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Any thoughts on an app called app planet? I've heard conflicting stories just trying to get some clarification. Thanks.
App planet is highly questionable on a moral level. It is just like the market app BUT only features hacked paid apps. If you are into "stolen" apps you will enjoy app planet but be wary as some apps may contain harmful code. What you see is not always what you get. Virus and data mining are always a risk.
I hope this answers your question. Proceed with caution!
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Any thoughts on an app called app planet? I've heard conflicting stories just trying to get some clarification. Thanks.
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Nevermind....
That is helpful... This is my first Android, just trying to learn as much as I can. And... Not destroying anything in the process.
My feelings... if someone can't support a developer and pay pocket change for their app that they are going to use, it's pathetic. If people feel $1-$5 is too much, maybe they shouldn't be spending money each month on a cell phone bill...
You're absolutely right... This was a conversation I had with someone last night who wanted to show off his rooted d2. I told him I was using a rooted TB and he tried to one up with this app. I felt it was a little odd to have all apps available for free and he doesn't read this site. Now I can relay the message.
The Amazon app store on the other hand offers a free app every day
i totally understand that stealing apps from applanet is wrong but i think there are still several good uses. i have used it a couple times to download apps that were no longer available in the market like rom gripper and also blocked apps like wireless tether. i also have used it to try out a paid app for more than 15 mins allowed by the official market. if i liked it, i went on the regular market and bought it! it DOESNT HAVE to be used for piracy only....
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My feelings... if someone can't support a developer and pay pocket change for their app that they are going to use, it's pathetic. If people feel $1-$5 is too much, maybe they shouldn't be spending money each month on a cell phone bill...
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I agree with you 100%, but anyway if the OP would have read the forum guidelines he would know this is not even allowed to be discussed here, so im sure this thread will be closed very soon!
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i totally understand that stealing apps from applanet is wrong but i think there are still several good uses. i have used it a couple times to download apps that were no longer available in the market like rom gripper and also blocked apps like wireless tether. i also have used it to try out a paid app for more than 15 mins allowed by the official market. if i liked it, i went on the regular market and bought it! it DOESNT HAVE to be used for piracy only....
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Stop trying to cover crap in gold... its illegal, end of story.
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i also have used it to try out a paid app for more than 15 mins allowed by the official market.
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When did it change from 24 hours to 15 minutes? I noticed this the other day and think its stupid, 15 minutes isn't long enough to test some apps.
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When did it change from 24 hours to 15 minutes? I noticed this the other day and think its stupid, 15 minutes isn't long enough to test some apps.
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This was to help developers, I will agree, 15 minutes is a bit short. But it is needed because of the amount of people that would buy a paid app, use it for that day, then "return" it. That and i'm sure people were downloading the paid app, ripping the apk, then "returning" the app, but still having the full paid version.
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This was to help developers, I will agree, 15 minutes is a bit short. But it is needed because of the amount of people that would buy a paid app, use it for that day, then "return" it. That and i'm sure people were downloading the paid app, ripping the apk, then "returning" the app, but still having the full paid version.
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The funny thing is that 15 minutes is enough time to rip the apk but not enough time to even check out an app to see if I like it or not. I support the devs but this is going to hurt devs I think. I no longer try any paid app without finding it on the web instead of the market.
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So this dude says something about GO Launcher sending the IMEI no. to the dev. itself. Anyone have more info about that? Thoughts?
I wasnt able to find any relevant information about that @ google.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iGPbvzPvkWw#t=166s
click the link to get to the exact time or manually fast forward it to 2:46
Update, read:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/342722-goapps-investigating-the-privacy-claims/
Even if that rumour is true, What is the dev gonna do with 200,000 IMEIs?
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Even if that rumour is true, What is the dev gonna do with 200,000 IMEIs?
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I didn't watch the video but people are suspicious about the Go software for a while since they are nonprofit, no ads and totally great in functions. Who gives free lunch?
There might be stuff they can do with such information. I don't know.
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I didn't watch the video but people are suspicious about the Go software for a while since they are nonprofit, no ads and totally great in functions. Who gives free lunch?
There might be stuff they can do with such information. I don't know.
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NO ONE GIVES FREE LUNCH! I'm suspicious too now
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I didn't watch the video but people are suspicious about the Go software for a while since they are nonprofit, no ads and totally great in functions. Who gives free lunch?
There might be stuff they can do with such information. I don't know.
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Yes, I was kinda of skeptical after knowing that none of their apps cost. I don't think there is anyway that they make money from themes, so how the hell?
But as for now I'm enjoying the launcher, the best one ive used so far and havent gotten into any trouble. Hope this remains a rumor.
There is an article on MoDaCo called GoApps - investigating the privacy claims which seems to clear thing up.
IMO the whole thing smells of "Look at me! My first video on XDA and I want to be controversial!"
Still, if I hadn't looked into this non-issue I would never have found out about the excellent LBE Privacy Guard app which is available for free on the Market
Jaidumb said:
There is an article on MoDaCo called GoApps - investigating the privacy claims which seems to clear thing up.
IMO the whole thing smells of "Look at me! My first video on XDA and I want to be controversial!"
Still, if I hadn't looked into this non-issue I would never have found out about the excellent LBE Privacy Guard app which is available for free on the Market
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Guess it is this one?
http://android.modaco.com/topic/342722-goapps-investigating-the-privacy-claims/
Putting it on the first post.
Not sure if someone started a thread here yet but it looks like Google Drive is online.
https://drive.google.com
Here is the Play Store link to download the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..
I guess they replaced Google Docs with Google Drive on Android... Its not a whole lot different than Docs was so far, except the widget is gray and not blue.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/google-drive-official-cloud-storage-details-docs/
some more info
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Not sure if someone started a thread here yet but it looks like Google Drive is online.
https://drive.google.com
Here is the Play Store link to download the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..
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i got ninja'd lol
OK the windows app has me sold on using Google Drive now. Its basically just like dropbox, except made by google, which must make it better, right?
antp121 said:
i got ninja'd lol
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hmm?
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hmm?
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was gunna post this but you had already did - ninja'd
antp121 said:
was gunna post this but you had already did - ninja'd
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Oh.. yea I work IT so most of my day involves browsing the internet.. so I posted this the moment I saw it was online.
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OK the windows app has me sold on using Google Drive now. Its basically just like dropbox, except made by google, which must make it better, right?
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It's got to mean it's better
I just downloaded everything and it seems pretty much the same as Dropbox but instead of the 3Gb I have with Dropbox, you get 5Gb with Drive! I think I'll use both for a free 8Gb lol
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Oh.. yea I work IT so most of my day involves browsing the internet.. so I posted this the moment I saw it was online.
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Yup, I work as an IT manager too, and the vast majority of my day is actually spent reading Android stuff or playing around with my phone and tablet.
Its an awesome job
a.mcdear said:
Yup, I work as an IT manager too, and the vast majority of my day is actually spent reading Android stuff or playing around with my phone and tablet.
Its an awesome job
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Agreed. As long as your not my manager. If you are, then I promise you I am working..
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Agreed. As long as your not my manager. If you are, then I promise you I am working..
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Nope. Carry on!
Unfortunately I am the entire IT department at the moment and really have no minions to "manage"... but "IT Manager" has a more professional sound to it than my other title, which is apparently "The Computer Guy" or "The Phone Guy" to most of the people in the office...
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Nope. Carry on!
Unfortunately I am the entire IT department at the moment and really have no minions to "manage"... but "IT Manager" has a more professional sound to it than my other title, which is apparently "The Computer Guy" or "The Phone Guy" to most of the people in the office...
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Those nicknames sound about right, and remember, computers are suppose to magically work. There is no back end servers that manage everything, it just works.
My drive isn't available yet. The funny thing is that I was interviewing with Dropbox a few weeks ago when this was rumored. During the second interview they asked "what feature do you think could completely revolutionize Dropbox?" my answer was the ability to store media and stream it to your devices, they said it was a good idea but would probably create problems with the DMCA/MPAA/RIAA/any other four letter asshole groups or laws. I just saw on G+ today that someone mentioned this was a feature and when I asked them about it they confirmed it worked!
I have a feeling that once this matures, Dropbox is going to lose a fair amount of users.
Have you guys seen the verge article? Basically, they could possibly use, modify, and profit from what you store in the gdrive. I went ahead and downloaded it, and it works pretty well. Just waiting to see how Google responds to the complaints. I dig google, and all the stuff the put out. Just sayin.
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Have you guys seen the verge article? Basically, they could possibly use, modify, and profit from what you store in the gdrive. I went ahead and downloaded it, and it works pretty well. Just waiting to see how Google responds to the complaints. I dig google, and all the stuff the put out. Just sayin.
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Not nearly as bad as the headlines we are seeing.
Source:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...rive-files-now-in-googles-promo-materials.ars
"As it turns out, the company claims no ownership—it says so right in the terms of service, and a comparison between Google Drive's terms and that of other storage services turns up few material differences, except for a couple of questionable terms that may land your content in Google's promotional materials."
Just got mine activated today, it's neat, but nothing mind-blowing yet. The only thing that is awesome right now is if you upload a video to your drive you can watch it on a mobile device.
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My drive isn't available yet. The funny thing is that I was interviewing with Dropbox a few weeks ago when this was rumored. During the second interview they asked "what feature do you think could completely revolutionize Dropbox?" my answer was the ability to store media and stream it to your devices, they said it was a good idea but would probably create problems with the DMCA/MPAA/RIAA/any other four letter asshole groups or laws. I just saw on G+ today that someone mentioned this was a feature and when I asked them about it they confirmed it worked!
I have a feeling that once this matures, Dropbox is going to lose a fair amount of users.
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There's a little trick to "forcing" activation. If you have 2 google accounts on your phone, download the app and keep switching between accounts in the app and it will activate. Did it yesterday and it worked. I now have 2 active accounts 10 minutes after signup.
not really liking drive though..or the app I should say. Lacks image thumbnails and can't create folders. To view an image it takes time to open where dropbox is almost instant and you can swipe to next pic just like in gallery. IMO, dropbox is still the winner. But I'm sure its only time till those issues are addressed.
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There's a little trick to "forcing" activation. If you have 2 google accounts on your phone, download the app and keep switching between accounts in the app and it will activate. Did it yesterday and it worked. I now have 2 active accounts 10 minutes after signup.
not really liking drive though..or the app I should say. Lacks image thumbnails and can't create folders. To view an image it takes time to open where dropbox is almost instant and you can swipe to next pic just like in gallery. IMO, dropbox is still the winner. But I'm sure its only time till those issues are addressed.
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just to be clear, it'll activate the phone app but not online also, correct?
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just to be clear, it'll activate the phone app but not online also, correct?
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Haven't tried going online, but if I can upload and view from the app, the drive must be active
Try it... It's not just me cause I found that trick mentioned in another thread which I can't find now...
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is there any keylogger app for android that is free and offline? next week im going to give my wife a smartphone as a birthday present.
i just need an offline keylogger that saves the logs in .txt file hidden somewhere in the phone since i can borrow that phone for a while. i don't need the one that use a gps or internet..
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is there any keylogger app for android that is free and offline? next week im going to give my wife a smartphone as a birthday present.
i just need an offline keylogger that saves the logs in .txt file hidden somewhere in the phone since i can borrow that phone for a while. i don't need the one that use a gps or internet..
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Woah! Don't you trust your wife.....or you want her personal info out....that's really a shame you wanna do that....
Anyways....AFAIK there's some app named Social Hack. It might be some help.
i trust her but not 100% since we rarely see each other nowadays and she cheated on me once.. by the way i tried looking for that social hack in google but i can't find it. can you give me a link for that?
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i trust her but not 100% since we rarely see each other nowadays and she cheated on me once.. by the way i tried looking for that social hack in google but i can't find it. can you give me a link for that?
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It's in Play Store.
Well, if you don't trust her then why are you with her. If she wanna cheat, she surely will cheat. No matter what you do...you can't force her on that. If you do... There more likely chances of divorce.
But still there are many reasons women don't leave their husband even even if they love another person...if you know what I mean.
Meh, here's the link...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.askpi.socialHack
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It's in Play Store.
Well, if you don't trust her then why are you with her. If she wanna cheat, she surely will cheat. No matter what you do...you can't force her on that. If you do... There more likely chances of divorce.
But still there are many reasons women don't leave their husband even even if they love another person...if you know what I mean.
Meh, here's the link...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.askpi.socialHack
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well you know love is blind.. lol
but if i caught her again, i'll think about divorcing.. by the way, thanks for that app. but i know her account in facebook since she told me her password, what i want is i can get the logs of what she type while she text someone..
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well you know love is blind.. lol
but if i caught her again, i'll think about divorcing.. by the way, thanks for that app. but i know her account in facebook since she told me her password, what i want is i can get the logs of what she type while she text someone..
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Love is blind..but you aren't... If you know she's cheating... Leave her... You can always find more better...as others say," Plenty of other fish in sea "...or whatever... Don't use means to spy on her...if she finds she herself would divorce I think...what I know from experience is true love never cheats...and nothing is more satisfying than finding the right person...
Its no good to spend your life with person you don't trust..
Anyways, you're on your own...I can't force you or something.. But nothing is bad in getting free tip.
And the app you say, there are plenty in market... Search something like SMS spy or parental spy...just get the hint. I doubt that you get any free one but what's wrong with searching. You can always try.
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Love is blind..but you aren't... If you know she's cheating... Leave her... You can always find more better...as others say," Plenty of other fish in sea "...or whatever... Don't use means to spy on her...if she finds she herself would divorce I think...what I know from experience is true love never cheats...and nothing is more satisfying than finding the right person...
Its no good to spend your life with person you don't trust..
Anyways, you're on your own...I can't force you or something.. But nothing is bad in getting free tip.
And the app you say, there are plenty in market... Search something like SMS spy or parental spy...just get the hint. I doubt that you get any free one but what's wrong with searching. You can always try.
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its alwasy satysfing to give her proff and says GOTCHA BEYOTCH! xD
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its alwasy satysfing to give her proff and says GOTCHA BEYOTCH! xD
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+1 for this!
by the way, i still can't find a good application that tracks sms, cause all apps that i see needs an internet connection.. no offline tracker..
reidhershel09 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137280 try this like if i help u then please msg me pm on i wana talk with u
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Woah! Don't you trust your wife.....or you want her personal info out....that's really a shame you wanna do that....
Anyways....AFAIK there's some app named Social Hack. It might be some help.
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I trusted of my wife, and 6 day ago I have found in her whatsapp a lot of message of another man with a chat of sweet word, so..... trust on she is good but not trust is better......
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Well, if you don't trust her then why are you with her.
But still there are many reasons women don't leave their husband even even if they love another person...if you know what I mean.
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Oh really ??
A guy simply asked for .apk and you come up with a psychotherapy or marriage counselling ? Are you kidding or sth ?
Get kids first then you'll know why it's not so easy to dump a wife...In majority of western countries and EU wife gets sole rights over the kids after divorce no matter what (unless you can prove drugs / insanity)
Also don't be so sure these days about wives sticking to their husbands & status quo.
Kids is not really a magnet...Mortgage usually is but selling a house is easy...
You will not find any info here about keyloggers. They are illegal and in so against XDA rules.
Wayne Tech Nexus
http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/galaxys4.pdf
I woke up this morning and on my phone was a request to update from Verizon, it was an official update.
I haven't seen anything anywhere and I can't believe that I am one of the first on XDA to get this;
I go first!
Lol :laugh:
Lol, spam is spam!
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No offense, but you are a little late to the party. The update has been out for a week now.
See these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2731099 - Thread created on first rollouts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658480 - Discussion thread
The only nice thing is that VZW finally released info on the update.
Omega360 said:
No offense, but you are a little late to the party. The update has been out for a week now.
See these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2731099 - Thread created on first rollouts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658480 - Discussion thread
The only nice thing is that VZW finally released info on the update.
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I didn't think I was the first but I haven't been following lately so I didn't see anything. How do you get rid of that constant nag?
What is so exciting about an update that essentially kills write permissions to the SD card and adds more bloat? Not being sarcastic. Just do not see the benefit. S4 seems fine, pre update.
JMO
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What is so exciting about an update that essentially kills write permissions to the SD card and adds more bloat? Not being sarcastic. Just do not see the benefit. S4 seems fine, pre update.
JMO
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Didn't add more bloat. Please explain in detail what bloat you are talking about. Most bloat can be turned off. As a matter of fact, one of the best parts of the update is the ability to disable bloat from the app drawer. Also, 4.4 added the framework for Tap to Pay. There are plenty of reasons to update. Kit Kat runs better for me and has features I find very useful.
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Didn't add more bloat. Please explain in detail what bloat you are talking about. Most bloat can be turned off. As a matter of fact, one of the best parts of the update is the ability to disable bloat from the app drawer. Also, 4.4 added the framework for Tap to Pay. There are plenty of reasons to update. Kit Kat runs better for me and has features I find very useful.
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I don't believe you can disable KNOX(crap) without root. There are probably a few other verizon apps that cannot be disabled without root.
Knox? I haven't had a problem with it... It does nothing on my phone. Can you please explain what your problem is with Knox?
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You CAN disable knox....The only thing I wish I could disable that u can't is the stupid security update notifications
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It's not that it's a bad update by any means, 4.4 code has a lot of efficiencies over 4.3, but with as long as the wait was i guess people over hyped it and expected more new end-user features.
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My phone didn't show the update till a few hours ago. At first I was semi excited, then I remembered I still plan on rooting the crap out of the thing..... Verizon and their slow nonsense don't sit well with me sometimes.
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My phone didn't show the update till a few hours ago. At first I was semi excited, then I remembered I still plan on rooting the crap out of the thing..... Verizon and their slow nonsense don't sit well with me sometimes.
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What is so exciting about an update that essentially kills write permissions to the SD card and adds more bloat? Not being sarcastic. Just do not see the benefit. S4 seems fine, pre update.
JMO
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Honestly, the SD card "issue" is so overblown its not funny. It doesn't kill write permissions... what it does do, is make it so that apps don't have the right to go willy nilly across you card, to folders it shouldn't have permission to (unless you agree that a random app you download should have the ability to muck with other programs folders).
I made the jump on my phone more than a month ago, and my day to day impacts are NILL. Poweramp still plays all my music just fine, and not one program has had a FC or any other issue. In fact, had i not read articles from other people about the sky falling, i would have never known anyway....
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Honestly, the SD card "issue" is so overblown its not funny.
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It's an unexpected, undocumented change. That you don't run applications which get broken doesn't mean that others aren't hurt by it.
Google is the new Microsoft - they think because they're successful they can do no wrong, but in reality they're clueless about a lot of things. Big enough to not care, and it's the users who get hurt.
Adding *nix permissions to a vfat volume is the right thing to do (short of requiring a modern file system on an SD card), but they're doing it wrong by not phasing it in so apps can accommodate the change.
Well, fill me in. What broke? What app needs to write willy nilly to folders it shouldn't be in that is now no longer working?
For all the moaning people give, i seem to have trouble finding REAL problems...
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Well, fill me in. What broke? What app needs to write willy nilly to folders it shouldn't be in that is now no longer working?
For all the moaning people give, i seem to have trouble finding REAL problems...
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Subsonic is one example. Here's a detailed explanation with another example.
Your Google-fu is weak.
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Subsonic is one example. Here's a detailed explanation with another example.
Your Google-fu is weak.
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At the end of the thread, its reported fixed, and your other article is from 2012 and has nothing to do with any of this.
Keep trying....
As it is.. apps may write to any folder they own, and may read from every folder. Unless the app is badly written, this change should honestly be a non issue.
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Honestly, the SD card "issue" is so overblown its not funny.
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I agree 100%
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At the end of the thread, its reported fixed, and your other article is from 2012 and has nothing to do with any of this.
Keep trying....
As it is.. apps may write to any folder they own, and may read from every folder. Unless the app is badly written, this change should honestly be a non issue.
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LOL. It was "fixed" by manually changing things in the application, fortunately the app had a setting where the storage path can be configured by the user, many don't. KitKat broke something which worked before because it introduced new restrictions with no prior warning to developers.
The linked article is about this issue, exactly. You didn't read the comments, did you? Or try searching ? The change has been around for a while (back to Honeycomb), but manufacturers worked around it for most devices. Now Google seems to be enforcing it as a requirement with KitKat (or Samsung decided to not do the work-around anymore, we'll see). Maybe it's not causing you problems, but it is causing problems for people.