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Just found that IM is actually quite useful....anyone recommend me the best app for the job ??
(need to cover both Gtalk and MSN, yahoo etc)
which is the best ?
I actually like Trillian. Sure, it's $5 (used to be a free Beta), but it's got a boatload of features, is quick, clean, and integrates perfectly with Trillian for Windows. I can be using it in bed/on the sofa, then go to my PC and the conversation I've just been having is there ready to pick up and carry on, and vice-versa.
Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
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Thanks chaps
TheRedDrake said:
Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
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I second this.
TheRedDrake said:
Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
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I use this one too, but I really dislike the fact, that it changes my quick message, and adds "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger"...
Anyone knows how to remove this?
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I actually like Trillian. Sure, it's $5 (used to be a free Beta), but it's got a boatload of features, is quick, clean, and integrates perfectly with Trillian for Windows. I can be using it in bed/on the sofa, then go to my PC and the conversation I've just been having is there ready to pick up and carry on, and vice-versa.
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tried Trillian
Liked the look of it but had issues with it not letting me log into Yahoo, i could set my account ok but it would only connect for a micro second then diconnect, msn and google worked well tho.
shame
using Meebo at the moment as an alternative.
Also didnt like Nimbuzz much either
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I use this one too, but I really dislike the fact, that it changes my quick message, and adds "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger"...
Anyone knows how to remove this?
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If you use Facebook chat it posts "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger" as your Facebook status without your permission. That's the one annoying reason why I stopped using it and switched to nimbuzz!
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It depends on what you're after I guess in a client. I have Meebo IM, MSN talk and eBuddy.
Meebo IM and eBuddy have more client support. But as an MSN client alone, MSN talk is very hard to beat in my opinion.
Try IM+ and IMO.
After I tried all, they have proven to be most reliable and stable.
And have support for all IM services.
Peace
Mercury MSN Messenger is the BEST for MSN.
- MSN Features:
File transfer
Voice clips
Group chat
Invisible signin
Multiple MSN accounts
Logging to sdcard
Offline messaging
Show current song (MSN Now playing)
Improved Launcher (Widget)
Fling (or swipe) between contact lists and conversations
Events notification (message received, contact signed in)
Notifications: status bar, vibrate, audio, led
Chat with your MSN and Yahoo contacts
- Other Features:
Multiple languages
Start on phone boot
Very stable and regular updates
I'm using Ebuddy because it integrates all Chat Clients (FB, MSN, Yahoo, etc.), got a good UI. Had no problem yet regarding to facebook posts like "online with ebuddy", did never posted it. Only drawback I would say is that you cannot send files (corrent me if I am wrong), for instance you cannot take a picture while you are in the chat window and send it. Nimbuzz could do it (used it before), but its quite big (5mb).
Any one confirm any usb printers or any luck with wireless ones?
Thanks
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i personally havent seen any "PRINT" button or any settings to confirm any support for printers..
but!
you can download some apps, that will give you the option to send a file to printer, as i recall it.
Man that's lame just tried and your right no option or button to even print :-( lame. But I guess if you could send a doc or whatever to a printer that's fine but you have to have a networked printer which again sucks
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I didn't know how much I missed printing from android since I couldn't do it. Yet Friday I updated my phone to the HTC EVO 3D from Sprint, and with android 2.3 on it I found Print options in email, the browser, the gallery, the contacts app, the calendar, and I'm sure it is there in a few more apps. Tapping on it the first time it went looking for wireless printers, and it found my Canon MP640. I selected it, and since then I've been able to send emails, email attachments, photos, contact sheets, calendar events, web pages, etc., to my printer over WiFi. They print out as if they had come from my PC. I can print one or all or any specific pages from a multi-page job. Franky I'm stunned at how well it works!
Now why can't we do this from Honeycomb?
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I didn't know how much I missed printing from android since I couldn't do it. Yet Friday I updated my phone to the HTC EVO 3D from Sprint, and with android 2.3 on it I found Print options in email, the browser, the gallery, the contacts app, the calendar, and I'm sure it is there in a few more apps. Tapping on it the first time it went looking for wireless printers, and it found my Canon MP640. I selected it, and since then I've been able to send emails, email attachments, photos, contact sheets, calendar events, web pages, etc., to my printer over WiFi. They print out as if they had come from my PC. I can print one or all or any specific pages from a multi-page job. Franky I'm stunned at how well it works!
Now why can't we do this from Honeycomb?
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I didn't know how much I missed printing from android since I couldn't do it. Yet Friday I updated my phone to the HTC EVO 3D from Sprint, and with android 2.3 on it I found Print options in email, the browser, the gallery, the contacts app, the calendar, and I'm sure it is there in a few more apps. Tapping on it the first time it went looking for wireless printers, and it found my Canon MP640. I selected it, and since then I've been able to send emails, email attachments, photos, contact sheets, calendar events, web pages, etc., to my printer over WiFi. They print out as if they had come from my PC. I can print one or all or any specific pages from a multi-page job. Franky I'm stunned at how well it works!
Now why can't we do this from Honeycomb?
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most likely something htc added, cant market to businees people if you cant print your documents. Google needs to get something out there soon
BrianDigital said:
most likely something htc added, cant market to businees people if you cant print your documents. Google needs to get something out there soon
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Hopefully in 3.2? I mean these tablets would be amazing with native print support in android... I dont get it
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I use PrintShare. It prints over wifi to my canon wireless printer.
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I use PrintShare. It prints over wifi to my canon wireless printer.
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That would work if I had a wireless printer. I'm going to try Google cloud and print share I think was the app...
Edit: just set up and can confirm working is Google cloud print. First have chromium installed on your computer and your printer setup and installed obviously follow Google cloud print setup then download cloud print beta from market sign in with your same Google account refresh so it finds your printer and print test page and in a few seconds your printer should be printing. You can use the share function and select cloud print to print almost anything.
Enjoy
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I'm debating on buying a NST and rooting it and I was wondering what you guys use yours for? What apps do you use?
Truthfully? It's a techie toy that I like playing with. I'm enthralled with the idea of doing so much with what is, essentially, a disposable device. Not that I'm throwing mine away, but I'm willing to risk things with it that I wouldn't consider doing to a more expensive gizmo.
The big draw of the NST for me is the outdoor-readable screen. I'm relegating it to the role of my "beach computer", something I can grab and take along easily, yet get a few important things done when needed. Those are:
1. Reading. I use the stock B&N app, as I find it just fine for basic .epub files. I use the B&N Library for organizing files.
2. Email. I'm using maildroid for corporate (Exchange), gmail and IMAP access (total, 4 accounts). I don't use the Gmail app at all. On demand to save battery.
3. Calendar viewing. Calendar pad lets me see any calendars I sync to Google Calendar. Unfortunately, I can't find a 2.1 Eclair-compatible program that will integrate my Exchange calendar and contacts. Enhanced Email is ideal, but only runs on 2.2+.
4. Tasks. I use Astrid tasks. On demand to save battery.
5. Subscriptions. In addition to a few B&N magazine subscriptions, I have Calibre set up on my home system to download content for a number of newspapers and magazines each night. Those are dumped into a Dropbox folder that I sync to my NST on demand using Dropsync. They all show up in the B&N Library under "Newsstand", complete with pretty covers.
6. Notes. I use Evernote to sync between my other devices. Given the small keyboard on the NST, I'll probably mostly use this to view notes, though I can punch them in on the NST in a pinch.
7. Newsfeed aggregation. I like My6Sense.
8. Casual (infrequent) web browing. Opera Mobile works, but it's no joy to use given the device limitations. Still, in a pinch, it works pretty well.
9. Voicemail. I read my voicemails transcribed by Google Voice. I suppose I could send SMS text messages, but I haven't done much with this. On demand to save battery.
10. Weather. On demand to save battery. I use WeatherBug.
11. Password safe. I use Keepass, synchronized with other devices via Dropsync.
I've also found it handily replaces that stack of magazines on the coffee table, so I keep it laying around the family room when not otherwise in use.
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8. Casual (infrequent) web browing. Opera Mobile works, but it's no joy to use given the device limitations. Still, in a pinch, it works pretty well.
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What do you mean "device limitations? With the norefresh hack isn't it relatively quick?
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What do you mean "device limitations? With the norefresh hack isn't it relatively quick?
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Mostly the small screen size and poor contrast. I haven't found lack of multitouch to be a problem with Opera Mobile (yet). The flicker is annoying, but tolerable. It certainly works on a technical level, and it's fine in a pinch, but I wouldn't call it my "preferred browsing experience". Non-techies will be unimpressed. However, if it allows you to check a reservation when something else isn't around, it's well worth it.
For Opera, you can use a custom CSS file. I recall a thread that had a really nice CSS file that covered most everything on websites.
Questions don't belong in development. Thread has been moved.
reading : Nook original reader, unless I need to buy a book in which case I have to use the kindle app (I don't have a US credit card so I can't buy from B&N)
The only other thing I'm doing with it for now is running Anki, a flashcard program that helps me to learn Chinese (but can be used to learn anything), it's free and synced automaticaly with an online server so it downloads the latest flashcards you wrote on say your computer. (and it also sync. your progress in memorizing stuff)
in the future I'd love to turn my nook into an outdoors computer for text input, and to take notes in class by managing the usbhost function and using an external keyboard, not quite there yet but that's what I'm really excited about
bobstro said:
2. Email. I'm using maildroid for corporate (Exchange), gmail and IMAP access (total, 4 accounts). I don't use the Gmail app at all. On demand to save battery.
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Have you been able to disable sync on the GMail app? I cannot seem to access Account Settings on the GMail app. It does a soft reset when I access Menu->Account Settings for the account.
I was wondering if it is possible to sync on demand for the GMail app.
Am on TouchNooter.
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Have you been able to disable sync on the GMail app? I cannot seem to access Account Settings on the GMail app. It does a soft reset when I access Menu->Account Settings for the account.
I was wondering if it is possible to sync on demand for the GMail app.
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I am able to get into Account Settings on mine, but all I did was turn off notifications. Not sure if that disables the polling. I did finally freeze it using Titanium Backup to make sure. I don't use the gmail app at all.
Freeze is a good idea if you have Titanium Backup Pro, I finally just renamed Gmail.apk.
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for me, main thing I need is to read RTL language, as I have lots of Arabic books, and NST is not supporting this natively. I had to root it to get moon+ reader to read Arabic.
Hi guys!
I am a happy android user on a galaxy nexus. I was waiting for the nexus 4 but I live in Italy and it is going to sell for about 600€ versus the 350$ so I'm pretty disappointed. I started looking around and I'm curious about the new WP8 and, especially, the Lumia 920. I haven't had a Nokia in ages!
The deal breaker is the app eco system.
I am a big Google services user and have understood that there is total sync capability while I m still undecided on the app part.
Is there a site with a list where I can find the most common apps or app categories on android and see if there is a counter part in wp 8?
My last resort would be going on the windows market place and just look around.
Thank you!
PS I searched in the forum but wasn't able to find anything very specific
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The best thing to do is search the marketplace yourself. You will find apps for almost everything you do on android, except those rendered useless by the system (in WP, system apps are actually doing a pretty damn good job and do not require replacement from the marketplace), but they are likely under different names, so a list would be very difficult and pointless to compile.
I switched from Android to Windows Phone 8 and i have everything i used on Android. Sure i miss some apps, like PowerAMP; Google+, a good Facebook App and a AD Blocker app. But i can life without them. There are some apps as well which sucks like WhatsApp, but i guess WhatsApp is goin to fix that soon.
What are your favorite apps on Android ?
I consider essential apps like
Google reader,
adobe reader,
kindle,
evernote,
medscape,
epocrates,
Dropbox,
whatsapp (I barely eve use SMS'),
And of course Google maps
I'm a doctor so I use a lot of medical apps but seeing the shortage on android vs iOS I bell believe wp8 only to be worse...
I have to ask what is the point of using Evernote as in Windows environment you have OneNote? You sync your OneNotes automatically to your Outlook (or Live/Hotmail) account and can sync to desktop.
Well, first of all I don't have a Microsoft environment (I have a Mac, galaxy nexus, iPad and nexus 7!) and second I have never had a windows phone so I really don't know how all the syncing works!
Since I work on different platforms I use drop box for documents and evernote for notes and everything is always perfectly synced!
mrc87 said:
I consider essential apps like
Google reader,
adobe reader,
kindle,
evernote,
medscape,
epocrates,
Dropbox,
whatsapp (I barely eve use SMS'),
And of course Google maps
I'm a doctor so I use a lot of medical apps but seeing the shortage on android vs iOS I bell believe wp8 only to be worse...
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Not sure what Google reader does, but it is not needed.
Adobe reader is present
Kindle is present
Evernote is present, although you have one note.
Drop box is present (although you have skydrive)
whatsapp is not needed
Google maps is not needed (you have offline maps: nokia maps)
As for other medical apps, i am not entirely sure what kind of medical apps you would expect to have, but there's plenty of WP ones.
Even if you use a MAC< getting a Microsoft account and using hotmail/outlook is easy(you only need a browser).
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Not sure what Google reader does, but it is not needed.
Adobe reader is present
Kindle is present
Evernote is present, although you have one note.
Drop box is present (although you have skydrive)
whatsapp is not needed
Google maps is not needed (you have offline maps: nokia maps)
As for other medical apps, i am not entirely sure what kind of medical apps you would expect to have, but there's plenty of WP ones.
Even if you use a MAC< getting a Microsoft account and using hotmail/outlook is easy(you only need a browser).
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Why do say that whatsapp is not needed?
Google reader is a RSS feed app
I already have a hotmail account, I just prefer to use less accounts possible (I know, I can filter and forward messages!)
I prefer Dropbox because all my friends and colleagues have it so it is just easier to handle files.
Off topic: just went to see a Lumia 920 and it looks really nice!
I think "WhatsApp not needed" is a typo. WP has WhatsApp and they are about to update it too.
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WP is like Android. MS wants you to have Outlook/Hotmail/Live email address to access marketplace etc. So you need to have the account. You dont need to sync the emails to your phone if you dont want. Also you use that account to connect with Twitter and Facebook chat. With that account you get SkyDrive space of I think 7gb for free (I got it upgraded to 25gb for free, but that offer is not valid anymore)
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Why do say that whatsapp is not needed?
Google reader is a RSS feed app
I already have a hotmail account, I just prefer to use less accounts possible (I know, I can filter and forward messages!)
I prefer Dropbox because all my friends and colleagues have it so it is just easier to handle files.
Off topic: just went to see a Lumia 920 and it looks really nice!
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Dropbox is present and accounted for.
As for RSS feed apps, you have plenty. Google is not really active in Windows Phone area, as they will do everything to undermine the platform.
As for using accounts, Windows Phone has a very clean way of managing accounts. Just add them one by one, and you get different apps for each one of them, they are all nicely filtered and stuff like that. You can easily make a hotmail account for the marketplace and keep using your old accounts for the rest of the things you do.
ATM i have 3 accounts attached to my lumia 800: My "marketplace" account which happens to be my main email address, my developer account, under which i publish apps, and some yahoo email for family members. They are all working nicely.
@OP that's kind of a hard question. The apps depends on each user. Some people don't use any while others depend on very specific apps.
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Is there any good app that plays AVI or MKV files? for Android, there's MX player is there an equivalent app for W8?
I use Nextgen Reader for the Google reader app. Works better than the Google app on Android imo.
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Is there any good app that plays AVI or MKV files? for Android, there's MX player is there an equivalent app for W8?
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So far, there are no apps that let you play alternative formats/containers.
Regarding the OP: I can't find any medical apps on the marketplace, I'm sorry
You need a Microsoft account but you do not need another hotmail account. My Microsoft account is my corporate email address.
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shield001 said:
You need a Microsoft account but you do not need another hotmail account. My Microsoft account is my corporate email address.
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What, are you saying I could use my o365 account? I dont think so but please say Im wring here. My o365 account is configured so that my address is [email protected].
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What, are you saying I could use my o365 account? I dont think so but please say Im wring here. My o365 account is configured so that my address is [email protected].
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You can definitely use your O365 account for e-mail, etc.; if you also have a Microsoft Account (a.k.a. .Net Passport/Windows Live/other names it's gone by in the past) set up using that same e-mail address, you can use it as your main account that's tied to the Store, etc. to buy apps and whatnot. I was doing exactly that for a while ([email protected] hosted on Office365 and also tied in as a Microsoft Account). I'm no longer using Office365 to host that e-mail (just moved it to outlook.com for free since it's a personal account), but it's still my Microsoft Account. It all ties together nicely with whatever combination of accounts you use.
I was just looking at the app list for wp8 and its getting better.
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I consider essential apps like
Google reader,
adobe reader,
kindle,
evernote,
medscape,
epocrates,
Dropbox,
whatsapp (I barely eve use SMS'),
And of course Google maps
I'm a doctor so I use a lot of medical apps but seeing the shortage on android vs iOS I bell believe wp8 only to be worse...
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Being a 4th year pharmacy student I can answer your medical application questions. There is no epocrates, medscape, lexicomp, clinical pharmacology, etc...
But there is a PubMed Mobile not made by them as far as I can tell. Just shows you search results and then when you click one it takes you to the website. Found an application called Drugs&Medications it's a dollar and tells you facts about drugs (company, dosage form, common indications, and links you to the FDA website didn't buy it so can't fact check it).
That being said I found some applications from http://www.unboundmedicine.com/products/windows_phone/ on the store.
So yes you're right it is worse. I've already accepted that I'll have to switch to an iPhone for my rotations lol.
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You can definitely use your O365 account for e-mail, etc.; if you also have a Microsoft Account (a.k.a. .Net Passport/Windows Live/other names it's gone by in the past) set up using that same e-mail address, you can use it as your main account that's tied to the Store, etc. to buy apps and whatnot. I was doing exactly that for a while ([email protected] hosted on Office365 and also tied in as a Microsoft Account). I'm no longer using Office365 to host that e-mail (just moved it to outlook.com for free since it's a personal account), but it's still my Microsoft Account. It all ties together nicely with whatever combination of accounts you use.
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Anyway if you could tie marketplace to o365 account, you still need Live (Hotmail or Outlook etc) to connect with Facebook chat and twitter. It is still best to have the Live account as main account and other accounts like o365 secondary.
I must not be searching correctly, because I figured this would be a common problem with a simple solution. As the title suggests, I can't print with Cloud Print. I know I have it set up correctly on my google account, because I can print from my iPad, etc.
If I try to print from the Chrome or Gmail app, I select "Print" and nothing happens -- no errors, nothing. I installed the Cloud Print app from the play store, Cloud Print appears as one of the print services, when I click on the cloud print service, I see my connected printers, but I'm unable to print from Chrome, Gmail, etc. I've been searching for a fix for 2 days, and can't figure it out.
I've also tried uninstalling/reinstalling Cloud Print, clearing the cache, installing Cloud Print Plus, turning the cloud print service off then back on and countless other things.
I'm running XtreStoLite 1.35a on a G900T.
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I must not be searching correctly, because I figured this would be a common problem with a simple solution. As the title suggests, I can't print with Cloud Print. I know I have it set up correctly on my google account, because I can print from my iPad, etc.
If I try to print from the Chrome or Gmail app, I select "Print" and nothing happens -- no errors, nothing. I installed the Cloud Print app from the play store, Cloud Print appears as one of the print services, when I click on the cloud print service, I see my connected printers, but I'm unable to print from Chrome, Gmail, etc. I've been searching for a fix for 2 days, and can't figure it out.
I've also tried uninstalling/reinstalling Cloud Print, clearing the cache, installing Cloud Print Plus, turning the cloud print service off then back on and countless other things.
I'm running XtreStoLite 1.35a on a G900T.
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I'm having the same issue on my Sony Z3 COmpact. Did you found a solution?
cyphomatic said:
I'm having the same issue on my Sony Z3 COmpact. Did you found a solution?
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Unfortunately no. Cloud Print works from my iPad though.
Hi,
I'm having quite the same problem on my Galaxy Tab Pro 3 and on my Galaxy S5.
With the same network and the same software, everything is working fine with a Google Nexus 10
The file to be print seems to be correctly prepared on the phone (or on the tablet) but is not sent to Google Drive or Google Cloud Print.
I've an error message but it's not very useful it just says (translated from French to English as I own French products) :
Printing error for "name of file to be printed"
I've extensively searched the net but nobody seems to use Google Cloud Print on Samsung Galaxy products ....
Sorry for my poor English.
ctve said:
I've an error message but it's not very useful it just says (translated from French to English as I own French products) :
Printing error for "name of file to be printed"
I've extensively searched the net but nobody seems to use Google Cloud Print on Samsung Galaxy products ....
Sorry for my poor English.
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Does Cloud Print work from your computer or another device? If not, it might have something to do with the printer or printer's connection to Cloud Print.
I can print from my iPad, computer and from the Drive app on my phone, so I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the ROM.
Yes, Cloud Print work perfectly well from my computers (various models) and from another Tablet (Google Nexus 10).
The problem is only encountered with my Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 3 and with my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone.
On my Galaxy Tab Pro 3 the error message is sent from the printer spooler of the Tab.
Found solution for me. Another app printspooler was deactivated. All good now.
Great info, thanks.
How did you reactivate it? I checked Titanium Backup and I don't see that app. Is it something I have to install? I couldn't find it in the play store. Is in an Aroma addon?
SOLVED!
I added the Samsung Print Service (something like that) in Aroma. FYI, I was able to freeze HP Print Service Plugin in Titanium and everything still worked. Thanks cyphomatic for pointing me in the right direction.