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Hey guys getting my evo tomorrow and i was looking through all the themes and they are pretty cool. What do you have to do to the phone to get the launcher to look like that and change icons? is it a program?
Thanks
king.0c said:
Hey guys getting my evo tomorrow and i was looking through all the themes and they are pretty cool. What do you have to do to the phone to get the launcher to look like that and change icons? is it a program?
Thanks
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Are you going on every section and posting a thread with this title that asks questions that are vague and easily searchable?
Well i have different questions that should be in different parts of the forums, I dont understand while people insist on submitting that on the forum. If you wish not to help just move along.
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Well i have different questions that should be in different parts of the forums, I dont understand while people insist on submitting that on the forum. If you wish not to help just move along.
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I am helping you. I told you to use the search, which is going to help you a lot more than you think. Even browsing through these threads, I'm sure you see that a lot of these processes can be a bit extensive. And, especially when you ask vague questions like in the original post, no one can help because you're not saying anything specifically (WHICH launcher are you looking to change to? etc. etc.)
Get it? Gonna' use that search? Hope so.
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Well i have different questions that should be in different parts of the forums, I dont understand while people insist on submitting that on the forum. If you wish not to help just move along.
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I am helping you. I told you to use the search, which is going to help you a lot more than you think. Even browsing through these threads, I'm sure you see that a lot of these processes can be a bit extensive. And, especially when you ask vague questions like in the original post, no one can help because you're not saying anything specifically (WHICH launcher are you looking to change to? etc. etc.)
Get it? Gonna' use that search? Hope so.
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I normally don't like this kind of answer but in this case i would have to agree with TJ, start from the beginning first, have the device rooted and flash your custom ROM then everything will come easier
These guys are just morons. In the time you guys wrote all that crap, you could have just answered his question or atleast guide him.
Even thought you can somewhat modify the appearance, and customize it to your linking, you will need to root your phone in order to modify certain elements.
For beginner I suggest you download a few apps that will allow you to do some minor tweeking. Here's a list of a few apps to start you off.
Launcher pro
Beautiful widgets
Pure calendar
Flickie
Switch pro
Here's a screen shot of my evo.
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f3rrand said:
These guys are just morons. In the time you guys wrote all that crap, you could have just answered his question or atleast guide him.
Even thought you can somewhat modify the appearance, and customize it to your linking, you will need to root your phone in order to modify certain elements.
For beginner I suggest you download a few apps that will allow you to do some minor tweeking. Here's a list of a few apps to start you off.
Launcher pro
Beautiful widgets
Pure calendar
Flickie
Switch pro
Here's a screen shot of my evo.
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So we're morons because we didn't post a broad answer with suggestions of five different things like you? I think you should wisen up before you start slinging around insults that describe yourself more than anyone else.
There's an old saying that goes, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for the night, but if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
THAT'S the mentality that goes into showing people the usefulness of the search tool. Unless it's something profound or newly developed by that particular person, odds are it's been discussed and can be found with the search tool.
You above just gave him tips to different kinds of launchers, and suggested things like rooting his phone, but didn't post any kinds of links to tutorials or downloads for the apps themselves... are you expecting him to SEARCH for these things himself or what?... exactly.
Get the **** outta' here with that **** guy.
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So we're morons because we didn't post a broad answer with suggestions of five different things like you? I think you should wisen up before you start slinging around insults that describe yourself more than anyone else.
There's an old saying that goes, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for the night, but if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
THAT'S the mentality that goes into showing people the usefulness of the search tool. Unless it's something profound or newly developed by that particular person, odds are it's been discussed and can be found with the search tool.
You above just gave him tips to different kinds of launchers, and suggested things like rooting his phone, but didn't post any kinds of links to tutorials or downloads for the apps themselves... are you expecting him to SEARCH for these things himself or what?... exactly.
Get the **** outta' here with that **** guy.
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At least I didn't give the guy a smart answer. I gave him an actual answer to my best knowledge. Dickhead.
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f3rrand said:
At least I didn't give the guy a smart answer. I gave him an actual answer to my best knowledge. Dickhead.
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I didn't give him a smart answer, and I not only respected him, but gave reasoning as to why I gave the answer that I did... in fact, the only person to be dissrespectful and give an answer that doesn't truly help is... well... you. LMFAO. IN fact, I think I called you out pretty in depth, and your response was a childish sentence with a "name" inserted. Get real. But, I guess you were "answering me with the best of your knowledge", so I shouldn't expect anything more, eh?
Anyways, have fun with the "flaming". I'm a bit too busy actually theming and trying to have something to contribute to really care about the petty. ;-)
Looked around hope this hasnt been covered but if your like me and are an avid CM6 user period then you know the 3-D gallery really isnt too impressive (to say nicely) well I found another gallery that compatable not as great as the htc but havent seen that successfully ported well here it is not sure if it can be installed through Astro or those methods but I was able to ADB push into system app and *wow* it really made my day to have a faster and not so over the top gallery. Well enough babbling here it is enjoy!
Nice finding, works flawless on CM. Thanks.
Wont work on MIUI bummer.
I tried installing and pushing. Oh well.
Awesome find, I too hate the 3D Gallery. Thanks!
Thanks a billion. I absolutely hate the 3d gallery.
When I open it its labeled camera..
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Thank you so much. I'm finally free from that POS 3d Gallery.
why is this better? it doesn't support gestures and the frames make it look ghetto, and it ignores .nomedia files
Anyone got a screenshot? I don't wanna blindly install this "camera" apk but I am interested.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't ever have problems with the stock 3D gallery.. Why does everyone hate it so much??
The only thing I do nit like about the 3d gallery is not being able to exclude folders female the main view
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Heres a screenshot Barnacles.
Anyone got a screenshot? I don't wanna blindly install this "camera" apk but I am interested.
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Heres a screenshot Barnacles.
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Awesome thank you sir.
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nice fined i like the gallery in cm but DAMMMMN its slow
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The only thing I do nit like about the 3d gallery is not being able to exclude folders female the main view
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sure you can, unzip and place the attached file in the folder you dont want in the gallery and reboot. this gallery app ignores this file though which is stupid
I found quite the opposite. If you simply remove the picasa sync, the 3d gallery is prob the fastest out there. Have you tried that?
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nice fined i like the gallery in cm but DAMMMMN its slow
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I found quite the opposite. If you simply remove the picasa sync, the 3d gallery is prob the fastest out there. Have you tried that?
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and how would you go about doing that
Okay Mr DonSims youve expressed your dislike for gallery I posted (2 posts within an hour both negative) however I didnt design this I jus dont like the 3D one and have read others dont as well so I figured Id offer an alternative. Maybe you should design something better rather than complaining and last I checked this was a development site not TMZ so marinate on that.
Settings, Accounts & Sync, Click on your google account and remove check from Picasa... Try it and let me know...
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and how would you go about doing that
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Okay Mr DonSims youve expressed your dislike for gallery I posted (2 posts within an hour both negative) however I didnt design this I jus dont like the 3D one and have read others dont as well so I figured Id offer an alternative. Maybe you should design something better rather than complaining and last I checked this was a development site not TMZ so marinate on that.
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its DomSim and my first post was asking why this was better, while at the same time pointing out flaws in this gallery. and my second post was aiding another forum member. nothing over the top or anything require a "personal response" from you. chill out my friend, breath a bit and you'll feel better. i am entitled to my opinion and since this is a public forum, i am free to share it as long as it abides by this forums rules, so " marinate on that" and keep your call outs to yourself as i did not direct anything at your personally.
If you want all kinds of apps.... And not just what google has to offer.... Then your just like me!! And should like these alternatives!!
Closed as some markets are those used to obtain warez
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if you want all kinds of apps.... And not just what google has to offer.... Then your just like me!! And should like these alternatives!!
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here's more.....
More app markets!! Any way to upload more then 8 at a time?
which is the best and which has most apps??
are these like applanet?
wow impressive...such a larg collection of market alternatives..
Suggestion: u could create a poll so that users can vote which beter than the others
Most of these are third party apps that look for the apps you want in the google market and I know at least one of these, GoMarket is in Chinese? These are not alternate markets WTF
smoothone said:
Most of these are third party apps that look for the apps you want in the google market and I know at least one of these, GoMarket is in Chinese? These are not alternate markets WTF
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Most indeed are just an alternative interface to the normal market. The others are mostly manufacturer or operator specific versions.
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which is the best and which has most apps??
are these like applanet?
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No they are like the Google Market you have to pay for the apps
Listen.....
I Just Added These Cause I Had'em Layin Around For A While,
& I Thought XDA's Members Might Enjoy'em, But Maybe NOT?????
I Still Have More, But I'm Not Sure If I Should Add'em To My Post?
Because.....
It Seems Certain People Rather Criticize "My Wording" (Alternate)
Rather Than Just Take Them,
For What They Are....
Another Location To Get Apps!!!
Whoever Liked The Apps?
If You Want More?
Let Me Know If It's Actually Worth My Time/Energy To Post The Rest??
If So.... I'll Do Just That!!
If Not.... Then My Bad For Even Post'n These!!!
Some People These Days, Are Just
"WAY TO SENSITIVE"
I Guess???
WTF......LOL???
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PMGRANDS said:
Listen.....
I Just Added These Cause I Had'em Layin Around For A While,
& I Thought XDA's Members Might Enjoy'em, But Maybe NOT?????
I Still Have More, But I'm Not Sure If I Should Add'em To My Post?
Because.....
It Seems Certain People Rather Criticize "My Wording" (Alternate)
Rather Than Just Take Them,
For What They Are....
Another Location To Get Apps!!!
Whoever Liked The Apps?
If You Want More?
Let Me Know If It's Actually Worth My Time/Energy To Post The Rest??
If So.... I'll Do Just That!!
If Not.... Then My Bad For Even Post'n These!!!
Some People These Days, Are Just
"WAY TO SENSITIVE"
I Guess???
WTF......LOL???
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Wow... I don't see any problem with posting this, but for real... why the heck do you type like that? I'd rather not read another post of yours formatted in such a way. It's not clever, and it doesn't make you look smart.
I do have to say one thing though. Anyone can make a list of programs, to provide people with something useful however.. that is another task. You give no information about these programs, you give no reference to the authors of these programs, you give no information about where to legitimately acquire these programs.. I would also doubt that all of these vendors want you distributing their software without permissions, even if they are available for free.
If you want people to view your posting as helpful, you may want to reconsider your approach. Format your text in a helpful and organized method (it's not a headline, or a title to a book). Include helpful and concise information about the applications. Provide links (at the very least) to the webpages associated with the applications. etc.
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Wow... I don't see any problem with posting this, but for real... why the heck do you type like that? I'd rather not read another post of yours formatted in such a way. It's not clever, and it doesn't make you look smart.
I do have to say one thing though. Anyone can make a list of programs, to provide people with something useful however.. that is another task. You give no information about these programs, you give no reference to the authors of these programs, you give no information about where to legitimately acquire these programs.. I would also doubt that all of these vendors want you distributing their software without permissions, even if they are available for free.
If you want people to view your posting as helpful, you may want to reconsider your approach. Format your text in a helpful and organized method (it's not a headline, or a title to a book). Include helpful and concise information about the applications. Provide links (at the very least) to the webpages associated with the applications. etc.
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To Tell You The Truth daveid...
You Really Didn't Even Have To View This One, What'd You Think I'm Up Here To Satisfy Your Feminine Soap Opera @$$?
I Wasn't Even Directing The Last Post Your Way!!
But Since You Somehow Felt The Need To Stick Your Pinocchio Nose In It, I Somehow Felt The Need To Tell You What A Lil Girl You Are!!
Is Your Life "REALLY" That Boring That You Have To Surf The Net For Senseless Conversion?
Get A Girl Or Something Sucker!!!
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@PMGRANDS
Thanks for posting these alternative markets. If you had a short description of them, I'd be much more willing to download.
And davied actually gave you constructive criticizm, no need to attack him.
SwiftJudgement said:
@PMGRANDS
Thanks for posting these alternative markets. If you had a short description of them, I'd be much more willing to download.
And davied actually gave you constructive criticizm, no need to attack him.
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Your Welcome...
There's Just A Certain Way To Say Things, To Say I'm Not Smart & Say I'm Basically Sh.t'n On Whoever Made The Apps, To Me Just Rubbed Me Wrong! Truth Is I've Downloaded Thousands Of Apps!!
I'm Not Trying To Intentionally Discredit The Developers, But In My Mind I'm Almost Doing Them A Favor, By Promoting Their Work!!
No Disrespect....
If Anyone Knows Who Developed These Apps PM Me, & I'll Be More Than Willing To Give Them 100% Of The Credit!!
Me, Myself....
In "NO" Way!!
Is Trying To Take or Receive Credit For Anything, Just Simply Shared A Few Apps, Never Realized It Would Turn Out So Controversial!!
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Hey bro thanks for those market apps. Good stuff. can u post those other ones too or pm me and tell me the name of them. Thanks
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Hey bro thanks for those market apps. Good stuff. can u post those other ones too or pm me and tell me the name of them. Thanks
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Yeah, I'll Post'em Soon As I Get Back To My Laptop!
Checkout Any Of The Others I Posted? Which One's Your Favorite?
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I think daveid or whatever was mostly pointing out that the way you type is annoying and difficult to read, as in don't uppercase every word. Just say what you want to say.
On topic, thanks for this but I don't want to go downloading 16 apks and installing a bunch of things without knowing what they actually are... can anybody tell me what is worth my time that has tried these?
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sageDieu said:
I think daveid or whatever was mostly pointing out that the way you type is annoying and difficult to read, as in don't uppercase every word. Just say what you want to say.
On topic, thanks for this but I don't want to go downloading 16 apks and installing a bunch of things without knowing what they actually are... can anybody tell me what is worth my time that has tried these?
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No Prob!
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Hold on.....all sarcasm aside, im really curious.
you posted a lot of things here, and the way your OP makes it sound is that these apps (or "Market Alternatives" as you call them), offer apps that you cannot get on the android market. Is this correct? Or are these, in fact, just another place to get the same apps that are on the Android Market??
Let's ask this different; Have you tried some of the alternative markets? And did you stick to anyone of them?
I totally agree there are a lot of things that could be improved in the stock market, but I'm not going to try all the versions you've posted Can we cross some of the list?
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Let's ask this different; Have you tried some of the alternative markets? And did you stick to anyone of them?
I totally agree there are a lot of things that could be improved in the stock market, but I'm not going to try all the versions you've posted Can we cross some of the list?
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I Hear You, But I Posted A Bunch Of Markets For Whoever Enjoys Sampling Something New!!
After All, What I May Feel Is The Best, Someone Else May Feel Otherwise!!
So You Decide...
If You Don't Want All Of'em, Don't Download All Of'em!!
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I just posted this over on r/Android, and I felt XDA would be a good place to put it as well. Recently, there have been a few apps that have been reported to Reddit so that we could get massive reports sent to Google and have the apps and developers removed. However, I felt this way would be a little more efficient. Please feel free to check out the comments over on that post as well as these, although I'm sure they will be roughly the same.
I'd include the link to the post on Reddit, but I haven't made enough posts on XDA to be allowed to include external links. Simply search 'Clean Up' in r/Android and click 'Sort By' > New, and it should pop up. Thanks for your time everyone, and I look forward to seeing whether this can be a success.
We are all aware that the Play Store sucks. Especially over the past couple of days. People are taking proactive steps to clean it up, but sooner or later, we are going to get sick of seeing these PSAs announcing all of the crap Devs. To counter this problem of constant posting to r/Android, I've created [email protected], as well as a Google Spreadsheet (check r/Android for links, I haven't posted enough here to include external links) to keep track of all of these apps that you guys help report for abusing the rules of the less knowledgable.
I'm sure a majority of you are more than easily capable of spotting these bad apps, but following are a few types of apps in particular that really irk me:
+Improve your WiFi!
+Fake or copy games like we've seen the last couple of days here
+All those blasted Gangnam Style photo booth and other knock-off type apps
+Emulators that are just absolutely and completely riddled with ads and are therefore unusable
+WiFi 'hackers'
+Jumping Boobs / Ass / other sex apps (c'mon guys, it's called pornhub or xvideos)
+Cell phone signal boosters
+Etc, etc... I'm sure you all know which apps to report here
So, if you guys think this is a good idea, please help everyone out by contributing the bad apps you find to [email protected] in the following format:
Developer Name:
Application Name:
Link to Application on Play Store:
Reason for Flagging ( Sexual content , Graphic violence, Hateful or abusive content, Harmful to device or data, Other objection):
If other, why?:
Every Saturday, I'll report back here with the spreadsheet, or you can just report them if you get board throughout the week, either way will work. I think this is a useful alternative to a separate subreddit, as I think creating would simply result in the same fate as many other 'sub'subreddits do.
I think this can be a really cool way to show Google how moderating their product can improve its quality, even if just ever so slightly. Let the moderation begin.
Sounds like a great idea. Looking forward to the growth of this.
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shockem said:
Sounds like a great idea. Looking forward to the growth of this.
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Same here. Maybe even an app could come of it? That would be pretty sweet IMO.
Just to make sure, is this post in the right place? Also, am I replying correctly? My apologies if not, I'm an XDA posting n00b.
What a brilliant idea! Would love to help in getting those crap apps removed from Google Play!
Censorship sucks.
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I vote free market. Let the people decide what apps to download.
I would love them cracking down on permissions as well some apps have crazy permissions.
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I vote free market. Let the people decide what apps to download.
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I agree..
If people aren't smart enough to know which apps to avoid, they should learn the hard way..
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Just noticed that Flipboard uses the Air View option, in the home screen you can hover all over the topics and it gives you a preview of the articles, for me it's very cool, nice to see Samsung's features available on Third Parties apps.
And what you just had to make a stupid thread about it.....
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And what you just had to make a stupid thread about it.....
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I have always asked myself why on this great and other main forums, arrogant people that think themselves so above the rest, come to every thread to post a reply even more stupid than the one they critic.
This is first of all an informative forum, people come here to learn about their devices, so far I haven't seen anyone posting about it, so I came here to inform all of you about it, if you don't like it, just keep on moving, others may appreciate knowing about it.
That's all I have to say about your insult...
Unbelievable...
Good post, erasat.
The guy above just an idiot...I meant.. he was creating a thread on dropping the phone on concrete and was wondering about it.
Now that IS stupid!
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I have always asked myself why on this great and other main forums, arrogant people that think themselves so above the rest, come to every thread to post a reply even more stupid than the one they critic.
This is first of all an informative forum, people come here to learn about their devices, so far I haven't seen anyone posting about it, so I came here to inform all of you about it, if you don't like it, just keep on moving, others may appreciate knowing about it.
That's all I have to say about your insult...
Unbelievable...
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All that dude does is go around posting pointless insults. And not in the "search first, noob" kind of way, but rather in the "I don't get enough attention and have to take out my lack of self esteem on internet forums" kind of way.
Best way to deal with people (and I use the term loosely) like that is to completely ignore them. Nothing pisses of someone trying to seem important or insulting than completely disregarding what they're saying. You can't reason with ignorance. But you can piss it off by ignoring it.
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And what you just had to make a stupid thread about it.....
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Lol, some people... good response OP.
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Actually some of these "gimmicky" features, as some people refer to them, need highlighted. So, thanks OP--:0
And yes a few here take every opportunity to bash someone, they are on every Forum I have been on from day one. Just best not to respond. Playing Devil's advocate though, I do sometimes respond to those who want the step by step answer with no research on their own. Main reason I don't like that is that they are doing themselves a disservice by not learning the how and why things are done the way they are in flashing roms. It will come back to haunt them.
I actually use a number of these features and they work very well. Except :eye" scrolling. Hopefully that will be improved and hope app devs and Goolge allow more programs to use these features.
There are too many negative comments on these features here and in reviews along with the screen issue to cause people to hesitate buying this phone. So, these goodies need highlighted in these threads from time to time. It is absolutely a fantastic phone. Functional and Fun at the same time--
Best I have ever owned. Not that I didn't love my Nexus One and HTC One S, but technology just keeps producing better products. And 5 inch is perfect screen size for me.
I agree, good post. I have been trying to figure out how to use air view but it just won't work for me (tried it on the gallery). What other apps work with it?
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I personally found this thread useful. I didn't know that airview worked with flipboard. Pretty cool!
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Just noticed that Flipboard uses the Air View option, in the home screen you can hover all over the topics and it gives you a preview of the articles, for me it's very cool, nice to see Samsung's features available on Third Parties apps.
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Just tried it! AWESOME! any other third party apps that use it? Let me know :good:
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I agree, good post. I have been trying to figure out how to use air view but it just won't work for me (tried it on the gallery). What other apps work with it?
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It will work on Flip Board and Stock Calendar. Do you have it selected in Options?
Can't recall what others atm
EDIT: Oh, works on speed dial--hover over number and contact comes up. don't have to memorize my speed dials now--
Also, by accident had it work on Music Player. If you hover over the lower Next and Previous symbols it will tell you next/previous song. These are when Music player is full screen with Album Art.