I haven't seen a thread for this yet, so I thought I would share. After installing Launcher Pro, I was playing around with the shortcuts and Activities. Under Call settings there is a hidden menu named "All Calls". If you create a shortcut you will have access to the auto reject call menu and will have the ability to enter phone numbers, or select numbers from the call history, that should be automatically rejected. The nice thing about it is the phone doesn't ring or vibrate. Since I forward my office line to my cell, I get a lot of solicitors and its great to be able to dump them automatically.
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Nice find. I wish I would have discovered this sooner. I actually bought "Group to Voicemail" on the Market a few weeks ago because I needed this functionality. Oh well. It's a nice app and the dev seems cool.
LOL...
i just noticed this menu is NOT in the epic..lol
this is a regular menu in all other android phones i had use, such as the moto droid and the nexus one
Define how I am supposed to find something "hidden". Kinda confusing. I have Launcher Pro isntalled and see nothing about this under settings/call settings. Wanna elaborate?
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
sryans2004 said:
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
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THX! Really appreciate it.
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
mikeschevelle said:
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
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You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
"Cell Broadcast SMS" looks interesting.
mattallica76 said:
You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
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Awesome thanks, do I have to leave the widget on the home screen for it to keep working?
mikeschevelle said:
Awesome thanks, do I have to leave the widget on the home screen for it to keep working?
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No you don't have to leave it on the home screen, but it makes it easier to add more numbers later if you do. Personally, I have a folder on my home screen that contains that shortcut and shortcuts to other apps and settings I frequently use.
Metallica76 - thanks for clarifying those additional steps. My apologies everyone for not being more specific on the actual steps for creating the shortcut.
Now if I can just find the "send to voicemail" option everyone says is in the contacts settings, which clearly is not there.
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sryans2004 said:
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
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As far as I can tell, this can be done through any launcher, even the TouchWiz launcher.
mattallica76 said:
mikeschevelle said:
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
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You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
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You can also press the icon next to the entry field to add a number from your contact list or from your call log (although you will have to remove any dashes included).
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As the title say. How can i remove some of the start menu items??
In advance Thanks
Start menu?
Do you mean homescreen, program menu, or programs that automatically start when you turn the phone on?
Windows has a start menu!
hehe, I'm a old windows user
I mean program menu
hfalk4 said:
hehe, I'm a old windows user
I mean program menu
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Probably have to uninstall the app to remove its icon.
Or install something like 'Apps organizer' to group together apps with tags.
is there not other way to remove icones
(ex. I use handcent sms, so it would be nice to remove the pre installed sms icon from the program menu)
Why even use the program menu?
Create your shortcut to Handcent SMS.
I just have the programs I actually use on the homescreen, e.g. handcent sms. The program menu will show all installed apps so it can get a bit messy there and I don't know of a way to fix that.
drag the icon into the trash bin. when you press and hold the icon, drag it to the menu tray. it will get it off your homescreen.
Because your an x Window user like myself im guessing you want to organise your apps in the apps menu because its getting messy as there are loads just in one long list!
Unlike in windows where you could organise them into seperate folders for example: Games, Tools, Media etc.
If this is your issue its something i looked into when i first started using Android. As yet ive not seen a solution.
There is an app that does some sort of tidying maybe it was mentioned in this thread.
If im on the wrong lines just ignore me!!
britoso said:
Probably have to uninstall the app to remove its icon.
Or install something like 'Apps organizer' to group together apps with tags.
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I don't get it.
I just installed Apps Organizer.
Whats the difference between this and using Folders?
There is no app that organizes the app drawer.
AppsOrganizer helps organize them on homescreen(s).
I recall an app when I had my G1 that created folders in the app drawer. Launcher2? I think?
Maybe someone else knows.
OrganizedFellow said:
I recall an app when I had my G1 that created folders in the app drawer. Launcher2? I think?
Maybe someone else knows.
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That'd be pretty sweet.
Abc Organizer:
1. You can assign icons to your "folders"
2. You can back up your "folder" configuration to your SD card
3. You can customize the sorting of the app shortcuts, like most used first (on top), last used first, alpha
That's about all I can think of at the moment. It's not that great if you have a simple config and don't mind folder icons on your desktop.
Apps Organizer, I believe, is similar, but doesn't have contacts/direct dial or url support.
What I really want is when i press the program menu button, at the bottom in the home screen. That I come to a organized menu with my favorites at the top and some programs organized in the sub menus.
Is there no way to make this happen?
hfalk4 said:
What I really want is when i press the program menu button, at the bottom in the home screen. That I come to a organized menu with my favorites at the top and some programs organized in the sub menus.
Is there no way to make this happen?
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Correct. As far as I know, this is not possible.
I too wish it was possible, because I would love that feature. I don't need things like Amazon MP3 sitting there being useless and taking up space.
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What I really want is when i press the program menu button, at the bottom in the home screen. That I come to a organized menu with my favorites at the top and some programs organized in the sub menus.
Is there no way to make this happen?
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Like i said before similar to windows mobile?
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What I really want is when i press the program menu button, at the bottom in the home screen. That I come to a organized menu with my favorites at the top and some programs organized in the sub menus.
Is there no way to make this happen?
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I beleive a home replacement app called dxtop can do what you want. Not sure about the other ones.
Paul22000 said:
I don't get it.
I just installed Apps Organizer.
Whats the difference between this and using Folders?
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Once your apps are tagged, you can create shortcuts to app-organizer tags (folders). If you tag more apps they automatically appear in that tag folder, same with uninstalling.
Other benifits include:
1) tag one program with multiple tags (labels), ex: tools, gps. This will make the icon appear in both folders.
2) long pressing on an icon in a app-organizer folder gives you options to change labels and uninstall.
3) new applications go into a default "other apps" folder, so you don't have to hunt for them later.
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I beleive a home replacement app called dxtop can do what you want. Not sure about the other ones.
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yes this is exactly right. i use it and love it on my N1. THis is 110% the answer
On the mytouchslide I can just dial the name of the person I want to speak with on the g2 I cannot anyway to change this?
That is sense feature. I will miss it when I ditch my EVO and goto the G2. I am not sure if other Dialers will do the same thing.....
There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts." I believe another one was "Dialer One."
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There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts."
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I use Star Contacts as well.
Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
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Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature
My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.
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My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.
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Nice tip!
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richierich118 said:
Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature
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No. Here's Star Contacts. Once you get the contact on screen, you click the contact. From there you can call, text or email the contact.
It also provides some enhancements of the call log that I prefer to the standard call log. You get the exact time of the call, not "3 days ago" and you also get the duration of the call in hours, minutes and seconds.
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
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jloescher2010 said:
You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
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It a poor replacement but its something that I actually use. Thank you for mentioning it just in case I didn't know about it.
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I use SpellDial
xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
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lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...
If you just called them an hour ago (not sure how often *you* make phone calls) they should be near the top of your recent calls...
i use Dialer One, which is similar to the HTC Dialer and has swiping from page-to-page for recents/favs/contacts.
Also, getting a shortcut to the program where you can get to it quickly might help too. If you haven't checked out replacement launchers/homes in the market, I'd suggest it.
xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
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Beat you to it
n3rdftw said:
lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...
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What nolsen311 said... Your situation is solved by stock software. I don't think the issue is recent calls, but simply searching for peeps. The stock search button works well.
cant you just flash it and install Desire Z rom?
Can't you just... open the keyboard, type the name, tap the profile image, tap the phone icon (first one)? It's not so complicated.
Works perfect for me!
to the OP... i'm hooked on the HTC Sense way of searching/dialing (T9 "spelling" out a contact's name)
i really like Dialer One - its *very* similar to the Sense interface, if that's what you're coming from
also, a couple times i had an idea for an improvement so i emailed the guy and he fixed it right away - pretty cool!
(ps... that star contacts looks pretty slick - i might just give that a try too!)
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Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
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For the weather animation and Sense style weather clock widget, check out "Weather and Toggle Widget" by Android Apps in the market. It costs a couple of bucks, but works great. A true Sense style clock and weather widget with full screen animations on stock Android.
If you get it, to get the Sense style to it, download the H7C Clock and H7C Weather themes for it, and the Weather Widget Forecast Addon by Android Apps for the animations.
I want to modify the double tap home behavior to open Handcent when I double tap home. I found out that by going to data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db, I can use an sqlite editor. I also know the format is <program>/ Activity. I have the com.handcent etc, but what would I enter for activity? HELP!!!!
Edit: Change that to whatever you want to run when you double tap. Note the form though, <program>/<activity> I found this, so what would I do for handcent?
can someone also pm or send me the original com.motorola.android.providers.settings ? mine is corrupt and any change I make will not change the home button behavior. I'm sorry, I'm very new to this.
This what you're looking for?..
http://www.thezengarden.net/files/settings.db
Thanks! However, when I double tap home, I still crash to the home page. And now I can't even download market apps and am getting more errors. I might have to reflash
Can you just go to Settings > Applications > Double Tap Home Launch
And change it there?
I have mine open the Dialer
Edit: I just noticed the list of apps available to this is quite small, so Handcent might not even be listed here
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Can you just go to Settings > Applications > Double Tap Home Launch
And change it there?
I have mine open the Dialer
Edit: I just noticed the list of apps available to this is quite small, so Handcent might not even be listed here
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Handcent, along with all other third party apps can't be selected from the list.
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I want to create a settings shortcut that goes to the settings menu, but whenever I try to, it navigates to the actual settings and forces me to choose a sub-setting.
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I want to create a settings shortcut that goes to the settings menu, but whenever I try to, it navigates to the actual settings and forces me to choose a sub-setting.
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Go into the app drawer, long press on settings and drag it to the homescreen? Or long press on the homescreen, add an app and add the settings app? You're going to add>shortcut>settings shortcut which requires a specific setting. You need the actual settings program.
It depends on your home launcher. I know with adw pro all I do is tap and hold on empty space on home screen. Then select create custom activity and choose from there. But what you wanna look for in your home screen is to add an activity. Activities are sub classes of programs. So you would pick the settings app then select the activity of said app which you want.
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kelper0 said:
I want to create a settings shortcut that goes to the settings menu, but whenever I try to, it navigates to the actual settings and forces me to choose a sub-setting.
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Nigeldg said:
Go into the app drawer, long press on settings and drag it to the homescreen? Or long press on the homescreen, add an app and add the settings app? You're going to add>shortcut>settings shortcut which requires a specific setting. You need the actual settings program.
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Yes, to add the settings app to the homescreen you drag it out from the app drawer.
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Yes, to add the settings app to the homescreen you drag it out from the app drawer.
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I think, from reading the OP, they are trying to access a sub setting directly from the home screen.
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I think, from reading the OP, they are trying to access a sub setting directly from the home screen.
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Nah it's the opposite, he's being forced to access a sub-setting when he just wants to launch general settings
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I think, from reading the OP, they are trying to access a sub setting directly from the home screen.
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Nigeldg said:
Nah it's the opposite, he's being forced to access a sub-setting when he just wants to launch general settings
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His problem is he is being forced to select a sub-setting, which he does not want. He just wants a link to the settings app - from there he can access all the sub-settings.
Either way though, all options are now listed for him.
I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?
syu78 said:
I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?
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I am using Nova Launcher, but it should be the same:
ecksor said:
I am using Nova Launcher, but it should be the same:
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Thanks. That activity brings up the recent call log selection screen (where I can check recent calls to delete or edit). I'm looking for the recent call log screen where I can simply swipe to right to dial or left to message.
I can use your activity and simply press bback button after it is launched, but am hoping for a more direct method.
syu78 said:
Thanks. That activity brings up the recent call log selection screen (where I can check recent calls to delete or edit). I'm looking for the recent call log screen where I can simply swipe to right to dial or left to message. .
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Oh OK.
Open Activities > Contacts (same place as before) and scroll all the way down to 5 green phone icons in a row. Find Phone > RecentCallsListActivity (3rd phone icon from the top), that should do it.
ecksor said:
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Open Activities > Contacts (same place as before) and scroll all the way down to 5 green phone icons in a row. Find Phone > RecentCallsListActivity (3rd phone icon from the top), that should do it.
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I don't see any activity like that. Not sure if matters, but I'm on a Verizon S5. I appreciate ur help....any suggestions?
syu78 said:
I don't see any activity like that. Not sure if matters, but I'm on a Verizon S5. I appreciate ur help....any suggestions?
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Hmm... Make sure to look under Activities > Contacts > Phone and not under Activities > Phone.
Carrier shouldn't matter, but a launcher might. You may want to try Nova Launcher just to see if this option is available.
Also, there is always an app for everything: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.erikofsweden.erikutil
ecksor said:
Hmm... Make sure to look under Activities > Contacts > Phone and not under Activities > Phone.
Carrier shouldn't matter, but a launcher might. You may want to try Nova Launcher just to see if this option is available.
Also, there is always an app for everything: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.erikofsweden.erikutil
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I don't see the Phone submenu under Activities>Contancts. Tried looking for it with Xshortcuts too.
I've tried that app out, but there's a significant lag opening Recent Calls.
Thanks for you help and info.