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whats the best facebook app for android
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whats the best facebook app for android
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I use Facebook for android. Its in the market.
they got one called FLOW, its ok......u can find it in the market!!!
Thanks Guys
Flow
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Facebook for Android is tops
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I have tried lots of them and came back to Flow. Notifications work better.
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Facebook For Android is a piece of ****. I hate that people actually like it. The iPhone version is twenty times better....seems like the Android app was coded by an utter retard.
Flow is awesome: better even than iPhone official version of Facebook which - while good - suffers far more annoying bugs.
Through Flow you can set up push notifications easily through its gmail interception system. They work immediately and look brilliant. If you turn the popup on then when someone comments it shows their picture and what they said in a little window. You can scroll through multiple popups. notifies you for everything you have set up Facebook Emails to tell you about.
It supports loads of things that Facebook for Android doesn't support such as tagging, untagging, deleting posts, viewing 'likes', setting profile pictures and uploading whole albums from the gallery at full size. Not too keen on the icons on the main menu but the developer is working on it.
Also it doesn't keep you logged into chat 24/7 and drain your battery, nor does it link to the browser everytime you try and do anything. Only thing it doesn't support is inbox (owing to Facebook API I believe) but it does give push notifications of inbox messages and opens up the requisite page in the mobile site.
Flow for Facebook all the way - absolutely phenominal. Screw the official app.
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Facebook For Android is a piece of ****. I hate that people actually like it. The iPhone version is twenty times better....seems like the Android app was coded by an utter retard.
Flow is awesome: better even than iPhone official version of Facebook which - while good - suffers far more annoying bugs.
Through Flow you can set up push notifications easily through its gmail interception system. They work immediately and look brilliant. If you turn the popup on then when someone comments it shows their picture and what they said in a little window. You can scroll through multiple popups. notifies you for everything you have set up Facebook Emails to tell you about.
It supports loads of things that Facebook for Android doesn't support such as tagging, untagging, deleting posts, viewing 'likes', setting profile pictures and uploading whole albums from the gallery at full size. Not too keen on the icons on the main menu but the developer is working on it.
Also it doesn't keep you logged into chat 24/7 and drain your battery, nor does it link to the browser everytime you try and do anything. Only thing it doesn't support is inbox (owing to Facebook API I believe) but it does give push notifications of inbox messages and opens up the requisite page in the mobile site.
Flow for Facebook all the way - absolutely phenominal. Screw the official app.
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cool thanks i will give it a shot
THX, I didn't know about flow.
don't know about flow no widget or chat
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I use the iphone fb application too is an amazing..notifications,chat,new feeds..i so worht it
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don't know about flow no widget or chat
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Why would you want chat within the app? Its a piece of crap on iPhone too and drains battery like hell as it doesn't keep you logged in server side. You can download Beejive for Facebook for FREE. It not only keeps you logged in for as long as you choose to but its very reliable and uses c2dm so uses next to no battery.
Screw chat within the app.
For a great widget use Launcher Pro. Best Facebook widget I've seen.
nono714 said:
I use the iphone fb application too is an amazing..notifications,chat,new feeds..i so worht it
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IPhone Facebook app is a lot better than Facebook for Android but it still leaves a lot to be desired. Notifications are clunky and when you open up a push notification it doesn't refresh the notifications feed itself upon opening. Photo comments OFTEN don't show even though you've been sent a notification of one - often takes a number of restarts and refreshes to show them. Lots of other little bugs. Like I say, iPhone app IS better BUT just look on iTunes at reviews of the app to see that it is less than perfect!
Thanks, i just bought Flow for facebook and its great!
Flow is actually nice but the lack of a widget lets it down.
thanks everyone for responfding
i just installed flow and like it so far
gun bros
FLOW developer is working on a widget I believe.
The app now has an integrated quick reply feature so when your notification popup appears you can immediately respond to it without even leaving the screen you're in. Pretty brilliant I reckon and I've seen nothing like it on any other platform.
thanks for flow
looking for a good data app that will notify me when i'm reaching my limit.
I have 6GB which is plenty but i download a lot of tv shows on the fly and always cut close. So any app that i can set a schedule to worn me or even turn off data when i'm about to hit my limit? Would prefer one that is free.
So on this discussion anyone know a good streaming site for TV shows? MX Player + MU was prefect for streaming but now that's not the case since MU got shutdown
I've used 3G Watchdog for years, it's excellent and plenty configurable.
I get a text from att when I'm at 65%
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I guess i have to use the Bell self serve app. Wish they texted when used 65%.
3G Watchdog is nice but i hate that it has an icon in the notification bar and is an ongoing notification the pull down.
jebise101 said:
3G Watchdog is nice but i hate that it has an icon in the notification bar and is an ongoing notification the pull down.
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You can turn off the icon in the settings. Don't know if that gets rid of the ongoing notification (personally I like that part).
I use an app called "Quota" from the market, you can login to your ISP's webportal to see what they THINK you have used vs what you think you have used, I find it works well
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You can turn off the icon in the settings. Don't know if that gets rid of the ongoing notification (personally I like that part).
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i looked and did not see that option nor one for the ongoing notification
jebise101 said:
i looked and did not see that option nor one for the ongoing notification
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There isn't one for the ongoing notification, but if I go into 3GW, hit the little gear icon at the bottom, there's a 'Notification Icon' section in the settings, with 'never visible,' 'always visible,' and 'visible if 3G is active' options.
I used to use 3G Watchdog but I wanted to find out WHICH applications were the data hogs. I now use My Data Manager Free.
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I now use My Data Manager Free.
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+1 "My Data Manager Free" works well
My Data Manager Free is just what i as looking for
ICS will solve all of your problems.
I started off using My Data Manager Free, but so far I've found Onavo to be much more accurate. Both months I used MDMF it was off by a few hundred mb. So far Onavo has been accurate to a few mb.
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All -
We know there is an issue with not all notifications going to the Gear.
We can solve this with Android 4.3 and new notification access APIs.
I am working on an app for the Gear to do this - I will keep everyone updated on this thread.
Awesome thanks
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The notifications API would give the Gear access to the content so it can actually be displayed or is it to mirror whatever is in the notification bar ?
Great!!
Awesome!!!
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All -
We know there is an issue with not all notifications going to the Gear.
We can solve this with Android 4.3 and new notification access APIs.
I am working on an app for the Gear to do this - I will keep everyone updated on this thread.
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How are de developments going???
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Let me know if I can help, have not developed android apps in a while but have 5+ years of java on my back. Very keen to see this one working!
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All -
We know there is an issue with not all notifications going to the Gear.
We can solve this with Android 4.3 and new notification access APIs.
I am working on an app for the Gear to do this - I will keep everyone updated on this thread.
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eclipxe said:
All -
We know there is an issue with not all notifications going to the Gear.
We can solve this with Android 4.3 and new notification access APIs.
I am working on an app for the Gear to do this - I will keep everyone updated on this thread.
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Is there a published ..something.. about this issue, because I'm only getting a small fraction of sms/email, which is the most important thing for me. Hoping you can do better then Samsung!!
There is an app called Pebblify which is exactly what the gear needs.
You choose which notifications to push to the gear, and it pretty much sends exactly what is in the notification bar to it.
That said, I really like the gear notifications now which I can push a button on the gear and pull my phone out of my pocket and go straight to the message.
Yup, but I guess thats doable. It really is only a matter of figuring out what type of guesture is used there. Maybe nfc proximity? not sure.... anyways once thats figured out, sending the intend should be trivial.
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mhoepfin said:
There is an app called Pebblify which is exactly what the gear needs.
You choose which notifications to push to the gear, and it pretty much sends exactly what is in the notification bar to it.
That said, I really like the gear notifications now which I can push a button on the gear and pull my phone out of my pocket and go straight to the message.
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In the gear manager, settings, then select notification, you can select which notifications appear. I have turned off Google+ and GMAIL. I don't use gmail, because I have several email addresses and only want one place to check. But the email app works great and sends most of the email to the gear. Hope this helps!
Gear Head
gshaw1967 said:
In the gear manager, settings, then select notification, you can select which notifications appear. I have turned off Google+ and GMAIL. I don't use gmail, because I have several email addresses and only want one place to check. But the email app works great and sends most of the email to the gear. Hope this helps!
Gear Head
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Not quite the same thing. Check out Pebblify in the market and you will see what I mean. You can have any notification from any app pushed to the Pebble verbatim as it appears in the notification pull down.
That is only part of the equation. The native notification app is just too limited. Ultimately I want to see the same notifications I get on my phone, and the ability to jump directly to the item when clicking the notification or using the gesture.
gshaw1967 said:
In the gear manager, settings, then select notification, you can select which notifications appear. I have turned off Google+ and GMAIL. I don't use gmail, because I have several email addresses and only want one place to check. But the email app works great and sends most of the email to the gear. Hope this helps!
Gear Head
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That is only part of the equation. The native notification app is just too limited. Ultimately I want to see the same notifications I get on my phone, and the ability to jump directly to the item when clicking the notification or using the gesture.
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Yes, I agree with that as well, but to be fair you are comparing V2 Sony to V1 Gear. The Gear will get there also, remember the Sony didn't have that out of the box either.
The Gear's 3rd party software is just starting!
Hence I want to see it eventually. But from what I played with so far with the gear none of the features I mentioned are out of scope for a decent notification app.
I dont expect it to be release over night though or even with all the functionality I would like
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The notifications are really a huge drawback on this beautiful device.
I turn off messaging notifications and use sms popup and it won't show up on the GG. Google Voice is a no show.
Really hope a 3rd party app can address this massive shortcoming as it appears Samsung has no intention to.
Please enlighten us how development is going??
Hmm i would like to know that too. If what I read is correct, an app on the phone that subscribes to the NotifiactionListenerService should receive all or a limited set of notifications on the phone. If a companion app on the gear can communicate with the app ( not sure how the new BT stack works but I guess it could be in the form of writing to a Parcel, receiving it on the companion app, and pushing the notification content to the screen..... ) it would allow all notifications to display and not just the ones the Gear Manager allows currently.
I will start experimenting a bit with how the gear and phone communicates and how an app could possibly either hijack this channel or create it's own. It would be great if anyone who has more development experience in android join in to see this through.
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Please enlighten us how development is going??
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I didn't get Gear yet, but will keep you guys posted
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/\ That sux =-( .
Hopefully soon =-)
So what kind of tasks are you guys setting up on your gear ?
Just curious what people have come up with as I am looking for ideas...
Thanks
So far only internet on/off
Others have remotevoice working and shake to launch
Also can just trigger tasks
Next mine will be displaying notification counts on my watch
I just have it on the phone and Gear to enable BT tethering for 5 minutes every hour. That allows my calendar to stay in sync. I have a calendar widget in the home screen of my Gear.
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I have mine set to fetch webcam shots of a few watering holes at different safari national parks (so far seen lion, elephants etc) but you can choose any live stream webcam
Also set it up with Joao apps AutoRemote, Auto contacts etc and can shake to voice call any contact by spoken name
Using EventGhost to get and send notifications and remote control my PC and other android devices
Can instantly share files in both directions with PC, other Android devices and Gear
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That tasker app is sum10 serious, I keep hearing about it. I downloaded it but it seems too complicated
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I'm going to start a thread requesting people who are using tasker on the gear post the profiles they use on their gear to help those of us less familiar with the app to get rolling.
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I'm going to start a thread requesting people who are using tasker on the gear post the profiles they use on their gear to help those of us less familiar with the app to get rolling.
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That would be great
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richlum said:
I just have it on the phone and Gear to enable BT tethering for 5 minutes every hour. That allows my calendar to stay in sync. I have a calendar widget in the home screen of my Gear.
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That's one thing I would love but my phone does not have BT tether. It sucks !!!
Have been trying to figure out a way to sync my calendar but....:crying:
Elgreco333 said:
That's one thing I would love but my phone does not have BT tether. It sucks !!!
Have been trying to figure out a way to sync my calendar but....:crying:
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whats your phone?
Here is my wish list for apps (currently)
Starbucks Card Barcode - how awesome would it be to turn my wrist and pay for my drink.
Foursquare
Yelp
Watch Styler - not working on my S5 and G2N
Facebook - not sure what I want to receive from it yet.
Twitter - be able to selectively choose who I want notifications from.
Tasker
Touchdown notifications
This is just a start how about you?
Those are pretty good. I have one. File Explorer to transfer files from phone to watch via bluetooth.
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I would like to see a Pandora app
and maybe an app that can push GPS Turn by turn directions to the watch.
Zedge. I just want my damn power ranger ringtone.
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Those are pretty good. I have one. File Explorer to transfer files from phone to watch via bluetooth.
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I might consider building this, it should be easy enough. Out of curiosity what type of files would you be pushing to and from your watch?
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I might consider building this, it should be easy enough. Out of curiosity what type of files would you be pushing to and from your watch?
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Music, videos and photos mainly. It would just be nice to transfer files on the fly without a computer.
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Music, videos and photos mainly. It would just be nice to transfer files on the fly without a computer.
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So just to clarify you are talking about browsing files on you phone and transferring to you watch? Or is the other way around?
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So just to clarify you are talking about browsing files on you phone and transferring to you watch? Or is the other way around?
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Exactly. Pick a file from phone and move it to watch.
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A remote controller for Spotify would be great and Maps Navigation.
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Some of these are not going to be solved w apps but will need to just have the main watch functionality reworked if we ever get access, but I'm listing just for the sake of wishful thinking:
-Remote control XBMC on my HTPC
At least want to be able to play/pause the movie on my big screen on my watch
-Control and view cameras on my Blue Iris Security Camera DVR server
-Turn on/off my Alarm.com house alarm
-Access to my Vera home automation unit
Wish to review status of sensors (which doors/windows/locks are open/closed)
Trigger my predefined scenes from my watch (IE- activate upstairs AC for 1 hour, panic flicker all household lights, turn on porch light)
-Note app to transfer notes and checklists from my phone (until Evernote is released)
-A more complex watchface that has a higher density of at a glance info. I am not interested in a vanity watchface that just changes the font and background, lol. I'm talking about a useful one for workdays where I can look down and see on one screen the time, date, temperature, weather, next appointment, mute/sound watchstate, connected WiFi SSD, phone signal level, phone battery level, watch battery level. See Canvas for Pebble to understand what I'm talking about. This was doable on the Pebble's lower resolution screen, so this should be even better.
-voice control Google Now instead of S-Voice (enable voice control with wrist shake instead of pushing button would be awesome)
-Make Hangouts default messaging app to work w/ Gear
-Month view calendar
-Set watch to always vibrate, even when sound is on
-Immediate ring on watch (seems to be a delay after phone starts ringing)
I'll be very happy if a get a lot of these as it's stuff I could do on my Pebble that I miss.
Profile manager
Extensions to Tasker or Automateit, or a dedicated profile manager, in order to easily change screen brightness and timeout, for example.
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Extensions to Tasker or Automateit, or a dedicated profile manager, in order to easily change screen brightness and timeout, for example.
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I would love an app that allows for one-click changes to brightness and wake gesture in one place so I don't have to dig through menus every night/morning. Daytime - Brightness to 3, Gesture to Last Viewed. Nighttime - Brightness to 1, Gesture to None.
If there was a standalone alarm, I could even turn off bluetooth during nighttime. I already need a way to disable notifications at night. Tired of random work emails waking me up. GRRRR.
As many have stated, would love some kind of tasker that changes settings, watch face, apps, wallpaper depending on day or location. Allow to respond to Hangouts through watch typing or voice, instead of having to go to phone to respond. Kind of takes away the point of having the watch if I have to take out my phone every time I need to reply. A better exercise app that does more than track just running and biking. Wish it would track just regular type of exercises.
Navigation is one I would love to have. I know there was talk of turnbyturn but so far nothing.
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A Camera Remote for the Galaxy-Cameras, Smartphones and Tablets would be nice
I'd like more and/or custom ringtones, and more social networking apps (specifically Facebook and G+)... There's a lot more I'd like, but those are top on my list...
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G4cab checkout gear2cam a new release. Not gear2cam app.
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Facebook app would be nice to sync up with the actual app on the phone.
Tap, tap says the wicked Note +₩● ?
Would like to see a golf app that displays distances to green. Saw Golf Navi was available but not showing in my app list. Anyone know if it was pulled or if it ever was available for gear 2 neo
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Mate, gotta agree with Gear2cam. It's pretty sweet.