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[APP] Youlou Address Book (Not My App)

http://androinica.com/2010/11/02/yo...-new-favorite-dialercontacts-app-app-reviews/
Check the market for it. It's all kinds of awesome. Ignore the fact that the market description is in Chinese, it's very cool.

Been using Youlou since upgrading to 2.1 a few weeks ago. I must say it's a really slick address book.

this is way faster then stock froyo address book ...just missing option to create shortcut for direct dialer

looks good. i think i will try this one

How can I use this app as default dialer? I need it because I want to see the counter for missed calls?

I love this app too. The widget shows missed calls BTW the widget is awesome.
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It's frustrating, this app.
It's rad, the UI looks awesome. It pretends to be so functional... But it's so far from it.
No * or # key, really? I get that it's chinese, but come on. How many users have to request it in the comments before you just add the damn things?
I don't want to have to add a widget to homescreen. There isn't room for it. Make the app fully functional without it (aka show missed calls).
Doesn't sync with facebook.
Doesn't thread together contacts (like say if you had a regular phone and a google voice phone already in your contacts... in the default I can just thread the two together, in Youlu I have to delete one and then add the other to the contact manually)
Pictures are sometimes there for my favs, sometimes not. I even re add a picture or change the picture. It sometimes takes the app opening closing like 5 times before it appears, and then it can leave just as easily.
After all that I'm still struggling to remove it from my phone, but being realistic, this thing isn't a dialer. It's just not. It's a cool UI that pretends to be one, while missing a half a dozen key components.
Sometimes I wonder if the stock dialer was something that was actually ****ty, and then the current stock dialer came out with a hip name and was third party, how crazy would people go for that? It has everything.

irish22022 said:
It's frustrating, this app.
It's rad, the UI looks awesome. It pretends to be so functional... But it's so far from it.
No * or # key, really? I get that it's chinese, but come on. How many users have to request it in the comments before you just add the damn things?
I don't want to have to add a widget to homescreen. There isn't room for it. Make the app fully functional without it (aka show missed calls).
Doesn't sync with facebook.
Doesn't thread together contacts (like say if you had a regular phone and a google voice phone already in your contacts... in the default I can just thread the two together, in Youlu I have to delete one and then add the other to the contact manually)
Pictures are sometimes there for my favs, sometimes not. I even re add a picture or change the picture. It sometimes takes the app opening closing like 5 times before it appears, and then it can leave just as easily.
After all that I'm still struggling to remove it from my phone, but being realistic, this thing isn't a dialer. It's just not. It's a cool UI that pretends to be one, while missing a half a dozen key components.
Sometimes I wonder if the stock dialer was something that was actually ****ty, and then the current stock dialer came out with a hip name and was third party, how crazy would people go for that? It has everything.
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I have no choice but to completely agree irish22022 it's a very nice looking UI and I enjoyed it quite a lot until I was trying to get in touch with customer service (*611) or check the balance on my phone (#BAL) it's extremely frustrating to be missing these two key digits, almost a showstopper however I keep using it hoping they will eventually add what we need. As far as for only allowing one account that doesn't bother me so much because I have all of my contacts backed up to one Google account which only made sense to me, so that doesn't bother me so much. However the * and # issue really needs to be corrected.

has the inter-grated sms thing still there, i can t get rid of it!

ballubas said:
has the inter-grated sms thing still there, i can t get rid of it!
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you can open the sms client in the app drawer that appears after installation, go to settings, and disable everything.
It's still ridiculous that they install that on your computer along with the address book. Should definitely be a seperate app.

Just update is now acceptinf # &*

It has been the fastest smart dialer for me-even faster than dialer one. I would still like it if you could search within the call log and/or the contact list as well.
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Unfortunately the last version also installs a default SMS app which is worse than Handcent....

whipping said:
Unfortunately the last version also installs a default SMS app which is worse than Handcent....
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Agreed. I don't like the fact it installs an SMS client, as I already have and prefer Handcent. At least you can disable it.

saltorio said:
Agreed. I don't like the fact it installs an SMS client, as I already have and prefer Handcent. At least you can disable it.
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Can you explain me how?? I didn't find any option!

Doesnt work for me on my x10!:-(
irish22022 said:
you can open the sms client in the app drawer that appears after installation, go to settings, and disable everything.
It's still ridiculous that they install that on your computer along with the address book. Should definitely be a seperate app.
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ballubas said:
Doesnt work for me on my x10!:-(
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are you at least in the sms client? it looks nothing like the phone book. If it's not in your app drawer, open up the dialer, go to contacts, click on a contact, and click the envelope rather then the dialer (if you don't see the envelope, then go to settings and look for the option to include a text shortcut for your contacts). This defaults to youlu's sms client. From there, hit the menu button, click settings and disable notifications.
You can't uninstall the sms app, but you can silence it so you don't know it's there. And you also can't change the default sms app within youlu phone book, it will always open up their sms app.

irish22022 said:
are you at least in the sms client? it looks nothing like the phone book. If it's not in your app drawer, open up the dialer, go to contacts, click on a contact, and click the envelope rather then the dialer (if you don't see the envelope, then go to settings and look for the option to include a text shortcut for your contacts). This defaults to youlu's sms client. From there, hit the menu button, click settings and disable notifications.
You can't uninstall the sms app, but you can silence it so you don't know it's there. And you also can't change the default sms app within youlu phone book, it will always open up their sms app.
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isnt work step by steb but is no such a menu

[Q] G2x hidden menu code. getting desktop view in browser

i found the hidden menu
in dial type 1809#*999#
so i want to change the browser setting to desktop default on my G2x instead of having mobile view. how would i do that? i know i have to change something in Browser Utility but dont noe what exactly. can anyone help me out. Thanks.

just type the following in your web browser address bar
about:debug
hit enter then go to menu>more>UAstring>desktop.
It doesn't work for all websites in froyo but it does in gingerbread.

Sombooty09 said:
i found the hidden menu
in dial type 1809#*999#
so i want to change the browser setting to desktop default on my G2x instead of having mobile view. how would i do that? i know i have to change something in Browser Utility but dont noe what exactly. can anyone help me out. Thanks.
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How do you get the settings to stick after a reboot? Trying to change the brightness of the keys on the bottom.
Edit: Found the answer from a kernel thread I posted in. Thought I would share here:
My lights were on full, all the time the screen was on. Internet, games, whatever. The tip from snoleopard9 appears to have fixed my issue.
I found this free app on the market for those that want the full name: LG 2X/G2X Touch Key Brightness
Thanks for the help.

whenever I entered the code 1809#*999# it says com.android.process.acore FC

c19932 said:
whenever I entered the code 1809#*999# it says com.android.process.acore FC
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try fix permissions in rom manager. reboot and try again.

Sosomeone tell me what good this is.
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So back to op's question....
What do you chose in the "change_uastring" menu?
Type in secret menu
Browser utility>change uastring
I see list of phone/browser types but which one is the desktop version. What do you check to make the defualt browser open in a desktop version
Thanks
And please I already know about typing "about:debug" that's not what the op was asking. You don't need the hidden menu to do that from the browser ...
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me.... "

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why the hidden menu didn't appear after i had typed 1809#*999*?
my rom is Faux123 1.2.1 r2

FREE Touch key brightness adjuster
jcbofkc said:
I found this free app on the market for those that want the full name: LG 2X/G2X Touch Key Brightness
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That app is not free? It is $1.50... ridiculous. Maybe the dev change it after he saw your post? lol. There is another though, LG Optimus 2x touch key lights - That one is free, and is exactly the same as the $1.50 app. Plus, it has a "Thanks" to the XDA community. That's the one I want.

ANYWAYS..... if we could stay on topic and answer the original OP's question..
Seriously i cant believe no one knows the answer to this. THERE HAS to be a way of permanantly setting the defualt browser to open in desktop view and making and keeping it that way after a reboot or exit of browser. entering about:debug into the broswer, has nothing to do with this question unless you can tell me how to make it a perma fix. WE are talking abt making this a perma fix through the hidden menu or any toher hack.
ANYONE?????

i did some poking around, it looks like your only option is to try another browser like dolphin. If that's not an option, there's nothing you can do..

I recommend Skyfire (you can change UI on the fly) or Opera Mobile 11 if you want another browser engine.

i dialed in the code and no menu appeared for me i running cm7.1 nightly 201. Does that make any difference?

BlazinHitman said:
i dialed in the code and no menu appeared for me i running cm7.1 nightly 201. Does that make any difference?
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CM does not have Hidden Menu.

freakboy13 said:
ANYWAYS..... if we could stay on topic and answer the original OP's question..
Seriously i cant believe no one knows the answer to this. THERE HAS to be a way of permanantly setting the defualt browser to open in desktop view and making and keeping it that way after a reboot or exit of browser. entering about:debug into the broswer, has nothing to do with this question unless you can tell me how to make it a perma fix. WE are talking abt making this a perma fix through the hidden menu or any toher hack.
ANYONE?????
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You can do it through the hidden menu, but it does cause some flash issues.
Just click on "browser utility", then "change UA string" then select mozilla. :/
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[Q] Browsers pet peeve.

Why do browsers developers in Android make the title bar scrollable with the actual page?
This means that the input box disappears once we start scrolling down and that one has to scroll all the way back to the top to input a new web address.
I checked the settings in both the stock browser and Dolphin, to no avail...Am I missing something?
XK

XDAKhan said:
Why do browsers developers in Android make the title bar scrollable with the actual page?
This means that the input box disappears once we start scrolling down and that one has to scroll all the way back to the top to input a new web address.
I checked the settings in both the stock browser and Dolphin, to no avail...Am I missing something?
XK
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Try ICS Browser + It is basically the stock browser with some extras, and It has a setting to show the navigation bar using 'short fling down'. It's the browser I seem to keep coming back to.

XDAKhan said:
Why do browsers developers in Android make the title bar scrollable with the actual page?
This means that the input box disappears once we start scrolling down and that one has to scroll all the way back to the top to input a new web address.
I checked the settings in both the stock browser and Dolphin, to no avail...Am I missing something?
XK
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Probably to provide more screen space. You can use Firefox/Firefox Beta/Aurora if you like. Aurora is the only one with Flash support for tablets, but it's buggy support (expect crashes). Otherwise I like Beta and Aurora.

jillybean said:
Try ICS Browser + It is basically the stock browser with some extras, and It has a setting to show the navigation bar using 'short fling down'. It's the browser I seem to keep coming back to.
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+1 for the ICS Browser+

that's not even my gripe... fennec, chrome, opera, stock android....they all do somethings well and somethings horribly... I can't get the clipboard to work in ANY browser... blah
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XDAKhan said:
Why do browsers developers in Android make the title bar scrollable with the actual page?
This means that the input box disappears once we start scrolling down and that one has to scroll all the way back to the top to input a new web address.
I checked the settings in both the stock browser and Dolphin, to no avail...Am I missing something?
XK
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Don't have to scroll to the top at all, just touch the tab and it will bring up the input bar wherever in the page you are.
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jillybean said:
Try ICS Browser + It is basically the stock browser with some extras, and It has a setting to show the navigation bar using 'short fling down'. It's the browser I seem to keep coming back to.
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Excellent suggestion! :good:
Love the ability to auto-switch to full screen once the page is loaded and the possibility of enabling "side sliding" control pads.
Adopted.
XK

Desktop View of Websites in Stock Browser

I'm sorry if this question is already asked, I've searched this forum, but couldn't find it.
My question is, is there any way/settings through which we can make stock browser to automatically load Desktop View of websites when we open them? I've checked stock browser's settings, but couldn't find anything related to this
Does anyone have idea about it?
Thanks in advance
Regards

"Open the Android web browser. In the address bar enter 'about:debug' where you would normally enter a URL and hit enter or Go. Be sure to erase the 'http://www.' that the browser likes to leave in the address bar for you. No page will load and you may or may not get a pop-up message 'Debug mode'. But if you now go to Menu > More > Settings in the browser and scroll to the bottom of the list, you should see a new group of options under the 'Debug' heading. The bottom setting is 'UAString' and if selected will give you the option of enabling your browser to identify itself as Android, Desktop or iPhone. Results after making this switch have been mixed, but go ahead and give it a try if you have a need to. I'm not sure what the other options do, so use at your own risk."
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In address bar type: about:useragent

@NZ JOHN
Pretty interesting. But there is no such option. I used to type: 'about:useragent' and then there is a pop up screen to switch between Desktop, Android, etc..
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NZ John said:
"Open the Android web browser. In the address bar enter 'about:debug' where you would normally enter a URL and hit enter or Go. Be sure to erase the 'http://www.' that the browser likes to leave in the address bar for you. No page will load and you may or may not get a pop-up message 'Debug mode'. But if you now go to Menu > More > Settings in the browser and scroll to the bottom of the list, you should see a new group of options under the 'Debug' heading. The bottom setting is 'UAString' and if selected will give you the option of enabling your browser to identify itself as Android, Desktop or iPhone. Results after making this switch have been mixed, but go ahead and give it a try if you have a need to. I'm not sure what the other options do, so use at your own risk."
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Thanks for your reply. I've tried it and a new group of settings "Debug" does appear. But still unfortunately there's apparently no option of "UAString" in it
The last option is some "MultiWin3D", which is unchecked.

kyrillos13 said:
@NZ JOHN
Pretty interesting. But there is no such option. I used to type: 'about:useragent' and then there is a pop up screen to switch between Desktop, Android, etc..
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Oh great! Thank you very much. This option has worked for me. :good:
But will I've to do every time I open the stock browser or is this setting (Desktop View) has become a default setting?

Eselter said:
In address bar type: about:useragent
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Thank you!
Yeah it is working, but still when I open engadget, it is open in mobile view
But working with many other websites (which I regularly use).
And one more thing which I've noticed, that every time I open the stock browser, I've to set the default view to "Desktop" by going to about:useragent. It would have been even better if the browser had remembered this setting (like it is in dolphin browser).

I made mod with changed User Agent permament (ofc we can use about:useragent to change for android UA (ex. Galaxy S)
Download for:
HoloBean
Kyrillos' ROM
stock
I use UA from Chrome
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1312.56 Safari/537.17

Thanks again.
But what will these softwares do? I am not an expert with android, so excuse me for my ignorance about it.
Actually when i change the useragent to desktop, it works fine, open desktop view of websites. But when i close the browser and open it again after sometime, I need to change the UA again, otherwise it opens the mobile view of websites.
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You must flash from recovery .zip from previous post if you want permament effect.

Eselter said:
You must flash from recovery .zip from previous post if you want permament effect.
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Okay. I think it wud require a root?
But my phone is not rooted.
Anyway i think i shd wait for the JB update to this phone, JB' stock browser might give this option of viewing the desktop version, and that setting remain there permanent.
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You can use other browser. Boat, Dolphin both are very good browser with option to change UA.

Eselter said:
You can use other browser. Boat, Dolphin both are very good browser with option to change UA.
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Yeah i have dolphin, but it seemed a bit slower than the stock browser, thats y i was asking. But i think dolphon browser deserves one more chance.
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Searching

I've disbaled google and the search function does nothing, how can I change this so my browser is used?
Similarly, opening youtube links isn’t working for newpipe.
Samsung A52s 5G with Android 12

you need to use the widget from the browser. if it doesnt have a widget, then you are out of luck. the default search box is from google app.

Fytdyh said:
you need to use the widget from the browser. if it doesnt have a widget, then you are out of luck. the default search box is from google app.
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Thanks for the reply, is there a way to configure the search function when selecting text in a document or something or is that app dependant?

xium666 said:
Thanks for the reply, is there a way to configure the search function when selecting text in a document or something or is that app dependant?
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that functionality depends on each browser
for an alternative, you could install a third party launcher (e.g Nova Launcher). there you can customize the provided search bar functionality.