Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to use the stock browser or another one to view or download pdf files and pole point slides? My school uploads these files on their website, but when I try click one of these files the place where the pdf or slide should show is just blank. Any ideas why and how I can view/download these? At the moment I just download them on my desktop and upload them to my phone which is unconvenient. Lastly I can download pdf and slide files from other sites. Also if anyone is familar with the service my school uses it is called blackboard
I don't think you can do that just with a browser. To be sure you can test them all but it's gonna take a while
Here's a tip for you though. With the app "Download all files" you can download pdf (and all sort of files) directly on your phone. No need to use the computer.
You'll need Adobe Reader (search on Market) to view PDF's on your phone, and you can actually view PDF's on websites with Firefox if you have Reader installed (for example, a link on a website leads to a PDF, click the link, the PDF should automatically open Reader & display. I just tested this, it works).
In order to download them to your phone in the first place, you can either get Download All Files as per Mr Dickhead's excellent suggestion, or you should also be able to download them with Firefox.
try dolphin browser - it supports addons so as firefox...
Download 'documents to go 3.0' from market...u will be able to view ms word,excel or powerpoint files and attachments,...its really useful...
Like I said when I click a link on the website it doesn't download it to my phone or show up on the website. This is the reason I use my pc to download the files because I can not download or view them on my schools website with my phone. I will try firefox though
So did you do as suggested a couple times above? ...... You haven't said or acknowledged!
Try the "download all files" free from the market, so you can save files directly to sdcard. Then use your office apps to view and edit directly anytime. Done.
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I tried it like I said it doesn't work that only works for files that you can directly download. I uploaded a picture from my desktop and phone
This is what it is suppose to look like using my pc
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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This is what it looks like using my phone
If you use dolphin browser, can use
add-on to convert Web pages to pdf and save to sdcard. Don't know about power point, try....
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.mypdf
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Several ways for you to try...
> Download Blackboard app on Android Market (free) and open links
OR
> Before browsing the school website, switch it to desktop mode first.
Type in URL on default browser:
about:debug
iqandjoke said:
Several ways for you to try...
> Download Blackboard app on Android Market (free) and open links
OR
> Before browsing the school website, switch it to desktop mode first.
Type in URL on default browser:
about:debug
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That app is only for users on sprints network and where am i suppose to type about:debug in the defautl galaxy browser? I tried it didn't load anything
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try dolphin browser - it supports addons so as firefox...
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As far as my experience, Dolphin is the best browser for SGS2!
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I'm using the MarketAccess app with latest market version and it works flawless. I did not liked the original icon and also the fact that the icon title was not spanning properly on the screen. So I edited the original .apk and replaced the icon as well the title.
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Is there any basic guide on how to best use this?
MarketAccess is a branch of MarketEnabler. Personally, I use its very basic function.
With the Market closed, I go to:
Market Access > Providers > T-Mobile
Then, I open the Market and install any US restricted apps. Once I'm done with it, I reboot the phone and the default settings are automatically restored. As I said, pretty simple and basic.
From what I understood, you did not create this, (correct me if I'm wrong ) therefore it doesnt belong in the development section
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What kind of useful apps are US only?
My favorite are:
Amazon Mobile
Google Books
Google Music
Google TV Remote
Netflix
Not sure if Books are now open to everyone, they just added Google Videos to Canada.
Personally, I live 45min from the US border and I have an US address/credit card. We have Netflix in Canada but the selection really sucks, compared to US.
I use a E4200 DD-WRT router as PPTP server with US IP's to all my devices (Google TV, mobile, tablet, etc.) when I'm at home. For example, you need an US IP to upload your music to Google Music site but you can use any IP to download/broadcast Music/Video's to any of your mobile devices. I know is not easy, but is worth the trouble. It really sucks that we have all those restrictions.
At least I can get all my music anywhere, without taking any space on my mobile.
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From what I understood, you did not create this, (correct me if I'm wrong ) therefore it doesnt belong in the development section
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Credit is clearly given into OP, I certainly hope is not going to ruin your day.
I saw many mods posted here (if you can call my change a mod... took me 2min to modify the APK), so I think is the best place for it, since is not related to Original Android development.
MOD = modification of an existing application created by someone else
There are tons of MOD threads listed in this forum, from what I saw.
Still, if I'm wrong, please let me know what would the the appropriate forum so I post there next time.
Cheers
Mate it seems to be working partially with the new market 3.1.5
You can see the currency changed to USD but you can't see the regional apps.
Could someone confirm this ?
Thanks.
It's true. I found a trick for this maybe it's too much of a headache but if you want to use new market then what you have to do is
1. Install market access.
2. Go emulate say for example t mobile.
3. Go to settings/applications/manage/ and then uninstall the updates for market. .
4. So now you have the old market. Now open the market.
5. Then wait for some time. Since it is connected to t-mobile it will update to new market.
6. Now you can download all the apps you want with new market.
The thing is it only works till restart. Then you have to repeat all the steps again.
Big hassle I know but if you absolutely have to use the new market then this is one way. Cheers.
P. S. Simply use old market with market access and freeze market updater using titanium backup to avoid all the hassle and use US APPS.
HellRazorGod said:
Mate it seems to be working partially with the new market 3.1.5
You can see the currency changed to USD but you can't see the regional apps.
Could someone confirm this ?
Thanks.
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Can you give me an example of app that does not work?
I'll test it on my phone with Market 3.1.5 and let you know guys. So far all apps worked for me, I'm in Canada.
Edit: I think I know why is probably not working for some of you.
You need an US IP address as Wi-Fi spot. My DD-WRT router is set as PPTP server and broadcasts an US IP through wireless as well wired connections. So when my phone connects to the market, it does it through an US IP. Using the VPN directly into phone will not cut it.
Nice
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Is there a new version for the latest Google Play ?
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Or maybe it thinks the TP is running FB from the legit webOS app
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You don't believe me?
Ever think its because every other platforms FB app has been recently updated..and WebOS has not?
Facebook now requires a GPS connection, hence why almost all mobile FB apps give a rough location now when you post
OK.. Next question.
About that SIM Card slot...
Antenna? SIM Card? SD? Identifier? What IS that?
What exactly is that? Can you take it out? Can you insert something into it? Can you use it in some way?
If not...why would they include it...? It must be useful in some way...
That's odd...
its the sim card slot for the 4g models. on all other models its a dummy with the serial number
and there is NO sim card hardware if you have a dummy slug, teardown confirmed
but it DOES have the pins and chipset to wire one in but that would require a meta-doctor of the 4G doctor for drivers (webOS), but then CM7 would not work
Would have loved to have had an SD slot.
that would have been nice for the 16GB users, but im sure there will be a much easier method for OTG with a flash drive/sd card reader in the near future
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Apps / Facebook
1. Lets you view messages you thought you deleted
2. Lets you get messages from people you've blocked
3. Won't let you delete statuses or messages
4. When you update your status on Facebook from the TouchPad app, it will do this:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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Facebook no longer does that for iPhones, Androids or anything else. It'll simple say via mobile, if anything.
Maybe Facebook is buying WebOS?
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Read this http://www.precentral.net/how-webos-facebook-app-made-jobs-yell-zuckerberg to understand why facebook for webos isn't as consistant as official facebook app interfaces.
Regarding the via mobile message, like others said, it was updated for ios and android devices. It still says Blackberry, Windows Phone, etc for other platforms.
You can put your conspiracy theory to rest.
Okay.
Is anyone getting that Wifi and Sound problem from time to time?
Every now and then, the sound will become rattly. It just happens.
And every now and then, the WiFi will just stop working. And you have to reset it.
It's happening increasingly often..is it just me?
Noticing the WiFi issue for sure. Never happened before 3.4.
Um, in Android. What's with Facebook not working?
I see people with the icon on their homescreens. But... Why if it doesn't work.
It shuts down repeatedly.
I never really looked into this issue since I browse the facebook website rather than using the app but I did skim over this issue. I believe it crashes because it's trying to pull your location and the touchpad has no GPS. Solution is to fake it. I think there's a fake gps app on the market to fix this.
As to why people have the facebook app. 2 functions. Contact syncing and ability to share photos via facebook app.
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What is the cause of the HP TouchPad's bulkiness? If you tap the back of your TouchPad with your fingernails, it sounds hallow- do you think they'd be able to issue out new backings that would make the TouchPad half as thick?
Another thing is, you can scroll through card view left and right, but why not up and down?
Ever notice in webOS, when you're interacting with card view and you tap to bring the card up and it's blurry for a moment- why does that happen?
Odd...
I'm using Dolphin Browser HD and with the User Agent set to "Android", many websites still default to using the desktop browser.
One of these is ING Direct (banking website), of which the desktop website is frustrating to use on a tablet.
Is there any way to force it to mobile view? There seems to be no mobile URL, which is why I'm asking. This also happens with several other websites, but ING Direct is the main one that frustrates me.
The ironic part is that switching the user agent to iPhone seems to force mobile websites fine. But then other websites break, like YouTube links go to the iPhone mobile website, instead of launching the Android app etc...
Why does the User Agent Android not work properly? Is there a way to force it to act like an Android phone?
There is an option under setting in HTC default browser to set to Mobile View. Check that and you are good to go.
echaru said:
There is an option under setting in HTC default browser to set to Mobile View. Check that and you are good to go.
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How will a setting in HTC's default browser transfer over to Dolphin?
(And the reason I know it is an Evo View-specific issue rather than a Dolphin browser issue, is because these issues don't occur on my phone when using the same Dolphin app.)
Paul22000 said:
How will a setting in HTC's default browser transfer over to Dolphin?
(And the reason I know it is an Evo View-specific issue rather than a Dolphin browser issue, is because these issues don't occur on my phone when using the same Dolphin app.)
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I'm not sure but maybe it alters a system file not just the browser setting.
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I'm not sure but maybe it alters a system file not just the browser setting.
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Unfortunately it does not work.
After marking Mobile View in the "Internet" app, Dolphin still brings up desktop web sites, even though Dolphin is set to "Android" user agent.
How is no one else having issues with this?
Tried it on my flyer... Android user agent didn't load it, but iPhone did. It seems that dolphin HD has a slightly different user agent than Mini, which does redirect when using android as the user agent.
HD: 4.0 Safari
Mini: 4.0 Mobile Safari
Adding Mobile to the default user agent string for Android causes ING to redirect.
The problem in this case is on ING's side. Their server is looking for the word mobile in the user agent to force the redirect.
Try this as a custom user agent and see if it works with your other problem sites:
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 3.2.1; en-us; HTC Flyer P510e Build/HTK75C) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.13
On edit: using a custom user agent with just the word mobile also redirected to the ING mobile site on HD
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Thank you! I will try this.
How the heck did you figure that out? Haha
Try that or contact Dolphin Browser HD Support.
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Paul22000 said:
Thank you! I will try this.
How the heck did you figure that out? Haha
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All I did was compare the user agent from my phone which runs mini to the user agent on HD to see what was different (http://www.whatismyuseragent.com), hardware identifiers aside...
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Try that or contact Dolphin Browser HD Support.
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Done.
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Wow thanks for following up with them. I never would have thought about contacting them directly about this.
You actually inspired me to email them about one of my pet peeves / feature requests: the option to keep tabs up all the time, even when scrolling down the page! For a tablet, this would be amazing, for fast tab switching, rather than having to hit menu to bring up all the tabs every time.
Good to see that Dolphin support is so responsive!
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Dear XDA wizards,
Ever since I got to play around with the newly installed apps from the google play store, there was one in particular that stood out for me. Yep, google play books.
Its damn awesome even if it really could use the opening book animation that ibooks has. The only thing that's driving me crazy is the absence of the option to import your own epub or books you bought (or downloaded) elsewere.
I mean aldiko is fine alright, but i want to use this app. I searched round and round and nobody has found out a solution to this. Yes there has been filed a ticket at google, yes i can use other ebook apps and yes I read every freaking thread.
So i would kindly suggest if you can perform your magic to finding out why or better how to solve this.
somewhere it had to do with drm epub or something i thought.
thank you!
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I feel the same way. It would be amazing if Google would just add this feature in a future update or if an XDA wizard could come up with a workaround. I'm currently using the Nook app but Google Play Books is so much sexier.
Play Books just updated with a description saying it supports epub format. Does that mean we can import now? I can't figure out how! Help!!!
satur9ine said:
Play Books just updated with a description saying it supports epub format. Does that mean we can import now? I can't figure out how! Help!!!
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been trying i can't figure it out!!
Indeed, that would be great! Prettiest reading app so far!
Has anyone made any breakthrough to import books with this app?
Bump - I'm curious about this as well. Ridiculous that Google doesn't allow importing...
Bump - searching for a solution too.
go to the playstore and download file converter app. it will give you choices on different formats to convert files to. with ebooks it pretty fast. just takes a few minutes. it even works for converting videos as well. to read the book just make sure you have a pdf reader and your good to go.
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go to the playstore and download file converter app. it will give you choices on different formats to convert files to. with ebooks it pretty fast. just takes a few minutes. it even works for converting videos as well. to read the book just make sure you have a pdf reader and your good to go.
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That's not what people are asking. You just described how to download the books you purchase in Google Play Books. Only useful if you want to read those purchased books offline.
We are all asking how to add our other books into our Google Play library app.
It's absolutely insane that even my Google Drive docs in PDF, ePub, and Mobi can't be opened on Android devices.
I hate to say this but Google Play is still a crappy market and service. The apps are great but Google, of all companies, has heavier DRM insanity than anyone else at this point. I can't even copy my mp3s purchased from Google Play to my wife's Play account (it says it was purchased from a different Play account and blocks it from upload).
Feedback to Google: great apps, ****ty Play store. Even in 2012, the only way to consume digital media is to buy your music from Amazon and buy your books/movies hard copy and download the digital books and movies from torrents (or torrent it all I guess and skip buying anything until they get their act together).
Bump - Any news about "Play Books"?
Will Google update the app or are there some developers trying to "fix" the app? Had you heard something about?
Bump,
How about we collectively send this in as a bug, which might give our desire for the import feature more attention.
I went to: support google.com/googleplay/bin/static.py?hl=en-GB&ts=2481847&page=ts.cs , and sent this in as if it were a bug. Which, I think it's fair to say it is. This is may biggest personal grievance from being in the android world, and I hope to push it to be resolved.
Edit:
Also, we should recommend this as a feature, support google.com/googleplay/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=suggestions.cs
The links doesn't work. Can you please update the links?
Hello guys, here I present you My Webcam an app to transform your Windows Phone into a remote webcam which can be accessed using a simple web interface, VLC & any program to access IP Camera feeds.
you can also remotely take pictures and record videos it has support for IP Webcam adapters to use your phone like an pc webcam for Skype , google Hangouts & some web video chatting.
i am inspired to bring even more features with future updates.
app price is $3,99 with free trial.
Mod edit: Removed paid app link
First, the app isn't working for me: probably, your host is blocked by my firewall. Second, I should be a complete idiot to stream my (private) camera via your host with insecure (however it's doesn't matter - even if you'' implement https - who knows, maybe you are owner of the some sort of "live porno" site, who knows?!) http connection. No way, sir!
Actually, the app only create one local port people cant just accesss it over the internet ( someone correct me if i am wrong), and the other there is NO HOST thing LOL. Everything is done within your local network only.
What happened when you tried? What is your phone model?
myrcello said:
Actually, the app only create one local port people cant just accesss it over the internet ( someone correct me if i am wrong), and the other there is NO HOST thing LOL. Everything is done within your local network only.
What happened when you tried? What is your phone model?
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That means your app is buggy and can't detect real (internal or external) IP address of the handset connected to the router. It shows 172.20.20.20 (I just googled it: yes, it's not your IP but rarely used private adresses range - I have NO idea why you used it as a text template instead of common 127.0.0.1, for example).
Having bugs like this in the paid (and expensive for it's kind) app (JFYI, paid app promotion is against the xda rules) is also "NO WAY".
P.S. It doesn't really matter what handset model is used (it's your implementation bug!) but I used L-640 for test.
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That means your app is buggy and can't detect real (internal or external) IP address of the handset connected to the router. It shows 172.20.20.20 (I just googled it: yes, it's not your IP but rarely used private adresses range - I have NO idea why you used it as a text template instead of common 127.0.0.1, for example).
Having bugs like this in the paid (and expensive for it's kind) app (JFYI, paid app promotion is against the xda rules) is also "NO WAY".
P.S. It doesn't really matter what handset model is used (it's your implementation bug!) but I used L-640 for test.
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Hello dear sensboston, the app gets all the IPs that the phone is connected to ( this is not a text template the defaut xaml incode template is 0.0.0.0 haha) then show it in the links menu, but Windows Phone attaches the port to only one ip, my implementation is not buggy - this is Lumia 640 issue ( I can say that because I have a lot of email sent by user using this phone and bad reviews also).
sorry man maybe you will not be able to use the app not by my fault but by the way you are speeching you don't really need to, best regards.
Maybe you are right about L-640-specific bug but just tried (just in case!) on my L-920: it detects IP correctly but still doesn't work in Chrome
And, @myrcello, if you are writing something on the public forum, you should be ready not for the "thanks" only but for criticism too. Your app has too many issues for the paid app; you've posted paid app promotion on the enthusiasts forum - I believe it's a good reason to criticize your app.
Please read the article posted in the link below before posting any more paid apps on this site.
http://www.xda-developers.com/a-guide-to-paid-work-on-xda-developers/
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