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Amazon just launched its app store today and is giving out Angry Birds Rio for free today, it is awesome.
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b/ref=sa_menu_adr_app1?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
PS: You need the ability to enable unknown sources, hence is not available for AT&T . Since most of the custom roms have it so it works for us.
thanks to all the developers at XDA.

Yeah its only for custom roms and some verizon/tmobile phones.
Its really laggy but worth it for free angry birds

comdei said:
Yeah its only for custom roms and some verizon/tmobile phones.
Its really laggy but worth it for free angry birds
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Laggy in what ? I found it pretty smooth.
Has this issue where it asks you to enable one click purchase option and I could not get past that.. but if you purchase it online, and then open the app store on the phone it downloads the apps instantly. I actually found it faster than the market.

comdei said:
Yeah its only for custom roms and some verizon/tmobile phones.
Its really laggy but worth it for free angry birds
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+1...and i heard they have this offer to give one paid app for free per day or something....worth trying....
Dont make a mistake of installing Angry bird Rio...u might get addicted ...playing it since i installed it....3 hrs straight ...

viny2cool said:
+1...and i heard they have this offer to give one paid app for free per day or something....worth trying....
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Yeah we will see what happens sense the evil fruit is sueing them for using "app Store" lol

zelendel said:
Yeah we will see what happens sense the evil fruit is sueing them for using "app Store" lol
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At worst they might have to change the name... I don't think they will have to close the store unless google or the carriers decide against it.

Actually better than android market...both amazon web and app version
What is the critique process and security?
Do they check apps like itunes, no check or maybe check like goggle market
Edit: I'm still sticking with android market...I think multiple markets will get confusing....I can imagine the "with amazon app store" phones already ):
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i think is the wrong path to go with Android. Its good to have all the same OS but what if BB comes out with their own market (which they will) but then you have a Samsung?
Google should put a stop to this.
FYI: Some of the apps on the Amazon AppStore cost more than they do in the Market.

Sideload Wonder Machine will work on Stock Rooted ROM (Froyo). Use it to install the Amazon App MArket. Then download Rio...it won't install, but you can again use SWM to install the downloaded Rio apk.

It NEEDS credit card info even to download FREE apps..!!!!

So please let me know what do i need to do if i want to install amazon appstore on my captivate, and how can i do it
Thanks

diablo009 said:
It NEEDS credit card info even to download FREE apps..!!!!
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Just set it to use your normal Amazon Store CC. thats all i did.

tangella said:
So please let me know what do i need to do if i want to install amazon appstore on my captivate, and how can i do it
Thanks
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Read the thread. Thats how.

Installed without issue on my stock AT&T 2.2. Used AIO Toolbox to enable side loading and I just downloaded using the link and installed. Linked it with my Amazon account (which already has 1-click setup) and downloaded Angry Birds Rio and installed without issue.

Seanbest said:
Installed without issue on my stock AT&T 2.2. Used AIO Toolbox to enable side loading and I just downloaded using the link and installed. Linked it with my Amazon account (which already has 1-click setup) and downloaded Angry Birds Rio and installed without issue.
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Same here. Already blew through the first 15 levels of Angry Birds Rio.
It is much easier if you already have an Amazon account established prior to installing their App Store.

How about for yuppies like me who does not have any credit card yet?
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oktnxbai said:
How about for yuppies like me who does not have any credit card yet?
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They will soon be able to bill purchases directly to your AT$T account. Wait until then.

oktnxbai said:
How about for yuppies like me who does not have any credit card yet?
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Use a test card, Mailinator for an address, and make yourself an account with no real info other than your tn. I didn't try to fake that out, it might work, it might not.
Of course their app store runs on startup, and is required to run the program, meaning I'll finish off Angry Birds Rio in airplane mode then uninstall it all.
And Amazon's interface is pretty bad, especially when you are in catagories. Didn't they test?

Interesting...I was able to install on stock 2.2. I guess since I've rooted and enabled non market apps it was able to do that. Not sure why an Amazon appstore tho..what does it have over the market?

Its great that we can finally have an app store that filters out all the crap in the android market. The one thing I miss the most from iOS is a decent app store with (at the very least) pretty apps. Unfortunately there is just too much low quality stuff meant phones with low res displays.

Amazon App Store is up!

http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Free paid app every day. Today's app is Angry Birds Rio.
if you want to have access you have to be rooted with side loading enabled.
I wonder if Amazon has the clout to make At&T end their stupid no side loading policy.

gunnyman said:
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Free paid app every day. Today's app is Angry Birds Rio.
if you want to have access you have to be rooted with side loading enabled.
I wonder if Amazon has the clout to make At&T end their stupid no side loading policy.
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Nice find. Always look forward to new levels of Angry Birds. Gonna be a lot of frustrated ATT customers when they find out they can't use the Amazon App Store.

homeslice976 said:
Nice find. Always look forward to new levels of Angry Birds. Gonna be a lot of frustrated ATT customers when they find out they can't use the Amazon App Store.
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Rio is an angry birds game, but it's not a level pack in the sense that the Seasons levels are.

You don't have to be rooted, you just have to take extra steps.
First, sideload the Amazon Appstore .apk.
Then, use the Amazon AppStore to purchase an app (or download a free one). The install from inside of the AppStore will fail.
Then, find the .apk in the cache and sideload it.
I just installed Angry Birds Rio on my stock, non-rooted Inspire.

BradleyH007 said:
You don't have to be rooted, you just have to take extra steps.
First, sideload the Amazon Appstore .apk.
Then, use the Amazon AppStore to purchase an app (or download a free one). The install from inside of the AppStore will fail.
Then, find the .apk in the cache and sideload it.
I just installed Angry Birds Rio on my stock, non-rooted Inspire.
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The average user isn't going to do that though. AT&T shouldn't restrict app loading, period.
Also you will have to do this every time an app updates. MEH

gunnyman said:
The average user isn't going to do that though. AT&T shouldn't restrict app loading, period.
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I absolutely agree. This is just the convoluted way for Angry Birds fans to get their latest fix (for free, no less)...
And if it teaches just one more person how to Sideload...

this is great!

Downloaded the app to my inspire and now have a direct link to the app store all the time. Some advantages to being rooted, AT&T cannot tell me what I can load on my phone.Plus I do not have to do a bunch of things to get a app on my phone!!!

damn that sucks

Problem Downloading?
I was having issues downloading the Amazon Appstore this morning...so I downloaded the one below...sideloaded it...and then hit the "Upgrade" option once it was installed...worked like a charm!
http://www.filesonic.com/file/319345751

I got the App store sideloaded. Downloaded the game (Rio) of course it doesn't install. But then where do I find the game once I plug my Inspire into my computer. Which folder is it under?
Thanks in advance.

darkside1904 said:
I got the App store sideloaded. Downloaded the game (Rio) of course it doesn't install. But then where do I find the game once I plug my Inspire into my computer. Which folder is it under?
Thanks in advance.
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I found mine in \Android\Data\com.amazon.venezia\cache.
The file name does not stand out (on mine, it started with VNZ), but the file has an APK extension and the file date/time should be the time that you completed the download.

Thanks, I now have Angry Birds Rio!

This is what AT&T said on their facebook. Its commin.

pachkamil said:
This is what AT&T said on their facebook. Its commin.
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updates to their systems?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
data is data. AT&T just needs to push out an OTA update enabling the unknown sources check box.
I love it when companies lie to tech savvy people

homeslice976 said:
Nice find. Always look forward to new levels of Angry Birds. Gonna be a lot of frustrated ATT customers when they find out they can't use the Amazon App Store.
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I'm using AT&T (via Straight Talk MVNO)... and it let me install normally just fine.

So, when I change my ROM (which will happen all the time as we know) can I install what I have in my purchased account history?

gunnyman said:
updates to their systems?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
data is data. AT&T just needs to push out an OTA update enabling the unknown sources check box.
I love it when companies lie to tech savvy people
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I think thats what they meant by saying upgrade their systems.

gallogj said:
I was having issues downloading the Amazon Appstore this morning...so I downloaded the one below...sideloaded it...and then hit the "Upgrade" option once it was installed...worked like a charm!
http://www.filesonic.com/file/319345751
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Thank you I was having trouble downloading it to. I can verify this way works as well! Angry Birds here I come!

Thanks much for the heads-up! Hooray, no headache root install...
This site rocks socks.

Wow! Anyone else like Amazon Appstore better than Google's?

http://amzn.to/getappstore
Wow, amazing! It has FILTERING and SORTING options!
WOW, what a novel thought!
They did something Google could not do, even with a 3 year head start.
(Yes, I'm bitter, but I think it's justified. A search company with crappy search = )

nice one! thanks for sharing!!!

No, market is better

Look for Google's Market to start getting improved vastly especially if Amazon's really kicks off.

I Am Marino said:
Look for Google's Market to start getting improved vastly especially if Amazon's really kicks off.
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I hope so. In three years, Google has made literally 0 functionality improvements in searching the Market on an Android device.

the android market actually supports more than one country
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Its fine by me. Not the best and I already have most of the apps I want. I only got it for the Angry Birds Rio game. I'll probably be checking it everyday to see what the free app is though.
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But still no alternative payment methods. Even unable to d/l free apps (which i can with market).
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Well I just found one issue that I have with it. The header for the damn thing is too freaking large. Over half my screen is stuck with that header. Not much scrollable space for me. And that's on my HD2's large screen. I feel for those with less than 4" screens.
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Paul22000 said:
Wow! Anyone else like Amazon Appstore better than Google's?
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Not me. It is clumsy. Go to a catagory, like Utilities. Note half the screen is useless and you can see maybe 3 things at once.
Signing up and getting 1-click (required) turned on was painful.
Worst of all, after faking up some data and downloading Angry Birds Rio, and freezing their auto-starting app store in Titanium Pro, ABR wouldn't run!
Bogus in extremis.
So they have a few extra sorting or filtering options. Big deal. Google's beats Amazon's black & blue.

I downloaded the amazon app store just to get angry birds rio, then uninstalled the app store, and surprise surprise angry birds pops up a message telling me I need to reinstall the app store and log in. That's bogus right there. Both uninstalled. I'll wait until it shows up in the android market. I'm not keeping that piece of crap around just to play angry birds.

I think its a good market alt for non google phones/tablets.
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I like android market than the amazon. amazon is asking a lot by just downlading the free app.
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No. I still think Market is better

It has some cool options, but lacks others. Such as uninstalling an app from it. Sure I can do it in adw and whatnot, but thats extra steps that I don't wanna have to take. Plus it counts every download as a "purchase", so I get an email every time I install an app, regardless of whether its paid or free. Theres no notification for the progress of your downloads. It also doesn't automatically open the install dialog if you're not in the app. So I think its got a lot of work before it even comes near the performance of the android market.

amazon is crap. ;D

App loves to run in the background ..... crappy.

No I dont... Not available in Serbia...

tehseano said:
It has some cool options, but lacks others. Such as uninstalling an app from it. Sure I can do it in adw and whatnot, but thats extra steps that I don't wanna have to take. Plus it counts every download as a "purchase", so I get an email every time I install an app, regardless of whether its paid or free. Theres no notification for the progress of your downloads. It also doesn't automatically open the install dialog if you're not in the app. So I think its got a lot of work before it even comes near the performance of the android market.
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Thanks for the review. Very useful for those of us debating whether to try it or not. Personally i don't see the need for having more than one Market. Exclusivity deals will lead to fragmentation and i would rather see everything in one place.

Paul22000 said:
http://amzn.to/getappstore
Wow, amazing! It has FILTERING and SORTING options!
WOW, what a novel thought!
They did something Google could not do, even with a 3 year head start.
(Yes, I'm bitter, but I think it's justified. A search company with crappy search = )
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I definitely prefer amazon, much better organisation, although I use amazon a lot so I might be biased.

This just in, XDA brought down by wooters!

Anyone else seeing the increase in frequency of the over capacity message?
No, I'm not putting down wooters. I am a wooter. Just think it's funny.

goodintentions said:
Anyone else seeing the increase in frequency of the over capacity message?
No, I'm not putting down wooters. I am a wooter. Just think it's funny.
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Just wait until the other 6000 of us get ours. Mine's been vacationing in Irving, TX for 2 days now. I'm wondering if I can find a janitor or someone else there to charge it up for me while it sits.

Yeah, got the over capacity msg several times today. Then got the down for maintenence msg.
First Google and now this...and I won't even get my w00tab till sometime tomorrow

I just got mine, and it kind of looks like android 2.2 stock already..
its not so bad the way it came... its not so slow..
just got an OTA update alert for 1.1-3588
should I update or does it hamper my ability to hack the device ???
I currently have 1.1-3389

Nothing,
Go.
Rev

I flash vegan 5.11 about 30 seconds after I got mine lol

NothingInCommon said:
I just got mine, and it kind of looks like android 2.2 stock already..
its not so bad the way it came... its not so slow..
just got an OTA update alert for 1.1-3588
should I update or does it hamper my ability to hack the device ???
I currently have 1.1-3389
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Everything I've read so far indicates that you should allow it to update first. You should do some more reading though just to be sure of what you're doing. I'm going to leave mine stock for a while until I'm comfortable with it.

LOL, we are the Woot Tab Clan!
Gettin' crazy up in this here e-crib! DoSing yer servers with our n00bitude!
In other news, does anyone know how to persistently keep the status bar and icons turned off system wide? I have it off in Launcher Pro, but other programs like the browsers don't respect it.

Woot, Woot!

This is a good thing. The G tablet went from a aftethought to maybe the most popular non ipad tablet in a matter of a week.
On a side note. my woot G tablet came with stock 2.2. Angry Birds and a few other apps . You could access the dashboard but it always started on stock 2.2 then I did the update and it went to the dashboard and angry birds ( and some of the other Apps ) was gone. Strange. Had to go to viewsonics website to put Angry Birds back on. ALmost like these were refurbs that were never updated. Mines working fine and I love it , just something I noticed.

NothingInCommon said:
I just got mine, and it kind of looks like android 2.2 stock already..
its not so bad the way it came... its not so slow..
just got an OTA update alert for 1.1-3588
should I update or does it hamper my ability to hack the device ???
I currently have 1.1-3389
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I would recommend the 3588 OTA stock update first - it's a good solid baseline to have before modding.

I've seen the w00t servers brought down a number of times.

BoulderGeek said:
LOL, we are the Woot Tab Clan!
Gettin' crazy up in this here e-crib! DoSing yer servers with our n00bitude!
In other news, does anyone know how to persistently keep the status bar and icons turned off system wide? I have it off in Launcher Pro, but other programs like the browsers don't respect it.
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Re. Your last ques, I haven't seen any setting like that globally, but Xscope and Dolphin mini can do that (browsers).
Jim

RE: over capacity
XDA recently migrated to new servers powerful enough to make Bill Gates drool. Unfortunately, with all the new power comes immense tweaking to the SQL databases, and until our server admin finds the sweet spot, these may happen on occasion.
Rest assured that every error generates a notification, and he acts as quick as possible.
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It will be only for a short time, I think. Maybe a week or two, then everybody finished moding their tab and worked out all the kinks and then will hardly bother to come back.
Just my thoughts

Notice how the site's all snappy now?
It's because the Wooters are off trying to get a Bag of Crap (I've given up hope...)

Oh why hello gtabbers I got mine today! Well its for my wife for her beat but I carefully cracked it open I can't wait 20 days
Via TT

I think all the woot ones are older stock rather than being refurbs.
Woot is good about that sort of thing and will tell you up front if it is a refurbed device.
-B

goodintentions said:
Anyone else seeing the increase in frequency of the over capacity message?
No, I'm not putting down wooters. I am a wooter. Just think it's funny.
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Please educate me!!! Who are wooters? Why have they brought xda-developers site to this unprecedented 'over-capacity?'

Definitely more laggy
The site's definitely more laggy over the last day or so....
To me, the sad part is that because ViewSonic has effectively taken a pass on gTab support, virtually the entire customer support load has landed on the XDA site and the generosity of its devs and user community.
If there were such a thing as corporate shame, ViewSonic should be feeling it.

Free swift keyboard x

Today on Amazon it's free

I'm not sure if the pulled .apk would be considered warez, but since it is free for now...And not everyone lives in the US

mick1475 said:
I'm not sure if the pulled .apk would be considered warez, but since it is free for now...And not everyone lives in the US
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There is a way to get it if you are out of the country first you need Amazon USA because Amazon UK does not work

Found swiftkey x on 4shared

DL'd it. don't know... didn't really see anything that impressed me all that much.
maybe I'm missing something. guess I have to play with it a bit more.
so far, still prefer swype.
but, it's free and I guess it's good to have the extra option for whatever reason.
can't go wrong with too many keyboard apps right?

Swype all day for me personally, especially since Swype 3 came out with qHD support

SwiftKey is genius. Easily the best keyboard available.
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i like it, swype wasnt bad but i never got it on my sensation and i feel like i spent as much time swyping as deleting words. swift predicts very well, only problem i have is i hit the return buttton i think on occasion and make the keyboard go away

I already purchased, but my wife just got it for her g2x thanks...

Installed it just fine, and set it as the default, but I'm still getting the HTC keyboard.
Must be something simple, but not seeing it...

samnada said:
Installed it just fine, and set it as the default, but I'm still getting the HTC keyboard.
Must be something simple, but not seeing it...
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Long press on a text box and select input method
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yourpassenger said:
Long press on a text box and select input method
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Phone currently drying out from a wet screen protector install, but I'll try it as soon as it's back up.
Thanks.