topic Notification help in XPERIA archive

Notification help

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:11:21 GMT

Is it possible to stop a full text showing (scrolling) in the notification bar when it arrives. Even though the phone itself is locked, the notification bar is still on view for anyone to see the new text arrive and read it

Re: Notification help

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:34:28 GMT

I have managed to switch of the notification in status bar from the messaging menu which seems to have done the trick. Would still have liked the 'envelope' notification but guess I can't have this without the whole message??

Other problem now is the green light no longer seems to be coming on to notify me of new messages - is this linked?

(phone is Xperia Mini SK17i)

Re: Notification help

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:20:29 GMT

Yes the phones are a bit limited on the notification flexibility, however you could try a third party app such as Handcent which is much more customisable for notifications. If you do decide to go with Handcent then you must make sure your notifications are turned off in the standard SE app.

For example in Handcent you can go in to Menu>Settings>Notification Settings and set things like Message pop-up and within just this there are lots of different settings for pop-up alone. You can then access Notification Settings as a further sub menu and one of the settings here is privacy mode which stops it displaying the message in the notification bar. You can change your vibration, you LED colour and blink rate etc. Basically you can spend some time getting the messaging to act just as you want it to rather than the simple on/off settings within the standard app.

Re: Notification help

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:29:21 GMT

That's great. I'll try the app then.

Thanks for your help.