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Public Service Announcement re: Dropbox

The update is absolutely THE single worst and cataclysmic update in Android history. Your grandkids will be asking you about the Dropbox disaster of 2011.
Anyways don't update it:
1. It will delete the Dropbox folder from your sd card,
2. Any files you want to save from the updated version of Dropbox must be "exported"; you have to choose the path every single bloody time,
3. "Favourites", or files available offline, are saved to android/data/data.
An analogy to drive it home: You buy a 2013 Porsche GT3, sight unseen, turns out the 2013 is based on a 1979 Lada chassis and drivetrain.

Haha, Thanks for the warning, I was just about to do my weekly updates too, I think I'll give this one a miss.
I suppose it's like going home with Liz Hurley and finding out she's Herrmann Munster
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I wonder how long until they revert back??!!

Your analogy is also 100% valid.
I made the mistake of backing up via Ti BU before I realized how bad the update was. I ended up extracting the old version from a nandroid b/u.
Re: reverting to the old version, judging by the reviews, it shouldn't take long!

I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.

dully79 said:
I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.
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care to share your "exploit" method? use pm, we dont wanna bend the rule here
TIA

I'm out at the moment but do a search in the forums, I think they're is a thread in the general section. It involves editing your build.prop to mimic an LG so be careful.

dully79 said:
I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.
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yeah me too.. i got 3.5GB space on dropbox and it's too small...
just google 50gb box.net/edit build. prop on SGS2
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

And I thought I was just being a retard when I couldn't find my d-box folder while tipsy last night!
Here's hoping for a swift turnaround

mudferret said:
Anyways don't update it:
1. It will delete the Dropbox folder from your sd card
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What a load of BS. No files are deleted whatsoever. They have been moved to Android / data / com.dropbox.android / files / scratch.
So no more dedicated Dropbox subdir in root but finally in /Android. The way it should have been in the first place. Less clutter.
you have to choose the path every single bloody time
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Again, false. Let's say you export a file to Dropbox/Test/FCOL. Upload another file? Boom there we are, again in Dropbox/Test/FCOL, nothing to be clicked to get there.
The new update rules. It looks amazing. Finally the possibility to upload multiple files at once (not a whole directory at once though, alas), the image/mp3 preview is nice, etc.
Can't please 'em all I guess. That's fine, just don't spread FUD for nothing please.

No problems here with Dropbox .
jje

HERE'S THE GUIDE FOR OBTAINING 50GB FOR FREE!!!
You can register multiple accounts and gain 50GB for each account, i've created a couple and now have 250GB!!
Suck on that dropbox.

Pfeffernuss said:
What a load of BS. No files are deleted whatsoever. They have been moved to Android / data / com.dropbox.android / files / scratch.
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See point 3. No new info here. For me the new location is inconvenient.
Again, false. Let's say you export a file to Dropbox/Test/FCOL. Upload another file? Boom there we are, again in Dropbox/Test/FCOL, nothing to be clicked to get there.
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I say download, you say upload. The path of an exported file must be chosen every time. I didn't test upload, so I can't verify or refute your point.
Can't please 'em all I guess. That's fine, just don't spread FUD for nothing please.
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As long as 20% of users were kept happy, that's "success". Either way I'm onto another program now so it's a moot point. I applaud your use of acronyms however.

600 MB additional free storage
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage

Mittaa said:
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
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Thank for sharing!

Thank you dude!

dully79 said:
HERE'S THE GUIDE FOR OBTAINING 50GB FOR FREE!!!
You can register multiple accounts and gain 50GB for each account, i've created a couple and now have 250GB!!
Suck on that dropbox.
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Enjoy uploading and downloading files one by one with crappy size limit. Wouldn't trade 5gb of dropbox i have for 1tb of box.
Sent from my GT-I9100

Idan73 said:
Enjoy uploading and downloading files one by one with crappy size limit. Wouldn't trade 5gb of dropbox i have for 1tb of box.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Who are you, dropbox sales team leader??!!
FYI, I do enjoy it, but your talking out of your arse.
I can upload/download multiple files with box and 100mb is MORE than enough for me.
I also find box more user friendly than dropbox and with better speeds.
So you enjoy being a dropbox fan boy and climb back under your bridge.

The problem with Box.net is that it doesn't have a free-sync option from the desktop. Desktop sync is for Enterprise/Paid users. Dropbox free quota is totally free by all means.

I didn''t like the update either. It now saves files in
/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/scratch
which unfortunately is more complicated than
/sdcard/dropbox/
but it's here now and I don't know how to roll back. Also when opening a file with dropbox, does it auto-upload a file when saved? I'm not sure it does anymore...

Rooted and debloated but cannot add new contacts

Hey guys. As the title says I cannot add new contacts from texts I've received since debloating. Not sure which process is causing this issue. I'm wondering if anyone else has this issue.
Will see about posting the frozen processes later.
*edit* I can't add contacts period. When I select new contact the page is blank..

myrez said:
Hey guys. As the title says I cannot add new contacts from texts I've received since debloating. Not sure which process is causing this issue. I'm wondering if anyone else has this issue.
Will see about posting the frozen processes later.
*edit* I can't add contacts period. When I select new contact the page is blank..
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What programs did you uninstall/freeze? AT&T Contact manager by any chance?

I can't post links yet so this will have to wait until I get to a PC. I haven't touched any contact app or process.

myrez said:
I can't post links yet so this will have to wait until I get to a PC. I haven't touched any contact app or process.
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U said in the title that you have debloated, and we're assume by debloat you mean you either froze or uninstall something using TiBu. Now the question is, did you freeze/uninstall AT&T Contact Manager?

Can someone post att contact manager apk? I did the same thing and can not add contracts
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alton987 said:
Can someone post att contact manager apk? I did the same thing and can not add contracts
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26

Namuna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26
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Quick n simple

I didn't realize until after I read this thread that I also disabled that function. Good advice Namuna. I think I may have it fixed. Hope OP gets it solved.
edit: Since we're on the topic of contacts and such... What exactly is the "AT&T address book"? Why can't I import my contacts from my SIM card without choosing AT&T address book or google services? Does this mean AT&T would then have all of my contacts?

AllstarE4 said:
I didn't realize until after I read this thread that I also disabled that function. Good advice Namuna. I think I may have it fixed. Hope OP gets it solved.
edit: Since we're on the topic of contacts and such... What exactly is the "AT&T address book"? Why can't I import my contacts from my SIM card without choosing AT&T address book or google services? Does this mean AT&T would then have all of my contacts?
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I'm thinking this is their new service to keep your contacts for u in the case of emergency, just like wat sprint n verizon r doing since they do not have a sim card to save contacts to. Instead of having to save your contacts to a gmail account, which many "common" users might not have any idea dat it syncs with the phone, at&t provides the service of migrating the contacts to a new phone just by placing the sim in a new phone n activating it. This is what I assume though, might be totally incorrect. lol.
edit: Btw, I think if you freeze/delete AT&T address book, u also will not be able to add new contacts to the phone.

Yeah I followed some guy's list of things he froze/disabled and one of them was the WMsync... something rather. That is the AT&T Address Book and it didn't show up in the options to import from SIM. I've since enabled it and it's there again and I'm also able to add contacts.
I just thought it was weird that I can't save the contacts directly to the phone. Is the AT&T Address Book just like a cloud sync?

AllstarE4 said:
Yeah I followed some guy's list of things he froze/disabled and one of them was the WMsync... something rather. That is the AT&T Address Book and it didn't show up in the options to import from SIM. I've since enabled it and it's there again and I'm also able to add contacts.
I just thought it was weird that I can't save the contacts directly to the phone. Is the AT&T Address Book just like a cloud sync?
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I guess you can say so about AT&T address book.
What do you mean save directly to the phone though? Won't you want it to sync to your Gmail acc directly so in case anything ever happens to the phone, you won't lose your contacts?
Here are the options available on where to save your contacts:
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Just click on the Down arrow next to Contact type and choose where you want it to go to.

Well I don't know how I feel about my contacts information being on a cloud server. What I've done for awhile is use Windows Contacts on my computer. It's pretty nifty and works great with an Android device since you can drag and drop.

Problem solved. ATT Address Book was frozen. Catch is I went through and defrosted each app individually but didn't restart the phone. Defrosted ATT Address Book and restarted and good to go. Thanks aquariuz23!

myrez said:
Problem solved. ATT Address Book was frozen. Catch is I went through and defrosted each app individually but didn't restart the phone. Defrosted ATT Address Book and restarted and good to go. Thanks aquariuz23!
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Anytime!
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AllstarE4 said:
Well I don't know how I feel about my contacts information being on a cloud server. What I've done for awhile is use Windows Contacts on my computer. It's pretty nifty and works great with an Android device since you can drag and drop.
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I understand how u feel about cloud servers at one point, I felt very insecure about having my information somewhere where other people with power can easily access them on a whim. But then I thought to myself, if someone really wants the info, with enough power they can get it as long as we are connected to the "network" aka the internet. We have to be totally void of connectivity to the internet to avoid having our info in other people's hands.
Reminds me of something I saw when I watched Battlestar Galactica; how Galactica had to be completely and utterly network-less in order to avoid any possibility of being hacked and accessed by the Cylons (Cybernatic Lifeform Node). The moment they networked their infrastructures, they immediately got hacked, and had to rely on firewalls to defend themselves lol. Just a side story it was a great series too

Namuna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26
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I get the error Application not Installed when I try to install the apk?
Any Idea?

You need copy these files in /system/apps

Another question about the cloud servers. Would you guys recommend the AT&T Address Book or the Google account thing? And why did you choose it?
I'm trying to download my contacts into the car Bluetooth, but it wont recognize any contacts. I'm guessing that's due to them not being saved to the phone.
I'm wondering if its something to do with rooting and debloating. I could swear it was working before that, but I can't figure out what I would have disabled to cause the problem.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA App

Can someone also post the stock email.apk?
Thanks

[INFO]Skydrive 25gb storage limitation

I hope you all know that we also get 25 gb Skydrive with our One X.
At the moment microsoft is resizing the storage limit from 25 to 7 gb..
So act fast login today to keep u`r 25 gb forever...
READ this for more information
Limited time loyalty offer
You’ve been with us a long time, and through a lot of changes. We appreciate you sticking with us, and we want to make it easy for you to keep using your 25 GB of free online storage. All you need to do is go to the SkyDrive storage page and choose Upgrade my storage. That’s it—you’re locked in for 25 GB for free.
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Thanks for this. Just upgraded.

Aren't you confusing SkyDrive with Dropbox? The One X gets 25 GB of storage on dropbox.

Aren't you confusing SkyDrive with Dropbox? The One X gets 25 GB of storage on dropbox.
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nope
U`ll get 25gb dropbox AND 25gb Skydrive

am i missing somthing here, when i log into my sky drive and go to storage all i have is the free options and they 20gb + payed options, no matter how many times i tried it on different computers it wont give me the free upgrade option.
any ideas?
cheers

Try on your phone in account and add the Skydrive for Sense

huh. is there an android app for this? I cant seem to find it

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Try on your phone in account and add the Skydrive for Sense
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Thanks for the tip.
But can you elaborate more on how can I upload files or retrieve files on the phone once Skydrive account for Sense is created?

Several ways
go to your gallery hit share choose just like u would dropbox or facebook...Skydrive.

vallandil said:
I hope you all know that we also get 25 gb Skydrive with our One X.
At the moment microsoft is resizing the storage limit from 25 to 7 gb..
So act fast login today to keep u`r 25 gb forever...
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Thanks for the tip, i've got 25gb now.

Oh found it! Just go to https://skydrive.live.com/, login with ur Windows Live ID and then claim your upgrade Thanks for the tip OP!

I'm confused are we getting 25gb because we have a one x or because we already have a Windows live account?
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

goulies said:
I'm confused are we getting 25gb because we have a one x or because we already have a Windows live account?
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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It's because we already have a Windows Live account.

Tried to get this yesterday but couldn't see anywhere where I could upgrade after I logged in.
I've just tried again and still couldn't see it,but after switching to the pc site instead of the mobile site, voila I was given the option and now have the extra storage, thanks OP!
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

You only get offered the upgrade if you have been with skydrive for a while.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

My hotmail account that is over 10 years old got the upgrade, my other one that is a year or two old didn't.
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[GUIDE] An ADDITIONAL 20+gb of dropbox space for free

Hi all. I wrote this guide on another thread but it's been buried, and i realised that people will still benefit now, so here it is, for posterity.
If you like the guide, click thanks
Reckless187 said:
Bloody Hell! did you get all that from referrals?!?!?!
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OK, I e-mailed a friend with my method so may as well help you all out too.
Please note some aspects may not work any more (e.g. I think you can only get 3gb extra space for picture upload nowadays)
The TL;DR is, do all the DB quests, borrow an .ac.uk or .sch.uk or .edu address from a friend (or use your own), whore Google Adwords ....? profit
UPDATE: Dropbox now gives 500mb per referral, so you no longer need a .ac.uk or .sch e-mail address to get the full amount.
It's also worth mentioning that you get 250mb extra free if you sign up through a referral link. Why not google it and click someone elses Adword? Spread the good karma around!
This guide assumes you have a standard free account with a PUNY 2gb storage.
1: +250mb - https://www.dropbox.com/gs - , although I highly doubt you haven't done this.
2: +1gb - https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011 Not sure if this will work but go to page and complete that. It may or may not give you 1gb (it said it was limited time only) - Follow http://smugsmog.com/dropbox-scavenger-hunt-walkthrough/ this guide to make it easier.
3: +768mb - https://www.dropbox.com/free - Self-explanatory. I just did all the bull**** steps then unlinked it from facebook/twitter and deleted the tweet. Still gives you the free data.
4: +16gb!!! - This is the motherlode. I think it works with .sch.uk, anyway. Go here https://www.dropbox.com/edu and put in your .sch.uk address. You need to verify it by clicking the link. If it doesn't work you can still make 8gb for free, or try to find someone with a .ac.uk address (I used <my friends> and it worked fine). Once it's told you you get 500mb per invite, then you need to register an Adwords account at http://adwords.google.co.uk
UPDATE: Step 4 no longer needed, as dropbox provide 500mb free for each referral now anyway
Then you need to load it up with some free credit. I went here: http://www.newsvend.com/google-adwords-voucher.html and used my domain. It says you won't be successful unless you use a @yourdomain e-mail address so be careful.
You may also have free vouchers from web hosting (I did, had £30 with mine).
Anyway, load up your account with the freebie, and don't give it your payment details, that way the adds will run until your voucher runs out, so you won't rack up huge debt.
Once you've got an Adwords account with some free credit go here: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals and get the db.tt referral link that will credit your account (it's at the bottom)
Then set up an ad campaign in Adwords. My ad looked like the attachment, and I had it set to appear anywhere.
Keywords are important. attached is the keywords I used.
Obviously you have to replace my dropbox referral link with yours!
Anyway, once the ad is running, it took about 2 days before all the referrals had been used. That means 16gb free extra storage for life (or 8gb if your .sch.uk address doesn't work).
5: +5gb - This one won't last long so hurry if you want to do it.
http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox 1.3.12.exe Windows
http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox 1.3.12.dmg Mac
Download one of these betas, then fill a USB stick with 4.5GB of photo/video. Once the beta is installed plug the USB stick and (if on windows) select the autoplay option "add to dropbox". Apparently this doesn't work unless there's a DCIM folder on your SD card. Anyway, basically upload the 4.5gb of files, and Dropbox rewards you with another 5gb.
UPDATE: You now receive 3gb free for uploading files and folders. Just upload a couple of HD episodes of your favourite show, OR make a 3gb zip file and rename it .avi if you're struggling for ideas.
You could do all of this this evening and turn a 2gb account into a 25gb UBER ACCOUNT for free.
Awesome, eh?
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I got 25Gb extra when sharing a folder
I got 25Gb extra space when sharing a folder with friends. In fact I have 2 emails and shared a folder with my second email address.
It did say I would get 250Mb, but seems to have bumped my account up by 25Gb after I shared out the folder. Not sure if that's because of the One X deal of if that's the same for everyone.

You can take out the dropquest2011 link as it doesn't work any more. If you've already started it however then you can still finish.
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NeilS660 said:
I got 25Gb extra space when sharing a folder with friends. In fact I have 2 emails and shared a folder with my second email address.
It did say I would get 250Mb, but seems to have bumped my account up by 25Gb after I shared out the folder. Not sure if that's because of the One X deal of if that's the same for everyone.
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Thats the One X deal. Extra 23GB free for 2 years added onto the basic 2GB everybody gets.

nice and usefull research

I really cant trace back my adds... I have 32.8G now...
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

[Signatures] ☎ Create your own mobile devices timeline (phones history) - super easy

[Signatures] ☎ Create your own mobile devices timeline (phones history) - super easy
Hi,
A new free web service has been just released - Mowned.com.
You can create your own mobile devices showcase (timeline).
As users creates timelines (eg: add phones and year when they got them), some interesting data will appear (such as: appreciations, devices owned by years, etc - for example check this page).
.. but let's go back to the forum signature. You can create easily signature image that can be used in forums, etc. For an example of a generated signature check mine.
Steps:
Login with Facebook - just click that button, confirm the dialog from Facebook then your account is automatically created
Add your phones - the process is intuitive, you will see once you finish step 1
After you added all your phones click "Activate image signature" from bottom of your dashboard
Copy desired BBcode code generated with the signature image
That's all. You can have your signature in minutes.. in the case you remember all the data .
You may observe that some years in the signature are in gray color instead black. Black means that device is still owned, gray = device gone.
PS: phone years is not mandatory but nice to have (for statistics, as written above)
The service can be acccesed via:
mowned.com - users mobile devices timelines
Available signature formats
Standard
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thanks i will try it out

Would be great if you didn't need to use Facebook for it to work.

XperienceD, "Login with Twitter" may be implemented soon. It's that ok for you, since Twitter share less information than Facebook?
Thanks

DSF said:
XperienceD, "Login with Twitter" may be implemented soon. It's that ok for you
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Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.

XperienceD said:
Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.
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^^^ Exactly what he said ^^^ I have no FaceBook account. I have no twitter account. I only have a G+ account because I need a Google account for my Android phone to function fully.
I look forward to the day when FB suddenly goes out of business and all these other companies are screwed - why they can't simply create their own log-in - or even better not require one - I don't understand.

Love the idea but why do you need a login in the first place?
I would remove the need (maybe give the option to) to get more people using it.. what's to stop someone else making a site that does the same but with no login?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

Thank you guys for the replies.
XperienceD said:
Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.
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Yeap, but in future you get new devices so you need to update current phones list (timeline). If the phone's aren't linked to an user account you cannot edit..
SimonTS said:
^^^ Exactly what he said ^^^ I have no FaceBook account. I have no twitter account. I only have a G+ account because I need a Google account for my Android phone to function fully.
I look forward to the day when FB suddenly goes out of business and all these other companies are screwed - why they can't simply create their own log-in - or even better not require one - I don't understand.
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I guess sites uses Login/Connect via Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Facebook because:
1) users that are using those platforms don't have to complete registrations forms.. just a few clicks and voila, you have access to the site. I personally prefer to login with Twitter and if I like a site and have this option I would sign in using this alternative
2) sites programmers don't have to stress with users creating process, eg: captcha, e-mail validation,etc.. Plus they got extra information, especially from Facebook, such as interests, etc (mowned.com doesn't store such information)
zacthespack said:
Love the idea but why do you need a login in the first place?
I would remove the need (maybe give the option to) to get more people using it.. what's to stop someone else making a site that does the same but with no login?
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Login it's needed because:
- phones are linked to an account
- edit phones list in future (eg: add new device, correct device year from - to, etc)
- user-based phone list helps improve the statistics per phone, for example see this link: http://mowned.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250
- rate phones (for the sake of statistics again)
So.. what's the purpose you may ask? Well, this way we may see most appreciated phones by owners, phones owned by years, most owned phones.. It's true that you need some amount of data to a have a proper view..
I will implement in the next days a solution for login with e-mail and password (so an valid e-mail and password is needed for registration).
Edit:
Has anyone tried this?

Hello,
Now there's the option to sign up with an e-mail.
http://mowned.com/account/index

DSF said:
Hello,
Now there's the option to sign up with an e-mail.
http://mowned.com/account/index
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Seems to work, but I didn't get the timeline signature picture at the end.
Maybe it's because of my username with the underscore => "IT_ler" ?!
Or do I have to wait after creating my timeline before the jpg will be made and provided?
This should be the link for my timeline signature picture:
[url=http://mowned.com/it_ler][img]http://mowned.com/sig/it_ler.jpg[/img][/url]
EDIT:
Now it's fixed and working fine !

It_ler, yeap it was the underscore, the route didn't know about it (only about "-") so an 404 error was triggered. Now it's fixed.
Thank you for the report!

Cool! just don't like the red ad
Thanks a lot anyway!

XxStatiX thanks, now the logo part is tweaked a bit. Indeed it was too bulky and took too much space. + now it can show up to 11 phones instead 10. Do you think it's ok now?
(if you see no changes you have to refresh the page to force a new fresh request - instead it will show from your browser cache)

Okay i'm checking it out! Is it your website?

Thank you.. and yes

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Thank you.. and yes
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Used your website.. nice.. can you make it stretchable? I mean to different size option for image..
Just a suggestion to improve.. its nice already.. thank you..
Sent from the MUST have app!

nitubhaskar thank you!
Now the image stretches horizontally (its width) automatically. Eg: if you owned only 3 phones no need to make it 500px long..
Thanks for giving me this idea. So your signature image is 324 x 80 instead 500 x 80.
That's what I could do at the moment. The signatures aren't customizable per user (at least ATM).

Yay its Fixed! Exactly what i wanted,Adding phones now! Wait
Thanksssss!
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Wait im checking it here,Nice thanks! will spread the word.Like it!

Glad you like it and thanks for sharing!

Hi,
Now minimal information about most popular mobile phones (from mowned users input) is shown in main page of the site.
I'm thinking to add in near future an option for those who want only to generate signature images without creating an account. This data will not be merged with user phones database, so it will not help/affect the main statistics.