Usually when I select a doc file it will ask me for different app to open, now the screen just gray out with no prompt menu to ask me. This goes for all other file associations, such as browser and music player. I'm unable to open any file at all now. Thanks in advance.
dakillar said:
Usually when I select a doc file it will ask me for different app to open, now the screen just gray out with no prompt menu to ask me. This goes for all other file associations, such as browser and music player. I'm unable to open any file at all now. Thanks in advance.
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Known Honeycomb bug. Just rotate your screen (e.g., landscape to portrait) making sure auto rotate is enabled in settings. The dialog box will then pop-up.
I really hope Google fixes this bug soon.
I would love to see a count as to how many times this has been asked and answered in these forums alone.
HuckFinn said:
I really hope Google fixes this bug soon.
I would love to see a count as to how many times this has been asked and answered in these forums alone.
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I was going to point the OP to your new Moray thread, but decide that it would be more trouble to explain than just answer, lol.
wow thanks! I guess I didn't have the right keyword. Last time this happened I had to format it.
dakillar said:
wow thanks! I guess I didn't have the right keyword. Last time this happened I had to format it.
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Well, this solution is a lot less radical, yes?
Glad it worked.
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Has anyone had a problem with not being able to hold, grab and move widgets and shortcuts on their homepages? Since last night, anything that is in the bottom 2 rows on any of my pages cannot be moved. A long press just activates the program. Severely irritating since I tend to place most of my shortcuts along the bottom to see the top of my background... Does anyone know of a way to delete a widget WITHOUT having to hold and drag to Remove (which I can't do since I can't pick them up >.< )?
KRMarx said:
Has anyone had a problem with not being able to hold, grab and move widgets and shortcuts on their homepages? Since last night, anything that is in the bottom 2 rows on any of my pages cannot be moved. A long press just activates the program. Severely irritating since I tend to place most of my shortcuts along the bottom to see the top of my background... Does anyone know of a way to delete a widget WITHOUT having to hold and drag to Remove (which I can't do since I can't pick them up >.< )?
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Sounds like the touch input service has fouled. A reboot should fix it.
And yes, I have seen that on AOSP with home++ as well as 1.5.
gbhil said:
Sounds like the touch input service has fouled. A reboot should fix it.
And yes, I have seen that on AOSP with home++ as well as 1.5.
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I had actually decided to reboot the phone before I got the subscription note that you'd replied. It seems to have worked... but that's only the 4th time today I've reboot the phone. Wonder what's mucking things up...
KRMarx said:
I had actually decided to reboot the phone before I got the subscription note that you'd replied. It seems to have worked... but that's only the 4th time today I've reboot the phone. Wonder what's mucking things up...
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someone in the swype thread reported this as well..are you using swype by any chance?
thedudejdog said:
someone in the swype thread reported this as well..are you using swype by any chance?
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yeah, I am. guess that might explain it...
yes... it is swype... it's in beta... i put a list of known issues in read on the thread
skanndelus said:
yes... it is swype... it's in beta... i put a list of known issues in read on the thread
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Ahh. Well thanks for letting me know. Another mystery solved!
The power button on my N1 has been giving me fits, and given the number of people I've read about with "dead" power buttons, I think mine is going out so I'm trying to preserve it as long as possible.
I enabled trackball wake (using CM6) which takes care of 1/2 the equation, but I need a good lockscreen app (just something to make the phone go to sleep). I found one in the market called Lock Screen Enabler, but it's not a "true" lockscreen app and it's very buggy, causing all sorts of problems for me.
I've been a web developer for 8 years and recently got into Android development (which I hope to be doing full-time soon), so I thought I'd just code a quick app for personal use in 5 minutes.
The problem, however, is that the DEVICE_POWER permission is needed in order to call goToSleep() and from what I've read so far from other online posts, this permission is only granted to native system applications.
Since my phone is rooted, I even tried granting my application SU privileges, but that doesnt seem to work either.
So, my question boils down to how do I grant my application DEVICE_POWER permission? I figure if anyone out there knows the answer, it's going to be someone on XDA as this place is full of geniuses. Thanks in advance!!
UPDATE: I've attached the finished app. Made this for personal use but if anyone wants to use it they are welcome to. My only gripe about it right now is the "screen flicker" that happens when you launch it because it's trying to launch an app that immediately locks the screen and finishes itself. If I can figure out how to get the app to launch in a smaller window maybe I can minimize the size to reduce the screen flicker. But for now, this works and I can set it to launch when I click the clock on Fancy Widget, so I'm happy. Thanks again to everyone who offered answers to my questions. Just another reason why I love the Android development community!!
-teleknEsis
Search for Lock screen widget. I have the same problem and I use it. It immediately locks your phone once pressed
nDrg said:
Search for Lock screen widget. I have the same problem and I use it. It immediately locks your phone once pressed
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Awesome, thx! Still would like to know how they got that prompt to show that basically made the application an Administrator app. Seems like the missing piece I need to complete my own
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Awesome, thx! Still would like to know how they got that prompt to show that basically made the application an Administrator app. Seems like the missing piece I need to complete my own
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It seems that you'll need to add the application as a device administrator. There seems to be some decent information half way down this page under Device policy manager: Link.
I'd be interested in using this application as I can't change the icon of my previously mentioned widget.
Edit: More information here as well: Link.
nDrg said:
It seems that you'll need to add the application as a device administrator. There seems to be some decent information half way down this page under Device policy manager: Link.
I'd be interested in using this application as I can't change the icon of my previously mentioned widget.
Edit: More information here as well: Link.
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I will probably still go ahead and create one. I like how with FancyWidget you can set it so clicking the clock will launch an app. Unfortunately it doesn't work with widgets, so I need an extra icon on my home screen just to lock it. If you have an icon you'd like me to use, feel free to share and I'll put it in
And thx for the info!!
I would be happy with any icon to be honest, I just don't like the lock screen widget one Good luck bud
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..If you have an icon you'd like me to use, feel free to share and I'll put it in
And thx for the info!!
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Yeah, put my themed one in from LockScreenWidget (smoked)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
rori~ said:
Yeah, put my themed one in from LockScreenWidget (smoked)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
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Alright, I got it working, but there's one problem. It can't be uninstalled because it's currently a device admin. Same goes for that Lock Screen Widget I installed earlier.
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
You disabled: device administrator ?
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
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Try using "root explorer" to find the files and just delete them.
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Alright, I got it working, but there's one problem. It can't be uninstalled because it's currently a device admin. Same goes for that Lock Screen Widget I installed earlier.
Looking into a way to be able to uninstall, if one even exists....
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You need to go to Security & Location - Device Administrators and disable both there.
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You need to go to Security & Location - Device Administrators and disable both there.
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Good call. Thx. However, I also came up with a work-around for ppl who are just as lazy as myself. There are 2 icons in the launcher. The first will lock the screen (once you enable the app as a device admin). The second will disable the app as a device admin, allowing you to uninstall at your will.
I really intended for this app to be for personal use, but if anyone wants it I'll put it up here for you to download. If you'd rather I remove the second launcher icon and just let you to disable it through Security settings, I will also do this (as really, I don't plan on uninstalling any time soon so this is fine for myself).
Thanks to everyone who helped out!!!
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Good call. Thx. However, I also came up with a work-around for ppl who are just as lazy as myself. There are 2 icons in the launcher. The first will lock the screen (once you enable the app as a device admin). The second will disable the app as a device admin, allowing you to uninstall at your will.
I really intended for this app to be for personal use, but if anyone wants it I'll put it up here for you to download. If you'd rather I remove the second launcher icon and just let you to disable it through Security settings, I will also do this (as really, I don't plan on uninstalling any time soon so this is fine for myself).
Thanks to everyone who helped out!!!
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Yeah I'd appreciate the single launcher version please if possible
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Yeah I'd appreciate the single launcher version please if possible
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OK - I'll update and upload when I get into work
Application is in the OP. Have at it
Great, works perfect on MIUI 0.9.30
Does the job perfectly! I especially like how it runs as an app so I can change the icon
You're a lifesaver, or should I say power button saver
Thanks so much.
I tried to develop something similar before but got stuck. Saved me some time!
Thanks for creating such useful app for my N1. My power bt is fine, but I would like to preserve it to powering up/down the phone.
BTW, I also downloaded Lock Screen Widget to test it out. Is it possible that you can make your app to shut off the screen smoother, like LSW? I like it you set it up as an app, which is super useful for me set up as a gesture swipe on my LauncherPro dock icons.
Thanks again and keep up your good work!
Thanks again, your app is really great. But could you add a option to map it to the search button (long press) please?
Thank you!
Managed to get the OTA update by setting the time zone to US and clearing data on Google framework - however I have many apps that are working very poorly and widget all seem to be broken.
Apps - buttons dont seem to allign with the text that should be in the button. Some apps buttons when pressed light up like they are being pressed but on release dont launch/do what they were supposed to (or anything at all)
Widgets - Can be dragged to the home screens but then do nothing. Gmail widget shows no mails even though the icon shows mail recieved. Beautiful widgets just give me the box with the loading sign saying loading widget.
I'm very sorry if this is the wrong forum for this type of post but I guess you guys would be able to let me know if its due to a bad install/update or is it just developer updates required, or what action to try.
Thanks
(Long time reader, guide follower, first time poster, be gentle haha)
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Managed to get the OTA update by setting the time zone to US and clearing data on Google framework - however I have many apps that are working very poorly and widget all seem to be broken.
Apps - buttons dont seem to allign with the text that should be in the button. Some apps buttons when pressed light up like they are being pressed but on release dont launch/do what they were supposed to (or anything at all)
Widgets - Can be dragged to the home screens but then do nothing. Gmail widget shows no mails even though the icon shows mail recieved. Beautiful widgets just give me the box with the loading sign saying loading widget.
I'm very sorry if this is the wrong forum for this type of post but I guess you guys would be able to let me know if its due to a bad install/update or is it just developer updates required, or what action to try.
Thanks
(Long time reader, guide follower, first time poster, be gentle haha)
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i understand this is your first post, but just for future reference please search before starting a new thread... theres a HUGE JB thread in the nexus s general section
Link to said threads seeing as obviously I'm not searching using the correct phrase or words would be helpful. After all its fairly unlikely that after 14 months without having to make a thread I'm normally pretty good at searching for what I'm looking for...
s71rl2 said:
Link to said threads seeing as obviously I'm not searching using the correct phrase or words would be helpful. After all its fairly unlikely that after 14 months without having to make a thread I'm normally pretty good at searching for what I'm looking for...
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How to force JB update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786856
JB issues thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786770
General OTA discussion thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736645
All on the very first page
NYYFan325 said:
How to force JB update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786856
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Already have JB
NYYFan325 said:
JB issues thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786770
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Dont have an issue with start up/boot animation.
NYYFan325 said:
General OTA discussion thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736645
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101 pages will have to go through that later.
Thanks for the links though I have found an issue thread regarding certain apps and widgets elsewhere.
NYYFan325 said:
How to force JB update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786856
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Thanks for using my post :good:
My android app is running fine but on one of the pages there is a list that is longer then the phones screen and it will not allow you to scroll down. How do you fix this?
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My android app is running fine but on one of the pages there is a list that is longer then the phones screen and it will not allow you to scroll down. How do you fix this?
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Can you take some screenshots?
Never had heard of that so maybe I will know what to advice you when I see it
Jake20x said:
My android app is running fine but on one of the pages there is a list that is longer then the phones screen and it will not allow you to scroll down. How do you fix this?
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Use a scrollview to make the layout scrollable http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ScrollView.html
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zacthespack said:
Use a scrollview to make the layout scrollable http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ScrollView.html
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Yes this helped me out it and fixed the problem but i screwed up something else in the process lol. But thank you, its much appreciated.
I already replied to your other thread. As stated above, use a ScrollView
And DON'T SPAM
Sorry
QuantumFoam said:
I already replied to your other thread. As stated above, use a ScrollView
And DON'T SPAM
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Sorry Im new and didnt know which place to put this question on so i put it on two different ones
This, I am *sure*, has been asked before, and answered. In fact I'm fairly sure I already know the answer, at least according to the official reviews... but then XDA people have a habit of changing the "official rules"
Anyway, I was wondering if it is possible to customise the apps that appear in the pop-up folder, that comes up when you remove the s-pen from the holder.
Im pretty sure you can't, and that its mentioned as such in a review I read before buying the Note a couple days ago. (On ICS at least... I dont know if this has changed for Jellybean?)
But I figured, if anyone has found a way to change this, you guys would have!
I did try searching for the answer in the forums... but my problem was I didnt really know what that pop-up menu/folder thing is actually *called*, which made it difficult. I'm sorry if I missed something obvious!!
Thanks for any help
Should I take that as a no? Or at least a "not yet".
No, not the side folder however a lot of apps have been added to the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen, in the themes section there's a thread with links to apps that have been modified to work in this.
Theres also a thread floating around that tells you how to alter an apk file to make it capable of this. The downside is that since you altered the apk file you can no longer update that particular app without then editing the files in the apk file to once again make it pop-up menu compatible...
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No, not the side folder however a lot of apps have been added to the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen, in the themes section there's a thread with links to apps that have been modified to work in this.
Theres also a thread floating around that tells you how to alter an apk file to make it capable of this. The downside is that since you altered the apk file you can no longer update that particular app without then editing the files in the apk file to once again make it pop-up menu compatible...
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Yeah I knew about the multiview menu alterations already, its a thread I've been following for a while. I was only asking because, after deleting pen physics, there is a gap in the pen folder I would have liked to make use of.
Too bad
nirurin said:
This, I am *sure*, has been asked before, and answered. In fact I'm fairly sure I already know the answer, at least according to the official reviews... but then XDA people have a habit of changing the "official rules"
Anyway, I was wondering if it is possible to customise the apps that appear in the pop-up folder, that comes up when you remove the s-pen from the holder.
Im pretty sure you can't, and that its mentioned as such in a review I read before buying the Note a couple days ago. (On ICS at least... I dont know if this has changed for Jellybean?)
But I figured, if anyone has found a way to change this, you guys would have!
I did try searching for the answer in the forums... but my problem was I didnt really know what that pop-up menu/folder thing is actually *called*, which made it difficult. I'm sorry if I missed something obvious!!
Thanks for any help
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If you go into Settings, and select under System, 'Pen', the last option is called 'Options after detaching pen'. You can pick one or more things to show up. Not sure if this is what you mean, but there you go...
RTBee said:
If you go into Settings, and select under System, 'Pen', the last option is called 'Options after detaching pen'. You can pick one or more things to show up. Not sure if this is what you mean, but there you go...
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Nah, I did know about that one. One of the options in that settings menu is "Open shortcuts toolbar". Thats the toolbar I am talking about.
Problem is, the toolbar has like 5 or 6 default apps in it.. only about 3 of them is any use. It would be nice to be able to change them to apps of my own choosing!!
nirurin said:
Nah, I did know about that one. One of the options in that settings menu is "Open shortcuts toolbar". Thats the toolbar I am talking about.
Problem is, the toolbar has like 5 or 6 default apps in it.. only about 3 of them is any use. It would be nice to be able to change them to apps of my own choosing!!
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Ah, ok, I know you can choose to have only a few or just one, but as far as I know you can only select or deselect the ones shown. As of right now you can't add any others. I think I read somewhere that possibly with 4.1 or 4.2 that may change. :fingers-crossed: