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Hi Guys
well, I looked at Dashwire and thought that it looked great in particular, the ability to upload to facebook. Sadly though, I can't find the ability to do this, any ideas how? If not, know any apps that will instead of Dashwire?
Cheers!
Our support of facebook uploading is found on your online dashboard. Just expand the photo, click "share", then select the web tab, and then select upload to facebook. Make sure pop-up blocker is off.
If you're talking about uploading from the mobile phone itself, we don't support that yet, but we will definitely in a future mobile client update. Its an extremely important feature for us.
Hope this helps! I hope you have checked out our 2.0 client we released today.
-DW
Dashwire thoughts
I even became a fan of you guys on Facebook!
After using it for a couple of days, there are a few things I would love to see in a later release:
(I also posted this in the 'wishlist' discussion on Facebook)
*Calendar sync
*email sync
*MMS sync
*Import Bookmarks from PC browser
*Edit synced bookmarks within Dashwire
*Upload photos from PC (to use as Profile Photo)
*Delete and/or close unused Dashboard modules
*BUG: photo sync should automatically find pictures stored in folders other than 'my pictures' (it also doesn't sync photos stored in sub-directories within My Pictures folder)
Another thing I've found somewhat annoying (but not enough to discontinue using the application--yet) is that--although I know it has to run in the background in order to remain in sync with the server--whenever it begins to sync, it automatically maximizes the application, so rather than just running in the background, it pops up on the screen. I think it may be interfering with my notifications and it definitely impacts the performance of my device. Ideally, it could sync without activating the application and remain silent in the background.
I got rid of it. Took FOREVER to sync even after the first time. (I expected a long sync the first go 'round). Even then, it didnt fully sync.
I gave it a shot...didnt like it.
over it
I really wanted this to work!
I just uninstalled it though bc my device froze whenever I received a text. Also, now that it's removed, I see how dramatically the application impacts the performance of my device.
Overall, it's a great concept. I will definitely use it when the sync feature is improved and the performance issues have been addressed.
Used it for a few weeks but it used up too much memory! And as stated before, the actual syncing took forever & a decade! Again, a good concept but needs to be "lighter" so to speak
Appreciate the feedback. First, I responded to the features wishlist post on our facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=13542793986&topic=5478
Second, the long sync times recently have been caused by an increase in our new user traffic. We made a push for more users with our Mobile Client 2.0 release (engadget and lifehacker picked us up, among others) and our sync times have been slow. This should return to normal shortly.
And finally, the memory and battery depletion problems are definitely known issues. We are going to deploy new features soon that decrease the memory and battery drains that Dashwire can sometimes bring. It's at the top of our priority list.
With any major issues (like content not fully syncing), be sure to email our support ([email protected]).
Again thanks for the feedback. Our last release was fueled by users suggestions and requests. Keep posted on the new functionality of Dashwire here: http://blog.dashwire.com/
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Appreciate the feedback. First, I responded to the features wishlist post on our facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=13542793986&topic=5478
Second, the long sync times recently have been caused by an increase in our new user traffic. We made a push for more users with our Mobile Client 2.0 release (engadget and lifehacker picked us up, among others) and our sync times have been slow. This should return to normal shortly.
And finally, the memory and battery depletion problems are definitely known issues. We are going to deploy new features soon that decrease the memory and battery drains that Dashwire can sometimes bring. It's at the top of our priority list.
With any major issues (like content not fully syncing), be sure to email our support ([email protected]).
Again thanks for the feedback. Our last release was fueled by users suggestions and requests. Keep posted on the new functionality of Dashwire here: http://blog.dashwire.com/
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Sweet I was hoping this would get better. I liked the program, with the right tweaks & changes it could make its way back on to my phone. Keep up the great work & keep the updates coming
dashwire said:
Appreciate the feedback. First, I responded to the features wishlist post on our facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=13542793986&topic=5478http://blog.dashwire.com/
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THANKS!!! I really appreciate the responsiveness! I'm totally excited about this product and I definitely will re-install the newer version on my phone. Have you been able to replicate any of the performance issues I described? The problem occurs particularly noticeably when I receive SMS's. Maybe it would be less of an issue if you allow SMS to sync on a schedule as opposed to using 'push'?
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THANKS!!! I really appreciate the responsiveness! I'm totally excited about this product and I definitely will re-install the newer version on my phone. Have you been able to replicate any of the performance issues I described? The problem occurs particularly noticeably when I receive SMS's. Maybe it would be less of an issue if you allow SMS to sync on a schedule as opposed to using 'push'?
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Yep try the new version. Can't really diagnois your text messaging problem without knowing more about your phone. Try to update and if its still not working email our support ([email protected]) with the problem. Scheduled sync is something we're looking into. Users ask for that feature a lot. Hopefully coming soon...
Hello XDA,
I am one of the developers of the Asurion Mobile AddressBook and I would like to get some feedback on our product from the users here. I have been using this forum for some thine now for Winmo and respect the opinions of the developers here. It would be great to see what everyone thinks of the application. It is available in the Android Marketplace, just search Asurion. Or you can go to our site at http://www.getaddressbook.com/.
A little about AddressBook, it is a socially connected address book that allows you to get information about your contacts from different social sites like Facebook and Twitter right in the address book, through mini programs called Mixins.
Soon we will have an APK for developers to develop their own Mixins for AddressBook. When its ready I will post more information if anyone would like to beta for us.
AddressBook is still in a beta form and is available for 1.6 and 2.0 and above. Please try it out and let me know what you think. AddressBook is new and we are open to positive and negative feedback.
Thanks,
Peter
Just installed
Main app + all MixIn
It's a nice app, just a bit slow on my HTC Sapphire Magic Vodafone 32B with 2.1 Eclair Rom
I don't like "MixIn solution", why not a full app with all modules inside ?
I've launched main app, then I gone to market and installed Facebook MixIn for first.
After a lot of privacy authorization with some screen not well fitted I did a little war with Matching People, cause a lot of them were not matched nice.
I need Photos compare, cause I've some cases with two or more people with the exact name... like my cousins =)
I had some Facebook MixIn Force close Crashes and some com.google.process.gapps crashes too, right now...
I installed flickr and associate it with some of my contacts and no problems at all.
at last I tried Twitter and no probs with it...
I think it's a good app, but a bit slow...
last thing:
Support for all languages (I could translate it in Italian if you need)
I don't like number in this format 000-000-0000
or 00-000-0000
I know it's a developing app and I will wait for next releases of this.
Well Done
Good Job
This is some great feedback, thanks for taking the time to try it out and post back.
Just wondering
Is this ultimately going to be a paid application?
You know like:
5.99/mo
4.79/mo
1.99/mo
What's our deductible? :0
Haven't tried the app, but if you could spread the QR codes apart it will ease their reading.
Thanks for your app!
played with it 30mins.
1. got the main app
2. started a new a/c in www.getaddressbook.com
3. got the MixIn: Facebook
4. start the MixIn app, input Facebook a/c
5. click Allow buttons 3 times
6. MixIn starts to get contacts from FB
7. Auto Match
8. Manual adjust Auto Match results
9. Launch main app
The above steps took about 25mins (330 FB contacts; 300 gmail contacts; Auto Matched 180; manual picked out... haven't counted >_< i believe picked out 30 - 50).
Cool:
-Auto Match tried to best match FB | Local contacts even they are not perfect match.
e.g. Shirley Lam | Salei Lam (it matches)
-Facebook photos can replace local as well as sync. to Gmail Contacts
-Consolidated activities log (SMS, voice call, etc) for individual contact
Not:
-[MixIn: FB] Say you have some contacts named Peter Chan, you will get confused without some other hints like Organization.
I picked those contacts out in Auto Match to prevent mis-matching as Org is not displayed in Auto Match results
-[main app] Contact list won't remember the last viewed location.
I scrolled from top to Carol, click twice to view details, click Return and the contact list scrolls back to top.
-[main app] Slow. Maybe it's my outdated HTC Magic... (it's CyanogenMod 4.2.13 w/ EBI1 mod]
For me:
Keep and waiting for updates!
looks cool..will try this later when i get home for work..
speed is defiantely something that can be worked on.
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Is this ultimately going to be a paid application?
You know like:
5.99/mo
4.79/mo
1.99/mo
What's our deductible? :0
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No, the application will be free. And no deductible that I know of
It looks interesting but what you should definitely not miss is the T9 dialer. The way you can find contact by typing their name directly from the dialer is the only feature that makes me stay on 1.5. I tried other apps from the Market but nothing could match HTC's Sense UI dialer. If you can bring something clean similar to this I'm sold!
Another question for the community. Are there any features you are not seeing in the AddressBook that you would like to see, things that would make this app a must have?
Great work on the app. After using the app for a few days the main reason I stopped us using it was the user interface. Its not horrible but compared to everything else on the phone, it looks a bit outdated (quality wise). Other then the ui, it can be sluggish at times but nice work.
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Another question for the community. Are there any features you are not seeing in the AddressBook that you would like to see, things that would make this app a must have?
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Darvo is absolutely correct. The T9 dialer is something that is sorely missing from most builds. I think it would especially appeal to stock users as well as those running cooked roms. I have been searching for a reliable answer to this outside of a Sense UI but haven't found anything that I'll stand by 100%.
Thank you .........
I appreciate your effort with AddressBook; however:
I find it extremely inappropriate and invasive that the app immediately syncs my contacts upon install to -- where? your servers?
There should be a clear warning that this is about to happen!
Please delete my data from your servers!
Also, the 'delete all' function on your site does not work, at least not with Safari. I 'moved' all to the 'delete' column on right, but clicking on 'delete selected' does nothing.
And with Chrome I couldn't even log in. Got some error about 'src' and try the support page.
I am sorry that app is frustrating you. There is a screen during setup that lets you know about the backup. This function can be turned off in the app. If you give me your user name I will delete your account from the database. The back up is meant to protect your contacts in the case that you loose your phone or get a new one. As for browser support, right now we are only supporting IE and Firefox. Again sorry the app is frustrating for you.
Great app!
I really like and appreciate this app. The 2 biggest features that drew me to waste countless hours playing w/ hero roms on my mytouch were hero's T9 dialer, and the social integration. I'll 3rd the motion for a T9 dialer in your app. No complaints otherwise. Bravo - and thanks for the great app.
P.S. Backup to server is a bit redundant in my opinion, because your contacts already sync w/ your Google acct - but, to each is own. I might be missing an advantage to it anyway. I just opted not to use it.
And props for soliciting feedback here in the forum - where the REAL users are.
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There is a screen during setup that lets you know about the backup. This function can be turned off in the app.
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Really? Because I can see in the options where to change the time and frequency of the sync, but I don't see how to disable syncing altogether. Maybe I'm just missing something?
Good catch, looks like there is a bug, you should be able to set it to not backup. We will work to get that fix in.
I have been playing around with the Hero, but I am not sure I have found the T9 dialer, what does it do?
Feedback
I've been following this app since it first arrived, and I must say bravo for doing what only HTC dared to attempt. It works well, too, except for a few things.
1. It may SEEM that scrolling smoothness isn't that important. Ask Apple, they'll tell you the truth: Its the only thing the masses give a Sh&% about, how something looks. So imitate the apple or hero contact style, because the one here is rough but needs only an easy fix! Smooth scrolling and better "sleek" colors. Same for the dialer.
2. It seems to run too often in the background, which slows my phone seemingly, no matter how often i taskiller it.
Eagerly awaiting the next release...
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone here has used "The Missing Sync" by Mark Space on their Android Phone, and if so how do you find it?
in particular I'm interested to know if your contacts notes will sync properly. (Default HTC Sync cuts off after 1024 characters, truncating what goes to the phone, and then on subsequential syncs puts it back into Outlook, thus deleting the end parts of long Notes in the contacts list).
I was hoping that maybe The Missing Sync would fix this?
Cheers
Adza
1024 Characters
Hello,
The Mark/Space engineering and development teams are aware of this issue, and are looking at whether the issue is, in any way, related to hardware or device-specific constraints.
Currently, there does appear to be a limit with regard to the number of characters (as you've noted). The Missing Sync software _does_ sync the entire note, but the device cuts-off the text (except in edit mode).
Hope that helps.
-rick
Hi Rick,
Thanks for your reply. I'm currently looking for a solution to this, but looks like there's not one available at this point in time. (Short of moving to another O/S).
Thanks for your reply.
Adam.
The Missing Sync: update
Hello, our testing shows that while the device may not properly or fully display all the info, the data is unaffected, and remains intact and complete, even following a subsequent sync (back to the computer, from the device).
In fact, if you open a 'contact' in EDIT mode, you'll see all the notes/data.
Bottom line: To simplify, the 'preview' mode available on the device limits the display, but the integrity of the data is unaffected.
Make sense?
adza said:
I was wondering if anyone here has used "The Missing Sync" by Mark Space on their Android Phone, and if so how do you find it?
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Stay away from it.
If it costs $20, then IMO it's acceptable.
But it costs $40, which is absurd considering the instabilities and lack of functionalities.
Granted, some of the problems are because of the underlying Google codes/apps. Maybe they'll correct them in future, but maybe not, who knows.
Give it a trial before giving them your credit card number.
Doesn't appear as though they offer a trial version.
I also haven't been able to find anything about a guarantee.
I've been reading up as I would purchase this if I knew it was going to do the job for me without problems, but a number of users have reported having issues and not being able to get a refund.
With the reviews I've seen, plus the fact I can't try or get a refund - I'm not keen on parting with the amount they're asking for at this point in time.
See if it works without entering a code... Doubtful through...
http://www.markspace.com/downloads.html
Again, given their track record (user ratings) (http://www.cyrket.com/search?market=android&account=Mark/Space,+Inc.) It's better to stay away from it, for now.
And do check our their forums...
http://forums.markspace.com/viewforum.php?f=34
Going off of their looong tradition of helping phones sync with macs, I tried out Missing Sync, hoping for the solution to my syncing woes.
It's... okay. As a piece of software that is multi-platform, it's understandable that you won't see some of the polish that comes with apps made specifically with Android in mind. If you've ever used BitPim before, think of Missing Sync as the lite, user-friendly version of BitPim.
My main gripe is that it prefers to use it's own tools/organization rather than the standard ones on Android. This is especially true with Notes & Calendar, which require separate apps made by the developer (I didn't try these out). Since google already owns my life (and I use SMS Backup+ to archive SMS in gmail), I found that I had more syncs turned off than on.
That was ok for me though, because the main reason I tried it was for iTunes syncing. I've tried to love doubleTwist, but it's just too slow & buggy. While Missing Sync's iTunes syncing was faster overall, it still didn't offer the syncing experience that I desired. In the end, it just wasn't worth the overhead.
While Missing Sync software can be absolutely wonderful for locked down, non-smartphones, in this day of "the cloud", it's syncing model is starting to show it's age. I'd recommend a different solution.
So my little boy (2y) sometimes grabs my phone and does random things. No big deal if he messes something up its usually easy to fix and my understanding of most non-developer things Android is pretty good.
Unfortunately I recently started having this weird problem and I'm not even sure if it was him: My wife (and some others) are no longer in my list of "All contacts". I double and triple and quadruple checked that all contacts are to be shown. I even tried enabling "custom" and then selecting everything. The thing is, the contact card is there and fully intact and usable in Favorites and when I search for it. But it is not in the list. I even deleted the one that was still there in favorites and re-added it and it's STILL not showing up. I changed the sorting order, made sure I chose first name last name in the right fields, went through the entire list regardless but it just doesn't show up. The real problem this brings is that things interacting with the contact list like some other apps or voice dialing in the car simply won't find this "missing" contact.
I'm currently on Oxygen OS but I also noticed the contact missing in the google contacts preview online. It's there in starred, not in the actual list though. -.-
Out of ideas here. Anyone got one?
So it is missing in your contact list AND on internet?
Also have you tried basic things like cache wiping and sh*t?
Maybe this is a specific bug introduced by OxOS? I hope not though... because if it is the case, you'll have to wait for a fix
Ok so thanks for such an obvious tip I missed. Clearing cache helped somewhat with also re-adding the contact again. So in terms of interactions etc it should be fine now but the sorting is still utterly screwed up. My wife's initials are B. V. D. (I used her full name, first, middle, last in the correct fields) and she is sorted under M now matter how I sort....
Haha I really did not think it would work but I'm glad it did!
Hey guys,
I'm not sure if this is the best subforum to ask in, but I figured if anybody knew it would be you guys on XDA-devs.
I have a slightly modified Facebook .apk - what I did was take the last version before they bastardized the newsfeed and got rid of "most recent" (it's version 8.something), then open it up and remove a bunch of permissions that I didn't want it having. I left in obvious ones like GPS for checking in, but removed the stuff like "prevent phone from sleeping", drawing over other apps and other really obnoxious things that you normally couldn't opt out of.
I use it on a daily basis. I also hate Messenger - not only because it's two apps instead of one, but because of that same aforementioned issue... the drawing over other apps and there was no way to TURN NOTIFICATIONS OFF ENTIRELY, only for up to an hour.
Anyway, Facebook v8 already has a messenger built in. It's absolutely pointless to use the standalone one. However, there's a value that keeps being generated by their end that I can't control - at least not yet!
What happens is the first time you open messenger after signing in, it says "Upgrade to Messenger? Your friends are using it!" and you can choose "Not now" or upgrade. It does this for a day or two and then eventually the "not now" option goes away and it refuses to let you see your messages without "upgrading" despite the fact the app obviously has the ability to do it just fine.
After some experimentation, I discovered the fix. There are two values that get written in prefs.db (it's /data/data/com.facebook.katana/databases/prefs.db - not sure why prefs.db since it's not really a preferences but I digress)
If you open that up in SQLite Browser, there are three tables... open up "preferences" and there are two values:
/config/force_messenger/first_shown_1
/config/force_messenger/last_shown_1
Then there's a binary timestamp stored in another column in that row.
If I simply delete both of those and restart the app, it works!
But this is a bit annoying to have to do every couple days. I already have my development options set to force-close an app when I long-press the back button, so I was hoping it were possible to put a line of code in the .apk somewhere that just wipes those values, if present, when the app starts. There's nothing I can do about their server sticking those in there, as obviously they want to force people to use Messenger. I CAN just delete the values, though.
At the very least, some script I could set to auto-run (like kill the app and edit the .db) would work too, but I'm going to be getting a new phone soon and want to use it unrooted if possible... so I figured having this done from within the app itself would be a better idea.
Thanks in advance!