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how do I stay logged in at XDA

I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?

2 words : get chrome
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no thanks...
really, this is a default setting here? no "keep me logged in" setting??

I use opera web browser and manage to always stay logged on on xda whilst on my PC.. The thing is, I auto saved my password/username upon the first entering and also I never log off the forums account. Does the trick.
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Lock-N-Load said:
I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?
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Tick the stay logged in box, and don't log out.

pulser_g2 said:
Tick the stay logged in box, and don't log out.
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^^ That's all I do and I never have to log in. If this doesn't work for you then check that you have cookies enabled.

Lock-N-Load said:
I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?
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benjamingwynn said:
2 words : get chrome
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3 words: Chrome is sh1t!
Lock-N-Load said:
no thanks...
really, this is a default setting here? no "keep me logged in" setting??
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benjamingwynn said:
Chrome saves passwords for all sites and logs you in auto.
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Yes but as far as I recall last time I checked it doesn't allow you to create a master password which is a bad lack or security imo.
Firefox is much better.

I don't see this problem, All what I'm dong is to check the "Remember Me" box, and it does it all.
Regards

TheATHEiST said:
Firefox is much better.
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Firefox is good for a backup browser, it's heavy as hell. I got almost 1 Gb of RAM used when a lots of tabs are opne. Chrome use half of this with the same tabs opened.
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Felimenta97 said:
Firefox is good for a backup browser, it's heavy as hell. I got almost 1 Gb of RAM used when a lots of tabs are opne. Chrome use half of this with the same tabs opened.
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Chrome forever baby !
Herpderp Galaxy Ace.

benjamingwynn said:
2 words : get chrome
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Mozilla Firefox xD

If you use LastPass, you can make a master password and set sites to automagically log you in. This doesn't work on all sites, and some sites will fight LastPass over login protocols, so it's kind of a trial and error thing to get it to gel right with your online experience. Facebook for example works well. Bookmark the root site (Facebook.com) and set it to auto login. It just works. And it works in all the major browsers, even little ole Chrome.
I prefer Firefox... well, Pale Moon... well, Pale Moon Portable, haha. Same difference. Between Adblock Plus, NoScript, and Cookie Whitelist With Buttons (silly name, don't laugh, it does good) and a search box, Chrome just can't keep up. I've been fortunate enough to have avoided the memory leaks that Chrome users say made them switch, and Pale Moon is plenty fast enough for me. I could run Windows 2000 if all I cared about was speed. You start adding features, it slows down a hair, it's a fair trade.
Anyway, I've checked "Remember Me" when I log in, and it still likes to log me out after ~5 minutes of inactivity. Cookies are fine but I'm only accepting first-party cookies (i.e. from xda-developers.com while I'm here). NoScript is blocking a script from netshelter.net. It's allowing them from google-analytics.com, googleapis.com, and of course xda-developers.com.

Annoying commercials

Hi!
In the recent time, when I surf XDA-forum with my Xoom or Galaxy Nexus, I often am redirected to awful commercial-sites like this one ( http://cat.m.smartphonegirls.de/wwf...n_id=103566ff54dbd160ab06425f95bc91&path=SPOQ), who want to sale stupid things.
The only way to avoid it is to use a desktop UA-string.
Why does XDA support those kind of abo-services, we all know from the media? I have nothing against commercials on the forum, I know XDA needs the money. But not that way, please...

McDV said:
Hi!
In the recent time, when I surf XDA-forum with my Xoom or Galaxy Nexus, I often am redirected to awful commercial-sites like this one ( http://cat.m.smartphonegirls.de/wwf...n_id=103566ff54dbd160ab06425f95bc91&path=SPOQ), who want to sale stupid things.
The only way to avoid it is to use a desktop UA-string.
Why does XDA support those kind of abo-services, we all know from the media? I have nothing against commercials on the forum, I know XDA needs the money. But not that way, please...
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These shouldn't be appearing... Do you have any details about what's causing it to appear? Ie. a particular browser?

Just the stock android 4.0.3-browser, on my Xoom with Tiamat-ROM and on my Galaxy Nexus with CM9.
It only happens on XDA-dev-page, mostly when entering the UCP or a thread. And there are two sites I have seen. The one I posted and some other video-page. I don't remember that name, but will post if I see it again.
And it doesn't always happen, just from time to time.

I have this problem too. Follwing picture appears:
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And in my browser cache is the smartphonegirls-thing!!

wemsinho said:
I have this problem too. Follwing picture appears:
And in my browser cache is the smartphonegirls-thing!!
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i wouldnt go around shouting this kind of stuff out, a little personal dont you think lol

The same here. The worst thing is that these commercials are opening automatically. A soonish fix would be really appreciated.

wemsinho said:
I have this problem too. Follwing picture appears:
And in my browser cache is the smartphonegirls-thing!!
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Exactly what I meant! And there is another MobVid-Site I sometimes get.
I see you are German like me and those pages are in German. Could it be possible that only users in Germany get those "commercials"?

KillerCookie said:
The same here. The worst thing is that these commercials are opening automatically. A soonish fix would be really appreciated.
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Yes, and if you accidentially would tap "Ja" (= yes in German) you would have to pay 2,99€ per week via your mobile bill, if you haven't blocked mobile payments on your contract (by default it's activated, you have to contact the provider).

Need to get rid of it...a.s.a.p
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imdaman01 said:
Need to get rid of it...a.s.a.p
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I sent this to the owners to get rid of it I will check how it's going

i get the same mobile ad Galaxy Nexus living in Germany too

I guess there are dynamic commercials, that adjust to the origin you belong to and for.Germans, who have a mobile UAstring, it redirects to.that site... Not very funny...
Just imagine you were showing the XDA-page to s.o. on your phone and then this page pops up. Some kind of embarassing

Same here.
It's really anoying.
Any suggestions for a workaround?
Blocking URLs or something?
I use Dolphin Browser.
Thanks in advance

mikehunter76 said:
Same here.
It's really anoying.
Any suggestions for a workaround?
Blocking URLs or something?
I use Dolphin Browser.
Thanks in advance
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Are you German, too?

McDV said:
I guess there are dynamic commercials, that adjust to the origin you belong to and for.Germans, who have a mobile UAstring, it redirects to.that site... Not very funny...
Just imagine you were showing the XDA-page to s.o. on your phone and then this page pops up. Some kind of embarassing
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We're trying to find out the cause of this... Is this over Wifi or 3G, and who is your provider?

McDV said:
Are you German, too?
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Yes, i am.
Provider: O2
Could be both 3G and Wifi.

pulser_g2 said:
We're trying to find out the cause of this... Is this over Wifi or 3G, and who is your provider?
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I don't know if it's with 3G, since most of the time I'm using WiFi (home, university etc.) so I just can only confirm it happens with WiFi. Anyway, it will most likely be with 3G, too - I simply don't remember that.

I also got that "ad" today ... That ad is not just emberrasing, but if you click it, it will cost you 3€/week and that's horrible!!!
3G (H), Provider: T-Mobile ...
Maybe the transaction_id can help find out more:
transaction_id=1030fff05c0bb9ea955d74de8061de&path=SPOQ
(Unfortunately I'm not allowed to post full links )

I'm getting this crap since today... I was surfing on my SGS2 on ign.com when that site was automatically loaded.
I think it's somehow connected to google admob or whatever... I'm also german, it must be connected to one of those
automated advertisments (geolocation) for germany...
It's automatically loading... I can't even check if I clicked on it by mistake because the first time when it appeared I was kinda surprised.

ninjafox said:
I'm getting this crap since today... I was surfing on my SGS2 on ign.com when that site was automatically loaded.
I think it's somehow connected to google admob or whatever... I'm also german, it must be connected to one of those
automated advertisments (geolocation) for germany...
It's automatically loading... I can't even check if I clicked on it by mistake because the first time when it appeared I was kinda surprised.
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No, you didn't click something. It just takes until the entire site is loaded, then you are redirected. The worst thing about is that you cannot even go back to the page you wanted, because the browser seems to think it IS the page you wanted. If you go back, you.get the page you had before... Not funny...
And yes, I have also recognized it on other pages, but only very, very few, so I don't think it's Google Ads.

[Q] So... Anything new on Smart Updates?

Still gotta DL the WHOLE app (eg. a 1GB game update) instead of just the new/replaced files that Google announced will be launched with the JB release.
Smart Update: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/17/3248874/google-play-store-smart-updates-enabled
Anyone know what going on with that?

I don't know the technical details of the technology, but from what I read about it I assume it only works for changes in the APK. Games often contain a lot of graphic data, which probably renders this technique kinda useless
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I'm pretty sure they are already enabled but they still show as if you are downloading the entire file. So there is no way to know when they are put to use and how big the apk diff files are.

Busybox free uses it..and facebook 1.9.9 update too...
With the last updates it was finished within seconds..the download....

Interesting. So how does Google select which apps start using it? Or is it some kinda automated update adding apps to its list for Smart Update support?

Noo the devs of the apps must build it in aka support it

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Noo the devs of the apps must build it in aka support it
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I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. Google automatically enables smart app updates for all (I presume) apps. This was said at the I/O conference that developers didn't need to do anything and personally I haven't seen any new API calls nor manifest lines that I need to add.

zenithz said:
I don't know the technical details of the technology, but from what I read about it I assume it only works for changes in the APK. Games often contain a lot of graphic data, which probably renders this technique kinda useless
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FWIW, I updated Dead Trigger the other day and it only downloaded around 500k of updated data... so, yea, it does work for games as well.
Again, it depends on the APK and the changes involved.
Something I noticed the other day: the progress bar on the Play Store was slow, and would cut off somewhere in the middle just before updating. If you want to see the real update progress, look in the notification shade.
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I think its an switch that the dev must activate to use it

Yes..u r ri8...notification bar shows correct % of update where as progress bar shows size of kbs downloaded...
See these screen-shots i took..
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Yes, I have noticed this also recently. So I guess it was a slow rollout.

I have encountered several updates that use this. I remember Google saying that it is something that will happen automatically and not something that will require any changes on the part of the developers
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clintkev251 said:
I have encountered several updates that use this. I remember Google saying that it is something that will happen automatically and not something that will require any changes on the part of the developers
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I know. This question was asked a couple of weeks ago. I see that it working more often these day, so I guess a MOD can lock this up to prevent more replies. Th for the earlier info guy! :good:

[APP] Cell Broadcasts - Emergency Alert System

My biggest hold back on installing CM10 or AOKP was the lack of Cell Broadcasts built in. But low an behold I was able to restore it from a Titanium Backup. I figured I'd go ahead and share it here for all. And maybe for myself if I ever lose it!
This for sure installed on AOKP. At least it installed, I'll have to wait until Wednesday when they do the test to confirm it works.
To install (this is old, the link at bottom has a flashable zip.):
1. Copy the "CellBroadcastReceiver.apk" into "/system/app"
2. Change the permissions to "rw- r-- r--"
3. Restart
It wont be a normal app, but it should appear under Settings --> More... --> Cell broadcasts
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ENJOY!
Edit: rmkilc is awesome and made a flashable zip! Install-CellBroadcastReceiver-1.0.zip

Sorry for the stupid question but... what does it do?

3Shirts said:
Sorry for the stupid question but... what does it do?
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It let's you receive alerts about threats and things like that.

Rather pointless to be honest.

Turbocom said:
Rather pointless to be honest.
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As someone who has received numerous EAS alerts about shootings/tornadoes in the local metro area, I have to say it is very much not pointless.

Turbocom said:
Rather pointless to be honest.
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It may not be for everyone. But for me, in Arkansas, I find it useful for Tornado warnings. The AMBER alerts are good too. Apps use data and GPS, thus killing your battery. This is a more stable system than some app. Most of the time my phone's WiFi is connected to some shoddy open Linksys router and in and out of proper data service anyway.
Cell Broadcast is like receiving a free text. Good for those on limited data plans, or those that need to be safe!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast
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But... aren't cell broadcasts are a standard feature on this phone?
To be found under Setting, More.. and Cell boradcasts.

jutezak said:
But... aren't cell broadcasts are a standard feature on this phone?
To be found under Setting, More.. and Cell boradcasts.
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I think this was standard on the STOCK build, I can not remember since I rooted and flashed CM10 nearly the same day I got the phone. The point of this as the OP states is that once you flash CM10 you lose this functionality. He provided a way to recover that functionality.

Why does this get stripped out when they build the ROMs? I can't imagine anyone actually thinking it'd be a good idea to remove this, is it an oversight?

Cell broadcasts are true broadcasts, so there are no network overload issues when sending them out.
And they work as soon as there is coverage. If you are roaming somewhere without data, the broadcasts will still work.

Doesn't Google Now have something like this built in?
"Public Alerts" card? ... I do remember when a hurricane was coming to NYC, I never received any alerts. Although I was told by some people, it was in text messages.

Thanks to the OP for the app, obviously some people wanted it.
I find this funny though because my parents and I spent xmas weekend trying to figure out how to turn this crap off on their iphones, never did find a way, fortunately my n4 (stock at the time) did not have this annoyance.

This should be a flashable zip, with an addon.d script to keep it alive between ROM updates. I suppose I'll make a zip for myself.

rmkilc said:
This should be a flashable zip, with an addon.d script to keep it alive between ROM updates. I suppose I'll make a zip for myself.
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Dont hold back to share it with us

Here is a flashable zip for this, including an addon.d script. ackliph, if you want to share this in the OP, go for it. If you would rather I didn't share this here, just let me know.
Install-CellBroadcastReceiver-1.0.zip

rmkilc said:
Here is a flashable zip for this, including an addon.d script. ackliph, if you want to share this in the OP, go for it. If you would rather I didn't share this here, just let me know.
Install-CellBroadcastReceiver-1.0.zip
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Awesome. I'll edit the post!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Has anyone received an alert from this yet? I'm curious what it looks and sounds like.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Not had a single tsunami or tornado alert from mine yet....beginning to think it's broken. Does it also do volcanos?
Daern, Yorkshire, UK.

daern said:
Not had a single tsunami or tornado alert from mine yet....beginning to think it's broken. Does it also do volcanos?
Daern, Yorkshire, UK.
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It's all carrier dependent. Mine doesn't work either and I'm on one of the US's major three carriers.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

With the stock rom i had found settings for this for what type of alerts I Wanted to get etc. I did get some alerts and they scared the crap out of me. They are sort of like the ebs on tv.
I am so glad to have this again.
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[THEME] Ironman J.A.R.V.I.S.Q - UCCW skin

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I want to start with saying that this theme is an paid theme through google play but I attached the uzip for the widget to left.
In other word, that one is free of charge and modifiable!.Just wanted to let that be said before anyone goes rampage cause I put a lot
of work in making this. The 4 months of wait for UCCW to implement high resolution support was terrible (not complaining!) ;_;
The last screenshots shows the beta version I created. As for now, the theme takes up the whole screen as you can see in the other screenshots.
To emphasize, I tested this on my Nexus 7, the widgets should fit perfectly.
If you're a N4 user you might have seen it over there as well. I thought I maintain a thread here as well since after all, I'm a N7 owner!
Installing uzip theme files:
Download UCCW and add a UCCW widget to your homescreen, select "uzip" and browse and select the theme.
Download:
Free version: http://ge.tt/6KeYmme/v/0?c (only the battery/clock "jarvisq ring"-widget included):
- Mirror link: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358554834
Software buttons: http://ge.tt/5rZre1e/v/0?c
Full version:

Looks great! I'm assuming that I flash the soft buttons in recovery?
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mjs2011 said:
Looks great! I'm assuming that I flash the soft buttons in recovery?
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I hope you did not do it cause it's just a zip with pngs inside xD
I'm using AOKP rom so the feature is built in to the settings where you only have to choose which image to replace with.

please post the full version here
thx

l2azvan said:
please post the full version here
thx
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I have other free themes that I've created, this is the first one that I charge for.

Links don't work?

riot1031 said:
Links don't work?
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Works for me, I'll reupload them to dev host when I get home, just in case.

Looks pretty sweet, may have to give that a try sometime.

Ok, one issue I changed some hotspots, now the widget shows up blank (white). I assume just remove the widget and set it up again? Didn't see a refresh setting in UCCW.

metalwraith said:
Ok, one issue I changed some hotspots, now the widget shows up blank (white). I assume just remove the widget and set it up again? Didn't see a refresh setting in UCCW.
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Did it work out in the end? Sometimes uccw shows white widget when refreshing for a split second, but it should get back to normal right after that.

Didn't do it on my vibrant, so just removed and readded it and edited it all at the same time. Had a few moments where it just showed image place holders and no images.

metalwraith said:
Didn't do it on my vibrant, so just removed and readded it and edited it all at the same time. Had a few moments where it just showed image place holders and no images.
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Did you maybe consume all the ram available? Another thing, how does the widget look on the vibrant? It got a display of 480 x 800 after all and the theme was recommended to be used on a 720p screen.

Who knows, vibrant i know is pretty much empty software wise. Screens attached.
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metalwraith said:
Who knows, vibrant i know is pretty much empty software wise. Screens attached.
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You can see the ram consumption in settings, sometimes uccw can take up to 80mb which is one of the reason I recommend this on a phone with at least 720p (those phones usually have decent specs). Thanks for the screenshots, how does it look in real life though? I will assume the text is barely readable?

369mb for memory under the settings.. Running Paranoid Android 2.54 (android 4.1.2). Text ain't too bad, I have it setup in phablet mode anyways to get more space on the home screens.

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369mb for memory under the settings.. Running Paranoid Android 2.54 (android 4.1.2). Text ain't too bad, I have it setup in phablet mode anyways to get more space on the home screens.
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That should be enough! You might want to send a letter to the UCCW developer as I never had this issue before. And thanks for telling me that the text was readable, I havent personally tried it on that resolution yet.

still cant be downloaded?

Yeah, I have no idea what is taking google so long to review my account. Just sent them another email (an hour ago) asking them if you're even working.

Gotta love Google... I know one of their things, if an app is downloaded from any updates have to be done through them as well. Not to mention anything within the app can't be downloaded from outside sources either. Do I sense, Apple's methods coming to the play store? lol

metalwraith said:
Gotta love Google... I know one of their things, if an app is downloaded from any updates have to be done through them as well. Not to mention anything within the app can't be downloaded from outside sources either. Do I sense, Apple's methods coming to the play store? lol
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Yeah, they became very strict about that. Just emailed them earlier today and they said they never got the information about my identity so I had to send them again....