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Bedurndurn posted:If there any app that will build a map of my cell service quality as I drive around town? I want to see how accurate T-Mobile's coverage map is, because it promised good service at my house and I'm alternating between no service and 2 bars, so I'd like to get measurements from around town more scientifically than trying to check my email every time I hit a stop light. What phone are you using? I have a GNex and I'm in the same boat.
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:What phone are you using? I have a GNex and I'm in the same boat.
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Nov 21, 2012 18:30
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Teeter posted:That's awesome. Everyone else seems to just be a beautiful person according to SwiftKey's opening sentence. I love mine because it throws in random hockey terms and curse words, like beautiful poetry. Not me. "I am a jerk, and I have never really been outside Florida so we can do it." I don't ever remember calling myself a jerk. 
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Swiftkey owns. e:  FINE. Now fix your quotes. butt dickus fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Teeter posted:That's awesome. Everyone else seems to just be a beautiful person according to SwiftKey's opening sentence. I love mine because it throws in random hockey terms and curse words, like beautiful poetry. Yeah, I got the beautiful person thing for a while too, until I really started using it a lot. I've been trying to keep an eye on the SwiftKey forums for any updates. It's still "coming soon", but I think they're just doing a lot of bug hunting before releasing it.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Swiftkey owns. I like how you sort of captured CBoyardee's essence, in a way, with that line of huge screenshots.
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Nov 21, 2012 18:57
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Swiftkey owns. Swiftkey input would make a good gif. Row of screenshots for every word? not so much.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Swiftkey owns. Tried it out myself. 
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Nov 21, 2012 19:12
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:What phone are you using? I have a GNex and I'm in the same boat. A Nexus 4.
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ijii posted:Tried it out myself. Same: 
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Nov 21, 2012 19:59
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Swiftkey owns. I like Swiftkey but it's too overzealous about completing words that are already typed as I want them. Like if I type 'anal' it wants to make it 'analysis' (don't ask why I was texting anal please). But there are all sorts of mistakes that slip through in my texts like that.
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Nov 21, 2012 20:04
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I really want to pick up Swiftkey but the upcoming Swiftkey Flow is putting me off from buying it since I know the moment I get it Flow will be out the next day.
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Nov 21, 2012 20:27
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I'm anxious to compare Swiftkey Flow to the 4.2 keyboard. The latter has a few quirks but I've been happier with it than any keyboard so far.
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Nov 21, 2012 20:37
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Yeah using the 4.2 keyboard has me really itching for Swiftkey Flow. I'm still using Swiftkey at the moment though, I prefer all the long press symbols on the main keyboard, and being able to swipe the '.' key to the right to get a '?'.
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Nov 21, 2012 20:43
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Is there some way to set up a gesture in Swype beta to delete the last word? Swiping left across the keyboard to delete is the biggest thing I miss from Swiftkey.
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Nov 21, 2012 20:45
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Evil Vin posted:I really want to pick up Swiftkey but the upcoming Swiftkey Flow is putting me off from buying it since I know the moment I get it Flow will be out the next day. I wish this were the case. I'd buy you SwiftKey right now
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Nov 21, 2012 21:26
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Syrinxx posted:Is there some way to set up a gesture in Swype beta to delete the last word? Swiping left across the keyboard to delete is the biggest thing I miss from Swiftkey. Swipe from backspace to the left and it should delete word by word.
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My dad got his first smartphone (a GNex) and I was hoping to set him up a Google account and give him some sweet apps, is there a new Goon-approved app list (didn't see much of anything in the OP) or should I just go through my own app list and give him the highlights?
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Frozen-Solid posted:Swipe from backspace to the left and it should delete word by word. Thanks, I had no idea.
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Nov 22, 2012 01:33
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Is there anyway to block ads without rooting?
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For internet ads there's an Adblock for Firefox Mobile, and if you are on wifi you could set up a ad-blocking host file on your router, I guess. No solution for app ads on cellular data though.
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I just tried out Swype for the first time and am really impressed. It is the most accurate out of any keyboard on any phone I've used. As much as I loved Swiftkey being able to often predict my sentences, I still had to go back to make a lot of corrections with my mistyping. I'll definitely try SwiftKey flow when it comes out, could be the best of both worlds. A while back I was whinging about Ankidroid but after trying their latest beta build I have to say I am quite happy with it. They fixed most of the navigation issues I had and I really like the way they handle the spaced-repetition part of it. I'm still not crazy about having to use the desktop version, but after importing my cards the first time haven't had to go back to it. I'd still love it if I could sync with a more neutral service like Quizlet, but now that I spent the time converting all my flashcards to anki I think I'll be happy (at least until I want to move to another flashcard program).
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Install Gentoo posted:Same: What theme is that on Swiftkey? Edit: "Dark" theme, nevermind 
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What's the general con census on podcast apps? Which one is everyone using?
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:What's the general con census on podcast apps? Which one is everyone using? PocketCast and BeyondPod get the most mentions around here.
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Sendo posted:PocketCast and BeyondPod get the most mentions around here. Actually, I think most of the thread prefers GoodNews, but Pocket Cast, BeyondPod and Doggcatcher are all good alternatives depending on your needs and whether or not you have some kind of aversion to GReader.
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Geektox posted:Actually, I think most of the thread prefers GoodNews, but Pocket Cast, BeyondPod and Doggcatcher are all good alternatives depending on your needs and whether or not you have some kind of aversion to GReader. I love it.
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I am a heavy podcast listener, and I have paid money for BeyondPod, Pocket Casts, and Doggcatcher. I have used the latest versions of all three for at least a week this fall, usually more. I settled on BeyondPod. I have 'unlimited' data and I do a mix of streaming podcasts, and downloading podcasts but only for the ability to use Presto to play them at a faster rate. I used to not like BeyondPod because it was difficult about accepting non-downloaded episodes as, well, real episodes. It assumed you wanted to download everything and, say, a list of new episodes was a list of new downloaded episodes. They've fixed that. Pocket Casts has fast updating thanks to running it's own server that does it's own update checks for you, and it also knows that people like to stream podcasts in addition to downloading them, but it's interface is strictly from the days when Android apps strived to be iClones. It's not ugly, but the beauty is only skin deep and you may quickly get sick of it, as well as it's lack of notification controls in ICS and beyond. The guys behind it keep promising a 4.0 to come eventually that will address everything, but that won't help you now. It handles show notes kind of badly, too. DoggCatcher has as many options as BeyondPod in a clunkier interface, and also doesn't want to include episodes in it's playlists (Audio,Video,etc) if they haven't been downloaded first. This means streamers can not have a blended playlist of all their new episodes, they have to simply look at podcast view, and filter it to new podcasts, then tap on each show to see the new episodes. It seems to interpret a tap of the episode title as a download by default, so you have to find streaming under a menu.
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Is there a decent alternative to Missed It for indicating missed calls / SMS / e-mails etc. as a widget? Since the last ICS update it just doesn't work properly, and, more importantly, the slider to make the widget background transparent doesn't do anything anymore. It looks proper manky. I've looked for an alternative but, to my surprise, haven't found any.
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Speak of podcast apps, is there one that lets you manually load files as podcasts? I bought a few live podcasts that I want to listen to in my podcast app (PocketCasts) but can't figure out how. I tried downloading a few different apps but they all only let you add podcasts feeds, not individual files themselves. I've been using the native music app but is easily forgets where I was last listening to the podcast, and I like having the "skip back x seconds" button.
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What's a good simple automated free or cheap backup-in-case-of-loss app I can put on technologically illiterate relatives' phones? Assuming it'll be cheap rather than free since it'd need to fund cloud storage space for total automation. Unless it hooked into dropbox/drive, I guess.
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MikeJF posted:What's a good simple automated free or cheap backup-in-case-of-loss app I can put on technologically illiterate relatives' phones? Is a tech-illiterate person going to have anything on their phone that needs backing up?
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Is a tech-illiterate person going to have anything on their phone that needs backing up? Eh, there's a couple of apps I've installed for them, and they don't want to lose their stuff like smses and photos and things. (Although I can get them manually taking their photos off, since bandwidth.) Actually, on a different note, an app that autosyncs their gallery to a folder on the desktop PC without going to the internet if they're on the home network would be pretty neat, since I live in a land of bandwidth limits. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Nov 23, 2012 |
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You could just use the Dropbox app to automatically upload all pictures taken. If you want to root it for them you could also run Titanium Backup to automatically make backups of all user apps and upload it to dropbox.
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Pipski posted:Is there a decent alternative to Missed It for indicating missed calls / SMS / e-mails etc. as a widget? Since the last ICS update it just doesn't work properly, and, more importantly, the slider to make the widget background transparent doesn't do anything anymore. It looks proper manky. I've looked for an alternative but, to my surprise, haven't found any. I've found that UCCW does a good job of that. If you check out the 'show off your desktop' thread I've posted a couple of times on the last page or so, both of the themes I posted use UCCW to tell me how many texts/missed calls/etc I have.
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Is there a rundown of the coolest-looking widgets out there? I installed Tweetdeck because it's less lovely than the Facebook or Twitter apps, but god are its widgets lovely-looking. I need more widgets to fill my homescreens, I am and addict, I need delicious widget crack. I am rooted running CM10, so if there's root-only stuff out there I can use that too.
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ilysespieces posted:I've found that UCCW does a good job of that. If you check out the 'show off your desktop' thread I've posted a couple of times on the last page or so, both of the themes I posted use UCCW to tell me how many texts/missed calls/etc I have. Thanks, looks good. I'll give it a go.
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:Is there a rundown of the coolest-looking widgets out there? I installed Tweetdeck because it's less lovely than the Facebook or Twitter apps, but god are its widgets lovely-looking. I need more widgets to fill my homescreens, I am and addict, I need delicious widget crack. I am rooted running CM10, so if there's root-only stuff out there I can use that too. Android Pro Widgets seems to be everyone's favorite.
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Anyone got a good music player recommendation? I'm having real problems getting Play Music not to shuffle things, if I wanted to play the Wicked soundtrack out of order I would have told it to but even though its in the right order on the list as soon as I click either the album to play or an individual song the whole thing gets put in a new random arrangement and no amount of messing around will fix it. This got me rather annoyed on the walk back from work.
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