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[thespot84]

this is a pretty technical question:

Someone I work with had the unfortunate experience of having a verizon employee delete every picture on her S4 with a single click (quite the design flaw if you ask me). I've read that it's likely the data is still on the phone, and I'm trying to do a recovery. Here are the problems I've run into:

Android 4.2 no longer allows mounting internal storage as a USB drive, so any utilities on my PC that would be able to scan the partition for data won't work. Even with android debugging there seems to be no way to mount internal storage as anything other than mtp/ptp

I found a method that involves backing up the entire phone to raw, converting to vhd, then scanning, however it requires root, and this phone is not rooted (nor can I root it).

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[tino]

Amazon's Kindel thinks it's a stupid idea.

Ara is a stupid idea. We're already at the point where cost of the plastics & connectors are greater than the electronics.
https://twitter.com/ckindel/status/395210360812101632

Its a very dumb idea. You can already basically order phone in any configuration you want.

Want SD800? Pick from the SD800 phones. Want waterproof? Get the Z1. Want super long battery? Get a Samsung and a zerolemon battery. Want something cheaper? You can already buy a new phone with SD600 from $250 to 350. Virtually every phone allow you install 3rd party launcher and ROM. You pretty much can install ROM on phones with locked bootloader anyway. You want something crazy like a 6.5" screen you can always go to China. There is no reason for thngs like GPS to sell separatedly.

 

[Nakazato]

Nexus 5 will be like Sasquatch. We will see it but we will never catch it :

 

[Divvy]

Amazon's Kindel thinks it's a stupid idea.

Ara is a stupid idea. We're already at the point where cost of the plastics & connectors are greater than the electronics.
https://twitter.com/ckindel/status/395210360812101632

Is there really a guy at Amazon named Kindel?

 

[Zeppu]

Well if they made an event for that then I'm certain that we'll get an event for the Nexus 5. But maybe it'll be just like this. Short notice, focus on showing it to audience online rather than the press. And a couple of people in the room to not clap.

 

[brotkasten]

Is there really a guy at Amazon named Kindel?

Yeah, it's pretty funny. Charlie Kindel is his name and he's a former Microsoft guy and a bright and nice guy in general.

 

[panda21]

so SMS in hangouts.. are they going to update the app today or are they waiting for 4.4 when it releases in 2016?

 

[Groof]

so SMS in hangouts.. are they going to update the app today or are they waiting for 4.4 when it releases in 2016?

Probably stage rollout starting today, so expect it next Christmas.

 

[Zeppu]

I just got the new store!

lol

 

[Vanillalite]

Android Prism: Google Announces Hangouts Update!

 

[SimleuqiR]

I just got the new store!

lol

I expect Android Police to have an APK by the end of day.

 

[panda21]

anyone using flyne?

i really like the way it presents stories, but i'm not sure if i trust the author with twitter after what happened with falcon pro.. does it actually log you into twitter or is it just pulling the list of people you follow?

 

[jokkir]

"The Android app and video calling features will be available in a few days, while the On Air improvements will roll out over the next few weeks."

Hangouts with the GIF, Location and SMS in a "few days". I guess with Kitkat

 

[MattDoza]

I expect Android Police to have an APK by the end of day.

They posted it a while ago.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-play-store-4-4-21-with-slide-out-navigation/

EDIT: You were probably talking about Hangouts.

anyone using flyne?

i really like the way it presents stories, but i'm not sure if i trust the author with twitter after what happened with falcon pro.. does it actually log you into twitter or is it just pulling the list of people you follow?

I checked it out and spent the $1 to get feedly support. It doesn't seem to be pulling all news stories, and just a random selection of them. It's not pulling anything new as the day progresses. I have no idea what it's doing with Twitter, though. You have to pay for each service individually. I saw no point in it pulling Twitter. I use Falcon Pro for that lol.

 

[Groof]

anyone using flyne?

i really like the way it presents stories, but i'm not sure if i trust the author with twitter after what happened with falcon pro.. does it actually log you into twitter or is it just pulling the list of people you follow?

To be fair, he didn't have much choice with Twitter. The way they try to shoo away all the 3rd party Twitter applications made it impossible for him to keep going.
Though he shouldn't have just removed it from Play Store completely like he did.

 

[PriitV]

anyone using flyne?

i really like the way it presents stories, but i'm not sure if i trust the author with twitter after what happened with falcon pro.. does it actually log you into twitter or is it just pulling the list of people you follow?

It logged me in twitter and presented me with two optioons, either get articles from my timeline or from one of my lists (I chose my "media" list) and it's been working wonderfully so far.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

So the SMS integration doesn't include Google Voice numbers, does it? Suckso.

 

[Bboy AJ]

New Google+ APK: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-auto-awesome-movie-maker-new-menus-and-more/

 

[Nicktendo86]

New Google+ APK: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-auto-awesome-movie-maker-new-menus-and-more/

Ooooooooooohhhhhhh

 

[Kill Your Masters]

New Google+ APK: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...-auto-awesome-movie-maker-new-menus-and-more/

Hangouts update also announced, SMS integration confirmed, animated gifs and more.

4.4 is rolling out like Ara.

 

[iavi]

So, I'm guessing 'Photos' will replace gallery in 4.4?

Lawd let that be true. I need not this redundancy in my app drawer.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Just had a realisation, the new Google photos icon wasn't in any of the 4.4 leaks, neither was that snazzy new share ui. Hopefully there are a lot more new ui tweaks still to be seen, including holo light settings?

 

[Zeppu]

The more I think about it, the more the more I keep going back to the idea that 4.4 is complete decoupling of major modules of the whole system, allowing entire layers to be isolated and updateable on their own.

Kit Kats just happen to be a perfect metaphor for this.


Or maybe (probably) I'm just delusional because I'm tired of waiting for news.

 

[Nicktendo86]

The more I think about it, the more the more I keep going back to the idea that 4.4 is complete decoupling of major modules of the whole system, allowing entire layers to be isolated and updateable on their own.

Kit Kats just happen to be a perfect metaphor for this.


Or maybe (probably) I'm just delusional because I'm tired of waiting for news.

A little from column a, a little from column b.

 

[iavi]

The more I think about it, the more the more I keep going back to the idea that 4.4 is complete decoupling of major modules of the whole system, allowing entire layers to be isolated and updateable on their own.

Kit Kats just happen to be a perfect metaphor for this.


Or maybe (probably) I'm just delusional because I'm tired of waiting for news.

The launcher soon becoming "The google experience" or something to that effect in the playstore (if that rumor was real) actually lends credence to your theory.

 

[Zeppu]

Imagine how cool it'd be having a central core module, which if remaining backwards compatible (or rather keep implementing older interfaces) could be updated on its own, bringing new OS functionality/API without breaking skins and OEM software.

That'd be awesome.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Imagine how cool it'd be having a central core module, which if remaining backwards compatible (or rather keep implementing older interfaces) could be updated on its own, bringing new OS functionality/API without breaking skins and OEM software.

That'd be awesome.

But ars told me that Google was closing off android and is evil and whaaaahhhh

 

[gcubed]

So, I'm guessing 'Photos' will replace gallery in 4.4?

Lawd let that be true. I need not this redundancy in my app drawer.

from what we have seen G+ Photos (marked as photos) does indeed replace gallery.

 

[Quasar]

So here is an embarrassing question. With the official twitter app, how do you access lists? The UI does not make it obvious.

 

[Divvy]

from what we have seen G+ Photos (marked as photos) does indeed replace gallery.

I don't think so. In that Android Police screenshot, gallery is still there.

 

[gcubed]

I don't think so. In that Android Police screenshot, gallery is still there.

hmm so it does. I misremember that completely

 

[The Faceless Master]

on devices that shipped with a Gallery app, the Gallery will still be there when you upgrade the G+ app.

just like how the AOSP browser was still there when Chrome dropped.

what will happen is the newer Nexus devices just won't ship with a 'Gallery' app just like they didn't with the AOSP browser...

 

[yyzjohn]

I don't think so. In that Android Police screenshot, gallery is still there.

Yeah I have the gallery app but a new icon for Google photos (which is just a shortcut to Google+ photos) maybe in the future they'll replace gallery with this since it also accesses your camera roll

 

[Fatalah]

Also received the new Play Store update, noticed around 1 pm EST.

 

[yyzjohn]

Any word on when hangouts update rolls out?

 

[wilflare]

lol with the new Hangouts update, I guess I won't be needing...
Contacts+
Sliding Messaging Pro anymore

 

[SimleuqiR]

I don't think so. In that Android Police screenshot, gallery is still there.

hmm so it does. I misremember that completely

I think the "gallery" app is part of the OS (4.3). Once KitKat is pushed it will replaced the gallery app on Nexus devices.

 

[Divvy]

Yeah you guys are right about that one

 

[JonnyBrad]

on devices that shipped with a Gallery app, the Gallery will still be there when you upgrade the G+ app.

just like how the AOSP browser was still there when Chrome dropped.

what will happen is the newer Nexus devices just won't ship with a 'Gallery' app just like they didn't with the AOSP browser...

Chrome was a special case as it was beta as hell at the time it was released.

Google Calendar replaced the old aosp calendar so there is form for removing old aosp apps, obviously having 2 basically identical calendars would have been stupid however.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So I've been out of the loop last day or 2. When is nexus 5 gonna be on sale so I know when to refresh.

 

[gutshot]

So I've been out of the loop last day or 2. When is nexus 5 gonna be on sale so I know when to refresh.

Nov. 1

 

[The Faceless Master]

oooh, i just got an email from Google that said i can claim a custom URL of google.com/+MyName

i guess they're rolling those out to normal people now?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Nov. 1

thanks, I'm on it.

 

[3phemeral]

oooh, i just got an email from Google that said i can claim a custom URL of google.com/+MyName

i guess they're rolling those out to normal people now?

Did they send a link where you can accomplish this, or instructions on how? I don't have an email but would like to claim it before anyone else with similar names can.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Did they send a link where you can accomplish this, or instructions on how? I don't have an email but would like to claim it before anyone else with similar names can.

it was a pretty custom email, it didn't list +MyName, it listed my actual name and asked me if i wanted to claim it or not.

 

[3phemeral]

it was a pretty custom email, it didn't list +MyName, it listed my actual name and asked me if i wanted to claim it or not.

Damn, thanks though!

 

[Fatalah]

Google's up to something tonight!

"Something's up: 11 Google apps are awaiting updates on the Play Store"

It happened in the last hour. All of the apps below are currently showing Oct 29, 2013 as the most recent update; but there's no changelog and no roll out yet. If you include Google+ (which had its own press event), that's 12 apps now 14 apps that will be updated at some point this week.

Could tomorrow be N5/Kit Kat day? Or is it just bug fixes as part of 'update Wednesday'?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Damn, thanks though!

https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340?p=claim_url&rd=1

looks like it's really rolling out

https://support.google.com/plus/?p=claim_url

 

[tino]

Free TMobile Sim/MicroSim/NanoSim activation kit

also 1 dollar internet only sim kit, free shipping

http://dealnews.com/T-Mobile-SIM-Mi...vation-Kit-for-free-free-shipping/890591.html

2 kits max for each order.

TMobile's server is completely overloaded. Took me forever to the 1 order through.

 

[Bboy AJ]

One more day. Or two. Max.