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K9 for pure multitouch zoom is super finicky

Has anyone else noticed that it's nearly impossible to zoom in and out of messages in k9 for pure. Is it like this in the normal k9 too? Its so frustrating, I may have to go back to just using the gmail app. The downside of the gmail app is of course that you can't zoom all the way out or copy/paste.

Yes, I noticed the same thing when I tried K9. Its the reason I uninstalled and went back to the Samsung app. The Samsung app is slow to load messages but at least multitouch zoom works smoothly and correctly. I don't like the Gmail app because there are no buttons on top to go forward or back on messages. Just one button on the bottom to view an older message. All in all, I don't think there is a perfect email App for Android (although I hear HTC's is great). I'm going to stick with the Samsung one because even though its slow, at least it does what I want.

I have not tried K9 but I am running Maildroid which is a lot better than the stock Samsung App. I would say try it..
Cheers,
Charlie

Maybe I'll give Maildroid a try. Is it faster? My biggest gripe with the Samsung app is that its terribly slow to load messages.

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[Q] Facebook Widget issues
the facebook widget force closes at every attempt to use. I am running the initial build (not update 1 or 2). Is anyone else having this issue? Btw, the app works just fine.

Will not work on mine either

Yeah doesn't work on mine either

This is a stupid bug in facebook code where they pass a null intent and Honeycomb won't allow this. Same issue as Google Voice. Can be fixed, but not really worth it. Facebook widget sucks, and the app is updated often

I can't seem to be able to access Facebook through the stock browser or through the Facebook app. Is this a problem for anyone else or is it just me?

I think it is a Honeycomb and Facebook issue. I have the same issue on the Acer. Use another browser in Desktop mode and you should be fine.
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Kinda works for me. I sometimes get redirected to the Mobile site where it just doesn't load the page and pretty much breaks it. Facebook chat lags, commenting photos lag and facebook games lag.

Use Flow for facebook, I installed it last night and works like a charm

I'm using the standard Facebook app and I have no issues at all.

AndroidMobileNZ said:
I'm using the standard Facebook app and I have no issues at all.
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And default browser in 'tablet' view mode. Working fine. Widget for the home screen in the app doesnt work though.

I haven't had any issues with the regular FB app but I use Friendcaster instead. Doesn't have all the features but it is optimized for HC.

Here is maybe a more generic FB question:
I am technically logged on as my real name, but I use my photography bus. as my main account. If this makes sense? I go Account - Use Facebook page as - then my photography bus.
It seems like on every app or on this tab I can't "switch" to use my photog bus. Any idea on what to do here?

pside15 said:
I haven't had any issues with the regular FB app but I use Friendcaster instead. Doesn't have all the features but it is optimized for HC.
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+1.. I got friendcaster last night and like the simplicity of I so far (until I find something I don't like about it/can't do lol)
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AndroidMobileNZ said:
I'm using the standard Facebook app and I have no issues at all.
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+1, no problems here

No problems using the stock facebook app or the browser page.

Same, I have no issues.
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For me FB on the browser or on the app is pretty bad. Any app that does better?

Srikar_NBK said:
For me FB on the browser or on the app is pretty bad. Any app that does better?
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Have you tried Friendcaster? It is basically just your news feed but looks better since it is made for tablets.

My Facebook app force closes whenever I try to view "Friends." I thought the latest update was supposed to fix this, and indeed it has on Gingerbread, but it's still happening on Honeycomb.

im using FriendCaster THD at the moment. Works great but the widget is a bit puny.

[Q] Display email fully zoomed out on ICS email app

Hi,
I've just moved from iPhone 4 to Galaxy SIII and loving it but one thing that really sucks is the stock email app (tried Samsung one but installed stock ICS email app).
I can handle the annoying "show pictures" every time I open an email (please tell me is there is a tweak to show pictures by default) but I can't handle how the email app zooms in on emails and you have to scroll around just to read the email. It's even more annoying you don't have the option to zoom out.
I've included two attachments to show you what i'm talking about. On the iPhone it automatically zooms out and shows the email on one page (so you only have to scroll up and down) and if you want you can zoom in. On the stock android app, it cuts the email in half and you have to scroll right and up and down. You don't have the option to zoom out.
So i want to know if there is a tweak to the email app that allows you to zoom out? Since developers have the apk, can't they modify the default zoom settings? I don't want to use another app, I like the stock apps. I also use multiple accounts (Gmail and Hotmail) so I only want to use one app.
I've searched the forums but could only find this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574566
they seem to be having the same problem but no fix.
Please let me know of alternative options as well.
Cheers

apat183 said:
Hi,
I've just moved from iPhone 4 to Galaxy SIII and loving it but one thing that really sucks is the stock email app (tried Samsung one but installed stock ICS email app).
I can handle the annoying "show pictures" every time I open an email (please tell me is there is a tweak to show pictures by default) but I can't handle how the email app zooms in on emails and you have to scroll around just to read the email. It's even more annoying you don't have the option to zoom out.
I've included two attachments to show you what i'm talking about. On the iPhone it automatically zooms out and shows the email on one page (so you only have to scroll up and down) and if you want you can zoom in. On the stock android app, it cuts the email in half and you have to scroll right and up and down. You don't have the option to zoom out.
So i want to know if there is a tweak to the email app that allows you to zoom out? Since developers have the apk, can't they modify the default zoom settings? I don't want to use another app, I like the stock apps. I also use multiple accounts (Gmail and Hotmail) so I only want to use one app.
I've searched the forums but could only find this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574566
they seem to be having the same problem but no fix.
Please let me know of alternative options as well.
Cheers
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Meet each other... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27861715
Edit: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15745

Clearly the other guy didn't watch the noob video since he posted after mine
Still no solution though :-(
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pls keep discussion on one topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27861715
thanks,

stock browser won't let me delete gmail emails

I tried searching for this problem on Google, but the only solution I came across was either by browsing gmail in classic or desktop mode on stock browser. I can't seem to delete a gmail email in mobile version. when I press the trash icon to delete an email, the icon turns blue to indicate that it has been pressed, but then it doesnt reload the page or delete anything. it just hangs..
since I am a frequent gmail user, I use dolphin browser instead, which works fine, but I still want to know what's causing the problem with stock browser. btw I don't use gmail app. my issue here is accessing gmail on stock browser.
thanks in advance!
edit: I am on stock btw.

am I the only one with this glitch? plz help

I dont have that issue but then again i use k9 email app. When i have used gmail via a browser on the phone i use chrome and dont have a issue
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The app is far easier, I've found.
Nonetheless, I tested the stock browser and it does not actually delete any gmail items that I select when in mobile browsing mode. Works fine in Opera, though. I use Opera because it acts more in line with my expectations from a UI standpoint and rewraps text on zoom.
So, it's a stock browser bug, I'd think.
- ooofest

ooofest said:
The app is far easier, I've found.
Nonetheless, I tested the stock browser and it does not actually delete any gmail items that I select when in mobile browsing mode. Works fine in Opera, though. I use Opera because it acts more in line with my expectations from a UI standpoint and rewraps text on zoom.
So, it's a stock browser bug, I'd think.
- ooofest
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alright. thanks for clearing that up. I can't believe how Google's android stock browser has such glitch with gmail, which is also Google.
this is practically the main reason why I'm using dolphin instead. hope it gets fixed eventually.

royalcapo said:
alright. thanks for clearing that up. I can't believe how Google's android stock browser has such glitch with gmail, which is also Google.
this is practically the main reason why I'm using dolphin instead. hope it gets fixed eventually.
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I think google doesn't want us to deleted emails. Have you ever tried deleting your
email from the gmail website after not doing it fora few months? OMG! ITS crazy. First you can only do it 10 at a time and there may have hundreds or more, and each 10 take several clicks it can take hundreds of clicks! But if that's not bad enough if you want to completely delete them you have to do it all over again to delete them from the history and again from the trash.

Any reason you choose to use the browser over the app?
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PaulG1488 said:
Any reason you choose to use the browser over the app?
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I like to surf internet and check emails under a single app. that's all lol

Stock email app NOT gmail

Anyone know how to get the old stock email app working on pixel? I've installed an old apk but as soon as I try and open it, it says to use Gmail and points me that way. Makes me feel like I'm using an iPhone.
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bacon612 said:
Anyone know how to get the old stock email app working on pixel? I've installed an old all but as soon as I try and open it, it says to use Gmail and points me that way. Makes me feel like I'm using an iPhone.
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I just got my phone set up yesterday. Are you saying there was a different default e-mail app on this phone at some point? Mine only came with the Gmail app. Seems strange to me to not have Gmail be the stock email app on a Google phone.

Doesn't exist anymore
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laureanop said:
Doesn't exist anymore
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What this guy said. It's been phased out and its features have been moved to Gmail.

magnumtripod said:
I just got my phone set up yesterday. Are you saying there was a different default e-mail app on this phone at some point? Mine only came with the Gmail app. Seems strange to me to not have Gmail be the stock email app on a Google phone.
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laureanop said:
Doesn't exist anymore
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FoleyRose said:
What this guy said. It's been phased out and its features have been moved to Gmail.
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Wow. Thats too bad. Guess I'll have to wait for a custom rom to use it again. Its still in Cyanogenmod builds, maybe its in gapps. Anyhow, I really liked keeping it separate from gmail.

Yeah. You may be able to build it from source from CM but sounds like a pain.
bacon612 said:
Wow. Thats too bad. Guess I'll have to wait for a custom rom to use it again. Its still in Cyanogenmod builds, maybe its in gapps. Anyhow, I really liked keeping it separate from gmail.
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Why not just download another email app. Like Outlook, that one works well with all email accounts.

I'd strongly recommend K9 as an email app. Been using that since my G1 and it's still outstanding!

K9 or blue mail works great, I've used k9 for a long time, just switched over to blue, very hard to decide which one is the keeper ?
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These guys are not actually correct.
The "stock" email program STILL EXISTS, and in fact, is actually INSTALLED on Pixel devices from factory!
BUT, google has merged its UI into the GMAIL program.
So you have two options if you want to use the "stock" email program;
1) Set up your IMAP email account through the GMAIL program,
2) DISABLE the gmail program, and guess what happens? The "email" program launcher icon shows up in your launcher!
HOWEVER, it really is a much better idea to use k9mail instead. It is far more feature rich.

doitright said:
These guys are not actually correct.
The "stock" email program STILL EXISTS, and in fact, is actually INSTALLED on Pixel devices from factory!
BUT, google has merged its UI into the GMAIL program.
So you have two options if you want to use the "stock" email program;
1) Set up your IMAP email account through the GMAIL program,
2) DISABLE the gmail program, and guess what happens? The "email" program launcher icon shows up in your launcher!
HOWEVER, it really is a much better idea to use k9mail instead. It is far more feature rich.
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Neat, I didn't know that! Still gonna use K9 myself but that's pretty cool!

Aquamail would be my recommendation for a mail app. Easily the best and easiest to use of the six or eight that I tried...

doitright said:
These guys are not actually correct.
The "stock" email program STILL EXISTS, and in fact, is actually INSTALLED on Pixel devices from factory!
BUT, google has merged its UI into the GMAIL program.
So you have two options if you want to use the "stock" email program;
1) Set up your IMAP email account through the GMAIL program,
2) DISABLE the gmail program, and guess what happens? The "email" program launcher icon shows up in your launcher!
HOWEVER, it really is a much better idea to use k9mail instead. It is far more feature rich.
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That's a good find but unfortunately doesn't work for me. My mail server wont play nice with the Gmail app so I can't even get it configured. I still tried to disable Gmail but didn't see the stock email app. I then installed a stock email apk and it installed but still gives me the same screen saying that Gmail is the new everything app
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NickJHP said:
Aquamail would be my recommendation for a mail app. Easily the best and easiest to use of the six or eight that I tried...
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Aquamail Pro is nice, arguably better than K9, although it was just acquired by MobiSystems so who knows how future updates are going to look. Large companies acquiring small, indie developer projects does not usually end well for the app.
Security-wise, Aquamail, K9 and Nine are about the only third-party apps I'd consider.

I know this thread is now almost 2 months old.
what I"m looking for is a mail app to keep my gmail separate from my 2 exchange emails - and it MUST integrate with a calendar widget.
I haven't found one that works best. I liked the old "Mail" app - I could left swipe to delete, right to options - all your reply, reply-all, forward options right at the top of each message, rather than the options dots.
Outlook won't get sucked into my Google Calendar.

our3rotts said:
I know this thread is now almost 2 months old.
what I"m looking for is a mail app to keep my gmail separate from my 2 exchange emails - and it MUST integrate with a calendar widget.
I haven't found one that works best. I liked the old "Mail" app - I could left swipe to delete, right to options - all your reply, reply-all, forward options right at the top of each message, rather than the options dots.
Outlook won't get sucked into my Google Calendar.
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Aquamail - I tried just about every top email app. Also needed it to support Calendar, works perfect. I use the paid version and can't imagine a more customizable Android email client. Absolutely outstanding. Extremely reliable too.

Use Nine for Exchange. I've been using it for years, best Android email client.

ITGuy11 said:
Use Nine for Exchange. I've been using it for years, best Android email client.
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Yeah, definitely for Exchange. I still prefer K9 for IMAP (easy to have lots of aliases) but Nine is definitely where it's at for Exchange. Great integration to Calendar and more!

It seems that only the Lollipop branch of the stock email app 7.0-x is merged into Gmail. Earlier versions of the stock email app, targeted for KitKat like email app 6.3-x, are still working. I am on CM 11 and the fresh installed email app 6.3-1218562 seems functional and wants to be configured with an email account.
However, regarding security concerns it may be still better to use an alternative mail client like K9. I ask me now how that one performs on low-level phones with weak hardware. All these super-rich features of that nice K9 mailing app needs surely hardware power. I noticed a similar behavior also on more recent Gmail versions. These are far more hardware hungry then older ones. That's the reason why I like the stock email app, - it seems lightweight and fast.