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Friend Stream painfully slow?

Haven't seen much written about this, so thought I'd throw it out there - for those using Sense, is your Friend Stream painfully slow when it comes to loading comments, posting comments, loading people's pages, etc? I love it for the widget and how easy it is to see twitter/FB posts on the home screen, but as for actually using it interactively (pretty much anything beyond just reading posts), it takes FOREVER and drives me crazy.
I'm still running stock, so maybe it runs better on rooted Friend Stream? Idk, I'm just perplexed by why it's so slow since most everything else is blazing fast. Every time I try to comment on a post through Friend Stream it makes me want to just use the FB app or the mobile site. Anyone else?

I use LauncherPro Plus and the "Friends" Widget, which works great.
Occasionally, if there is any issue with it not refreshing (which is not very often, but does happen) I just "restart" launcher pro and then trash and replace the widget. Always fixes it.
Maybe if your using Sense just trash the widget, force stop Sense, re-add widget?

$pitacular1 said:
I use LauncherPro Plus and the "Friends" Widget, which works great.
Occasionally, if there is any issue with it not refreshing (which is not very often, but does happen) I just "restart" launcher pro and then trash and replace the widget. Always fixes it.
Maybe if your using Sense just trash the widget, force stop Sense, re-add widget?
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Thanks for the reply, but the problem isn't that the widget doesn't refresh, it's that when I click on a post and then it takes me to the friend stream app, the APP is really slow. Takes like a minute or two for things to process. The widget has been updating regularly.

I'm on rooted stock rom and I feel your pain. Friendstream is horribly slow when you want to do anything other than read posts in the widget. I always end up using the FB app. Sucks, but I like the FS widget.
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Onefast said:
I'm on rooted stock rom and I feel your pain. Friendstream is horribly slow when you want to do anything other than read posts in the widget. I always end up using the FB app. Sucks, but I like the FS widget.
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You just described exactly where I am with the whole thing. Love the widget, but have to use the FB app for interactive stuff. It's not a data thing b/c the dedicated FB app always refreshes and loads like *that* - but the friend stream app doing anything is...like...*thaaaaaaaattttt* (i.e. really slow). In a perfect world the widget and app would be one and the same, but oh well.

I'm having the same problem with mine friend stream app. The widget is fine but the app itself is dreadful!

Lol well at least it's nice to know that I'm not the only one. I guess that's why I started the thread, to make sure I didn't have a bad apple...well that and the hope that maybe someone would have a 'fix.' Oh well, I guess we just really have to treat is as ONLY a widget.

Does anyone have issues with Facebook no longer being an option to sync on the mytouch.
I have a black mytouch and I only have the option to sync Flickr and Twitter to my friendstream and I know for a fact that you could have Facebook because it worked on my white mytouch
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carmeng4evr said:
Does anyone have issues with Facebook no longer being an option to sync on the mytouch.
I have a black mytouch and I only have the option to sync Flickr and Twitter to my friendstream and I know for a fact that you could have Facebook because it worked on my white mytouch
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You should definitely be able to stream FB through Friendstream. I only use it for FB and Twitter. Not sure why it wouldn't recognize it.

Yeah I factory reset and everything and still no go.
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[App - Honeycomb, ICS] Wizz, Widget collections

Wizz is a powerful collection of android widgets that provide useful widget
for fast access importance data and social media status on your mobile home screen.
There are widgets in Wizz
✓ Facebook
✓ Facebook Stack
✓ Twitter
✓ Twitter Stack
✓ Agenda
✓ Calendar
✓ Google Reader
✓ Google Reader Stack
✓ Message
Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.snowbee.colorize.hd
https://wizz.colorizewidget.com
V1.8
-Supported Android 4.0 ICS
-Added more features
-Fix some bugs

Quick question... could you pull and post the apk for this? I just got my Galaxy Tab set up with Honeycomb, courtesy of Spacemoose1, and I'd really love to try this out (even if it is just a trial version). I'd really appreciate it, and thank you in advance.
*Edit: Of course, if you're planning on releasing this as a paid app, then please disregard my request. I've really enjoyed your work with Colorize Widget, and I wanted to give this a go, as a tablet-optimized app. Thanks again.

Thank you very much!! Downloading now!
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awesome widgets. please make a widget for gmail. thanks!

I doubt a gmail widget will work now. After the gmail API change, all gmail-related counters and widgets are non-functional... :-(
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Maybe I'm missing something but where do I go to add the widget to a screen? It doesn't appear where the otehr widgets are

You need Honeycomb in order to use Wizz. If you do have it, just long press the screen, and scroll over to the right, until you see the group of Wizz widgets.
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Could you post the .apk file. For some reason I can not download it on my Gtablet. Love your work.

The apk is in the OP...
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Thank you for an awesome set of widgets! Just shared this with all the tablet users I know!

The widget's are beautiful just have have one question I am sure I am missing something are I am an Idiot but when I tryed to use the facebook stacker it went to the home page and disapeared same with the twitter stacker.

xuser said:
awesome widgets. please make a widget for gmail. thanks!
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A Gmail widget would be really cool
A weather widget would also be cool
Thanks for your hard work
Hitch

Gmail would be nice, but it won't work. With the recent API change in gmail, it's rendered all related widgets and unread count features completely useless. Google kinda blindsided devs with this, and there's not much any of them can do at the moment, besides hope that Google rolls out a more developer friendly API... :\
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Widgets
I actually paid for the full version, and LOVE it. Awesome work, just what my Xoom needed and deserved.

I can't install a market, I simply get an install error, if I use the .apk from the first post I get a force close when I click theme settings. Any help?
EDIT: Using a Toshiba Tab AT100, Android 3.0.1

This is a great app/widget set. I agree that gmail would be an awesome addition.
I did notice on my DS7 (running Honeystreak) that if I add the reader widget I get sent into a FC loop.
Additionally, as philseven stated above, some of the stack widgets are not visually appearing on the screen. I can grab and remove them, but I'm only guessing at their location.

Great widget, love it!

philseven said:
The widget's are beautiful just have have one question I am sure I am missing something are I am an Idiot but when I tryed to use the facebook stacker it went to the home page and disapeared same with the twitter stacker.
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jjhiza said:
Gmail would be nice, but it won't work. With the recent API change in gmail, it's rendered all related widgets and unread count features completely useless. Google kinda blindsided devs with this, and there's not much any of them can do at the moment, besides hope that Google rolls out a more developer friendly API... :\
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Try to add normal facebook & twitter widget
then login > refresh
before add stack widget

Nice
This is an awesome widget set but I don't understand why you can't scroll or even access the next month in the calendar / agenda.

OK I installed from the attached .apk file on my Asus Transformer. I then went to try and add the widget I tapped widgets and scrolled through entire list and no Wizz Widgets are listed do I need to do something else to get it working? Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: Belay this message I shutdown my Transformer and restarted it and they showed up. I love the calendar widget.

[Q] Asus Email Widget for GMail?

Is there any way to get the Asus email widget to open GMail instead of the stock Email app?

slient said:
Is there any way to get the Asus email widget to open GMail instead of the stock Email app?
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Menu in the top right hand of the screen (in the email app)
Click account settings
Add Account is in the top right hand corner.
Make it your default. If you have another email account setup, you may want to delete it. The widget will tell you the total unread emails across all accounts setup.

Menu in the top right hand of the screen (in the email app)
Click account settings
Add Account is in the top right hand corner.
Make it your default. If you have another email account setup, you may want to delete it. The widget will tell you the total unread emails across all accounts setup.
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Already done that
I'd like to know if there's a way to make it so that tapping the widget brings you to the GMail app instead though
The stock email app isn't quite as good as GMail

@slient
I have the same question/problem

I think that's impossible because Google is blocking every connection with Gmail app. No app on the market can connect to Gmail! Even ASUS is not allowed to create an app that works hand-in-hand with Gmail... sadly...
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Well, technically, the desired effect can be achieved by checking for unread mail the way it is now but tap action should just open the different app.

slient said:
Already done that
I'd like to know if there's a way to make it so that tapping the widget brings you to the GMail app instead though
The stock email app isn't quite as good as GMail
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Ah my bad, I misread the OP.
Out of curiosity what features do you want the gmail app for? The only real difference I saw was priority inbox/starred mails support. I don't use that often enough myself to worry about it.

Out of curiosity what features do you want the gmail app for? The only real difference I saw was priority inbox/starred mails support. I don't use that often enough myself to worry about it.
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GMail handles labels better and has a bigger viewing panel
also the default email app doesn't string conversations together

Not impossible, launcher pro has gmail widgets that I use everyday on OG EVO and 3D EVO
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dallastx said:
Not impossible, launcher pro has gmail widgets that I use everyday on OG EVO and 3D EVO
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I have it for honeycomb on my transformer running stock 3.2 and it doesn't work.

i don't think it's possible, just use gmail widget

[APP] Facebook 1.9 update

just a new update for FACEBOOK 1.9
soooo smooth. go grab ur update!

Just got 2 new shortcuts, a bit of UI changes and the speed got improved a bit.

I'm not to big for the extra icons added but luckily I'm using another app for camera that isn't labeled camera like the one included with the update. Noticed the speed boost too
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But.... Could we un'installazione the old messenger?
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ubas90 said:
But.... Could we un'installazione the old messenger?
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Yes you can.

keynith said:
I'm not to big for the extra icons added but luckily I'm using another app for camera that isn't labeled camera like the one included with the update. Noticed the speed boost too
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Just hide it.
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ICS contact photos sync?
Now when linking FB to contacts, I now get contacts photos syncing correctly on the Galaxy S2 running stock Samsung ICS 4.03. Before the 1.9 update it wouldn't display a picture (though it did work on Gingerbread). That was the only thing bugging me since upgrading to ICS. I've heard that on the stock Galaxy S2 roms Samsung had removed the ability to sync to FB, just like on the Galaxy Nexus. So i'm not sure whether its due to FB finally using the new API's or whether it just works on Samsung ICS firmware. Anyone know?
Liking the speed boost and the new notification settings.

And the $1million dollar question for today is, naturally:
How to get rid of those extra shortcuts, cam&msgr???

To hide the new icons, use a launcher that will let you hide them. LauncherPro has this feature, as does 360 Launcher. Not sure who else.
Now where's my $1 million? Haha.
Facebook 1.9 is okay... there are some UI tweaks around the app, nothing major though. Commenting on an image seemed a little more straightforward, and the comment box looked different.
If you want an ICS-themed Facebook app, look up Fast Facebook. It was just featured on Lifehacker yesterday, but I got it a week or two ago here on XDA. Should be able to find it in this very (sub)forum. I don't care for the UI but it is faster.

Heh, AWD Launcher here.... any other tweak??
TI backup cant see them.

Oh this really annoyed the hell out of me.if I wanted to install Facebook messenger I would have I I wanted to use a camera that links directly to facw book and crashes every time I open it I'd install a separate app.
Facebook needs to split the apps out and let us install the ones we want.
I'm hopefully not the only one but I've just uninstalled the app and bookmarked their mobile site in my browser and installed someone else app.
I'll have to use something else to sync photos

mez, you can use haxsync to sync photos if you are in ICS.
BTW does this version sync your facebook contacts (with their pictures) correctly in ICS?

Thanks. Haxsync has been mentioned before. I think it'll be one of the first few apps that I buy. I don't want to put my credit card on Google checkout just like I haven't on Xbox or iTunes or my wii yet I can still buy paid content of all of them
Android needs gift cards.
I'm using tweetdeck for fb and contact photos seems to sync with my contacts from Gmail anyway. They don't update but its a start.
I can live without the fb app for now.
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Nice update, but friendcaster is still a lot faster ;-)
... And is holo themed

cyberlion17 said:
BTW does this version sync your facebook contacts (with their pictures) correctly in ICS?
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Anyone able to answer that?
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not different

_kolle_ said:
Nice update, but friendcaster is still a lot faster ;-)
... And is holo themed
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I recommend friendcaster also! Bet facebook app out
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[Q] multiple email boxes with separate icons?

In Gingerbread I had 2 separate email icons, one for Exchange and the other for Gmail. How can I do that with CM9?
Thanks,
Charley

Email account widget?
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Problem resolved
charleyrich said:
In Gingerbread I had 2 separate email icons, one for Exchange and the other for Gmail. How can I do that with CM9?
Thanks,
Charley
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I installed Gmail as a separate app and now I have the two email boxes with different icons I wanted. I suspect I am downloading the same email 2x, but I got the usability I wanted.
--Charley

charleyrich said:
I installed Gmail as a separate app and now I have the two email boxes with different icons I wanted. I suspect I am downloading the same email 2x, but I got the usability I wanted.
--Charley
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use the stock android email (yellow icon) for exchange and gmail.apk for gmail

Just a thought - have you installed the Google Apps package (often simply called GAPPS) which need installing separately in CM? That might be why you had to install gmail separately, but it means you'll be missing other stuff too. You can find the GAPPS download link in the CM9 thread. Use the right one, so NOT the one for CM10.

Pretty sure gmail hasn't been included in any gapps package for a long time now
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