Google Android apps found to be sharing data - Off-topic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11443111
Apologies if this has been said already.

Good post!
Some apps gathered and despatched location information even when an application was not running and some sent updates every 30 seconds.
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First of all, anyone have a list of the apps? And secondly, could the above be the reason that alot of people running Android suffer worse battery loss than others?

u can find a setting like that next to the gps switch in the settinngs menu
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Dunno, but explains high data usuage. 1gb plus for me on moderate use
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Having read it again, surely apps on the market are vetted by google? Douche bags...
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johndub71 said:
Having read it again, surely apps on the market are vetted by google? Douche bags...
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Nope, apps on the android market are not vetted or checked.
You are expected to check the permissions an app uses, and decide to install or not. When one of our team published an app, it appeared within seconds on the market available for install.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796576

Very informative.
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Im not so much annoyed they are getting information from me. At the end of the day there is very little information they can take.
BUT:
I am annoyed that apps are doing things I have not asked them too. Thats the single most annoying thing an application can possibly do!
I want my phone to do what I ask of it.
Not what some developer wants... What are they? A bunch of little steve jobs?!
Im glad the devs here are trustworthy..

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[APP] new Facebook app killed my awesome speed of recieciving data

I downloaded the Facebook app and it takes years to get anything. I downloaded the speed ttest app too and it said I'm get 10 mbps and 2 up. Anyone else having this and how do I fix it?
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Belongs in q & a. Try reinstalling otherwise its probably just the app. Could b because of the dispute between Facebook and Google
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oldskooldawgz said:
Belongs in q & a. Try reinstalling otherwise its probably just the app. Could b because of the dispute between Facebook and Google
i love all roms
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Sorry, I didn't want to clutter q and a anymore, and since it was an app issue I felt that it should be posted in here
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Sorry, I didn't want to clutter q and a anymore, and since it was an app issue I felt that it should be posted in here
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Though i understand your thought process. The q a section exists to be a clutter box.
The android fb app is trash. They hate google. Why would they strive to improve the experience of a direct competitors product.

Best task manager for Nexus S

Just got my Nexus S 4G today and I was wondering what's the best task manager for our phone ... thanks
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Theirs no need for one mate. I was fond of using a task manager on all my phones but on this beats of a device you do not need one.
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lcr44ramirez said:
Theirs no need for one mate. I was fond of using a task manager on all my phones but on this beats of a device you do not need one.
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OK cool thanks for the info man, I'm so use to one coming from a SGS4G
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He's right, you don't need one. Especially third party ones. If you really need to kill a task or two, though, then the built in task manager will do the trick. Just a note though, killing cached tasked doesn't actually free up space (in my experience anyways).
He's right, you don't need one. Especially third party ones. If you really need to kill a task or two, though, then the built in task manager will do the trick. Just a note though, killing cached tasked doesn't actually free up space (in my experience anyways).
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This will sound dumb but how do I get to the built in task manager ... sorry this phone is a bit different than the SGS4G
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Yogi3 said:
This will sound dumb but how do I get to the built in task manager ... sorry this phone is a bit different than the SGS4G
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Menu - Settings - Applications - Manage Applications.
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Rumkeg said:
Menu - Settings - Applications - Manage Applications.
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That's the long way.
Just press menu and choose Manage Applications
Or add a shortcut to it on homescreen.
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Thanks guys for you're help and them what do I do after that?
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On the Running tab you will see all running applications and services. Click the one you want to stop and then click stop.
FYI I have never had a need to do this. You're more likely to harm then good when you go killing tasks in Android 2.2 or higher.
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matt2053 said:
On the Running tab you will see all running applications and services. Click the one you want to stop and then click stop.
FYI I have never had a need to do this. You're more likely to harm then good when you go killing tasks in Android 2.2 or higher.
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Oh OK I did not know this ... and again thanks all of you for you're input I greatly appreciate it
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Yogi3 said:
Just got my Nexus S 4G today and I was wondering what's the best task manager for our phone ... thanks
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I still thinking Advanced Task Killer is a lot simpler since it has a widget that lets me kill all wanted apps on one click.
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I still thinking Advanced Task Killer is a lot simpler since it has a widget that lets me kill all wanted apps on one click.
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Can I ask in what circumstances you do this? I don't understand why people kill applications.
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Can I ask in what circumstances you do this? I don't understand why people kill applications.
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if he wants to cripple his phone, let him cripple his phone.
after all, its his choice.... then afterwards, if hes complaining about poor battery life, something not working.. then we'll just sit there and be like "told ya so!"
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Can I ask in what circumstances you do this? I don't understand why people kill applications.
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Usually I kill apps when I feel its getting a bit slow. I do not know why but sometimes my apps use the memory leaving only 50mb left, and that makes the phone laggy and sh*t. Should it be like that? maybe I have virus?
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Usually I kill apps when I feel its getting a bit slow. I do not know why but sometimes my apps use the memory leaving only 50mb left, and that makes the phone laggy and sh*t. Should it be like that? maybe I have virus?
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What do you need that memory for? It is there to be used by your phone, let your phone use it. It does not cause your phone to slow down.
Memory is there so that your phone can load data from storage and get it quickly to the CPU. That is why the memory is there. Android keeps important information in memory. Then it can move it quickly to CPU when needed.
It sounds like you would prefer the phone to not use any of the memory in which case I ask why have memory at all then?
"Free memory" is wasted memory.
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they are right, on 2.2 and up there is never a need for an appkiller. the way the OS is designed its able to keep all its apps in memory, that was one of the primary changes in 2.2 from 2.1. try not using it and see how it runs, just resist the compulsory need to kill apps XD
If you are using cm, you can use long back press to kill foreground app too. Enable in programs, dev
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Try using a BFS kernel, it doesn't kill apps, but gives the app in the foreground more resources
linushsu said:
Usually I kill apps when I feel its getting a bit slow. I do not know why but sometimes my apps use the memory leaving only 50mb left, and that makes the phone laggy and sh*t. Should it be like that? maybe I have virus?
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Please do yourself a favor and read this article -
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
You know it's hard to say. Google TELLS you you shouldn't need a task manager, and if Steve jobs told you this, would you be fuming and flaming Apple?
But seriously, the reason we shouldnt need it is because Google has a decent RAM managing system. But it's not really THAT great. What ends up happening is we play with stuff like minfree and mess with foreground memory usage and stuff. The truth is Google's memory management isn't perfect. That's why we brute force add RAM to our devices goign from 256mb in the Droid to 512mb and to 768mb in some HTC devices and now 1gb in the Atrix and SGS2.
It's pathetic because I come from the 256mb Milestone. Instead of optimizing memory use on an Android device, we have to go overboard. People keep saying task managers aren't necessary, but in Milestone development we mod the hell out of the memory management of Android.
True, task managers and autokilling shouldn't be necessary, but at the same time it won't kill your battery life UNLESS it's doing killing every 5 minutes or something. Once an hour will probably dent your battery life by 1% at most anyway.
The usefulness of task killers is often overstated, but the negatives are often overstated as well.

Android Market

Um, did anybody's Android Market layout just totally change? Mine did.
Edit: I just googled about it. There you have it folks: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-android-market-for-phones-with.html
You mean the new market? Yeah it was announce like a month ago, mine got it automatically no problems so far but inthe evo 3d I had some problems
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It's been like three weeks now
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It only just updated on my phone.
Say, why can't I see all my apps that I've downloaded when I hit "My Apps" now? I only see the paid ones, it seems.
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It only just updated on my phone.
Say, why can't I see all my apps that I've downloaded when I hit "My Apps" now? I only see the paid ones, it seems.
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Mine show all of them
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onthecouchagain said:
It only just updated on my phone.
Say, why can't I see all my apps that I've downloaded when I hit "My Apps" now? I only see the paid ones, it seems.
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Same problem here, but it shows the missing apps as "installed " when I search for them like xda. I uninstalled the update and had it pushed again and I saw my apps listed but then it went away after an hour. My brothers nexus s doesn't so that. I wonder what's causing it, but not a big deal for me.
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dunkerya said:
Same problem here, but it shows the missing apps as "installed " when I search for them like xda. I uninstalled the update and had it pushed again and I saw my apps listed but then it went away after an hour. My brothers nexus s doesn't so that. I wonder what's causing it, but not a big deal for me.
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Yeah I'm not sure what's going on... kinda of frustrating not being able to see whether my other apps have updates or not.
I agree, its a documented problem, I'm sure they'll push a fix
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my list of apps in the market has been randomly missing a lot of apps for at least a year. "Clear data" restores all the installed apps, but after a while some go missing again. I'm quite surprised that it still happens with the new market.
No new market here, though... still 2.3.6
If you have problems with missing apps try to delete the data in the apps settings. Opening the market again will result in again an acceptation of the terms and your apps will be there again...
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I still haven't gotten my market update yet, although I am in Canada.
I wish I had the old market. The new one is sluggish and has a lot of "features" I don't need.
i agree... new market is bloated and sluggish... i liked the functionality of the older market (i can browse a LONG list of top free apps)
So, just flash the old market!!! Its much better than the new one
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Ideas for new applications

Hello everyone, I'm an Android developer, and having free time, I would like to dedicate to the creation of new applications. Do you have any idea that you would like it to be developed? Suggested suggested!
Nothing?
I guess there are people with ideas, but have not seen this thread ..... Leave a little time ...... I also try to think of something ......
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Hello everyone, I'm an Android developer, and having free time, I would like to dedicate to the creation of new applications. Do you have any idea that you would like it to be developed? Suggested suggested!
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Check your PM...
Me and you are in the same boat I dev android apps and it has come to a point where its like the crapple store . Most apps have been done !
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KISARAGIAPP said:
Hello everyone, I'm an Android developer, and having free time, I would like to dedicate to the creation of new applications. Do you have any idea that you would like it to be developed? Suggested suggested!
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Id love to see a very nice app that handles your calls/ texts for u when ur driving. U just hit the button/widget and it sends your customizable msg to all incoming notifications and silences texts and calls go to voicemail?
I'm just bout to get my license.. and it seems the apps that "already do this" are spottyif thy work. Tyhanks in advance.. just an idea!
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An app that maps out skate spots all around us of a
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I have a Few Ideas... And as far as I know, None of'em have been Created Yet...
new dealer same sense type
This is a real suggestion, an app that can invert the colors on the screen.
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something like Wolfram alpha, but info featured should be focused on Android OS
----simply some Android WIKI----
I got a game that there is not a single clone of it on the market.
Quoridor but with online play like words with friends or wordfeud, where opponents have unlimited time to play a move or a certain daily limit. Also would have chat and multiple games at one at least 2 players but 4 players would be awesome.
Let me know if your interested.
Thanks

Facebook is horrible on JB/N7...missing features?

Good afternoon XDA!
Having received my N7 yesterday, I didn't get to play with it too much until later on at night. One of the first things I noticed was that the Facebook app on the device is missing many of the main features. I'm not sure if it's a JellyBean issue (as my Galaxy Nexus is CDMA and I haven't modded it to JB yet) or a N7 issue, but there's no way to see someone's Pictures, Info, or Favorites. What I mean is that if you go to someone's profile the only thing visible is their Wall. There's no way to go into the other sections of someone's profile. The only way to see their pictures is if they post them on their walls.
Anyone else notice this? For those that have, if you also have JellyBean on another device does it do it there, as well? I just have no way of knowing if this is a JB issue or a device-specific issue. I can't seem to find any other complaints, which I'm a bit confused by...I understand that this device is extremely new, but a *vast* majority of Android users also spend quite a bit of time on Facebook, so I'd be surprised if nobody had run into this issue before me (or at least made comments on it).
Post thoughts and maybe we can narrow it down!
I'm seeing the same issue. I've heard good things about Friendcaster as a superior replacement so I'd try that.
Friendcaster is a good alternative and in many ways superior to the Facebook app - you can have multiple log ins/accounts and much more responsive than facebook
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I'm seeing the same issue. I've heard good things about Friendcaster as a superior replacement so I'd try that.
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hotleadsingerguy said:
Good afternoon XDA!
Having received my N7 yesterday, I didn't get to play with it too much until later on at night. One of the first things I noticed was that the Facebook app on the device is missing many of the main features. I'm not sure if it's a JellyBean issue (as my Galaxy Nexus is CDMA and I haven't modded it to JB yet) or a N7 issue, but there's no way to see someone's Pictures, Info, or Favorites. What I mean is that if you go to someone's profile the only thing visible is their Wall. There's no way to go into the other sections of someone's profile. The only way to see their pictures is if they post them on their walls.
Anyone else notice this? For those that have, if you also have JellyBean on another device does it do it there, as well? I just have no way of knowing if this is a JB issue or a device-specific issue. I can't seem to find any other complaints, which I'm a bit confused by...I understand that this device is extremely new, but a *vast* majority of Android users also spend quite a bit of time on Facebook, so I'd be surprised if nobody had run into this issue before me (or at least made comments on it).
Post thoughts and maybe we can narrow it down!
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I have both the Galaxy Nexus on JB and the N7, I can definitely confirm that the FB app is lacking on the N7 especially when going into peoples profiles. However on the Galaxy Nexus it has every single feature that it had on GB and ICS. No idea what the deal is with the N7 version of the app.
Facebook app isn't set up for tablets on JB as far as I'm aware. Give them a bit to update the app and we will see.
No your wrong, its not the fact its a tablet on jelly bean, its the fact its a tablet.
My transformer prime has the exact same problem and its on ics
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Early days I think we will get a better update in due course, not so much a Facebook freak anyway but does fine for my use's
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I was thinking the same thing earlier today. Hopefully it gets an update soon!
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Early days I think we will get a better update in due course, not so much a Facebook freak anyway but does fine for my use's
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Early day's? The problems been there Fot every android tablet, facebook app sucks ass and they don't seem to care. Friendcaster whilst not being as pretty gives tonnes more functionality
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Friendcaster is light years ahead of FB app. Try it for free then get the ad free version. You'll thank me.
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Just my 2 cents, but FB apps in general on all devices are poorly optimized. One of the few things i'd rather view with a browser.
FB for Phone on Tablet
Is there a way to install the FB app that runs on smartphones on the N7?
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Is there a way to install the FB app that runs on smartphones on the N7?
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That's what you have installed. The app adjusts itself based on being on a tablet or phone.
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You can't interact with people that disable third party access on FB when using Friend caster. Just a heads up.
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Friendcaster is light years ahead of FB app. Try it for free then get the ad free version. You'll thank me.
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Is there any difference between the Pro version and the Free, other than ads? $5 is not worth it for me for ads...
The Facebook app is terribad on every platform, and every form factor. Just don't bother using it.

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