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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Odd Behavior Thread

« on: December 14, 2019, 03:49:27 am »

D. Airmail appears to authenticate email account info in plain text, which Google blocked due to the reduced security. Google did not notify me and the Airmail error message was not very informative. Took me a bit to figure out that I had to go into Google security and make a change for Google to trust the Airmail app (last item in the Google security page, something about insecure app). The inability for Airmail to connect to gmail straightaway may confuse some Cosmo users who wish to use the Airmail app.

Seriously, plain text authentication?? I haven't used the Airmail app, but a quick glance through the settings doesn't reveal any security level options.
Does anyone else have a comment on this item? If that's really true, nobody should use the Airmail app, for anything. Ever.

Airmail is nothing more than a Re-skinned version of K9 Maill. IIRC it K9 mail is open source but not sure. It is an old piece of software.

The Android part (contacts application) is very finicky and only finds certain names based (ready for this?)... Based on capitalization.

Can confirm all of Sath's well-detailed points. In fact, I was just about to post here about the wackadoodle contact search when device is opened. I've seen this complaint in phones other than the Cosmo, so it strikes me as a purely Pie issue.

Agreed this issue seems to be related to Pie, as my Google Pixel has been doing it since an update over 6 months ago, running stock Android. Even when capitalizing just like in my address book, it can be impossible to search for a specific contact. I usually just scroll all the way down and choose from the list, it's more predictable that way. Quite frustrating, though. :-

Fair enough. No experience with Pie. Thank you for clarifying it may be an Android 9 issue.

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Long press on right side of fingerprint sensor

« on: December 13, 2019, 10:19:47 am »

With the cover closed,  a three second press on the right rocker switch of the fingerprint sensor generates a sound. Can`t tell what if anything changes.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Changing default signature line in Airmail

« on: December 13, 2019, 08:58:08 am »

Airmail seems to be a K9 mail with a slightly changed UI.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Odd Behavior Thread

« on: December 13, 2019, 08:42:24 am »

The cover display only lists contacts up to (and including) and names starting with `R` when searching by first letter.  Tried restarting the unit and restarting the cover display. I Android and display updates took like silk when updated them.

The Android part (contacts application) is very finicky and only finds certain names based (ready for this?)... Based on capitalization. For example, if you if I search for `war` it pulls up a contact with the the last name of Ward. Capital W and all. If I search with an upper case W,  it pulls up the aforementioned name as well as The War Department (wife). If typing `war` in the search bar, it turns up Ward and the corporate attorney`s contact that has "Warren" in the address. "War" brings up all three contacts with the letters "War" in the contact info/name. Same with other names in the contacts. I tried this experiment on my Note 9 and the results returned as expected on that device, showing all of the names containing the searched for letter and letter strings.

Battery life seems OK on this unit. I started using it 40 minutes ago on full brightness (screen and keyboard) and its down to 93 percent from 100 percent. It's not Note 9 life, but I can live with it for now, since the device is usually plugged in when I'm not actively using it.