4.4 kit kat help. - General Questions and Answers

Hey I finally got my CyanogenMod nightly installed and running on Kit Kat. But now I need help! How do you lock the home screen so you can't move apps around or folders I've set up? And how do I hide certain app icons that are in the drawer? I've done both on 4.3 jelly bean.
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Well I don't have these problems. Are you sure the bugs don't exist in nightlies? did you do a clean install?? And I don't know about hide apps part.
AJ

I did a clean install yes
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[Q] Emoji?

My friends are always sending me emojis but i can never see them, is there a way to install emojis like on the stock jelly bean sms app?
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I don't know about stock SMS, but I use GO SMS pro and the emoji plugin works great. There is also an emoji keyboard in the play store, but I haven't used it so I can't say how well it works.
I've had that but i don't really like the feel of 3rd party messaging apps...
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Which stock jelly bean SMS app are you referring to? I'm currently on Wang's Magic Mod and with that one, it looks like you have to enable emoji support in the settings menu, under extra settings. It doesn't show all of them though.
Could i install that one onto stock ota ics?
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I know you can install the ROM on ota ics, but I don't think you can install just the SMS app, unless you can find one that is ported to ics. If you're rooted, I think there is a way to add/replace the emoji font, but I haven't personally tested that.
Okay thanks
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dumgum89 said:
Okay thanks
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Circle lock screen

Has anyone been able to get the jelly bean lock screen that has the circle with the quick launch apps around it? I tried searching but to no avail I found squat. I'm running the ota jb update rooted
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Check some of the touchwiz roms, they have it, if you read the op description.(which I doubt you do)
I'm not looking to re flash a new rom. I'm just looking for a way to flash a fix over the rom I have that changes the touchwiz one.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34371364 have fun
Use holo locker from the past store. Works great for me.
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(Q) applying a new theme

I downloaded the jelly bean theme. I can not figure out how to apply it to my phone now. Could someone tell me where to find it on my phone
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I'm assuming you are on cm9, aokp or another rom that supports themes.
Go to the settings app
select "themes"
Scroll to the jellybean theme you downloaded
click apply
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If you have the SCH-I200, you are in the wrong forum.

customizing a rooted s3 after dreaded OTA 4.3

so, yes I'm an idiot. I was running cm 10.2 and it was being buggy do I flashed stock and started over, accidentally downloading 4.3 in the process. dammit.
so, I really liked the aosp look of cm, especially the notification bar, the lockscreen, etc.
can I customize the functionality of my s3 without flashing a custom rom or am I screwed?
also, Wtf can I do now that I'm rooted on 4.3? anything?
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echodeluxe said:
so, yes I'm an idiot. I was running cm 10.2 and it was being buggy do I flashed stock and started over, accidentally downloading 4.3 in the process. dammit.
so, I really liked the aosp look of cm, especially the notification bar, the lockscreen, etc.
can I customize the functionality of my s3 without flashing a custom rom or am I screwed?
also, Wtf can I do now that I'm rooted on 4.3? anything?
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You probably want this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383484
Read carefully as you first have to install the xposed framework.
and the xposed installer won't brick my device? what allows this to be installed safely while flashing a rom does not?
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echodeluxe said:
and the xposed installer won't brick my device? what allows this to be installed safely while flashing a rom does not?
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Xposed is an app (well it's the framework). It does not require flashing anything in a custom recovery or unlocking of a bootloader, it simply lets you modify the appearance or behavior of the system or other apps. Conversely, flashing a rom on our S3 requires you to have an unlocked bootloader.
this answers my question perfectly. thank you very much.
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echodeluxe said:
this answers my question perfectly. thank you very much.
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No problem! I haven't used Wanam Xposed but I know it comes highly recommended for TW 4.3. I use Xposed (slightly different somehow) and there's a two step process of first installing Xposed and rebooting then installing a module that interests you then rebooting once again. It's a pretty fun utility and may be rather addicting!

GEL Google search 3.1.8 update

I see this is available for all Android phones after version 4.1 but yet I can't install the new launcher experience on my kitkat 4.4 maxx anyone know how to achieve this task?
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cfpd6105 said:
I see this is available for all Android phones after version 4.1 but yet I can't install the new launcher experience on my kitkat 4.4 maxx anyone know how to achieve this task?
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You need the gel launcher installed then delete Google search and the 3.1.8 update will install. I just checked my version and its 3.1.24 why do you want to install an older version.
I thought 3.1.8 is a newer version than 3.1.24. And do we have the full Google experience now?
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cfpd6105 said:
I thought 3.1.8 is a newer version than 3.1.24. And do we have the full Google experience now?
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Its not newer 24 is higher than 8 and I installed the 3.1.8 and was prompted to update to the version I already had. The only thing we don't have is the Google dialer 100%. Its damn close accept your calls are routed through the stock dialer and the caller I'd doesn't work for non contacts.
I am stock BigV and on 4.4 just trying to get the most out of my maxx. Any words of wisdom for me?
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cfpd6105 said:
I am stock BigV and on 4.4 just trying to get the most out of my maxx. Any words of wisdom for me?
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Not a lot you can do without root to be honest. The google dialer needs root to be installed you have to put it into a system folder. However on google play there is a KK dialer that is identical to the one we can install just not having all the neat caller id and search features. the GEL launcher you should be able to install without root i think.
Just installed the Google launcher its way better thanks for that little help...
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