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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. :\
Like the title says.
Are there any apps that you guys are finding useful, either ATT or Samsung apps?
XiphoneUzer said:
Like the title says.
Are there any apps that you guys are finding useful, either ATT or Samsung apps?
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AT&T requires an active AT&T account that is registered for online account management. Visit http://www.att.com/myatt to register your account and download the myAT&T app. myAT&T does not support Premier business accounts or GoPhone/Prepaid accounts.
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I use my att, that's about it.
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AT&T requires an active AT&T account that is registered for online account management. Visit http://www.att.com/myatt to register your account and download the myAT&T app. myAT&T does not support Premier business accounts or GoPhone/Prepaid accounts.
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Why would you copy/paste that?
9wire said:
I use my att, that's about it.
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You use it for what? (what is it, what does it do)?
I deleted all of them...bloatware..yuck
XiphoneUzer said:
You use it for what? (what is it, what does it do)?
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I use it to manage my account and pay my bill.
I use none of either.
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So only one person uses an app, to pay their bill.
(I pay my bill at att online and have never needed an app for that).
12 jillion Samsung and Att apps installed on my new phone, and no one on this site is using any of them ???
Seems legit!!?
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I use my att also. I use s note, s health, watch on and a few others.
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Everyone is going to use there apps differently. Try the apps and if you don't use them freeze them with tibu. We can't tell you what your lifestyle needs are.
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crxlvr said:
We can't tell you what your lifestyle needs are.
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Not asking anyone to guess MY lifestyle needs., I'm asking what YOUR lifestyle needs are, and which apps you find useful.
I use s note watch on sketchbook
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Action Memo (for S-pen)
Scrapbook (for S-pen)
AT&T Messages (for visual voicemail)
Gear Manager (for Galaxy Gear)
S Voice (for Galaxy Gear)
Samsung App Store (for Galaxy Gear)
Samsung Keyboard (for floating keyboard w/ number row)
Watch On
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
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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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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:
Coming from Nexus 5, why does Email app look like an older version? Does anybody know? It's not like the Gmail version anymore.
rajunks said:
Coming from Nexus 5, why does Email app look like an older version? Does anybody know? It's not like the Gmail version anymore.
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I use Email for work heavily. Can someone please let me know? TIA!
I just checked and my note 3 is the same as my note 4, which do not look like gmail. Can you post a screen shot?
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Because the Note doesn't use the Google stock email app. Samsung built their own based off of AOSP,
It's ugly, and the fonts are HUGE, but at least it has split-screen mode in landscape. If you don't like it, there's a lot of other email apps out there.
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Because the Note doesn't use the Google stock email app. Samsung built their own based off of AOSP,
It's ugly, and the fonts are HUGE, but at least it has split-screen mode in landscape. If you don't like it, there's a lot of other email apps out there.
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Thanks! But this sucks - it's like going back in time!
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You can install any other email app you want. If you want to take advantage of the Samsung features though, you'll need to use the ugly one.
Since I got this phone Gmail no longer works for me now. So im force to use the default mail client.
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The phone says out loud everything I press, it's sooo annoying. Talk Back feature isnt enabled. I actually use the calculator on my phone alot this sucks. Any help is appreciated
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That sounds hilarious, sorry. As far as I saw, the only options for talking were in the extended options of language and input in settings. I'll dig around and see if I can find something. I'll definitely want it disabled myself.
I noticed this today at the worst possible time in a middle of a meeting. Can't find an option to turn it off.
Went through there as well ,unless I'm not checking something correctly... could you check your calculator app and tell me if your having the same problem?
Just got this phone and never messed around with any of thoose kind of settings anyways.
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ihateu said:
The phone says out loud everything I press, it's sooo annoying. Talk Back feature isnt enabled. I actually use the calculator on my phone alot this sucks. Any help is appreciated
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Just tried the calculator to mimic your problem and the calculator doesn't talk at all. Dunno
I even reset the phone its still doing it.
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cwalker29 said:
Just tried the calculator to mimic your problem and the calculator doesn't talk at all. Dunno
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Oh did you already install the Ota update? That's the only difference I could think of
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ihateu said:
Oh did you already install the Ota update? That's the only difference I could think of
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Yeah. Never tried it before
Did you give any app pemissions in accessibility. If you did read this image i attached. When you give some apps permission Samsung has some issues sometimes with the voice kicking on but Samsung actually had a work around built right into the phone.
Have recreated your problem just do the work around which the phone does for you.
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Did you give any app pemissions in accessibility. If you did read this image i attached. When you give some apps permission Samsung has some issues sometimes with the voice kicking on but Samsung actually had a work around built right into the phone.
Have recreated your problem just do the work around which the phone does for you.
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I have not given any apps permission in accessibility . How am I supposed to do a work around if the phone does it for me? Appreciate your help but I'm not completely understanding you.
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ihateu said:
The phone says out loud everything I press, it's sooo annoying. Talk Back feature isnt enabled. I actually use the calculator on my phone alot this sucks. Any help is appreciated
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This is how I shut off mine. Under Accessibility if you have anything under Services, turn them off. I had Greenify on and it made my calculator talk, but once I shut it off, calculator stopped talking. Hope it helps.
Found this page with people having same issue. Seems like tmobile and att is the pattern. Tmobile here. Greenify not installed. Double checked all my settings too.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/450606-note-4-stock-calculator-talk-back.html
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I have not given any apps permission in accessibility . How am I supposed to do a work around if the phone does it for me? Appreciate your help but I'm not completely understanding you.
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You have to click on the settings button thats below whatever app you would have given permission look at my pic i posted you will see the settings listed at the bottom but since you say you didn't do that then there is no workaround. Did you turn on a app you didn't necessarily had to do it in accessibility some apps will just do it automatically. Can you tell me what apps you may have installed that help with battery or after market lockscreen just anything you can think of
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You have to click on the settings button thats below whatever app you would have given permission look at my pic i posted you will see the settings listed at the bottom but since you say you didn't do that then there is no workaround. Did you turn on a app you didn't necessarily had to do it in accessibility some apps will just do it automatically. Can you tell me what apps you may have installed that help with battery or after market lockscreen just anything you can think of
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Have not installed any battery or lock screen related apps . I also did a factory reset
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Confirmed. Started doing this when I activated Greenify. Stopped when I turned off Greenify.
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Confirmed. Started doing this when I activated Greenify. Stopped when I turned off Greenify.
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I activated then stop greenify.it's still a talking calculator ! I don't know what I'm missing here.
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Alright got it to finally shut up ! I cleared cache and data on the calculator app then I started getting a notification for the workaround from Greenify I guess . Whatever, it's done now and thank you guys ! What caused all this on a out of the box new note 4? It should have been easier than all that
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HELP PLEASE! Wich is better ? Galaxy Note 4 snapdragon 805 or exynos ? Thanks.
jawad ezzahraoui said:
HELP PLEASE! Wich is better ? Galaxy Note 4 snapdragon 805 or exynos ? Thanks.
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Neither
NOTE 4
On my phone, it was caused by activating Greenify in the accessibility settings. When I did that, I got a popup telling me that my default language didn't match TTS. It offered me options of canceling, going to settings, or enabling TalkBack. So, for some reason, activating Greenify activates TalkBack. Voila. Talking calculator.