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gmq posted:Any recommendation for unit/currency converter? Hopefully able to work offline (downloading the currency database over WiFi I guess). Free would be great. I use Simple Unit Converter because even though it looks like a child's app it's still better looking than the other conversion apps. It won't do currency offline though. There's also ConvertPad and Unit Converter which are also free and probably do more but they're just loving hideous to look at.
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Scudworth posted:I use Simple Unit Converter because even though it looks like a child's app it's still better looking than the other conversion apps. Doesn't support my currency (CLP, Chilean Peso) 
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Aug 22, 2012 08:12
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If you have a data connection why would you not use Google's inbuilt unit converter, especially now that both the web and mobile versions have the neat buttons that pop up? Plus if you've got a Jelly Bean device you can just ask Google what's [this] of [that].
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Aug 22, 2012 08:13
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So apparently when I'm listening to music my phone can't receive calls? I don't know if this is something related to PowerAmp or Jelly Bean in general but according to my girlfriend she tried calling me yesterday at 6PM and continued to do so until 7PM. Not once did I receive a notification or anything saying that I received a call. I can understand if it was a one time thing, as in she calls and the phone doesn't get it and I miss one call. But she called multiple times in that hour and I didn't get a single notification about it.
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Aug 22, 2012 14:06
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FlyingCheese posted:I'd love it if I could revoke certain permissions from select apps. Facebook doesn't need to know my exact location every time I run the drat thing. I hear Cyanogen supports this but I've got an Evo 3D and.... There's an app called SRT AppGuard that lets you do this, without root. What it seems to do is take the program you just installed, decompile, analyze and modify the code, then install the modified version. Afterwards, you can revoke individual permissions from within AppGuard (although technically, it apparently simply stops that bit from working, it doesn't touch the actual permissions part of the OS). Downside is that it breaks automatic updates, but other than that, it works as advertised. Of course, the app you modified might not work anymore, since revoking permissions sometimes breaks app. But it's worth a shot. Ironically, the EULA of AppGuard doesn't permit modifying it in the same way you are using it to modify other apps. 
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Aug 22, 2012 14:37
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I need an app that lets me use Gtalk and FB chat AND gives me audible notifications. The stock Facebook chat apps don't notify you audibly that someone sends you a message.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:18
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Used google wallet for the first time today. Felt entirely too nerdy pulling out my phone and putting it to the card swipe machine. Clerk watched me and asked what just happened. Said she'd never seen that before and I commented that neither had I. Not sure it will become a thing for me, but it was neat.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:31
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Skeezy posted:So apparently when I'm listening to music my phone can't receive calls? I don't know if this is something related to PowerAmp or Jelly Bean in general but according to my girlfriend she tried calling me yesterday at 6PM and continued to do so until 7PM. Not once did I receive a notification or anything saying that I received a call. Have you tried calling yourself (from another phone)when listening to music to test this ? Just to remove the human element  I receive calls when im listening to music/podcasts on a 2.1 eclair phone.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:39
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rotaryfun posted:Used google wallet for the first time today. Felt entirely too nerdy pulling out my phone and putting it to the card swipe machine. Clerk watched me and asked what just happened. Said she'd never seen that before and I commented that neither had I. Not sure it will become a thing for me, but it was neat. This is me literally every time I use Google Wallet. People nearly poo poo their pants.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:41
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b0nes posted:This is me literally every time I use Google Wallet. People nearly poo poo their pants. The clerk at the gas station dropped a "Aw hell naw" when I did it the other day. It is, legitimately, pretty cool to see.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:50
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LastInLine posted:If you have a data connection why would you not use Google's inbuilt unit converter, especially now that both the web and mobile versions have the neat buttons that pop up? What button? No Jelly Bean sadly.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:52
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Skeezy posted:So apparently when I'm listening to music my phone can't receive calls? I don't know if this is something related to PowerAmp or Jelly Bean in general but according to my girlfriend she tried calling me yesterday at 6PM and continued to do so until 7PM. Not once did I receive a notification or anything saying that I received a call. FWIW I got a call today while listening to music today with the stock play music app, using a GNex running jellybean.
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Aug 22, 2012 21:54
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This is probably a stupid question but I want an app to access my tablet via CLI. Can I just use any terminal app? I'm pretty new to Android but not new to Linux so I'm not 100% sure on what I need to do this. It'd be a lot quicker than connecting via adb using USB for some tasks for me.
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Aug 22, 2012 22:07
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Skeezy posted:So apparently when I'm listening to music my phone can't receive calls? I don't know if this is something related to PowerAmp or Jelly Bean in general but according to my girlfriend she tried calling me yesterday at 6PM and continued to do so until 7PM. Not once did I receive a notification or anything saying that I received a call.
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Aug 22, 2012 22:38
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Though if you're using an LTE/HSPA phone, that's not the case. As they do data over the 4G and voice over the 3G.
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Aug 22, 2012 22:42
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ilkhan posted:If you are streaming music on a CDMA phone you won't be able to receive calls (voice *or* data). Also, some new CDMA phones support SVDO, which allows them to simultaneously use voice and data anyways. This particular incident may have been a fluke. It's happened to me before, where the radio gets in a weird state and drops calls and texts but data works fine. For me it was fixed after a reboot, and only happened that one time (that I'm aware of). Quite disturbing though.
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Aug 22, 2012 22:52
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b0nes posted:I need an app that lets me use Gtalk and FB chat AND gives me audible notifications. The stock Facebook chat apps don't notify you audibly that someone sends you a message. Light Flow allows you to set audible alerts (as well as vibration) for notifications along with LEDs. I've got it set up like that for Gtalk and it works pretty well.
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Aug 22, 2012 23:28
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parrhesia posted:Light Flow allows you to set audible alerts (as well as vibration) for notifications along with LEDs. I've got it set up like that for Gtalk and it works pretty well. I have LightFlow paid version. It's good, but quite flakey in my experience (Sprint Galaxy Nexus).
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Aug 23, 2012 00:13
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Yikes A Zombie! posted:I have LightFlow paid version. It's good, but quite flakey in my experience (Sprint Galaxy Nexus). It worked pretty perfectly until Jelly Bean. Now it seems it needs to stay in memory, as if it isn't properly running as a service or something, but the author has indicated that he probably can't fix it so I guess there's more to it than that.
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Aug 23, 2012 00:23
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gmq posted:What button? No Jelly Bean sadly.
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Aug 23, 2012 00:29
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gmq posted:Doesn't support my currency (CLP, Chilean Peso) HandyCalc is what you need. It is primarily an advanced calculator (and is really good at that - I replaced my default calculator with it), but also supports unit / currency conversion. It has an option to update currency exchange rates once a day (or more frequently or less frequently) if data is available, so it will work offline for the most part.
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Aug 23, 2012 00:36
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parrhesia posted:Light Flow allows you to set audible alerts (as well as vibration) for notifications along with LEDs. I've got it set up like that for Gtalk and it works pretty well. I have the free version installed on my phone I wonder if you can do that with the free version.
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Aug 23, 2012 01:59
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I think the free version should work with Gtalk, but I'm reasonably sure you have to buy it to get it to work with Facebook as well. But it's not that expensive and personally, I think it's well worth the price for the notification LED function alone. I can basically leave my phone on my desk completely silent and will still notice right away if I got a message, sms, mail or whatever else.
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Aug 23, 2012 02:04
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parrhesia posted:I think the free version should work with Gtalk, but I'm reasonably sure you have to buy it to get it to work with Facebook as well. But it's not that expensive and personally, I think it's well worth the price for the notification LED function alone.
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Aug 23, 2012 02:25
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b0nes posted:I need an app that lets me use Gtalk and FB chat AND gives me audible notifications. The stock Facebook chat apps don't notify you audibly that someone sends you a message. Facebook Messenger most certainly does.
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Aug 23, 2012 04:11
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Evil Robot posted:HandyCalc is what you need. It is primarily an advanced calculator (and is really good at that - I replaced my default calculator with it), but also supports unit / currency conversion. It has an option to update currency exchange rates once a day (or more frequently or less frequently) if data is available, so it will work offline for the most part. HandyCalc is a really, really good app and I'm incredibly surprised it's not more popular.
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Aug 23, 2012 04:26
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The Facebook app just updated. They finally added Coarse Location back in, and it looks like the loving thing FINALLY stopped polling GPS every time you launch it! Also some poo poo about photos and events, I think...
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Aug 23, 2012 05:02
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brc64 posted:The Facebook app just updated. They finally added Coarse Location back in, and it looks like the loving thing FINALLY stopped polling GPS every time you launch it! Does it still throw in the Messenger and all that with it when you install?
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Aug 23, 2012 05:45
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ThermoPhysical posted:Does it still throw in the Messenger and all that with it when you install? I think they stopped that a while back, but I have the standalone Messenger app installed anyway, so it's hard to tell...
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Aug 23, 2012 06:07
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brc64 posted:I think they stopped that a while back, but I have the standalone Messenger app installed anyway, so it's hard to tell... I'll give it a try again. The GPS thing every day was starting to eat my battery but it's nice to see it's finally stopped.
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Aug 23, 2012 06:53
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FWIW Light Flow (Lite, in my case) just got an update today to try and resolve the issue where swiping to dismiss a notification would kill the app. Not sure if it's fully fixed or not though, because I haven't dismissed anything since updating.
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Aug 23, 2012 07:57
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XIII posted:FWIW Light Flow (Lite, in my case) just got an update today to try and resolve the issue where swiping to dismiss a notification would kill the app. Not sure if it's fully fixed or not though, because I haven't dismissed anything since updating.
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Aug 23, 2012 08:01
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Pandora updated and looks great but I still can't access my bookmarks 
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Aug 23, 2012 09:15
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MrC posted:The clerk at the gas station dropped a "Aw hell naw" when I did it the other day. It is, legitimately, pretty cool to see. Same reactions for me. I've used it maybe half a dozen times and each time I say something like "Hey I heard there's this new way to pay using your phone, I'm going to try it out and see if it works". That usually softens the blow a little.
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Aug 23, 2012 12:31
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Does anybody else have trouble with Chrome Sync and SA? I'm logged into the forums on mobile Chrome, but if I go to Other Devices in mobile Chrome and click on a thread I have open, it'll act like I'm not logged in.
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Aug 23, 2012 14:39
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The play store is showing me a "redeem" menu option now!
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Aug 23, 2012 15:17
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Cruseydr posted:The play store is showing me a "redeem" menu option now! Me too. I wasn't sure if this was new or if it was because I have credit left from buying a Nexus 7.
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Aug 23, 2012 15:19
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beerinator posted:Me too. I wasn't sure if this was new or if it was because I have credit left from buying a Nexus 7. http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/21/google-play-gift-cards-target-radio-shack-gamestop/
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Aug 23, 2012 15:30
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Just an FYI, the Humble Bundle 3 for Android is live right now: http://www.humblebundle.com/ Pay more than the average and you get extra games. Some really good games in here too.
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LastInLine posted:Really? I saw the update but didn't see that in the changelog. That was my one complaint about the app (even though there were a few ways to avoid it becoming an issue). It said, "change to help with jelly bean and swiping away the app from the tasks crashing the app".
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