.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
That is for push notifications, which is coming soon.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] s.morris:
Hi

what would happen if you had the sync switched off on the phone and sent a text from the pad not knowing?

Would it be possible to have some form of warning

Steve
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
That happend to me yesterday at work in a way. I tried to send a txt from the xoom, thought it sent, no reply from the person, I looked at my phone, the txt never showed up. Basically, I remember our office blocks the dropbox servers, so in the xooms mind, it was almost in a queue until it got signal. So I sent the message again from my phone, and then later at night when I got home and my xoom connected to internet, it sent off the message again..
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Due to the semi-complicated implementation of this app, you will be happy to hear that I am planning on adding in some message statuses. You will see things like: R for message received on phone, S for message sent by tablet/phone, U for uploaded to dropbox, D for delivered to other device. I am hoping this will help clear up many of the support issues and give a little clarity as to where your synced messages are. Due out soon!

EDIT: also attached preview pic of v0.6.0 in original post
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Franwella:
Looking brilliant. Looking forward to the update! :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
Preview for the new version looks nice!

After living with the push beta for a few days, I can say you guys are going to love it. Everything works as it should and messages are pushed within seconds. Battery time on my phone is now back to normal since it's not polling every 15 seconds, too.

A couple of things I would like to suggest:

1. Now that the UI bubbles are (received) aligned left and (sent) aligned right, the text in the 'sent' bubbles could actually be aligned back to the left again so that the second line isn't pushed to the right.

2. I don't know how hard it would be to implement, but it would be nice. When a message is received and the notification pops up, tapping the notification would cause a box to pop up in the middle of the screen with the message and a text field to reply to it like Handcent SMS has. This, of course, could be optional, so that turning it off in settings would cause tapping a notification to take you into the app instead.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
i added "Quick reply popup" to the feature backlog
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jratzo:
Completely agree, push is awesome.

One suggestion I have is that after a text is sent from the tablet, to mark the conversation as read on the phone. Though this may just be the app itself, I'm using gosmspro.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] zehkaiser:
I would also like to request that the screen doesn't dim and lock interaction until it sends the message. Makes it seem sluggish.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Nice idea, thanks for the suggestion!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] s.morris:
Hi d0lph1nK1ng

Any idea when we all get to try the push notification, this program just gets better with every update.

Thanks

Steve
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Franwella:
+1

Couldn't agree more!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
No ETA ATM, but I am hoping to open up the beta to all XDA forum readers as the next step before full-out release, so stay tuned!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
How would that work with already having the market version? would we need to remove market to install beta? Which wouldnt that lose what messages we currently have synced, or would your beta pull the message log that the phone has?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Push notification support was added in v0.5.6, but I locked it down to beta members only. I will share the unlock code with XDA when I see fit =] You will not lose your texts, and it will be business as usual, just a lot faster and much more battery-efficient
[Xoom Themes and Apps] brds85:
Would it be possible to only have the app sync messages between certain hours, or when both devices are on the same wifi network?

I dont take my xoom to work with me, so not having it sync during 8 am - 5 pm could save some battery life... and since i have a thunderbolt, any saved battery is a godsend.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AndyMan386:
Ok, thanks.. I didnt know it was already built in, I thought when you said you would open it for beta, that you meant it would need a new app installed, hence me wondering if we would need to delete current version.

Thanks for clarification!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kap86:
Does this app work with Google Voice? Sorry if this has already been asked and answered.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
this feature is currently on the todo list. in the mean time, you can use the widget to turn off sync manually during those hours
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
no, it does not, sorry
[Xoom Themes and Apps] JB.:
Hi d0lph1nK1ng,

Just wanted to say thank you for creating this app, and for continuing to update and develop it.

I've been using it for a few weeks after purchasing it for my Asus Transformer/HTC Desire and it works great!

Keep up the excellent work!

:)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] d0lph1nK1ng:
Thanks for the kind words. I am working on wrapping up the new UI and adding lots of logging for any of you that may be having issues syncing their messages. Should be out in next couple of days