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I'm trying it out now. Took 5min+ to sync my 180 calendar events and is taking forever (it seems right now) to sync my 1000+ contacts. I will try out for 30 d

I'm trying it out now. Took 5min+ to sync my 180 calendar events and is taking forever (it seems right now) to sync my 1000+ contacts. I will try out for 30 day free trial, but I will only be paying the $5 yearly subscription if they allow distribution on the F-Droid repository since I prefer to not have Google Play on my phone. Open Whisper Systems has been frustratingly adamant about not wanting to distribute TextSecure on F-Droid as it doesn't do auto updates because they want to fix all bugs quickly (although current versions do notify when updates to apps are ready). Until then will be sticking with ownCloud.

em3rgent0rdr 12y ago
Update: killed flock, restarted flock, pressed sync now, and was still stuck at like 2%progress for syncing contacts. Then rebooted my phone and made coffee. Opened flock, pressed sync now, and almost immediately reported everythinng's good and last sync was a second ago.
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616c 12y ago
The F-Droid thing will certainly will not happen. Moxie, one of the core developers of the WhispherCore products, had a pretty argumentative debate on their forum and his own Github issues regarding their repackging of his software TextSecure. It was subsequently removed, due to his indirect request (he went so far as to say he did not approve, but did not directly instruct them to do so). Despite their workflow and licensing, he believed it to be a step backwards in security as he takes issue with phone rooting and other things (if I recall correctly). Long story short, it is a safe guess you will not see any WhisperCore products on F-Droid anytime soon. Moxie et al. say compile and patch yourself, or use the Play Store (for the faint of heart). One reference here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281#issuecomment-21762482 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281#issu... UPDATE: Maybe I missed something entirely as you mentioned your obvious knowledge of the F-Droid spat. Will leave it here for others though. Clumsy reading on my part, sorry.
- em3rgent0rdr 12y ago
  Yup. I'm one of those that has to recompile text secure whenever there is an update. I'm hoping once F-Droid implements auto reinstall of updated apps, then moxie will permit builds on F-Droid. Point of correctness: F-Droid does not require root privileges to install, just that user allows "untrusted" sources in android settings. Most F-Droid apps don't require root privileges. Google play on the other hand is full of malware.
  - 616c 12y ago
    I know that to be the case, I was cribbing something I read from Moxie on the F-Droid Forum where he presented his view of Cyanogen, which was pretty inaccurate.
not_rhodey 12y ago
Right now the initial sync does take an unreasonable amount of time, I definitely agree. After first sync you will never have to experience a sync operation anywhere near the length of that but it is a bad first experience to have with the app. Very close to the top of my TODO list is "support bulk upload" which will cut the initial import time (and bandwidth) considerably. Soon we should be able to upload entire address books and calendars in one POST request, working on it :)

em3rgent0rdr 12y ago

Update: killed flock, restarted flock, pressed sync now, and was still stuck at like 2%progress for syncing contacts. Then rebooted my phone and made coffee. Opened flock, pressed sync now, and almost immediately reported everythinng's good and last sync was a second ago.

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616c 12y ago

The F-Droid thing will certainly will not happen. Moxie, one of the core developers of the WhispherCore products, had a pretty argumentative debate on their forum and his own Github issues regarding their repackging of his software TextSecure. It was subsequently removed, due to his indirect request (he went so far as to say he did not approve, but did not directly instruct them to do so). Despite their workflow and licensing, he believed it to be a step backwards in security as he takes issue with phone rooting and other things (if I recall correctly). Long story short, it is a safe guess you will not see any WhisperCore products on F-Droid anytime soon. Moxie et al. say compile and patch yourself, or use the Play Store (for the faint of heart). One reference here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281#issuecomment-21762482 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281#issu... UPDATE: Maybe I missed something entirely as you mentioned your obvious knowledge of the F-Droid spat. Will leave it here for others though. Clumsy reading on my part, sorry.

em3rgent0rdr 12y ago
Yup. I'm one of those that has to recompile text secure whenever there is an update. I'm hoping once F-Droid implements auto reinstall of updated apps, then moxie will permit builds on F-Droid. Point of correctness: F-Droid does not require root privileges to install, just that user allows "untrusted" sources in android settings. Most F-Droid apps don't require root privileges. Google play on the other hand is full of malware.
- 616c 12y ago
  I know that to be the case, I was cribbing something I read from Moxie on the F-Droid Forum where he presented his view of Cyanogen, which was pretty inaccurate.

not_rhodey 12y ago

Right now the initial sync does take an unreasonable amount of time, I definitely agree. After first sync you will never have to experience a sync operation anywhere near the length of that but it is a bad first experience to have with the app. Very close to the top of my TODO list is "support bulk upload" which will cut the initial import time (and bandwidth) considerably. Soon we should be able to upload entire address books and calendars in one POST request, working on it :)