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Push to Talk For ANDROID!

TiKL for Android is a Push to Talk app that uses Voip. Just found this today on the market and have been playing around with it with some friends. Has great potential! I cant post links yet, (if someone could help me out and post one) just do a search for TiKL in the market.

Great app love it has g great potential. Love waking my wife up in the mornings with it. Needs a contacts widget so all you have to so is click on their person to chirp them
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Found this app yesterday....Awesome.

Market search comes up empty...hmmm
ETA: found it. It's tikl, not tilk
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Ok
someone please explain to me the usefulness of push to talk. I really never got it, and seriously want to understand how it is used and why it's different than calling someone? And I'm not being sarcastic. REALLY I AM NOT!
Is it just a "doesn't cost minutes" thing? Just a real world scenario where you would use this instead of calling would be great.

We run UPS and Generator tests at my job and there are like 5 of us that need to stay in constant contact with each other while the tests are going on. Some of us are on the first floor of the building, some are on the fourth floor and its way easier to just push to talk rather than dialing every time.

Market search comes up empty...hmmm
ETA: found it. It's tikl, not tilk
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Or u can search "talk" for anyone else
Great app. Brings back memories of my Nextel days
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i have had this app for about 2 weeks now and i must say i like it alot..great potential and yet easy to use..i can see this app being around for quite some time with the amount of downloads and 4-5 star ratings from tons of users that have downloaded so far...
two things it needs
1. widget
2. some type of contact list instead of the pop down menu

thanks OP!!!!!!!!!

any way for me and my buddy to communicate with push to talk? he is on WM and IM on android.

Not at the moment. TiKL is only for android.

great app but kills my battery!

this is a nice app, and i dont want to scare anyone away from it but one time a friend of mine was still transmitting to me long after he stopped pressing the button and had put his phone down with the screen off. He wasent able to stop transmitting until after using a task kill

blakestiffler said:
this is a nice app, and i dont want to scare anyone away from it but one time a friend of mine was still transmitting to me long after he stopped pressing the button and had put his phone down with the screen off. He wasent able to stop transmitting until after using a task kill
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Havn't had that problem yet. It is still in beta remember.

Galaxy S Road SMS KB

OMG, I saw this video on that new app for the Galaxy S.
Is there a way to port it to the EVO?
Road SMS KB App on Galaxy S

saw it too, pretty sweet im def interested

Now thats an Interesting feature....

In for this.

That is brilliant.

That is sweet!!!

guessing its just goinna be an apk, direct install, but you never know..

that is sweet, we will have it before you know it. it will just be an apk I assume

Better yet, can we get it as a live wallpaper?

that app is cool. such a simple yet brilliant idea.

I like and wouldn't mind having it on our phone. BUT, when I text, I don't hold my phone in front of me. I usually have it down a bit lol. None the less I wouldn't mind seeing it on our phone

is ther ea keyboard like that in the market with just clear buttons, I would love to have that.

This is gonna drain battery like crazy, isn't it?

acrh2 said:
This is gonna drain battery like crazy, isn't it?
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Yes. Yes it is. My camera i by far the biggest drain on the battery (obviously only when it is used).

wrxlvr said:
Better yet, can we get it as a live wallpaper?
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You'd have to get a second battery just to get through the day.

Pretty [email protected] cool feature if you ask me.
Hopefully this will reduce the number of wrecks-while-texting, but then again I think to myself; "How many people will actually own this phone AND use this feature"

enragedpaza said:
I like and wouldn't mind having it on our phone. BUT, when I text, I don't hold my phone in front of me. I usually have it down a bit lol. None the less I wouldn't mind seeing it on our phone
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I think its meant to be used while driving so you can hold the phone up and still keep an eye on the road. Thats the only time that I'd ever use it. I dont text and drive often....but it sure would be helpful those times that I do it.
I'd be safer if I just called them though, LOL

martijua said:
I think its meant to be used while driving so you can hold the phone up and still keep an eye on the road. Thats the only time that I'd ever use it. I dont text and drive often....but it sure would be helpful those times that I do it.
I'd be safer if I just called them though, LOL
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Samsung clarified that it is for pedestrians. Could you imagine the **** storm if they were encouraging driving and texting in any way?

Awesome!
Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of some jerk that hit my car because he thought he could see the road in front of him using the Road SMS app lol

Unfortunately something tells me that what was once thought to be a good idea on Samsung's part, will eventually lead to lawsuits because of ignorant people

[Q] How to Password Protect Android Shutdown?

Hi, I was wondering if there was any way to password protect shutting off an android phone. For example, when holding down the power button and clicking "shut down" on the popup menu, I want to have to enter a pin in order to shut off the phone. I have a Motorola Droid. I'm rooted and running CyanogenMod 7 (if it matters). Thanks!!

need the same
Hi there, have you found a way? I´m also looking for this feature..

icedusa said:
Hi there, have you found a way? I´m also looking for this feature..
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Am I missing something? What would stop someone from pulling the battery?

lownox said:
Am I missing something? What would stop someone from pulling the battery?
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lol
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lownox said:
Am I missing something? What would stop someone from pulling the battery?
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You have found the one thing Apple trumps Android with! My entire paradigm has just collapsed around my fragile psyche!!
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I guess I wasn't clear enough. I just used shut down as an example, which would be flawed by a simple battery removal. What I'm actually going for, is to make the popup menu (the one with shut down, airplane mode, silent) not pop up unless the phone is unlocked. I don't want some random person to be able to pick up my phone and put it in airplane mode or silent mode. I know that it is possible, because there is actually a toggle for it in the settings of the miui rom.

Bump bump bump!!!!
Apple trumps Android???? HaHaHa
Never has, and with regard to this thread and the desire for a password protected power button," now (2012) especially.
***HTC EVO 4G LTE***
Can't remove battery... and possibly others?
I believe this app would have to restrict access to the menu that pops up to shut down, as well as override the ten second reboot feature of the EVO LTE.
Needless to say, I have searched a little first for it in the EVO LTE forum among others, but there seems to be a reason to revive this thread now!
Hope I'm not acting like a NOOB as described in the . . *ahem* . . . "Welcome" video...

If anyone read this thread and also needs/needed an answer, please bump it and/or included a link to the thread or page or anything that has a definitive answer.... I know I'm not the only one who would greatly appreciate the help!
:good:? O.K....

The Nexus 4 doesn't have a removable battery and such a feature would be great for a stolen phone.. The only way to shut it off would be to adb into it.

Im also looking for this feature to protect my Nexus 4 if atole.

Hmm...
mozXegX said:
Im also looking for this feature to protect my Nexus 4 if atole.
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I know I started this thread a WHILE ago...but especially since a lot of the newer phones have non-removable batteries, this seems like a must. What about some way to disable the popup that appears when longpressing the power button (with airplane mode and stuff on it) from the lockscreen. So, you would only be able to access this after unlocking the phone. This is actually been baked into the MIUI Rom, and I'm wondering why others haven't adopted it. Does anyone know if this feature could be ported? It doesn't seem like it would be that hard.

AGREE 110%
This is a HUGE flaw in the smartphone world. I'm glad my Nexus 4 has no removable battery and I feel all phones from now on should follow. Why make it easier for the thieves? I've tried to find an app or something out their with no luck. I messaged Lookout Mobile Security about this BIG issue and hopefully you guys can request it as well here https://www.lookout.com/help. Just click on Send a Request and then just sign in. Hopefully they can implement this vital feature in their security app. If theirs any smart people out their who can make this feature on their own I applaud you. Your phone will let you know where its at even if its off using Lookout online, but without out the phone screaming (a feature within Lookout that makes your phone emit a really loud sound) it's like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Either click on the link and let them know you want this feature or create one yourself. It just makes security apps on ANY phone totally useless without this feature.

Completely agree. I submitted a feature request as well. Let me know if you hear anything

tyguy829 said:
Completely agree. I submitted a feature request as well. Let me know if you hear anything
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Will do.

Been all over the web looking for an app that allows this... I have an Atrix Hd and it has a non removable battery. This is an absolute must.

marcelarr said:
Been all over the web looking for an app that allows this... I have an Atrix Hd and it has a non removable battery. This is an absolute must.
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+1

+1. It will be very useful to have this feature along with some anti-theft programs like Cerberus, Avast etc.,:good:

+1 This is a must, should be in the OS features

Not found yet
I just though about the same thing yesterday & to my surprise there is no such app. This should've been the most easiest thing to make I believe, just a pin to switch off.
Why hasn't no one thought about this??

iphone text screen for android?

Evening guys
I was wondering if there was a way to bind the android keyboard to its own home screen so that you are ready to text just by flicking the page (messag centre opens and keyboard pops up), as we all know the feature is on the iphone but thought it would be pretty dam awesome to have it on android. Can it be done?
Sorry if this has been asked before i had no time for a proper search, off to meet the wife from work lol.
Thanks in advance

...iphone....
facepalm

Could be possible but it would require a lot of code-writing andwon't be done in a day..........It's a Great idea....Maybe you can develop an app like that

Lol, i know... i know dam iphone, i dont like them at all tbh, i just like that idea of skipping to a page to start composing a message, and im surprised it hasnt been done yet. But yeah it would prolly take ages to develop and be a real pain. I myself havent the first clue about anything like that, hell im lucky i managed to get my phone rooted by myself the other day lol, i just love android and its customization.

What's an iphone?

vampir4997 said:
What's an iphone?
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lol even I'm interested in knowing that

Isnt that the phone i saw on the flintstones in1984??
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Improvements towards messaging app bbm/imessages

So as much as I love android there is one thing that I kinda of envy when it comes to blackberrys and Iphones and and that would be bbm/imessages. Now im well aware there are apps out there like gtalk or chaton which acts like imessages but I personally would like to see this built into the messaging app itself. I am no developer or anything but it seems that imessages works on the device when it is linked towards the email used for the app store so would it not be easy for google to implement this into their os? I mean on the start up of each android device it does ask you for your gmail password so I was just thinking that this just may be a really nice feature to come out with key lime pie or something. Does anyone else feel this way?

Is this any different from Google Talk? Instant Messaging tied to the Gmail account, rather than the phone number. It's just not as immensely popular.
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sweeds said:
Is this any different from Google Talk? Instant Messaging tied to the Gmail account, rather than the phone number. It's just not as immensely popular.
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Well thats the thing. GTalk is perfect but for example all of my friends who own android products havent even heard of it. Im just thinking if google linked GTalk to a phone number then it could be good.

I agree. This would be amazing.

Yes that would be awesome
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So I guess a better question is what are the odds of this actually being implemented into the next update?

I have to admit that I do miss bbm from when I used blackberry's. But besides that mild feeling of exclusivity I don't really think its much different thn just texting

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I have to admit that I do miss bbm from when I used blackberry's. But besides that mild feeling of exclusivity I don't really think its much different thn just texting
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Ya i hear ya. I guess the only reason I feel something like Imessages would be helpful is because if we are in places with almost no service but there is wifi it would be pretty amazing. Then again i would be scared for samsung or google to implement this because the last thing we need is another apple lawsuit haha

blackguy101 said:
So I guess a better question is what are the odds of this actually being implemented into the next update?
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1 in 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
if google would make it part of the steup wizard and allow images/sounds to be transferred over gtalk, it would be amazing.