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Yeah that was a typo. The slowdown does seem to happen mostly when downloading so that might be it. I did a reset not too long ago. It was fine for awhile but slowly got worse. Normy fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Normy posted:Yeah that was a typo. The slowdown does seem to happen mostly when downloading so that might be it. If the slowdown mainly happens when you're downloading and updating apps; there's not much you can do to help that. It's normal for older Android phones to chug along while doing those.
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Mar 8, 2014 05:39
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OTOH, it's weird and dumb that Normy can't just factory reset and upgrade to 4.3. Haven't heard of any malware that persists in a way to prohibit stock OS updates after reset, and it'd be weird for Google to just turn that option off after less than a year. Normy, anything strange done to the phone? Rooting or hacking or whatever? My old phone (i9250 same as yours) was updated to 4.3 after that came out and I keep it around as a travel-loaner and personal-fallback. It's laggy during quarterly app updates but seems pretty functional otherwise for anything I'd want to do with a phone.
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Mar 8, 2014 06:13
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No it's just always been like this. I had a horrible time trying to get my last set replaced by Samsung and the warranty has expired now. I think I'll try to update it manually.
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Mar 8, 2014 08:49
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gently caress it, at this point just wipe it and flash the factory image for 4.3.
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Mar 8, 2014 09:44
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LastInLine posted:gently caress it, at this point just wipe it and flash the factory image for 4.3.
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Mar 8, 2014 10:39
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I'm gonna give cyanogenmod a try. Seems to have what I'm looking for.
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Mar 8, 2014 13:41
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Normy posted:I'm gonna give cyanogenmod a try. Seems to have what I'm looking for. You'll get all of the functionality in CM without any of the (many, many) drawbacks. Trust me.
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Mar 8, 2014 14:00
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I'll look into that, thanks comrade.
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Mar 8, 2014 14:58
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Is Poweramp still the goon recommended music player? Or has it been dethroned?
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Mar 8, 2014 18:52
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That Guy From Pearldiver posted:Is Poweramp still the goon recommended music player? Or has it been dethroned? I'm still using it, and it still does everything I want from a music player. That's not to say there might not be newer, better alternatives; I'm happy with it so I haven't looked.
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Mar 8, 2014 19:24
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So I just factory reset and updated my old rear end Samsung Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, and I've been using GO Launcher EX since I got the phone... but this time I'm going to try to go with Action Launcher per various recommendations I've seen in this thread about it, and it looks be pretty awesome. So similarly to That Guy From Pearldiver's post asking if Poweramp is still the best goon recommended music player, I'd like to ask if anyone could recommend improvements or favorite alternatives to the following applications that I've been using for a while. I'm always happy to switch if something cooler comes along! ES File Explorer - File explorer Dialer One - Dialer alternative AirDroid - Remove file manager over wi-fi Akimbo Audio Book Player - Audio player made specifically for Audiobooks CameraZoom - Camera Flashlight - lovely free app that turns your LED into a flashlight KeePassDroid - App to read KeePass databases (which apparently just got updated to allow editing instead of just reading) Chrome - Web Browser Shopping List - Create grocery shopping lists (categories, quantities, etc.) I guess worst case scenario here is that the above is a list of apps that I actually find use in if anyone else is looking for suggestions, but are there any apps out there for the mentioned job description that are improvements over the listed app?
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Mar 8, 2014 20:59
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What are these Xposed and GravityBox things? They don't seem to be on the Google Play, one brings up only additions and one brings up a dumb game. It sounds like they add CM functionality without needing CM. Do they need an unlocked bootloader or anything? Special ROM support? I'm on a rooted locked BL Galaxy S4 with Action Launcher, but I miss some functions of CM from my fascinate days.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:09
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Is anyone else using Helium (premium) noticing it's not backing up on schedule? I find I still have to go in manually to initiate them.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:12
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Paramemetic posted:What are these Xposed and GravityBox things? They don't seem to be on the Google Play, one brings up only additions and one brings up a dumb game. It sounds like they add CM functionality without needing CM. Do they need an unlocked bootloader or anything? Special ROM support? Xposed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401 Gravity Box http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316070 (for 4.3 android) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554049 (for 4.4 android) You need to be running pretty much stock android for it to work. Follow the instructions on the two threads to get your poo poo working.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:03
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Essobie posted:Shopping List - Create grocery shopping lists (categories, quantities, etc.) For shopping lists try "Recollect" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recollect You can make your list and when you go to a grocery store it'll pop up a notification with your list in it. You shouldn't forget your list as long as you look at your phone at some point in the store. It also works for a variety of other things too. If you need a reminder to pay your bills you can set a reminder to activate when you are at home and so on. It's been super valuable to me.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:08
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Just got a chromecast, so what's the reccomended app that'll enable me to put a picture or video from my phone onto my TV?
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Just got a chromecast, so what's the reccomended app that'll enable me to put a picture or video from my phone onto my TV? Avia works really well, I think it was 3.99 for the full feature version with Chromecast support. Downside is videos have a hard time running it seems. A lot of buffering. I don't know if that's an app problem or a Chromecast thing.
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Mar 9, 2014 01:13
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Just got a chromecast, so what's the reccomended app that'll enable me to put a picture or video from my phone onto my TV?
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Mar 9, 2014 01:14
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After I updated my Note 3 to KitKat the other day, my home button stopped working as intended when single pressed (go to default home screen) but everything else works perfectly fine (i.e. long press for multitasking). I googled around for solutions and the common one I've seen is changing Gestures and Buttons -> Home Button to "none" on Nova Launcher but that still didn't works. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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So when you're in an app and you press the home button, nothing happens? Or are you just talking about when you're looking at your home screen in Nova? If it's the latter you could try setting it to Default Screen instead of None, see if it makes a difference. Or maybe clear your Nova settings
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Mar 9, 2014 04:11
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Disharmony posted:After I updated my Note 3 to KitKat the other day, my home button stopped working as intended when single pressed (go to default home screen) but everything else works perfectly fine (i.e. long press for multitasking). I googled around for solutions and the common one I've seen is changing Gestures and Buttons -> Home Button to "none" on Nova Launcher but that still didn't works. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I've had a similar experience when I updated my Note 2. A press of the home button takes 2 and 3 times before it actually responds sometimes. Not sure if that's what you're experiencing as well.
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ninmeister posted:Avia works really well, I think it was 3.99 for the full feature version with Chromecast support. Downside is videos have a hard time running it seems. A lot of buffering. I don't know if that's an app problem or a Chromecast thing. That doesn't sound like it works well at all.
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baka kaba posted:So when you're in an app and you press the home button, nothing happens? Or are you just talking about when you're looking at your home screen in Nova? If it's the latter you could try setting it to Default Screen instead of None, see if it makes a difference. Or maybe clear your Nova settings Yes, the former. Tried that one too (that's on by default actually) and doesn't work.
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Mar 9, 2014 16:15
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I'm looking for a notepad widget that lets you write with a stylus straight onto it. I'm using my tablet a fair bit at work and it'd be great if I could flick to a home screen, scribble down a to-do note or something without having to open anything or type anything one-handed etc.
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kri kri posted:That doesn't sound like it works well at all. After rereading my response I guess not, geez. Well it works great for photos! I'm still going with it being a chromecast issue.
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ninmeister posted:Avia works really well, I think it was 3.99 for the full feature version with Chromecast support. Downside is videos have a hard time running it seems. A lot of buffering. I don't know if that's an app problem or a Chromecast thing. I don't have any issues with buffering on avia so that may well be a network/chromecast issue. My problem with avia is the awkward media library interface. I'd switch in a second if there were a more polished alternative.
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Mar 10, 2014 14:06
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Review of today's free app on Amazon:quote:I think that this app was created in about 30 minutes after guzzling a six pack of beer. Which one of you goons is developing apps?
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Mar 10, 2014 18:42
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Drunk Badger posted:Review of today's free app on Amazon: Isn't this the majority of the 'Free App(s) of the Day' on Amazon's App Store?
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Mar 10, 2014 19:22
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Anyone know of any Twitter apps that worked like TweetDeck used to before they offed it? Or any Twitter apps where you can use a list-based view?
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Priss In Plate posted:Anyone know of any Twitter apps that worked like TweetDeck used to before they offed it? Or any Twitter apps where you can use a list-based view? You can still look at lists in the official Twitter app, its just kinda buried.
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Mar 10, 2014 22:14
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With a crafty work-around, Falcon Pro still works and I believe it is free.
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Mar 10, 2014 22:46
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Priss In Plate posted:Anyone know of any Twitter apps that worked like TweetDeck used to before they offed it? Or any Twitter apps where you can use a list-based view? Plume is what I use. You can make columns out of lists which is how I read most of my timeline.
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This looks like it has what I'm looking for. Thanks!
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Mar 11, 2014 00:57
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I have tunein radio and love it. Pinky problem is that the notification shade constantly shows the app even when I close it in the multitasking tray. Can't see any options in the app as well. Any help?
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Mar 11, 2014 04:00
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Has the navigation voice suddenly gotten much louder in comparison to other sound (music, podcasts) after the TTS update, or is it just my phone?
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:I have tunein radio and love it. Pinky problem is that the notification shade constantly shows the app even when I close it in the multitasking tray. Can't see any options in the app as well. Any help? Hit the stop playback button in the app? When I do that and just leave the app, it doesn't stay running or in the notification pane. E: Actually, I don't consistently get it in the notification tray. Not sure if that happened with 4.4 or something, because I definitely remember it being in the notifications before. sourdough fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Wow. So I just had to press stop. I dont know what I could have been pressing, maybe pause. Thanks dude.
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Essobie posted:ES File Explorer - File explorer I have a thing for Total Commander. It's a pretty flexible and customisable file manager and while it might not have a proper holo interface, it's functionally acceptable. I use KeePass in Linux and it's great, I did use it in Windows but I recently started importing in to Safe in Cloud and using that through my phone. I normally wouldn't have bothered but it honestly is a lovely app, I have no regrets. Whoever asked about audio players, I used to use Poweramp but GoneMAD Music Player has been my player of choice for a while now. It handles large libraries like a champ and has every feature under the sun.
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ZombyWoof posted:A couple of possible suggestions here - It also plays nicely with SMB shares in OSX which ES does not. I'm a LastPass guy and have no complaints. I like not janitoring my passwords which KeePass seems to encourage.
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