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So, I'm not sure what to make of this email, I'm wondering if it's because I recently updated to the AOSP 2.1 ROM that Darchstar is working on. I certainly didn't buy a Nexus One, but I hope by some stretch of luck that I'm getting one for free! Nah, will never happen
Here's the email:
Android Team to me
Subject : Welcome to Android!
show details 10:37 AM (1 hour ago)
Hello!
Your new Nexus One phone has many cool and useful features. Learn more by clicking on the links to watch brief YouTube videos directly on your phone:
Customize your home screen with widgets and live wallpapers. Learn more
Read, search, archive, label and write emails on the go. Learn more
Watch videos or upload your own videos directly to YouTube. Learn more
Get turn by turn directions with satellite and street views of your route. Learn more
You can find all these videos and more on the Nexus One playlist at youtube.com/googlenexusone.
Enjoy!
The Android Team at Google
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
We sent you this one-time welcome message because you recently purchased an Android-powered phone
Hmm, I never got one of those...It would sure make me feel special if i did though! lol
Yeah I got one to when I wad running that Rom too
I also recieved an email like that but I was running Fresh 1.0
ugh...knew it was too good to be true.
I'm gonna wait for the HTC desire/supersonic anyway
Yeah got it too with the darchstar AOSP 2.1, hopefully we don't get charged the early termination fee from google if we change to a different rom.
Lol I got one too. I think its really funny If only I had a cmda nexus one
I got an email from Steve Jobs telling me how I had made an excellent decision by sticking to an Android based device. What a guy.
i got the same email this morning after installing 2.1 last night.
lol
i got that email too. weird, huh?
Did it actually show up in your gmail box on the web, or was it just in your phone, kinda like microsoft does when you first set up an email, it puts a welcome email in your inbox.
I got one too
clamknuckle said:
Did it actually show up in your gmail box on the web, or was it just in your phone, kinda like microsoft does when you first set up an email, it puts a welcome email in your inbox.
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It was in my web based gmail inbox, although it could have come to my phone's box first.
Was in my web gmail too. It happened when I loaded the 2.1 AOSP, so maybe it thinks I have nexus one because it is only device that runs 2.1 out of box?
HeroMeng said:
Was in my web gmail too. It happened when I loaded the 2.1 AOSP, so maybe it thinks I have nexus one because it is only device that runs 2.1 out of box?
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It would have been MUCH cooler if somehow Darchstar had hacked a way for us to get free Nexus Ones
kmartburrito said:
ugh...knew it was too good to be true.
I'm gonna wait for the HTC desire/supersonic anyway
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I been Drooling over that phone since it was just listed as a WiMax device. I live in Vegas, and already have Clearwire for internet, would love to get 4G on my cellular!
I have Optimum for internet, but 4G on the Supersonic would be sa-weet!
For some time now, when I'm viewing the Facebook Touch site in the stock browser, at the bottom of the page is the line
"Download Facebook for your Ruth"
I think it started when I first flashed CyanogenMod, but I can't confirm that.
Googling 'android ruth' turns up rumors of a device named Ruth from Motorola, but I've never seen one, personally.
So, anybody know why Facebook is confused about what device I'm using?
I mean, my user agent specifically says 'Nexus One'
My stock N1 does the same thing! I've never rooted it or flashed another rom or anything, and it still thinks my N1 is a Ruth.
trevortx said:
My stock N1 does the same thing! I've never rooted it or flashed another rom or anything, and it still thinks my N1 is a Ruth.
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Facebook thinks mine is a Hero. Then again I only noticed that initially, not sure what it says now.
Mine says "Download Facebook for your Nexus One"
Running EPF21B - insecure, but otherwise stock.
So while we are on this topic, whats the best facebook app out there?
ChillRays said:
So while we are on this topic, whats the best facebook app out there?
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the android one is fine...
back on topic. mine says ruth, too. always wondered what that was about...
Anybody else have an opinion on the best facebook app? I hear stock is pretty good but I'm just curious to what you guys think. I'm guessing there is as many facebook apps as there are twitter apps, so thats why i'm so curious. Peace
ChillRays said:
Anybody else have an opinion on the best facebook app? I hear stock is pretty good but I'm just curious to what you guys think. I'm guessing there is as many facebook apps as there are twitter apps, so thats why i'm so curious. Peace
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Haven't come across one. there was a decent one out before we've got an official Facebook app, but I haven't seen any updates in awhile. stock one is okay, I use it just to read status updates and update my contacts. I use the touch site to see new notifications and browse through pictures, its way faster at loading pics than stock and notifications are easier to access. Facebook app takes you to Facebook mobile site when you click on any notification, pretty gay. while it is getting better, not as cool as iPhone Facebook app lol.
afive720 said:
Haven't come across one. there was a decent one out before we've got an official Facebook app, but I haven't seen any updates in awhile. stock one is okay, I use it just to read status updates and update my contacts. I use the touch site to see new notifications and browse through pictures, its way faster at loading pics than stock and notifications are easier to access. Facebook app takes you to Facebook mobile site when you click on any notification, pretty gay. while it is getting better, not as cool as iPhone Facebook app lol.
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Oh ok, thanks man. =)
To start off, I'll shed light on where you can find the following applications
Facebook S! - Found in the [Samsung Apps] application off your application drawer.
Facebook for Android - Found in the [Android Market].
Well as we all know. Facebook for Android is horrible as it brings you to the mobile site everytime you hit something off the Notifications area(not integrated within the application itself). And it's slow compared to the Facebook iOS users get. And that is pretty sad. I'm not a Facebook whore so I'm not "essentially complaining" but I guess I'm speaking for the masses?
So I was browsing [Samsung Apps] for fun and I realized there's a new application released! That's right. Facebook S! It has no underbar as Notifications though it can be found under "Inbox". But, it's all integrated within the application! No more mobile-site!
While that's a step-up from the Facebook for Android application, I'm keeping both for the heck of it.
What's your view?
tl;dr - There's a new Facebook application off [Samsung Apps], try it. Compare it with the Facebook application off the [Android Market] and tell me what you think.
OMG, nice... i try samsung one and it works like a charm... my new FB app.
I just want to visit my facebook account occasionally, I don't want a facebook ' account' on my phone, why do all the apps in the market set one up and try to sync things I don't want this...
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There's also a kart racing game available.
Facebook S!
Hey guys... I saw this when I flashed to JM7 but it's not avail on JPC... any chance we might get an apk uploaded... thought I'd pushed on to the external SD, but must have pushed it to the internal... and of course to get to JPC I reformatted that one! )
Thanks in advance!
Facebook S! Wont work on FroYo, i have tested it, FC's.
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Facebook S! Wont work on FroYo, i have tested it, FC's.
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That's bad news
ye I don't wanna sync anything but my mail.
the facebook samsung pushed out ain't bad.
yup there's a task manager off samsung too. lol.
I tried both and to be honest I think both suck. I just login through the mobile web. A lot faster!
I think Facebook S is totally futile piece of software. Doesn't bring anything really new and lacks essential functionalities. It's also slow, because it always seem to load stuff when one changes the tab.
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i've came to a conclusion that both suck in comparison to what the apple's appstore has.
well i hope facebook steps up. >.>
shall use the Facebook for Android for now. mobile site is way faster than all that loading ****.
Facebook_s sucks even more than the regular app.loading times are horrific.Plus it also looks a lot less crisp then the regular app.
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Doesn't have a widget either. While it's not amazingly functional I am a fan of having the normal facebook widget on my homescreen.
isn't the feeds widget the facebook widget for samsung?!
Facebook S is crap. It is extremely limited. All you can do is browse your wall and other people's walls. Things like Facebook Events and contact lists that are in the official app, are all missing.
I don't know why people have problems with the official Facebook app, I find it works awesome. Its basically identical to the iPhone one now.
Hydrostatic said:
I think Facebook S is totally futile piece of software. Doesn't bring anything really new and lacks essential functionalities. It's also slow, because it always seem to load stuff when one changes the tab.
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This is not true in Facebook S you can upload Video easily.. and you can view them very fast..the normal facebook app will not upload video's and its hard to view videos.. in the Facebook S you have a tab just for videos
Ditto with what one of the previous posters said...I stick with the mobile website.
The Android Facebook app doesn't look that good IMHO. The Samsung one is REALLY buggy and clunky. Searching for friends doesn't turn up results unless they are all shown in the list below...so you have to manually click show more or whatever to get all your friends to show, and then you can search for them. That's a bit inconvenient and senseless if you ask me. Also the inbox is messed up.
Both apps load really slow. The mobile website is still what I rely on. I just bookmark it to make it easier to get to.
Hi to all,
unfortunately i delete the facebook s app from my galaxy i9000 and now i can not find it anymore.
I also went in to samsung app, but......where it is?
Could you please post it here (or let me know where I can find it)?
I also didn't find it with samsung kies.
Best regards
I just stick with touch.facebook.com on my browser, find it much better than any of the apps.
When I first got my phone i used the facbook S and i thought there was something wrong with my phone as it took ages to upload and was generally slow in all area's.
Then tried official app and found it a world of difference - ok the mobile site is still quicker but for most thing the app is ok.
So Froyo is upon us but what I want is for the Android Facebook app to get updated so it is a proper app, not just redirecting you to mobile Facebook online whenever you view notifications etc. Then I will not need to worry that I should have bought an iPhone 4 with brilliant facebook app.
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Have you tried the facebook app in the market?
You can put a Widget for the status updates, when you click on it, it will open the facebook app where you can do pretty much anything, from taking picture to checking video. What more do you want? (From 2.1 but froyo has the same app)
Its sad that the android versions of Facebook and Yahoo Messenger stink compared to the iphone versions where they are full featured and work like magic.
I really wish they would stop ignoring it and focus on the android versions.
Even the blackberry versions work better!
Well, since you are presumably Samsung Galaxy S user, why not trying Facebook S! from the Samsung appstore? I have been using it for 2 months or so and I consider it much better than the built-in Android application...And no - it does not redirect you to the browser.
It doesnt even have the "Like" button and is pretty bare bones. I would like it if they updated it with all of the facebook shenanigans
t1mman said:
Have you tried the facebook app in the market?
You can put a Widget for the status updates, when you click on it, it will open the facebook app where you can do pretty much anything, from taking picture to checking video. What more do you want? (From 2.1 but froyo has the same app)
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That is tha App I am talking about. Many of the links just redirect you to the mobile or touch facebook website in the phones browser. e.g. in the (Facebook) notifications. Other times you get directed to the full Facebook website e.g. when viewing profiles or photo galleries.
It really is only "half an app". I actually don't bother with it and just have a bookmark to the touch facebook website.
I find the Samsung Facebook App very slow and quite limited in functionality.
iPhon/iPod touch Facebook is pretty much perfect and complete. I'm sure the Android app will eventually be as good.
xavierzutafun said:
Well, since you are presumably Samsung Galaxy S user, why not trying Facebook S! from the Samsung appstore? I have been using it for 2 months or so and I consider it much better than the built-in Android application...And no - it does not redirect you to the browser.
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True, very true.
It's still a complete sack of buggy **** though
First of all, this phone is amazing. I smile when I look at it, the screen is ridiculous, the size is ridiculous, it's just over the top. Everyone that has seen it has liked it although most think it's too big, I can't really demonstrate how cool it is to surf the internet due to lack of wifi in my office and being on T-Mobile Edge but whatever, the phone is awesome. A few questions...
1. Any way to get the drawer to organize apps in alphabetical order without doing a list view? I know I was able to do this on the Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic Touch
2. When people send me picture messages, they show up as a video, annoying, I believe this was also an issue on the Galaxy S2 and I believe on my Galaxy S but I haven't had that phone in so long that I don't remember. Anyway to get rid of that without having to go to 3rd party apps? I can't imagine samsung designing a phone that can't tell the difference between a picture message and a video message.
Guess it's more like a couple of questions, other than that, loving the phone.
BTW my phone next to my roommates blackberry curve, I think he wants to get one too haha
PolishDude said:
1. Any way to get the drawer to organize apps in alphabetical order without doing a list view?
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yes , i don't have the links, but search the market and/or xda for touchwiz sort. I'm sure you can find it.
thanks but doesnt seem to be working