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Hi guys new here looks a great site, i have htc hd2 getting bored with all the problems im having with it, have had my phone a month now thinking maybe should have got a iphone,
I have problem when texting it says tap to compose text takes forever to get keyboard up
Told everyone my phone is a iphone killer they all want to see whats so good erm, dont know what i can show apart from the lovely animated weather wallpapers
try swype (sorry I don't have a cab link to hand but a quick search should delight you)
thanks for that
See our Leo section for tips, fixes, help, etc: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=531
Oh, Get the Nexus One if u want to go to the darkside!
galaxys said:
Oh, Get the Nexus One if u want to go to the darkside!
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Better yet, the HTC Desire.
And I wouldn't call Android the "dark side". Android's future looks pretty bright
(and no matter what anyone tries to make you believe, the iPhone is a joke, don't waste your money on that - if you want something more "iphoneish" than the HD2, but much much better than an actual iPhone, get the Desire/Nexus One)
Your keyboard problem could be ROM related. What ROM version are you running? Make sure you have at least the official 1.66 ROM.
freyberry said:
the iPhone is a joke, don't waste your money on that
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Have you actually used an iPhone for prolonged time?
Menneisyys said:
Have you actually used an iPhone for prolonged time?
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Yes, I've owned several iPhones...
Hi,
The only reason I am considering going back to an iPhone is because it has Bejewelled on it. Does anyone here know if they have plans to release it on android?
I know this sounds so stupid, but it's what is missing on my phone (good games).
Thanks
I believe that Bejeweled exist for Android, google it you'll see that it exists, but looks like it disappeared from Market. You can try Jewels, basically the same thing and free or Jewellust, a little different (it's my favorite actually) but it's not free.
http://store.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=108560
stylez said:
http://store.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=108560
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Thanks but that is a really old version of it. I'm looking for one that actually connects to facebook etc.
haychau said:
Thanks but that is a really old version of it. I'm looking for one that actually connects to facebook etc.
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If the only reason you want to leave android to go back to iphone is for a retarded game then good riddance,
WalkingTaco said:
If the only reason you want to leave android to go back to iphone is for a retarded game then good riddance,
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Agreed. Its quite ridiculous.
Apparently ThinkFree Office is pre-installed on the Nexus S.
I just found /system/app/Thinkfree.apk 5.04MB
But I can't access it.
OH MY GOD, CRAPWARE!
I'll never, ever buy another ... nah, just kidding. I don't have a problem with it, but it's a bit surprising.
http://www.pr-inside.com/hancom-s-thinkfree-mobile-viewer-is-r2327416.htm
Its there so you can view documents. I wouldn't call it crapware.
schizopunk said:
Its there so you can view documents. I wouldn't call it crapware.
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How do I view documents with it? I can't run it, it's not in the app list.
And it's definitely not a part of Pure Google.
shrivelfig said:
How do I view documents with it? I can't run it, it's not in the app list.
And it's definitely not a part of Pure Google.
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...open a .doc file from a website on your phone.....
slowz3r said:
...open a .doc file from a website on your phone.....
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Huh. Wouldja lookit that. It's alive!
Nope. I don't want it. I'm not saying it is useless, but if I ever wanted to do stuff like that, I'd very much prefer Documents To Go, which I've known and used since it came bundled with my Palm Tungsten T3. ThinkFree? Never heard of it before I found it on my phone.
I'm still leaning towards the crapware label. It's not from Google, it's not part of standard Android, it's non-removable (unless rooted), it has limited functionality but it can be upgraded for a fee. Yes, that does sound familiar.
shrivelfig said:
Huh. Wouldja lookit that. It's alive!
Nope. I don't want it. I'm not saying it is useless, but if I ever wanted to do stuff like that, I'd very much prefer Documents To Go, which I've known and used since it came bundled with my Palm Tungsten T3. ThinkFree? Never heard of it before I found it on my phone.
I'm still leaning towards the crapware label. It's not from Google, it's not part of standard Android, it's non-removable (unless rooted), it has limited functionality but it can be upgraded for a fee. Yes, that does sound familiar.
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android 2.2 2.1 1.5 and 1.6 all had software like that as well
slowz3r said:
android 2.2 2.1 1.5 and 1.6 all had software like that as well
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On the Nexus One?
lulz. n00bs. It's not crapware. All Androids had some sort of office file readers.
HTC Androids (including Nexus One) had QuickOffice. Samsung Androids (Including Nexus S) uses ThinkFree. Both are free versions and there are full paid versions on the Market.
It's inside the /system/app/ like mentioned. So it does NOT use user available install space.
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On the Nexus One?
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ya on the N1 it had a different office app, not necessarily to create docs but to read,
...if it didnt have anything like that people would just complain
This thread is nonsense, just turn on any non nexus phone and you will see what crapware is.
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...if it didnt have anything like that people would just complain
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Good point. I'm just a bit surprised, that's all. ThinkFree Office was put there by Samsung, and I thought everything to do with software was going to be Google, and Google only.
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This thread is nonsense, just turn on any non nexus phone and you will see what crapware is.
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I just turned on my I5700 Spica. Let's see. There's Layar, and MySpace, Facebook, and of course TouchWiz. Anything particular I should be looking for? The phone was bought discounted and on-contract.
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I just turned on my I5700 Spica. Let's see. There's Layar, and MySpace, Facebook, and of course TouchWiz. Anything particular I should be looking for? The phone was bought discounted and on-contract.
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Yep thats all crapware especially touchwiz. Thats why people buy the nexus s. If you like it cool go to a touchwiz forum and have fun.
Aside from TouchWiz, you can't really call the rest crapwear when the Nexus comes with Facebook, Goggles, Twitter, etc
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Aside from TouchWiz, you can't really call the rest crapwear when the Nexus comes with Facebook, Goggles, Twitter, etc
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My SNS didn't come with Facebook or Twitter. Goggles is a Google app...
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Ah I just assumed it did as Google built them into the N1. Googles might well be a Google app, but that doesn't mean everyone wants it
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Yep thats all crapware especially touchwiz.
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So, Layar, MySpace, Facebook, and TouchWiz is crapware. Got it.
How is ThinkFree Office not crapware, then? Please explain. Because I want to know why this thread is nonsense.
Thats why people buy the nexus s. If you like it cool go to a touchwiz forum and have fun.
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What makes you think that I like TouchWiz? I bought the Nexus S to get away from crapware. Which is why I was surprised to find non-Google software on it.
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So, Layar, MySpace, Facebook, and TouchWiz is crapware. Got it.
How is ThinkFree Office not crapware, then? Please explain. Because I want to know why this thread is nonsense.
What makes you think that I like TouchWiz? I bought the Nexus S to get away from crapware. Which is why I was surprised to find non-Google software on it.
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BECAUSE it's an office file reader that's built in.
Again, GOOGLE on the HTC NEXUS ONE (a PURE google device) includes QUICKOFFICE.
It's the SAME as THINKFREE.
If you don't like it, go return it.
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Aside from TouchWiz, you can't really call the rest crapwear when the Nexus comes with Facebook, Goggles, Twitter, etc
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call me crazy but I don't think touchwiz is crap. Samsung actually did some cool things with it. I like how the notification panel has a power control widget integrated into it. Also the built in codec support is nice as well.
This is based on playing with touchwiz 3.0 for like five minutes lol.
pretty much anything that you didnt download and isnt included in vanilla android is crapware.
what's all the fuss about such a nice app?
if you don't like it, just uninstall it with Titanium Backup
it's so easy
Can someone with the One X comment on whether or not the device supports threaded group SMS w/ iPhone and Blackberry users? My biggest gripe with the Galaxy Nexus was that when I received group SMS messages, it wouldn't show the group and threaded responses. Instead, it showed separate messages for each response from each user. Coming from an iPhone, this is a must have feature for me and I wanted to know if the One X supported it. Thanks.
If it doesn't there is an SMS app you can get that supports threaded group chat. Not sure of the name, but it's out there.
b5t28 said:
If it doesn't there is an SMS app you can get that supports threaded group chat. Not sure of the name, but it's out there.
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None of them work well...I've tried them all with the Galaxy Nexus and that's why I got rid of it.
I'm surprised there aren't more people who are concerned about having this feature.
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I'm surprised there aren't more people who are concerned about having this feature.
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I'm concerned, I'm coming from a blackberry and I use that function all the time. My One X is on order so if it doesn't, I'm SOL already haha
I sent out a massive group text when I got my phone to inform everyone of my new number, but the responses came back in their own threads.
It's not something I would utilize very often, so I'm not too concerned about finding an app to do it. I'm pretty happy with the stock Messaging app aside from this.
craig0r said:
I sent out a massive group text when I got my phone to inform everyone of my new number, but the responses came back in their own threads.
It's not something I would utilize very often, so I'm not too concerned about finding an app to do it. I'm pretty happy with the stock Messaging app aside from this.
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Thanks for letting me know about this. Just to confirm, there are no options to turn Group SMS (or MMS) on in the settings of the messaging app? I currently have many group chats with work colleagues as well as personal friends and this might be a deal killer for me (unfortunately).
Received messages go in their own threads, I've been looking in the settings and don't see a way to change that so far.
If your group consists solely of smartphone users, why not use whatsapp?
redwreck said:
Received messages go in their own threads, I've been looking in the settings and don't see a way to change that so far.
If your group consists solely of smartphone users, why not use whatsapp?
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We used to but since everyone switch to the iPhone and Blackberry there has been no reason to. I'll be the first one in the "groups" to switch to Android and not having this basic functionality sucks. Even dumb phones are able to do this nowadays so I'm pretty disappointed.
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We used to but since everyone switch to the iPhone and Blackberry there has been no reason to. I'll be the first one in the "groups" to switch to Android and not having this basic functionality sucks. Even dumb phones are able to do this nowadays so I'm pretty disappointed.
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Well, at least BBM is coming to iOS and Android eventually. It's not much of a consolation, I'm sure, but at least it's something. (rumour alert! don't crucify me if it never happens! )
I found this on the issues list. I don't know if the more stars = faster response, but it's worth a shot.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...rs&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
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I found this on the issues list. I don't know if the more stars = faster response, but it's worth a shot.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...rs&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
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Yup that's the exact issue I'm describing! Looks like I'm not the only one!
GroupMe works wonders. Thru SMS and the app
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bigballa said:
GroupMe works wonders. Thru SMS and the app
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Problem with GroupMe is that if someone had once installed the app and then subsequently deleted it, the app doesn't recognize that and fails to send them the message. Unfortunately, most people I know have at some time or another, used GroupMe and then gotten rid of it.
Handcent doesn't work? I've got a few friends with iPhones that want me to join their group chat, so I installed the add on to Handcent.. haven't tried it yet though.
It's not an issue if that's how the app is designed..
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Handcent doesn't work? I've got a few friends with iPhones that want me to join their group chat, so I installed the add on to Handcent.. haven't tried it yet though.
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Nope didn't work for me (and the app sucked)
This is by far the most infuriating part of this phone.. My three year old BlackBerry supported group chat, but my top of the line android phone has to use a third party app that stumbles, doesn't send, triple sends, and is so freaking ugly. How hard can it be for someone to fix it so I don't have to have an app and can use the stock messaging program to talk with my friends.
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This is by far the most infuriating part of this phone.. My three year old BlackBerry supported group chat, but my top of the line android phone has to use a third party app that stumbles, doesn't send, triple sends, and is so freaking ugly. How hard can it be for someone to fix it so I don't have to have an app and can use the stock messaging program to talk with my friends.
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OH Jeeeeez. I finally switched over from my iPhone 4S... because ICS and the One XL seemed to finally have come up to par with Apple's platform. Love the lightning fast LTE, the camera is only marginally worse than the 4S (close though)... and the screen is gorgeous on the XL! HOWEVER... I get a lot of group texts from my foodie friends with pics of food, or whatever... and actually... this situation with the inability to deal with those texts is almost a deal breaker for me! I had no idea ICS hadn't dealt with that yet... and worse... even HTC hasn't been able to recognize and address that shortcoming with all their coding expertise either? Yikes... I'm either going to have to go back to the 4S, or deal with a flagship phone that fails on a very basic requirement in 2012...
What a buzzkill...
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OH Jeeeeez. I finally switched over from my iPhone 4S... because ICS and the One XL seemed to finally have come up to par with Apple's platform. Love the lightning fast LTE, the camera is only marginally worse than the 4S (close though)... and the screen is gorgeous on the XL! HOWEVER... I get a lot of group texts from my foodie friends with pics of food, or whatever... and actually... this situation with the inability to deal with those texts is almost a deal breaker for me! I had no idea ICS hadn't dealt with that yet... and worse... even HTC hasn't been able to recognize and address that shortcoming with all their coding expertise either? Yikes... I'm either going to have to go back to the 4S, or deal with a flagship phone that fails on a very basic requirement in 2012...
What a buzzkill...
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Okay everybody... check this out. I was looking for a way to get Visual Voicemail working on my One XL... and ran into a dead end. Finally got in touch with a helpful ATT "Advanced Tech Support" guy (after being forwarded from standard tech support)... and he directed me not to the AT&T Visual Voicemail app that is not compatible with the One X... but he says the AT&T Messages app is the one I need. So I installed it... and not only does it work very well for visual voicemail on the One X... the SMS/MMS feature of the app ACTUALLY THREADS GROUP SMS/MMS !!!! And pretty well too.
I've only had it installed about a half hour... but if it's not too buggy... I think this App not only solves the Visual Voicemail issue... but also potentially the SMS/MMS group threading problem. It won't have tons of features for power users (not very customizable... unfortunately)... but for those of us who NEEDED threaded group texts... we may be all set.
Linky below...
(Update: I was not able to post the link because I'm new to the forum... just search for "AT&T Messages" in the Android store.)
Seems like Google has changed how accounts are stored on the phone in 7.0. Backing up "Accounts" in Titanium Backup, which backs up accounts.db, no longer works. Seems that accounts.db no longer exists.
Anyone know where Google accounts are stored on the phone in 7.0?
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Seems like Google has changed how accounts are stored on the phone in 7.0. Backing up "Accounts" in Titanium Backup, which backs up accounts.db, no longer works. Seems that accounts.db no longer exists.
Anyone know where Google accounts are stored on the phone in 7.0?
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It's being moved deeper to account for the upcoming new dual set up that allows for 2 of each partition. It will make restoring this kind of info almost completely impossible.
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It's being moved deeper to account for the upcoming new dual set up that allows for 2 of each partition. It will make restoring this kind of info almost completely impossible.
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so that means that now google is really moving towards enterprise stuff. Like making true multiuser support kinda thing ?
sachoosaini said:
so that means that now google is really moving towards enterprise stuff. Like making true multiuser support kinda thing ?
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Yeah. They have been working on it for a while and each update is moving more to it.
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Yeah. They have been working on it for a while and each update is moving more to it.
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Well brother. Last turf from apple is about to get off... After Steve Dies apple was half dead. They now don't have the futuristic approach to fight opensource google'a android. Like samsung contribution to KNOX and with the coming of blackberry to android things going to change for good. Google will almost wipe the last left stuff on earth with android.
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Well brother. Last turf from apple is about to get off... After Steve Dies apple was half dead. They now don't have the futuristic approach to fight opensource google'a android. Like samsung contribution to KNOX and with the coming of blackberry to android things going to change for good. Google will almost wipe the last left stuff on earth with android.
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That will never completely happen. Open source is seen as a security threat to many companies. BB is dieing off and will soon be a software only company. Apple will always have a place due to their security as well as most people prefer something that just works. I cant say I blame them as I have thought about it myself and you would be amazed at how many Android devs use an Iphone as their daily device.
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That will never completely happen. Open source is seen as a security threat to many companies. BB is dieing off and will soon be a software only company. Apple will always have a place due to their security as well as most people prefer something that just works. I cant say I blame them as I have thought about it myself and you would be amazed at how many Android devs use an Iphone as their daily device.
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well i would say apple is great device. but when it comes to customization i can't withstand apple. I myself purchased apple long ago. lol i have sold it after 1 day.
sachoosaini said:
well i would say apple is great device. but when it comes to customization i can't withstand apple. I myself purchased apple long ago. lol i have sold it after 1 day.
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Customizing is great but gets old fast. I mean really how much time does one want to spend messing with their device. Take my device as an example. The home screen has not changed in over 8 months.
What about root? Someone is working on that?
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marianoasis said:
What about root? Someone is working on that?
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There already is root for the devices that have 7.0
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Customizing is great but gets old fast. I mean really how much time does one want to spend messing with their device. Take my device as an example. The home screen has not changed in over 8 months.
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well mine change like after few days !But still android is way better than anything apple could offer.....
sachoosaini said:
well mine change like after few days !But still android is way better than anything apple could offer.....
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That depends on what you do with your device. I was just like you about 10 years ago. Always flashing and changing things up. Now I set my device and leave it. I just want it to work and have more important things to do then be messing with a phone. Like living life and see what is really going on in the world.
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That depends on what you do with your device. I was just like you about 10 years ago. Always flashing and changing things up. Now I set my device and leave it. I just want it to work and have more important things to do then be messing with a phone. Like living life and see what is really going on in the world.
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Ahh I hope I this is me in the future.
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Ahh I hope I this is me in the future.
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All it takes is taking a look around and realizing that life is passing you by. Or you could look at it as the push of smartphones is to keep people preoccupied so they don't see what is happening around them. Kinda like the Patriot act that was voted In because people were scared only to later realize that they signed their privacy away lol.
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All it takes is taking a look around and realizing that life is passing you by. Or you could look at it as the push of smartphones is to keep people preoccupied so they don't see what is happening around them. Kinda like the Patriot act that was voted In because people were scared only to later realize that they signed their privacy away lol.
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Lol that's true, I need to take a break from android for a while and enjoy life. Android will always have something to do.
kirito9 said:
Lol that's true, I need to take a break from android for a while and enjoy life. Android will always have something to do.
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Yeah it took my friends taking me out for the weekend. Here if you leave town you have no signal at all. No phone and no data for hundreds of miles. So it was kinda easy. I really didnt miss it.
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Yeah it took my friends taking me out for the weekend. Here if you leave town you have no signal at all. No phone and no data for hundreds of miles. So it was kinda easy. I really didnt miss it.
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That's what I'm starting to do now, hangout with friends instead of being on the computer all day.
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That's what I'm starting to do now, hangout with friends instead of being on the computer all day.
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Smart. It is a good thing.
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Smart. It is a good thing.
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well i aint that much connect with android or tech stuff. Its I like some tech stuff to be honest. Keeping your phone worth the usuage is good. I do spend quality time with my friends. On weekends i am like away from internet android .. Well you to manage properly how tech revolve around.
File location
I stumbled across this thread during my search, but while I found the answer somewhere else maybe it could help the next lost soul on it's search for revelation:
On Android 7, the accounts.db are now located on
/data/system_de/0/accounts_de.db And
/data/system_ce/0/accounts_ce.db
You'll need to copy both of the files to your new device, it worked for the most accounts. The only account I had to reconfigure was my email exchange