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Now that ur in Google plus what do u think of it?
Was it worth the effort and wait?
is it better then facebook or will it be in future?
ur the lucky ones What do u think so far of Google plus?
Thanks to me, Sofia.p, iynfynity, s15274n And whoever else i forgot that invited our xda members in after they closed the doors, ty again!
DONT POST IN THIS THREAD ASKING FOR INVITES, IF U DO I WILL CLOSE THIS THREAD! THERE ARE THREADS FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY
Let me b the first to say I LOVE IT! The pc side of it maybe ok but where this shines is in the app itself. The huddle is frkn awesome instant messaging that runs as smooth as butter and the uploads and the pics and streams that update very fast and consistently. I use this more on my phone but this has real potential it already beats facebook with the instant messaging huddle. The circles are a nice thing which come in very handy and very easy to use and even a noob can handle google plus which is cool.
it was worth the wait for me
Been running it for a while from a different site. most of my friends would stay with facebook
I like it about as much as I liked wave.
Boring.
But then, I dropped facebook because I was bored with it. I don't think there is enough on Google+ to cause a mass migration off facebook.
Google plus has the one feature (granularity) that facebook lacks...
facebook has all the people...Until you get people to Plus it won't be worth anything. That is the biggest drawback right now.
id thought id get more responses from this, negative or positive
personally i dig it from what i've seen and used so far. unfortunately i doubt many, if any of my friends or family will make the switch from fb simply because they are so involved in fb already. most people don't really want to manage two social networks and them switching won't happen until 90% of their friends/family do.
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unfortunately i doubt many, if any of my friends or family will make the switch from fb simply because they are so involved in fb already. most people don't really want to manage two social networks and them switching won't happen until 90% of their friends/family do.
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i hate to agree with u but ur right
i like it, but it needs to open up so more people can get on it. as soon as that happens i'm deleting my facebook (though, i might not even bother waiting, i've been wanting to get rid of my fb for a while).
one thing i really like is the circles. i see this as a good solution to the people adding you that you don't really know but don't want to deny.
Unfortunately, I'm still unable to get in after I've been invited several times, and no go. I'm getting very frustrated because I've been one of the few from what I understand to NOT get in. Kind of ticked off to be honest :/ The problem I think is that I recieve the invites too late.
So far I like it, but as others have mentioned the lack of activity on there so far is the major downside. I personally like the fact that there won't be lots of my friends or family on there, at least at first.
I'm weaning myself off of FB, as I'm pretty sick of social networking (and the drama that people like to cause with it), so I can't say that Google+ is all that interesting to me. The UI is pretty clunky, making it hard to figure out what you want to do.
I'm on it, along with a handful of friends, but I don't think I'll be using it very much.
It still needs some polishing. The UI is a bit confusing, but has potential to be better than FB.
Unless FB catches on and add what G+ has, then there is no point to switch!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks in most to you and the XDA Community ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28984095#post28984095 ) I PRESENT TO YOU...
THE WORST APPLICATION AWARD WINNER IS......
THE FACEBOOK APP!
Why you may ask when compared to some other poor apps? Well here is my reasoning and I would love the hear yours
The Facebook Application for Android has been around for a very very long time now, since at LEAST Android 2.0 and through all this time Facebook and Android have been advancing with more functions and features at a faster rate then we can keep up to. Facebook claims to have some of thee best programmers and coders to offer, yet they problem is instead of fixing the issues on their applications and website they look over these and add new features, and break or "rethink" old ones. There once was a time when Facebook chat was reliable, and when people could easily understand how things worked yet now? Facebook is slowly becoming a mess.
I don't mean to say I hate Facebook, because though it isn't the best (or better then Google+) it is still decent and mostly enjoyable on a computer. The phone app however? It has seriously pained me to use. Back when I didn't know about alternate apps for Facebook, I would often AVOID checking and updating my Facebook thinking "OH I SHOULD SHARE THAT PICTURE.... But wait that'll take forever.... nevermind".
Facebook should think more about this issue... and they should take all their employees and tell them "Work on the website ALONE" then Facebook should come over to XDA Developers, and hire some very talented, and smart app developers, who are UP TO DATE on Androids features, and make a application that you should expect from a multi-billion dollar company.
What do you guys think? Any bad stories from the app? Do you think it will ever get better??
(PS: I know worse apps exist in the market and online, but this is partly a joke, but most importantly is that Facebook is a massive social network that should have MUCH better an app)
The app sucks I agree
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Used to go on Facebook a lot on iOS. But then when I moved to android and saw that Facebook was a joke I pretty much stopped checking it.
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I use friend stream from sense... The Facebook app use 35mb of ram when used...
I use Flipboard instead.
(I seldom post on Facebook)
FACEBOOK SUCKS!!! It is one of the worst apps ever! with so much cash, fb is really lazy at coding apps, check out Google+, much better experience.
Yep! Facebook app totally sucks. I used friendcaster a lot, its good n very fast but now I left facebook permanently bcoz of awesome google+ app
The Google+ app just blows the Facebook one out of the water, shame people haven't learnt how good of a social network Google+ is. Facebook would end up like Myspace and Bebo if people weren't so scared of change.
I agree
They should just buy out Friendcaster and make it their offical app...
The only problem with 3rd party apps is you don't have access to friend's posts who have their privacy settings set up differently. They won't show up in your news feed. The mobile site OK, but still kinda sucks in terms of use. The reply box has become extremely buggy,never autocompletes words, capitalizes Is or makes contractions properly. It's a friggin joke, and I can only imagine how awful the app is by the responses given in this thread. I've heard the iOS one isn't too great, either. I think part of the problem is they are too focused on the desktop experience due to ads and a bunch of other stuff(half the time it doesn't load my feed properly on Chrome). I've started browsing G+ which seems to have improved greatly since I got the original invite. Sucks more of my friends aren't on it. Now I just use FB to coordinate events with people. haha.
Kitch16 said:
The Google+ app just blows the Facebook one out of the water, shame people haven't learnt how good of a social network Google+ is. Facebook would end up like Myspace and Bebo if people weren't so scared of change.
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They changed and many migrated to FB. It just seems whatever is trendy at the time is what people go for. A lot of people don't even know what G+ is, sadly. They're pushing a few commercials here and there and I know a TON of people have GMail accounts, but barely know how to navigate through the menus to find it, even though it's right there in the corner. Only time will tell, I suppose.
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I use Flipboard instead.
(I seldom post on Facebook)
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+1 Flipboard is great for Facebook use...
The app sucks I agree
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I though it sucked in ios until I got on android... can barely used the chat option. So terrible.
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I'm glad i found this thread..been suffering with the Facebook app for ages but couldn't find any good alternative. But Flipboard is awesome! Also using it for Instagram and some news sites i like..very nice UI on that app as well.
Uninstalling Facebook app!
Best alternative?
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Best alternative?
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friendcaster, it syncs all the profile pictures in the contacts as well
F this hangouts app. Anyone have and ideas for getting talk back... This is driving me nuts.
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go to apps in setting uninstall HANGOUTS update
Sadly I just clean flashed and clean gapps installed today... So no talk to roll back to
Sooner or later, all Talk app will be replaced with Hangout. Don't be like one of them facebook biatches that complain every time they release a new update. Sure you might not like it at first, but you'll get used to it.
Anyways if you still insist on getting Talk, here's a link.
Buy a device that doesn't have ics or superior... Gingerbread won't hace hangout
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Buy a device that doesn't have ics or superior... Gingerbread won't hace hangout
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actually, the update used to say they're trying their best to bring hangout to all devices, including gingerbread.
Hangouts is a WhatsApp copycat which does nothing to integrate Google services and somehow manages to remove functionality with the inability to initiate audio-only voicechats. It's a shameless maneuver designed to force Google+ down users' throats.
What's worse, once this rolls into Gmail there's a good chance we'll lose the ability to make phone calls.
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Hangouts is a WhatsApp copycat which does nothing to integrate Google services and somehow manages to remove functionality with the inability to initiate audio-only voicechats. It's a shameless maneuver designed to force Google+ down users' throats.
What's worse, once this rolls into Gmail there's a good chance we'll lose the ability to make phone calls.
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It's not a whatsapp copy cat, but an evolution. Let me know when whatsapp let's me message from the pc and the tablet and we'll talk.
Also, no one is forcing Google+.
And they are adding voice chat support soon, but most likely be through Google voice. Also adding SMS support, which will take it even further beyond whatsapp.
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It's not a whatsapp copy cat, but an evolution. Let me know when whatsapp let's me message from the pc and the tablet and we'll talk.
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If Hangouts were an evolution, Google wouldn't have tried (and failed) to acquire WhatsApp twice over. I do like the ability to communicate via PC / tablet but Google Talk already had this. What exactly is new here besides features that were already present in WhatsApp?
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If Hangouts were an evolution, Google wouldn't have tried (and failed) to acquire WhatsApp twice over. I do like the ability to communicate via PC / tablet but Google Talk already had this. What exactly is new here besides features that were already present in WhatsApp?
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It's an earlier release for gods sake! Compare the first day of whatsapp with hangouts and see the differences!
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To bad your not feeling it bro. I'm liking it so far . If i get SMS integration I will be really happy.
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Nethojs29 said:
Buy a device that doesn't have ics or superior... Gingerbread won't hace hangout
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Its already shows as an update on my LG Optimus 2x which is still running Gingerbread lol. Used it but uninstalled it & now back to Google Talk .
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the only thing missing from hangouts for me is the ability to see the status of my contacts (whether they are available, away, busy or offline). otherwise i have no problems with it, especially that this is still an early release, it has still a long way to go. just be patient and you'll see!
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I like the fact that it's save chat history including images. No need to backup specific folder with every ROM update.
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Don't be like one of them facebook biatches that complain every time they release a new update. Sure you might not like it at first, but you'll get used to it.
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Thanks for knowing what is best for me! Your the greatest. Also that .apk didn't work.
I love how some of you are such little fanboys that you actually think the way they are handling this is "OK." If I wanted something shoved down my throat, I woulda bought an iphone. We are beta testing this festering turd for them...and I don't want to lose functionality being a beta tester with no option to revert back.
Hangouts is complete garbage in it's current state. It's current state makes it a good replacement for the MESSENGER app...except they didn't even include ****ing SMS. It is however not a good replacement for talk.
Talk is an IM app. The beauty was I could open talk, look at statuses, know where people were (desktop, mobile, etc), and talk to people on the fly. Now I have no ****ing idea who/what I am messaging, if they are sitting in a conference call, or if they are just bored at their computer at work. I also use to to communicate with my wife...when it is green she is at her desk...when it is away I will just call or SMS her and not expect an instant response. Now I just lob a message out there without knowing if I am interrupting her at work or if she will respond in a few hours or a few seconds.
I am also no longer available for video chat for the people using talk. My whopping 100 minutes cell phone plan means I rely on talk heavily to talk to my family and my wife with video chats. They want to get up with me...they just video message me. No cell phone minutes used. Now they have to message me to get me to invite them to a video call....because I am using the **** that is hangouts and for whatever reason I am no longer available for video chat.
So once again...this app sucks in its current state for MY uses. Being FORCED to be a beta tester isn't my idea of fun.
Anyways...still looking how to get back to just straight old TALK if anyone has any other ideas.
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Thanks for knowing what is best for me! Your the greatest. Also that .apk didn't work.
I love how some of you are such little fanboys that you actually think the way they are handling this is "OK." If I wanted something shoved down my throat, I woulda bought an iphone. We are beta testing this festering turd for them...and I don't want to lose functionality being a beta tester with no option to revert back.
Hangouts is complete garbage in it's current state. It's current state makes it a good replacement for the MESSENGER app...except they didn't even include ****ing SMS. It is however not a good replacement for talk.
Talk is an IM app. The beauty was I could open talk, look at statuses, know where people were (desktop, mobile, etc), and talk to people on the fly. Now I have no ****ing idea who/what I am messaging, if they are sitting in a conference call, or if they are just bored at their computer at work. I also use to to communicate with my wife...when it is green she is at her desk...when it is away I will just call or SMS her and not expect an instant response. Now I just lob a message out there without knowing if I am interrupting her at work or if she will respond in a few hours or a few seconds.
I am also no longer available for video chat for the people using talk. My whopping 100 minutes cell phone plan means I rely on talk heavily to talk to my family and my wife with video chats. They want to get up with me...they just video message me. No cell phone minutes used. Now they have to message me to get me to invite them to a video call....because I am using the **** that is hangouts and for whatever reason I am no longer available for video chat.
So once again...this app sucks in its current state for MY uses. Being FORCED to be a beta tester isn't my idea of fun.
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A beta test is an apt description. What other plausible explanation is there for leaving out such basic features as status icons / messages and voicechat?
I can understand various media outlets / blogs being fooled by the aesthetics (read: WhatsApp lookalike), but I expect logic to prevail on this forum and justifying the loss of features amounts to fanboyism in its purest form.
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To my knowledge it doesn't work if you don't have a Google+ account.
I don't like that Google has forced users to choose between gtalk and hangouts, especially since they are listing several important features as forthcoming. I do however, understand them wanting to increase the adoption of g+ because when glass comes out the g+ features that it adds will be simply amazing and unless users are already used to, and actively using g+ they won't see any reason to have glass.
All in all I think it's a smart move by Google, unpopular yes, but still smart over the long term.
I'm just dealing with it for now, I wasn't a gtalk user so the loss of features doesn't bother me in the slightest, I'm only irked by the loss of choice.
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Hangouts sucks!
I do not like it.
In previous versions of JellyBam it can be downgraded, just uninstalling updates, but now in 8.4.0, I had to remove Hangouts, I prefer not having a Google IM than having Hangouts.
It seems that Google was bought by MS, they are doing things that show they do not care about people.
So Blackberry Messenger is now live. But I've its forced close like a dozen times in the last hour. Just me?
Btw add me 75e83757
It's live, but the waiting list makes it useless until you get in
A waiting list for a messenger is one of the most ridiculous things that I've heard this year. They obviously do not have the infrastructure in place to provide a cross platform service properly.
The little interest that I did have in Blackberry's last throw of the dice evaporated with that move. The only way I will install BBM now is if literally my entire contact list moves over to it and uses nothing else (not likely).
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It's live for me. But I used the leaked apk for a while before BB disabled it. So my email address was active from day one. Plus I used to have a BlackBerry back a couple years ago on the same email account. So I got instant access when it hit the play store.
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I can't help feel BlackBerry have shot themselves in the foot here. BBM for BlackBerry has remained, as it always was, a paid service. Yet the BBM on other platforms is free. Makes no sense. Surely it's freeing up everyone who wanted a BB for BBM to just move to say Android for the greater choice of handsets, better specs etc... and free BBM. Not a great business move at all. Idiots. That's all I can say. Even putting ads in BBM could have helped saved their asses. Imagine the audience BBM will get, 1 million downloads of the LEAKED app alone. They are kissing goodbye to some great opportunities here. But hell, I'm android now. Screw BlackBerry and their weird market strategy.
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Why must be like this????
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They could make a lot of money from the info we provide them. Much like viber does.
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Djocker said:
Why must be like this????
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Because there is a waiting list, presumably because they haven't got enough servers to handle demand. Probably the same reason they halted the rollout last month, despite blaming people with the leaked apk.
Also, you really should remove your email address from that screenshot.
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Whatsapp and Viber for me! No BBM...
Kirkymole said:
I can't help feel BlackBerry have shot themselves in the foot here. BBM for BlackBerry has remained, as it always was, a paid service. Yet the BBM on other platforms is free. Makes no sense. Surely it's freeing up everyone who wanted a BB for BBM to just move to say Android for the greater choice of handsets, better specs etc... and free BBM. Not a great business move at all. Idiots. That's all I can say. Even putting ads in BBM could have helped saved their asses. Imagine the audience BBM will get, 1 million downloads of the LEAKED app alone. They are kissing goodbye to some great opportunities here. But hell, I'm android now. Screw BlackBerry and their weird market strategy.
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Actually seeing as with BB10 the devices no longer require a blackberry data plan(shocking to me really) then it is free for all newer devices which is probably why they probably decided to open it up to other platforms.
As for the app itself, no force closes on my device, was unable to add contacts the 1st night I got to register but then by the next morning it was all working smoothly.
A few years to late. Funny how Bb tries to stay relevant.
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I have a group with several colleagues including a few that still uses a blackberry device. But those with BB device has incorrect time stamp when chatting in group. But the bb device users see my chat's time stamp is still correct. Has anyone else here have the same problem?
I had to wait like a day for my account activation. The email actually arrived hours later.
Uhm excuse me.. Why is anyone interested in this? We have Whatsapp?
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Uhm excuse me.. Why is anyone interested in this? We have Whatsapp?
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BBM has something of a cult style following. I personally hate WhatsApp. It's user interface is ugly and it doesn't always notify me or my other half that we actually have sent each other messages. Plus bbm you don't have to have the contact in your phone book. Which is always a good thing.
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Kirkymole said:
BBM has something of a cult style following. I personally hate WhatsApp. It's user interface is ugly and it doesn't always notify me or my other half that we actually have sent each other messages. Plus bbm you don't have to have the contact in your phone book. Which is always a good thing.
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I've used Whatsapp every day for 3 years (as does the entire country) and it always notifies. Probably user error.
Actually not needing an account (as it uses your contacts) is one of the greet things about Whatsapp, because you don't need an account that you need to sign in to or add eachother. It's just like SMS but free plus group conversations, free image/video send etc.
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I've used Whatsapp every day for 3 years (as does the entire country) and it always notifies. Probably user error.
Actually not needing an account (as it uses your contacts) is one of the greet things about Whatsapp, because you don't need an account that you need to sign in to or add eachother. It's just like SMS but free plus group conversations, free image/video send etc.
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Hardly user error considering I've used it since it hit Android and know my way round the very simple app very well. Probably more a phone error. I'm on an XZ with various mods, my other half's on an iPhone 4, which doesn't accept Whatsapp properly anyway. Worked perfectly on my HTC.
You like Whatsapp. I hate it. Each to their own.
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Vibration on new messages
Hey, is anyone having trouble turning off vibration whenever a new message is received on BBM?
Can anyone attach the notification tone here
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With the increasingly large number of BBM threads being created throughout XDA on a regular basis, the Moderation Team assigned to this group of forums has decided that it's simply not feasible to allow it to continue any further. Since BBM groups are more of a social group rather than a discussion about a particular device, they are not appropriate for a device specific forum such as this one, and in the interest of keeping the forums clean we have decided to close all BBM threads in our assigned device specific forums.
Having said that, there are options still available to users that require the use of BBM groups as a medium for communication:
1) You may post your PINs, group info, etc., in the BBM for Android located in XDA General.
2) You can send your info through a private message to the OPs of existing BBM group threads.
3) You can include your PIN, QR code, or group info in your signature.
Since BBM groups are a relatively new topic on XDA, it is still possible that certain accomodations could be made sometime in the future depending on the overall need. Until then, the decision to close all BBM threads in our area will remain in effect so we appreciate your understanding and cooperation on the matter.
Thank you
I've been getting great results on the OP8P recently, the battery is getting better day by day.
How's it going with you guys?
What theme are you using and icons
Battery is great
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What theme are you using and icons
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Aurora icons and the theme is naunced dark in settings (customizations)
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Aurora icons and the theme is naunced dark in settings (customizations)
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Thank you
TheLegend975 said:
I've been getting great results on the OP8P recently, the battery is getting better day by day.
How's it going with you guys?
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Get rid of Facebook and use the web interface, you'll break 10 hours.
dladz said:
Get rid of Facebook and use the web interface, you'll break 10 hours.
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Nah, I tried it but I said why did I even pay $1000 on a phone that I'll spend the whole time getting good results lol
I use the phone without even looking at the battery ?
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Nah, I tried it but I said why did I even pay $1000 on a phone that I'll spend the whole time getting good results lol
I use the phone without even looking at the battery ?
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Lol fair enough.
Personally I'd delete Facebook because it's horrific, got rid of mine years ago. Never looked back.
FYI I get 10 hours SOT quite kften.
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Lol fair enough.
Personally I'd delete Facebook because it's horrific, got rid of mine years ago. Never looked back.
FYI I get 10 hours SOT quite kften.
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Nice, I'll try to use the browser interface again haha
Or use FB lite app
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Or use FB lite app
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I guess I'll stick to the regular app, I'm getting good results everyday with my usage, even with Pubg ?
I don't think I need more than having a superb phone that lasts for more than one day with a great usage ?
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I guess I'll stick to the regular app, I'm getting good results everyday with my usage, even with Pubg
I don't think I need more than having a superb phone that lasts for more than one day with a great usage ?
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Got 11,5 hrs SOT with 28 hrs on one charge. With Facebook.
I disabled few background analytics services via ADB tho.
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Yea that'll work unless it was made by Facebook..
They want their hands in everything you own..
I remember after I got rid of my original account I was playing a game on Android and I'd progressed wow far, so I wanted to save me progress, but the game only allowed FB syncing.
So against my better judgement I created a new account.
Fake name was simply called "Gamehead dlads"
Then verified with a fake DOB, fake email, fake everything.
There was nothing at all in any of the details I provided, I did not allow access to my contact list or phone, or location, I did not talk to anyone, didn't give it anything.
Within 1 day, I was being shown people I know from all over Britain, my family, my wife, mother, friends from school, ex GF's, everybody.
How? I'd be extremely careful not to link any information, the email was fake, name was fake, all permissions denied, it kept asking but I always said no.
If I've denied the app absolutely everything? How did it do that if it wasn't being deceitful? Supposedly that's Impossible if our permissions are to be believed,
Facebook isn't an app that plays ball, it's an app which is paid for handsomely and the price you pay is your identity.
I'll never get FB again, it's just wrong.
piotrkruczek said:
Got 11,5 hrs SOT with 28 hrs on one charge. With Facebook.
I disabled few background analytics services via ADB tho.
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Nice, but our usages are different and mine is higher apparently.
dladz said:
Yea that'll work unless it was made by Facebook..
They want their hands in everything you own..
I remember after I got rid of my original account I was playing a game on Android and I'd progressed wow far, so I wanted to save me progress, but the game only allowed FB syncing.
So against my better judgement I created a new account.
Fake name was simply called "Gamehead dlads"
Then verified with a fake DOB, fake email, fake everything.
There was nothing at all in any of the details I provided, I did not allow access to my contact list or phone, or location, I did not talk to anyone, didn't give it anything.
Within 1 day, I was being shown people I know from all over Britain, my family, my wife, mother, friends from school, ex GF's, everybody.
How? I'd be extremely careful not to link any information, the email was fake, name was fake, all permissions denied, it kept asking but I always said no.
If I've denied the app absolutely everything? How did it do that if it wasn't being deceitful? Supposedly that's Impossible if our permissions are to be believed,
Facebook isn't an app that plays ball, it's an app which is paid for handsomely and the price you pay is your identity.
I'll never get FB again, it's just wrong.
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Yep, you're absolutely right and that's why I'm going to delete it very soon. They know everything about us, Facebook even knows what you talk, if you talk about something near the phone, there's a big chance that you see advertisements on Facebook related to the subject you talked about.
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Yep, you're absolutely right and that's why I'm going to delete it very soon. They know everything about us, Facebook even knows what you talk, if you talk about something near the phone, there's a big chance that you see advertisements on Facebook related to the subject you talked about.
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Lol it's funny you should say that.
I was playing a game (silly one where you upgrade this over time, no idea why I was)
Anyway, the game shows progression faster if you watch an ad so I did, anyway one day I was on the couch after work watching a movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, extremely distinct music, anyway after a while the adverts I was watching quickly began to only show the pirates of the Caribbean game.
I put that instance down to coincidence but this has happened several times..
I've written to Google but obviously they aren't going to respond, why would they? The best answer for them is no answer at all.
Meanwhile we remain the product.
TheLegend975 said:
Yep, you're absolutely right and that's why I'm going to delete it very soon. They know everything about us, Facebook even knows what you talk, if you talk about something near the phone, there's a big chance that you see advertisements on Facebook related to the subject you talked about.
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Lol it's funny you should say that.
I was playing a game (silly one where you upgrade assets over time, no idea why I was, bored I guess)
Anyway, the game shows progression faster if you watch an ad so I did, anyway one day I was on the couch after work watching a movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, extremely distinct music, anyway after a while the adverts I was watching quickly began to only show the pirates of the Caribbean game, my phone was in clear earshot of the movie.
I put that instance down to coincidence but this has happened several times with products appearing on my Google feed.
I've written to Google but obviously they aren't going to respond, why would they? The best answer for them is no answer at all.
Meanwhile we remain the product.
Strangely enough I've been getting wake locks from Google play services, just working on fixing them now.
dladz said:
Lol it's funny you should say that.
I was playing a game (silly one where you upgrade this over time, no idea why I was)
Anyway, the game shows progression faster if you watch an ad so I did, anyway one day I was on the couch after work watching a movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, extremely distinct music, anyway after a while the adverts I was watching quickly began to only show the pirates of the Caribbean game.
I put that instance down to coincidence but this has happened several times..
I've written to Google but obviously they aren't going to respond, why would they? The best answer for them is no answer at all.
Meanwhile we remain the product.
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Indeed, that's what exactly happens all the time.
The problem is that I rely on Facebook sometimes, I think I'll try to keep WhatsApp only haha
TheLegend975 said:
Indeed, that's what exactly happens all the time.
The problem is that I rely on Facebook sometimes, I think I'll try to keep WhatsApp only haha
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I use Twitter although it's just for when something is going on or I want to moan at a company for something.
One nice account one bad.
piotrkruczek said:
Got 11,5 hrs SOT with 28 hrs on one charge. With Facebook.
I disabled few background analytics services via ADB tho.
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Wow that's really good battery life