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  1. electricpete

    Help app to vibrate watch when phone out of range (prevent losing phone)

    I used to have that function available, but since I have upgraded to a new phone (Galaxy S9+ running Oreo) and reset my Zenwatch 2 watch, I cannot find an app to do it. When Google loaded my old phone's apps onto my new phone, it included Wear Aware - Phone Finder by Nordic Usability GmBH, last...
  2. electricpete

    Finally got security update on act s9+ (went from 2/1/18 to 6/1/18)

    Here it is 6/23/18 and finally my expensive samsung flagship phone is no longer on 2/1/18. Title "act" should read "at&t"
  3. electricpete

    Help unfortunately, gmail has stopped

    Phone: Nexus 6 running 6.0.1 with Feb security update. Rooted, xposed I updated a bunch of apps thru Google Play, including gmail. While they were updating, I tapped on a gmail notification and got the subject message (unfortunately...) Gmail gives that message ever since. btw, I noticed a new...
  4. electricpete

    Help unread SMS indications won't clear on google messenger

    For the past week or so, any time I receive and read a new SMS, the unread indicator isn't cleared by the act of reading. More specifically: 1 - The badge showing unread indicator on Nova Prime / Tesla remains at 1 (should disappear) 2 - Tasker continues to think I have a new SMS message and...
  5. electricpete

    home-made arrangement - portable cooled wireless charger (video)

    Here's the video I bought three things: 1 - Kmashi 15,000 milliAmp-hour power pack ($20, delivered) 2 - USB clock fan with flexible goose neck ($8.50, delivered) 3 - Insignia wirless charging pad from Best Buy $40 - (Yes, I know there are cheaper options... this was an impulse buy) Items 2 and...
  6. electricpete

    home-made arrangement - portable cooled wireless charger (video)

    Here's the video I bought three things: 1 - Kmashi 15,000 milliAmp-hour power pack ($20, delivered) 2 - USB fan with flexible goose neck ($8.50, delivered) 3 - Insignia wirless charging pad from Best Buy $40 - (I know there are cheaper options... this charger was an impulse buy) Items 2 and 3...
  7. electricpete

    Help AppSheet (new add-on for Google Sheets) - type in google username/password from within the app

    There are several new add-in apps that tie into google docs and sheets as discussed here. The one I'm interested in is AppSheet, which I think might give a better interface for inputting spreadsheet data into google sheets. When I try to use the app, it asks me to authorize access to my Google...
  8. electricpete

    Spam call protection coming to nexus

    ....according to this link below, it will be showing up in an update to our phone app http://www.techtimes.com/articles/171423/20160726/google-nexus-android-phone-app-gets-spam-call-protection-with-latest-update.htm Apparently will show up in the phone app overflow menu...
  9. electricpete

    Pokemon Go and Google account

    I haven't used the game, but it is widely reported in the news that a fairly innocent looking dialogue about logging into the game with Google account granted the app complete access to your Google account (read and send emails etc). I don't have full details (maybe someone else can chime in...
  10. electricpete

    2014 M360 won't get A.W. 2.0...

    ... according to Phandroid Maybe it's sour grapes, but Android Wear 2.0 didn't look that great to me anyway Instead of swiping left-to-right to "go back" or get rid of current screen (or clear notification?) users will have to press the button. wtfo... that seems way slower to me. Seriously...
  11. electricpete

    June update (gets rid of low initial volume on notification, ringer, alarms?)

    Guess what... it's June ;-) No surprise - the June images are out. No surprise - there are again two versions (MMB30J and MOB30I) following the MMB and MOB fork that occurred a few months ago...… I stuck with later-looking MOB fork and flashed MOB30I No surprise - there are again many...
  12. electricpete

    Ironic

    Tried to watch a youtube video about fixing the youtube video error...
  13. electricpete

    Two more images in May

    Here is where we’ve been: FEB: MMB29Q MAR: MMB29V APR: MMB29X, MOB30D MAY: MMB30G, MOB30I It seems that in April we forked: keeping the old MMB series and starting a new MOB series. Speculation on some sites is that the new MOB fork has a new radio and the old MMB fork is kept around for...
  14. electricpete

    Help Want to display "select input method" when using keyboard

    For a long time when using a keyboard, a notification saying "select input method" notification is displayed. Lately I notice it is no longer present on my phone (Nexus 6 running 6.0.1, rooted). I want the notification back (so I can use it for tasker profile to disable triple tap...
  15. electricpete

    [SOLVED] Deleting directories in /system/app using twrp or adb?

    BACKGROUND: I'm trying to figure out a way to streamline my monthly security update process for my Nexus 6. Here's what I do now: 1 – use fastboot to flash factory image… all partitions except recovery (I keep my twrp recovery) 2 – use recovery/ twrp to flash chainfires SuperSu.zip 3 – Reboot...
  16. electricpete

    April Factory images out (MMB29X...MOB30D)

    https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu Every month there are multiple items deemed "critical", but this month there was some extra commotion in the news about a linux kernel flaw, that almost led to a mid-month update in March. So I'm going to flash this as soon I get a...
  17. electricpete

    Calculator by "Wearable Software" better than Google's imo

    Recently it was announced that Google Play now carries a Google's "calculator" app which includes android wear support (you can pull up calculator app on your wrist and do simple calculations there). If you have a nexus device, you already have the Google calculator app and may have noticed...
  18. electricpete

    Feature to jump to end of displayed latest thread from "my forums" on pc browser

    I sometimes browse "my forums" on pc to see if there is recent activity of interest. Each "row" of the table is a forum, with forum name on the left side (clickable link to forum). On the right side is some useful information in two rows per forum: Latest: [thread title] [username] [time]...
  19. electricpete

    Root Flashing to update while rooted (with xposed)

    I just did my first flash to update to current security level (Feb) since I first set up my new phone in December. It's probably a routine thing for you guys, but it was a first time for me. So I'm leaving my notes here in case they may be of use to anyone else (and I'll probably come back here...
  20. electricpete

    Wondering about security of in-app payments.

    I was always a little uneasy about in-app payments. If you have your google account set up to require password for purchases (which seems like a prudent thing to me), then it'll ask you for your google password during the in-app purchase. But what's to prevent the app from spoofing the google...
  21. electricpete

    Tasker battery drain.... due to exiting without using back button?

    Usually Tasker is low on my battery list. Today with battery at 45%, I have 12% usage from screen and 7% usage from Tasker. Tasker stats show 32 minutes cpu total, 40 sec cpu background, and 7 hours of "keep awake" I launched a shortcut to Tasker to check what profiles were active. No profiles...
  22. electricpete

    best apps for free (and legal) streaming chromecast content

    Here are my favorites: youtube... everyone knows that already. I also like plutotv. It has a bunch of channels each with a theme. Want news... take your pick of several. Want music videos... there are channels for each genre. Two different tech channels. Many sports channels, comedy...
  23. electricpete

    Pet peeve - consolidating threads

    I'm thankful for mods in general and I know they do things for a purpose. But one thing I've noticed is a propensity to stuff new threads into a vaguely-related run-on thread. I'm not picking on one particular one, but just need an example...
  24. electricpete

    Help cogi-like app for Android Wear

    I just tried out Cogi for Android. It's a pretty slick app with a feature that it doesn't always record but it's always listening (when a session is in progress). So if you hear something that you want to remember or something you didn't quite catch, you can tap a button to save the last 15...
  25. electricpete

    Root Instructions for installing Xposed on rooted N6 running Marshmallow

    You may have heard that Xposed is available on Marshmallow. In fact a large list of modules are already updated/working on marshmallow, as listed here Xposed for marshmallow installation is a little tricky. I spent awhile reading through this Nexus 6 xposed marshmallow thread to find some...