Related
Are full screen pop over ads going forward the new norm on xda? If so i guess we just have to live w/ it, but ads like this are incredibly annoying...
Happened to me the first time I logged in today but thats it.
I've gotten it on my phone and on my computer the last few days...
Are you talking about accessing xda on a laptop or on a phone's browser/app? Its happened to me viewing the web version from my phone. Really annoying.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
I have seen this on so many tech sites lately. I am just doing the nasty thing and using ad-block for chrome. I wouldn't use it if the ads weren't as intrusive but these are just silly.
You are using chrome.. is there no AdBlock-Addon??
Never seen that
// this message is nonsense 5/8. I need to get "search in thread".
Aiakio said:
You are using chrome.. is there no AdBlock-Addon??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, there is one, I was shocked when I saw it too.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Haven't seen one like that.... But..... I have had a few talking ones, They scare me to death
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
babyfacedkayos said:
Are full screen pop over ads going forward the new norm on xda? If so i guess we just have to live w/ it, but ads like this are incredibly annoying...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All the forum sites are using pop up ads, flash, etc. these days, and it freezes the browser momentarily at times.
That's why I use Tapatalk-based Android apps like this one.
Too bad I can't see all the fancy signature blocks, etc. but I can see & reply to messages quickly.
Sent from my unrooted DroidX using XDA App
It just annoys me when I am reading xda on my computer, I understand why they do it, I still don't like it.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
We are not choosing to put pop-over ads on XDA. If you see them, please screenshot them and send it to "svetius".
Full screen ads on my Gingerbread Nook Color are a total fail! I usually don't mind ads, but this is going too far.
wshwe said:
Full screen ads on my Gingerbread Nook Color are a total fail! I usually don't mind ads, but this is going too far.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please read my post above. We hate these too, but we need a screenshot to know what you are seeing. Else how can we get rid of it?
pulser_g2 said:
Please read my post above. We hate these too, but we need a screenshot to know what you are seeing. Else how can we get rid of it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How's this screenshot from my DroidX Dolphin HD browser (flash suppressed)?
And here's another from my Desktop PC:
Sent from my unrooted DroidX using XDA App
Rim must be desperate
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
Yeah, this totally sucks, and could be a reason for me to not visit XDA. When I'm viewing this on a phone, it's ridiculously tedious to close the damn thing down on a small screen.
Just curious who else is using the LookOut app?
I've been using it on my past three devices, Galaxy4G, LG G2X and SGSII...seems pretty cool... I don't know... what do you all think?
1. Curious how much system resource it uses to be running in the background constantly?
2. How much does it really effect the battery?
3. Is it worth even having?
Pros:
I like the locate, back up and scan features.
i use it, also for the location (in case i lose it) and it scans my apps (i dont know if it actually makes a difference)...but it doesnt seem to lag my phone at all and there is no noticeable battery drain
that is the first thing i removed from the stock ROM
Can you list the reasons why?
AllGamer said:
that is the first thing i removed from the stock ROM
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have also used it on my past devices and i love it and it doesnt use much cpu and its free
If you are looking for a phone locator try Cerberus. Its under $5 and its one time fee.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
I use it but only cause I haven't rooted my device
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Just curious, what is the difference between using LookOut on a rooted vs non-rooted device?
peconaut said:
I use it but only cause I haven't rooted my device
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
iunlock said:
Can you list the reasons why?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
on my old phones, it slowed them down, in this phone i don't think it will make any speed difference
but we are safe, and i see no reason to use it
if you just wan GPS tracking, the build in Google Maps feature have it
and there are tons of other phone retrieval apps that consumes less resources than look out, and can be activated with SMS
also look out is extremely annoying as they keep spamming you with junk mail for as long as you are using their app
I'm an app finatic and am always searching for the next cool game, app, or widget for my galaxy s2. Let me know what you use and why. Screen shots are appreciated.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
I use Netflix and setcpu
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Twitter/Facebook for me.
Rom Manager! Flashing and restoring 20times a day
Rocketing on Juggernaut¡
I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
For me it would be Facebook, Engadget, Android Chive, and Shush!
Shush! Is a an app that silences your phone for a certain amount of time. Say if you're going to class for an hour then you can silence it for an hour. If your going to watch a movie you can silence it for two hours. Really helpful for people that can forget to turn their ringer back on.
Sent from a GalaxyS2 far far away
Pulse, xda, and tweetcaster.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
Btw I use xda the most. Constantlychecking for new roms or opinions.
Instead of pulse y'all should taptu.
The android section is always updated and It never skips a beat
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Facebook, youtube, the browser, GrooveIP, email are apps i use everyday.
nringwood SGS2 said:
How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the only thing I use ROM manager for is to backup a ROM. It'll reboot into recovery, backup the ROM, then revolts when its done. You can install .zips from it. It does have ROMs available to download but its scarce. XDA site is much better. As far as I know rom manager does not install apps. I use titanium backup to back up my apparently plus the data within them so when I flash I don't have to download everything again
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Reboots. Not revolts
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Reddit is fun...and xda
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Apps I use every day, all day long at work and home:
Phone
Text
Email
Camera
Tapatalk
Pandora
Player pro
Dolphin HD. Not a day goes by I don't use every one of those.
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
dillym34 said:
I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This.. And also the messaging app every once in a while
JaZart said:
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
Apps used
Kaiten email - checking 5 accounts. Stock browser, I prefer it. Dolphin runs tunny in the bg. Juice Defender... saving battery big time.
unlvmike said:
I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can on dolphin too and it has voice control
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
trillian, best IM client ever
Dolphin is by far the best but the background running tunny browser? What is that? Its gotta have a battery drain. And dolphins new voice command is sweet!
Any one have there favorite rom?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Hey everyone. My first post and I'm excited to have changed from CM7 to CM10! Thanks to the devs btw for making this possible. Anywho, I've searched for this already on here an Google to no avail. I've installed the Facebook app on my IC2 and for some reason, it looks like entirely different than the original. Doesn't look the same. I've provided a snapshot of it so hope it helps. And it's not just the layout that's changed but even my cover photo isn't visible. Anyone know what's going on?
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
Im having that issue too, I just went back to friendcaster
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
mine did that when i came to PA, after a restart or two it gave me the option to update my facebook app and it went back to normal
Yeah unfortunately hasn't given me the option to update... yet. Hopefully it does in the near future...
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
I thought this was the normal look for mobile? I haven't seen any other versions.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda premium
I think it has to do with what the Facebook servers are giving you on cm10. I think its because jelly bean devices are all higher resolution than ours. It does it on the mobile website too, but if you change the user agent to iPhone on your browser it will look normal.
Phantom, parts of it look the same. But with the current version of Facebook for Android, I guess you could say that my layout for my wall looks entirely different. If you check it out on the Play store, mines doesn't look like that. Only the top portion seems to be okay. I don't even have a cover photo! But it's more of an annoyance than anything.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
Same here and Pandora changed too.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
This has happened to me as well on CM9. I think the Facebook app thinks you are on a higher resolution device.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2 using xda premium
EVoorhees said:
This has happened to me as well on CM9. I think the Facebook app thinks you are on a higher resolution device.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I'm actually glad people know what I mean. I'm starting to agree with that. Probably explains why when I go to the Facebook site on the browser it sends me to the Facebook full site instead of the mobile. Hope they fix it soon!
paulh428 said:
Yeah, I'm actually glad people know what I mean. I'm starting to agree with that. Probably explains why when I go to the Facebook site on the browser it sends me to the Facebook full site instead of the mobile. Hope they fix it soon!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol, Facebook is known to be slow on updates. For the time being, I just check Facebook on my computer... I don't need it for mobile.
EVoorhees said:
Lol, Facebook is known to be slow on updates. For the time being, I just check Facebook on my computer... I don't need it for mobile.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah like I said it's more of an annoying look. Functions for the basics so I'm not too concerned...
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
So just thought I'd like to give a last update for this before I leave it floating in cyberspace... I upgraded to Global 4.1.2 JB and my Facebook layout came back. So basically everything is back to normal... I think. Maybe it was just a CM9 thing but cheers!
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
I killed my Facebook app and it went to the same layout as the reason this thread was made. And won't go back to normal. Fml
sent from my paranoid android
JehC said:
I killed my Facebook app and it went to the same layout as the reason this thread was made. And won't go back to normal. Fml
sent from my paranoid android
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use friend caster, along with this issue I was having more issues on top of that with the Facebook app. It just really....really sucks.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
paulh428 said:
So just thought I'd like to give a last update for this before I leave it floating in cyberspace... I upgraded to Global 4.1.2 JB and my Facebook layout came back. So basically everything is back to normal... I think. Maybe it was just a CM9 thing but cheers!
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sooooo.. one LAST update, I promise. Switched back to CM9 Psycho because CM10 right now was just too buggy for my phone. Everything with Psycho has been awesome, including camera. Anyways, that also brought me back to the original Facebook that I had when I started this post and it basically reverted but I rather have a stable phone than a distorted Facebook look. But I guess the problem just comes with CM9 altogether. Anyways, cheers! :silly:
i just use friendcaster its better all around anyways. may not be pretty but its hella functional. im sticking with that till we get a native fb app like we were promised.
I'm trying to use friend caster but the ads are killing me. I tried using lucky patcher to remove them but had no luck
sent from my paranoid android
Just use ad-away
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda app-developers app
I have installed Facebook 3.1, the latest version. It makes my CPU hit 55 to 60 degrees (Celsius) which is NOT good as my cpu begins to throttle. I can verify this in franco.kernel updater and by running quadrant also the top of my phone is getting really hot.
As soon as I uninstall Facebook my temperature drops to 30 degrees and only goes up to about 45 when doing something like going on Twitter... Why is Facebook doing this when I use it the most on a daily basis..
Also I notice that my phone stays warm-ish even when I am not using the app (facebook isn't keeping the device awake however). I am so confused as to why Facebook is doing this.
P.S I have also tried a later version of facebook and it does the same thing. Please someone clarify that it isn't my phone going wacko and its the app and also its fixable? I do like to go on Facebook when i'm out the house as I keep in contact with people on it
I dont see how Facebook can cause this. I dont use Facebook myself. But maybe try using the web version instead until you find a solution.
jsgraphicart said:
I dont see how Facebook can cause this. I dont use Facebook myself. But maybe try using the web version instead until you find a solution.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I could try but I am so used to getting push notifications to my phone i'd end up forgetting and go the entire day without checking which is bad as I have important things that I need to keep an eye on on facebook.
I dont know if you have access to it man but undervolting or even under clocking a notch if you have the ability will work wonders for that issue
Sent from my SCH-R760 using xda app-developers app
I've noticed improved battery life after getting rid of the Facebook App, can't really remember if I noticed any heat change though.
Disable facebook contact sync and location report.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
lesp4ul said:
Disable facebook contact sync and location report.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll give that a go thanks. I'll get back to you if the problem still persists
friendcaster for facebook seems to be a great substitution for the original facebook app
smooth...more function... multi-user...better UI...
lbenkw03 said:
friendcaster for facebook seems to be a great substitution for the original facebook app
smooth...more function... multi-user...better UI...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried it and didn't like it, also everytime someone tagged me in something it wouldn't show up or even notify me.
Also in reply to lesp4ul I tried what you said but my phone still gets hot. Facebook seems to be constantly requesting access to the CPU. I notice that when facebook is installed Franco Kernel updater tells me that the frequency jumps from 384MHz to 700 all the way to 12xxMHz and does this over and over again with no stops, this makes the temperature jump around all over the place and it is hogging the performance of my phone.
After uninstalling it sits at 384MHz and only moves very rarely (unless i'm touching the screen etc). Again obviously the temperature stays at around 30 degrees. My guess is that the app is just not what it used to be in terms of coding structure.
sof006 said:
I have installed Facebook 3.1, the latest version. It makes my CPU hit 55 to 60 degrees (Celsius) which is NOT good as my cpu begins to throttle. I can verify this in franco.kernel updater and by running quadrant also the top of my phone is getting really hot.
As soon as I uninstall Facebook my temperature drops to 30 degrees and only goes up to about 45 when doing something like going on Twitter... Why is Facebook doing this when I use it the most on a daily basis..
Also I notice that my phone stays warm-ish even when I am not using the app (facebook isn't keeping the device awake however). I am so confused as to why Facebook is doing this.
P.S I have also tried a later version of facebook and it does the same thing. Please someone clarify that it isn't my phone going wacko and its the app and also its fixable? I do like to go on Facebook when i'm out the house as I keep in contact with people on it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Then delete the app..... website is better
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
blankit said:
Then delete the app..... website is better
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That isn't the answer, I like push notifications. Don't be a smartass, no one likes a smartass.
I get my Facebook notifications by email.
Nuff said...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
brad416 said:
I get my Facebook notifications by email.
Nuff said...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I don't. And I don't want to have an inbox spammed full of notifications thanks.
Anyway I feel I have found a version of Facebook that is working correctly. Facebook 2.0 doesn't make my phone hot or drain lots of battery for that matter.
sof006 said:
Well I don't. And I don't want to have an inbox spammed full of notifications thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry bud. I didn't realize how popular you are on fb
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
brad416 said:
Sorry bud. I didn't realize how popular you are on fb
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah i'm super popular unlike you. Please leave because you're not really helping are you?
Stop fighting like little girls please and get back on with the development OK? Thanks
Sent from my SCH-R760 using xda app-developers app
Development? With what exactly? A moderator can come and close this if they so choose I have solved my issue for now. With or without help.
sof006 said:
Anyway I feel I have found a version of Facebook that is working correctly. Facebook 2.0 doesn't make my phone hot or drain lots of battery for that matter.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So only 2.0 solves the overheating issue?