Does the Nexus 5 have a stock file manager? If not can someone please explain what this is.
thunderx2000 said:
Does the Nexus 5 have a stock file manager? If not can someone please explain what this is.
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It's kind of a file browser. When you're selecting a file from within a built in application (to send or attach etc) this is how you select it. It's native to Android Kit Kat
rootSU said:
It's kind of a file browser. When you're selecting a file from within a built in application (to send or attach etc) this is how you select it. It's native to Android Kit Kat
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Why make an OS that does not have a built-in file browser? that makes no sense at all.
thunderx2000 said:
Why make an OS that does not have a built-in file browser? that makes no sense at all.
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Is this rhetorical or do you think I work for Google?
I suppose choice is the key. Most everyday users will be opening their "files" via an app, be it a word / excel type app, or music player etc. To attach files they have this. For anything else, there's play
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thunderx2000 said:
Why make an OS that does not have a built-in file browser? that makes no sense at all.
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because they give you the opportunity to install the file browser of your choice, from the play store, instead of loading the phone up with garbage apps. go to the play store, find one you like, and install it. there are plenty of them available, free and paid.
rootSU said:
Is this rhetorical or do you think I work for Google?
I suppose choice is the key. Most everyday users will be opening their "files" via an app, be it a word / excel type app, or music player etc. To attach files they have this. For anything else, there's play
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It's rhetorical.
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We've always been able to download .swf flash game files, but with Flash 10.1 I was hoping we could put them on the sdcard and play offline.
Anyone know how to do this? (For cataloging / playing Flash games when there's no connection.)
HAH! Idea: what about storing an html page that just launches a SWF? What's the least amount of code in a page that would do that?
Paul22000 said:
HAH! Idea: what about storing an html page that just launches a SWF? What's the least amount of code in a page that would do that?
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Hahaha funny you say this, I tried it earlier after reading your message and no go.
For starters, no way to access local file from native browser (others may support it but native doesn't).
Closest I could come was by selecting the html file with astro, then choosing to open it with "HTML Viewer" (built into astro I think?) but it didn't show the embedded flash object.
I think best way to achieve this would be an app that can read a directory on sdcard and generate the html to load into a webview. I was thinking about throwing something together real quick but haven't had time to look and see if something like it already exists.
Damn, that's too bad.
Yeah, I find it very odd that you can't browse local html files.
A long time ago (G1 days) I tried all sorts of //file:/// weird stuff (like Firefox does) and couldn't get anything to work. I can't believe there's no way to browse locally.
Try file explorer in market for local browser.... let me know if it works lol
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gIMpSTa said:
For starters, no way to access local file from native browser (others may support it but native doesn't).
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htmlfileprovider is your friend:
content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/whateverfile.html
(entered in the browser's address bar obviously)
BigDamHero said:
htmlfileprovider is your friend:
content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/whateverfile.html
(entered in the browser's address bar obviously)
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Yeah, I found this in another forum after posting this. Still, would be nicer to have a little interface that scans and builds a little menu out of flash files
BigDamHero said:
htmlfileprovider is your friend:
content://com.android.htmlfileprovider/sdcard/whateverfile.html
(entered in the browser's address bar obviously)
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Ahh! Finally, first time I see this, thanks!
gIMpSTa said:
Yeah, I found this in another forum after posting this. Still, would be nicer to have a little interface that scans and builds a little menu out of flash files
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V True, if I had anything approaching free time at the moment I'd be tempted to give it a go.
I'm not sure if this is allowed, but since it's a direct link from beejive.com, I think it should be? I'm not actually in the beta.
http://beejive.com/android/beta/BeejiveIM.apk
If not, can a mod please delete the thread? Thanks
I might give it a try. I don't IM much these days but it's still nice to have a good client there for when you need it..
ATM i'm using the official msn messenger for android (without ads mod).
Do msn have official apps on android? What the name of the app?
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It's called MSN Droid.
Edit: Actually I'm not too sure if that's the official app, sorry.
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still in beta and the UI is pretty good.
yet the function is rather poor.
No it's not msn droid.
It's official msn, but developed by PICA (chinese company http://www.pica.com/)
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/messenger_cbpe.html
I'm don't think it's available in english market, so heres a link to the apk (it is a free app, not warez) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BALZ1U08
It is modified to remove ads (the official one has ads >_<)
william tanaya said:
Do msn have official apps on android? What the name of the app?
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Need to hide app icon in notification bar, its truly annoying.
needs work but pretty good so far...will be paying for it once it becomes available...
Nice
Seems to work pretty good. I like the ease. It does appear to be on all the time though but I've not seen a significant battery drop to warrant removing it. Really wish they would have opened the beta up for more people, I hated just downloading it but not being able to participate in bug posting.
Actually you can participate, Maybe not bugs, but fatal errors that cause the app to crash you can send email logs of when the app crashed directly to them. After the app has a force close it will ask you if you want to send the log when the app crashed to them by e-mail.
how can i install this? i can't figure it out with root explorer....
SubyWill said:
how can i install this? i can't figure it out with root explorer....
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put the apk on your sd card and use any file manager to install it.
Press the app and hit install
xPatriicK said:
put the apk on your sd card and use any file manager to install it.
Press the app and hit install
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it's a zip though? and when i extract it, i can't find the apk
SubyWill said:
it's a zip though? and when i extract it, i can't find the apk
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You have to rename the file to change it to .apk file. (at the moment it's named BejiveIM.apk.zip)
If you have file extensions hidden then unhide them and remove the .zip and save.
I was getting a "Timedout" and then "no client key" yesterday but the app started to work again late last night. I'm not too sure I like the size of the icon like others have said, but I do like its the most stable out of the clients I've tried without draining my battery.... much.
Palringo is way better
mad_vtak said:
Need to hide app icon in notification bar, its truly annoying.
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Agree! Reason I uninstalled after a few hours. Besides that the app icon seems larger than any of the others I have. But not being able to disable the icon in the notification bar is extremely annoying!!
notxel21 said:
You have to rename the file to change it to .apk file. (at the moment it's named BejiveIM.apk.zip)
If you have file extensions hidden then unhide them and remove the .zip and save.
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thanks!
stealth658 said:
I'm not sure if this is allowed, but since it's a direct link from beejive.com, I think it should be? I'm not actually in the beta.
http://beejive.com/android/beta/BeejiveIM.apk
If not, can a mod please delete the thread? Thanks
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Hi, Thanks for posting this. I used to use it on my Berry all the time . . . I installed it from your link & imo it's the best IM client out there so far & still Beta lol! The feature that lets you email the conversation or post to twitter is sic ;-)
I'll definitely be buying this app soon as it's out officially.
yeah this app isnt bad at all, it seems close to trillian it will come down to 5 things...
-features
-batterylife
-speed/lag between IMs
-reliable connection
-price (seems like trillian will be free)
Just a heads up the new Facebook app works great on the fire, I backed it up with es file explorer and emailed it to my fire. So far it runs perfect, no force closes yet!
EDIT: updated post with new 1.8.1 apk
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antipunk said:
Just a heads up the new Facebook app works great on the fire, I backed it up with es file explorer and emailed it to my fire. So far it runs perfect, no force closes so far!
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Can you upload the .apk file? I'm getting errors while trying to backup the app.
RJ McKenzie said:
Can you upload the .apk file? I'm getting errors while trying to backup the app.
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apk is uploaded to op.
antipunk said:
apk is uploaded to op.
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Sweet, thanks. Do you know why I would keep getting errors when trying to backup certain applications?
Great - works a treat!
Thanks
Works GREAT on my Kindle Fire.
Thanks for uploading this.
The new version of Facebook has been working great. I don't have the issues with the force closing anymore.
Work's great and looks much better than the old version.
came here just to find this and here it is.
thanks
Works just great. However it's kinda annoying to have two facebook applications(although the original one is just a link).
How do I remove the original FB app? (I'm rooted)
Installing the new one didn't replace the old one.
Snak3x said:
Works just great. However it's kinda annoying to have two facebook applications(although the original one is just a link).
How do I remove the original FB app? (I'm rooted)
Installing the new one didn't replace the old one.
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Titanium backup
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Snak3x said:
Works just great. However it's kinda annoying to have two facebook applications(although the original one is just a link).
How do I remove the original FB app? (I'm rooted)
Installing the new one didn't replace the old one.
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Using the application Root Explorer navigate to /system/app/ folder. Then tap the Mount R/W button on the top. Long press on the Facebook.apk and then choose delete.
There should only be one Facebook file in here and that is the one that came with the device. If there is more that one delete the one which file size is smaller.
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Titanium backup
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Thanks.
RJ McKenzie said:
Using the application Root Explorer navigate to /system/app/ folder. Then tap the Mount R/W button on the top. Long press on the Facebook.apk and then choose delete.
There should only be one Facebook file in here and that is the one that came with the device. If there is more that one delete the one which file size is smaller.
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Thanks. Since I already have Root explorer installed I tried your method & it worked like a charm.
I deleted from system/app but still its shown on the menu
Then I hide the old FB icon and FB1.8 is working fine
Thanks for app!
you have to reboot after deleting it Also, i just renamed it to Facebook.apk.bak, just in case.
Darn...
When ever I dowload the APK it just tells me that it cannot open the file... Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
RawRmon said:
When ever I dowload the APK it just tells me that it cannot open the file... Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
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You using the same one that is posted on this thread?
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You using the same one that is posted on this thread?
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Got it to work, I just used opera mini instead of amazon's browser. Those treacherous bastards... lol
For some reason with amazon's silk browser, it'll download but when you try and open it, it won't let you.
Use a different browser if you are having the same problem as me.
RawRmon said:
Got it to work, I just used opera mini instead of amazon's browser. Those treacherous bastards... lol
For some reason with amazon's silk browser, it'll download but when you try and open it, it won't let you.
Use a different browser if you are having the same problem as me.
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That's good that you got it to work. Another good alternative browser to try would be Dolphin. Opera Mini messes with the web pages too much for my liking. Good if you don't have much bandwidth though.
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That's good that you got it to work. Another good alternative browser to try would be Dolphin. Opera Mini messes with the web pages too much for my liking. Good if you don't have much bandwidth though.
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I tried dolphin, not sure I liked it. For some reason I was unable to zoom in to pages. So I deleted it and switched to opera mini. I did like the look of dolphin a heck of a lot more.
Is there a way to browse device files without using a pc or laptop ?
No..
unfortunately just like WP7, WP8 does not include any form of a file explorer...
why such restrictive....
Is mass storage available for both phone memory and microSD ??? Or just microSD ?
I only want 2 apps, 1) Limited File Explorer to browse only personal files, not the system files and 2) Good Audio-Video player with good codec support.:angel:
Same here a file app to rename and organize my stuff on the go and a decent multiformat video player
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Vishwal said:
Is mass storage available for both phone memory and microSD ??? Or just microSD ?
I only want 2 apps, 1) Limited File Explorer to browse only personal files, not the system files and 2) Good Audio-Video player with good codec support.:angel:
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The VLC team is working on a VLC app for WP8
Would be nice
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Why Microsoft being so restrictive? If they allow the user to have more customization they would have more people adopting to the platform.
Give us:
File explorer
Multitasking app to kill open apps
WebKit browser
Multiple search engines
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grannyrogers said:
Why Microsoft being so restrictive? If they allow the user to have more customization they would have more people adopting to the platform.
Give us:
File explorer
Multitasking app to kill open apps
WebKit browser
Multiple search engines
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If you look at IE's settings you can choose which search engine you want to be default. Getting to choose which search engine uses the search softkey at the bottom is different. Bing is suppose to be part of the bread and butter of Windows Phone, I don't see that option ever changing.
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If you look at IE's settings you can choose which search engine you want to be default. Getting to choose which search engine uses the search softkey at the bottom is different. Bing is suppose to be part of the bread and butter of Windows Phone, I don't see that option ever changing.
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When I change the settings it appears in IE when I type searched text into url box but can I change the search button to google?
Nokia Lumia 820
libb said:
When I change the settings it appears in IE when I type searched text into url box but can I change the search button to google?
Nokia Lumia 820
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No, you can't change the search button. That's what I was meaning in the second half of my post.
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Ikkari said:
The VLC team is working on a VLC app for WP8
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Yeah, I know they've covered 90% of work :victory: but when will they make it work on wp8 ?? I want it asap :crying:
Heard MS is also working on a metro version of file manager, then is there any possibility about wp 8 ?? Or should I be hopeless....
how to enable true multitasking in wp7...
as multitasking is the most essential feature of a smart phone.
I have tried the instant resume tweak but it's still useless.
whai I want is the real multitasking as in Symbian.
there is a donotkill app list in wp7 registry but can't get it to work.
so any help regarding multitasking is most welcomed....
If you explain what you need multi tasking it would be easier to help understand why background tasking is inadequate for you.
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what I want is able to download files in background under the lockscreen
with use of cellular network only.
That is already possible.
mcosmin222 said:
That is already possible.
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it it is already possible then please tell how or which app does that...i have been searching for this.
It is possible but it has limitations. Practically, any app can do it. I forgot which class does that, but there is one that does it.
mcosmin222 said:
It is possible but it has limitations. Practically, any app can do it. I forgot which class does that, but there is one that does it.
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name that app so that I can try it.
hitmanhell25 said:
what I want is able to download files in background under the lockscreen
with use of cellular network only.
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hitmanhell25 said:
name that app so that I can try it.
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What exactly do you plan or intend to do? That kind of functionality is available to developers through the Background Transfer APIs. On a Windows Phone, downloading in the background (or uploading) is not very useful for most Apps. Some scenarios where it could be are Apps like Dropbox, Skydrive, Nokia Drive (offline maps and voices downloading), for example.
well you all are not understanding so let me explain using example.
what want----
suppose ucweb is open and I am downloading a 200mb file what ever extension maybe.
when download is started after some time a message comes up power saving while downloading.
and it blocks the lockscreen to come up until download is completes.
but I in meanwhile if I minimize ucweb and open other app or simply lock the screen the download is paused,
this is what I don't want.I want the download to continue even I switch app or lock the screen.
the only app I have seen who's does it is while downloading any app from marketplace...as it continues even I switch to other app or lock the screen
so I explained it in detail.now suggest me any homebrew apps or any process to do that.
I am still pretty sure this can be done. But I do not know of any app that does it simply because there is no need for it.
And even if you did download the file, the only way you can take it out is uploading it to skydrive or some other cloud storage from the app that downloaded it.
And I still see why on earth would you want to download a 200 MB file on a phone.
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I am still pretty sure this can be done. But I do not know of any app that does it simply because there is no need for it.
And even if you did download the file, the only way you can take it out is uploading it to skydrive or some other cloud storage from the app that downloaded it.
And I still see why on earth would you want to download a 200 MB file on a phone.
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Exactly, remember that like it happens with iOS in Windows Phone there's no way to store files and retrieve them easily. Every app is encapsulated and cannot access other apps files.
So for example, if you download a 200mb movie it will only be available through the app and not through Zune, and probably only while the app is open.
But hey, sounds interesting. Maybe I'll write one.
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I am still pretty sure this can be done. But I do not know of any app that does it simply because there is no need for it.
And even if you did download the file, the only way you can take it out is uploading it to skydrive or some other cloud storage from the app that downloaded it.
And I still see why on earth would you want to download a 200 MB file on a phone.
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why is 200mb to biggg. and please name the app you are taking about.And don't worry about the taking it out by SkyDrive or any other cloud storage as I don't need to upload in order to get files out of wp7.5. I can take files downloaded by any app in my phone with help of PC data cable. i only want the solution of the background downloading.
hitmanhell25 said:
why is 200mb to biggg. and please name the app you are taking about.And don't worry about the taking it out by SkyDrive or any other cloud storage as I don't need to upload in order to get files out of wp7.5. I can take files downloaded by any app in my phone with help of PC data cable. i only want the solution of the background downloading.
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Didn't I just say I know of no such app?
I suppose I could make one...But you would have to wait at least 7 days for it xD
mcosmin222 said:
Didn't I just say I know of no such app?
I suppose I could make one...But you would have to wait at least 7 days for it xD
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will be waiting for that download manager to ready thanx
Oh well ...
You can actually get inside an app's isolated storage?
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Oh well ...
You can actually get inside an app's isolated storage?
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yes I can and even modify it.
I have a prototpye but im not sure its working properly.
Ill give it to you tomorrow.
mcosmin222 said:
I have a prototpye but im not sure its working properly.
Ill give it to you tomorrow.
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I am eger to try it.
still waiting
Sorry, completely forgot about you.
Try this XAP and see how it works out
Also, how can you get inside an apps isolated storage from outside?