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Force dialer to default to favorites

Anyone know if there is a way to do this with stock app?
When i hit phone, it is annoying to always be on the dialer screen. Yes, I can speed dial a couple contacts, but I have a favorites list of 20 or so, and I would like to land there first.
Any ideas other then an alternate launcher? Would an alternate launcher even do this?

That was a nice feature of the iPhone. 99% of the time I am calling 1 of the people on my favorites list as well, this would be nice if it was possible.
I do not know if it is or not.

Would also appreciate this setting.

A work around that might be useful:
From your home screen find a screen that is fairly empty and long press like you are adding a widget. Select "Shortcuts" then select "Direct Dial" Choose someone from your contacts list. You now have a direct dial shortcut to that contact on your screen.

yeeter said:
A work around that might be useful:
From your home screen find a screen that is fairly empty and long press like you are adding a widget. Select "Shortcuts" then select "Direct Dial" Choose someone from your contacts list. You now have a direct dial shortcut to that contact on your screen.
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I actually did that. I even made my own icon that matched the Launcher Pro icons and added it to my dock. It direct dials my best friend.
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Not a bad idea but not really a solution/work around for a shortcut to your top 10-20+ favorites.

I agree - not a good solution if you have many on a fav list. For a 2 or 3 I just use speed dial from the dialer.

Has anyone tried Dialer One?
(from the thread looking for an alternate dialer) I'm too new they don't trust me with linking to it.

Another possible alternative is to add a Folder Widget end select "Starred Contacts" from the list.

Screen shot
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What app do you use to grab a screen shot?

Regarding Screen Cap:
If you are rooted there is a market app. Another way is to use the ddms.bat tool that is in the SDK - it launches the Dalvik Debug Monitor on your computer and this can do a screen cap (Menu - Device - Screen Cap)

quarlow said:
What app do you use to grab a screen shot?
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no app when I took that. It was using the android sdk to do it. Guide on how to do it is found here: http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/07/21/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-android-based-phone-from-windows/

Launcher Pro ( the paid version ) also has a favorites widget that will let you configure either full screen or 1x4.

Why not just use dialer one? You can do exactly this with dialer one + you can do so much more, like custom backgrounds and change all the text colors etc.

I just added the folder of starred contacts. Really nice, actually.

[APP] Standby Touch Advanced

I have developed this app a while ago when I was owning a Nexus device. I find it even more useful on my Note3 since having small hands its not comfortable to get to the Power button to put the phone to sleep. You may find it useless but at least it saves the Power button or helps when using a case.
HERE IS HOW TO USE IT
1. When the app is installed, for the first time the Settings screen will be shown. Simply press the Enable Admin Permission button and then drag the Stand by Icon from App's drawer where you want to have it. Each time you press the icon, the phone will go to standby.
2. If you want to use the Sleep Mode, go to Settings and press on the Zzzzz mode button. You can select which options to be disabled (Sound to Silent, Data Off, Wifi Off), on which interval of hours and how long the options will be displayed. If you check any of the options, next time you press the Standby icon, for a short period of time you will see 2 icons:
- the Sleep icon (with the moon) on it, if you press it, it will disable the options you have selected
- the Wake icon (with the sun) on it, if you press it, it will enable the options you have selected.
The icons are only displayed for the amount of time set by you. If you don't press any of them, the phone will go to standby as normal.
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Google Play link
LE: There are no hidden permissions, no internet access, no ads, no user tracking... nothing. Is just a plain free app.

Badassss
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Sound useful, I'm gonna give it a try.
Thank you

Seems very usefull! There is no Bluetooth toggle is there? Cause I want to disable my gear when I am sleeping.. I do this by turning off bluetooth, and in the morning I turn it on again.. Any way you could add that?

Thank you guys for your words.
@Armazia: very good suggestion!. I have uploaded version 2.3 on Google Play which has Bluetooth toggle support So you can now easily switch Bluetooth off in the evening and back on in the morning. It should be available in a few hours.

Very nice

Thanks, new version 2.3 is live on Google Play.

alinescoo said:
Thank you guys for your words.
@Armazia: very good suggestion!. I have uploaded version 2.3 on Google Play which has Bluetooth toggle support So you can now easily switch Bluetooth off in the evening and back on in the morning. It should be available in a few hours.
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Superb! Thanks for listening. I am definitely going to use this app!

You're welcome. I have been using it on all my devices without any problems.

[APP][4.0+] Smart Screen launcher, one screen is unexpectedly enough.

Download Smart Screen (beta) 4M
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A single-screen launcher, the layout of screen changes automatically with time such as in morning, work, evening, sleep, weekend, etc. Screen adapts himself to your life, not the other way around.
************Background*************
Smart phone get smarter and smarter while the home screen stay ‘foolish’ as they were designed with no regards to where you are or what you gonna do. SS wants to make the home screen more sensible to users' everyday life.
**********Main features*********
***Screen changes with different situation in daily life.
Fresh morning, work day, evening, sleep, party, weekend... presenting with different time-fitting apps, widgets, wallpapers and system profiles.
Sleep screen activate some power-saving and no-disturbing system settings like Wifi OFF and screen brightness down.
***Favorite app quick access [HOT]
available to create shortcut of most frequently used apps without disrupting the minimalist style. I need this feature because most of installed apps are opened less than once a week, obviously the app drawer is not sweet enough.***
*** Earphone-plug-in screen
quickly access to media apps when earphone plugged in.
*** Editable icons and widgets.[NEW]
************Requirement*************
Support Android 4.0+, may not work well on tablet.
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Awesomeeeeeee, toobad this does not work on tablet :/
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk

nice
luv the sleeping mode, it's convenient! would be better if i could change the default schedule widget.

Would be nice to change default apps and be able to change to 12 hour clock...definitely following this launcher

Too many permissions for a launcher

fireishott said:
Would be nice to change default apps and be able to change to 12 hour clock...definitely following this launcher
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Thanks for following. More customisation features are under construction. http://cdn3.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

no bad

felixwang said:
no bad
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:silly::silly:

New version with editable icons and switch time will be updated to Play Store in 4 days.

This is pretty bad-ass, thank you for contributing this!

Batery drainer? Or its optimized

Do you mean it cost the battery of your phone a lot? Could you pls tell me your phone model and your android version? thanks.
Furieuxariel2 said:
Batery drainer? Or its optimized
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mhc19881010 said:
**********Main features*********
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nice one!
i like the concept and think that soon it will be much better than the aviate/yahoo one
changing default apps enabled?
[i don't use any of the stock-offered]

mhc19881010 said:
Do you mean it cost the battery of your phone a lot? Could you pls tell me your phone model and your android version? thanks.
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Yes, motorola moto g 4.4.4

DPI
MHC, could you tell me what is the recommended LCD Density for this launcher? Because a few widgets appear out of screen for me. (LG Optimus L7)
Thanks.

[Idea] [Poll] Quick Settings in Android Wear!

Hi everyone!
Today I've created a mockup of my own idea: A Quick Settings interface for Wear!
As lots of other users out there, I hate to scroll 5-6 times to finally turn on airplane mode when I want to use my smartwatch as a watch only. This would be a much better and of course, faster option to turn settings on- and off quickly with only one slide...
Maybe we could add Location and theather mode to the bottom line, but as I see, three icons would do the job.
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I hope if we create a bit of a hype Google will consider creating something like this in the M edition of Android Wear...
Anyway... Do you like the idea?

Looks cool. Doesnt 5.1.1 already have something similar?

No, it does not. This is especially annoying because you cannot use WiFi directly without putting the device in airplane mode first.

This is awesome and would be incredibly useful for me.

NickM_27 said:
This is awesome and would be incredibly useful for me.
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Thanks! Feel free to repost on other forums! I hope if we reach out enough users Google would implement it in the next update

lekofraggle said:
No, it does not. This is especially annoying because you cannot use WiFi directly without putting the device in airplane mode first.
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Why would you want to do this? Airplane mode disables interaction in the google apps. If you want to force wifi, better to turn bluetooth off on your phone.

The reason is if you want to use an app online. For instance, if you need a web browser or es file explorer on your watch. Bluetooth has no bearing. The system does not allow user apps to go online. There are two solutions (not one like I said before).
1, enable airplane mode, and then enable and connect to WiFi.
2, Put the app you want to have WiFi access in the system folder (I think both priv-app and app work).
Of course both have drawbacks, but that is the way it is right?
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lekofraggle said:
The system does not allow user apps to go online.
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Apparently, like a lot of other solutions that have been found in android wear, there's an unofficial way to do things.
See web browser for a.w.

Looks awesome, maybe I'm slowly considering to get one of these petting watches

Yes please.

I like it ? should really be in it

yes please! I don't understand why google insists on coming up with a more "watch specific" interface for Wear, when scaling down vanilla android would have been a more familiar experience: pull down for toggles, swipe left/right to access your screens where you can deploy icons for quick launch apps, or one screen dedicated to notifications ala samsungs' touchwiz widgets page? I would pay for a mini version of Nova launcher on my watch.

Themes / Apps / Mods DoubleTapWidget (screen lock app) Pixel 7 / 7 Pro

DoubleTapWidget​
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There are 5 widgets in the application, there is no application interface itself.
2 widgets - transparent widgets, for locking the screen by double-clicking and single-clicking, respectively. (arbitrary size).
3 widgets - widgets in the form of a lock of different colors, for locking the screen by pressing. (1x1).
Tap on the application icon also blocks the screen, this was done for the general style under "Thematic icons", android 13 (Pixel)
Instruction:
1. Install the application.
2. Open system settings /Accessibility/DoubleTapWidget
warning will be issued,
press "OK".
3. Open system settings / applications / find in the list DoubleTapWidget / Click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner - "Allow settings changes", will ask for a password.
4. Again we go to point 2, but now you can activate the toggle switch
5. Go to the home screen, open the list of widgets, and select the desired widget.
Advantages:
1. The application does not consume battery as it uses a simple widget.
2. Without Root
3. Without any advertising.
Version: 1.2
Download: https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachments/doubletapwidget-zip.5818929/

Download
Version: 1.2:

It skips the screen off animation. Is it possible to add it back? Maybe power off with root to achieve this?

I use this widget "Screen off - Widget & tile".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jordigordillo.dtswidget

What's the reason for this app if we already have Double to Sleep on stock?

schmeggy929 said:
What's the reason for this app if we already have Double to Sleep on stock?
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We don't have double tap to sleep on stock.

I always use double tap to sleep features that come with Nova Launcher. Great works, regardless

schmeggy929 said:
What's the reason for this app if we already have Double to Sleep on stock?
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As mentioned yes unfortunately there is no double tap to sleep on stock unless you use a custom launcher.

schmeggy929 said:
What's the reason for this app if we already have Double to Sleep on stock?
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You mean on Nova?

Is granting accessibility access to an app a safety concern?