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Smart Phones that aren't Smart

I looked around here and didn't see any threads like this one so I made a new one.
My friend just got a Samsung T528G smart phone. It is a straight talk phone. I don't think it can be done but does anyone know if you can use the phone as a modem for a PC to have an internet connection? Or even turn the WIFI feature into a hotspot?

EpicSaga said:
I looked around here and didn't see any threads like this one so I made a new one.
My friend just got a Samsung T528G smart phone. It is a straight talk phone. I don't think it can be done but does anyone know if you can use the phone as a modem for a PC to have an internet connection? Or even turn the WIFI feature into a hotspot?
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Whats your problem?

EpicSaga said:
I looked around here and didn't see any threads like this one so I made a new one.
My friend just got a Samsung T528G smart phone. It is a straight talk phone. I don't think it can be done but does anyone know if you can use the phone as a modem for a PC to have an internet connection? Or even turn the WIFI feature into a hotspot?
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I've done some digging on this very same phone because I'm trying to figure out how to side load "java" apps on the insanely greedy TouchWiz OS. You can tether the phone, but its "locked" out because StraightTalk does not want you doing this. I have not actually read up on it yet, as I'm still trying unlock, and sideload mode; but apparently its against the end user agreement to tether. Thank goodness my wife hates her T528G and we'll be getting her an Android phone as soon as possible. I came to XDA to see if there was any cool tricks I could do with the T528G myself, in all fairness to the phone, it does what its supposed to do, and is intended to be an entry level "smart phone".

thats not a smartphone
just move on and buy the real.smartphone
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daterrow said:
thats not a smartphone just move on and buy the real.smartphone
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He's right !

My brother and I are working on putting Android on an HTC Kieser to get my wife of the 528... I dislike the Windows mobile, and I don't like working with it, that is why we're trying to put Android on it. I know it can be done, has been done.
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If you did manage to get Android on it, it would likely be so slow, you wouldn't want to use it anyway.

the smartphone is useless.
unless the owner of the phone is smart enough to use the smartphone

Too slow on a Kaiser?
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Google wallet NOW available in market!

I have found and installed Google wallet on my skyrocket I727. I'm on the AT&T network and had my simcard in.
The device has been rooted, and that may be the reason that it doesn't work yet, judging by the comments in the market.
Just one more nudge and we're in

we really have to wait until ATT and Samsung say go. We have NFC disabled by default.
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First of all congrats. I had gWallet too. Excuse me for a second But i posted in General. Now THis crap does not belong in Development section. Understood?????
D.O.C Or Jay are welcome here!!!!!!!!!
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I have found and installed Google wallet on my skyrocket I727. I'm on the AT&T network and had my simcard in.
The device has been rooted, and that may be the reason that it doesn't work yet, judging by the comments in the market.
Just one more nudge and we're in
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nice! just installed through the market. when i open it up it says hardware not supported but its still an step forward just being able to install it

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I turned on NFC (non stock Rom), that didn't fix the issue. I hope a dev Can help coax it out of its shell.
A word of warning though, I've read that an uninitialized wallet will drain the battery.
So freeze the app if you can, cause you never know if it will be pulled from the market.

Dev already tried this and we need Secure Element that we don't have in Rocket!! Att might give us Sim card with that Secure Element!!!!!!
wirelessFREAK said:
I turned on NFC (non stock Rom), that didn't fix the issue. I hope a dev Can help coax it out of its shell.
A word of warning though, I've read that an uninitialized wallet will drain the battery.
So freeze the app if you can, cause you never know if it will be pulled from the market.
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sk8erwitskil said:
nice! just installed through the market. when i open it up it says hardware not supported but its still an step forward just being able to install it
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The Wallet app needs a certain permission that can only be obtained if both it and the Nfc app are signed with the Google key. The Nfc app is not signed by Google on our phone, so you get this error about insufficient privileges. That's why its only for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S owners.
appdroid said:
Dev already tried this and we need Secure Element that we don't have in Rocket!! Att might give us Sim card with that Secure Element!!!!!!
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This too. Even if you did sign them both with the same key, which I have done, the app will never initialize. This is because there is no SecureElement in our phone. Again, only the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S have them in American phones. AT&T / Verizon / T-Mobile plan to release SIM cards with SecureElements in them once ISIS is underway.

You cant do anything with it. Currently only the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus support Google Wallet. There is no way around this.
Also, wrong section. This belongs in general.

Cool.
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Why do you post an application in the android development forum? (This is a retorical question, I do not actually expect any kind of answer)
Please follow the XDA Forum Rules!!
Thread moved.

Oops
My mistake.
Back to the development in the non development topic,
Thanks for the sim card point. It turns out AT&T is all for the idea
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/105683-nfc-enabled-sim-cards-to-become-a-worldwide-standard

Square Up credit card device and payment System

FYI
This is the first android device I have been able to get Square Up reader to work with

insight3fl said:
FYI
This is the first android device I have been able to get Square Up reader to work with
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I used it on my Galaxy Nexus, this is a newer phone so shouldnt be any problem. Reminds me I need to set it u[p on my GS3 since it looks like I am keeping it, thanks

Good to know, been procrastinating getting one but now looks like I will be ordering one soon.
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i know the reader is free... but what are the fees associated with this device?

Why not check out squareup.com to find the answer?
https://squareup.com/pricing
2.75?% on swipes or 3.5% + 15 cents per transaction if typed in manually.
I used it on my thunderbolt and xoom, haven't had the chance to try it on the s iii.
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I've used it on a Droid X, LG Revolution, and a couple other phones successfully. Haven't tried it on my new S3 but glad to hear it works

someone give your CC so i can test it :fingers-crossed:

Karl said:
someone give your CC so i can test it :fingers-crossed:
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Lmao I did 3 demo like this showing my family how it works and it wasn't till the end they were like wait, did I just pay you lol
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And yes this program does work. Love it and opened up more possibilities for my business.
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Looking into this. Is there a way to print a receipt? Or perhaps email a receipt to somebody? Thanks :good:

viper3two said:
Looking into this. Is there a way to print a receipt? Or perhaps email a receipt to somebody? Thanks :good:
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Not to print, but to email yes. We use this for our bar service at work, and I've run transactions through others'. Works great!

Got my first app published in the Google Play store, what you think?

Hi guys,
Been working on learning Java and the Android SDK for a while now. Decided to put my learning project online: Saving Made Simple. Check out the screenshots to get a sense of the app:
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Please visit the Play Store and download it for free. If you like it, please leaving me a rating. If it crashes (fingers crossed), please send me a bug report. I am an active dev who's hobby it is to improve my apps daily, I look forward to your reviews.
Thanks!

Its a neat idea, but none of those reviews strike me as legit. Especially the one from "Autom8r".
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Haha, the one from Autom8r is me, of course, I gotta plug my own app. The rest, are legit.
But regardless, do YOU like it? What could I do better?

If your wondering why you have a single response only, its because your in the wrong thread... Nice app, nonetheless!
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DinoSoup said:
If your wondering why you have a single response only, its because your in the wrong thread... Nice app, nonetheless!
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Sorry, what thread should I be in?

Moved to Android Apps & Games.

Thanks for moving it to the right forum.
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I like the idea and the UI a lot with one exception: the 'Edit Savings Plan' screenshot displays both icons ('Accept' and 'Cancel') on a hard-to-read, definitely 'do not click here!' red background.
Also, both icons seem to "weigh" the same, when one of them ('Accept') should be a call to action type (you can create subtle call to action buttons by increasing their contrast)

TheSkinnyDrummer said:
Its a neat idea, but none of those reviews strike me as legit. Especially the one from "Autom8r".
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XD
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Its a good start I submitted my review, may I recommend you ad the ability to subtract $X.XX instead of just being able to delete a previous payment.
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Ask for Default Application Each Use

Is there any way whatsoever to make it ask me what default app I want to choose each time. As in, the old Just Once/Alway complete action dialog?
I've tried Complete Action Plus. Doesn't seem to have any effect.

funkeywoookey said:
Is there any way whatsoever to make it ask me what default app I want to choose each time. As in, the old Just Once/Alway complete action dialog?
I've tried Complete Action Plus. Doesn't seem to have any effect.
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Nope. It's lollipop forced. Maybe marshmallow it changes... Get used to it.
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I'd love this too, but unfortunately I don't think there is. Sucks because I have to keep switching between Adobe and Write on PDF for my business. **** is annoying.

Brava27 said:
Nope. It's lollipop forced. Maybe marshmallow it changes... Get used to it.
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And here I was cursing Samsung this whole time!
Akw6190 said:
I'd love this too, but unfortunately I don't think there is. Sucks because I have to keep switching between Adobe and Write on PDF for my business. **** is annoying.
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I just came across something last night that's a decent workaround for most things.
Better Open With (sorry, no link; new member) prompts you with it's own UI, which is still pretty intuitive. It works by having you set the default application for each intent it supports (which isn't a lot, but it's most) to itself. Then, when you open something, it will bring up it's own dialog box that's pretty similar to the old style.
It doesn't have as much customization as Complete Action Plus did, but it gets you 80% there.
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Brava27 said:
Nope. It's lollipop forced. Maybe marshmallow it changes... Get used to it.
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I thought it was lollipop forced as well, but both my Note 4 and my Note 10.1 2014 are running 5.1.1 and give me the choice of running specific apps just once or always, could it be the Note 5?
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