I played with a galaxy s6 and was really impressed with the new touchwiz, but one thing that I really didn't like is that I wasn't able to swipe between tabs on the dialer, contacts app, the clock ( I'm not sure about the clock, I played with the phone briefly) , to me that's a real bummer because that's something I really love from Android since ics , is there an option to turn it on or it simply not present on the stock Samsung apps?
Chad_Petree said:
I played with a galaxy s6 and was really impressed with the new touchwiz, but one thing that I really didn't like is that I wasn't able to swipe between tabs on the dialer, contacts app, the clock ( I'm not sure about the clock, I played with the phone briefly) , to me that's a real bummer because that's something I really love from Android since ics , is there an option to turn it on or it simply not present on the stock Samsung apps?
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I actually have an S5 (still on KK thanks to ATT) but the dialer/contact app has never had this swipe ability. I think it is because you can swipe the names of contacts to message or call them (depending on the direction of the swipe) already, so swiping to change tabs would be hard to impliment with the TW swiping. But my clock app does have the swipe to change to tab function, as the the settings app when set to tab view. Hope this helps
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I actually have an S5 (still on KK thanks to ATT) but the dialer/contact app has never had this swipe ability. I think it is because you can swipe the names of contacts to message or call them (depending on the direction of the swipe) already, so swiping to change tabs would be hard to impliment with the TW swiping. But my clock app does have the swipe to change to tab function, as the the settings app when set to tab view. Hope this helps
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And is it impossible to disable that swipe to message or swipe to call option?
Chad_Petree said:
And is it impossible to disable that swipe to message or swipe to call option?
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Actually no! I just looked in the contacts settings and if you disable the TW swiping you can swipe to change tabs. I don't see why this wouldn't be the case on the S6 as well.
akitten007 said:
Actually no! I just looked in the contacts settings and if you disable the TW swiping you can swipe to change tabs. I don't see why this wouldn't be the case on the S6 as well.
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Yes, this is right, tested a S6 in the shop and verified that S6 has the options in contact settings to enable swipe to message/call and if you disable this, you can swipe tabs from dialer to logs to favorites to contacts....not possible to have both running in parallel
akitten007 said:
Actually no! I just looked in the contacts settings and if you disable the TW swiping you can swipe to change tabs. I don't see why this wouldn't be the case on the S6 as well.
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Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up guys! One concern less, now I just have to deal with the convoluted notification bar and the ugly settings menu but oh well it's leaps and bounds better than the old version of touchwiz
Chad_Petree said:
Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up guys! One concern less, now I just have to deal with the convoluted notification bar and the ugly settings menu but oh well it's leaps and bounds better than the old version of touchwiz
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Actually "the convoluted notification bar and the ugly settings menu" changes with the theme you apply from the new theme settings or store.
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Actually "the convoluted notification bar and the ugly settings menu" changes with the theme you apply from the new theme settings or store.
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Thanks for pointing that out! I just checked a video showing the themes and it really changes the icons, the notification bar and the look of the settings, I could even try to make a theme to make it look more like stock lollipop, that would be awesome!
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Ok when I use ADW do i turn off HTC sense and if so how do I. I tried to turn it off but it popped right back off. Do I have to turn all the widgets off then turn it off?
Also how do I get the count numbers to appear in the launcher bar for messages and emails plus voicemails?
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Go to settings>applications>manage applications>htc sense> click clear defaults tab then press home key and choose the launcher you wish to use and set it as default if you like
twilk73 said:
Ok when I use ADW do i turn off HTC sense and if so how do I. I tried to turn it off but it popped right back off. Do I have to turn all the widgets off then turn it off?
Also how do I get the count numbers to appear in the launcher bar for messages and emails plus voicemails?
Thanks, Thomas
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I think Launcher Pro is the only launcher (besides Sense) that does this.
twin001 said:
I think Launcher Pro is the only launcher (besides Sense) that does this.
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Man I was really liking the settings in ADW. I flashed a new rom and forgot to back up first so I lost a crap load so I guess while im at it ill give launcher pro a second chase lol.
Is there a setting in LP that allows me to lower the phone bar and have apps pop up below it? In ADW i had all the phone settings like phone, messages, apps, mail, Vmail and then if I swiped up the task bar would lower and I had all my favorit contacts stored down there. Its a really cool feature. I just dont know if I can deal with not having notification numbers lol I have been using HTC phones for so long now I am use to seeing them and not seeing them will take some getting use to.
Maybe there is an app in the market or someone has something I can dowload to use so I can get the notifaction icons to display numbers?
I know how you feel. I love both launcher pro and ADW but there are some features from both that i just wish I could just merge into one. Like the ability to change drawer background color/opacity like in ADW or the 3D drawer in launcher pro, the Galaxy S homescreen dots in ADW, the dock in ADW or the ability to swipe to the next dock in launcher pro. I wish launcher pro was as smooth in scrolling as ADW.
But they don't want to "copy" each other's features apparently... It just makes it harder to choose which one I want to use though because there are certain times when I prefer a certain aesthetic or feature of one and I have to keep switching back and forth.
I personally think they should just work together on one bad-a** launcher. I'd honestly pay a healthy amount for that app if they decided to charge...
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I know how you feel. I love both launcher pro and ADW but there are some features from both that i just wish I could just merge into one. Like the ability to change drawer background color/opacity like in ADW or the 3D drawer in launcher pro, the Galaxy S homescreen dots in ADW, the dock in ADW or the ability to swipe to the next dock in launcher pro. I wish launcher pro was as smooth in scrolling as ADW.
But they don't want to "copy" each other's features apparently... It just makes it harder to choose which one I want to use though because there are certain times when I prefer a certain aesthetic or feature of one and I have to keep switching back and forth.
I personally think they should just work together on one bad-a** launcher. I'd honestly pay a healthy amount for that app if they decided to charge...
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Love the swipe feature in ADW and if you close the dock in ADW you can actually set apps, icons or even peope icons down there if you set say 15 people down there that dock will swipe back and forth. So there are very few things in LP that i like that ADW doesnt have. But like you said it goes both ways. Really if ADW had a notification counter that would seal the deal because swiping the finger to open or close a specific action is so freaking awsome plus the galaxy dots at the top like you said are nice but not a deal breaker. LP does have a scroll bar you can use at the bottom but its not very noticable and seem to always be on unlike the galaxy dots. Well ADW is my choice but I choose to not use it its going to be because it doesn notify my with a number icon lol. I am trying LP now and I noticed that if you use the regular mail app icon for gmail it wont post a number too it will only post a number to the gmail app. Which for me sucks because the gmail app sucks. Well its not as refind as the stock mail app is the stock mail app is really nice compaired to the gmail one. The gmail one looks rather raw. So as of this moment the only thing giving me any notification numbers is the messages with LP so really i mise well use ADW lol and just get use to looking it the notification bar for updates. If thats the case why not just swipe the notifaction bar down every time to check text or mail so why even have the icons on the screen hoggin up space. I mean if I gotta send an email or text im clicking on my person file anyway. Blah the phone has only been out for a month soo I guess we are still working our way to a good launcher. HTC sense has weak options and the widgets are pigs. Most the time the lag when you use them and the 7 screens is way to much for me. I could get buy with just 3 using ADW.
Sorry for rambling.
There is a lot of empty space between the task switcher icon on the left and the clock on the right. Would be a perfect location for shortcuts to running apps etc.
That's a pretty good idea but as far as I know there is no way to do it unless some clever person has worked it out.
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samsung has something like that on their SGT 10.1-roms... Maybe its possible to port that?
I don't find it THAT useful though...
there is a .app, something like quicklaunch, I use it with HC but can't remember the name... u should search in the market... but it's only quicklaunch, can't put shortcuts in bar
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There is a lot of empty space between the task switcher icon on the left and the clock on the right. Would be a perfect location for shortcuts to running apps etc.
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There was an application called Wizz Bar, you might be able to find it somewhere online. It allows you to press in the open space in the middle and it would open a little box over any application which you could launch from. That might work?
Here it is: Wizz Bar
I will look into Quick Launch, thanks.
It looks like Wizz Bar no longer works on ICS
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I will look into Quick Launch, thanks.
It looks like Wizz Bar no longer works on ICS
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Oh damn... Sorry man
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Also try Elixir. cant remember if you can customise complicated shortcuts, but i know you can add toggle switches as well as quick launch apps
TheDifference said:
Also try Elixir. cant remember if you can customise complicated shortcuts, but i know you can add toggle switches as well as quick launch apps
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To the status bar?
matheprat said:
To the status bar?
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an "E" icon sits on the bottom right http://i.imgur.com/LwzlA.jpg
tapping that pops up a mini toolbar which you can customise with all sorts of toggles and switches.
Does anyone know how to customize the lock screen slider so it will open apps instead of just unlock? I've done it on my galaxy tab 2 I dont see why I cant do it here.
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Does anyone know how to customize the lock screen slider so it will open apps instead of just unlock? I've done it on my galaxy tab 2 I dont see why I cant do it here.
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Download Widget Locker?
I don't really want widgets but that's what I'm doing for now. Apparently we can't change the slider til custom Roms come out
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i've been looking for the same answer. it's a bit silly you cant customize the lock slider with just stock Os. that was quite a disappointment...and now i'll probably go back to Cyanogenmod 11 when it comes out. really miss those shortcuts.
also, another small quib...i miss the little persistent play store icon in the apps menu.
cool feature with 4.4 is uninstalling apps from the app menu with contextual menu from icon press.
Hi all, I just got my nexus 5 and right after I updated my system to Android 4.4.2, I tried to add widgets to the lockscreen, but it just doesn't work. I know you have to enable widgets under security in the settings and I did that. I just can't swipe left on the lockscreen to get that plus sign. Also dashclock doesn't work. Help! Any idea is much appreciated.
Nomad-117 said:
Hi all, I just got my nexus 5 and right after I updated my system to Android 4.4.2, I tried to add widgets to the lockscreen, but it just doesn't work. I know you have to enable widgets under security in the settings and I did that. I just can't swipe left on the lockscreen to get that plus sign. Also dashclock doesn't work. Help! Any idea is much appreciated.
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I find that I have to really swipe from the edge of the screen, some cases may prevent this or make it difficult.
jefftheworld said:
I find that I have to really swipe from the edge of the screen, some cases may prevent this or make it difficult.
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Oh my god thank you so much! I didn't realize that... I had a case on so that explains... Yes i totally agree we are to really swipe from the edge. Thank you so much!
You have to expand the widget first. Just drag the clock widget downwards. When its expanded, try swiping your screen. It should work.
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You have to expand the widget first. Just drag the clock widget downwards. When its expanded, try swiping your screen. It should work.
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Thank you! I just figured that out...
Word/Text clock lockscreen widget ?
Is there such a widget for a lockscreen, which would display a clock / time written in words ?? Like the clock face one on Pebble smart watch, for example?!
Example, the time is 5:36 and on the widget it would be displayed as "five thirty six" !
Thanks
Haik0 said:
Is there such a widget for a lockscreen, which would display a clock / time written in words?
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Of course. Just search for "text clock widget".
To see the list of recently called (active) apps - I have to long-press "Menu" button, which is not very comfortable. How to make it work with swiping on screen upward? Are there any configuration settings for that in kitkat?
Nafiganado said:
To see the list of recently called (active) apps - I have to long-press "Menu" button, which is not very comfortable. How to make it work with swiping on screen upward? Are there any configuration settings for that in kitkat?
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If you are rooted you can try with xposed framework and gravity box or some other modules that allow you to change your navbar settings or your hard keys configuration.
emmettbrownson said:
If you are rooted you can try with xposed framework and gravity box or some other modules that allow you to change your navbar settings or your hard keys configuration.
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I do have root, but xposed - or rather its modules, but it's almost the same - does not work at my phone (Alcatel Idol X+).
Nafiganado said:
I do have root, but xposed - or rather its modules, but it's almost the same - does not work at my phone (Alcatel Idol X+).
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You can have this gesture, but not while using an app. That's because this would interfere with scrolling or possible app gestures.
I have the exact gesture set to open recent apps with Nova Launcher.
Install Nova launcher, go to Nova settings, gestures and buttons and set the swipe up gesture to open Recent Apps.
This will work when you are on one of your home screens, but not in apps, like I said.
Hope this helps.
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andreiav said:
You can have this gesture, but not while using an app. That's because this would interfere with scrolling or possible app gestures.
I have the exact gesture set to open recent apps with Nova Launcher.
Install Nova launcher, go to Nova settings, gestures and buttons and set the swipe up gesture to open Recent Apps.
This will work when you are on one of your home screens, but not in apps, like I said.
Hope this helps.
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Hi, thanks. The matter is that I use the launcher, which I don't wish to change. I've been using it for a while and I find it the most suitable for me. It's Launcher Pro. Mostly because it allows to make a bottom bar of shortcuts scrollable, fitting there more than 4-5 icons. Also it's quite fast and does not drain battery.
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Hi, thanks. The matter is that I use the launcher, which I don't wish to change. I've been using it for a while and I find it the most suitable for me. It's Launcher Pro. Mostly because it allows to make a bottom bar of shortcuts scrollable, fitting there more than 4-5 icons. Also it's quite fast and does not drain battery.
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Nova launcher does this as well. It's incredibly light and fast. Very customizable. Give it a shot. You might like it.
It's considered by many the best android launcher.
I have the paid version and nova launcher is always my first installed app after flashing any rom.
To activate the dock (bottom bar) pages, go to nova settings, dock, dock pages. You can also set the number of dock icons and a lot of other stuff actually
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andreiav said:
Nova launcher does this as well. It's incredibly light and fast. Very customizable. Give it a shot. You might like it.
It's considered by many the best android launcher.
I have the paid version and nova launcher is always my first installed app after flashing any rom.
To activate the dock (bottom bar) pages, go to nova settings, dock, dock pages. You can also set the number of dock icons and a lot of other stuff actually
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Thanks, the launcher itself is good, but as to swiping action - it seems does not solve my problem. The swiping works if it happens on blank zone. On my Meizu firmware, when I, for instance, had some PDF opened full-screen - I could swipe from bottom of screen or side - if being in landscape orientation - and recent apps bar appeared, so I could call dictionary or encyclopaedia, whatever, and the same way back. It was fast and comfortable. Here it does not work...
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Thanks, the launcher itself is good, but as to swiping action - it seems does not solve my problem. The swiping works if it happens on blank zone. On my Meizu firmware, when I, for instance, had some PDF opened full-screen - I could swipe from bottom of screen or side - if being in landscape orientation - and recent apps bar appeared, so I could call dictionary or encyclopaedia, whatever, and the same way back. It was fast and comfortable. Here it does not work...
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Yep. Like I said, it only works from one of the home screens. Don't know what else to suggest unfortunately
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In case someone is interested, more or less normal way to do it - "All in one gesture" application. It adds a small "hot spot" zone to drag from.