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Google Chrome

Anyone else interested in this browser? It looks like it will kick ass and who knows they might make a mobile app for it...outside of Android.

Reading your post using it now.
I will give it a go, but I do like Firefox.

opera been ok for me 7 years now on pc
and a few on pda

I've been using it for about 30mins now, it has some quirks but overall speed is the fastest I have seen in a long time.
Check out the cartoon about it:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Just installed it on my HTC Shift, and it seems pretty good so far.
Regards,
Dave

Yea it is really fast. I like it.

Maybe in the future could be a good option, but now in Beta... I´ll stick to Opera.
There is no options to personalize, change color, etc, speed is good but not as good as they anounce
Don´t let go with Ads mates! Google want´s all the "Internet World", at least they have to pay us for that!!
Cheers,

it is fast though..but cant replace my Opera..no support for Emails so useless..but it has some fetures which makes it a lil nices

I've tried on my Acer One, and it works very fast, both to launch, and to open web pages. It is very low memory consuming, so i think it will be my preferred browser.

My problem with Opera is it's unstable nature with certain sites, especially older forums. Sometimes it can be a major PITA.

I downloaded it last night, it seems much faster than Firefox. I didn't know there were so many ads on some of the forums I visit I'll stick with Firefox so I don't see the ads.
** This morning I noticed that GoogleUpdate tried to access the internet about 12 times last night. This was with Chrome closed!! I don't give any programs access to the internet for updates.

I have found a problem with Chrome and vBulletin boards like XDA.
It is incorrectly turning DST ON in Eastern Australia making all times out by an hour.
In
User Control Panel
Setting DST Correction option to [Always Off] works around the problem for now. Something amiss in the Chrome javascript engine perhaps?
Without making this change whenever I switch between IE or Chrome with a vBulletin board I get an auto DST update message. IE time is correct. Chrome is wrong.
Anyone else wee this?

You might want to check the EULA a little closer there. It is definitely a boilerplate with some wide ranging implications of they enforced it. It also has a number of bugs, such as a carpet bombing vulnerability right off the get go. Nice idea and if they were to put a decent EULA on it, I might use it.... In the mean time, I'll stick with SeaMonkey or Opera.
-Will

IM USING IT RIGHT NOW!!!
It PWNS!!!

The EULA agreement has already been debunked just check section 9.4....here is how another user explained it:
Actually this is pretty flawed. I know this was posted in MANY other places as well, and I can't write to the authors of ALL those posts, but here's where copypasta news and blog entries have their flaws.
If you read section 9.4 closely, you'll see what I mean:
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, Google acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content
That "limited license" it refers to is what has exploded onto the internet as a violation of rights, privacy, etc. Again, if you actually read section 11, you'll see that the limited license is only for the promotion of Chrome, and this only holds to things that aren't already covered under other rights, such as copyright or intellectual property. Basically, this boils down to: Google can use anything that is online to promote itself, if one of it's users accesses that site. Which, in all honesty, it could do anyway.
This doesn't violate anything. And if you're still scared of it, use Chromium, the active open source project without the EULA that Chrome is based on.
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As for bugs. I have noticed the DST bug, also it seems spell correction doesn't work on some boards I post on. Other then that it's the best browser I prefer.

Sledutah said:
I downloaded it last night, it seems much faster than Firefox. I didn't know there were so many ads on some of the forums I visit I'll stick with Firefox so I don't see the ads.
** This morning I noticed that GoogleUpdate tried to access the internet about 12 times last night. This was with Chrome closed!! I don't give any programs access to the internet for updates.
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I uninstalled it yesterday. After installation it was still trying to access the internet via GoogleUpdate. I went through the registry and there were tons of references to googleupdates and chrome. I deleted all of them and haven't had any more requests. Wow, don't think I'll even reinstall it in the future just for that.

Theres some kind of memory leak
Whenever i run it
My CPU usage shoots WAY UP
Its fast but dam should it be taxing my processor like that

Cool browser

I love it, been using it for about a week now LOL. But there is still a lot of work needs to be done!

Google Chrome is so much faster on many websites, especially on XDA-developers.com, where it is seconds faster when switching between pages in the forum.
And by using privoxy on newspapers, etc., you can get rid of those annoying ads with ease.

many themes in the market application

why are there so many themes in the market application? should make a seperate to Theme market. too many themes in there. its annoying

I agree its getting old. It seems like every time I go into the market I have to sift through 15 themes to find anything good.

I agree. There has got to be a better way to handle distribution of these themes.

what's worse is that a lot of them are made by the same people. RSD keeps making themes for the phone and then selling them for a dollar. i'm sorry but i don't think you should charge for a theme, no matter how much work you did. i make themes too but i'm not gonna tell people that they have to give me money in order to try it. most themers do the stuff cause it's fun not cause they wanna get rich

It's easy money. Make a theme, upload it, charge 99c and make some money... now everyone is on it. Tis a shame they isnt more categories on Market, so many of them are misplaced. I wonder if Google plan on doing anything about it? You can literally spend 10-15mins scrolling down until you reach the bottom.

+1 I have to sift through so many themes they are annoying!

Then there are the comic books, the other day there had to be like 20 of them submitted at once.

In some ways the 'openness'* is part of the problem. I've not investigated how you put a program etc on market place and what the uploader has to do, to charge but it seems like people can charge what they want. I saw one earlier which seemed to be pictures of cars (and another for bikes) and he wanted $4.99.
I wish it was a little more regulated... I never thought I'd say that!! or atleast no facility to charge for apps.
Or even if Google could add new categories...
* I know all the tethering apps have been removed so clearly it's not 100% open

DynaMight said:
* I know all the tethering apps have been removed so clearly it's not 100% open
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There is actually nothing open about the market. For example, if the market had an api, I could write an alternative market client with a capability to filter out all these annoying themes/videos/comics. The point is that the market, like GMail and all the other closed applications on the G1's Android build, is a closed value-added product.
Unfortunately since Market client is closed-source, we can only hope Google gets the message and builds in some sort of filtering in a future version. They did pretty promptly address the comment spam issue, which shows some promise.

I too am sick of the themes and everything else associated with the alternate home screens. Hopefully as the market matures they will address the issue.

Aloqa.... YES Aloqa NOT Aloha

Very sweet app, will do battle with Sherpa.
Similar app to Sherpa, BUT has Facbook intergrated!! Very nice UI and icons look awsome!!
Aloqa is a mobile service that proactively notifies you of interesting places, events, and Facebook friends near you. Instead of having to search, you can just look at your phone and see your favorite hotspots, friends, events of interest, and recommended bargains close by. Whenever You Want. Wherever You Are
VOTE FOR ALOQA "Best Location Based App": http://androidnetworkawards.com/
Link to office site:
http://www.aloqa.com/
Criket:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.aloqa.me.client_modules.android
and of course it can found on the Market
or
Here:

Yeah.. played around with it today so far. Its a pretty bad ass app!
Thanks for the heads up

I like sherpa better Aloqa looks too iphone-ish to me.

alritewhadeva said:
I like sherpa better Aloqa looks too iphone-ish to me.
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I always find it funny how people won't like an app because its or looks "iphoneish"... I could care less as long as its functional and does what I need and does it well who cares what it looks like, then again you do

Lakers3408 said:
I always find it funny how people won't like an app because its or looks "iphoneish"... I could care less as long as its functional and does what I need and does it well who cares what it looks like, then again you do
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Lol just personal opinion

Interesting read from Business Jounral:
Mobile search and information startup Aloqa GmbH and named Sanjeev Agrawal as its CEO.
Agrawal was previously global head of product marketing at Google Inc. and later vice president for products at TellMe Networks Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft Corp.
Aloqa said the funding came from Wellington Partners Venture Capital and angel investors. The company is based in Munich, Germany, and has its U.S. headquarters in Palo Alto.
The company has released a beta of its application for handsets that use Google's Android operating system. Users automatically get information on their mobile device about friends, events and local offers based on their location without having to launch a browser or search application.
"What appealed to us about Aloqa is its proprietary technology for tracking billions of moving and static objects without draining mobile handset batteries, without jamming cellular networks with extra data, and without creating user privacy concerns," said Ram Srinivasan, managing partner of Wellington's Palo Alto office. "The mobile app springs into action only when two or more objects come meaningfully close to each other."
So its safe to say that we should expect great things to come from Aloqa. I hope

Aloqa seems to focus on providing notifications to things around you in a new way while Sherpa seems to want to learn where like to go and what you like to do in a new way. Both are location suggetion apps. They both have their shortfalls early on. It will be interesting to see how these two mature.

I just Downloaded this app, and it's taking FOREVER to configure...should I just stick with Google Place Directory/Sherpa?

Personally I really like the app. You can add and remove things from it and its really slick. I like how it shows things in button format opposed to having things all over the place.

shotad said:
I just Downloaded this app, and it's taking FOREVER to configure...should I just stick with Google Place Directory/Sherpa?
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Whats taking you forever to do? Just start it and pick what you want. I had it up and running in less than 30seconds. Of course if you want to add and remove channels that takes a few minutes, but I left everything in a default state.

underamoon said:
Aloqa seems to focus on providing notifications to things around you in a new way while Sherpa seems to want to learn where like to go and what you like to do in a new way. Both are location suggetion apps. They both have their shortfalls early on. It will be interesting to see how these two mature.
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Very true, it will be interesting to see if Aloqa jumps on the "Adaptive Learning" aspect of what makes Sherpa unique. After all Aloqa is only a beta version.

kizer said:
Whats taking you forever to do? Just start it and pick what you want. I had it up and running in less than 30seconds. Of course if you want to add and remove channels that takes a few minutes, but I left everything in a default state.
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i started it, picked up my location, and now it's stuck in "Thank you. We are now configuring Aloqa for you. 'Found your location. Connecting...'". and its just stuck there...

kizer said:
Personally I really like the app. You can add and remove things from it and its really slick. I like how it shows things in button format opposed to having things all over the place.
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Exactly I really like it as well, if I would rate Aloqa vs. Sherpa on a scale of 1 to 10
Aloqa = 8
Sherpa = 6
You can customize it to what your into, for example
If you hate burger king, remove it. If you love Coffee add it.
By default a McDonalds tab shows, I removed it and added the FastFood tab which includeds McDonalds and others (KFC, BK, PizzaHut, Subway, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Carls and In-n-Out)
Even has a weather tab (pretty cool)

shotad said:
i started it, picked up my location, and now it's stuck in "Thank you. We are now configuring Aloqa for you. 'Found your location. Connecting...'". and its just stuck there...
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If on 2g or 3g it will take a LOOOOOONG time.... I switched to wifi and it connected in a matter of seconds!
Use wifi for the initial set-up after that use 2g 3g 6g or what ever it will work without a problem.

Lakers3408 said:
If on 2g or 3g it will take a LOOOOOONG time.... I switched to wifi and it connected in a matter of seconds!
Use wifi for the initial set-up after that use 2g 3g 6g or what ever it will work without a problem.
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ok, so I should just wait ntil I get home and set this up...cuz this is ridiculous...still configuring!

Lakers3408 said:
If on 2g or 3g it will take a LOOOOOONG time.... I switched to wifi and it connected in a matter of seconds!
Use wifi for the initial set-up after that use 2g 3g 6g or what ever it will work without a problem.
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you know, i've been having some hard time connecting to my WiFi, it does connect, but I get NO signal...i'm running Cyanogen ROM, did the fix_permissions and did not fix, wiped and did not fix this problem...anythign else i'm missing?

great app i will use both sherpa and aloqa. aloqa on wifi took about 2.343 seconds to setup. thanks again for this recommendation as i wouldve never know about either apps

How to set-up Facebook app thru Aloqa
After you register your Aloqa app, you need to complete the Facebook part of the registration here:
http://buzz.aloqa.com/AloqaBuzz-war/welcomeGWT.html
Sign in to your Facebook account from the website then click on Activate.

Are you in some way associated with this app. Just a curious question since it seems that you have gone above and beyond normal fanboyism in your thread regarding this app. No offense intended here, just curious Personally I find that Sherpa misses a lot of places, and while Places Directory seems to get the places that Sherpa misses, it also seems to miss quite a few places too... (often the places that Sherpa gets ) So if this new app can combine the two in terms of what it finds.... that would be great. Will see what happens

I think this is much better than Sherpa...though I believe with Sherpa...it will remember what you search...but who really searches for ATM's and Starbucks and forget?

[APP] [4.0+] atmosHere Weather, making Android weather smarter!

I'm the developer of atmosHere (play on words of atmosphere) Weather for Android, an Android app to make weather smarter, and simpler. The app is "Card UI" based, similar to that of Google Now, and is powered first and foremost by the hyper accurate Forecast.io. By using Google's Fused location Provider, we can get your exact location and get down to the minute weather information, all while also getting data for the upcoming week! The app prioritizes information based on the current weather conditions. So if there is a weather alert for your location, that will be the first card you will see! Similar concepts are used else where, if it's raining or snowing, you will get a card for nearby traffic accident counts. This pattern is used throughout the app. This makes it extremely simple to get glance-able information about what is going on right now, and other data that applies based on the conditions. The card ui also makes it simple to fling down a little further for the upcoming week weather, chances of rain, device sensor readings (barometric pressure, temps, etc), pollen counts, UV index, astronomy information, and many more! The app is also extremely configurable, by allowing users to toggle what information they want to see, allowing them to personalize the data they get within the app!
Just recently (last night) I added a new feature that I have yet to see from any other Forecast.io powered app. Forecast.io provides TONS of information, but for the normal person it is hard to parse through all the data given and make sense of it and what it means for the weather. So i have taken the data given, and "pre-parsed" it in a sense, and turned it into a friendly, readable, format when needed. For example, forecast.io provides a summary for a given days' forecast, "Breezy starting in the afternoon, continuing until the evening." and then this is where I come in and add additional, relevant information. So if there is a high chance of rain in the forecast, I will add precipitation information, "75% chance of rain, with light rain starting at 5pm". This gives you the chance of rain, how heavy it will be (can range from very light to very heavy), and then the forecasted time of that precipitation! I also do the same for the given temperature. So you may see "High for today of 35, with a low of 25" and if it will "feel" warmer or cooler than the given temperature, it will also let you know! This makes the forecast for every day personalized and relevant, and lets you very quickly flip to a given day's forecast and know exactly what the forecast is. No need to flip through charts of data, and stare at numbers trying to make sense of them!
The app also features data from other services to aid with contextual information, such as traffic conditions, marine and ski conditions, latest earthquake information, and even a feed of National Weather Service Audio Streams! This will be built out even further going forward, allowing users to custom tailor the weather information they are shown!
The app also features radar data of all types, from precipitation, to weather alerts, and plenty more! Your Android standards such as widgets, notifications, and even extensions for the ever popular DashClock and Muzei are included! The app has already been optimized for Android Wear once it is released to the public. Google Glass has not been forgotten either, as there is a build ready to go for when Google Opens up GDK app distribution!
I have a G+ community setup that I am posting information about updates, bugs, and asking random questions for possible future updates. I will also answer any questions or I am open to just good old conversation! I am always open to suggestions of new ideas for the app. It's been extremely enjoyable thus far getting that app to where it is, and look forward to keeping that going. I also have no problem answering any emails if you prefer taking that route. The about section of the app includes all contact information you could ever need.
Youtube Demo video
Play Store Link
G+ Community

I have been doing weekly releases, and the app has improved tremendously over the last few weeks. We are now sitting in the top 30 in free weather app!
I have also worked on a free version, as some people have seemed hesitant to purchase without being able to really try the Card UI style out first.
So atmosHere Weather Free has been published just today!

Google Play Feature!
atmosHere Weather is now being featured on Google Play!
Feel free to join the G+ Community as well to follow development, make suggestions, or report bugs! There's a current Reddit thread right now as well.

I bought this the other day for my brand new Note 4. After installing all it would do is tell me i was running an unlicensed version. Pretty odd behavior considering i bought it via the play store. Had to request a refund pretty much immediately. Shame. I liked the look of this.

Privacy/"Conspiracy" thread [Discussion] (Re: Backdoors/security risks)

Not quite sure what to title this and its not specific to the note 9 but i recently seen an article saying that google admits they are able to track phone's location data even when location data is set to off. https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/21...g-cell-tower-data-android-os-firebase-privacy
My question is if there is and way for Dev's to create a custom rom that disables all these backdoors that google, The NSA etc. have access to? Sort of like some of the different linux distributions out there. Im not a terrorist or some sh*t but as a person who values their privacy, I dont like the idea of any corporation, governement or anyone being able to acces any of my data without my knowledge or permission. In an age where alexa records everything you say and alphabet agencies and corporations can access my phone mic even while the phone is off, i would like to have some protection and security against that unwarranted nonsense.

You should check out the Black Phone from Silent Circle:
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/blackphone2/
It runs on their own custom version of Android:
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/silent-os/
Not sure of all the details, but it's the only privacy focused smartphone I'm aware of - however some reviewers say that most of what they're doing can be replicated by installing a custom ROM and special apps on other phones.

This is what "Secret Mode" is for!
Coupled with a good VPN it's the best you can get right now.
Photo's[emoji2398] by Sully using SM-N960U or SM-870A

Kinsman-UK said:
You should check out the Black Phone from Silent Circle:
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/blackphone2/
It runs on their own custom version of Android:
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/silent-os/
Not sure of all the details, but it's the only privacy focused smartphone I'm aware of - however some reviewers say that most of what they're doing can be replicated by installing a custom ROM and special apps on other phones.
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Okay, cool. Seems like the phones arent available anymore though. Do you think any devs may be interested in trying to develop a custom rom (preferably based on One UI v1.0) that focuses on privacy and trying to eliminate these backdoors google, the nsa and samsung may have access to? And if not in this area (referring to note 9 discussion), then where might i find some people whp may be interested here on xda?

Do you really think that you can scape from tracking of google and stuff? Maybe you could but they know everything about you... if you access from a pc they know it, if you use your credit card they know where you are, etc etc etc, if you pay taxes they know.... in my country when you update your ID on the gvermebt service they brings to you a little paper you all your data, and at the bottom of the paper says,,,, doing this you allow to the goverment tp share your identification information (phtos, finger pribts, etc) to another goverment departaments and third companies and blah blah blah... now is coming the blockchain tecnology and finally the mark of the beast.... maybe you can say that im crazy but just think about it.... soon or later you couldnt buy or sell if you dont have that chip, mark, serial, phone, id, or whatever it could be,,,, my bestregards
What im trying to say is: enjoy the top of technology until it be a curse or something like that to you.

Wow

Conito11 said:
Do you really think that you can scape from tracking of google and stuff? Maybe you could but they know everything about you... if you access from a pc they know it, if you use your credit card they know where you are, etc etc etc, if you pay taxes they know.... in my country when you update your ID on the gvermebt service they brings to you a little paper you all your data, and at the bottom of the paper says,,,, doing this you allow to the goverment tp share your identification information (phtos, finger pribts, etc) to another goverment departaments and third companies and blah blah blah... now is coming the blockchain tecnology and finally the mark of the beast.... maybe you can say that im crazy but just think about it.... soon or later you couldnt buy or sell if you dont have that chip, mark, serial, phone, id, or whatever it could be,,,, my bestregards
What im trying to say is: enjoy the top of technology until it be a curse or something like that to you.
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Im on the same relative page as you, technocracy is a B*tch. my hope is that if we have some dedicated enough developers, we might be able to limit the amount of information they can recieve or attempt to access.

my only move: is to install only apps that I need, disable and uninstall the rest ( adb remove bloatware) , revoke permissions, switch privacy buttons in your OS settings. USE DUCKDUCKGO,
Never store nudity or secret things that can be used to harass you on a machine that is connected to internet.