Any HTC Desire users with "Mark Read" on close turned on ?

[nwpsys]

Even though I have got Notifications turned off in the HTC messages
app, and have Mark Read selected, the shortcut icon for messages on my
home screen still shows an unread count when I close the text in SMS
Popup.

Is anyone else seeing this behaviour or aware of a fix ?

Can confirm there is nothing at all showing in the notification area.

Thanks,

Nige

[Adam K]

Hi Nige,

Yes this is a known issue with the home screen icon on phones that run
HTC Sense UI: http://goo.gl/2Rdg

No known workaround right now other than to use a different home
screen icon (3rd party home screen icon). Unfortunately HTC does not
provide any hooks to update their home screen counter.

Adam

[nwpsys]

Thanks for the reply, Adam.

I managed to find the entry in the FAQ after I made my post. Oops,
sorry.

Any recommendations for a 3rd party home screen icon that updates
correctly ?

[Adam K]

Oops, sorry for the slow reply. The only one I've tried is this one:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.kanokgems.smswidget

It seemed to update fine when used with SMS Popup or other sms apps.

Adam

[nwpsys]

Excellent recommendation. This works a treat. Many thanks.