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Wow, AT&T blocks non market apps?

That is so pathetic. Just another reason to hate that company.
Anyway...my friend just got an inspire and is new to android. I'm just helping with the phone (I have a verizon android phone) and realized that AT&T finds someway to screw with consumers again. So, is there a way to get around this and install non market apps?

brian85 said:
That is so pathetic. Just another reason to hate that company.
Anyway...my friend just got an inspire and is new to android. I'm just helping with the phone (I have a verizon android phone) and realized that AT&T finds someway to screw with consumers again. So, is there a way to get around this and install non market apps?
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You can use sideload wonder machine http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-sideload-wonder-machine/
Or root the phone and load a custom ROM that has non market apps enabled

the sideload wonder machine method is sipmple the only drawback is that the apps wont receive updates like they would from the market, if I'm not mistaken.

Also if I remember correctly if the app is to big for side load wonder machine, you can use adb push. There are always work arounds.

brian85 said:
That is so pathetic. Just another reason to hate that company.
Anyway...my friend just got an inspire and is new to android. I'm just helping with the phone (I have a verizon android phone) and realized that AT&T finds someway to screw with consumers again. So, is there a way to get around this and install non market apps?
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That's why it's such a sweet feeling when you uninstall their application through TiBu........

You can also consider rooting the device. I did mine with no issues at all. It's VERY easy, just time consuming. From start to finish, took me about 35 minutes. I already had EVERYTHING I needed to do this though, including the ROM I wanted.

tribalartgod said:
You can also consider rooting the device. I did mine with no issues at all. It's VERY easy, just time consuming. From start to finish, took me about 35 minutes. I already had EVERYTHING I needed to do this though, including the ROM I wanted.
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Congratulations on finally getting it man.

Roland_D said:
That's why it's such a sweet feeling when you uninstall their application through TiBu........
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Indeed. Buh-bye bloat.
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I am interested to know what apps are good that aren't on the marketplace. I would like to find some other cool stuff I can put on this phone. I put swype on and that was fun to side load. Would like to do some other stuff. Inform me please.
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You want good go to Amazon App store, in the past few days I got a full version of Shazam and then SoundHound. Both have full unlimited use with no expiration, also if you change rom's you can redownload them from your account for as long as you have the account. They give away a full paid app everyday on there.

MatUK.8 said:
I am interested to know what apps are good that aren't on the marketplace. I would like to find some other cool stuff I can put on this phone. I put swype on and that was fun to side load. Would like to do some other stuff. Inform me please.
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All the Gameloft games for starters.
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At&t to allow sideloading

Think we will get an update for it? Maybe the upcoming gingerbread upgrade will have it
http://www.smartphoneenvy.com/andro...-allow-non-market-apps-on-android/#more-14514
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Who needs an update I have side loading.

tweaked said:
Who needs an update I have side loading.
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We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.

Yeah but come on so many benefits to rooting why not you know??

True but in my case I have not rooted because of the process. I do not want to redo all my settings and data and such....I am sure I am not the only one

I totally would but, its kinda tough to do that with a mac
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churro7 said:
Think we will get an update for it? Maybe the upcoming gingerbread upgrade will have it
http://www.smartphoneenvy.com/andro...-allow-non-market-apps-on-android/#more-14514
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I hope we do I have not rooted yet seems to complicated all these roms folks seem to have do a lot to get them to work right
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churro7 said:
We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.
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Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.

Wouldn't be a problem if say the rooting process was like the hero or evo hell even my former samsung epic. No data loss
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Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.
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tweaked said:
Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.
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This means don't buy any AT&T branded device. Hopefully sideloading happens with the Inspire. With hsupa now enabled and with this, I would lose more reason to root. Although getting rid of the bloat would be nice. I just wish we could root stock without having to downgrade.
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If your phone is Stock rooted, you can always edit the settings.db file and enable side loading feature. I did it and works like a charm. I didn't want to take a chance with a custom ROM, so I updated the stock ROM with the latest HTC update and the rooted it with gingerbreak. So far so good.

churro7 said:
True but in my case I have not rooted because of the process. I do not want to redo all my settings and data and such....I am sure I am not the only one
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try using titanium back up, that helps out alot, if u really don't wanna waste the 15min it takes to reset up ur phone, or just root it b4 setting it up, right after you buy it. sure, some rom updates will require a full wipe but its always for the better, there's just too many benefits to rooting not to want to do it. removing bloatware, ability to sideload, tethering, being able to run any of the many roms out there and the list goes on and on and on.

epicKA8 said:
there's just too many benefits to rooting not to want to do it. removing bloatware, ability to sideload, tethering, being able to run any of the many roms out there and the list goes on and on and on.
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+1. If you're on AT&T, and have an Android phone, you are going to be missing out on all your phone could be. Even if you hack the living daylights out of a stock ROM, it won't compare to any ROM floating around here. It's not nearly as hard/bad as people think.
CM7 Inspire 4G

Gingerbreak worked for you?
calin75 said:
If your phone is Stock rooted, you can always edit the settings.db file and enable side loading feature. I did it and works like a charm. I didn't want to take a chance with a custom ROM, so I updated the stock ROM with the latest HTC update and the rooted it with gingerbreak. So far so good.
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churro7 said:
We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.
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I have side loading without root. In fact, my Inspire is totally stock. And I've been able to side load apps from the beginning. That's one reason I don't understand this AT&T side loading business.

With sideload wonder machine?
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churro7 said:
With sideload wonder machine?
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yea, you can sideload manually from the computer with out root, you just can't sideload directly from your devise. just make sure you have the latest drivers from HTC

Yea I currently use that
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epicKA8 said:
yea, you can sideload manually from the computer with out root, you just can't sideload directly from your devise. just make sure you have the latest drivers from HTC
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I sideload right on my Inspire. I have the apks on my card and choose them with any file explorer and install them. I can even install apps that require root to function. Those particular apps will install, but they won't work without root. But all apps that don't require root to function install and work just fine.

It figures... right after rooting. I like root though. I'm a control freak and I like to determine what is on my phone. Deleted all of ATTs bloarware and just darn well like playing with ROMS. I was a Linux distro sampler too for a while before settling on Fedora.

Should I buy the sensation

Hi everyone I heard sensation have so much problems but idk what problems or how bad. Currently I have HTC panache with 2.3.3 out of box in Canada which is same as mytouch 4g . Is it worth upgrade cause I can return my phone . I got it less than week ago. I had LG optimus 2x for 3 days so many random shutoffs so return that one. Please share your taughts.

I just bought mine and to be honest it's using an "immature" operating system.
With that said,it has the goods to really perform once the OS is wrung out.
TBH,my phone for the last five years has been an Audiovox PPC 6600.
It's been as solid as a rock.
I was really reluctant to change as the phone has done everything I needed.
With that said,I'm also a hardware freak...new phones...oh yeah.
I looked at the Atrix,but there was too many things about it that gave me pause.
This one didn't,so I bought it.....and I don't regret it.
There will probably be better phones in the near future,but for the money,this one's going to be tough to beat.....it's very versatile.

Great device with the potential to be the best damn Android phone in existence if HTC would just get off their asses and s-off the mofo...

smacman said:
Great device with the potential to be the best damn Android phone in existence if HTC would just get off their asses and s-off the mofo...
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This. Once where free . This phone is gonna be great.
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Don't buy it, this phone gonna stay locked and i can guarantee you that if you like flashing and root access stay clear of this phone. For a average user it's fine I'm not liking the restrictions feel like i own a iphone .
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No! as i figured out the hard way, it does not cook dinner!
lol

Get it. I love it.
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it depends...
depends on your expectations of the phone. This includes Speed, battery life, Features, and Accessories. State those and I can give you my take.

bonebeatz1234 said:
Don't buy it, this phone gonna stay locked and i can guarantee you that if you like flashing and root access stay clear of this phone. For a average user it's fine I'm not liking the restrictions feel like i own a iphone .
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Wow. U really think s off isn't coming???
If htc doesn't push it out Xda will have it for sure. Sounds like ur a non believer.
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if you really have to ask sombody should you buy it then you must not really want it, cause people can tell you anything doesnt mean they made the right choice for you wether yes or no, its your own thoughts on the phone go to your local dealer and check it out for your self no one can give you the best answer but your self

I am currently on my fourth Sensation with a 5th one to arrive in 3 days. All have had random rebooting-overheating- screen creaking(gets worse as time goes by)volume that just goes so low(randomly) you cannot hear it(when settings are on max) dour battery life, losing all signal at times and having to reboot to get a signal-wifi grip issue AND LOCKED BOATLOADER and the list goes on. If I had it to do over again I would not have ordered one in the first place. The phone does have enormous potential but its like the sport scene-so many athletes with enormous potential that never are heard from again or just never make it to the bigs. Having said all of this I do like the phone(it feels great in my hand) but no updates from HTC(very little if any word about if and when) and issues that seem to accumulating more and more everyday, make me quite hesitant to recommend this phone. I know others will state just the opposite and I am sure that is their experience. I can only share what my experience is and has been.

Sky Go.

Sky Go has been launched today for those of you who didn't know, been waiting a long time for it too but don't get too excited as Sky have lovingly put in place blocks for people who've rooted their phones which is 99% of people on XDA! So has Barclays with their pingit app!
So any devs out there think they could get round this or should I just delete the app and forget it ever exsisted?
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my anger about this company is growing every day. why aren't they able to release a full functional android app to all devices and not even in the uk.

iNC0GNiTUM said:
Sky Go has been launched today for those of you who didn't know, been waiting a long time for it too but don't get too excited as Sky have lovingly put in place blocks for people who've rooted their phones which is 99% of people on XDA! So has Barclays with their pingit app!
So any devs out there think they could get round this or should I just delete the app and forget it ever exsisted?
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There's already a thread going on in General about this...why should Sky allow it to work on rooted phones? They have to protect their content so this was the only way they could do it.
As for Barclays - it's common sense to protect a banking app...unless you want to give money away

I guess but surely having a username and password to get into the content is enough to stop piracy myplayer streams plenty of channels on a rooted phone, now why have companies like ITV not pulled their channels from it just like the BBC did? And funnily enough my bro has an iPhone jailbroken and he can still stream sky go? So tell me where's the difference?
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That's the argument going about, why can the iPhone work but not the Sensation...

EddyOS said:
There's already a thread going on in General about this...why should Sky allow it to work on rooted phones? They have to protect their content so this was the only way they could do it.
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Because they would allow me to access it on Windows if I was logged in as an Administrator. Having root access should not be seen as anything suspicious in itself, it is a feature of Android, just one that some manufacturers choose to lock out for users by default (often for their own good).

Bojanglez said:
Because they would allow me to access it on Windows if I was logged in as an Administrator. Having root access should not be seen as anything suspicious in itself, it is a feature of Android, just one that some manufacturers choose to lock out for users by default (often for their own good).
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So in theory you could take the app apart on windows rework it and port the streams to another app just like myplayer, don't blame them I guess then still irritating and unfair that apple users can get away with it! And like you say root access shouldn't be seen as suspicious I'm only wanting to make my phone look the way I want it to, but there's always someone who'll abuse what the majority use it for.
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Questions about the Facebook Home suite.

So I assume that most of you have seen the announcement about the new Facebook Home suite that will debut on the HTC First and be available as a separate download after. I noticed, however, that it will only be available for the HTC One, HTC One X, HTC One X+, SGS3, SGS4, Galaxy Note II. Does this mean that there is no way that the DS will be able to support the suite?

doubt there will be official support, but someone may make it useable on this phone
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It shouldn't be too hard to port it, if the s3 can run it so can the s3 mini and then from there the desire s should be able to run it

If I know right, Facebook will develop the Facebook Home for other devices too. The HTC First will come with the launcher integrated with system running on top of stock JB 4.1.1/4.1.2 so I hope we'll see also ports from that ROM. The only annoying thing is that, you would also get ads on your home screen(at least, some tech websites say so). But however, you can turn the Facebook Home off directly in it's settings, or by simply replacing the Home launcher app.

Here you go. Facebook Home on our Desire S.
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NVardan said:
Here you go. Facebook Home on our Desire S.
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how can you do that?

clubband30 said:
how can you do that?
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Here you go. Before installing, you must delete the old facebook app.

Works on my DS too! ViperSaga 2.2.0

I was reading an article on Gizmodo about a port already being completed. It linked to this guide and I tried it out. I thought it ran okay tbh, however there was a problem with the messenger app because it wouldn't let me reply to anything. I tried it out for a bit but I got fed up with it, it's very simple and obviously it's Facebook centric, I decided I don't need that much Facebook in my life. I'm perfectly happy with the app. I'd recommend that you try it though, your experience may differ from mine.

What advantages brings this app to the average user? Is it worthy to install? Will it ruin my phone experience?
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WolfEmperor said:
What advantages brings this app to the average user? Is it worthy to install? Will it ruin my phone experience?
Thx
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I don't think it brings any advantages unless you're a heavy Facebook user. It's quite basic in it's function, I noticed that the messenger app stopped working properly when I started using it. It was very smooth and worked quite well in my opinion other than the Facebook Messenger experience. The stock messages app can be used instead so it can work out for the average user. It's a simple install so I'd suggest downloading and trying it out, you might like it and keep using it, if you don't then just delete it and go back to the way your phone was before. I don't think there are any risks by installing it on your phone. However, I'm not sure if it affects the battery life or not, I didn't really use it for long enough.