The screen splitter (the little icon at the bottom right when some/most? apps are open) gets in the way of some app controls. And since I don't find screen splitter useful or even desirable, I'd like to turn it off. Can't find any reference to it in the settings
Model N8013.
Device is not rooted--so far.<G>
check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136313
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Is there an app that has the ability to show me different homescreens depending on which part of the phone is at top and bottom?
So if I hold my device with hardware keys at the bottom it shows me screen a and if I turn it around and they're on top it shows me screen b.
Hi, i had adrenaline engine on the phone and decided to get rid of it. i did that and now there is a white circle that appears on my phone and acts like a mouse. the only part of the phone registering touch is where ever this circle is. to use the phone I've had to move the pointer like an actual mouse and double tap the screen to open the apps. Anyone know how to get rid of this.
thanks
Check in 'developer options', there should be 'show touches'(it's in ''INPUT"). If this don't do the trick, it's from some app, so check out what have you installed lately
Nexus / Play Edition Devices - Keyguard => Home Button and Top of Screen Unresponsive
When I installed 5.1.1 on my Nexus 7 mounted in my car, I noticed a weird bug with Car Mode Control being activated - the home button would freeze up the screen, locking it on an all black screen, and the status bar along with another 10% from the top of the screen was unresponsive to touch. Now, I know there are issues with Nexus devices running Car Mode apps, but without reinventing the wheel (or at least having to code a ton more stuff into Tasker), it's the easiest way for me to send up accompanying things, like Car Home Ultra and activating tethering, etc.
But this is just obnoxious. I can barely get the search bar to work on Google Maps, I have to hit just the very bottom of the bar to get it to open up the recent searches and allow me to type, and most 3-dot menus cannot be hit anymore. When I got my Moto X Pure, I noticed the same thing was happening, so it wasn't A) the Nexus 7, B) Car Home Ultra, C) at one point I even considered it was Nova Launcher, but rather D) just being in Car Mode. The MXPE comes out of this state easily enough with doing a screen off and back on, but the N7 does not - I either have to disable wifi tethering which disables car mode on the N7 via a Tasker task, or restart it in some extreme cases. I have Car Home Ultra on my N7 but not my MXPE, so the suggestion that it has something to do with a bug in the home button override of Car Home Ultra doesn't hold water, unfortunately (thought of that as the culprit already too).
I think this may be a "safety feature" of Nexus / PE devices that if car mode is activated, you can touch certain things and go back home, but if I can't pull down the status bar, I can't set car mode off unless I turn off my car, which kills Bluetooth and my Tasker task to keep my phone in car mode when connected to the car's BT. NOT ideal for someone who drives 1,000+ miles per week for work and needs to check and send emails while I'm stopped waiting for my next assignment to start (insurance related career). I find it even more absurd that not only is the status bar blocked from access, but all apps just below that as well, including the search bar on Google Maps as I said already. How am I even supposed to search for the next destination without being able to access that bar easily?
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TD;LR - Nexus and Play Edition devices don't like Car Mode being forced on them through apps that turn on car mode, it makes them unresponsive to certain parts of the screen and doesn't allow the home button to work, is there any way to enable car mode without having to build a Tasker task that does what car mode does for me?
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EDIT - Figured it out.... I had Tasker setting Keyguard Off instead of using Secure Settings to clear password when connected to the car's Bluetooth as detailed here. I've read previously that setting the keyguard off has had adverse reactions inside Android, but I didn't connect the dots here, these are the issues that occur when you set keyguard off! So yes, using Secure Settings to clear password works much better and doesn't produce these crazy bugs.
LG VS920 Spectrum, ICS.
Recently, after booting from regular or Safe Mode, the phone does not get to the PIN lock screen. Instead there's a rectangular screen in the middle surrounded by black space. That middle screen consists of 3 sets of screens that are accessed by swiping up or down.
One screen set consists of different clocks that can be accessed by swiping right or left of each image.
Another screen consists of a Notifications status screen. There is no left-right swiping for that screen.
Another screen consists of the music player interface that plays tunes via the player controls. There is no left-right swiping for that screen.
A phone call screen pops up when someone calls and we can accept the call and talk.
However, we can't consistently get to the PIN lock screen or the regular phone interface to access apps. We've tried removing the battery and booting in Safe Mode, but none of that makes a difference. However, the lock screen occasionally appears if we keep making attempts to move the phone to different positions.
After removing the lock screen we can pull down notifications but still can't get to the Home screen by pressing the Home button. I was intermittently able to access the phone screens long enough to take some screenshots of the offending window that is blocking the Home screen.
screenshots: http://dropcanvas.com/jnfqx
Any ideas on how we can get the phone back to normal operation will be appreciated. Thanks.
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I think the problem was due to the Pouch Mode feature, which allows some app features such as notifications to appear after pulling the phone out of a pocket or pouch.
Connectivity -> Pouch Mode was enabled. The pre-Home screen problem went away after I disabled it.
Also I have the same problem
Ther doesn't appear to be any options for the AOD that shows when the cover is closed, is that correct? Am I stuck with the default setting?
What is the disk in the lower left corner of the cover for?
It appears that it isn't meant to behave like the AOD on the phone itself because always goes off after a few seconds, am I correct about that?
the lock screen is totally different, and the only way to change it is to find a theme that supports it. THat little disc is the NFC chip that tells your phone to display the lock screen for the s cover when it is closed.