I started with a Verizon Tab because of the price. But I have switched to an AT&T model because I don't need data all the time, just occasionally and you can't start and stop the data with Verizon like you can with AT&T. So, I have a new TAB and while I knew that the various carriers put their own bloatware on, I didn't realize that the widgets weren't standard. There is a news and weather widget that I really liked that downloaded from user selectable categories. Could someone tell me what that widget is so that I can located it in the Market?
Thanks.
Update. I downloaded the Verizon user manual and it is the Google News and Weather App. I don't seem to find it in the market, but I am looking.
ourtech said:
I started with a Verizon Tab because of the price. But I have switched to an AT&T model because I don't need data all the time, just occasionally and you can't start and stop the data with Verizon like you can with AT&T. So, I have a new TAB and while I knew that the various carriers put their own bloatware on, I didn't realize that the widgets weren't standard. There is a news and weather widget that I really liked that downloaded from user selectable categories. Could someone tell me what that widget is so that I can located it in the Market?
Thanks.
Update. I downloaded the Verizon user manual and it is the Google News and Weather App. I don't seem to find it in the market, but I am looking.
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Just search for GenieWidget.apk or if you have skype I can send it to you.
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Can someone please explain why some apps..such as Pure Calendar Widget..arent available to me?...When I search for it or read the barcode for it I get no results?...though others seem to find them. Also Camera Zoom which is always recommended is a no go.
I have a TMO USA phone and buy other apps from the market.
thanks
What region are you in and what provider?
You could be locked out by these things -- if so check out market enabler.
Tmobile. United States.
There's some threads with manual configurations for Market Enable.. Search tool will make the trick... if not google knows everything ehehehhe
Well I am still not getting an answer to my question Why are only some paid apps available and some are not?
Is this the way it is for everyone?
harsaphes said:
Well I am still not getting an answer to my question Why are only some paid apps available and some are not?
Is this the way it is for everyone?
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Yes it is, depending on the regions, there are or not some application. This is why the purpose of the creation of the Market Enabler.
Some but not all
It is not as straight-forward as that. You can use market enabler and see some paid apps but not all of them show up (for me for example). I cannot see Pure Calendar Widget either although I can see and purchase tons and tons of other paid apps. If harsaphes is already on T-Mobile, they probably don't need Market Enabler to fake that they are on T-Mobile...
The difference may be something to do with "paid" apps vs. "paid and protected/drm" apps. I am not sure though. I have not found a definitive explanation to this problem nor a solution.
Would this also pretain to the amazon mp3 app which can not be installed with any market other than the US version on US android phones? Or is there a way to push this app in manual..?
Hey,
Working from rc1 of cm6, it seems when any app that uses location data such as the weather in fancy widget or anything like that reports the zip code being 4. Just 4, not even a full zip code. Maps however finds my location without a problem.
Anyone know why this might happen? Fresh install.
Thanks in advance.
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Not sure about the other apps but the news & weather widget that comes with the phone decides its topic based on ur phones language & keyboard settings.
So if its set to UK, you will see UK news and if set to US, then, well, US news
If you reside elsewhere, one workaround is to download MoreLocale 2 from the market. It changes the language & keyboard settings to what you want, thereby getting the news widget to display the correct news of your location.
Hi, im not sure if there is any way to run aosp apps on our galaxy. Im looking for Calendar, phone, contacts and calculator. Thanks in advance.
Edit: think posted in wrong area, sorry. But any apps out there?
~Webstar1
I suspect this thread will be moved, but I can offer some advice.
I mined out the AOSP apps from this Vibrant AOSPish JK2 v1.1 ROM:
http:// forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=9416951
I farted around with a few of them, but in the end just kept the Calendar, and Car Home. Contacts didn't seem to work (had a blue screen and just behaved oddly), Calculator didn't offer much. I prefer the AOSP Music app, but the MusicMod app from the Market is an improved version.
When I get a chance I would like to fiddle with getting the live wallpapers installed as well. Then I will proceed to never use them and eventually uninstall...
Since the phone is about a week old there aren't any roms just yet. I know this is being worked on by some awesome devs, but in the meantime we should talk about which processes and applications we can safely remove and replace to reduce blur's footprint. The goal is to try to get to stock 2.3.4.
From what I can tell, these things are blur:
Launcher
Widgets
Car Dock Mode
Keyboard
Messaging
Music Player
Status Bar
Calendar
Bedside Dock (Alarm Clock, so blue and ugly)
News (What happened to news and weather?)
Camera/Camcorder
Dialer/contacts suite
Unlock Screen
And then the Verizon bloatware:
blockbuster
amazon kindle
4 verizon wireless apps (Vcast)
DLNA
Citrix
GoToMeeting
Slacker Radio
Videosurf
Zumocast
CityID
IM
I'm sure I may have thought something was blur when it was stock, or visa versa. Please correct me, and I'll gladly update the list. I'm sure I may have missed or miscatagorized some of the bloatware, so please let me know if I messed that up too.
We should assume that the user has root for any replacement and removal methods.
If we can get the links to the stock apps which replace the blur apps all in one place, I think it would be great!
[edit] I've found the stock keyboard in another thread- someone please post it here as I cannot link.
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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I love the stock browser
I'm sure it's good, as is Chrome, except all my bookmarks and passwords are synced with Firefox. Makes everything 100x easier to just use that.
Good list. I also disabled Google Play Books, Google+, Samsung Push Service, Gmail and Chrome. I don't use any of those.
BTW, the stock browser does not support Flash. I'm using Boat Browser.
I have the stupid Sprint ID app install the default profile randomly again resetting all my home screens. It's happened on the S 4 and the HTC One on my account.
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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Quick question all; so will disabling a App free up RAM (and/or improve speed & performance) or does it simply remove it from the home screen?
Thank you!
Some of those it doesn't even remove from the home screen. (Like Scout and other pre-installed things)
But mainly it's to prevent them from running background services and taking up space on the device from the updates. An update doesn't replace the original system file, so it essentially doubles the size an app takes, even more as it grows. Though Titanium Backup Pro has a feature to replace the stock app with the update.
Also curious things I disabled, like the Weather widget which doesn't even seem to have an app of its own. Just "Weather Widget"
On a slight tangent, I figured out where Com2usPoker and the Match 3 game are. Go under Group Play->Create Group->Play Games. There you will find those two games listed. The poker requires at least two people, but the Match 3 game has a single player mode.
M3wThr33 said:
Some of those it doesn't even remove from the home screen. (Like Scout and other pre-installed things)
But mainly it's to prevent them from running background services and taking up space on the device from the updates. An update doesn't replace the original system file, so it essentially doubles the size an app takes, even more as it grows. Though Titanium Backup Pro has a feature to replace the stock app with the update.
Also curious things I disabled, like the Weather widget which doesn't even seem to have an app of its own. Just "Weather Widget"
On a slight tangent, I figured out where Com2usPoker and the Match 3 game are. Go under Group Play->Create Group->Play Games. There you will find those two games listed. The poker requires at least two people, but the Match 3 game has a single player mode.
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Thanks, I was going through disabling apps and was wondering what the hell those were. Kudos, sir!
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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Here's what I've disabled so far...
M3wThr33 said:
So I doubt everyone will use every feature of the device. I just want a feel for what things people have disabled/uninstalled.
My personal list:
Everything with the world Sprint was uninstalled or disabled. Sprint ID and Sprint installer can't be disabled.
BlurbCheckout - Is used to purchase physical photo albums. So NO.
Flipboard - I use News360
Google Play Magazines - Never will buy one
hp Print Service - Never will print
Lumen Toolbar - I will never use the stock browser.
Story Album
Story Album Widget - Never buying it
Swype - Using the stock keyboard for now
Yahoo! Finance - Don't care
I'm not sure if I should disable Samsung Apps or anything else.
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I think Flipboard > News360, but that's just my op...
I'd agree with the rest... I don't even own and HP printer why would I need that crap is what I'm saying HP must have paid Sprint to put that crap on...
Also, given the pressure Samsung is getting about lack of storage on the device AND the notorious size of printer drivers, anybody want to bet that'll be uninstallable in a future update AND that it takes up a bunch of room?