What's the difference in Handcent as opposed to the normal stock text message app? I see a lot of you are using Handcent instead. What is better about it? I want to be ready by the time I get my phone!
The main reasons for me are the customization level, and the pop up window. You might want to check into swype as long as you're looking at messaging options too. It takes a bit to get used to, but it can speed up your "typing" quite a bit once you get it down.
The biggest reason for Handcent for me is the ability to customize the notification sound for each person. I know without even looking at the phone when someone "important" to me has texted by the sound my phone has just made.
Really? I haven't stumbled across that feature. Would you mind pointing me in the right direction?
Launch Handcent. If you already have a text from the person you want to customize it, select that person's message thread. Once open, on the top right corner, you will see a gray "person" with a gear button. Select it. Once selected, you can select how it sounds and how it appears on the screen.
If you DIDN'T already have a text from that person, select them like you're going to text them and follow the same instructions.
(I'm not real good at giving instructions. Hope that works for you.)
i'm facing a problem now, where my Notification Bar is still putting
an alert by the stock Messages app, so when i receive a text, i get
2 alerts for the same text. i have every single setting disabled from
within the Messages app. i even enabled a notification so i could
manually disable the parts linked to it, then disable the whole thing.
What's the difference in Handcent as opposed to the normal stock text message app? I see a lot of you are using Handcent instead. What is better about it? I want to be ready by the time I get my phone!
I`m surprised that there isn`t more posted on this subject here. Ya know all i want is to be able to assign an alert message of my choice for incoming texts , not just the factory presets which sounds like a dingaling and thats it. Not to much too ask from a smart phone?
Samsung Captivate
i'm facing a problem now, where my Notification Bar is still putting
an alert by the stock Messages app, so when i receive a text, i get
2 alerts for the same text. i have every single setting disabled from
within the Messages app. i even enabled a notification so i could
manually disable the parts linked to it, then disable the whole thing.
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