Shady SMS

**How to open Shady**

There is only one way to open Shady; you must DIAL 123 or 321 in your telephone. You can change this code to any secret number you'd like! After downloading Shady the open button does not work. Shady has no icon, will not be on your desktop, and will not be in the app drawer.

**Important**

Is your phone supported? Read below about old phones!

**Feature Highlight**

Fully animated text messager with 4 different styles

**What is Shady?**

Shady is a completely secret SMS messager. It is a contact list, and all messages sent to contacts in the list are only visible within Shady. Unlike the stock messager Shady SMS notifications do not show the content. It is discrete, hidden, SECRET. You can configure the Shady notification message to be anything you'd like, so at 2AM when get a message from Bob's BarBQ there will appear to be nothing Shady going on ;-)

**MMS image filtering**

Shady has full MMS image filtering support. Android MMS works as follows, first a temp MMS is received saying "download" or "cancel". Shady does not filter this message because the image has not be downloaded yet. Shady intelligently waits for the image to download, and then filters it to the respective thread in Shady. Please ENABLE auto download mms attachments in the stock messager for Shady to automatically filter MMS images as fast as possible. If you do not enable this feature the temp MMS message will sit in your stock inbox until you actually press the "download" button, and by then Shady's filter may already have been shutdown by the Android OS; so please enable auto download in the stock messager's main settings!

**Notifications Replacement**

Shady SMS replaces the stock SMS/MMS notification mechanism. Shady's complete notifications system fully manages all Shady and regular contact SMS/MMS notifications. The stock notifications mechanism is disabled by opening the default messager, yes the one that came with the phone, and by unchecking the "notifications" checkbox in the settings.

**Custom Skins**

Shady was designed for Android, but every manufacturer customizes Android differently. Because of certain manufacturer customizations Shady is recommended for use on certain devices. I code on the Droid Incredible, which is the most preferred device for use with Shady. The EVO 4G is also a highly recommended device. HTC devices, in general, are the most preferred.

**Samsung History Tab**

Samsung TouchWiz has a history tab in the contact list, which may be un-Shady to users. If you have a Samsung device you will want to either disable TouchWiz, or root your device and install Cyanogen Mod, or another operating sytem not using TouchWiz.


**Old Phones**

OLD phones like the Droid Eris, Samsung Moment, LG Ally and the HTC Hero have too little memory for 2.1, which results in Android shutting down many background processes just to keep the phone running. As a result these devices are not compatible with Shady unless they are rooted and using Cyanogen Mod or another aftermarket operating system.

**No Third Party Messagers**

Remove Handcent, Chomp, and Go SMS. Issues are reported because 3'rd party apps attempt to parse the SMS message at the same time Shady is attempting to delete it. As a result the message is first deleted by Shady, and then somehow restored to the standard messaging inbox about 30 seconds later. This glitch is resolved 100% by not using text messaging apps other than stock.

**Dialer Bug**

Some Android models have a dialer bug. The dialer shows in the recently launched apps list, and will redial your last dialer number. Hence it will launch Shady at the push of a button. Dialer is a bug in the OS on your model phone. 19/20 phones do not have the dialer bug. You will have to root your device and install another OS to work around the bug. Its not something to fix in Shady's code.

**Remove From Downloads Tab**

Requires root :-)

Shady SMS is not affiliated with Blackbook, SPC, Blacklist or Redlist.

Recent changes:
* For Jamin; separated the call log, and the call button on the contact menu dialog
* Added a font size selection menu to the messager
* Changed the messager keyboard style to have a smiley face for the bottom right button
* Increased the size of the messager bottom to be more lines
* Added an additional default login code for users that have voicemail preset by the manufacturer to 123. Now 321 also opens Shady as a default code.
+++ 13 total update tonight