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2009-11-02 , 19:32
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Hello out there,

Is it possible to store a SMS as draft at the N900 ?

You know what I mean. Begin writing, do somthing else, restart the device and after that open the draft and continue writing the SMS and send it.

I think Conversations is excactly what I ever want on my N95. But without Draft and "Folders" still hard to think about the practice usage.

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2009-11-02 , 19:47
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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
Is it possible to store a SMS as draft at the N900 ?
It does not appear as though there is, no.

Begin writing, do somthing else, restart the device and after that open the draft and continue writing the SMS and send it.
For a test I:
  1. began writing a text message
  2. switched away to the desktop
  3. powered off my N900
  4. powered my N900 back on
  5. re-opened Conversations and even chose to write a SMS to the same contact
There was no sign of the message I had begun before powering the phone off.

There's no "Save draft" option anywhere that I can find.
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2009-11-02 , 19:57
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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
Begin writing, do somthing else, restart the device and after that open the draft and continue writing the SMS and send it.
Is there really a need for such a feature on the N900? After all the N900 is meant to be an "always-on" device and it's capable of running multiple applications in parallel.
 
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2009-11-02 , 20:05
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
It does not appear as though there is, no.



For a test I:
  1. began writing a text message
  2. switched away to the desktop
  3. powered off my N900
  4. powered my N900 back on
  5. re-opened Conversations and even chose to write a SMS to the same contact
There was no sign of the message I had begun before powering the phone off.
It works for me:

  • In Conversations, press "New SMS"
  • Write something in the body and choose a contact
  • Quit Conversations
  • Power off, and power on the device
  • Open Conversations, and press "New SMS"
  • The previous text, and the contact are there

Complementarily:
  • In Conversations, choose some SMS from the list
  • Write something in the entry text
  • Quit Conversations
  • Power off, and power on the device
  • Open Conversations, and choose the same SMS from the list
  • The written text is in the entry


There's even a database in /home/user/.rtcom-messaging-ui/draft.db where are stored.
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2009-11-02 , 20:09
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Originally Posted by yerga View Post
  • Quit Conversations
Ah, so the critical detail is explicitly quitting Conversations before power off or reboot. That's good to know, though I don't know I'll ever need the feature.
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2009-11-02 , 20:11
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Is there really a need for such a feature on the N900? After all the N900 is meant to be an "always-on" device and it's capable of running multiple applications in parallel.
so is any S60 phone. still, "save as draft" is one of the features I use most often. - not only to continue writing later, but also to save drafts as templates for things i write often.
 
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2009-11-02 , 22:33
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Hmm... okay. In my opinion Templates should be included in a future firmware...
 
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I agree that a draft folder is a handy tool. I use notes to type sms and then copy them into an sms when required.
 
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2010-07-01 , 12:36
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While waiting for an app to come out for n900 making the sms/mms! menu something worthy of the phone, I'm sending the texts I'd usually save as drafts to a random number (one which won't accept sms). This way, I have them showing in my conversations menu and opening them there lets you ctrl-c and then cntrl-v into a new text. Saving drafts to different fony numbers putting them into 'draft categories' is also an idea.
 
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2010-07-01 , 19:29
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I'm using the Note's & AbiWord applications to create/store any text as and when needed. From there text to be used in a convo is cut and pasted into conversations and vice versa for the reverse.

In my early days of ownership a draft folder facility was desired but there's always an alternative way to reach the same end goal. Hence i do the above, it's just as easy and versatile be it convo text or any kind've text.
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