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How can I get the Play Market to stop finding apps I only paid for through Amazon App Store and bugging me to update them? Similarly, how can I get Amazon App Store to quit bugging me to update apps that I already had from Google Play? For example, right now I have Angry Birds Rio that I got on the Amazon App Store, because it was originally the only place with the ad-free version for sale. However, Google Play Market is now detecting it and bugging me to update it - and can't get it to just ignore it exists and let Amazon handle it. I also had Documents-to-go come with my tablet but had it purchased on Amazon App Store for my phone, so on my tablet Amazon keeps bugging me to update it through them. I'm having these problems on both my phone and my tablet. My phone is rooted so a solution that needs that will work there, but my tablet isn't so I can't use a fix that requires root there.
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I thought the play store did special checks now so that non-market apps wouldn't show up? I certainly haven't had any non-market apps show up in a long time. Are you sure you're on the newest Play Store?
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Jun 17, 2012 14:55
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Vykk.Draygo posted:I thought the play store did special checks now so that non-market apps wouldn't show up? I certainly haven't had any non-market apps show up in a long time. Are you sure you're on the newest Play Store? They don't show up for me, but Go Launcher recently added a feature to let you know if there's a newer version of an app in your app drawer, and it doesn't really care where you got it from. One of the things I hate about the Amazon App Store is that when poo poo does update, I don't know what's changed. Hell, I don't even think there's a way to tell what version they've got available without actually downloading it, so I can't even easily cross-reference with the Play Store.
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Jun 17, 2012 16:22
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Vykk.Draygo posted:I thought the play store did special checks now so that non-market apps wouldn't show up? I certainly haven't had any non-market apps show up in a long time. Are you sure you're on the newest Play Store? Yes on both devices. In fact, it only started happening about 2 or 3 weeks ago
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Jun 17, 2012 16:29
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I think Titanium allows you to link/unlink apps to/from the Play Store. I may be wrong, and you may need root privileges for it. EDIT: Doesn't appear to be possible any more according to this other random forum I found while Google searching: here. Xachariah fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jun 17, 2012 |
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Jun 17, 2012 17:22
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Thermopyle posted:Let's make a list of the ways that Google sucks. Is it too late to add to this list? My personal pet peeve is with the behaviour of the headset button for playing and pausing music. It's seriously unresponsive compared to an iDevice, taking at least a second to register and respond when the music player is active, and 2 or more seconds when it is inactive, in this case often mis-registering button presses. On my old iPhone 3GS, the buttons presses registered almost instantly, never misread the number of presses, and playback would start without delay. It seems like a minor thing, but when you're used to being able to easily and reliably play/pause songs, go forwards and backwards through playlists, and change volume without having to reach into your pockets or coat (not to mention whether your button presses are interpreted correctly by the device) the lack of polish and ease in the experience is really jarring and frustrating. It really lines up with the reasoning for most of the other items in the list of criticisms. When you consider that a large part of the reason we even have iPhones is because of the success of the iPod, which was successful due to the very good user experience, and that the iPod experience was maintained with the iPhone, Android should be trying to at least match that user experience if they want to be considered as-good. I assume the reason for the unresponsiveness is the high latency audio subsystem, which seems to have been an issue with and a criticism of Android since it was released. It's supposedly the reason why the iPad has better musical instrument apps, iOS has a far lower latency for audio events. I also started to look into why there were no Android headsets with volume controls which changed the devices volume (as opposed to the headset's volume). It appears to be an apple-only thing at the moment. This guy reverse engineered the iPhone headset volume protocol and it seems that the hardware is designed to stop apple unapproved volume controls working with apple devices, but there doesn't seem to be anything stopping the volume control signals being recognised by a device which doesn't care about authentication. Volume up and volume down events are communicated by voltage drops on the control line. If the Android audio APIs expose this voltage information it ought to be possible to make the device respond to the volume control buttons, but I haven't looked into it any further yet. It'd make the experience much better. To me, a great example of how much better Apple is at having a consistent vision based upon an intuitive and pleasant user experience is how iPhone headset remote controls (play/pause, volume up/down) work as expected when plugged into Apple notebooks. I really wish Google would get their act together and start thinking about the user experience, there's so much wasted potential at the moment.
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Jun 18, 2012 02:59
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Expecting any Android phone to be close to the iPhone for music playback is simply unrealistic. Spotify covers nearly all of the original software problems for me these days, but you still get hardware problems like yours and mediocre at best DACs because of cheap manufacturers.
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Jun 18, 2012 03:14
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This is a niche question but, I was wondering if it were possible to run an app so that your volume up button takes the functionality of your power button for the sake of waking up and sleeping your phone. My power button broke so this would be extremely helpful. Or is this something that needs a rooted phone?
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Jun 18, 2012 03:54
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Zo posted:This is a niche question but, I was wondering if it were possible to run an app so that your volume up button takes the functionality of your power button for the sake of waking up and sleeping your phone.
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Jun 18, 2012 04:22
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LastInLine posted:You'd need to run custom software to get this functionality. CM9 offers this and I think CM7 did too. Ah that's what I thought, thanks. Gonna crack it open (out of warranty obviously) and solder some wires around instead I guess.
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Jun 18, 2012 04:38
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Zo posted:Ah that's what I thought, thanks. Gonna crack it open (out of warranty obviously) and solder some wires around instead I guess.
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Jun 18, 2012 08:31
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Godzilla07 posted:Expecting any Android phone to be close to the iPhone for music playback is simply unrealistic. Why? If you said "for sound quality" then I'd agree as manufacturers seem to have a hardon for cheaping out on DACs, but there's no good reason why the OS shouldn't get an overhaul of the audio subsystem to sort the latency out.
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Jun 18, 2012 14:32
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Zo posted:Ah that's what I thought, thanks. Gonna crack it open (out of warranty obviously) and solder some wires around instead I guess. I find it interesting that you'd rather try to muck about in your phone's hardware before simply flashing a new ROM. I mean...yeah, maybe you really like the software that's on there now, but surely you should at least try a software solution before possibly breaking your phone for good if you mess up?
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Jun 18, 2012 15:52
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Does anyone know of an app where I can mark an email (in gmail app) as read from the notification bar? I get a poo poo ton of useless e-mails every day but I hate having "unread" emails in my inbox. I'd like to be able to see the sender/subject and just say "Worthless." and mark it as read/archive whatever. Unrooted (as of now.)
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Jun 18, 2012 20:01
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JerkyBunion posted:Does anyone know of an app where I can mark an email (in gmail app) as read from the notification bar? I get a poo poo ton of useless e-mails every day but I hate having "unread" emails in my inbox. I'd like to be able to see the sender/subject and just say "Worthless." and mark it as read/archive whatever. Have you looked into the Priority Inbox feature of GMail? It will automatically tag your emails and put less important items in your inbox. The Android GMail app can be setup to only show important items as notifications instead of all e-mails received.
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Jun 18, 2012 20:29
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gariig posted:Have you looked into the Priority Inbox feature of GMail? It will automatically tag your emails and put less important items in your inbox. The Android GMail app can be setup to only show important items as notifications instead of all e-mails received. I don't like automated inboxes. Like I said, I don't want to have anything unread in my inbox because I use multiple platforms for these e-mail addresses. I also don't want anything to slip through the cracks. I'd like to just be able to mark something as read without actually having to open up the gmail app.
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Jun 18, 2012 20:32
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Zo posted:This is a niche question but, I was wondering if it were possible to run an app so that your volume up button takes the functionality of your power button for the sake of waking up and sleeping your phone. Tasker should be able to do this. I don't remember if it requires root for everything or just some tasks.
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Jun 18, 2012 20:46
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JerkyBunion posted:I don't like automated inboxes. Like I said, I don't want to have anything unread in my inbox because I use multiple platforms for these e-mail addresses. I also don't want anything to slip through the cracks. I'd like to just be able to mark something as read without actually having to open up the gmail app. Categorize your inbox and realize that maybe not 100% of the stuff that you get you need to read on your phone. Create filters that auto archives and labels it so it doesn't ding your phone but still shows up as unread in that label.  See Jay? I read Jay's emails but nothing Jay sends I need to know RIGHT THIS VERY INSTANT THANK GOD FOR MOBILE EMAIL. I get home and all labels that have unread items are bold on the left. As for your original request, you're probably poo poo out of luck. I run through a lot of mail clients and still come back to the native one.
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Jun 18, 2012 21:42
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Categorize your inbox and realize that maybe not 100% of the stuff that you get you need to read on your phone. Create filters that auto archives and labels it so it doesn't ding your phone but still shows up as unread in that label. Congratulations, you've chosen the rightest gmail theme.
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Jun 18, 2012 21:44
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Hang on, won't he need a working power button to root? E:Wait you can theme gmail? I really gotta read the bits around the edges more often.
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Thermopyle posted:Congratulations, you've chosen the rightest gmail theme. If there isn't something space related within visual range on your computer 24/7 you are bad at computers.
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Jun 18, 2012 21:47
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Categorize your inbox and realize that maybe not 100% of the stuff that you get you need to read on your phone. Create filters that auto archives and labels it so it doesn't ding your phone but still shows up as unread in that label. This is the correct answer. The only labels I have set to go "ding" are the Inbox and the one I filtered everything from Facebook into (because the Facebook app seems to be incapable of actually making its notifications work). I have 12 other labels where the majority of my mail goes. Basically it's all set up so that if I get email from family, friends or someone who hasn't emailed me before it goes "ding", otherwise it doesn't.
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Cakefool posted:E:Wait you can theme gmail? I really gotta read the bits around the edges more often. They're mostly bad. Except the space one. It changes every day. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:They're mostly bad. Except the space one. It changes every day.
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LastInLine posted:I like Tree the best because it shows the weather. I'd like that too but it's 110+ without a cloud in the sky for 3 straight months where I live. :P
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So I just got my very first smart phone. Got the basics down and everything. But uhhh what do I need to watch videos off of something like pornhub? Flash? I got the app but it still won't play. Edit: never mind, seems to be working... Guilty fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Jun 19, 2012 |
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Jun 19, 2012 00:51
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Light Flow just got a really nice update. And, they've added support for a lot of new apps to the paid version. Seems like it's time for me to shell out the measly $2 for the full version. I certainly get enough use out of it to justify it.
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LastInLine posted:What device is it? HTC Desire HD DrBouvenstein posted:I find it interesting that you'd rather try to muck about in your phone's hardware before simply flashing a new ROM. I will try tasker first though! edit: looks like no go with tasker, turn on display not available on this device Zo fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Jun 19, 2012 |
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Jun 19, 2012 04:30
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Zo posted:HTC Desire HD On the other hand you're due to get an official 4.0.x release of the software so if you're happy with Sense you might as well stick with it.
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I really suck at navigating the android market. What I'm looking for is a widget that combines my email and text message stream into one screen. Is there something painfully obvious I'm missing? Running 2.3 on a Evo 4G.
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Zo posted:edit: looks like no go with tasker, turn on display not available on this device Fuuuuck. Wait, I wonder if Widget Locker will let you change the "screen on" button?
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Casu Marzu posted:I really suck at navigating the android market. What I'm looking for is a widget that combines my email and text message stream into one screen. Is there something painfully obvious I'm missing? Running 2.3 on a Evo 4G. I believe pure messenger does this.
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big mean giraffe posted:I believe pure messenger does this. Is there an app that does this?
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Just picked up the Galaxy Nexus. I'm coming from CM7, and I'm wanting to try stock for a bit before jumping on CM9. The first thing that I've noticed so far is the dialer from cm7.2 is much better. Can it be installed on stock ICS? Also, other than lightflow, are there any other apps I should be looking at to enhance my phone?
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Google Play Music randomly decided to un-sync all my music from my Phone this morning. What non-cloud music apps are people using these days? My last experience was with PowerAmp, which seemed pretty good. On the same note - anyone have recommendations for a good, configurable Ice Cream Sandwhich/Holo-esque alarm clock? I'm using Alarm Clock Plus, but I don't know if there is anything else out there right now.
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Where do games store their data? I made the mistake of cheating and now everything is boring.  I tried going to Manage Application > Clear Data but it didn't delete everything. Should I just uninstall? EDIT: Nevermind, uninstalling worked! lunar detritus fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jun 19, 2012 |
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deong posted:Just picked up the Galaxy Nexus. I'm coming from CM7, and I'm wanting to try stock for a bit before jumping on CM9. The first thing that I've noticed so far is the dialer from cm7.2 is much better. Can it be installed on stock ICS? I've been using Nova Launcher (home replacement) and WidgetLocker (lockscreen replacement) for the past couple of days on my Nexus and I'm really liking them.
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Plume finally hit version 4 today.  Changelog: quote:
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.levelup.touiteur ----- Facebook has no notifications system right now so it's kinda useless IMO. Either way there it is.
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Skeezy posted:
Flickr/Instagram changes made it worth it from my experience. I updated today and after updating Plume wouldn't event open without an error. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it's fine now. I wonder if it's because my "Plume Premium" updated first or something? I don't remember seeing Plume Premium have an update in the past, just the main Plume app. Either way, if anyone updates and can't get it to open, it just took an uninstall/reinstall to make it work again.
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beerinator posted:Flickr/Instagram changes made it worth it from my experience. Oh yeah, I've been using the Plume betas for a while and the 4.0 update is worth it as a whole.
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