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This is not exactly a vibrant specific question, but since I have a vibrant and I don't know where else to post it.
If I buy a paid app in the market (I have never bought one before), and then I root the phone (delete everything on it) or change the phone how do I get those paid apps back without paying for them again?

They always show up under your "downloads" and you can download them again at any time.
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chastbi said:
They always show up under your "downloads" and you can download them again at any time.
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but how if I have never create an account how does the market know that I Bought that app.
with my ipad it's ok. since I have to create an account to buy apps. So I get it, but with the android I don't understand since I haven't create any account to buy apps in the android market

You have to create a gmail account to even access the market. I dunno how you would've bypassed this...
And rooting the phone won't delete anything on it
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disturkis4u said:
You have to create a gmail account to even access the market. I dunno how you would've bypassed this...
And rooting the phone won't delete anything on it
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^ its flashing custom roms that "deletes" apps... you have to have a Google account, the app will permanently be on your account and you can re-download the app anytime.

The apps are tied to your Google account, so there's no need to create sone sort of new account for the market. They will always be under downloads on any Android phone you will get.
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thank you guys, now I know how it works so its throught my google account he LoL sorry for be ignorant I just know the there will be a some custom room flashes for my vibrant in the future and didn't want to lose my apps.

Cloud storage

Do you use cloud storage?
If yes, which one?
I know DropBox, does it has Honeycomb optimized app?
Wonder which others are using and if it has optimized Honeycomb app.

FWIW I read something the other day, mentioning that Samsung are soon to announce their own cloud service. That explains the lack of MicroSD slots.
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I'm using DropBox & SugarSync. So far no issues.

Im using Google music beta
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But you can only store music files, not others like doc zip etc.
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Im using Google music beta
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Google Music, Google Movies, Google Docs, and DropBox is what comes to mind for me.
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cdf3 said:
I'm using DropBox & SugarSync. So far no issues.
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Me too, both seem to work fine on the 10.1.

No Facebook Notifications since latest update

Running deck rom and matr1x kernel
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Are your sync settings enabled?
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I get facebook notifications, but when I select them, the app does not launch :/. Haven't reinstalled since I'm not that bothered TBF

Has facebook notifications every worked consistently on any phone? Perhaps uninstall the app and reinstall
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Not to be off topic or anything but I always disable the Facebook notifications and use Gmail instead. Its way better and you get notified every time...no problems.
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I like the gmail idea, but I don't want loads of extra stuff in that particular account. Is there another workaround?

Try FriendCaster for Android?
Free: https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.senab.blueNotifyFree&feature=search_result
Paid: https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.senab.blueNotify&feature=search_result

zephiK said:
Try FriendCaster for Android?
Free: https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.senab.blueNotifyFree&feature=search_result
Paid: https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.senab.blueNotify&feature=search_result
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Yeah, seems better for notifications.
Uninstalled Facebook app.
Thanks for the tip.

Transfer data from iPhone to Galaxy S3?

Hey everyone! This is my first post to xda. I have had an iPhone since it's first release. I've owned every generation up to the 4s. Anyway, I've finally decided to make the switch to Android. I think the Galaxy S3 is an incredible device and I am quickly falling in love with it. That being said, I am having a hard time finding a way to transfer my data from the iPhone to the S3. I would like to transfer my:
Contacts
Pictures
Messages (sms and mms)
Email accounts
I know that Samsung released an app for this named "Easy Phone Sync", but it is only available in the UK to download. Other similar apps only seem to sync itunes music and play lists. And not the contacts or messages. Could anyone please help me on how to make this switch? I'd really appreciate it.
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If you said the Samsung app is only available in UK, google the apk and install it yourself
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Thank you for your fast reply. I did try this and wasn't able to find the apk to install.
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easyphonesync dot com
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxysync.android.app however it says it cannot be installed in my country. UK only. :/
I use a Mac and had my contacts synced to Address Book, so I ended up syncing that with google. That takes care of the contacts. Could also copy the contacts to the sim, if youre going to use the same sim.
Photos I had syncing with iphoto, so if I want I could just copy the pictures to Dropbox and copy them over to the phone.
Email accounts I just put them in manually. @me accounts can work with imap and is working on my device.
SMS/MMS I lost which isnt a big deal for me.
*edited for the apps not working outside the UK.

It says it is only available for download in the UK. It won't let me download. Is there a way to be able to download UK apps?
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On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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sabre31 said:
On your PC do a sync with itunes from your iPhone, and also do a back up in case your iPhone backups to iCloud.
Once you have that done download and install Samsung Kies it should detect you have an apple device backup and it will read that in and allow you to transfer the items you ask for into your Samsung galaxy s3 phone. This is the easiest way. No need to download any other apps.
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For music its not so good. The transfer speed is slooooooow..lol

Music I would do it through the itunes, air twist in angroid. The contacts I would import them to Gmail account since android is based on google. Pictures can be upload. To the cloud. Other options is that any authorized store can sync everything on your phone
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try out MoboRobo, it performs some sync operations between iPhone and Android - http://is.gd/VvSEDm

Good wifi file manager?

Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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derek210 said:
Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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Drop box?
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Dropbox all the way

Sorry I should have gave more info, it's for music. Mostly flac files. I don't want to stream that much lol my data plan would be shot. Since I have a lot of music and download some straight from my phone and do a lot of work to rename folders and songs it would be nice to have it update on both but not were I have to stream them.
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delete

For anyone looking for this I found an awesome one. Cheetah sync is what I just started using. You can choose to sync from computer to phone, phone to computer or two way. It's free but it looks like you have to pay 2.99 after a trial period.
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Titanium Backup (worth the money) has a media sync add-on that sounds like it would do what you want. I haven't tried it (don't need it).
It does require root, but that's already done

If you have a file server set up (or you have "shared folders" set up in Windows) AndSMB works really well.
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What about titanium media sync?
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I thought about trying titanium media sync but wasn't sure if it's what I was looking for. Haven't heard of andsmb. Cheetah sync seems to be working well. It is nice because I can choose to 2 way sync where if I have deleted a duplicate or added tags or changed a song title it will update on the computer as well
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derek210 said:
Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
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FolderSync

Airdroid
Personally I use AirDroid, and I love it for syncing music/movies and whatnot. You can change up files on there also.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0.

I'm using airdroid too, it's not a syncing service, but it gets the job done. As happy as I am switching back to an android device,I really miss iTunes sync, even the tethered sync beats anything I've found for android.
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The App you are looking for is BtSync http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html
It can sync folder between multiple devices, it can sync files through wifi LAN or through internet, there is option to sync through wifi only.
BtSynce is available for Android, windows, linux, mac and even for NAS devices :good:
Its very efficient in syncing large multimedia files, also its free.

Google drive?
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