http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...interface-refresh-functionality-enhancements/
How are you guys liking the new Google Maps so far? Click the link for the APK if it hasn't rolled out to your phone yet.
Just miss latitude
They are being very pushy about using g+ for services im used to using elsewhere
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It's a little too "iOS6" for me. I guess I'll get used to it.
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Just miss latitude
They are being very pushy about using g+ for services im used to using elsewhere
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Agreed....this is a swift kick in the pants for me. I just got a bunch of family members to start using Latitude and now this. Even if I switched to G+ and got them to, I still have to set it all up from scratch. You can't import your friends from one to the other.
I've really been trying to NOT use Google + but, being a heavy user of Google Talk to chat, Google Voice for SMS, and Google Latitude for location sharing it seems I will have no choice soon.
I downloaded it this morning. I like it. I think the features are nice and its a bit quicker. Seems much more modern to me then the older version. I don't use offline maps, so it doesn't bother me too much.
I think also if you type in "OK Maps" it will save maps for offline.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/1...aps-in-google-maps-latitude-retires-august-9/
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Agreed....this is a swift kick in the pants for me. I just got a bunch of family members to start using Latitude and now this. Even if I switched to G+ and got them to, I still have to set it all up from scratch. You can't import your friends from one to the other.
I've really been trying to NOT use Google + but, being a heavy user of Google Talk to chat, Google Voice for SMS, and Google Latitude for location sharing it seems I will have no choice soon.
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I know what you mean I have friends that travel the world and its fun to see where they are in real time now with this its going to be Google + or nothing so sad , at least our girl friends wont have easy accessible software to track us anymore
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...interface-refresh-functionality-enhancements/
How are you guys liking the new Google Maps so far? Click the link for the APK if it hasn't rolled out to your phone yet.
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Cool, thanks for the link. I installed it. It feels much more like Google Now with the 'cards' and layout and the what not.
erstad said:
Just miss latitude
They are being very pushy about using g+ for services im used to using elsewhere
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agreed. as someone who does not use social networks of any form, i really dislike that about android nowadays.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4513440/google-maps-offline-card-android
that was quick
I took the update from the play store and it looks the same lol, I guess my phone didn't get the new update.... I have the AT&T version.
kipliq said:
I took the update from the play store and it looks the same lol, I guess my phone didn't get the new update.... I have the AT&T version.
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Did you read the link in the OP?
You can get the new version there and then update it with the Play Store.
If you previously had Location Reporting off, this update to Google Maps turns it back on automatically.
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Sucks. I want my on screen zoom buttons back.
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It looks just like the iOS version that's been out for months now, as for functionality... It's better than the iOS version.
I think it's terrible, where have all the features gone? It all seems based around Google+ and social stuff which I don't use... where are my maps? I have a ton of maps that I update regularly on my pc that I use on my devices and now they are all useless.
This is a big step back
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burt_ie said:
I think it's terrible, where have all the features gone? It all seems based around Google+ and social stuff which I don't use... where are my maps? I have a ton of maps that I update regularly on my pc that I use on my devices and now they are all useless.
This is a big step back
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Did you update to the latest version released today which added back the offline maps functionality?
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msavic6 said:
Did you update to the latest version released today which added back the offline maps functionality?
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I did, but I can't find "my places" that used to bring up my saved maps
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Did you update to the latest version released today which added back the offline maps functionality?
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same here; i used offline maps extensively overseas (where i use only wifi) and i really dislike the new layout.
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Sucks. I want my on screen zoom buttons back.
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Does anybody know if it's possible to map the zoom function to the volume keys since they got rid of the zoom buttons on the screen? It's kind of hard to zoom out with one hand now.
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Does anybody know if it's possible to map the zoom function to the volume keys since they got rid of the zoom buttons on the screen? It's kind of hard to zoom out with one hand now.
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uh, double tap screen and drag up and down??????
Related
Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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[EDIT] - Here's the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zynga.words
Hopefully they'll work out the kinks soon!
I don't see it in the market (searching the web version anyway)
Do you have a link?
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Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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Where is it, Could you supply a market link please?
Yeah it needs some work I think. I set up a new task under tasker to lower the media volume to 1 when I'm in the game and then restore it back to 4 when I exit.
To find it search under words with friends zynga
Notifications do work though.
Here this the market link for anyone that needs it
Words With Friends
Opps wrong link! Sorry! Should be the right one know!
I'm sure there will be updates soon. If someone wants to get a game going just add me. Diplomat2387
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Notifications do work though.
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They are not for me - did you turn that on somewhere? I do not even see a configuration screen...
...update: did finally get notified but it wasnt my turn...? Buggy
kalipedia said:
Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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[EDIT] - Here's the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zynga.words
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Mine has sound and notifications... Try turning up your volume while in the main menu.
I get notification bar updates pretty consistently. On CM7 nightlies on my G2.
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anyone else having an issue where it isn't seeing all of your contacts? it is bringing them all up except like 4-5, and of course those are the people I want to play against.
I HATE the full screen pop up ads.
I hope they release a pay version soon.
Also...I'm getting a lot of fc's and it lags and delays when its changing turns.
Yes...buggy like crazy. I expected much more from Zynga. Especially since they have great work on the i-devices.
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anyone else having an issue where it isn't seeing all of your contacts? it is bringing them all up except like 4-5, and of course those are the people I want to play against.
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I'm guessing that it only does your e-mail contacts, because the same thing happened to me and it seemed to coincide with people that I've e-mailed instead of people that I have on my phone.
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I HATE the full screen pop up ads.
I hope they release a pay version soon.
Also...I'm getting a lot of fc's and it lags and delays when its changing turns.
Yes...buggy like crazy. I expected much more from Zynga. Especially since they have great work on the i-devices.
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Agreed - need a non-buggy. Ad-free paid version pronto. I still can't believe there are no options for sound.
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Works perfectly on my Captivate!
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So can I add people and keep them saved? I dont see that option. I would hate to remember everyone's screen name!
Ok, spoke too soon... no notification sound. Only flaw I have run in to...
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That's what I thought at first too but it sees some facebook only friends as well as some contacts that only have a phone number...pretty strange. The ones it doesn't see are actually some of my must frequent contacts too
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I'm guessing that it only does your e-mail contacts, because the same thing happened to me and it seemed to coincide with people that I've e-mailed instead of people that I have on my phone.
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is there a reason it isn't showing up for the wildfire... is there somehwere i can download the apk file
Wordfeud is probably still better. Lets hope they get developing it...
Friend: Okay, the address is XXYY on Smith St.
Me: Cool, thanks. *enters address into Google on his desktop*
Google Now (on phone): Hey! I noticed you Googled for an address on a completely different device. Would you like directions there?
Me: Uh...yeah, actually. How did you know...?
Google Now: Shhh. It doesn't matter.
Me: But...
Google Now: Shhh. It's okay. I'm your best friend, right?
Me: I...uh...
Google Now: I know everything about you, Jason. I'm your best friend, right?
Me: ...let's go with "yes"
Google Now: That's a good boy. So, how about those directions?
My wife's comment about Google Now was classic:
"it's just as bad at understanding me as Siri!"
Lol that's cool.
This is why i don't use chrome on my PC. Google knows way too much about me.
Alcoholic said:
This is why i don't use chrome on my PC. Google knows way too much about me.
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Lol. +1
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Alcoholic said:
This is why i don't use chrome on my PC. Google knows way too much about me.
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The Google is Mother, the Google is Father.
Yeah it's slightly creepy. Sometimes when I go out, and on my way to my car I'll check the notifications and there will be one from google now sitting there telling me XX minutes till Home. How in the world does it know I want to go home. Odd thing is that it's not always there.
Sample notification from the next release of Google Now:
Hey, remember that thing your mom emailed you about three weeks ago? Its tomorrow (guess who forgot to set a reminder). And your sister left you a voicemail last week - you're bringing cookies. I know you forgot because you haven't searched for recipes. Here is a recipe for some delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, a shopping list, and click here to navigate to the nearest Walmart.
-XOXO Google Now
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enviii said:
Yeah it's slightly creepy. Sometimes when I go out, and on my way to my car I'll check the notifications and there will be one from google now sitting there telling me XX minutes till Home. How in the world does it know I want to go home. Odd thing is that it's not always there.
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I think the "time/distance until home" thing just pops up when you're out and about. Sometimes it shows up, and sometimes it doesn't, but either way it seems to be random.
gunnyman said:
My wife's comment about Google Now was classic:
"it's just as bad at understanding me as Siri!"
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not surprising...how can google now and siri understand women if the engineers writing their code can't?
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I think the "time/distance until home" thing just pops up when you're out and about. Sometimes it shows up, and sometimes it doesn't, but either way it seems to be random.
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might have something to do with the traffic? something in the settings i saw with priority and whatnot.
Alcoholic said:
This is why i don't use chrome on my PC. Google knows way too much about me.
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Atleast there wasn't 12 million android device id's on a FBI laptop waiting to be hacked.....I guess FBI likes I fans lol
Are u guys using this on sense Rom or cm10 or Aosp
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I tried doing this after I read this but Google Now on my phone didn't prompt me about it. =(
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Haha, I just read this on The Verge forums
SkizzMcNizz said:
I tried doing this after I read this but Google Now on my phone didn't prompt me about it. =(
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Try this:
Google Now -> Settings -> Google Now -> Traffic -> "After searching Google" should be checked.
If that doesn't work:
Google Now -> Settings -> Privacy & accounts -> "Show recent searches" should be checked
Silellak said:
Try this:
Google Now -> Settings -> Google Now -> Traffic -> "After searching Google" should be checked.
If that doesn't work:
Google Now -> Settings -> Privacy & accounts -> "Show recent searches" should be checked
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Both were checked =/. When I clicked on the search bar (not the microphone) all it showed was the cards, no recent searches.
I just checked my web history and none of my computer searches were in there. It's weird because I use Chrome and and am signed into Google. I wonder if I need to be signed in to the Google website also (like gmail.com)?
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Both were checked =/. When I clicked on the search bar (not the microphone) all it showed was the cards, no recent searches.
I just checked my web history and none of my computer searches were in there. It's weird because I use Chrome and and am signed into Google. I wonder if I need to be signed in to the Google website also (like gmail.com)?
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Hmm, not sure, though it wouldn't surprise me if web history is based on your login to Google services rather than your login in Chrome - that would allow the service to work regardless of the browser you're using.
quarlow said:
Sample notification from the next release of Google Now:
Hey, remember that thing your mom emailed you about three weeks ago? Its tomorrow (guess who forgot to set a reminder). And your sister left you a voicemail last week - you're bringing cookies. I know you forgot because you haven't searched for recipes. Here is a recipe for some delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, a shopping list, and click here to navigate to the nearest Walmart.
-XOXO Google Now
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I actually need something like this in my life.
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nbunn said:
I actually need something like this in my life.
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Get married!
Does anyone else not like this
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yak, I don't even know if it displays online contacts or everything is just conversation wise managed regardless of the users statuses.
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yak, I don't even know if it displays online contacts or everything is just conversation wise managed regardless of the users statuses.
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It does not display online contacts... I actually uninstalled the update because of that. Google really needs to work on it
Wish I could give a fair assessment but mine won't even log in =(
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Lately a lot of Google software is morphing into confusing overdesigned buggy bloat. Hangouts, Google+, Music, they are all got worse. Probably because Andy Rubin is gone and that guy is in charge. They really should kick him out.
You forgot Gmail ...
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nevkuril said:
Lately a lot of Google software is morphing into confusing overdesigned buggy bloat. Hangouts, Google+, Music, they are all got worse. Probably because Andy Rubin is gone and that guy is in charge. They really should kick him out.
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Google is just rushing into releases
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Hey Jacob said:
Wish I could give a fair assessment but mine won't even log in =(
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Uninstall Google Play Services. When you launch Hangouts, it will say that it's missing a needed component and you need to download it from the Play Store. After you download that version, it should work.
Theraze said:
Uninstall Google Play Services. When you launch Hangouts, it will say that it's missing a needed component and you need to download it from the Play Store. After you download that version, it should work.
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Thanks, it worked. Sadly I don't like it. Seems like Google is Making changes to things that don't need to be changed.
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I just had a transatlantic video call using Hangouts.
As ugly and un-user-friendly as it seems, it was the best quality video call I had in years, so I guess technology wise they did make some improvement.
Hey guys, has anybody tried had sync? I always used it on my nexus devices, however, the last update for it is on October 6th, way before KitKat release date. I've read through some of the reviews and some have mentioned of it preventing phone from going to deep sleep and causing wake locks. That was on a galaxy phones though, no mention of issues on nexus 5. I have just got the nexus, don't really want to install something that's not fully compatible yet.
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Working fine for me.. Just got my phone a couple hours ago, so can't really say much on the wake lock part. But, the contacts sync up and its fine so far..
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Why not try it for your self? If it causes problems just uninstall it. Plan and simple. Not like it can brick your phone because an app isn't 100% compatible.
Working fine for me too.
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I have sync.me on one of my old androids letting it update my contacts...good idea if you have a old phone laying around...not sure but you could use haxsync like that too.
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Working fine for me.. Just got my phone a couple hours ago, so can't really say much on the wake lock part. But, the contacts sync up and its fine so far..
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I did when I got my nexus. My battery died faster than expected. I looked through logs, and noticed that yahoo weather was draining a lot of battery on the background, ended up uninstalling that and haxsync because I figured that it could have been both as android usage was also high. Today, everything was fine. I will try to reinstall it.
I do seem to get some contact pics synced, I'm guessing by default Facebook app still doesn't sync contacts on stock, right? Pictures might be coming from Google +?
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Been using haxsync for a week now on my N5 & no battery drain/wakelocks according to bbs from haxsync so its ok to use.
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Have you guys installed the JB workaround too?
Salv0 said:
Have you guys installed the JB workaround too?
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yep. using the JB workaround and no issues or battery drain
Salv0 said:
Have you guys installed the JB workaround too?
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I have not as the Dev put in the description that it's only needed for 4.1. Calendar and contacts are syncing just fine without it.
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Uhm I installed it, but the pictures seems to be all in low resolution.. It's because this Nexus is bigger then the previous?
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On 4.4.2 haxsync doesnt work anymore at least for me
are there any alternatives?
I don't find HaxSync on Play Store, on both Play Store app (on Nexus 5) and Play Store web
There's a playstore fix in xposed installer. This may fix your problem
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he removed it from play store because it is atm not whitelisted through facebook more infos on Facebook page
I was unable to find HaxSync on play store, so I searched through Google and clicked the link, works flawlessly.
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I was unable to find HaxSync on play store, so I searched through Google and clicked the link, works flawlessly.
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MersauX,
Can you please tell me where you found it? What link? When I search for the Haxsync APK, I find a lot of sites, but I am always a bit leery at downloading them from these types of places since I worry about the files authenticity. Thanks in advance.
SuperG03
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
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Thanks but it's not currently available on the play store. That's the reason I asked in the first place.
I've never had any wakelocks using haxsync, and it has never shown up in my battery stats ever.
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Thanks but it's not currently available on the play store. That's the reason I asked in the first place.
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Odd, that link works for me. Must be because I've had it installed for years...
Does anyone know what shift worker app is the best on the android market? I rely on these apps to plan my months and the one I used to use on my iPhone doesn't appear to be available. Any help would be really appreciated!!
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jaimeletelierhay said:
Does anyone know what shift worker app is the best on the android market? I rely on these apps to plan my months and the one I used to use on my iPhone doesn't appear to be available. Any help would be really appreciated!!
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I just bit the bullet and entered all my shifts into Google Calendar. My shift pattern repeats after 10 weeks, so although it took me a little while to get those first ten entered, the "repeat every xx...." function in Calendar means I never have to mess around with it again.
Also, having it in my calendar means that Google Now can give me reminders when to leave for work early if, for instance, the traffic is bad that day.
Plus, if I ever move away from Android (unlikely) then my Calendar can come with me, no issues - rather than facing the same problem which you have now.
To actually display my calendar I like Calendar Pad's widget. Also I have Calendar Status Pro in my notification shade, which is handy because I have a constant reminder of calendar appointments every time I pull down the shade.
I'm always interested in trying out new solutions if they can provide better functionality though, so I'd be interested to hear what other people use too
That's an idea I had already contemplated but my shifts change every 5 weeks. I used an app on the iPhone called 'Shift worker' made by a company called production shed. I've emailed them to see if they have the same app available for android but I highly doubt it! Shame a dev couldn't come up with something that we could really make great use of! All the apps I've saw just look mega complicated. Might need to resort to Google calendar though and integrate it with Google now.
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I have used Flexr for about a year. :good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=klwinkel.flexr&hl=en_GB
Arbeitskalender is also a good app. You can find it in PlayStore. I am sorry, I don't have the link right now.
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I use fire shifts calendar. Its got quite a few different shift rotations that work for just about any fire/ems shift rotation I've seen. Plus its free.
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Jason78729 said:
I use fire shifts calendar. Its got quite a few different shift rotations that work for just about any fire/ems shift rotation I've seen. Plus its free.
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Thanks for the heads up Jason. I'll have a look!
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