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[Q] FB widget for notifications?

I currently have the widget Blue Notify for Facebook notifications, which is ok I guess but instead of the FB notifications just going to the notification bar it would be much better if there was a widget like the Launcher Pro Plus Facebook newsfeed widget that just listed notifications, does anyone know of such a thing?
I'm contemplating just getting a RSS widget and using the RSS feed of FB notifications but that isn't a very elegant solution. I really wish Facebook would give their native Android app the love that it needs especially surrounding the news feed & notifications, plus not linking outside of the app to view certain things!

I wish they would design it like the iPhone app (yea I said that dreaded word here) I miss being able to filter out groups and just be able to see my friends and family updates again

avgjoegeek said:
I wish they would design it like the iPhone app (yea I said that dreaded word here) I miss being able to filter out groups and just be able to see my friends and family updates again
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I miss Facebook iPhone app too.. But.. I don't miss iPhone!!!

SnakeHaveYou said:
I miss Facebook iPhone app too.. But.. I don't miss iPhone!!!
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Amen to that.
Just wish some of the features were ported over.
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Its been a LONG TIME since Ive used an iJunk so I cant say that I remember the facebook app on it. What I can say is that (unfortunately) I did own a Motorola Backflip. I hated the phone, but the facebook widget on that phone was great. I havent seen it on any other phone, but would love to be able to use it on my Captivate. Does anyone know of a way?

Best Application

Hi.
I was hoping I could get the most of the people here to write down the best applications for personaling the DHD.
So write down the ones YOU think is cool and help me get my DHD cool

fancy widget pro: weather
Go sms
kamma backup sms
mp3 music download
winamp
truecaller
tapatalk pro

LauncherPro+ or ADW EX. I prefer launcher Pro.
Beautiful Widgets
Folder organiser
Minmalistic Text
Scrollable news
SwitchPro
Desktop Visualizer
SimiFolder

Tasker is a must for me. It can pretty much automate everything on the phone.

I really like whatsapp. It means free texting!

Very nice!
Keep them coming if you find more someother time

Brightness rocker lite.
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Mybackup root
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Hide it pro
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Astrid tasks
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Handcent
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Launchkey
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Carl's 8-ball pool
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Winamp
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XDA
These are my must haves. Period. PM me / see market for details. Please consider pressing thanks
Swyped from my superfast, LeeDrOid DHD, on the XDA app.

I made a list of some of my ' good starting point' apps here:
http://www.franwella.com/franwella_blog/?p=10126
For the most part the apps I have listed are free, and none of them require root access.
I hope this helps.
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Sent from my Desire HD using must have XDA App

I like:
Google Sky Map
WhatsApp
Tasker

Anyone using htc sense? I like the widgets a lot and is preventing myself from trying other launchers like ADW.

Skype
Skype! I enjoy saving on the phone bill

markerpen said:
Anyone using htc sense? I like the widgets a lot and is preventing myself from trying other launchers like ADW.
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I am in the same boat. I really like Sense. I am reluctant to sacrifice Sense to install any other launcher.

thanks for the sharing
but some app I dono hw 2 use it XP

Franwella said:
I am in the same boat. I really like Sense. I am reluctant to sacrifice Sense to install any other launcher.
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x3 i've tried to find substitutions for sense but none of them can be as good as sense.

best applications^^(for me):
-Tasker
-titanium Backup
-Root Explorer
-Set CPU

Gotta be pocket legends Just so simple and reminds me of diablo haha!
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has the xda app been mentioned? One of my favs ...

best applications:
-Vignette (makes the awfull camera pictures look even worse - but I like it. )
-titanium Backup
-Root Explorer
-Öffi
-google talk

Franwella said:
I am in the same boat. I really like Sense. I am reluctant to sacrifice Sense to install any other launcher.
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for me sense just doesn't make sense. However, if you do like it, the widgets at least, the market is saturated with mock sense widgets. And Launcher Pro + and ADW are so much more customisable than sense.
Give it a good week and i promise you will be a die hard pure android lover.

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swipepad

[Q] Recommend a good contact widget?

Looking for a contact widget that functions like the HTC Sense version (I'm running DL's DesireZ), but one that has a higher density of contacts. IOW, the HTC widget is 3x5 for a total of 15 favorites. I was looking for something more like 5 or 6 wide by 8 or more rows.
One thing that's important is to be able to have a default action on the contact as it is now, but have options to text/email/edit, etc. pop up so that I can still work with my main favorites. IOW, I don't want it to be one function (like call) only.
Hope y'all can point me in the right direciton.
Thanks!

People widget. Theres a free version and a paid version. Its the one with the blue siloeluete icon for the app.
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crx4xharder said:
People widget. Theres a free version and a paid version. Its the one with the blue siloeluete icon for the app.
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Can you be more specific, please? I typed in 'people widget' and got 300 some-odd results. Are you talking about this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mjdev.people&feature=search_result
I also saw LaunchX which looks good, but I don't know if it will give direct access to use other contact data via the same icon.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.yuvalsharon.android.launchx.pro&feature=search_result

Scrollable ContactWidget Beta by developer Florian Sunderman is my personal favorite. It scrolls smoothly, has several widget sizes and display/behavior options. It's a beta, but has always been 100% stable for me in several different ROMs.
-HD2 Android-

Looks good - I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

How can I install the TouchWiz calendar in CM7?

I loved the calendar from when I was on stock, but switched to CM7 for obvious reasons. I cannot stand the calendar though and was hoping I could somehow get the TW one back. Anyone know how?

You can't. CM7 has differnt framework.

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You can't. CM7 has differnt framework.
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Damn I was afraid of hearing that. Do you know of any free calendar apps that are very simple like that one and have a dark UI?

Business Calendar was named the best android calendar application by Lifehacker.com.
https://market.android.com/details?id=netgenius.bizcal&feature=search_result
Doesn't have a dark theme but it's a great app. The only one I could find in my quick search with a dark theme is Gemini Calendar:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gemini.calendar&feature=search_result
It looks pretty slick, you'd have to try it out to see if you like it.

Thanks I'll check them out.

sageDieu said:
Business Calendar was named the best android calendar application by Lifehacker.com.
I second that recommendation, been using Business Calender for a few months now, and I love it.
However.. it's not free, is it?
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AOSP SMS vs Hangouts vs google messenger

I am going to move away from textra and need a new sms/mms app that is simple, lightweight and fast..
I am currently looking at these three apps but I am not sure what their differences are and which I should use?
AOSP SMS which comes with DirtyUnicorn ROM
Hangouts
Google messenger
Any suggestions? Thanks

Utini said:
I am going to move away from textra and need a new sms/mms app that is simple, lightweight and fast..
I am currently looking at these three apps but I am not sure what their differences are and which I should use?
AOSP SMS which comes with DirtyUnicorn ROM
Hangouts
Google messenger
Any suggestions? Thanks
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I use Google Messenger. I find it is lightweight, doesn't have many tweaking options, but love that each contact can be assigned a different color.
Hangouts is nice if you also have Hangouts contacts...
AOSP, usually you will find the CM version which has nice tweaks, but still needs some Material Design improvements.

I personally like Google messenger

any reason for ditching textra? Ive been using it for the past 8+ months and really like it but since ive grabbed a nexus 6 ive debated switching to google messenger.

I switch back and forth between Google messenger and textra. Both are great apps

Man, I'm guessing due to the new ads. Just use an ad blocker. The dev even states that most nexus users use the free version with ads. Wonder why?

I like the tweaks of cm aosp messengers just to last to try and pull the latest one from 12.1 and use it so I'm using google messenger til I find 12.1 aosp cm apk pulled alrdy
Sent from my Nexus 6

SimonHenryz said:
Man, I'm guessing due to the new ads. Just use an ad blocker. The dev even states that most nexus users use the free version with ads. Wonder why?
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Pro Textra is .99 cents!
.99 cents, we can all do that for an app we like.

Utini said:
I am going to move away from textra and need a new sms/mms app that is simple, lightweight and fast..
I am currently looking at these three apps but I am not sure what their differences are and which I should use?
AOSP SMS which comes with DirtyUnicorn ROM
Hangouts
Google messenger
Any suggestions? Thanks
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Nothing compares to AOSP mms, in terms of feature set, lean footprint and overall flexibility...one can choose from a vast array of sharing options, attach media from a multitude of sources (as opposed to the retarded way that messenger does it, with its attach options of real-time photo or recent pics), signature line, drop-in notification feature that allows you to respond pretty much on the fly...the list goes on and on.
And unlike these choices from the play store, the apk is less than 5 MB, and when residing in system, priv-app, it'll remain lean and work swiftly.
Play Store alternatives with even half of the features balloon up to 20+ MB before a single option is set.
And it's themable, with the smallest of overlay apks to fully theme it.
Why this isn't in every AOSP rom is just baffling.
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Is it possible to flash the AOSP Messaging app on Chroma ROM running 5.1.1 ?
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Zorachus said:
Is it possible to flash the AOSP Messaging app on Chroma ROM running 5.1.1 ?
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I'm using it now...I just grabbed it from a different AOSP 5.1.1 rom ,and pushed the folder and apk to system, priv-app, set permissions, and rebooted.
Unfortunately, it can't be completely themed in that rom, inasmuch as the commits to do so are not present. I made the request and it was rejected, which is the right of the dev, and which I respect.
I'm not complaining at all, but just know that if you put it in Chroma, the action bar will be themed, but it'll be white backgrounds everywhere.
Ugh.
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Does anyone have a flashable zip for the AOSP messaging app?

Zorachus said:
Is it possible to flash the AOSP Messaging app on Chroma ROM running 5.1.1 ?
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With every other ROM I would say yes but with Chroma and its bugs / stability problems I am not sure.
SimonHenryz said:
Man, I'm guessing due to the new ads. Just use an ad blocker. The dev even states that most nexus users use the free version with ads. Wonder why?
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I use Adaway but that doesn't block texta ads for me. textra send sms to my number with adds ? Besides that I have other problems with Textra than just ads.
micmars said:
I'm using it now...I just grabbed it from a different AOSP 5.1.1 rom ,and pushed the folder and apk to system, priv-app, set permissions, and rebooted.
Unfortunately, it can't be completely themed in that rom, inasmuch as the commits to do so are not present. I made the request and it was rejected, which is the right of the dev, and which I respect.
I'm not complaining at all, but just know that if you put it in Chroma, the action bar will be themed, but it'll be white backgrounds everywhere.
Ugh.
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DirtyUnicorns ROM > Chroma
DirtyUnicorns ROM comes with a modified/improved + themed AOSP messenger. And yes I use it too now instead of google messenger or other 20MB alternatives.

Evolve sms I have been using it for about 2 years now. I like it a lot. A lot of customizations. Plus a lot of updates and development. Hundreds of themes on the play store most are free. I tried it and never went back. It is that good. I have never had one problem with it.

nitronet said:
Does anyone have a flashable zip for the AOSP messaging app?
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Just download Benzo (it's not a block build, so one can actually see what is in the rom zip), unzip, and push the folder and apk to system, priv-app, fix permissions, and reboot.
Just make certain that you have no mms layers applied, or the app will force close.
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BackInA88 said:
Pro Textra is .99 cents!
.99 cents, we can all do that for an app we like.
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Where do u buy pro can't find it in setting for the life of me also don't see ads ever been using it a week
Sent from my Nexus 6

oddspec said:
Where do u buy pro can't find it in setting for the life of me also don't see ads ever been using it a week
Sent from my Nexus 6
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After you use it awhile it will pop up.

BackInA88 said:
After you use it awhile it will pop up.
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Gay hate waiting to give ppl my.money
Sent from my Nexus 6

Utini said:
I am going to move away from textra and need a new sms/mms app that is simple, lightweight and fast..
I am currently looking at these three apps but I am not sure what their differences are and which I should use?
AOSP SMS which comes with DirtyUnicorn ROM
Hangouts
Google messenger
Any suggestions? Thanks
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Try EvolveSMS. Very actively developed. But to each his own.

I use Google messenger. I use Team Blackouts apps (TBO).