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Viper Smart Start

I'm considering adding a car starter to my wife's car, and was wondering if anyone has used or is using the Viper SmartStart? Its sold and installed at Best Buy, but also requires a yearly subscription to SmartStart.
The plus of of these is that you can start your car from virtually anywhere, where as traditional starters have a limited range. We live in colder environment, and the plus of being able to start one's car from inside a mall, supermarket, etc, would be a great bonus during the winter months.
Are they worth the cost over a traditional remote car starter system, and are you happy with it?
Thanks for any feedback
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I personally don't have one, but think about it this way: do you live in a colder place, such as alaska or the midwest where you really have bad winters, rather than someplace that may have the regular maybe 3 months of really cold winter, where you'd pay all that extra subscription year round where you only see 3 good months of use?

You make a good point of paying for a 1 year subscription when you only may really use it for 3 months. We live in Buffalo, NY. Not worst of winters, but they can be pretty bad sometimes as well.
I believe you can actually get a 3 month subscription as well.
I'm also interested in its functionality. Has anyone had much experience with it, and does it work as well as its advertised?

I have a viper smart start system and it is handy year around both summer and winter, it has saved me from lockouts a few times plus I really like knowing if I feel like I left my vehicle unlocked I can secure it from anywhere. Of course if your vehicle is in a cell dead zone it won't work. The app could really use a better interface and a damn widget for sure. why it doesn't make your phone a full 2 way remote I don't understand seems easy to make it an instant push notification but this feature still isn't available. Personally I think the whole system is gonna go the way of satellite radio and MSN live on my pioneer deck.
But for now its handy and I forgot to mention it is pretty pimp!

Hey Steelewise.
Thanks for the feedback..... Do you remember when you had it installed or maybe added the app to your phone? I "think" the system does now include a push back to phone. This is per the Viper website:
2-Way confirmation of commands received at vehicle.
Smart Alerts sent via text messaging (SMS).
Security alert messages (for security/RS or security systems only)
Error messages if command not executed at vehicle (all Viper systems)
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Sony Live View available for $19.99

Here is the ebay link to Sony live-view:
If you dont know what live-view is about here is a neat little promo video from Sony.
Developers have created other plugins for this device as well. The plugins include: Alarm clock, gmail, dialer, phonebook, Calling, etc...
Let me know what you guys think..

I got one for around the same price 1/2 year ago, it's slow so I stopped using it, they have released the second generation one now.

Poor reviews.

joshnichols189 said:
Poor reviews.
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where is the review.

I would recommend that you just save your 20 dollars and wait till the new E-Pebble watch is released in the market. You can pre-order the watch right now as i have. I have a live view and it is extremely poor with ice cream sandwich. No plug-ins work at the moment. The only good use i can see with this is to connect it to your phone at the time of a test and send yourself all the answers to the test and you'll be able to view the answers on the little liveview.

the best it can do for me is control your music player whiles using my expensive headphones connected to the phone, other features are slow, and takes time connecting.

kms108 said:
where is the review.
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Everywhere if you use Google.

I ordered one. Should be here next week. Just wanted to try it out.
i was wondering if the firmware is hackable? does it run some version of android or a custom firmware?

I also just bought one because it's cheap. I searched online for ways to make it work with ICS and I found this. I didn't write this howto, just passing it along.
1) Install ADW Launcher
2) Open ADW Launcher, longpress on the homescreen and create a "Custom Shortcut"
3) when selecting the shortcut target select "Activity"
4) Search the Plugin within the list and select the "****Preference" subnode
5) Press OK
6) Click on the new shortcut so that the preferences of the plugin will open
7) check the "Enabled" checkbox of the plugin
8) you are done the plugin should work now... but you need to restart LiveView-App to see them!
9) revert back to your launcher of choice.
Also install liveviewcharm app from the market, and that will solve the connection issues.

So I also got this watch, but there is one thing that really annoys me, the watch never reconnects by him self, the phone always asks to confirm the bluetooh passkey, can I overtake this issues ?
Thanks

I just wanted to say that I bought one figuring "for $20, how bad could it be?". The answer is, REALLY bad. The fact that someone ever thought this was a commercially sellable product is absurd. It's borderline unusably bad at the things it's supposed to do, and sure, there's a bit of third party development going on for it, but what I really wasn't prepared for is how cheap and shoddy the thing is. It's just not worth owning at any price point. Save your $20 and buy yourself some beers or something. You'll thank me later.
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Can any one confirm if this still works on Galaxy Nexus with newest Android 4.2.1 its available on my country wanted to try this out just for as usual "Clock" and also music control capabilities. I'm on tight budget so I cant afford Sony Smart Watch (love its water proof thingy) so I may as well try this out.

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Can any one confirm if this still works on Galaxy Nexus with newest Android 4.2.1 its available on my country wanted to try this out just for as usual "Clock" and also music control capabilities. I'm on tight budget so I cant afford Sony Smart Watch (love its water proof thingy) so I may as well try this out.
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Can confirm it's working like a champ on stock Sammy Note 2.
Looks like price is down to $18. Someone reported finding it for $15.
If you see it that low, could you let us know?

T-Mobile Galaxy S3 First Impressions

Please share you first thoughts on the phone and software.. Also let us know if you picked it up opening morning; Was it busy? Was it worth it?
Im curious to see some Benchmarks and Network speed test? !

It'd almost too thin. I will definitely be getting a case for this. Or maybe an extended batter and a case.
The power button is too small/difficult to press. Probably just needs some getting used to. The back and menu button light up and go away so when you're looking at the phone you don't actually see them. this will probably also take some getting used to, but it does make the phone look minimal.
The screen looks huge and is very sharp. Like crazy sharp. There's a widget called Media Hub on by default and inside it are 3 little movie posters or box art covers and they are just incredibly sharp.
I have fairly large hands, but wouldn't want to use this if my hands were any smaller perhaps.
T-Mobile didn't have any accessories. They really weren't prepared for this launch.
update: The included headset seems decent. I was slightly miffed that the GS2 didn't include a headset since, the bulk pricing on them is like 5 cents. The only "but" is it has an always-tangle cord. Why do they even make these anymore? Flat, non-tacky/sticky cord would have been too much to ask for?
update: it did offer me the 50GB of free dropbox which some other carriers opted out of for some reason

Where are you located? Where did you pick it up? What color? Gb?How responsive is it? Sorry for the questions! Just eager to know!!

I live in Chicago. I was told 5 of our area stores got it in stock. ~75 phones per store. The store I went to was around 51st and Pulaski. I had called yesterday and a nice young girl put me on a list. My wife (who happened to be on staycation this week) showed up and picked it up for me.
The only one they have is the blueish pebble color, 16GB in stock. I don't think I would have paid $50 for the extra 16GB even if I had the option. I ordered a 64GB microSD (SDXC or whatever its called) for $50 from Amazon, but Newegg has them for even cheaper.
Not sure how to answer the responsiveness question since my "old" Galaxy S2 was quite responsive. Her line was eligible for upgrade also, so I gave her my GS2 and she gave me the GS3. Everything is pretty much instantaneous.
I would say going from a GS2 to a GS3 the only thing that really jumps out at me so far is the screen. It is incredibly sharp. The phone is also crazy thin.

I got mine at one of the Southcenter mall locations (about 10 miles south of Seattle). I got there 45 minutes before opening and the place was a ghost town. They opened the doors 10 minutes before opening time and there was no crowd at all. I walked right up to a sales person and purchased the phone.
T-Mobile made sure to point out (and require my initials in acknowledgement) the $50 restocking fee. That will probably keep me from returning the 16GB within my buyers remorse period and getting a new 32GB.
They only had the blue 16GB phone so that is what I got. I would have purchased the 32GB version if they had it. My previous phone is a Galaxy S1 running Slim ICS. The new touchwiz is taking a little getting use to, but it's not bad. I'm enjoying learning about the new face detect and motion jesture features. Seems like they might come in handy.
I'm stumped trying to connect my PC to the phone in mass storage mode. My only choices are media mode or camera mode. Neither are very fast. Windows is telling me it will take 5+ hours to move 7.5GB of data (that took about 10 minutes to copy from my old device).
I came to XDA today to see if anyone had made a rooting guide. I need to get adfree installed and Titanium backup would be nice to have so I could restore data from a small handful of apps.
EDIT: It was also interesting that debugging mode is enabled by default. That doesn't seem normal.

No worth the price.going back to my sgII.It's not that much better at all.I feel like a sucker to tell the truth.getting my money back.
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tennandcoz1 said:
No worth the price.going back to my sgII.It's not that much better at all.I feel like a sucker to tell the truth.getting my money back.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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Enjoy the $50 restocking fee

FreydNot said:
...I'm stumped trying to connect my PC to the phone in mass storage mode. My only choices are media mode or camera mode. Neither are very fast. Windows is telling me it will take 5+ hours to move 7.5GB of data (that took about 10 minutes to copy from my old device)....
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Install a server that can handle SAMBA/CIFS and install AndSMB on your phone. Then transfer files that way. it is pretty sweet, especially if you are running N on your wireless router.

FreydNot said:
I got mine at one of the Southcenter mall locations (about 10 miles south of Seattle). I got there 45 minutes before opening and the place was a ghost town. They opened the doors 10 minutes before opening time and there was no crowd at all. I walked right up to a sales person and purchased the phone.
T-Mobile made sure to point out (and require my initials in acknowledgement) the $50 restocking fee. That will probably keep me from returning the 16GB within my buyers remorse period and getting a new 32GB.
They only had the blue 16GB phone so that is what I got. I would have purchased the 32GB version if they had it. My previous phone is a Galaxy S1 running Slim ICS. The new touchwiz is taking a little getting use to, but it's not bad. I'm enjoying learning about the new face detect and motion jesture features. Seems like they might come in handy.
I'm stumped trying to connect my PC to the phone in mass storage mode. My only choices are media mode or camera mode. Neither are very fast. Windows is telling me it will take 5+ hours to move 7.5GB of data (that took about 10 minutes to copy from my old device).
I came to XDA today to see if anyone had made a rooting guide. I need to get adfree installed and Titanium backup would be nice to have so I could restore data from a small handful of apps.
EDIT: It was also interesting that debugging mode is enabled by default. That doesn't seem normal.
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Debugging mode was also enabled by default on my One X (int version)
It's definitely something I wasn't expecting
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I got mine around noon today in Indianapolis. I wasn't excepting them to get them. I don't think they were either.
Coming from a G2X, I'm really liking it so far.
*The screen is very nice, especially when watching videos.
*It's light but it feels nice in the hand. I don't have really big hands but I find it easy to use one-handed. It helps that Samsung puts their power button on the side of the phone.
*It's fast and smooth. I just got all of my apps and widgets loaded and no noticeable lag yet.
Gonna play some more and report back.

So far hows T-Mobile network working with it? Do they have Visual voicemail and wifi calling?

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So far hows T-Mobile network working with it? Do they have Visual voicemail and wifi calling?
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yes they do. I havent had much time to mess with my phone yet but one thing that bugs me is the Email App. you can't multi-select email and mark as read, only for mark as unread, deleting and move to another folder. Will test out other things later.

Here's a question that I haven't seen answered - hopefully it's not a stupid one.
One of the things I've really enjoyed about my G2 is the deep integration of Google Voice. It's like having a dual sim phone.
Has Samsung limited that integration with Touchwiz? Overall, how well-integrated is Google Voice?

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Here's a question that I haven't seen answered - hopefully it's not a stupid one.
One of the things I've really enjoyed about my G2 is the deep integration of Google Voice. It's like having a dual sim phone.
Has Samsung limited that integration with Touchwiz? Overall, how well-integrated is Google Voice?
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It looks like the same setup for the gs3. I was able to set my main messages app to use for google voice. So I don't even have to go into the voice app to send a text message

We need root
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Picked up phone at 9am at t-mobile in bellevue. 4G seems spotty for me so far..
display is nice and big though. Device is super light. Enjoying it so far

FreydNot said:
Enjoy the $50 restocking fee
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Better than the full price I paid.Its just not that much better than the gsII.so for me to spend that kind of money it better blow my mind.But good luck.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

I'm from Philly, my phone is the bomb. It's ultra responsive, just like ios, Touchwiz is way better, feels more refined for ics. I'm thoroughly impressed by Samsung for getting it.
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Picked up phone at 9am at t-mobile in bellevue. 4G seems spotty for me so far..
display is nice and big though. Device is super light. Enjoying it so far
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Hey I was at Bellevue Square to. bright and early. What time were you there?

FreydNot said:
I'm stumped trying to connect my PC to the phone in mass storage mode. My only choices are media mode or camera mode. Neither are very fast. Windows is telling me it will take 5+ hours to move 7.5GB of data (that took about 10 minutes to copy from my old device).
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i think the reason for removing the mass storage mode is because of kies air.. samsung wants us to use the software..

Tasker 4.0 on sale for $2

Guys,
If you've ever debated buying Tasker, now is the time. It's $2 in the market, not sure how long the sale will last. Seriously, if you're at all inclined to automate things, or even just simple profiles and want to build upon that, get Tasker.

Tasker was one of my first paid apps two years ago and it's worth the money.
But I made the mistake to buy the "direct purchase" version from the website and this can only be used on one device. So I fooled the license server with a Titanium Backup trick to use it on two devices.
Now I bought Tasker a second time in the Play Store to circumvent this trick. €1,99 is a fair price.
With the new release the direct-purchase version is no longer availible.

Direct purchase version included extra features, like encryption. Does this mean those are gone now?
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glimmling said:
Tasker was one of my first paid apps two years ago and it's worth the money.
But I made the mistake to buy the "direct purchase" version from the website and this can only be used on one device. So I fooled the license server with a Titanium Backup trick to use it on two devices.
Now I bought Tasker a second time in the Play Store to circumvent this trick. €1,99 is a fair price.
With the new release the direct-purchase version is no longer availible.
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I just did the exact same thing. I paid for Tasker before it was even in the market, but like you, I had to... Do ugly stuff to make it work newer or multiple devices.
I figure Tasker saves me at least 15 minutes a day, and probably does a lot of stuff I wouldn't even bother to do manually. Another couple bucks his way is warranted.

rmm200 said:
Direct purchase version included extra features, like encryption. Does this mean those are gone now?
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Yes, it couldn't be in the market with Encryption apparently, so it's out. I don't think Tasker's encryption was ever intended to be "military strength" or anything but I can see where it'd be handy sometimes.
I'll bet there are market apps with Tasker plugins that'll do it. I haven't found any offhand yet though.

Have been using tasker for about 3 months now ....fan of it...videos on xda have been of great help too...
Cheers
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Jawbone UP or other????

Ive been looking for a good workout app + workout monitor. Jawbone seems to be pretty cool but ive checked all my local stores and no one sells it. Anyone use this personally or any other measuring device that syncs with your phone? Suggestions? Reviews?
Thanks!

I got a new one off CL for <$100. I like it. They sell them at Apple stores of all places and this guy worked there so was just making a little extra money on the side with his discount.
There aren't a whole lot of choices out there for Android users in this area. I think the Fidbit is the only other option. The Fidbit uses bluetooth to sync which a lot of people seem to like but I think it's a negative as you are forced to use unnecessary battery power from your phone. The upside is you can sync to your laptop or computer. The UP syncs with your phone via the headphone jack.
You've probably read about all the features so I won't list them again. It is not a heart beat monitor; it uses motionX technology, 3-axis accelerometer I believe, to monitor your "steps". It's best to wear on your non-dominant arm so you don't register as many fake steps. I really like the sleep mode as it tells you how long it took you to fall asleep, how many hours of light sleep, deep sleep, how many times you woke up, and it has a vibrating smart alarm that will wake you up at your alarm time +/- a certain number of minutes you set so it can try to wake you up during light sleep instead of deep sleep.
The app is well made and looks good with many graphing options to see trends in your steps, calorie intake, mood, sleep, etc. It also allows you to add your food for the day and add nutritional information if you can't find your food in their database. However, after using the myfitnesspal app for quite a while I find it is easier to use, better laid out, and has a much bigger database of foods, mostly because so many users have uploaded nutritional information for so many different foods. I find myself still using myfitnesspal instead of the built in UP food logging, but maybe I'm resisting change and haven't given it a fair chance.
The battery really does last a long time, 8-10 days per charge.
I'm happy with it, will continue to use it and hope they will improve their food logging database. I'm not sure I'd pay $130+ tax for it but maybe I'm cheap. Take a look on your local CL.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...aby-step-toward-truly-powerful-wearable-tech/

inkdup102586 said:
Ive been looking for a good workout app + workout monitor. Jawbone seems to be pretty cool but ive checked all my local stores and no one sells it. Anyone use this personally or any other measuring device that syncs with your phone? Suggestions? Reviews?
Thanks!
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Bought mine off CL for $65 (REALLY good deal). Liking it so far. Went for the UP because it tracks sleep as well as steps, eating, mood, etc. And the android app was a must. Had this for a week and a half and am really liking the data provided.
Now my UP band is telling me it's time to MOVE again; gotta go. Good luck!

Just bought mines from best buy today. I had some stuff that I needed to return so I figured I would just exchange the stuff for the UP. I was really considering the fitbit flex but best buy was out of stock everywhere in my area so I figured I would try the UP and exchange for the flex later on once they are in stock and if I'm not happy with the UP. I'm really looking to be more conscious of my physical activities that's why I decided to go with one of these bands.
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How's the jawbone quality? I saw tons of posting in Amazon that said the DOA rate for it is really high...

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How's the jawbone quality? I saw tons of posting in Amazon that said the DOA rate for it is really high...
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I've seen several posts saying the same thing in the UP forums. For me, with a used band, it's been working flawlessly for over two months.
Based on what I've read, I would try to buy from an Authorized retailer, or Jawbone itself. It appears as though they will immediately exchange any defective band if you do so. HTH

I am searching Jawbone site and it said that it is compatible with SELECT phones only. Not sure what makes it so, but I have a Galaxy Note and since the Jawbone Up does not have Bluetooth (Galaxy Note only have Bluetooth 3.0, not 4.0), what is it that will make this thing NOT working for other phone like the Galaxy Note?

lanwarrior said:
I am searching Jawbone site and it said that it is compatible with SELECT phones only. Not sure what makes it so, but I have a Galaxy Note and since the Jawbone Up does not have Bluetooth (Galaxy Note only have Bluetooth 3.0, not 4.0), what is it that will make this thing NOT working for other phone like the Galaxy Note?
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It syncs through the audio jack, not Bluetooth. There are some older phones that it won't sync with for some reason and at one point it was having trouble with the HTC One - but I think that was fixed in an update. I would download the app and have it on my phone when I went shopping - that way you could test to make sure it would sync before you plopped down your hard-earned cash.
Also, FWIW, I found the app and sideloaded it onto my Galaxy Tab 8.9. (Google Play said it wasn't compatible.) Works okay, but some of the graphics are a little off.

I have a Bodymedia Link that works great. It syncs via Bluetooth and you can upload the data via your phone to their website. Mine was $99 and came with a six month subscription to the website. (The subscription thing kept me away from this device, but depending on where you buy it (like Costco), you can get up to a year's subscription free.)
Here's a link to their site, but I purchased my BM via eBay:
http://www.bodymedia.com
I also have a FitBit and the numbers seem pretty consistent between the two - but I prefer the BodyMedia. I think Jawbone recently purchased BodyMedia.
Here's a recent comparison article on activity trackers:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404445,00.asp

LG is supposed to come out with a pretty impressive tracker. Waiting to hear if it tracks sleep as well.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/09/lgs-smart-activity-tracker-hands-on/

inkdup102586 said:
Ive been looking for a good workout app + workout monitor. Jawbone seems to be pretty cool but ive checked all my local stores and no one sells it. Anyone use this personally or any other measuring device that syncs with your phone? Suggestions? Reviews?
Thanks!
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UP by Jawbone is more fashion than FTBIT,but more better .
http://www.topbestreviews.org/top-2-up-by-jawbone-review/