Agenda and Bookmark widgets - HTC EVO 3D

I am noticing that every time i unlock the phone and go to Agenda or Bookmark widget they start refreshing themselves. This did not happen on Evo 4G. Shouldn't it refresh in the background and be available for me to look at when i need to without waiting for the widget to refresh?
Please let me know if you see the same behavior.

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MadRed said:
I am noticing that every time i unlock the phone and go to Agenda or Bookmark widget they start refreshing themselves. This did not happen on Evo 4G. Shouldn't it refresh in the background and be available for me to look at when i need to without waiting for the widget to refresh?
Please let me know if you see the same behavior.
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For agenda, do you mean that it connects to internet and pulls the google calendar data in? If I'm not mistaken, that shouldn't happen, since google calendar uses cloud-2-device technology. But I've never used that one (I used smooth calendar and, recently, native spb shell 3d widget).
Perhaps what you are seeing is simply widgets refreshing themselves from the their main apps, which already have the data needed.

it never happened on evo 4g. i think there is some issue with evo 3d, and i hope it's fixed in OTA or maybe someone know whats up and can recommend solution.

MadRed said:
it never happened on evo 4g. i think there is some issue with evo 3d, and i hope it's fixed in OTA or maybe someone know whats up and can recommend solution.
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If you want an answer, you need to provide mode detail.

If you mean the widgets yes they did, I had an EVO 4G for 11 months since it came out and it did to make sure you didn't add any other appointments maybe you never notice
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d

i thought that widgets are supposed to be running all the time in the background collecting all the data for fast retreival. this does not seem to be fast. I only have 2 calendars and it takes 5-7 seconds to refresh. why doesn't it do it when the phone is woken up. why wait till i go and look at the widget. Same is happening with bookmarks. seems like a glitch.

MadRed said:
i thought that widgets are supposed to be running all the time in the background collecting all the data for fast retreival. this does not seem to be fast. I only have 2 calendars and it takes 5-7 seconds to refresh. why doesn't it do it when the phone is woken up. why wait till i go and look at the widget. Same is happening with bookmarks. seems like a glitch.
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Nope that's how it been since the og Evo

what about facebook contact pictures in agenda widget? does anybody see it?

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How to make Facebook notifications work better

Just tried this it works. Basically log into Facebook on a Blackberry and get push notifications. I know we all hate Facebook works on android but if you want a notification instantly when someone contacts you, try this.
http://m.androidcentral.com/want-push-notifications-facebook-grab-blackberry
hey why don't you try........Ahhhhh.....its you again!!!!!
beyond882001 said:
Just tried this it works. Basically log into Facebook on a Blackberry and get push notifications. I know we all hate Facebook works on android but if you want a notification instantly when someone contacts you, try this.
http://m.androidcentral.com/want-push-notifications-facebook-grab-blackberry
hey why don't you try........Ahhhhh.....its you again!!!!!
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You should change it to "making facebook notifications work" I did that yesterday I though it was interested and for some reason so far is working, even tho i have been getting most of my notifications on my evo 3d already
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
jgalan14 said:
You should change it to "making facebook notifications work" I did that yesterday I though it was interested and for some reason so far is working, even tho i have been getting most of my notifications on my evo 3d already
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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Thanks for the input, did sound better.
beyond882001 said:
Thanks for the input, did sound better.
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Np man, my friend went to the sprint store to do it in a store demo and it worked lol
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
I read about this and thought about trying it. It's always annoyed me that I never got any facebook notifications, because I thought I was supposed to...ya know?
...but the more I thought about it the more I realised how irritating it would be to actually get all of my facebook notifications in my notification bar...and how much more annoying it would be to have a notification sound to go with it....and I don't even have a huge friend list...
Even though notifications was a huge problem with fb app, its still not that useful of an app compared to like bb or ios versions. Ive found friendcaster works way better nd always shows notifications and takes u directly to the appropriate place in the app. It does forward u to the touch or mobile site for a few things here nd there but overall way ahead of official app!
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I like friendcaster a bit better than the standard app as well. Still, it could be much better.
Haha...this is funny because I posted these exact same findings on another Android site (the "Central" one) last Friday, August 5th and by Sunday the mods had tested it, put up a video, shot it to the front page and made a Sticky of it in the Applications forum. I can tell you that it works. Facebook for Android basically piggy backs on the Blackberry for Android permissions. There's approximately about 95% functionality with this. One of the things that doesn't work correctly for example are Poke notifications. You get the push notification but when you click on that particular one nothing happens. It's a very minor issue in my book.
What is this Facebook?
Don't worry guys, After Nov 5 Facebook is no more.
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Haha...this is funny because I posted these exact same findings on another Android site (the "Central" one) last Friday, August 5th and by Sunday the mods had tested it, put up a video, shot it to the front page and made a Sticky of it in the Applications forum. I can tell you that it works. Facebook for Android basically piggy backs on the Blackberry for Android permissions. There's approximately about 95% functionality with this. One of the things that doesn't work correctly for example are Poke notifications. You get the push notification but when you click on that particular one nothing happens. It's a very minor issue in my book.
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Gracias
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My recent phone history: BB Curve>BB Tour>HTC Hero>HTC EVO 4G>Samsung Epic>HTC EVO3D
I just checked and I still have the BB permissions on my FB Account Setting and I'm not getting push notifications.
I will try to sign in on a BB when I get access to one because I remember getting push notifications on my Hero when I had it, which was directly after I had the Tour.

HTC offline navigation

Maybe I've over looked it and if I have I apologize but what ever happened to HTC's offline navigation from the desire hd
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Haha, wow I completely forgot about that feature. They showed it off like it was going to be the next best thing. I wonder what happened to it.
yeah the whole HTCSense.com thing they made a big deal about and i just realized now that I dont show my EVO3D when I log into that site. Used to work fine when it was ported over to the EVO4G.
EDIT:
I deleted my account since I couldn't change the device from the one i created with the EVO4G port rom way back when. When creating a new one I found it odd that they even offer the ability to select the EVO3D as your device but you can't even set it up b/c you need the ability to sign into HTCSense from your device which we can't evidently since its not there in the setup to begin with.....WTF???
Yeah i was thinking about this feature and forgot about it.... Looks like htc did too lol.
sgt. slaughter said:
yeah the whole HTCSense.com thing they made a big deal about and i just realized now that I dont show my EVO3D when I log into that site. Used to work fine when it was ported over to the EVO4G.
EDIT:
I deleted my account since I couldn't change the device from the one i created with the EVO4G port rom way back when. When creating a new one I found it odd that they even offer the ability to select the EVO3D as your device but you can't even set it up b/c you need the ability to sign into HTCSense from your device which we can't evidently since its not there in the setup to begin with.....WTF???
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Stock ROM had HTC Sense Accounts..
intx said:
Stock ROM had HTC Sense Accounts..
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yeah thats what im on the original OTA xHausx one posted. They are in the accounts and sync but when you redo setup like htcsense.com asks you to do, you dont get an htcsense.com page to log in.
on a side note im continuing to show there is an update for htcwatch, but ONLY when I view it under the htc hub apps page. I dont have it in the notification pulldown at all and when i select update it updates it fine but whenever i go back to see the app in htc hub it shows theres an update for it.
Keep in mind I dont have anything blocked here and have all the htc/sprint spy stuff still on it since im only on the stockrooted one xhausx originally put up. real odd behavior since it acts fine and says update is there but not in the notification pulldown.
Also noticed i can't connect to the HTC Sense server right now for some reason. opening up HTC Likes app from the app drawer gives me the "unable to connect to the HTC Sense server. please try again later." message. Guess they might be doing work on it b/c i have full connection here fine....would explain why i couldn't get it to work on htcsense.com earlier too i guess.
BUT, i can go to accounts&sync and have HTCSense sync both HUB and Sense fine...
I'm not sure what is OP's question about it. I have offline Navigation on my Rogers EVO 3D. I read that it is a 30-day trial, but I didn't see anything like that when I use it.
dabackwoodboy said:
Maybe I've over looked it and if I have I apologize but what ever happened to HTC's offline navigation from the desire hd
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Hmm, I know my maps work offline, Google Maps or HTC keeps them somehow. I wonder where its being stored?
Kill your data connection & then open Maps, it works.

Best Facebook app?

Is there a better app than Facebook for HtC Sense that you guys can recommend?
clankfu said:
Is there a better app than Facebook for HtC Sense that you guys can recommend?
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I currently use FriendCaster. I like the functionality and it works very well.
I like the official Facebook app aswell, but it drained so much battery for me, always running in the background, even if i disabled all kind of sync, updates, etc. It even ran in the background when i didn't have enabled data/WiFi, and also after i force closed it. It would just pop right back up.
Moonbloom said:
I currently use FriendCaster. I like the functionality and it works very well.
I like the official Facebook app aswell, but it drained so much battery for me, always running in the background, even if i disabled all kind of sync, updates, etc. It even ran in the background when i didn't have enabled data/WiFi, and also after i force closed it. It would just pop right back up.
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True. I was surprised to see notifications waiting though sync was off. Uninstalled immediately.
I just use the mobile webpage for now, not much different from the app, except that it can't upload photos (which i do by emailing to Facebook), and it can't sync contacts (which i do with Samsung social hub)
Is there a better app than Facebook for HtC Sense that you guys can recommend?
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Facebook for HTC Sense isn't really an app, just integration into Sense so you can post from your people app. The Facebook for Android is the official app, and it's probably the best because you can do everything you need from it.
sitlet said:
Facebook for HTC Sense isn't really an app, just integration into Sense so you can post from your people app. The Facebook for Android is the official app, and it's probably the best because you can do everything you need from it.
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I do like the official Facebook app's features but, like Moonbloom, I've found that it's a drain on my battery. Looking for something with comparable or even better features that might be less taxing on the battery.
The stock Facebook app is pretty functional and even displays "timeline" if your friends were unfortunate enough to get switched to it. Maybe the drain is coming from your sync settings. My battery does well, though I don't have my Facebook syncing constantly.
Another thought...as far as battery goes...if you have the widget running all the time, it may affect your battery. I just touch my FB icon and open it when I need it. I don't need to see my friends' status updates all day long. If something posted on my wall or by someone I'm following, it notifies me in the notification bar.

Weather Widget

Is anyone elses weather widget not updating correctly? I go to a differnt city an hour away for work and it never changes to that city! And I have it set to my location. I even click refresh a thousand times and it doesnt change. The only thing that changes it is rebooting the device. Also sometimes it just says My Current Location.
What is your device? Probably you will need WiFi/mobile network to update your location.
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Have u taken and deleted the widget and added it new again. There is one or two other checkbox options that u are asked for the first time u put it up.
At least on the ics/sense 4.0 rom I run on my 3d that's what the deal is. I would assume its the same for the official release.
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The Evo 4G LTE, and im ALWAYS on a network whether it be wifi or mobile
This is getting real aggravating! The only way my weather updates my location is by rebooting the phone!! I have everything checked in settings. All the Location aI dont remember if it did this before I started using a Custom Rom or not. Does anyones weather update automatically wherever they go in real time? I dont know what to do anymore its driving me nuts! Help anyone?
aaron130 said:
This is getting real aggravating! The only way my weather updates my location is by rebooting the phone!! I have everything checked in settings. All the Location aI dont remember if it did this before I started using a Custom Rom or not. Does anyones weather update automatically wherever they go in real time? I dont know what to do anymore its driving me nuts! Help anyone?
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Hhmmm....I havent noticed that at all. Ive noticed it with my WeatheBug App. Bug not the stock weather app...and u have everything under Locations in the settings checked?
EDIT....Now i dont know if its because i just woke up (But damn it felt good to sleep 2 extra hours, TIme to go golfing in Beverly at 11. Come join) so i dont know if this is due to the weather, but it seems everytime i head into a different town, i get a pop-up to select my time zone, so this way the time stays up to date. Im not sure if that what your talking about. I just checked my Setting inside the Weather app, and i was surprised to see that there was no check underneath "my current location"....Is that checked off for you?
Ha! What's up man. Ya I have all that checked! I get that time pop up too. Bug when I go to work in Norwood from.New Bedford my weather NEVER changes towns not even when I get to Norwood unless I reboot. What Rom are u on? I'm getting the SG3 in a few weeks too, but I'm gonna keep this phone too cuz I love it but this weather thing is driving me crazy.
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I'm having the same issue. Did you ever sort out this problem??
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Im having the same problem, it staring to bug me. Im coming up on day 14 on saturday so I wonder if anyone found out whats going on and if other people are having the same problem. By the way I live in Norwood.
You have to check current location when choosing the clock widget. Try deleting it and adding a new one and make sure to click current location. I had the same problem until I did this.
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My weather widget app always shows that that the current weather is thunderstorms, regardless of where I am. I have to open it up and it'll refresh to sunny or cloudy. Then if I don't use by phone for a bit it'll go back to thunderstorms. I just checked and I didn't have currently location checked so that'll hopefully fix my issue.
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My weather widget app always shows that that the current weather is thunderstorms, regardless of where I am. I have to open it up and it'll refresh to sunny or cloudy. Then if I don't use by phone for a bit it'll go back to thunderstorms. I just checked and I didn't have currently location checked so that'll hopefully fix my issue.
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I got the same problem as well. You can even watch it error in logcat. Still looking into why its happening.
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I've deleted my clock before I posted. No luck
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One love you think it's related to the hardware?
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HTC Sense 4.x (Feature Dive)

Not entriely sure how I ended up to this part of HTC's page (I think I was looking for news on HTCSense.com) but I found this info guide about HTC Sense & it's features.
I knew about a lot of these features already but I didn't know about the gesture controls, pure reading mode, some HTC Mail app functionality & HTC Task's syncing fuction.
Just when I thought I had it all figured out. You learn something new everyday.
http://www.htc.com/www/htc-sense/
link task to contact
I did not realize that we could attach a task to a contact or a location.
The way it works is the next time the person calls you get a message to complete the task. Same with attaching a task to a location. The next time you are near the chosen location you get a task reminder to ex. "pick up water filter" Kinda cool.
I like it when I find out more and more about my phone. Learning everything right away makes it boring.
I forgot about all the flip features, haven't used them since my tp2. And the 2 finger mail feature life saver! Thank you
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And yet they don't have font customization.
Ever since the last update my stock Evo takes about 10 seconds to open messages or contacts, smart dial doesn't hardly work because of the lag, thinking about factory resetting to see if that fixes it, doesn't do it all the time though.
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I like it when I find out more and more about my phone. Learning everything right away makes it boring.
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True, it's like your phone gets a second wind. I've been using the features well since the find.
I've been good at making a habit of using the new features.

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