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[Q] Wifi-only app that lets S1 and BB communicate?

I have a rooted/rommed wifi-only S1 and my GF has a Blackberry 9780. She is currently overseas for X amount of time and the only way we can talk is by calling each other which is extremely expensive, or using skype which means she has to borrow a friend's laptop or android device. She has service on her phone over there, unsure of what type of plan.
I came up with the idea of using my old BB 8330 and figuring out how to use BBM or something similar on wifi-only, but it turns out that 'ol phone doesn't have wifi on it. It's too bad I sold my last BB some time ago which was an 8530 and had wifi. Oh well.
Anyways, I'm now wondering if there's an app I can use on my S1 that she can also use on her 9780 that would allow us to text and or talk. Something like BBM that doesn't require me to have service or a data plan. I imagine there's at least one app out there that would do this and also be available to BB users.
Thanks.

What about the WhatsApp Messenger by WhatsApp Inc. In the Play Store ? :thumbup:
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4-2ndtwin said:
What about the WhatsApp Messenger by WhatsApp Inc. In the Play Store ? :thumbup:
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I read somewhere that it uses your phone number but can't seem to confirm that.
I'm pretty sure we can use KIK but it's text only. I may be getting greedy with wanting text and talk, but having both would be awesome.

Does her phone have a browser? If so, you could use any site like ebuddy to talk. Or even get on something like palringo (dunno if there's a bb version?) but there must be something alike.
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BWolf56 said:
Does her phone have a browser? If so, you could use any site like ebuddy to talk. Or even get on something like palringo (dunno if there's a bb version?) but there must be something alike.
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She has service and we *think* her data is unlimited. She also has a wireless router at her flat so wifi helps if the data is limited/costly.
We're trying to use apps over our current methods or using something browser based mainly for convenience. Something like whatsapp or KIK would work perfectly from what I understand, but they're text-only. Not a huge problem, but if I can find text+voice that would be great. Skype is normally the answer to that question but her phone, or more specifically her service provider, isn't compatible with skype from what I'm seeing.

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She has service and we *think* her data is unlimited. She also has a wireless router at her flat so wifi helps if the data is limited/costly.
We're trying to use apps over our current methods or using something browser based mainly for convenience. Something like whatsapp or KIK would work perfectly from what I understand, but they're text-only. Not a huge problem, but if I can find text+voice that would be great. Skype is normally the answer to that question but her phone, or more specifically her service provider, isn't compatible with skype from what I'm seeing.
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Then ebuddy would most likely be your answer. It has chat + voice/video and is browser based.
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BWolf56 said:
Then ebuddy would most likely be your answer. It has chat + voice/video and is browser based.
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I went with Kik for now. It's actually a pretty cool messenger app. Clean and fast.
I haven't yet found anything that covers both messages and voice in app form other than skype which I confirmed is not compatible with her model of phone.

johnnyrichter said:
I went with Kik for now. It's actually a pretty cool messenger app. Clean and fast.
I haven't yet found anything that covers both messages and voice in app form other than skype which I confirmed is not compatible with her model of phone.
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Oh I though she had access to browser?
App wise, I'll have to keep looking.

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Oh I though she had access to browser?
App wise, I'll have to keep looking.
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Preferring to stay away from browser since apps are far more convenient and because browsers always run very sluggish on my cappy for some reason.

johnnyrichter said:
Preferring to stay away from browser since apps are far more convenient and because browsers always run very sluggish on my cappy for some reason.
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Should hassle Ebuddy to make a app then lol
But if you wanna try it, there's a bare naked browser (ugly but fasssst) on here. Called naked browser I believe.

Try viber
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Tahoor_m said:
Try viber
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Looks like the exact app I need and it's compatible with blackberry. Will give it a try. Thanks!
ETA: Looks like Blackberry devices can not use the VoIP feature yet but they say it will be available eventually.

Turns out you need a number for viber and my device is wifi-only. After some research I found that you can use any phone number that can receive SMS because it's for them to send you a registration PIN. I tried both my GV and Heywire numbers and haven't received that text on either one. :\

[Q] Google map is using S voice sound !!!

i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.

locksmiths said:
i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
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Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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You have to have Samsung apps enabled.
At&t Note III...& At&t G Pro

I did that too and mine downloaded but still Samsung voice. On Google map it used to be more human voice .
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slimslim said:
Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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It worked fine for me I did that right away on Thursday.
Edit: make sure you open the Samsung app store first. Than it will work. ..
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Thanks, it worked. I had disabled Samsung apps
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Still have not been able to find a way to get the google voice back on google map
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.

locksmiths said:
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
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Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.

Visual360 said:
Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
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Yeah samsung voice is annoying and i hope somone will come up with a link to download the google text to speech engine or another alternative way to get the google voice back on google map

Any word on this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542 Here's your solution for root and non-root.
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Hitman3984 said:
Any word on this?
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Changed it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542
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in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free

I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.

Visual360 said:
I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
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that worked perfectly! thanks!

daddioj said:
in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
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If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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a3plew said:
If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.

daddioj said:
it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.

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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
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This ^^^ /Agreed. That's probably why it's called voice guidance

Voice sound
Google's map navigation function is pretty better than apple's. It shouldn't be lead you to lost at a different location.

S-Finder is amazing!!

it is so much better than the google phone search...
say you want to look up someones phone number or email.....before you would have to go into contacts and search
now you just pull down the notification bar, click s-finder, type in their name and everything comes up

IMHO, S finder not so useful, then Google now

DimonVideo said:
IMHO, S finder not so useful, then Google now
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what I needed was an universal phone search....contacts, calendar, birthday, notes, tasks, phone numbers, etc....
google now does not do that well.....
this one does it just like iphones

this was one of my main gripes about Android (I switched from an iphone about a year ago)...no readily accessible system-wide search. I still think S Finder is kinda slow but it's definitely better than nothing :good::good::good:

hmm, I'll have to check it out.

S finder not searching Gmail messages, it's so weird

Use Gmail with the stock email, and it just might..
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eyecon82 said:
what I needed was an universal phone search....contacts, calendar, birthday, notes, tasks, phone numbers, etc....
google now does not do that well.....
this one does it just like iphones
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Yes, it's true.. that's why Apple sue Samsung again for the unified search feature in S Finder.. lol ?
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a4t said:
Yes, it's true.. that's why Apple sue Samsung again for the unified search feature in S Finder.. lol ?
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Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.

steamb0x said:
Use Gmail with the stock email, and it just might..
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Stock mail is terrible app, all people use AquaMail and Gmail native app

DimonVideo said:
Stock mail is terrible app, all people use AquaMail and Gmail native app
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The suggestion was in relation to Sfinder picking up on Gmail content & nothing more. Check Sfinder settings out..
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system.img said:
Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.
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which, i think is complete BS.....it's called indexing and a computer wouldn't even be modern if it cant search its own self

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Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.
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Thank you for your clarification
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S Finder no longer searches Evernote
I loved S Finder for its ability to search all the phone's local data AND Evernote notes (amazing). For some reason, S Finder is no longer searching Evernote notes (and some other apps as well) despite the fact that those apps are checked in the S Finder settings. I thought this might have had to do with KitKat, but S Finder continued to work with EN long after the upgrade. :crying:

Yes, S finder saves me a lot of time too when searching for settings I want to find fast. I think it's one of the most powerful feature of the new tw.

Is quite useful when i looking for specific files or apps. I use google now for weather and map and use s finder for files.

Yep. It's way better than the google search
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Yep. It's way better than the google search
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Lol, you can't be serious!

Joe0113 said:
Lol, you can't be serious!
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Sure, I can. Google search can't search within your email and text messages like s-finder
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I love how it finds settings as well :laugh:

Additional apps to Ultra Power Saving mode

I was curious if anybody has figured out how to add additional apps to the ultra power saving mode? I would probably use it quite a bit if I could access gmail. It seems pretty ridiculous that Facebook is on the list and gmail isn't.

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I was curious if anybody has figured out how to add additional apps to the ultra power saving mode? I would probably use it quite a bit if I could access gmail. It seems pretty ridiculous that Facebook is on the list and gmail isn't.
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I agree. I want the Google play music app added and the emails of choice. I use exchange for work.

hlb3 said:
I was curious if anybody has figured out how to add additional apps to the ultra power saving mode? I would probably use it quite a bit if I could access gmail. It seems pretty ridiculous that Facebook is on the list and gmail isn't.
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rbedell said:
I agree. I want the Google play music app added and the emails of choice. I use exchange for work.
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There is already an apk posted on the international S5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52662294
You guys should be looking at the TMO and international forums, there is a lot of stuff that works on the AT&T S5 from those forums.
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cerobles1 said:
There is already an apk posted on the international S5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52662294
You guys should be looking at the TMO and international forums, there is a lot of stuff that works on the AT&T S5 from those forums.
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Thanks! I hadn't even thought about looking at the other S5 forums.

Fleksy tips

Hello all,
Just playing around with the new version of Fleksy, and I found that if you are at the end of a word and you swipe down (or up) on the keyboard it will cycle between different words that are similar.
If you insert a period, and then swipe down (or up) it will cycle through punctuation marks!

Is there a known reason why I cannot get Fleksy to actually install on my gear. It downloads to my phone but not to the gear
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Quentin.Sheley said:
Is there a known reason why I cannot get Fleksy to actually install on my gear. It downloads to my phone but not to the gear
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Do other apps install ok?
Make sure you are logged into your Samsung account (and the account service is up-to-date). To log in, open the app store and touch the "Menu" in the top left. If you are logged in, you will see your login ID at the top of the menu. If you are not logged in, you should see a link that will allow you to do so.
I had the same install issue, however, my problem was that I had deleted some Samsung services (i.e. Samsung Account, etc) that were needed in the Gear app install process. Reinstalling those services fixed it.

This is a great hint! I was wondering how I could change auto complete words.

Quentin.Sheley said:
Is there a known reason why I cannot get Fleksy to actually install on my gear. It downloads to my phone but not to the gear
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you have to launch the app on your watch first and then launch the app on the phone
make sure you install the language pack so you can use it.

Flesky on a Note 4
Looking to install Flesky on a Note 4.....
Any tips or do I have to wait on it to be released for the Note 4?

Dustoff00 said:
Looking to install Flesky on a Note 4.....
Any tips or do I have to wait on it to be released for the Note 4?
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it should be listed in the samsung app store?

Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
it should be listed in the samsung app store?
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While using the Note 4 and hunting for Flesky in the app store I dont see it. When I use my wifes S5 I see it.....
Contacted Flesky and they said it will be available with next update. Note 4 isnt supported at the moment.

at least they told you SOMETHING. when I contacted them they said it was all on Samsung. Typical "pass the buck" shenanigans

I'm not sure if it's because I had a gear 2 and then went to gear neo but fleksy we in my previously installed list and works with my note 4
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