I saw an XDA article talking about the app greenify and how great it was. It essentially hibernates apps so they're not running in the background and was made to copy what the iphone does. I use it but can't tell if it actually helps and don't know of any other app like it.
My question is does anyone use this app? Or another one like it?
If you use it, do you see significant results?
I just wanted to see other peoples' experiences.
Thanks
pburghfan426 said:
I saw an XDA article talking about the app greenify and how great it was. It essentially hibernates apps so they're not running in the background and was made to copy what the iphone does. I use it but can't tell if it actually helps and don't know of any other app like it.
My question is does anyone use this app? Or another one like it?
If you use it, do you see significant results?
I just wanted to see other peoples' experiences.
Thanks
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Yeah, this app will prevent other apps from waking up your phone. So if you don't care about notifications for that app then you can "greenify" it, so that it will not be able to perform automatic tasks in the background.
It does save some noticeable battery life.
I use it too. It's been great for keeping Google Maps' battery suckage down, though the newest update to Maps is supposed to help with that. (I personally refuse to update it, so I'm still on the last version.) It also keeps other apps that may be constantly working in the background from waking up your phone.
I have Google Maps, Pulse, Walgreens, Amazon Appstore, DeskSMS, Google+, and Words With Friends hibernated in mine.
pburghfan426 said:
I saw an XDA article talking about the app greenify and how great it was. It essentially hibernates apps so they're not running in the background and was made to copy what the iphone does. I use it but can't tell if it actually helps and don't know of any other app like it.
My question is does anyone use this app? Or another one like it?
If you use it, do you see significant results?
I just wanted to see other peoples' experiences.
Thanks
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long story short it's generally considered on xda to be the best battery saving apk, even if you just use it for maps and Facebook.
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Good to know
I ran Greenify for awhile but didn't understand it and couldn't tell if it helped at all. These posts give me a better idea of it function. I'll load it again and set it up better and get back here if I get a better idea of its benefits. Thanks for posting.
I like it alot. I don't need notifications for emails constantly so I stopped that. Battery life is improved from greenifying other things like maps and Facebook as well.
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JasonGeiger said:
I like it alot. I don't need notifications for emails constantly so I stopped that. Battery life is improved from greenifying other things like maps and Facebook as well.
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Well if you don't want the app to poll for emails all the time you can just turn off sync for the email apps.
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Well if you don't want the app to poll for emails all the time you can just turn off sync for the email apps.
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True but I use it for other apps so just throw that one in as well.
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You can get notifications on frozen apps if you buy the donate version.
Under experimental features. Works great.
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must have app
I use it for facebook , but facebook does not stay hibernated all the time. So annoying.
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I use it for facebook , but facebook does not stay hibernated all the time. So annoying.
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Facebook is a powerful little B. It (and it's messenger) wreak havoc on phones. Probably the worst battery and resource hog on about any android phone.
Yet, I don't uninstall it
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This isn't evo3d specific, but the facebook app really sucks. Is it just licensing that keeps someone from making a better one? I would pay for a FULLY FUNCTIONAL facebook app - something that lets me do everything I can do on the site. and I would like it to have total control over what I have to see in my newsfeed, because I don't care about farmville.
I just want push notifications on my EVO like my wife has on her epic
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This isn't evo3d specific, but the facebook app really sucks. Is it just licensing that keeps someone from making a better one? I would pay for a FULLY FUNCTIONAL facebook app - something that lets me do everything I can do on the site. and I would like it to have total control over what I have to see in my newsfeed, because I don't care about farmville.
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which facebook app are you using?
my stock FB app works w/o an issue
Look up friendcaster on the market its way better
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aaronpoweruser said:
Look up friendcaster on the market its way better
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yep rushes the default facebook app
New version been n beta since early June...hope it releases soon
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For now use browser and text notifications...
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I use friendcaster Pro, it has push notifications or can use emails like Blackberry
Facebook for iOS is virtually identical and also has issues.
Good call on friendcaster. Way better!
idk if you remember the early facebook app that was out when the Evo first came out a year ago... It was HORRIBLE compared to what we have today, so if anything, we're doing alright compared to that. And that's saying something.
But I agree, I hate having to go to the site to reply to invites to events and whatnot, gets old real quick. I also wish that gawker sites wouldn't go to the mobile site in the stock browser, it won't let you watch any flash videos, and won't let you switch to desktop version of the site. /endrant
Yeah and I will also like to change my profile pic from the app, because even if you go to the site from your phone (in desktop version) it doesn't let you do it cause of the cropping of the pic which is impossible from the phone.
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There is a update to 1.6 now
jshields1986 said:
which facebook app are you using?
my stock FB app works w/o an issue
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Stock FB app?? I have been freaking out cuz if there is a stock FB app on my 3D Evo...I cant find it!! Wtf?? Where is it?? Or why do you have it and I don't?? Anyway someone can upload the stock apk for me, please?
Thanks!
This time it didn't come pre installed as it was on the 4G, you have to go to the market and download it.
Yeah yeah, its a shooter and I'm not afraid to use it...
I'm having several issues with FB, the biggest being after I look at "X" pictures (My man Club?) no pictures will open. I have to reboot the phone and it works for a minute, then same thing? It seems to me, each time a i open a photo/movie and I backout, it stays in memory until FB is usless?
Lastly, and not that I really give a crap, some of my ex-wife post I get, others I dont. The Only reason I mention, she will post pictures of Granddaughter. Friends of mine get them and call and tell me how cute she is. I dont get them. The she will post something else, I get it, so she did not defriend me? makes no sense!
I have version 1.9.6
Anyclue?
Anyone? 100 views and no replys, any thoughs would be appricated.
Don't know about the pictures and videos, but I know you can block specific people or groups from any post you make, so your ex could be choosing to block you on certain posts.
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Don't know about the pictures and videos, but I know you can block specific people or groups from any post you make, so your ex could be choosing to block you on certain posts.
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Not to be smart, trust me, she has no clue how. Matter fact, no one in that family nor mine (except me) could do that. Oh well............
More worried about my phone freezing after I open "X" amount of photos. I cleaned up text messages, e-mails, mobile photos today (Photos are on FB anyway). Maybe Photon will run better?
Use friendcaster. Much better than official fb app anyway.
Well, mystery #1 solved (I think), she (they) are not smart enough to defriend me and she swore off FB. But since my daughter loves it and so do her religious friends, they created secret goup just for them. Click on THAT group and post, only they see it. I guess now and then, she slips and just post on her main wall. If I go to her profile, I see ALL the post! That makes sense.
With the freezing, clueless. Since Feb 18th, 2012, I have not installed or updated one single app!
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Use friendcaster. Much better than official fb app anyway.
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Friendcaster is nice; there's also Fast and Scope (Scope is invite only; install the app and then use invite code "theverge" to create an account) but none of the third-party Facebook apps can see your entire feed. There will always be some things that will not show up in third-party clients.
A more elegant solution I have found is to use Facebook on your mobile browser. It takes some tweaking to get the desktop site to display, but it can be done. Make sure you're accessing www.facebook.com and not just facebook.com; also setting the user agent to desktop can help as well.
Also, you can get the customizable Maxthon (google it, it lets you customize the name, icon, homepage, and other settings). Name it Facebook, give it a Facebook icon and splash screen, and set the homepage to Facebook, bam, you got a Facebook browser. The browser itself is very capable, and has the user agent feature if you want to use it for the desktop version.
It just helps to have options. The Facebook app has always been sub-par.
I use SEESMIC. It works surprisingly well. Works with twitter too, but I use tweetcaster for that.
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It just helps to have options. The Facebook app has always been sub-par.
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When my phone starts messing up, it's the first app I delete. Works everytime! and the funny thing, I don't have the other apps you mention here and my auto-update is off for everything. FB just crashes the phone for no reason out of the blue. Always has!
Are you on stock? I'm running MIUI and mine crashes mostly when rotating the screen but sometimes for no reason at all.
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Are you on stock? I'm running MIUI and mine crashes mostly when rotating the screen but sometimes for no reason at all.
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I'm stock, but it seems not to matter as I was unlocked and running CM7. Sadly, the only people I know NOT having issues are the 4 iPhone users I know. If I were adding apps and/or doing auto updates, I would maybe understand. I'm not.
Facebook I'd a billion dollar company, producing crap apps. The problem I have with there app is that every update will make or break the functionality. On a side note, the reason handloom works so well on, iOS, is because they have a whooping 10+/- devices to support, versus the hundreds of android devices on various os software. Ie: eclair, froyo, gingerbread, ics, honeycomb, etc. So I can't hate the facebook android devs completely just hate the issues that come with updates!
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Is, facebook. hate predictive text sometime.
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I don't use any facebrick app I only check facebrick from the stock browser. I don't have any issues whatsoever.
Granted the function of uploading pictures to facebrick is done through the gallery on the rocko rom I am using.
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I'm just making this thread to inform people of some battery issues they may have involving the official Facebook app. I don't exactly know when it starts but it seems to be affecting people that have updated the app. This afternoon I decided to download an older version of Facebook and immediately update it through the play store. As you can see in my first screenshot, within 12 hours it has kept my phone awake over 80% of the time even with Greenify forcing it into hibernation. The two wakelocks come from facebook syncing which shouldn't be occurring since I have both push notifications and syncing disabled for this app. In the second screenshot you'll notice where I uninstalled Facebook. Mind you, during the tremendous battery drain, I had the screen turned off almost all day. This is with only 2 hours of screen on time. I hope this helps people solve some unwanted battery drain.
I apologize for the small screenshots. For some reason it wouldn't allow me to upload them in the bigger option.
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I'm just making this thread to inform people of some battery issues they may have involving the official Facebook app. I don't exactly know when it starts but it seems to be affecting people that have updated the app. This afternoon I decided to download an older version of Facebook and immediately update it through the play store. As you can see in my first screenshot, within 12 hours it has kept my phone awake over 80% of the time even with Greenify forcing it into hibernation. The two wakelocks come from facebook syncing which shouldn't be occurring since I have both push notifications and syncing disabled for this app. In the second screenshot you'll notice where I uninstalled Facebook. Mind you, during the tremendous battery drain, I had the screen turned off almost all day. This is with only 2 hours of screen on time. I hope this helps people solve some unwanted battery drain.
I apologize for the small screenshots. For some reason it wouldn't allow me to upload them in the bigger option.
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This has been going on for a while. I never install the official FB app. It has an upload service that runs constantly.
Joecascio2000 said:
This has been going on for a while. I never install the official FB app. It has an upload service that runs constantly.
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Are there any alternatives you'd recommend?
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Joecascio2000 said:
This has been going on for a while. I never install the official FB app. It has an upload service that runs constantly.
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I know but not everyone is aware of this. So I did a test of my own and posted the results lol.
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Are there any alternatives you'd recommend?
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If you're not worried about getting notifications, then Fast Facebook without the Notification addon. Only updates stories and whatnot when you open the app.
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Are there any alternatives you'd recommend?
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I set up gmail notifications through facebook and I use the friendcaster pro app.
You could also add Yahoo, ebay, maps, etc... to the list.
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TangoXray said:
You could also add Yahoo, ebay, maps, etc... to the list.
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I use greenify to force Maps into hibernation.
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I use greenify to force Maps into hibernation.
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Really, it gave me a pop up saying system apps couldn't be put into hibernation. Also, since un installing Greenify the odd wake locks and syncing has gone away.
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Yeah the battery drain was happening for me right when I updated it. It kept saying GPS was staying awake even after I turned off location services on the app and in my phones settings
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TangoXray said:
Really, it gave me a pop up saying system apps couldn't be put into hibernation. Also, since un installing Greenify the odd wake locks and syncing has gone away.
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I don't have mine installed as a system app lol.
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I've never had any drain with Facebook on my OG. Sucks for you guys. :x
Murasakiii said:
I've never had any drain with Facebook on my OG. Sucks for you guys. :x
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Sucks to have a Facebook account lol I don't have one.
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TangoXray said:
Sucks to have a Facebook account lol I don't have one.
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xD It kinda sucks at times. But I'm networking for my career, so it's a necessity for me.
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I've never had any drain with Facebook on my OG. Sucks for you guys. :x
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It mainly comes after updating the app. It worked fine for me until I did that test. I've always preferred Fast Facebook, though. Cleaner UI.
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It mainly comes after updating the app. It worked fine for me until I did that test. I've always preferred Fast Facebook, though. Cleaner UI.
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Something I haven't noticed I suppose. I'll check that out though. I hate the UI on Facebook's app.
So far my battery life has been fantastic since moving to JB. Except for some catastrophic failures (Unable to connect via USB, No MMS, etc) the battery life has been phenomenal... Facebook hardly makes a dent. Plus I concluded that Facebook usually ate up a lot of time if notifications were being received from the message app or facebook directly. Worse if you have both installed.
Since I just read news feed on Facebook and I hate the top stories sort in the official Facebook app, I uninstalled the app. I just use LG Social + widget to get stories and they always sort in descending order. Best of both worlds.
Hello,
Here are some screenshots of my betterbatterystats and the battery history. Anyone have ideas on how to reduce these wakelocks? Also, I have noticed that my screen on time is pretty low yet the battery drained almost down to 0. Such a big increase in such a small amount of wake time (I only browsed the web and watched 2 videos. Any help is appreciated. Btw, from 100 to 97 the on screen time was 15 mins.
Anyone?
I can't help with your specific situation but many people are having issues with Google play services eating up battery. A Google search will return many results.
Only suggestion I have is to disable location services. Although I don't see how it would be relayed to gtalk reconnecting. Sorry
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I already have disabled that. Updated OP with full day analysis.
Download Greenify off play store and hibernate all Google apps....
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Teknodad1974 said:
Download Greenify off play store and hibernate all Google apps....
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This.
I had them hibernated and those results are v with them hibernated.
azeem40 said:
I had them hibernated and those results are v with them hibernated.
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Then you need to post your question in the BBS thread; they've seen every issue you can think of and will be able to give you some guidance.
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Is there a way to transfer the pics or will I have to reload them?
Hi mates,
Today,I got my code for ThemerApp.
Wanna try it...
I choose a theme, I press Apply and then....
!!
It requests an access to my Facebook account with full access to my personal information and friends list!!!
Why? Can someone tell me why a "THEMER" App requires my friends list?
I uninstall right now!
Pathetic
dont know why they do this. you can also use your google account but this as bad as using the fb-account.
although i really like this app this is really a nuisance !
The only reason I made this workaround so people can use themes without logging in to any accounts. Although it seems to be a trusted app, but it doesn't take long for any database to be hacked. Hope more themers use this.
handasoft said:
Hi mates,
Today,I got my code for ThemerApp.
Wanna try it...
I choose a theme, I press Apply and then....
!!
It requests an access to my Facebook account with full access to my personal information and friends list!!!
Why? Can someone tell me why a "THEMER" App requires my friends list?
I uninstall right now!
Pathetic
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because it's not just a simple theme app, it's a launcher with widgets of every kind (social networks included), rss feeds, etc.. and to display notifications correctly it needs full access.
Tabtoub said:
because it's not just a simple theme app, it's a launcher with widgets of every kind (social networks included), rss feeds, etc.. and to display notifications correctly it needs full access.
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I can understand a launcher with social network integration requesting access to social networks but I can't understand why it's mandatory.
I do NOT use social networks but I want to try this launcher out. It doesn't let you proceed without adding an account.
dehaani said:
I can understand a launcher with social network integration requesting access to social networks but I can't understand why it's mandatory.
I do NOT use social networks but I want to try this launcher out. It doesn't let you proceed without adding an account.
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Then use your Google account.
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Also uninstalled right after installing... Why does it want access to my facebook or google account to work properly? like seeing all your friends and stuff ? Ehhhm sorry but noo thanks!
Also why does a themer app need to collect "anonymous" location data of my phone?
This app was a big promise but they ****ed it up.
Its for the weather widgets, and unlike you privacy is the least of my concerns
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Yeah I have no reason to care cause group "XYZ" already has my information. Nothing to worry about.
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BBs19 said:
Also uninstalled right after installing... Why does it want access to my facebook or google account to work properly? like seeing all your friends and stuff ? Ehhhm sorry but noo thanks!
Also why does a themer app need to collect "anonymous" location data of my phone?
This app was a big promise but they ****ed it up.
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So do you use your Google account to set up your phone? To use the Play Store? What's the difference?
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That is very unfortunate to hear. There is no reason this app should require that information.
I'm starting to question if I want to use it now.
sSynyster said:
That is very unfortunate to hear. There is no reason this app should require that information.
I'm starting to question if I want to use it now.
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Like I said, we use our Google accounts for the Play Store. What's the difference? Besides, couldn't you make a dummy Google account? That's not too difficult to do.
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Like I said, we use our Google accounts for the Play Store. What's the difference? Besides, couldn't you make a dummy Google account? That's not too difficult to do.
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Isn't it a bit too much that I have to make a fake account just to use one app?
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Isn't it a bit too much that I have to make a fake account just to use one app?
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Isn't it a bit much to be all paranoid that MyColorScreen is gonna go spying on you? :eyeroll:
Just calm down and relax. I'm sure they don't care about your personal info.
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Besides, if you really wanna use the app and are THAT worried about your personal info, making a dummy account won't be a big deal. It's not a "bit much" at all. You're talking as if it's an ordeal to do, or a huge inconvenience.
And speaking of dummies, the people freaking out about Themer are the same people that feel perfectly fine with using Google for their Wallet service, or for their email, or even for Google Play. It's the same thing as logging into an account to use Themer. Besides, only a total idiot would turn over crucial data to the internet these days.
Jeez. People....
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Correct me if I am wrong, but don't MOST "Widgets" in Launchers require those kind of permissions? Look at Zooper Widget's Permissions:
They access those Apps to run them, so.. someone enlighten me on the difference please?
Ohmergod! This app is spying on us, wahhhhhhhh. Half the damn apps on our phone require access to our personal info and you're going to get your panties in a bunch over Themer using it? Not sure if serious.
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Ohmergod! This app is spying on us, wahhhhhhhh. Half the damn apps on our phone require access to our personal info and you're going to get your panties in a bunch over Themer using it? Not sure if serious.
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I swear, people love to have something to complain about. :thumbup:
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I swear, people love to have something to complain about. :thumbup:
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Its not Themer spying on us that people are worried about. Its what happens "if" their database gets hacked into the same way WhatsApp and TrueCaller got hacked recently.
But the Gmail permission is certainly understandable since it needs it to show the Unread Count in Everything Widget and having a bit of experience developing apps, I'm pretty sure there's no other way to get the counts.
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Its not Themer spying on us that people are worried about. Its what happens "if" their database gets hacked into the same way WhatsApp and TrueCaller got hacked recently.
But the Gmail permission is certainly understandable since it needs it to show the Unread Count in Everything Widget and having a bit of experience developing apps, I'm pretty sure there's no other way to get the counts.
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Very true. But like I said, if people are really that worked up, they can use a dummy account.
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data. so that they can promote it further. or maybe just get info on who all are downloading their app, so that they can improve it further