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[Android Apps and Games] joe.filippello:
New to Android

Hello I now have my first Android phone after the iPhone 3G and returning an iPhone 4 that dropped more calls than it made.

I loved PingChat on the iPhone because I could Ping my future wife and her children on their iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

I have started using the beta through downloading it on here and have had issues:

0.90 did not stay connected and when linking contacts it would delete them

0.91 does stay connected and deletes some contacts that I link

I am using the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) and am not rooted. It is stock software that I have done nothing to but sideload the PingChat .apk files using Droid Explorer. Anyone have some help? PingChat folks?
[Android Apps and Games] qvert:
the DL doesnt work anymore for the 0.91 version, is there a new version? maybe someone get the link to it?
[Android Apps and Games] facemob:
just google pingchat for android. like the 4th link has a DL for it

my pingchat id is facemob
[Android Apps and Games] Faito:
Any new version after 0.91?!

My pingchat id is faitotrivelatto

Ping me!
[Android Apps and Games] frits141:
Link is broken. Will someone post it here for download?
[Android Apps and Games] FFXTDS:
here are some links

http://www.multiupload.com/I2P0XE9GZZ
[Android Apps and Games] frits141:
Thank you very much.
[Android Apps and Games] m4Dze:
I've installed the 0.91 beta, but I don't get any notifications. I have to start the app manually to recieve the new messages... It worked for about 30 minutes, but after I set the data connection from 3g down to 2g, I stopped working...

ps: Yes, I did change back to 3g, but it's still not working :|
[Android Apps and Games] The_Tech_Ninja:
Thanks for reporting all of the issues. We have a new PingChat! update for you!

How to install the update?

1. Navigate to this link directly from your phone.

2. When downloaded, tap on the downloaded file from the Notification bar.

3. Push Update.

What's in this version

In PingChat! Android beta 3, the following has been fixed:

- Added phone number registration. Registering your phone number lets your friends with PingChat! automatically find you without knowing your username.

- Push notifications should now work flawlessly

- Easily share PingChat! with your friends

- See a full friend list and message regular users through the native SMS app if they don't have PingChat!

- Improved Composing to new friends

Notable missing functionality/issues:

- Photo viewing can take a long time to load on Nexus One devices

- Can't send and receive location and contacts

- Can't play voice notes and videos sent from iPhones/iPods/iPads

How can you help?

We would love to get your feedback about the app so far, especially any bugs or usability improvements you can suggest. You can either contact us directly at beta@enflick.com or discuss the beta on our beta facebook page.

Thanks for your interest in PingChat! Android beta and we look forward to hearing your comments and feedback.

- The PingChat! Team

http://pingchat.com/android/PingChat0.92.apk
[Android Apps and Games] Rosco911:
ping me :P

rosco911 heheh
[Android Apps and Games] ownhd2:
New update verion ready for download
[Android Apps and Games] qvert:
maybe an option to hide the new "show all contacts" ... so that you again only see the pingchat users?

edit: i found out that my old pingchat contacts are not automatically imported, they are flagged as pingchat and username in google contacts, but need to readd them all
[Android Apps and Games] joe.filippello:
Getting Better

This release (0.92) is much improved. I have not had any contacts deleted (yet as I know of another user on a Motorola Droid that did). I am getting a little more consistent alerts on new messages as before I had to turn off the service and turn it back on in hopes that there was a new message.

I do love PingChat as product so far. My better half uses it on her iPhone 3G and we bought her children each an iPod Touch to Ping us. We now have her parents talked into smartphones as they can see that apps like PingChat are great tools to keep in communication.

Keep up the great work!

Samsung Captivate.
[Android Apps and Games] SamouraiXXX:
Already got the .93 version, seems cool to me. Only problem is, that my contacts weren't restored
[Android Apps and Games] imatrix:
I second that.
[Android Apps and Games] kekkle:
Not to be rude and kinda ruin this thread... But I've been playing with both the WhatsApp Beta and the PingChat Beta. And I like WhatsApp a lot more. Also, I could easily find friends with WhatsApp already because it uses my friends phone numbers.
[Android Apps and Games] joe.filippello:
Download

Could someone who has 0.93 put up a link, please...
[Android Apps and Games] FFXTDS:
PingChat0.93

http://www.4shared.com/file/fF9PCi3b/PingChat093.html
[Android Apps and Games] tabowling:
.pingchat.com/android/pingchat0.93.apk

pingchat.com/android/pingchat0.93.apk
[Android Apps and Games] gabriel.dutra:
Is there any way to reduce the amount of memory used by fetchservice? Sometimes it uses 17MB of the memory.

Thanks,

Best Regards,
[Android Apps and Games] gabriel.dutra:
I had problem with some contacts that doesn't appear photo, even if i re-linked them.
[Android Apps and Games] Victor1977:
Anyone managed to register with phone number?
[Android Apps and Games] FREAKJAM:
0.94 just been released;

http://pingchat.com/android/PingChat0.94.apk
[Android Apps and Games] cptblubear:
Where did you get WhatsApp for Android from?
[Android Apps and Games] kekkle:
Just gotten the mail as well. Registered with my number hoping it would also find friends with PingChat, kinda like WhatsApp. But no luck for such a solution.

@ cptblubear:

http://beta.whatsapp.com/WhatsApp.apk
[Android Apps and Games] Nekromantik:
cant use whatsapp beta without being registered :(
[Android Apps and Games] diehard2222:
where can you register? is it free?
[Android Apps and Games] kekkle:
Send a mail to info@whatsapp.com requesting beta access. In my case they didn't even tell me I was accepted. I just retried the day after and I could register. I even have a fully paid license for till next year now.
[Android Apps and Games] Nekromantik:
thanks

I just emailed em with my phone number.

Is the app not free then once its out officially?
[Android Apps and Games] gabriel.dutra:
Pingchat could use trackball led to alert users...
[Android Apps and Games] Restrictionxx:
I've been using WhatsApp aswell and I can definatly say that WhatsApp has a better feel to it,also uses phone numbers so everyone on my contacts list that has what's app on their Android,iphone,blackberry or nokia appears automatically.

But pingchat does have potential, is it currently only supported for iphone and android?
[Android Apps and Games] kekkle:
Both WhatsApp and PingChat are both paid apps when released. WhatsApp costs 99cents per year on the iPhone.

Edit: Seems PingChat 0.95 has quickly followed:
[Android Apps and Games] Krypt:
The latest Whatsapp seems to eat CPU and battery on my G1. Logcat displays alot of ANRs on Whatsapp (100% cpu) so I uninstalled it.
[Android Apps and Games] FFXTDS:
version 1.0.0 is on the market
[Android Apps and Games] gogol:
I hate that PingChat added to the contact list.

I know I can link it to existing contact list ... but I still see 2 contacts :(
[Android Apps and Games] kekkle:
Well thank you :D
[Android Apps and Games] Beards:
Quick question.....

When you look at the list of contacts to send messages to it only shows their 'Home Telephone number' and not their Mobile for messages.

How do you set it up to send text & say a Photo to the Mobile without having to alter the number that it's defaulted as Home?
[Android Apps and Games] skzdream:
Doesn't work over WiFi

tried pingchat with another iphone user.. seems to work great.. but only works over 3G!!?!?!

Tried it over WiFi and msg never goes.. bad !!

why?? any options around it?
[Android Apps and Games] dsMA:
what on earth is pingchat???

I emailed the people over at pingchat and am waiting on a reply maybe in the mean time I can get some answers here.

What exactly is pingchat? I mean it says instant message so does that mean i can sign into yahoo, msn, aim, and gtalk or is it really just an instant sms program? If it is only an sms program then how is it different then say handcent (i.e.why would i use pingchat over handcent)

The website says 2.0 but the marketplace only has version 1 of the app out :-(

Some where either on the main page or in the questions section it talks about free txt messaging, how does that work?

OK now on to use. I installed pinchat from the marketplace and cant figure out how to use it. It says I have no pingchat contacts yet it shows me all the contacts on my phone....
[Android Apps and Games] Beards:
PingChat! is an application which will allow you to send either Text, Photo's Videos or Sound files and display them like you see in an SMS message client app (Messaging).

It does not interact with any of the clients you mention but simply works on it's own.

The main reason in using this program over say Text Messaging services is because you can send those Photo's, Video's and Sound files for free.

Messaging services would charge you extra for sending Photo's and even then you can only send Photo's up to a certain size. Pingchat! has no restriction on size as it sends data either through your Wifi or 3G network.

The iPhone version is v2.0. The Android version is a new release, as such that is why it is v1.0

When you use your default messaging client any messages you send come out of your allowance. However, most users these days have an unlimited text allowance so this does not matter so much.

What PingChat! are saying here is you can send as many messages as you want and none come out of your Text Messaging allowance.

Where it scores high here is, unlike Text Messaging services where you are reliant upon the carrier delivering your message on time, with PingChat! it goes instantly. As such you have the satisfaction your message has reached the person at that particular time.

PingChat! does not take any details from your Contacts. This is because it is not sending messages within your contact list. It operates as a standalone.

To use PingChat! you first need to install the App on your machine (which yes you have). Next you need another Android (or iPhone) person to also install the program on their phone.

You each have your own Ident Name and set up PingChat! to send messages etc. etc between to two of you.

This may sound a little cumbersome I know but believe you me... I've been using it now for a couple of weeks and communicate with many of my colleague's this way.

It's far much better than the standard Messaging service and I know if I have an important message that needs to get out to a fellow surgeon it gets to them instantly.

Hope this has helped a little.
[Android Apps and Games] torchedlh:
I can also confirm this. Took only one day and I did not receive any notification/reply to my email.
[Android Apps and Games] JexL:
i didnt email whatsapp at all just tried to log in again after 1 day and it worked :)
[Android Apps and Games] XZQ't:
The new version didn't give me notification. Can i down grade?
[Android Apps and Games] zubinpepsi:
does this work with windows mobile?
[Streak 5 Accessories] fards:
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[Streak 5 Accessories] lufc:
Thanks for the link man just ordered a pair and the code worked :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
I am having trouble with my Pc not reading my HTC HD2,when i plug the USB cable in the PC it say's device not supported.

For the last six months i have had no problem i just plug it in and i could read the storsge card in my computer with the rest of the drives ie C: D: E: ect, now it wont read at all i have windows media device centre installed and it wont pick it up either,any ideas.:confused: I can bluetooth and charge the phone no problems ,Maybe the usb cable

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
with teh phone connecvted, (after it has said not supported) open up device manager on the pc, find teh entry which will have an exclamation mark, right click it and choose4 uninstal. then try it again.

also worth reinstalling windows mobile device center
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
Hi Samsamual

When i open windows mobile device center it does nothing even while my phone is connected,it just says phone not connected,i have uninstalled windows mobile device center a couple of times and nothing happins,it seems that when i plug phone and USB cable in the usb port or pc just wont recognise it at all.

Thanks for your reply
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watcher64:
He did not say open device center , he said open "Device Manager", you can open it from computer management in the control panel ...

You did say it said "device unrecognized" that means the pc is "seeing" it , just not seeing it right ...

When in device manager find ,the item that is this "unknown device" if you are not sure which it is, unplug it see what dissapears, and what reappears when you plug it back in, it may just be under usb devices or the similar ..

Then Uninstall that device, then unplug the phone, wait a few seconds and plug it back in ... also plug it right into the computer do not use a usb hub ...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
Thanks watcher,i understand now i did not read it right,i will try Device Manager now.

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
Still no luck,below pic's are the messages i am getting when i plug my phone into usb port.

Note my card reader and flash drive work ok on the same usb port,so i assume its my phone or usb cable.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silenced3:
i have had several experiences with usb devices malfunctioning and causing that kind of error. and a few of those times i was able to isolate the problem to a faulty cable. but those were generic usb/miniusb cables (ie not supplied with the device... just available loose in the market). if its a cable supplied by the OEM, i doubt it would fail all of a sudden. but try swapping cables and see... good thing hd2 has a standard mini usb interface...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
Thanks silenced i will try a different cable tomorrow thanks for your help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watcher64:
Did you right click and Uninstall the "Unknown Device" then unplug and re-plug?? ...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harv123456:
Yes i did all that,i got a new USB data cable today and all works fine now.

Thanks guys for all your help,this is a great forum thanks evervbody.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madblue2002:
Did you solve this problem because I m getting same problem with my cable. Charging but no connection with PC or Notebook. No Memory card reading or syncronize
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Found some Transcend and A-Data class 6 MicroSDHC cards that are sold cheaply on Amazon, but I'm not sure I want to spend the extra cash if the Evo has bottlenecked write/read speeds. So I was wandering if any of you have tested out a class 6 or 10 MicroSDHC card on the Evo.

The Evo comes with a Class 2 card.

Download "SD Card Speed Tester" from android market to base our results. Will be posting mine in a bit.

First test results for 8GB Class 2 MicroSDHC Card(Comes with Evo):

Write speed is 2.0MB/s

Read speed is 9.0MB/s

Second test same card:

Write 4MB/s

Read 9MB/s

Well I read that this test is inaccurate. I will try to find better, external methods.

Does the Geebees matter when it comes write/read speeds on SDHC cards?
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
I bought a 32GB class 6 from ebay. took a few weeks to get since it came from hong kong and i paid 40 bucks :] anyways, writing to the sd seems smoother to me. i havent "truly" tested since im a complete n00b
[EVO 4G General] posguy99:
Since there are no 32 gb class 6 cards... you got taken.
[EVO 4G General] mikevillarroel:
I bought a 16 g class 6 in amazon. How do i test it? I mean to me writes and reads fast but is there a appl for that?
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Download "SD card speed tester" from android market.
[EVO 4G General] madsquabbles:
without any "real" tests in android there really doesn't seem much of an improvement. mainly b/c the small amount of data that apps use.

nandroid back ups are faster though and prepping sd card at boot up is faster.

no numbers though.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
What about 720p recording.
[EVO 4G General] madsquabbles:
shoot, didn't think of testing that.

if no one else does it i'll do it later today if i can.

i went to a 16 gig class 2 card since space was more important than speed for me.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Oh please do, can't test it, don't have a class 6 card. Hope some people who do stumble onto this thread.
[EVO 4G General] djmend:
I bought a 16GB Class 6 mSDHC card and I can tell you that it is noticeably better than the shipped 8GB Class2 card. I notice it most when playing back high bitrate vid, I ripped some stuff from blu-ray to 800x480 mpeg4 and it loads the video faster now and plays without a single hiccup. Also from time to time I would get hiccups in the 720p videos recording with the class2 and I have not had a single hiccup with my class 6 card.

These are just my observations I have no actual measurements to compare so take this with a grain of salt.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
:), what brand/where did you get your Card?
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
Sorry, confused myself with the standard SD.
[EVO 4G General] TrevE:
I just ran that SD speed card test, transcend c6 card. Not using a2sd or anything else. It reports write speed at 5MB/s, read at 10MB/s. Says its a c4 card. Dont know how accurate the test is but thought itd be useful posting...

*edit* ran it a second time and got write at 5, read at 11. Seems pretty consistant
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Test multiple times, for some reason I got 4MB/s write the second time.
[EVO 4G General] TrevE:
ran test a 3rd/4th time.

Write 6MB/s

Read 10MB/s

Write 5MB/s

Read 11MB/s

A fluctuation of a meg up or down i think is normal. The program might also round seeing i saw no partial numbers. Now as far as if its worth it to get a c6 id say yes regardless just for the wearleveling features.

from cyaogen wiki: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Swap_and_Compcache
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
I have a 16GBA a-data class 6 in mine and the speed test is showing 8mb write and 12mb read. Not sure how accurate that is though, the read speed is about 4mb faster than what my computer told me it was.

A-data cards are fast but if you get another brand make sure other people are saying they can do what they say they can. There are a lot of companies who flat out lie.
[EVO 4G General] mikevillarroel:
Don't know if it's good or not but at least says is a class6
[EVO 4G General] Philosuffer:
I seem to have gotten lucky with my Class 2 16GB.

Ran SD Card Speed Test from the market 3 times, and all 3 tests came back with at least 6MB/s write speed. Got it for $25 shipped off of Ebay. PM me if you want the seller, maybe someone else can get lucky too...
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Make sure you test it thoroughly before you run out of time to file a claim. There have been a lot of 16gb cards with the 32gb markings coming from china. It's formatted so it looks like the space is there but they wont let you use more than 16gig
[EVO 4G General] rekphiv:
Actually alot of the cards on ebay at 2gb cards. Not even a full 8 or 16. Also if you want to do a better test for your sd card speads use ATTO. its free and gives alot better breakdown. It runs on your PC.
[EVO 4G General] djmend:
this is the card I got...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208475
[EVO 4G General] djmend:
just to update... ran SD Card Speed test twice and got

1st time:

Write speed is 7.0 MB/s

Reading speed is 12.0 MB/s

Measures suggest your card is a Class6 Card.

2nd time:

Write speed is 8.0 MB/s

Reading speed is 12.0 MB/s
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Hmm, well it shooould technically be faster, 6MB/S is a minimal standard the card has to maintain.

I purchased a Kingston 4GB Class 4(for $8) and will run tests on it and test more brands and classes down the line.
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
Whats the best way to test this? I purchased from a power seller/ebay store with thousands of positive feedback otherwise i wouldnt have taken a second look at buying it!
[EVO 4G General] 2fastkuztoms:
my test on the supplied 8gb class 2

1st test:

Write speed is 1.0 MB/s

Reading speed is 3.0 MB/s

2nd test:

Write speed is 2.0 MB/s

Reading speed is 3.0 MB/s

Reboot phone:

1st test:

Write speed is 3.0 MB/s

Reading speed is 6.0 MB/s
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Some people recommend ATTO or HDTach.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
I'm around the same, we would definitely benefit from a class 4 or 6.
[EVO 4G General] 2fastkuztoms:
^ Definately... looking right now to buy class 6, deciding between 8gb or 16gb... newegg shipping cost me more than the 8gb card... any other place?
[EVO 4G General] holeshot77:
I have a tapogram. Class 6 8gb card. Works great. I used it on my bb storm for a year. Then the 8gb that came with phone,sold it with my storm and used my storm 8gb in my evo. It xfers around 12 mb/s or so.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Amazon, Buy, BestBuy, Walmart, TigerDirect/Compusa perhaps.
[EVO 4G General] ausch30:
Ran SD card speed test with my 8gb class 6 Adata card, pretty happy with the results.
[EVO 4G General] ausch30:
Many of Neweggs cards have free shipping on them and their deals change almost daily. I've been thinking of getting this, Class 6, 16gb.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211378
[Shift General] shEEEsh:
My office was closed part of last week thru yesterday. Today is the first day back to work since receiving my Dell Streak. For over a year my Shift went everywhere with me. I never had a 3G connection [should I have?] but it didn't matter. I rarely used it for voice, but have on occassions .. In fact, I see I can install bluetooth in snapvue if I can do without it in win7. BUT ...

I am getting ready for work today. Changing purses etc and I start to pack my shift and then think "why?" I have the Streak now. It can do everything my Shift can do.. the screen size is between my iphone and shift .. my iphone is semi-retired right now .. It just feels very strange not packing the shift. Maybe I should continue taking it to work for a while at least just to see if there is anything the Shift can do that the Dell can't ..

Can you thinking of anything ??
[Shift General] Flanimal:
How about:

BBC iplayer (or other TV streaming)

Play Halo

Visit Tetris Friends

Emulate Amiga with WINAUE (Stunt Car Racer)

Program with Cygwin

Internet banking

Dropbox synchronisation

Office 2007 or 2010