I'm getting pissed of this. I have Both iPhone and Android. Besides using a few apps on my iPhone, I pretty much only pick it up when I need to use Skype. Why? Because no matter what I do, it won't QUIT Skype!
Sorry if I sound rude, but let me explain:
On iOS, when you're on a Skype call you get a nice red bar on the top of the screen showing that you're on a Skype call. You may open no matter how many apps, your Skype call will still be going on.
Now on Android.. oh things change. Open up Skype, start a call, open up let's say, 4 apps, back and forth and BOOM Android quits Skype. WHY?
How can I make Android NOT quit Skype, under any circumstance at all? I tried to set the priority of the Skype proccess to -20, which is the top priority, and it still quits Skype.
Is there any hope??? Sometimes I can't use my iPhone for calls.
I have a Rooted Galaxy S5 4.4.2.
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Ok first of all, hi ! Yes im the latest annoying newbie but I will try to keep my annoying questions to as few posts as possible.
Ok so the Galaxy S 2. My dear god I love this phone but sweet Jesus its driving me crazy ! It seems that to use a smartphone today you need to be a member of forums such as these or a degree in techstuffthatjustsoundslikenonsensetome.
For the life of me I cant believe modern smartphones do not come with a manual. I remember my old nokias of a decade ago came with small books to guide you through what was basically calling and texting ! These days...nothing and the manual from Samsung is hardly any better than the 'leaflet' that comes in the box. Anyway rant over but after exploring for days and searching on tinternet for answers I still cant solve a few issues I have with this phone so please any help would be a god send.
1. Vibration level. Is it me or is it crap ? My old 3g ( goodbye forever Apple ) could practically take me across a linoleum floor if i sat down but i just dont feel it when its in my pocket. I have it up to max but have missed every call so far !
2. Sms notifications. I have installed Go sms pro which is a great little app and i prefer it over the stock sms. However i cant stop getting sms through from the stock app as well as go sms pro ! I have uncked all available boxes in settings for the stock one but still getting them through, its driving me nuts. How can i receive texts only through go sms pro ?
3. Contact photos. Just cant sync them with facebook at all. when i try all i get is two each of the same people in my contact list, one for fb and other with phone details etc. All i want is a bleeding picture next to my contacts Am I missing something very simple or is this a good example of companies alienating the average consumer with 'harder than it needs to be' technology ?
And lastly
4. Web page autofit. So if I double tap on text it should autofit right? Well all it does is zoom in. I have tried all different settings, double tapping at different speeds etc and it works about a third of the time so I just dont know what im doing differently those times ! Do you have to tap on a specific part of the screen to auto fit or what ?
Anyway I hope your not all lighting your torches by now, I have looked for the answers ( and looked, and looked ) but to no avail and tried the suggestions from similiar questions on here but alas my love / hate relationship with this phone continues.
For many of your questions, a good old fashioned search would have turned up quite a few answers.
Just saying.
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This seemed to deal with your fb questions.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088385&highlight=facebook+contacts
As for question four, have a search for 'text reflow'.
stoney73 said:
For many of your questions, a good old fashioned search would have turned up quite a few answers.
Just saying.
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This seemed to deal with your fb questions.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088385&highlight=facebook+contacts
As for question four, have a search for 'text reflow'.
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Thank you for your reply. With respect, as mentioned in my op I have searched for the issues raised and read the thread you linked to however my problems persist.
Does anyone else see the vibration level as an issue ? It does seem very low to me.
Yes, the vibration issue is a big problem for me too. I'm coming from an iPhone 3GS and before that I used a Nokia E71. Both of those phones' vibration would wipe the floor with SGS 2.
When I first got it, I kept searching in the menu for a setting, but there was only one for haptic feedback strength, not notification vibration.
I'm just hoping a future firmware update will fix this or a code will be revealed where we can set vibration strength.
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2. Sms notifications. I have installed Go sms pro which is a great little app and i prefer it over the stock sms. However i cant stop getting sms through from the stock app as well as go sms pro ! I have uncked all available boxes in settings for the stock one but still getting them through, its driving me nuts. How can i receive texts only through go sms pro ?
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i think this is a bug with the SGS2.
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4. Web page autofit. So if I double tap on text it should autofit right? Well all it does is zoom in. I have tried all different settings, double tapping at different speeds etc and it works about a third of the time so I just dont know what im doing differently those times ! Do you have to tap on a specific part of the screen to auto fit or what ?
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wait so text reflow DOES work for you sometimes when you pinch to zoom, then double tap that text and it fits the screen? cause most are saying it's not working on the SGS2. but i tested the samsung infuse last night, and it does in fact work like normal. so is everyone here not performing it correctly?
what i did on infuse, load a webpage, it loads zoomed out. i pinch to zoom to a desired level, then release. text goes off the screen edge. then double tap the text i zoomed to, and it re-formats to fit the screen.
we assumed this does not work on teh SGS2.
Feeling your pain, dare I say starting to think I wish I bought a htc sensation.
Come on, the facebook issue is a joke. I dont want multiple contacts of the same contact, ok ive merged them now, and hidden other fb contacts. That is until I want to send a txt, whoa they are all there again.
Sign out of fb, merged contacts disappear.
I just took this stuff for granted on my aging htc topaz.
Can't get any 3rd party launcher to display photo wallpaper properly.
Reader hub, sns etc, what a load of...
Page rendering/text reflow, taken for granted.
Hotmail, can't sync junk folder unless using exchange, which only downloads first part of email, click to load more.
Could go on.
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Thank s for the replies, at least im not being a noob when it comes to these issues. its actually a relief ti know its software bugs and not me !
As for the double tap method i can confirm it DOES sometimes work to autofit the text. that is why i was getting frustrated when most times it does not work. i thought i was tapping a different part of the screen or some thing. i double tap in and out about six or seven times and then it will suddenly autofit.
im really hoping they sort the message notification bug out. as for Facebook i spent an hour earlier saving pics from fb, tra nsferring them ti my ohone and then adding my contacts pics one by one. pain in the arse but its done now.
typing this on my s2 has reminded me of another annoyance. the bloody full stop being so close to the space key i always have about 6 full stops in every sentence.
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typing this on my s2 has reminded me of another annoyance. the bloody full stop being so close to the space key i always have about 6 full stops in every sentence.
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Better keyboard. Just get it. Or multi-lingual keyboard. Either will solve that problem
not sure why someone mentioned the "double SMS notifications" is a bug because it clearly IS NOT
you just have to go into the STOCK MESSAGING app, go to settings and UNCHECK "Notifications" (its at the very bottom of the settings)
I have Go SMS pro installed as well and only get ONE notification from SMS pro when i get a SMS - none from the stock messaging.
If the notification box is checked in the STOCK messaging app then you will get a notifcation from both the stock app and goSMSpro
I think it was very difficult to fit a bigger vibration motor in a smart-phone so thin like SGS2.
I guess we will have to live with it as is.
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not sure why someone mentioned the "double SMS notifications" is a bug because it clearly IS NOT
you just have to go into the STOCK MESSAGING app, go to settings and UNCHECK "Notifications" (its at the very bottom of the settings)
I have Go SMS pro installed as well and only get ONE notification from SMS pro when i get a SMS - none from the stock messaging.
If the notification box is checked in the STOCK messaging app then you will get a notifcation from both the stock app and goSMSpro
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I can assure you that setting is unchecked. It was the first thing i did. I'm not the only one with this bug
I have installed this app, and is working very well, I can call and recive and its great
Buut, there is something that I dont understand. I only want to be "online" sometimes, because when viber is On is consuming quite battery. So I go to more-> Exit. I close the app and the icon in the notification bar dissapear. But, 15 seconds after that, the icon appear again and says "viber connected". Even If the icon does not appear, they can call me so the app still active. How can I close?? because I want to save battery...I dont need to be all time online
other thing: I only use wifi for internet, dont have 3g. So, when I disconnect to any network, the viber status appear like "Viber dissconected", its normal, but I want to know If Viber still consuming my battery or not?
To finish, I have to say that I can notice the battery drain but If I go to android settings->Battery status-> what is using my battery-> here dont appear Viber, only Wifi, brightness, etc...
Thank you guys for the help
i always have viber (together with whatsapp and textfree) on when i'm on wifi and it seems to only have minimal battery drain. and it doesn't seem to be affecting my battery when it's disconnected or with wifi off.
Hi @Javi V12
This is a member of the Viber dev team.
First, as far as we know, Viber doesn't consume much battery when idling. You can test it and show us the actual numbers, and you'll see that battery drain is minimal.
About the notification bar - the new version in Market, Viber 2.0.2, has an "Exit" button that closes Viber and prevents Viber from running again. The reason you are still getting calls/texts while Viber is shut off is thanks to the C2DM mechanism (Google), that opens up applications upon certain triggers.
Thank you very much for your help.
Ok maybe the drain during idle is not too excessive, does exist drain but is normal. But I want to know, should Viber appear in the battery stats or not?
And, I can exit the app as you say, it's a good function, thank you. So if I exit the app, will consume any battery or not? Btw, even if I exit they can call me but only if I have the screen unlocked. It's strange, I suppose the reason is the c2dm that you say.
@Javi V12
You are welcome!
Viber should not appear in battery stats (just like other apps don't, at least in the devices we checked).
About C2DM - it should work even when your phone is locked (that's practically its point). We've just tested it here again on several devices, and found that it works fine.
Do you not get Viber calls/texts when your Viber is shut off, and the phone is locked?
Which device? Which Android version? (or ROM)
this might be a little out of place, but was hoping someone from the viber team can tell me if there's any social networking sites for viber where i can see the network status? viber has been down the whole morning and i hv no idea why.
based in Malaysia, on Moto Defy 2.2.2
Sure there is, on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/viber --> we provide updates and statuses on Facebook around the clock there (and you can also consult with other users to compare problems). I recommend you to follow us there, but for more in depth discussions about Viber, you should still post messages here on XDA.
About the problem this morning - we're having temporary issues with our server - we're working hard to fix it right now. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope it will be back up and running soon.
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Sure there is, on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/viber --> we provide updates and statuses on Facebook around the clock there (and you can also consult with other users to compare problems). I recommend you to follow us there, but for more in depth discussions about Viber, you should still post messages here on XDA.
About the problem this morning - we're having temporary issues with our server - we're working hard to fix it right now. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope it will be back up and running soon.
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Excellent support from you guys. I never thought viber support exist here. Great thanks for you guys and hope viber rocks in future too. Good luck.
Hello Viber Team, I'm just wondering will it ever be a way to recognize if the other viber user is on viber or not, smth like when the user is not connected and I want to call him, the viber tell me this user is not on viber now.
I hope you will understand my questions, sorry for the bad english.
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Hello Viber Team, I'm just wondering will it ever be a way to recognize if the other viber user is on viber or not, smth like when the user is not connected and I want to call him, the viber tell me this user is not on viber now.
I hope you will understand my questions, sorry for the bad english.
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Yes, there will be such option in the future (online indicator).
In the meanwhile, you can know whether or not the user is online in an indirect way: if you call someone and you see "Ringing..", that means that his phone is literally ringing - meaning he's online. If you only see "Calling.." then the user is probably offline.
If you get a message that the user doesn't have Viber installed (while you know he clearly does), then try the following workaround:
Enter Viber and find a person you know has Viber in the "All" contact list. Enter his details, change a digit, save and exit. Then enter his contact again, change the digit back (to the original, correct number), save and exit. Wait about 10 minutes and see if he's recognized as a Viber user now.
If it doesn't work, please try manually dialing the number in its FULL format (including the "+" sign, the country code, area code, etc.)
hey.. i got some probs with my l800 and whatsapp. When i´m not using it, and someone send me a message -> whatsapp dont wakeup to show me that message. Why? After 5-15 min. it shows me all the message for what im waiting for.. so how can i change it so, that whatsapp is permantly on task?
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hey.. i got some probs with my l800 and whatsapp. When i´m not using it, and someone send me a message -> whatsapp dont wakeup to show me that message. Why? After 5-15 min. it shows me all the message for what im waiting for.. so how can i change it so, that whatsapp is permantly on task?
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You can't, stupid Windows OS doesn't allow it for some reason.
Same to my phone
its really annoying with all IM programs... a slow 3g makes it even worse, if you are lucky, you can read the push notification, if you are not...well then you have to wait 5 minutes to read it
WhatsApp is crap on WP.
But it's not that bad for me. Push notifications always work. I get the messages quickly. Thing is when opening WhatsApp it can take like 5 seconds for the message to show up in the thread. Laggy as hell.
For that reason I have switched to Kik Messenger. Works much better on WP than WhatsApp.
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WhatsApp is crap on WP.
But it's not that bad for me. Push notifications always work. I get the messages quickly. Thing is when opening WhatsApp it can take like 5 seconds for the message to show up in the thread. Laggy as hell.
For that reason I have switched to Kik Messenger. Works much better on WP than WhatsApp.
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I tried kik too, but it never loaded messages for me
Whatsapp is indeed extremely poorly coded. I'm still wondering how it passed the certification considering its general sluggishness,its ugly design (come on, look at the thread bubbles) and its high CPU utilization (it really taxes the battery a lot).
I noticed the delays can either come from the network (slow 2G or 3G, or simultaneous 3G+Wi-Fi poor handling) or Whatsapp servers. The worse I've seen is 12 hours delay (overnight in fact). The notifications work just fine though.
thanks for answers... i was n android user till i bought a wp7. I like the os but there are some bugs in there.. ms like...
lkay2011 said:
thanks for answers... i was n android user till i bought a wp7. I like the os but there are some bugs in there.. ms like...
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I don't see why it is an MSFT issue. The OS is way more reactive and polished than Android. They're tons of quality apps - Whatsapp isn't just one.
I have whatsapp and have no issue with it, over 3g or wifi
I have searched all the forums, all the sites i could possible look into, but i couldnt find one thing.
Yesterday i rooted my phone, instaled JellyBam custom rom, which is awesome etc. But one thing keeps buging me. Before this, i used simple stock rom, and used stock app to send sms. There was like a whole tab of simple android heads smileys, where i could have spammed them and click like letters. And now what, all i can do is to acces through menu and click and insert only one smiley. if i want to add more i have to repeat the same actions again and again, its quite annoying. Is there a way to make a button which would show whole smileys layout?
P.S. I'd like to use Emojis but most of people im texting doest have it, so they see just squares.
Also, when i make a call or take a call, and talk, i can hear my own voice through speakers where i should hear only callers voice, this never happened with Stock rom and kernel. Any thoughts?
Hi I normally only use my smartphone for Facebook and whatsapp and first I was cool with that, but since I got in a whatsapp group that statusbar is annoying me as hell.
Whenever I get multiple messages on whatsapp it is always showing ''2 messages from 2 persons'' (or more) and I hate to just be on whatsapp to see who has been texting me. If its someone important I will open whatsapp to see but since whatsapp groups only talks about **** I just want to click it away.
Also something I hate but never really caught my eye before was that whenever I click away something in the statusbar it always pops back (why the **** is that?) later the day. I didn't clicked it away for nothing and my android phone really starts to piss me off (I run 2.3.5 on samsung galaxy S+ ) .
So what do you guys think is the best solution for me? Buy a new phone (heard apple shows who's been texting you on whatsapp on statusbar) , is there an hidden option in settings I didn't know off? Hack my phone or something else? I really hate being always online on my phone anyways, got better things to do.
Thanks in regards,
Dafoq