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Worthwhile AT&T Apps to keep?

Has anyone given the AT&T apps a good try to see if any of them are good to keep?
I see instructions out there on how to wipe AT&T off of our phone, but haven't seen anybody comment on why they're wiping the apps off besides to "get rid of the AT&T apps".
I'm just wondering if there might not be one or two of the included apps that are actually worthwhile to keep.
I know one I won't be sorry to delete is the mobiTV one. I loaded it up to the welcome screen then had to step away for a couple minutes. When I came back it kindly told me my 2 minute trial was up... LOL nice! So yeah, unless it really is an incredible piece of software worth buying I'll be dumping that one at least.

Many if not all require additional fees and subscriptions, despite free alternatives.
For example, the AT&T navigator app is $10 a month, but Google Maps is free.
There's also the matter of principle... the fact that AT&T made them non-removable is a compelling reason to get rid of them.

The only at&t app worth using is the att my wireless app that you can down load from the market place. It lets you keep track of your minutes usage, data usage, and change your plan.
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behrouz said:
The only at&t app worth using is the att my wireless app that you can down load from the market place. It lets you keep track of your minutes usage, data usage, and change your plan.
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I agree. Funny thing is, that's the only app AT&T didn't preinstall on the phone IIRC. I guess they expect you to pay money for their crappy services by default (or by mistaken clicks), but don't want you to have a way to track it so easily.

MikeyMike01 said:
Many if not all require additional fees and subscriptions, despite free alternatives.
For example, the AT&T navigator app is $10 a month, but Google Maps is free.
There's also the matter of principle... the fact that AT&T made them non-removable is a compelling reason to get rid of them.
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Point...Set...Match
You just staited my two primary reasons.
It is disgusting that AT&T forcefully occupies space on lesser phones with pay apps. Just appalling.

Well ok then, looks like I'll be clearing them all off! lol

i got rid of all my ATT apps lol

sschrupp said:
Has anyone given the AT&T apps a good try to see if any of them are good to keep?
I see instructions out there on how to wipe AT&T off of our phone, but haven't seen anybody comment on why they're wiping the apps off besides to "get rid of the AT&T apps".
I'm just wondering if there might not be one or two of the included apps that are actually worthwhile to keep.
I know one I won't be sorry to delete is the mobiTV one. I loaded it up to the welcome screen then had to step away for a couple minutes. When I came back it kindly told me my 2 minute trial was up... LOL nice! So yeah, unless it really is an incredible piece of software worth buying I'll be dumping that one at least.
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I'm not sure if it's an AT&T app, but the music player that comes on our phone is awesome!
I even started a thread asking if there was a way we could extract it or reinstall it after flashing a different rom. Hah. I like it.

bfgarzilla9k said:
I'm not sure if it's an AT&T app, but the music player that comes on our phone is awesome!
I even started a thread asking if there was a way we could extract it or reinstall it after flashing a different rom. Hah. I like it.
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This is a Samsung app. We'll get it in new ROMS.
Look at about 1:05 on this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QwvMsBGjE

Yeah I have to say that music app is pretty nice.
Although I just installed one called "Moodagent" that is kind of neat. Haven't had a chance to fully explore it, but it appears to have quite a few features along with the main interface that's a bit gimicky, but cool. It has sliders that you adjust up or down (Sensual, Tender, Happy, Angry, Tempo) and it adjusts the playlist according to the levels you set. Probably old news to everyone else but interesting to me!

everything that is labeled att_nameofprogram is pretty much useless. the other programs like allshare or instant messaging may still be usefull.

Allshare
If you interest in using DLNA, the Allshare app may be a good one to keep. Although, I have one major problem with it: you can only add 1 song at a time to the Queue. What a pain.
But I haven't found any good alternatives yet.

I opened the 'Where' app, and (stupidly) breezed past some part about a monthly charge if I don't cancel. Has anyone else run into this? And if so, do you know how to cancel?

"Where" does AT&T get the idea they can charge for this?
You probably want to call AT&T ASAP to make sure you don't get charged for using the Where app. Also, stop using the included one and download the free one!
Funny story about the Where app:
I had a Nexus One and saw that Where was on a lot of "best app" lists for Android so I went to the market to get it. It was nowhere to be found. After a bit of research, I found some vague explanation about how AT&T had a deal with Where and that they blocked it. This really pissed me off since I paid full price for the N1 with no subsidy from AT&T -- how dare they block apps? Anyway, I found the APK online and installed it.
Later, I rooted my phone and installed the MarketAccess app. Now I could find Where in the Market and installed it from there -- still free of course. When I got the Captivate, the first thing I did was root it. When I saw that Where was pre-installed, I thought "great, now I don't have to jump through hoops to get it." Luckily I saw the warning about being charged, what, $2.99/month to use an app that is free for every user of every other Android phone? I promptly used Titanium Backup to remove the pre-installed version and then used MarketAccess to download the free version from the Market.
The point is that AT&T is really trying hard to charge extra for things that every other Android user gets for free (maps, navigation, Where, etc). Very frustrating. My employer pays for the service on my Captivate and I will be moving my wife's phone (that I pay for) to the Epic 4G at the end of this month after being an AT&T customer for 7 years.

What about AT&T Hot Spots?
I visit Starbucks frequently and occasionally McDonalds. Both offer free WiFi, but require you to check a box and click a button to agree to terms before using it. I know that's not a big deal, but it is a little bit of a hassle especially if I am not planning to use the browser anyway -- I just want to go straight into another app that uses WiFi.
Since I got the Captivate, I've noticed that as soon as I turn on WiFi while at either of these places, I get a notification that says "AT&T Hotspot Detected" or something like that and I am able to use WiFi without having to visit the agreement page in the browser.
Does anyone know whether this app is required for this detection and agreement bypass to function? I have thought about making a backup with Ti Backup, uninstalling, and testing it but am worried that it might not reinstall properly. Also, it might be handy for finding hotspots when traveling -- making it the only useful AT&T pre-installed app.

ATT wifi hotspot app seems to be useful to connect to Attwifi hotspots without having to manually agree to terms
does anyone have a copy of it ?

anilkuj said:
ATT wifi hotspot app seems to be useful to connect to Attwifi hotspots without having to manually agree to terms
does anyone have a copy of it ?
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I have it and will try to make a backup and post it within the next couple of days. It might be Monday before I can do it, unless someone else beats me to the punch.
Update: I still have it on my phone, but it seems that Titaniun Backup only backs up the data, not the APK. I also tried Mybackup Pro with the same result. I have root, so if someone knows how to extract a system app as an APK please let me know. I haven't searched yet, BTW, so if I find out how to do this myself I'll update this post (again).

rajendra82 said:
I agree. Funny thing is, that's the only app AT&T didn't preinstall on the phone IIRC. I guess they expect you to pay money for their crappy services by default (or by mistaken clicks), but don't want you to have a way to track it so easily.
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I swear they are only doing that to mess with us. While it's not hard to completely remove all AT&T ware, it's fairly simple to hide the apps with LauncherPro.

jason531 said:
I have it and will try to make a backup and post it within the next couple of days. It might be Monday before I can do it, unless someone else beats me to the punch.
Update: I still have it on my phone, but it seems that Titaniun Backup only backs up the data, not the APK. I also tried Mybackup Pro with the same result. I have root, so if someone knows how to extract a system app as an APK please let me know. I haven't searched yet, BTW, so if I find out how to do this myself I'll update this post (again).
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Got it! Thanks to:
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/3319-stock-apps-that-can-be-deleted-post-root/
Here is the APK (zipped). I'm not sure whether you can just install it like any other APK or if you have to use adb to push it to /system/app. If you try it please let me know what worked (if it works).

jason531 said:
Got it! Thanks to:
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/3319-stock-apps-that-can-be-deleted-post-root/
Here is the APK (zipped). I'm not sure whether you can just install it like any other APK or if you have to use adb to push it to /system/app. If you try it please let me know what worked (if it works).
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thanks jason let me try that, will update soon

Don't miss: BUSINESS CALENDAR

Each day in the Amazon Android Apps market they give away an APP that you would normally have to pay for.
The FREE app for today (Wed April 27th) is BUSINESS CALENDAR and it sells normally for $4.99.
This is the best calendar app I have used on an android device, hands-down. It syncs with all of your google calendars - not just the primary ones for any account - and offers a mryiad of options for display, including home screen widgets.
Don't miss it.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/best-android-calendar-app-free/
- michael

I got it and like it much better than the G calender... Can't beat FREE!

Yeh I was using the free version and it rocked. Nice to have the full version now.

While I throroughly enjoy getting a free app every day, does anyone else have the same apprehensions I have when it comes to Amazon App Store?
I tend ot browse through it, then find an app I may be interested in, but ALWAYS feel like I shouldn't buy it becuase there's a chance it will be free soon.
It really is a nice perk to their store. Even at $1.00 each, after a year you've received $365 worth of apps, for nothing!!

i would suspect that the dev is still getting paid. i would believe amazon would foot the bill to pay the dev or something. but i'm just guessing

I know a dev who says that when they do this they pay the dev a percentage everytime someone downloads it. So yes, the devs are getting paid for this.

A percentage of nothing?

spamhead said:
A percentage of nothing?
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No, I can't remember exactly where I read it, but it is something like 20% of their minimum selling price that they define, or something like that. So, if the calendar was $5.00, Amazon would pay them $1.00 for each download when it was the free app of the day.
Maybe someone can post the exact info, but that's the general idea.

What I like about the Amazon App store is that you can download the app once and use the appstore to install it on more than one device. Plus it keeps them stored for you, so it is a type of free app backup too.

Soonr app

The market has a Soonr Workplace app, which allows collaboration of work. Has anyone tried it yet, and does it allow annotation of all kinds of files with the S Pen, which is what the Soonr app is supposed to do?

When i looked into it, it seams to be a trial software package, after 30 days its a months fee....ouch.
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Hmm...thanks! Someone on the market commented that it's a virus or something.
Well, I'm hoping the Soonr app comes out soon as it's free! Or if there are some mods/apps that allow annotating of microsoft documents with the S Pen.

Its free because its a trial period, then you pay monthly.
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holgalee said:
The market has a Soonr Workplace app, which allows collaboration of work. Has anyone tried it yet, and does it allow annotation of all kinds of files with the S Pen, which is what the Soonr app is supposed to do?
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i think no , the soonr app for the Galaxy note is called Soonr scribble and its "comming soon" according to samsung , they have videos of that app on youtube , but i just couldnt find it anywhere , guess we will have to wait.
on the other hand , u can annotate PDFs using ezpdf , i find it not that productive and quite annoying sometimes with ezpdf (due to small issues that require tweaking) , hope soonr scribble will be the best all in 1 annotation app for the GNote

Yes, it's quite cumbersome and altogether exasperating trying to annotate using EZPDF. It's great for just about everything except that!
You know what? I was poking around the S Choice app today when I saw Soonr Scribble listed for sale. There was a note to register online* for the free version (go to www.soonr.com/galaxynote) of the app, but when I did so, I received the message that I will be informed once the app is publicly released.
I hope it comes sooner rather than later, pun intended!
BTW, you need to click on the phone rather than the red register free trial icon on the top right corner. That's for Soonr Workplace I believe.

been a wild goose chase trying to get the soonr scribble. when i registered earlier, all i got was the other soonr software and was told that i would be able to get soonr scribble soon.
just a couple of days ago, i saw it on the samsung apps costing several dollars with a caveat that if i register at soonr, i would be able to download a free copy. but when i wrote in to soonr about the free copy, their response was that they do not know when samsung and market is gonna release it and it is beyond their control. Plus they did not address my concern about where I could download a copy, as samsung had said. What a confusion.
I don't mind paying for the app but just needed to get a trial version first lest it be a junk piece of software. With market at least there is a 15 min trial period but currently scribble is on samsung apps which does not have a trial period. right?

You're right. I don't mind paying as well but want to try it our first. Thanks for sharing your experience with us

Please everybody who have tried Soonr app, give their review or just opinion about the features of this application! I hope that it can annotate ppt and pptx files directly with S pen so that Galaxy Note can be used as a general tool for presentation.

Hi guys.
Soonr Scribble allows you to annotate in any major Microsoft Office format (.doc/x, .xls/x, .ppt/x) as well as .PDFs.
The app is free for a limited time. Signing up for a free 30 day trial account will include 5GB of storage and allow 2 seats and 2 guests. You can always upgrade storage and team-sizes to fit your needs.
We expect to full go live within a week or so and will keep everyone updated.

Thanks for the reply, Soonr! I can't wait! It's been announced on CES.
Hmm...I just chatted with Ryan on Soonr's website and he says it should be out end of the month. Yay!

Now it's been the end of the month, but still no news about Soonr Scribble for Galaxy Note. Why it takes too long time?

I don't know either. Smoothing out some bugs I suppose...
Hope they keep to their word. I've been checking S Choice and Samsung Apps twice a day for the past few days.

Soonr Scribble
I was just checking on the market to see if it showed up, IT DOES!!!!
But... not letting me download it yet, says its not compatible with any of my devices:
check out the link and let me know if you can download:
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zb29ucnNjcmliYmxlIl0.

confirmed "No compatible device found"

Soonr Scribble Now available on Android Market, Get it while its Free!!!!
Once installed, you will need to create an account with them using an email address before you can use the app, have not used the app yet so cant comment on how good or bad it is.

Thanks, Hasc. I'm the OP and I downloaded the app this morning! It's available on the android market as well as via Samsung apps.
Before you can use the app, it will download a What is Soonr.ppt file (7.3MB). It took me a while to realise that (You'll also need to register for an account first.) So you do need to have your Wifi or 3G turned on. Be forewarned that if it's free Wifi that you're using, the downloading can take quite a while.
After you have scribbled on the file, you will also need Wifi or 3G to upload (=update) the file. I chose "Save for offline use in settings", and it updates the file once I turn on my Wifi.
I think the app works fairly well though I would have preferred a tutorial or a more helpful screen than what you see when you first start out. I'll also like to see an eraser instead of just an undo button, as I can't make changes after the file is updated. Scribble to text conversion will also be great, and I hope that's not a pipe dream!

Any thoughts about this app? I haven't used it much, frankly, so I would like to hear from others.

Had a quick play with it on the GNote (Scribble version) and it does work well and seem useful BUT I personally think the pricing is too high (unless you are guaranteed to use it frequently enough to justify it of course).
I might be interested if there was a "per GB" pay as you go model, but wouldn't be using it enough to justify EUR 9.99 a month minimum.
Uninstalled already!

so far i have *not* found it to be user friendly...i could not seem to get it to work by just playing around.
there seems to be a battery drain with the program too.
after one day, i uninstalled it. i was particularly disappointed as i was very much looking forward to the program.

Box.com - 50GB free storage with an LG Android phone promotion - Works with N4

Box.com has a promotion where they offer 50GB of cloud storage (with no expiry date, unlike Dropbox) to users who buy an LG Android device.
http://blog.box.com/2011/11/50-gb-free-on-all-lg-devices-and-new-android-features/
Turns out, it works with the Nexus 4. Got upgraded from 25 to 50GB as soon as i downloaded the Box app and logged in.
Yay!!

ap27 said:
Box.com has a promotion where they offer 50GB of cloud storage (with no expiry date, unlike Dropbox) to users who buy an LG Android device.
http://blog.box.com/2011/11/50-gb-free-on-all-lg-devices-and-new-android-features/
Turns out, it works with the Nexus 4. Got upgraded from 25 to 50GB as soon as i downloaded the Box app and logged in.
Yay!!
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The only problem is you have to use Box.

firstness said:
The only problem is you have to use Box.
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Plus the upload size limit is terrible! Something like you can only upload 100mb files!

There aren't many providers who offer large amounts of storage for free. I for one don't mind the upload limit.
Been using box for about 3 months now and I've had no issues with it. It has a decent android app too.
Plus, Titanium Backup Pro syncs directly to Box. Good way to keep a backup of your apps (Which don't usually exceed 100mb)

Thanks now I got 50gb of storage

Nice!
Just installed on my Nexus 4 and sure enough, upgraded to 50GB.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Wow....that is awesome! Thanks for posting that!
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Box can give me 4343345 GB of storage but with the 100mb upload size limit I still won't use it.
Nice find tho, I had no idea.

I already have 50 free gigs from an Android promotion awhile ago. So it would be pretty sweet if I had the Nexus 4, so I could attempt to see if they would upgrade my account to 100gigs

A "friend of mine" did this on an LG display phone in a carrier store and it worked in upgrading his account no matter what phone he used. Login once from am LG phone and the 50GBs are yours. This of course was over a year ago. They could have fixed that by now.
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this didn't work for me :'(
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is this offer available outside US too?

I never had a 100mb upload issue I have a couple movies and my digital comic collection on there the comics are in a 5gb zip I'm pretty sure if you use the desktop client there are no limits

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Plus, Titanium Backup Pro syncs directly to Box. Good way to keep a backup of your apps (Which don't usually exceed 100mb)
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This. I backup all my Titanium backups to Box. Works like a charm. I don't care to use Box for anything else.

delete please

Yea free 50GB Box, oh wait I don't use box.

Backslash10 said:
I never had a 100mb upload issue I have a couple movies and my digital comic collection on there the comics are in a 5gb zip I'm pretty sure if you use the desktop client there are no limits
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Yea but to my knowledge in order to get the desktop client you will need to upgrade which isn't free.

I didn't use Box before, went ahead and signed up on my G2x. Thanks for the tip. Between Box, Dropbox, Skydrive, and Drive, I don't think I should have any storage woes. Ever.

Thanks

Sometimes it seems like Google is kicking itself in the shins... If they want to promote a product with their device, it bewilders me why they wouldn't give away Drive space

Google play payments gone wrong...

Hi guys,
About a week ago I bought a few apps while i was on vacation (they don't sell google play gift cards where i live) they were titanium backup pro, nandroid manager pro and gta san andreas! now this morning i flashed a rom (paranoid nexus) and when i opened the play store i saw that is was upgraded to the newest version so i tried to download nandroid manager to restore my app and noticed that i had to pay AGAIN to get the pro key! so i checked all the other apps i paid for and it was the same thing: they were all paid again
and on top of that my balance wasn't restored either!!
My pc says i already paid for the app though and i can install them from there but my phone says i didn't pay for them even though they use exactly the same account
what's the problem here? should i contact google?

Contact Google indeed if you are 100% sure you used the same account.

Getting in touch with Google is mission impossible.. It is a huge company so I doubt contact via Email or even a call will work..
You can give it a go but what have you found by searching?
I mean:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/known-issues/1319135?hl=en
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/113410?hl=en

mrjraider said:
Getting in touch with Google is mission impossible.. It is a huge company so I doubt contact via Email or even a call will work..
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Yes, it's a huge company but that doesn't mean it's impossible.
The opposite is true. I have had issues in the past and contacted their helpdesk by phone and they helped me out instantly.
Most countries have a helpdesk.
I'm sure if you look around for a few minutes, you'll find the contact details for the country you're living in.

mrjraider said:
Getting in touch with Google is mission impossible.. It is a huge company so I doubt contact via Email or even a call will work..
You can give it a go but what have you found by searching?
I mean:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/known-issues/1319135?hl=en
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/113410?hl=en
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It was fixed it was just a issue with the latest play store app and contacting Google isn't a problem at all. last year I also had a problem with my balance so I sent an email to Google and the next morning I got an email back saying my problem was fixed
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