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SMS Backup??

anybody know how to back up sms messages from the G1? Or what directory messages are saved under? I have about 600 SMS in one thread with a person and would like to back up for business reasons, but since copy and paste doesn't work, i'm out of options and its really slowing down my phone..any help would be greatly appreciated.

Txtract backup your SMS messages off your G1
jazzmanmonty said:
anybody know how to back up sms messages from the G1? Or what directory messages are saved under? I have about 600 SMS in one thread with a person and would like to back up for business reasons, but since copy and paste doesn't work, i'm out of options and its really slowing down my phone..any help would be greatly appreciated.
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This might be a bit late, but now you have Txtract , it's released on Dec. 6th 2008.
You can now backup your SMS, Text Messages off your G1 phone into XML, CVS (HTML is coming up next) files on the SD card.
The application is available under the Tools category in the Market application. Screenshots and some instructions here http://wiki.brilaps.com/wikka.php?wakka=Txtract

My Backup also supposedly does this. I have not tested backup/restore features yet....just backup

viral advertising
funny that app just came up on the market
now somebody asks for it here, coincidence...yes im sure it is.
bhang

TheDudeOfLife said:
My Backup also supposedly does this. I have not tested backup/restore features yet....just backup
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Indeed it does, and it's a good app. However the output is so much not readable and latter processable by a not-much-computer-savy user.
Txtract 1.2 is coming up in a few days, let's wait & see what's in the bag

bhang said:
funny that app just came up on the market
now somebody asks for it here, coincidence...yes im sure it is.
bhang
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umm, it was neither built upon request, nor this thread is a promotion stunt. i actually saw this thread after the release of Txtract, and wanted to share the news over here.

Txtract 1.2 is released. Release notes here. http://wiki.brilaps.com/wikka.php?wakka=TxtractReleaseNotes
The application is already published on the Android Market.
Thanks,

Txtract doesn't work for me. It cannot recognize the sd card even though I don't have it connected to my comp...:/

EliteNewbz said:
Txtract doesn't work for me. It cannot recognize the sd card even though I don't have it connected to my comp...:/
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The solutions is to create the download/txtract directory structure in the SD card
-download
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|_txtract
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Hi,
When your computer is connected, can you read/write to the card? Or, say, can you save anything else on the card via some other application running on your phone ?
Do you have the Txtract 1.2 ? It's build with Android 1.0 SDK, Release 2 (http://code.google.com/android/RELEASENOTES.html). Do you happen to have one of those drives mentioned in the release notes?

I'm getting the same SD card access error.
I'm able to read/write files when connected to a computer, and apps are able to read/write files to the SD card (specifically Android File Manager was able to copy a file).
I'm running RC30.
edit: And Txtract 1.2

fgizzard said:
I'm getting the same SD card access error.
I'm able to read/write files when connected to a computer, and apps are able to read/write files to the SD card (specifically Android File Manager was able to copy a file).
I'm running RC30.
edit: And Txtract 1.2
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There is got to be a conflict somewhere, it's odd. Which File Manager are you using? I'll try to replicate your environment over here.
A few troubleshooting steps:
Do you see a download/txtract/ directory in your SD card? If not can you please create them in that order and retry?
Can you write to that directory?
If you're a developer yourself, you can send also send me a DDMS trace.
The code that deals with file i/o is pretty straightforward, nothing fancy in there.

This seems like resolved. Another user complaining about the same issue just created the
/download/txtract directory tree on his SD card, and verified that it works.
I'll look into this in the next release, to make sure it exists. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Hey,
I just wanted to confirm that manually creating the txtract directory got it working for me as well.
Thanks.
Now...if only the next version had scheduled incremental backups and a viewer for the backup file

fgizzard said:
Hey,
I just wanted to confirm that manually creating the txtract directory got it working for me as well.
Thanks.
Now...if only the next version had scheduled incremental backups and a viewer for the backup file
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Thanks for verification, much appreciated and apologies for the inconvenience.
There is an immediate bug fix release (patch per se) on Android Market, v.1.3 only and only fixes this bug - automatically creates the "darn" directory. *how did i miss that!
As for the incremental backups go, we have a few ideas flying around

Txtract 1.5 Released - supports HTML Export
FYI...
There is a new version of Txtract 1.5 on Android Market. HTML export is now supported. (at last).
We hope you'll like it.

got the new version yesterday and the html support is so much better than the xml and csv export. 5 stars...

Txtract 1.6 Released
We released Txtract 1.6 on a Friday the 13th
Version 1.6 includes;
* Selectable Styles for HTML backup
* Email the backup
* Better look & feel
* Faster
* Minor bug fixes
More info with screenshots @
http://wiki.brilaps.com/wikka.php?wakka=Txtract
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Or simply install from Android Market and see it for yourself.

Hey there is an application called SMS Backup in Android market which lets you backup all your sms to your gmail account.. It stores all sms into a label which you can choose what to name it. Easy to setup and it will do auto backup as well... So if the phone is not with you and you want to see if some one send a sms to you,, you can log into your gmail account and see if there is anything new in sms lable... Very cool application...

amvella said:
Hey there is an application called SMS Backup in Android market which lets you backup all your sms to your gmail account.. It stores all sms into a label which you can choose what to name it. Easy to setup and it will do auto backup as well... So if the phone is not with you and you want to see if some one send a sms to you,, you can log into your gmail account and see if there is anything new in sms lable... Very cool application...
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It's amazing, isn't it
I think, the difference might be on the Txtract side, aside from being able to send to your gmail account, you can email to whichever email address you please. I personally like to email my SMS backups to my Yahoo! email.
I think, SMS Backup is cool, but I don't like the 100 splits, and I don't like all that stuff in my gmail account. Just a personal thing.
Just to be clear, two apps serve different purposes. I'm not bashing SMS Backup, or the work another fellow software developer did. If you want your SMS messages as labeled threads in your gmail account, SMS Backup is what you need.
If you want individual files in your SD card, or your computer or your backup to be sent to your other non-gmail email addresses, Txtract is probably a better fit to your needs.
Given that the Txtract backup file is a text file in nature, you can still use your email client's (or system's) search features to find some SMS you sent ages ago

Android Email Client IMAP folder workaround

Issue:
Haven't found any solid threads addressing the issue. If you are like me, you sometimes would like to use the native android email client to do perform basic functions with your IMAP email account. The problem is, your IMAP handling of certain functions do not sync correctly with the IMAP server, say Gmail for example. When you delete or send emails, your client creates new folders, and they do not go where they're supposed to. Here is a workaround, or rather an appropriate fix (for those with no interest in installing k9 or Seven).
Requires:
Root and SQL editing. Any android based operating system.
Fix:
You need to edit some values in the database. If you look under /data/data/com.android.email/databases/EmailProvider.db and go to mailbox. Under there you have all the _id and display names for your Email accounts. For 'type' you have the following integer values
0 = INBOX
1 = Folder
2 = ? (I have none set to 2)
3 = Drafts
4 = Outbox
5 = Sent
6 = Trash
7 = ? (I have none set to 7)
8 = Search
So if you reassigned 'type' 3, 5, and 6 to correct folders (e.g. [Gmail]/Sent Mail set as 'type' 5, at the same time setting wrong Sent folder to 'type' 1 to be deleted later), it should handle it properly.
This is a similar solution to correcting IMAP issues in Thunderbird (configuration editor). I am posting this here because I have found no other real working solution to the problem, and Google has refused to fix it in their OS revisions (AFAIK up to 2.3). Perhaps a patch could be designed that adds "Set to Sent", "Set to Trash", "Set to Drafts", etc., that allows a user friendly adjustment in the native client.

Interesting post.
I'm running an HTC Inspire with a custom ROM and my settings are different, which leads me to suspect that the fix requires a bit more than you indicate.
The path and file name you mention are not on my machine. I would guess it might differ based on your Android version (Froyo/Gingerbread/Honeycomb) and/or for any vendor who customizes Android, such as HTC's Sense or Motorola's Blur.
Under the VirtuousUnity ROM (a Pyramid/Sense3 port) that file is located at:
/data/data/com.htc.android.mail/databases/mail.db
In my 'accounts' table, the data seems to be organized differently than yours. I show the three IMAP accounts with 70 (yes, seventy) fields for each defining the behavior of each account for things such as (encrypted) password, refresh frequency, notification settings, and so on.
Among those 70 fields is '_sentfolderId' field, where it shows a numeric value corresponding to the below structure in the 'mailboxs' table in that same DB.
So, let's take my first IMAP address as an example. In the 'accounts' table, the '_sentfolderID' field displays '5' as the folder to use. That would seemingly correspond to the below convention in the 'mailboxs' table. If all there was to it would be to change the '5' to '7', I'd say it's a walk through the park. But I think not.
Here's where things get interesting.
In the 'mailboxs' table, the structure is far more complex. In that table, I show a minimum of 11 settings (rows) for each ID. They appear thus:
1 - INBOX
2 - Trash
3 - Drafts
4 - Outbox
5 - Sent
6 - INBOX.Drafts
7 - INBOX.Sent
8 - INBOX.Trash
9 - INBOX.Junk
10 - INBOX.Sent Items
11 - INBOX.Spam
(I say 'minimum' because one of my IMAP accounts used for business has additional folders added for organizational reasons, so I won't include them here in an effort to not confuse matters.)
However, I think there's more to it. For each record (listed above) there are 20 fields in my db corresponding thus:
_id (i.e.: 'INBOX', 'Trash', 'Drafts', etc.)
_undecodename
_decodename
_shortname
_serverfolder
_defaultfolder
_account
_movegroup
_showsender
_lastuid
_existsize
_noselect
_haschild
_serverid
_parentid
_displayname
_type
_synckey
_enablesync
_default_sync
For the first five records (a/k/a, '_id'), I show a numeric value in the '_defaultfolder' field thus:
2147483647
2147483646
2147483644
2147483643
2147483645
These '_defaultfolder' values are the same for each of my accounts - in other words, the set of 5 values appear for each of my accounts. There are also flags in other fields, but I think that the key is somewhere in the above settings. I have to believe there's a simple fix to this (like just changing the folder id settings to add or move the numeric value above to the 'INBOX.Sent' or 'INBOX.SentItems' field) but I'd like to hear from someone else before I take the plunge.
Perhaps I'll do a nandroid backup and experiment a bit, but if anyone else has some input, I'd really appreciate it because this is a problem that affects us all and is, in my view, inexcusable for Google or any phone vendor to not remedy.
Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Does this work?
I am on 2.3.5 using the default mail app with IMAP and GMAIL. I want to reassign the ANDROID SENT MAIL so it goes to the correct IMAP FOLDER. does your idea work?

I noted that on my Mail database, Junk mail seemed to be assigned to ID 7. I had nothing assigned to 2.
I have also noticed, that the edits to the database must be made while the app is still open or it will crash when you try and start it.
This did, however, work for me.

Do I access the db with a terminal app? If yes, what command(s) do I use?

mjmacky says:
If you look under /data/data/com.android.email/databases/EmailProvider.db and go to mailbox.
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On a motorola defy running 2.3.4 I do have the EmailProvider.db databases on the path you indicated, mjmacky. But I can`t locate the `mailbox` that you recommend going to.
Where in the EmailProvider.db is it located exactly?
I pulled the EmailProvider.db out of android and into my PC (via adb) and I`m now comfortably browsing it with an sqlite manager (The `sqlite manager` firefox plugin) but I simply can`t find the `mailbox` nor any indication of strings such as `INBOX` or `sent` or `drafts` etc.
Please be more specific as to the where I can find these values.
I must say solving this issue is a big deal for me, as there`s no other way I know of being able to store emails sent via android outside of it (other then on gmail perhaps) K9 does not solve my problem as it only enables to store sent messages in either SENT folder or SENT ITEMS where as on my IMAP server (Which is on hostgator) the folder is named INBOX.sent items. (Neither does `enhanced mail` solve this problem for me.)
BillTheCat , I have followed your various posts concerning this issue and share your interest in finding a solution.

I must thank you heartily mjmacky, as this post of yours helped me solve this problem.
(Thank you,BillTheCat, as well, as the info in your various posts contributed to my understanding of my problem.)
I found the `mailbox` you indicated, mjmacky, but not in the copy of the EmailProvider.db I pulled with adb out of android into the PC, but instead with the `sqlite editor` application for android. Being prompted by sqlite editor to choose which application`s databases I would like to browse I pointed to the native Android email app. Four databases appeared, one of which is the EmailProvider.db, having entered it, `mailbox` was now visible and inside of it the folder list you specified. In my case it was id #9 that had to be edited. it was assigned to `sent` whereas on my server the right name is INBOX.Sent Items. Having edited this value inside the sqlite explorer, I have sent a test email from the android native email application and indeed, instead of saving the sent message only to the `sent` folder as it did before (a folder that does not exist on my server) it sent it also to the INBOX.Sent Items folder, a folder that does exist on my server. Having checked my IMAP account in Outlook, I can finally see messages sent by Android.
I have no words enough to thank you, mjmacky.

Glad to hear you got it sorted out. I had no luck fixing mine, but hopefully the much anticipated ICS release for Inspire will fix it.
Just as a correction, Enhanced Email WILL save sent messages to the server, you just need to tell it which folder to use.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

For some reason I could not make enhanced mail do that, I simply couldn`t manage to change the Sent folder to the desired name, probably missed something.

In EE open the email account you want to change (the message list) then: menu - folders - press/hold the folder you want as the target - select the popup for 'set as sent folder'.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

Thanks, now Enhanced Email works for me too. I have a problem, though, in both native email app and Enhanced Email - same behavior - message is placed now in the correct Sent folder and is synced to server properly but if it contains an Attachment - the attachments itself will not be synced. The Attachment IS being sent and is being received by the recipient but it is not stored in the INBOX.Sent Items, on the server, while with the message that contained it does get synced. As consequence the message appears without it`s attachment in all clients using this IMAP - including in the sent folder of the android client that actually sent it (Be it EE or native Android Email)
Any ideas, please?

This manner doesn't work on Xperia Mini Pro
Dear mjmacky
I've tried your manner but it did work after I changed the type to corrospond number.
But when I synchronized my imap email with the native email app, the type automatically
change back to the wrong numeric. Is there any other setting I should do? Would kindly
have your advise? Your help will be highly appreciated by me. Thank you.
Stanley

I abandoned this thread after I made the post because it didn't get any replies for awhile and I thought they would have fixed this by now. Personally, I have completely switched over to using the Gmail apps since their functionality has vastly improved over some of the native email apps. With that in mind, if you're still trying to tackle your issue, there is something to keep in mind:
My procedure could be device specific, meaning you might have to do some exploring to find the correct db file. I haven't really messed with this in 2 years, I just stumbled back and am surprised to see a post as late as December 2012.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app

Thanks for the workaround, it works perfectly on nexus4

liahigh said:
Dear mjmacky
I've tried your manner but it did work after I changed the type to corrospond number.
But when I synchronized my imap email with the native email app, the type automatically
change back to the wrong numeric. Is there any other setting I should do? Would kindly
have your advise? Your help will be highly appreciated by me. Thank you.
Stanley
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I have a Nexus 4, and I am experiencing the same problem: was able to change values, but they revert back as soon as I launch the Email app.

Concept still works and is still necessary
Hi There,
Ran into the same problem with HTC Mail on 4.3 (Viper 3.1.3 One S) and the recipe still works as in the description of BillTheCat.
I got it to work by editing /data/data/com.htc.android.mail/databases/mail.db
Summarising:
if the account with id 3 is misbehaving, find all rows in the mailboxs table with "_account" 3. You'll have the usual INBOX Trash etc. folders, but you'll see 2 rows representing a Sent folder, likely one of which INBOX.Sent. Note the id (first column) for this folder and go back to the accounts table, and change the fields "_sentfolder" = INBOX.Sent and "_sentfolderId" = <id you noted>. Commit change to database and done.
Editing was easy with dSQLiteManager (free on GPlay), because I have more accounts I first dumped the two tables to csv and opened in excel on my computer, to have a better overview which mailboxes to change.
Unbelievable that this is still necessary, but it worked like a charm
@ikeny: it may be necessary to make sure that the mail app is not running when you commit your change to the database with your editor (I just killed it by long press back or force close from the app manager)
Cheers and thanks to OP and BillTheCat

Props to powerpenguin if he's actually found a solution, but I moved on to Aquamail a long time ago. Though it irked me to spend money for a function that my phone is supposed to have natively, I find the feature set of Aquamail and it's robust ease of use (like a consolidated inbox for all email accounts) to be well worth it.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Just an information for other people that encouter the same behaviour:
My "Drafts" folder does not sync. All other folders do. I checked the database. The "type" of my drafts folder is correctly set to "3".
Then I checked the AOSP source of the mail app. I found some comments that mentioned the drafts folder will not ever be synced in the mail app beginning with mail app version 2.
Line 351 and 1051 of: ImapService.java
Can anyone confirm the behaviour?
Sadly, I currently do not have the time to re-implement syncing of drafts.
If anybody has the time to look at this (might be really easy but I do not know whether editing the mentioned lines of code are enough) I would be very grateful.

Don't know if this applies here, I guess it is, cause it's about the IMAP folders, but I also couldn't found any "official" thread for the KitKat Stock Email app, the one that is on the play store.
So, I was using the email app, I have one IMAP account, that I really almost don't use. I entered on my email account settings (inside the email app settings) in order to see if there was something related to configure the imap folders, and for a few seconds I saw some settings that I never saw before!! You can see the attachments. You can see on the shots, Data Usage and System Folders extra settings!!
I kept going back and forward, but not always I would see those settings again and if I do, it would be for a fraction of a second. Only for a few times would stay for 3 or 4 seconds...
When those settings would stay longer, I could enable/disable the checkboxes from the sync email, contacts and calendar (it's an imap account, so I don't understand why those settings were there) but the ones from system folders I couldn't modify (enter on those). I also think that those settings only appear to me if I have the sync frequency enabled on.
Does anyone ever encountered these options?!? Does this mean that they are hiding somewhere and can be enable somehow, like with the help of some xposed addon?!
This would be very good, cause we all need to change those system folders...
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I can't answer your questions but I strongly recommend to use K-9 Mail instead of the stock Android E-Mail-app. K-9 Mail is open source und available in the Google Play Store and also via F-Droid. K-9 Mail works well with IMAP accounts.

[App] Gmail, Music, Photo Timescape Plugins. UP! Last.FM Scrobbler and Google Reader

This thread specifically for bug reporting, and discussing about Timescape plugins created by me.
Currently there are three plugins running wild on the Android Market.
Apps by Mobile Solution Works
Gmail for Timescape™
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The plugin will show Gmail messages from all your Google accounts.
The plugin will not work if you running Gmail version 2.3.5
Recent Android app update prevents third-party apps from using com.google.android.gm.permission.READ_GMAIL.
Google Reader Timescape™
Plugin for displaying your Google Reader subscription on Timescape and read the summary in a simple reader, or you can go to read the whole story on browser as well
Music for Timescape™
The plugin will show the history of musics that you played with Sony Ericsson Music Player application.
Known bug, when you click the tile, the media will be played, but sometimes or most of the time, the album art is the previous media played on the Sony Ericsson Music app.
Photo for Timescape™
This plugin will put a history of each photo taken after the installation.
Recent changes for 3.0
- Photo taken in 16:9 ratio will show properly without blank space below
- Photo taken in portrait orientation will show properly
- When photo deleted in Gallery, the photo will be deleted on Timescape as well
- Put more restriction so only device with Timescape can download and use
K-9 Mail plugin for Timescape™
The plugin will show the history of 20 latest K-9 emails.
Just published to Market, you will be able to find the app soon
Daily Flickr for Timescape™
This plugin will update you with daily interesting photo from Flick website.
Based from this website http://www.flickr.com/explore/ and this http://flourish.org/flickr/
If you use my Google Reader for flickr, it will download the full size image for thumbnailing purpose.
While this plugin is optimized so it downloads the thumbnail, better for people with limited data plan.
Traffic Live plugin for Timescape™
This plugin will show you all the traffics incidents in Singapore.
Only available for Singapore market.
Last.FM Scrobbler for Xperia
Plugin to enable scrobbling via Sony Xperia Music app
p.s
If you find this plugins pleasing you, please post a comment on the market or at least rate it. It would means a lot to me knowing that my developments are pleasing you
Next on the list is
-Picture RSS plugin
-K-9 Mail plugin
Notice Gmail plugin not working for Gmail app ver 2.3.5
In android, each application save their data into private space, this includes files and database.
Then each application may share their private data by exposing their information through a "data provider".
And this "data provider" can be set for public use, or only for other apps signed with same certificate as the provider
Gmail prior to 2.3.5 expose their data provider for public use, which actually in sense is not secure.
But that allow us to create a lot of widget, app and even launcher which read data from Gmail.
Gmail 2.3.5 which has their data provider secured, make all this kind or widget, app and launcher to stop working.
The only way to have this work on Gmail 2.3.5 and future version is when Google expose an API for us to access, or you can install the "modified" Gmail 2.3.5 on your own risk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199598
Notice about plugin development
As i said above, so for certain apps integration, only if the data is accessible with a public data provider on the phone, or and exposed API on web service like Facebook API or future Google Plus API then we can make one.
I already looked on the Google Plus and Whatsapp, they both don't have any data provider exposed for us to us.

Want to help localized the application?
Below are the text resources included in the application. If you want to have the application in your own language, feel free to download, translate and submit back to me via email to [email protected]
Help wanted ...
Music Timescape™
As most of us currently using Gingerbread, I totally forgot what is the default behaviour for the music tile when you clicks it.
Currently I just pass the music to the player, then the music app will only have THAT media in its playing list.
Still figuring out the best way for this.

Requested apps that will be checked for development possibility
- PowerAmp
Checked apps that the plugin can use the app database or data provider
- Yahoo! Mail
Checked apps that the plugin will required direct connection the service
- Google+
Apps which the plugin that cannot be developed
- Built-in Email application
- Whatsapp
- Vignette

Hey bro I downloaded the music plugin but my music cant showing up?
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
Edit nevermind. Just had to reboot

Default music app
Anyway to get the default android music app to show up as well? I only use google music, which nothing beyond the default android app supports, as far as I know.. :/
Also any chance for a Google Reader plugin?

Great job . If you get the photo plugin working Timescape will be perfect

help......
still NO EVENTS on music timescape..... help.... plz somebody

Hemal Jayawardene said:
still NO EVENTS on music timescape..... help.... plz somebody
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Which phone are you using? Xperia X10? The music only registered into the plugin when you finish it completely. As in it stops or it changes to next song.
I usually test by dragging the play timeline to the end, and it will be registerd to the plugin successfully.
Also you might want to do the reboot process.. Uninstall first to be sure, reboot, then redownload from the store.

got it......
mobilesolutionworks said:
Which phone are you using? Xperia X10? The music only registered into the plugin when you finish it completely. As in it stops or it changes to next song.
I usually test by dragging the play timeline to the end, and it will be registerd to the plugin successfully.
Also you might want to do the reboot process.. Uninstall first to be sure, reboot, then redownload from the store.
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thnx a lot...... plz try to photo timescape also.......... thnx again

Photo plugin for Timescape running wild in Market.

wonderfull job.
your plugins make timescape a different and much better package THANKS
I believe that pop3 email and Google reader plugins would complete th job

ads7112 said:
wonderfull job.
your plugins make timescape a different and much better package THANKS
I believe that pop3 email and Google reader plugins would complete th job
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Just checked on both yesterday. Google Reader apps does not expose their data provider. And the built in Email apps, that one have a secured permission set, just like Gmail ... too bad
Some other apps like Executive Assistant, they will connect to Google Reader web directly, rather than communicating with Google Reader apps.
I dont like the idea, if i make one and install both, meaning i will be wasting two times data and power cause the phone will two times to Google Reader.
I'm thinking of something out of the box now.
Next is a Picture RSS plugin, which will download a picture from a RSS source and show the picture in tile ... It would be good for daily dose of fun

any chance to bring back the feed of the email app? (the se stick one)

awesome, i've downloaded your plugins. can we get a google plus plug in as well?

Excellent add-ins!
Loving these add-ins, is there any chance of getting a plugin to work with the stock email app so that I can see my exchange email in Timescape?

there is a .apk?

3 issues about the photo plugin
Thank you for the apps
1. It works with the stock camera app, but not Vignette. There is no event at all when a new photo is taken from Vignette.
2. When a photo is deleted, the event is still in the TS stream.
3. I'm using the new TS from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205999 When I open the TS app, the photo event shows a thumbnail of the photo. However, there is no thumbnail in the widget, and a default black image is used instead.

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Thank you for the apps
1. It works with the stock camera app, but not Vignette. There is no event at all when a new photo is taken from Vignette.
2. When a photo is deleted, the event is still in the TS stream.
3. I'm using the new TS from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205999 When I open the TS app, the photo event shows a thumbnail of the photo. However, there is no thumbnail in the widget, and a default black image is used instead.
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agree.
even if the photo is deleted the event still remains in the stream.
i'm using stock 2.3 timescape and the no thumbnail widget problem was there for me as well but it showed the thumbnail once i restarted my device. maybe you should try doing that too ?

chiypg said:
Thank you for the apps
1. It works with the stock camera app, but not Vignette. There is no event at all when a new photo is taken from Vignette.
2. When a photo is deleted, the event is still in the TS stream.
3. I'm using the new TS from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205999 When I open the TS app, the photo event shows a thumbnail of the photo. However, there is no thumbnail in the widget, and a default black image is used instead.
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agree.
even if the photo is deleted the event still remains in the stream.
i'm using stock 2.3 timescape and the no thumbnail widget problem was there for me as well but it showed the thumbnail once i restarted my device. maybe you should try doing that too ?
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Ok..
I haven't tried with Vignette yet.. what the plugin do is tracking for standardize event broadcasted by stock camera app and se camera app.. which is mostly used for monitoring new photo. vignette might not broadcast the event when a photo is taken.
for the deleted photo stay in TS stream, during my development.. i keep one thing in mind.. this plugin should not use too much processing, because if it drains battery, then it would defeat the purpose. and i see TS stream as a history, not the actual information browser.
if you notice, when you delete an email in Gmail, the stream is not deleted as well. because checking for deletion is a really costly process.. because how android works, basically you are a comparing a set of list against another set of list and checks which one is missing.. rather than it tell you these set is no gone.
but i understand, sometimes if you move all your photo from your phones to computer.. it would be really frustrating to see a lot of blank tiles
I will put this on "to do list" for now, currently i'm working on K-9 Email plugin for Timescape

rss channel with option add source would be perfect
the mail plugin is perfect I lovin' it would useful for h'mail , y'hoo
Thanks very very very much. Good work and keep up old

[req] Working wifi PC sync application

Can anyone recommend a wifi sync app for the Galaxy Tab 10.1?
I'd basically like to set up a share on my PC which automatically syncs to the tab when I connect to my home wifi... I've tried a few in the market, but they all seem to have some or other issue.

Have you tried FolderSync Lite ?

I like TheRealSync for DropBox and FTP. It takes a bit more effort to setup, since you need to first sync your files to either DropBox or an FTP location, but then you can sync from anywhere, whether you are home or not. And depending on your home setup, you can probably setup an FTP server on your home PC and just share your content via FTP. Then you don't have to sync anything at home.

the_bone_collector said:
Have you tried FolderSync Lite ?
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I'll have a look this evening... not sure.
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I like TheRealSync for DropBox and FTP. It takes a bit more effort to setup, since you need to first sync your files to either DropBox or an FTP location, but then you can sync from anywhere, whether you are home or not. And depending on your home setup, you can probably setup an FTP server on your home PC and just share your content via FTP. Then you don't have to sync anything at home.
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I can't a dropbox type service, as the files are large, +-16GB.... and data is expensive.
I'll look into the FTP option, just don't want the hassle of setting up another server (FTP) on my server.

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I'll have a look this evening... not sure.
I can't a dropbox type service, as the files are large, +-16GB.... and data is expensive.
I'll look into the FTP option, just don't want the hassle of setting up another server (FTP) on my server.
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I just have a folder on my FTP server setup to point to my various libraries (music, photos, etc.) and have different sync jobs configured for each library (some sync once/night, others every hour, etc.). You can also set it to only sync on WiFi so you don't accidentally use data from your plan. (I didn't set that at first and accidentally went about 16GB over my plan!)

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I just have a folder on my FTP server setup to point to my various libraries (music, photos, etc.) and have different sync jobs configured for each library (some sync once/night, others every hour, etc.). You can also set it to only sync on WiFi so you don't accidentally use data from your plan. (I didn't set that at first and accidentally went about 16GB over my plan!)
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Have you had any problems with larger files? (+-1GB) - thats where I run into problems with the various software I've tried, they either time out, or end up corrupt.

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Have you had any problems with larger files? (+-1GB) - thats where I run into problems with the various software I've tried, they either time out, or end up corrupt.
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Haven't tried yet. I'm actually working on setting up a sync job for recorded tv programs today though, so I'll report back once it's ready.

SolusCado said:
Haven't tried yet. I'm actually working on setting up a sync job for recorded tv programs today though, so I'll report back once it's ready.
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That's exactly my intended purpose with the large files... I'll see if I can also give it a go this evening.

xrapidx said:
That's exactly my intended purpose with the large files... I'll see if I can also give it a go this evening.
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I'm sure you've already found this as well, but I successfully synced a 2GB, hour long file yesterday. It worked flawlessly!

SolusCado said:
I'm sure you've already found this as well, but I successfully synced a 2GB, hour long file yesterday. It worked flawlessly!
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May i know the step and way to setup such connection from my PC to tab? Thanks in advance.

nikes60 said:
May i know the step and way to setup such connection from my PC to tab? Thanks in advance.
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Setup and FTP server on your PC or network
Configure the FTP server to connect to the folder on your PC you want to synchronize
Install the app on you phone or tablet
Setup a synchronization job that synchronizes the folder from your FTP server with a folder on your phone or tablet
Sync, and enjoy!

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Setup and FTP server on your PC or network
Configure the FTP server to connect to the folder on your PC you want to synchronize
Install the app on you phone or tablet
Setup a synchronization job that synchronizes the folder from your FTP server with a folder on your phone or tablet
Sync, and enjoy!
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recommended ftp server to try this with? and could you tell me a bit more about synchro jobs or a link to read about your method please? Its been a while since i've played with FTP.

My recomendation is if u dont want to mess with setting up ftp and all that stuff just get ES file explorer all u need is to be connected to the same LAN your computers on and have shared files very easy fast and effective.

junjlo said:
My recomendation is if u dont want to mess with setting up ftp and all that stuff just get ES file explorer all u need is to be connected to the same LAN your computers on and have shared files very easy fast and effective.
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ES FileExplorer can also do FTP. I have local and FTP configured. And then with dyndns.org, couldn't be easier to connect home and get stuff i need.
And then I found this too:
Cheetah Sync
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
http://www.jrtstudio.com/CheetahSync
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrtstudio.SyncFolders&feature=search_result
^-- I actually paid for the app! Its awesome!
With some port forwarding it can also communicate out of the home network (but that could pose a security risk as its not been tested in that way.) There is currently a bug that is being worked on (Perform job in pre-set order) But once that is fixed it will be a great sync app! Developer said they will try to get that fixed for the next up coming update.
Its not 100% automatic two way like i'd like (ie windows live mesh), but it can be configured to send changes or receive changes. Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend it.
I have mine configured like this:
Job 1 - send "My Pictures" changes to desktop computer.
Job 2 - receive "My Pictures" changes from desktop computer
job 3 - send changes of "DCIM" to computer.
job 4 - receive changes of DCIM from computer.

Google+ Photos... a nightmare to use?

Google Photos looks really good but that's pretty much where the magic ends, I don't know if I'm using it wrong but mass deleting photos for example is a nightmare (on android and on desktop) there's no option to select all pictures, , no option to save a copy of all the photos to the computer, I have to pick the photos I want one by one , there's no option to delete the pictures of the auto backup on the android app and on desktop when I try to delete pictures it keeps crashing it doesnt matter if I'm using Chrome or Firefox
Random complain: I can't believe you can't send more than one picture af a time using hangouts
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I wouldn't call it a nightmare but it does have some drawbacks. When you have auto upload turned on it generates a lot of extra deleting for me as well. The best you can do is select multiple at the same time as I dont think there is a delete folder option. I think you can select multiple to download as well but no there is not a download all option.

Baffling Pictures
Valdeck said:
I wouldn't call it a nightmare but it does have some drawbacks. When you have auto upload turned on it generates a lot of extra deleting for me as well. The best you can do is select multiple at the same time as I dont think there is a delete folder option. I think you can select multiple to download as well but no there is not a download all option.
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I am completely baffled with taking storing and transferring pictures. I'm a real noobie with android and smart camera. I started experimenting with the Nexus 5's camera today. I took two pictures and couldn't figure where the pictures are. There are two apps, Photos and Gallery. Once I began to crop and adjusted exposure, the nightmare began. Suddenly there are back up files sent to Google + and trying to send pictures to my computer was a separate nightmare. I managed to transfer some pictures to my Google Drive, but what a mess, I still don't know what I did and couldn't repeat my transfer again. Forget about deleting Google+ pictures. there were a couple of "Can't delete this file" messages.
My question is, is there a primer for how to save and transfer pictures on the Nexus 5. I hate fumbling around my phone, Im afraid that I may cause some real damage that way. So far in order take one picture ends up traveling from Camera to Photos to Gallery to Drive to Google+ and a DCIM folder. Descriptions like nightmare, baffling and mess comes to mind.

A sort of clumsy workaround is to use Dropbox's camera backup. That will get your pics on your computer.
Then you can manually upload the pictures you want to G+. I use Picasa for this on Windows. If you enable sync for your albums, autoawesome'd pictures get downloaded back form G+ to your computer again.
Not ideal, but easier than dealing with the autobackup hassle, I feel.

Nexus 5 picture nightmare
greenkabbage said:
A sort of clumsy workaround is to use Dropbox's camera backup. That will get your pics on your computer.
Then you can manually upload the pictures you want to G+. I use Picasa for this on Windows. If you enable sync for your albums, autoawesome'd pictures get downloaded back form G+ to your computer again.
Not ideal, but easier than dealing with the autobackup hassle, I feel.
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Thanks for your suggestion, but that's at least a level beyond my understanding. I'm in need of understanding basics about how and where files go. Where does the original file go, are edited files saved? If so, where are they? What Apps display what? Are Google+ pictures linked or copied? I thought Lightroom had a steep learning curve, but the Nexus 5 picture handling feels mind numbing and confusing. I'll figure it out sooner or later, but it would be nice to have a manual of some kind, instead of hunt and peck your way through. I was able to upload picture files up to my Google Drive, but it's not obvious. I just need to remember how I did it and what was the logic involved. I also need to figure out what gets sync'd, which just adds to my confusion. It feels that Android's automatic processes to display pictures to Google+ gums up basic photo editing work flow.

Where does the original file go, are edited files saved? If so, where are they?
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The photos go onto the internal 'sdcard' into the folder 'DCIM/Camera'
If you edit files in the Gallery app, the edited files you save end up there as well.
Not 100% sure the original, unedited files are kept, but you can undo all changes you made by pressing the 3 dots for the menu, then choosing "Reset". In other words, editing photos on your phone will always keep a backup of the original photo.
What Apps display what?
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Both Gallery and Photos show the images you have on your Nexus.
Gallery has a bit more 'normal' layout, where you can pick the folder on the SDcard or G+ Album you want to look at.
In Photos you have the "Camera" and "Highlights" tabs. Camera shows you photos on your device.
Highlights show you a handful of photos from albums that are synced from G+.
Are Google+ pictures linked or copied? & I also need to figure out what gets sync'd
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If you have AutoBackup enabled in "Photos" or Google+ (Photos is technically part of G+) then all photos you take will be uploaded to your Google+ Photo section/Picasa webalbums. These pictures are private and only you can see them until you choose to share them. In the G+ Photo they have a special section called "Auto Backup" under the "More" menu where you can find all those photos for moving them to Albums etc.
Now my approach is to not use G+ Autobackup, but to use the camera backup feature of Dropbox. This way, all my photos get synced to my computer first, then I manually upload my images to G+ for sharing. For archive purposes, I use Picasa to upload folders to the Google servers after I have sorted and processed the files locally.
Hope that helped explain some of the points.

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Hope that helped explain some of the points.
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Yes, your explanations are helpful. Thanks a bunch.

greenkabbage said:
The photos go onto the internal 'sdcard' into the folder 'DCIM/Camera'
If you edit files in the Gallery app, the edited files you save end up there as well.
Not 100% sure the original, unedited files are kept, but you can undo all changes you made by pressing the 3 dots for the menu, then choosing "Reset". In other words, editing photos on your phone will always keep a backup of the original photo.
Both Gallery and Photos show the images you have on your Nexus.
Gallery has a bit more 'normal' layout, where you can pick the folder on the SDcard or G+ Album you want to look at.
In Photos you have the "Camera" and "Highlights" tabs. Camera shows you photos on your device.
Highlights show you a handful of photos from albums that are synced from G+.
If you have AutoBackup enabled in "Photos" or Google+ (Photos is technically part of G+) then all photos you take will be uploaded to your Google+ Photo section/Picasa webalbums. These pictures are private and only you can see them until you choose to share them. In the G+ Photo they have a special section called "Auto Backup" under the "More" menu where you can find all those photos for moving them to Albums etc.
Now my approach is to not use G+ Autobackup, but to use the camera backup feature of Dropbox. This way, all my photos get synced to my computer first, then I manually upload my images to G+ for sharing. For archive purposes, I use Picasa to upload folders to the Google servers after I have sorted and processed the files locally.
Hope that helped explain some of the points.
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That's exactly what I do with my photos, i deactivated Photos (google+) auto upload feature, because it only backups the photos on the cloud, not on my computer, It would be ideal if google Drive had an option to upload the photos to your computer, I ended up using Dropbox's auto backup feature

Just saw that Google axed the gallery on 4.4.2 on the Xperia Z ultra, quite interesting , they really new to step up their game is they're planning on axing it too on the nexus 5

Chad_Petree said:
Just saw that Google axed the gallery on 4.4.2 on the Xperia Z ultra, quite interesting , they really new to step up their game is they're planning on axing it too on the nexus 5
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What's so special about Gallery? There are tons of third-party apps you can use if you don't like Photos.
Why not try "Gallery KK"?
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tjtj4444 said:
What's so special about Gallery? There are tons of third-party apps you can use if you don't like Photos.
Why not try "Gallery KK"?
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I really really like the look of Photos , i'm just pissed that it's missing functionality that the old Gallery had, that's all , I checked your recommendation but it's only the stock gallery app, improved , I guess I'll continue to use the old Gallery app until they fix Photos