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BB messenger-like app for android

I've been searching around for something like this. All it needs is phone signal. This would be convenient when I'm in another country. So yeah, are there any apps like this? Paid included

The ones i can think of are the ebuddy, im+, meebo and imeasy

yeah but those require data connection. BB messenger doesnt, it sorta like has its own private network

But then wouldnt you need a connection to the BBM servers? Which most likely means u need a cellular or data connection.
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U can try whatsapp very nice
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You definitely need a data plan for BBM it just used signifigantly less data than most cause it does all the thinking n rendering on blackberries end.
On that note, the bad news is that there is definitely nothing comparable in android. Check ebuddy but you're still going to need a data plan, even with a BB.
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Try kik messenger, I dont think you need a internet connection for it, I use it all the time. It's in the android market, and its free.

They all use either a data connection or sms as far as I know. What other ways are even possible? Using the GPS to send it over a satellite, or ultra far reaching bt/wifi...
PS:The last sentence is sarcasm...

google talk

Julian2103 said:
I've been searching around for something like this. All it needs is phone signal. This would be convenient when I'm in another country. So yeah, are there any apps like this? Paid included
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BBM uses an internet/data connection to acces BB's servers. You therefore need a data connection/plan to use BBM.
If you're looking for something similar, try the Ping/Pingchat app - it's cross platform (BB, iPhone, Droid) and works in a similar way to BBM (using Ping's own server network).
You'll still require a data connection (need not be wifi, or 3g for that matter) - so you ay even want to stick with something you already use on your computer (google chat, msn, skype etc via multi IMs like Nimbuzz, Fring...the later two can use Skypeout to make VOIP calls)

All apps need a data connection
WhatsApp is your best option. However, it's still in closed beta for Android. When it is released, you will be able to chat with iPhone, BB, Symbian, and Android users by just having their phone number in your phone book.

Google Talk!

Oh I see. I was under the impression that bb messenger works over cellular networks because it has its own network. Thanks for the clarification guys. Mehh blackberry step aside for android
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vivalamoza said:
U can try whatsapp very nice
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i've just got the invitation to use it ,installed it and it sends to iphone but not receiving

New Galaxy S3 has reached monthly mobile data limit in 24 hours!

After 2 years with trusty Nokia N8 I took delivery of an S3 with ICS on T-mobile here in UK yesterday with 750mb monthly data plan, more than I have ever used before on the Nokia.
I spend much of yesterday downloading Android updates and Apps on my home wifi, no problem.
This morning on 3G i get the warning I have reached my 750mb limit... in 24 hours!
The culprits are background data downloads by Opera Browser (Turbo Mode) 351mb and Android OS background 301 mb.
I have no idea what is going on especially the Opera Browser as I had only browsed a few pages.
Could somebody help me please to identify what might be going on. My first 24 hours with the lovely S3 is turning into a nightmare!
Thanks.

Does the Opera browser try to cache future web pages you may visit in turbo mode, thus using your monthly data?
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Do you have background data on?
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Remove that opera, and limit the playstore to wifi only in the playstore settings.
Turn the data limit option on and set it to x MB per day / month to control it.

Did the data usage so on the phone give you the warning or did it come from your service provider?
Sometimes i transfer things with samba through wifi to my pc, and my phone reads it as data usage.
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Skander1998 said:
Remove that opera, and limit the playstore to wifi only in the playstore settings.
Turn the data limit option on and set it to x MB per day / month to control it.
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how do I limit daily usage and not monthly?

ooooh u bought the s3 ouch. best off leavin wifi on or disabling background data and auto sync when on 3g
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You can't. Only monthly.
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Use some guys apps from the play store like traffic data, etc for daily limiting
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Check opera settings and check if it's trying to cache webpages on mobile data, and for the AndroidOS settings, disable sync for your google account and just sync it when you are at home manually, also check other sync settings, see if they are seen as "AndroidOS" not the app also disable Samsung account sync.
And on a limited plan be sure the mobile data limit is set to make sure there are no unexpected fees.
And finally, on the data usage page press the menu capacitive button and check "restrict background data" this will ensure there is no data being transfered in the background unless you are on WiFi, for example your google account will not sync out and about, but it will once you connect to WiFi.

thank you for all these quick responses. To answer questions. I have since switched off background data as soon as i found out. T mobile website not yet able to show my usage to see if phone mistook wifi use for 3g. Opera turbo is supposed to shrink data before it gets to phone. It shrunk 1.7gb to 244mb goodness knows why so much. I was just browsing help forums. Is gt normal for 301mb of android os background to go on on day two ofowning phone?many thanks. Typed from tiny Nokia n8 screen

scotsmantom said:
thank you for all these quick responses. To answer questions. I have since switched off background data as soon as i found out. T mobile website not yet able to show my usage to see if phone mistook wifi use for 3g. Opera turbo is supposed to shrink data before it gets to phone. It shrunk 1.7gb to 244mb goodness knows why so much. I was just browsing help forums. Is gt normal for 301mb of android os background to go on on day two ofowning phone?many thanks. Typed from tiny Nokia n8 screen
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My usage from 14th Oct to today (so 2 days) is 198MB, which is including everything, background data is about 56.66MB, that includes Android OS, dropbox, skype and a few more apps.
Depending on the apps installed you could see some huge background data numbers. As for your browser I would swap Opera for Firefox or chrome, chrome for me has used 150KB background data for me and caching websites is only done over wifi by default.

Dont know if you're using Picassa as well? I've heard this can also be one of the culprits when syncing...
I dont use it myself so dont know..

Lol, sync Picasa album should be the culprit, turn it off
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on my i9305 i havent set any limits and only used 771mb in 10 days. and ive used the phone for updates etc

picasa raped me once.
just restricted its use to wifi.
luckily for you (and me!) T-Mobile don't charge anything if you go over limit and they still let you browse, email, facebook, tweet etc. only restrict streaming videos!

lozfromcorby said:
picasa raped me once.
just restricted its use to wifi.
luckily for you (and me!) T-Mobile don't charge anything if you go over limit and they still let you browse, email, facebook, tweet etc. only restrict streaming videos!
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Hmm restricting streaming videos would be a bad thing for me, love watching youtube on the bus lol

Many thanks for prompt replies. I have taken on board all replies to avoid this again. No more opera or background update on 3g. Thanks very much

MyAT&T app?

I have 2 services with AT&T, moble and Uverse Internet and they are linked together under one account. When using the app MyAT&T when I log in I see access to my Uverse account info but I can not find any info on Moble service. At one time it seemed when I started app it listed both my services info. Does anyone using this app know how access multiple AT&T services with this app?
Thanks
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I have 2 services with AT&T, moble and Uverse Internet and they are linked together under one account. When using the app MyAT&T when I log in I see access to my Uverse account info but I can not find any info on Moble service. At one time it seemed when I started app it listed both my services info. Does anyone using this app know how access multiple AT&T services with this app?
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BTTT
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RonH54 said:
I have 2 services with AT&T, moble and Uverse Internet and they are linked together under one account. When using the app MyAT&T when I log in I see access to my Uverse account info but I can not find any info on Moble service. At one time it seemed when I started app it listed both my services info. Does anyone using this app know how access multiple AT&T services with this app?
Thanks
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Have u tried logging in with ur mobile number or do u use a username to log in ? I only have wireless with them and I only use my .mobile number to log in not sure how to see both but its just a thought to see if it helps bring up ur wireless that way
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oddspec said:
Have u tried logging in with ur mobile number or do u use a username to log in ? I only have wireless with them and I only use my .mobile number to log in not sure how to see both but its just a thought to see if it helps bring up ur wireless that way
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Yes In have tried that but since I created this ATT Access ID which you have to have to Link accounts I can't log in that way. Before I added the Uverse internet service I used this App and logged in using my phone Number and I could get my Mobile info. I went though 5 levels of Online agents yesterday and finally they just gave a number to call which is just the regular ATT 800 number and the CSR on the phone said that they were doing some system work but I not really sure that the case. I had ask each level of agents I had chatted with online if there system upgrades going on and they told there were but it had no effect on my problem and was talking to 2nd and 3rd level Techs.I had one agent tell me he knew the problem but he did not have access to correct it(WTF). So I really got no idea what going on but I do feel I know a whole a lot more than 90% of ATT CSRs.

Samsung - please fix the Email app

I am using the native email app for my exchange account. It is useless..
1. Keeps force closing
2. Whenever I try to move a message to a folder it keeps loading then closes
I was hoping it would fix with the new OTA update but not luck.
I am using N900 model.

I actually have the same problem but on a S800 version of the phone.
I've tried clearing the cache, removing my account and a lot of different things.
I am rooted, use a different dpi than stock but via xposed it is stock dpi. It never worked w/o fcing the first time I open it, even before I was rooted even.
If I want to read an email I open the app, it fc's, then I open it again and all is fine...
Would be nice of anyone had an answer or fix for this.
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Which means it's there on n9005 also!
Have you tried flashing one of the ROMs? Maybe it works fine in those?

Something causes the crashes and I suspect it's folder naming related and is depended on the local language. I thing even if I don't have the problem we must somehow contact sammy for this.
You have the problem in normal pop3 accounts or exchange accounts only?
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BlueChris said:
Something causes the crashes and I suspect it's folder naming related and is depended on the local language. I thing even if I don't have the problem we must somehow contact sammy for this.
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Interestingly it wasn't there in GS4 or note 2
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Aha so it's a bug in Android 4.3 or something then.
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BlueChris said:
Aha so it's a bug in Android 4.3 or something then.
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Not too sure... Works fine on my HTC which is running Android 4.3

I have zero problem with the email app. 2 exchange accounts on it. So maybe it is indeed something about your particulars accounts.

remiotte said:
I have zero problem with the email app. 2 exchange accounts on it. So maybe it is indeed something about your particulars accounts.
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i have this problem on my exchange account... not quite the same, but every time i get an email or notification to do with that account, i can't access it from the notification bar or the app will force close. even if i try to clear all notifications or clear just that one, it freezes up the phone for about 5 seconds then force closes the email app
any ideas? this sucks... i need that account for work...

I think we need to narrow down the problem, what I can do is to make for you a test email in my company just for you to test, I'm with exchange 2007. What you think,? I'm really thinking that is regional problem or something that has to do with character encoding in the phone or in the exchange server or even with the certificate.
You both have knox enabled?
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Well I have frozen the knox crop via titanium backup.
I've only setup a Hotmail account. Never had any problems on my old note 2 or s4. Not even on 4.3 Google edition roms or aosp. Anyway, the problem was there even before I rooted strangely. Even when I swipe away email notifications the app fc's.
Could it be an email.apk problem in the /system/app folder?
Could someone with root please upload it so I can test?
Another edit.
I've noticed it only happens when I get an email, which means I get an notification. If I open the app when I get an notification as well it fc's. When I just open is at random it doesn't fc. Very very weird
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Working fine here. I have the exynos SM-N900 version with 1 exchange account. I use it for work so emails all day and no fc so far. I have wanam xposed with the exchange pin bypassed.

BlueChris said:
I think we need to narrow down the problem, what I can do is to make for you a test email in my company just for you to test, I'm with exchange 2007. What you think,? I'm really thinking that is regional problem or something that has to do with character encoding in the phone or in the exchange server or even with the certificate.
You both have knox enabled?
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How do I disable knox?
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I have tried it with Knox frozen and not frozen....I'm on a n900w8 rooted with twrp installed. If I do anything to interact with an email notification from my exchange account it freezes the phone for a few seconds then force closes email. If I turn notifications off, and nothing gets displayed in the notification bar then I can use it all normally. And even with stuff being displayed, if I go into the actual program and check the email, it works, even with the notification there, but it doesn't go away and when I go to get rid of it then same thing force close.....what a load of Crap that Samsung puts out something with an issue like this on a phone that is supposed to be "business friendly" ****ing bull****

My problem with email app:
It sends emails just fine it does not receive any email unless i remove the account and add again. there is nothing wrong with my server (using IMAP push from hostgator) and in the K9 client its working flawlessly however i would really like to use the stock app. It wont receive email even if i do a manual refresh i have to remove the whole account and add it again
can anyone help me please??

Ok guys better don't turn off knox for this, we still don't know how it affects the overall system. As I see it it's problem with the samsung push service and the notification subsystem. The push service is upgraded before some days and my version that's working fine is 1.2.2.2
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BlueChris said:
Ok guys better don't turn off knox for this, we still don't know how it affects the overall system. As I see it it's problem with the samsung push service and the notification subsystem. The push service is upgraded before some days and my version that's working fine is 1.2.2.2
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I am also using 1.2.2.2 however the email app is still not allowing me to receive emails only to send im sure its a failure in the push service did anyone report this to samsung?

apascual89 said:
Working fine here. I have the exynos SM-N900 version with 1 exchange account. I use it for work so emails all day and no fc so far. I have wanam xposed with the exchange pin bypassed.
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Apascual...
Are you able to move mails to folders in the mail app? Do you have many folders on your exchange server?

anshkhanna said:
Apascual...
Are you able to move mails to folders in the mail app? Do you have many folders on your exchange server?
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I'll try, I normally don't do that on the phone. I'll try it out.

BlueChris said:
Ok guys better don't turn off knox for this, we still don't know how it affects the overall system. As I see it it's problem with the samsung push service and the notification subsystem. The push service is upgraded before some days and my version that's working fine is 1.2.2.2
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Two things....first, would this cause the notification related issues I have?
Second, I just found that, if I set sync to manual, send myself an email from a Gmail account on my computer, then go into the email app and click refresh to sync, then I get the same problem....email freezes things up fit a few seconds then force closes. I can still Re open email and after I do that then it works fine and I can interact with my nail, it's just those two situations that causes the force close.....don't get it

[Q] Facebook Problem

I just upgraded to the Galaxy S4 and am running Omega 13.2 I have noticed that I only receive notifications for email (gmail) and text messages... Facebook, twitter and other apps are not coming through. I have checked and double checked that notifications are set to on in my Facebook settings, and I have tried disabling, them, restarting my phone, and re-enabling them with no success. I have also tried Friendcaster and atrium alternative apps. It's very annoying! Anyone else having this issue and know how to resolve it?

Do you receive the notifications on mobile data with WiFi off?
My gf gets notifications on mobile data but doesn't get them when connected to WiFi for some reason
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Obagleyfreer said:
Do you receive the notifications on mobile data with WiFi off?
My gf gets notifications on mobile data but doesn't get them when connected to WiFi for some reason
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On neither aye mate. She is lucky lol