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Text mail alert Apps? Such as screen coming on or blinking light?
The new iPhone 4 has driven down the prices of the 3G's so I got one. If I like it, I'll get a iPhone 4.
I'm legally deaf and can't hear phones, so I use these phones as PDA's, internet, texting and email.
When I had my Blackberry & Blackjack, there were apps or programs you could buy that would turn the screen on when you get a text mail. It would either have a blinking light or the screen would come on and stay on for a certain amount of time at intervals until you open it.
Do they have anything like that for this phone?
I use the vibration when it's in my pocket, but I need something for when it's laying on the desk since I can't hear it.
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josephz2va
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14 years ago
Unfortunately at the moment, there does not seem to be many apps on the store related to making the text messages vibrate for a longer period of time or keep the screen active to alert to a text message. Nor making the screen flash on and off constantly.
I have tried to search within several keywords on SMS/Text hearing impaired and most do not have an app related to assisting. Most of the apps do not correlate to hearing impaired as the iPhone is mostly audio usage.
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satchev
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14 years ago
The iPhone has no lights to blink at the user.
It can be configured to display a preview of the text message on the screen, but there is no way to configure how long this stays on the screen.
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jack58
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14 years ago
That was not what I asked. I know it comes on at first, then after that, nothing and I then would miss important messages if I didn't catch it the first time.
I'm after a program or app that would either have a blinking light or the screen, back-light, screensaver or message would come on and stay on for a certain amount of time at intervals until you open it. To give you an idea, this is the app I was talking about, it had the feature to turn on the backlight and/or the led light too.
http://www.qorefunctions.com/
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satchev
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14 years ago
Have you tried searching the app store or googling for a solution?
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jack58
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14 years ago
Been searching... not finding any yet.
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graphite07
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14 years ago
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jack58
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14 years ago
Looks like I'll have to sell this phone and keep using my Blackjack II that has this feature. 😞
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jack58
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14 years ago
That is sad for a phone that is so highly rated. Thanks for searching for me. I searched high and low before I posted the first time. I was hoping I missed it somewhere.
Time to sell the iPhone and go back to using the Blackjack II. I might get the new Blackberry that has the support I need as my Blackjack II is two years old now.
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jack58
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14 years ago
The other thing I notice too is I have it on vibrate when in my pocket. The vibrations is so weak, (I have it on the highest setting) I won't feel it at times.
AND it only vibrates once. I can't find where to make vibrate more than one like the BB, BJ & Impression.
This phone is NOT for a Deaf person for sure.
Anybody want to buy my phone? I'm going to try the BB Torch.
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