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[Q] Best IM App

I am curious what IM app people are having success with on their Sensation. I have used Trillian in the past but even with C2DM active I am loosing about 9% of battery per hour. I never had this issue with other phones. This I am curious what IM apps you have been successfully using that do not eat battery life. It needs to support AIM and Facebook.
Thanks!

Try Ebuddy.... i havent used it on Sensation as of yet... but on my DHD, it worked perfectly...and about draining battery... well the smartphones have oversmart batteries.... it used to drain everytime.. dont know if it was ebuddy or Whats App... but for sure it was HTC HUB and Friend's stream

I use the IM+ free and work great, dont have the battery problem, because you have the notification mode and when you go out of IM+ you have still the mesage....
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imo.im - Doesn't drain battery to me, and no silly account registrations.

Trillian!! have used it for computer for years, great on android as well.

I say imo. Very stable and battery drain is minimal
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beejive is pricey, but it's great and uses push notifications to save juice.

Hey, for those who uses trillian, any idea how to "reset" the groups? It seems that it is not following the groups i have within msn, and using its own contacts grouping system.

Use Trillian. It's IMHO best on Android.
Silvina said:
Hey, for those who uses trillian, any idea how to "reset" the groups? It seems that it is not following the groups i have within msn, and using its own contacts grouping system.
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I'm not sure, but maybe you need to delete your contacts in Astra (I'm taking no guarantee in this). They should reload.

imo is great, but which one you have decided to use?

Trillian best bar none.
-smc

Im+ for me
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maxoveride said:
Im+ for me
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For me too. I only need MSN. Tried Mercury, but it didn't really convince me. IM+ looks way more professional. Stay away from that eBuddy bull**** - I gave it a chance, but first thing it does, asks you to register an account with them. Holy ****!

Im+ for me too
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Also using IM+.
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I use Trillian, and I don't have any battery drain issues. Actually today my battery went 5 hours at 100% battery lol, I thought it was broken until it finally start decreasing.

Trillian also works very well for me!

[Q] How Do We Get Facebook Push Notifications Working Properly?

Hi All,
First, I wanna say that you guys are so freakin awesome! I've been an xda lurker for a while, but figured it's time for me to join and interact with my fellow HTC Sensation-ers.
It'd be a good chance for me to contribute to these forums, as well as getting some help for my Sensation problems. Glad to be a part of you guys now
Question: Why doesn't Facebook for Android push notifications work on my Sensation 4G?
Background Info: Private Messages in Facebook get pushed, but regular notifications (e.g. wall posts, comments, likes) do not get pushed to my device.
Went into facebook settings, and everything it's at its default values (never touched a thing). Notifications are on.
Other information pertaining to situation: Background data is ON. Always-On mobile data has been tried on and off. Same results both ways.
Can you help a brotha out?
Thanks, guys! I look forward to being a part of your community.

I read that if you sign in on a blackberry it fixes that for android due to a permission that Facebook for bb gives. I don't know if its true but worth a try I guess
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fr0zenblood75 said:
I read that if you sign in on a blackberry it fixes that for android due to a permission that Facebook for bb gives. I don't know if its true but worth a try I guess
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Hi fr0zenblood75,
Thanks for the response.
I also have read that before. I actually went far enough to borrow my friends Bold 9780 without him knowing
Alas, it did not work
Does every Sensation user have this issue? Or am I in the minority with this?
Also, I've restarted my phone, factory reset, uninstall and reinstall app....nothing works.

Facebook kinda sucks. You try another app like friendcaster?

LPChris47 said:
Hi fr0zenblood75,
Thanks for the response.
I also have read that before. I actually went far enough to borrow my friends Bold 9780 without him knowing
Alas, it did not work
Does every Sensation user have this issue? Or am I in the minority with this?
Also, I've restarted my phone, factory reset, uninstall and reinstall app....nothing works.
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Your welcome. Ohh that sucks well I sometimes get notifications and sometimes I don't its random they should fix .
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newter55 said:
Facebook kinda sucks. You try another app like friendcaster?
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Thanks for your suggestion, newter55!
I'm not familiar with friendcaster. Is it a facebook for android alternative and does it do push notifications? Thanks.
fr0zenblood75 said:
Your welcome. Ohh that sucks well I sometimes get notifications and sometimes I don't its random they should fix .
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So at least it's not just me
Anyways, I appreciate the help fr0zenblood75! Nice to meet you

Yes its an alternative that works much better. Afaik, the only thing it doesn't do is chat.
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I noticed push notifications randomly work, Right now they seem to be working great for me..... i used to have a blackberry also....

newter55 said:
Yes its an alternative that works much better. Afaik, the only thing it doesn't do is chat.
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Interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks again, newter55
supercobaltss said:
I noticed push notifications randomly work, Right now they seem to be working great for me..... i used to have a blackberry also....
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It sucks that the Facebook app is garbage
I guess the developer has no incentive to get the app working properly for everybody, seeing that it's not ad-supported.

why root question?not a noob either

ive been coming here for a long time.ive rooted several of my phones using these forums.also ive always seen the benefits of rooting those phones.but since ive purchased my g2x it seems to me that it does every thing you could possibly want from it out of the box.please no flaming because i love this stuff.i just need a good reason to get behind rooting this phone.not just because its addictive.

Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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My phone functions alot better with it running custom roms ... Currently running fitsnuglys kang ... Whenever I run a stock rom I miss calls and my phone seems possessed ...

Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol

swuln said:
Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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yeah im not allowed to touch my wifes phone either.lol..

fabricatedhero said:
Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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guess im gonna need to learn what the heck bloat ware and bloat freeze is.

Your battery life and speed can dramatically increase, I'm still a beginner to rooting and all this good stuff so that's the most significant change I saw as of now.

It can be costly when you dont know what your doing but if you.do it right it can save you money(from mobile hotspot) and increase speed
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swuln said:
And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?

I am confused I used my phone as a mobile hotspot all the time before I rooted it comes witht he phone and I was never charged extra for tethering. Now that I am rooted it works the same as before I dont see any difference in that department. So could you guys elaborate on what you are talking about. Yes I am a TMO user

Well for me, rooted or not my hotspot dont work anymore unless i add the feature for 14.99. Sucks, i came from a G2, then next day i received my G2x and hotspot stopped. Called them and they said network has finally detected me using it..
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Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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ltlover21 said:
Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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Yeah, i turn it on and other devices can connect but no Internet access
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Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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ltlover21 said:
Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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Well one way is changing nunbers my girl got her g2x couple days after me.. And her hotspot didnt work eirher after changing phones. We had problems with her data that she would browse the internet, then out of nowhere sge gets redirected to web2go.com sating she has no data, and 1.99 charge to continue. We had this issue for 2wks, they didbt know what to do, had 4 replacement phones because thats all they suggested, 2 new sim cards, refreshed the network to many times, factory reset.. I told them it has to be the network because even if she swapped phones with me or tried another problem would follow, i suggested to change number, rep said no, supervisor said that wouldn't help. So he ordered another replacement, monday it came, same thing. Called again, this time demanded her number changed, few minutes later internet worked from there on. Even her hotspot well, working because network hasnt detected the new number.. But hers is working for now..
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Lol yeah unless you try.something new then theyll probably find it again..just try not to.brick your phone cuz that always sucks
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d12unk13astard said:
I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Yea. That was the only thing she let me do and I froze some apps to save her some battery life, also got rid of the fora files for some extra space.. She's tough, she doesn't like change... took me forever to get her to upgrade her PC... The only reason she has the sgs4g is it was a gift... She sees the customizations on my phone and says " why don't I have that ? " and I say. " Let me flash your phone and you will" and shes silent .... So there's a glimpse of hope... maybe the size of a dust particle but its there ...lol..

namklak said:
Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?
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Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... Bass Is awesome on them .. I crank up some Foo Fighters and I'm in my happy place.. I'm pretty picky about my music quality ... Musics in my genes, both sides of my family are full of musicians .... I'm the only one who can't read sheet music... I'm self taught bass player .. also play a little drums... Idk I can just listen and then play it... My brotherrthe same way but he can read sheet music...

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Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... .
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Sorry to pester, but what ROM/ kernel fixed the "kinda muffled"? Did you use those earbuds on both stock and whatever your are using now? I used to be an audiophile - not that I expect that quality out of the cheap DACs they use in these phones, but free improvement is free, and I like free....

does bootmanager works on sensation?

hello guys im new with this phone.
and still trying to keep up so i wont miss nothing.
now i hear bootmanager works with sensation and i just want to confirm that before i do anything.

From what I've read, yes. But the cracked/pirated version won't work. (I'm not trying t start anything, they seriously won't work)
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Yeah it works fine, I was using it last night. Naturally needs to be rooted/S-Off'd etc.
Takes a lot of space though.

thans guys i wanted to make sure some users test it out before i buy it

Nexus S 4g problems

The problem is with my wife's phone.. In the last two months or so her phone has been having trouble with random restarts and apps force closing, Triple Town for example.. She feels like her phone has a virus, should I download an AV app and try?
Her phone is completely stock, running 2.3.7.. I am not super tech savy by any means. I know how to flash roms (with a bit of research of course) and whatnot but her phone is her life. She's so close to throwing her phone out of the window on the freeway.
I am completely baffled.. And could really use some help from the XDA community. Thank you in advance, if any more information about her phone is needed feel free to ask.
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Not a virus.
Sounds like you need a good old fashioned factory reset.
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+1 on the factory reset.
Sync everything to ur Gmail account then just try the reset.
If ur stock then it should be get back to where u were once u resync Gmail contacts and market apps.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G

Thanks for the input. I will have to do that in a while.
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My wife is very fussy with her phone ... has little tolerance for issues which may develop. I simply rooted her Nexus, installed Oxygen rom ... problem solved. Never even so much as a hiccup.

wmdunn said:
My wife is very fussy with her phone ... has little tolerance for issues which may develop. I simply rooted her Nexus, installed Oxygen rom ... problem solved. Never even so much as a hiccup.
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Hmmm sounds good to me. Thanks.:thumbup:
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