Happy day,
I've spent some time learning about my phone, messing around a little bit with what comes stock and such. One thing that keeps nagging me is how much of my data the various programs in Google Play want. What business is it of a game-maker to want my contact list? Why should a ringtone or wallpaper or recipe or any other program require that I surrender my data? Sure, they want mine for billing or marketing, that's fine, but why my contacts?
Here's one. A company called Droidhen makes a game. They require the ability to read phone status and ID, which gives them info about me and the number a call is connected to. Why do they require knowing the number to which I am connected?
The list goes on, of course, and maybe I misunderstand Google's warnings about what these companies want, but perhaps not?
Which brings me to the reason for my post. I would like to be able to use and pay for programs that do not access all of my accounts, take my data, track me and such. If I use a program that needs to know my location in order for it to work, that's fine. But in the end, I want to limit what companies can seize.
Will rooting provide me with access to the privacy controls I want?
You could try using this, it's a port of how MIUI handles superuser and permissions. I have not used it myself but it seems like it has the features you are looking for by managing what permission's an app is allowed to have.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663222
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Happy day,
I've spent some time learning about my phone, messing around a little bit with what comes stock and such. One thing that keeps nagging me is how much of my data the various programs in Google Play want. What business is it of a game-maker to want my contact list? Why should a ringtone or wallpaper or recipe or any other program require that I surrender my data? Sure, they want mine for billing or marketing, that's fine, but why my contacts?
Here's one. A company called Droidhen makes a game. They require the ability to read phone status and ID, which gives them info about me and the number a call is connected to. Why do they require knowing the number to which I am connected?
The list goes on, of course, and maybe I misunderstand Google's warnings about what these companies want, but perhaps not?
Which brings me to the reason for my post. I would like to be able to use and pay for programs that do not access all of my accounts, take my data, track me and such. If I use a program that needs to know my location in order for it to work, that's fine. But in the end, I want to limit what companies can seize.
Will rooting provide me with access to the privacy controls I want?
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For the droidhen game, it needs the ability to read your phone status and Id so if someone calls, it will go to the phone call I think. I havent looked into it much but theres options out there
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You can install lbe privacy.. on the market
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been searching the web for an app for for my desire that will allow me to take notes and also record signatures (draw) as part of the same note. then be able to save under my own file name and email as a doc or pdf.
Used to use Notes on windows mobile and need something similar
Have tried note everything which almost does it all but will not allow for text/paint notes to be part of the same note
Anyone know of anything that will do.
Thanks
same case
same case as you!!! recently moved to android and i really would like to import my old notes!!!
let me know if you get something.
If if i can not import i would like something similar...or maybe it's the moment to forget the f** windows mobile forever!!!
Cheers
usticm said:
been searching the web for an app for for my desire that will allow me to take notes and also record signatures (draw) as part of the same note. then be able to save under my own file name and email as a doc or pdf.
Used to use Notes on windows mobile and need something similar
Have tried note everything which almost does it all but will not allow for text/paint notes to be part of the same note
Anyone know of anything that will do.
Thanks
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I use 3Banana. It can include images taken using the camera, and can sync with a secure online site. Check it out:
3Banana
sync website (you can log in with your Google/Gmail id)
QR code:
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The problem I've got is that I have to use my phone to record customer visits, and hence the ability to record a signature as part of a text note is critical.
otherwise I have to continue to use my windows mobile to record the visits. I really want to bin the palm and use my desire
There must be a developer out there that could combine these features, if windows mobile has it why doesn't android. I had the same issue with my iphone as well. Someone cold make a killing here if they got it together.
As I said earlier, Note everything almost does it but not the combined note!
You want them to enter a signature on your phone's screen, without a stylus? Not sure how well that would work... I was thinking maybe you'd have them sign a piece of paper and then your could photograph it. Not very slick though...
Finger signatures work fine, try it on Note everything using a paint note. Its quite novell and customers that I experimented on before with the iphone were positive. Yuo can also get a stylus to work with the desire
MaplePaint might be worth a look.
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Its not bad, but the instructions are poor and cant work out how to apply text. it doesn't allow you to email, but I guess if I can find where it saves the files I should be able to add as an attachment?
Will perservere
My choice is "Note Board". Fast and easy UI and looks great.
Found this app via a lifehacker write up, developed by Microsoft ironically.
Basically lets you setup automations on your phone like sending a text to your wife that you're on your way home automatically when you leave work.
There's a collection of recipes you can pick from their site but you can also code any automation you'd like.
I'll let you guys read the article which explains it in more detail. It's currently in beta in the play store.
http://lifehacker.com/5916841/supercharge-and-automate-your-android-phone-with-onx
Here's a screenshot of some recipes on the web interface.
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I already use Tasker to manage these things. This is only interesting for the functionality it provides by being location-aware, and able to detect the difference between walking, driving, or being at rest. However, usually that kind of detection translates to a massive drain on your battery life.
How often is it scanning for your location? What's the context it uses to trigger a location scan? What are the parameters for the accelerometer to determine walking, driving, etc?
Such an app is useless if I can't set my own parameters for how often/aggressively the app is scanning for a context.
haven't used tasker...does it allow you to actually code the tasks like on{x} does?
I think what you're asking is all dependent on what you decide in the code. I'll post two examples: first one is text my wife when I'm going home and second is play music while walking
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haven't used tasker...does it allow you to actually code the tasks like on{x} does?
I think what you're asking is all dependent on what you decide in the code. I'll post two examples: first one is text my wife when I'm going home and second is play music while walking
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You can essentially write code for Tasker as well, it's just not presented in any recognizable language to the user, it's more like a simplified approach to coding. You start with a context and write a task for that context. Tasks are written as a series of actions, and you can input if/then/else statements to check for conditions before executing actions. For more complex tasks, you can set variables for several different contexts and have the tasks check against all of them.
Tasker is fully aware of location, wifi, Bluetooth, proximity sensors, screen settings, sound settings, headset plugs, accelerometer orientation, or just about anything the phone is capable of sensing, and also allows third party plugins to add more functionality in terms of contexts available and additional actions that the tasks can execute.
The difference with on{x} is that it has additional preset contexts for when you are moving and where you are located. It's not difficult to write something similar for Tasker, but you're going to run down the battery because the phone is constantly scanning for your location and running operations to translate accelerometer readings to either the walking, driving, or rest states. Whether or not this is actually the case with on{x} remains to be seen, but unfortunately they haven't made public what kind of algorithm they're using to set the phone into these various states.
Pretty interesting app, can't wait to really dig into it
What are some of the best tasks so far you goes have found?
On a side note, I just told my girlfriend I found it weird this is only on Android and she said "How come? Microsoft doesn't have a phone platform" and I thought she was joking, but she genuinely forgot about WP7
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Problem is, how much will this app affect the battery life?
Hi all
As you can see in the image, the Samsung Notes app is running wayyyy too much in the background, eating up my battery. This is even after I make sure the app is closed after using it!
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I tried to set the app to go to sleep, but this was not possible as it is a Samsung dedicated app. I couldn't even optimise this app either. The only solution seems to be "force stop"ing this app, which I prefer not to do as I use the app once or twice a day to write notes.
Anyone have any thoughts on how to stop this app from running so much in the background?
Possibly notes is trying to continuously update to the Samsung Cloud?
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Possibly notes is trying to continuously update to the Samsung Cloud?
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Thanks for your response, but nope - I've disabled everything from being able to backup to Samsung cloud
Personally I don't understand why the applications stay active in memory after I stop using them, since I can't tell the difference even if my life depend on it if apps is cold started, or starts from memory, either way it starts almost instantly, so yes I would definitely force stop it myself, especially that I feel this "feature" of all apps staying in memory is more for advertising purposes than anything else, especially now. There is a switch to either put app to sleep or not allow background activity, one is under apps inside battery menu, another under battery usage menu. I'm trying to limit all apps from running in the background, except for map which needs to be constantly updated for traffic, but what a pain in the neck it is, there are over 400 apps on the damn phone.
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Thanks for your response, but nope - I've disabled everything from being able to backup to Samsung cloud
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Disable or uninstall this trashware.
Switch to an app that stores your notes in a standard format such as text files etc so you can always read them in the future.
Finding a good free office app is now almost impossible for Android. I use an old copy of Kingsoft WPS Office. Today's newer versions though are pure crap unless you pay, pay, pay.
Used Samsung Notes on my S4 but restoring them became a tedious nightmare when I migrated to the Note 10 platform because Samsang "upgraded" their app so it wasn't backwards compatible with their older version's note files.
Don't trust Samsung with any data you care about; they will make it obsolete by their time table not yours.
Thanks for nothing Samsung... feel the wuv for the rabid gerbils in the box.
Dear XDAnauts,
I don't recall always having this problem but nowadays the LOS app for messaging and SMS/MMS shows only four lines while typing:
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And no matter how many lines you have typed, the window does not get bigger than 4 lines. Well, how shall I put it without using swear words?
Seriously, that is quite the flaw! You keep seeing all the previous messages in their full beauty but only 4 lines of your own text. Changing font size does not help...
Does anyone know how to change that? Or what other app to use?
I recently had to send an SMS, which I almost never do any longer. Hardly anyone does in Europe I believe, since these are still often charged. But I immediately saw the same problem. In any other messaging app the text field grows up to a certain number of lines.
Anyway, it's weird that the stock SMS has not caught up. Then again, I guess this is just AOSP, right? I'm not aware how much of AOSP's apps LineageOS actually provides better implementations of. Surely it's not this one. I just see the AOSP SMS app similar as the standard browser: they are just to have something until you install something better.
I guess where SMS text messaging is more common, like in the US, people who use LineageOS use something different. Perhaps just Google's version that can handle text messages. Sorry I lost track of which one that currently is. Also, I know that Signal can handle SMS. And what about Simple SMS Messenger on F-droid?
As an aside, of course for non LineageOS users, the majority just uses a vendor version of the (AOSP) app. It's actually a shame that SMS is not so much used in many areas of the world. It's nice when this is not controlled by a single app as a fully decentralised system. Perhaps if providers didn't charge for them, SMS would have progressed further and would have included encryption, more data types, and so on. There would be many good (and open source) SMS clients for many different outlets, giving people choice. Instead, only the service people are on is what drives competition, not the app development directly unfortunately.
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And what about Simple SMS Messenger on F-droid?
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Yay! Perhaps not as pretty, but it certainly works:
Thank you! I wonder how I missed looking up F-Droid Nice, it seems to be able to import/export, too!
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Hardly anyone does in Europe I believe, since these are still often charged
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Well, EUrope mostly seems to be a country of moronic WhatsApes. Getting asked twice a month by someone to install it.
Most people have a contract that includes free SMS... free for domestic. However, sending them abroad usually can cost whopping 0.49€...
First day on new Samsung Galaxy S21 FE phone. After some hours, I noticed that I don't have a search features in Settings anymore. It was there as expected on Android, but now it simply disappears. Any idea what can change this behavior?
Additional info - I made debloat as instructed in XDA forum for Samsung phones. Maybe there was something which could damage it?
You debloated it Dependencies...
Be very careful what you disable especially with the smaller Samsung system apps. Some are useless bloatware, but many just sit there unless needed.
In Android 10 Samsung added dozens of small system apps that preserve the UI functionality and appearance. Android 9 on the same device didn't have them but both look and behave nearly identically.
The "damage" isn't permanent. Either undo the edit(s) that caused it or a factory reset will purge all the edits and revert it to factory default settings.
Tnx.
I didn't find a solution, so I made a factory reset.
Now it works again (until my next debloat session ).
I use a package disabler and block about 80.
Some of the lists I've seen are way more than I would do. Things like that settings search feature which can be useful at times.
I poked around a bit, this is the app that provides that service.
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Tnx. As I wrote, I have already made factory reset. I will be now more careful
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I use a package disabler and block about 80.
Some of the lists I've seen are way more than I would do. Things like that settings search feature which can be useful at times.
I poked around a bit, this is the app that provides that service.
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I really appreciate you making this comment even after OP had resolved their issue. It's very helpful for future people who end up searching Google for the same issue, like I just did, haha.
I found my search function missing as well and I figured it had to have been dependent on an app I disabled, but I couldn't imagine what app. Thankfully I landed here and your comment saved me a lot of time I would have spent scouring up and down the apps list.
Funny thing is I don't remember ever even seeing the Settings Suggestions app when I was debloating. I definitely would have figured out what that was for and not disabled it. I used the app "ADB AppControl" on Windows and I did run the "Basic" (lowest level) Debloat wizard, assuming it wouldn't disable anything so essential, but I'm certain that's what must have disabled it. So there's a warning for anyone else, always be careful with one-click solutions! Hopefully this helps anyone else who ends up here on another future Google search.