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[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Since now.

If you update to 0.4.3 or newly install it, you get two weeks free, after that it's $5. I understand that one can earn more free time through a new referral plan.

0.4.2 was the last free version.

People responded with unhappiness in the Play Store comments, the dev replied -

I got the price by asking in another thread.

It's not listed in the Play Store - it simply says that an in-app purchase is added.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Just tried launching it - this version is outdated, please upgrade.

I've used it from the start, as an occasional conduit between a web page and MoboPlayer.

Hmmm. Oh well.
[Google Chromecast] DJames1:
It never worked properly for me, and now the previous free version is disabled? Fail. Uninstall.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Play Store description updated with pricing terms.
[Google Chromecast] drivenby:
It's his right to do whatever he wants with the app, IMHO, he is the one that is spending time and resources upgrading it.

But I feel that as a customer it's very... Scummy, for a previously free app now to be paid.

Vget has plenty of ads everywhere, I'm finding it hard to believe it wasn't "enough" considering it has 50k downloads and growing. Maybe he has to do some stuff server side?

I have no problem buying apps, I have spent hundreds of dollars on the store already, I will not be subject to this type of bargaining however, out of principle.

No app is indispensable.

The correct way of "doing" this would be to offer either a donation version with new features or simply a donation version out of good will.

Kinda like greenify did it with the extra features of the pro version.

I have donated several times to people here on xda, and other app developers, I understand that I'm not in the majority though.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
It is what it is.

He has the right to monetize in a way that works for him, you have the right to choose.

I guess it's best to point out that if you want to make suggestions for alternatives, his vGet thread is here -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366257

Otherwise, the free ride is over and that happens.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
FWIW, AllCast went the same way, just the beta was free and though I think it never made it to GPlay.

Similar to how CCast support is part of Avia's paid extras. There's really no right or wrong - just whatever works best for the vendor and their customer base. After all, Plex seems to be doing okay getting people to pay for beta testing, as early access seems to be the new status symbol these days, heh.

Whatever takes the most time and/or is most popular is a common approach to determining paid add-ons.

IMO, AllCast and BubbleUPnP's time-limited approach works well as it provides the ability to preview functionality for more than 15 minutes (GPlay return time) before committing.

:good: Glad I'm not the only one providing appreciation for efforts. :)
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Over 50,000 have enjoyed it free beginning last July.

I look at as a pretty fair free beta period.

I wasn't happy with the surprise but that's on me. I'm never happy with surprises. :D

If he should ever retire the paid version without warning and then expect a re-purchase, that would be scummy.

That's very rare but it's happened.

And that's not happening here.

So far this just looks like the price needed.
[Google Chromecast] DJames1:
I don't think anybody here has a problem with software authors charging for their work. It's entirely up to them how they want to introduce the paid version and how much they want to charge. But people are free to react too. In this case I think the author shouldn't have reached out to disable the previous free version without warning. People don't like having the rug pulled out from under them. Better to introduce an improved paid version and everyone who really wants it will gradually upgrade from the old inferior free version which is no longer available for download. I think the author also didn't do himself any favors by making disparaging remarks about users who don't want to pay to keep using vGet.
[Google Chromecast] drivenby:
[MENTION=3050092]bhiga[/MENTION] I never thought of allcast as free, it was a very closed beta among xda members that got leaked into the general public.

When it in fact released to the playstore, didn't it already have iaps? When I downloaded it had them

Or maybe he mentioned somewhere that it was going to be paid beforehand, I just remember not being surprised at all
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
You're right, my mistake.

I had forgotten about the timebombs that were embedded in the betas. Thus the "public" releases were third-party builds (with timebomb removed).

And I think he did mention that he was planning to make it a paid app. Not sure if there was a free period earlier. There was one recently, due to bugfixing though. Personally I like the time-limited model. Or one of the more-interesting models was that of PC application Cool Edit - it had all features, but without purchase you could only access a certain number of features that you selected at startup.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
The financial irony here is that from various comments on the net, this has been a popular app for downloading from pirated source sites (in addition to regular use).

I have to imagine that there are a few people out there suffering from cognitive dissonance on that. :D :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50683669

PS - not pointing fingers or playing "holier than thou" - just saying, there is a comedy component here no matter who ya are.
[Google Chromecast] bkmaracas:
Thing is, it was free, people realised they could use it to share links to chromecast capable apps (that were paid), cue a lot of downloads, then he added direct chromecast support, so cue a further rush of new customers, then bang hit them with paid and kill previous version.

That's is dev prerogative, but the idea is to keep customers, not kind of annoy them.

Its just a move to cash in on the new chromecast app gold rush. Understandable but perhaps short sighted, Soon natural selection will yield less **** free apps and higher quality paid ones, but right now its a 'try anything for a bit o cash' approach. So for me that means I keep hold of my cash and dont buy any paid chromecast apps unless they totally rock.

I think using it for pirating is not main use, gee enough folk use 'shoebox' and avia or allcast for that.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Never said main use. ;)
[Google Chromecast] mardukeme:
Well there is a new update today. The 14 day trial has been removed. Now there are two version, the pro version, and the ad supported one.
[Google Chromecast] DJames1:
Where do you see that? The latest version in the Play Store still appears to be 0.4.4, 14-day trial.
[Google Chromecast] mardukeme:
Sorry I read it wrong had my eyes dilated at eye Dr today and read it wrong.
[Google Chromecast] bkmaracas:
Chrome beta for android has a flag to enable casting videos, ( read up on that elsewhere if interested) and for html5 based vids it does the job for me, e.g skysports f1 web vids and the such.

So mr vget best make hay..

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Hi,

So i decided to install NOVA launcher and kept it as default launcher.

No when i wanted to go back to google launcher the system was getting crashed and some error like : "systemui" is not working was poping up.

Meanwhile i was getting notifications of whatsapp messenger and i could use it but when i was trying to exit the app , again the problem occured.

Thats when i decided to reboot the phone to my bad luck it is not going further after "FOUR CIRCLES(red,green,yellow and blue) which comes after google logo.

I had previously owned S2 and when i used nova launcher and tried to switch back ( aftr uninstalling nova) it automatically use to use google launcher.

Please help.

Thanks & Regards,

V
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
If it won't boot you may have to fastboot the factory image can you get into recovery and do you have a custom recovery If so try clearing cache in it

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
I went into recovery and tried factory reset as well as wiping cache but it takes for ever.

So again , i just have powered off the phone and waiting for suggestions.

I guess i need to flash factory image ?

Thnks

V
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
How long is forever? Give it a good 10 minutes, maybe longer

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
I need you to answer a few questions before anyone can help...

Do you have a custom recovery installed? (Eg. TWRP or CM?)

- If not, are you rooted?

- If you do, have u made a Backup through your custom recovery?

- If you're not rooted, do you have warranty?

- If you don't have warranty, how long have you had you're phone for, because Google provide warranty for a certain amount of time with your phone.

Basically, if you have a custom recovery installed or are not rooted with warranty, don't panic.

In not an advanced user but I know done stuff... And there's always a way!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Gave good 10 + mins :)

Will try it one more time.I guess it should hardly take about 30 secs or so.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Oh, and also, see if you can fastboot by pressing the power button and volume down whilst booting up. If you can't, then try pressing power button + volume up + volume down whilst booting up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
zz

:good:

Answers in BOLD
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
I can do that , it is showing me options over there like recovery,poweroff,bootloader recovery,etc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
If factory reset doesn't work then you option is to flash the factory image. Have you unlocked the bootloader?

Edit, you'll want to review this. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47156064

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
No,I hav'nt modded my phone.

Just tried using nova launcher and uinstalled so this prob.

PS: I this any how to do with google search.Because i had disabled it from settings.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
This is probably why it crashed. Your phone doesn't have a launcher to boot into. That's the reason it is boot looping. As mentioned earlier, you'll have to flash the factory image.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
UPDATE : i can go into fastboot by pressing power + volume down

There earlier when i clicked on recovery it showd me option for cache wipe and data factory reset but instead of that i see a red triangle which has a exclamation mark on a sleeping android logo.

I have nt unlocked the bootloader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Yea, i feel the same. I forgot it was google launcher and its a nexus phone.

If it would have been some other trebuche launcher(like in samsung) , this problem would'nt have persisted.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beauenheim:
That is the stock recovery. You can press both volume buttons at the same time, to show the recovery options.

Flashing the factory image is very easy. You put your phone in fastboot mode, plug it into your computer, and simple run the Flashall.bat (or .sh depending on your OS.)

Touchwiz Home in Samsung devices does not rely on google search. Our Nexus has a launcher that requires google search to run. Otherwise you can install AOSP launcher.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Done.

Phew

Thanks a lot everyone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
[MENTION=4858937]jd1639[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4842293]Beauenheim[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5652898]ProVickers[/MENTION]

[MENTION=962867]El Daddy[/MENTION]

Thanks a lot all of you :) Cookies are in transit :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Glad you got it working

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Repeated Post.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
[MENTION=4280119]vzuwOw[/MENTION] if you run into this problem again just fastboot flash the system.img, not the flash-all.bat. it would have kept the rest of your settings and you wouldn't have to redo your while phone.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vzuwOw:
Ahh nice , thanks for the tip mate.

GOD bless you.

Its like 3 am now ...took me 3+ hours to get my phone working again.

But nonetheless, atleast now i could sleep in peace.LOL

Tc
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Glad you got it working, I had a boot loop before, and I super panicked! Once you feel comfortable you should root your phone and install a custom recovery. Also get Titanium Backup. This way, you can back up your phone (nandroid backup) via your custom recovery every couple of days, back up all your apps and their data, and just enjoy being rooted and having its advantages! Now you have a clean phone, you should root now, as rooting will wipe everything, and you've lost everything anyway! Also, if something goes wrong, you now know how to get it all back and flash the recovery image, so you're pretty safe. Rooting is easy anyway, so you shouldn't run into any probs. Glad I could help, and thanks to all the other people that contributed, helps make a great community! ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Rooting does not wipe your phone. Unlocking the bootloader does. He's already unlocked so doesn't need to worry about that

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Oh yeh, lol! Even more reason to root! ;D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yousefs:
What are the Stock Firmwares Currently avaliable for Xperia U and what is the differenece between GENERIC and Without GENERIC
[Moto X Q&A] kbluhm:
Original topic title: Can CM w/ 3rd-party apps truly emulate the stock experience?

This question is more "what if?" than anything. I have seen people here and there mention now certain apps such as DynamicNotifications and Open Mic+ together can closely emulate the functionality of the Moto X on other devices, preferrably with AMOLED displays.

But my question goes a bit beyond that... specifically: can you clone the Moto X using a Moto X? I'm thinking a year or so down the road when our X has reached its EOL and no longer receives new Android versions. I still run stock on my Dev Edition, but let's say the next version of Android has some killer new features, enhancements, optimizations, etc, that I just don't want to miss out on, but also don't want to shell out another $300-400 for a new device.

How reasonable -- or unreasonable -- would it be to install CM along with the aforementioned applications (or similar) and expect to get the full Moto X experience... including the stellar battery life and everything that comes with it. With the X8 architecture, will the battery life be comparable? Or will the apps have no idea what type of cores it's dealing with and just treat them as any other processor, or ignore them altogether, resulting in decreased battery life? Are the stock apps that tightly knit into the hardware? You could most likely closely emulate the functionality, but could you emulate the experience as a whole?

My best guess would be that expecting it to perform just as well, or even comparably, would result in huge disappointment. But at the same time, I'm not a dev or hardware guru and figured I'd just throw it out there to see what people had to say.
[Moto X Q&A] eksasol:
It depend what Motorola derive to open source it's codes, I'm no Dev so I can't help you there.

I don't know about Touchless Control, but the Active Display found in AOKP rom is actually better than Moto version. It have more features and settings to choose from. I used it on my Nexus and it didn't eat up the battery.

CM rom will not have Active Display do will have to wait for other roms to come along.

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyclope91:
Hello every body,

the device:

Unlock galaxy ace S5830 from ORANGE with ORANGE ROM

android 2.3.6

band version : S5830BVKT6

To day i want to updrage android to 4.xxx

I flash recovery mod 6.0.4.6 with SD card method (6.0.4.6-cooper_fix.zip): all was ok

I restart the device

and when i want to return to recovery mode (home + power) i have a permanent blue screen

I have access to DOWNLOAD mode

How can repair the recovery mode for flashing a new ROM?

thanks

Cyclope
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariega:
i've got some problem like you too ..

my cooper just stuck on blue screen anybody can to help us ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brijeshep:
Most of the users face the BLUE screen issue while installing CWM 6.x from rfs file system. The easiest method to restore your stock recovery is the stock firmware installation via Odin.

This thread will help you to restore your device into stock firmware. You can install CWM 5.x (Stable) and enjoy Stable ROMs upto JB 4.3. Fully functional and stable Kitkat ROMs are not ready for this device at this time.

------------------------------------------------------------------

You can learn everything about Galaxy Ace from this thread.

[Guide] Know your Device: Galaxy Ace GT-S5830

Go to Sub-Topic "How to install Stock Firmware?" where you can find your stock firmware file...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyclope91:
Yeahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

thank you so much

the factory recovery mod is available now

I try to flash a new ROM
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyclope91:
i flash this ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2635011

it's OK
[General Questions and Answers] slobo2712:
Does abybody know how to change score in one game?For example there is alredy bug in that game so when you starting to play you starting with 9000 gold not with 0.So i want to change that 9000 to 20000?Tnx in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Skatie:
What game are you talking about?
[General Questions and Answers] slobo2712:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...utm_medium=organic&utm_term=busy+bee+kingdoms

And i can send someone who know apk file...
[General Questions and Answers] Skatie:
As this is a beta version there will still be bugs, i would suggest waiting until a full release is available, if this bug is causing you problems I would suggest you contact the developers and see if they can give you a solution. Also make sure the game is fully up to date.
[General Questions and Answers] slobo2712:
You didnt undestand me i want to hack this game i want to change that number to have best score...:) I believe its something about smalis but I know nothing abt that....
[General Questions and Answers] Skatie:
You could use an app called Game Killer which allows you to modify the game code but you need a rooted device and need to know what your looking for in the game code.
[General Questions and Answers] diestarbucks:
Why don't you just try getting better at the game, instead of trying to cheat at something that is so meaningless in life?

Just my 2 cents...:cowboy:

/closing because someone will most likely mention cheaty things that are not allowed on XDA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediawiz:
Does anyone know of a way to send feedback to the AOSP (Android OS) developer community?

I have been a Windows developer for many years, and Microsoft provides "forums" in the form of "News Groups" that anyone can join, and these news groups provide a way for the general user community to mention bugs/issues that they have encountered, and also suggest features/enhancements.

I have not found any similar way to post things (bugs/issues, feature/enhancement requests, etc..) to the developer community for the Android OS. Anyone know if anything like this exists?

One such enhancement/feature request I have is:

- It would be great to be able to connect more than one Bluetooth headset to an Android device. (ie: Being able to watch a movie or listen to music with someone else on a tablet or phone, via wireless headsets.)
[General Topics] NeonPT:
When i am running pocket music in background, and writing a message the special characters like " ! ? " and accented charecters like " à á è è ã â..." dont work!

Is there any way to fix it?

btw, i have a Qtek 2020
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] braveally:
Is there a way to get the Smart Wireless Headset Pro app to stop trying to update my MW1 device? I recently got a new one because the update made it unusable, but now I keep getting popups asking me to update and there seems to be no way to stop them (no ignore option I could find). Is there anything I can do to stop this or maybe a 3rd party app that works with this device as well?
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] ngvuanh:
Is it a new firmware update or just app notifications?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattwheat:
To start off I take no credit for the ROM or Google Now Launcher. I'm simply sharing what I've done to get "OK Google" working on the SHOSTOCK XXUNFA5 ROM .

I'm on AT&T SGH-I337 GS4 with MDL boot loader. I'm rooted with TWRP installed. Like most of us I wanted to try out the SHOSTOCK ROM to see what changes had been made from 4.3. But I also love the Google Now Home launcher for the "OK Google" shortcut to search or voice commands for safer/easier texting and use while driving.

So like I said I installed the great SHOSTOCK XXUANF5 ROM. I used John's aroma theme installer for KitKat TW ROMs to give me the blue / darker look. Along with xposed installer with several different mods within it to customize to my liking. And then copy n pasted the Google Now Home Launcher from my ext SD card to "system/app". Then changed permissions to "rw-r--r--" I did all this with ROM TOOLBOX PRO. From the play market.

Link to SHOSTOCK TW 4.4.2 KitKat XXUANF5 ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468860

Link to Dropbox download for Google Now Home Launcher

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7inwrzfsf2316nn/GoogleHome.apk

You can also find John's aroma TW KitKat themer in the apk's and theme's section here on XDA.

I'm not responsible for what you do to your phone or for any of the apks or ROM or themes/ mods I mentioned above. Just sharing something I haven't seen anyone mention yet and that makes my phone a little more useful to me.

Enjoy. Don't thank me or this post. Thank the themer and the DEV of SHOSTOCK.