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Update 2.11.605.19 710RD New App Association Feature

Has anyone notice the new App Association option that is listed under Settings / Applications / App Association? It appears to work well because this option allows you to change the default application for a specific option easily, normally you would have to clear the default application and then set the new one with the a pop up window but now it is easy as 1.2.3.

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Ann154

Different. Can you set some of those to not have a default? I sometimes like to have a choice for various functions.

Wildman

If this is possible I havent seen a option for this, it appears that is you go to the application and clear the default it automatically sets the default back to the default stock application for this option. I think they disabled the popup option menu.

mjandroid

Yes I have found it after 10 hours. After the ota update the phone, on its own, reset my default to email not gmail. PITA. Finally found this setting (6 htc tech reps and 3 verizon tech reps were clueless). I do not like what this update has done. I fear the CL at Verizon may be correct when he/she says they may have disabled the popup option menu. Well, it was PERFECT for me before the update. Let me explain. Prior to the update - when I used gmail mail all people/contacts were associated with gmail and if I wanted to send an email it went through my Gmail address. Gmail is for my business accounts. However, my personal EMAIL was a pop3 account. There were times - when responding to certain applications that I wanted a choice to use email or gmail (i.e personal email or business email). In those situations a POP UP would appear and allow me the option of replying via EMAIL OR GMAIL (i.e. personal or business). NOW THANK YOU HTC, I do not have that option. All applications ( except when sending a pop3 email) appear to be set to ALWAYS use the GMAIL default when responding to ANY situation. SO if I want to respond to something and it not AUTOMATICALLY going through GMAIL (business email account) I HAVE to go to settings/applications/app associations and change the default to email from gmail. Then after I have sent the email - I HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE DEFAULT IN APP ASSOOCIATION TO GMAIL. Can you tell I am not happy about this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE FIX THIS.

My phone was working perfectly; loved it. Then along comes this damn update and I have problems with the phone and it is not working in a manner I find acceptable. If anyone has an answer to the issues above I would appreciate it.

Loved my Thunderbolt - now - not so much.......

BakerGeckos

Yeah, I don't think I want this new version either. Applications That I use and select a different app to open each time now default to the browser is kinda lame to me. This substantially changes the way my device works and for Verizon to FORCE this upon us is not right. There should be full disclosure and acceptace from the user not just FORCED acceptance..

My 2 cents worth.

Wildman

Android or HTC would have made the feature change not Verizon, other HTC devices are starting to have this feature also... I haven't had any issues using this feature so I dont see the problem.

Ann154

I would have to say that it was HTC that modified the code to have this feature. It is not present in the stock Android 4.0 operating system on the Galaxy Nexus. I have the action to open a browser from a link set without a default on the Nexus because I like to choose a which browser to use.

Ann154

After only a few minutes of checking a few links after installing this update, I'm officially not happy with this option. I click on YouTube links daily through Google+. The link automatically is opened in the default browser. I don't even get an option to open with the YouTube application!

There is something I have to check yet with the email application default, but if this is any indication I'm going to have some problems.

Ann154

Yep, the email application default is a problem.

Wildman

The only thing I can see I did different was use K9 instead of stock app that could cause mine to function differently.

demmo86rt

The new app association "feature" can be blamed purely on Apple. One of their many, many lawsuits against Android manufacturers had to do with the pop-up feature when clicking a hyperlink (phone number, link to a video, website, basically anything found in this menu). This new menu is HTC's workaround, and will most likely be included in all of their phones from here on out. This is also why the AT&T One X and Sprint EVO 4G LTE were held up in customs, causing many customers to not get their phones on time.

http://betabeat.com/2011/12/19/apple-htc-lawsuit-12192011/

http://phandroid.com/2012/05/15/sprint-htc-evo-4g-lte-and-att-htc-one-x-delayed-apple-to-blame/

Wildman

Another battle for the companies that will effect customers again. Thanks for the information because I never concidered that was why things was changed..

Ann154

Lovely! Not. Having a default pre-set, I guess won't necessarily bother me except for the YouTube links issue. There is not even an option for it! It would have been nice if the application association included an option for "No default" or "Ask Me", but maybe that would constitute a violation of this patent.

This pop-up occurs in the stock Android though. I hope that this isn't something that is going to change for all android devices.

BakerGeckos

But the thing is, It's Android it's self not Sense that does that, the Manuafacture shouldn't have to change that nor be held liable for what google provides in Plane Jane Android.

demmo86rt

And I'm sure Apple knows that, but they also know Google has good lawyers. But they also know that the best way to stop Android is to stop OEMs from using it. They have a habit of sueing Android OEMs in an attempt to squash the OS.

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