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Is there a reason? I've used several nice apps from here, but just curious why you dont give them more exposure.
A lot of them are on the market, they are just posted here too.
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It costs money to get on the market. Xda is free. Would you rather get something for free here, or pay for it on the market?
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I think I remember reading in another thread that there was a fee you have to pay before putting apps on the market. I assume it doesn't matter if the app is free or not.
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voodoo55 said:
It costs money to get on the market. Xda is free.
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Thats true.
Its like 20$+ to be a developer for Android.
The devs may not be sure if they'll get that 20$+ back after putting it on the market and it doesn't sell as much... so they post it here
As a Dev $25 doesnt really matter to potentially get more exposure so I don't understand why other devs don't put their good apps on the market many of them are useful even for people other than power users
is $99 not $25 and not all devs are from market enabled countries
I'm pretty sure it's $25. The app store on iOS is 100.
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The only reason I can see besides the $25 or $99 fee is the ratings.
Once an app is posted to the market you have somewhere around 9.2 million Americans with access to your app. If your app has bugs or is not perfect from the start you start getting 1 star ratings. These ratings will slowly knock your app away from any sort of recognition.
Developers on XDA post there app here in order to receive constructive criticism, instead of a market comment like "App has Force Close Errors 1 star." Instead on XDA the developers can get and give ideas to other. Then when they seem like the app is fully tested they can choose to post it to the market.
geiko said:
I'm pretty sure it's $25. The app store on iOS is 100.
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The Android Market fee is a ONE-TIME $25. iOS is yearly.
Xda is a test bed for good ideas. Said good ideas get made into an app that gets throughly tested ppl with different phone models then the dev. Then the app can go to market.
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My apps are in the Android Market.
Mine is on the Market and has a thread on here, although I haven't attached the free APK to the thread.
And yeah, although the UI isn't great (I have plans for it) and I don't advertise a lot, I still managed to earn a little over $200 so far, making back well over the $25 I spent to be able to sell my app. It's worth it.
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Developers on XDA post there app here in order to receive constructive criticism, instead of a market comment like "App has Force Close Errors 1 star." Instead on XDA the developers can get and give ideas to other. Then when they seem like the app is fully tested they can choose to post it to the market.
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The above is a very good reason for posting your app elsewhere before publishing on the market. Most of the market reviews I've had regarding a problem didn't include any useful information on how to replicate the issue. For example, you'll typically get comments like "Freezes!" or "Force closes!" with no indication where in the app these problems occur. Likewise, identifying and fixing device specific issues is particularly difficult if you only rely on market reviews.
xriderx66 said:
Thats true.
Its like 20$+ to be a developer for Android.
The devs may not be sure if they'll get that 20$+ back after putting it on the market and it doesn't sell as much... so they post it here
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I'm not sure this is a big deterrent. It's a $25 one-time fee to publish as many apps as you want and you wouldn't need many sales or ad clicks to cover this cost.
agree....you will get more useful info alot faster on XDA regarding fuctionality and bug reports.
Alot of people just develop apps as a hobby with no intention of selling them. So why pay the $25?
and sometines you get banned without explanation so its a good place to upload you apk's google ban without send a warning maybe an icon, maybe something you did wrong and you couldnt fix they just ban and close you play store forever (and the next account you can made)
I put my Apps both on here and on the App Store.
I don't make any money from my apps, but I love Android because it's only a one time fee of $25 to publish apps to Android.
I was going to start with iOS but that's $100 yearly. Kind of ridiculous in my opinion.
Yup, Google Play is only a 1 time fee of $25. I dont think devs should be afraid of low ratings. You can't satisfy everyone. I get requests daily about what I should include in the app. There a lot of ideas and for a 99 cent app, I'm just not sure its worth it to build all these ideas into the app. The ones I do pay attention to are the ones where they say something doesn't work or it crashes when this or that happens.
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More evidence...I take this as a good thing not bc ok getting one, which im not, but bc it will increase sprints customer database and slightly decrease the other twos...what's your guys take...oh yeah and Honda Cop approves this message
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Personally, I don't think it matters. If people want and iphone, they'll get one. It can only bring people in, and if its a flop, then they'll drop it.
Who cares? This is an Android forum.
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If you break those rules, you want to be called an Apple fanboy or an Android hater.
Oh my god...its about sprint...im not going to argue with you anymore. I have already talked to mods and admins via pm about this issue of people that always comment like you do. Sorry pm
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Who cares? This is an Android forum.
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***WARNING***
1. Do not compare the iPhone4 to any Android device in a positive light (even if you prefer Android).
2. Do not say anything positive about the iPhone4 at all.
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No kidding, people are so touchy these days, seriously grow a pair and man up its a fracking phone for christs sake...
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See thays the problem with people with iphones...they can't see the other side. They simply just say there device is better. See me along with many others can recognize the good and the bad and explain why the android device is better...there are two sides. No need to be 100 percent ignorant about one
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***WARNING***
1. Do not compare the iPhone4 to any Android device in a positive light (even if you prefer Android).
2. Do not say anything positive about the iPhone4 at all.
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Beat me to it, im 20 years old and act more mature than most of the people on this forum
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No kidding, people are so touchy these days, seriously grow a pair and man up its a fracking phone for christs sake...
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iitreatedii said:
Oh my god...its about sprint...im not going to argue with you anymore. I have already talked to mods and admins via pm about this issue of people that always comment like you do.
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Congratulations. And I know for a fact that the mods have talked to you about your poor posting habits. They have not told me that I am in error however.
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Congratulations. And I know for a fact that the mode have talked to you about your poor posting habits. They have not told me that I am in error however.
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Well that's not my problem...
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I love when more evidence arisiles.
Im using kings rom and I Don't like this keyboard...it doesn't have a good auto correct system
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I love when more evidence arisiles.
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The (insert competitor phone) is so much better than the (insert the phone you care least about) so much so that I ask why it should be discussed in Evo forums
Sprint's network where I live is overloaded enough...I don't need more data intensive people hopping on, but at least it would shut my wife up...
Samwell thinks you guys need to stop acting like the "golden girls"
What what in the butt?
Hahaha
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Samwell thinks you guys need to stop acting like the "golden girls"
What what in the butt?
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Darn, there goes that sweet 30kbps "3G" download speed I have been enjoying lately.
My wife switched over to AT&T-mobile the other day and bought an iPhone. The OS runs very smoothly and sort of just 'works' like other Apple products. It's also a lot less clunky than the Evo.
Definitely a good phone for the masses.
I doubt many people accustomed to android would enjoy it though. I hate having to click on the settings icon and then search through all the sections of different settings options just to adjust my brightness.
With MIUI I just pull down my notifications bar and change all of that in an instant.
Also, widgets.
The operating systems are both absolutely fantastic after trying both of them in my opinion. It comes down to personal preference completely.
People don't give the iPhone enough credit... It's made so you know how to use it out of the box, which is what most people who have cell phones want.
We all, at xda, know about rooting and modifying our phones to make them do things they weren't originally intended to do... But you all have to realize... The majority of people with cell phones don't know how to do all of this modifying, and they probably don't care to...
Would I get an iPhone... Probably, if it had/gets a bigger screen. Am I dying to rush out and buy one... No. I like Android.
Agreed, I never thought about getting an eyephone because I don't like Fruitco. , but if I did it would need a much bigger screen, and 4g
On sale today for 0.10 in the Android Market. Love this app, it's a great deal. Get it while it's hot.
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Its free on getjar
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Its free on getjar
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If you have a problem buying apps, dont ever expect us to have the quality of iPhone apps. Its bad enough that android owners are seen as too cheap to support app development.
Let's be honest, why would more developers start developing for android when they can't make the money to make it worth their time. If you have a problem with paying 10 cents, don't expect android to ever have the quality of iPhone. App developers on iPhone can get up to $10 for their app, and android has problems getting users to pay 10 cents. Where do you think the majority of app development is going to take place?
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Beautiful Widgets is a great app that I purchased at full price a long time ago and was definitely worth the money. Support your favorite apps. Try them out for free and if you like them, support the developer. The future of android depends on developers getting support or developers will stop developing and we will be stuck with a bunch of apps that are developed by high school and college kids who will eventually follow the money.
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If you have a problem buying apps, dont ever expect us to have the quality of iPhone apps. Its bad enough that android owners are seen as too cheap to support app development.
Let's be honest, why would more developers start developing for android when they can't make the money to make it worth their time. If you have a problem with paying 10 cents, don't expect android to ever have the quality of iPhone. App developers on iPhone can get up to $10 for their app, and android has problems getting users to pay 10 cents. Where do you think the majority of app development is going to take place?
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Damn dude, harsh comment but so true. Its makes you want to go on about how we Android users need to stop being cheap.
I've actually purchased beautiful Widgets 3 time prior @ full price because my Google acct didn't save that app. It was the only paid app it didn't save. I purchased it repeatedly only for the fact of supporting development. I agree 100 percent in supporting developers. I've donated chose paying for apps instead of getting them for free. I'm giving out the information for people to do what they please with, along with everyone else. If people want to never have to pay for anything, then they will be that way regardless. People need to truly appreciate what these developers. Give thanks, give feedback and always always always donate if possible.
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I've actually purchased beautiful Widgets 3 time prior @ full price because my Google acct didn't save that app. It was the only paid app it didn't save. I purchased it repeatedly only for the fact of supporting development. I agree 100 percent in supporting developers. I've donated chose paying for apps instead of getting them for free. I'm giving out the information for people to do what they please with, along with everyone else. If people want to never have to pay for anything, then they will be that way regardless. People need to truly appreciate what these developers. Give thanks, give feedback and always always always donate if possible.
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I agree about paying and donating. What's really crazy is how people complain about ads in free versions. I think its great, if its an app I use but not often then I'll deal with adds, if I use it a lot I'll buy it. Either way, support the devs
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I agree about paying and donating. What's really crazy is how people complain about ads in free versions. I think its great, if its an app I use but not often then I'll deal with adds, if I use it a lot I'll buy it. Either way, support the devs
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I agree. It's like some people expect the app developers to develop for free. While some may, its not an effective way to get better apps on our market.
One thing that I do with some paid apps that interest me but don't offer a free version to try out, is download it from one of the free sites then if I like it, I buy it, and if I dont, it gets deleted. One app that I highly suggest doing that for is the 3d SPB Launcher that costs $15.(personally think that development company got greedy by charging that much for a home launcher without offering a trial version for users to try out before spending that much on an app)
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smokedkill said:
I agree. It's like some people expect the app developers to develop for free. While some may, its not an effective way to get better apps on our market.
One thing that I do with some paid apps that interest me but don't offer a free version to try out, is download it from one of the free sites then if I like it, I buy it, and if I dont, it gets deleted. One app that I highly suggest doing that for is the 3d SPB Launcher that costs $15.(personally think that development company got greedy by charging that much for a home launcher without offering a trial version for users to try out before spending that much on an app)
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Yeah SPB is awesome but now they locked the 1.5.1 version and above. The 1.2.4 version still works tho.
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Unable to think logically yesterday...
so phone is now fixed...
XDA = Awesome you guys are the best.....
However if i had never of found you i doubt i would be trying out so much new stuff...hhmmmm interesting circle of events.
XDA helped break it ...(with showing me how to make my phone better)
Yet XDA helped fix it ...(with all the people who give up their time and resources to help and make your problem go away)
So without you XDA this would never of happened!!
In the words of +Azrienoch Jeff Smith
That's the moral of the news this week...
Without XDA you would be stuck with a great phone and little to no understanding of how it works or its full potential.
So learn to read and always start at the beginning when it goes wrong. Which it will. More than once.
So thank you.
I love my phone
(CM7 is better then my friends stock galaxy nexus)
Not here?
twentY THOUSAND CHAR
I don't know... Android Central, Rootzwiki? Whatever the next biggest forum is I suppose.
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This site is just awesome! I've learn so much about customization and learning how to do so many things! Thanks ya'll!
In line at an apple store trying to get an Iphone!
there would be alot me bricked phones thats for sure
Not just phones but tablets and other stuff! Kudos!
blong579 said:
there would be alot me bricked phones thats for sure
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Not really... because the reason they get bricked in the first place is because of XDA.
How do you become a Moderator you thing?
slapshot30 said:
Not really... because the reason they get bricked in the first place is because of XDA.
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Haha. But so very true.
For me, without XDA, I wouldn't own the phone I do. It has a locked bootloader. But not even that was an obstacle for the people here. So, seeing all the custom roms, I decided to buy the device despite the locked bootloader. And what I got was a very nice device for a very nice price. Thanks to XDA.
without XDA I wouldn't have all the great apps I have now.
<3 XDA.
without this forum and more importantly, all the great contributions by the amazing members here, I'd be totally lost.
I learned so much just in the past few months... just a wonderful place.
coughipmartcough lol
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Not really... because the reason they get bricked in the first place is because of XDA.
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Baa, XDA doesnt help brick phones, people brick phone, more specifically people who dont read what they are doing an jump in the deep end with both feet before bothering to check how deep it was and if it infact had any water in it to begin with..... its like cars, cars dont kill people, people kill people
actually, thinking about it, a better question would be, where would XDA be without android
My answer to that? there'd be a lot less flamed **** fighting fanboy oneup man ship, cant we all just get along!
Let's see... I would had gotten a kindle instead of a nook touch during black friday . I discover XDA and i instantly brought the nook touch! and next day I brought another!
Now I have a HD2 I'm trying figure out ><! So much fun
Android without XDA is like iOS. Haha.
Without XDA we would be kissing Apple behind right now.. Thanks XDA
Without XDA, I would be lost-in-space!
Without xda, i would have thrown my phone out the window
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Without XDA , my device would be slow as hell
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dazza9075 said:
Baa, XDA doesnt help brick phones, people brick phone, more specifically people who dont read what they are doing an jump in the deep end with both feet before bothering to check how deep it was and if it infact had any water in it to begin with..... its like cars, cars dont kill people, people kill people
actually, thinking about it, a better question would be, where would XDA be without android
My answer to that? there'd be a lot less flamed **** fighting fanboy oneup man ship, cant we all just get along!
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True. But still if there weren't even XDA then there'd be no issues with bricking.
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I think this is their master plan. Their making it so hard to root that at&t and samsung are just making us get worn out waiting for root. Eventually people won't care anymore and just put up with all their bloat and tactics turning us into sheep like the apple people are. I am even getting wore out checking 7 times a day in these threads only to hear of all the ways that don't work to root. There is a 12K bounty to be paid. U think that someone would spend every second trying to root to get 12K. Something is up with this. Maybe they were contacted and paid more not to do this. If there is a way they can PM me it and I will post it and give them the bounty so they don't get in trouble.
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Seriously kid? Don't you think people have lives? Don't you think everyone else here wants to see root for our phone? Seriously a bounty isn't set in stone. no one is dumb enough to rely on money that maybe (less than likely) be actually given. Calm down. Sit back. And relax. Go outside. Be with your friends. Check these forums at the end of the week, instead of every waking chance you get. We're all waiting as well
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Megadoug13 said:
Seriously kid? Don't you think people have lives? Don't you think everyone else here wants to see root for our phone? Seriously a bounty isn't set in stone. no one is dumb enough to rely on money that maybe (less than likely) be actually given. Calm down. Sit back. And relax. Go outside. Be with your friends. Check these forums at the end of the week, instead of every waking chance you get. We're all waiting as well
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Kid?...Ok..explain why root on every other S5 was achieved before they even got released. I've been flashing since the old HTC 8125. I go out..I have a life..don't come in my thread acting like a jerk. I'm stating a point. Respect it or don't come in with rude comments. Jeez...your reply is why everyone around here starts flaming each other with rude condisending replies. Just offer respectable remarks without ripping people. If you don't like my post just don't comment and go away. Thanks for the kind words and I'll try to achieve the ideal lifestyle you lead. Have a great day.
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Yeah.. If you could just go right a head and do that, that'd be greaaat. Thanks.
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Martinjv71 said:
I think this is their master plan. Their making it so hard to root that at&t and samsung are just making us get worn out waiting for root. Eventually people won't care anymore and just put up with all their bloat and tactics turning us into sheep like the apple people are. I am even getting wore out checking 7 times a day in these threads only to hear of all the ways that don't work to root. There is a 12K bounty to be paid. U think that someone would spend every second trying to root to get 12K. Something is up with this. Maybe they were contacted and paid more not to do this. If there is a way they can PM me it and I will post it and give them the bounty so they don't get in trouble.
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These threads that always ask why "someone else' hasn't done anything are very sad. You complain about reading threads 7 times a day about what can't be done and then you make one yourself? And I've seen your other posts... trolling. So I'm sure your reply will be no less to anyone that doesn't 100% agree with you.
So what exactly, do you want to achieve with this thread? And before telling me to move on, you might want to take your own advice because if you have nothing of value to add, you are worse than any of the people you complain about.
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These threads that always ask why "someone else' hasn't done anything are very sad. You complain about reading threads 7 times a day about what can't be done and then you make one yourself? And I've seen your other posts... trolling. So I'm sure your reply will be no less to anyone that doesn't 100% agree with you.
So what exactly, do you want to achieve with this thread? And before telling me to move on, you might want to take your own advice because if you have nothing of value to add, you are worse than any of the people you complain about.
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Just stating an opinion in a forum...pretty common actually and what I achieved is to get this attention and for you it obviously worked. No hard feelings....just don't be so harsh on people's opinions. And as far as me making one that's not my gig. That's why there are so many different careers out there..it makes the world go round. Some people work at Big Lots and some are Doctors or in marking. The more exposure to root complaints the better. Take care and have a good weekend.
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This is just not going anywhere and serves no purpose but what it has achieved already.
Thread closed
Have a great day!