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I just downloaded this game to play against my wife (she's got an Iphone), because there aren't many cross-platform head-to-head games.
Problem is, my wife gets immediate notification when its her turn, I get none; zero.
For those of you familiar with IOS, their phones have a notification hub under general settings where they can manage all their installed apps' notifications. In other words, they don't have to go into an individual app and manage notifications on the "micro-level", whereas with Android, micro-level app notification is our only built-in option.
Well, this began to annoy me because while IOS doesn't hold many competitive advantages over Android anymore, this is one functional item that I frankly felt blew Android out of the water.
However, I found the app called "Iphone Notifications" on the market (Google Play now, I guess) which essentially serves the same function as the IOS notification hub. I tested this app on some basic apps where I get notifications regularly to make sure it works (SMS, Gmail, etc), and sure enough, it worked perfectly.
The moment of truth though was setting it to work with "Draw Something" which I then did, and unfortunately, nothing; no notification. I went into the app itself (Draw Something), checked again for any settings to be changed, but the in-app notification setting was already turned "on".
Does anyone know if I'm doing anything wrong here or if there are work arounds??
Please advise as it annoys me to have to check the actual app itself to see when its my turn to play, but it annoys me even more to think that IOS still functions more reliably than Android at a level so basic as this....
Thanks in advance-
Ryan
It has nothing to do with iOS functioning better.. the app is poorly written for Android. Games by zynga are cross platform and they let you choose your notification interval but Draw Something has never given me a notification either. It also crashes a lot.. three stars on the market for a reason
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From what I can tell there is no notification option in the app itself...hopefully in a update.
MrDSL said:
From what I can tell there is no notification option in the app itself...hopefully in a update.
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Right, but the "Iphone Notification" app should alert me in the app's place, shouldn't it? I mean that's the only reason I downloaded the notification app to begin with.
After all, iOS apps all notify you on an Iphone through the notification hub, regardless of the individual app's native notification settings.
I am guessing then that there are API's or something similar that iOS has with apps that push-notifies the user which Android may not have (with all apps).
In any case, this sucks out loud because now I have to admit to my wife that there's still something iOS does better than Android, even if it's a small issue and even if the issue is primarily in this particular app, because even if the app is not up to speed yet, and even if it doesn't have much if any of its own notification settings, it still push notifies on iOS but not Android.
I realized you can't use the back key to go back once you're in a game with someone. Fun game but it feels like they rushed a bit too much.
I miss the iPhone Facebook app.. Posh notifications were nice and the app it self it so much better than the Android counter part...its pathetic
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ahjdmarchi said:
I miss the iPhone Facebook app.. Posh notifications were nice and the app it self it so much better than the Android counter part...its pathetic
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I just switched from an iPhone 4. I HATED the iOS Facebook app; Android's is far, far better IMHO. On iOS I would only occasionally get a push notification about posts, and never for incoming messages. So far on Android, I'm getting a notification every time I receive a message. Not sure about posts, I haven't had any yet.
The other problem I had with the iOS Facebook app is the data was always old. Especially with picture comments. Even manually refreshing still showed the old messages, and none of the new ones. I'd have to wait a couple days before it would finally show up. I haven't had any such problem on my Note so far, everything seems to be perfectly synced with the website.
EDIT: Oh, and the only notification I've ever gotten with Draw Something is when the other person guesses my drawing - it plays a sound. No visual notification. It was that way before I made the phone switch as well. It's quite frustrating, I'm always having people text me "MAKE YOUR MOVE!"
EDIT 2: Yup, I'm receiving notifications for Facebook posts and comments as well. In fact I get them only a fraction of a second after it appears on my desktop. Soo much better than what I was used to on iOS...
Install noled and use that to monitor whatever apps you want. Its pretty handy
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iphone notifcation will only display the banner or alert when there is a toast on your notification bar.
Does anyone else notice that the spen is basically useless on this game?
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The pen works great on mine while playing. My wife tried it on her iPhone to no avail lol.
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The pen works great on mine while playing. My wife tried it on her iPhone to no avail lol.
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same
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andersco said:
Does anyone else notice that the spen is basically useless on this game?
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what you mean?
mine works flawlessly
Yeah it works fantastically for me, although I usually have to calibrate the pen before I play a round.
Back to OP.
If the app has no notification feature on Android, what does the IOS Notification app have to grab to give a notification? I would not think that the app can just create a notification for an app that does not have this function.
I wrote the Dev and asked for this feature to be added to the Android App. I suggest everyone else do the same.
I DO agree with you 100% that this is annoying as all hell though.
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Back to OP.
If the app has no notification feature on Android, what does the IOS Notification app have to grab to give a notification? I would not think that the app can just create a notification for an app that does not have this function.
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agree wholeheartedly
that part from the OP stumped me
SayWhat10 said:
agree wholeheartedly
that part from the OP stumped me
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Don't know the x's and o's of why iOS gets notifications and Android doesn't for this particular app, but the fact is that it happens. I saw it with my own eyes.
Just saying...
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For those who wants to get help with this game, there is a tool for you at drawanswer.com It's pretty cool!
How do i calibrate the pen?
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Is there any way to turn the voice prompts off? That is, when I open a folder or go to edit home screen, my phone "talks" and it is quite annoying.
Thanks!
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Having the same issue
I'm also having the same issue as you. I think there might be an app in the app store to fix it. I'll try to do some research about it. If i find out any more info, I will let you know.
I have problem also, is this allready fixed somewhere?
+1 this is really annoying! Only way to make sure its not going to shout at you in silent situations is to put media volume to 0. Still effort though, kinda ridiculous.
Driving mode on/off
Or
In setting, accesebilities Talkback ...on/off.............It's for blind and/or disability.
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Fixed
Just go to app manager and disable Samsung TTS and Google Text-to-speech. now my touchwizz dont talk anymore
Is there any recommendations for a car mode app for the SGS3? I'm looking for some thing similar to Google's Car Mode app which I would get, but they haven't made it ICS compatible yet and I don't really want to root my phone yet to get it on there manually.
I've seen some video's around for the S2 and it appears that there was a Samsung Car Mode app that was available.
Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. I'm aware of the "Driving Mode" in the notifications bar but that only reads stuff out to you from my experience.
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Not sure what the car mode app does but if you need it to read sms etc to you then I use ECID. Reads out the caller ID as well as emails and txt messages.
Thomasba said:
Not sure what the car mode app does but if you need it to read sms etc to you then I use ECID. Reads out the caller ID as well as emails and txt messages.
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Thanks for your post. What I mean by a car mode app it would be something that provides an interface with nice large icons temporarily replacing the default home screen. Similar to Googles car mode app (not available to ics users)
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Okay, so my s-voice won't do anything? I say "call mom home" it prints the words I front of me & does nothing? Same thing when I give it a math problem, launch an app, or anything at all? Do I need a replacement or am I doing something wrong? I actually use voice commands alot!
Ok go to settings, application manager, on the top click all find S-voice hit it the click clear data. Hit thanks if this helps!
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Clearing data worked & factory reset has worked once alsw, but I don't know why it keeps happening?
Samsung really needs to get their act together with S-Voice. Their software development on this was rushed, and it shows. S-Voice often stops working and requires clearing the App data, and even when it works, the app's inability to understand variation in syntax makes it far more limited than Apple's Siri.
I also notice that when I do a Google search using S-Voice, the web search is done through a Samsung sponsored adsense account, so it's evident that S-Voice is mainly an attempt by Samsung to monetize their users' google searches rather than an earnest effort to improve user experience.
The Galaxy S3 is great phone overall, but I hope Samsung comes out with an S-Voice update that will do this phone justice. Meanwhile, I'd love to be able to replace the double-click home button with Google Search instead of S-Voice.
However, at least I can access vanilla Google search quickly with a long-hold on the capacitive menu button.
I haven't had a problem with it yet. It sometimes gets mixed up and doesn't know what I say.
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Had the same issue, I saw it in a different thread, just go in to the svoice settings and in language choose English UK for some reason works great....
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walliester said:
Had the same issue, I saw it in a different thread, just go in to the svoice settings and in language choose English UK for some reason works great....
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Lol I was having problems with S-Voice on my International SGS III understanding my words until I changed it from "English UK" to "English US" very odd indeed...
I'm running SVoice on my SGS2 with no problems and it's not even for our phone.
I wonder why you guys are having issues with it?
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only problem i've had is while driving it will pick up the road noise and not end the voice command entry automatically, also if there is too much road noise the app will not audibly alert as it stops if it hears any sound
While not too surprised by it, the performance while driving leaves S-Voice worthless to me. If my window is down, I pretty much can't use it.
Also, I tried using it to launch Waze... it prints the correct name, but then says it can't find the app. I have yet to get it to open a non-default app.
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While not too surprised by it, the performance while driving g leaves S-Voice worthless to me. If my window is down, I pretty much can't use it.
Also, I tried using it to launch Waze... it prints the correct name, but then says it can't find the app. I have yet to get it to open a non-default app.
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I agree 100%! I use voice commands a lot, and mostly in the car is when I use them. That's the only time you ever NEED hands free control over the phone, and yet it's almost worthless in the car! I have to roll up the windows, close the sunroof, and if the AC is on you can for get it, lol. I think I'm gonna try the original vlingo app I've always used, because I know they are behind svoices software, but it worked better when I downloaded it to replace the Samsung tinkered vlingo on my s2. It could possibly be that the mic on the gs3 is very sensitive though? None the less, every phone has some apps that I don't care for.
I just got my watch on Friday. Today a screen popped up with 1 panel saying "mic" and another saying "speaker" I was wondering if anyone else has had this screen pop up and if they know how to get back into those settings. I also found this On Asus. Com but I can't find it on my watch or in play store does anyone know what happened to it?
were you on a call at the time? when on a call, you will see options for mic and speaker, however these are in reference to the phone, not the watch.
I wonder if the app in that pic is where I found the complete emoji list because I was playing around with the Text all. Maybe that is from a previous firmware and has been since updated and removed because it seems that that's what happened to all the emojis also. Now it makes you draw them and pick from what it thinks you want but I am no artist.
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I wonder if the app in that pic is where I found the complete emoji list because I was playing around with the Text all. Maybe that is from a previous firmware and has been since updated and removed because it seems that that's what happened to all the emojis also. Now it makes you draw them and pick from what it thinks you want but I am no artist.
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it reminds me of Google together but I like Asus`s idea better a full dedicated app for it that keeps the chat history but you could also send messages instead of just emojis and drawings
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were you on a call at the time? when on a call, you will see options for mic and speaker, however these are in reference to the phone, not the watch.
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I might of been I don't remember I will make a call and Check and see
Sounds like the Asus testing menu under developer options
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You probably turned on the Remote Call Control under the Zenwatch Manager.
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