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[Verizon Droid Charge] Son of Cicero:
When I used TweakStock, I kept waking up and finding that my phone had turned itself off during the night. A few times, I discovered that this had happened when I pulled my phone out of my pocket after not using it for a couple of hours. Never experienced this with another ROM. Can't remember if the issue persisted after I upgraded to 1.4 (I moved to Eclipse).

After having spent 5 days using Eclipse, I wouldn't say one ROM is clearly better than the other. I think it's a little smoother and I don't get the weird shutdowns, so I'll stick with this for the time being.
[Verizon Droid Charge] buhohitr:
Sound like something is mess-up with your phone or Kernel problem. I don't think anyone here having issue with Tweakstock shutting down phone!! The only thing I heard about is phone rebooting caused by PBJ kernel. You better check it out.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidBlaze:
I agree that something probably went wrong since no one else seems to have this issue. Having said that, I think you're fine with either Eclipse or TweakStock. So just use whichever you like better.
[Verizon Droid Charge] buhohitr:
Mr. DBlaze, I wish you could work on the ICS theme since Boost192 is no longer owned the Charge and the...teeth pull situation which make it forever to finish the ICS theme...maybe you should have a talk with Boost192?
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidBlaze:
If I had more time I would but for now there isn't enough time nor motivation for me to take over the ICS theme. I'll see though since ICS is the only AOSP theme I would be interested in doing.

Also, sorry OP for taking over the thread and for now on please people stay on topic out of respect for OP.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ToXicD:
crashes tweaked 2.0 :(

Tried installing the gauge icon back onto my phone several times after upgrading to the latest tweak, but it kept throwing it into bootloops. Is there something that can be done to make these mods work for themed tweaked 2.0 with fp1pbj?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
They would have to be redone - too much changed between 1.4 and 2.0 for these to work (as you have already found out).
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
PLEASE READ THIS FULL POST BEFORE INSTALLING! :)

Beta Version updated 2/16. Build 7 :)

This is our 7th beta build of Handcent 4.0 and we're releasing it to the public. Because of the nature of BETA we expect you to be able to install an application manually without using the market.

Remember, Handcent is a free application, so we don't have a fancy, outsourced, technical support team to assist you with Android OS tech support such as installing applications outside of the APP market. If someone wants to link me a tutorial for this, I'll post it in this first post.

This will replace and upgrade your current version of Handcent 3.9.x. It does not install a second copy. You can easily revert back to an older version if you experience catastrophic issues by redownloading from the Android marketplace.

HELP US FIND BUGS! If you think you found something, but you aren't sure, see if myself or someone else can replicate it in this forum before submitting a bug report. :)

Thanks for your patience!

Don't forget the THANKS button here

, and show your support by removing ads in Handcent by purchasing a subscription or contribution membership. :)

New to XDA? The install file is attached to this post. :)

New Features

Handcent Talk - Allows you to bind your phone number and send text messages for free using the Handcent network.

Greater customization (particularly with widgets and the pop-up window but not everything is implemented yet)

Improved compatibility with iOS messaging from iPhones (iOS compatible group messaging planned)

Full ICS Support

Features under Development

iPhone iMessaging compatible GROUP MESSAGE support

Skinnable POPUP notification

Greater detailed ICS Notification features

SMS/MMS/Settings Backup to SD CARD feature (Which won't require subscription like the online backup service!)

Confirmed Issues

Some modded users may experience theme compatibility issues when using themes of white text on dark backgrounds.
[Android Software Development] c00ller:
Thanks for this! Can this be installed over the current stable version with no issue?

Edit: could you also please provide some sort of changelog so us beta testers can test/verify all the new things?
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
Yes. It will replace the current version. And this version is quite stable. We don't expect many issues to come up. :)
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Only issue I can see so far is that it doesn't like dark menus as the text is black and doesn't pull thebcilor.from the android system
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
settings -> custom style -> theme -> black
[Android Software Development] c00ller:
Hmm, is there a way to change the new top action bar? Or do we have to wait for the skins to be updated? Right now it is a light blue that doesn't fit with the Darkness theme I'm using... Or am I being mindgamed and it was always this blue?

Also, I have a suggestion for one option regarding some wasted screen space. Going to "Settings > Custom style > Bubble settings > Enable text counter" lets us enable or disable the text counter. This text counter shows under the text editor.

When the text counter is disabled, the text counter is gone, but the vertical space is still taken up by the blank space. See screenshot below for what I mean.

It would be nice if disabling the text counter would collapse the previously reserved space.
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
I can suggest collapsing the text counter field when it's not being used, but yeah, we are aware that there may be SOME skinning issues and we will be addressing those as best as we can prior to the public release. :)
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
already set.
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
I see. I'll be bringing this up with development as we are aware that many Handcent users are also advanced users who root their devices and install third-party ROMs. I'm one of them, myself. However, with Cyanogen largely unavailable to DX2 users, this isn't something I get the luxury of testing. :)
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
I will be more then willing to help in this. I am pretty sure I can make a few simple changes so the color codes call the ones from the stock android framework. It would go along way to reduce the fragmentation issues we all see with how apps look if they used the built in color codes instead of defining their own. If I can be of any help please feel free to let me know.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Missed something in the OP. Man enough to admit I am a noob at times lol
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
Someone didn't read the entire first post :)
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Oops I must have missed that the first time i read it. I remembered the entire post except for that part lol. Ill edit me post.
[Android Software Development] Archon810:
First app load scrolling performance is absolutely horrific. It's choppier than any other app I've seen on my SGS II.

Edit: contact selection screen's scrolling is even worse. It's like watching a horrible car crash in slow-mo over a 28.8k modem.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
How many messages do you have. Mine had no issues scrolling.
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
Ditto I have no scrolling issues. Do you have thousands of messages stored?
[Android Software Development] jx326:
I thought we were finally going to get group mms compatibility with iOS? I can't find any option to enable this and it's not working natively.

If this was not added, what does "Improved compatibility with iOS messaging from iPhones" actually mean?

It's frustrating being left out of the loop because my friends on iphones like using iOS group messaging to communicate.

Referenced from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774990&page=8
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
This is a beta software. We are working on making this feature work. :)
[Android Software Development] jx326:
Good to know it's coming. If you guys are first to the market with this feature, you will make a lot of android users with iPhone using buddies very happy.
[Android Software Development] coversnail:
Is there/will there be an option to turn off the new 3 home screens? I appreciate you want to highlight the Handcent services and talk, but is a little annoying to accidentally change the screen when scrolling the conversation list.

The rest all looks good, much prefer the new 'unknown' contact avatar to the previous.
[Android Software Development] bluskyline21:
Any idea why this still doesn't work with Miui on drodX?
[Android Software Development] loqan:
Thanks for this update. Its nice.

2 weeks ago I was thinking about transfer to GoSMS mainly because of 'free message feature'. But now it's also feature of Handcent! Nice one.

Well, I want to report a bug I found:

HC Talk works nicely in Handcent app.

!But if I want to use "Quick Message" (long press of Search button) and send that message to contact who is using HC Talk aswell, it sends normal sms instead of HCT message. Pls fix it :) Thx.
[Android Software Development] c00ller:
Could you please elaborate what is meant by "Greater customization"? I thought I scoured through the options for any changes and didn't notice any.

Also confirming that my scrolling performance has been bad since as long as I can remember. It is extremely choppy upon first scroll, maybe 2 fps? Even after subsequent scrolls it is maybe 10 fps. I have maybe 700 sms messages total.
[Android Software Development] DigitalJedi:
I've only had 1 small issue so far. In the "Skin" section of the options I chose the "Darkness" theme and it did not work. I chose "Hero" and it works just fine. I didn't take it any further than that because I found an alternative that looks ok for now, but for those that like to customize the appearance of Handcent that could be an annoyance, especially if other downloaded skins are affected too.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
That's odd as that's the theme I use and it is working OK except for the known theme issues.
[Android Software Development] DigitalJedi:
For me the Darkness theme showed up with the default blue bar at the top of the conversation list. I thought maybe for a second it was because I had the skin active when I installed the beta so I uninstalled the skin and installed it again form the market but I got the same blue bar when I applied it.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Yes if you read back in the thread this is a known issue with the themes
[Android Software Development] DigitalJedi:
Read that in the OP. I thought it was implying this was only if you use a dark background and white text in your convo list, etc. Didn't know it applied to the skins as well. Thanx.

EDIT: Just went and tried every skin I've got downloaded and the only 2 that work are the default and Hero. All other skins show the default blue bar at the top of the list regardless of color.
[Android Software Development] SteveH647:
I second this. There is a huge boatload of people (including myself) that are waiting patiently for Handcent 4.0 just for this particular feature.
[Android Software Development] dpmpv:
Take it your also working the the regular sms part of talk to work with the iPhone aswell?

or how do i go about adding an iPhone user it doesn't show up when i search there number (which he said there "user names" were)

Also was wondering if you could add a option for the pop-up to save the time stamp when re-sizing for the onscreen keyboard? (on the HTC thunderbolt stock it remove it to resize)
[Android Software Development] fallingd0wn:
Are there plans to allow control of the notification LED on the Galaxy Nexus? Enabling LED now has no effect.
[Android Software Development] algarues:
Could you please clarifiy a bit about apple messaging compatibility?

Does it mean that people with apple devices can text us from anywhere using their protocol and handcentusers vice versa thus bypassing sms fees?

If yes, how do I add an apple contact to my list of handcent talk buddies?

Thank you for your help
[Android Software Development] jdta09:
Delivery reports

In the most recent version in the Market, Handcent Delivery Reports no longer worked (it just brings up a blank screen), so I had gone back to the previous version.

Unfortunately in this version the same happens. Are Handcent Delivery Reports on the way out, which would be a great shame?
[Android Software Development] rsalib:
Handcent Talk

It does not allow me to change the number associated with my handcent account. I deleted the 1 before my area code and now the number displays as:

+1234567890 with no 1 before the area code.

Please advise.
[Android Software Development] cosmin_f:
Free sms? Not for me. 1sms=0.10£. Thank you
[Android Software Development] Chynegal:
can we customize the pop up box...i would really like that feature
[Android Software Development] Edge1978:
I third this. It gets frustrating when a few friends (who own iPhones) send a Group message and I have to reply to each one individually. :o So I can't wait until the new release :D
[Android Software Development] fredy915:
sweet thanks .. going to test it on my Vivid :)
[Android Software Development] TheManicGibbon:
This seems like a cool update but if I'm honest, I don't see much more in the way of ICS Support. The current version in the Market worked fine for me on ICS on my Nexus.

I do have one suggestion, which I have emailed to you before but received no response. I was hoping this had been implemented as part of "ICS Support" but it seems that it hasn't.

My suggestion is that in the notification tray in ICS, when a message is received, the contact photo of the sender is displayed instead of the small envelope symbol.

This must be possible - take the GMail app for ICS - when an email is received, a small grey email icon is displayed in the status bar. When the tray is pulled down, the contact photo of the sender is shown in the notification.

I think this would be a really great addition to the ICS support.
[Android Software Development] loqan:
+1 for this idea ;)

you can maximize it and instead of notification icons (which you can choose in app) add options to show tiny photo contacts in status bar - or make option to enter Custom notify icon so we would be able to choose our own icons ;)
[Android Software Development] TheUntouchable:
Very sad to see that the icon of handcent has not change in the new version.. :( (see screenshot)

Also, if not allready changed, the method of sending sms when no network is reachable is realy annoying! Please make it possible to change the vibration and sound when this occurre. Thanks :D
[Android Software Development] coversnail:
Surely that's the widget you've put on your home screen, not the actual icon?
[Android Software Development] TheManicGibbon:
Yeah! That's a cool idea. What do you say Handcent?

The icon hasn't changed anyway.
[Android Software Development] TheUntouchable:
Sorry,I was talking about the widget ;) but it doesn't fit into the home screen with its design..
[Android Software Development] mcmb03:
installing now, and i'll try to make bugs happen.
[Android Software Development] JoeSyr:
Here's a bug(or lack-of-feature, maybe) that's been occasionally annoying me using the program so far (I just installed the beta but I don't think it's been addressed based on the changelog given).

If my phone is open to a particular texting thread, and a new text comes in, being actively displayed on the screen isn't enough to have it get marked as read. I need to meaningfully interact with the program to get it to kick in. The problem is that I very often will unlock my screen, look at the last text I got, and if I have nothing else to say back, just hit the home button (or put the phone back down and do this the next time I pick it up). And then there is still a message I have already read calling out for attention in my notifications.

Minor, but gets annoying. Would be nice to see addressed in 4.0
[Android Software Development] KLoNe1:
This REALLY is needed.
[Android Software Development] TheUntouchable:
Same problem here!
[Android Software Development] andy905:
Im unable to receive sms after installing this update, I have a HTC Desire running Supernova rom. Didnt have a single issue before this.
[Android Software Development] eatonjb:
I like. Great upgade.
[Android Software Development] tgrgrd00:
Any way we can get notified when this feature gets implemented? Email list or something?

Need beta testers for this feature? I get group texts from iphone users daily so I could test easily. I am dying to have this working.

Thanks
[Android Software Development] Libdawg:
Working good so far

Working good so far on my rooted EVO running MikG 3.0. Also running on my wife's rooted EVO Shift running MikShift 1.01. I love the HC Chat, reminds me of Blackberry messenger. It surprises me how fast the messages through the HC Chat go.
[Android Software Development] c00ller:
I would also like to see this addressed, but there is probably a reason it hasn't been since every messaging app works this way from what I've seen.
[Android Software Development] rsalib:
Bug

When un-hiding blacklist and clicking back the message list shows it being blank until I reenter the app.
[Android Software Development] mhulsegge:
Just tried installing this on HTC Desire running Miui-Au ICS.

Unfortunately when launching the app, directly forceclosing. This is also the case on the current "official" handcent app.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
This may be due to the romnyour running. I am running it on ICS CM build and it is running fine. MIUI may have issues with a lot of apps in the near future.
[Android Software Development] asimons81:
Anyone else having trouble connecting to Handcent Talk?

I never received my verification code via SMS, and there's no option to re-send. Or am I just completely blind??
[Android Software Development] llmalasll:
Auto onscreen keyboard still doesn't work!!!

Sent from EVO 4g running Deck 1.3 using Tapatalk...
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Works fine here.
[Android Software Development] llmalasll:
Which device are you on???

Sent from EVO 4g running Deck 1.3 using Tapatalk...
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
HTC Inspire.
[Android Software Development] kdahls01:
Trying to install on my Nexus (Verizon) and am getting "cannot open file". downloaded just fine. Any ideas? Thanks much.
[Android Software Development] norm807:
Trying to bind my phone number to handcent talk, but I never received the authorization text. I can't figure how to resend it. Any ideas?
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
Have you enabled 3rd party app installs?
[Android Software Development] ScottBroker:
Love the program. Quicj question. When I send a group text, it alwas makes me confirm numbers. Is there a way to just default it to the first mobile number in the contact????
[Android Software Development] kfirbep:
what is this thing?

its a keyboard?
[Android Software Development] zeke1988:
Handcent talk is 100% free?
[Android Software Development] TheQat:
I'm running the Beta 7.

I have an AT&T Captivate, running Apex 12.4 ROM.

Batch Mode from the main screen is not working for me.

1) Launch Handcent. The Main Screen (with the list of people you have messages to/from)

2) Press Menu

3) Select "Batch Mode"

Handcent thinks it is in "Batch Mode" (ie: Pressing "menu" gives you the Batch Mode options "Delete Selected", "Force Delete", "Cancel batch mode"...)

But no check boxes appears.

---------- Post added at 01:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 PM ----------

Now even stranger...

While in the "unworking" batch mode, after a very long time the check boxes did appear. But it was after tapping a conversation and reading some stuff and coming back to the main screen.

But Handcent did not think it was in batch mode any more (pressing Menu was the regular non-batchmode options)

Then the check boxes disappeared after a few second.
[Android Software Development] Black Hawk90:
It would be nice if there will ba a setting for the smileys where the string can be changeable.

Instead of ":-)" for example, then " :)"

Sry for my bad english :D
[Android Software Development] JoeSyr:
I had to do a wipe of my phone and since restoring, I've had two new problems. Briefly installed the market version but back on the beta now.

1)Only available skins are IPhone, Hero, IPhone new. The loading icon just goes indefinitely without showing any options in the market. I was using the Darkness skin. Removed it, manually downloaded it from the market, still doesn't appear as an option. I know skins aren't 100% compatible yet but this seems to be a distinct problem. Also did a cache/data wipe of the app in app settings, no change.

(Edit: Well after posting this, the next time I unlocked my phone it had loaded darkness as an option, as well as one other that I forget. I picked it and it applied, but whenever I go back to the skin chooser, it's still just the three. I remember when I first installed handcent it would pretty quickly load up a lot of options here.)

2)I believe that before, handcent pulled my personal info from my local profile on my phone (Galaxy Nexus). Now it doesn't display my picture. I tried to set one manually but it doesn't seem to take. Now my texts show up with the default no-picture icon in conversation views.
[Android Software Development] gonsa:
me too. haven't received any sms back.

have enabled "allow installation of non-market apps"

i'm from portugal, don't know if that's an issue.
[Android Software Development] cguilford:
So I have a question.. I've tried glancing through and didn't see anything. I have been using Handcent since my first droid phone... One thing I have noticed, is that when I send an MMS message to a group of people they can all see each others phone numbers. Is there a way to break an message like that apart.. IE I send a picture via MMS to a group of numbers, and I don't want them to have each others numbers because that sometimes causes confusion when they reply and it sends it to everyone that got the picture. Is there an option for that or am I missing something?
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
In the settings there is an option to split them into different threads. That should take care of it.
[Android Software Development] cguilford:
Would you be so kind as to show me where? I have failed to find it.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
It is under send settings. I know it says SMS but it works for MMS as well. At least for me it does.
[Android Software Development] cguilford:
I've checked and that is already checked so it must be something else I'm assuming that splits yours up?
[Android Software Development] dEris:
I'd like to see screenshots before I install. I prefer GoSMS over this and I really want to see if the UI has been improved. The current public release looks ugly even with customization.
[Android Software Development] TheQat:
I found a work around for this. Kind of weird.

If I go into "batch mode", the check boxes do not appear.

I long-press one of the messages. Select delete. Confirm.

Now the check boxes appear and I can perform normal "batch mode" operations.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Thats odd as the new beta that was posted on the 16th fixed it for me. Ill see if any of my team on the captivate can reproduce it.
[Android Software Development] TeranG__:
i prefer gosms over this, actually what i need just nice UI. handcent should make it more beautiful.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
I am sure when it is out of beta we will get/be able to make themes for it. Remember this is still beta. I also used to use Go SMS but have switched to handcent
[Android Software Development] Calcobrena:
Absolutely :)
[Android Software Development] Ebiforever:
Group messaging from Iphone to Android

Hi:

Whenever my friends send a group message from Iphone to me The message comes as a box which you need to click to download( MMS) How do i set it so it would download automatically and I can view the message as soon as I receive it.

Thanks