Im looking for an app, free or not, that will let me text from my touchpad with cyanogen, obviously the phone would be what physically sends the text. Just looking for some kind of integration/sync ability.
I have found programs on Market that use their own software, but im looking for something that utilizes the native SMS functionality.
Anything out there like this?
Only ones I know are syncsms and Tablet Talk.
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So I have been on a touch pro for the last 2 years. Started with 6.1 and eventually put other roms on it, so moved to 6.5 and used mobile shell. Looking forward to the evo, and dumping wimo all together... but I have a few questions that maybe you guys can guide me. Even though I am REALLY tired of the buggy laggy wimo, it still has a few things I hope not to loose.
- Voice command... I know android can do voice search, but can I launch apps, call contacts, etc, with a voice command?
- syncing.... I know syncing is happening more on the cloud level now. And maybe I should embrace that. But I would still like to sync with m laptop. Personally I would love to dropkick outlook and just sync with thunderbird... is my best bet to sync with gmail on both sides, or is there a direct syncing that can be done between thunderbird and android.
- what if I zap my phone or something happens? Do I loose all my apps? I am used to downloading apps on the sd card or my computer and installing it there... the whole idea of an app store is a bit odd to me.
- I can tether now on my phone for free... will I still be able to on the Evo?
Now some Evo specific questions...
- So it seems like 4G is very similar to wifi... something like a long range wifi... hence the term wimax. Does turning on 4G drain your resources in the same way that leaving wifi on does?
- what is the actual range of wimax tower?
- my touch pro has a mini usb port... what sort port does the Evo have? Is it micro?
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So I have been on a touch pro for the last 2 years. Started with 6.1 and eventually put other roms on it, so moved to 6.5 and used mobile shell. Looking forward to the evo, and dumping wimo all together... but I have a few questions that maybe you guys can guide me. Even though I am REALLY tired of the buggy laggy wimo, it still has a few things I hope not to loose.
- Voice command... I know android can do voice search, but can I launch apps, call contacts, etc, with a voice command?
- syncing.... I know syncing is happening more on the cloud level now. And maybe I should embrace that. But I would still like to sync with m laptop. Personally I would love to dropkick outlook and just sync with thunderbird... is my best bet to sync with gmail on both sides, or is there a direct syncing that can be done between thunderbird and android.
- what if I zap my phone or something happens? Do I loose all my apps? I am used to downloading apps on the sd card or my computer and installing it there... the whole idea of an app store is a bit odd to me.
- I can tether now on my phone for free... will I still be able to on the Evo?
Now some Evo specific questions...
- So it seems like 4G is very similar to wifi... something like a long range wifi... hence the term wimax. Does turning on 4G drain your resources in the same way that leaving wifi on does?
- what is the actual range of wimax tower?
- my touch pro has a mini usb port... what sort port does the Evo have? Is it micro?
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Voice command: Some things work, like "Call (contact)" or "Navigate to (place)", but I don't think you can do it for everything.
Syncing: You're really best off syncing everything with Gmail. There are ways to sync your Thunderbird contacts to your Gmail account as well.
App loss: You lose your local copy of the apps, but I believe that all purchases are tied to your Google account so you can get them back when you get your new phone.
Tethering: As far as I know, USB tethering doesn't work on current versions of Android without a separate app, and wifi tethering requires root and an app (or paying $30/mo to Sprint...).
4G & Battery: I don't know as I don't have an Evo. Reports have the battery life similar to any other smartphone, though.
4G range: As far as I know, Wimax has the same per-tower range as any other digital cell technology. You can check your local coverage at Sprint.com I believe.
USB: Evo uses Micro-USB, which will be the standard for all non-Apple smartphones going forward. You can read the Wikipedia article on micro-usb if you want to know more.
Voice Command?
As far as voice command goes, here is a nifty little app for android that does more voice command does... it will even read you text messages and emails.
vlingo is the name of the product.
vlingo.com
thanks a lot for the info guys...
a5ehren said:
Syncing: You're really best off syncing everything with Gmail. There are ways to sync your Thunderbird contacts to your Gmail account as well.
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Syncing with the Google cloud, or any cloud for that matter, is never a good option, and certainly not the best. Privacy demands a desktop sync option with open source clients like Thunderbird. The Android OS is itself open source; we are not going to be forced to use proprietary clients like outlook.
They'd better get desktop syncing working soon.........or the evo is getting returned.
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So I have been on a touch pro for the last 2 years...
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I also was TP user since it came out, which btw is only 1.5 years and not 2
I'm sure you'll LOVE Evo if switching from TP. The only features you might miss are CorePlayer app that played pretty much ALL videos you throw at it (not more than 720p that is) and the ability to re-map software/hardware keys as you like, + the HW keyboard but Evo's keyboard in landscape is very good... other than that Evo will do pretty much everything you could on TP, tho you might need to root to USB/WiFi tether.
I love the app Market! Coming from winmo it seemed odd but I can't live without having it now!
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If this has been covered before, I can't find mention of it. I've moved from a blackberry tour to the dinc 2. My blackberry easily paired with my Nissan Altima and had a feature to download my internal phonebook, allowing me to see caller ID on incoming calls. The dinc paired easily enough, and gives much better reception than the BB, but I can't find any way to download my contact list. A spend a lot if time in the car, and life would be easier if I knew who was calling without digging the phone out of my pocket.
Am I missing something obvious, or is this feature simply unavailable?
Thanks in advance for any input or advice.
Rob Woodall
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My Ford sync'd with the inc2 including downloading the address book without any problems. That's pretty standard capability so I can't see why you should have any troubles - perhaps you need to tell the car to update or some such.
Thanks. I'm probably missing something obvious. If it works on Ford it should work on Nissan, so I'll digg out my manuals and try again. I had convinced myself that it just wasn't possible.
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So I have an SGS3 on the way and a deactivated Incredible soon
Do you guys know how I can use my Dinc on wifi or tethering from my SGS3 to still be able to make internet calls?
I don't want to just demote this bad boy to an mp3 player because this phone is too awesome to just put back in its box.
I believe I saw some people using their tabs to make calls, so I would imagine it would be a similar setup. So if you guys can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!
Just flash a custom ROM, bypass the activation screen, put it in airplane mode and turn on wifi. Then use something like Groove IP to make data calls through your Google Voice number.
There is also an app called Desk SMS (I think that's what it's called) by clockwork mod (aka koush) which will allow you to send texts over wifi. People use that one to send texts from their wifi only tablets.
There is also a script somewhere in the Inc dev section to which converts the Inc to a wifi only device.
That should be enough to get you started.
KrisPeezy said:
So I have an SGS3 on the way and a deactivated Incredible soon
Do you guys know how I can use my Dinc on wifi or tethering from my SGS3 to still be able to make internet calls?
I don't want to just demote this bad boy to an mp3 player because this phone is too awesome to just put back in its box.
I believe I saw some people using their tabs to make calls, so I would imagine it would be a similar setup. So if you guys can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!
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this is what I used on my Lenovo ideapad a1...
http://thedroidguy.com/2010/12/voip-for-android-devices/
I use groove ip https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gvoip with google voice http://www.google.com/voice. Works great, easy setup, and you can still text thru the google voice app. With the paid version of groove you can even use the phones native dialer and call log. And you can use google voice for voicemail.
I see that the 10.1" (and I think 8.9") now have it enabled.
My wife wanted the 7" tablet since she rarely makes voice calls but wants to have the feature, just in case. We don't want Google Voice right now because of lack of MMS support across all carriers. Since we are paying for actual data, I'd like to be able to use the native GSM instead of a VOIP solution.
Any way to make this possible or should I return it for an actual phone?
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I see that the 10.1" (and I think 8.9") now have it enabled.
My wife wanted the 7" tablet since she rarely makes voice calls but wants to have the feature, just in case. We don't want Google Voice right now because of lack of MMS support across all carriers. Since we are paying for actual data, I'd like to be able to use the native GSM instead of a VOIP solution.
Any way to make this possible or should I return it for an actual phone?
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I have the SM-T217A 7" AT&T Galaxy Tab 3 and also want to know this. Samsung says it has phone capabilities, however there is no stock phone app. I even have my own phone number set up through AT&T and everything, but there is no way to use it. I found an apk called CIQDialer.apk in system\app but it doesn't do anything. Any help would be awesome.
You should check the Play Store, theres should be apps for that.
I use T211, native make phone call, as long as you can insert sim card into your tab3 7.
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I've been doing a ton of research and I want to know what the status is of using the Nexus 7 (2013) as a hands free device. I've seen some discussion about BlueZ, adding bluetooth profiles, using hands free kits, mic input from DACs, etc. but nothing really that recent. I'm hoping that there has been some development in this area with 5.1.1. The goal is to have the call audio go to the car speakers and maybe have an external mic for the audio in.
How are others doing it and what is the current accepted way to accomplish this? Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm starting to build my system and this is one of the last things I need to figure out.
I have the cellular version Nexus 7 if there's a way I can use that to send/place calls from the same number with a second SIM or something.
you can setup the nexus through auxiliary so that audio goes through the car speakers, and if your really picky about what kind of sounds go through your car speakers or the nexus speakers you can use an app like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix&hl=en
For making calls and such from a different device you should use an app like Mysms https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mysms.android.sms&hl=en
It allows texting from any device using your phone by sending the info through wifi or bluetooth to your phone. It can also route calls from your phone to what ever device you want allowing you to answer with your tablet (with mysms this requires paid version, but there are likely other apps out there).
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you can setup the nexus through auxiliary so that audio goes through the car speakers, and if your really picky about what kind of sounds go through your car speakers or the nexus speakers you can use an app like SoundAbout
For making calls and such from a different device you should use an app like Mysms
It allows texting from any device using your phone by sending the info through wifi or bluetooth to your phone. It can also route calls from your phone to what ever device you want allowing you to answer with your tablet (with mysms this requires paid version, but there are likely other apps out there).
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The issue is that I'm replacing the head unit with the Nexus. I have Tablet talk which allows me to answer calls on m phone from the tablet, but the audio goes over the phone. I want to be able to answer the phone call on the tablet and have the tablet handle the audio. I've seen other threads about this and I've searched, but I haven't seen anything that are very recent. The best 'solution' I saw was implementing the BlueZ bluetooth stack to provide the required profiles, but I find their instructions confusing and it doesn't seem like anyone has attempted to get it working even though many people are looking for a solution to this.
Does anyone have any experience with implementing BlueZ on 5.1.1?
ok, your saying the app requires you to still use your phone to complete a phone call.
Using google voice setup and hangouts. Using this setup is the best I can think of. You can setup your current phone number I believe to work with google voice. Then just setup your phone to tether to your tablet.
Im fairly certain google hangouts can use your cellular service to place the calls and text, but if you have no service but have data/wifi it can use those, but im not 100% sure on that.
EDIT: I should clarify, google hangouts/voice works to make calls/texts/videocalls over wifi on any smart device without cell service. By using your own number your tablet will be able to make calls/texts/videocalls all from your number, all you need is data connection/wifi. I have not tried using hangouts over cell service without data, never had a need.
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The issue is that I'm replacing the head unit with the Nexus. I have Tablet talk which allows me to answer calls on m phone from the tablet, but the audio goes over the phone. I want to be able to answer the phone call on the tablet and have the tablet handle the audio. I've seen other threads about this and I've searched, but I haven't seen anything that are very recent. The best 'solution' I saw was implementing the BlueZ bluetooth stack to provide the required profiles, but I find their instructions confusing and it doesn't seem like anyone has attempted to get it working even though many people are looking for a solution to this.
Does anyone have any experience with implementing BlueZ on 5.1.1?
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Did you find something. Sometimes I have the impression that some people just can't understand a simple English sentence, like arolust.
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Did you find something. Sometimes I have the impression that some people just can't understand a simple English sentence, like arolust.
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Nah, I gave up - I got no support so I just broke down and got the MotorMouth 2.
But if someone were to figure it out I'd like to know the solution so I can have a single device act as my HU.
I'm working on a solution. Bluez lets you build AOSP for Nexus 7 2013 and it has HFP support. I will tell you if I did something. It really looks like no one is willing to help on this area. I searched a lot, but just peaces.
Troopster19 said:
Nah, I gave up - I got no support so I just broke down and got the MotorMouth 2.
But if someone were to figure it out I'd like to know the solution so I can have a single device act as my HU.
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