After installing and running Facebook for the first time, I receive a notification with the message "Samsung Galaxy would like to access your Facebook account". Similarly, after installing and running Twitter, I received the notification "Samsung Galaxy would like to access your Twitter account".
For Twitter, after clicking on the notification, I'm taken to a page that states:
"Authorize Samsung Galaxy to use your account? This enables Samsung Galaxy to work with your Twitter account, with your permission."
"<<Allow>> or <<Cancel>>".
For Facebook, after clicking on the notification, I'm taken to a page that states:
"Samsung GALAXY will receive the following info: your public profile, friend list, email address, birthday, events, photos and tagged places. This does not let the app post to Facebook".
"<<OK>> or <<Cancel>>"
But For what reason would Samsung like to access my social media accounts? Work with my Facebook/Twitter account how? Does this provide any benefit for me?
I would like to know, how to disable this and stop Samsung asking for access?
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dt33 said:
I would like to know, how to disable this and stop Samsung asking for access?
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You can long-press on the notification and choose the ⓘ symbol, then toggle the "Block notifications" option to "ON".
However, I still want to know what Samsung will do with this information and what the benefit is for me.
Pair that with facebook demanding Id scans.....and you'll start thinking about how fb and all its partners mine, store, and sell your info. Ever notice how you can't Uninstaller fb from your device now? Like it's creator said "people are dumb ****s for willingly giving fb all their personal info"
Certainly you must realize that your device wanting to connect to fb is along the lines of tightening the noose around your own neck.
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hey fellas! lovin my infuse, but 2 quick questions.
1. how come my Facebook events are not synced in my calendar like my contacts?
2. How come there isn't any Samsung app store on my phone?
junooni.1980 said:
hey fellas! lovin my infuse, but 2 quick questions.
1. how come my Facebook events are not synced in my calendar like my contacts?
2. How come there isn't any Samsung app store on my phone?
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Don't know about 1), but for 2) - the Samsung app store is, as far as I can tell, geared towards Samsung's "not-quite-so-smart" phones - e.g. cheap ones with Samsung's custom OS, not Android.
For Android devices, the Market is where you want to go.
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Don't know about 1), but for 2) - the Samsung app store is, as far as I can tell, geared towards Samsung's "not-quite-so-smart" phones - e.g. cheap ones with Samsung's custom OS, not Android.
For Android devices, the Market is where you want to go.
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Yeah but I had Samsung market on sgs vibrant. That ain't no cheap phone.
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i didnt think the vibrant had samsung apps stock? well i thought it was a european thing and not for america like kies but if the vibrant had it then it may just be that att doesn't want it. you can get the samsung apps app but you will only see rare firmware updates for the infuse in it. i messed with putting samsung apps on the captivate and i once got a camera firmware update but otherwise it was empty. other than that you can change /system/build.prop to look like an i9000 and get a few apps but there isn't much in there that is worth having other than maybe the asphalt 5 version that was designed to work with our gpu (the lighting looks better, things are less dull/flat looking than the market version).
as for the first question what are your sync settings? go to sttings> accounts and sync ther eare 2 types of facebook accounts for some reason, open your facebook account, if it only says "sync contacts" then it is not the type of account you want, if you have 2 or 3 options make sure calandar sync is enabled. the facebook account with only contacts sync is for the facebook app so im not sure if you should disable it, up to you but i would disable contact sync for that account and enable it on the facebook social updates account, if you need to add the social updates account then go back> select add accounts >select facebook social updates near the top of the screen (says integrated contact accounts above it) and put in your email that is attached to the account and your password. select calandar sync and the sync interval and you should have it working.
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i didnt think the vibrant had samsung apps stock? well i thought it was a european thing and not for america like kies but if the vibrant had it then it may just be that att doesn't want it. you can get the samsung apps app but you will only see rare firmware updates for the infuse in it. i messed with putting samsung apps on the captivate and i once got a camera firmware update but otherwise it was empty. other than that you can change /system/build.prop to look like an i9000 and get a few apps but there isn't much in there that is worth having other than maybe the asphalt 5 version that was designed to work with our gpu (the lighting looks better, things are less dull/flat looking than the market version).
as for the first question what are your sync settings? go to sttings> accounts and sync ther eare 2 types of facebook accounts for some reason, open your facebook account, if it only says "sync contacts" then it is not the type of account you want, if you have 2 or 3 options make sure calandar sync is enabled. the facebook account with only contacts sync is for the facebook app so im not sure if you should disable it, up to you but i would disable contact sync for that account and enable it on the facebook social updates account, if you need to add the social updates account then go back> select add accounts >select facebook social updates near the top of the screen (says integrated contact accounts above it) and put in your email that is attached to the account and your password. select calandar sync and the sync interval and you should have it working.
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So I dis exactly how you instructed above. Still no luck. Only Google calendar is synching.
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try going into settings> accounts and sync>facebook(the feeds and updates one)
then hit menu and at the bottom it should say sync now or if a sync is active it will say cancell sync. if it says cancel sync cancel it then force another sync it may take a while, if that doesnt work i dont know what to tell you
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try going into settings> accounts and sync>facebook(the feeds and updates one)
then hit menu and at the bottom it should say sync now or if a sync is active it will say cancell sync. if it says cancel sync cancel it then force another sync it may take a while, if that doesnt work i dont know what to tell you
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no luck... any help?? anyone??
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Open your calendar, Menu > Settings > Calendar Sync, turn on Facebook.
Does anyone use the social hub on their note? I've been persevering as I like the concept, but I'm finding it a bit limited in functionality. e.g. no option to select multiple items.
Also it always opens on the feeds page, which I hardly ever use.
Is anyone else using it?
Yep I use it and love it. Have 5 email accounts, facebook, twitter and linkedin all in one place. Superb app
I am using it also it us great.
I didn't get your point about not able to select multi
I try to use it ! I think it's difficult to use in with de note. I also want to have e-mail first and not the fields page...
the scrolling on it is really slow. Anyone else get that?
no more using it...and set it to not boot at startup. laggy for me too
Only use is to check social updates from the Contacts
Is there a social Hub widget as I cant find it anywhere?
I uninstalled threw titanium backup
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Froze it on day one.
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no more using it...and set it to not boot at startup. laggy for me too
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How is it?
I'd like to give this a test drive, anyone able to post up the latest social hub apk?
Seems it's not in the market now, and I'd frozen it when it first launched as I don't use facebook and other (anti)social stuff, but it might be worthwhile now I'm sync'ing work email so that I can use one app to handle work and personal email. I like how the default mail app does pinch-zoom which gmail lacks, so if social hub will do that and handle gmail the same way I'd be happy. After freezing it and then updating firmware the apk's seem to have gone so cannot re-install
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I'd like to give this a test drive, anyone able to post up the latest social hub apk?
Seems it's not in the market now, and I'd frozen it when it first launched as I don't use facebook and other (anti)social stuff, but it might be worthwhile now I'm sync'ing work email so that I can use one app to handle work and personal email. I like how the default mail app does pinch-zoom which gmail lacks, so if social hub will do that and handle gmail the same way I'd be happy. After freezing it and then updating firmware the apk's seem to have gone so cannot re-install
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Social Hub will use the stock email app for emails, so you can pretty set up your account there.
I'm not using it anymore since it consumes a lot of memory. Also, occasionally the account for Windows Live would suddenly stop working with no way to retrieve mails. Furthermore the extra things that it can do for emails can be configured in the stock email without it. Example, to use Hotmail, configure the server to m.hotmail.com as Exchange account. For Yahoo, configure it as imap. You get push service for both.
For social apps, since I'm using Facebook official app, I don't see why I need to set it up using Social Hub. Well the thing I hate the most is that I can't choose the default tab when I start it up.
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Social Hub will use the stock email app for emails, so you can pretty set up your account there.
I'm not using it anymore since it consumes a lot of memory. Also, occasionally the account for Windows Live would suddenly stop working with no way to retrieve mails. Furthermore the extra things that it can do for emails can be configured in the stock email without it. Example, to use Hotmail, configure the server to m.hotmail.com as Exchange account. For Yahoo, configure it as imap. You get push service for both.
For social apps, since I'm using Facebook official app, I don't see why I need to set it up using Social Hub. Well the thing I hate the most is that I can't choose the default tab when I start it up.
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thanks for the info, I was hoping to just have one app in the quick launch area for exchange/gmail/IM but maybe sticking with stock apps is a better bet then. Might look at moving the gmail accounts into this and dropping the gmail app instead.
Dave
I've been using social hub anytime now, it works fine. putting all accounts in one, easy to access emails and messaging the only thing is that, it eats more memory (allocating more memory to social hub0 with out actively using it.
frozen for me too
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Froze it on day one.
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same here
Ok,
so this is more a general question about google rather than ANDROID, but android is google haha,
anyway, you know for example when you give an app permission to access google or sync with gmail it says
"the following application will do these things;
see your contacts" etc
etc
etc
so how do i check what apps have been given permission?
also theirs some app called BOXBE and i had to click onit to send seomeone a email and i think i let it access my emails LOL so please tell me what to do
https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions
"Access to basic info" means you've logged in or linked with the account. Click on the item and you can revoke access.
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Hi,
in the settings of my Galaxy S7 device exists the following option:
Settings - Accounts - Facebook - Sync with your device
When I activate this option, I am asked to grant the app "Samsung Galaxy" access to my contacts. Dispite having a bad feeling about it, I was curious and granted the permission. What I am interested in now is: What exactly got synchronized? I can't finy any new data on my phone nor in my facebook account. My facebook contacts are not on my phone and I can not find anything from my phone on facebook. So what's the utility of this? (besides providing Samsung/Facebook with a bunch of personal data..)
Somebody? Anybody?
You should at least see the upcoming Facebook events in your calenda/SPlanner. Might have to activate the calendars in the settings of the calendar app though
This is my first smart watch.
The stock eMail app on my new Gear S3 presents a warning that it needs access to Contacts.
I am looking for input from more experienced users regarding the security risks involved. In particular, I try to avoid 3rd party storage for any of my personal information (i.e., eMail, Contacts, Calendar ...).
Is the app limited to data on the Gear S3 or does it interface with a Cloud data base somewhere, either at my carrier or Samsung? I do not use a Samsung account to sync the Gear with my Galaxy S8.
I thank you in advance for your responses.
Thanks >> Joe