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What apps will you be getting for the S4..

If you are exited as much as i am then you are already thinking what apps your are downloading into your phone as soon as you power it on.
Here is my list:
1. Instagram
2. Battery Reborn
3. Twitter
4. new Facebook Skin
4.Pixlr-O-Matic
5. Pandora
what is your list i want to learn new apps to explore android to its fullest!

thatbimmerkid said:
If you are exited as much as i am then you are already thinking what apps your are downloading into your phone as soon as you power it on.
Here is my list:
1. Instagram
2. Battery Reborn
3. Twitter
4. new Facebook Skin
4.Pixlr-O-Matic
5. Pandora
what is your list i want to learn new apps to explore android to its fullest!
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Nova Launcher
Google Voice
GrooveIP

root.zip
lol

Root the phone ASAP.
1: Titanium backup (100+ apps installed automatically)
2: SMS Backup & Restore

Facebook
Facebook Messenger
Twitter
Instagram
Whatsapp
XDA Premium
Lantern
9GAG
Netflix
Soundhound
Some games
And no, I'm not gonna root it, no need for me at all.

Bjray said:
Root the phone ASAP.
1: Titanium backup (100+ apps installed automatically)
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This time I'ill install NOTHING ... play with all the new stock apps and then gradually install my old well known apps.
When rooted Titanium backup for sure will be installed :good:

Mittaa said:
This time I'ill install NOTHING ... play with all the new stock apps and then gradually install when needed.
When rooted Titanium backup for sure will be the first App too :good:
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+1.
Will use:
Titanium Backup
Dead Trigger
Facebook
Yahoo! Mail
XDA Premium
Tapatalk
Angry Birds Games

Swipe Pad is the FIRST APP installed.. it's hard to live without it at this point
Basic Social Networking apps
But i'm not sure if i wanna stay with stock messenger or Facbook's messenger.
with stock i use POPUP 7, but that new Fb messenger update has the bubbles on the side, give you emoji and no need for gosms or handcent

1. Minotes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946262
2. Screen Filter
3. Alarm clock +
My essential apps =)
Duno if its compatible with s4 but ... Will compatability be a problem with full hd screen?

Shizzx said:
Swipe Pad is the FIRST APP installed.. it's hard to live without it at this point
Basic Social Networking apps
But i'm not sure if i wanna stay with stock messenger or Facbook's messenger.
with stock i use POPUP 7, but that new Fb messenger update has the bubbles on the side, give you emoji and no need for gosms or handcent
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+1 for Swipe Pad!
fiskigt said:
1. Minotes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1946262
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How does that app compare to Google Keep? Better or just different?

BeyondPod, Google Music, Netflix, and Twitter
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Root first then:
- Battery widget
- Titanium backup
- Tapatalk
- Twitter
- DC metro
- Root explorer
- Sportstap
- Speedtest
- Battery calibration ( good for accurate battery readings)
- Rom manager
- aTorrent
- Betterbatterystats
- Franco Kernel updater
- Whatsapp
- CPU Spy
- Amazon mp3
- Most google apps and many more!!! ( could be here all day lol)

No Flipboard fans?!
If it wasn't for that app the HTC One would be much more appealing than it is to me now

paddylaz said:
No Flipboard fans?!
If it wasn't for that app the HTC One would be much more appealing than it is to me now
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Flipboard is pre installed. Why would you want to install it?
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AMoosa said:
Flipboard is pre installed. Why would you want to install it?
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oops........apologies!

Xbmc for sure.

Triangle away Odin Mobile
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Not really big on apps...so probably just
1) instagram
2) facebook
3) snapchat
4) Skype
5) tapatalk
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Google Wallet
oh wait...

Bjray said:
+1 for Swipe Pad!
How does that app compare to Google Keep? Better or just different?
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I dont know, havent tried google keep.
Its just a simple good looking note app. Same as used in MIUI roms.

Will Google features work with another launcher?

Thinking of installing Nova launcher when my phone ships, but was wondering if features like "OK Google.." and searching online for numbers within the phone app would still work?
Also, has anyone with a Nexus 5 found a way to hide apps in the app drawer you don't want there, or at least make a folder? I really want to use the stock launcher, and it baffles me Google leaves out basic functionality to sort and organize your apps... if anyone found a way please let me know, or if root can fix this somehow. Thanks.

You'd have to wait for Kevin to put similar features if he decides to assuming he can mimic the new launcher. I think the new launcher is closed source.. maybe we'll get a kernel soon with always listening
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For hiding the apps part if you want to hide one of the stock apps you can simply disable it in the settings? (Settings > apps)
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Accidental deletion

While playing around with setting wallpapers I must have accidentally deleted the default wallpapers that came with the Nexus 5.
I know there are a gazillion other wallpapers out there but I would like to regain the default ones.
Anyone know
1. In which folder they are normally kept? (I am rooted)
2. How to redownload them?
Thanks.

Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506362
Is that what you need?
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You are wonderful. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks.

No problem
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They're built into the launcher so you can't have deleted them. If you're using a different launcher, they may not be available however.
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Anderson2 said:
While playing around with setting wallpapers I must have accidentally deleted the default wallpapers that came with the Nexus 5.
I know there are a gazillion other wallpapers out there but I would like to regain the default ones.
Anyone know
1. In which folder they are normally kept? (I am rooted)
2. How to redownload them?
Thanks.
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First off all the are default in launcher you cant delete them.
Try to extract it from GoogleHome.apk

That is very interesting. I don't remember deleting them but just assumed I must have.
Actually I use the Nova launcher and suddenly discovered I couldn't find them anymore. Maybe the latest Nova update made them inaccessible. Or maybe some setting (xprivacy?) made them inaccessible. Don't know. I didn't think I had deleted them.

Figured it out.
The built-in launcher is no longer available as an option when I click on home. I must have become disabled when I froze something else.
Here are the apps I disabled. Wonder which one messed up the default launcher.
Google search, hangouts, HP print service, iWnn (whatever that is), nfc , wallet, Korean and pinyin keyboards, play books, play movies, play music, play newstand, Google search, cloud print, face unlock, Google Hindi.

They're available to me I'm Nova so it's not an update to that
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Anderson2 said:
Figured it out.
The built-in launcher is no longer available as an option when I click on home. I must have become disabled when I froze something else.
Here are the apps I disabled. Wonder which one messed up the default launcher.
Google search, hangouts, HP print service, iWnn (whatever that is), nfc , wallet, Korean and pinyin keyboards, play books, play movies, play music, play newstand, Google search, cloud print, face unlock, Google Hindi.
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It's probably from Google Search being disabled. that needs to be enabled to access the new Google Launcher, so it probably disables them.

It was indeed Google search. I reenabled it and now the default launcher and wallpapers are back.
Interesting.

Widget deletion

Anyone had any success in removing widgets from their phones? I was able to do it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab3 10.1 but cannot do it on the Moto 4g LTE. These widgets are not in the Setting/App section. They must reside somewhere in the phone. I have ES File on my phone so if I can find the directory I should be able to remove them.
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

Motorola doesn't have 100+ extra widgets as separate apps like Samsung does, they are just the widgets of your normal apps (like calendar, browser, gmail, hangout, etc... You can't remove them from a file, but you can do it with autostarts (it's an app, look for it in play store, has a car icon, and requires root)
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vlt96 said:
Motorola doesn't have 100+ extra widgets as separate apps like Samsung does, they are just the widgets of your normal apps (like calendar, browser, gmail, hangout, etc... You can't remove them from a file, but you can do it with autostarts (it's an app, look for it in play store, has a car icon, and requires root)
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Yeah, I was coming to the opinion that this was not going to be as easy as the Samsung Widgets. OK, thanks. I will check out autostarts.

Google Search update

Ugh, new google search update is UGLY. White search box and white app drawer. Really want it back to transparent.
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You can uninstall the update.
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Thanks for the useless reply.
Found a better solution though: xposed gel settings from the play store.

jco23 said:
Thanks for the useless reply.
Found a better solution though: xposed gel settings from the play store.
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How about instead if being a **** when you ask for help and get it you search yourself. Hey look you searched yourself and found what you wanted you douche.
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bigv5150 said:
How about instead if being a **** when you ask for help and get it you search yourself. Hey look you searched yourself and found what you wanted you douche.
sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
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Yet another useless post. Take your juvenile antics elsewhere.
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Hey guys be nice together.. I understand everyone has their different opinions.. If you don't like the update you can unistall Google app it is system app..
If you have root download system app remover > grant access > unistall Google.. You can find older version on Internet just Google it.. If you want to install previous version..
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mac1996 said:
Hey guys be nice together.. I understand everyone has their different opinions.. If you don't like the update you can unistall Google app it is system app..
If you have root download system app remover > grant access > unistall Google.. You can find older version on Internet just Google it.. If you want to install previous version..
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understood, and you're right - so perhaps I across a bit harsh on my initial reply, so I apologize to bigv5150 for that.
however, my point was that I really enjoy the google search launcher, just don't like the latest update with the all white search bar nor the all white app drawer - and just wanted to share that with others and see if there was a way to make them transparent again. fortunately, I found the solution in the Xposed GEL app - which of course, requires the Xposed module installed, which also requires root.
after installing the xposed gel app, I was able to remove the search bar all together and change the app drawer background color scheme.

jco23 said:
understood, and you're right - so perhaps I across a bit harsh on my initial reply, so I apologize to bigv5150 for that.
however, my point was that I really enjoy the google search launcher, just don't like the latest update with the all white search bar nor the all white app drawer - and just wanted to share that with others and see if there was a way to make them transparent again. fortunately, I found the solution in the Xposed GEL app - which of course, requires the Xposed module installed, which also requires root.
after installing the xposed gel app, I was able to remove the search bar all together and change the app drawer background color scheme.
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You can uninstall the update putting it back to the version you had before the update. That's what I did. You keep the previou search bar. That's what I said, don't read more into it.
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