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rotaryfun posted:That sort of program almost has to be a subscription. There's stuff running in the background which requires servers and bandwidth. I'm not paying that just to be able to control my notifications. I actually don't use it much but when I do it's been really nice. But I'll probably end up paying anyway because it is a good program and I'm about supporting good developers. Pushbullet is $40/year now. I like it a lot, but not for that price. What were the alternatives? I stopped paying attention after finding Pushbullet.
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THF13 posted:There's still a free version, what pro features do you need? Taking action on notifications. So much easier to click something away if I'm at my computer- it doesn't interrupt what I'm doing. E: I don't mind paying for it, but I can't justify $40/yr to not be slightly annoyed by my phone. effika fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Kheldarn posted:Earlier in the thread, goons recommended Metal. It's a wrapper for the FB website. I've been using it for... umm... I don't remember how many months now, but it works pretty well. It has a dark theme, and it lets you read your messages instead of having FB tell you to install Messenger. Can confirm that #1 is a Facebook issue. I have the same problem if I don't open Read Mores in a new tab, desktop or mobile browser.
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Sep 11, 2016 03:23
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deong posted:I've not gotten any since April. It annoys me more than it should. I was getting over every week or two. I check it every few weeks and sigh. It really likes it when I go to the university here for a rehearsal. We don't meet in the summer, and my surveys drop off significantly during that time. I guess it's looking for certain locations.
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Oct 14, 2016 23:00
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Newf posted:I'm looking for something to do fine-grained configuration on sms notifications. Specifically, I'd like texts from specific people to ding / buzz continuously (or at some interval) until read / dismissed by me. Any recommendations? Try Light Flow.
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Dec 13, 2016 19:22
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Wrist Watch posted:I just noticed my phone has google assistant when I hold the home button. For whatever reason, the assistant can't tell you what song is playing. If you have it listen in the normal Google Now screen it does so just fine.
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Mar 11, 2017 19:33
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Lester Shy posted:Semi-related question: I just got my first new phone since Jelly Bean, and I'm looking for the best free way to skip to the next track without looking at the screen. The stock Music app has a pretty cool "next track on shake" feature, but it doesn't seem to work with Play Music, which I like a lot more. I like Wave Control, which uses the proximity sensor to send commands to whatever's playing. Not the best option for you if your phone is an a pocket, but it's what I use while driving since I don't have bluetooth in my car. The free version has ads, and is a perfectly functional set of basic features. I like the pay version (Wave Control Pro) because it adds a few more features and was free since I used my Google Opinion Rewards fun money on it.
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Apr 14, 2017 16:47
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Is there a recommended QR reader? There are a ton of them on the Play Store and they all look a little shady.
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May 8, 2017 03:48
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vyst posted:Google Goggles does this I think I can't get it to work on my Pixel.  Wacky Delly posted:I've been using this for years: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android This works well! Thanks.
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May 8, 2017 16:17
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I signed into Facebook Messenger for about an hour yesterday, then decided to uninstall it when I kept getting contacts "waving" at me. I've uninstalled it, logged out of it on Facebook, yet I still get these idiots waving at me via messages on Facebook. It never happened before signing into Messenger. Anything I can do app-wise to stop it? Or am I just going to have to deal with knowing all my Facebook friends are idiots forever? Edit: signed in, signed out, and went to Facebook to log out the session. Hopefully that has fixed it. effika fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 16:39
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swampface posted:Are there any good weather apps? I've had Weather Timeline on my phone for 6 months or so and it is convinced that it is always raining, about to rain, or that the rain will be stopping soon, regardless of the actual conditions (it hasn't rained in several weeks). Weather Underground can't make a pretty widget to save their life, but it's always been as accurate as weather can be.
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Aug 2, 2017 17:54
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Timely stopped doing the pre-alarm when I got my Pixel, but with the latest patch to Android O it's been working again. It's worked flawlessly for me otherwise.
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Oct 6, 2017 23:35
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Is there an alternative to Mint? It wants Intuit credentials now to log in and if I have to go through making another account I might as well see if there is something better out there.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:59
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Hasn't mint used Intuit credentials since the days of Froyo? Apparently, but they changed the log-in page to say Intuit now. And somehow that made it forget my account even existed? Not just on the phone, but on the website, too. I don't know what happened. I'm probably just forgetting which email I signed up with, but I'm glad I asked the question because: torturemyballs posted:I stopped using Mint for Personal Capital awhile ago and haven't looked back. Thermopyle posted:My favorite is YNAB. These both look like fine choices. Thanks!
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Oct 19, 2017 01:11
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Guillermus posted:I just install swiftkey and get done with, google board became so bad. SwiftKey has been super aggressive with autocorrect lately, so I went back to GBoard last week. The predictions all feel like they're for other people, not me. The words are rarely what I want/need. So it's back to SwiftKey and a bit of proofreading before sending stuff out.
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Nov 12, 2017 17:47
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Does AMDroid have a way to dismiss upcoming alarms? I used to be able to do that from the notification shade when I as using Timely, once it was baked into Android. AMDroid doesn't seem to tap into that, I guess? I'm on a Pixel. It's impossible to search for help with this app with that name being so close to Android.
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Nov 14, 2017 17:45
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AMDroid chat: I figured it out. I just needed to play with the notification settings in the app to get it to show up and choose when it comes up (the Delay option). Thanks for the suggestions, thread! I am really liking AMDroid's calendar integration. Now that I have everything set up I won't have to set reminders to set alarms!
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I think the answer to this will be to delete the email or sign out of maps, but maybe there is another solution. Google Maps is picking up appointments from my email. This has been fine, but I was about to show somebody a map and it had BIG EMBARRASSING APPOINTMENT on it, and I can't seem to find a way to have it not do that. Like I said, I think the only solution is to delete the email, but if others have any ideas I'd love to hear.
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Nov 21, 2017 17:25
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fishmech posted:Are the appointments showing up on Google Calendar as well? You can remove the location information from the calendar entry if so (and move the location info to the notes section if you still need it) and then Maps won't remind you of that location for that appointment anymore. It's not a calendar entry - I do have an event for it, but it doesn't have any location info with it or even a location in the subject. Blue Train posted:Good luck with your hemorrhoid surgery friend ty, this is the thread that truly cares
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Nov 21, 2017 18:37
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Flipperwaldt posted:You could install another navigation app like Here. Bingo! I have enough storage space that it doesn't really tax it to install another map app.
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Nov 21, 2017 23:26
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AnimalChin posted:What does the Twitter app do or not-do that inspires you folks to go 3rd party? Pulling tweets out of order into an "in case you missed it" thing, showing me tweets someone I follow liked (leading to seeing the same tweets multiple times), tweets will sometimes not show up or if they do not be in chronological order (I regularly get a different timeline between mobile and web).
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YggiDee posted:I don't know, it was a website I visit quite frequently, and now that I've checked the reviews, I'm not the only person this is happening to. Yeah it just goes off the deep end for me sometimes. I just switch to Gboard or Swype or whatever for a few days/weeks until it updates again and then it usually behaves better.
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Atahualpa posted:Is there any voice recording app that stands head and shoulders above the rest? I'm not looking for anything special for now, just a few basic features: I like Easy Voice Recorder. I think it checks all those boxes, or at least most of them. It even had a widget so you can tap and immediately start recording. (I use it mostly to record myself playing music during practice sessions and the widget is great for it.)
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vyst posted:All I know is if they remove the ability to upload songs I'm peaceing right the gently caress out to Spotify. Definitely bailing of they remove that. I'd love my likes and plays on my phone to sync with my webview. It never has and I don't know why. It'd be nice to see it get some attention.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Is there a good image editing/annotating app out there? I'm mostly looking to do things like cropping, adding annotations (Arrows, etc.) in screenshots and photos. I've used Pixlr, but I'm not a huge fan and am guessing there's something better. Photo Editor by dev.macgyver might be a little overkill for what you need, but I like it.
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peepsalot posted:Cool, thanks everyone. I'll give Strava a try on my next ride. Also if you still can't get the accuracy you want, get a GPS watch or a bike computer with GPS. My watch really upped the accuracy on my maps.
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hooah posted:Does anyone use Google's News app? I've liked getting a notification in the morning with the day's highlights, but since either the update to Pie or when I reset my phone it's stopped giving the notification. I checked the app's settings and the daily briefing is on. I'm getting double the notifications, from the old app and the new one, so maybe I just stole yours.
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Does anyone want to rehash favorite weather apps? Weather Underground has been crashing constantly and I felt surely it must have decent competition now. Requirements for me are a widget that shows the heat index/wind chill/Real Feel/etc temperature and that the app itself display things like wind speed and direction. Radar I can always get via another app so I'm less concerned with good work there. I really wanted to like Dark Skies, but the app didn't show me wind speed/direction. So far 1Weather is working OK, but it's a bit disorganized.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:edit: most of the widgets are simple "place, temp" in various sizes but it has a "detailed" widget that's 4x2 and resizable. added it real quick to show you Taffer posted:Most importantly, it has this Oooh, SOLD. And Weather Timeline's muted, simple interface is a joy after all those chaotic poorly designed apps. (I went through at least 10 and most of them were terrible.) nmfree posted:Underneath the hourly weather info, the line where it says Temp • Feels-Like • Precip Prob can be scrolled left and right and you can select wind, dew point, etc. Yeah it was fun playing around with that (UV is always nice), but I couldn't get it to show current conditions with wind. I'm probably just bad at discoverables, but if it isn't right up there with temperature at the top l wasn't going to go looking for it. Thanks thread! effika fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Aug 19, 2018 |
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Google removed the Save Link functionality from the Inbox app! You can still use it in the browser, but I have literally never done that-I've always used it to save a link to view on the desktop later. https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/08/17/google-removes-save-inbox-feature-android-app-still-available-web/ Dammit Google. I trusted you again.
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Incessant Excess posted:Weather timeline has been delisted and will eventually be discontinued due to API costs: I just switched! At least WeatherUnderground stopped crashing upon launch/button press.
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There's a kid mode that may be for you.
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What's the battery stats app we like now? My Pixel keeps dropping 10-15% overnight and I want to find the culprit.
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LastInLine posted:I use this and have no complaints. This is what I used to use when I needed a calendar widget. VERY customizable. Highly recommend spending the surveybux on it.
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Sir Lemming posted:I saw that today and thought "oh, so they must be finished incorporating all the cool stuff about Inbox into Gmail now." If they would just make Gmail blue I'd switch back easier. The red feels so jarring now. That and the lack of useful bundling without spending an hour setting everything up. And the archiving everything in a category or day. I will likely unsubscribe from a lot of spammy coupon lists (looking at you, Dick's Sporting Goods and Paula's Choice skincare) that will take more effort to sort properly now than simply ignore until I look at them.
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Nov 15, 2018 22:45
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Taffer posted:What kinds of playlists are people making that makes the 1000 limit annoying. Assuming normal song lengths that's nearly 3 days of non-stop play. I make big play lists because my genre info is all screwed up and it's been easier to do that than fix metadata.
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Oh hey the Weather Underground widget and app seem to have stopped crashing on load on Android 9 now, so I might just go back to that since MyRadar isn't great at forecasts for my area either.
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CascadeBeta posted:I've been using Weather Timeline forever and with an update they forced me to take today (because the app was straight up not working anymore) you can't choose what source you get weather data from anymore. It's forced from MyRadar which is fine, I guess. But I preferred DarkSky. Is Weather Timeline still the goto weather app? If the new radar and forecast source is good for you it's fine. Otherwise look at other apps that may be more accurate for you.
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thehoodie posted:Not sure if this is the right place to ask about this (please direct me if not), but google is shutting down Inbox and forcing everyone to move back to Gmail. I can't stand Gmail (why would I possibly want 5 separate I boxes) - is there an alternative that allows bundling, snoozing, and swooping like Inbox? Preferably with a desktop equivalent. I'm having a lot of trouble going back myself. I think I'd be ok with tabs, but tabs don't show how many messages I have that are new in the app or even present them on the main page of the app. I really like Outlook for work and I may give it a shot. It doesn't bundle but it can snooze and lets you swipe to perform actions.
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I need bundles/label group headers to appear on the main screen, when they don't do that it's not useful for me. Outlook trip report: I use Outlook on my work iPhone and love it. I was getting used to it on my Pixel 3, but it started requesting I sign back in to my Gmail account but wouldn't accept that I had. I have had to uninstall it and reinstall it to get it to sign in. It works for a few hours before it happens. Search continues. EDIT: Decided I would go nuts with labeling and notifications like in the Before Times and found out that I can't create, edit, or delete labels with the Gmail app.  I haven't logged into desktop mail in like a year. I just... I am clearly no longer Gmail's ideal user. effika fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Mar 20, 2019 |
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