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Go Launcher EX guide
i posted this in a thread in the ascend section but figured everyone could use it....
first time intensively using the full post option, so bear with me.
the x's next to setting indicate that i have them checked. if there are multiple settings available i will put the first three letters such as (tra) for the transparent dock setting. screenshot below if you like them use these settings.
this is a short over view of the controls and menu options for GO LAUNCHER. there will also be links for useful apps and items.
Go Launcher (GL) Preferences.
yes, the menu tells you what these do, but i'm also going to give tips and try to clarify a few things.
Screen display
Display Settings
Status bar- check on to show the status bar at the top of your phone, uncheck to hide it. this only hides the status bar while in home screen view if something occurs the stat bar will show back up. it will also remain visible while using certain apps and when in menus.
xScreens scroll circularly- if you swipe left on the first screen you go to the last and vice verce. i only use two screens so its nice being able to swipe either direction to get to my common apps. (see screenshots below)
xWallpaper scrolling- check to have the wall paper move in unison to your home screen swipes. if you are running stock rom and have choppy transition try turning this off.
App icon labels- shows or hides app names on the home screen.
(5x5)Grid size- adjusts the number of rows and columns available for apps and widgets. the first number indicates rows the second, columns.
Home Screen Transition
(f/s)Transition- changes the screen change animation to-
Default- no effect the screen just slides left or right.
Bounce- apps and widgets bounce, like a kid making a paper doll walk /\/\/\ like so.
Bulldoze- peels the apps and widgets, imagine you are scraping them off with a bulldozer.
Cube (inside)- moves apps to look like yo are in a room and looking from wall to wall. best with four or more screens
Cube(outside)- now you are turning a cube in your hands, again, best with four screens
Flip(simple)- your apps and widgets flip over as if on pages.
Flip (with wallpaper)- flips as though the wallpaper is also on a card. you may want to disable wallpaper scrolling for a nicer transition.
Roll- imagine your apps and widgets are on a wheel. you may want to bring down your fling speed for this one and the next two.
Wave- apps and widgets move like waves are under them.
Windmill- apps move as if the top is attached to the hub of a wind mill. best with four or more screens.
(100)Fling speed-how fast your home screen transition occurs. if you are having choppy transitions turn this down.
(100)Elasticity-controls how far your screen overshoots during fast transitions.
Screen indicator-
[B]Screen indicator-/B] shows a small line of dots indicating your screen.
xAuto hide screen indicator- the afore mentioned dots will disappear after a short period of time. only active if the previous box is checked.
screen settings-
you can add and delete home screens from here. tap the "+" on a blank screen to add a screen and the little x in the top right of a screen to delete it.
screens can also be re ordered by dragging them to a new spot.
Dock settings
(tra)Select style- choose one of the following styles for your dock icons.
Select dock background- choose your dock picture. only available if previous box checked.
xLoop mode same as circular scrolling, only for the dock.
App drawer settings
(ver)Scrolling orientation-controls which way your apps move/scroll.
if you use vertical you can also scroll up and down by sliding your finger left and right.
Custom background set any picture as a background in the app drawer.
Select drawer background- choose your pic. only available if the previous box is checked.
grid size- set how many apps show at a time by controlling number of rows/columns.
xApp icon labels- shows or hides app names.
Hide app icons- you can choose to hide apps from your drawer from here. check the apps you want to hide and press the back button on the phone to save.
(alp)Icon sorting-choose how your icons are sorted, alphabetically, chronologically from newest to oldest or vice verce.
(win)Show effect-adds an effect to the app drawer appearing.
Running tab
Show locked apps- check to show apps you have locked on.
choose locked apps-choose which apps to lock (keep running at all times) Operation settings
Gravity sensor
xScreen rotation-check to enable a landscape view when your phone is turned sideways.
Popup quick menu
xPopup quick menu-check to enable the popup menu when you long press an icon/widget. the menu lets you change icons, their displayed names, remove them from home screen, uninstall apps, and delete or resize widgets.
Key and gestures
(1st)Home key action-changes what happens when you hold the back key...
Disable- self explanatory.
Application- launches the app of your choice)
Shortcut- select a shortcut from the menu that pops up. you will go to this when you hold back at the home screen.
Show home screen- shows your main home screen (generally center)
Show home screen, then preview- returns you to your main screen, from main screen hold again to go to screen settings.
Show preview- goes to screen settings menu.
Show app drawer- self explanatory.
Show notification- shows drop down notification box.
Show/Hide status bar- self explanatory.
(7th)Glide up action-what happens when you slide your finger from to to bottom on a screen... actions are same as above
(9th)Glide down action- what happens when you slide from top to bottom.
Advanced settings
System persistant- not sure. the warning scared me.
xPrevent force close- tries to prevent fc's when memory low.
Font choose your font for app labels. i can't find any ANYWHERE.
Clean rubbish data if you resize your grid some apps may "disappear" they are still there but can't be shown. if you resize your screen and it gets choppy come tap this. it removes those poofed widgets and apps from memory.
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Unread text message count- displays missed texts in the GL notification app (separate app)
Missed call count-same as above for missed calls
Unread gmail count-...and gmail
well thats it for the menu (whew) now for...
tips/tricks
resizing widgets-
almost any widget can be resized (stretched or squashed) to your preference. some cannot, such as the cpuboost nitrous widget. usefull for bringing apps down to a convenient size or larger for bigger fingers.
long press a widget and select resize. drag the edges to the desired size.
changing app icons
any picture can be used as an icon.
long hold an icon, choose "replace", choose a theme to take icons from it or use any picture.
to select a pic choose "custom icon" large pics must be cropped...
select "change shortcut" to change the app/shortcut set to that spot. choose "blank" to remove the app/ shortcut. use this to get rid of unwanted +'s too.
select "choose icon" to use a custom icon.
select "change gesture response" to change what happens when yuo slide your finger along the dock
i posted this in a thread in the ascend section but figured everyone could use it....
first time intensively using the full post option, so bear with me.
the x's next to setting indicate that i have them checked. if there are multiple settings available i will put the first three letters such as (tra) for the transparent dock setting. screenshot below if you like them use these settings.
this is a short over view of the controls and menu options for GO LAUNCHER. there will also be links for useful apps and items.
Go Launcher (GL) Preferences.
yes, the menu tells you what these do, but i'm also going to give tips and try to clarify a few things.
Screen display
Display Settings
Status bar- check on to show the status bar at the top of your phone, uncheck to hide it. this only hides the status bar while in home screen view if something occurs the stat bar will show back up. it will also remain visible while using certain apps and when in menus.
xScreens scroll circularly- if you swipe left on the first screen you go to the last and vice verce. i only use two screens so its nice being able to swipe either direction to get to my common apps. (see screenshots below)
xWallpaper scrolling- check to have the wall paper move in unison to your home screen swipes. if you are running stock rom and have choppy transition try turning this off.
App icon labels- shows or hides app names on the home screen.
(5x5)Grid size- adjusts the number of rows and columns available for apps and widgets. the first number indicates rows the second, columns.
Home Screen Transition
(f/s)Transition- changes the screen change animation to-
Default- no effect the screen just slides left or right.
Bounce- apps and widgets bounce, like a kid making a paper doll walk /\/\/\ like so.
Bulldoze- peels the apps and widgets, imagine you are scraping them off with a bulldozer.
Cube (inside)- moves apps to look like yo are in a room and looking from wall to wall. best with four or more screens
Cube(outside)- now you are turning a cube in your hands, again, best with four screens
Flip(simple)- your apps and widgets flip over as if on pages.
Flip (with wallpaper)- flips as though the wallpaper is also on a card. you may want to disable wallpaper scrolling for a nicer transition.
Roll- imagine your apps and widgets are on a wheel. you may want to bring down your fling speed for this one and the next two.
Wave- apps and widgets move like waves are under them.
Windmill- apps move as if the top is attached to the hub of a wind mill. best with four or more screens.
(100)Fling speed-how fast your home screen transition occurs. if you are having choppy transitions turn this down.
(100)Elasticity-controls how far your screen overshoots during fast transitions.
Screen indicator-
Screen indicator-/B] shows a small line of dots indicating your screen.
xAuto hide screen indicator- the afore mentioned dots will disappear after a short period of time. only active if the previous box is checked.
screen settings-
you can add and delete home screens from here. tap the "+" on a blank screen to add a screen and the little x in the top right of a screen to delete it. screens can also be re ordered by dragging them to a new spot.
Dock settings
(tra)Select style- choose one of the following styles for your dock icons.
Select dock background- choose your dock picture. only available if previous box checked.
xLoop mode same as circular scrolling, only for the dock.
App drawer settings
(ver)Scrolling orientation-controls which way your apps move/scroll. if you use vertical you can also scroll up and down by sliding your finger left and right.
Custom background set any picture as a background in the app drawer.
Select drawer background- choose your pic. only available if the previous box is checked.
grid size- set how many apps show at a time by controlling number of rows/columns.
xApp icon labels- shows or hides app names.
Hide app icons- you can choose to hide apps from your drawer from here. check the apps you want to hide and press the back button on the phone to save.
(alp)Icon sorting-choose how your icons are sorted, alphabetically, chronologically from newest to oldest or vice verce.
(win)Show effect-adds an effect to the app drawer appearing.
Running tab
Show locked apps- check to show apps you have locked on.
choose locked apps-choose which apps to lock (keep running at all times) Operation settings
Gravity sensor
xScreen rotation-check to enable a landscape view when your phone is turned sideways.
Popup quick menu
xPopup quick menu-check to enable the popup menu when you long press an icon/widget. the menu lets you change icons, their displayed names, remove them from home screen, uninstall apps, and delete or resize widgets.
Key and gestures
(1st)Home key action-changes what happens when you hold the back key...
Disable- self explanatory. Application- launches the app of your choice) Shortcut- select a shortcut from the menu that pops up. you will go to this when you hold back at the home screen. Show home screen- shows your main home screen (generally center) Show home screen, then preview- returns you to your main screen, from main screen hold again to go to screen settings. Show preview- goes to screen settings menu. Show app drawer- self explanatory. Show notification- shows drop down notification box. Show/Hide status bar- self explanatory.
(7th)Glide up action-what happens when you slide your finger from to to bottom on a screen... actions are same as above
(9th)Glide down action- what happens when you slide from top to bottom.
Advanced settings
System persistant- not sure. the warning scared me.
xPrevent force close- tries to prevent fc's when memory low.
Font choose your font for app labels. i can't find any ANYWHERE.
Clean rubbish data if you resize your grid some apps may "disappear" they are still there but can't be shown. if you resize your screen and it gets choppy come tap this. it removes those poofed widgets and apps from memory.
go launcher ex notification
Unread text message count- displays missed texts in the GL notification app (separate app)
Missed call count-same as above for missed calls
Unread gmail count-...and gmail
well thats it for the menu (whew) now for...
tips/tricks
resizing widgets-
almost any widget can be resized (stretched or squashed) to your preference. some cannot, such as the cpuboost nitrous widget. usefull for bringing apps down to a convenient size or larger for bigger fingers.
long press a widget and select resize. drag the edges to the desired size.
changing app icons
any picture can be used as an icon.
long hold an icon, choose "replace", choose a theme to take icons from it or use any picture.
to select a pic choose "custom icon" large pics must be cropped...
select "change shortcut" to change the app/shortcut set to that spot. choose "blank" to remove the app/ shortcut. use this to get rid of unwanted +'s too.
select "choose icon" to use a custom icon.
select "change gesture response" to change what happens when yuo slide your finger along the dock
well, that's really all there is to it. enjoy!
love this app love yo instructions. but how do i keep it as my default launcher?
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love this app love yo instructions. but how do i keep it as my default launcher?
ITA with NoNameFace, but if you don't want to download a new app for whatever reason, you can do it the more time-consuming way. ;-)
You can go into Settings-Applications-Manage Applications and click on whichever home is currently your default one and tap on it. Near the bottom of the page is the option 'launch by default'. You can tap clear defaults and then hit your home button. You should then have the option to open by any of the homes you have installed onto your device and there is a check mark underneath to 'use by default for this action.' Just remember to click in the box so the checkmark appears before tapping on 'Go Launcher Ex'. It'll then be your default home launcher. Good luck!
Thanks Tokenpoke for your wonderful guide. I can't find the transparent dock style on the market, but have since simply replaced all but the middle icon with separate transparent icons. Is this a style on the market?
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ITA with NoNameFace, but if you don't want to download a new app for whatever reason, you can do it the more time-consuming way. ;-)
You can go into Settings-Applications-Manage Applications and click on whichever home is currently your default one and tap on it. Near the bottom of the page is the option 'launch by default'. You can tap clear defaults and then hit your home button. You should then have the option to open by any of the homes you have installed onto your device and there is a check mark underneath to 'use by default for this action.' Just remember to click in the box so the checkmark appears before tapping on 'Go Launcher Ex'. It'll then be your default home launcher. Good luck!
Thanks Tokenpoke for your wonderful guide. I can't find the transparent dock style on the market, but have since simply replaced all but the middle icon with separate transparent icons. Is this a style on the market?
If by transparent dock, you mean it looks like there is no dock behind your icons, just go under your dock options and choose 'hide dock'. Works for me:
If that's not what you mean, well then I dunno, you'll have to be more specific
I have a question, I have tried just about everything to delete this app, Could you guys possible help me out? I bought this phone from somebody with this app already installed, and i do not like it too much
I have a question, I have tried just about everything to delete this app, Could you guys possible help me out? I bought this phone from somebody with this app already installed, and i do not like it too much
Did you try to uninstall using APP2SD? or try to use the stock uninstaller..I haven't heard of GO launcher uninstallation problem..it is user friendly app..
Does anyone know how to make the menu button become a search shortcut when held down for a long period? The stock TW launcher on my Galaxy S2 would go to search after holding it down but in Go Launcher EX it does nothing and I cannot find any options to change this?
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Can somebody tell me if it is possible and how it is done to change icon for an app in the app draw for apps that are not covered with a Icon pack?
I have a Icon pack installed but half of apps don't have their themed icons and I would like to assign them other icons that were not applyed automatically....
Hello all, I am new to using this launcher, so thanks a ton for the guide^^
by the way, I can't find any way to change the app drawer's icons to circular. There is no icon setting option in the preferences - effects settings. Help please?
Does anyone know how to make the menu button become a search shortcut when held down for a long period? The stock TW launcher on my Galaxy S2 would go to search after holding it down but in Go Launcher EX it does nothing and I cannot find any options to change this?
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This is driving me insane, my phone already does this but i cant find a setting for it : -/ are you using the default google search or the widget from GO?
Hello all, I am new to using this launcher, so thanks a ton for the guide^^
by the way, I can't find any way to change the app drawer's icons to circular. There is no icon setting option in the preferences - effects settings. Help please?
Its not possible as far as I can tell. Most themes will however put a blank icon around it, to ar least make it the same shape. I'm usibg the Suave HD theme, which makes all icons iPhone style.
I'm also using the Signa icon pack for my desktops which looks gorgeous
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This is driving me insane, my phone already does this but i cant find a setting for it : -/ are you using the default google search or the widget from GO?
Odd. Using Go Launcher on Galaxy S, and long press of menu button still opens up search for me.
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I want to change the wallpaper in my app drawer, as well as do a custom dock background, but the settings don't appear to be the same as listed in the original post. Did they change where these settings are in the latest versions of Go Launcher?
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Good, but it's got to go...
GO Launcher EX is indeed a pretty app, as are the other GO apps I've installed.
...B'ut... they run like sleepy dogs on my ageing HTC Hero and I want to uninstall them. Can't find the Launcher app anywhere on my machine (rooted, CM7-modded) and the original 'Which launcher as default?' message can't be found to swap back to the default.
Can any GO Launcher users tell me how to wipe this/these app(s), please?
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So this may not be possible, or it may be really simple and because I'm so new just don't have a clue. I have an icon pack (youeye zorsha design) that I love, but it's an mtz file for miui. Is there any way to convert it for Go Launcher Ex?
They have changed the font settings and now most of the font packs I have don't show up anymore. It says to put 3rd party fonts in the /GOLauncher EX/fonts folder, how do you do this? I can't find where the third party fonts are, I've looked using both my pc and ASTRO. Can fonts that are phone only even be moved? I emailed the developer, no response. I have the HTC Droid Incredible running Gingerbread 2.3.4
They have changed the font settings and now most of the font packs I have don't show up anymore. It says to put 3rd party fonts in the /GOLauncher EX/fonts folder, how do you do this? I can't find where the third party fonts are, I've looked using both my pc and ASTRO. Can fonts that are phone only even be moved? I emailed the developer, no response. I have the HTC Droid Incredible running Gingerbread 2.3.4
I used Astro to do this, but you could do it with your phone mounted as a disk drive to your computer too.
Copy and paste any fonts you want to use in GoLauncher into SDcard/GOLauncherEX/fonts folder (on your sd card). Then from your homescreen on your phone (if you are mounted as a disk drive, unmount first) do Menu > Preferences > Visual Settings > Font > Scan Font. This takes a minute. After it's done, hit Select Font and scroll to find the font you want. It changes the font of all text associated with GoLauncher (icon labels, menus, etc...)
Is there a way to reorder the icons in a folder? I've tried, and haven't found a way. Now they are in the order they were added, and I want to order them alphabetically, or perhaps a custom order. I can't find any documentation on the Go Launcher site.
Is there a way to reorder the icons in a folder? I've tried, and haven't found a way. Now they are in the order they were added, and I want to order them alphabetically, or perhaps a custom order. I can't find any documentation on the Go Launcher site.
Quick question...Under Screen Settings/Dock Settings it doesn't give me the "Select Style" option. It just shows Dock Row and Loop Mode. I have a Nook Tablet rooted and it was there before when I first rooted it but after the OTA update I got the root back finally but now I can't make the Dock bar transparent like before. Any suggestions?
Screen settings Desktop settings
Grid size - the numbers refer to rows first and columns second, the opposite of what you would expect.
4x4, 5x4, 5x5, and custom grids all stay the same when in landscape mode. For example, if you set it to 5 rows and 4 columns, it will have 5 rows and 4 columns in both portrait and landscape. This is pretty obnoxious because it squishes the icons together when I switch to landscape.
App Drawer settings
App drawer tab - the tab at the top of the app screen that shows "all", "recent", or "running"
Grid size - the numbers refer to rows first and columns second, the opposite of what you would expect.
4x4, 4x5, 5x4 switch to 3 rows and 6 columns when in landscape mode
5x5 switches to 4 rows and 6 columns when in landscape mode
Custom grids stay the same when in landscape mode. For example, if you set it to 5 rows and 4 columns, it will have 5 rows and 4 columns in both portrait and landscape.
Effects App Drawer
Enter transition - this is the transition when entering or exiting the app drawer.
Operation Settings Screen Orientation
Keep vertical (disable keyboard) - this keeps the home screen and app screen from rotating when you slide out a physical keyboard. It doesn't affect any other screens and it doesn't actually disable the keyboard.
Notes
Here's an important note. With the stock launcher, you press the "contacts" icon from the home screen and it takes you to the contacts, where the contacts menu is at the top ("Contacts", "Groups", "History", and "Activities"). Using Go Launcher EX, you hit the contacts icon from the home screen and it takes you to the screen but without this menu. If you hit "back", the menu appears. I almost uninstalled this software because I couldn't figure out how to get to my groups!
In the app screen, when you hit the menu key, "settings" takes you to Go Launcher EX settings. In the home screen, when you hit the menu key, "preferences" takes you to Go Launcher EX settings. "Settings" takes you to phone settings. I must have hit the wrong key 50 times.
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Yep it changed. But not really difficult to look for if you just explore. Wallpapers for Desktop, Dock and App drawer are in "Theme Settings".
I don't have "theme settings". Running v 2.75 which is the latest on a Samsung 10.1 tab. Also, for the life of me, I cannot get the dock to rotate into landscape. There is nothing at all that controls this that I can find. THis would make the launcher useless, and I've used it on my phones for years. The one thing I will say, is it makes the tab much less Tab-like, and more phone like compared to ADW which has more of a true Tab version.
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I don't have "theme settings". Running v 2.75 which is the latest on a Samsung 10.1 tab. Also, for the life of me, I cannot get the dock to rotate into landscape. There is nothing at all that controls this that I can find. THis would make the launcher useless, and I've used it on my phones for years. The one thing I will say, is it makes the tab much less Tab-like, and more phone like compared to ADW which has more of a true Tab version.
They changed it again. Its now under "visual settings>backgrounds".
Anyway, the dock doesn't really rotate into landscape. It stays there but the icons rotate.
One thing I can say, the developers really read your suggestions. I suggest asking for a "tablet optimized" version for the dock. There was one time when I asked help for a specific bug for a certain Go app (note that there were no complaints about the bug in the market) and a week later they had a new update which addressed it. So I would suggest using the feedback option in the preferences menu. Personally, after handling my friend's new tablet, I prefer holding them in portrait, but that's relative.
i downloaded a few .ttf fonts to the fonts folder, but they don't show up in settings.......does it not recognize ttf fonts? what type of font does it need?
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i downloaded a few .ttf fonts to the fonts folder, but they don't show up in settings.......does it not recognize ttf fonts? what type of font does it need?
What do you want to change, the system fonts? You don't just slap on fonts like that. They have to be installed into the system. You need an app for that.
I really need some help, trying to turn on the popup quick menu, because right now I just get the options to replace/rename/delete with a long press. I can't find the quick popup menu tab to enable it. It is supposed to be under the "operations" tab/folder, but I can't locate "operations" tab anywhere.
Under preferences, the gesture settings are their own tab and not under operations. It's driving me crazy? What am I doing wrong??
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I really need some help, trying to turn on the popup quick menu, because right now I just get the options to replace/rename/delete with a long press. I can't find the quick popup menu tab to enable it. It is supposed to be under the "operations" tab/folder, but I can't locate "operations" tab anywhere.
Under preferences, the gesture settings are their own tab and not under operations. It's driving me crazy? What am I doing wrong??
It only seems works with apps on your home screen, not in the app drawer.
If you still don't see it, make sure that you are on the latest version of Go Launcher.
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I really need some help, trying to turn on the popup quick menu, because right now I just get the options to replace/rename/delete with a long press. I can't find the quick popup menu tab to enable it. It is supposed to be under the "operations" tab/folder, but I can't locate "operations" tab anywhere.
Under preferences, the gesture settings are their own tab and not under operations. It's driving me crazy? What am I doing wrong??
This guide is very old, and truthfully not useful anymore since the menu isn't structured that way anymore.
Now you were looking for these features right?
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xPopup quick menu-check to enable the popup menu when you long press an icon/widget. the menu lets you change icons, their displayed names, remove them from home screen, uninstall apps, and delete or resize widgets.
That popup you are getting with replace/rename/delete IS the quick popup menu.
1. Change icons: long press icon>replace. This will open another popup asking if you want to replace the icon with the default icon, a theme icon or a custom icon.
2. Change displayed names: long press icon>rename
3. Remove from homescreen: long press icon>delete
4. Uninstall apps: On latest GO Launcher version, long press icon>uninstall
5. Resize widgets: long press a widget>resize
6. Remove a widget: long press a widget>delete
The menu in preferences became redundant if they leave it there, because you can just long press everything and they have they're own quick pop up menu. Basically, you're already seeing the quick popup menu, but for some reason, I don't know why you did not understand that.
I am having a problem with one of the go lock screens. I am using the one where you can slide to open texts. But it opens the stock messaging app. I don't use that. I use go sms. Does anyone know how to make it open the go sms app instead?
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