upgraded from the S4 on Verizon, have a few questions
1. how do I draw on screenshots/pictures now? I couldn't find an option to in gallery edit or google photo edit.
2. how do I see a text notification (an envelope) on the status bar of the lock screen instead of Verizon Wireless and the first part of the text message?
3. how do I disable the 3 buttons from lighting up?
4. which is better, Music or Google Play Music?
5. can I change the Messages theme back to blue and yellow bubbles or better yet custom bubble colors? I do not like the orange and white cremesicle theme
are these things even possible?
1. Apparently you can't. I was lucky enough to have this feature on my Moto x (Motorola gallery app). Try using a different gallery app (quickpic or cm gallery maybe?)
2. Probably can't get rid of Verizon wireless. I haven't played with it enough to even notice what appears, but doesn't the notification appear on the lockscreen? Just curious, why do you need it in the notification bar?
3. You can't, unless you keep the power saving mode on at all times. This bothers me too. Pray for root.
4. I pay for Google play all access. This way I can stream music from my computer as well as use the streaming service (like Spotify). For this reason, Google play music is invaluable to me. I've actually never used the regular music player on any phone. I never got into storing music on my phone.
5. I tried making the messaging app more appealing, too, but I guess you can't. I use textra, and have for a long time. It's pretty simple yet customizable enough to make you happy
Verizon GS6
Number three is all I really want. They really need to add an option for this so we don't need to use power saving and we might not get root.
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Can anyone put together a list of apps that would be good to get my new infuse started off with. I want to customize it, but I want to do it right. So what's the best launcher, clock, lockscreen, whatever. Let me hear it.
this is ALL personal preference here.........
Then let me hear yours!
Try browsing www.appbrain.com/users/gdbusby that is what I have installed
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ADW launcher is really nice. it is very customizable, and lets you view the phone in landscape mode, which the stock launcher does not allow. the free one is good, but the paid one is much better (great homescreen transitions, animations).
i also needed to replace the stock music player, since it wont play FLAC (lossless) audio files - so i use poweramp. it has a really nice full screen widget (takes up an entire home screen, but there are also smaller widget options) so that you don't have to launch the app every time. i use the free version, not sure what benefits the paid version offers. it does skip slightly when i get an email or text, however it doesnt really bother me.
it is also nice to get a visual voicemail service going, especially if you are coming from iphone or blackberry. i tried PF fusion for a while - but google voice is much better. just sign up for an account if you don't have one already, download the app, and it will guide you through setup. it also has a nice widget option.
those are some basics for you - but it really is just a matter of personal preference and experimentation.
I personly would recomend a few apps to help
VitalPlayer - As I like it better then the default
Dolpfin Brwser - the guester are great add on to it.
Save this page - to read web pages when I am on the train underground
Doggcatcher - to down load your pod cast when you plug it in and over wifi instead of eating your battery or data plan.
i have just switched from iphone to android i am really liking the ios but there is some problems i have with the android os one is the music app on the galaxy i really don't like how its setup and looks compared to the iPhone's is there anything i can do to make it more like how it was on the iPhone, then one thing i really miss is being able to control my volume on my lock screen and that little double click menu on the iPhone so is there anyway that i can control my music volume on my gs2 from the drop down and lock screen if there is no way to do any of that is there at least something i can use to make the iphone headset volume control buttons work on android?
As for as I know, Widget Locker allows you to do everything you want and more. Volume on lock screen; media player widget on lock screen (without double click). It costs 3$ on the market, though. I bought it, and it's definitely worth it.
You might also be able to get away with Go-Locker (you'll need the go Launcher -- my only gripe), I'm not sure if that allows widgets; it allows volume control.
Samsung Galaxy S2 needs special settings that are made obvious by both applications, if you follow descriptions and alerts.
There are plenty of Music Player apps on the Market. Take a look if the one your phone came with doesn't suit your needs.
I also want to know if you can block streaming since droid wall doesn't work ok ics
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As for as I know, Widget Locker allows you to do everything you want and more. Volume on lock screen; media player widget on lock screen (without double click). It costs 3$ on the market, though. I bought it, and it's definitely worth it.
You might also be able to get away with Go-Locker (you'll need the go Launcher -- my only gripe), I'm not sure if that allows widgets; it allows volume control.
Samsung Galaxy S2 needs special settings that are made obvious by both applications, if you follow descriptions and alerts.
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i got it but i dont like how its a background thing you know like i like to go into my task manager and end every thing a lot but i guess i wouldn't do that while im listening to music so its not a problem also i couldn't find the volume controls :[
Everything's a background thing. =p
The application has specific settings that allow you to use your volume keys on your lock screen. Go through all of the options.
I am getting this phone in a month or two & I was wondering for curiosity's sake if its music player has a background play option, or something like it.
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If not the stock music player, then one of the hefty amount of existing applications surely allows background music. Multitasking is no big deal for Android.
Poweramp.
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Everything's a background thing. =p
The application has specific settings that allow you to use your volume keys on your lock screen. Go through all of the options.
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the problem is that i hate using the volume keys i like sliding the volume bar horizontally like how the iphone does
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Poweramp.
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i tryed the free version i cant pause or play from the status bar i like power amp but its a little complex for me i maybe it will get better when i get used to it but i don't think i can be nearly as comfortable with it as i was with the iphones music player you know.
lmao i think the android is too much phone not enough ipod/musicplayer
seriously, I really can't get over the fact that tickers don't show in full screen/expanded desktop mode. I mean, like if you're watching a video, and you get a notification, and it's on silent and there's no notification LED, it would make sense if the statusbar shows up and displays current ticker, wouldn't it? even if you get the vibration and LED? so you know what notification you got? yeah sure you can get an app, since there is "always an app for that", but I would think its fair to say that it should be implemented into stock android. so my question is: why isn't that implemented into current stock android?
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Stock android is meant to be basic. And Android is so great because if you want a feature there is almost always a way to implement it, via a mod or app. See for me I would hate it if a scrolling ticker popped up when a notification came in if I was watching a video. That would drive me nuts.
Pa's hover is similar to this and CM has just uncovered a feature like this in aosp code. That's beside the apps available. There are plenty of options already and likely a stock one upcoming. I'd suggest a bit of patience or using one of various ways available to add this feature. There are a lot of things that 'should be in stock android'. Everyone has their opinion. Luckily yours may be added.
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Hi all,
I'm a new Z3 owner, coming from a HTC M7. This is my first time with on-screen buttons and unfortunately, am not liking them so far. It's fine on the home screen, because they're transparent. But when in an app, the black bar takes up valuable screen space. Hate it. Any way to make them transparent everywhere or just hide them and bring them back with a swipe?? Why isn't this programmed in there already!?!?
Thanks in advanced.
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Hi all,
I'm a new Z3 owner, coming from a HTC M7. This is my first time with on-screen buttons and unfortunately, am not liking them so far. It's fine on the home screen, because they're transparent. But when in an app, the black bar takes up valuable screen space. Hate it. Any way to make them transparent everywhere or just hide them and bring them back with a swipe?? Why isn't this programmed in there already!?!?
Thanks in advanced.
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You can hide them on the G3, but I dont think thats possible on the Z3. Flashing a ROM with support for this should fix the issue.
Not possible without flashing a custom ROM, unfortunately there aren't many custom ROMs available yet and you will lose a lot of features (as well as permanently reducing your camera's performance) if you go this route.
Try and get used to them, they are designed so that each app can take advantage of them differently.
Browsing through your images or playing a game, watching videos using the Play Movies or VLC app all make them disappear automatically as you describe.
There are several apps on in the Play store that will force immersive mode without root, just search "immersive mode". I have used the one by "Pieter Pareit" and it works quite well on most apps. If these darn app developers would start supporting immersive mode this would not be an issue. Better yet, it would be nice if Google had an option to select apps you want to run in immersive mode (like G2/G3).
I love the material design messenger app, but the randomly assigned colors piss me off. Is there a modded apk or any way to set customize the background color? I would have thought google would have made in an option.
The only way you're going to be able to mod that is by decompiling the messenger apk and going from there. Seems like it would be a lot of work though. I could take a look it at but I doubt I have the know how in order to do it.
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Crappy Half-Solution
I've been watching this thread hoping for a more elegant (i.e. code-based solution) but for the time being I found a sort-of work around. First, uninstall the messenger app. Then say you want to change Person A from showing up orange to showing up purple, just for the sake of example. Google image search purple screen (or whatever, the point is to get a plain purple image of a shade similar to the app's). Download the pic to your phone, change the contact's picture to the plain color picture. Reinstall app, and open it up. Person A's conversation should now be purple. It should even be safe to change the contact's picture back, the point is to have the plain color photo as the contact picture when you install and first open up the app. You should be able to change as many contacts to whichever conversation colors (that the app comes preloaded with) you wish. Some notes: I did this on an AT&T galaxy s 4 active running kit kat 4.4.2 with the google messenger app being used as default sms app. My motivation was my gf saw her's was the orange and wanted to figure out a way to switch it to pink, lol. When I figured this method out to do just that, I changed a friend's convo color from green to red, and then an additional friend's from purple to green in order to verify. Again maybe this doesn't work all the time, or maybe it doesn't work on your device or maybe it's too much of a chore, but if you're looking to change conversation colors in this (otherwise very well put-together) app, this is the only way I've heard of so far. Hope this helps :good:
I don't know if it matters but I'm rooted stuck on touchwiz (locked bootloaders are a terrible thing, but at least it's de-odexed and I can mod it myself) and I use root browser to convert the google messenger app to a system app, because I like it better than Samsung's sms anyway.