I have to admit I don't understand why Moto (or any OEM for that matter) give us a stock SMS app when it seems to be inferior to Google's Messenger app. Are there any advantages to using it? Especially since you can't disable it, we're all kind of stuck with it even if we don't use it.
it's a stock android messaging app. just download google messenger and make it as default app then.
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it's a stock android messaging app. just download google messenger and make it as default app then.
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Oh I know. I'm just wondering why they put their own messaging app if Google already makes a better one. I'm wondering if there's a reason for that,
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Oh I know. I'm just wondering why they put their own messaging app if Google already makes a better one. I'm wondering if there's a reason for that,
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"better" is subjective. I consider them both inferior to Textra, but not everyone shares that opinion of course.
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"better" is subjective. I consider them both inferior to Textra, but not everyone shares that opinion of course.
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Oh yeah of course. But I'm comparing features from stock to Google's Messenger (quick replies and such). I'm just wondering if there's any advantage to using the stock app. I'm thinking it's a little useless, as a company, to build your own when the AOSP version is great and Google's Messenger too.
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Where is the 'Like' button and why on earth can you only see the original status posted by a friend and not any comments made about that status???
I Commented on a friends status only to find out (logged on from my PC) that 4 other people had already commented and so my comment made no sense! lol
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Where is the 'Like' button and why on earth can you only see the original status posted by a friend and not any comments made about that status???
I Commented on a friends status only to find out (logged on from my PC) that 4 other people had already commented and so my comment made no sense! lol
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Yeah I must say coming from the iPhone the facebook app on win mob is terrible! Ok I know its pretty sad saying that but tbh before having my iPhone I didn't use facebook much but because the facebook app on the iPhone was such a pleasure to use I really got in to it... I'm having to use facebook on opera now.
Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
Thats what I have been using shame there isnt a facebook app that works though..
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Yeah I must say coming from the iPhone the facebook app on win mob is terrible! Ok I know its pretty sad saying that but tbh before having my iPhone I didn't use facebook much but because the facebook app on the iPhone was such a pleasure to use I really got in to it... I'm having to use facebook on opera now.
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Agree !
mr_Ray said:
Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
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Ah, thanks for the link ! Mutch better !
yes, this touch page, is very nice, and a billion times better like that app...
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Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
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Spot on!
Much better!
I'm not hugely into FB but it would of been nice to at least be able to use it as it's a preinstalled app!!
Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
http://touch.facebook.com...rocks...
WM facebook app...sucks..
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Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
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Absolutly !!!
DMAND said:
Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
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We can support this group, and maaaaybe?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=188723771295
Been using the touch.facebook.com for a few days now and you guys are right so much better then the app for WM... but just wondering if anyone else is having an issue with it being slow to update news feeds? Seems to be way behind at times!
ive had that problemw ith the touch site, but the main diffeerence for me between the iPhone app, is the lack of facebook chat, thats a nice feature!
Thanks for the heads-up regarding touch.facebook - didn't know about that! The winmo facebook ap is not very fully featured at all, which is a shame, because it wouldn't be a difficult application to write. That said, browsing being as good as it is on the HD2, i usually just visit the full facebook site. With pinch zooming i find it a breeze to navigate. Touch is probably a more sensible option though i guess. Just replaced my facebook ap quicklink with the facebook touch bookmark
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Been using the touch.facebook.com for a few days now and you guys are right so much better then the app for WM... but just wondering if anyone else is having an issue with it being slow to update news feeds? Seems to be way behind at times!
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Yeah, at the bottom is a link to "Mobile Site" which is m.facebook.com I think - that has the news feed issue fixed, but isn't as finger-friendly (it's not bad tho).
Neither of them allow you to view or tag photos very well IMO, a decent FB WinMo app would be very welcome.
This might have been a thread in the past, but i'm not sure... feel free to direct me to the thread lol.
So anyway, i just wanna know what all of you have as a facebook app.. what facebook app has the most to offer that you choose over the others?
I personally use the facebook for android and bloo 1.5
The reasons: facebook for android- I just like the widget because I can publish my status right on my home screen and see the news feed real fast..
bloo 1.5- I use this because of the real good notification updates and of course, the facebook chat..
I know "to my knowledge" that there really isn't alot of "complete" facebook apps out there, i just wanna know what all of your insights are about using facebook.. thanks guys
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I'm happy with the Facebook app. I use Nimbuzz for FB chat.
I don't mean to pee in your Cheerios, but Facebook sucks.
Ryjabo said:
I don't mean to pee in your Cheerios, but Facebook sucks.
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It sucks so bad there's like a billion people on there lol. But I personally don't use Facebook either..
Ryjabo said:
I don't mean to pee in your Cheerios, but Facebook sucks.
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Only if you have no friends.
GldRush98 said:
Only if you have no friends.
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lets not start a flame war. If you don't like facebook, don't use it. If you do like facebook, use it. Some people like iPhones over Android. To each their own.
That being said, back to the topic...
I was wondering this too. The stock facebook app sucks at getting notifications. I was thinking about trying bloo. I don't necessarily need chat (ebuddy for that), just notifications.
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Mokurex said:
Let's not start a flame war? You're the one who started it by saying Facebook sucks.
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No he didnt.
rookie1082 said:
No he didnt.
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Oops, sorry my bad, mistaken him for someone else.
itd be nice if we could port the iphone's fb app over to android... its wishful thinking
Zephyron said:
itd be nice if we could port the iphone's fb app over to android... its wishful thinking
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HUH? My wife says the Android Facebook app is MUCH better and a lot faster than Facebook on her previous phone, ipony 3G.
Facebook app on android is trash.
The good news is that apparently zuckenberg has recently begun using and android phone. Maybe he'll be offended enough to get a proper app built.
I'm sorry, everyone. I guess I kinda did start flames with my comment... I just loathe Facebook a.k.a. MySpace 2.0
It's not that I don't enjoy interacting with friends, but I do that with text messages, phone calls, and real life. I mostly don't like Facebook because of:
1. Bloated, ugly interface
2. Constantly changing (not for the better)
3. Completely bullsh** privacy settings
Anyhoo...
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Facebook app on android is trash.
The good news is that apparently zuckenberg has recently begun using and android phone. Maybe he'll be offended enough to get a proper app built.
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Yes, it is complete trash. Not all posts show sometimes, your own posts don't show sometimes, posts you've commented on would disappear sometimes, the links to videos and sites don't open most of the time, you can't do a lot of the things you could do on the site, and... I don't feel like going on because I don't use Facebook at all anymore, anyway.
I say that having never owned an iAnything, too. Well, I had an iPod Nano once, but I can't stand iTunes, so I sold it.
Hopefully Zuckerberg will improve the Android app for those that use it.
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HUH? My wife says the Android Facebook app is MUCH better and a lot faster than Facebook on her previous phone, ipony 3G.
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as the previous posts above mine state, android fb app is trash. the iphone fb app allows you to tag photos, ability to view profile photo properly, swipe through fb photo albums (as opposed to the ****ty arrow buttons for android), event viewing, favorites tab, cant think of the other stuff off the top of my head.
they chose to develop the fb app for iphone more thoroughly than the one for android
i use a combo of android FB for widget, Bloo 1.5 for notifications and Go facebook chat pro.
The best Facebook widget I have used so far is Friendstream which is contained in the Desire Rom port. I have yet to find anything as complete in the market for stock Android. I had high hopes for the app Pure Messenger but it still has a ways to go as it currently does not indicate important info within the title of each post. For instance, a post like "thank you, blah blah blah" will lack the beginning tag Susan>Lisa giving no indication who the post is talking about. The other cool thing about Friendstream is that if you open a post with images, they open directly without going to the web site.
It's really hard to believe that there is nothing decent in the entire market for stock android.
I just use a short cut to the touch site, and fachat for chatting. Haven't cared much for the apps, but don't use facebook as much as others either.
Just downloaded the new update for the facebook android app and its a little better. I still hate that when you click on notifications it sends you to the browser
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Just downloaded the new update for the facebook android app and its a little better. I still hate that when you click on notifications it sends you to the browser
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Yeah that it does, but at least now it tells you if you have any notifications. That's one thing fixed
I think in order for it to be usable though, it needs to stop sending users to the browser. If I wanted to use the browser, I would (and actually do have it bookmarked for when the app gets too annoying).
I would like to have integrated chat and a better picture uploading interface now. Baby steps haha.
i hate that photo bar down the bottom!!!
So, I just got a Droid Incredible and I love it overall but there's a few things I don't like. For starters, I don't really like the messaging app. I really like the stock Android messaging app. So my question is, if I brought over the messaging.apk file from another phone, could I install it on my Incredible? I want to do this with the messaging app and the music app. Thanks!
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So, I just got a Droid Incredible and I love it overall but there's a few things I don't like. For starters, I don't really like the messaging app. I really like the stock Android messaging app. So my question is, if I brought over the messaging.apk file from another phone, could I install it on my Incredible? I want to do this with the messaging app and the music app. Thanks!
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I don't know the answer to that question but I will say that I really like the Handcent app that you can get from the market.
Thanks for the reply. I have tried both handcent and Chomp and I don't really like those either. I really like the stock Android one. Thanks though!
I have a friend who has an older Droid.
I think he is Android 2.2.3
If you were going to suggest a Contacts/Dialer app that is as good or better than the Note3 Contacts app, what would you suggest?
the default one is not bad...
but if you really want to third party Dialer/Contracts app, Callapp very good.
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the default one is not bad...
but if you really want to third party Dialer/Contracts app, Callapp very good.
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Any experience with Go Contacts EX?
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Any experience with Go Contacts EX?
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I'm trying to stay away from anything that GO Dev Team is doing... so the answer is no.
That being said, the only third party dialer I've used and still using is Callapp
Contacts+ is excellent
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I have a friend who has an older Droid.
I think he is Android 2.2.3
If you were going to suggest a Contacts/Dialer app that is as good or better than the Note3 Contacts app, what would you suggest?
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I would suggest exDialer&Contacts. This is by far the best and the smoothest dialer with contacts for android. It has so many useful features, just check it out in the play store
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I would suggest exDialer&Contacts. This is by far the best and the smoothest dialer with contacts for android. It has so many useful features, just check it out in the play store
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That's the link I sent him to try. Thanx!
Thats a shame :/ I prefer the good ol' Nexus Gallery over Photos app. Also coming from an LG that has a stock email app, it would be nice to have one like that so I dont have to use Gmail for everything.
Does anyone know how I can get the old Gallery app installed again?
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Thats a shame :/ I prefer the good ol' Nexus Gallery over Photos app. Also coming from an LG that has a stock email app, it would be nice to have one like that so I dont have to use Gmail for everything.
Does anyone know how I can get the old Gallery app installed again?
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Find the apk and install should be that easy
Do you or anyone have a link for the apk? Searching through Google just gives me tons of broken or spam links
Download Quickpic
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Download Quickpic
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I agree. I love google photos, but just to see what's on the phone only, it's nice
to use a different app (although Google Photos is organized a lot better now).
I use QuickPic as well.
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I agree. I love google photos, but just to see what's on the phone only, it's nice
to use a different app (although Google Photos is organized a lot better now).
I use QuickPic as well.
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This.
ncassambai said:
Do you or anyone have a link for the apk? Searching through Google just gives me tons of broken or spam links
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If rooted and have custom recovery, fish this, or extract the apk and install
ncassambai said:
Thats a shame :/ I prefer the good ol' Nexus Gallery over Photos app. Also coming from an LG that has a stock email app, it would be nice to have one like that so I dont have to use Gmail for everything.
Does anyone know how I can get the old Gallery app installed again?
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BTW this has been google's push for some time now. i personally don't care for the photo app as it makes it too difficult to get to recently taken photos, images on the device, but i like its features and integration with online services.
Or get the Cyanogen gallery ... http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/cyanog.../cyanogen-gallery-2-0-0-android-apk-download/
This link has quickpic with nagware removed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-quickpic-v4-5-2-classic-version-t3204543