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Text Message Alert on Locked Screen

roadkeel

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Dec 21, 2012
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I have just switch from the iPhone to the Note 2. My wife and I were both due for an upgrade so we got her the Galaxy 3. On her phone when she recieves a message a circle appears on her locked screen to let her know she has a new message. Is there any way to set the Note 2 to have the same circle alert?
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I tried this but I still do not get the circle on the locked screen stating I have a new message. On my locked screen I have 5 icons at the bottom, phone, text message, Google, email and camera. Could this be the problem? On my wife's GS 3 she does not have any icons on her locked screen.
 
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I have just switch from the iPhone to the Note 2. My wife and I were both due for an upgrade so we got her the Galaxy 3. On her phone when she recieves a message a circle appears on her locked screen to let her know she has a new message. Is there any way to set the Note 2 to have the same circle alert?
Thanks...

Does it have an envelope within the circle w a number underneath? Or a message within the circle?
 
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Does it have an envelope within the circle w a number underneath? Or a message within the circle?

I get the red circle on the icon at the bottom and a there is also a see thru circle with a envelope and a 1 under it about halfway between the clock and bottom icons on the right side.


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First of all Thanks so much for all of the replies. You guys and girls are great.

I do have Verizon, so it sounds like I may be out of luck. It is just kind of bizarre that my wife has that type of notification on her GS 3 which is also on Verizon. But as I understand it she has a different OS on her GS 3.

BTW, the post at 1:00 CST by Pablo is exactly what I was asking about.

Secondary question, how do you get the phone to display your name on the locked screen?

Thanks again everyone.. I will probably have tons of other questions. I am just not very tech savvy...:rolleyes:
 
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First of all Thanks so much for all of the replies. You guys and girls are great.

I do have Verizon, so it sounds like I may be out of luck. It is just kind of bizarre that my wife has that type of notification on her GS 3 which is also on Verizon. But as I understand it she has a different OS on her GS 3.

BTW, the post at 1:00 CST by Pablo is exactly what I was asking about.

Secondary question, how do you get the phone to display your name on the locked screen?

Thanks again everyone.. I will probably have tons of other questions. I am just not very tech savvy...:rolleyes:



"Secondary question, how do you get the phone to display your name on the locked screen?"

Settings>Lockscreen>Owner Information.

CoughThanksButtonCough.....:D>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
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First of all Thanks so much for all of the replies. You guys and girls are great.

I do have Verizon, so it sounds like I may be out of luck. It is just kind of bizarre that my wife has that type of notification on her GS 3 which is also on Verizon. But as I understand it she has a different OS on her GS 3.

BTW, the post at 1:00 CST by Pablo is exactly what I was asking about.

Secondary question, how do you get the phone to display your name on the locked screen?

Thanks again everyone.. I will probably have tons of other questions. I am just not very tech savvy...:rolleyes:

Well Verizon Galaxy S3s just got updated to Jelly Bean so unless she hasn't performed the update yet she is actually on the same OS as you.
 
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That is crazy I figured all carriers would keep all features for their users. Hopefully Verizon will release those features in an update.

Yeah, I love the SPlanner full screen widget and I was really looking forward to Blocking Mode. I saw videos with all these cool features only to find that they weren't on the Verizon version. It never occurred to me that they would do that.

I rooted my phone to plug the security hole and added ths SPlanner widget while I was at it. But I'm still very disappointed at Verizon for hacking this great device for no good reason.
 
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