Quite disappointing for a camera focused phone. Google photos is not for me.
What are some good alternatives?
I have to agree with you. I have been using Sony phones for years and enjoyed the Album app. I reluctantly am using Google Photos but it received an update today that improves the experience. However, I would be interested in hearing other users alternatives as well.
Google photo is perfect.
Album is discontinued because it cost a lot of money to Sony
It's not perfect (yet)
There is an annoying issue and it seems it will take time to fix it.
You cannot edit photo (cropping for example) if your photo are saved into the microsd card. You need to use a workaround and to have save a copy and delete the original.
I hope they will fix it soon. Please upvote
https://support.google.com/photos/thread/49601809
augie7107 said:
I have to agree with you. I have been using Sony phones for years and enjoyed the Album app. I reluctantly am using Google Photos but it received an update today that improves the experience. However, I would be interested in hearing other users alternatives as well.
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to be honest I didn't like the Album app at all on the Z and XZ3 , so I'm not missing it
Is it showing your actual photos or the photos once they are uploaded to google?
Try Simple Gallery Pro, much better than sony's album and you can customise everything.
Found this on Reddit. You can install a previous version of Album that works with the X1ii. I've been using it and it's a much better experience than Google Photos.
Have a back up gallery app like Simple Gallery because some folders don't appear in the Album app I've found. Enjoy?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia...eria/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
I can't live without this app.
I hope one of you supernerd can make it work. I'll Paypal a beer.
Yes I agree, the Sony album app has always been the best and I have been really missing it.
https://reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/iijupd/sony_album_app_working_on_xperia_1_ii/
By any chance, do you know how to get the sd card permission prompt to show up for the 9.8 album apk? Even though it has the permissions in the manifest, no modifications can be made to files on the sd card .
Normally it doesn't have to because album was always a system app
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https://reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/iijupd/sony_album_app_working_on_xperia_1_ii/
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Thanks for the suggestion!
I'll receive the phone in the next days, then I'll try to install it.
For the Paypal donation do you know that user? Is you? I don't have a reddit account...
Xperia album is discontinued by Sony. Sony has cut half of its smartphone division last year, so it is no wonder that most of xperia softwares has to been abandoned. I personally use simple gallery as an alternative.
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I can't live without this app.
I hope one of you supernerd can make it work. I'll Paypal a beer.
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No need. Plenty of alternatives out there that work much better than the gallery app ever did. My personal favorite is F-Stop.
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https://reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/iijupd/sony_album_app_working_on_xperia_1_ii/
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I received the phone and followed your suggestion, now I have the old school Album app on my Xperia 1 II. Thanks so much!
I would donate not a beer, but two beers to the creator. Please link me the PayPal account, thanks.
Listen folks, before wiping your old phone, download App Extractor, and copy the unpacked 'Album' (or any other) file/program over to your new phone (a PC will help), and voila!
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Hi,
i played this weekend with a couple android devices and i liked the contact app on the samsung galaxy tab. is it possilbe to get it on the desire, or is it special made from/for samsung?
cant find it in the market...
What's so special about it?I've never seen it
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What's so special about it?I've never seen it
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i think it's the same as in the SGS...the contact application is very nice..it allows you to swipe right or left in order to make a call or send a sms.. i think if there is a way to import this in to DHD it would be very nice
and i also like the style and layout, but will probably look very tiny on the small display of the dhd.
but i like it. better than the htc one....
Its basically like the iPad's contact app, in landscape mode it shows the contact list down the left side and when a contact is selected it fills the right hand side of the screen with the contacts details. Is that what your after?
yep,
i also like contapps, like the portrait view with the name under it, but unforunately it sorts the contacts only by first name and i would like to have it with last name...
Im not a massive fan of contapps, however i can see the appeal. i would definatly like the Tab's contact app though, and i think with the DHD's 4.3 inch screen, it would work pretty well.
right now contapps is buggy, but i like the idea, the design is a diffrent story, but maybe they enable themes...i like the facebook integration in cotapps more than with the standard dhd people app and facebook for thc sense, because, this f**** always messes up my contact pictures...
i just would like to have the "updates" from facebook not the pictures and anything...
but i think the conact app from the galaxy tab is only for samsung...its not a open app for everybody....
Off, u can always override pic of contacts in edit mode,htc sense.
-- sent from htc z using xda app
yes i can overide it until the next sync, than i have all this nice facebook pictures back from facebook for htc sense or twitter for htc sense...*bullsh..*
i am looking for a goot contacts app who still does integrate stuff like facebook and twitter but let me choose what to do. like in contapps, i can choose which picture gets overwritten by the facebook one...twitter is not yet integrated, but i like the foursquare integration too...
i even looked at sony eriscson xperia 10 today, the integration of the networks look better there, but i could test if it does the same overwritting like htc facebook.
Had a unpacked (preproduction) Galaxy Tab rom laying around from my Galaxy S days (Way.. back) Here's the contact app from it, I assume it doesn't run on the DHD, but who knows, maybe someone can make it work
I don't know how to get it running on the DHD. If you have questions, please contact the Samsung or HTC Helpdesk
Hi guys,
We've noticed the discussion and wanted to tell you a bit about our plans and development process.
Some of the issues mentioned in your discussion, such as design themes and additional sorting options are on their way and will be released to the market very soon.
We're also working on adding new features such as Twitter support.
If you encounter any bugs or if you have any other issues, comments and suggestions please contact us.
We're very quick in answering our users and we always appreciate user suggestions and bug reports since we believe it's the best way to improve and create a great app.
Thanks and enjoy your contacts,
The Contapps team
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Had a unpacked (preproduction) Galaxy Tab rom laying around from my Galaxy S days (Way.. back) Here's the contact app from it, I assume it doesn't run on the DHD, but who knows, maybe someone can make it work
I don't know how to get it running on the DHD. If you have questions, please contact the Samsung or HTC Helpdesk
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doesn't run on the DHD..cannot be installed
Contapps said:
Hi guys,
We've noticed the discussion and wanted to tell you a bit about our plans and development process.
Some of the issues mentioned in your discussion, such as design themes and additional sorting options are on their way and will be released to the market very soon.
We're also working on adding new features such as Twitter support.
If you encounter any bugs or if you have any other issues, comments and suggestions please contact us.
We're very quick in answering our users and we always appreciate user suggestions and bug reports since we believe it's the best way to improve and create a great app.
Thanks and enjoy your contacts,
The Contapps team
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Hi team,
Nice app you have there. I like the way you advertise it on your website.
"Dude, I’m so
bored with my mobile
contacts…"
"Try contapps,
it’s free!"
Lol... keep up the great work.
EDIT: in dutch your app and company name sounds a bit funny. In dutch "kont" means "ass" .The pronunciation of "cont" is the same as "kont" in dutch, so in Dutch it sounds like ass apps
I suggest a fusion with a company named "kick" for the dutch app market
goran macedon said:
doesn't run on the DHD..cannot be installed
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What do you mean, cannot be uninstalled? Everything can be uninstalled.
Edit: Like your signature. Great one.
appelflap said:
What do you mean, cannot be uninstalled? Everything can be uninstalled.
Edit: Like your signature. Great one.
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no no i said IT CANNOT BE INSTALLED...when i try to open trough ASTRO..and go install it says Application not installed ? i don't know why
goran macedon said:
no no i said IT CANNOT BE INSTALLED...when i try to open trough ASTRO..and go install it says Application not installed ? i don't know why
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You're right. I was a bit to quick. Probably because I assumed beforehand that it cannot be installed.
anyone tried to push it via adb? might try it when i get home
any1 had any luck?
Just trying contapps, very nice i have a few suggestions which i think would work nicely
Using contapps too, but I don't like that I cant sort the contacts by last name and it shows me a lot of the items twice, like home and work address, birthday and so on, I think it's because, I have all my contacts in phone and synced with google too. also would like to link the contacts with other social sites and an overview of it in the info section
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I take a lot of pics, and videos. I've got a 2 yr old and another child on the way, so my snap shots and videos are going to increase. I like to share this media with family across the country. But I dislike using two or more apps to do it.
I don't like the stock Android ICS gallery and although I do like the older 3D gallery, I dislike the lack of any real options. ie I want to be able to specify which folders it looks at.
Picasa is a great "picture sharing" platform but doesn't have the ability to upload/share video (as far as I could tell), nor is there a stand alone app for it....you need the stock gallery to view your photos.
QuickPic is pretty sweet, but lacks the ability to syn with Picasa. And, also is doesn't have its own upload ability. You need to upload to Picasa, Photobucket or the likes.
Photobucket has pretty great upload / sharing abilities but doesn't really function as a gallery.
Sooooooo considering how great the camera function is becoming in our phones, can't we just have one darn app to handle all of this?? Maybe I'm missing out on something, but I think we're still coming up short in this department.
That's kinda of alot to ask for, but we never know what the future holds.
Jamdat33 said:
That's kinda of alot to ask for, but we never know what the future holds.
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You're bringing me down bro I hope its in the future. The hardware on smart phones is progressing in leaps and bounds. I needs an everything app
New realtime web tracking system, runs on any phone 2.1+
You can send links to people you want to share your position with. Has configurable "update" times and shows last update/update interval/battery status on the web tracking page (useful for example when you are outside, roaming wilderness for many hours and need to save those last 10% of battery by turn long update interval - people watching you do not freak out, why didn't you move for a long time).
Current status: works, I am optimizing the GPS usage for battery savings.
Market link
Had to move this to the Paid Apps forum
Nice app too
nice
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Great app! Extremely happy with it!
that the spirit
nice app
i'll give a try, specially usefull when you for some reason lend your mobile
Does it work even without GSM signal or not?
Tnx
It's the app that I looking for ! Awesome
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Does it work even without GSM signal or not?
Tnx
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It does, over Wifi.
I am the author of this app and have one question - did you ever clicked on ads in this app? I am just trying to make a kind of "Survey" between users to know, which way to go. I have the paid version, but it doesn't sell well, so I made the Ad-supported version, listed in Google Play for free, but not many people click the ads.
What do you think? Do you think, that having the app free, supported with ads is viable option for me?
Does this application allows recording and upload tracks?
I`m looking for app like old GPSed for iOS and Blackberry.
pR13S7 said:
Does this application allows recording and upload tracks?
I`m looking for app like old GPSed for iOS and Blackberry.
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No, it just allows realtime tracking for now.
kokesh said:
Do you think, that having the app free, supported with ads is viable option for me?
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For the most part if I use and like an app, I will get the paid version. Outside of that, I don't see the ads, and I would not click on them if I did.
Via my HTC Rezound
It is strange. They have stopped showing for some reason, I have experienced it on my devices several times. I'll look into that
hmmm. great app, starting to download now. thanks
Not sure about this time tracking application. We had been using Replicon's time tracking product suite which is an easy to use cloud based solution. It has a simple to use calendar view interface, great features for usability and unparalleled back up support too. NO issues till date, had been quite efficient and productive tool.
braden shaw said:
Not sure about this time tracking application. We had been using Replicon's time tracking product suite which is an easy to use cloud based solution. It has a simple to use calendar view interface, great features for usability and unparalleled back up support too. NO issues till date, had been quite efficient and productive tool.
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Good try, spam bot This ain't time tracking
Looking forwark to seeing and app like that
nice application, ang i want to tray this. thanks
Nice app... but
I just downloaded your free version to see how it worked before purchasing and have a question.
In your description it says you can send links by email but there is no option through the phone app to send links at all. The only place I seen that offers any type of links to send is on the website. I think this option should be offered through the phone app.
Is this something you plan on adding?
As a huge fan of TWiT, I wanted my own Audio-only App for on the go. I received permission from OMGChad to use the Logo/Title.
Hopefully others will like it, if not, it's really for me in the end.
Waiting for acceptance in the Marketplace still...
Nice App, waiting for it on the marketplace
I'm actually working on an awesome Metro design for a TWiT app, I was going to contact the guy that makes the other one, but if you'd like some help email me at [email protected] and I'll send you some images
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lseidman said:
As a huge fan of TWiT, I wanted my own Audio-only App for on the go. I received permission from OMGChad to use the Logo/Title.
Hopefully others will like it, if not, it's really for me in the end.
Waiting for acceptance in the Marketplace still...
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Nice work, looking forward to it, how difficult would it be to create an HTML5 video stream version ?
Will be be free and ad-free ?
*Detection* said:
Nice work, looking forward to it, how difficult would it be to create an HTML5 video stream version ?
Will be be free and ad-free ?
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The App is free and ad-free, except for when you listen to the audio feed, which most of the time the screen will be off, as it is just audio being streamed.
As for HTML5 Video Stream, for the episodes it can be done and a small version of it has been put in our Beta. Sometimes has issues as we have to scrape the video URL's from a clunky and not-so-proper XML File.
how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.
I agree. Try piktures from the play store. That's a good gallery app
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indianajonze said:
how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.
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This is probably the one thing that made me say WTF. I'm going with cyanogenmod gallery from the play store.
Use quickpic it's like the stock gallery from KitKat
This is the thing that bugs me about Android. They got rid of perfectly good standalone apps and want to tie everything in with their services.
I don't want Play Music -- I want to go right to my songs and playlist with one click.
I don't want Photos App -- for the same reasons above.
I don't want Email to be bundled in with Gmail.
It's getting to the point where soon I will have to replace all of the built in apps with apps that simply work better.
QuickPic is defatenaly the way to go.. nice find!
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This is the thing that bugs me about Android. They got rid of perfectly good standalone apps and want to tie everything in with their services.
I don't want Play Music -- I want to go right to my songs and playlist with one click.
I don't want Photos App -- for the same reasons above.
I don't want Email to be bundled in with Gmail.
It's getting to the point where soon I will have to replace all of the built in apps with apps that simply work better.
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they took away the beautiful ASOP browser and replace with their stinking chrome.
bloody google decision.
bradputt said:
they took away the beautiful ASOP browser and replace with their stinking chrome.
bloody google decision.
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Yep. Gallery, Messaging, Music Player and Browser are areas where OEM's like LG and Samsung, etc.., def have a major advantage over Google's Android decision and design team.
I just tap and hold on the first picture, then tap all the other pics I want to move. Then hit the share button
Quickpic is what I use. Cm gallery isn't half bad though
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I just tap and hold on the first picture, then tap all the other pics I want to move. Then hit the share button
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which is fine for 2-3 pics. but for 78? not so much. its a terrible design choice, especially when batch select was available in the stock gallery app
Pilz said:
Use quickpic it's like the stock gallery from KitKat
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quickpic is a great find for sure.
If you use the light theme with Quickpic, it pretty much looks like a built in Android app anyway. Even has the latest material design.
I actually like the G+ pictures app and was using it before I got my N6.
I have to say that I am also extremely disappointed with Google's photo gallery app. It sucks indeed. I am coming from the LG G3 and their gallery app was awesome. The layout was wonderfully displayed and user friendly. Not to mention all of the great features it offered, such as add albums, move photos and videos around and also to hide and then lock selected albums. If we could get that on the Nexus 6, that would truly be an epic win for us all.
Use Motorola Gallery (bundled with Motorola Camera), available in this forum or in the Moto G section.
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Use Motorola Gallery (bundled with Motorola Camera), available in this forum or in the Moto G section.
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Doesn't allow photo manipulation. (Moving, etc..)
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indianajonze said:
how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.
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stop crying about this. did you even google for the gallery apk? it is in the nexus 6, in any aosp build. it works on the nexus 6 just fine. all you had to do is google for the apk and install it, instead of crying about it. btw, here is the gallery apk, just install it like any other app http://goo.gl/cfB8ak
+1 for quickpic here
Google Photos blows
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stop crying about this. did you even google for the gallery apk? it is in the nexus 6, in any aosp build. it works on the nexus 6 just fine. all you had to do is google for the apk and install it, instead of crying about it. btw, here is the gallery apk, just install it like any other app http://goo.gl/cfB8ak
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i mean i was complaining about the new stock app. you're suggesting something that's not the stock app. i did lots of googling and am well versed in the alternatives i've found and what was suggested here. does not change the fact that the stock app sucks. not really crying either. i find your hostility odd...
anyway, i've been using quickpic. it's pretty outstanding