Everyone has mentioned that simple sharing IS in the Verizon variant, however it's not available on mine. Or Perhaps I disabled something without knowing it. But does anyone else have this issue? Heres a screenshot of my share page. Also, profiling sharing.... was that axed too?
Sharing photo: http://i.imgur.com/j0DM14G.png
Having just read one of the many stories about what various carriers do and do not remove from the S6 phone, I noticed that the claim is that Verizon did not remove the "Simple Sharing" feature - while some other carriers apparently did.
However, my attempts to find it have resulted in pretty much the exact same screen you posted.
If the indicator that "Simple Sharing" is available is denoted by the contacts icon appearing in the share-list (from, say, the My Files or Gallery apps) then I'd have to say we (well, at least I) don't have it.
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I have been using Appbrain to find and install new apps. However since putting in Froyo (which I LOVE otherwise) I am finding a lot of apps that are listed in appbrain but that aren't found in the market.
Is this just a version issue (ie the developer said it only works on specific versions) or is something else going on?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687371
Just wondering how much searching you did before posting.
Quite a lot, actually, but since I'm not sure what it means for an app to be protected or whether the ones I'm not finding are protected, that thread didn't stand out to me. Frankly I still don't know if that will fix my problem, but I am certainly willing to try it.
Please keep in mind that there are those of us who are just learning, and sometimes we don't know all the ins and outs.
Oh, one other thing - if "protected" means "paid", those are not the ones I'm having trouble with. I am unable to see apps in the market that are free. Examples include:
NYTimes
Epicurious
Call Track
PAC-MAN
What kind of device do you have? And in which country are you?
A number of apps are not available for small-screen devices, or outside the USA. AppBrain shows all apps that are available for big screens in the US, so browsing it from a different device may sometimes let you find apps that the market won't allow you to download.
I'm sorry if this has already been debated elsewhere. I did search and try to locate threads on this already, but didn't come up with anything which (seemed) relevant to this problem.
If anyone has a link handy for another thread which already discusses this, I'll close the thread if that is wanted.
With that said... Here's my issue.
As stated elsewhere, one of the main things which excited me about Gingerbread was the ability to do native SIP dialing. About time, I say! Now I've flashed Gingerbread on my SGS and so far the results has been below underwhelming.
From what I can tell this is how you get SIP/VoIP/Internet calling on your phone using Gingerbread:
1. Sign up for Google Voice.
2. Install Google Voice and sign in.
3. Voila. Your Gingerbread Android-device now has a bunch of SIP settings and options.
This is ofcourse, unless your manufacturer has somehow crippled your phone's software.
That might be the case with Samsung's firmware, but I wouldn't know because the steps outlined above is absolutely impossible for anyone outside the US. You cannot sign up for Google Voice anywhere else. End of story.
So. Is this for real? Did Google release a smartphone OS for worldwide consumption, touting "native SIP", native internet calling as feature and then implement it in a way which means it will only work in one country, all else be damned?
I seriously find this very hard to believe. There has to be a way to get this functionality up and running otherwise. Seriously? The internet maestros at Google implements a core OS-level function tied to (one) geo-location? Is third-party solutions ala Sipdroid the solution for everyone else?
So... Please tell me I am completely mistaken and that there are steps for getting SIP running on my phone, despite me not have an adress of residency ending in "US".
Any hints or links in any direction so that I can actually get to try this out would be über appreciated.
Bump.
I realize posting this while Europa were getting ready for sleep and only US-people were around might have been bad timing.
Just bumping this again to see if there's any more response. I can't seriously be the only one wondering about this.
If bumping is severely against forum policies, let me know and I'll make a note of it and wont do it again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043016
Use this zip as an update from CWM recovery, enables the menu "Internet call settings" under "Call settings".
Works on odex and deodex ROMS [I have the same JVB as the OP]
Problem solved
Thanks Vinnie.
Since I already have some framework-res.apk dependent mods, I just pushed the permissions-file as mentioned in that thread, and now I have "Internet calling options" available.
Yes, I realize this will only work while on wifi and SIP over 3G will be disabled, but at least it gives me something to experiment with so that later I will know if handing over my other mods for 3G VoIP/SIP will be worth it.
Thanks for the response and handy link. Now if XDA had better search, I might not have needed to pollute the forums with duplicates like this
Edit: Checked the entire thread and saw that there is an update.zip with eyecandy as well. Will try it out later.
I want to give Blinkfeed a real shot, but is there a way to add a site like Kotaku? I found I can add Engadget if I select US as my location (instead of Canada). But how about a site like Kotaku? Or is Joystiq the best gaming feed? thx
And HTC advertises some 1300 feeds. Is there a list somewhere?
As of right now, there's no way to add custom sources to blinkfeed. Hopefully HTC will add this functionality at some point though.
I also just tried looking for a list of current feeds but couldn't find such a list. I will keep an eye out for anything though as it would be good to see exactly what can be added.
Thanks. Funny thing is I set my phone to Canada originally and I didn't see Engadget. I just assumed it wasn't available. Then I saw on a Youtube video someone was showing how to setup Blinkfeed and they had Engadget listed. That was my only clue that it was actually there. So I'm just surprised at the other legit sites that aren't.
I posted this on the S6 Edge thread since that's the phone I have but I feel it will get more attention here since S6 regular is more common
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So while editing the features.xml file on my phone to tweak it following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/mod-csc-feature-editing-t3107056
I came across these entries (screen captures attached).
Is Carrier IQ back? for those who don't know a quick search will show you why it's something we don't want on out phones. For those more familiar with CIQ, how do we disable it?
Not on this phone
Hello!
I'm afraid my phone might have malware. Hopefully it's a false alarm but I would appreciate any insight into the behavior:
Yesterday I saw a notification with the EMUI icon (stylized red "UI") but when bringing up the notification panel all I saw was a green "down" arrow and no text. I've had apps with bugs creating broken notifications before so I tapped it to check. It sent me to a webpage flagged as a source of malware "d1.3gmimo.com/handpet/wallpaper/...<can't remember rest>". I closed the page and since Chrome showed the warning before loading the page I think it's safe to assume I didn't download anything.
I don't know the origin of the notification though so I'm afraid there might be some malware already present. It had the EMUI icon but that can be faked or may be the default when no icon is configured (not sure how it works).. The notification appeared over mobile data so no router redirect infection. Searches gave me only one hit I could make sense of - a forum thread with the poster describing a similar event. They got not explanation but see here for their screenshots: Google Translate on thread-5858387-1-1.html on club.huawei.com (can't post links yet it seems)
I am very careful with the apps I install, avoid all the copycat crap, and I only allow Google Play as a source. The phone was only ever used by me except briefly by a family member which I trust not to download anything sketchy. Still, I uninstalled the most recent 2 apps: Hashi and Nonogram Katana (has ads) , though these had been installed a week before. The list of installed apps shows nothing new/strange. I also installed AVL, Bitdefender, and Avast but they found nothing. (I know it's debated whether av/anti-malware apps are helpful but thought to cover everything.)
Any thoughts?
Thank you in advance!
Phone details:
Huawei P7-L10
Android 4.4.2
EMUI 2.3 (V100R001C02B129)
Branded by Vodafone and with their uninstallable apps - using it on different network though.
I know I should update but the update app doesn't find anything (I understand this may be due to modifications made by telecom companies) and I got lazy since I've had no compatibility issues. I guess I should think more about security.
After doing more digging and learning to use adb to look at the logcat, I think the notification might have been created by VLife, which is Huawei's wallpaper distribution service.
On my phone I have VLife 2.23.3 installed (seems to be stock) as a system app. The title is in Chinese but the icon is the EMUI logo. (I figured out which app it is by the icon and version number, after I found the app hosted on aptoide.com while googling for "vlife".)
I presume what happened is that VLife tried to download a new wallpaper (no idea why all of a sudden) and it went to 3gmimo.com, which might serve as a mirror for apps. The site is flagged as having malware. This might be a false alarm or the site might have been hijacked since my version of VLife came out.
So the app might be ok. Though I'm still worried why the sudden update. Maybe there's a central message that was sent to the app to update? (The logcat below mentions a receiver.) The only suspicious thing about the app otherwise is that it has the permission to record sound along with changing sound settings. The latter isn't so surprising since it provides multimedia wallpapers. Maybe recording comes with the rest of the sound permissions. I've disabled the app and disabled its notifications for now. It can't be uninstalled since it's a system app.
These lines come up quite often in my logcat:
I/am_proc_start( 604): [0,18761,10089,com.vlife.huawei.wallpaper:main,broadcast,com.vlife.huawei.wallpaper/com.vlife.receiver.PetMainReceiver] - the link I got referred to a "handpet"
I/am_proc_start( 604): [0,18907,10089,com.vlife.huawei.wallpaper:main,broadcast,com.vlife.huawei.wallpaper/com.vlife.receiver.InstallEventReceiver]
Does anybody know more about this app or service?
Thanks!