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I've been using blackberry for a while and the facebook application on it is perfect. Now after switching to Leo, I've noticed that the FB app on that one is weak.. I just would like to know if there is a better app out there. The most important function I'm after is the push notification; I would like to get a notification on my phone(either on Home or maybe a specific tab), each time I get a notification on FB. I came across Babbler for Android, I believe what I'm looking for is something like that...
Thanks in advance for the help
xbiggyl said:
I've been using blackberry for a while and the facebook application on it is perfect. Now after switching to Leo, I've noticed that the FB app on that one is weak.. I just would like to know if there is a better app out there. The most important function I'm after is the push notification; I would like to get a notification on my phone(either on Home or maybe a specific tab), each time I get a notification on FB. I came across Babbler for Android, I believe what I'm looking for is something like that...
Thanks in advance for the help
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What He Said...
not at this time. Get use to using the browser with the full site.
Jamison904 said:
not at this time.
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booo, a shame
Jamison904 said:
not at this time. Get use to using the browser with the full site.
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The site (especially http://touch.facebook.com ) is not bad but the option I'm missing from blackberry is the push notification. The only I managed to get notifications now is via email
you can get texts from facebook whenever you get messages or posts or whatever. unless your trying to not use texts of course it wont help
lbhocky19 said:
you can get texts from facebook whenever you get messages or posts or whatever. unless your trying to not use texts of course it wont help
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I'm familiar with this option; however, I'm looking for a more "integrated" application (with the OS I mean) such as the one for Blackberry.. I really hope people at Facebook or Microsoft will develop something similar..
That's the ONLY reason I'm hanging onto my blackberry. WinMo's FB app SUCKS. I was just trying this morning different apps which claim they can sync up. So far I haven't found anything that remotely compares to BB's interface. *sigh*
Try this: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-fim-facebook-instant-messenger.html
It has a mode that integrates with the web, and seems to cache your credentials so that you don't have to manually log on. It does have some ads but it's free.
Oh, and of course it lets you do FB IM messages.
Marc
Facebook Apps!
If you do some forum thread searching you will find a couple of interesting items regarding this issue...
1) There is a thread from the writers of the Microsoft Facebook APP, who ARE aware of the limitations of the standard app, and are working on an improved version for WM!
2) There is also a team of equally pi$$ed off WM users who want a decent FB app, that have start writing their own! At present they are assembling a coding team, but SAMPLE images are available and they are making mighty efforts to accomplish what we all want!
Hi guys,
I'd like to hear from you about your impressions and preferences.
Months ago I switched from eBuddy to Imo.im cause of massive battery drain in the 1st. Imo was massively better.
In your opinion, has eBuddy improved in the last few months ?
Does it reconnect aggressively and reliably when connection gets lost and/or acounts get accessed from a pc ?
I'm particularly interested in gtalk, (eventually skype) and facebook protocols effectiveness.
Thank you all !
It's been a while since I used eBuddy. I only have WLM contacts and I always use MSN Talk. It's by far the best MSN type client I've tried. I use the free version, but there's a paid version as well.
i'm using beejive and it's using Google Push, so the battery will not drain eventhough i on it everyday and night.
I prefer IMO.IM as it doesn't need that extra log in account, like in eBuddy.
IMO.IM is easy, fast, simple ... but it doesn't have groups (based on IM account, apart from Skype), and the Chat History is nowhere to be found although there's an option in Preferences to turn it on.
Do you see history anywhere??
i tried imo but i have problems with logging in and out.
i wasn't visible for people but imo showed me i was logged in.
now i use Trillian and it works fine.
ok it's not free but works perfect for me..
Too bad they dont mention which accounts it supports. Need to look it up later on.
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History is save in the IMO server. If you login in, then you can see it..
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Ahh, on server ... pretty useless ... I dont see any history on imo on Android anyways.
Still, I love that messneger. But still have doubts whether to use the build in Gtalk or IMO. Same with FB chat.
But good for Y!, MSN, AIM.
+1 on Trillian. Great app, and goes perfectly hand-in-hand with the PC & web clients!
First used ICQ for Android. This was bad. For a long time i use Meebo IM, which i can recommend. I did not try eBuddy&Co, but Meebo does not give me a reason to do this. IMHO the disadvantage, one cannot transfer files, is not that important.
I also use Meebo with Skype, quite nice
How's your battery status after the last facebook update?
From what I'm seeing facebook is holding a partial wakelock for the whole time
Is this happening in any situation?
Removing the facebook account from the phone fixes the problem... but would like to keep it in...
now I'm trying with the notifications disabled...
FB has the highest partial wakelock use on mine, but it's not massive, it's bar is about 1/5 full.
but the timing is embarassing compared to other apps :/
to me it looked that the android system wakelock were very high too...
i'm trying to see if the notifications disabled it lowers down...
How can I check this?
*#*#4636#*#*
then select "battery history"
Or use Anycut to create a shortcut to the 'Testing' app.
same here.. uninstalled.
No problems here.
41 seconds total.
Although I would LOVE to be able to turn off the Facebook push notifications. Despite having disabled everything inside the FB app, they still get pushed to my phone, which drives me ****ing crazy.
I suspect having everything turned off would be why you have a very low wakelock?
Mine is very low. I set facebook to never check for updates since the last release added push notifications. I don't think polling for updates is necessary anymore. No clue why it even has the option still.
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hexix said:
Mine is very low. I set facebook to never check for updates since the last release added push notifications. I don't think polling for updates is necessary anymore. No clue why it even has the option still.
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Facebook developers suck balls, that's why.
JCopernicus said:
Facebook developers suck balls, that's why.
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Status updates aren't pushed, I'm guessing that it'd fry the servers. So if you want your synced contacts to display their status in the contact popup you have to poll them.
Somehow the iPhone and Blackberry apps are able to use push notifications properly without frying anyone's servers. Email and SMS notifications can also be sent out instantly. I'm pretty certain there is no technical reason why the Android app can't work right.
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Somehow the iPhone and Blackberry apps are able to use push notifications properly without frying anyone's servers. Email and SMS notifications can also be sent out instantly. I'm pretty certain there is no technical reason why the Android app can't work right.
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Sure there is, facebook developers suck balls.
pfmiller said:
Somehow the iPhone and Blackberry apps are able to use push notifications properly without frying anyone's servers. Email and SMS notifications can also be sent out instantly. I'm pretty certain there is no technical reason why the Android app can't work right.
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The news feed updates don't get "pushed" to either of those devices. The polling frequency is for updating the news feed which you would want when using the facebook widget.
I'm not interested in wall updates getting pushed. Notifications get pushed to those devices, and that's all I expect from the Android app.
Newbie question, what is a wake lock and how does it drain battery?
killing the facebook app solved my problem (not only facebook where being very "active"... but also the "android system" was kept constantly awake!!)
in the usage history the system was basically never sleeping... running the whole time :/
as for now I started facebook again... and disabled the notification thing... let see what will happens...
I can confirm that disabling the notifications "fixed" the problem... no more continuos wakelock when app is started...
dunno if push is really working... (don't appear so... will see in the next days :/)
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I suspect having everything turned off would be why you have a very low wakelock?
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Yeah, probably.
The Facebook app is just atrocious. I hate it with a fiery passion. Basically the ONLY 2 reasons I have it installed are 1) Facebook/Contact picture sync and 2) Upload from gallery to FB.
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
gabi11 said:
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
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Tbh I installed K9 Mail aas soon as I got my Note 4, I've never even tried using stock email client.
After reading those features I might actually give it a go.
I primarily use K9 because for me it doesn't seem to drain the battery. Emails come through nice and quickly without causing the phone to have a high count of wakelocks.
gabi11 said:
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
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The one big BIG plus with gmail app is that it is way faster in fetching mails and loading the contents, especially when you are travelling and have a weak/unstable signal.
I switched from stock to gmail due to this simple reason and left behind all the stock goodies.
@maksharma231, Yeah I agree the stock can be slighly slower, but nothing significant.
Probably due to the network issue you raised..
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@maksharma231, Yeah I agree the stock can be slighly slower, but nothing significant.
Probably due to the network issue you raised..
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Yup, if you are in a perfect setting i.e. at home/office stock might be your best bet. But if you wanna access mails on the fly, while travelling, I prefer gmail. Its more reliable.
Its a battle of speed vs features. For me speed wins. For many, features win.
Both the apps are good
PS: If your area has underground subs/trains etc gmail app will save you a lot of frustration
Stock email is way way better man. Tho Gmail is nice too, it's better for us to use the stock one (SPen functionaity & others u mentioned). For battery life, have it pushed to u every few hrs or so. If u have outlook, or yahoo mail, change the non important accounts to Manual refresh.
For me, i used GMail for a while, then went back to stock. My important email's i make Priority and when i receive em, i have S-Voice announce the Email header/ Title to me automatically over speakerphone. Pretty cool
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Stock email is way way better man. Tho Gmail is nice too, it's better for us to use the stock one (SPen functionaity & others u mentioned). For battery life, have it pushed to u every few hrs or so. If u have outlook, or yahoo mail, change the non important accounts to Manual refresh.
For me, i used GMail for a while, then went back to stock. My important email's i make Priority and when i receive em, i have S-Voice announce the Email header/ Title to me automatically over speakerphone. Pretty cool
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Yeah, I'm still with the stock one..
So you're saying that having it synced once an hour or so is better for battery than regular push?
It's seemed logical to me to, but then I read somewhere that sometimes, causing the device to wake up especially for checking email drains more battery than regular push....
So I'm pretty confused about it....
I replaced gmail with aquamail.. I found battery was better. Also gmail can't send pre made contact groups
I use aquamail with accounts settings for imap push. Instant email delivery and not battery hungry.
+1 for aquamail.
worth its cost
Has the native email app changed since the S7? Anyone know if it has true threaded messaging?
I hope so. I have tried aquamail and nine email and they both suck compared to stock.
Really? I LOVE nine. Find it amazing but always happy to use stock when it makes sense. What don't you like
km8j said:
Really? I LOVE nine. Find it amazing but always happy to use stock when it makes sense. What don't you like
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I wasnt bashing it. It graphically beautiful. I just prefer the options, menus, and folder structure of stock. Nine was great on battery consumption compared to stock.
Nine has been my choice of app for about 2 years now. It's what got me off of HTC devices (since I very much liked the HTC stock mail app).
+1 for Nine. Been using it for nearly 3 years and it has been flawless.
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The stock apps (including e-mail) are the only ones fully integrated with Gear. They're also better integrated with the rest of Samsung's ecosystem (Scrapbook, S Note, Bixby). The S7 nougat e-mail client was a modernized version of the Note7's. I'm assuming since it was just updated it'll carry over and get a new "lines" icon in keeping with the rest of the S8's updated aesthetics.
I'm coming from the native iPhone email app and think it's rubbish. Is the native Samsung one any good? If not what would you all suggest? I can't remember what app I used to use on my htc.
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I'm coming from the native iPhone email app and think it's rubbish. Is the native Samsung one any good? If not what would you all suggest? I can't remember what app I used to use on my htc.
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I personally like it. It's clean and easy to navigate. I use it with Exchange and its a great e-mail client. If you're looking for something more integrated check out Samsung Focus.
I have 3 email accounts. Can it handle them and are they easily identified?
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I personally like it. It's clean and easy to navigate. I use it with Exchange and its a great e-mail client. If you're looking for something more integrated check out Samsung Focus.
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Does it have true threaded messaging in and out?
Does Samsung Focus offer polling, not pushing, and true threaded messaging?
BarryH_GEG said:
The stock apps (including e-mail) are the only ones fully integrated with Gear. They're also better integrated with the rest of Samsung's ecosystem (Scrapbook, S Note, Bixby). The S7 nougat e-mail client was a modernized version of the Note7's. I'm assuming since it was just updated it'll carry over and get a new "lines" icon in keeping with the rest of the S8's updated aesthetics.
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What is missing from the none native email app and gear? I currently use S2 with V20 and the email works great.
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What is missing from the none native email app and gear? I currently use S2 with V20 and the email works great.
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There is an actual e-mail app on the Gear that syncs with the native phone e-mail app. So you can read messages, mark them read, mark them unread, and reply to them. The Gear app lets you scroll through your entire inbox and has an unread message counter. If you delete an e-mail on your Gear it deletes it on the phone and vice versa. The mail app on the Gear is literally an extension of the full-fledged app on your phone. The Samsung Gear and phone messaging apps have the same level of integration.
Side question anyone know how to move the galaxy native email data to the sd card? I have to carry a pile of email in my pocket. I used to use touchdown so I could relocate the data, but I've switched to hte native app. It used to stink on older devices, but it was fine on the 7 and the integration with other apps is so much more convenient.
I also prefer the stock app. I do have an issue with it, I can't seem to get "push" settings. I have an icloud email address and had push on my iPhone. Is there anyway to get push on this app? Will forwarding to him gmail and using that work?
km8j said:
Does it have true threaded messaging in and out?
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In the default email app settings there is a menu item called "view" under which you have 2 options "standard" and "conversation". The conversation option attempts a threaded view although I am not able to comment on how well the implementation is as I don't use threaded view.
does anyone know why emails from gmail on the native email app (s8+) do not stay deleted? They keep popping up, when marking as read, it does do that fine. (Settings: Gmail Auto, as items are received)
Messages not downloading completely
I just got a Galaxy S8+, and I can't figure out how to get the email app to load the rest of a message. There is one particular sender that I get daily messages from, and for some reason their messages never load completely. On my old S5, I just swiped up, and the app loaded the rest of the message. In the new app, that has no effect.
Any suggestions?
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I just got a Galaxy S8+, and I can't figure out how to get the email app to load the rest of a message. There is one particular sender that I get daily messages from, and for some reason their messages never load completely. On my old S5, I just swiped up, and the app loaded the rest of the message. In the new app, that has no effect.
Any suggestions?
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Try this. Not sure if it is the answer to your issue but give it a go.
Open the email app>menu>click the gear icon>click your email account>scroll down until you see the option "limit retrieval size">select "no limit.