I personally see no point in it, as the mail app covers all the basis, and the gmail app doesnt come with a widget...but I have a google branded phone, and could completely understand why I couldnt delete it (like how the IM app and the market are somehow closely related, and the deletion of one screws the other over) as it may cause issues.
On another note, is there a list somewhere that has all the apps safe to remove?
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After following the advice of a responder to my original question, I moved the gmail.apk and gmailprovider.apk to my sd card, then removed them completely from system/app. I have rebooted, found no errors (downloaded an app from the market as a test, and also emailed myself) and most importantly, for the first time, have not had to resign into my google account upon reboot. Dont know if it was luck or wat, but Ive had to resign in everytimw (not a big de, but other then the intermitent lights, its the only bug Ive found with dcv1)
Im sure most of you are satisfied with the gmail app, but I personally prefer the mail app, as you can link more than one account and it has the widget. Ive noticed no delay in recieving or sending or any error outside of the mail/gmail app. Thought you all might be interested in knowing my findings
Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....
mountaindont said:
I personally see no point in it, as the mail app covers all the basis, and the gmail app doesnt come with a widget...but I have a google branded phone, and could completely understand why I couldnt delete it (like how the IM app and the market are somehow closely related, and the deletion of one screws the other over) as it may cause issues.
On another note, is there a list somewhere that has all the apps safe to remove?
Damage V1
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Search is your friend........
You can ADB into the phone and manually remove it, I believe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581635&highlight=remove+gmail
obannvi said:
Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....
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LOL Chars!!
obannvi said:
Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....
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All 17 pages of 'Apps Safe To Remove' talked nothing of gmail, other than how rming other apps effected Gmail; the search function brought up no answers, unless I missed something (which is very possible )
Id appreciate your help.
Try moving it and not completely removing it? Then if the phone crashes/wont work, you can move it back to it's proper location through recovery..?
I've never wanted to remove the stock gmail app, since the standard app doesn't requires checking of email, whereas the gmail app is a push email (I think?) I get notifications of gmail faster on my phone than I do on my PC.
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You can ADB into the phone and manually remove it, I believe
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Thanks for the speedy response.
I searched that thread, and every other one that came one while searching "remove gmail" but found nothing of use. I am fully aware of how to remove it, Im simply curious as to whether or not its SAFE to remove.
Thanks again
Sirchuk said:
Try moving it and not completely removing it? Then if the phone crashes/wont work, you can move it back to it's proper location through recovery..?
I've never wanted to remove the stock gmail app, since the standard app doesn't requires checking of email, whereas the gmail app is a push email (I think?) I get notifications of gmail faster on my phone than I do on my PC.
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Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?
mountaindont said:
Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?
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The email is delivered to your phone real time, as opposed to polling on a chedule (i.e. every 30 minutes).
mountaindont said:
Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?
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The gmail servers notify your phone when you have a new email, instead of the phone polling the servers for new email (that is pull)
Saves battery life as your phone can sit idle and wait for google servers to tell it to get mail.
Bielinsk said:
The gmail servers notify your phone when you have a new email, instead of the phone polling the servers for new email (that is pull)
Saves battery life as your phone can sit idle and wait for google servers to tell it to get mail.
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My battery life has been amazing since flashing DCV1. Ill definatly have to keep an eyye on that. Thanks for the response!
mountaindont said:
My battery life has been amazing since flashing DCV1. Ill definatly have to keep an eyye on that. Thanks for the response!
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Have you guys tried using Exchange ActiveSync in the mail app for Gmail, this will make it push rather then pull. I believe you need to use m.google.com as the server, and change the frequency to "as items arrive".
Is the sign in thing really annoying? it only happens when you go to airplane mode or reboot. I dont think its a big deal it dont effects me at least
YoungAceAtlanta said:
Is the sign in thing really annoying? it only happens when you go to airplane mode or reboot. I dont think its a big deal it dont effects me at least
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In my edit I stated it wasnt a big deal. Just a work around, to one of the few bugs left in dcV1.
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Have you guys tried using Exchange ActiveSync in the mail app for Gmail, this will make it push rather then pull. I believe you need to use m.google.com as the server, and change the frequency to "as items arrive".
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Perfection! I thank you most kindly.
Now all we need is to get the trackball working, and dcv1 will be TRUELY 100%.
Yes, the trackball and leds are a big deal...to me
still getting the sign in error
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In my edit I stated it wasnt a big deal. Just a work around, to one of the few bugs left in dcV1.
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Just a heads up, I still get the sign in error after I removed both apk's. I got it after rebooting and putting the phone into airplane mode.
Good attempt at trying to resolve the issue though!
mountaindont said:
Perfection! I thank you most kindly.
Now all we need is to get the trackball working, and dcv1 will be TRUELY 100%.
Yes, the trackball and leds are a big deal...to me
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Then you might just be screwed. Current speculation is that the trackball thing is intentional. If you check...whenever you get e-mail or a text message the trackball lights up. This behavior is quite possibly intended and a possible change for the 'official' 2.1 ROMs.
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Just a heads up, I still get the sign in error after I removed both apk's. I got it after rebooting and putting the phone into airplane mode.
Good attempt at trying to resolve the issue though!
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I can confirm that this is not a fix. I've had gmail deleted for weeks now (using k9 for pushing work and personal email) and I've still been getting the sign-in notification.
I was also thinking you need that for the market.
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Those in the whatsapp beta for Android should update your software ASAP, because they just put in push functionality for everyone with a 2.2 phone. Is this the only software so far not from google to actually use the 2.2 push function? (C2DM and the likes do not count)
how is it different to what its doing now?? i shall update soon after i finish charging
JexL said:
how is it different to what its doing now?? i shall update soon after i finish charging
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It doesn't poll like the old version anymore, and after some testing, I am getting my messages a little faster, because there is usually a 10-20 second delay when the app is sleeping, but this time it's like a 2-3 second after my friend sends me the text via whatsapp.
ahh right so there would be better battery life too??
Is the beta app available? Have they mentioned a release date?
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Whatsapp is probably one of the most useful apps for someone coming from a blackberry and misses BBMs. The difference is the speed but the main upside is that it's crossplatformed. Also the app is good for people that travel and have an open wifi spot. Free messaging to friends back home is well worth it.
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ahh right so there would be better battery life too??
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Definitely!
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Is the beta app available? Have they mentioned a release date?
Thanks
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Nope, but it should be within the next few months, it's already very stable other than some of the extra stuff like backgrounds, etc.
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Whatsapp is probably one of the most useful apps for someone coming from a blackberry and misses BBMs. The difference is the speed but the main upside is that it's crossplatformed. Also the app is good for people that travel and have an open wifi spot. Free messaging to friends back home is well worth it.
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Yeah, since I have quite a few friends with an iphone and BB, I'm able to send them messages via my data plan.
AppBrain's Fastweb Installer uses C2DM too for installation of applications from your PC browser.
Anything that uses C2DM is immediately interesting, I'll check it out!
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Those in the whatsapp beta for Android should update your software ASAP, because they just put in push functionality for everyone with a 2.2 phone. Is this the only software so far not from google to actually use the 2.2 push function? (C2DM and the likes do not count)
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I believe Pingchat uses push notifications. Works well on my Desire.
Abandoned-Trolley said:
I believe Pingchat uses push notifications. Works well on my Desire.
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It's not using the same type of 2.2 push unfortunately.
hows it different?
EDIT: also seems like there are sometimes big delays between messages. whatsapp keeps disconnecting in the new version
I had to revert back to an older verison I believe. Newest version yesterday kept logging me off also and messages were stalled until I sent one out then they'd all come in.
Looked on the changelog and they took off the "Push Notifications"
Currently running: v1.0.6138
I'm using whatsapp on 2.1. working pretty well so far. ... thinking of getting 2.2 but no sense UI ROM for hero yet.
can we have a link to the apps apk?
Aww man, they removed push notifications via C2DM and the reason was they need to give google a quota? I have no idea what that means.
http://beta.whatsapp.com/test/7/WhatsApp.html
* google push disabled -- we need quota from google
really, what's the difference/advantage of using C2DM. i dont understand what's going on in the background.
Yepp.... just downloaded the APK from the link provided above... You can download and install it, but when it asks for your display name, you will get a message that says "Unauthorized beta user, DO NOT E-MAIL US", or something like that.
That's too bad because I loved it on my BB to chat with my iPhone friends, you would think that it would be easier and faster to create an app for Android and it would already be out in the market !!
it works!! everyone gets that message just wait till tommorrow and try again and it will work. Heaps of people have had success using this method. dont give up so easily
updated yesterday and they've been approved for the push notification via GOOGLE's c2dm.
Only thing i've noticed is that the app unlike iPhone's version doesn't time out while it's in the background. So it seems like you're always logged in. This could be corrected by a task manager app to kill the app but once you receive a new message it auto logs you on and double check marks the message as read.
I can receive texts no problem, but when I go to type a new text (and this may be a keyboard issue) it allows me to type one or two letters, before the keyboard just goes away off the screen and I have to wait a few seconds and then click back into the textbox in order to continue typing.
This issue is occurring for me on the MB860. Has anyone else experienced this or know of a workaround?
That sometimes happens, maybe it's just an android bug, I'd suggest you get Hacker's keyboard it is very good and never crashes.
Hope this helps
If the problem still persists get another texting app.
Daniel120201 said:
That sometimes happens, maybe it's just an android bug, I'd suggest you get Hacker's keyboard it is very good and never crashes.
Hope this helps
If the problem still persists get another texting app.
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Just to make sure, is it This one?
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Also, I tried with Handcent as well as the default text app and the keyboard issue existed in both.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard&hl=en
Yes sir, just download it, it's very straight forward, you get an app that tells you how to do it
Daniel120201 said:
Yes sir, just download it, it's very straight forward, you get an app that tells you how to do it
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AWESOME!!
Now I am running into one other small problem (and this I am sure is user error).
When I click on the phone and look at my contacts I am showing the same contact multiple times. But if I click on the 'contacts' icon, it shows accurate contacts/numbers etc.
What setting changes this?
jo15765 said:
AWESOME!!
Now I am running into one other small problem (and this I am sure is user error).
When I click on the phone and look at my contacts I am showing the same contact multiple times. But if I click on the 'contacts' icon, it shows accurate contacts/numbers etc.
What setting changes this?
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Is it like you click on a name, and it shows you another persons' contacts or is it just you wrote it more than once?
If I helped pls send me a thanks
Daniel120201 said:
Is it like you click on a name, and it shows you another persons' contacts or is it just you wrote it more than once?
If I helped pls send me a thanks
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It's like I entered Jo Jones --- 1111111111 in there 5 times, and it does this with multiple contacts.
jo15765 said:
It's like I entered Jo Jones --- 1111111111 in there 5 times, and it does this with multiple contacts.
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Well, you should eiter reset your contacts, get another contacts app, delete the multiple contacts or I dunno . Maybe a restart will help
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Well, you should eiter reset your contacts, get another contacts app, delete the multiple contacts or I dunno . Maybe a restart will help
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I didn't see a way to delete the duplicate contacts. Anytime I click on them it calls, or if I click the settings button there is only an add option.
And a phone reboot didn't work That was the 1st thing I attempted, lol
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I didn't see a way to delete the duplicate contacts. Anytime I click on them it calls, or if I click the settings button there is only an add option.
And a phone reboot didn't work That was the 1st thing I attempted, lol
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You should get another contatcs app and import them, you should try long pressing your contacts
Daniel120201 said:
You should get another contatcs app and import them, you should try long pressing your contacts
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Long pressing does nothing. Let me try to use the proper terminology here...my "Dialer" is showing incorrect contact info but my "Contact" app is showing the correct contact info.
Should I try to get another Dialer...is that possible?
Oh, I don't have a phone that calls but maybe you should get another dialer apk like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android.dialer&hl=en
Hope it helps
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Oh, I don't have a phone that calls but maybe you should get another dialer apk like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android.dialer&hl=en
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Do I need to use TiBu to uninstall my current dialer, then install the one you linked from the play store?
jo15765 said:
Do I need to use TiBu to uninstall my current dialer, then install the one you linked from the play store?
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I think you can have two dialers at once. If not just remove the old one. Try installing it first cause without a dialer your os may malfunction.
Daniel120201 said:
I think you can have two dialers at once. If not just remove the old one. Try installing it first cause without a dialer your os may malfunction.
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I will give that a twirl and see how it works out. I am currently using CWM to make a full back-up just in case I get a little to trigger happy and mess something up.
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How do I set this as the default Dialer?
jo15765 said:
I will give that a twirl and see how it works out. I am currently using CWM to make a full back-up just in case I get a little to trigger happy and mess something up.
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How do I set this as the default Dialer?
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Is there anyway for me to use the Dialer from my BLUR Rom? Or maybe a better way to word it would be the Dialer from the Stock MB860 ROM?
jo15765 said:
Is there anyway for me to use the Dialer from my BLUR Rom? Or maybe a better way to word it would be the Dialer from the Stock MB860 ROM?
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I actually decided to get to the root of this problem and I took a look at my google contacts since I was loading the contacts from google. Somehow all my contacts were duplicated (some triplicated) in google contacts. I updated google contacts and now they are only pulling in once.
Now I still can't figure out how to modify a contact in the Dialer that ships with CM10.1 epinter tho.
Also -- Is there a way to keep your phone brightness @ max when it is charging? I can't seem to get that setting right either.
Try this maybe: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en
It's not available on Play Store yet, least not in my country, and found the apk elsewhere, so thought about sharing it.
Nice update.
Download:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3dAMHacbZmta3Y5NlFuNDBFVkU/edit?usp=sharing
Enjoy.
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Why not link the website?
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/downloads/list
Rosa Elefant said:
Why not link the website?
http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/downloads/list
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Nevermind
Regarding K-9 Mail 4.4 Mass Deletes
Hi,
I have used K-9 for the past year for all of my email accounts.. and it was fine. One feature that I particularly liked was the ability to hold down the mail entry.. and press Select, which enabled you to label items you planned to mass delete, without opening all of the emails in your folder.
With 4.4 I cannot find that feature any longer, and I find that the app now takes up considerably more memory, causing it to work very slowly.
Unless I can get around the Mass Delete and memory issue, I will have to remove K-9 from my HTC EVO 4G phone.
Is anyone aware of a workaround for these issues?
Thank you,
Steve
[email protected]
I am having issues with the frequent wake up of the program in order to look for incoming message, although i have the "poll frequency" in never and push notifications enabled. Does anyone else have the same issue or is there something that needs to be done in the settings? The version is 4.803 - thanks.
Tried 4.9?
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Tried 4.9?
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Since it is still an alpha version, i don't know whether it is stable and as i use this for my office e-mails I am a bit reluctant to try...have you tried it?
Yes, and I haven't found major issues in daily use yet.
Finally I installed it also, but i think it was not better than the previous version...it was also a bit larger file, therefore i reverted back to the previous one. Do you have any suggestions for the push/poll settings in case i am doing something wrong there?
For me, default settings work (if not battery-friendly though). Sorry. :/
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For me, default settings work (if not battery-friendly though). Sorry. :/
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The battery-friendly settings is what i was trying to find, but i can live with this i suppose!!:good:
K9 seems to not be waking up my phone to poll email.
It is set to poll every 15 minutes but only polls when the screen is on. If screen is off for longer than 15 mins then it will poll as soon as the screen is turned on as if it is been forced to wait.
Is it possible greenify breaks k9? (I havent greenified the app).
Before the upgrade to Lollipop the email application would predict destinations based on emails received, even if I didn't have them in my contacts.
For instance If I received a mail from someone new called "John Doe" even if I didn't have it in my contacts. If I started a new mail and started typing in the To: "Joh... I would get a suggestion for this guy address or similar ones, including the matching contacts in my contact list.
Is there any way to retrieve this behaviour? Why has Sony/Google remove such thing? In a day to day work environment is very annoying to have to add every single person I receive emails from to my contact list.
Thanks in advance!
It is not removed. And always after a major upgrade it is best to do a factory reset.
Seriously that's the only option?
We have several cases in the office, including boss, and I'd like to keep android, but if what you say is true... sounds very unreliable for work.
daniel_fm said:
Seriously that's the only option?
We have several cases in the office, including boss, and I'd like to keep android, but if what you say is true... sounds very unreliable for work.
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Give it a try, crossing from KK to L is a major firmware upgrade. A factory reset is necessary.
My email app works great, all the functions.
It is not unreliable, it's a must, after that it will be ok.
So I recommend a clean install.
P.S.
You can try to go to Settings : Apps : All : Email - and clear data, before you follow my first advice.
Thanks for the advice, if it works for you, certainly worth a try, at lease clearing data, even if I have to configure all the accounts again )
daniel_fm said:
Thanks for the advice, if it works for you, certainly worth a try, at lease clearing data, even if I have to configure all the accounts again )
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Let me know how it worked out.
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Let me know how it worked out.
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sorry for the delay, as I had the testing mobile getting fixed. As you say it works, or so it does with a mobile recently reset to factory status.
Thanks again for your time.
Now I'm into trying to find how to make whatsapp not using the lolillpop semi-drop down notifications, just to show with the icon in the notification bar as it did in kitkat (lollipop changed many things indeed).
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sorry for the delay, as I had the testing mobile getting fixed. As you say it works, or so it does with a mobile recently reset to factory status.
Thanks again for your time.
Now I'm into trying to find how to make whatsapp not using the lolillpop semi-drop down notifications, just to show with the icon in the notification bar as it did in kitkat (lollipop changed many things indeed).
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No problem, I had a little vacation myself.
About the notification, try a third party app from PlayStore.
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No problem, I had a little vacation myself.
About the notification, try a third party app from PlayStore.
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It's really the new "heads-up" notification method in lollipop, that is mandatory with no way to disable it unless you use a modded solution.
Problem is our phone has little modding yet. Will keep an eye for options.
I use Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C that is rooted and running official marshmallow. All was going well for 6-7 months. But suddenly I am not getting push notification from the facebook app for the last month. The only time I am getting push notification from the facebook app when I try to login from another browser and a code is needed from code generator. Push notification from other apps, email, instagram etc are working. I have tried clearing data of the app, turning off platform, uninstalling greenify. Butnothing worked. What to do now? Please help.
Hi there so generally the facebook app is unliked around here because it takes up a huge amount of RAM. Many people here prefer to use an alternate client for facebook I've heard of some I think you should try some out if you feel you have done everything to activate push notifications. Here is a rddit link in case you are wondering about some opinions https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/3k2ol0/facebook_app_alternative/
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Hi there so generally the facebook app is unliked around here because it takes up a huge amount of RAM. Many people here prefer to use an alternate client for facebook I've heard of some I think you should try some out if you feel you have done everything to activate push notifications. Here is a rddit link in case you are wondering about some opinions https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/3k2ol0/facebook_app_alternative/
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actually nothing can deliver like the official app
I wouldn't now since I don't really use Facebook. Have you tried restoring a backup through titanium or some fashion?
Elitemomo said:
I wouldn't now since I don't really use Facebook. Have you tried restoring a backup through titanium or some fashion?
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yup bro
There actually might be a setting that might have to do with this however we could have a better idea if you tried using the Facebook app on another device. Have you tried doing that?
Elitemomo said:
There actually might be a setting that might have to do with this however we could have a better idea if you tried using the Facebook app on another device. Have you tried doing that?
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No, I don't have another android device. When I use swipe pro, push notification works in that app. and in facebook app itself, for code generator notification and someone is live notification, push notification works immediately. Someone told me that this is facebook's problem. He faced the same problem. After his reporting for 2 times to facebook, they resolved it some days later.
Then you should probably contact Facebook if its a problem on their end that way you can now for sure if you can fix it.
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Then you should probably contact Facebook if its a problem on their end that way you can now for sure if you can fix it.
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ok bro. thanks