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I'm trying to find an app which runs a server or something on the phone and is able to turn on the ringer.
I keep loosing my phone in my house and it takes me ages to find it again. Even calling myself doesn't work since sometimes the phone is in silent mode without vibration.
Is there an app on the market which remotely turns on the ringer (even the phone was in silent mode) and has a simple web interface? Lets say my phone is connected to Wifi or 3G, I type in the IP Adress of my phone in an internet explorer and click on "locate" or something
Thanks
Tasker can handle something like that. It's an amazing program, so worth the $5 (or $6 from the market), but you can download a 7 day trial from the website:
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
You should be able to set up a task to turn on the ringer (or to play a song or tone or whatever) when a particular text string is sent to the phone. Or, presuming you have a landline, you can turn the ringer on when you call just from that line. Lots of ways to do it.
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Wheres my droid
A simple text can set off the ringer, enable gps and txt you location etc...
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tasker sounds interesting, does it need root?
Wheres my Droid is exactly what I'm looking for, but it would be great if I could activate it by mail and not by phone only (cant send mails to a phone number in germany)
Tasker doesn't require root, I don't think there's anything it does that would require it (could be wrong, I do have root, but it's not listed as a requirement). I don't think it handles emails, though, either. But I'd say you can call it and use Tasker to handle the call from a specific number. I checked and nothing else comes to mind as a way to find it, but it's worth testing out if you think you can use Tasker for other things (I have alarms, various profile changes, app events, headphone plugins, etc) - with some work, it does replace several programs I was using. Haven't lost my phone, though
On the tasker website, it lists "Email (K9)" as a compatible event - does that mean emails through the Gmail App will work as well?
sorry to bring up an old thread, but is there an app that works stictly on WiFi only? I have an Android phone with no service and I would like a Find my phone app usable on WiFi
Ive been looking, and asking the twitter windows phone accounts but seeing as i never get replies im wondering if im the only one..im a field supervisor for underground construction and i often get previous work videos in email that i share with my Foreman's quickly for info...and i HATE that i cant toggle the toasts off for texts. i dont want guys from work reading any of my texts (and yes i could fire up my laptop in my truck, but time is money and with the phone in my pocket its quick to call them over, have a look and back at 'er)....this is becoming a big deal for me. anyone else not like that we have no control on this? i know in the grand scheme of things lacking this may not be big, but its starting to get that way from my point of view. what do you all think?
the-wrangler said:
Ive been looking, and asking the twitter windows phone accounts but seeing as i never get replies im wondering if im the only one..im a field supervisor for underground construction and i often get previous work videos in email that i share with my Foreman's quickly for info...and i HATE that i cant toggle the toasts off for texts. i dont want guys from work reading any of my texts (and yes i could fire up my laptop in my truck, but time is money and with the phone in my pocket its quick to call them over, have a look and back at 'er)....this is becoming a big deal for me. anyone else not like that we have no control on this? i know in the grand scheme of things lacking this may not be big, but its starting to get that way from my point of view. what do you all think?
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It's not exactly what you're looking for, but you could enable the power saving mode. This disables toast and push notifications. But you should be aware that it also disables all automatic checking for e-mails as well.
dkp1977 said:
It's not exactly what you're looking for, but you could enable the power saving mode. This disables toast and push notifications. But you should be aware that it also disables all automatic checking for e-mails as well.
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hey thanks, ya not what im looking for but actually a nice work around for now. really not impressed that there isn't a toggle or any kind of control over them...ill definitely give that a shot though
when u get a notification on FB how long before the Tile informs you?
Well for me I dont get informed 99% of the times. Even in notifications hub the last notifications are hours old and it only get refreshed when i open the hub otherwise there is rarely any background updating. I have seen the tile show something maybe 5-6 times in 1 month now. what gives?
P.S I have add/removed the tile and restarted the phone.
It has worked pretty well for me. The other day it had stopped working but now its been fine...
I've got the Facebook app pinned to my start screen and when that notifies me I gnerally get a Me tile notification as well
I put me tile into my family contact group and use it exclusively to be able to retrieve my sent e-mail items faster. No problems with tile notifications though.
I see sporadic updates, but even when it does update, it doesn't really tell me much, other than the fact that I have something I need to go look for. Not really a "glance and go" tile at all for me.
For example, the last update I saw was (name changed) "John Smith and 3 other people commented on..." So I knew I needed to bring up the Facebook app. But I already knew that from looking at the notification badge on the Facebook app tile.
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I see sporadic updates, but even when it does update, it doesn't really tell me much, other than the fact that I have something I need to go look for. Not really a "glance and go" tile at all for me.
For example, the last update I saw was (name changed) "John Smith and 3 other people commented on..." So I knew I needed to bring up the Facebook app. But I already knew that from looking at the notification badge on the Facebook app tile.
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Well you dont need to bring up the app.. you can just go into the me tile and swipe to notifications. will bring up posts, tagged photos etc...
Since mango i've found i very rarely use the FB app any more.
I never use it. I just go to the social hub and see what's new.
Updates about every half an hour for me.
For Facebook, it's slower than email notifications, which usually comes almost instantaneously. But it's still useful in the sense that I can see what everybody is saying in the comment first before adding my own. It's better than going to IE9.
For twitter, it's really useful for alerting me about mentions. Since Twitter's email notifications rarely work anyway. Plus, there isn't a WP7 app that gives tile/toast notifications faster than the Me Tile, so I'll just be happy with my Me Tile.
I just have it there for the animation. It updates too slow to be useful for that. Its useful for checking in quickly, though. Facebook app notifications are way superior but I guess it can b useful for Twitter.
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I actually prefer it to the Facebook App. Works fine for Facebook notifications which come as they arrive, bit slow for Twitter notifications though.
The Me tile works pretty good, maybe updating every 30 minutes or so. The strange thing is that when synced with my Facebook account it would only show me notifications that were directly related to me (my posts, ppl comment on my posts or pics), but now it is showing other people. Anyone know how this works?
Me tile's notifications work, but bages on facebook tile don't :/
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Well you dont need to bring up the app.. you can just go into the me tile and swipe to notifications. will bring up posts, tagged photos etc...
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And you missed the point. Whether it's the Facebook app or the people hub, the issue is the same. The tile doesn't give me useful information, just an alert that I have to go somewhere ELSE to get what I need. A badge would do the exact same thing.
so why is it that when I go into the me hub it refreshes and shows me updates that happened 2-3 hours ago :S why doesnt it get refreshed automatically and show it on the tile. it's pissing me off. this is a big reason why I got WP7 (social integration)
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so why is it that when I go into the me hub it refreshes and shows me updates that happened 2-3 hours ago :S why doesnt it get refreshed automatically and show it on the tile. it's pissing me off. this is a big reason why I got WP7 (social integration)
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same problem !
I almost never require immediate notications so the ME tile works just fine for me.
xcen_xda said:
For twitter, it's really useful for alerting me about mentions. Since Twitter's email notifications rarely work anyway. Plus, there isn't a WP7 app that gives tile/toast notifications faster than the Me Tile, so I'll just be happy with my Me Tile.
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Rowi supports push notifications.
ammarmalik said:
so why is it that when I go into the me hub it refreshes and shows me updates that happened 2-3 hours ago :S why doesnt it get refreshed automatically and show it on the tile. it's pissing me off. this is a big reason why I got WP7 (social integration)
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if you are on WIFI then please note that wifi drops on screen lock/sleep. You need an active data connection E/3G
works well for me on my HD7 as well as on my arrive
backlashsid said:
same problem !
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Is the problem that is has to refresh when you go in or that even after the refresh it still has old data?
ammarmalik said:
so why is it that when I go into the me hub it refreshes and shows me updates that happened 2-3 hours ago :S why doesnt it get refreshed automatically and show it on the tile. it's pissing me off. this is a big reason why I got WP7 (social integration)
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Can you check if battery saver is turned on? I believe that push notifications stop if battery saver is on....only manual trigger refreshes notifications.
I'm new to AT&T from T-Mobile and unlocked phones, so please bear with me.
So, the brightness slider in the pull down: per a Google search, I am supposed to have the option to uncheck it so that it won't be visible. I don't, and I'm assuming AT&T removed it. Is this correct?
Carrier label text in the status bar: assuming this can't be removed without root. Correct?
Those are the 2 most obnoxious things so far. Thanks guys!!
Edit: one more thing. I am using Smitten SMS and have delivery reports checked, but I'm not getting them. Does AT&T not support them?
No one knows??
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without root, you can't remove those two.
The check beside the slider is to activate auto bright. Neither of these can be fixed without root.
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The check beside the slider is to activate auto bright. Neither of these can be fixed without root.
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I was referring to unchecking it in the notification panel settings. I saw a screenshot online where the international version has that option in that settings page. So it appears I was correct in assuming that AT&T removed it.
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imperfection said:
I'm new to AT&T from T-Mobile and unlocked phones, so please bear with me.
So, the brightness slider in the pull down: per a Google search, I am supposed to have the option to uncheck it so that it won't be visible. I don't, and I'm assuming AT&T removed it. Is this correct?
Carrier label text in the status bar: assuming this can't be removed without root. Correct?
Those are the 2 most obnoxious things so far. Thanks guys!!
Edit: one more thing. I am using Smitten SMS and have delivery reports checked, but I'm not getting them. Does AT&T not support them?
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the option to hide the brightness slider is not available on the att/vzn/tmo versions, I can't speak to Sprint. I don't know if you saw a stock international feature, or just a root mod that just happened to be on an international model.
no, the awful carrier label is stuck there till root, I hate it as well. if you have even 1 notification up there tho it will go away. now that I type this it gives me the idea for a workaround; an invisible notification bar icon. that'll do the trick to get rid of that att label.
att does not support them. and actually, delivery reports don't have a standard protocol for reporting. carriers send out sms, but have nothing in place to see if it was received. tmobile can tell you if the recipient is another tmobile user, and iphones using imessage (are they even allowed to use anything else? idk) have a check built into the imessage app which will tell you if another iphone read it, but they can turn off this feature in their iphone settings so again.. this isn't truly reliable.
semi related note, give Textra a try, it's a better messenger app in my opinion.
lastly sorry it took so long for anyone to reply to you. k goodnight
I've received 7.0 update on my nexus 5x (no beta or other), installed and done a reset, i've two bugs: evry time i remove the voice assistant (i don't use it) the microphone icon on lockscreen disappears like i wanted, if i shutdown device that will reset even if in settings there's no voice assistant, removing telephone icon and changing again with microphone, next bug is the real impossibility to sync chrome with desktop one, i get no bookmarks or other, tryed manual sync etc, nothing, any suggest?
Edit: The weather widget can't be resized, only 3x1 even if 4x1 >>> 21/09 Solved with last update of news and weather app.
Edit 16/09: the sim menù that normally is in the app drawer appears and disappear on turn on/off device. (note: battery life is a bit better from one week use)
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I've received 7.0 update on my nexus 5x (no beta or other), installed and done a reset, i've two bugs: evry time i remove the voice assistant (i don't use it) the microphone icon on lockscreen disappears like i wanted, if i shutdown device that will reset even if in settings there's no voice assistant, removing telephone icon and changing again with microphone, next bug is the real impossibility to sync chrome with desktop one, i get no bookmarks or other, tryed manual sync etc, nothing, any suggest?
Edit: also the weather widget can't be resized, only 3x1 even if 4x1
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Don't know about voice assistant bug as I use it but Chrome syncs up just fine. I see all my bookmarks, history, and tabs. Maybe try logging out of Chrome on your desktop and logging back in. And maybe the same thing for your phone.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Don't know about voice assistant bug as I use it but Chrome syncs up just fine. I see all my bookmarks, history, and tabs. Maybe try logging out of Chrome on your desktop and logging back in. And maybe the same thing for your phone.
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Done loads of times, no sync
GTX90 said:
I've received 7.0 update on my nexus 5x (no beta or other), installed and done a reset, i've two bugs: evry time i remove the voice assistant (i don't use it) the microphone icon on lockscreen disappears like i wanted, if i shutdown device that will reset even if in settings there's no voice assistant, removing telephone icon and changing again with microphone, next bug is the real impossibility to sync chrome with desktop one, i get no bookmarks or other, tryed manual sync etc, nothing, any suggest?
Edit: also the weather widget can't be resized, only 3x1 even if 4x1
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Ever since I updated to Android 7.0 I was unable to use file transfer or ADB. This has to do with my phone for sure. Not the drivers on my PC.
My Wifi drops and reconnects whenever I take the phone out of my pocket and open an app that uses data. My data usage has gone up significantly with the Wifi drops. Appears there's others having problems on google product forums with no workaround at this time.
Any help would be appreciated!
GTX90 said:
I've received 7.0 update on my nexus 5x (no beta or other), installed and done a reset, i've two bugs: evry time i remove the voice assistant (i don't use it) the microphone icon on lockscreen disappears like i wanted, if i shutdown device that will reset even if in settings there's no voice assistant, removing telephone icon and changing again with microphone, next bug is the real impossibility to sync chrome with desktop one, i get no bookmarks or other, tryed manual sync etc, nothing, any suggest?
Edit: also the weather widget can't be resized, only 3x1 even if 4x1
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Chrome works for me but what weather widget are you talking about, I don't have any weather widget on my phone except for the New & Weather ones.
rpalmon said:
Ever since I updated to Android 7.0 I was unable to use file transfer or ADB. This has to do with my phone for sure. Not the drivers on my PC.
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Don't know about that, i don't file transfer with pc or ADB
werdnoynek said:
My Wifi drops and reconnects whenever I take the phone out of my pocket and open an app that uses data. My data usage has gone up significantly with the Wifi drops. Appears there's others having problems on google product forums with no workaround at this time.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Maybe you need a reset, i don't have that issue
Hadisultan said:
Chrome works for me but what weather widget are you talking about, I don't have any weather widget on my phone except for the New & Weather ones.
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Yeah that widget from news & weather app, if i choose only weather on 4x1 one i'm not able to resize, also isn't 4x1 but 3x1
werdnoynek said:
My Wifi drops and reconnects whenever I take the phone out of my pocket and open an app that uses data. My data usage has gone up significantly with the Wifi drops. Appears there's others having problems on google product forums with no workaround at this time.
Any help would be appreciated!
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One of possible fixes I can think of is to open your wifi settings and look for "Keep WiFi on during sleep". If you had set it up correctly before update it shouldn't change but who knows.
If above doesn't help, I think the problem is located somewhere in system files but other than searching for it, I suggest you to do a full wipe and clean install
GTX90 said:
Yeah that widget from news & weather app, if i choose only weather on 4x1 one i'm not able to resize, also isn't 4x1 but 3x1
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It appears 4x1 for me, just remember that the phones screen is 5x5 so even 4 can't fill it completely
werdnoynek said:
My Wifi drops and reconnects whenever I take the phone out of my pocket and open an app that uses data. My data usage has gone up significantly with the Wifi drops. Appears there's others having problems on google product forums with no workaround at this time.
Any help would be appreciated!
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I'm experiencing the same problem and I'm not the only one. Do a search on 'nougat wifi problem' and you'll get several hits. Unfortunately, no real solutions. Google advises a reset to factory settings, but that doesn't help everybody. They also tell to reset network settings. This does seem to help me, but when I start manually adding/saving networks and I hit 12, I will loose all visible networks and when I turn WiFi off and on, the device keeps on scanning for networks.
An "issue" (221056) was opened at code.google.com/p/android, but it's been more than 2 weeks and Google still hasn't resolved the situation...
Added a new bug on first message
Weather widget bug solved
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature but it actually annoys the hell out of me. While on the lockscreen, pulling down the notification shade (pulling down from the status bar) doesn't expose the quick toggle settings, instead it attempts to pull down the entire notification shade (if there are any notifications) or the quick settings panel. Cool. Whatever. Except the entire Notification Shade or Quick Settings panel comes down and then immediately retracts up. Swiping down from the status bar again results in the same behavior. I can do this over and over until I finally get angry and unlock the phone, even though all I wanted to do was turn off Bluetooth or something. So stupid.
Microphone lockscreen bug still on 7.1.1