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360 live app gone!

So I paid for the app among how many thousands of other ppl and Microsoft decides it wont allow 3rd party apps to gain access to an account that we the gamer/consumer pay for and google does nothing but pull the app or apps from the market and issues no refunds what the heck is that about ...its not about the money its about the poor business practices and the lack of protection of the consumer
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They want you buy windows phone instead
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Yea well that's not gonna ever happen and im tellin ya what everytime they pull crap like this makes me wanna sell my 360 and get a ps3
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Yea well deal with it. I can't understand why you need access to your gamertag on your phone if you can't play games.
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I use an app called XBOX Live Statistics. It's nice because I can see if my friends are online or not, and I can send them XBL messages from my phone. It's a little slow, but worth the load time.

Its the fact all of us who paid for an app can now no longer use it and we got no refund from the dev or google but everyone will cry like babies about pirated software and protecting their work well im saying what's protecting our (the consumer) money.
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ii Candor ii said:
I use an app called XBOX Live Statistics. It's nice because I can see if my friends are online or not, and I can send them XBL messages from my phone. It's a little slow, but worth the load time.
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They pulled that from the market too I was using it 2 days ago now its gone
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I have paid for both apps and now I wont get updates to any of them... Nor will I get a refund for either of them. I dunno who I am displeased with more Microsoft, Google, or the app Devs

I also payed for this app... I got a bit pissed off when I noticed it wasn't available anymore

Yoshilover said:
I have paid for both apps and now I wont get updates to any of them... Nor will I get a refund for either of them. I dunno who I am displeased with more Microsoft, Google, or the app Devs
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Absolutely not the devs or Google. Microsoft is at fault here. They disabled access and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Google could have given you the money back but you shouldn't be mad at them.
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I didn't even know about this. I have xbox live statistics. Is the app no longer working? I haven't checked it in a day or so, but have a widget that treks me if I have any messages or how many of my friends are online. This is a real bummer and I hope the consumers show enough outrage that they allow access once again. This affecting other mobile platforms as well?
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ii Candor ii said:
I can see if my friends are online or not, and I can send them XBL messages from my phone.
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Yup that's exactly why these apps are useful. No need to keep booting up the Xbox or load the bloated website.
Removing access is not cool at all.

Buy a ps4 like iam going to I was a big xbox fan and I still like my 360 and xbox1 but after 4 POS 360s I will not buy the next xbox! And I did not buy win7 becuz M$ riped us 360 owners off with defetive ****y hardware! M$ really Sucks it all started after Bill gates left
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well if they keep screwing with the servers to make it an "even playing field" im done with them I mean its not my.problem if the next guy has a slow connection its not fair to those of us that pay top dollar for high speed internet just to be drug down to their level atleast playstation network is free
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They only pulled it because it cost money. Had it been free it would have stayed. That's their policy on the iPhone app store thus I assume the same thing here
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check out spark 360

spark 360 is awesome

All I can say is HaHa get applanet and you won't get beet! If you want to support the dev buy the app!

Yoshilover said:
I have paid for both apps and now I wont get updates to any of them... Nor will I get a refund for either of them. I dunno who I am displeased with more Microsoft, Google, or the app Devs
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XDA is no longer worth my time.

lorijuan1024 said:
spark 360 is awesome
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Just verified that Spark 360 still works, glad I found this a while back and not the ones discussed in this thread

[Q] how can amazon give away paid apps for free?

how can amazon do this with their appstore?

Partner Ships and Advertising. Not more, not less.

Destke said:
Partner Ships and Advertising. Not more, not less.
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can u refriase that? im confused about what you just said.

I wish I could get these free apps. Why's it limited to U.S?

They are working with the devs of the apps to advertise them for a short while to increase traffic. Once that time frame is up more ppl will know about the app and can then generate more revenue for the developers.
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syrenz said:
I wish I could get these free apps. Why's it limited to U.S?
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im pretty sure its not going to be like that forever... they should be expanding soon.. they are probably just testing it out in the u.s

craigbailey1986 said:
They are working with the devs of the apps to advertise them for a short while to increase traffic. Once that time frame is up more ppl will know about the app and can then generate more revenue for the developers.
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thats what i wanted to know

From what i heard they still give the dev 20% of the cost of the app for every free app. i.e. a $.99 goes free amazon gives dev $.20ish. so the dev's still get a little bit

Are the apps they give away decent or upgradable through the market?

So far I got doodle jump free , shazan encore(4.99) free, dinner dash free , .farm frenzy for free. Not bad. They free and this are good apps .
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These apps require you to keep the Amazon app store installed on your device. If you remove Amazon app store the apps you downloaded will no longer work.
I do not know about paid apps but the free ones that are showcased daily will not work if you remove the Amazon app store.

Do you have to put a credit card number to even download a app????
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big790 said:
Do you have to put a credit card number to even download a app????
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yea you do or u can use amazon giftcard

you must first setup an amazon account using a credit card or paypal. when you install the amazon android store app, it syncs with your amazon account, so you don't store your credit card # or paypal info on your phone

In case anyone wants to keep track...
In case anyone wants to keep track, I put a copy of all the free apps here:
http://www.electricbreadcrumbs.com/2011/04/amazon-appstores-free-app-list.html

What would happen to the apps if you were to wipe with a ROM change?

Use Titanium backup and restore back.
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2sslow said:
These apps require you to keep the Amazon app store installed on your device. If you remove Amazon app store the apps you downloaded will no longer work.
I do not know about paid apps but the free ones that are showcased daily will not work if you remove the Amazon app store.
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Oh snap, I did not know that. Good thing I read this before I wiped my phone without any worry of losing anything. I'll have to do a Backup now. Thanks!

your apps are updateable, for free. lol. and since your account is set up with your amazon acct you can wipe and change roms a million times, as soon as you put the app store back on your phone and sign in with your account you can redownload your apps back again, still free.

[Q] Selling apps on the market

I would like to sell my app on the markets, but given that I am 15 I can't have a cresldit card/bank account. Would there be anyway around this problem? Pay pal maby?

Ur parents.
Everything involving moneys needs a real bank/credit card. No way round it.
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[Q] Transfer paid apps to another account?

I dont know if this is the right place to post this question but here goes
I have a lot of paid apps that I never ever use like beautiful Widgets and launchers and stuff, is there a WY to transfer them to another Google account say my gf so she can have them?
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Possible, but she will not receive any updates. From the time you transfer them, i would imagine that they would be deemed as warez?
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I was hoping to have them linked to her account so she could get updates and it removed from mine, they should have a gift system put on
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Not possible as far as I'm aware. But i agree, the gift system is a good idea.
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buzzboy said:
Not possible as far as I'm aware. But i agree, the gift system is a good idea.
Regards
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Not that good considering theres always someone who can abuse this
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Won't work on accounts, but copy your titanium backup files to the other phone.
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sinkster said:
Won't work on accounts, but copy your titanium backup files to the other phone.
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Good idea, but just to remind you, updates will be impossible. But the App shouldn't change a drastic amount anyway.
Then again you could use your backup periodically to update her apps?
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Actually, it depends how trusting and honest your relationship is... You can add your account to her phone, since the market allows for account selection now. This would (of course) give her access to your contacts, gmail, etc. But that is the only way I know to do this.

daveid said:
Actually, it depends how trusting and honest your relationship is... You can add your account to her phone, since the market allows for account selection now. This would (of course) give her access to your contacts, gmail, etc. But that is the only way I know to do this.
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Might not be the best idea...... : D
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daveid said:
Actually, it depends how trusting and honest your relationship is... You can add your account to her phone, since the market allows for account selection now. This would (of course) give her access to your contacts, gmail, etc. But that is the only way I know to do this.
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Id rather pay twice for each app
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negrobembon said:
Id rather pay twice for each app
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Lol
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Can I somehow send/receieve txts to another VZW SIII # that has been blocked?

One of my friend's and I text a lot (well, we did) until her dad noticed we were texting at late hours and he blocked my number on her phone....so she cannot send texts to me and my texts don't get to her. This was all while she had a "dumb" phone, but recently she got an SIII.
Is there any way to get around this now that she has a smartphone? I'm talking about regular texts and not having to use a special app (i.e. Facebook, Skype, etc.) to send texts back and forth. She is currently unrooted and thus running stock JB obviously.
Would rooting do the trick? A certain rom out there maybe? Or is there some sort of process one can do to "unblock" my number on her phone?

Uggghh. I hate that I will have to be that dad one day soon. Thank God I am smart enough to thwart you young men.
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bobAbooE said:
Uggghh. I hate that I will have to be that dad one day soon. Thank God I am smart enough to thwart you young men.
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Haha if I had a daughter Im sure I'd be doing the same thing....
But there has gotta be a way/hack/fix around it....

I am assuming that the block is on the account side, meaning she would need the vzw.com account password to unblock. If it was done on the phone itself I would imagine a factory reset would remove the block. Why dont you want to use third party apps like whatsapp? Some apps (can't think of names) can send free texts to legit cell numbers.
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sfetaz said:
I am assuming that the block is on the account side, meaning she would need the vzw.com account password to unblock. If it was done on the phone itself I would imagine a factory reset would remove the block. Why dont you want to use third party apps like whatsapp?
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A Factory Reset on an unrooted, fully stock S3 will fix it you think? What about her apps? Does Titanium Backup work fully on unrooted, stock phones? I haven't been unrooted in a longggggg time.

Can't you just use an app like tikl or tango just to sent the texts. I know you said no third party apps but they are free and if they work sounds much easier than having her root and find a hack.
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mikeman45 said:
Can't you just use an app like tikl or tango just to sent the texts. I know you said no third party apps but they are free and if they work sounds much easier than having her root and find a hack.
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I know they are free and I know that we could text that way.....the reason why I want to be able to send regular texts to/from our regular numbers is because I tether constantly, every day, and my phone stays in the window for the strongest LTE connection and I use Airdroid to view and send texts from my phone while on my pc......can't do that with a 3rd party app, I'd have to get up every single time to view/respond to the texts....

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I know they are free and I know that we could text that way.....the reason why I want to be able to send regular texts to/from our regular numbers is because I tether constantly, every day, and my phone stays in the window for the strongest LTE connection and I use Airdroid to view and send texts from my phone while on my pc......can't do that with a 3rd party app, I'd have to get up every single time to view/respond to the texts....
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Not if she gets a third party texting app that allows her to text your number from the app and vice versa.
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TXI Kaze said:
Not if she gets a third party texting app that allows her to text your number from the app and vice versa.
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We are trying that now with Pinger...her sending me a text from her Pinger # to my regular cell number.....but surprisingly its not working....Is this the method you were talking about?
Do you know of another app that will actually work in this way?

Well we got it to work for the time being via the HeyFree app.

Soo many third party apps will work.
Factory reset, root, custom rom will have no effect.
And what are you guys like 11? Haha got her dad blocking your number, I'm weak.
Sounds like my younger childhood
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My personal favorite is Google voice. Completely free, it can be used through the browser as well. Its also a wonderful visual voicemail client of sorts.
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tylerlawhon said:
My personal favorite is Google voice. Completely free, it can be used through the browser as well. Its also a wonderful visual voicemail client of sorts.
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I second that. It seems best to use Google Talk or Facebook Messenger.... then you guys can be "chatting" but you can just do it from your desktop browser and she can do it on her phone.

OP, I saw you have another thread started trying to help this girl get around something else her father set up regarding the use of her phone. Let me, as the father of a 23 year old daughter, give you a little piece of advice.
He has blocked your number from texts and stopped her data at 10:30pm. He is doing that for a reason and apparently doesn't like you very much either. I understand that you think you are trying to help her, but what you are doing is causing yourself more problems with the dad. I am guessing that neither of you are very old, hence the curfew on the data. You are looking for "hacks" to get around what he has done to, what he thinks is for the betterment of his daughter. You would be better served to work on your relationship with him than to really piss him off by going against him. Just remember, Daddy's little girl is his entire world that he would gladly die for and you are going to get into more trouble that you can imagine or would ever want to be in by messing with her and his wishes.
My advice would be to get onto his good side if you haven't already screwed that up and you may find the "hacks" that you are looking for. Alternatively, you could put another phone on your plan and give it to her for texting. Good luck and remember that some things cannot be undone after you do them........

Seems like Google Voice could be a good solution.... You get a different phone # and you can send/receive texts from any PC at voice.google.com

I would say hhf2 had the best idea and option for you. You may not like it but it is the truth.
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HHF2 said:
OP, I saw you have another thread started trying to help this girl get around something else her father set up regarding the use of her phone. Let me, as the father of a 23 year old daughter, give you a little piece of advice.
He has blocked your number from texts and stopped her data at 10:30pm. He is doing that for a reason and apparently doesn't like you very much either. I understand that you think you are trying to help her, but what you are doing is causing yourself more problems with the dad. I am guessing that neither of you are very old, hence the curfew on the data. You are looking for "hacks" to get around what he has done to, what he thinks is for the betterment of his daughter. You would be better served to work on your relationship with him than to really piss him off by going against him. Just remember, Daddy's little girl is his entire world that he would gladly die for and you are going to get into more trouble that you can imagine or would ever want to be in by messing with her and his wishes.
My advice would be to get onto his good side if you haven't already screwed that up and you may find the "hacks" that you are looking for. Alternatively, you could put another phone on your plan and give it to her for texting. Good luck and remember that some things cannot be undone after you do them........
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Thank god I do not have a daughter....
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faehsemc said:
Thank god I do not have a daughter....
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Haha I think no man wants a daughter :silly:
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GoonAssJuan said:
Haha I think no man wants a daughter :silly:
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That is actual VERY incorrect. While a boy you would consider your little "mini me", a daughter is your princess. The biggest concern is that they are healthy. Sure there are things that a guy wants a son for, but make no mistake about it, there are things that you are just as proud of with a daughter.

HHF2 said:
That is actual VERY incorrect. While a boy you would consider your little "mini me", a daughter is your princess. The biggest concern is that they are healthy. Sure there are things that a guy wants a son for, but make no mistake about it, there are things that you are just as proud of with a daughter.
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Damn straight. I honestly wanted a boy at first but when little cherrylin came out she decided she would be my most favorite thing in the world
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