[Q] WhatsApp..guys what is this???? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can someone explain me what is this?Isn't whatsapp supposed to be free???

hmmm, maybe a troll post but I'll bite...I don't use the app, but I'm pretty sure that it's free for the first year and after that its $.99..
from the app description
"WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($0.99/year after)"

Yep i agree. I am a whatsapp user and it gives service for one year only. After that it charges some fee for you to use it. That fee is this. So all you can do is pay the fee or buy a new sim. Hope i helped .
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2am said:
hmmm, maybe a troll post but I'll bite...I don't use the app, but I'm pretty sure that it's free for the first year and after that its $.99..
from the app description
"WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($0.99/year after)"
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This. And 99 cents per year for the best messaging app available is ridiculously cheap.

Thanks guys,haven't read the description,much clearer now

Weird... They gave me a free extra year... Found a notification in my bar that told me the stretched it...

Mine too, They gave me a free extension for 1 year and showed me the pop up.

I only received 3 months
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Hahaha they always extend it!!! don't worry about it.

I really don't get the whole fuzz about What's App... if you have 3G or Wifi... you can connect to all your friends via GTalk, Skype, etc, etc.... If you don't... then you cannot use it either...

okty2k said:
I really don't get the whole fuzz about What's App... if you have 3G or Wifi... you can connect to all your friends via GTalk, Skype, etc, etc.... If you don't... then you cannot use it either...
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Because those actually use more data than whatsapp, not to mention whatsapp is always on and less resource heavy than most apps.

Whatsapp is tied to your mobile number, so you don't need to re-add your friends one by one again, and get their emails/Skype IDs (sure, you can search for them using Skype, but it's not always accurate and everything being automated is easier).
Plus what the above poster said.

Just connect it whatsapp service in an iPhone phone it will extend ur service for 10 years...
It's worked for me and my friends....just have a try
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hemantshah3 said:
Just connect it whatsapp service in an iPhone phone it will extend ur service for 10 years...
It's worked for me and my friends....just have a try
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Found a news thread that said that Whatsapp is going to be paid. They extended it for free because there was no general method to pay the small fee. Seems like they have found it... Paid mine, just to make sure...
EDIT: news thread is in dutch, so I won't bore you with it... For the ones that can read it: http://www.nu.nl/gadgets/2969166/whatsapp-android-en-blackberry-wordt-betaald.html

I just received an extension of 3 months... $.99 is a good price after all

hemantshah3 said:
Just connect it whatsapp service in an iPhone phone it will extend ur service for 10 years...
It's worked for me and my friends....just have a try
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worked for my friends too. and want to give it a try with my dad's new iPhone

I've been getting extensions all the time since August 2010 when I first started using it. My current trial expires on 07/02/2013.

Why not use LINE? We are using this at the moment.

And Hike is also an awesome replacement for WhatsApp. Try it. If you are from India, you'll be getting free SMS'es as well

tripkoyan said:
Why not use LINE? We are using this at the moment.
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Line is not very good, atleast here,in India and most people prefer Whatsapp due to the popularity!
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Best app I have seen..

Tikl ... Its a "chirp" you can only chirp people with the app but its
super convienient!
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agreed Tikl is a pretty kool app, i use it all the time, and the sound quality is great.
Ohhhh yes its the best use it all the time when I'm on my riding on my motorcycle ..n don't got time to look thru contact just hit 1 button n talk...the best app ever...
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x2 I use this almost everyday. reminds me of my old nextel phone and high top fade
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ryan562 said:
x2 I use this almost everyday. reminds me of my old nextel phone and high top fade
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I agree, brings back the not so good old days...
It's cool but not without problems.
Anybody know if it's possible to change the keypress/notification sounds?
I'm a little worried that I had to read 3-4 posts down before I understood what all of you were talking about. I even worked for Nextel customer service awhile.
Of course, nothing beats the Chinese woman who called me once, asking how to use her "talkie-walkie." She kept correcting me, too, when I called it Direct Connect. We made no headway at all until I agreed that it was a talkie-walkie.
Have no use for it.....
For me best apps are Tasker and Xscope
Well and of course, Launcher Pro Plus
anybody know how to get the phone number to pop up under settings, about phone, status, phone number? when i try using tikl it says i cant because my number isnt under there.
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anybody know how to get the phone number to pop up under settings, about phone, status, phone number? when i try using tikl it says i cant because my number isnt under there.
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Three phones fixed within about 10 minutes this way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7867398&postcount=9
Sucks they don't have this program for iphones. People I wood use this program with are using iphones or phones that aren't smart phones. Would be nice if it allows you to use it with a regular phone. Seems like they could make a lot of money with this program if they could get it to work on other devices that aren't android. Deleting for now.
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Sucks they don't have this program for iphones. People I wood use this program with are using iphones or phones that aren't smart phones. Would be nice if it allows you to use it with a regular phone. Seems like they could make a lot of money with this program if they could get it to work on other devices that aren't android. Deleting for now.
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You'll just have to do what I did and talk so highly of your phone that it makes them ditch their iPhones for an Android.
cooperspeed1981 said:
Sucks they don't have this program for iphones. People I wood use this program with are using iphones or phones that aren't smart phones. Would be nice if it allows you to use it with a regular phone. Seems like they could make a lot of money with this program if they could get it to work on other devices that aren't android. Deleting for now.
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According to their Facebook page, they're working on Android to iPhone capability.
http://www.facebook.com/TiKL.TouchToTalk
Saiboogu said:
I'm a little worried that I had to read 3-4 posts down before I understood what all of you were talking about. I even worked for Nextel customer service awhile.
Of course, nothing beats the Chinese woman who called me once, asking how to use her "talkie-walkie." She kept correcting me, too, when I called it Direct Connect. We made no headway at all until I agreed that it was a talkie-walkie.
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Hahahaha..thats funny! I do agree this is a good app..funny the app says its still on BETA but i don't see nothing wrong with it..other than it has to be installed on the phone in order for you to use it..this feature should come standard on all smart phones i think. Does bring back the Nextel Feel to it..aka "Talkie-walkie".
samlot said:
Hahahaha..thats funny! I do agree this is a good app..funny the app says its still on BETA but i don't see nothing wrong with it..other than it has to be installed on the phone in order for you to use it..this feature should come standard on all smart phones i think. Does bring back the Nextel Feel to it..aka "Talkie-walkie".
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It is a beta. Some times I get the network unavailable. ..I have to try couple of more times then work. Also I would like to choose what person to call from a contact list in the app. If u call ur girlfriend then want to call ur friend u have to go into add number and it would erase ur girlfriend. .do same process to call girlfriend again.
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Mr number caller id

I upgraded to the note from infuse and I always install Mr number. Well for some reason play store thinks it does not work with note. I had to get black market just to download and install it. Works fine for me in case anyone is looking to use it.
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Wierd I got mine from play store
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Does it offer the name or just number?
Name and number from cellphones and landline phones
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It's free?
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It's free?
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Well there is a catch. To enable the lookup of mobile phones you need to share your contacts with the mr number database for others to search against. At least that's the way it was, I am unsure if it has changed
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Phishing
Sounds more or less like a data / number mining scheme to me, I don't think the majority of my contacts would want me to share their cell numbers with a company. Land lines (except unpublished) are pretty much a given anyway. But to share cell numbers with a company? I bet debt collectors use this route to find peoples cell numbers to harass them.
simbill said:
Well there is a catch. To enable the lookup of mobile phones you need to share your contacts with the mr number database for others to search against. At least that's the way it was, I am unsure if it has changed
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You can get it from there website , they are dealing with google pulling it from the play store. They wont tell the reason , but i installed it and not a few hours later i started getting hang up calls which ive never had before from random numbers. Its a popular app but i dont trust it.
Well that would be a problem but the app also allows u to report spam to block calls with single tap. With my phone being my business phone I like the control of blocking suspected spam without answering. Also when first time callers call and I need to save their number the name and info already there just one tap and saves me time. And time is money.
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collecting info.....no bueno

What do you do?

Hey guys!
So I love my Nexus 10... but I don't know what to do with it!
I watch videos and read pdfs on it, but these two don't really take up much time.
I wanna use my Nexus for more things but I don't know what!
What do you guys do on your Nexus 10?
First world problems... why did you buy your Nexus 10 anyway?
Start shifting your PC tasks over to it. Web browsing for one. This forum, for that matter. A Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and you'll be surprised at how much productivity you can get out of it.
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I use it for almost anything, as I got rid of my laptop so all I have now is my N10 and my cellphones. Movies, music, shopping, messaging, reading up on stuff,and prett heavy on emails and evernote my work needs, skyping. So yeah pretty much everthing I would do on my laptop.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr_LYOUgHEc
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this is pretty cool. thanks!
lock up your pc/laptop and you'll naturally start finding ways to exploit more of your nex's potential
why fix it if it ain't broken ?
Megiddo2000 said:
Hey guys!
So I love my Nexus 10... but I don't know what to do with it!
I watch videos and read pdfs on it, but these two don't really take up much time.
I wanna use my Nexus for more things but I don't know what!
What do you guys do on your Nexus 10?
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Read comic books. It's just as awesome as I hoped it'd be.
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Email / Texting ( Hotmail / Gmail / GVoice)
Internet browsing (Chrome / Firefox)
Banking (PSECU)
Chatting with friends (GTalk)
Portable Game Player via Emulation (NESoid, SNESoid, GENsoid, FPSe, PCE.emu w. SixAxis Controller)
Controlling my 360 ( SmartGlass)
Comics (ACV)
Books (Kindle / Google Books)
Music (GPM)
Movies (MX Player, BS Player)
PDF's (Adobe)
I use these programs interchangeably between all my devices and could go on and on.. much easier to just pick one of these up then even get on my notebook unless I need a torrent or something.. probably could do that on here too
People on xda complain about everything lol . After purchasing his tablet this man is complaining because he doesn't know what to do with it . hahahahahahahahajajajajajajajahaj
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You can text from it. I've seen several people recommend tablet talk. You have to buy it, and I've never tried it before, but the principle is to text from your tablet. I might try it when mine gets in today
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Cmorris8848 said:
You can text from it. I've seen several people recommend tablet talk. You have to buy it, and I've never tried it before, but the principle is to text from your tablet. I might try it when mine gets in today
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Google Voice is free, and allows you to text mobile numbers.
I duct taped my Nexus 10 to a Swiffer today and mopped the floor with it.. It also makes a great spatula for getting fresh baked chocolate chip cookies off the baking pan
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Google Voice is free, and allows you to text mobile numbers.
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But then you have to change your number to a GV number, and doing that would be problematic for me. Am I right in thinking this?
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Change what number? Your tablet isn't a phone. It links to your GMail account, and you can create a new phone number that can ring your devices on making a new account. If you mean texting people with your actual phone number then yea that might be an issue, as it shows on their phone as your GV number.
Wouldn't it use a new phone number for the texts?
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I literally lol'ed when I found out that my N10 couldn't run Xbox SmartGlass and a couple of other things (yes I know I can sideload the apk). That's just silly that out of the box, my phone can do **** that my tablet can't, despite it being a larger screen, newer OS, and Google supported. Goofy.
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I literally lol'ed when I found out that my N10 couldn't run Xbox SmartGlass and a couple of other things (yes I know I can sideload the apk). That's just silly that out of the box, my phone can do **** that my tablet can't, despite it being a larger screen, newer OS, and Google supported. Goofy.
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Blame Microsoft, its their fault what devices they allow to dl their apps. I agree it's retarded, it took forever for them to even support Nexus 7.
NeoMagus said:
Blame Microsoft, its their fault what devices they allow to dl their apps. I agree it's retarded, it took forever for them to even support Nexus 7.
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Microsoft is weird with their apps man. I hosted the Smartglass Apk for Nexus 7 users twice on mediafire and both links were killed off by request within an hour.. MS went around pulling walled garden shananagins.
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I duct taped my Nexus 10 to a Swiffer today and mopped the floor with it.. It also makes a great spatula for getting fresh baked chocolate chip cookies off the baking pan
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these sound pretty useful.
do i need a specific app for these functions?

Simvalley AW-414.GO

I just got one of these in the mail. Does anyone else have one?
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this is after I put nova launcher and some other apps on it too and customized them.
it wont show the status bar properly now tho :s but its a compromise until someone makes better firmware for it as the current firmware/launcher are buggy and not good.
LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
Better yet have Bell & Ross make you a custom watch face and strap.
Lokifish Marz said:
LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
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no i have it on my wrist right now. i'm not impressed tho in that the software is crap it has some bad bugs that being said tho if it didnt have the bugs it would be pretty cool (the truesmart I've pre-ordered will be better tho)
I think that the bugs are coursed by them trying to mix elements from the app drawer and the home screens together. it has no homescreens or widgets but has folders were you can put 3 yes only 3 apps per folder how useless. and sometimes apps show multiple icons per app installed worst i've gotten is 3 for one app install and only uninstalling it will remove it. also after you've filled so meny pages of apps it starts not showing some of them so you have to do a device search to find/open them. and if i try install say nova or next 3d instead of the usless default launcher they would be fine but. the notification bar totaly vanishes and stops working. so until someone makes better firmware for it or maybe the omate firmware will work on it ? it has omate firmware on it now and the model number also says omate. i'd just be worried about breaking it by doing that and couldn't anyway unless someone makes a root hack for this? so atm its not as good as it could be.
Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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there will if you buy more then one,
works out too £190 per watch
Do they ship in India
Thanks
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Do they ship in India
Thanks
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At the moment only Europe, my mate bought 3 so there sent it through DHL,
you can email or call them but I don't think there will send just the one,
best wait till November as more online sites will be selling them,
http://www.merimobiles.com/omate-truesmart-smartwatch_p/meri8080.htm
plus price will be cheaper once more online stores have them
You could always buy it directly from China. Just look around at Alibaba.com.
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LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
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the photo above is what i did to it until someone makes better firmware that isnt buggy.
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Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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I got it from someone in uk on ebay as i also thought they didn't sell them yet.
thats mine with non default launcher and some customised apps and custom icons.
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there will if you buy more then one,
works out too £190 per watch
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I'm doubting you can buy this one from china as its not a generic watch device its omates prototype.
I'm going to be making a review/over view? video of this device sometime soon
so I'm wondering if anyone who commented in this thread would like to know or see anything specific about it?
Show us some play store downloads and apps commonly used, maybe demonstrate different launchers, Google maps, GPS features.
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I'm going to be making a review/over view? video of this device sometime soon
so I'm wondering if anyone who commented in this thread would like to know or see anything specific about it?
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I would like to see how it works as a smartwatch All these discussions about various android watches got us far away from the original concept of smartwatch, to be a remote display for your smartphone where you get your notifications upon which you decide if you want to take out your smartphone to proceed That's how it works with MetaWatch and Pebble, a simple notification smartwatch. As much as I'm looking forward to Omate and other android smartwatches, these crossed the threshold of smartphone on your wrist which is an overkill for a lot of people. So, I would really like to see how this AW-414.Go will be able to deliver notifications about incoming calls, text messages, Gmail, and POP/IMAP/Exchange emails.
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Show us some play store downloads and apps commonly used, maybe demonstrate different launchers, Google maps, GPS features.
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What apps would you like to see more then others?
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I would like to see how it works as a smartwatch All these discussions about various android watches got us far away from the original concept of smartwatch, to be a remote display for your smartphone where you get your notifications upon which you decide if you want to take out your smartphone to proceed That's how it works with MetaWatch and Pebble, a simple notification smartwatch. As much as I'm looking forward to Omate and other android smartwatches, these crossed the threshold of smartphone on your wrist which is an overkill for a lot of people. So, I would really like to see how this AW-414.Go will be able to deliver notifications about incoming calls, text messages, Gmail, and POP/IMAP/Exchange emails.
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I am not sure if you can use it like the pebble it errored when I tried bluetooth it to my phone with the app that seems to be the one that does that and It didnt come with any instructions/manual.
I will try again tho also is their anything else you would like to see?
I disagree in the sense that having a full android os means you can do a lot more with it and customise it however you want plus you dont have to use its built in phone/3g if you dont want to. I mostly use mine at home on wifi. The battery life is a joke on 3g and exstremely bad if you actualy actively use it with 3g/phone enabled and not just with those on in standby mode. But thats to be exspected due to the size of the batterys in these kinda devices.
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NachTSS said:
I am not sure if you can use it like the pebble it errored when I tried bluetooth it to my phone with the app that seems to be the one that does that and It didnt come with any instructions/manual.
I will try again tho also is their anything else you would like to see?
I disagree in the sense that having a full android os means you can do a lot more with it and customise it however you want plus you dont have to use its built in phone/3g if you dont want to. I mostly use mine at home on wifi. The battery life is a joke on 3g and exstremely bad if you actualy actively use it with 3g/phone enabled and not just with those on in standby mode. But thats to be exspected due to the size of the batterys in these kinda devices.
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How bad is battery life on 3g? Because if it truly is that bad it kind of makes it pointless even using as a standalone, if it won't even make it through the day. And if it won't work as a companion,well...
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How bad is battery life on 3g? Because if it truly is that bad it kind of makes it pointless even using as a standalone, if it won't even make it through the day. And if it won't work as a companion,well...
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I went out for 3-4 hours and hardly touched the watch and it pretty much ran out of charge. I am going to fully charge it and time it tho to make sure as part of my review im doing soon but w/e I use wifi/3g I end up charging it at least 3 times a day x.x
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I went out for 3-4 hours and hardly touched the watch and it pretty much ran out of charge. I am going to fully charge it and time it tho to make sure as part of my review im doing soon but w/e I use wifi/3g I end up charging it at least 3 times a day x.x
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I'm not surprised. I assume all your radios were on? Now imagine if you would have to make a call? Or run an app requiring wifi?
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I'm not surprised. I assume all your radios were on? Now imagine if you would have to make a call? Or run an app requiring wifi?
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That was with 3g and 2g only
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[Q] Nexus 9 LTE Voice Calls Support

Hello All,
I'm about to purchase a HTC Nexus 9 LTE Table. But I have once concern at the moment. Currently, I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite which I truly hate! But the only feature I like is the phone calls, just insert the SIM Card and call whoever you want.
Now, does the Nexus 9 supports the phone calls like the Tab 3 Lite? Can anyone confirm this? I mean, if you have already purchased or know someone who purchased the device, does it support making phone calls?
Guys, I need a reply urgently as I'm going to send the money today to someone to buy it for me .. and I don't want it to be a waste of money
WOW!!3 days without any response! what a support!
sikas said:
WOW!!3 days without any response! what a support!
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No you can't make normal voice calls with it. Just things like skype and hangouts. Also, xda is supported be members and their free time. You're not entitled to support here. Try this thread next time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56069542
There's also a search function on here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/help/nexus-9-voice-call-buttons-t3017442
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No you can't make normal voice calls with it. Just things like skype and hangouts. Also, xda is supported be members and their free time. You're not entitled to support here. Try this thread next time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56069542
There's also a search function on here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/help/nexus-9-voice-call-buttons-t3017442
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Thanks jd1639 for your reply. However, does it worth buying?
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Thanks jd1639 for your reply. However, does it worth buying?
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I like it but I'm not looking at it to make phone calls. I use it mostly for browsing and use it for work so I don't have to lug a laptop around when traveling.
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