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I'm trying to figure out how to use Google Voice to make free phonecalls over WiFi. I know the PC version of Google Voice lets you do it but the Voice App seems to only do voicemail. In an earlier post in this thread I found this GrooVe IP app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gvoip Is this the solution to my problem? Is there maybe a better alternative or a free one or way to get Google Voice to do it its self?
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Does anyone use any good dock screen replacements? The stock screen for Droid X2 is very generic, and doesn't have very intuitive shortcut controls. Every car dock app I've found just makes huge shortcuts that look awful and fills the screen with them. I tried a desk dock app as well, but they are not customizable at all and naturally don't have any navigation shortcuts since they're desk apps. All I want is something that displays a clock, maybe battery level, and allows for navigation, separate shortcuts for 2 music apps (PowerAmp or music mod depending on my mood, and Pandora) and my podcast app, and maybe the potential for one or two more. And I don't want it to look completely artifacted from blowing up the app icons to 500%.
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Nov 10, 2011 07:31
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Couldn't you just add another homescreen with the shortcuts you mentioned?
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Nov 10, 2011 08:25
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NewcastleBrown posted:I have a Dropbox question. Kyrosiris posted:It's worth nothing that Estrong's File Explorer can both work with Dropbox and syncs properly down to your desktop/laptop/dog.
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Nov 10, 2011 09:46
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Janin posted:Does anybody know a drawing-based notes app that syncs with dropbox? You could try Skitch and share to the Dropbox app/one of the other Note apps which have dropbox sync. If you're only using DB for the sync, you could try the Evernote/Skitch combo instead for a more seamless integration.
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Nov 10, 2011 11:54
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LastInLine posted:Quoting this because sometimes things get lost as the last post on a page. ES File Explorer does such a good job at Dropbox that the Dropbox app is entirely unnecessary. I've actually had some problems with ES's handling of Dropbox. It seems that every time I transfer multiple files from my phone to my Public Dropbox folder, it goes super slow and sometimes doesn't get past the first file without just stalling. And these are like 300 KB files. I've kept the Dropbox app around for this reason, but I wish I didn't have to.
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Nov 10, 2011 12:20
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AlexMoron posted:I've actually had some problems with ES's handling of Dropbox. It seems that every time I transfer multiple files from my phone to my Public Dropbox folder, it goes super slow and sometimes doesn't get past the first file without just stalling. And these are like 300 KB files. I've kept the Dropbox app around for this reason, but I wish I didn't have to.
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Nov 10, 2011 12:46
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NewcastleBrown posted:I just moved a folder into my Dropbox folder on my phone, but it doesn't show up in Dropbox, either on my phone or my computer. Do I have to manually Upload each individual file in the folder, or am I missing something? When you put files into your Dropbox on the phone, they should show up immediately on your PC and on the web interface. The problem is when you put files into your Dropbox folder on your PC, those do not get pushed automatically to your phone; you have to manually download each one and can't even do it a folder at a time. Thank god someone made Dropsync, which takes care of this issue pretty drat perfectly. I have a question of my own: I really like Folder Organizer. Is there anything that auto-tags apps that integrates with it? I remember in the last thread AutoAppOrganizer was mentioned as a candidate but I put them in a cage together for a whole week and they still haven't mated.
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Nov 10, 2011 14:49
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Splizwarf posted:When you put files into your Dropbox on the phone, they should show up immediately on your PC and on the web interface. I don't think this happens for me. I'm pretty sure I have to manually hit "upload" for each file. Not too big a deal for me, but I'm glad to know there's an automatic syncing option. I may also have some settings set weird.
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Nov 10, 2011 15:25
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StickFigs posted:I'm trying to figure out how to use Google Voice to make free phonecalls over WiFi. I know the PC version of Google Voice lets you do it but the Voice App seems to only do voicemail. There's currently no way to do it automatically. There are a couple of different methods to make it work. It's a little kludgy, but it works great (co-worker is using his son's old Epic4G as a WiFi VOIP phone without issues). I'm assuming that the GrooVe IP app is doing something similar.
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Nov 10, 2011 15:55
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AlexDeGruven posted:There's currently no way to do it automatically. There are a couple of different methods to make it work. It's a little kludgy, but it works great (co-worker is using his son's old Epic4G as a WiFi VOIP phone without issues). GrooveIP will also work over your data plan, useful if you have more data than minutes.
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Nov 10, 2011 16:50
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Ciabatta posted:I don't think this happens for me. I'm pretty sure I have to manually hit "upload" for each file. Not too big a deal for me, but I'm glad to know there's an automatic syncing option. I may also have some settings set weird. I think you can set it to only synch when you're on wifi, maybe that's what's going on? Also, I could be wrong because I've been using Dropsynch with Dropbox for a while; it's seamless, like two halves of an eggshell, and I don't have to care anymore.
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Nov 10, 2011 18:24
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I've been using Go Launcher since some time in August, but occasionally the Facebook and Twitter widgets don't update, even though I have them set to update every hour. It might be related to Juice Defender, but I thought that was supposed to allow things like widgets to update. Does anyone else have this problem, and has anyone found a fix?
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Nov 10, 2011 19:50
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Ciabatta posted:I don't think this happens for me. I'm pretty sure I have to manually hit "upload" for each file. Not too big a deal for me, but I'm glad to know there's an automatic syncing option. I may also have some settings set weird. When you put files into Dropbox using the client app it's pushed up to the cloud automatically, but if you drop something into the sdcard\dropbox\ folder using a file manager or something, it won't. I don't think Android lets an app 'watch' a directory in the same way as a desktop client can.
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Nov 10, 2011 20:23
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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spincube posted:When you put files into Dropbox using the client app it's pushed up to the cloud automatically, but if you drop something into the sdcard\dropbox\ folder using a file manager or something, it won't. I don't think Android lets an app 'watch' a directory in the same way as a desktop client can. This is how it works for me. I "share" a picture with dropbox on my phone and it syncs up automatically. Never tried it the other way.
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Nov 10, 2011 21:10
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LastInLine posted:Quoting this because sometimes things get lost as the last post on a page. ES File Explorer does such a good job at Dropbox that the Dropbox app is entirely unnecessary. Is there anything I need to do to get this set up? Can I just move files to my /sdcard/dropbox folder and they'll sync if I use ES File Explorer?
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Nov 10, 2011 22:19
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NewcastleBrown posted:Is there anything I need to do to get this set up? Can I just move files to my /sdcard/dropbox folder and they'll sync if I use ES File Explorer? No, in ES File Explorer, once you set up your Dropbox information, you copy something and then, in the upper left, touch the dropdown that says Local and touch Net, then it goes right to your Dropbox folder.
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Nov 10, 2011 22:21
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Kyrosiris posted:No, in ES File Explorer, once you set up your Dropbox information, you copy something and then, in the upper left, touch the dropdown that says Local and touch Net, then it goes right to your Dropbox folder. You don't even need to use the dropdown anymore, just swipe to the left or right.
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Nov 11, 2011 00:39
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LastInLine posted:You don't even need to use the dropdown anymore, just swipe to the left or right. Well holy poo poo.
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Nov 11, 2011 00:43
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Kyrosiris posted:Well holy poo poo. I know, isn't that loving awesome? I love ES.
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Nov 11, 2011 00:51
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AlexDeGruven posted:There's currently no way to do it automatically. There are a couple of different methods to make it work. It's a little kludgy, but it works great (co-worker is using his son's old Epic4G as a WiFi VOIP phone without issues). How exactly do I do it with the kludgy methods? I'd like to try to get it to work before I drop any money on a VOIP app.
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Nov 11, 2011 03:35
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My Facebook app doesn't want me to be social anymore. Whenever I follow a notification to a post, I can read the post and the comments, but the comment box that lets me reply is gone. Is anybody else having this problem? It's particularly weird because as far as I can tell, the app just loads the mobile site when viewing posts, and the comment box still shows up there.
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Nov 11, 2011 05:13
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StickFigs posted:How exactly do I do it with the kludgy methods? I'd like to try to get it to work before I drop any money on a VOIP app. GrooveIP is the simplest and it works as long as it has data.
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Nov 11, 2011 06:05
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landis posted:GrooveIP is the simplest and it works as long as it has data. It sounds like there might be a way to do it with Google Voice and some finagling though, I'd rather try that first.
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Nov 11, 2011 06:18
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StickFigs posted:It sounds like there might be a way to do it with Google Voice and some finagling though, I'd rather try that first. None that I'm aware of, other than getting a SIP number which has its own costs and headaches. I've looked into this myself and GrooveIP is pretty much the only solution. I guess we'll see what the other guy says.
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Nov 11, 2011 06:41
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I am switching over to Opera mobile in the wake of the Dolphin web zine fiasco. I already like the compression it uses to speed things up. How do I go about importing my Dolphin bookmarks over to Opera? Should I consider any other browsers?
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Nov 11, 2011 14:04
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I'm having some annoying issues with the new Amazon App Store app. It will either poo poo out a persistent notification onto my status bar and just have it sit there stuck at 0% or it will download the app but refuse to let me install it. Anyone else having issues? Edit: had to uninstall, even after a reboot the persistent notifications were still there. Codiusprime fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Nov 11, 2011 |
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Nov 11, 2011 14:26
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Here's my theory: Amazon has an App Store because having an app store was really trendy when they got theirs, but now like Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Nov 11, 2011 |
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Nov 11, 2011 15:07
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Splizwarf posted:Amazon has an App Store because having an app store was really trendy when they got theirs, but now like
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Nov 11, 2011 15:09
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Splizwarf posted:Amazon has an App Store because having a successful app store makes 30% of any purchase made on that app store, and they knew they were releasing tablets that would only be able to purchase apps from their app store, thus securing a new stream of revenue. ^^ I think they were probably thinking more like this.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:10
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Oh god, are you saying the Fire is running Android and locked to the Amazon App Store?  I hadn't paid much attention to it since I've always had a boner for a Nook Color and they just did the best thing developers can ever do in my book: make the exact same thing only more betterer in every way.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:15
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Splizwarf posted:Oh god, are you saying the Fire is running Android and locked to the Amazon App Store?
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Nov 11, 2011 15:18
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Splizwarf posted:Oh god, are you saying the Fire is running Android and locked to the Amazon App Store? I can only imagine it will be able to use the android market as well. But then again, Amazon is probably one of the only people out there with enough coin to pull at Google's pursestrings.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:23
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Amazon has said they will let people root it, a lot people have taken this to mean mean we'll have complete control over the device. I can't see it being that easy, they might let us root it but with them actually losing money on every device it's in their best interest to keep it locked down to some extent. Will be very interesting to see how it plays out.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:33
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Codiusprime posted:Amazon has said they will let people root it, a lot people have taken this to mean mean we'll have complete control over the device. I can't see it being that easy, they might let us root it but with them actually losing money on every device it's in their best interest to keep it locked down to some extent. Will be very interesting to see how it plays out. They've said they won't fight people rooting it. No one knows how hard or easy that will be to do.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:35
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Codiusprime posted:Amazon has said they will let people root it, a lot people have taken this to mean mean we'll have complete control over the device. I can't see it being that easy, they might let us root it but with them actually losing money on every device it's in their best interest to keep it locked down to some extent. Will be very interesting to see how it plays out. It's never been confirmed that they are losing money on each device. Estimates have run from 150-210 for actual production costs. And trust me, the fact that it wont be locked down and will sell millions means that there is going to be a huge active dev scene.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:37
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Haha, "You're welcome to use my car any time you want. Looking for the keys? I left them on the moon." "Also I filled it with cement."
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Nov 11, 2011 15:40
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:the fact that it wont be locked down This is exactly what I'm saying, we don't know this. But yea I think you're right as far as the dev scene goes.
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Nov 11, 2011 15:44
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Splizwarf posted:Haha, "You're welcome to use my car any time you want. Looking for the keys? I left them on the moon." This is pretty much how I see it. I'm going to hazard a guess that they've locked it down as well as is fiscally feasible (which could be pretty drat tight if they have good programmers), but if someone finds an exploit, they won't actively attempt to fix it (unless it has a real security implication as well).
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FYI, this news came in about the fire today. http://phandroid.com/2011/11/11/kindle-fire-wont-run-all-android-apps-amputates-apis/ Apparently it's not API complete so some Android apps won't be able to run on it.
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