Google Play - Start of something - HTC Amaze 4G

So I think everyone has received the update for google play, atleast stateside.
Opinions? Other then new promotions, does Google play really change the Android market?
and the name....? I'm going to be calling it the Android marketplace for awhile until my mind lets me say Google play without the two words sounding funny.
Anyway just wanted to hear your opinions.

I'm confused on what it actually is...
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Nvm found it^^ to anyone wondering - here
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_...le-play-launches-as-online-entertainment-hub/
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Google PLAY.... sounds like the little kids market. Lol. I honestly don't like it.

craigtut said:
Google PLAY.... sounds like the little kids market. Lol. I honestly don't like it.
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Me either. IMHO, its a sneaky way to make you agree to new terms of services like the rest of google
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glacierguy said:
Me either. IMHO, its a sneaky way to make you agree to new terms of services like the rest of google
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Very sneaky! I still have the original market on my tablet, and I'm going to keep it that way as long as possible.
I do use google music though. And the refreshed layout was nice. But it seems like
In addition, the update isn't working entirely globally. Out of state users can't access their books through Google Play.
( Sorry couldn't provide links earlier, but there are several blog articles out now)

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Samsung's "S Voice" works with the Evo3d on ICS

I just installed the "S Voice" that comes with the new SGS3 and it works. I found this out from this THREAD and this THREAD. It is ok and looks to work good with our device if you are running an ICS Rom. I am currently on MeanRom ICS v1.0 and it works good. Enjoy
Edit: One that should work after they tried and block us lol.
http://www.mediafire.com/?fp04n29phdzeram
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Just a heads up for all those having trouble with the link, the only way I found it to work is to use a browser and go to the desktop version of the site if you are using your phone.
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thanks
im not running ICS as of yet but i'll test it on Gingerbread anyway hahaha
Just force closes on Sense 3.6.
EDIT: Got it work, but it is seriously such an obvious Siri clone. You can even launch it by double-tapping home (only works on an SGSIII)
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Just force closes on Sense 3.6.
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Not true. Using it on my ROM as we speak
Thanks OP. Tried and it did work, but OMG the lag! Uninstalled...
Vinchenzop said:
Not true. Using it on my ROM as we speak
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Yeah, what messed it up is trying to set my own wake up thing. Cleared app data and its now working great.
yousefak said:
Just force closes on Sense 3.6.
EDIT: Got it work, but it is seriously such an obvious Siri clone. You can even launch it by double-tapping home (only works on an SGSIII)
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force closes on mine ....but i managed to get partway through the tips up until the point where it tells you about "hi galaxy"
edit: i had to skip the tips to make this work....but now i don't know how to use it (kinda like a chicken and egg situation)
ace9988 said:
force closes on mine ....but i managed to get partway through the tips up until the point where it tells you about "hi galaxy"
edit: i had to skip the tips to make this work....but now i don't know how to use it (kinda like a chicken and egg situation)
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Just think of it as (dare I say it) Siri. It's pretty simple and easy to use.
Click the bottom-right if you need more help or go into the settings. If I were you, I'd turn of the 'Hi Galaxy' wakeup since it's pointless having to say that every time I want to use it.
Thanks op.
How does it compare to siri?
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Wow s voice is a complete siri clone
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It's the vlingo app on steroids, pretty cool tho
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Just remember that this is just the first version release of this app and it should be probably will be updated numerous times to work out all the bugs once the SGS3 is released.
jsp20 said:
Wow s voice is a complete siri clone
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well, both samsung and apple bought a license from the same software house for the same thing, its like sayng that dell cloned hp because both install windows on their computers...
NixZero said:
well, both samsung and apple bought a license from the same software house for the same thing, its like sayng that dell cloned hp because both install windows on their computers...
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True, but everyone will compare it to Siri since it was out first and that's the only "big" thing out to compare it to.
nice... heres a mirror yours ran out of BW
https://hotfile.com/dl/156330651/3d66185/voicetalk.apk.html
Nice, was gonna share this info myself then I found this thread. I have it installed on my Transformer Prime too. So anyone with a Prime can also install this app in it as well
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tried it. it works but it's very laggy. From the moment I said "Call home" to the moment the phone actually started dialling, I had to wait about 40 seconds. A bit too long to actually make it useful.
Thanks for sharing though. Probably it will improve with time
Double tap home didn't work for me, but maybe due to sense? Couldn't get it working on AOSP ICS on Desire either though.
Trying to change wake up fc it and had to clear app data to get it working again.
It works. But as said its a bit slow to actually do the task.. tested with sms and web search
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fpineda101 said:
It's the vlingo app on steroids, pretty cool tho
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Actually says in the app powered by vlingo
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Tilde88 said:
nice... heres a mirror yours ran out of BW
https://hotfile.com/dl/156330651/3d66185/voicetalk.apk.html
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I added your link to my OP

HTC Premium Navigation flashable?

Hello, I recently came here from the Droid Incredible forum. One of the roms I used to run had a sort of premium navigation called Laputa. What's interesting about it is that there is an option to download maps and use them offline, along with a kick ass integration with sense. So I was wondering if there would be any way to flash this on Cleanrom ICS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU7E3wETnro
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That would be interesting, +1
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Bump, I'm interested as well
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heres something i found. dont know if its premium but its htc locations/navigation (laputa) for the One X and XL. it has three widgets, 2 apps and a voicedialer(ignore this the person packaging it just added it because at&t removed it for one of their own bloatware apps
http://d-h.st/fX0
Anyone try, that much better than google navigation?
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Anyone try, that much better than google navigation?
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i havent tried it yet,i just posted it but it might not work
I don't think it works. I downloaded it, extracted the files. Noting would install at all. I didn't spend but maybe 2 minutes on it so maybe someone with more motivation can get it to work
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Can you link to a Rom from the dinc that had this feature?
That was forever ago... I'm thinking maybe uberZ not the original but the one from Joel it might have been a sense 2.0 rom also. I can try to dig something up and I'll post back if I get results.
EDIT: Uggg that forum is a grave yard. I think this rom might have had it. It even has car home in the screenshot. KINgDoM REwInD 3D
The reason many devs don't inclue htc's car home is because they consider it bloat.
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Games on the Evo 4g lte

Why aren't a lot of games supported by HTC Evo late. I am running cm10 on my phone could that be a reason?
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I can confirm NOVA 3 doesn't work on cm while its perfectly fine on stock. So I switched to stock to finish it
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I've tried running dead space and its not being supported. Any ideas why?
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For some games you need to edit build.prop to change phone model, for others disable the hardware overlay in developer options. Keep in mind that no matter how great CMX is running, it is still a nightly and a lot of polish is still needed
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For some games you need to edit build.prop to change phone model, for others disable the hardware overlay in developer options. Keep in mind that no matter how great CMX is running, it is still a nightly and a lot of polish is still needed
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This. Its easy enough to fool the play store into thinking you are compatible
Oh sorry I forgot to also mention chainfire, the things that guy has done with older hardware like the htc Leo is crazy. He has an app called chainfire3d that let's you load plugin drivers and if you decide to get the paid version it has his market enabler
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I've tried running dead space and its not being supported. Any ideas why?
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Ea has to fix it like they did for Mass Effect.
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Instead of editing the build.prop I try and find a download online. Not really sure if it works with any and everything, but I got max Payne working, newest version that isn't "compatible" with the EVO LTE.
If anyone is interested pm me and ill shoot u the apk.
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I find gaming way to difficult on a phone. I need buttons... And good games... And emulators don't count.
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tuscani1821 said:
I find gaming way to difficult on a phone. I need buttons... And good games... And emulators don't count.
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Was gonna say Mike Tyson's punchout works great, but yeah, that's on NES. Also NHL 94 on genesis. Emulators are great.
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Anthonicia said:
Was gonna say Mike Tyson's punchout works great, but yeah, that's on NES. Also NHL 94 on genesis. Emulators are great.
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Ehh they are OK at best.
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tuscani1821 said:
Ehh they are OK at best.
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U tried playing original genesis controller lately? Idk what's worse.
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I miss my genesis, everything still works but my TV does not like anything old school. Can't play any of my old systems and they are surprisingly still in working order
Anthonicia said:
Instead of editing the build.prop I try and find a download online. Not really sure if it works with any and everything, but I got max Payne working, newest version that isn't "compatible" with the EVO LTE.
If anyone is interested pm me and ill shoot u the apk.
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Probably not the best move. Usually a pretty good way to get malware.
Google scans the market regularly for rogue apps.
You never know if that app you downloaded off the net was edited in some way
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Anthonicia said:
U tried playing original genesis controller lately? Idk what's worse.
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They are great what you smoking on lol.
Btw this is how I get my mobile gaming fix
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I miss my genesis, everything still works but my TV does not like anything old school. Can't play any of my old systems and they are surprisingly still in working order
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That is very true. I'd totally buy them off you depending what u have
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Rxpert said:
Probably not the best move. Usually a pretty good way to get malware.
Google scans the market regularly for rogue apps.
You never know if that app you downloaded off the net was edited in some way
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Your probably right. Did scan it with avg, but that's not really saying a whole lot.
No push ads or anything, but all the malicious malware worth its salt is geared towards stealing financial info these days.
Idk if I'd go out of my way to modify a game for people who are too cheap to buy it from the market though. In our case we can't even buy it.
Hoping it is just an apk that was uploaded by a normal person.
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Facebook Home Discussion

Just finished watching the livestream of the Facebook Home announcement. It was mentioned that FB Home would be coming to several devices on April 12th, including HTC One, One X, One X+, GS3, GS4, and Note 2. It seems to be basically a launcher replacement/UI. They also said it would be coming to Tablets in several months. So I was curious what DNA users think. Do you care? Should we feel left out? Do you want FB Home? Do you think we will get it? When?
People who don't like FB at all, don't bother posting. You don't need it and it won't be pushed on anybody. Hopefully this thread will be for FB/DNA users who are interested in discussing FB Home.
I think it looks interesting but I actually like Sense a lot so I'm concerned about how well it will integrate and whether we will lose out on a lot of features we have come to rely upon, like widgets, etc.
I am getting it one the 12th. It looks pretty slick.
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craigbailey1986 said:
I am getting it one the 12th. It looks pretty slick.
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Confused... getting the HTC One or FB Home? Do you plan to use FB Home or stick with Sense UI/launcher.
n8mack33 said:
Confused... getting the HTC One or FB Home? Do you plan to use FB Home or stick with Sense UI/launcher.
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Fb home. The ui and launcher reallyoom nice. I don't use sense launcher now. That phone is a huge downgrade compared to the dna
And I meant on the 12th not one.
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How is that gonna work on the iPhone? I know who cares, but I was just wondering..
Count me out. This is a terrible idea in my opinion because for me like facebook but all the time? Sense launcher for me.
zone23 said:
How is that gonna work on the iPhone? I know who cares, but I was just wondering..
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It's not on iphone
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Even for people who are not on FB, it is generally a good thing for the Android ecosystem because, at least for now, it could be driving users towards Android who would otherwise be buying iPhones.
I use FB several times/day, but I don't think I would want this simply because it will take a lot of why I like the android platform away from me, namely, freedom. The UI of FB home doesn't look half bad, but unless you want to be forced to have your phone revolve around FB then you might instead like any one of the hundreds of other launchers currently available from the play store.
Not to mention that it took FB several months to work out some of the more basic bugs from its first android app.
This honestly smells of desperation to overcome FB's member boredom. Google could easily also make a launcher for Google+, or MySpace or Twitter could, and I'd feel the same way. It's pretty bold of FB...
Oh, and His Zuckness also wants to run ADS on the launcher as well.
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It's not on iphone
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Are you sure because I thought Apple let users use launchers :sarcasm: thanks.
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Dri94 said:
It's not on iphone
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It's not on iSh*t because it sucks.
If this improves the Facebook experience on Android I'm all for it.. The Facebook app has improved greatly, but compared to other apps, it's not good at all.. I'm always dealing with "loading" ... and "No internet connection" .. constant issues with the application.. We shall see what this does!!
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All Im really interested in is the messaging functionality, that was interesting, and maybe the lockscreen, If I could cherry pick aspects of fb home that would be nice, as a whole however I'm not that interested.
I'm always on facebook. That said, this is probably gonna suck given the track record with their FB app. I'd try it if it came to the DNA.
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Can't see myself using a FB launcher personally. I like and need the seperation between the two
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All Im really interested in is the messaging functionality, that was interesting, and maybe the lockscreen, If I could cherry pick aspects of fb home that would be nice, as a whole however I'm not that interested.
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+1 This makes tons of sense. I wouldn't mind certain aspects running in the background I'm just not sure I want it to take over the home screen ui.
Has anyone tried grabbing the apk from another device and seeing if it works on the DNA?
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Has anyone tried grabbing the apk from another device and seeing if it works on the DNA?
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Tried it says device not compatible. Will receive am update when a version is ready to download.
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craigbailey1986 said:
Tried it says device not compatible. Will receive am update when a version is ready to download.
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Modaco's should work if you are rooted and remove the apk from /system/app.
I'm stock OTA so it tells me the signature exists as facebook came with my phone
The hacked version does work on the DNA its a pretty neat launcher if you are really that into wanting a face book phone. Sucks up data fast for those on limited data plans so make sure to check the settings. Not the best launcher, for ease of use, but it is sure different. The future of launchers could be a good start.
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Google drive

Anybody know how to allow all users to a file on Google drive from the phone can't find a setting for it
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Nevermind got it done via pc
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I'm in disbelief. I cannot believe this does not get more out cries from the masses.
Even after so many updates, this feature appears to have been ignored in the mobile app. Yet, it is a cornerstone feature for Dropbox, and has been for some time.
Why does Google give so much thought to Gmail and the like, yet come out with half-baked apps like drive? It's mind boggling.
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I'm in disbelief. I cannot believe this does not get more out cries from the masses.
Even after so many updates, this feature appears to have been ignored in the mobile app. Yet, it is a cornerstone feature for Dropbox, and has been for some time.
Why does Google give so much thought to Gmail and the like, yet come out with half-baked apps like drive? It's mind boggling.
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I know right!! It drives me crazy that they haven't added this feature!
Mwebb049 said:
I know right!! It drives me crazy that they haven't added this feature!
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Same with Google keep. They took forever to add alarms to that app. Always struck me as one of the top 3 features.
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