Handle SMS from the Today Screen

Posted by Mike Benton on May 14th, 2008

If you send and receive a great deal of text messages throughout the day then you might get tired of going back to the inbox all the time. SMS Bubbles to the rescue! From the Today screen you can view the contents of your incoming text message and decide to Save as read, reply, delete and more options from the bubble. There are more settings available in the Programs list under the Start menu once you have it installed. Adding this to Extreme Text and you are practically in text message heaven. Of course it’s free and available for download right here. Enjoy!


22 Comments

  • gpsoprano said:

    This program is pretty cool. However, it does not work with facade home screen, but that doesn’t bother me too much.

  • Adam said:

    So i’m guessing this isn’t for the Neo layout?

  • henry said:

    is there an easier way to find a contact for texting? I hate having to type in the contact everytime.

  • D. Brooks said:

    Yea it does work on my neo screen but it works on my homeboys dash!!! this sucks!!!

  • D. Brooks said:

    i meant dosen’t!!!

  • gene said:

    is there an easier way to find an entry for writing a text?
    I hate having to type out the name.
    if there was a quick list for text

  • Mike Benton said:

    There are several ways to find a contact for texting. THis is what I do. From the homescreen, I start pressing the first few letters of the contacts name and a list pops up. Select the contact and you will be given some choices, one of them is Send Text Message, choose that. A blank SMS is opened with their contact information already filled out. Simply type your text and send!

  • Dell Hamilton said:

    Where do install the file after i download it? I have it on my laptop but not sure what files to put where on my phone.

  • Mike Benton said:

    Sync your Shadow and transfer the file to your Shadow. Then on your Shadow go to Start > File Explorer > find the file and run it, it will install and ask you to Confirm, say Yes.

  • nawarkk said:

    i used this program. it doesnt really work when the phone i slocked because the menu buttons say save as read or dismiss, then the phone goes back to lock position the phone has to be open and unlocked to access the menu. i also noticed my battery was considerably lower at the end of the day so i uninstalled it

  • gpsoprano said:

    Ok, I take it back, it does work with facade. I just assumed it didn’t because when I installed it, it asked me to change my homescreen because it was not compatible. Then I changed it and then changed it back to facade and it works fine

  • topper4004 said:

    How do I un-install this proram completely? I agree with nawarkk it is a cool program, but kinda useless if you have the slide lock active on your phone

  • paul said:

    do you have to have extreme text inorder to have this work?

  • Shadowsoprano said:

    no, you do not need extreme text for this, because I dont have extreme text and it works for me

  • TWIST said:

    hold on! what do you mean you dont need extreme text to get the lil bubble thing? cuz i dont really want extrem text but i do want the bubble alerts! how you do it?

  • kcniehoff said:

    i have the same problem, the only options for my bubble are saveread and dismiss. Can this be fixed, and if not, how do you uniinstall it?

  • Shadowsoprano said:

    I mean just click where it says “right here” to download and add the cab to your phone and then install it. The post only says that adding extreme text will put you in text messaging heaven. So you do NOT need extreme text for the bubbles to work, as I said earlier I have the bubbles and NOT extreme text.

    And to remove the program, I believe you just go to the second page of the settings and go to “remove programs” and then click on the bubbles program and it should uninstall

  • Mike Benton said:

    No you dont need Extreme Text. That is a separate program. The SaveRead and Dismiss only show up if the phone ia locked. If you turn off autolock then you will see the Menu option.

  • jay said:

    i immediately regret putting this bs on my phone. freezes and lags the phone even when it is the only app running. does not work well with the auto-lock feature on the shadow. however it is useful if youre intensely texting so you can see what someone is sending while you re doing something else like surfing or typing up a text. i give it a c-.

  • Mike Benton said:

    Jay, touqouldby happen to be running smarttoolkit as well?

  • Elijah said:

    does it come with the screen anybody!!!!

  • shaadownewb said:

    It works fine for me, however it would be nice if it showed multiple texts on separate lines instead of telling you “you have 2 new messages” because if you text a lot that defeats the purpose. It doesn’t show you the actual message on the home screen when you have more than 1 new message. If someone can change that, that would be amazing!! :)


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