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Does anybody have in mind any nice application for taking screenshots?
I am not rooted but in case of a good app I would go rooted..
ive been using PicMe. Its pretty awesome and free but requires root
I believe any half decent screenshot app requires root
Drocap2 is an easy yest crisp screen pic taker.. must be rooted
I like ShootMe (requires root).
i use DroCap from ADC2 (Android's Developers' Challenge).
does NOT require root on my hero running cupcake!!! =D
laihiu said:
i use DroCap from ADC2 (Android's Developers' Challenge).
does NOT require root on my hero running cupcake!!! =D
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Can't find it through the market, is there any link available please?
it was available before the ADC2 closed. i had to install the ADC2 app to try DroCap. i'm attaching the .apk here. have fun!
remember this app only runs on android 1.5 (cupcake). it exploits a root hack that has been patched since 1.6 (or so i heard). the developer has since released drocap2 in the market which requires rooting of the phone.
It works perfect!!
Thanks a lot
I hope that it will be possible to make screenshots without rooting after HTC releases Android 2.0.
theodore80 said:
It works perfect!!
Thanks a lot
I hope that it will be possible to make screenshots without rooting after HTC releases Android 2.0.
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might be a security feature, as apps could take screenshots and thereby steal your data without you knowing it.
Ehm, have you seen my thread with "Droid Explorer" in this Forum?
It could be at second page now.
With this Windows Tool, you could do screenshots and many many more without rooting.
Formel-LMS said:
Ehm, have you seen my thread with "Droid Explorer" in this Forum?
It could be at second page now.
With this Windows Tool, you could do screenshots and many many more without rooting.
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Be aware, this APP kills your connectivity to HTC Sync
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Be aware, this APP kills your connectivity to HTC Sync
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What do you mean? Permanent? I use HTC Sync rarely..
OK, could be. Droid Explorer uses another driver for Hero.
I don't know really, because I don't use HTC Sync.
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What do you mean? Permanent? I use HTC Sync rarely..
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Yes, permanent I'm using HTC Sync to sync my contacts very often. Unfortunately Droid Explorer is using another driver, so I had to uninstall it and then reinstall HTC Sync. BTW the only thinng that worked in Droid Explorer was screen shot app.
This doesn't sound tempting..
I need an app that takes screenshots without usb cables etc. An autonomous one..
theodore80 said:
This doesn't sound tempting..
I need an app that takes screenshots without usb cables etc. An autonomous one..
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get rooted and use shootme. makes a screenshot when you shake your phone (with the app running in background of course) and stores it to the sdcard.
also there is picme, which starts a webserver on your phone, enabling you to make screenshots by refreshing your browser page.
i tried both apps suggested in this thread on my rooted fresh .7 ROM on CDMA hero
drocap2
says it works good with superuser whitelist ..and if u dont u have to make changes
SHootMe goes to SU request and just gets stuck there .. and then forceCloses
Which email program do you use? Do you use the gmail app, the email app, or a separate application?
I personally prefer the look and functionality of the email app, but the quickness of the gmail app and it's push gmail notifications.
anyone else?
Personally, I don't care for either of the email apps on the phone. I use K9 for everything.
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Personally, I don't care for either of the email apps on the phone. I use K9 for everything.
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k9 you say. i'll look into that.
Don't use the version that's in the Android Market. It's actually an older version. If you search for it on Google, you can get the code.google.com page with the latest version and then Sideload it onto your phone. I believe the latest is 3.102.
Edit: I stand corrected, it's now 3.105
miztaken1312 said:
Don't use the version that's in the Android Market. It's actually an older version. If you search for it on Google, you can get the code.google.com page with the latest version and then Sideload it onto your phone. I believe the latest is 3.102.
Edit: I stand corrected, it's now 3.105
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Heh, I already had it downloaded before i read this, but I put the newest version on like you said and the one issue I had is fixed already.
On the market version, it wasn't going directly to my inbox. on the 3.105 it does. I really like this app. thanks for the suggestion.
Anytime
It seems to fill in the voids left by the default Email app that comes with the phone.
I use mail droid but it's still in beta, I can't get links to open the browser sometimes. It does supposedly work with microsoft exchange servers. I'll look into k9
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When i tried K9 a month ago, it was agonizingly slow - attributed to the phone lag by most.
Are you guys seeing the lag, or do you have the lag fix installed? Maybe K9 changed something?
Also, have they added real PUSH/Sync yet for Gmail and Exchange or are they still polling and doing WebDav stuff?
Do you have a link for it or what you actually searched for in google, I can not seem to find it.
thanks!
miztaken1312 said:
Don't use the version that's in the Android Market. It's actually an older version. If you search for it on Google, you can get the code.google.com page with the latest version and then Sideload it onto your phone. I believe the latest is 3.102.
Edit: I stand corrected, it's now 3.105
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Do you have a link for it or what you actually searched for in google, I can not seem to find it.
thanks!
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http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/downloads/list
I switched from using the Gmail and Email apps to K-9. So far I prefer it because of the options and the integrated inbox w/ push for my gmail account.
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Thanks, I was thinking it was a google product and was searching for the wrong thing. Just installed it and looks pretty good so far.
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http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/downloads/list
I switched from using the Gmail and Email apps to K-9. So far I prefer it because of the options and the integrated inbox w/ push for my gmail account.
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When i tried K9 a month ago, it was agonizingly slow - attributed to the phone lag by most.
Are you guys seeing the lag, or do you have the lag fix installed? Maybe K9 changed something?
Also, have they added real PUSH/Sync yet for Gmail and Exchange or are they still polling and doing WebDav stuff?
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Unfortunately, it's still not real push yet, but the app itself does seem to be pretty fast now. But I have it poll every 2 hours and that works fine for me.
Edit: They also seem to be churning out lots of bug fixes and releasing the updated version pretty fast. It went from 3105 to 3107 as of 8 hours prior to this edit.
I have tried quite a few as the stock left a lot to be desired. I used Maildroid,while good, it was very slow for me. I tried Seven until I noticed it sent an international mms everytime you added an account and doesn't do HTML emails. Now I'm down to K-9 which I like, just visually unappealing.
I guess its just trial and error until you find features you like.
After reading this thread I downloaded k9 and I do agree its better than maildroid. It gives the notification faster (i have both running right now) and the universal mailbox is icing on the cake. Thanks guys!
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I honestly don't love any mail client. I tried K9, but it is terribly ugly and more importantly than that, it doesn't do pinch zoom smoothly at all. The samsung app is very attractive looking, but its slow as hell and doesn't do push for gmail. Ultimately, I am currently sticking with the gmail app. Since no other app does what I want anyway, I figure why not use the fastest one? With push for gmail and faster performance, I'll switch back to the stock samsung app...maybe in a new version? I guess we'll see...
If only the Gmail app would let you select/copy text from the messages...
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If only the Gmail app would let you select/copy text from the messages...
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I never knew that, then again, never tried to do it.
And for those who say K9 isn't very visually appealing, if it works, and does what you need when you need it to, then I can't see a reason to complain. You could say the same about a car, if it's your only choice, and it gets you from point A to point B in one piece and on time, you take it.
I dunno man, I bought a mercedes cause I like the comfort, it's stylish, and because I simply won't be caught driving a hyundai. Having said that, I just installed K9 and it's pretty ugly, more like driving a kia I suppose. Uninstalling now. Stock gmail app for me it is!
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Okay so I've made a custom theme pack for myself, now I just need to know if there's a program out there, for un-rooted users, that will allow me to manually change each existing icon myself? If anyone knows of such a program please reply with it, including some information on where I could find the program.
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help out, there's a couple quid in it for the 1st successfull program/method that works exactly how I want it to.
Please note, I don't particularly want to edit each file .apk manually to change its icon =D
How many views and no one wants to make any money?
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It is not possible to change something like the icons without root as it would need access to modify the apk files
Okay so given that I'm looking for a nice simple 1 click root, once found what would be the cards in the deck then?
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You could change the shortcut icon on the homescreen for example with a program called anycut, or the paid one called bettercut
Otherwise you will need root acses
Edit: Or (Don't know if this works someone might need to correct me ) if you get each apk of the app you want to change the icon on, just open the apk and replace the icon
EDIT2: Nvrmnd read the first post slowly
I've already sussed out the homescreen icons and yeah it makes a massive difference to me, but idealy I want every icon changing to the way I want it, is there a 1clickroot method for Hero?
LeeRiley said:
I've already sussed out the homescreen icons and yeah it makes a massive difference to me, but idealy I want every icon changing to the way I want it, is there a 1clickroot method for Hero?
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Don't know if it works but I know there is an app called "Universal Androot" (not sure it's on the market) that you can search for on google
LeeRiley said:
I've already sussed out the homescreen icons and yeah it makes a massive difference to me, but idealy I want every icon changing to the way I want it, is there a 1clickroot method for Hero?
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Hmm... Umm... I got two methods that im not sure if they'll work, first search the market for androot (i think) and try root it that way, second download ROM Manager from the market and install the clockwork mod recovery, there the closest ways to 1 click i think
Max, you got any kind of IM, this reward looks like it's going to you lol, just need a couple of things clearing up, you sound like you know what you're doing and the fact that I've had a pub in the county you live in makes it that little bit better!
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Don't know if it works but I know there is an app called "Universal Androot" (not sure it's on the market) that you can search for on google
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Obviously you've rooted your Hero? What method did you use, I'm all for the confusing methods, I'm just not that familiar with ADB and the commands and what my phones running or what 'MOD' I'm currently on. It's all a lickle hazy to me as of right now, hence why I'm willing to pay someone for their precious time =D
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Max, you got any kind of IM, this reward looks like it's going to you lol, just need a couple of things clearing up, you sound like you know what you're doing and the fact that I've had a pub in the county you live in makes it that little bit better!
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Thanks ; But btw i'll do it w/o the reward thanks Umm.. sorry not at the moment otherwise id have MSN if you need anyhelp just PM me
Also, somewhere good to check out would be www.theunlockr.com
I'm not willing to accept time without payment! I've had a little look but I don't understand all this build number and software stuff
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LeeRiley said:
I'm not willing to accept time without payment! I've had a little look but I don't understand all this build number and software stuff
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Haha Okay
First thing, could you go into (on your phone) Settings, ABout phone, Software infromation and then write what it says under Firmware version
Hey I've got to go for a bit now
I reccomend looking here seems simple
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/11/how-to-root-your-android-phone-superoneclick-method/
And that should work
Now we're down to business! 2.1-update1, I done that myself =D lol then I updated something else to 3.35.61.2 if this is to any use =S
Hehe I can't keep up anymore. It's such a long time since I rooted my phone I have no idea what I did Anyways the trick is to let out what you don't need. Software number etc. often doesn't matter. It's pretty easy actually. When you get root you can very easily install a recovery. Basically you just download Amon_RA from the dev section and type in some basic commands in a terminal emulator on your phone AFAIK (that is when you have gained root which you hopefully can with a one-click method) and then you can start modding flashing etc.
ADB is really easy to set up. You download the zip file from here, extract it and (I recommend) put the extracted folder on your system drive. Now you can rename it to something easy like "adb" or "Android". If you open your command prompt by typing in "cmd" in the search bar in start (if you're using Windows Vista or 7) or opening "run" and then typing in "cmd". You can now type in "cd yoursystemdrive:\thenameofthefolder\tools" and start using ADB commands. Like adb ls -1 system/app (this will list all your system apps. You can replace "system" with "data". Thos will list all your installed apps) or adb pull nameoftheapkyouwanttoedit.apk \adirectoryyouwanttocopyitto (this will copy an app you want to modify. To modify it you can extract with WinRAR or 7zip etc. and edit the images (except the ones that ends with ".9.png")) and at last adb push \thedirectorythemodifiedapkisin systemordata/app (this will put the modified apk on your phone).
Hope this helps a little
Rooted with ease (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682) thanks to Max for the help with the link and what not. Just looking at RomBuddy now to flash some custom shiznet over, quite exciting stuff to be honest, any help on that won't go missed C0mpu13rFr34k
LeeRiley said:
Rooted with ease (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682) thanks to Max for the help with the link and what not. Just looking at RomBuddy now to flash some custom shiznet over, quite exciting stuff to be honest, any help on that won't go missed C0mpu13rFr34k
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You did see my previous post right?
Logging onto my pc now
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Okay maybe not lol, keep getting an error with Rom manager saying can't download cyanogen and when I tried to backup I got a black screen with a red triangle?
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I'm using Koush's CM9 Alpha 12 ROM at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356228 with the Franco kernel, and I'm saddened that it's sorely missing one big feature that i'm used to in the NSCollab ROM i came from. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959282)
In the stock Android 2.3.3 that came with the phone, if the Facebook app was installed, it could sync contacts over from your account, including phone numbers, emails, and pictures. The OTA 2.3.4 removed that function, as Google had deemed it as a violation of their TOS.
NSCollab (based off of CM7), which i'd used since 2.3.5, enabled that function somewhere in the system files, and it was fully usable, no questions asked. The CM9 build i'm using, however, lacks that feature.
I've compared both of their build.prop files and don't see any differences that would stand out, and I'm at an impasse here. I'm almost determined to find the setting in the CM7 ROM that allows Facebook syncing on this device and be able to use it in CM9. I'm not sure i want to comb every system file, though. Any assistance?
The reason it works in custom ROMs is because they patch it to work. It's not a build.prop issue I do not believe. It is a bit deeper than that. Hopefully someone can she some light to get it working. It's a feature I use as well.
But that's the explanation "why" it does not work.. because it's not supposed to by design lol.
by no means do I have an answer but, syncmypix in the market is a decent alternative for the tome being.
tapa tapa tapa
ka24e said:
The reason it works in custom ROMs is because they patch it to work. It's not a build.prop issue I do not believe. It is a bit deeper than that. Hopefully someone can she some light to get it working. It's a feature I use as well.
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I'd determined that long ago, but i'm almost certain there's a flag somewhere in the system files. My cousin has an HTC Thunderbolt (horrible phone on the stock ROM) running the stock ROM, Gingerbread 2.3.5, and it's enabled on it. I know that Google specifically disabled it on their flagship phones, and i want to know how they did it and how to reverse it.
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by no means do I have an answer but, syncmypix in the market is a decent alternative for the tome being.
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I have tried Syncmypix, Friendcaster, and another one that tries to re-enable native syncing, but none of them work near as well as native syncing.
In GB it was in system\app\ContactsProvider.apk , one line need to be added which whitelists com.facebook.katana. Maybe it's the same in ICS.
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There, I looked it up: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978470
Here you can find the official statement from Google about Facebook sync:
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/02/23/google-drops-facebook-sync-nexus/
Anyway you can sync your contacts using Friendcaster and you can update your contact pics using syncmypix
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In GB it was in system\app\ContactsProvider.apk , one line need to be added which whitelists com.facebook.katana. Maybe it's the same in ICS.
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I'd considered that, even set up a decompiling environment, but never got around to trying it. Just tried it, and found out that comparing the two ContactsProvider.apk files (from CM7 and CM9), that ICS does not use the arrays.xml that Gingerbread did. Adding it in, recompiling it, and signing it results in FC's and wiping out your contacts storage. Thank god for Titanium backup.
Edit: Derp, found out system apps aren't supposed to be signed. Trying again.
provolinoo said:
Here you can find the official statement from Google about Facebook sync:
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/02/23/google-drops-facebook-sync-nexus/
Anyway you can sync your contacts using Friendcaster and you can update your contact pics using syncmypix
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I well know what Google did, and i'm very disappointed in them. And i'd rather not use third-party apps if we can enable native syncing at the system level.
Pushing the unsigned apk doesn't cause FC issues, but it still doesn't sync. The Facebook app cuts off at "Other Settings". Does anyone want to test out the apk for me, see if they get the same results?
The APIs are different in ICS and doing the white list trick may not work. Check out the smali folder because there could be stuff that needs to be changed in there too...
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Pushing the unsigned apk doesn't cause FC issues, but it still doesn't sync. The Facebook app cuts off at "Other Settings". Does anyone want to test out the apk for me, see if they get the same results?
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I've already tried this. You'll be able to get the account to sync in Accounts, but the new contacts app is substantially different from the Gingerbread one... Like ^ says, I think a few smali edits have to be made to include this properly.
Greetz
I'm combing the smali folder as we speak, but nothing stands out as a definitive match
The one problem about ics, you're working to fix. Thanks man! I hope you find your answer!
Haven't found it yet, though. I've been trying to get into contact with koush, see if he's had any insight.
MoDaCo got it working on the Galaxy Nexus. If anyone has the galaxy yet, you could upload his rom and them comb through the /system and see what has been changed. we could then possibly implement it for the Galaxy S as well.
http://www.slashgear.com/galaxy-nexus-ics-rom-restores-facebook-contacts-sync-13201934/
Someone get on that!
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MoDaCo got it working on the Galaxy Nexus. If anyone has the galaxy yet, you could upload his rom and them comb through the /system and see what has been changed. we could then possibly implement it for the Galaxy S as well.
http://www.slashgear.com/galaxy-nexus-ics-rom-restores-facebook-contacts-sync-13201934/
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when you go through the Rom kitchen on their site it says the option is installed to system partition
Awesome, good looking out. Downloading it now, i'll be combing the files right away. You don't need to have the actual phone to peek at the system files
But unfortunately, it seems that it is a premium feature.
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But unfortunately, it seems that it is a premium feature.
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You can download it. I did earlier. Look at the first post of the thread its there.
The premium stuff is like to cook your own. I'm sure the standard one available in the first post has it implemented.
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Oh, sweet. I'm not familiar with that developer, so i didn't know how he does his stuff. I'll push and pull some files to and from my phone, see if i can't get it working.
Why on earth everyone is killing the LG apps?
Why on earth nobody gives the possibility to put them back?
How should I do besides using stock?
People I just can't understand... I need it to sync contacts and calendar, am I the only one using outlook?
******* use a stock rom then :S cheeez a bit harsh title isn't it, nothing to do with android development
It has to instead.
I want a custom rom, I just want a specific app to go with it.
Who else should I ask, Jay Leno?
Then custom one urself.
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you can sync contact to google server if you're using a custom ROM.
or there are many apps to backup your sms, contact, calendar on Play Store.
you need stock LG ROM to use LG PC Suite.
Man, lots of usefull answers...
If I wasn't doing engineering somewhere else, maybe I could have the time to start learning kernels, kitchens, bootloaders...
But then spending already 12hrs a day coding, maybe I CAN'T do this too?
meh...
miina_tokiha said:
you can sync contact to google server if you're using a custom ROM.
or there are many apps to backup your sms, contact, calendar on Play Store.
you need stock LG ROM to use LG PC Suite.
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I had Topogigi's rom for the better part of a year until it gave up.
It had LG apps together with a custom kernel...
Tell me what apps you need and i will make a rom for you...
Inviato con il mio P990 DjangoManouche!
carburano said:
Tell me what apps you need and i will make a rom for you...
Inviato con il mio P990 DjangoManouche!
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Didn't you say DjangoManouche 1.1 was your last one?
I'm running that one now.
I need the PC Suite app.
erups said:
I had Topogigi's rom for the better part of a year until it gave up.
It had LG apps together with a custom kernel...
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sir, what is your problem?
if you want stock apps
then use a stock rom
if you want a custom rom
then install a custom rom
if you want both then try to port them over
decompile them look at logcats edit them again and again and again and again
don't come here and tell us what to do
you never get helped this way
also do not spam the dev section of this forum with your questions
owain94 said:
sir, what is your problem?
if you want stock apps
then use a stock rom
if you want a custom rom
then install a custom rom
if you want both then try to port them over
decompile them look at logcats edit them again and again and again and again
don't come here and tell us what to do
you never get helped this way
also do not spam the dev section of this forum with your questions
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Yeah, that's a dev spirit!
I'm just a bogging man, doing nothing in his life and pretending...
To all people reading this:
I work just like you. I spend hours a day CODING for work, I work on embedded devices, and it's low level C coding everywhere.
I'm not *****ing.
It's just that I plug my phone in and I sync everything, including work calendars and todos.
Now maybe I'm the last one using Outlook instead of gmail, so that's why I'm asking.
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Yeah, that's a dev spirit!
I'm just a bogging man, doing nothing in his life and pretending...
To all people reading this:
I work just like you. I spend hours a day CODING for work, I work on embedded devices, and it's low level C coding everywhere.
I'm not *****ing.
It's just that I plug my phone in and I sync everything, including work calendars and todos.
Now maybe I'm the last one using Outlook instead of gmail, so that's why I'm asking.
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why not make a gmail account and let it sync all the data with your outlook then??
then you just can sync your google account with your phone voila!
maybe i am thinking to much from microsoft and is this not possible
but every good mail application should have a sync modes to sync with web services?
since i don't use outlook and never did i don't know
You might wanna try one of these...
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync
Google is your friend
Everyone is obsessing with online storage...
Maybe I'm the only one who doesn't want google to know who I connect with, or how do I do that.
What's the problem in having the contacts on your pc? Everyone has another pc.
Why are you giving up your privacy to google?
I was happy with my contacts shared only on my computer, until I had to use google because everyone just couldn't bother using another app...
There some apps inmarker for direct sync with outlook, like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android_sync.app.note
MyPhoneexplorer I think do it also and I'm sure many others do that. Yu can also ask for someone to upload the lgpcsuite apk.
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Yu can also ask for someone to upload the lgpcsuite apk.
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I restored a Titanium backup, but it does not work.
The phone is seen by the application, but transfers don't go through: "no response from phone" or "an error occurred while communicating with the phone".
erups said:
I restored a Titanium backup, but it does not work.
The phone is seen by the application, but transfers don't go through: "no response from phone" or "an error occurred while communicating with the phone".
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Yes I must say I didn't try at all. But I've read some people posts saying that myphoneexplorer works quite well. Sorry I'm one of the cloudy ones, I don't use outlook lol, for one main reason that is I use Linux at home and XP at work so more simple to sync online.
Even if I must say that it's quite annoying that Google has all our eggs in its bucket lol....
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I'm not *****ing.
It's just that I plug my phone in and I sync everything, including work calendars and todos.
Now maybe I'm the last one using Outlook instead of gmail, so that's why I'm asking.
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Actually, I think you are *****ing, which seems a bit contrary to the general spirit of these forums and probably not much appreciated.
I use OUTLOOK on my desktop and sync it (email, contacts, diary) to my phone but it's through an Exchange server, which all the gapps can talk to. Maybe try one of Paul from MoDaCo's custom ROMs -you can bake one with the LG apps left in...
As far as this thread can go... civil.. errr.. almost!!