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I've created a thread here in hopes that someone with the right know how can help out. the orginal thread can be found here....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=345071
It as become a huge annoyace to continuesly click "download images" for my mail. I've been searching for a long time find a reg key some where that'll change this, but no look. in the ogirnal thread, there is mention that the samsung i8000 has the setting disabled by default. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4631247&postcount=29
can anyone lend a hand with this one?
I'm intrigued.. will take a gander.
l3it3r said:
I'm intrigued.. will take a gander.
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200 points for this man!
This question was asked way back in June 07!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311030
It does give an explanation in the thread as to why you might not want to automatically download messages... basically you could suddenly find you are swamped with even more junk mails..
johnk1973 said:
This question was asked way back in June 07!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311030
It does give an explanation in the thread as to why you might not want to automatically download messages... basically you could suddenly find you are swamped with even more junk mails..
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i am not even sure how to make sense of what was said in that thread. I dont see how allowing automatic download for html images in an email will increase spam to the mail account. at this point in the game, winmo is the only platform that doesnt allow html rendering by default. if this were true, then woulding everyone else who doesnt use a windows mobile device be flooded with spam?
Umm... pretty sure that my GMAIL account handles the SPAM ok.
I'm still going to look into this a bit more, but I have been super busy today.
As i understand what is said, spam senders send messages to accounts generated at random hoping some of them get to a proper account. The pictures that are in the email are encoded with email address it is sent to eg. [email protected] so that if you download that image the server knows that is a valid email address and is noted.. and spread for everyone else to send you a message...
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As i understand what is said, spam senders send messages to accounts generated at random hoping some of them get to a proper account. The pictures that are in the email are encoded with email address it is sent to eg. [email protected] so that if you download that image the server knows that is a valid email address and is noted.. and spread for everyone else to send you a message...
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Yes... that's exactly correct....except it goes to a server not an email address... basically the concept is that it notifies the sender that the email is legit, and adds them to the list of good email addresses to sell
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Yes... that's exactly correct....except it goes to a server not an email address... basically the concept is that it notifies the sender that the email is legit, and adds them to the list of good email addresses to sell
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like l3it3r said, my spam filter does a great job. can't tell you the last time i've seen spam come through my inbox. thats a none issue over here.
me either. It is a very rare occasion when I get spam in either my corporate or personal email.
if thats a problem we could atleast try to have an option to "trust this sender" or something to automatically download html pics from trusted sources
have added this thread to my subscriptions and will watch with interest
This is something that I have found annoying for a long time now that I can't just download the images in my emails by default. I really expected it to be an easy fix and that I would find an answer straight away along the lines of "...change this one line of the registry to '0' ... " so I was really surprised to see it was a much more complicated issue.
Anyway thanks in advance to anyone with the tech knowhow who is looking into this for us all
maybe its possible to make some script or something that presses automaticly "download pictures" when email opened... i have no idea how or if its possible but maybe someone can...
For Outlook on desktop computer this is possible on registry hack. On mobile outlook this registry key is not persist...?!
http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpressreading/qt/et_inline_off.htm
Maybe is possible on other location?
I'm looking for a solution to this as well. I would like the option to trust certain senders, at least. I can't believe Microsoft didn't trust us enough to give us an option for this. I would also like to have scrolling permanently enabled.
If you add the sender to your contacts, it will automatically download the images. This is the only way I have ever known to make this work, it would be great if someone figured it out, but until then this is the only work around I know.
i would like to have this function as well.. is great that my email mostly need image downloaded together.. when i got slow connection, i would like it to download all n internet picture together while it is idle. then once i got time i can faster read it all without further waiting for downloading.
thumbs up for this feature. at least have an option so that user can tweak themselves. no nid to argue about anything but juz let user make the choice accordingly.
DEFINITELY need to have this automatically download internet pictures AND turn on scrolling..... what's the point of having such a great screen and touch capabilities when the stupid email can't figure out how to show you pictures and let you scroll right?
HUGE oversight on Microsoft's part there - email should look as nice and classy as Opera does on my TP2!!!
UP !!!
I am still looking over this. Its really annoying and kills me. What a waste?
Is there any way to get the GMail app to always show pictures, without having to press the "Show pictures" button? It annoys the hell out of me - I ALWAYS want to see the pictures!!!
Anyone got an answer for me?
Yet another bump since I still don't have an answer.
I'm now running Pays Sense Froyo rom.
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anyone got any ideas?
I want this also....please.
no you cant, its there to protect you not just from malicious code but also from illegal images ......
An honest question - how does making me press a button protect me from malicious code?
And illegal images, well I've never received an email with illegal images in it, and I think I'm prepared to take that risk since I'm an adult!
I just want my pictures shown straight away!
If the same account was able to have pics shown by default on the iPhone surely some has a fix or script or workaround for this bad idea on a Droid?
Thanks Kevin
"Show Pictures" button issue - WTF?
I am using Android 2.2 on a Droid X and I M NOT able to see my HTML emails automatically? I have to hit a "Show Pictures" button EVERYTIME?? This is the dumbest thing I have heard.
I can turn this option on in my GMail account, so we can't I turn it on in the GMail app on my Android phone?
Security? That is a lame-ass excuse, like I said, I can turn it on in my web based GMail account and GMail automatically filters 99% of all SPAM messages automatically AND IF there is SPAM in my email box, it's usually something I know not to click on it (on the phone) and when I do log into my webmail I report it as SPAM. WTF?
I solved this problem by using the K-9 mail application.
It is in the market and you can download the latest version off the developers google dev web site.
It has the setting to always show pictures.
Good luck to all.
Kevin
This has been solved now.
This post from this thread provides a GMail update that is flashable through ROM Manager or recovery.
Works a treat!
Thank you so much. I also think it pretty freaking stupid and not insecure. Scripts should always be be disabled but I dont see how allowing/placing/resizing picture is dangerous at all. There are empty spaces, that when you click them it goes to a link. It was a picture with a link attached, but now its clueless link. Its more dangerous to allow contextual boxes then pics. Downloading anything illegal without criminal intent is not prosecutable. My 2 cents anywho.
Thanks..I have updated Gmail app..The problem is now resolved.
This is a little off-topic, and I'm sorry if it doesn't belong here, but I am looking for some people to test out a new website I've been working on, and thought I'd look to my fellow Inc2 owners.
When I first got CM7 working on my old Fascinate, I was a little bummed that there was no way to link my Facebook contacts. So I decided to make my own tool. As of right now, it only syncs pictures, no phone numbers or anything.
I've spent a good amount of time working out the bugs, but there is a chance I missed some, so if you encounter any problems please let me know. Don't worry though, it won't mess up your Google contacts at all.
Please note that it currently DOES NOT work in Internet Explorer, due to a bug on Google's end which will hopefully be fixed soon.
http://www.pfrybarger.com/googlefbsync/googlefbsync.html
Thanks!
Edit: Also I should note that this won't work on mobile browsers (can't scroll through certain lists), and you must have javascript enabled in your browser.
What are the benefits over using the Facebook App to sync contacts?
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Let's see, the main benefits are:
- Ability to crop and resize profile pictures
- Pictures are visible outside of just your phone, so in Gmail for instance
- No need to re-link after flashing a new rom (I always found this a pain)
- Pictures will show up everywhere on your phone. I believe if you use the Facebook app to sync, the pictures will not show up for certain apps, like messaging
- No new contacts will be added to your phone
My tool will only sync pictures, and not phone numbers or email addresses. I found it kind of annoying that the Facebook app would pull these in, but I guess that's a matter of personal preference.
As of right now, there is no automatic updating of profile pictures, but I hope to get this implemented soon.
zeddicus225 said:
Let's see, the main benefits are:
- Ability to crop and resize profile pictures
- Pictures are visible outside of just your phone, so in Gmail for instance
- No need to re-link after flashing a new rom (I always found this a pain)
- Pictures will show up everywhere on your phone. I believe if you use the Facebook app to sync, the pictures will not show up for certain apps, like messaging
- No new contacts will be added to your phone
My tool will only sync pictures, and not phone numbers or email addresses. I found it kind of annoying that the Facebook app would pull these in, but I guess that's a matter of personal preference.
As of right now, there is no automatic updating of profile pictures, but I hope to get this implemented soon.
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Seems like exactly what I want.
Sux I don't have a computer.
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Gave it a go. after running the program, I got an error pop up that submitted an error report. The program still worked though. It found a few of my contacts in Google that weren't matched up with my Facebook contacts.
So if I'm understanding this, now that I have my Facebook contacts linked with my Google contacts, when loading my contacts on my phone now, (after flashing a rom or doing a hard reset) my Google contacts will still have the pictures linked to them without having to go back and doing the Facebook thing all over again?
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Gave it a go. after running the program, I got an error pop up that submitted an error report. The program still worked though. It found a few of my contacts in Google that weren't matched up with my Facebook contacts.
So if I'm understanding this, now that I have my Facebook contacts linked with my Google contacts, when loading my contacts on my phone now, (after flashing a rom or doing a hard reset) my Google contacts will still have the pictures linked to them without having to go back and doing the Facebook thing all over again?
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Yep, as long as you hit the upload button once you were done linking the contacts. Instead of saving the pictures on the phone, like the Facebook app does, this actually saves the pictures to your Google contacts. So when you do a reset, and sign back in to your Google account, your contact picture will be sent to your phone along with all their other information.
You do need to link all of your contacts on the website though. It doesn't recognize which ones you already have linked on your phone.
I saw the bug reports, I'll take a look and try to see what happened. Thanks for giving it a try!
Could you add the feature of ONLY syncing facebook pictures and no contact numbers? The one thing I hate about syncing facebook in my phone is the fact some people have old numbers still on FB so there are two numbers when you go to call or text someone as well as there are unwanted numbers of people.
Darkpsych0 said:
Could you add the feature of ONLY syncing facebook pictures and no contact numbers? The one thing I hate about syncing facebook in my phone is the fact some people have old numbers still on FB so there are two numbers when you go to call or text someone as well as there are unwanted numbers of people.
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From what I understand, that's all it does, just the pictures.
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zombiiez said:
From what I understand, that's all it does, just the pictures.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using XDA App
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Yep, it only syncs pictures.
Also, zombiiez, I'll see what I can do to get it working on mobile browsers. No promises, but maybe I can get something working
Ah my apologizes i saw some other posts and thought it was just another facebook like app.
I wento n the website but none of my google contacts appear on the website.
Darkpsych0 said:
Ah my apologizes i saw some other posts and thought it was just another facebook like app.
I wento n the website but none of my google contacts appear on the website.
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Your contacts aren't showing up? That's strange... and no error message comes up? When you sign in and click 'Begin', how many contacts does it say you have under 'Google Contacts'?
got this error:
I'm sorry, you have encountered the following error:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'myContact' of undefined
Please send an error report to the developer by clicking the button below. This will help fix and improve the site. Sorry and thanks!
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got this error:
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Hmm sorry about that. Still working out all the bugs.
I think I figured out the problem and got it fixed. Had to do with contacts that don't have names, but only email addresses. Let me know if that worked.
It says I have 0 google contacts -.- i just synced my google contacts on my phone
Darkpsych0 said:
It says I have 0 google contacts -.- i just synced my google contacts on my phone
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Could you do me a favor? Sign into the site again, and click on 'Begin'. Once the main page loads, click on the 'Comments/Questions' link at the bottom of the page, check the 'send log' checkbox, type anything in the big box, and hit send?
This will help me diagnose what's going on, and why your contacts aren't showing up. Thanks!
Zed does your website still work? The pages shows it as down.
Shoot, my server must be down. I'll take a look at it when I get some time today, sorry about that.
Alright it should be up and running now. Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks!
Is it possible to verbally schedule or put in appointments through Google now. I know that I can make alarms, but I need to put in appointments into my calendar. Every time I turn on now and say' schedule meetings appointment for tomorrow at 7 pm'' but it just does a Google search. Also is there a Google now guide or user guide I can look through for all the different commands.
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I was wondering the same thing.. If someone could tell us if this is possible, it would be appreciated
Thanks!
wasya152 said:
Is it possible to verbally schedule or put in appointments through Google now. I know that I can make alarms, but I need to put in appointments into my calendar. Every time I turn on now and say' schedule meetings appointment for tomorrow at 7 pm'' but it just does a Google search. Also is there a Google now guide or user guide I can look through for all the different commands.
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I believe it's there when you set an event in your calender's.
Also you must be sure your event are on same account.
for example you are using [email protected] on you google now and calender.
then that event should show up in google now.
hope that helps.
Dragn4rce said:
I believe it's there when you set an event in your calender's.
Also you must be sure your event are on same account.
for example you are using [email protected] on you google now and calender.
then that event should show up in google now.
hope that helps.
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Nope, my accounts are the same on NOW and calendar... yes, if i schedule a meeting in calendar it shows up in NOW, but not vice versa... I have the same issue as OP with trying to verbally schedule a meeting in NOW. Pretty much anything I say in NOW just does a gsearch...
It's been a while since I set it up, but you have to go to your calendar on the web and somewhere in settings there is a checkbox for events. Then you can send your calendar a voice text and it creates the appointment
wasya152 said:
Is it possible to verbally schedule or put in appointments through Google now. I know that I can make alarms, but I need to put in appointments into my calendar. Every time I turn on now and say' schedule meetings appointment for tomorrow at 7 pm'' but it just does a Google search. Also is there a Google now guide or user guide I can look through for all the different commands.
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hey guys.. this may help you learn how to set up your google now: androidauthority.com/how-to-setup-configure-and-use-google-now-98749/
also this is directly from google: support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2666064
i am not seeing anything about appointments however. i will keep looking but at this point, nothing concrete sorry :-(
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Add Calendar entries: To add calendar entries, you first need to log on to your Google Calendar account at calendar.google.com Then click on the gear icon and “Calendar Settings.” From there, click on the “Mobile Setup” tab and follow the on-screen instructions. After you have entered the verification code sent to your phone, create a phone contact named “Calendar” and set its phone number as “48368.” Once that is done, you can use Voice Actions to create calendar items using the following format: Send text to calendar [event name] on [day] at [time]. For example: Send text to calendar “dentist appointment” on Friday at 11 AM. You will receive a text message confirming the addition of a calendar item if successful.
Phyxius33 said:
hey guys.. this may help you learn how to set up your google now: androidauthority.com/how-to-setup-configure-and-use-google-now-98749/
also this is directly from google: support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2666064
i am not seeing anything about appointments however. i will keep looking but at this point, nothing concrete sorry :-(
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Add Calendar entries: To add calendar entries, you first need to log on to your Google Calendar account at calendar.google.com Then click on the gear icon and “Calendar Settings.” From there, click on the “Mobile Setup” tab and follow the on-screen instructions. After you have entered the verification code sent to your phone, create a phone contact named “Calendar” and set its phone number as “48368.” Once that is done, you can use Voice Actions to create calendar items using the following format: Send text to calendar [event name] on [day] at [time]. For example: Send text to calendar “dentist appointment” on Friday at 11 AM. You will receive a text message confirming the addition of a calendar item if successful.
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Sounds like a lot to do just to add a simple calendar entry especially in this day and age.
This is retarded. I can't schedule an appointment verbally. I tried it on my friends s3 with voice and it did it right on the first time. Its embarrassing.
Google now is great... But this issue get me down. It's plain simple, but the Gnow doesn't do this.
Other thing that I've noticed: if you ask, for example, "who is the president of united states" it answers correctly: Barak Obama. But if I ask: "who is Barak Obama?" that little thing show me web results only. Isn't that weird?
I just use S-Voice to set appointments, Google for everything else. S-Voice works well for setting calendar entries. I just say "Appointment tomorrow at noon, pick up Jessica", and it sets a calander event for 12-1p titled "pick up Jessica". It gets it right about 90% of the time.
"When is my next meeting?" opens web search. It should show when, what and where is your next appointment...
adaneam said:
"When is my next meeting?" opens web search. It should show when, what and where is your next appointment...
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From Svoice, just say "What's on my calendar" to get your upcoming events or appointments. Worked for me. It even told me of the upcoming phases of the moon, if you have it enabled in calender.
Mark
Galaxy S3 running stock ICS.
Galaxy S1 running CM10 Jelly Bean with Google Now - no GPS
wasya152 said:
This is retarded. I can't schedule an appointment verbally. I tried it on my friends s3 with voice and it did it right on the first time. Its embarrassing.
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You may thank Apple for the loss (hopefully temporary) of "unified search". It is part of the current patent litigation in California. 4.01 and newer wiped that out. If your friend's S3 still does that the carrier just hasn't disabled it yet. Unlocked S3s got disabled directly by Samsung recently as well.
I understand what you're saying, but I think it has to do with your former question having only one definitive answer - while the latter question could technically have unlimited answers.
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S-Voice is such a blatant copy of Siri, it should be deactivated on all Sam**** devices. Google Now at least works in a different and innovative way (being location aware and all).
All you have to do is say, "calendar (event) on (date) at (time)... And your good to go
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adaneam said:
"When is my next meeting?" opens web search. It should show when, what and where is your next appointment...
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"When is my next meeting?" works now :victory:
They recently updated the Google Search app. It added the feature to add meetings to your calendar and check what your next appointment is (as well as open apps). However, I have had on & off luck with it actually scheduling appointments.
I once said: "schedule appointment for tomorrow at 7 pm for [event name]". It properly recognized what I said (the text appeared correctly), but it added the appointment on my calendar for two days later at 9 am...
I'll try the phrase mentioned above starting with "calendar..."
timpohladthomas said:
All you have to do is say, "calendar (event) on (date) at (time)... And your good to go
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I have also been wondering about this, and this seems to be the answer! Thanks!
Why cant I find many normal mail options and settings in this rom?
I cant move mails between folders
I cant choose the age of the downloaded mails and how long to keep them, after a couple weeks it deletes them even if I mark them as favourites!
I cant reply from the Recycle bin and I cant move those mails back to Inbox.
Is there any fix to this, or is just the mail app that sucks?
Thundercolo said:
Is there any fix to this, or is just the mail app that sucks?
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I found the Mail app to be a terrible drain on resources. I now route all my work mail through Gmail - it works significantly faster, removes the extra app from running and has the advantage of making all my work email nicely searchable. Set it up right and you can send from Gmail as another account too.
Additionally, I've shunted all my Facebook and Google+ notifications through Gmail and use Greenify to ensure the fb and G+ apps don't run in the background; the result has been a massive increase in performance, while still giving me access to the apps when I want them.
I dont have the Gmail app in Mimicry's rom, and I dont have my mail in Gmail. I like the mail app installed but is missing a million options and settings, Im just trying to find out if they are somewhere else or if there is a way to fix it. If there isnt I would also like to know if there is any other nice mail app available.
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I dont have the Gmail app in Mimicry's rom, and I dont have my mail in Gmail. I like the mail app installed but is missing a million options and settings, Im just trying to find out if they are somewhere else or if there is a way to fix it. If there isnt I would also like to know if there is any other nice mail app available.
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I like k9 mail
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I like k9 mail
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Thats the one Im trying right now. Is still missing the options to choose the age of downloaded mails, recover mails from trash folder and moving mails between folders but at least doesnt delete the old ones without asking and I can reply mails in the trash folder. It works well and fast and thanks to Nova I could change the horrible icon for the simple envelope one.