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[Q] what is best notes app that syncs b/w xoom and phone?

I have a Xoom and a Droid X and up until recently I had been using AK notepad to keep my notes on each device. Well I noticed that some notes that I had on my Droid were not on my Xoom and visa versa despite enabling the sync feature. So I clicked sync on both devices and it wiped out half my messages. Apparently it took only the notes that were on my Xoom and they over wrote what was on my X. Not cool at all, so now I need to know what is the best app(s) for not just syncing notes, but syncing them between 2 or more devices.

Have you tried Evernote?

Catch notes is nice and provides a cloud account for keeping notes synced.
Another nice app is MobileNoter. Once you get it set up and working right it will sync your notes from Microsoft OneNote to your phone or tablet. It allows for syncing via both cloud and wifi but there is a small subscription charge for the one that can sync both ways.

Springpad
Evernote
Catch
I use Springpad because they have bigger widget which fit nicely for big screen like Xoom
Also I use the chrom extension ..

UNROOTED Peeps!

If you have not rooted and you don't mind, can you please give me a list of stock apps? I'd like to unroot but I need to download the apps I deleted and can't remember all of the apps I deleted (really didn't delete a alot).
I'd be VERY appreciative if anyone has the time to do this. Thanks

apps list please
This would be helpful. I did the samething I have a backup but I don't want to re-root my bionic again. I have downloaded many of the apps including all the vcast apps.

Here ya go, this is a full list of everything in my app tab (excluding stuff I've installed since purchase) on my un-rooted stock bionic.
Alarm & Timer
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Browser
Calculator
Calendar
Camcorder
Camera
Citrix
City ID
Contacts
Device Setup
Dialer
DLNA
Downloads
Email
Files
Gallery
Gmail
Google Search
GoToMeeting
Guided Tours
Help Center
IM
Latitude
Let's Golf 2
Maps
Market
Messaging
Mobile Hotspot
MOTOPRINT
Music
My Accounts
My Verizon Mobile
Navigation
News
NFL Mobile
Places
Quickoffice
Settings
Slacker
Social Location
Social Networking
Talk
Task Manager
Tasks
Text Messaging
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
Videosurf
Voice Commands
Voice Search
Voicemail
VZ Navigator
YouTube
ZumoCast
That's the lot, hope this helps!

thank you this should help me out.

Wow, I just looked over my list, MAN that's a lot of junk... I may have to take the leap to root, didn't realize quite how much bloatware this thing had until right now...

soul777toast said:
Here ya go, this is a full list of everything in my app tab (excluding stuff I've installed since purchase) on my un-rooted stock bionic.
Alarm & Timer
Amazon Kindle
Blockbuster
Books
Browser
Calculator
Calendar
Camcorder
Camera
Citrix
City ID
Contacts
Device Setup
Dialer
DLNA
Downloads
Email
Files
Gallery
Gmail
Google Search
GoToMeeting
Guided Tours
Help Center
IM
Latitude
Let's Golf 2
Maps
Market
Messaging
Mobile Hotspot
MOTOPRINT
Music
My Accounts
My Verizon Mobile
Navigation
News
NFL Mobile
Places
Quickoffice
Settings
Slacker
Social Location
Social Networking
Talk
Task Manager
Tasks
Text Messaging
V CAST Media Manager
V CAST Music
V CAST Tones
V CAST Videos
Videosurf
Voice Commands
Voice Search
Voicemail
VZ Navigator
YouTube
ZumoCast
That's the lot, hope this helps!
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You rock!!!! Thank you SO, SO much!!

****! That's a boatload of bloat!
F#ck you Verzion!

Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.

Abradax said:
Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.
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Yahoo Authenticator is the only one that will mess up contacts.

Are there any apps that would potentially mess up your front facing camera?

Abradax said:
Of course Titanium will show a LOT more.
If you root and freeze do not freeze any of the other authenticators like picasa, yahoo, etc. even if you don't use the apps.
It will cause your contacts to force close upon opening.
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Yes, sorry I just realized I should have probably given the disclaimer that I don't have titanium on yet and so I can't tell you what other junk may be on here, what I listed were just the apps that are visible in the app tab, hope that didn't mess anyone up

UGH - I had deleted Guided Tours and News. Any ideas for putting these back on my phone in case I should ever have to return my Bionic?

Just a suggestion if you are rooted and are removing some of that bloatware, don't delete it. Use something like Root Explorer to rename the .apk file to something like .apk.old. This way you can easily recover it. Root Explorer also gives you the ability to change the system\app directory from read only to read/write so that you can rename them.
I have also heard of people taking the .apk renamed fike and moving it to the sdcard to free up space.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium

[Q] contacts glitch

okay so I was posting the other day asking about uninstalling system apps and unrooting, thanks guys I was able to unroot my phone and return it back to verizon and get a new one.
The reason I had to return it was I was having a contacts glitch. I could dial out just fine, but if I went to my contacts and clicked a name, my phone would force close.
so I get my new phone, sync my account, root it, and check the contact list, it works ! sweet so now its time to get to work. under your advice instead of un-installing like I did the last time I went to titanium backup to FREEZE all the bloatware. Im pretty sure I tried my contacts again and it works fine. then I spend the rest of last night installing my launchers, games, tools, got rom toolbox changed my lcd density to 280, change my boot animation, and disable some apps from starting on boot,then went to the applications tab and disabled further autostart functions. I didn't try using my contacts because this was around 2am . but I woke up today and I now have the same problem. I can dial out fine, but if I open the contacts and try to choose one, or if I type in a number and even try to add to contacts , contacts FC's. Oh I should add, when I want to send a text message it is no problem I open the text message home, click the + icon and type a contacts name and I can stat a conversation no problem. anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
here's the list of apps I froze
Ad Service
Amazon Kindle
Android Live Wallpapers
Apps
Backup Assistant Plus
Backup Assistant+
Backup Assistant+ Contacts
Backup Assistant+ Media
Bookmarks
Browser
CarDock
Device Setup
Email
Email Accounts
Email Authenticator
Email Engine
Facebook Authenticator
Forest Wallpaper
Guided Tours
Help Center
Home screen tips
Homescreen (I replaced it with launcher pro its not an issue, Also this glitch happened last time and I hadn't uninstalled or froze this)
IM
IM Presence
LastFM Authenticator
Linkedin Authenticator
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Mobile Hotspot
Mog Music
MOTOACTIV
MotoCast
Motocast ID
MOTOPRING
Motorola Dock Service
MotoSignatureApp
MusicStore
My Music
My Uploads
My Verizon Mobile
Netflix
NFL Mobile
Orkut Authenticator
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Skyrock Authenticator
Slacker
Slingbox
Social Loctaion
social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Netowrking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Twitter Authenticator
V CAST Tones
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Video
VideoSurf
VZ Navigator
Webtop Connector
Yahoo Contacts
Yahoo Mail Authenticator
I am absolutely perplexed! anyone think they know what could be causing it?
EDIT: Okay so I did some researching and this appears to be a fairly prominent problem with moto Blur going back to the droid X etc...the fix was to go into /system/app and rename BlurContactSync.apk to BlurContactSync.bak ...now everything works perfect. credit goes to
droidforums.net/forum/tech-issues-bug-reports-suggestions/153062-contacts-wont-display-droid-x-w-gingerbread.html

The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)

Freeze
Are you experiencing the contact force close only when all apps are frozen? I had issues with the Verizon Backup Assistant goofing with my contact list.

kasouti said:
The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)
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I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.

blpw said:
I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.
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well the good thing about renaming the file is I am able to rename it back just as easy as un freezing . so I actually just renamed my blurcontactssync back to apk from .bak and unfroze yahoo mail authenticator and it is working great thanks for the tip!

In my opinion, stay away from Backup-Assistant. I've had nothing but trouble with it, everything from not backing up correctly, to poor restores that rendered my data useless. There is another program out there I use for this. Super Manager. It works for my application, and I would recommend it if you are still having trouble.

List of removable system applications and how to.

My Story Skip if you like
I know some people don't really like those nasty system applications like social hub and samsung account. It takes up space!
Some of those applications even use your memory!
Anyway I remove system apps a lot every time I flash. I just want to use the necessary applications and install what I need
Comment below if you know more apps that can be removed or fix some of my English and/or list etc
How to
1.Root your phone!( look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792 how too)
2.Download link2sd from playstore.
3.Start link2sd
4.Tab the unwanted app you want to remove.
5.Tab "Actions"
6.Do your action(Freeze or Uninstall?)
7.If necessary press back to get back to the list and go to step 4 or if you are done go to step 8.
8. press beck again to exit duh.
Removable apps.
Calendar
The Calendar app on your phone. Like a digital calendar
Calendar storage
I think this is needed for the Calendar app
Google Calendar Sync
Sync the calendar with your google account
Google Contacts Sync
Sync contacts from/with your google account.
Google Search
Browser will still work but you won't be able to search apps trough your phone.
Home screen tips
Who needs tips ?
Maps
Google maps. (It is like this: www.maps.google.com)
News&Weather
A widget to see the news and weather.
Pico TTS
Text to speech. I don't use it.
Samsung Account
Remove it if you have a custom rom or don't use any Samsung services.if you try to update your android it will force quit the settings option.
Samsung Hub
Not sure. But it have Samsung in its name and it is visible in the app drawer. Might not work without Samsung account
Social Hub
Not sure something to do with social media? But it is visible in the app drawer.
Street view
No maps.No street view... Street view is a sort add on for maps
Talk
Google talk. Google instant messenger. If you don't use it why not remove it
TTS Service
Not sure but it have something to do with text to speech
Voice search
Search with your voice.(Used by search widget)
Youtube
If you don't use the app why keep it?
Frozen(Not sure what they do or if it is safe)
Factory Test
Not sure but some kind of test done in the factory?
Google partner setup
Not sure. Seems like it holds something that has to do with their partners
Google backup transport
It will backup some things online if I'm not mistaken.

Nice thread would be nice to narrow down what system apps are needed an what they do. I like Google maps an it's other apps but would like to know what others do an if I really need them
Sent from my GT-S5830i using xda app-developers app

SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.

GermainZ said:
SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.
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Thanks.
I guess you are right you can put this everywhere. :S But yea I do this on my ace phone that is why it is here I mean why not many people only search their phone and don't look at general things.

After GMS install, what works/doesn't work?

Hello
I'm about to get a P40 Pro.
Just to go there with open eyes: assuming I install GMS successfully following one of the guides in this form, what limitations are left? If any.
Google pay works?
Bank apps?
Netflix?
...
Just to know what I am getting into
Thanks

Netflix should work but you're gonna get crap, non-HD quality because of Widevine L3 DRM. So I wouldn't bother with Netflix on this phone.
Google Pay - haven't tested so I can't tell if it works, but probably not.
Banking apps - some work, some don't. Better do research whether your banking app works on this phone. I got lucky and mine works even without GMS.
Overall, I don't think installing GMS on P40 is worth it. Mainly because of notification issues - you don't get notifications for many apps. Recently I decided to "freeze" Google Services Framework to get my notifications back. If I ever feel like going back to GMS, I'll just unfreeze it without having to reinstall.

Authenticator works. Calendar notifications works.
Gmail notifications doesn't work for me.
All the banking apps I use are working.
Uber is working even with frozen Gsf.
Maps work, but the first time after a restart it takes a bit longer to detect location.
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jericho246 said:
Netflix should work but you're gonna get crap, non-HD quality because of Widevine L3 DRM. So I wouldn't bother with Netflix on this phone.
Google Pay - haven't tested so I can't tell if it works, but probably not.
Banking apps - some work, some don't. Better do research whether your banking app works on this phone. I got lucky and mine works even without GMS.
Overall, I don't think installing GMS on P40 is worth it. Mainly because of notification issues - you don't get notifications for many apps. Recently I decided to "freeze" Google Services Framework to get my notifications back. If I ever feel like going back to GMS, I'll just unfreeze it without having to reinstall.
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Does the freeze help better with the majority if not all of the notifications? The main app I need is Pushover and I can't get ANY notifications on it without loading the app, everything else has worked fine for what I need it for

Is there a definitive list of what does and what does not work on the P40 Pro especially interested in banking apps for the UK. I've used a P30 Pro since launch day but currently on a iPhone 11 Pro Max but desperately want to switch back to Android and the P40 Po. Can it be used daily without GSM in the UK?

potsykate said:
Is there a definitive list of what does and what does not work on the P40 Pro especially interested in banking apps for the UK. I've used a P30 Pro since launch day but currently on a iPhone 11 Pro Max but desperately want to switch back to Android and the P40 Po. Can it be used daily without GSM in the UK?
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Which banking app in particular are you interest in as I am from the uk also? I personally haven't had issues with my Monzo banking or the majority of the apps as I get notifications on whatsapp and fb messenger but there are some without working notifications without gms enabled

I mainly use Nationwide Santander Barclaycard and Tesco Club card. Is there any contact less payment options as well with the P40?

Kicks.ovh said:
Which banking app in particular are you interest in as I am from the uk also? I personally haven't had issues with my Monzo banking or the majority of the apps as I get notifications on whatsapp and fb messenger but there are some without working notifications without gms enabled
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How are you finding using the P40 on a daily basis, would you recommend it and what are the pitfalls? I can pick one up for around £450 and it's so tempting to give it a go.

tbh the only apps im missing is messages (rcs chat isn't missed till you dont have it haha), and photos. if notifications and chat worked for messages id probably attempt to download gms for that alone

For messages the notifications are working, rcs not even after installing Google carrier services.
But the main issue o had was contacts stopped showing there, and sometimes it just showed the numbers, no names
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Kicks.ovh said:
Does the freeze help better with the majority if not all of the notifications? The main app I need is Pushover and I can't get ANY notifications on it without loading the app, everything else has worked fine for what I need it for
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I have Pushover notifications working, can't remember if I installed it before or after freezing Google Services Framework but it's definitely working for me.

i have problem to send position with whatsapp using gmap plus sometimes one notification error google account

Works:
Google Keep
Google Maps
Google Chrome
Google app
Microsoft ToDo
Clockify
Facebook
Messenger
WhatsApp
LinkedIn
Skype for buisness
Skype
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Outlook - I use it for Exchange and gmail (both calendar and emails
Google Photos
Citi bank app
ING bank app
Revolut
SkyCash app
Santander app
Youtube
Spotify with chromecast integration via Google Home
Google Home
Samsung Smartthings - integrates with google Home
Sennheiser SmartControl
notiOne
Android Auto
My Mazda app
Ewpe Smart - integrates with google Home
Xiaomi Home - integrates with google Home
Google Drive
OneDrive
Huawei health
Google Family Link
Adobe Scan (signed in with google account)
I do not care about Gmail since I connected mail and calendar via Outlook.
Notification works for most type of massages but in my case not for banking apps
I did not test GooglePay
NFC payment works for Santander app but not for ING app
Generally in my case I', very glad fo have GMS back mainly because of AndroidAuto and Google Home and Spotify which can stream to my audio devices with chromecast build in. Those things I missed a lot and therefore decided to downgrade fro 147 do 131, install GMS and upgrade back to 147. So far all works with some issuses (notifications + no NFC in ING app)

jjaagg said:
Works:
Google Keep
Google Maps
Microsoft ToDo
Clockify
Facebook
Messenger
WhatsApp
LinkedIn
Skype for buisness
Skype
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Outlook - I use it for Exchange and gmail (both calendar and emails
Google Photos
Citi bank app
ING bank app
Revolut
SkyCash app
Santander app
Youtube
Spotify with chromecast integration via Google Home
Google Home
Samsung Smartthings - integrtes with google Home
Sennheiser SmartControl
notiOne
Android Auto
My Mazda app
Ewpe Smart - integrtes with google Home
Xiaomi Home - integrtes with google Home
Google Drive
OneDrive
Huawei health
I do not care about Gmail since I connected mail and calendar via Outlook.
Notification works for most type of massages but in my case not for banking apps
I did not test GooglePay
NFC payment works for Santander app but not for ING app
Generally in my case I', very glad fo have GMS back mainly because of AndroidAuto and Google Home and Spotify which can stream to my audio devices with chromecast build in. Those things I missed a lot and therefore decided to downgrade fro 147 do 131, install GMS and upgrade back to 147. So far all works with some issuses (notifications + no NFC in ING app)
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how did you manage with to work with google home, it keep asking me to add new account, and how you chromecast youtube to your TV?

kalabilla said:
how did you manage with to work with google home, it keep asking me to add new account, and how you chromecast youtube to your TV?
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I did not cast from YT, but I can check if it works.
I cast music from spotify to:
- google chromecast audio
- polk magnifi soundbar
- 2x JBL Link 20 paired in stereo
which were already set up in Google Home on my P20 before I installed GMS on P40 pro.
In first approach after installation of GMS I used phone clone to move apps and it did not work. In Spotify there was no device to which I could cast.
I wiped the phone and in second approach I installed all apps from play store. First Spotify and in Spotify I could immediatelly see my devices. After that I installed Google Home and and I could see all my setings without any problem.
In first approach I used tutorial in spanish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utQ9q7pCGEM&feature=youtu.be
In second approach I used other tutorial which in my opinion is more structured and clear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fTIZFehwlw
Both methods works for me.
I also installed Google Family Link and Adobe scan and it also works.

Been using P40 Pro with GMS and frozen GSF for over 2 weeks now. Everything works, all notifications, all apps (about 250) that I had in my previous Samsung phone work fine. All bank apps, payment apps and bank id (those that we use here in Sweden), smart home apps, news apps, social media apps, Google photos, You Tube Vanced all work fine. Had to re-pair my smartwatch (Wear OS) with the P40 Pro without reset (search here on XDA for the procedure). Now it works fine too. All notifications, videos and interactions on the watch work fine. The only apps I didn't get to work - Google Pay, Samsung Pay (of course ).