OckieMoto's gripe with Android (Android push functionality)

ocleroux said:
You will have to phone arround. My connection to the Borg Hive Collective has been severed. I was naughty! :-)
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So after phoning the Vodacom stores in Hatfield, Kolonnade, Brooklyn, Menlyn, Atterbury Value Mart, The Grove & Silverwater nobody seems to have in stock :(
 
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Speedster said:
So after phoning the Vodacom stores in Hatfield, Kolonnade, Brooklyn, Menlyn, Atterbury Value Mart, The Grove & Silverwater nobody seems to have in stock :(
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Two possibilities. They have ordered it...but it is currently still on its way to to them with the couriers. Secondly they might not have ordered the phone at all....oh wait...there is a third option...the couriers dont have no petrol! hahaha. Actually that aint funny :-)
 
I am actually having the same problem with my gmail. I have to manually refresh my gmail to check my email, yet my Live account and Work email, via exchange, gets delivered instantly. I have also tried everything mentioned on other websites, like deleting cache, deleting and reinstalling gmail app. I even hard reset phone. No change.

I have found a few queries on Google's website, with no response from Google. It is not good when Google can't even make their own app work properly on their own operating system.

Whatsapp is working fine for me though. Go figure.

By the way, I have the Galaxy S2.
 
MonkeysUncle said:
I am actually having the same problem with my gmail. I have to manually refresh my gmail to check my email, yet my Live account and Work email, via exchange, gets delivered instantly. I have also tried everything mentioned on other websites, like deleting cache, deleting and reinstalling gmail app. I even hard reset phone. No change.

I have found a few queries on Google's website, with no response from Google. It is not good when Google can't even make their own app work properly on their own operating system.

Whatsapp is working fine for me though. Go figure.

By the way, I have the Galaxy S2.
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I wonder if the problem is not with Gmail setting vs the app on the phone.

Example, maybe if you have mail forwarding set up or pop access enable it doesn't push to the phone like when you dont have any of the options active?
 
I reset all gmail account settings. Then removed my labels. You could say I started from scratch. It made no difference. It seems like it's a hit and miss affair.

I've decided to stop for now and just enjoy the rest of phone :-)

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I see my automated e-mail retrieval on my Galaxy 2 is also a hit and miss affair. Same goes for the weather widget. Then it updates and then it doesn't. I have to manually intervene all the time. Something not right here.
 
I've been on Android for a week now and I have mixed feelings about it. The flexibility/openess is great but it is also its biggest weakness. Lot's off little issues where compatibility clearly seems to be a challange ... missing graphics, misalignments, freezing, etc. Not major, but real. The rubbish apps is a real pain though. Google will claim the number of Android apps is catching up with Apple, but when one compares the quality of the apps it is light years appart. Filthy apps by the tons. Great however that there are so many free apps. In the end I find Apple to be the better choice. A larger screen on the iPhone will make it in my books the undisputed champion.
 
BeVonk! said:
I've been on Android for a week now and I have mixed feelings about it. The flexibility/openess is great but it is also its biggest weakness. Lot's off little issues where compatibility clearly seems to be a challange ... missing graphics, misalignments, freezing, etc. Not major, but real. The rubbish apps is a real pain though. Google will claim the number of Android apps is catching up with Apple, but when one compares the quality of the apps it is light years appart. Filthy apps by the tons. Great however that there are so many free apps. In the end I find Apple to be the better choice. A larger screen on the iPhone will make it in my books the undisputed champion.
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Macrumors.com seems to think the next iteration of the iPhone, either 4GS or 5, will be released middle August.

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/13...-retail-staffing-from-august-through-october/
 
BeVonk! said:
I've been on Android for a week now and I have mixed feelings about it. The flexibility/openess is great but it is also its biggest weakness. Lot's off little issues where compatibility clearly seems to be a challange ... missing graphics, misalignments, freezing, etc. Not major, but real. The rubbish apps is a real pain though. Google will claim the number of Android apps is catching up with Apple, but when one compares the quality of the apps it is light years appart. Filthy apps by the tons. Great however that there are so many free apps. In the end I find Apple to be the better choice. A larger screen on the iPhone will make it in my books the undisputed champion.
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No idea what you are talking about. I can only imagine it's your Apple bias that's coming through. I haven't experienced any of the issues mentioned by anyone. Galaxy SII = smartphone of the year and undisputed champion by a long way.
 
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mercurial said:
No idea what you are talking about. I can only imagine it's your Apple bias that's coming through. I haven't experienced any of the issues mentioned by anyone. Galaxy SII = smartphone of the year and undisputed champion by a long way.
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And zero bias on your side?

The Galaxy S2 is truly awesome. The best current phone for sure, but I believe only until the new iPhone arrives. The Android ecosystem is just too uncontrolled. Google needs to reign it in somewhat. Better control over apps is a must because too much rubbish floats around. Aweful graphic dedign in apps is the norm and thus irritates me no end. Apple gives far more attention to the details.

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BeVonk! said:
And zero bias on your side?

The Galaxy S2 is truly awesome. The best current phone for sure, but I believe only until the new iPhone arrives. The Android ecosystem is just too uncontrolled. Google needs to reign it in somewhat. Better control over apps is a must because too much rubbish floats around. Aweful graphic dedign in apps is the norm and thus irritates me no end. Apple gives far more attention to the details.

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Again, no idea what you are on about. Only Apple fans say this. No one else complains about any of this.
 
mercurial said:
Again, no idea what you are on about. Only Apple fans say this. No one else complains about any of this.
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He's just trolling. The icrappstore has far more useless junk on and there you have to pay for the retarded fart sounds. Pretty much all the good stuff available for iStuff is on Android as well, usually for cheaper. Next in line is probably some baloney about fragmentation or some nebulous term like "user experience".
 
TJ99 said:
He's just trolling. The icrappstore has far more useless junk on and there you have to pay for the retarded fart sounds. Pretty much all the good stuff available for iStuff is on Android as well, usually for cheaper. Next in line is probably some baloney about fragmentation or some nebulous term like "user experience".
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