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[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
NewsBro - Easy News Reader application not only improves user news reading experience in smartphone & tablet but also boosts webpage loading speed.

It scrapes news homepages to display as list-based layout and then notifies all new stories to user. Moreover, the article content is re-formatted to remove ads and unnecessary elements before fitting its layout for device screen. News articles can be read as book pages with re-sizable text & changeable reading background color.

Key functions of NewsBro:

- Site Bookmark management

- Convert news homepage & article layout to fit device screen

- Save loading time & data bandwidth while loading the webpages

- Detect new stories which just updated from news homepage

- Cache files & images for better performance & save data bandwidth

- Switching Text Mode & Web Mode while reading article

- Changing browser User Agent for PC/Mobile version of website

- Change text size & background color

ScreenShots:

Available in Android Markets
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
Here's the market link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.web2mine.newsbro.lite
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
- Compatible devices: Any Android devices

- Android versions: From 2.2 and up

- Device screens: From low DPI screen to xhigh DPI (Galaxy Note, Galaxy Nexus...)

- Price: Free full function application (with ads)
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
An upgrade of Newsbro has just been released with recent changes:

- Add function to open url from other browsers through 'Share Page' menu. It allows user to quickly reading a page in Reading Text Mode with Newsbro from other browsers or apps.

- Remove read log permission in manifest. No longer worried about privacy leak
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
An upgrade of NewsBro is available to download at market

- Add more language packages.
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
Excellent application, exactly what I missed for my news feed. I'm going to get the no-ad version to support your work.

Please, though, look into the accented characters rendering issue. Some pages don't show chars like à è é ì ò ù, some do, but these chars are important in several languages - and I imagine that in nordic or Asian countries there might be several other chars which should be taken care of.

Ernesto de Bernardis

[from my Galaxy Note]
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
I have installed your latest update but accented chars aren't there yet...

Try this article concerning Steve Jobs and the FBI: http://www.corriere.it/esteri/12_fe...as_a14575e4-533d-11e1-8f96-43ef75befe7d.shtml

A pic with my annotation about the place where accented chars should be shown in the above article first paragraphs is in https://www.box.net/shared/d1btzxuue4216gb604eu

Ernesto de Bernardis

[from my Galaxy Note]
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
Thank debernardis for precious feedback. The mentioned problem is fixed in version 1.4 of NewsBro. You can upgrade from Android Market now.

Regards,
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
Thank you. With version 1.4 it's almost perfect, though some individual pages still lack accented chars. See for instance http://circomassimo.corriere.it/2012/02/milan_maxiimpresa.html

My corrections in https://www.box.net/shared/i3gdcpypma9yix16sna6

Ernesto de Bernardis

[from my Galaxy Note]
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
Also, please note that whenever a news title on a site is divided in more than one row, your scrapping algorithm transforms hard line feeds in null chars instead of spaces.

So, a title like:

Awesome program

hits the market

gets scrapped as "Awesome programhits the market"

Ernesto de Bernardis

[from my Galaxy Note]
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
Thanks debernardis, we are fixing what you reported :)
[Android Apps and Games] canhnv:
Version 1.5 of NewsBro was released with following changes:

- Fix encoding problem in some websites

- Fix multi-line article title merging problem

- Boost performance of loading & processing news homepage
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
Thank you, excellent application.

For next version, please take care of the rendering of the apostrophe char ' which in a title showed as as an empty rectangle.

You could also add a command to update all sources and show all new articles.

Ernesto de Bernardis

[from my Galaxy Note]
[Android Apps and Games] debernardis:
I hope this excellent app gets updated. There are a number of bugs and I cannot contact the developer any more...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
I flashed my NS4G to Boost... it was a long and agonizing road, but I think i finally got it working correctly.

my phone is currently 100% stock with gingerbread 2.3.7

since this was such a stressful flash, i'm kind of worried about "not fixing what's not broken"...

however, i'd love to re-root it and flash a custom ROM. Will doing this mess up any of the modifications i had to do to get calls, text, and data to work?

(they were all done in QPST)

I'm not going to do it until i have confirmation... so let me know and ease my mind! :)

thanks

-Randy
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jin5:
i also have a nexus 4g on boost. i've just about had every kernal and rom on this board for it (both gingerbread and ICS)

i hope that helps. ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
so a standard rom flash will retain all boost settings? :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jin5:
yes.

keep in mind mms fix only works on gingerbread as far as i know.

the APN can't be changed on ICS roms.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
If you use voice dialer and say "open APNs", it will let you edit the apn. Does this not work to get mms working?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
I made this change and the mms successfully sent. I'll ask my brother if he got it later and update you

Edit: my brother sent me a text saying he got the picture :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
Wrong section. My bad... Sorry
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick cannon:
hey i have flashed lots of phone from eve's to epic touch, but for some reason i am unable to get the 3g to work on the nexus. I used an incognito as donor phone retrieve all the required info. By any chance can you tell me how you got your 3g to work?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strra:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=891077

i followed this guide for 3G and MMS
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T.C.P:
i cant get that to work. as soon as i enter my password i loose my 3g icon?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blktigger:
Help me Help me PLEASE!!!

Please Help, I have been all over Google and multiple forums and cant find out how to flash my phone to boost. I have a NS4G I got for my birthday this pass Dec and had sprint service on it but now want to flash it to boost mobile. I was able to root it, but that is all. any info would greatly be appreciated!

Thanks

Blktigger
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Google_Nexus:
what you are talking about can not be talked about as it is illegal to change the esn and meid all all other device identifiers that are registered to the fcc. Each phone has a unique id to it that is represented to the fcc. I have also been talking with Boost employess and area managers and boost is getting ready to kick off the users who have "flashed" phones on Boost that do not belong on boost. This is going to be done as Boost can still tell what type of phone you have other then the esn / meid as the device still sends out certain other device ids to the network when you use certain programs. Also by trying to send updates to your phone sprint can request the system information from your phone that can tell them the actual make and model and firmware and all that you are running. And you thought carrier iq was bad...

if you wait a few months or so the evo 3d will be on sprints virgin mobile with ics included and sense 3.6...

Boost mobile will be getting the HTC Evo design 4g soon as well...

i myself dont understand why boost is going 4g when sprint is going lte... but another stupid move by sprint.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackahero:
does anyone have a link to a how to flash my nexus s 4g to boost? I'd really like to do this. cant afford sprint anymore...
[HTC EVO 3D] Bad4ss:
I was about to try and do the HTC methods of routing, when it said in one of the steps that I will lose everything on the phone. I like the 3D spiderman game that I got with this new phone.

Is there any way to root without wiping out everything on the phone?

I don't mind sticking with HTC Sense for now. Is it possible?
[HTC EVO 3D] msh1031:
Rooting alone will not remove it. You will still have everything that came on the phone when it was new. You only lose any apps you have installed and all of your settings.
[HTC EVO 3D] patrao_n:
if the progress in the game is what you meant us it will. it did to me
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
Backup your current sms/contacts/spiderman game apk using myBackup and root your phone then restore your backup. Everything will be fine but you will lose your game progress.

But spiderman apk will still be there if you only root the phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bad4ss:
(sorry about late reply, been busy sorting out a new shop I'm purchasing)

Thanks guys for all your help, all of you. I will try and backup all my apk's that I want to keep. Anyone who has done the HTC unlock bootloader can they tell me if they lost all their preloaded games?

On the HTC site for unlocking the bootloader it says:

To prevent unauthorized access to your data, unlocking the bootloader will delete all personal data from your device including applications, text messages and personalized settings.

Does that mean ALL my apps will be gone including all the 3D games that came with the phone, or just the progress in those games? :confused: (I don't mind if the progress is deleted -just worried about the actual games)
[HTC EVO 3D] Jfree3000:
All the apks will still be there, you WILL lose all progress in the game though. Isn't the Spiderman game just a demo anyway?
[HTC EVO 3D] hitman4274:
I removed spider man... Consider bloat in my book lol

And most apps are backed up via market now, depending on how the app saves data... Although spiderman came stock so that's a grey area....but I assure you the benefits of root far outweigh that game demo

Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
[HTC EVO 3D] sitlet:
Your phone will be reset to factory. So you will have any apps that came with the phone, and will lose anything you have put on since.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bad4ss:
Thanks guys, in that case I will root my phone after I've finished all the 3d games that came with the phon, just in case.

Thanks again. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] 504xBeezy:
Yeah. You will. You can always download it back
[HTC Rezound] merlin66676:
I have seen a few topics mainver and how to fix it for a particular Rom. Does anyone have or is anyone able to make a quick list of what it should be for each release somewhere. Might help others. I would but am not that savy to be able to.
[HTC Rezound] WhotahnHTC:
NilsP made a thread on kernels and main versions. Also widely talked about in almost all ROM threads.

Here's ya go!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22076459

Please give NilsP a Thank You!

from my Rezound with Dissociative Identity Disorder
[Droid X General] weiky79:
I browsed the 14 pages in the development thread and a few in the general. I googled for an answer to my problem, but haven't found anything that has worked.

problem: My Droid X (formerly with VZW) has constantly been loading in safe mode. It was intermittent the past couple weeks or so, but now it only loads in safe mode.

1.I tried: to power down/restart normally-ineffective;

2.power down/remove battery/restart-ineffective;

3.booted phone holding the power button and home screen until alternate screen loads/wiped cache/rebooted normally-ineffective;

4. repeated step 3 boot/performed factory reset/rebooted-rendered ineffective.

History: I cancelled my service prior to contract guidelines. Have been using my phone strictly for wifi the past couple months now. Very recently (past few days) has this safe mode issue been lingering.

Question: Has vzw installed some kind of script that basically disables all cellular usage (except preinstalled apps) if the phone isn't 'free and clear'?

Also, is there ANY possible way I can install a completely different rom so that vzw network can't affect my phone? I just want to keep it for wifi access for calling/net/gaming. Has anyone seen this issue before?

ps - The first person to help me fix this problem so I can use my phone 'free and clear' I will donate at least $25 ! Not sure if that is appropriate to include this here, but I haven't seen anyone actually saying they would pay to get their problem(s) fixed. I am MORE THAN HAPPY to pay someone for his/her time to help me.

I don't want to infringe upon forum rules so I won't include my email or cell#, so I guess the best way to reply for now is either here or pm?

Thank you for all your help! I hope we can rectify this problem.
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
What u mean safe mode? But try sbfing your phone, root it, and then install a rom. Liberty is a very good rom.
[Droid X General] weiky79:
Safe mode. I can't install/run any apps other than preinstalled, which I rarely use.
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
I would sbf the phone and root it. Then I would install a custom rom. You will be rooted and be able to use the phone a lot more freely.
[Droid X General] barracudacm:
I sent you a PM so call me and we can work on sbf'ing the phone back to health :-)
[Droid X General] sekine12:
I'll let barracudacm work on this with you but I just wanted to add that you should consider installing CM7 instead of a blur based rom to help you escape big red.
[Droid X General] weiky79:
Thanks for all the help! Will post when I get it resolved!
[Acer Iconia A500] adambomb_13:
I'm just sayin..... I'm not trying to start anything its just that every time I come on to XDA theres never really a new topic for the Acer A50-

I have an EVO 4g and theres always new topics and development and I have had other HTC phones and been here for a frew years now

With no bootloader access (except for It's Magic), No drivers, and slow support from manufacture and otherwise.

I have a feeling that this tablet is out to lunch and soon out to pasture.

What do you think?
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
I also own an A500 and a HTC EVO 4G. Although I do understand a bit where you're coming from, I think it's mostly a difference between a phone and a tablet forum.

I also think it's a difference in quantity versus quality. We have some very nice, stable ROMs for the A500 where everything works. For most EVO ROM announcement threads, I just disregard them after reading the OP and seeing that 4G doesn't work, GPS has problems, MMS has problems, landscape Rosie doesn't work, etc. Plus quite a few of those EVO "ROMs" are just tweaked versions of earlier released ROMs that are heavily themed.

Also, I think the A500 community here on XDA is a little guilty of running off quite a few of our devs by being ungrateful, overly demanding, etc. Compound that with some devs having a little bit of an attitude, and I think we're lucky to have the devs that we still do.

Although I almost immediately wanted to root/ROM my EVO 4G, I was perfectly happy with stock root on my A500, and that's basically what I'm running now. I flashed ezterry's 3.2.1 ROM, tweaked it a little myself, threw ADW Launcher EX at it with a nice theme, and I'm a happy camper patiently waiting for Acer to release ICS.
[Acer Iconia A500] cruise350:
There is a big difference between phone ownership and tablet ownership. I would have to guess its something like 10,000 android phone owners to every 1 android tablet owner. And the Evo 4g was the flagship of Android phone for a long time. I too owned the Evo 4g and my wife still has one. I moved on to the Evo 3d and love it. I agree, it would be nice to see some excitement in these forums but when I use my tablet I want it to work and work right. I switched back to a rooted stock rom because almost all of the roms I found were really just themes and had removed apps that I like. The roms that are highly customized like thors or flexstriker always have glitches or changed to much. I'll run stock until ICS drops and then I hope some more exciting developing will be going on. My work just purchased me an Ipad 2 and I have played with it for a few days now. I'll have to say, the Ipad will be used for work, but when I want to play I'll be reaching for my A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
You know what I hated about all the roms for the evo, it was all the badly themed roms with the same tweaks.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Exactly. Lately, we've had a new kernel released, along with a new recovery by Dres. And a couple of the newer released roms (3.2.1) @Civato and myself and a couple of others. So I wouldn't say that development has ceased. I would say, that Dev's and Modders have pushed HC about as far as it can go.

And yes, some people like to use the forum for their own battle ground. They know who they are. This isn't a backwoods chat room, but some people just like to start scandals.

But I am sure most people appreciate the work that is done. If you want to know how much work is put into things, get a stock rom, and try doing it.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
It's easy to complain and say that there's nothing going on when you're not even giving any suggestions. I mean, more-or-less all the interesting things have already been tried and done, and the next thing to do would be to fundamentally alter how Honeycomb works. And that is simply a very big task to undertake.

Of course we could also go the same route as people like to go on other devices, ie. release a gazillion different ROMs where the only difference is in theming and color scheme. But that isn't development.

So go ahead and make some suggestions or wishes about what you'd want to see. Also keep in mind that HC is HC and many of us are satisfied with it as it is. Like e.g. I really have only one or two things to improve on that would even be possible with HC, everything else I want would require a whole new OS altogether. And as that ain't possible I really have no reason to develop for A500 at all, I simply don't view releasing yet another HC ROM that fixes the two minor nibbles I have with it as being worth my (or anyone else's) time.
[Acer Iconia A500] KeePeeR26:
maybe we just need to forget that f**ing HC :rolleyes: maybe we need to look at the future :D HC for me is a waste of time and resources :p i just saying we could do better :D :angel
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Well, if you're referring to ICS then I have to say that even ICS doesn't address the fundamental issues I have with the whole Android platform. Of course it is a step up from HC, I'm not denying that, but even ICS is plenty rough around the corners and patched up with Mickey Mouse - plasters and chewing gum.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
As much as I like Android, this is what you get when you get a search company writing an OS instead of a company that's been making OS's for 20+ years...

Bells and whistles are great, but not if your core functionality is farked.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
That and if windows tablets that still have a Intel CPUs, that steam store will be a hard app store to beat
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
On the whole, I don't think you have the right to complain. The devs are nice enough to share what they do. If you don't like it then make your own rom...

Waiting to see what you can come up with....
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
This i totally agree with . All of the tools are open and free to all. Thousands of internet sites books and other media to help.. Not to mention the new mobile development center at MIT...

TO Bad im a Blonde from Kentucky.. Boohooooo:(:(:(:( i just have to wait and hope .
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Oh, we should post a sign. "Don't feed the Trolls".

Noticed how the OP edited his post, to include the 501 after I posted a simple response. :rolleyes:

Some people, just show absolutely no appreciation to the hard work people do. We do it, so others can enjoy it.

Is it a sense of accomplishment, yeah, it is. Especially when it works for 95% of the users.

I'm no Dev. I'm a "fry cook". But I understand what Devs go through. Been there, did that.

Some people, will never be satisfied, no matter what you do. It's a pity.

Ought to kill this thread, as really, as the OP showed, it's an insult to all dev's and Modders.

And people wonder why the devs and modders leave xda. Just look at the title that was posted.

The best thing, is to ignore such posts, from such people, as they are just designed to get people into a pissing war, while they sit back and get amusement.
[Acer Iconia A500] JustAnotherDrOidUser:
No way!

Without the efforts of many developers we wouldn't have the following:

USB 3G support for the A500

Eye candy boot animations and themes

Lean operating environment by removing uneccesary startup software

Improved GPS response

Improved kernels for stable overclocking

As far as I'm concerned, the Dev contributers are doing a splendid job.

HTC Desire

ROM: MIUI-XJ v2.2.10 (D2EXT X-PART)

Recovery: 4EXT Classic

Acer Iconia A500

ROM: civato-FLEXSTRIKER-R9.5
[Acer Iconia A500] adambomb_13:
This is all very true thank you for an awesome reply
[Acer Iconia A500] adambomb_13:
No disrespect but your the only one I really see running around here *****ing and complaining. Seriously tge thread is going in the direction it was meant. Im not hassling devs thier talents are amazing in this place. Ive been here for years. Um just not real happy with my product even in the capable hands here. Thats all.

P.S. I did want to come back and update this post for you. Like Ibsaid I have been here for years. I remeber when xda was a lot different when people just ignored stupid comments and there wasnt all this he said she said tolling fad crap adults were adults and children were children. But oh how the waters have muddied even for a few who cook and code. Not all but as the new popular xda saying goes: "you know who you are" ;-)
[Acer Iconia A500] apapousek:
1. The tools aren't all open. They simply aren't. Remember the thor fiasco?

2. No one cares if you're a blonde from Kentucky. Posting about waiting & hoping will do nothing for anyone.

If you're going to complain about stuff not being done, learn to program, and do it yourself.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Drop the elitist attitude.

Not everyone has the qualities needed to make a programmer, just as not everyone has the qualities to become a successful artist; some people simply are better wired for it than others. Not to mention actual real-life issues.
[Acer Iconia A500] Psichi:
True, but if you are going to make a thread titled "development for my tablet sucks", you should be ready to ****ing drop some command line ninja skills.

It seems like the op was meaning to say "development seems to have stalled", but inflammatory language is inflammatory...

(ps, I am all sorts of drunk (woot woot switfkey autocorrection) and the useless bickering of the A500 forums makes me an angry drunk)

Sent from Big Bertha
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Heh. Mind if I join you? Got a bottle of vodka and I'm bored out of my skull, getting drunk sounds like a rather good idea!
[Acer Iconia A500] ATGAdmin:
Which is exactly why development here has slowed down some.

Great post, drunk or not!
[Acer Iconia A500] teflontactics:
I hate to jump in on this blah blah blah-fest, however it seems to me, development hasn't stalled so much as its going on elsewhere.

Where are the moderators and helpful users?

Any time anyone asks a question, the get flamed, or told to go elsewhere.

There are multi-posts all over almost every time I look.

Threads aren't maintained, and are labelled horrendously.

This place needs some organization, IMO.

It's not all the devs' fault, I think more would be working here and sharing if it was less of a zoo.