Hi mates,
Today,I got my code for ThemerApp.
Wanna try it...
I choose a theme, I press Apply and then....
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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....
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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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pandacookie said:
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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Rado_vr6 said:
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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pandacookie said:
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
Related
I am looking for a way to hide a single or a few contacts from my phonebook I am currently on a Sense based rom. Is there an app to do this? I have searched and haven't been able to find any? Would it be possible for one of the amazing devs on here to edit the stock phonebook to make this feature? It would be really cool to have the ability to hide contacts and password protect it. Thank you to all the devs that keep making our phones even better!
And the name of the app would be, "help me not get caught cheating!" no, that's too long. But you get the point.
That isn't going to hide any of your sexting history either. Lol
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I believe there are a number of apps in the market that do this.
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this has bulilt in contacts list and hides txt. i use this one when contacting an escort
https://market.android.com/details?...DEsImNvbS5wcm9qZWN0Lm1lbW9yeWVycm9ydGhyZWUiXQ..
this is just a hidden contact list never tried this one
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.project.memoryerrorcontact&feature=search_result
There are several apps in the market to help you cheat. I remember seeing at least 5 of them. Also, there are several apps that allow you to password-protect access to other apps as well. If you really can't find them, I'll find some for you, I just don't feel like it right now. lol
shady .
Shady SMS FTW!!!
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Lmao!!!
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dadoc04 said:
Lmao!!!
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Lulz.......
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The Shady Apps looking interesting I may give them a try thanks for the help. I want to hide the contacts not to help me cheat its a work phone and its not supposed to be used for personal use but I have a few personal contacts stored there and I dont want coworkers to be able to see the contacts when we share the phone. I can see where you may think its for cheating purposes!
Dam this threat is gansta lol
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I just loled. Good recovery though.
The Evo 3D.
Just got this phone today and was wondering if there is some special way of getting the widget to work? I have added my accounts but it just sits there and tells me to add an account.
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I can't get it too add yahoo or Google+. not sure what!
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Yeah was trying to get facebook and twitter but nothing, weird
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Anyone have any suggestions?
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It worked for me, but I felt it wasn't necessary. The UI was too basic to really use compared to the full version of the same apps.
Thanks for the input but do you have a suggestion for me?
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I had to return here for suggestions (so I get notifications), I get Linked and Facebook. When I go to add an account, I see them (checked because I have them) and I see Twitter (Not checked because I don't use it).
I want to add Google+ and Yahoo. Even when I am up and chatting on both of them, Social will not show them to add. I am clueless!
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It worked for me, but I felt it wasn't necessary. The UI was too basic to really use compared to the full version of the same apps.
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This is EXACTLY why I use this Widget. I work in IT and have done so for MANY years. I had Yahoo IM @ 12 years ago, @ 4 years ago I started with FB, This June, I got Google+. The last 3 years I have traveled the world with job, some friends are on Facebook, some on +, some still on Yahoo.
I have 760+ contacts, everyone keeps asking "Whats up, what have you been up to?" I cannot possibility answer them all, except with Social Networking, weather they want to read it or not. One post, everyone is happy.
Now, Like you stated, If I want a more personalized experience, I go to the app it's self.
Thanks everyone but the problem I'm having is I don't get anything on the widget and all it says is add an account.
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corybucher said:
Thanks everyone but the problem I'm having is I don't get anything on the widget and all it says is add an account.
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have you signed into your accounts? you can have 50 accounts, until you add them, they will not show.
Yes
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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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pkomarnicki said:
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!
Acvice said:
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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Dark Reality said:
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 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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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.
joshm.1219 said:
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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rippedwarrior69 said:
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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So last night, I can no longer use Inbox by Gmail. Don't know what Google did, but they are able to block dedicated users such as myself.
Gmail is filled with ads and the stock LG email app doesn't bundle emails. Any XDA member want to recommend a solid email app that goes good with the lgv30?
BROKEN1981 said:
Gmail is filled with ads and the stock LG email app doesn't bundle emails. Any XDA member want to recommend a solid email app that goes good with the lgv30?
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Where do ads show up? I don't see any ads in Gmail... But I use an ad blocker.
I use Gmail for personal email, and Nine for corporate email.
BROKEN1981 said:
So last night, I can no longer use Inbox by Gmail. Don't know what Google did, but they are able to block dedicated users such as myself.
Gmail is filled with ads and the stock LG email app doesn't bundle emails. Any XDA member want to recommend a solid email app that goes good with the lgv30?
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Inbox was shutdown in April! They only support the Gmail app now.
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"Fair Email" is open source and seems to do pretty much everything I need
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.email
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ChazzMatt said:
Where do ads show up? I don't see any ads in Gmail... But I use an ad blocker.
I use Gmail for personal email, and Nine for corporate email.
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Same here. Nine has a lot of great features including the ability to add graphics in signatures.
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Gmail is filled with ads
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I've never seen an ad in Gmail either. How does that look?
I've used Blokada for a year or two, but never saw ads before that either.
Blokada requires hardly any configuration, just install it and go. Works in all apps. I use an older version, though, which doesn't require registering for their VPN.
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Where do ads show up? I don't see any ads in Gmail... But I use an ad blocker.
I use Gmail for personal email, and Nine for corporate email.
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Oh, you can't block these ads. They look like emails . They come in social-promotions-updates.
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I've never seen an ad in Gmail either. How does that look?
I've used Blokada for a year or two, but never saw ads before that either.
Blokada requires hardly any configuration, just install it and go. Works in all apps. I use an older version, though, which doesn't require registering for their VPN.
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I'll get 5 ads in 1 tab
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BROKEN1981 said:
So last night, I can no longer use Inbox by Gmail. Don't know what Google did, but they are able to block dedicated users such as myself.
Gmail is filled with ads and the stock LG email app doesn't bundle emails. Any XDA member want to recommend a solid email app that goes good with the lgv30?
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I wasn't aware of ads in gmail, but wasn't using it anyway. I prefer outlook, I like the interface and it integrates nicely with other microsoft services, if you use them.
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I'll get 5 ads in 1 tab
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Wow! I've never seen anything like that in Gmail. But I only have Primary Inbox enabled in settings, none of the fancy ones. That must be why: No ads in Primary Inbox.
I'm tempted to try to reproduce the ads on my Gmail, just for curiosity, but I won't, in case I can't get rid of them again
As far as ads go, these are unobtrusive and easily ignored
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I'm using Gmail for personal e-mail and stock LG e-mail client for my university account. It's quite good for my activities. But still if I need to write something I preffer do this on my laptop [emoji14]
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TheDannemand said:
Wow! I've never seen anything like that in Gmail. But I only have Primary Inbox enabled in settings, none of the fancy ones. That must be why: No ads in Primary Inbox.
I'm tempted to try to reproduce the ads on my Gmail, just for curiosity, but I won't, in case I can't get rid of them again
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Use a burner account if anything. Yeah, 1 ad from Google and your life is over.
Reminds me of a bad 80's movie that came true.
Out of all the email app suggestions, nothing comes close to Inbox by Gmail.
never in my life could I have thought email could be that good.
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Use a burner account if anything. Yeah, 1 ad from Google and your life is over.
Reminds me of a bad 80's movie that came true.
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Exactly!
No I was just curious. Fortunately I've got enough work to occupy me to leave curiosity alone
I've been pretty happy with aquamail.
I been using Email by Edison Software, it's simple and no ads.
a34 said:
I been using Email by Edison Software, it's simple and no ads.
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I've tried it, just seems like every email app lacks bundling.
As an example of bundling, if louder with Crowder posted 3 YouTube videos, I'll see 3 emails of it and have to delete all 3 emails.
Inbox by Gmail would take those 3 emails and make it look like 1 due to bundling.
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Exactly!
No I was just curious. Fortunately I've got enough work to occupy me to leave curiosity alone
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I think I figured it out.
Messing around with Gmail and I selected my account. Looking at the options, I was able to opt out of ads.
Haven't had 1 in 2 hours. Could be a coincidence. However, that's a long time.
Only thing I see now in my promotions tab is from NewEgg and a few from bull City flavors and direct vapor.
This is why I like my promotions tab. It's relevant because I catch deals on things that I actually buy.
Sucks that I don't have a purchases tab like I did in Inbox.
Seems that I'll never be happy with an email app again. Seems so odd to feel like that. Email. Something so simple and yet Google actually got it pretty much 100% .
I can't even select all and batch delete in Gmail. WTF?!?
I've installed every email app on Play Store. I just don't like them. I wanna drive over to Google headquarters and slap every single person there. Maybe it will knock some sense into them. LMFAO
Anyone wanna take a bet on what Google kills off next? GBoard? Chrome? Chromecast? Keep Notes? Naaaa we all know it's going to be Google drive. LoL
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Spark email client works a lot like Inbox. Works pretty well.
redoregon said:
I've been pretty happy with aquamail.
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The same email client for me. Good for save and restore all accounts on 2 click !