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What app you want to see updated?

This is just a thread for thoughts and ideas that people want to share!
I like apps and after owning windows 7, iPhone and android I have an idea for how apps should look like, if anyone own iOS they can tell you tweetbot is one of the best apps on it, or android tweet lanes looks really good but needs speeds performance, anyways I would like to know what apps you like the a lot but would love to be updated to ICS Holo look and feel, IMO the app that I used the most is Tapatalk, probably the best money I spent on android app so far(and titanium backup anyways the app is great but miss the ICS feel, I wish they could updated to make it feel more Holo look and feel like tweet lanes, swiping will be cool to go from recent to favorites , what app would you like updated?
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I don't get the point if this thread
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Xcor3 said:
I don't get the point if this thread
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Lol.
But I would like the xda app to be updated. Force closes /crashes very often. Quite annoying
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circuit.007 said:
Lol.
But I would like the xda app to be updated. Force closes /crashes very often. Quite annoying
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I would love for the HD netflix app to be updated.

I'd like the Hotmail app to be renamed to "Outlook" and completely redesigned/updated to match the web interface of the new Outlook.com email client released by Microsoft.
And for those who don't know what I'm talking about, the new Outlook.com really does compete and even beat out Gmail in MANY aspects including features, simplicity, and attachment size allowed.
http://lifehacker.com/outlook/

sn0warmy said:
I'd like the Hotmail app to be renamed to "Outlook" and completely redesigned/updated to match the web interface of the new Outlook.com email client released by Microsoft.
And for those who don't know what I'm talking about, the new Outlook.com really does compete and even beat out Gmail in MANY aspects including features, simplicity, and attachment size allowed.
http://lifehacker.com/outlook/
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Yeah I signed up a few days ago and thinking of using it as my main email, but like you said that app needs yo get updated for sure
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Yeah I've been with them for a while. From msn to hotmail and now to outlook. The new look is awesome.

I wish they would update 2 apps.
1. Awesome Beats - so it works with apps other than Google Play.
2. CWM Touch Recovery - so it saves backups with the correct date and time.

Good email client like HTC or iPhone

I love the HTC and iPhone email client, even the stock is is better but Samsung definitely sucks, do you guys know of any? Please don't say k9 the app ui is horrible it feels weird for some reason
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I use maildroid. I works really well for me. I would still prefer the iPhone's mail app if I could choose because of better mail search, but maildroid is not bad at all.

Then go buy an htc.
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lazarat said:
Then go buy an htc.
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He has a valid point. The TW email app flat sucks. He needs to switch to CM10 or AOKP because the aosp email app is so much better. He can also use root explorer and delete the TW email app and add the one from CM10. This is what I do when running a TW rom.
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SGSIIIUser said:
I use maildroid. I works really well for me. I would still prefer the iPhone's mail app if I could choose because of better mail search, but maildroid is not bad at all.
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I ma try it thanks
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Then go buy an htc.
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mm I wish I could one x is not available for tmobile and is the only one I would get... And don't be all offensive not phone is prefect
Monk4Life said:
He has a valid point. The TW email app flat sucks. He needs to switch to CM10 or AOKP because the aosp email app is so much better. He can also use root explorer and delete the TW email app and add the one from CM10. This is what I do when running a TW rom.
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I did that and loved it but I gave up rooting for now, I become on cracked or something when I root... Wanting to flash every rom
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I've been using K-9 mail. Used to work great but in the last 6 months or so it keeps reposting deleted emails, over and over.

SGSIIIUser said:
I use maildroid. I works really well for me. I would still prefer the iPhone's mail app if I could choose because of better mail search, but maildroid is not bad at all.
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This app is really working good I like it more then anything I try so far
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I personally use Touchdown for my email and the stock for my calendar and contacts. Touchdowns great, as it can sync all of my folders and not just my inbox. It's also got a unified inbox experience for all the folders.
It's a little pricey and I probably wouldn't buy it today, but I got it back at G1 launch when there aren't any other options.
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[Q] Best contact hiding app?

What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?

Why would you need to hide contacts
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The stock contacts app.

Rekhter said:
What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?
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Lol man stop trying to cheat on your girl lol jk..
Hmm idk I never even heard of a contact hiding application, did you try searching the play store
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ionic7 said:
Why would you need to hide contacts
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Why does it matter to you??
Anyways op, if I wanted to hide contacts. I'd probably save the contacts to the sim card or to a second gmail account and in the contacts app I would hit menu>Contacts to display and just select to display my main gmail account contacts and not the ones in the sim or secondary Gmail
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What exactly is your purpose in hiding the contacts? Is it because you are sneaking around on a loved one? Or is it for guilty pleasures like dominos pizza hotline? Maybe even you setup your voicemail as a contact so you can easilly dial it.
An all around solution would be to use a "vault" application. Vault hide is pretty good.

I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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Teo032 said:
I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.

psykhotic said:
Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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Teo032 said:
At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.

psykhotic said:
Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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I second google voice lol. It really is badass
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psykhotic said:
Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.
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Best wake up calls ever!!
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If you just want to hide some contacts in order not to have them in your list, I'd suggest the configuration of the preinstalled contacts App. But if there are contacts, you want to keep "secret" give "Hide it" a try. It pretends to be an Audiomanager, but you can access a hidden vault by typing in a code. In this vault you can store pics, Videos, texts, contact, etc
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ALL - wow, so judgmental...
OP - I hide contacts frequently because I sync my office/exchange contacts but don't care to see them on my personal phone on the weekends...
solution: stock contacts app allows for viewing certain groups - if you really need contacts 'invisible' under passcode on your phone, there are third party apps to do that, or set them on your sim with a sim lock password or on you samsung account online or elsewhere...

FB.
Teo032 said:
I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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I have fb contacts I don't want/need on my phone (in main contacts), so I searched and found the answer in another thread. Works, so I'm happy
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New Google Hangout reboots phone

If I try to video chat with new app and hangup before they answer my phone reboots. Anyone else have this issue?
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I'm not using this app because it's unnecessary so I can't test.
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Works perfectly for me.

Felimenta97 said:
Works perfectly for me.
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Can you tell me which device you're using and which ROM?
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Felimenta97 said:
Works perfectly for me.
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Parastie said:
Can you tell me which device you're using and which ROM?
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Xperia S with EOS

Parastie said:
Can you tell me which device you're using and which ROM?
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Xperia S, ExisTenZ ROM
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Thanks for the info. It looks like an issue with ICS on ION. Maybe the update will fix it.
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Confirmed on stock official at&t ROM. If a video call is ended before the other person answers phone stops responding and has to be powered down. My Nexus 7 does not appear to have the same issue though so let's hope the update comes soon.
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I hate this new app. It's sluggish, resource hungry and overall adds nothing to good old Gtalk.

I have rolled out the update and will never install it again.

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I have rolled out the update and will never install it again.
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Aye, me too. But I'm afraid soon Google will force us to migrate to it...just like "Google Settings" appeared in the app drawer without asking for it, Hangouts is gonna replace Talk. :-/

Vaith said:
I'm not using this app because it's unnecessary so I can't test.
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Then why comment? Ridiculous!
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revan17 said:
Aye, me too. But I'm afraid soon Google will force us to migrate to it...just like "Google Settings" appeared in the app drawer without asking for it, Hangouts is gonna replace Talk. :-/
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Hangouts has already replaced talk, and I personally think it's loads better, if only more people used it I would definitely consider it a possible whatsapp replacement.
I don't have any issues with the app as some of you have experienced. (xperia s with jb .197)
The real question is, what will happen to g+ messenger? As we now have 2 messaging apps from Google.
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technaudio said:
Hangouts has already replaced talk, and I personally think it's loads better, if only more people used it I would definitely consider it a possible whatsapp replacement.
I don't have any issues with the app as some of you have experienced. (xperia s with jb .197)
The real question is, what will happen to g+ messenger? As we now have 2 messaging apps from Google.
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It has replaced it, yeah, but you can still use the old Gtalk if you want.
G+ messenger will be gone with the new G+ update.

I used google talk a lot for work, so was kind of worried about this change overall...as i don't use G+ for anything (nor fb for that matter), but also liked how google talk on my phone, and gmail's browser conversation thing sync'd easily...
as far as the android hangouts app, whatever...it works, didn't really care what it looked like...but i will say the chrome extension for hangouts is much better than how gmail integrated. I can now have any number of my work/home machines connected to hangouts without having gmail opened. Not sure if this is how G+ worked before, as I wasn't going to bother using that.
I'm still learning it...but also prefer how hangouts doesn't seem to be archived into gmail automatically...you can set it up to do that, but it doesn't just default to dumping a pointless 3 line conversation into 'all mail'...I know you were able to change all that with google talk, just didn't feel like messing with it.
So whatever in my case...its definitely not worse for me. The bigger problem still is, and always will be, the trends of what people use. I still get numerous fb messages a week despite it being obvious that i'm never on there...then border line threats for ignoring someone haha.

Anyone have the Google Talk APK (Hangouts blows)

Much appreciated!

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Much appreciated!
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Wouldn't it auto update anyway? Why you hate hangouts? Its pretty much everything talk was plus tons more...
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I was able to find the Talk Apk. Auto-update is easily preventable by setting it not to do so.
Talk is far, far more visually appealing and navigable. When chatting with someone, I find it impossible to side swipe to the user list screen for some reason. Hangouts is just another example of trying to "fix" something that wasn't broken. What is the "tons" more you refer to? It still hasn't merged SMS, which would actually have been useful.
I bet you like the new Maps too and the loss of layer functionality?
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Wouldn't it auto update anyway? Why you hate hangouts? Its pretty much everything talk was plus tons more...
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cstrife999 said:
Wouldn't it auto update anyway? Why you hate hangouts? Its pretty much everything talk was plus tons more...
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No it does not if you disable auto-updates.
Here is Google talk.
http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/72060416/file.html

godhamba said:
I was able to find the Talk Apk. Auto-update is easily preventable by setting it not to do so.
Talk is far, far more visually appealing and navigable. When chatting with someone, I find it impossible to side swipe to the user list screen for some reason. Hangouts is just another example of trying to "fix" something that wasn't broken. What is the "tons" more you refer to? It still hasn't merged SMS, which would actually have been useful.
I bet you like the new Maps too and the loss of layer functionality?
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Perhaps to you. I do like the new maps it seems to lock quicker. No need for the attitude... I find the navigation much easier with the swiping and I love the look of the application. Its far easier to add people from your contacts as well as the different levels of navigation within the application. Love how easy it is overall versus talk. The new maps application lost a feature I don't use... Not saying its alright for all but your attitude sucks...
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Sorry, man. No attitude intended. You asked me why I hate Hangouts and I responded.
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Perhaps to you. I do like the new maps it seems to lock quicker. No need for the attitude...
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godhamba said:
Sorry, man. No attitude intended. You asked me why I hate Hangouts and I responded.
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Deleted. Not worth my time lol
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godhamba said:
Much appreciated!
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I'm gonna be an idiot here and apologize for jumping in your ****. You didn't have an attitude. I did. Sorry about that. .
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rl421403 said:
No it does not if you disable auto-updates.
Here is Google talk.
http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/72060416/file.html
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Thanks for this. I'm not a fan of the new version.

Could anyone using this tell me what version of Talk this is? Also the best way to remove Hangouts would be to delete it via TiBu?

Cares said:
Could anyone using this tell me what version of Talk this is? Also the best way to remove Hangouts would be to delete it via TiBu?
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I'd say through root explorer
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Cares said:
Could anyone using this tell me what version of Talk this is? Also the best way to remove Hangouts would be to delete it via TiBu?
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You can remove this by TB. Will work fine.
But as @cstrife999 mentioned, I also just remove apk from system/app/ folder.

Cares said:
Could anyone using this tell me what version of Talk this is? Also the best way to remove Hangouts would be to delete it via TiBu?
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Titanium backup says it's version 4.2.2-612687 (330)

just uninstall hangouts, and it should revert to talk. that's been my experience.
hangouts sucks. i still can't easily see who's online and who isn't, that's a huge PITA.

wiredout46 said:
just uninstall hangouts, and it should revert to talk. that's been my experience.
hangouts sucks. i still can't easily see who's online and who isn't, that's a huge PITA.
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With the new update you should be able to see who is online. I know I can.
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I just checked and I still think they need to improve on that. I'd like it if they showed the online status in the opened hangouts window instead of just the new hangouts window.
If they did that then it's worth switching to, but as it stands, talk is still superior in online chat in my opinion.

Cares said:
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Yep, that's what I did on my N7 (2013). However, I backed it up first just in case and THEN delete it.
One thing I hate about Hangout is that BY DEFAULT, ALL conversation are recorded. I can disable this, but only per conversation instead of the default option. So I have to disable this for EVERY single chat windows, both old and new ones.

Hangouts irritated the hell out of me as well. After using Talk for a couple of years, the update to Hangouts drove me straight to WhatsApp.
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Does talk work on 4.4?
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Hangout is a bit quirky, as I've yet to figure out how to send an SMS directly through the app, but it's much more feature packed than Talk I think.
Can someone point me in the right direction? I basically have to go into my Contacts and just choose to send a message. There's got to be a way to do it through Hangout itself though, right?