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Angry Birds beta for Android

I read a couple of days back that the wildly popular game on iOS - Angry Birds has been released for android...however I'm not able to find the application on the market.
Could it be an android 1.6 limitation or a region restriction?
Also if someone has the .apk file for it...could you please upload it...i would be really grateful to you! Thanks !

you have a PM

I was just a little late also. I guess they pulled it pretty quick. I signed up for their distribution emails, so hopefully they will open it back up and let me in!

There is an other thread with an mediafire link where you can download the demo
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PoTi_96 said:
There is an other thread with an mediafire link where you can download the demo
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I tried it... installs fine and everything, but then force closes once the game starts
anyone else with the same problem?

pngface said:
I tried it... installs fine and everything, but then force closes once the game starts
anyone else with the same problem?
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Yes, I have the same problem.

just keep relaunching it. it eventually works.
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you can either keep launching it until it eventually works, or if you have a task killer kill all running apps then launch the game and it will boot instantly.

pngface said:
I tried it... installs fine and everything, but then force closes once the game starts
anyone else with the same problem?
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Yes, start the game again for 2-4 times
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Yea, I have the same problem too but it seems to die of after a couple of days of playing the game lol. It force closes once in a while but it starts again if I relaunch it. You should report for bugs too cuz this is only the beta version

If you tap the screen while it's loading, the game loads up just fine.
It also runs incredibly smoothly, and for the moment, has better graphics than the iPhone version.
And look at that, it's not a 1.6 problem. Yay.

How come I can't find this game in the marketplace?
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harlz said:
How come I can't find this game in the marketplace?
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It's not on the marketplace for x10. You may wanna google for it. I'd like to post a link to the apk file, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to.

harlz said:
How come I can't find this game in the marketplace?
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Google, my friend, google.

I will post a link, if i am not allowed then please mod just delete it. As its only a beta i'll assume its ok.
http://rapidshare.com/files/416912061/com.rovio.angrybirds_lite.rar.html

Never have any problem with angry bird on X10.
It just ran and start when every time i launched it.
However, I do have FC problem on my HTC Hero Froyo, and I have to continue tapping the screen to get the game work.

It's on the market for me...i just downloaded it then.
EDIT: after opening it, it's a different app.
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iead1 said:
If you tap the screen while it's loading, the game loads up just fine.
It also runs incredibly smoothly, and for the moment, has better graphics than the iPhone version.
And look at that, it's not a 1.6 problem. Yay.
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Second That!

Install Error...
Hi Team,
I downloaded the APK file thru Mediafile listing.
I am having problems installing this.
First, I downloaded the APK, uploaded to the phone via Bluetooth, then used Astro to browse to the APK file, and launched the application installer,
As with any application installer, it warns what specific android functions this app is going to access, I moved forward,keep clicking on install..and it keeps bringing me back to the same page, telling me about what specific android functions this app is going to access, I keep clicking on install, is not doing it!
Why?
My phone is rooted with a R2BA026 firmware & allowed unsigned installations (thru applications settings)
Any help?
Also, its confirmed to work on 1.6 as per: http://androidandme.com/2010/09/game...ndroid-market/
Also, wanted to know: I googled the mediashare file link, the official file name is: com.rovio.angrybirds_lite.apk (11.41M)
Now, what am I doing wrong?

There's no reason for an App not to work on Android 1.6 anyway, the Android SDK makes it really easy for a developer to develop a single apk for basically all versions of the OS starting from 1.6 by just setting one line in a XML file. (1.5 is different since it has too much limitations)
The only reason for an app to skip 1.6 would be OpenGL ES 2.0 (most app only use OGL ES 1.1 or use a fallback renderer) or the absolute need of multitouch (applications generally catch the error and fallback to singletouch events in that case tough.)
Really applications that don't work on Android 1.6 are badly written (*cough* Twitter) and even those using NDK shouldn't need android 2.x. (*cough* Mozilla)

Bank of america w/ 1.8.3

My app no longer works but the mobile browser works fine. I unistalled reinstalled no luck. Anyone else have this problem.
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i do have the same issue.. after i enter my passcode, the screen goes white and that's it.

I tried mine out after I read your post. Mine works fine until after I put in my password and then the screen just goes blank white. Does that happen with you too?

I've the same problem. Its just not bank of america. Discover is having similar issues. Maybe someone will come with a fix.
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Same problem here, flashed 183 unsigned
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both my BoA and Amex don't work

jlai said:
I tried mine out after I read your post. Mine works fine until after I put in my password and then the screen just goes blank white. Does that happen with you too?
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Just noticed, same here... :'(
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Same here, although I did go on the browser (cuz it was important) and used their site there. When I brought it up, an warning message came up telling me the certificate was invalid, and asked me to either continue or cancel. [I clicked continue, it was way too important even though I shouldnt have]
Rooted and Deodexed on 1.83 on stock.

i have the same problem with all the banking apps
i also had problems with another app just cant remember the name
i thinks its a universal problem with the software that is 1.8.3

Chase's does not work either.

hehe...........

Same issue here with BoA. There is a thread somewhere about all the banking apps messing up. Hope we get a fix soon cos' I use them a lot.
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Damnit.. I guess this explains why my Chase app stopped working.. Good Work moto... 1.8.3 really did more harm than good... my fingerprint reader and wifi are kinda screwy now too..

BTW, BOA had a 10-12 our long web access meltdown the other day. Customers couldn't log in from phones OR computers for quite some hours, no explanation from BOA but I did see one mention of a DOS attack on the BOA system, so the problem might not be in your phones, or the app, at all.

same problem w boa app...pls fix
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Odd my bofa works on build 183 though it's gingerblur.
[Edit] fingerprint works better than ever? Moto FTL.
I'm sure you have your reasons not being on Gingerblur already but maybe it's time to switch. I personally love it, though I use paid adw launcher (which just had a boss update come to the ging-side ^_^
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Pretty odd that all the banking apps have this problem.
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Perhaps this is the underlying issue?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2899079/custom-ssl-handling-stopped-working-on-android-2-2-froyo

Fix for the BoA issue
I found the following post on another forum and thought I'd share it.
http://androidforums.com/atrix-4g-s...ca-app-not-working-after-update-4-1-83-a.html
Mainly, this post by rmarc71 :
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I was able to fix the app by doing the following (seems the trust store got screwed up with the new release):
Grab all the certs from the bank of america cert chain (I used openssl, you could probably use something else):
openssl s_client -connect www.bankofamerica.com:443 -showcerts
Grab each of the trust certs (3 total) and put them in files ending in .crt
IE: cert1.crt, cert2.crt, cert3.crt (you could also create a pkcs12 out of 'em if you are inclined to do so).
This is likely the problem with other apps noted in this thread.
Place the files into internal storage download directory. Then go to Settings -> Location & Security -> Creential storage -> Install from internal phone storage.
Use: Certificate Manager and you should see your 3 available certs. Add them and then reboot the phone.
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After the above procedure, I was able to log in using the BofA app.
Maybe same would work with other banking apps as well.
Regards,

cso5874 said:
I found the following post on another forum and thought I'd share it.
http://androidforums.com/atrix-4g-s...ca-app-not-working-after-update-4-1-83-a.html
Mainly, this post by rmarc71 :
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I was able to fix the app by doing the following (seems the trust store got screwed up with the new release):
Grab all the certs from the bank of america cert chain (I used openssl, you could probably use something else):
openssl s_client -connect www.bankofamerica.com:443 -showcerts
Grab each of the trust certs (3 total) and put them in files ending in .crt
IE: cert1.crt, cert2.crt, cert3.crt (you could also create a pkcs12 out of 'em if you are inclined to do so).
This is likely the problem with other apps noted in this thread.
Place the files into internal storage download directory. Then go to Settings -> Location & Security -> Creential storage -> Install from internal phone storage.
Use: Certificate Manager and you should see your 3 available certs. Add them and then reboot the phone.
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After the above procedure, I was able to log in using the BofA app.
Maybe same would work with other banking apps as well.
Regards,
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Did you read the rest of that thread?
It didn't work for anybody else as far as I saw when I read through a different thread with the same content yesterday, and someone had a post about the certs and why this didn't work.
Also, this was right below what you copied and pasted from there:
"this didnt work for me for some reason, but when i did a brute force approach of getting all verisign certs, I was all set.
I just tried this on my phone and got both Bank of America and American Express apps to work again.
I ended up exporting all Verisign and GT certificates in .crt format using my Firefox browser, copying them to my Dropbox account (emailing them should be fine too) and installing them one by one on the phone. You need to reboot your phone after installing the certificates...
You can also figure out which certificates you need by clicking on the padlock or company name in the browser's URL bar "

!!MUST READ!! Allow Installation of Non-Market Apps!!! WITHOUT UPDATE!

Go here and follow all instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107499. This will make the option to install non-market apps straight on your device (HTC Aria) appear!!! Enjoy!
Known issues:
- Unable to send/receive mms (since settings are erased - maybe re-inputting them will enable it again?...)
- HTC Wallpaper list disappears (These wallpapers can still be accessed in their root folder - system/customize/resource)

theonew said:
Go here and follow all instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107499. This will make the option to install non-market apps straight on your device (HTC Aria)!!! Enjoy!
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Did you test it? So simple its scary..
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CallMeAria said:
Did you test it? So simple its scary..
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Yes I did test it and it works. I couldn't believe it myself... but I do now!

I can't believe how easy that was!

It works on my Aria but there are now no images listed under HTC Wallpapers. The Live wallpaper are still available.
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I noticed my phone seems a bit off but it could just be me.
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Just to verify, this works on an unrooted 2.2?
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poetics said:
Just to verify, this works on an unrooted 2.2?
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Yes it does.

poetics said:
Just to verify, this works on an unrooted 2.2?
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Correct
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Thanks! It worked on my aria and didn't even reset the wallpaper or accounts that I can tell.
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I tried this on two Arias running 2.2 and it worked, but it disabled the HTC Wallpaper section options (the select screen comes up but there are no wsllpapers shown) and the MMS send/receive also doesn't work. As hard reset fixed these issues but also removed the "unknown sources" option.
I can load wsllpapers via the live wallpapers and gallery options, but I can't fix the MMS issue.
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it did work for me to unable 3rd party apps installation although it did reset the wallpaper and made the wallpapers disappear from the list but who cares.. I dont use MMS feature, so cant comment on that..

worked for me also but now can not recieve mms

Has anyone tried manually restoring MMS settings?
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107499&page=8#71

I'm glad I waited for more replies.
as long as I can download the .apk, its really not that big of a deal to me anyway. Just have to connect phone to pc, find the file, drag it to my computer and then install it with android injector. This works for amazon apps and any app I have download from here.

If u rooted ur phone you would not need this and rooted phones have been able to do this for quit sometime now. Duh!
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[un]necessary said:
I'm glad I waited for more replies.
as long as I can download the .apk, its really not that big of a deal to me anyway. Just have to connect phone to pc, find the file, drag it to my computer and then install it with android injector. This works for amazon apps and any app I have download from here.
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What .apk are you talking about? There is no .apk you download to unlock this option. You have to clear the data of two specific system apps to do this.

Theonew said:
What .apk are you talking about? There is no .apk you download to unlock this option. You have to clear the data of two specific system apps to do this.
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I THINK that he's talking about root not being that big of a deal as long as he can sideload...I'm pretty sure. Over a long time of being on forums, I have learned to read and understand the most incomprehensible of verbiage.

sorry, i was generalizing. basically if you can download the app, even if you cant install it from your phone, there is a simple method to get it installed when you get to your computer.
edit: yes, I was talking about how easy it is to sideload. just my opinion. easier to do than possibly lose mms options with this method to get the unknown sources checkbox.
just going to wait for the actual update. which better come soon. as it was supposed to be out before this thread even started.

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sorry, i was generalizing. basically if you can download the app, even if you cant install it from your phone, there is a simple method to get it installed when you get to your computer.
edit: yes, I was talking about how easy it is to sideload. just my opinion. easier to do than possibly lose mms options with this method to get the unknown sources checkbox.
just going to wait for the actual update. which better come soon. as it was supposed to be out before this thread even started.
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The update was out before this thread started but only some (very few) people got it. So if someone can't wait for it, since it seems like no one else is going to get it, and they can afford to lose the mms setting (which could be reset manually), then they can do this method.

Odd Facebook Issue

So I was able to get DL17 working last night. Now I'm having an odd issue with FB. I'm attempting to update the factory FB, which is apparently around version 1.2. I attempted to update to the latest version (1.6.1) and it keeps crashing while loading. Everything downloads fine and says it successfully installs, but it keeps crashing.
What am I doing wrong?

Bob002 said:
So I was able to get DL17 working last night. Now I'm having an odd issue with FB. I'm attempting to update the factory FB, which is apparently around version 1.2. I attempted to update to the latest version (1.6.1) and it keeps crashing while loading. Everything downloads fine and says it successfully installs, but it keeps crashing.
What am I doing wrong?
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The facebook official app really sucks, badly, each update keeps getting worse. i would recommend use friendscaster

yeah, you aren't doing anything wrong. it's 99% likely to be the app
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if you have root i would suggest using titanium backup to delete your facebook and then update thru the market, my wife was having this issue

I have Friendcaster on my droid... I'm not completely sold on it, either. Although, the paid version might be better than the free one.
I was able to send her the apk for 1.6.0 (the latest is 1.6.1) and THAT apparently updated just fine. If she has any issues updating from now on, I may point her to Friendcaster.

I just use the mobile site
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Juls317 said:
I just use the mobile site
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I did that on my old Blackberry, as the FB app for it bit. But, I like the options some of the apps vs. the mobile site. The problem I'm finding between the 3 is inconsistencies of what you can do. I know I used one to tag friends. I know the regular FB app, you can't add check-in places (you can with mobile site or Friendcaster). Seems odd that the 3 would be different.

Touch.facebook.com is better than the m.facebook.com in my opinion
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Bob002 said:
I did that on my old Blackberry, as the FB app for it bit. But, I like the options some of the apps vs. the mobile site. The problem I'm finding between the 3 is inconsistencies of what you can do. I know I used one to tag friends. I know the regular FB app, you can't add check-in places (you can with mobile site or Friendcaster). Seems odd that the 3 would be different.
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You can add check-in places in the Facebook app

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You can add check-in places in the Facebook app
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I thought you were supposed to be able to, but I never saw the + to add one. It really wasn't a HUGE issue, but I was trying to add one for my house and my in-laws house. Had to use Friendcaster to do that.

Just start typing the name of the place you want to add and when Facebook can't find it, it will say "add [check in place]"

circa881 said:
Just start typing the name of the place you want to add and when Facebook can't find it, it will say "add [check in place]"
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Ah. the other directions I found online were different. They are set now, but at least I know for the future.

What is the adblocking method you're using ?

A quick poll to see what users of one prefer using ..

I wish I could still use ad blocking but I started to notice on a few web sites I frequent, the back button would not go back to the previous page and the current page would just reload. I noticed this on my GS3 and the One. Took me a while to figure out it was ad blocking that was interfering with the proper loading and back function of these web sites for some reason. I don't have any such problems on my desktop PC, presumably because the ad blocking usually works differently on a PC. On mobile phones, it's usually just a freaking huge host file that black holes known ad urls to 127.0.0.1 or equivalent.

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I wish I could still use ad blocking but I started to notice on a few web sites I frequent, the back button would not go back to the previous page and the current page would just reload. I noticed this on my GS3 and the One. Took me a while to figure out it was ad blocking that was interfering with the proper loading and back function of these web sites for some reason. I don't have any such problems on my desktop PC, presumably because the ad blocking works differently on most PC ad blocking software. On mobile phones, it's just a freaking huge host file that redirects known ad urls to 127.0.0.1 or equivalent.
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Might wanna try adblock plus, it works differently I guess, I indeed noticed some websites not working properly when using adfree or adaway or through the host file .. weird thing is I don't remember that on my jailbroken IPhone or GS3/Galaxy Nexus ..

Fatelord said:
Might wanna try adblock plus, it works differently I guess, I indeed noticed some websites not working properly when using adfree or adaway or through the host file .. weird thing is I don't remember that on my jailbroken IPhone or GS3/Galaxy Nexus ..
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You probably don't remember it because it only happens on some sites. Just so happens some sites I frequented had the back button problem, I don't remember the specific ones. Maybe huffpo.com or something like that.
I will try Adblock Plus, thanks for the suggestion. I use it with Firefox on my PC and I love it.

Adaway. Installs as an .apk, and works in the background. Even updates in the background.
Ad-Block plus requires that an icon be in the Notification area, which I don't like.
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VacTacks11 said:
Adaway. Installs as an .apk, and works in the background. Even updates in the background.
Ad-Block plus requires that an icon be in the Notification area, which I don't like.
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It can be hidden, and in apps menu notifications can be disabled, this used to be an issue in the early builds.

Adfree android works well, plus it's the only one to work on android 4.3. As for the back button, I always found pressing the back button twice worked for me.
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Interesting, I had no idea the back button problem was caused by my ad blocker. I just thought the websites have really stupid developers. I wonder if they do this on purpose to punish users of ad blockers...
Still worth it to me. I haven't seen an online ad in years, besides the odd one that slips through

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Adfree android works well, plus it's the only one to work on android 4.3. As for the back button, I always found pressing the back button twice worked for me.
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Tried all three (Adfree, Adaway and Mother of all Adblock). Found Adfree gives best zapping of ads, has the largest hostfile size (more ad & tracker sites blocked) and has the most personalised white/blacklist. Why am I on the HTC 1 thread? Researching to shift from the XZ to the HTC1 dual-sim or the Butterfly S.
Dead Cookies leave mo trails...

AdAway, for the web.
If I really like a app I buy the donate/pro version so I can support development.

Using a host file with rom but I also have that website problem on websites like Engadget. But I just press back multiple times... the real issue is that I can't access websites through the slick deals app because clicking them just takes to a 404.
Not sure if there's a fix for this but I'm thinking of getting rid of the adblock
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Adaway since first day and working like a charm

Been using Adblock plus and are very happy with it. Have some problems in a few News apps, but I'll guess it's ok.

Aren't apps like adaway etc blocked from the play store? How are you finding the apps?

Yes, these apps were available @ Play Store but Google removed them.
You can search for them on the net, download the apk file and then install it on your device.
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Have been using Adaway for a couple of weeks ....Seemless :fingers-crossed:

Workaround for the page reloading issue when hitting back button is to enable webserver and set it on boot.

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Aren't apps like adaway etc blocked from the play store? How are you finding the apps?
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Some roms like android revolution use the host file from them. The option is there when you are flashing in recovery.
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