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** This app will only be of interest to users on the PetroCanada network - an MVNO in Canada.**
However, I would like to add support for as many operators as possible, so if anyone on another network (e.g. speakout) can help please let me know. It won't take much of your time, I just need to see what the HTML looks like..
This app will check your account balance. You need a working internet connection, i.e. can browse to pcmobility.com. Instructions:
If you have not already done so, register your account on pcmobilitysite.com/register.aspx
Download apk, install and run
Click on "settings" and enter the info you use to login to pcmobilitysite.com
Click on "check balance" and your current balance should be displayed
Upcoming features:
- Homescreen widget
- Auto update when calls end and sms sent
- Auto update on schedule
- Support for more operators
If you find any bugs please post here. It works for me on on 2.2 and 2.3.5.
Note: even if I knew how to, I have absolutely no interest in harvesting your login info, and can see no advantage in doing so.
Just set this up, thanks. I have PC's unlimited browsing and it works fine. Pay as you Go. THANKS.
Look forward to future features!
Thanks, will download later!
However... I'm on petro Canada's UNL Talk, Text & Data for 50$... soo not much use checking my balance
but great app for those who need to check their balances!
Nice app, works nicely with Petro canada.
Does this use SMS (e.g. *777#), or website to check?
Thanks!
Is this app no longer working??? I have not used it for 3 weeks+ but just installed it again after ROMing my phone. I have entered the correct login info many times but keep getting it cannot retrieve the balance and to re-enter the login. I can login no probs on the PCmobility site, and know my login is correct.
Thanks for any responses.
Is this app finished, as in no more support or development???
So...I see a lot of people saying/complaining they can't use Google Music because they are outside of the US.
There are tons of tutorials out there on how to get it in the beta stage (via invite) but since the launch today, those don't work as efficiently because the invites are gone.
Here is how I got it to work for someone else tonight...I am sharing it with everyone so hopefully it'll help some people out (sticky if someone asks?)
Some of these steps will look similar to the beta version for this...but this is the only way I could SPECIFICALLY get it to work (other proxies/methods seem to not be reliable)
Step 1:
Download Tor Browser (https://www.torproject.org/index.html.en)
Step 2:
After extraction...click "Start Tor Browser.exe"...give it a few seconds while it properly connects to a proxy and such. It should automatically connect to a US proxy (go to whatismyipaddress.com to check where it has connected. If it hasn't, you can disconnect and try again OR change the settings so that it does connect to a US proxy (a number of guides are online on how to do this)
Step 3:
go to google.music.com ...and sign in with your regular account. Click accept on any terms and service and acknowledge that you are going to a secure site (or something to that nature). You will get a few errors after you sign in since the browser limits a lot of executions from websites. On the main google music page, just click on the "S" with the dash through it on the lower left hand side (under "playlists"...click on "ok" for the next pop up.
Step 4:
Click on "UPLOAD MUSIC"...then download the music manager. Install the music manager and just for brevity's sake, select a folder with very few songs in it to upload (so that you can get started right away)
Step 5:
Once it's done uploading, click on "home" under My Library and voilà..your songs should be there. After this, you NEVER need the Tor browser again...any time you log in to music.google.com, it should work on your regular browser because it acknowledges you uploaded songs...but if you click on "shop" to shop for some music, it will still block you because of the browser's limits...read on to get by that
OPTIONAL:
Download the google music apk (I've attached it to thise post) from these forums in order to sync with your device
NOW the fun part...getting to the Google Music store and getting some songs!
Step 6:
install hotspot shield. google it to find it...some people say this only half works for them as a VPN...but it's worked on every computer i've tried and is one of the few VPN's that will give you full functionality in a browser
Step 7:
connect to hotspot shield and use the browser of your choice (chrome, firefox, IE all work with my tests)
Step 8:
go to music.google.com...log into your account. Click on "shop". You will now be sent to the music area of the google market. Very fun.
Step 9:
This is the easiest way for the free songs...just go to any free song, click to buy it ("free" button)..and it'll ask you to log in a few times probably. It will then ask you for a credit card..put in a real credit card number (preferably yours) and whatever address you want. Just pick a US state and a valid zip code in that state (google whatever area you want). The address does not have to match the credit card for free songs. You are then given the option to complete your purchase...and then it goes through and syncs with your google music account automatically. Very sharp feature...Google is amazing.
Now the only caveat or thing you might be wondering..."what about songs that actually cost something?"...damn you for noticing the only thing i didn't cover!
The only way to bypass this is to buy, via online, a US visa or mastercard gift card that you can either reload or purchase once and throw away and then use that card to purchase the songs.
So there you go...a very nearly full functional use of google music....let me know what you think and if it's helped you out. Feel free to share the guide...but give reps my few hours of playing with proxies/tests to get it all working in one swoop. Thank you/gracias/merci
Edit: I've now attached the APK that some have requested..I know it was posted here and there...but at least this makes it a bit more of a "one stop shop" for the guide
I heard that it's coming to the European market soon.
Looks like a great guide, and I guess it works for some, but I'm sad to say it didn't for me. The moment i sign in to music.google.com it says "We're sorry. Google Music is currently only available in the United States" even though I'm going there in Tor. Tried with Hotspot Shield enabled too.
I am in Norway.
Thanks though
edit: Ah, the problem seems to be that Tor is using an UK proxy instead of an US one. How can I change this?
edit2: I did it! Followed this guide to make it only use US proxies: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo-tools/8225-how-get-us-ip-addresses-tor.html
Thank you, great guide
Great guide....but waaay too mych hassle. Specially for paid music.
I'll just wait for the EU version
Shape up, Google!
Well, you need an american credit card to download the free songs, dang... :-/
Its an awesome thing...I absolutely praise such an exclusive launch of music beta by google. However, initially i found it really difficult to get it as it is only accessible from USA which i think is unjustified for the rest of the world. One of my friend told me about the vpn services. And after acquiring vpn services i am ablt to use google music outside usa
has anyone got the newest google music 4.9.00 apk syncing with the google servers outside of the usa?
somewall - the apk that is in this forum (in the same general category) works fine for me and others say that it has worked for them
andevin - thanks for the head's up...i'll make a note of it
for the credit card thing for the free songs...you do not necessarily need a US credit card.
I used mine (not an american credit card) and it worked fine...I just filled in the rest of the stuff...but for the city, i googled an american city (let's say...new york) and used that city, state, and zip code
when you go to purchase a song...it'll say "verifying" or "processing" and it'll purchase the free song regardless
to purchase actual songs that are not free, i will re-emphasize that you need a visa/mastercard gift credit card for it to work
hope this helps!
p.s. i now attached the google music APK to the original guide
truthlesshero said:
to purchase actual songs that are not free, i will re-emphasize that you need a visa/mastercard gift credit card for it to work
hope this helps!
p.s. i now attached the google music APK to the original guide
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Sorry but here in Brazil i could buy song with a standard international credit card (santander mastercard). The only stuff i have to bring up here is that it only worked when i was connect by hotspot shield. On normal connection it says not avaliable for my country, still.. even free or payed songs.
cpaixao said:
Sorry but here in Brazil i could buy song with a standard international credit card (santander mastercard). The only stuff i have to bring up here is that it only worked when i was connect by hotspot shield. On normal connection it says not avaliable for my country, still.. even free or payed songs.
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how did you enter the CC address information?
it only allows you to choose USA addresses
I didn't even bother with tor I just installed hotspotshield, went to music.google.com and registered, installed the uploader and now don't need proxy for general use.
Haven't tried registering my card details so can't say how that works.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
AllGamer said:
how did you enter the CC address information?
it only allows you to choose USA addresses
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I used US adress as well. Dont had any problem with it. But my credit card is not registred on US. Its has been acquire in Brazil, as international standard, so billing information is brazillian too, not american.
Great. Thanks for sharing!
Great guide, it worked for me and I'm in the Caribbean!! Many thanks.
any good free music worth getting?
i don't want to grab every single free song, else i'll hit the 20 000 max very soon, as my personal library is close to 15 000
i picked up most of the time limited POP, ROCK, LATIN, and some 80s/90s stuff, and some world, some instrumental...
BUG & "fix"
if you have 2 or more Google Music account like I do
the Google Music App will not let you switch to another account the easy way
the work around is to use Titanium Backup and Wipe Data for Google Music
or you can do uninstall / reinstall
then it will let you pick through the welcome wizard again which Google Account you want to use for Google Music
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You sir, are a legend!
anyone who is having trouble changing to a US proxy.
check out this guide.
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/29/configure-tor-to-use-a-specific-country-as-an-exit-node/
Does anyone know why it's only available in the US? I wouldn't want to risk my Google account over getting it early. Also for those saying that it will be in the EU soon, I've seen no reliable source stating this; in fact I'm mainly reading that there's currently no time frame on release outside the US.
To get the free songs you do NOT need to enter any cc information. Songs get added to your google-account.
I don't think that you'll get problems with google. Google would like to sell songs through their store worldwide. just the drm's rights-holder making problems in lots of countries.
now we just need to get google to accept cc from all over the world. damn google, why didn't you just implement that feature.
Please give me Feedback, and leave a comment.
If is here someone who know a lawyer which know very good the European Union Communication Laws, please show it to him this thread.
An USA lawyer will be also welcomed.
I feel so betrayed an violated by Sony Mobile as It is confirmed from few moments ago, that the original software of the phone (the software keyboard which is called Xperia Keyboard) is sending information into the internet.
No matter where I type (SMS, EMAIL - username, password, BANK APPLICATION, etc. and what I type (characters, numbers etc.), the Keyboard is connecting to the internet.
Is this legal? Why should I encrypt the phone if it is already having a backdoor, spyware, adware, keylogger, swipelogger installed by the manufacturer?
I did a Factory Reset of the phone and I let the default settings on it.
I did NOT installed any other app just the internet-monitoring app called NoRoot Firewall which was downloaded previously from google play then scanned with virustotal.com site and installed from a direct weblink which I have .
I did NOT configured/altered any other setting.
The phone is NOT ROOTED! Original Sony Software I just buy-ed few weeks ago.
I will attach the prinstcreens in the next post.
Oh, I know that I don't have so many posts here, and "reputation" as I am not a phone developer, and I just buyed this phone, I had no problems with it so far, but it is the real thing, the Sony Xperia Keyboard is "infected" as is sending information over the internet as the words are typed, and I don't find that this is a Normal Thing to happen!
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Edit:
You can try on your own cellphone to see if the keyboard is sending information over the internet.
It seems that my cellphone dose. It is not respecting my privacy and intimity,
is curios about the passwords I type and so on.
I did it in this Scenario:
1) Go to google play store, download NoRoot Firewall made by Grey Shirts.
I personally prefer Mobiwol, as it has feauters like "background data", but in this moment is missing the feauture to "ask" what app can connect. In the future I will use only Mobiwol, but this time for tracking software/debug NoRoot Firewall will be just fine.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall
2) Extract the .apk of the app, and transfer it to the pc / email / cloud. I used wuala.
3) I scanned the app with virustotal.com to assure that it is passing the antivirus/antimalware test.
In the Official Google Play store I have found malicious software by the way with another ocasions like searching for a simple file manager.
4) I did a Factory Reset (on my Phone is Settings>Backup & Reset>I unchecked "backup my data" and checked "Erase Internal Storage"
5) After the phone deleted all the stuff which I had, like sms/contacts/apps etc, and finished of rebooting,
I opened Google Chrome which is build in, and downloaded from the cloud previously saved .APK of NoRoot Firewall && Installed && Started
I have NOT LOGGED INTO ANY GOOGLE SERVICES.
6) I have opened the SMS text, and I saw that the Xperia Keyboard is trying to connect to the internet.
7) I did the same steps from 1 to 6, that means a Second Factory Reset, but this time I Opened the Email Client which is build into the phone instead of opening the Text Sms, and gived username and password.
THIS IS HAPPENING ONLY WITH SONY XPERIA BUILD IN KEYBOARD.
WHEN I INSTALLED ANOTHER KEYBOARD FROM THE MARKED IT DIDN'T REQUEST FOR INTERNET ACCES.
MAYBE OTHER SMARTPHONES HAVE KEYBOARD WITH THE SAME BEHAVIOUR.
If you are having free times on your hand and have backed up the contacts & apps, give it a try and reproduce my scenario.
MY PERSONAL CONCLUSION / VIEW IS THAT SONY XPERIA L IS HAVING A BACKDOOR, THE DEFAULT SOFTWARE IS "INFECTED" WITH AD-WARE/SPYWARE AS IT NEEDS INTERNET CONNECTION FOR WRINTING A SIMPLE SMS TEXT MESSAGE ! ! !
I AM HOPING THAT THIS IS A BUG OR ERROR.
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This was taken From step 1 to 6(sms), the rest are from step 1 to 7(email) but skipped 6 (sms)
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i62.tinypic.com/mcdys8.png
i60.tinypic.com/332x8b8.png
As I am new here, and I had not made yet 10 post, I can not emmbed pics in my post or upload print-screens, as
the message board said that text from below so I removed the " http " so for now, just select the text an "open in new tab"
" To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!"
Thanks!
Thanks for the info, I have the same cellphone, I will give it a test these days and report back if my phone is sending information over the internet
isabelamoisin said:
Please give me Feedback, and leave a comment.
If is here someone who know a lawyer which know very good the European Union Communication Laws, please show it to him this thread.
An USA lawyer will be also welcomed.
I feel so betrayed an violated by Sony Mobile as It is confirmed from few moments ago, that the original software of the phone (the software keyboard which is called Xperia Keyboard) is sending information into the internet.
No matter where I type (SMS, EMAIL - username, password, BANK APPLICATION, etc. and what I type (characters, numbers etc.), the Keyboard is connecting to the internet.
Is this legal? Why should I encrypt the phone if it is already having a backdoor, spyware, adware, keylogger, swipelogger installed by the manufacturer?
I did a Factory Reset of the phone and I let the default settings on it.
I did NOT installed any other app just the internet-monitoring app called NoRoot Firewall which was downloaded previously from google play then scanned with virustotal.com site and installed from a direct weblink which I have .
I did NOT configured/altered any other setting.
The phone is NOT ROOTED! Original Sony Software I just buy-ed few weeks ago.
I will attach the prinstcreens in the next post.
Oh, I know that I don't have so many posts here, and "reputation" as I am not a phone developer, and I just buyed this phone, I had no problems with it so far, but it is the real thing, the Sony Xperia Keyboard is "infected" as is sending information over the internet as the words are typed, and I don't find that this is a Normal Thing to happen!
____________________________________________________________________
Edit:
You can try on your own cellphone to see if the keyboard is sending information over the internet.
It seems that my cellphone dose. It is not respecting my privacy and intimity,
is curios about the passwords I type and so on.
I did it in this Scenario:
1) Go to google play store, download NoRoot Firewall made by Grey Shirts.
I personally prefer Mobiwol, as it has feauters like "background data", but in this moment is missing the feauture to "ask" what app can connect. In the future I will use only Mobiwol, but this time for tracking software/debug NoRoot Firewall will be just fine.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall
2) Extract the .apk of the app, and transfer it to the pc / email / cloud. I used wuala.
3) I scanned the app with virustotal.com to assure that it is passing the antivirus/antimalware test.
In the Official Google Play store I have found malicious software by the way with another ocasions like searching for a simple file manager.
4) I did a Factory Reset (on my Phone is Settings>Backup & Reset>I unchecked "backup my data" and checked "Erase Internal Storage"
5) After the phone deleted all the stuff which I had, like sms/contacts/apps etc, and finished of rebooting,
I opened Google Chrome which is build in, and downloaded from the cloud previously saved .APK of NoRoot Firewall && Installed && Started
I have NOT LOGGED INTO ANY GOOGLE SERVICES.
6) I have opened the SMS text, and I saw that the Xperia Keyboard is trying to connect to the internet.
7) I did the same steps from 1 to 6, that means a Second Factory Reset, but this time I Opened the Email Client which is build into the phone instead of opening the Text Sms, and gived username and password.
THIS IS HAPPENING ONLY WITH SONY XPERIA BUILD IN KEYBOARD.
WHEN I INSTALLED ANOTHER KEYBOARD FROM THE MARKED IT DIDN'T REQUEST FOR INTERNET ACCES.
MAYBE OTHER SMARTPHONES HAVE KEYBOARD WITH THE SAME BEHAVIOUR.
If you are having free times on your hand and have backed up the contacts & apps, give it a try and reproduce my scenario.
MY PERSONAL CONCLUSION / VIEW IS THAT SONY XPERIA L IS HAVING A BACKDOOR, THE DEFAULT SOFTWARE IS "INFECTED" WITH AD-WARE/SPYWARE AS IT NEEDS INTERNET CONNECTION FOR WRINTING A SIMPLE SMS TEXT MESSAGE ! ! !
I AM HOPING THAT THIS IS A BUG OR ERROR.
i57.tinypic.com/250jalc.png
i57.tinypic.com/v45enc.png
i57.tinypic.com/97pv8x.png
i60.tinypic.com/uyp8o.png
i62.tinypic.com/2iu29g0.png
i58.tinypic.com/2q1bdwk.png
i61.tinypic.com/2ur9wmh.png
i59.tinypic.com/162g06.png
i62.tinypic.com/vy3vwl.png
This was taken From step 1 to 6(sms), the rest are from step 1 to 7(email) but skipped 6 (sms)
i60.tinypic.com/28h09ee.png
i62.tinypic.com/mcdys8.png
i60.tinypic.com/332x8b8.png
As I am new here, and I had not made yet 10 post, I can not emmbed pics in my post or upload print-screens, as
the message board said that text from below so I removed the " http " so for now, just select the text an "open in new tab"
" To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!"
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Click to collapse
Maybe it's accessing Internet for word suggestion? Have you tried disabling it and see if it still tries to connect to the Internet?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using xda app-developers app
I had played a little with the keyboard from Settings > Language & Input.
I had unchecked all the options that I could find regarding word suggestions, spelling correction, dictionaries and such,
For a moment it had seem that the keyboard has "chilled down" a little bit, but after a reboot, and when configuring the build in email,
when entering the username and password I had another notice and another log from the NoRoot Firewall, with the same message,
"Internet acess detected - Xperia Keyboard 1 pending acces to 173.194.70.139:80 fa-in-f139.1e100.net"
I know that the adress that xperia keyboard is trying to connect, is google.
But I don't wish to send info out on the internet while typing stuff, who is wishing for that?
I don't even have an guarantee that the info which is sending is in an encrypted protocol.
Anyway, I do't wish to send info to Google on what I type on my phone, it is my own personal life and intellectual property.
Word suggestion worked pretty good while offline, with no data and no wifi on.
If it is because of some word suggestion feature I hope that Sony will illuminate me with the exact steps on how to stop this keyboard for sending info out in the wild and "phoning home", maybe I skipped some word suggestion setting by mistake or is well hidden.
isabelamoisin said:
I had played a little with the keyboard from Settings > Language & Input.
I had unchecked all the options that I could find regarding word suggestions, spelling correction, dictionaries and such,
For a moment it had seem that the keyboard has "chilled down" a little bit, but after a reboot, and when configuring the build in email,
when entering the username and password I had another notice and another log from the NoRoot Firewall, with the same message,
"Internet acess detected - Xperia Keyboard 1 pending acces to 173.194.70.139:80 fa-in-f139.1e100.net"
I know that the adress that xperia keyboard is trying to connect, is google.
But I don't wish to send info out on the internet while typing stuff, who is wishing for that?
I don't even have an guarantee that the info which is sending is in an encrypted protocol.
Anyway, I do't wish to send info to Google on what I type on my phone, it is my own personal life and intellectual property.
Word suggestion worked pretty good while offline, with no data and no wifi on.
If it is because of some word suggestion feature I hope that Sony will illuminate me with the exact steps on how to stop this keyboard for sending info out in the wild and "phoning home", maybe I skipped some word suggestion setting by mistake or is well hidden.
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hey bro you can try toggling with the settings a more and carefully ticking options only which you understand
How I heard about it and What it does!
So a friend told me he saw this app called fingerprint ID when he was scrolling through a bunch of apps on the playstore or whatnot and he showed me this app called Fingerprint ID. At first I thought it was a fake app that lets you "scan" your fingerprint using your devices lockscreen LOL but turned out it lets you control your PC by using a quick locking feature, lets you log off your pc, shut it down and unlock it with your FINGERPRINT!! This is apparently all done via Wi-Fi. You open the program, enter the credentials that you see on your pc within the app and thats it! This would be helpful for me so that I don't have to lock or sleep my pc and enter my long password, instead I just open the app and scan my fingerprint right before I even get to my PC. On the way to my PC, I could just unlock it! Pretty cool, I'm gonna get this app and let you know what I think of it!
Best part is, this is the first tool for Windows instead Mac!!!!
:good::good::good::good::good:
Download program for windows from Website: https://fingerprintidapp.000webhostapp.com/main/en/
Sometimes the website is down for some reason so I am sharing the links to download
the Fingerprint ID.zip and a tutuorial video :/
Download Fingerprint ID.zip
https://mega.nz/#!EZI1yT6D!KxaggqMtUb9sB28pATERntY81ST75qoQVvc2U2l1WAU
Tutorial Video - How to install and use it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlWffI-NdL0
Download app from PlayStore:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=smarttech.littlebots.android.fingerprintid
My Review for Fingerprint ID
silentwind827 said:
How I heard about it and What it does!
So a friend told me he saw this app called fingerprint ID when he was scrolling through a bunch of apps on the playstore or whatnot and he showed me this app called Fingerprint ID. At first I thought it was a fake app that lets you "scan" your fingerprint using your devices lockscreen LOL but turned out it lets you control your PC by using a quick locking feature, lets you log off your pc, shut it down and unlock it with your FINGERPRINT!! This is apparently all done via Wi-Fi. You open the program, enter the credentials that you see on your pc within the app and thats it! This would be helpful for me so that I don't have to lock or sleep my pc and enter my long password, instead I just open the app and scan my fingerprint right before I even get to my PC. On the way to my PC, I could just unlock it! Pretty cool, I'm gonna get this app and let you know what I think of it!
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So I got the app, let me tell you this. Out of 5 stars, I give it 4/5! The only reason why it doesn't receive that last star is because I can't
change the lockscreen color. Others may disagree. It works EXACTLY how I expected! Very handy. I also wish there was a feature that
would automatically lock my PC when I disconnected from the Wi-Fi from my phone, other than that, it works great, amazing UI on Windows
and haven't come across any problems or crashing! And $2.99 for the app seems like a good fit. Mac ID is $3.99 and has pretty much the same
features but the program uses its own custom lockscreen, not bad just wish it used Windows 10 lockscreen and automatically input the password,
but I heard thats impossible on Win 10 because they implemented some sort of security that doesn't let programs run in the background and send
data :/
4 out of 5 for me! Pretty damn fast and cool. Nice to see devs finally making stuff for Windows thats on Mac
I started looking at this, and while it looked wicked cool there are a lot of concerns.
First off for the Windows download/site, there's nothing for contact info except a twitter account.
Megasync is the download place for the client... Pretty fricking odd.
The web site is hosted on a free webhost. www.000webhost.com
That has 1000 MB Disk Space 10000 MB Bandwidth, enough to host the Windows client.
On Google Play
The phone client access stated is
Version 1.0 can access:
Other
full network access
Pretty sure there's more than that. Not willing to pay the 2.99 just to decompile the apk to see if there's more.
Most of the games listed by the Developer are games. Device security is a big leap. Not impossible just odd.
[email protected] is not showing anything under Google+
Nothing strange, just interesting.
Going through the instructions, it installs a web server on your Windows machine. That's why the client is 115 MB download.
Also it says if during setup ----> Now test the connection again. If it fails, go to the Contact Us tab and let us know!
And the only Contact info is a Twitter account ??? There's no support page in their web site except the instructions.
Good find, but I'm going to research a little more.
I'm not an overly paranoid security person, but there's too much that's questionable to try in my opinion.
It could be because the app is new they haven't done much.
But the web site looks to be a simple Wordpress theme, but they could have done a little more. They went that far, it would have not taken that much effort to build out a little more contact info and support info.
I know because I just setup a free web site to test the web host for another project I have.
Again, I'm not knocking the app because I haven't tried it. I'm saying that there is not enough information or complete information for me to install a web server on my Windows machine just to unlock it with my phone with a fingerprint.
Like contact info, support information, complete Android device security access information.
dicksteele said:
I started looking at this, and while it looked wicked cool there are a lot of concerns.
First off for the Windows download/site, there's nothing for contact info except a twitter account.
Megasync is the download place for the client... Pretty fricking odd.
The web site is hosted on a free webhost. www.000webhost.com
That has 1000 MB Disk Space 10000 MB Bandwidth, enough to host the Windows client.
On Google Play
The phone client access stated is
Version 1.0 can access:
Other
full network access
Pretty sure there's more than that. Not willing to pay the 2.99 just to decompile the apk to see if there's more.
Most of the games listed by the Developer are games. Device security is a big leap. Not impossible just odd.
[email protected] is not showing anything under Google+
Nothing strange, just interesting.
Going through the instructions, it installs a web server on your Windows machine. That's why the client is 115 MB download.
Also it says if during setup ----> Now test the connection again. If it fails, go to the Contact Us tab and let us know!
And the only Contact info is a Twitter account ??? There's no support page in their web site except the instructions.
Good find, but I'm going to research a little more.
I'm not an overly paranoid security person, but there's too much that's questionable to try in my opinion.
It could be because the app is new they haven't done much.
But the web site looks to be a simple Wordpress theme, but they could have done a little more. They went that far, it would have not taken that much effort to build out a little more contact info and support info.
I know because I just setup a free web site to test the web host for another project I have.
Again, I'm not knocking the app because I haven't tried it. I'm saying that there is not enough information or complete information for me to install a web server on my Windows machine just to unlock it with my phone with a fingerprint.
Like contact info, support information, complete Android device security access information.
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Maybe ask the dev to gift the app to you and let you try it
I've been trying to log into Huawei's community forums for a while, but no matter what I try, it results in an error page. It's the most extraordinarily frustrating experience. I wonder if anyone else has any tips to getting logged in.
My main reason for wanting to log in, apart from having a general look for tips, etc, is to find out how to inform them of a bug in their OS. Does anyone have any recommendations for how best to do that?
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
James_Watson said:
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
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Well, that's very civilised of you. I'll write in English, since that's the only language I know
Actually, I have three bugs - well, I think they're bugs, except, perhaps, for the first one.
1. This one isn't really a bug, but I bet the people on the Huawei forums can help.
FYI, I use a sim card from CMLink - SIM #1 [1], which piggy back off EE in the UK, and CMCC in China, and provide useful roaming plans for use between the two countries. They only provide data plans limited by the month, and I have signed up for their 22GB plan. To track usage, I have a P10 and have been trying to set it up to automatically calibrate the data usage measure on a daily basis. I think it does this by sending an SMS containing simply 'Check' to CMCC's service number '10086', and extracts the data from the response (not 100% sure about that, but hey). There seems to be a 'calibrate' button in the settings to do this manually (under the usage graph), but when I try I get the message 'Incorrect network provider. Reselect and try again.' I'd really like to get this going.
2. Related to above, I've set the setting to show the usage under the notifications when you drag down from the top of the screen. I've configured my plan information - ie 22GB per month, and starts on the 17th of each month. However, while the 'Today' seems to increase appropriately, the 'Left' is stuck at the maximum. I imagine the 'Total' is supposed to stay at 22GB. I expect the 'Left' to go down as I use it throughout the month.
3. This one is unrelated to above. If I open a browser and go to my web mail site, there is an option on the menu to 'Add to Home screen'. As expected, when I select that option, it does add an icon to the homescreen. Since it is something I want on every page of the homescreen, I drag that icon onto the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. I do that for a couple of web pages - my email and my calendar. At this point, it all works swimmingly. However, if I reboot the phone, then those icons seem to be moved back onto the homescreen, and also are 'greyed out' and placed under the clocks (the clock widget) I have placed there. So, that's not 'expected'.
What do you think?
Max.
Device info:
Model: VTR-AL00
Build number: 9.1.0.201 (C00E75R1P12patch02) GPU Turbo
EMUI version: 9.1.0
Android version: 9
Android security patch: 1 August 2019
Kernel version: 4.9.148
Network (I selected things that might be helpful):
SIM 1 (my UK CMLink SIM): China Mobile, LTE, SMS centre number - a UK number
SIM 2 (my Chinese CMCC SIM): China Mobile, EDGE, SMS centre number - a China number
[1] ...and also a 2nd one, SIM 2, which is a local SIM
James_Watson said:
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
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You could also, if you would be so kind, help me fix my problems logging into the Huawei community forums...
davidmaxwaterman said:
You could also, if you would be so kind, help me fix my problems logging into the Huawei community forums...
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What's your question about logging into that forum?
But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
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davidmaxwaterman said:
Well, that's very civilised of you. I'll write in English, since that's the only language I know
Actually, I have three bugs - well, I think they're bugs, except, perhaps, for the first one.
1. This one isn't really a bug, but I bet the people on the Huawei forums can help.
FYI, I use a sim card from CMLink - SIM #1 [1], which piggy back off EE in the UK, and CMCC in China, and provide useful roaming plans for use between the two countries. They only provide data plans limited by the month, and I have signed up for their 22GB plan. To track usage, I have a P10 and have been trying to set it up to automatically calibrate the data usage measure on a daily basis. I think it does this by sending an SMS containing simply 'Check' to CMCC's service number '10086', and extracts the data from the response (not 100% sure about that, but hey). There seems to be a 'calibrate' button in the settings to do this manually (under the usage graph), but when I try I get the message 'Incorrect network provider. Reselect and try again.' I'd really like to get this going.
2. Related to above, I've set the setting to show the usage under the notifications when you drag down from the top of the screen. I've configured my plan information - ie 22GB per month, and starts on the 17th of each month. However, while the 'Today' seems to increase appropriately, the 'Left' is stuck at the maximum. I imagine the 'Total' is supposed to stay at 22GB. I expect the 'Left' to go down as I use it throughout the month.
3. This one is unrelated to above. If I open a browser and go to my web mail site, there is an option on the menu to 'Add to Home screen'. As expected, when I select that option, it does add an icon to the homescreen. Since it is something I want on every page of the homescreen, I drag that icon onto the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. I do that for a couple of web pages - my email and my calendar. At this point, it all works swimmingly. However, if I reboot the phone, then those icons seem to be moved back onto the homescreen, and also are 'greyed out' and placed under the clocks (the clock widget) I have placed there. So, that's not 'expected'.
What do you think?
Max.
Device info:
Model: VTR-AL00
Build number: 9.1.0.201 (C00E75R1P12patch02) GPU Turbo
EMUI version: 9.1.0
Android version: 9
Android security patch: 1 August 2019
Kernel version: 4.9.148
Network (I selected things that might be helpful):
SIM 1 (my UK CMLink SIM): China Mobile, LTE, SMS centre number - a UK number
SIM 2 (my Chinese CMCC SIM): China Mobile, EDGE, SMS centre number - a China number
[1] ...and also a 2nd one, SIM 2, which is a local SIM
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Your three question are really confused and difficult to understand for me as I never used a CMLink sim card.
But I will try my best to get to know your situations and help you as more as I can.
First, let's clarify your 3rd question.
On my Huawei phone, there are at most 5 icons on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. Every icon here for apps on my device works fine even if I reboot my device. So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Try to drag an icon of another app or widget there. Check if it will work well, please.
> I never used a CMLink sim card
I don't think there's anything special about the CMLink, except that it works in either country pretty much the same as the other. It is the same as any other SIM card with a monthly limited data plan. So, you could consider that it is the same as a Chinese SIM card, I suppose.
> So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Well, I guess I don't know exactly what the problem is, of course. My impression is that they hadn't considered this use-case much at all - I notice the Huawei browser doesn't have this 'add to homescreen' functionality at all.
However, you prompted me to experiment a bit more, and it doesn't happen with all web pages. Previously, I had my email and calendar on there, and they both were moved back onto the homescreen underneath other icons/widgets and greyed out (and didn't actually work to launch the web pages). However, now, the calendar page does seem to stay on there, and works when I click it. I also have tried both Chrome and Brave, and they both seem to show the same problem. I can't really see how it could be a web page problem, since nothing is being launched. I suppose it could be a web *manifest* problem, since that is where the icons usually come from...though looking in chrome devtools, I see that it has no manifest, and so the icons must be taken from the <meta> in <head>. The calendar, which does seem to be staying on the quick launch bar, also doesn't have a manifest file - so not that then.
It's pretty easy to reproduce though:
1. open your browser (chrome, probably) on https://www.fastmail.fm/
2. click on the menu and select 'Add to homescreen'
3. 'Add' on the dialog
4. 'ADD on the next dialog
5. go to the homescreen and locate the shortcut
6. drag and drop it onto the quick launch bar.
7. restart
Well, that's frustrating - I was writing those down as I did them, and when I restarted, it looked fine :/ I wonder if it makes any difference which position the icons are in on...ah, yeah, it looks like it is more reproducible if the shortcut is the left-most. Arghh. This time I lost a *native* app I had on there too - WeChat of all things - you'd imagine they'd make sure that works fine. Actually, it wasn't the WeChat app I had on there, but a shortcut to one of the contacts - you can add a wechat contact from the menu on their item in the wechat contacts list - 'Add to Desktop' it is in English. Hrm I notice that, while the web page shortcuts get moved back onto the homescreen, the WeChat contact shortcut is just gone....and I can't even add it again from WeChat - it says it is, but nothing appears :/
Gosh, it's really a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's too broken and inconsistent to even bother filing any bug. I'm tempted to apply for a job there to try and help, but in any case, I can't see too many Westerners being happy with such issues I suppose Chinese people just don't do this sort of thing.
> What's your question about logging into that forum?
>
> But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
> Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
Well, the question is where I can get help with logging in - but, if it is all in Chinese, I would modify my question to be: where can I find forums that are in English, and corresponding community support? Since there is a huge market for English speakers, I imagine they have somewhere for us to learn how to use it, and ask questions and report problems, etc?
davidmaxwaterman said:
> What's your question about logging into that forum?
>
> But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
> Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
Well, the question is where I can get help with logging in - but, if it is all in Chinese, I would modify my question to be: where can I find forums that are in English, and corresponding community support? Since there is a huge market for English speakers, I imagine they have somewhere for us to learn how to use it, and ask questions and report problems, etc?
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Yes, your requirement is very reasonable.
When I posted some questions about mobile phone usage here, there would be someone would replied to my thread and tried to get more detailed info to help me. They said they were the Huawei official staff.
I will post a thread about "where for you to ask questions and report problems in English" for you soon.
On the other hand, you can access the forum either via web application (mobile web as well as computer web) or via an official app. You can also try the app. If you need it and can not find the apk, I will show you the link.
James_Watson said:
Yes, your requirement is very reasonable.
When I posted some questions about mobile phone usage here, there would be someone would replied to my thread and tried to get more detailed info to help me. They said they were the Huawei official staff.
I will post a thread about "where for you to ask questions and report problems in English" for you soon.
On the other hand, you can access the forum either via web application (mobile web as well as computer web) or via an official app. You can also try the app. If you need it and can not find the apk, I will show you the link.
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Thanks. I look forward to finding out if there is a forum for English language users somewhere. I do kind of feel like they could spend more attention to this requirement, unless, of course, I'm just not looking hard enough. I remember when I was using a ZTE phone - they were very popular due to having front-facing speakers, and so had a pretty good US based forum and it was very useful. [Side note - I wish Huawei would produce a phone with front-facing speakers].
I don't think an app will get me very far...I probably have it on my phone already - I see one called 'HiCare', for example, and there's the top line on the settings. It's all very unfamiliar and things so often don't seem to quite work as expected. I kind of wish the Huawei stores had 'help' sessions like they do (or did anyway) in Apple stores.
davidmaxwaterman said:
> I never used a CMLink sim card
I don't think there's anything special about the CMLink, except that it works in either country pretty much the same as the other. It is the same as any other SIM card with a monthly limited data plan. So, you could consider that it is the same as a Chinese SIM card, I suppose.
> So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Well, I guess I don't know exactly what the problem is, of course. My impression is that they hadn't considered this use-case much at all - I notice the Huawei browser doesn't have this 'add to homescreen' functionality at all.
However, you prompted me to experiment a bit more, and it doesn't happen with all web pages. Previously, I had my email and calendar on there, and they both were moved back onto the homescreen underneath other icons/widgets and greyed out (and didn't actually work to launch the web pages). However, now, the calendar page does seem to stay on there, and works when I click it. I also have tried both Chrome and Brave, and they both seem to show the same problem. I can't really see how it could be a web page problem, since nothing is being launched. I suppose it could be a web *manifest* problem, since that is where the icons usually come from...though looking in chrome devtools, I see that it has no manifest, and so the icons must be taken from the <meta> in <head>. The calendar, which does seem to be staying on the quick launch bar, also doesn't have a manifest file - so not that then.
It's pretty easy to reproduce though:
1. open your browser (chrome, probably) on https://www.fastmail.fm/
2. click on the menu and select 'Add to homescreen'
3. 'Add' on the dialog
4. 'ADD on the next dialog
5. go to the homescreen and locate the shortcut
6. drag and drop it onto the quick launch bar.
7. restart
Well, that's frustrating - I was writing those down as I did them, and when I restarted, it looked fine :/ I wonder if it makes any difference which position the icons are in on...ah, yeah, it looks like it is more reproducible if the shortcut is the left-most. Arghh. This time I lost a *native* app I had on there too - WeChat of all things - you'd imagine they'd make sure that works fine. Actually, it wasn't the WeChat app I had on there, but a shortcut to one of the contacts - you can add a wechat contact from the menu on their item in the wechat contacts list - 'Add to Desktop' it is in English. Hrm I notice that, while the web page shortcuts get moved back onto the homescreen, the WeChat contact shortcut is just gone....and I can't even add it again from WeChat - it says it is, but nothing appears :/
Gosh, it's really a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's too broken and inconsistent to even bother filing any bug. I'm tempted to apply for a job there to try and help, but in any case, I can't see too many Westerners being happy with such issues I suppose Chinese people just don't do this sort of thing.
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1. About CMLink, okay, I just posted a thread for you to Huawei community about how to report issue about Huawei phone usage for those speak English. Wait for their response, please.
2. Now I have gotten to know the feature 'Add to Home Screen'. In my Firefox Focus browser, I found it. I will have a try soon.
James_Watson said:
1. About CMLink, okay, I just posted a thread for you to Huawei community about how to report issue about Huawei phone usage for those speak English. Wait for their response, please.
2. Now I have gotten to know the feature 'Add to Home Screen'. In my Firefox Focus browser, I found it. I will have a try soon.
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Awesome. That's very cool of you, thanks Maybe I'll try Firefox too...
Max.
davidmaxwaterman said:
Awesome. That's very cool of you, thanks Maybe I'll try Firefox too...
Max.
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I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then selected 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
Btw, it's time to home for me. I will try to help you tomorrow. Would you like to support my apps available on Google Play? Thanks in advance.
James_Watson said:
I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then select 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
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Ah, I hit this too. I suspect it is simply that you need to grant the app permissions to add to homescreen in the phone's settings in the Apps->permissions...or somewhere like that.
It's a bit odd that they don't get this automatically...I never had this issue with Google Android phones.
James_Watson said:
I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then selected 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
Btw, it's time to home for me. I will try to help you tomorrow. Would you like to support my apps available on Google Play? Thanks in advance.
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You are right. I granted the app permission 'add to homescreen' to Firefox Focus, and then tried the feature again.
The function works well. Even after rebooting, the icon is still there on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. So, I misunderstood that feature.
James_Watson said:
You are right. I granted the app permission 'add to homescreen' to Firefox Focus, and then tried the feature again.
The function works well. Even after rebooting, the icon is still there on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. So, I misunderstood that feature.
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Cool. It seems like it might be working better for you than for me. I've not tried firefox yet, but chrome and brave both seem to lose any shortcuts on the quick launch bar, but not always. It is also quite curious what has happened to the shortcut from wechat...since that's a native android app :/
Perhaps you're on a more recent Android/EMUI version? What kind of phone are you using?
TBH, I'm seriously considering the P30 Pro 5G when I get back to the UK, and this is sort of a test run with a hand-me-down phone which I presume is very similar in UI/UX, so it is all 'influencing' my decision.
davidmaxwaterman said:
Cool. It seems like it might be working better for you than for me. I've not tried firefox yet, but chrome and brave both seem to lose any shortcuts on the quick launch bar, but not always. It is also quite curious what has happened to the shortcut from wechat...since that's a native android app :/
Perhaps you're on a more recent Android/EMUI version? What kind of phone are you using?
TBH, I'm seriously considering the P30 Pro 5G when I get back to the UK, and this is sort of a test run with a hand-me-down phone which I presume is very similar in UI/UX, so it is all 'influencing' my decision.
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In fact, my phone is an old model, Mate 8 with EMUI/Android 8.0. I also have a wechat installed on my device.
Btw, would you like to leave a 5-star for my app which is available on Google Play? Thanks.
James_Watson said:
In fact, my phone is an old model, Mate 8 with EMUI/Android 8.0. I also have a wechat installed on my device.
Btw, would you like to leave a 5-star for my app which is available on Google Play? Thanks.
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LOL, well I would be happy to, except I don't have Google Play on my phone...or Google anything, I think....except Chrome, of course. I'm a web app developer, so I prefer to use web apps than native android apps.
davidmaxwaterman said:
LOL, well I would be happy to, except I don't have Google Play on my phone...or Google anything, I think....except Chrome, of course. I'm a web app developer, so I prefer to use web apps than native android apps.
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I posted a thread in that forum for you yesterday. https://club.huawei.com/thread-21560821-1-1.html
But till now, I have not gotten any response. So, I sent a PM to the ADMIN just now.
You may try to log in the web app or the native app for the community forum. There you might post a thread in English as your device language is English. Have a try, please. Good luck to you.
Yesterday, I managed to contact the CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, through his social network account. But till now I have not gotten his reply to my PM.
I suggest you post your issues on the Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Huawei/ . Good luck to you.