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Facebook Sync Solution

I'm only just beginning to test, but a new app seems to have been released:
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.watto.program.android.sync.facebook&feature=search_result
Figured it might be useful to those that want to see contact details (not just the pictures).

So far the app seems to work perfectly with only one exception... it sync's the birthday info as "Event" in the contact account instead of "Birthday".
The issue with that is that apps/widgets that track/display birthdays don't pick it up properly.
I sent an email to the dev, new app so may be something he will quickly fix. If not, the source code is actually available on his site, which is nice.

Yeah, I'm using it now, it's working well the only thing is... to keep the pictures synced completely you need to "join" contacts with the Facebook contact being the primary contact. Which usually means that my contacts all have stupid names because I have stupid friends.
So I'm using Sync my pics as well.

Spittal said:
my contacts all have stupid names because I have stupid friends.
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LOL!
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Thanks will give this a try.
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Dev has already uploaded a fixed version for the Events/Birthday issue and emailed me about it.
Super responsive and is still working perfectly.

Warning. This app eats battery life. It doesn't close. I'd much rather run syncmypix every couple days then have this running constantly, it was at 26%!
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wetrabbit444 said:
Warning. This app eats battery life. It doesn't close. I'd much rather run syncmypix every couple days then have this running constantly, it was at 26%!
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Hrm, sure you're talking about the right app? This sets up a sync service, there isn't a standalone app or anything. It syncs my data and then doesn't do anything for 24 hours (you can pick the frequency).
Anyway, no such issue on my device at least.

That hasn't been my experience. Set it to sync less often
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Read Out of Text Messages

So I had my bionic in my car mount and received a text message. The phone then preceded to read it to me.
I haven't seen this anywhere but is there a way to gain this functionality when walking around?
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Settings text to speech and accessibility should help and handcent sms allows only text message readout on the press of a button if memory serves

I kind of wish I could disable this feature.
It kind of got me in trouble one day
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mistawolfe said:
I kind of wish I could disable this feature.
It kind of got me in trouble one day
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I can imagine....

I went through the settings and there isn't anything there to configure when its available.
The Casio G-Zone Commando has a "read out" app that will read any unread messages when you press the app icon. I have looked for the app but can't find it. If I'm able to find a Commando ROM ans extract the apk, do you thing it would work? Hmm, I guess I know my evening.
I have never liked things like handsent or third party apps that do what I already have a core app to do. It just seems like bloat
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I agree but they work well as a temp fix until you find the solution

I think this would be a pretty cool thing if I could get it to work.
It didn't take me long to find a commando system dump, but a couple of hours later I am no closer to finding the apk.
I would GREATLY appreciate any help. On the commando there is an app called "read out" and it has the same icon as the text messaging app. If you touch the icon it will read your unread messages to you.
I figure (total guess) that it is interfacing with the picotts.apk like the bionic does in car mode. The bionic has the picotts.apk already, so I want to try installing the read out thing to see of it works.
Does anyone know what the read out apk is named? Or if this would work?
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Give me a link to what you are working with and I will take a look, but I am no dev so no promises
Also this seems to work well https://market.android.com/details?id=de.exesmobile.messagereader

forums.androidcentral.com/casio-gzone-commando/80423-gzone-system-dump-wallpapers-ringtones-goodies.HTML
I saw there were a couple of apps, what I liked about this was it's almost more of a widget. Nothing opens you touch it and it reads. The down side to an app is if I have to open an app to use it I might at well read the message myself.
I appreciate the help. I know I probably sound like an idiot
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So I was able to check out a Commando and the "read out" is a 1x1 widget, not an app. The commando is the only phone I have seen this on.
Is there a chance that the pico apk is different on the commando and has that widget? If so can I install that version and have it work?
I like the widget because I don't want every message read out. I don't see the point in a seperate messaging app, because I could just open and read the message. But the widget I could find useful if I'm on Bluetooth or busy with something and don't want to stop and read. Just tap the screen and continue doing what I'm doing!
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Dakota0206 said:
So I was able to check out a Commando and the "read out" is a 1x1 widget, not an app. The commando is the only phone I have seen this on.
Is there a chance that the pico apk is different on the commando and has that widget? If so can I install that version and have it work?
I like the widget because I don't want every message read out. I don't see the point in a seperate messaging app, because I could just open and read the message. But the widget I could find useful if I'm on Bluetooth or busy with something and don't want to stop and read. Just tap the screen and continue doing what I'm doing!
Unfortunetely commando forums are few are far between and not a lot of help.
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Looks like that ROM is froyo based so I'm going to say probably not

Versatile1 said:
Looks like that ROM is froyo based so I'm going to say probably not
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Sucks. Any devs got some free time, and want to work on something a little unique?
So you think that's it, its a different Pico apk?
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Check out VLingo in the Market. It has a setting that will read your SMS messages for you. There is even a handy widget to turn it on and off.

I like Car Dock Home v3 for full customizing and use Tasker for everything. It would be trivial to create a task that says to read an incoming text out loud based on docking status or location or time or whatever, and even automatically respond.

[Q] cannot get gmail to sync

I apologize if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I'm extremely new to all of this! If it's answered somewhere else just point me in that direction
Anyways: I got my kindle fire hd (8.9) two days ago. I tried to use the stock email application to set job my gmail but after entering in my information, it says it does not have permission to sync with the server. My husband and I tinker around with it all day yesterday to no avail.
Also, since I do have Google play on here,I do have the gmail application, but when I try to open it, I just get a pop up that states gmail has stopped working.
I watched a YouTube video where someone was able to set it up (via stock) without issue.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Note: chrome also does not work, and other launchers (besides go launcher hd for tablets which is what was on there after my husband finished rooting it) will not open/work. I'd love to be able to use Nova....
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That is
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miztah1999z said:
That is
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Oh no, I think you got cut off
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[Q] New Settings from Google OTA?

Hey,
Just noticed this. Havent installed this from play store...
New Settings App from Google over the air in the background?
In my Note 2 , I dont have this actualy....
See Screenshots. Sorry for bad english.
@edit: Have stock 4.2.2 rooted

I just booted up my device and it was there. It wasn't there like 1 hour ago.
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FitAmp said:
I just booted up my device and it was there. It wasn't there like 1 hour ago.
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Only just noticed mine after reading ur post
Still a noob but i try and help. Don't say thanks hit the THANKS BUTTON

I'm not even on stock aosp.... I'm on paranoid android right now. It seems to be just a shortcut for settings of other apps.
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On cm10.1 and it came out of nowhere. Haha
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same here, thought I was the only one having this haha

Its an update to play services.
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Just flashed a custom 4.2.2 N7 rom and sure enough, it's there - interesting enough, it's showing up also on my HTC DI2 running GingerBread (custom rom written over a year ago,) no prompt or option to cancel/postpone or decline, just auto-updated (except that it did not have the Location & Search sub-menu like the N7)
Suffice to say - easily integrated without crashing or freezing, enhancement across the board for all Google devices ... I think. :highfive:

The icon looks very unattractive. Now my app drawer has 3 similar icons side by side that are blue (Google Search), green (Google Settings), and red (Google+)

Hhmm, I don't have it. Dirty AOKP. I'll reboot and see
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OK, after reboot it's there.

Now my Galaxy Note 2 stock 4.1.2 rooted got this...

It came with recent update of Google Play

Fatal1ty_18_RUS said:
It came with recent update of Google Play
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Yeah, it's for the new Google+ sign-in. You will be able to sign into apps with your Google account once devs integrate it.
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Paranoid android 3. 4.2.1. Explains why my battery lost 50% overnight. Not cool at all.
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I've set it to hidden in Apex Launcher, no need to have multiple settings apps, and I don't really use Google+

BlackFire27 said:
Paranoid android 3. 4.2.1. Explains why my battery lost 50% overnight. Not cool at all.
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It turned me into a newt!
I got better.

Google's new messaging app Hangouts

Any one have luck updating gtalk to hangouts, I suppose if your rooted it's probably simple but if your unrooted as I am than the talk app is a system app bloatware and hasn't updated to hangouts
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I'm rooted and just deleted talk.apk from /system/app rebooted and dled hangouts from the market. It works
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Whompasaurus allows you to update it. Currently have hangouts on my phone
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sailio said:
I'm rooted and just deleted talk.apk from /system/app rebooted and dled hangouts from the market. It works
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OP asked how we'd go about this if we aren't rooted. Curious about this as well.

You can do it via the play store through the webpage.

Says i have hangouts installed but its not in my app tray..when i hit open from the play market hangout app page it opens Talk

Same thing happened to me...just install it from the play.google.com site as @robfactory said above. Fixed.

installed from web to device and rebooted phone

I'll be sticking with talk. Hangouts is a bit......how do I say it..... IT SUCKS:what:

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installed from web to device and rebooted phone
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This is how I did it. Still had a shortcut for Talk in one of my homescreen folders, but just deleted it and replaced it with Hangouts. I like it.

noneed2aim said:
Any one have luck updating gtalk to hangouts, I suppose if your rooted it's probably simple but if your unrooted as I am than the talk app is a system app bloatware and hasn't updated to hangouts
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Hate to say it bud, but step one for anything XDA, is root your phone .
Stay on the stock ROM if you want (god knows why, less battery life, slower phone, less secure phone, still the same phone and functionality, but that is your choice to stay on the ROM it came with), but you should add root capabilities. You can stay on the same ROM, only downside is I'm pretty sure there is no way to stay with your current setup, HTC Dev unlock WILL wipe your existing settings, widgets, profiles, apps, etc. But you can flash just the small root package and modify nothing that the phone came with originally. Rooting your phone is required here at XDA (lol not really, I just say that). Anyway, sorry I don't have anything useful to say about the app, but trust me... You want root Besides, you can deny root access to anything. Who is SYSTEM anyway? Why does he have all the powers and I haz so little?
P.S.
Do it.

I am getting this...
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I believe the update was pushed today, I saw it in play store as the actual update and it worked fine for me. I got the error message in the previous post once, but restarting the app fixed it. I do get my contact list disappearing quite often.
So far I feel the contact list could use some managing, I miss seeing my talk list and seeing who's online but I suppose I could try it out some more. There is a decent amount of emoticons added, but everything feels very basic and minimalistic. Not quite what I was expecting, could be because it's early on.
All in all, still feels like a beta.

nhutpham said:
I believe the update was pushed today, I saw it in play store as the actual update and it worked fine for me. I got the error message in the previous post once, but restarting the app fixed it. I do get my contact list disappearing quite often.
So far I feel the contact list could use some managing, I miss seeing my talk list and seeing who's online but I suppose I could try it out some more. There is a decent amount of emoticons added, but everything feels very basic and minimalistic. Not quite what I was expecting, could be because it's early on.
All in all, still feels like a beta.
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Yeah just got it today, feels weird that's for sure.