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[game] words with friends

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?

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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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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AndyCr15 said:
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
Hopefully they'll work out the kinks soon!
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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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stevo11 said:
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.

Vinsane said:
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...

SwiftKey X free app on amazon today

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-or-pay/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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Yah.. Its awesome.. Just grabbed it!! I like it better than any Soft Keyboard out there.
It learns from your sms and email

vikdmon said:
It learns from your sms and email
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could i get an example of why its so cool? I installed it and took a look at it and it just looked like a regular keyboard with a skin.
thanks.

I like it because to me it has great word prediction. When the settings are on rapid, and I can just tap away and not really worry about what I pressed, because it usually knows what I'm trying to type out. I haven't had much luck with my large fingers and any other keyboards. It also learn from your sms, facebook, and twitter.
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No Swype = non-starter.

I liked it at first until it made ntt phone really slow. At some times it used more ram than android os.
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No longer free so I'm closing this before people start whining about missing the offer and asking for apks...

[HOWTO] Fix Facebook notifications!

This is a post from Android Central member ccw1134:
"So let's set the table here. Facebook Push Notifications are the golden egg that we're all looking for. Well after reading this you can go obsess about something else...finally (I know I will). I have been beyond frustrated with the chaos that has surrounded this subject. I've spent way too many hours reading and reading then reading some more. I am proud to say that I finally cracked the elusive Facebook Push problem.
I switched from Verizon to Sprint last week (work decision) so I went from a Droid Incredible to a EVO 3D. I was hoping that my Push notification would work when I switched since they never had. To my dismay they did not. My daughter went from a BB Curve to the Motorola XPRT and her FB push notifications worked! She always would always say "Dad you're phone's not so Incredible now, is it?" So when I got my EVO 3D and it didn't work I really became obsessed. After comparing settings on both phones and Facebook settings I found the one anomaly. The list of authorized apps within Facebook (Account dropdown>Account Settings>Applications on the right side of the page) on the computer showed "Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones" on hers but not mine. It's so simple yet outside of the box. The key is BlackBerry permissions! I am willing to bet that everyone who has working notifications on Android came from a BlackBerry. Okay onto the good stuff.
- Find someone with a working BlackBerry. This could be a friend or any store that has activated demo phones. - Using the Facebook app on the BB log into your account and wait for your stuff to start appearing. I did not log into email or anything else, just FB. - After you see your Newsfeed updated with your information simply log out. - Go into your FB settings on your Android phone and check the Notifications box. The refresh interval doesn't matter (it can even be set to Never). - Notifications should start appearing as you get them (Comments, Wall Posts, Pokes, Likes, Messages, etc.)
I did notice a couple of things that I hope get improved in the notification process. Messages and Friend Requests have their own separate icons for notifications just as they always have. Comments, Wall Posts, , Tagging, Pokes and Likes all share the new notification icon that you will start seeing. Because of this if someone pokes you and then you get a comment or whatever, your Poke notification is gone (I'm assuming because the FB App doesn't officially support Poking yet therefore it doesn't know how to handle that notification) and won't know who poked you. Also if you should happen to click on the poke notification doesn't take you anywhere useful, just the list of notifications (for the same reasons listed in the previous sentence). This is a small sacrifice for now. If someone tags you in a post (I assume a picture will be the same way) you also will still get an email notification to whatever email you use. Just an FYI on that.
For the record I am on Sprint using a nonrooted HTC EVO 3D running 2.3.3 and Facebook is version 1.6.3. I do not believe the carrier, phone model, OS or Facebook version matter but I know there are those out there who want to know this type of stuff."
I will be trying this out, seems promising according to replies there!
(mods, I wasn't sure if this would be the right place so feel free to move it.)
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Interesting! Bookmarked!
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Nope. I came from BB to Android and while I had notifications working about a month ago with a FB app update (nothing to do with switching from BB to Android), they no longer work and they didn't work when I initially switched over either.
I just checked my account settings and the Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones is still listed there and still has permissions.
Think it is just a coincidence for you.

TheIgster said:
Nope. I came from BB to Android and while I had notifications working about a month ago with a FB app update (nothing to do with switching from BB to Android), they no longer work and they didn't work when I initially switched over either.
I just checked my account settings and the Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones is still listed there and still has permissions.
Think it is just a coincidence for you.
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Well this wasn't me, I have yet to try it. It's a repost of something from Android Central.
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I don't know what the difference is but I installed the blacked out Facebook located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200174
And I now receive notifications for the first time. I just installed the apk today so for me it worked and I have no reason to understand, just that I now get notifications. Can someone else confirm with this that they receive notifications?

The only way i got them to work was to create a new fb account.
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Wow it worked thanks!!!
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I had a blackberry before the hero .It never worked. On facebook website it shows facebook for blackberry but it hasn't been used in 6 months. Im going to delete it and try my old blackberry if i can find it.

LowQue27 said:
Wow it worked thanks!!!
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there's a button for that!
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Sure fire way to fix this:
Deactivate, then immediately reactivate your account. It's kind of a reset button.
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hoovnick said:
Sure fire way to fix this:
Deactivate, then immediately reactivate your account. It's kind of a reset button.
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really. and that won't cause any issues with Facebook?
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sageDieu said:
really. and that won't cause any issues with Facebook?
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Nope, did it last night. Deactivated, then signed back in to reactivate, all from the browser. All your settings, friends, and such stay the same. Now I get every notification.

So you deactivated your whole account from the computer browser? Then reactivated it? No blackberry hoops to jump through.
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dam about time!!!

Funny, it didn't work. Then as soon as I opened facebook app , I got a notification. Still no push.
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yamaford said:
So you deactivated your whole account from the computer browser? Then reactivated it? No blackberry hoops to jump through.
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I just did it from the phone browser.
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Nope. I had a BlackBerry before my G1, and I still use BlackBerrys occasionally, including Facebook. I have gotten a total of two notifications from Facebook on Android, and it has never worked since.

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Nope, did it last night. Deactivated, then signed back in to reactivate, all from the browser. All your settings, friends, and such stay the same. Now I get every notification.
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Are you sure it's all ok? I'm a page administrator too and it's clearly written that I won't get back my administration rights back automaticaly if I deactivate...

i moved the facebook app to the SD card then back to my phone and it seemed to have fixed notifications for me

Wow. So many different fixes it almost seems like coincidence now. I know facebook is free and all and we shouldn't ***** but those guys are getting rich and not really giving anything back. I mean come on? Don't you think somebody that works for them uses android app and can see it sucks?
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One x.. workarounds till root

While my one x is charging, wanted to see if I can find workarounds till root is available for a few things:
Battery percent on status bar (something nice looking but lightweight)
No search button, including assigning long press to an app.
Notification toggles
Using nova, and even in a lot of other apps, missing the menu button. Any suggestions or is anyone else having this issue?
Sure would like to restore some of my app data.. Especially for the few games I have.
Any good and battery friendly lock screen replacement? Last I heard widget locker still wasn't ics compatible.
Any way to block ads on an unrooted phone lol?
Anyone get Google voice working?
Sure was spoiled having root during my entire prior android experience. I've went ahead and got this assuming we'll have root in the not so distant future. Just trying to get by till then. I have a hard time seeing myself with anything else but a htc phone but I'll switch to the s3 if nothing changes by the time its released.. Grr.. sure don't want to.
Ty so much for any help I can get.
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Anybody?
As far as Google voice is concerned, still can't get it to take. It changed two of my forwarding numbers but won't switch my voicemail in settings, nor does my call history include my google voice mails.
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As far as google voice, I set it up on the phone and it would not work correctly, so I logged in on the pc and went to settings and it gave me a code to type into the phone and it works now, but in the voicemail settings on the phone it still says my carrier but under call forwarding it has my gv number
I think I had to deactivate it then reactivate it

kravguy said:
While my one x is charging, wanted to see if I can find workarounds till root is available for a few things:
Battery percent on status bar (something nice looking but lightweight) - requires root to modify neccessary files
No search button, including assigning long press to an app. - second half requires editing locked files, needs root
Notification toggles - someone made a thread about an app that will do this
Using nova, and even in a lot of other apps, missing the menu button. Any suggestions or is anyone else having this issue?
Sure would like to restore some of my app data.. Especially for the few games I have. - Most app data can be restored to /sdcard/Android/
Any good and battery friendly lock screen replacement? Last I heard widget locker still wasn't ics compatible.
Any way to block ads on an unrooted phone lol? - hosts file in /system/etc requires root to edit
Anyone get Google voice working? - Did you enable your device via the google site?
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hopefully that helps sooth your mind a little.

kravguy said:
Anybody?
As far as Google voice is concerned, still can't get it to take. It changed two of my forwarding numbers but won't switch my voicemail in settings, nor does my call history include my google voice mails.
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I had this problem... And for now I called up att and had them change my voice mail number to my Google voice number now when people call me it goes to Google voice and although the settings on the phone don't show it the voice app does work
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warri said:
I had this problem... And for now I called up att and had them change my voice mail number to my Google voice number now when people call me it goes to Google voice and although the settings on the phone don't show it the voice app does work
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I previously used google voice with my inspire. Just seems that some people haven't had issues while some have. Just wondering why

was wondering about the GoogVoice issue as well. dude... i cannot freaking wait until we get this thing rooted. so many problems on the software side. it's pretty horrendous imo. there's quite a lot i'd like to tweak.

kravguy said:
Using nova, and even in a lot of other apps, missing the menu button. Any suggestions or is anyone else having this issue?
Have you tried Apex? Has the menu button and looks very similar to the Sense 4.0 launcher.
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Hope this helps.

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Hope this helps.
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Yes, I've used Apex before. Nova (for me at least on the Inspire) just seemed to be smoother (and I had already paid for the prime version). I might give apex another shot on this phone.

There is a Google Voice thread on this forum. It worked for me. You have to log in on the computer and use a number. After that it works like a charm regardless of what the VM settings on the phone say.
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Yeah I made a thread about the notification toggles. Its a pretty nice little app.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639696
You can even put your most used apps in the drop down if you want.
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howsleyd said:
Yeah I made a thread about the notification toggles. Its a pretty nice little app.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639696
You can even put your most used apps in the drop down if you want.
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I'm using that. Pretty nice and does what I wanted. Hate running an extra app though but not much choice right now.
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kravguy said:
I'm using that. Pretty nice and does what I wanted. Hate running an extra app though but not much choice right now.
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Yeah it kind of stinks having to run another app but it is very customizable which is very nice. You can even make more than one toggle bar if you want to.
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New Google Maps

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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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....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/

snakecharmer23 said:
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

mr_blanket said:
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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msavic6 said:
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.

TwoStroker37 said:
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.

Devo7v said:
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??????