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gcubed said:
well then, what am i complaining about? i dont even know anymore
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Battersea Power Station said:
I deleted my Facebook account a couple of weeks ago. I lead up to it by a few days of posting my Google and Twitter names in case my "friends" need to contact me.

I'll miss out on some pics and goings on, sure, but I can't continue to support Facebook's horrible view of content rights and the Internet in general. I'm trying to be a little over-active on Twitter and Buzz, posting updates, pictures, etc. to try to attract more of my contacts to those services.
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Did you deleted it or "deactivate" it? I thought I had deleted my facebook account a few months ago, but I recently read that it doesn't actually get deleted. Sure enough I try logging in and everything is there just as I had left it! When you log back in there is a message saying that your account was re-activated.

Apparently there is a way to truly delete an account, but the link is buried someplace deep in the FB website.
 
jonnybryce said:
As in photo albums?

The app does it...even has pinch to zoom. I have to be misunderstanding you because when you launch facebook one of the big icons in your face is Photos.
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Unfortunately not all photos load up for me on the App. I notice that with people that load up their photos through their Blackberries I can't seem to view the images. I always get, "this image is not available at this time". But obviously on the website they show up.

I've cleared my cache, uninstalled it, re-installed it...nothing. It is truly a piece of shit.
I guess I got spoiled by the iPhone version >_<
 
jayb said:
Did you deleted it or "deactivate" it? I thought I had deleted my facebook account a few months ago, but I recently read that it doesn't actually get deleted. Sure enough I try logging in and everything is there just as I had left it! When you log back in there is a message saying that your account was re-activated.

Apparently there is a way to truly delete an account, but the link is buried someplace deep in the FB website.
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Yeah, for deactivation you go to Account > Account Settings > Deactivate Account.

For deletion, you go here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

They deactivate it for 14 days, then supposedly delete it, although there's no way to be sure Mark Zuckerberg doesn't keep it on his hard drive at home.
 
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/05/13/adw-launcher-includes-senseui-homescreens/

I must highly recommend this home launcher to anyone who has a rooted droid. It's amazing. I'm running it with Bugless Beast 1.0, overclocked to 1.1ghz, and it is LIGHTNING fast. It has so many options and pretty much makes it a new phone. When you hit the home key, it lets you select between home screens just like the incredible (with up to 9+ screens), it gives you the option to remove the status bar if it bothers you, gives you the ability to change the amount of rows/columns in the app drawer and makes it scroll side to side rather than up/down. It's amazing, runs super smoothly, and it looks very snazzy. It has many, many, more features that I don't even remember. The crazy news, it's still in BETA. /DROOL. Also I have had ZERO force closes while using it for the past 48 hours.

One thing to warn, backup before installing it because it put me in a boot loop and I had to restore, but it worked instantly after I tried installing it after restoring. A++.
 
I pre-orderd the EVO yesterday. I know it comes with 2.1 but 2.2 is right around the corner is it not? Will I be able to upgrade to 2.2 when the time comes or no?
 
Smokey said:
I pre-orderd the EVO yesterday. I know it comes with 2.1 but 2.2 is right around the corner is it not? Will I be able to upgrade to 2.2 when the time comes or no?
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The answer is maybe, you might be able to upgrade to 2.2 but probably not as fast as the nexusone or the droid. It might take a while to port it over, but I'm not 100% sure. That's how it is for all the senseUI/htc phones.
 
Jamesfrom818 said:
secondapps.com/neogaf
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Wat. I've gone this whole time without using this on my Motorola Cliq? Holy shit it makes life so much easier on GAF. Thanks.

thewesker said:
It's HTC, good luck.
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What does this mean? A bad thing?

The Evo will be my first HTC phone.
 
Smokey said:
Wat. I've gone this whole time without using this on my Motorola Cliq? Holy shit it makes life so much easier on GAF. Thanks.



What does this mean? A bad thing?

The Evo will be my first HTC phone.
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Check how long it took for the Droid Eris to get 2.1 (a very long-ass time), expect the same wait for your phone (8 months+).
 
i wouldnt expect the 2.1 to 2.2 jump to be as big as a 1.6 to 2.1 jump, so while you won't get it quickly, hopefully you'll have it by the end of summer

as a side note, after a big story about how with 2.1 task killers are a waste of space i decided to stop using mine for a bit to see if they were full of shit. Well after 5 days of no task killer i have not noticed a difference, and its one less thing for me to have to worry about.
 
gcubed said:
i wouldnt expect the 2.1 to 2.2 jump to be as big as a 1.6 to 2.1 jump, so while you won't get it quickly, hopefully you'll have it by the end of summer

as a side note, after a big story about how with 2.1 task killers are a waste of space i decided to stop using mine for a bit to see if they were full of shit. Well after 5 days of no task killer i have not noticed a difference, and its one less thing for me to have to worry about.
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Same here, I went through this same thing like a month ago.
 
thewesker said:
Yeah, if it has Sense, expect to wait a while.
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That may have been true before, but with the Evo and Incredible leading the way in terms of big Android hardware (and the Nexus One sorta going away), I have a feeling it'll be a little quicker in terms of turn-around. It's in their best interest.
 
pelicansurf said:
Check how long it took for the Droid Eris to get 2.1 (a very long-ass time), expect the same wait for your phone (8 months+).
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Really?

As long as it get it eventually, I'd still feel okay about it. At this point I'm just excited I get to ditch this garbage cliq for the Evo hotness in a couple of weeks.

Jim said:
That may have been true before, but with the Evo and Incredible leading the way in terms of big Android hardware (and the Nexus One sorta going away), I have a feeling it'll be a little quicker in terms of turn-around. It's in their best interest.
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This was my line of thinking as well. The Evo is a pretty big phone for Android so I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait all that long to get 2.2; but then the posters above me mentioned how long it took others with Sense to get upgraded.
 
Jim said:
That may have been true before, but with the Evo and Incredible leading the way in terms of big Android hardware (and the Nexus One sorta going away), I have a feeling it'll be a little quicker in terms of turn-around. It's in their best interest.
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unfortunately google has nothing to do with it, its how fast HTC wants/takes to address it
 
Jim said:
That may have been true before, but with the Evo and Incredible leading the way in terms of big Android hardware (and the Nexus One sorta going away), I have a feeling it'll be a little quicker in terms of turn-around. It's in their best interest.
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I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt, but they have yet to prove that they're going to be quick about it. The Moto Droid and Nexus One are likely to get the 2.2 update sooner than any Sense device still.
 
pelicansurf said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/05/13/adw-launcher-includes-senseui-homescreens/

I must highly recommend this home launcher to anyone who has a rooted droid. It's amazing. I'm running it with Bugless Beast 1.0, overclocked to 1.1ghz, and it is LIGHTNING fast. It has so many options and pretty much makes it a new phone. When you hit the home key, it lets you select between home screens just like the incredible (with up to 9+ screens), it gives you the option to remove the status bar if it bothers you, gives you the ability to change the amount of rows/columns in the app drawer and makes it scroll side to side rather than up/down. It's amazing, runs super smoothly, and it looks very snazzy. It has many, many, more features that I don't even remember. The crazy news, it's still in BETA. /DROOL. Also I have had ZERO force closes while using it for the past 48 hours.

One thing to warn, backup before installing it because it put me in a boot loop and I had to restore, but it worked instantly after I tried installing it after restoring. A++.
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also everyone needs to know about this. everyone.
 
thewesker said:
I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt, but they have yet to prove that they're going to be quick about it. The Moto Droid and Nexus One are likely to get the 2.2 update sooner than any Sense device still.
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Stating the obvious :lol

Any phones running 2.x will likely recieve 2.2 faster than phones that were running 1.6 recieved 2.1. The Incredible, EVO, Desire, Legend etc are all current handsets and HTC aren't going to release newer ones before 2.2 hits so it's not like there's a newer handset just around the corner that needs an extra bullet point of having 2.2. Plus, 2.0 was a fairly significant overhaul over 1.6 and HTC, Samsung etc needed time to ensure their UI's ran perfectly with the new code. 2.2 doesn't bring that issue.
 
Majik said:
Stating the obvious :lol

Any phones running 2.x will likely recieve 2.2 faster than phones that were running 1.6 recieved 2.1. The Incredible, EVO, Desire, Legend etc are all current handsets and HTC aren't going to release newer ones before 2.2 hits so it's not like there's a newer handset just around the corner that needs an extra bullet point of having 2.2. Plus, 2.0 was a fairly significant overhaul over 1.6 and HTC, Samsung etc needed time to ensure their UI's ran perfectly with the new code. 2.2 doesn't bring that issue.
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This and I'm sure if people wish to root their devices and put stock 2.2 on there once it's released they could. They'd be giving up Sense UI though until the official version is released.
 
pelicansurf said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/05/13/adw-launcher-includes-senseui-homescreens/

I must highly recommend this home launcher to anyone who has a rooted droid. It's amazing. I'm running it with Bugless Beast 1.0, overclocked to 1.1ghz, and it is LIGHTNING fast. It has so many options and pretty much makes it a new phone. When you hit the home key, it lets you select between home screens just like the incredible (with up to 9+ screens), it gives you the option to remove the status bar if it bothers you, gives you the ability to change the amount of rows/columns in the app drawer and makes it scroll side to side rather than up/down. It's amazing, runs super smoothly, and it looks very snazzy. It has many, many, more features that I don't even remember. The crazy news, it's still in BETA. /DROOL. Also I have had ZERO force closes while using it for the past 48 hours.

One thing to warn, backup before installing it because it put me in a boot loop and I had to restore, but it worked instantly after I tried installing it after restoring. A++.
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ADW Launcher FTW! Also, if you know what metamorph is, check out this nice Froyo metamorph for it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6460320#post6460320
 
2.2 shouldn't take long. 1.5 to 2.1 was a bitch and the first time for everyone, carriers and manufacturers. And Google. 2.2 onward is supposed to make things easier, I doubt we'll see another huge endless month gap, especially for a flagship like Evo. Sprint and HTC know what they did.
 
I haven't been keeping up with Android lately but I have a question about it. How come they never brought Android 2.0/2.1 to the original G1? Is the hardware not powerful enought to use it? I can't wait till my contract is up next Feb so I can get the 3g slide or the Nexus.
 
I3rand0 said:
I haven't been keeping up with Android lately but I have a question about it. How come they never brought Android 2.0/2.1 to the original G1? Is the hardware not powerful enought to use it? I can't wait till my contract is up next Feb so I can get the 3g slide or the Nexus.
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It's probably too old for them to bother. You could probably root it though :D
 
I3rand0 said:
I haven't been keeping up with Android lately but I have a question about it. How come they never brought Android 2.0/2.1 to the original G1? Is the hardware not powerful enought to use it? I can't wait till my contract is up next Feb so I can get the 3g slide or the Nexus.
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you better hope tmobile offers the nexus in stores, otherwise you are getting the slide :)
 
I've used an iPhone for two years, and the transition to Google Nexus One has been great. It's the fastest mobile device I've ever owned, I love the operating system, and the app marketplace is what I needed it to be coming off the app store. With the multitasking and the blazing fast processor, I can move around my activities in a much more natural way than I ever could on iphone, like jumping from app to app and going back to previous tasks quickly and effortlessly.

I can't say it's been a perfect transition, however. The media playing experience is so much more inferior, I guess this is where the iPod pedigree for Apple kicks in. I've not come close to replicating my podcasting experience, even with the help everyone here has given me in terms of apps, the simplicity and flexibility I had with iTunes (as much as I hated that software) is just not there. DoubleTwist has been a huge disappointment, although I'm still using it. Another thing is that the apps are generally of a lower caliber than iPhone apps. No two ways around it, every app that I installed was simply better on iPhone, obviously facebook is a glaring example of that. I blame the fact that the apps are limited in size, and so I hope Froyo and its SD app launching capabilities brings higher quality apps along with it. Finally, the keyboard auto correction is simply not as good. Blasting through sentences leaves some really awkward and hard to correct results, but that's where the N1's otherwise useless trackball really shines.

But that's it, and honestly it's not enough to get me to go back to iPhone. No way, I love the freedom to customize to my heart's desire, the ability to tether, the blazing fast hardware and smart multitasking, and the power and flexibility of the OS. Every flaw I mentioned above can be fixed through software, whereas you are held to Jobs' personal vendettas and personal notions of what he thinks people want from a phone and what he feels he wants to give people permission to do if you are an iPhone owner. Widgets are super useful as opposed to icons. I love Android and I love my Nexus One, and I can't wait for the software upgrades that will make this even better. Sorry for taking up this space, I just wanted to rant a little bit about what my transition has been after a LONG time in the iPhone camp.
 
Probably not android-related but I got a stupid question regarding GPS function. If i enable it on my phone, does it actually use more data than if i were to turn it off?
 
Achtius said:
Probably not android-related but I got a stupid question regarding GPS function. If i enable it on my phone, does it actually use more data than if i were to turn it off?
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It should still only use the GPS when it needs to (navigation, foursquare)
 
Hey guys, quick question:

What is the best image viewer for android that supports animated gifs OR is the fastest. X10's sucks, way too slow and doesn't scale properly.
 
Does anyone know the name of the Wifi app that looks at protected networks and compares the passwords to a database of default passwords for those models? It seemed super interesting, I remember reading about it but forgot the name. I'd like to fool around with it to see if it's any good.

VanMardigan said:
myexperience
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I agree with everything you say. Media should be kicked up a few notches on Android. If you haven't tried iSyncr yet, it's an app that costs a couple bucks and is worth every penny and then limitless pennies after that. It murders Doubletwist and syncs iTunes super fast. The only issue I have with music is how the stock music player handles various artists on the same album, listing the album each time for an artist. I've done a workaround where I name the Artist "Various Artists" and put the actual artist name in the song file after the track, since it's only 3 or 4 albums...but seriously, this shouldn't have to be done. Other than that I know the mp3 player is a little dated but I don't have any real problem with it and think it looks nice.

I don't take podcasting super seriously so Listen is good enough for me. As far as app quality, every platform has good and bad, and out of my 50 apps, I'm very satisfied with most of them. A lot of apps in the market can be lower in quality if compared head to head to iPhone, sure, but there are also plenty of apps that iPhone could never even think of doing, like StatusNotes, Where's My Droid, Google Voice or WifiFile Explorer. When you compare some of the big names like Urban Spoon, Bump, Dropbox, Fandango, Qik, Shazam, Layar or TV.com, the quality is there and pretty up to par. Obviously there are crap apps, and Facebook seems to love bathing in that category, but there are plenty of great, great apps and I really find it exaggerated. I couldn't live without 3Banana, Gesture Search, PDANet, Remote for Itunes, Android's kickass Gallery app, or 2.1's kickass News/Weather widget/app combo that murders iPhone's weather app. There's a lot of great there, it's just mixed in with lots of not as great.
 
Jacobi said:
android hasn't got that??
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there is a media player called xyzplayer or something. but it sucks ass and can't even play an xvid file on my nexus one without skipping. its a shame nobody has made a decent media app
 
jonnybryce said:
I agree with everything you say. Media should be kicked up a few notches on Android. If you haven't tried iSyncr yet, it's an app that costs a couple bucks and is worth every penny and then limitless pennies after that. It murders Doubletwist and syncs iTunes super fast. The only issue I have with music is how the stock music player handles various artists on the same album, listing the album each time for an artist. I've done a workaround where I name the Artist "Various Artists" and put the actual artist name in the song file after the track, since it's only 3 or 4 albums...but seriously, this shouldn't have to be done.
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Tried this, the application said my SD card was corrupt (I have NEVER had a problem with it ONCE since having my Droid) and would not let me use it whatsoever. So, DoubleTwist still wins in my book. (Thank goodness for the auto-refund in the Android Market)
 
Last night I was making some Spotify playlists, and struggling to think of the song Beggin' by Madcon - so I used SoundHound. I've seen it mentioned here before, but I had no idea how well it worked. Well worth the money imo. A little hum or a whistle and you'll find that song you're thinking of. It was formerly called Midomi. Its sooo much better than Shazam!

market://search?q=pub:"Melodis Corporation"
 
jonnybryce said:
Does anyone know the name of the Wifi app that looks at protected networks and compares the passwords to a database of default passwords for those models? It seemed super interesting, I remember reading about it but forgot the name. I'd like to fool around with it to see if it's any good.



I agree with everything you say. Media should be kicked up a few notches on Android. If you haven't tried iSyncr yet, it's an app that costs a couple bucks and is worth every penny and then limitless pennies after that. It murders Doubletwist and syncs iTunes super fast. The only issue I have with music is how the stock music player handles various artists on the same album, listing the album each time for an artist. I've done a workaround where I name the Artist "Various Artists" and put the actual artist name in the song file after the track, since it's only 3 or 4 albums...but seriously, this shouldn't have to be done. Other than that I know the mp3 player is a little dated but I don't have any real problem with it and think it looks nice.

I don't take podcasting super seriously so Listen is good enough for me. As far as app quality, every platform has good and bad, and out of my 50 apps, I'm very satisfied with most of them. A lot of apps in the market can be lower in quality if compared head to head to iPhone, sure, but there are also plenty of apps that iPhone could never even think of doing, like StatusNotes, Where's My Droid, Google Voice or WifiFile Explorer. When you compare some of the big names like Urban Spoon, Bump, Dropbox, Fandango, Qik, Shazam, Layar or TV.com, the quality is there and pretty up to par. Obviously there are crap apps, and Facebook seems to love bathing in that category, but there are plenty of great, great apps and I really find it exaggerated. I couldn't live without 3Banana, Gesture Search, PDANet, Remote for Itunes, Android's kickass Gallery app, or 2.1's kickass News/Weather widget/app combo that murders iPhone's weather app. There's a lot of great there, it's just mixed in with lots of not as great.
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Yes, yes I do. I think. http://underdev.org/penetrate
 
Subliminal said:
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just showing of this PHENOMINALLY sexy 2.1 ROM for my Hero
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What ROM is that? SuperHero?

Edit - Yeah, I guess your running SuperHero as I just saw the same screen and username over at VillainRom's forum. :D
 
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