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[App] Press Reader: London Evening Standard for FREE

Hi,
I've been using the press display application for a while now, having used up my 7 free papers, I'm now paying as I go £0.79 per paper.
However it really bothered me that I was paying £0.79 for a free paper, the London Evening Standard, which I can pick up a paper copy for free almost anywhere in London.
So I emailed Press display and asked them about it. And the good news is you can read the Standard for free on your Galaxy Tab, or any other press display application, if you just follow this link:
http://standardonline.newspaperdirect.com​
You will need to register for a new account, this is not a press reader account, but an account just for the Standard.
Once registered go to your Galaxy Tab, or other device with press display installed.
Start Press Display and select settings.
Select Accounts
Select Authorize
Login with the email address and password registered above
Tap Authorize
If you already have a pressdisplay account it will ask you to select which account you want to authorize pressdisplay or Evening Standard. Select Standard.
From now on when you click on the store Icon it will ask you which account you want to use. For free London Evening Standards select the Evening Standard account.
If like me you want to get this everyday, you can add it once and tick the deliver every issue checkbox.
I hope you find this useful, and i hope I'm not repeating anything someone else has already posted.
Happy reading
Kevin

Hi,
Thanks for that info, looks really useful.
I managed to set everything up but when I use Press Reader i get "couldnt connect to server", have you ever had that message before?
Paul

Hi Paul,
I've only had that error when I've either run out of Time/Data on my O2 contract or if I've roamed onto some Wifi Hotspot that needs authentication.
Otherwise it just downloads fine over the work wifi, or on my Mobile Broadband plan. I try to use the wifi as it's free and I'm not sure how big the papers are.
Hope you manage to get it working.
Cheers
Kevin

Ah ha,
Got it working... I had not enabled my subscription.
All working lovely now thanks,
Paul

Nice one, thanks !
Worth noting: PressReader v1.4+ (formerly PressDisplay) is bundled with Samsung's ReadersHub (the app gets updated via Samsung's own market, but doesn't show-up as an independent app outside of ReadersHub). PressReader v1.3+ is the latest version from the Google Market. As a result, I now have 2 PressReader accounts (which come with free trial newspapers). I'm not a heavy PressReader user, so I can't really tell the difference. Anyway, maybe one of you will
Cheers, Dan

Marketplace CC Working (Non Supported Country)

I've posted this in the following thread where I got the idea with the help of Loki1973:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830701&page=19
But I think after 180 posts. People stopped reading and gave up hope. So here it is:
Alright. Got a bit to talk about here that might be of interest to some of you.
My Info:
WP7 Live Account: BS USA Account
Credit Card: Middle East 5 Number ZIP Code
Real Live Account: Canadian
First Thing I Tried / WP7 Live Account:
At first, I used the method in the linked thread above (registered my credit card from the phone browser) and that just worked for me. Used my real ZIP code and put my Canadian address and phone number. Picked up OMG as it's the cheapest thing I could find just to confirm. It's the Deal of the Week.
To test this thing even further, I launched Zune on my PC and went for a 14 Day Zune Pass Trial. Asked for credit card, then prompted the one I just added, or the option to add another one. So went for the added one, and all is well. Downloading 314 songs as I type this.
So all is well and I'm able to buy whatever I want with my fake USA account.
PERSONAL PROBLEM
1. I have a real Canadian account, that's where my MSN is, that's where my email is, that's where my calendar is.
2. I'm an organization psycho.
3. I don't want to rebuy every damn game/application that I bought with my fake US account if I ever get to using my Canadian account. I mean the only reason I'm not using it is cause of the damn billing limitation of zip codes.
SOLUTION
On my phone. I went to buy another game. Selected a game. Clicked on BUY.
"Change payment method"
"Add a credit card"
It took me to that billing page where I added the other credit card just hours ago.
I copied the URL, emailed it to myself.
Got on my laptop, put the URL in my browser (thought, what the hell).
Page loaded up just fine.
Important part. BILLING COUNTRY: USA
Added the card used earlier and all is well.
Went to billing.microsoft.com and my card is there.
So I believe it takes the billing country of what you have set on your phone and works the URL that way.
Anyways, now have successfully added my Middle East credit card with USA ZIP code to my CANADIAN Live ID.
Get it while it's hot
PROBLEM
1.99 U.S. dollars = 1.93468729 Canadian dollars
So I don't know why the HELL it has it listed as $2.50CAD. Complete BS.
No Zune Pass (Music Service) in Canada

Family Locator/Tracking

My wife and I would like to be able to track our two teenaged sons whereabouts. I have been playing with several apps. My wife and I and one son has an android phone, while the other son has an iphone. Can someone recommend a good app to do this? I don't mind paying for the app, but don't want a monthly fee. Also, by the time we all download and find out if the app is good, the return time will expire. Any help is appreciated!

PARick said:
My wife and I would like to be able to track our two teenaged sons whereabouts. I have been playing with several apps. My wife and I and one son has an android phone, while the other son has an iphone. Can someone recommend a good app to do this? I don't mind paying for the app, but don't want a monthly fee. Also, by the time we all download and find out if the app is good, the return time will expire. Any help is appreciated!
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What about Google Latitude? Do you want consistent monitoring/logging or just one that does find the phone based on a request?
Lookout (Premium) does a great job locating phones per request.

Jackos said:
What about Google Latitude? Do you want consistent monitoring/logging or just one that does find the phone based on a request?
Lookout (Premium) does a great job locating phones per request.
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Latitude could work for all of us on Droids, but the iPhone presents a different issue. Boy do I hate iphones!

Cerbrerus or SeekDroid.
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Sorry I got no experience with iPhones

d-iivil said:
Cerbrerus or SeekDroid.
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Thanks! Unfortunately Droid only.

Icloud can locate an iphone via the web
Just enable location services and turn on the icloud account. Then you can log into icloud web site whenever you want and click, find my iphone.
With android, Google doesn't offer that, it's available through multiple 3rd party apps.

tdelet said:
Just enable location services and turn on the icloud account. Then you can log into icloud web site whenever you want and click, find my iphone.
With android, Google doesn't offer that, it's available through multiple 3rd party apps.
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Will try that. Thanks!

Thanks for all the help here. iPhone does have a latitude app. Final question. In lattitude, is there a way to see the complete address of the person you are tracking? I have checked and can't find a way to do that. Thanks again!

Have an idea.. no ofence or so but let your teens be teens and stop tracking them... Oo
What the hell if my dad or mom would tell me they want to track me all the time i would ask them if they Fell on the ground and got hurt or something..

the employer blocked the WIFI from employees (obtaining the ip address issue)
we cant access the WIFI in the hotel at where we work and although there are a password you put at the hotel's WIFI website but they did something lately to all of us and it is when any of the staff open the WIFI on his mobile it just keep showing obtaining IP address and no result so if you guys could help me in this and do i have to get a new phone or to try hiding my IP i tried a lot of apps but no way plz help

i've worked on a project like that for a few weeks... couldn't make it happend as the people in my country don't really rely on technology :/

Recommendation
As I understood you are looking for free cross platform application for both Android an iOS. In this case I'd like to suggest you recently launched Fameelee - Family Locator.
This app is free in case you connect up to 4 family members and It has the following features:
- track real time location of your family members
- check location history of your family members for the last 30 days
- in-app private messaging
- GPS notification (called geofencing) once some your loved ones reach some particular places (you match them by yourself)
- ability to send "alarms" with you current GPS location and video of your surrounding
- track sms and call logs of your family members (premium version)
- get notified once your family member speeding (premium version)
In premium version you can connect up to 10 members.
So hope this app will meet your needs.

Paid TomTom Software, pay once, and install on all?

So I am thinking that instead of updating MapDroyd, NavFreeUS, and Sygic offline maps all the time, I should just buy TomTom for Android or something.
If it is indeed compatible on all devices I wish to use it on, is there an additional fee per device, or registration to activate on each device?
Or does it work just like most stuff in the market, and once I pay, I can install and update all devices that are compatible that have my Android market account on them?
Can someone with some experience with this or other paid offline nav software chime in...

I'm sure that it is linked to your google ID account, so as long as you still use the same account it should be ok. I would confirm it first though

You should ask the TomTom dev about this.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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the86d said:
So I am thinking that instead of updating MapDroyd, NavFreeUS, and Sygic offline maps all the time, I should just buy TomTom for Android or something.
If it is indeed compatible on all devices I wish to use it on, is there an additional fee per device, or registration to activate on each device?
Or does it work just like most stuff in the market, and once I pay, I can install and update all devices that are compatible that have my Android market account on them?
Can someone with some experience with this or other paid offline nav software chime in...
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Personal opinion, avoid Sygic.
It's counter-intuitive at its very core. Inserting an address is hard, like:
- input city
- input street, and it keeps suggesting you streets that are not from the city you chose
- same idiotic suggestions when you try to choose a place
And then it's not buy and install on all. It's got a key that's not tied to your Google account, you need to contact them to port it from one device to the other.

Across all device, but if it is incompatible u cant install on the device. Shouldnt thought cause it is just gps software
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The 11th plague said:
Personal opinion, avoid Sygic.
It's counter-intuitive at its very core. Inserting an address is hard, like:
- input city
- input street, and it keeps suggesting you streets that are not from the city you chose
- same idiotic suggestions when you try to choose a place
And then it's not buy and install on all. It's got a key that's not tied to your Google account, you need to contact them to port it from one device to the other.
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I am thinking that I do not want/need the traffic and real time info (special activation through tomtom?), but I want a nav/map system that would work if the grid goes down (cell towers will only stay up so long after that) as I live in an earthquake alley, just to have something if a big one were to hit. Proactive, not reactive...

Why not just use Google maps
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bbrad said:
Why not just use Google maps
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In the event of Zombies, silly. The grid could go down for any number of reasons, and so even cell towers would go down if they are powered by generator that could run out of gas/diesel...
No, I live in earthquake alley, and try to think ahead, as it could take some time to bring grid power back up if there was a large earthquake (thing San-Fran in our recent history). Mainly a backup, just in case, but I will continue to use Google Maps until Zombies... or earthquakes, whichever comes first.
People that had food and water stored water-tight were probably better off during, and after Katrina... I have kids.

the86d said:
I am thinking that I do not want/need the traffic and real time info (special activation through tomtom?), but I want a nav/map system that would work if the grid goes down (cell towers will only stay up so long after that) as I live in an earthquake alley, just to have something if a big one were to hit. Proactive, not reactive...
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Then find another offline satnav. This one just isn't practical

[UPDATE] Kugou Music Translation - Netease alternative

[UPDATE MARCH 2015]
So after another 3 month without Netease, there's some news.
Kugo and Kuwo really anoyed my, because of their bad streaming/downloading speed, as well because of the bad translation (which of course, I'm responsible for).
But guys, don't despair! There's a great alternative, available right here on xda
"Huawei Music Player" / "EMUI Music Player" is a great chinese service, even though fully in english! It allows you to stream songs for free and download them to MP3 (192kb/s).
If you manage to get a working Huawei ID, you can also use 320kb/s download as well as personal playlists and radios. Wasn't able to do that, since, quote: "This service is not available in your region".
So to get it, just google search "huawei music player apk" and take the xda result (still can't post links, sorry).
Have fun and happy easter
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Code:
So, I finally got a working alternative for Netease CloudMusic: Kugou Music
It is NOT blocked at this time (15/12/2015) and the translation should work.
Translated APK will come soon, but I have some problems compiling, so you need to use the Xposed Module AndroTraductor and download the archive I created (h t t p://www8.zippyshare.com/v/lUZCXxXv/file.html) [Sorry, can't link websites right now, just delete spaces to http].
Also make sure to download the official app from the Playstore (search for "Kugou" and install the first result)
Extract the dv_translate directory to the root of your SD card and restart.
I DIDN'T test it for too long, so please comment your result :)
Keep in mind, that the translation is very bad, but I'll improve it in the future!
Hi guys, this is my first thread and english isn't my native language, so sorry. I hope this is the right section for that topic.
I guess there are a lot of people who are as sad as me about Netease blocking of foreign listerners.
At first, only the translated app was blocked by using an MD5 sum check, a pretty pitiful act in my opinion.
But now, they block EVERY CONNECTION from outside China mainland, which results in most of Western pop songs unplayable (they will be greyed out and a ">_<"-message pops up). So I was looking for some alternatives.
UPDATE: So after some more testing, I settled on translating the Kugou Music Player, since it serves the user better download performance. I'll update the thread eventually.
The user [user=4738691]@bloodvayne[/user] brought my attention the the Spotify Mega Mod, which you can find on onhax.com. It gives you unlimited songs without ads, but some users (Android 6) experience lots of crashes. Even while it doesn't allow you to download MP3, it obviously is HIGHLY ILLEGAL and I advice you to *NOT* use it.
Well, the most legal way would be using [B]Spotify or getting the 3 free premium months of Apple Music[/B] (the app just got released for android).
But I even if you pay for their Premium plan, you will notice that you don't get the same functionality. Primarily, the download as MP3 function will be missed.
So I searched and found some alternatives, which give you allmost the same functionality as Neteasy CloudMusic and, who would have thought, all 3 of them are based in China as well.
So first, we have [B]QQMusic[/B], which isn't really that new and if you are able to create an account, you will get the best streaming quality and speed. But that's also a downside. As I said, you WILL HAVE TO create an account with QQ International to use it, and for me in particular, it didn't work. If you want to try it, ( h t t p://reg.imqq.com/) here you go and please leave a comment on wether it worked or not.
So, if you got an account, you just search the PlayStore for QQMusic and install the first app that pops up (yes it's chinese). It will prompt you to login and then you should be able to use it. I DIDN'T TEST IT, because of the reasons above.
The next app in the list is [B]Kugou[/B] (or 酷狗音乐播放器), which is basicaly the same as Netease CloudMusic. You CAN open an account to get download HQ, but it is NOT NECESSARY. The app's got a big music library, chinese and western. I personaly get very poor streaming speed, but a friend of mine said, for him it's faster than Netease was.
it saves your MP3 files in /sdcard/kgmusic and is [B]available in PlayStore[/B] ("Kugou").
As my testing shows, it appears to be [B]the best alternative[/B].
The last one I got is [B]Kuwo MusicBox[/B], which is actually the same as Kugou with a little prettier interface. I also have mixed feelings about the streaming speed, so please comment your results. It downloads the MP3s to /sdcard/KuwoMusic .
I am actually trying to translate the whole thing to english, but it's a hard task, since strings.xml got over 1200 lines.

Sad to see Netease Music go down for non-Chinese. Right now I use a modded Spotify version for mobile streaming: to maintain being "logged in" I use a VPN. It gets the job done, the only drawback being unable to download music to my library. Might try some of the apps you mentioned.

bloodvayne said:
Sad to see Netease Music go down for non-Chinese. Right now I use a modded Spotify version for mobile streaming: to maintain being "logged in" I use a VPN. It gets the job done, the only drawback being unable to download music to my library. Might try some of the apps you mentioned.
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Thanks for the tip, googled a little bit and found Spotify Mega Mod on onhaxcom. It works really good, but as you said, no mp3 download. I don't want to use 2 different apps for listening my music.

I'm in the UK, somehow the tablet version of Kugou is compatible with my Nexus 5 but the phone version isn't.

No idea
NTWarrior said:
I'm in the UK, somehow the tablet version of Kugou is compatible with my Nexus 5 but the phone version isn't.
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I'm using a Oneplus One in Germany, only tried the Phone version, not the tablet one (HD).
You could get the APK from somewhere on the web, or just wait till tomorrow, I hope I have the translated APK till then.

loader72 said:
I'm using a Oneplus One in Germany, only tried the Phone version, not the tablet one (HD).
You could get the APK from somewhere on the web, or just wait till tomorrow, I hope I have the translated APK till then.
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Yeah, I sideloaded the APK and it seems fine; after all, the target market is where the Play Store isn't allowed so I assume I'll be notified of updates anyway. As well as providing translated APKs will you be uploading the arrays.xml and strings.xml to use with the Xposed module AndroTraductor? That way, if the strings don't change too much between versions we can use newer versions updates without having to compile or wait for a new APK.

NTWarrior said:
Yeah, I sideloaded the APK and it seems fine; after all, the target market is where the Play Store isn't allowed so I assume I'll be notified of updates anyway. As well as providing translated APKs will you be uploading the arrays.xml and strings.xml to use with the Xposed module AndroTraductor? That way, if the strings don't change too much between versions we can use newer versions updates without having to compile or wait for a new APK.
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Yeah, I'll do that, still working on the arrays.xml. strings.xml is more or less translated, but very poorly. I'll improve it in the future.
AndroTraductor is a nice way, but it isn't compatible with Android 6 and causes bootloop for me.

That's odd, I don't know about Kugou but AndroTraductor works fine for me with Netease and QQ Music on my Nexus 5, stock 6.0.1.

NTWarrior said:
That's odd, I don't know about Kugou but AndroTraductor works fine for me with Netease and QQ Music on my Nexus 5, stock 6.0.1.
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Okay it works now, maybe it was just the custom rom.
Updated the thread, feel free to test my dv_translate archive

I think I managed to install the beta version of Kugou instead of the stable one. It's now v7.9.10. The layout is affected a little by the English text. It looks like it says
"Ring Tones/
ringtones"
instead of just "Ringtones". And it says "Core Dog Music" instead of Kugou Music in some places. But it's a good start!

NTWarrior said:
I think I managed to install the beta version of Kugou instead of the stable one. It's now v7.9.10. The layout is affected a little by the English text. It looks like it says
"Ring Tones/
ringtones"
instead of just "Ringtones". And it says "Core Dog Music" instead of Kugou Music in some places. But it's a good start!
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Yeah I noticed that, allready working on it...
After all, it is was translated automatic so didn't expect anything other.

loader72 said:
Yeah I noticed that, allready working on it...
After all, it is was translated automatic so didn't expect anything other.
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No one can really beat NetEase. Kugou has missing pieces tho, and Kuwo, I cant download songs...

I think Kuwo is different from kugou. It has a larger database and doesn't block some songs. For example, one band that has most of these chinese apps is the japanese band "abingdon boys school". They work only on Kuwo, so a translation of Kuwo would be aweome!
I know japanese so navigating the app isn't hard, but i do have some question. How do I stop it downloading songs automatically? and how do I choose the quality when playing the songs?
thanks

your post have been so helpful that i'm using kugou music player as the main music player but recently i've observed that I am getting a force close on scanning for songs can you please help with it. or can you please tell me the procedure how to extract this array and strings files

ashfaqn73 said:
your post have been so helpful that i'm using kugou music player as the main music player but recently i've observed that I am getting a force close on scanning for songs can you please help with it. or can you please tell me the procedure how to extract this array and strings files
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For extracting the apk, you'd have to decompile it. You can do this with an installed android SDK, or better, with one of the available online services (just google search for "apk decompiler online".
How ever, there's a much better alternative now. I am using the official "Huawei Music Player" for about a month now, and it really works great. It's allready in english and supports MP3 DOWNLOAD (however, only 192kb/s). Couldn't get HQ download(320kb/s) or personal playlists ect. to work, since you need an account for it, and Huawei doesn't allow to register outside of China.
You can get it by just google searching "huawei music player apk" (take the xda result), it's not only a great app and music player, but also has great streaming and downloading speed

Thanks for the reply sir and will surely try this app you have suggested