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Chrome to phone - rocks!

Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up - I can't believe I have lived without this for so long. Just fantastic.

Agree, fantastic tool.
Im using mozilla as there is an add-on for that too.

So, except for google maps and youtube videos what other uses for ChromeToPhone are there?

Well, you can push any link to your phone and not depend on QR codes. I think thats cool. Just an example, you come across a nice picture you want to use as a wallpaper. Just push a button, beats fiddling with bluetooth/usb after DLing or even using a QR code generator.

Totally agree!
This's just amazing!
I love it and I'm sure I'll use it often!
Domsdey said:
So, except for google maps and youtube videos what other uses for ChromeToPhone are there?
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You're able to dial a phone numbers. You just have to select the phone number in the browser then click on the button. It'll directly send it to your phone and open the dialer application.
Also you're able to select a text and after you click the button in the browser it will be copied in your Android clipboard

Totally! I've used it a couple of times today already.
The fact that it sends maps straight to Google Maps on the phone is gonna be super handy for trips.

I was looking for this. Awesome tool!

It is cool, but it needs to be able to go the other way too.
How many times have you clicked on a page that's slow or cumbersome on your phone, one that's just better suited to your laptop browser? Would be so handy to be able to send from phone to chrome.
It was raised on the code.google site but they said they're not working on it

i found firefox/chrome plugin but i also want IE8 plugin, any one found this yet?

yep, tried it yesterday on mozilla firefox and it works great

Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?

vukis said:
Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?
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No it doesnt check every second... Google cloud simply pushes it to your devices...

vukis said:
Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?
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It is a puch service so your phone doesn't actively check for the links sent to the phone but it is pushed to the phone and then the phone downloads it.
Just how the push email works.
Clever stuff!

Can you use it for file transfer, eg put the file into dropbox, copy the shared link, Chrome2Phone and download from the phone's browser?
EDIT: Just realised, there's a Dropbox app, er, for that.

check this video from 2:30 to learn about chrome to phone:

djoni1980 said:
check this video from 2:30 to learn about chrome to phone
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It is too silence on my desire. Media volume at max. What about others desires on this video?

s4vva said:
Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up - I can't believe I have lived without this for so long. Just fantastic.
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works flawlessly

So what is this? An extension to Chrome? I don't find it in Chrome extensions. Searching Google I found an .apk with it suggesting it is an Android app. How does that enable anything in your Chrome browser? Sorry maybe I'm dense

madsere said:
So what is this? An extension to Chrome? I don't find it in Chrome extensions. Searching Google I found an .apk with it suggesting it is an Android app. How does that enable anything in your Chrome browser? Sorry maybe I'm dense
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Hi
Go to http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/ to read about it
Download the crx file and it will install pc side
Then download apk file on phone
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or
http://chrometophone.googlecode.com/files/chrometophone-android-v1.6.apk
Log in on both with your google account
Have fun!

Is there any way to disable the notification sound for this app. I know i can disable notification sounds, but i would like to disable it only for this...
And maybe I should ask this on the Maps brut thread, but when sending a link from google maps it opens in stock Maps app instead of Maps brut (which I chose for default), if I uninstall stock Maps app it just won't load the link.
Does anyone knows a way to launch maps links with Maps brut?
thanks!

[Q] Car dock app. Where is it?

So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?

This one LOOKS close: https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmFub2QuY2FyLmhvbWUuZnJlZSJd
I haven't used it however. I'll rip Car Home from a previous version of GApps and see what the compatibility issue is with the GN, lets hope it's just a dpi thing.

Cleargrey said:
So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?
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nevermind i was thinking carhome sorry

Cleargrey said:
So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?
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unfortunately google is blocking carhome on the galaxy nexus throught the market, which is dumb because the app works fine.
all you need to do is use the same workaround that was discovered for installing google wallet. the only hitch is the app won't show up in your launcher. i used an app called anycut to create one but since the app hasnt been updated in a while the icon will be kind of cut off. still works fine though.

Well that sucks. I am not sure I can be bothered with a workaround that is still hassle to use, if I'm perfectly honest.
I've gone to the market and picked up a pretty decent car home dock that has a 30 day trial. Seems pretty decent so I'll probably buy the full version.
Sometimes I wonder why Google makes the decisions it does about apps.

I use the gapps from stock 4.0.4 posted here and it has car home on it.
Strange
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There is away around all market blocks on apps including car home, I found a tutorial on droid life you can check out!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/0...carrier-blocked-apps-from-the-android-market/

GR36 said:
I use the gapps from stock 4.0.4 posted here and it has car home on it.
Strange
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Link please

Yay 4 Juggs said:
Link please
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You can just install the APKs through a file manager. I did this installing the Car Home and Car dock APKs witch I have attached. Sorry I forget what forum I found this on, but it does work. Not sure if it will work non-rooted, but you can give it a try. You don't have to side lode or drop this in the system/apps directory, just install it like any regular APK.

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You can just install the APKs through a file manager. I did this installing the Car Home and Car dock APKs witch I have attached. Sorry I forget what forum I found this on, but it does work. Not sure if it will work non-rooted, but you can give it a try. You don't have to side lode or drop this in the system/apps directory, just install it like any regular APK.
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awesome thank you very much!

It's currently in some remote location taunting us.... *shake fist angrily*

[APK] Google Play Store v3.5.15

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Google Play Store (Android Market) v3.5.15
Requirements: Android v2.2+
Overview: Play Anywhere, All your entertainment in one place, Google Play is your one-stop shop for all your favorite entertainment.
ChangeLog:
- You now have the Installed and All tabs you can swipe between. The former one is what we used to have before - it lists all apps installed on your device. The latter lists all apps you've ever installed in case you want to download them again or travel down the memory lane. This is quite handy, and I've seen this list before in the Play Store on the web, so it's great to get it here in the mobile app.
- The All tab contains a handy dropdown with all your accounts (if you added more than one) and lets you switch between them very easily (as opposed to clicking Menu, etc).
- The list of apps you have purchased but uninstalled or haven't installed yet has moved to the All tab... which means it's now mixed in with the free apps you no longer have on the device. I'm not sure how I feel about that - on one hand, I like that it's gone from the first list, but ideally there should be a way to filter paid apps from free in the All list. Maybe someday...
- A few of the stock apps that apparently never got linked to the Play Store before got identified and picked up this time, and updates to such orphans were waiting for me when I fired the Store up. I've complained about this very bug in my last rant, and it looks like someone listened.
- Just like in the web Play Store:
# reviews now show the device used by the reviewer
# reviews can now be sorted by Most Helpful first or Newest first
# you can now filter reviews to show ones for the latest version of the app as well as made by only the device you are using
Installation Guide:
1.Download the apk from the links
2.put the apk on the phone ,don't use adb install *.apk in won't work it will say it already exists
3.Open the apk from the phone using a File explorer (ASTRO for example)
4.it will ask you if you want to replace the current market,press yes.
5.wait for install and voila you have the new market
NOTE:this method replaces the old market.
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Troubleshoot:
If you have download problem after Installing new market do this
" Connect your phone to your computer,
set in usb mass storage mode. Look for
a hidden folder called ".android_ secure"
and then delete the file
"smdl2tmp1 .asec". Unmount and you
should be good to go."
(Credit: AndroidPolice @Changelog (Chad))
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Just try it, and its working. I just install it. Everything are working fine. Thanks!
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All my thanks sir

Thanks. If you swipe left on 'my apps' it'll take you to another page which shows you all the apps you installed, not just paid. I don't think this was in my previous version. Nice update
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I had a problem with apps updating with this. Had to roll back to .7 then updating apps became fine again.
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Yeah, i had one or two updates, but app wasn't showing it?
Had to manually search for the app and it then showed me the update

Oh thanks so much!!

Thanks. It works. Is there any way to delete installed application history?

shaq1907 said:
Thanks. It works. Is there any way to delete installed application history?
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I remember seeing my application history on my google dashboard, (sign into your Google account via the web to access your dashboard), maybe you can delete it that way. Not sure if you can remove via the play store...
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Hi, could someone do something about the play store, to the increased resolution does not appear compatibility error. Link welcome
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Thank you very much.

Car Home

I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?

richmc73 said:
I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?
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For whatever reason Google has limited the phones that can download this from Google Play - it's been a long-time favorite of mine...
There are many other car home replacements on Play, but if you want the official Google car home just use Google and search for "download google car home apk" - it's pretty available.
Good luck.

Nothing only for the GS3, but you can get any of the ones from the market and they should work just fine.

look in the general section. There was a topic about car home and there was a link to the APK.

here you go. Ive had this for a very long time. Lol
http://db.tt/2aaWyi9H
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Thanks Xcor3. Did you have any problems installing this? When I go to install, it says done but doesn't give me the option to open and there is no icon in my app drawer.

richmc73 said:
Thanks Xcor3. Did you have any problems installing this? When I go to install, it says done but doesn't give me the option to open and there is no icon in my app drawer.
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Same here. When I look in App Manager, it's there but the only option is to uninstall.

Probably has to be installed to /system/apps to work...

If it is one of the ones I have used in the past them it doesn't have an icon and just auto opens when you put the device in an official dock. If you don't have an official dock then I suggest using one of the others from the market.

I don't know why. I pulled it using titanium. Ive had it backed up for a very long time. So how about I pull my whole backup then restore it using titanium? You just gotta put the files in wherever your titanium directory is.
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Download the files and put them in sdcard > titanium backup. Restore using titanium and it should show.
You can also try pushing to system/app and set to rw-r--r- for permission.
http://db.tt/eWWFMp9V
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This is what it looks like. I don't have a car dock and I can open it
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.

richmc73 said:
I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?
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Here you go there s 2 files I installed the first one and it pulled up Samsung s s voice car app the 2nd one installed Google car home . THERE is a icon in the drawer

ewingr said:
JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.
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Agreed. That's what I use. Nice features, stable, and has worked without complaint on many phones and ROMs.

LudoGris said:
If it is one of the ones I have used in the past them it doesn't have an icon and just auto opens when you put the device in an official dock. If you don't have an official dock then I suggest using one of the others from the market.
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To create the shortcut for Car Home (after installing it) you need to download "Anycut" from Play and install it. Once installed select: New Shortcut - Activity - (Scroll and Select) Car Home (or anything) for it to place an icon shortcut on your home screen.

I wish there was a map and music player plugin for torque.
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ewingr said:
JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.
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+1 on this, I use Car Home Ultra too... love it!

deeznutz1977 said:
Here you go there s 2 files I installed the first one and it pulled up Samsung s s voice car app the 2nd one installed Google car home . THERE is a icon in the drawer
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Hey Deez... I want to THANK YOU for posting this APK. I was so annoyed when I pulled up Car Home on Google Play and it said it was incompatible with ALL of my devices (which all run ICS) so I am grateful, once again, for you as well as XDA in general!

Customize Status Bar?

Can anyone tell me how do I customize the status bar icons on my G3? I really need to add a button to enable or disable GPS.
Thanks!

On the toggles drag them all the way left, at the very end there's an edit toggle that will take you to the customization screen thing.
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On the toggles drag them all the way left, at the very end there's an edit toggle that will take you to the customization screen thing.
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That did it, thanks!
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If you want further customization, theres an Xposed module called G3 Tweaksbox which is pretty damn comprehensive. You should check it out. If you dont know what xposed is and how it works id be happy to share!

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If you want further customization, theres an Xposed module called G3 Tweaksbox which is pretty damn comprehensive. You should check it out. If you dont know what xposed is and how it works id be happy to share!
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I'd love to get it, unfortunately since I rooted my new G3 this last weekend I can't download anything from Google Play. Can you tell me where I can get the APK?

http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
There's the link to the installer, the link is after the word "download:"
But why can't you install anything from the app store? That's bizarre..the first thing I do is root my devices, doesn't affect the play store....necessarily
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eBoody said:
But why can't you install anything from the app store? That's bizarre..the first thing I do is root my devices, doesn't affect the play store....necessarily
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It is bizarre. I can access Google Play, find an app, and attempt to download, except that the app never downloads. I get an error 495. I've googled that error and I've cleaned data and cache from Google Play and Google Framework. I've also removed my Google email address from Accounts, cleared it all again, then added my email again. No joy. Seems there are a small number of people with that problem. It's very frustrating with my brand new phone.

EEngineer said:
It is bizarre. I can access Google Play, find an app, and attempt to download, except that the app never downloads. I get an error 495. I've googled that error and I've cleaned data and cache from Google Play and Google Framework. I've also removed my Google email address from Accounts, cleared it all again, then added my email again. No joy. Seems there are a small number of people with that problem. It's very frustrating with my brand new phone.
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Try downloading an app from your browser and not the Play Store app. This has got mine working in the past when nothing else worked.

EEngineer said:
It is bizarre. I can access Google Play, find an app, and attempt to download, except that the app never downloads. I get an error 495. I've googled that error and I've cleaned data and cache from Google Play and Google Framework. I've also removed my Google email address from Accounts, cleared it all again, then added my email again. No joy. Seems there are a small number of people with that problem. It's very frustrating with my brand new phone.
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Sounds like switching Roms might solve that problem. Are you on the stock Rom? Here's the one I'm using, there are only two for now and they are both leaps and bounds better than stock. Additionally, it may be a problem with an older iteration that rom if you are using a custom one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/rom-zonerom-07-24-14-deodex-t2827304
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