Other notification options...? - Motorola Droid 3

Hello,
My cousin has upgraded from a feature phone to a droid 3, but she hates the way her notifications appear. What app or apps could she use to give her more options. Any recommendations?

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You can't really change the way notifications come in...
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jonosono said:
Hello,
My cousin has upgraded from a feature phone to a droid 3, but she hates the way her notifications appear. What app or apps could she use to give her more options. Any recommendations?
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SMS Popup by Adam K is one of my favorites
Or a combination on Go Launcher EX and GO Notifications is cool Somewhat iphoneish
Pretty much all i know of at the moment.

Thank you, I'll pass those links along to her. Again, thank you for your time .

Android arguably has the best notification system available. Why she'd want to downgrade to archaic iOS style notifications is beyond me.
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Nah, to tell the truth webOS does.
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Androidsims said:
Android arguably has the best notification system available. Why she'd want to downgrade to archaic iOS style notifications is beyond me.
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What works for you and me may not work for her and vice versa.
And that's okay.

jonosono said:
Thank you, I'll pass those links along to her. Again, thank you for your time .
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No problem if i run across anything else, ill post here again

jonosono said:
What works for you and me may not work for her and vice versa.
And that's okay.
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Just fyi XDA app on the market.
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zenulator said:
Just fyi XDA app on the market. . .
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Thanks for the heads up!
Downloading now.
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Thanks for the heads up!
Downloading now.
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^ this
Thanks!
nice app. much easier than android browser I cant figure out the favorites.
EDIT: you cant favorite entire forums. Just individual threads
downloading now!!
the app looks great!
I believe Tapatalk is the application they are using which also supports other forums enabled for it.
apk for those of us hindered by the inability to use gapps
w00t! default sig isnt quite right..
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Awesome. Thanks for letting us know.
using it now default sig can be disabled in settings
egzthunder1 said:
apk for those of us hindered by the inability to use gapps
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Here you go
*edit* it works pretty well, i dont like having to find the vogue forun every time i boot it up though
Do you plan on releasing the source of this app? I had a project I was working on for a forum, but ran into some issues. Some example coding would definitely be nice.
Very nice but no way to bookmark forums = no good for me
I love it! ill use it when I can't get to a computer. Very good for show off threads because it takes 1 less step to upload pics!
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Scrabble

Somebody please get this up and going for the xoom
I was about to side load it....see how that goes.
XOOM
Why bother? It's a POS compared to WordFeud.
I was just going to install this when I noticed the app doesn't install on Xoom. I must say this makes me really disappointed and brings a huge spotlight to splintered status of Android.
That said, I find it hard to blame Google solely. I much rather blame EA. Its not like they couldn't have made the app work on both platforms.
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I side-loaded it. It works but not great. It is 1/4 screen and has graphical issues in the unused space. The music sucks too. I haven't gotten to play a game yet but the game does seem to run and the HC3.2 full screen trick will probably handle the screen size issues.
validoption said:
Why bother? It's a POS compared to WordFeud.
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And they all got boring really quick
Can you post a link to the APK, I would like to give it a go even though it apparently only partially works. Or send to [email protected] Thanks!
Dan
I loaded it on my TB, haven't tried moving it to my Xoom yet...
It is disappointing that this new Free version doesn't support "local" play only... or play against the "computer."
Anyone get the apk out?
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despich said:
Can you post a link to the APK, I would like to give it a go even though it apparently only partially works. Or send to [email protected] Thanks!
Dan
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hammer4203 said:
Anyone get the apk out?
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That would be warez, unless of course you are asking for the trial version. The trial version does suck a$$ though. See below.
KidJoe said:
I loaded it on my TB, haven't tried moving it to my Xoom yet...
It is disappointing that this new Free version doesn't support "local" play only... or play against the "computer."
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+1 It is pointless for me, i just wanted to grab a quick me vs computer game to try it before i buy it.
There was a free version of scrabble. So that would not be warez. Anyone know where to find the apk in the file system? I can pull it from my TB or tab.
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SemperAndroid said:
I was just going to install this when I noticed the app doesn't install on Xoom. I must say this makes me really disappointed and brings a huge spotlight to splintered status of Android.
That said, I find it hard to blame Google solely. I much rather blame EA. Its not like they couldn't have made the app work on both platforms.
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Worked for me on, 3.2 update
It won't work on the 3g til we get the update to 3.2.
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Market updated!!!

Finally the market is updated here in Canada. One word. AMAZING
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easy to use?
Twister_777 said:
easy to use?
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Why would market be difficult to use? You just browse categories or search for app you wanna download
Its using flash so its actually really laggy at times and if u got alot of things running but otherwise its nice I like the new layout
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isinisterx said:
Its using flash so its actually really laggy at times and if u got alot of things running but otherwise its nice I like the new layout
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Well, that's true! It looks really nice, and it is simple to use. There is just one problem that I found. Sometimes when there is an update for an app (don't know if it is random or some particular apps) there is no Update button, only Open button that will run that application. You can update that app only when you have two or more updates and update them all at the same time. Anyone experienced this?
Carko said:
Well, that's true! It looks really nice, and it is simple to use. There is just one problem that I found. Sometimes when there is an update for an app (don't know if it is random or some particular apps) there is no Update button, only Open button that will run that application. You can update that app only when you have two or more updates and update them all at the same time. Anyone experienced this?
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Yes this is a known issue for the market update...as far as i know everyone has the same issue...
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Agree on the updates and the fact it is sometimes slow. Wonder how much data it is downloading when you open it.
I think the new market is hideous!
looks like WP7 with all those tiles.
Ewww
studacris said:
I think the new market is hideous!
looks like WP7 with all those tiles.
Ewww
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Glad to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't like (the look of) it.....
Uh, this update got released like 26 years ago?
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Ok got the JB update what's REALLY different??

Just wondering cause I don't see a big change. Actually I only see one or two to be honest.
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Play store Google now. Do it!at home screen swipe right. And a lot of it is based on refinement of android behind the scene all together. Think butter on bread
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Anyone else notice how much smoother the multitasking screen loads? It's probably the biggest performance improvement I've discovered so far. It was always pretty laggy for me in ICS.
Release notes
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/91832
I notice that when you kill apps it alot faster as you swipe away.
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http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/
Hold down on home button to get shortcut to Google now. Jellybean is much much better than ICS as far as polish goes IMHO...
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Do you guys feel battery life difference, improvement?
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rush_ad said:
Do you guys feel battery life difference, improvement?
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Too soon to sell
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Just glad update happened fast. I thought motorola was going to loag in support department
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Its the same as the leak when there are issues that need to be fixed. Very disappointed in Motorola for blowing off Matt's serious points and acting as if they are unimportant. I'll be running batakang until we get CM or until the Nexus 4 actually is in stock lol
Loving it except the damn ATT bloatware.
Youngunn2008 said:
Hold down on home button to get shortcut to Google now. Jellybean is much much better than ICS as far as polish goes IMHO...
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Just swipe up from the home button. No need to hold it down.
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Lito88 said:
Loving it except the damn ATT bloatware.
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I have 99% of the bloatware disabled. If you don't like an app, just disable it. Been able to do that since ICS.
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You can disable all that crap.
rush_ad said:
You can disable all that crap.
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Except for damn AT&T Address Book. I hate that I can't just open People without it having to load.
The only app of theirs I've found remotely useful is AT&T Smart WiFi.
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Wow, Thanks guys. Didn't even know that. Thought i can only do it with Titanium Backup
MedleHed said:
I have 99% of the bloatware disabled. If you don't like an app, just disable it. Been able to do that since ICS.
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How do you do this? The only app I was able to disable was that race car game. There is no option to disable most of the bloatware. Do I need to uninstall bloatware updates first?
anthromatt said:
How do you do this? The only app I was able to disable was that race car game. There is no option to disable most of the bloatware. Do I need to uninstall bloatware updates first?
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Yes, uninstall the bloatware updates and the button to disable it will appear.
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MedleHed said:
Yes, uninstall the bloatware updates and the button to disable it will appear.
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Cool, thanks!
I may be missing it, but how do you access Google Now from the lock screen? Unfortunately, you still can't change the lock screen targets (which is just stupid), and Google isn't in the normal top position like it is on other JB phones with the ring on the lock screen.
I really don't get not allowing the user to decide the lock screen targets. I don't use the stock messaging app, but I can't change the target to open Handcent, so that a useless target I have sitting there.

Can Blinkfeed be uninstalled?

I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
Super Chimp said:
I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
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No
Narom88 said:
No
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Had a nasty feeling that was going to be answer. Rather like some of the stuff Samsung shoves on their phones & you cannot remove either.
It can't be uninstalled but it can be disabled
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Solution: root your phone. Remove.
Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
maniacaus said:
Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
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Are any of these widgets useful?
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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coupetastic-droid said:
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I wouldn't go as far as removing/uninstalling Blinkfeed, but I'm curious to what extend this new central piece of Sense can be configured/modified. I just played around with Blinkfeed a couple of minutes in a phone shop. You can configure the sources that are shown on these tiles (like calendar, facebook, twitter, etc) but ...
Can I control how often each tile (is tile the correct word?) is updated? The more frequent the tiles are updated, the more battery is used and more network traffic is generated.
Can I control the placement of the tiles?
Can I control how many tiles are shown? E.g. I would like only a calendar tile and no social network tile or news feed tile.
Regards,
Stefan
coupetastic-droid said:
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
Super Chimp said:
I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
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Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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It was one of the features I wasn't too keen on but it's turned out to be good for a giggle when I've got nothing else to play with. I scrolled 2 left of my homescreen yesterday to see the headline 'Study warns that sex in space is dangerous.'
I couldn't agree more. For starters the instant you unzip the fly on your suit your dead! Probably not what they were getting at but it was worth a chuckle.
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In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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coupetastic-droid said:
In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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I'm a miserable bastard who doesn't believe in being sociable
coupetastic-droid said:
Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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Thanks. I'll give it a proper look when I get my hands on it.
How different is Sense these days, I haven't used it since the HTC Desire days?
SteelH said:
Solution: root your phone. Remove.
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Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
ongxa said:
Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
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You didn't need to be rooted to remove blinkfeed. Check out Q12 of the HTC One FAQ and you'll see a couple of ways to be able to get rid of it.
The other method, which requires rooting, is to install a custom ROM. I believe some ROMs may still have blinkfeed included though so you'll need to read the first post (at least) of the ROM threads to find out whether it has it or not
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niether is getting rid of it. all that does it hide it in the corner like a kid you pretend not to have...
coupetastic-droid said:
In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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It's a nice feature to have, but give us the option to remove/disable it. I hate it when companies force stuff on you.
I see it's there, if I like it I keep it and if I don't I remove it, simple as that. Don't force me to use it.
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