Can anyone share their HTC Store apk (HTC Hub)?
I want to try it on my HTC One X with Custom Jelly Bean ROM.
HTC Hub is down for some time now...
htc hub
There is no htc hub on my international version. It was removed by HTC!!!!
it is torn down for me
i don't have it aswell
HTC has been, I guess you could say, streamlining their services. HTC Hub, HTC's backup services, HTC news widget, are all no longer on new devices. Even older devices are having trouble accessing these services. The ability to download new skins and Sense themes is missing also.
Right from HTCSense.com:
HTCSense.com is undergoing a renovation to improve the services and value we deliver to customers like you. Until the new services are ready, features previously available on HTCSense.com will no longer be available. If you would like phone location or backup services for your device, please visit Google Play (formerly called Android Market) and download an application the best meets your needs.
Yeah they are removing components to save personnel costs in the software developing department. Quick Settings have been removed for that reason too already a while ago. I think we all know HTC is not doing too well these days...
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OK...I looked for discussion of this, but couldn't find any. What IS Motoblur, and why can't I access the "svcmot" website with my RAZR? It says that my phone (unbranded, GSM - 65.1.21.XT910.AsiaRetial.en.03) is "unsupported? Isn't Motoblur supposed to be inlcuded with the RAZR?
I HAVE set up and DO use MotoCast—both on WFI and with 3G—no 4G here in Taiwan!—and I love being able to access my media and files from anywhere. But it looks like Motoblur offers even more features?
So—is it carrier specific? I use Chung Hua Telecom (CHT) hear in Taiwan. Can I ask them to change my "unlimited" contract to include MotoBlur? The only two Motoblur-enabled phone on the USA Motorola site are the Atrix and the XPRT. Why isn't the RAZR listed?
I'd appreciate some insight into this issue!
MotoBlur is Motorola's collection of apps and widgets that form an OEM 'suite' of features, similar to HTC's Sense. MotoBlur originally referred to just the ability to combine social networks and emails and so on jnri a single feed, the current iteration of which is the Social collection of apps and the Universal Inbox MotoBlur also refers to the visual style that defines Moto phones vs. stock Android and the competition.
What you're thinking of is the web portal to view contacts and update multiple social networks, which worked with some of Moto's previous phones, but doesn't with the RAZR. It's not a subscription service, you're not mossing out on anything worthwhile, and your carrrier has nothing to do with it.
The term MotoBlur has drifted out of vogue because consumers don't like it. Now, it's still there, and just...not called MotoBlur in advertising anymore. Some people seem to like it, but it has a well deserved reputation for being an ugly bloated battery hogging set of apps that are inferior to the stock offerings (i.e. stock Android and the various Twitter, Facebook et cetera apps that can be downloaded from the market).
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Hi all.
I have problems contacting google to get some info on Google Play service and obtaining license to use on specific device with firmware entirely build by me which is based on ICS 4.0.3 sources provided to me by chipset manufacturer..
I'll c/p last mail I sent to android-partnership [at] google.com for you guys to get the point:
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Hello,
If somebody told me that I will have to write same e-mail three times to Google withouth getting any response I would not belive him, but things happen...
Again:
I'm CEO of Croatian company. We have OEM hardware producer in China who produces for us Android ICS and GB based media players. Because theese media players are based on Amlogic chipset (AML8726-M3 platform which runs ICS and AML8726-M platform which runs GB 2.3.4) and on Amlogic ICS which is not prepared for targeted region (Central Europe), we obtained partnership with Amlogic to get access to their sources to be able to customize it and prepare it to be used in our region.
Based on that, we are building our own firmwares for these devices. According to our hardware manufacturer's firmware versions, they do have access to Google Play service. Because of different fingerprints and keys used for our firmware build, same device with our firmware is not recognized by Google Play service and actually we are not licensed to use it.
My question to you (for 3rd time) is what we have to do to get Google Play working on our firmware builds. Your FAQ seems to be confusing... By that I reffer to theese Q and A's:
What kinds of devices can be Android compatible?
The Android software can be ported to a lot of different kinds of devices, including some on which third-party apps won't run properly. The Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) spells out the specific device configurations that will be considered compatible.
For example, though the Android source code could be ported to run on a phone that doesn't have a camera, the CDD requires that in order to be compatible, all phones must have a camera. This allows developers to rely on a consistent set of capabilities when writing their apps.
The CDD will evolve over time to reflect market realities. For instance, the 1.6 CDD only allows cell phones, but the 2.1 CDD allows devices to omit telephony hardware, allowing for non-phone devices such as tablet-style music players to be compatible. As we make these changes, we will also augment Google Play to allow developers to retain control over where their apps are available. To continue the telephony example, an app that manages SMS text messages would not be useful on a media player, so Google Play allows the developer to restrict that app exclusively to phone devices.
If my device is compatible, does it automatically have access to Google Play and branding?
Google Play is a service operated by Google. Achieving compatibility is a prerequisite for obtaining access to the Google Play software and branding. Device manufacturers should contact Google to obtain access to Google Play.
And this one, which tells me to contact you which I am doing for 3rd time in last few days:
If I am not a manufacturer, how can I get Google Play?
Google Play is only licensed to handset manufacturers shipping devices. For questions about specific cases, contact [email protected].
Will you please be so kind and answer to my questions?
Best Regards,
Stanislav Vlasic
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That was 3rd mail sent to them. I also tried to contact them to compatibility [at] android.com, but no response at all.
So, my question.... Does anybody know who to contact to get ANY kind of answer?
Regards,
Stane
I saw this petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...utm_source=system&utm_campaign=Send+to+Friend
"In several recent HTC phones they have the ability to receive ant+ sensory inputs for athletic devices. This was publicly shown in the 2010 Tour de France when the HTC team used modified HTC Legend (Hero) to transmit in realtime their telemetry data to the internet.
For some crazy reason HTC is wanting feedback about whether they should or shouldn't enable this functionality in a firmware update for their devices.
Please sign this partition if you would like to see HTC enable ant+ on their current and future devices."
Is it possible to use Ant+ in yours HTC Mozart?
Hi+
I think this is just for HTC android devices because this post tell me that this project need a special app so maybe we see this on htc wp8 devices ! maybe!
my Bad english ? ... yeah !!
Well then... now that android is a major contender in the mobile OS wars. Had the G1 from day one.
My only complaint from android... is the quality of apps. Also, repeat of the same apps over and over again in the play store. Recently I've been scouring the market place and I noticed that there are a lot of apps that seem kinda... a waste... For example... just how many weather apps and widgets do you need? most of the time they copy HTC, Samsung, or Sony apps (weather, clock, calendar etc) and slap on a generic name onto it.
Now Im all for "oh android is OPEN" but at least put some effort on making an app
this raises the question... should android have a tighter quality control over apps? Im not saying to make android "closed" but anyone that wants to submit an App on the play store needs to follow guidelines so there isn't repeats of apps that makes android fragmented. I mean there's 700,000 apps on the play store right now but prlly only a few 100 are only worth using because of how polished they are.
What do you guys thing? does Google need have tighter control of the play store?
I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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so your saying that google should just let those junk apps stay in the play store. sure ios has junk apps but it isnt as bad as android.
yea discourage the developers that makes junk apps. thats the point. if a developer is constantly putting out updates then it shouldn't worry about having its apps being deleted. im just saying that google needs remove crappy apps from the play store. it just makes google play look lazy
leventccc said:
I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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your right about some of the themes... some of those themes are copying other manufacturer's skins
look at beautiful widgets... they copied htc sense clocks. im suprised that htc didnt take them down.
spunker88 said:
No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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There isn't thousands of outdated launcher themes and not working apps in the app store. The ones at app store still work on newer iphones and don't look outdated. But the ones at play store look stretched and outdated.
i agree with you
I believe one thing that would help is better search functionality in the play store. Seams to me that a major search engine would have better search options in their store.
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This feature was introduced back in February and at the time a many news outlets reported on it, for example:
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-assign-contacts-relationship-voice-actions-google-now
I did not have this functionality at the time but I was hoping it's just a matter of short time to roll it out.
I'm on an HTC One M7 (4.4.3 Sense 6) using the Google Now launcher version 1.1.0.1167994.
I am based in Europe so I think this might be just another US exclusive functionality.
Is calling based on relationships from Google Now available to anyone outside of the US?
Are there any hacks to make this available?
I have found a workaround myself and it's easier than I thougth: simply add 'dad', 'mom' etc. to the nickname field in Google contacts. That's all.