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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] aaronsmckee:
callwave is free right now, and it is superior to visual voice mail in a couple key areas (translation of voice to text being the biggest) the ownly downside is that you don't have a cute visual display to delete/listen to vm, but you can access it through the web, I have my login page bookmarked on my phone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Blowfish64:
That's a pretty damn big downside as far as I'm concerned. I want voicemail as voicemail, not email or sms. When they work out a PPC frontend, they'll have a lot more customers.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ntwrkwizard:
I wanted that too so, I did this:

1) I got a FREE GrandCentral.com account

2) I bought a copy of MagiCall (SMS Filter)

3) I set GrandCentral to forward all inbound calls to voicemail and then notify via SMS my cellphone when a new message arrives

4) I set my phone's voicemail number to be my GrandCentral number

5) I logged onto GrandCentral on my PIE and made a favorite to that site and then using file explorer copied the shortcut from my favorites folder to my programs folder in the windows directory

6) I created a MagiCall rule that checked SMS messages as they arrived, if they came from grandcentral, they were suppressed from notification, deleted from my phone, and then MagiCall is to launch my m.grandcentral.com favorite.

The net result is:

I receive a phone call, my phone forwards unanswered calls to GrandCentral, GrandCentral takes a message, GrandCentral sends an SMS message to my phone, my phone activates the rule, deletes the message and then opens the GrandCentral Mobile page.

Of course you need a data connection (just like iphone) but I have the option to get my messages either via my phone's page, email (forwarded to my companies email), or dial into my grandcentral phone number to retrieve my messages.

:-D my cost $25 bux for MagiCall .

It works well. If you can't figure out how to setup the Magicall script then don't ask me. :-)

MC
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ramontrotman:
i just saw this post and signed up. This is very nice. my only concern is how much it will cost when beta is done. but i love the way this works. no more annoying ass vmail sign at the top of my screen!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] drellmsu:
I also signed up for callwave, seems pretty nice. Just wish i could change the email format from HTML to text now, just annoying to scroll through the message lol.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] batrad:
I use simulscribe both on my Blackberry and Tilt

Voice mails show up as mp3 files on the device, which you can play..foward ..rewind to your pleasure

Been working great for the past few months
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] evolution_theory:
Wow I signed up for this an its awesome.

Seriously.. it sends a text to me with the voicemail transcribed. It even spelled my name right!

Now, can i get it to recognize who the text is comming from instead of 1010100003? If I could get that to read "Voicemail" that would be awesome.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bimbot:
I essentially tried exactly what you did but instead of GrandCentral, I tried it with Callwave (can't get a GrandCentral account :( ). It works great up until I get to my callwave homepage. The listen to voicemail button doesn't come up. It's a flash app so installed Flash but it still won't come up.

Anyone else know of any free services other than callwave and grandcentral? does anyone know how I can get a Grand Central account?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] saint168:
I'll send you an invite to Grandcentral if you PM me your email.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] caswell:
youmail.com - by far the best for vmail as email attachments.

www.youmail.com

i've been using them for awhile now... It's free... all you do is sign up for an account and change your "voicemail" number to their number... which means it's 100% reversible.

From the account settings on the website... I turn off text message notifier and have voicemails sent to my gmail account as an mp3 attachment. This with push email delivers voicemail immediately to my phone.

Why it's better than grandcentral (which I also have and use for other things... love that service)... I do not have to log in through pie to get my voicemails... they are mp3 or wav attachments in pocket outlook inbox... that .. and all my voicemails are stored in my gmail account...

Just my .02 cents... but this is easily the best solution for voicemail... no more vmail notifications on the phone either... (I HATE THAT LITTLE SYMBOL).

Mark
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mkent_barbados:
How big are the .mp3 files? Just looking at data usage, and how long they will take to download!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] trjons:
I've been trying out Callwave but seems to me their voice recognition software is lacking. Very frequently they mess up on the "gist" of the message.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bimbot:
Saint - PM sent, Thanks!

Caswell - thanks for the heads up. I set up an account :) Lovin' it so far.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] surfnet:
when I try to loing to callwave, I cant get past the submit button.. PIE just does nothing when I clcik the submit button. Callwave says that it is a javascript issue. How to I install javascript for wm6?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jgermuga:
Wow, all that and it still doesn't quite work like visual voice mail. Makes you appreciate how well Apple did with simplifying the whole delivery of this although it is probably why they require the data plan with the iPhone. I don't know it is worth $20 per month for this alone though. Sure, my wife occasionally uses Google Maps or Safari over Edge, but could easily live with the WiFi connction only.

At any rate, I'd say in 5 years time, all voice mail will have this visual component and be available form both your handheld, and the web.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jdmba:
Callwave

Seems that Callwave is now out of beta and charging a pretty penny for monthly or annual usage. Oh well.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] grizzley:
WOW! They sure are proud!

GrandCentral Communications is a production of Google. ©2008 Google

That said, I am sure GrandCentral will stay free since Google hardly ever charges for any of its stuff.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] trjons:
Still works for me in trial mode. maybe they cut off new signups.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] basimthedream:
Does anyone have a spare invite to GrandCentral??? It would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance. my email address is basimthedream@comcast.net ...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jallenclark:
I know they downgraded CallWaves free service so the messages don't get translated well at all. I still have it for free but it isn't very helpful, I still like the fact that I get the emails with wavs attached.

I agree, 15 bucks a month for voicemail service is a bit much.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jallenclark:
I would like one as well if anyone has extra invites.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] starmena:
Theres also www.youmail.com where you can do alot more than just translate your voicemail (which is still in beta) but you can also set which ringtones different callers hear and a lot more stuff but the only downside is that it uses airtime minutes but they do not charge for their services
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] GJSmith3rd:
I use Callwave. I tried Youmail but really didn't need the main feature of multiple and personalized responses. I much more prefer the free mobile calll screening ability of callwave. Callwave also has a voicemail app for desktop. Both have browser based visual voicemail and can send message to sms or email.

My only problem is the Callwave site does nothing when I try to login from PIE in WM6.1. It was mention above that this is Javascript issue. Anyone know a solution as I have ran into this on several sites with PIE.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] freddiemac1:
Would love a Grand Central invite as well. PM me?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] moegdaog:
if there is no visual voicemail/text message or wutever thenw hat does the program do then? the whole point is to be able to see your voicevisualy like the iphones toa tleast tell you who sent you the voicemail like ane mail...does it do something similar to that of the iphones complete conversion of a voicemail into text message and information of sender?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tinpusher:
As long as ya'll are giving out invites to GrandCentral, I'd like one.

Thanks in advance!

Tin
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sinclac:
I would greatly appreciate an invite also chuck.sinclair at yahoo dot com

Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Phiresun:
you guys really should check out http://www.youmail.com I have used it for 3 months now and has been absolutely great. The features are very useful and really impresses friends and co-workers. No I don't work or get paid by the company, I just like it. Just check it out. FREE!
[Huawei GX8] axmatto:
Hello all,

I am new to the forums but been scouring them for days looking for a B150 upgrade for my GX8, L03 and for the life of me I cannot find it. Would it be safe to try to jump to 6.0? I have it unlocked and rooted with TWRP.

Any help is greatly appreciated..

Thank you
[Huawei GX8] kimtyson:
Just go straight to this, http://xdaforums.com/gx8/development/rom-t3342802
[Huawei GX8] Nicolfa:
Meh the reason I have the device is for the unique native ui, if I wanted generic android I would have chosen from a much wider array of devices. Is there a way to upgrade the native 141 to 150 and then to the 6.0 version of Emui?
[Huawei GX8] redbeard1083:
as far as i know, M has not been released for this variant (yet?).
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] rajkunisetti:
Hi to all ,

I recently bought redmi note 3 SD version. Everything is fine except one feature is missing. Is there any chance to record custom remote keys like using third party apps?

Any help is appreciated. Sorry for my English
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] dupersuper:
its only capable of sending IR signals and not receiving so you wont be able to record custom keys
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TwiIsBest:
I got a backup of my rooted Samsung galaxy ring in a raw format. How can i make it flashable?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Koterpillar:
I have a TyTN with official Russian WM6 onto it, which includes 1.16 radio version. I want a newer one, because this seems unstable, so i decided to update just radio (i don't want any cooked ROM or whatever for now).

Each new version of radio I found here failed earlier or later on a Vista x64 computer with error 260. What I have tried is 1.54.07.00 and 1.54.00.10 and 1.50.

To my surprise, packaging is different, but the effect is the same: after "Verifying the image on your device" (i can hear USB disconnecting and connecting back as the device enters bootloader) they time out with 260.

Right now I'm trying to revert what have I done to Vista as it won't allow me to turn off driver signing, as advised.

Ah, this doesn't work either (same error 260).

What am I doing wrong? My bootloader is, as said on that screen:

HERM200
IPL-1.01

HERM200
SPL-1.40.Olipro

Yes, I have installed some...er...thing before, maybe it was called "HardSPL", but it didn't come handy and wasn't any use to me as I decided against cooking a ROM.

Update: What I like the most is, despite all my attempts the device still works! Other than the radio troubles, that is.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Koterpillar:
I've updated from an SD card.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ratcom:
Try this my friend... http://www.mrvanx.org
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Koterpillar:
Thank you, I did.

This is what I'm unable to do, but I suppose is beyond this forum.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Kola71:
Hi

I have had the same problem with my x64 vista pc and the 260 error msg. It took me hours but what seemed to finally fix it for me was to:

1. completely remove WMDC from the pc, reboot the pc,

2. reinstall WMDC plus upgrade,

3. uncheck the allow USB connections option on your 8525, exit out of the window, then do a soft reset

4. now make a USB connection w the PC

Let us know how it works
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Koterpillar:
Sorry, you'll have to wait till my next upgrade ;) Everything is working so far - so until I need something that can't be achieved using SD flashing I'll stick to this technique. Thanks for the advice anyway.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalsearch:
I have googled and searched my fingertips to the bone. Whenever i ask a technical question, i get answers from the clueless and the blind. I am beginning to hate this game.

So here we go. Stock android 4.4.2 ....rooted. How do you control which apps autostart and load in the background? Right now I have been trying to kill the Music app. Nothing works. It always restarts. So that means there is a sticky setting in some file somewhere in the system that needs to be edited that more than likely can not properrly be controlled from the childish controls android offers. In windows this is controlled in the registry and the startup process. Where is this in android? Why does no one share this information?

Yes i know it's dangerous. Yes i know not to putts around in the operating system. But if youre rooted, give us the data to control things.

So i await a learned response that probaly only one of the "developers" can answer. Because it sure as s€£%t ain't out there to be found.

Signed, royally frustrated
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzy996:
I'm reminded of that saying "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." Not sure why your posts are so charged but many seasoned developers and posters aren't going to engage in conversation with someone who uses condesending and self righteous tones.

I've never seen detailed posting of how it works, nor do I care to know, but by installing Greenify you can effectively control what you wish to control. Greenify allows you to hibernate applications keeping them asleep until manually called.

Some applications have associated services that are used by other parts of the system or other applications and therefore stay loaded to provide that service. If you also install Xposed Framework it will allow Greenify to inject itself further to keep applications that you choose to hibernate from being called upon by other applications (facebook for example has services that often get called upon by other applications for various reasons and so it can be hard to keep hibernated).
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalsearch:
I am sorry. I did not intentionally want to come off as charged or spraying vinegar. Quite the opposite. But I have found, after reading tons of post, that we are living in the land of the blind and hardly anyone with sight is actually participating or for that matter even providing a modicum of usefull data. Beginning to think that I don't blame them.

It seems, after deep searching and research that children are actually in charge. What other explanation can you give for an operating system that is struggling with "basic" features found in DOS or windows 3.1 from 20 years ago. Similar to the slow evolution of linux, itself which only now, barely, is win xp like in its features after decades as a skeletal nightmare to load and setup.

You may not have caught the news a few months ago, but Samsung was floating the idea of abandoning android for a flavored and skinned version of linux for future devices, both phones and tablets.p, starting with the China market.

Tell me that Microsoft did not head that off by providing reciprocal licensing to Samsung for windows 10 to abandoning linux. Would not be suprised if we start seeing win10 handsets in the near future here.

Once android looses support from major manufacturers, then it is DEAD.

Read every other post and you will see the lament about the quality of google store apps.

So when I ask a specific, technical question requiring a precise answer.....which requires actual proframming skill.....which has yet to appear...you can see how the lack of response to that colors the situation.

If I offended anyone, I apologize. I get excited sometimes. Repeatedly slamming ones head against the wall, figuratively tends to make you anxious.

At this rate, my raw participation on these boards may be curtailed if I continue with this sense of useless effort.

Sorry to make anyone upset. You can let the kids back in the room. I think there is ice cream.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Have you considered freezing the processes you want to prevent from running with Titanium Backup?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjkurke:
Titanium backup would work. The other option since you are rooted is to just remove the offending music app. I don't mind the samsung music app, but I don't find it absolutely necessary either. You could also uninstall the updates and force stop the app. That should also keep it from starting.

Another option that I haven't looked at completely but might work is the app "tasker" that lets you assign certain apps to start only when you want them too. So you could have the music app start only when you tap on media files. But I haven't tried this myself.

The problem currently with asking technical questions about the note pro is that it's a low selling device from 2014 so it just doesn't get much action on the forums anymore. It's a bummer for such a great device but that's how it is.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalsearch:
Low selling are not the words. More like abandoned. Samsung has moved away. My questions where android specific. "Freezing" apps, using a convoluted set of more apps to control unwanted apps, ridiculous. It is all ridiculous. Either root gives control or it does not.

I want full control, what runs, what doesn't, what runs in the background. Is that not why we root? So a comprehensive list of whats what WOULD RREEEAAAALLLLYYY HELP.

I am alone in the wilderness screaming at the trees demanding to know why it rains.

Do you understand?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzy996:
Options like freezing in Titanium or using Greenify have already been addressed. Tasker is good for starting things but not so good at keeping things killed, not the proper tool to use for the job of keeping apps from loading.

My strategy:

1) Freeze anything that's safe to freeze that I know I'll never use in Titanium first. That way they never pre-cache into memory.

2) Greenify applications that I rarely use so that they don't pre-cache, taking care not to greenify applications that need to stay loaded to operate properly (like email clients, weather apps or messaging apps).

In the end on a clean boot my application/precache list is full of my commonly used apps. I worry not about how much free RAM I have, as long as the list of apps in RAM/cache is populated with the stuff that I commonly use.

NOW, all of that said if you're looking for something that works like windows startup manager then installing Xposed Framework and then BootManager is the way to go. I've done this in the past but find that employing freezing and greenify is good enough for my own needs so I've stopped.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
I am starting to suspect you have greatly misunderstood the meaning of root access. From what it sounds like, you seem to think it miraculously gives you access to settings and functions that non-rooted users can't see. Which is why you can't seem to get the answers you seek.

There is no such thing as a root-menu. Android does not have that functionality build into its GUI.

Root access simply means administrator access to the system's root directories. Hence the word Root.

You will always need additional apps and software to root access to change functionality. Titanium Backup, Xposed, SuperUser/SuperSU, etcetera.

If you want those options in the system, you'll need a customROM.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzy996:
Right and even with a custom ROM you can't run away from using 3rd party utilities to make the tweaks. Custom is usually a good start though as they are typically debloated. Civato's is good for lightly modified stock with xposed baked in.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalsearch:
Now we are getting somewhere. So what you have all told me is that stock android, even when rooted, is still a sandbox with all kinds of limitations to customization. Even with apps to tweak some of it.

This is the nail in the coffin for me and android then. Im not in the least interested in all those custom roms where there is always some shortcoming or lack of support for a feature that does not work properly.

Thanks all. I am done.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firefly6240:
for what its worth I do have your answer, better late than never right?

anyways android is built on a linux kernal and normally access to the linux command line does not come pre-installed to keep normal people from messing up their system.

so you will need to download a terminal emulator app if you don't already have one if you plan to do this from android. (Alternatively you can do it from the android debug bridge while connected to a computer if preferred)

First you will want to get the package name for the app you want to disable.

you can do this with a root file browser app by going to system / Data / App and then finding the package you want to disable.

however since it sounds like you want to do this manually we will go over the terminal process:

open a terminal window.

type: su

Hit: enter

the terminal will ask you for root access, go ahead and grant it.

to list the android packages type: pm list packages

hit: enter

This will show a list of the installed packages (Apps)

find the ones you want to disable.

now type: pm disable insertpackagename

hit: enter

for example to disable youtube type: pm disable com.google.android.youtube

Hit: Enter

that's it.

you will likely want to restart your launcher or even just restart the tablet afterwards as most launchers don't constantly poll for disabled apps so it will need a refresh.

also you probably already realise this so I apologise if its redundant but make sure you know what you are disabling

as with any linux environment disabling system packages and packages that another application is dependant on can cause trouble.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globalsearch:
Finally. Thank you, thank you, thank you.