yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] b5t28:
This is by far the most infuriating part of this phone.. My three year old BlackBerry supported group chat, but my top of the line android phone has to use a third party app that stumbles, doesn't send, triple sends, and is so freaking ugly. How hard can it be for someone to fix it so I don't have to have an app and can use the stock messaging program to talk with my friends.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] montevulture:
OH Jeeeeez. I finally switched over from my iPhone 4S... because ICS and the One XL seemed to finally have come up to par with Apple's platform. Love the lightning fast LTE, the camera is only marginally worse than the 4S (close though)... and the screen is gorgeous on the XL! HOWEVER... I get a lot of group texts from my foodie friends with pics of food, or whatever... and actually... this situation with the inability to deal with those texts is almost a deal breaker for me! I had no idea ICS hadn't dealt with that yet... and worse... even HTC hasn't been able to recognize and address that shortcoming with all their coding expertise either? Yikes... I'm either going to have to go back to the 4S, or deal with a flagship phone that fails on a very basic requirement in 2012...

What a buzzkill...:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] montevulture:
Okay everybody... check this out. I was looking for a way to get Visual Voicemail working on my One XL... and ran into a dead end. Finally got in touch with a helpful ATT "Advanced Tech Support" guy (after being forwarded from standard tech support)... and he directed me not to the AT&T Visual Voicemail app that is not compatible with the One X... but he says the AT&T Messages app is the one I need. So I installed it... and not only does it work very well for visual voicemail on the One X... the SMS/MMS feature of the app ACTUALLY THREADS GROUP SMS/MMS !!!! And pretty well too.

I've only had it installed about a half hour... but if it's not too buggy... I think this App not only solves the Visual Voicemail issue... but also potentially the SMS/MMS group threading problem. It won't have tons of features for power users (not very customizable... unfortunately)... but for those of us who NEEDED threaded group texts... we may be all set.

Linky below... :)

(Update: I was not able to post the link because I'm new to the forum... just search for "AT&T Messages" in the Android store.)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] phishie:
Wow good find, worked for me - even properly recognized my old group messages from my iphone-tottin' friends.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mgfjd:
Its weird I hate the lack of privacy on those group text messaging from the iphone.. this is your solution for Android...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1559824
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] phishie:
I've used the group mms feature of Handcent and surprisingly the AT&T implementation is way better. Handcent has considerable lag between receiving the group mms and moving it to the group thread. The AT&T conversion is instant.

So far the only issue I've had with the AT&T messages app is that it doesn't display the message on the lock screen as the stock HTC app does.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] montevulture:
Okay... so an update on this AT&T Messages app...

It works pretty well, especially if you like all-in-one type of repositories for your calls, VMs, SMS, MMS, etc... ( I don't really... but I need Visual Voicemail, this is my only option- it seems to do that part well). It also does not handle MMS well. When I receive pics via text, the app "plays" them in some sort of movie mode... where you can only see it for a few secs, then the pic goes away. Annoying. Plus... when I send pics via MMS through this , the quality is degraded, almost to a point of not being visible to the person receiving it.

It does the threaded group messaging thing okay... and sure works fine for Visual VM, which is what I needed... but if only the rest of the bugs were worked out... I could use it exclusively. I find myself going back to the stock messaging app to send pics.

Grrrr. Not enough to make me regret moving from my 4S... but why can't they get this stuff right!?!?:mad:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] h8rift:
I recommend Google Voice for Visual Voicemail.....dont' use that AT&T branded garbage ;p.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] montevulture:
Thanks H8rift... I've set up google voice for Visual VM, and after a little investigating on how to activate via the actual G Voice webpage... I'm up and running, and uninstalled the ATT Messages. I liked the group messaging function on ATT Messages, but the MMS pic issue really killed it for me. Now, if HTC will only fix the bug that doesn't allow reliable notifications for the stock SMS program... I'll be stoked.

Cheers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] daveop:
I've been holding off swapping over for this exact reason. My entire management team has iPhones and we all use group MMS. If this app really solved that I will be swapping ASAP and donating to the poster that figured that out.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mgfjd:
use handcent.. it works decent... I still the stock app for everything else..

group messaging is annoying anyway..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] thacounty:
Go SMS Pro works well for me with group messages. It even has an option to make sure it threads them in the settings.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juicy555:
Hi.

Me and my brother both have a Kindle fire and they are both using CM7.

A problem has come up lately and my brother's kindle fire has wifi issues... Using the web browser , the wifi works fine. But when I try connecting to the google play store it gives a "no connection" error.

I found the fix for 2 kindles on the same wifi network and did it on both but the problem persists...

Small games like draw something work, but order and chaos online gets a connection error..

any help?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juicy555:
Ive checked the mac addressed and they are both different..
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deep_logic:
Hope this resolves...

I have had this issue before, but had the stock rom on my Kindle. I switched to CM7 and the problem was solved, until today. I ran across this posting, but saw there was no reply. I did some further searching and now I sit with a fully functional Kindle. The fix was surprisingly simple. My date had been reset for whatever reason. I went into my settings, made the date current and was promptly able to access Google Play again, along with the other problematic apps. Give it a shot, I hope it helps. If you are both on the same network, this could have been due to a reset of your router's time setting.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Beantje:
Hi, my girlfriend hase now a samsung sidekick 4g but is there a rom that has dutch lang on it?

Thx to help me
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] fodisu:
I think you should post this in "General" and not in the "Android Development"

But to answer your question, i haven't seen a rom translated to dutch here in the sidekick-forums... (i speak dutch to)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ReActiveDisorder:
Locked in 3.....2...........
[HTC Sensation] scooby359:
Got a mate with a standard Sensation who'd updated to ICS, but now in messaging, he's got dodgy yellow smilies rather than the usual lil green Android smilies.

If I update my Sensation XE, am I going to get the same thing? And if so, any way of changing back to the lil Android faces?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Deleted member 4601753:
I had those too when I got my Voda OTA ICS, hated them and couldn't find a way of getting rid of them, suspect the XE would be the same.

They're gone now I'm on a custom ROM though ;)
[HTC Sensation] scooby359:
Lil bump!

Anyone got a definite answer?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tricksterdude:
Hi,

i've just installed the Resurrection remix rom on my phone but unfortunately the banking app that I use a lot doesnt work with it for some reason. How do I go about restoring my phone to the stock ICS and kernel... I do still want to keep root access, though.

This is the kernel I originally flashed it with

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5.zip

all help will be greatly appreciated :)

I should add that I tried to restore from the back up that I made in clockwork recovery but the app cant find it so I'm thinking the back up didnt work properly! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tricksterdude:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atifsh:
Using cwm wipe, if possible, format system partition, after that flash using Odin.

Learn how to use Odin, get file from sammobile, or check fus
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynamesteve:
you should find everything you need to know in this thread :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victorator:
Did you make a nandroid backup in CWM? If yes, just boot to recover, do a full wipe and do a restore.

If not, go to receovery, do a full wipe, turn off phone, flash the firmware you want thru odin. Let it boot. Power off again, go into download mode, flash a rooted kernel, let it boot and then flash the original kernel with CWMManager from within the rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tricksterdude:
Thanks guys... all sorted :-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guji-dude:
Hi, is there a way to dim the notification led bar and to keep it on at all times or adjust how long it stays on for? Because when using the phone in the dark its a mission to find the back or home button.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Try with light flow from market.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sssache:
I was also thinking of doing something with the bar light. During the day it's useless to keep it on, it's just using battery for nothing. It would be nice ti have a feature of turning off during the day and on in the evening. It would save a lot of battery also... I would prefer turning off for good and save battery.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guji-dude:
Thanks already tried that, cant seem to find any option to control the notification bar led
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ssj_jaypee:
they are just LED lights, barely use any battery anyway.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
I think it should turn on almost every new notification it gets. For E-mal/Gmail, message, etc.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sssache:
I have found an app called Adjbrightness that disable the soft keys but you need root. I don't have rooted my Xperia S so i will use the app called screen filter that have an option that disable the soft keys. I have putted the filter to 100% so it won't change my screen brightness. I will check if there some battery % saving or not.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] D33KK:
It does work in disabling the belts LEDs without root however I found it lagged my phone pretty bad, I haven't tested battery usage either.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wirelessgirl:
I have a stupid question. :o How do I get the notification led bar to come on when I have a missed call, email, etc? All I have working is a blinking blue led light on the top left corner.

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Razje:
It would indeed be nice if you can just set for how long it must be On.

For now, gently tap the camera button, when you are in the dark, and the belt Leds are off
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sssache:
I use Screen Filter to disable the soft keys light andt here is no lag. I can't say if is saving battery or not but I like the lights off because the lights from the bar can be very annoying sometime.

Sent from my Sony Xperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
The code to increase or decrease LDE lights is somewhere on the software. As well as pulse effect like when we connect the charger.

I will try to get in touch with a rom cooker and see if we can get to the source code. If I get my hands on it I will try to create a simple app to regulate the LEDs manually. Maybe activate the pulse effect for missed notifications.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
That would actually be pretty amazing. It would be nice to have control of the bar, because I love the bar on this phone. Even having it for just missed calls I would be ecstatic :).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guji-dude:
Hi there any exciting news for us regarding the LEDs?? :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guji-dude:
This is actually quite helpful, thanks!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krabappel2548:
I'm going to try to make something for the leds this week and next week :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
not yet, I need to work with someone who knows java and Eclipse good enough. :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krabappel2548:
I can give it a try, I need to work with EasyEclipse at school for my lessons of Java ;)

Let's start working together :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I am up for it ;)

Edit: Main problem right now that I am facing is not even eclipse related. I wonder how are we gona be able to override the system values, for example the max current can be changed and it stays there untouched, that way we can completely disable the LEDs lets say for the day time, but, I havent found a way to override the brightness, it goes from 0-255 , 0 being OFF , 255 Full brightness, whenever the screen goes off/on the system automatically re-adjusts the brightness levels without changing the max current values.

Lets imagine, I wanna show off and have my LED shining in the evening even with the screen OFF, i managed to do it once, but it was a matter of time until the system override my values :/

Edit2: I just came up with a solution while writing my 1st edit, and it works lol... I will get on eclipse tomorrow!

here is a picture:

Pray that i can get to work with an APK ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krabappel2548:
II

Ok, let me know if it worked ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I will write you when I get home, maybe you have an instant messaging program where we can get in touch? Just in case ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Small update:

The apk is running on my XS, i managed to get SU, and I am communicating with the command line through the app :)

It is working boys! ;))
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MrZippo:
Is this going to be root only or will it work for non rooted XS's?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krabappel2548:
root only, you can't change the values for the leds without root ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Yeah sorry to tell you but it is root only, You should think about unlocking the bootloader if your device is able too, The alpha ,beta and RC phases of this app are gona be on KA rom exclusive, the final product will be available to download on the market, and in a near future i might even add a donators version with small changes to the UI ( like Widgets and if possible a pulse blink effect ;) )

If you unlock the bootloader you get an awesome rom ( KA ) and control over the LEDs on your transparent bar, think about it :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Get a taste guys :) Alpha version will be soon available on your KA rom :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] danlivesey:
Sounds good waiting to test
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Delete pls
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
Nice job on the Led features

Another (maybe not useful, but) fun feature would be a: Sound/Voice Reactive LED :eek:

There must be a way to light up the bar on the rhtyhm of the music (or loudness) or voice.

One app i remember is Dance Dance Display, "Flashes the screen's background to the rhythm of music heard through the microphone"

So if the screen can be adjusted in color maybe that method can be used to adjust the brightness on the LED bar to the rhtyhm of the music (extern?):D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sl1nk3:
Well, Just a very minor modification :

You don't need root access at all to modify the LED behavior of the buttons ;)

Proof of concept incoming.

Edit :

Here is an app you can run on any unrooted Xperia S (actually any Xperia, -period-) that will let you control the LED, and all of the features, also note that the API supports the color of the LED but obviously the XS doesn't have the hardware capabilities :p

source code included.

see this post
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mikbe:
Nice. Instructions how to install this? It didn't install normally and moving to system/app didn't work either.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Root access is needed for echo and chmod command lines, there is no way I can change system values without root access.

I will take a look at that source code when I get home.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
SE Illumination API. Simple as that. Get it at their dev website.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I will take a look at it mate, thank you ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bub Murray:
Same problem here...

Gesendet von meinem LT26i mit Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] battlestartaurus:
Same here, too....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I will look into the source code later guys, maybe I can make something out of it ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sl1nk3:
Oh sorry the app was unsigned, here's one that works :
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Was that app made using the ilumination api for the xperia range?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sl1nk3:
No idea what that is, and definitely can't find it on the download section of their dev website.

I just looked into sony's apk (on the phone) for the way they do it, and took apart the relevant classes, you simply have to use an Intent and a custom permission to play with the button bar light (look at the source code it's only 120 lines and pretty much self explanatory)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I will take a look later. Thanks mate ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
I just tested your apk ( you made it right? ) here on my phone at work and I notice that the system replaces the values whenever it wants.. Are you sure we dont need root to completly ovetake the system inputs to the LEDs?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rabangus:
Nice work man - seems to be a pretty good proof of concept.

There's not a lot of point having the lights on during the day - I wonder how much battery drain there would be to have an app running in the background which turned the lights on in low light levels? Ideally you would want the option to turn it off when airplane mode is engaged too..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] optik19918:
The battery drain will be something like the alarm Service!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
I wonder how much it drains anyways....in comparison to the screen I think it's much less than people think, they are just 3 led's after all.

edit: woops!

misread the last post xD disregard what i wrote above :P.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
Question: do you think you can make the light blink three times when a message is received?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Yeah, should be possible. Too bad the thing is not multicolor.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sl1nk3:
Well you can't really have "full control" since it seem to work like a stack.

So if there's two app sending commands to the buttons leds, the latest one will be shown for the amount of time specified and once that command is finished, the older ones will taker over etc..

So for example if the system sends a command for the button led to be on for 1mn (usually when you press a button), you can override the led to show with another luminosity for another period or make it blink, but once that is finished and if it lasted less than 1mn then the bar will go back using the system command the remaining time.

Also you can only send "stop" command if you sent the "start" command, so you can't turn off the led if the system turned it on (however you can put the luminosity at 0%, duh).

It uses the package name that you specify to know which app sent the commands, you could "spoof" the package name of the system app to take full control though.

But all that is not really an issue for simple things like making the bar blink when a notification is received or something like that...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] katsuru:
Yeah so far so good, but lets say when using commands with root access I can block the system from changing the values to the LED brightness for example, when the system is requested to communicate with the files he needs, everything he gets from it is a fail string, things keep going like planned besides for the LED bar which couldnt be triggered, and thats why i think root access might be the key to takeover the LED control ;)

I will now take a look at that source code, I thank you once again for sharing it mate.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sl1nk3:
I've made a littile app that catches notification events and make the bar blink for 5 minutes until the screen is turned on :)

I'll post that tomorrow, btw I'll probably create a thread in the dev or apps section.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mikbe:
I'd be very happy if someone could make the leds stay illuminated as long as the screen is on. It's hard to navigate in the dark when the leds shut down too early.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Better to use the light sensor maybe?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mikbe:
Or this way yes. Either way that feature would make the phone even better.

E: I'll try if Tasker is up for the task :p

E2: Nope. "Your device is not supported" when I try to access Alert->Set Light or Light Level.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niamacb:
it will be cool if we can make the LED light blink follow the tempo when we play a music....it just cool like SONY MP3 player
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
I think it's possible, need to look at the way LWPs do that.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niamacb:
i should be very cool when i play music when study in Mcd
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
How is the app coming for notifcation light?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gtrab:
+1 and willing to test/help ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rabangus:
Likewise
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yakandu:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deskangel.kblight

;) hope it helps!

Root required

it can enable the light always

it can enable the light when phone is screen-on

it can disable the light always

It works for me
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GT35pro:
Would be great if Sony or a developer on xda can make a widget for this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
I just want that the led blinks 3 times for notifications when screen is off.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Nice good call, now we need it for notifications.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mikbe:
Excellent! Now it works like I wanted at the first place. Nice bonus would be to make backlights follow the light sensor. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] guji-dude:
ahh man, we need summin for non rooted users :)

as some of our bootloaders are locked :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
We need to get some more development going on this. I'll have to read up on how to make an apk and see if I can come up with something.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] veryproudmonkey:
You can set up Tasker to flash bar with notifications - example:

Profile: Event > notification (messaging)

Task: Alert > Set button backlight to 0 if %SCREEN is off. Task > wait 2 seconds. Alert > Set button backlight to 30 if %SCREEN is off. Task > wait 2 seconds. Task > goto action 1 if %SCREEN is off.

Edit: as far as I can tell you can only set the button backlight brightness to 30.

Edit: you can set button backlight for however bright you want - just some numbers don't work. 30 and 125 work for example as well as others - just not all.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mikbe:
That's not possible as I pointed out earlier this month.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] veryproudmonkey:
I guess it does, because I do not receive that error message and am accomplishing the task of notifications with light bar flashes.

If proof is needed I can show. There usually is a star next to the items restricted in Tasker due to not being accessible on certain devices.

Here is my profile: hxxx://db.tt/4dZ7GP6a