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[Android Apps and Games] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thanks, dewang!!!!

Edit: Slight spelling error: "Select photo form Gallery", should be "from".
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
Thanks! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
Nice app! Since it's now in the Market, I will add it to next Monday's Last Week's Best Android Apps and Games roundup, like this one http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...-and-games-10410-101010-now-with-screenshots/
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
OK

Thank you for your interest.
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
I think I hit a bug but I can't reproduce it, so I think it only happens if you install and don't go to the options. Basically, the mass SMS option added all the phone numbers from every contact, instead of just the primary ones. When I went to the options, I saw that the default option is to actually pick the primary one and is already checked. Then I went back and tried again and this time it was fine - only the primary numbers were selected. Any idea why this may be happening? Do you not initialize your options perhaps?
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
Thank you for your feedback. I have found the problem, because the code and configuration files using the default settings are different. I'm adding new features. Completed immediately after the update.
[Android Apps and Games] doc_v15:
Just what an android needed!!! Good job man!
[Android Apps and Games] IDtheTarget:
I *really* like this contact manager, it has almost all of the features that I've been dreaming of having since I left the iPhone.

I have two requests:

I have contacts in my Google Contacts, and they and the groups they are in are showing up just fine. I also have an Exchange account, and those contacts are showing up as well. However, the groups from the exchange account are not showing up. Is it possible for you to add them?

I usually look people up by their last name, but can't seem to find out how to do that in the application. Is there a way to sort contacts by their last name?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
Thank you! I will deal with your suggestions as soon as possible.
[Android Apps and Games] jwjosefy:
Thanks

Thanks man! This app is awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] mavava:
Nice one

Just wanted to say I luv this app. Thank u :)

exactly what I needed
[Android Apps and Games] MarkitosWay117:
do i need to have froyo 2.2 in order for this app to work?? bcus i have a mytouch running 1.6 nd i searched for ur app on the market nd it didnt come out :(
[Android Apps and Games] IDtheTarget:
I'm running it on Android 2.1.
[Android Apps and Games] riochile:
I knew I read something about this app earlier, glad I found it again, told a buddy about it as well.

I'm going to give it a try!
[Android Apps and Games] FXGT:
great app 10x
[Android Apps and Games] Aria807:
I have this app but I have a problem with the contact icon/photo. It doesn't seem to sync with facebook contacts whereas the stock 2.3.3 contact list syncs just fine.
[Android Apps and Games] yup.now:
quick/simple way to change a contacts group?

Great app! It is my favorite out of all the contact apps out on the market. Is there a quick way for a single contact to add/remove/change the groups assigned to them? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
Thank you, I'm trying to correct this problem.
[Android Apps and Games] dewang:
Hello, I have in the upcoming version provides a pop-up menu. It can quickly modify the group.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Ethridge:
Using Samsung Galaxy Note i717 SGH-T879. It crashed so badly I had to remove the battery from the phone to reboot. I have 2000 contacts in 14 Groups. Could it be that the program can't handle that many contacts or is it something else?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
Today, I called T-Mobile because I returned my unresponsive G2 and wanted to go back to my previous state of not having a contract. I was within my 14 day grace period for my device so I believed that my contract would also be reverted back to the original status.

The customer retention guy with a heavy southern accent said that I signed a new contract for both the phone and the service...:confused: So If I want to be out of the contract, I need to pay a 200 dollar early deactivation fee because the contract with a new phone and the service is two separate contracts. How unfair is this? I extended my contract to get a discount on the phone that stopped working after a few days. Now I can't get back my non contract status??? This is so ridiculous.

I told the guy that I will cancel my account and go with ATT+ the iFail and he promptly told me that I will be billed 200 dollars plus any service usage. I asked to speak to his supervisor and he said he was a supervisor in a very coy and belittling way. I proceeded with "you can take that bill and stick it up your ass you f*ck" and hung up. Am I really obliged to pay that 200 dollar deactivation fee? Anybody here know how this works? I'm so frustrated and angry at T-Mobile for treating a long time customer like this... I was thinking the service contract extension and the phone are together as one. Any suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z General] SykesAT:
No, if you returned the phone within 14days you return the contract extension also. I did this when I bought my Vibrant. I bought it with a contract extension, then returned it and went on to buy another Vibrant from costco at a stupidly cheap off contract price. On the return of my Vibrant to the T-mo store I was refunded the price of the phone and my contact extension was reversed. I am currently still off contract and can upgrade if I choose to.

As the poster below says... be nice but firm, know your rights.
[G2 and Desire Z General] [hfm]:
Call back and try another rep. Bit of advise though, comments like that just make the situation worse.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mftek1:
Damn bro. I would call back again and talk to another person. You have 14 days buyers remorse. Call t mobile and tell them your unhappy and want to return the phone.. That should do it bro.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SmartHat:
Call 611.

Say Cancel.

Talk to loyalty representative. (Every rep is different, the other guy might've been an ignorant idiot)

If they don't budge & you are within your Still 14 day return policy call t-mobile, repeat the same process BUT this time have your call recorded (you shouldn't tell them b/c they will say they can't talk anymore and hangup, even though They CAN & Do Record your calls)... also be sure to bring up the issue during the call and bring up the day it is etc. (build your case within the call)

File a complaint with the BBB... companies take that seriously.

Make sure you word it so that it is EXPLICITLY Clear who's at fault & Why & provide some emotional appeal... you can mention your call was recorded and you have evidence (even though it May not be legally acceptable)

Your issue will get resolved.

I got in a dispute w/ Dish Netw0rk [contract issue] and had to go the BBB route to get my issue resolved.

btw don't get mad at them or tell them something that can bite you in the ass later... they make a lot of 'Notations on your acct' and other reps will refer to it in the future and may assist you based on that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
Call corporate. I called 6 times to a CSR at tmo to return that piece of crap vibrant and they all told me I couldn't return it even knowing of the issues it was having at the time. I called corporate tmobile and they settled it within 5 mins. Shipped my phone back, got a full refund, and got a g2 discounted at upgrade price when I wasn't even eligible for one.

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
How do I call corporate? Can you please help me with that info?
[G2 and Desire Z General] jaytxvo:
Yeah call 611 talk to different reps!

@luis86dr - How did you fanagle the discounted price! That sounds awesome.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
Here's the number for tmo corporate. Located in new mexico.

425-378-4000

Also I didn't have to hassle them at all. They offered me all that. My word of advice is make sure you state when you call you want to speak to someone in corporate. I called once and said I needed to speak to someone about my phone n they transfered me to the regular customer service reps who didn't do crap for me from the get go. So clarify you want to speak to someone from CORPORATE. Then you should be all gravy from there.

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
Always check your state laws before recording a telephone conversation. In some states it is a felony to record a phone call without the other party's consent.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
Better off trying corp and seeing what happens... less of a headache.

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] narynan:
Actally guys, just an fyi, that number takes you to the corporate offices in bellevue washington, not arizona.

Trust me
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
Its in new mexico. Not the washington office. Regardless that's the number I called.

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
Thank you. I will try this first thing tomorrow morning.:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] narynan:
Maybe whoever you spoke with is in new mexico, but I assure you, t mo corporate is in bellevue wa. I can't speak for where the reps are located. But that is a washington state number.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Forget corporate, forget escalations.... I had to do the same ****... Call back, say blackberry at the automated prompt. You will immidiately be connected to Tech Support. Explain it to them, they'll hook you up!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Dlirious:
Did you change your rate plan to one of the new plans? I'm just curious because if you dd then there is a contract extension for that and a separate one if you're eligible for an upgrade. If you return your phone within the remorse period then you are still eligible to get a full discounted upgrade but are still in contract due to the rate plan change. Hope that makes sense
[G2 and Desire Z General] gravis86:
First of all, T-Mobile corporate offices are headquartered in Bellevue, WA. Second, that 425 area code is for Kirkland / Bellevue area. Third, I used to work for them. Believe me that number took you straight to Bellevue. You may have been transferred elsewhere, but it took you there first.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
@Delirius

When I was out of contract, they offered the phone first and just gave me a newer plan for loyal customers. They never said I was signing off on two contracts. When a normal person that wasn't on a contract, upgrades their phone... they would expect the phone and the new contract to be included in the 14 day remorse period. If that isn't the case, T-Mobile is basically tricking you into thinking that you have 14 days to decide if you want to stay with T-Mobile, or get back to non contracted status. Pretty shady if that's the case.

Also, why do I get the feeling you work at T-Mobile? Anyhow, if you were on the cheaper, non contracted Even More Plus plan, you will have to upgrade that plan to the Even More plan counterpart which is more expensive in order to cover the discounted phone price. So you are telling me they can't go back to their old plan under the remorse period? Pretty sneaky and underhanded way of forcing us to stay or pay the early termination fee.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Dlirious:
I don't disagree with you just wondering if they mentioned an extention for the rate plan change. From what it sounds like you were offered the unlimited loyalty plan for $49.99 and if that's the case then there is no contract for the plan. Just trying to find out the details so I can at least give some advice.

Edit: if you moved from even more plus (no contract) to even more (contracted) to get the discount on the phone then you did accept a contract for the change but if you returned the phone then there is a way to have the plan moved back. I would advise going to you nearest corporate T-Mobile store and speak to the manager and explain the situation. They have the ability to change it back to even more plus if the reason is good enough. If they don't know that they have this ability then they are unaware but they do have the ability. Hope that helps
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
First Im not sure if u order the phone online or not? But if u did not...why not go to your local tmobiile store and have a sale rep call up for you and take care of your contract situation.

I work for tmobile as a sale rep and we do this for customers all the time. Even if you purchase the phone online or on the phone we can still call up for you and revert your contract back the way it is but just make sure you ship the phone back.

Dealing with CSR sometimes is a hit or miss. like others suggested you can either call again and try a different rep. But just a warning every CSR do log notes into your account for every call you made. They can put in the notes that customer hung up on the phone and when another rep reads it they will be very cautious with you.

So the best way is just go to a store and have the sales rep take care of it for you.
[G2 and Desire Z General] batrad:
I had no issues with the Return

Bought the Phone outright (less 20% company discount) for $400

Will be going back today. Am waiting for the new myTouch, not to crazy about the G2 Keyboard, had similar issues with the Tilt 2...
[G2 and Desire Z General] chewy106:
I can say from personal experience that the BBB route worked for me on the ETF before. I had a T-Mobile employee swear to me there was no contract extension on a phone for the 2nd line I have I purchased in-store a few years ago, but they switched my data plan without telling me and extended the contract. I fixed the data shortly after when I saw the first bill, but the contract extension wasn't shown. I attempted to cancel 6 months later, went through the same thing with Customer Care - a rep and 2 supervisors told me basically "tough, you owe $200". Immediately filed a polite BBB complaint explaining that I'm a 5 year+ customer and the T-Mobile employee lied and manipulated my plan and two days later, the ETF was removed from my account with a humble apology from corporate.

Best advice is to just be calm and rational and most importantly, be courteous. Kindness kills in these situations.
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
That sounded like you went to a indirect dealer. Usually they are the mall kiosk reps that try to get customers. I use to work in one of those and I couldn't stand it...you can make a lot of money but u have to be a bit shady about things. But at a corporate store things are different we have strict guide lines that we must meet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] maxawesome:
T-Mobile corporate is located in Bellevue, WA. 425 is a Bellevue area code, and I drive by their corporate office every day. Just sayin'. :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] bcpk:
Well, the automated response does say "Calls may be recorded" :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] chewy106:
Unfortunately no, while it was a kiosk, it was an official T-Mobile owned store, #8265. And when I bought a myTouch3G a few months ago at a different T-Mobile owned store (#5025), they manipulated my data plan as well and tacked on insurance without my permission, both after explicitly telling him not to. After those two experiences I'm paranoid and check everything on my plan online or call Customer Care as soon as I get the text update after dealing in-store. I learned my lesson years ago with Verizon and Cingular about using indirect dealers.

I'm glad they opened a newer one closer anyways, as so far all my dealings with them have been great, they sold me my G2 early, and they get a kick out of my hacked phones lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
wow i would go directly to their market manager and get those guys fired! that is just not right at all. plus all the work we do is audited too.

but yea we were able to sell our G2 early as well. we got our shippments in on the thursday before and our market manager told us to start selling on Saturday morning.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
Let us know how it goes, OP.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrmack:
I can cosign this. Literally on the phone 5 minutes and my G2 is on the way :D

The lady said, and I quote, "I am authorized to do whatever it takes to make you happy". I said a phone exchange would be great and she did it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
Congrats. Don't waste your time with 611. Go right to the source. Lol.

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
OP here. I talked to a regular customer service rep and calmly explained the situation. She let out a big sigh and apologized for the dumbass service retention retard that I spoke with earlier this week. She explained that some retention reps do everything they can to try to make you stay with T-Mobile and in my own experience, even lie to get a better retention track record.

Some of the stuff he told me was so stupid, such as how ATT charges 30 dollars for 30 minutes:confused: for facetime via iphone's front facing camera when it just uses your minutes, and how the upcoming MyTouchHD let's you do face talk for free (so does the iPhone). Also, when I mentioned the Netflix streaming app for the iPhone, he said MyTouch HD will support it out of the box:rolleyes: when Netflix just started looking for Android developers a short time ago. I also had a Edge/3g constantly switching and losing connection, and he said all I needed to do was call tech support and they will help me change my settings on the G2 so it will never happen again...BS, and most importantly he claimed that I cannot go back to non contract status in my 14 day remorse period because I signed up for an extention when I upgraded my phone which is TWO contracts(one for the phone, one for the service)...:D Wow... Just wow.

Anyways, the customer service lady told me she will take care of everything and called me the next day. My phone was received by the warehouse and she changed my plan back to my old, non contract status. Friendliest rep I have ever spoken to, plus she wasn't even a supervisor. I ended up leaving T-Mobile the next day because of the bad taste in my mouth from that retarded retention assface. I love android, but I am going with the iPhone4 for now. I will miss android. Maybe a great android phone will come along for AT&T in a couple of years. T-Mobile, if you're reading this... either retrain that retard or change your shady ways of tricking/lying/manipulating your customers so they will stay. It doesn't work.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Blackman778g:
NOOOOOO! Not Iphone land... :(.... let me know how the "smoothness" of apple products are....
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrkev150:
@Blackman

Haha, the iPhone is smooth, however it's hard getting used to the interface. I really miss the back button that android has. The display is really sharp and the browser is super quick, but the lack of flash and Apple's stance against it is really a bummer. Also no physical keyboard :(. It does take really nice pictures and video, plus the hardware speaker and overall sound quality is superb. If the G2/Desire Z was available for ATT, I would have chose that instead of the iPhone.

I still have my fully functional G1 to play with...just can't make any phone calls with it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianthepcguru:
Hello everyone,

I have a vanilla Vibrant and applied the JI6 update through Kies Mini yesterday.

After applying the update I've had an issue with Exchange sync. Several times I've pulled my phone from my holster and found it warm to the touch. When I unlock the phone I see that it is constantly transmitting/receiving data and that the battery has been severely drained.

When the issue happened I checked task manager and each time I found my Exchange email was constantly using between 15-25% CPU (text was red). When I terminate the email app through task manager, the constant traffic stops and everything goes back to normal. However, the issue has happened three times since the update so terminating it through task manager is only a temporary fix. When the issue happens it can drain my battery from full charge to empty in about 3-4 hours.

Has anyone run into this issue or have any ideas on a fix? I have had no problems with Exchange sync until this JI6 update was installed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navy2010:
Hi,

I have the same problem as well. I have to remove the exchange mail account to stop this problem. I'm surprised no one else has the problem. I guess many companies still doesn't support exchange on Android. I might have to move back to my blackberry...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] payback1:
I can confirm that this happened to me the other day as well. Vibrant was warm to the touch and my battery was draining very fast. I turned the phone off and back on, and the issue went away. Mine is rooted, and that's it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
Had similar issues, here is what I did,

Change option to automatic push, Sync only 3 days & download only 2KB.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkyfungus:
I would suggest Touchdown by Nitrodesk. It's $20, but absolutely tits.

fF
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navy2010:
Thanks, I will try that. Vibrant is a great phone with some major problems.

Thanks for the suggestion! But this is such a basic functionality, I shouldn't have to buy an app to get my email on an $500 phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianthepcguru:
For whatever reason, the issue seems to have magically went away on its own. The issue kept happening for the first 2-3 days after the update but has not happened in the last day or so (knock on wood).

I'm keeping an eye on for a few more days and will post a follow-up. The only thing I can think of is perhaps there is a severe performance issue with the first few syncs after the JI6 update.

I agree with navy, you shouldn't have to pay for software on the market when Exchange integration is included on the device. Hopefully with 2.2 they will have worked these kinks out and will also incorporate HTML email support.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8ter:
Useless suggestion. Don't waste money on this.

I sync hotmail with Exchange ActiveSync. It is not ActiveSync that is draining the battery.

The Task Manager Widget drains an excessive amount of battery power.

I went through my Market Downloads and uninstalled every non-essential app that I didn't use on a daily basis. I was still getting like 3.5 hours of Battery Life from a full charge.

I took the Widget off last night, and after 7 hours of taking it off the Charger today I had 33% battery (used to be 23% after 3 hours).

To blame ActiveSync for this excessive battery drain pretty much displays a lack of understanding of how ActiveSync works.

It uses less battery than IMAP with IDLE and the only thing that could have increased my battery drain so much other than that retarded Task Widget was an IM program constantly running in the background polling a server.

However, I did re-install WhatsApp (which I do use with a few people) and it doesn't seem like it was the source of the issue - thankfully.

P.S. When someone posted that the Task Manager Widget was draining 10%+ an hour I thought they were retarded, but after what I went through... I have to somewhat agree with that finding. I have had 1 or 2 Exchange accounts syncing on my phones since I've had a smartphone. Never has it ever been the source of any retarded battery drain.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navy2010:
What Task Manager Widget are you talking about? In a normal situation, ActiveSync works great before the update. After I removed my exchange account, the battery drain stops. So this is a bug in Android and I hope it will get fix soon.

I tried this, it's still not working. I have 1 new email on my exchange account over night and it used 40+mb of data.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkyfungus:
Suit yourselves. I wasn't trying to suggest something useless, I use it and it works great for me and doesn't cause problems. Also provides a rich, HTML experience.