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Google removed apps from phone

Google removed 2 apps from phones.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meld...pp-auf-Smartphones-aus-der-Ferne-1028907.html
These 2 test apps came from TippingPoint to show how easy it is to deliver an unsecure app to a phone. These apps are not dangerous.

Did they give you a refund?
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I think the apps were for free. TippingPoint removed the apps already from the market but a lot of people installed these apps manually.

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Interesting.. This, plus http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20008518-245.html
Both close on the heels of the ipony Fo Gee release. Coincidence?

Haha, that cnet article has been changed now. They found out it was fear-mongering by iPhone fans. For example, a contacts application needs access to your contacts. Sound the alarm, they are stealing my data!

Owning multiple Android devices

Silly question but here goes...
I currently have a Nexus One and I'm planning on buying a XOOM next month (wifi only)
question is: can I log into my XOOM with my current google account (used by my N1) and choose what apps to sync etc.. or will I have to create a new google account entirely, just for the XOOM?
Basically, can you be on 2 android devices at once with the same username from google, or not? Cuz I know if you change phones, you just login and it will re-download apps, bookmarks, settings etc.... but will it recognize the fact that you're on a tablet and sorta create 2 profiles?

You only need one Google account. All of your purchased applications will transfer over and you will have the ability to pick and choose what you'd like to install on either device. From my experience, the auto restore for apps and the rest of your data only occurs when you are using the same device, but I could be wrong. For reference, I'm using an LG Optimus for work and a Nexus S for my personal device.

You only need one account. I'm using my N1 and i have a rogers captivate for work and i can sync everything on both phones. It's great to only have to pay once for my apps and use them on a different phone.

You can definitely do that. I have 3 phones synced to my Google account right now.

The web based Android market seems enabled for just this. It will differentiate devices and you can "send" an app to your specific device.
My guess is its not a problem as Android tablets have been around for months now.

Purchased apps can be used on my phone and tablet. The auto restore seems to be device type specific because when I got a loaner MyTouch 4g, it installed everything that was on my N1 automagically (a little surprising).
On the tablet, purchased apps showed up as purchased, but nothing auto downloaded.
My tablet is Archos so it is not official market supported like the Xoom so it would be interesting to find out about the auto restore but I doubt it will.
Market seems to be pretty good about device type identification.

675 Trip said:
Purchased apps can be used on my phone and tablet. The auto restore seems to be device type specific because when I got a loaner MyTouch 4g, it installed everything that was on my N1 automagically (a little surprising).
On the tablet, purchased apps showed up as purchased, but nothing auto downloaded.
My tablet is Archos so it is not official market supported like the Xoom so it would be interesting to find out about the auto restore but I doubt it will.
Market seems to be pretty good about device type identification.
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The other thing that seems to impact whether or not apps are restored automatically is when you put in your Google account during the activation process. It seems that all of my devices will restore my apps if I put it in immediately after flashing a new ROM or doing a full wipe, but if I skip that process and add it later, the apps are not restored.
Either way, the device will recognize what you've purchased and will automatically sync contacts, calendar, etc. if you choose it to.

We should ask in the xoom section... I just ordered one too and am kinda interested in how this works.
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j.bruha said:
You only need one Google account. All of your purchased applications will transfer over and you will have the ability to pick and choose what you'd like to install on either device. From my experience, the auto restore for apps and the rest of your data only occurs when you are using the same device, but I could be wrong. For reference, I'm using an LG Optimus for work and a Nexus S for my personal device.
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You only need one Google account! I have a DInc nd an Evo and they both are on all the time and never any problems. You should be good to go!

It's not a 'real' tablet experience, per se, but I just activated a second android device on my account. I've been using CM7 on my N1. I loaded a CM7 ROM onto a Nook Color yesterday, and almost all of my market apps came down when I signed in, many of them with settings intact. Both devices are displayed on the My Account -> Settings page on the web market.
I've been managing the app loads on each device separately. So far I have not noticed any cross-contamination of apps or settings from one device to the other. Contacts have remained synced up the whole time.

MitchRapp said:
Silly question but here goes...
I currently have a Nexus One and I'm planning on buying a XOOM next month (wifi only)
question is: can I log into my XOOM with my current google account (used by my N1) and choose what apps to sync etc.. or will I have to create a new google account entirely, just for the XOOM?
Basically, can you be on 2 android devices at once with the same username from google, or not? Cuz I know if you change phones, you just login and it will re-download apps, bookmarks, settings etc.... but will it recognize the fact that you're on a tablet and sorta create 2 profiles?
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when I setup my Xoom yesterday i used the same account as on my mesmerize and it synced
Things like contacts from gmail, emails, and calendar, pretty much the usual google apps.. As far as the other apps, they did not sync in three slightest. The apps which I've paid for show up in my apps so i can download them but they do not do it automatically and I've had to manually download each one and set whether it auto updates or not. As for the other apps
Not a single one even showed as having been on my phone. I guess the rule of thumb is if its a paid app, it will be possible to manually install it from my apps but free apps do not at all carry over.
this is my experience and certainly there is room for improvement... There are apps out there that can do this for us, market quick links is one of those I think. It backs up links for the installed apps so they can be quickly installed on an(other) device...
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Most apps will sync in both places. I had trouble with docs 2 go. Would only register on the device it was first installed (licensing issues). They offered to reassign to the new device but then it wouldn't work on the first one.
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nexusonemeover said:
Most apps will sync in both places. I had trouble with docs 2 go. Would only register on the device it was first installed (licensing issues). They offered to reassign to the new device but then it wouldn't work on the first one.
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I noticed when I was purchasing docs to go that it said it would only work on one device at a time, but i think that unless otherwise specified in the apps tos that it should work for all apps but that some companies want to force a second buy for each device even though I can only user one at a time... Greedy aorta sorta and makes me not wanna use apps like that to discourage devs from taking such actions..
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wow great responses, thanks guys.
I just wanted to make sure... because it would suck to have alllllllllll the apps from my N1 on my XOOM .. I wanna pick which ones. and by picking which ones to keep on XOOM, I didn't want it to "sync" with my N1 and delete them there too!
If they are truly treated as 2 different objects, then perfect!
On a side note, I can't wait for the damn WIFI-only version to come out already!!!

I can confirm that they are all treated differently.
I currently have 3 devices on the go at once and all from the same Google account.
I have the nexus one, nexus s and galaxy tab and I have access to all of my purchased apps on each device without having to install them all......its great!
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MitchRapp said:
wow great responses, thanks guys.
I just wanted to make sure... because it would suck to have alllllllllll the apps from my N1 on my XOOM .. I wanna pick which ones. and by picking which ones to keep on XOOM, I didn't want it to "sync" with my N1 and delete them there too!
If they are truly treated as 2 different objects, then perfect!
On a side note, I can't wait for the damn WIFI-only version to come out already!!!
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I bought mine at retail for full price, and do not plan on using any net other than my home wifi and tethered wifi from my sgs mez if on the go. No breed for a 2nd monthly bill. I would encourage you to purchase it from other than vzw. According to vzw they cannot Add device insurance unless its got a phone no... crappy huh?
How much cheaper do you think wifi only will be and when will it be out?
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MitchRapp said:
wow great responses, thanks guys.
I just wanted to make sure... because it would suck to have alllllllllll the apps from my N1 on my XOOM .. I wanna pick which ones. and by picking which ones to keep on XOOM, I didn't want it to "sync" with my N1 and delete them there too!
If they are truly treated as 2 different objects, then perfect!
On a side note, I can't wait for the damn WIFI-only version to come out already!!!
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I have an N1 and just got a viewsonic g tab. None of my apps automatically installed on the tab using the same google account, but I can confirm that my purchased apps were in the list. If you have a ton of free apps and don't want to dig through the market for them all, you can use a backup app to back them up on your N1 and then copy them over to the tab and restore the ones you want. This saved me a lot of time.
Jon

actually, I didn't want ANY apps to sync at all I want both my devices to be unique, but use the same google account. Looks like I'll be ok!
Thanks for all the responses guys!
As long as my N1 and future XOOM sync contacts/calendar/etc... but not all apps, I'm happy

[Q] Amazon App Store and Android Market

Hey Everyone,
I haven't seen anything on the Epic forums about this yet... so here is my piece.
I got the Amazon app store the other day, and I'm pretty impressed. The most impressive feature, to me, isn't the free app a day... it is the fact that it remembers your purchases/downloads. I've wiped my phone yesterday to start from scratch, and as soon as I reinstalled the Amazon App Store, it asked me if I wanted to view my purchased apps. I clicked each one, they downloaded and installed.
The part I don't get, is why can't the Android Market do the same thing? You are required to put in a user/pass (just like amazon app store)... so what prevents them from at least remembering what apps you've downloaded and provide the links to re-download them? I've used Titanium Backup to back up and restore, but I'm not convinced that it doesn't create problems (phone runs much smoother and with less problems when I don't use Titanium Backup to restore).
I know this was long, and you've probably lost interest already... but if anyone has any info or knowledge on the subject, please chime in!
That is all.

Actually my nexus one does auto restore from android market, so it might be a feature in gingerbread.
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The market does remember your purchese apps. When I had the moment then switched to the epic all the apps I bought came up on this phone when I loged in on to my gmail acc
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Ok, maybe I need to clarify a bit...
I haven't "purchased" any apps from the Android Market or the Amazon App Store. I've downloaded numerous free apps.
I would imagine paid apps get re-linked... but what about the free apps you've purchased?
I've been playing around with ROMS... so after every wipe, I go in to the market... and nothing is there.
If this is a feature in Gingerbread, it will be awesome. I would never worry or hesitate to wipe my phone if I had an issue. It isn't downloading the apps that bother me, it's searching for each one individually.

For some reason the epic doesnt have the back up data thing that aosp phones do.
When you sign in, it automatically redownloads and installs everyapp you had installed.
Also, on market.android.com you can see everything youve downloaded and install it by hand.
I agree that its stupid the epic is missing that feature. My hero running cm6 has it
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DK28 had the app restore feature, not sure why it was removed since.

A_Flying_Fox said:
For some reason the epic doesnt have the back up data thing that aosp phones do.
When you sign in, it automatically redownloads and installs everyapp you had installed.
Also, on market.android.com you can see everything youve downloaded and install it by hand.
I agree that its stupid the epic is missing that feature. My hero running cm6 has it
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Wow, never knew about this. So if I wipe my phone, I can log into market.android.com and it will redownload all of my apps for me? As nice as it would be to have it all on the device, logging in to the website isn't bad at all!

A lot of the reviews of the Amazon Appstore never seem to mention what I personally think is a killer feature: sorting and filtering.
At any step of the way, you can choose to only view 3+/4+/5+ star apps, among other options. As soon as I heard about the new store, before it even came out, I had high hopes for sorting, knowing it's one of the great features of Amazon.com.
Google tends to shun sorting/filtering in favor of typed search queries. You can see this in the almost religious devotion to search in gmail, where sorting by anything but date is impossible without using a third party client--and this limitation is vehemently defended by Gmail supporters.
In this regard, I think Amazon will remain on top. I just don't see Google backpeddling on this philosophy, and the Android Market will remain dominated by algorithms and search queries.

mnanez5280 said:
Wow, never knew about this. So if I wipe my phone, I can log into market.android.com and it will redownload all of my apps for me? As nice as it would be to have it all on the device, logging in to the website isn't bad at all!
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A little off topic but Sense 2.0 ROMS do that also. I've been running Myn's and Mik's Desire Z ports on my Evo and whenever you log back in with your Gmail account all of your apps, paid and free, automatically start downloading to the phone. Pretty neat feature.

Yep, got a Wifi Xoom today, and sure enough about 90% of my installed apps came over...all of my purchased apps are available for redownload.
Same thing happened when I switched from HeroC to Epic.
This re-download was a new feature of 2.2, and you have to have 2.2 and be going to 2.2+ to restore.

Anyone know of a very good bank account monitoring software?

I just came to nexus 7 from iPad 1. Had this great app called 'accounts'. Was wondering if anyone knew of a similar app for android.
What it basically does is allow you to enter you daily transactions. It then organizes them automatically with its great budget and forecast features. It also backs up automatically to dropbox
Here's a link of that app:
http://grahamhaley.co.uk/accounts/
Thanks in advance.
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Here is a really good one that is free. May or may not be what your looking for but is a start. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netgate&feature=search_result
fopoku2k2 said:
I just came to nexus 7 from iPad 1. Had this great app called 'accounts'. Was wondering if anyone knew of a similar app for android.
What it basically does is allow you to enter you daily transactions. It then organizes them automatically with its great budget and forecast features. It also backs up automatically to dropbox
Here's a link of that app:
http://grahamhaley.co.uk/accounts/
Thanks in advance.
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I used this one a while ago, it sounds like this would meet your requirements:
My Money by N.AMRI

Without any doubt the one I use on all of my devices is EasyMoney.
Works well on both phones and tablets.
There are a number of reasons I prefer this over any of the others but one feature in particular is the 'Bill Reminder' at the foot of the main page which takes you to a date formed 'Upcoming Bills'.
This shows all future bills for the next 3 months.
You can get a 30 day trial here.

I use expense manager.
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Uh, how about Mint? The most popular bank account program for Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mint&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

zmattmanz said:
Uh, how about Mint? The most popular bank account program for Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mint&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Mint is okay unless you bank with US Bank or, presumably, any bank that asks security questions periodically as well as remembers the "computer" accessing the account. Mint and US Banks can't seem to get this **** figured out, so therefore Mint is useless with those accounts.
It also categorized credit card transactions very wrong. My Apple Valley Liquor Store purchases (yeah, I like a beer once in a while) it categorized them as "technology purchases" or whatever...I freaked thinking my iTunes account was hacked since it looked like "Apple" to Mint and it truncated the rest of the business name. So, it isn't perfect by any means. Pretty much any Apple Valley anything (in my case) gets marked wrong. It might not affect everyone though.
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I use Mint to keep track of all my charge card purchases. It is great for that. Never wanted to hook it to a bank account.
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Help|First day with the nexus 7

well,i can call it my first android device but not really.
anyway im and iOS guy and i donno **** on here!
How do I transfer apps from my Pc to the tablet?

Why not just use Google Play?

using USB cable?
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Netbloe said:
well,i can call it my first android device but not really.
anyway im and iOS guy and i donno **** on here!
How do I transfer apps from my Pc to the tablet?
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Why do you need to transfer apps? There is no itunes here on Android, all apps loading is done through the app stores. You can however use your computer browser to remotely install apps to your device where ever you are. That's a cool feature.
The only reason to transfer apps would be to install apks you get from the Internet, but you wouldn't be doing that would you?

Welcome to the light side. You can transfer apps (.apk.) files as they are known on android as others have suggested. Personally I have
never found the need. The play store is your best friend. There are tonnes of free/trial apps and games you can dload instantly.
Not to mention the 5 day 25c 25p Google sale. They will change each day for the next few days. I recommend office suite pro on sale at the moment if you want the best office app on android. Usually $15 £10, you can grab it if you are quick for 25 pennies. A few gamers and other apps.
For less than 2quid I managed to grab 7 different apps and games. Looking forward to see whats next on offer in a few hours time.

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The only reason to transfer apps would be to install apks you get from the Internet, but you wouldn't be doing that would you?
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*sigh* There are perfectly legit reasons to be transferring apks; thank God they actually let you rather than just blanketing all unofficial activity as piracy.
Anyways, that's basically the answer for the OP. Apps get remotely installed from the play store with no need for transfer, whereas apks can just be sent and installed if necessary.
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