[MOD] Sense 3.5 Mail.apk with HTML Enabled (Exchange 2003)

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It bugged me to no end that those of us with Exchange 2003 servers at work could not enable HTML e-mail, so I changed it

I came across a ROM in my travels here (CoreDroid) which had this enabled for their sense 3.0 e-mail app, so I KNEW it was possible. I've been using that 3.0 version for a while now (thanks CoreDroid Devs!), but decided to try a 3.5 rom (RCMix3D Runny 4.0) and wanted HTML e-mail with that too, so here's what I did:

I took Mail.apk from both the Sense 3.0 and 3.5 roms, decompiled them both, and compared the code. Found that a certain section of code wasn't present in the 3.0 apk, so I found the same place in the 3.5 apk and removed the code to make that part match. Recompiled, Signed, Zipaligned, and installed it on my device (replaced existing Mail.apk in system\app folder). Bingo! The option is now enabled and working! No adverse side effects at all.

I have attached the recompiled Mail.apk for everyone's enjoyment. Place it in your system\app folder, then you will be able to enable the HTML option. PLEASE back up the existing one or do a nandroid backup first!! - I am NOT responsible if you mess things up and have no backup!! With that disclaimer now out of the way - here are a few more notes:

• It is very likely this will NOT work on Sense 3.0 ROMs because of changes in framework.
  
• After enabling the HTML option in your account settings, existing messages will still be plain text. Any new messages will be in HTML format. To make them all HTML, I changed the number of sync days to one, then back to my usual 30. It then re-downloaded them all in beautiful HTML format
  
• If your account no longer shows up under "Accounts & Sync" for some reason, open your mail app, then go to options and delete the account altogether. Re-add it and it will be back, but you will probably have to change the format to HTML again and change the number of days to sync to get your inbox all in HTML.
  
• Lastly - this was done for the Desire HD, but this may work well on other devices with sense 3.5 also. Your mileage may vary.

Great thanks. Can you also check if you can get the unread mail count working. Current 3.5 mail doesn't show them.

Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

I knew it was possible! Switched to a 3.5 sense rom and lost the html format...but all my searches said it was never possible.

Thanks for this.

Will test out now.

EDIT: Works great..using with BinDroid RHD V2.2.1

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Causes force closes on rcmix runny for me.

If you get FC's try wiping the mail app's data using Titanium Backup. That has worked for me in the past.

It shows up as "[EMAIL..." in the list, but is where you'd find "Mail" alphabetically

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Hello,

can you provide me the mail.apk for sense 3.0 (with html enabled) please ?

Originally Posted by deffflow

Hello,

can you provide me the mail.apk for sense 3.0 (with html enabled) please ?

Check your PM - not posting here because it's CoreDroid's work!

Hi, Could you please post the Sense 3 Mail.apk with HTML Enabled as I am not use CoreDroid Sense3.0 ROM. Thank you very much~

You are a boss crazytek. Works like a charm! This is something my buddies and I have wanted for our sense roms for quite a while but just was not present in most of them. Thanks a lot for doing this!

(Works with RCMix 4)

Originally Posted by CptAwesomeTT

You are a boss crazytek. Works like a charm! This is something my buddies and I have wanted for our sense roms for quite a while but just was not present in most of them. Thanks a lot for doing this!

(Works with RCMix 4)

Ditto, works great!