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Alphabetical sorting for miui launcher

Any way to sort all of my apps on a miui launcher?
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U can create a folder and put all the apps in there and it will sort the alphabeticallyfor u.
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I noticed your ps3 friends app, add me
Same username as here!
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corythug said:
I noticed your ps3 friends app, add me
Same username as here!
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OK ill add u I can always use more ps3 friends
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I'm currently trying to decide if I want to install a launcher. I have launcher pro and not too fond of it. I'm looking at adwex now and I want to get peoples input on the two. Pro's and cons of each.

Have you tried go! Launcher? I'm using it with miui currently and it looks / works great. Similar customization to adw but I prefer go!
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idelgado782 said:
I'm currently trying to decide if I want to install a launcher. I have launcher pro and not too fond of it. I'm looking at adwex now and I want to get peoples input on the two. Pro's and cons of each.
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altdrawer 0.71
search it on XDA, its AWESOME

Might try that out myself, looks awesome.
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corythug said:
Have you tried go! Launcher? I'm using it with miui currently and it looks / works great. Similar customization to adw but I prefer go!
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I like go! as well but it has one major flaw for me (well, not the app but rather the integration with Android when installing go! add ons like go! dialer). When you get a missed call, you can see the notification in the notifications bar. If you jump to it, it shows rom dialer / log and when you jump out, notification is gone. Normal behavior. But if you tap the phone shortcut in dock and it launches go! dialer by default, you see the dialer / log, but after jumping back notification is still there. Either go! dialer should display notifications in the notification bar so we could disable the android notifications, or the dialer app should remove the stock android notification once event was viewed. Same for go! message app. And go! notifications for dock shortcuts.
But anyhow, I would prefer if MIUI allowed app sorting on homescreen as part of it's launcher. And I do believe this is one of the most sought after features. I don't really like the way MIUI "reserves" blocks for each app and that you must move them to folders in order to sort and that the free spaces left on screen are not used up before adding the next app to the last active screen.
/end rant

I'm not using go dialer or sms. But I don't recall these issues when I did use them. Specifically sms, just turn off default sms notifications.
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Favorite messaging app?

Since we now have the option to pick in 4.4, what's your favorite messaging app? I've been using Ninja SMS. I prefer a Holo interface, and the chat heads mean I never have to look at the interface itself anyways.

Hangouts
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Textra
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Hangouts is my favorite.

I actually really, really like the hangouts app.
A lot.

Hangouts or textra for simplicity. Smart messenger for more features and speed. Has message back ups and works with your Google drive to send files.
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sliding messaging.
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AOSP MMS. Identical to the standard 4.3 MMS app.
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Hangout isn't bad, but I really miss the remove/change not compatible unicode options.
For this reason my favorite is the 8sms https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkleft.eightyeightsms.mms. Looks like the stock 4.3 sms app, but have more options.
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I tried 8sms, but sometimes wouldn't receive pictures in MMS. It would appear as a triangle. Looks like a play button. Same with the stock messaging .apk. Any ideas?
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Another vote for Textra. Has some nice features, but not overly complicated or bloated. Handles MMS picture messages and iPhone-style group messages great.
-Mike

Can't let handcent go. Its been on every phone I've owned dating back to my HTC Evo
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jacob_woolf said:
Since we now have the option to pick in 4.4, what's your favorite messaging app? I've been using Ninja SMS. I prefer a Holo interface, and the chat heads mean I never have to look at the interface itself anyways.
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This isn't making any sense to me, you have always been able to pick whatever messaging app you want.

Textra hands down.

Sonic Offline said:
I actually really, really like the hangouts app.
A lot.
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Me too!
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Ahh sorry for my lack of input guys, I forgot to subscribe to the thread when I posted it. I'm loving the input though. I might have to try Textra, seeing as it's getting such positive reviews.
@krabman Sure, you could always use any SMS app, but it was never flawless. In KitKat there technically isn't a default SMS app. You pick whatever you want.

krabman said:
This isn't making any sense to me, you have always been able to pick whatever messaging app you want.
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Yeah but now with 4.4 you can set any messaging app as the default.
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Textra
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jacob_woolf said:
Ahh sorry for my lack of input guys, I forgot to subscribe to the thread when I posted it. I'm loving the input though. I might have to try Textra, seeing as it's getting such positive reviews.
@krabman Sure, you could always use any SMS app, but it was never flawless. In KitKat there technically isn't a default SMS app. You pick whatever you want.
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In sorry but you have always been able to pick whatever you want and it would work without issue. All you had to do is turn off notifications in the stock messaging app which wasn't any harder than what you need to do now. What you didn't have to do was set your shiny new messing app as default because the operating system did it for you. If you installed multiple messaging apps like handcent and chomp it would then give the option to set one as default and you could go into the main settings/applications and remove that default just like any other application installs such as launchers or galleries where more than one app could be called to perform an action.
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Yeah but now with 4.4 you can set any messaging app as the default.
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See above. Assuming all the various messaging apps get tuned up to work on 4.4 you will have exactly the same options you had on 4.3, no more no less. There is no now you can pick.

Chomp sms
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[A] Google Now - active listening on home screen

Google Now works great when I click on the homepage search bar that opens the Google Now screen but is one of you able to get Google Now to listen actively on the home screen to: OK Google, followed by a voice command? I am using the ViperOneM8 rom and Open Mic+ for Google Now does not seem to work
As a one step workaround I use Nova launcher and swipe up to start Google Now but like the active listening functionality.

Google's Home Launcher offers this. I use it.
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David 617 said:
Google's Home Launcher offers this. I use it.
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Thank you for your suggestion, David but I like to keep Nova as my launcher instead of changing to the Google Home/Now Launcher.

PatrickNH said:
Thank you for your suggestion, David but I like to keep Nova as my launcher instead of changing to the Google Home/Now Launcher.
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It wasn't really a suggestion.. The Google Now Launcher is what does it.

PatrickNH said:
Thank you for your suggestion, David but I like to keep Nova as my launcher instead of changing to the Google Home/Now Launcher.
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There's currently no other way to get the always listening behavior on the homescreen.

tdnookhd said:
There's currently no other way to get the always listening behavior on the homescreen.
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But to use Google Home/Now Launcher. :laugh::good:

Good news! Nova Launcher has been updated and now supports the "OK, Google" hot voice word on every launcher screen.
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There is also an Xposed module (search OKGoogle) for this...

Almost every third party launcher now supports this. I'm using smart launcher and I have always listening on.

Keyboards we all need them which works best for you and why. Keyboard discussion and

So in the quest for the best keyboard for me. I know this is a very opinion and preference based. I have tried several different keyboards the one I am currently trying out is flesky. I tried swype touch pal x Samsung keyboard Google keyboard and many others.. So far. Flesky,, is taking some getting used to however its functionality is very unique.. The reason I created this thread was because I was surprised I had never heard of this keyboard. So anyways please your experience with the different keyboards and let me know your favorite and why
Thank you
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I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction

I've tried a lot & love Swype+Dragon

j3ffm1ll said:
I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction
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is this the only keyboard that has this??
blue5055 said:
I've tried a lot & love Swype+Dragon
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Is dragon built in? How is it different from standard voice tYping?
Thanks for the replies
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I dont know if it is the only one that has that feature or not.

j3ffm1ll said:
I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction
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Same reason I use it. I was also partial to ai.type keyboard plus

Thumb Keyboard -you can create hotkey/shortcut key. like assign a key, when you press that key, it automatically type your username, account numbers, password, etc.

netnerd said:
Thumb Keyboard -you can create hotkey/shortcut key. like assign a key, when you press that key, it automatically type your username, account numbers, password, etc.
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That's interesting I have never heard of that feature or keyboard thanks for sharing
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BR7fan said:
Same reason I use it. I was also partial to ai.type keyboard plus
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+1 SwiftKey keyboard tops them all. There is another one with cloud prediction but I forget what it's called [emoji32]
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Tried tons and always come back to SwiftKey.
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Kii keyboard. So many options. Rarely misses the auto correct when swiping

I think i have stock but I keep it floating so I can move it around depending on what app I use it with.

Primary keyboard is swype and secondary keyboard is samsung keyboard for use with the s pen.

Stock messaging app - internal link handling

Morning everyone. I've found that when someone sends me an SMS and that SMS contains an URL, the URL is handled and opened inside of the messaging app. This is a problem for me as typically there is something that prevents the page from displaying. I can tell the page loaded because when I click the X to close the page, it briefly displays the content then I'm back at the SMS. Anyone else seeing this? Is there a way to force the url to be opened in the stock Samsung browser or Chrome?

I'm wondering the same thing. Very frustrating.

Same here
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autogeek said:
Same here
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Ridiculous... This and the Samsung voice to text in the stock keyboard..

dutchman71 said:
Ridiculous... This and the Samsung voice to text in the stock keyboard..
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Yeah I started using google keyboard because of that
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You can use package disabler pro to disable Samsung voice input and then Google will be default

Hmm....I was hoping that others had the this SMS URL problem and had solved it. It's ironic I guess....Sprint sends me a URL regarding the Note 7 recall....I can't read it because it opens inside of the SMS messaging app. I had to Copy the url into the Samsung Browser (which I really like) to see the recall info.
Well, if anyone should pass through this thread...and had the issue but resolved it, please let me know. Thanks

You can also just hit the 3 dot menu and select open in browser. Its not a solution but its easier then copying the link.
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anahataray said:
You can use package disabler pro to disable Samsung voice input and then Google will be default
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I disabled it but now the Microphone input option is totally gone on the keyboard. What did I miss?

autogeek said:
You can also just hit the 3 dot menu and select open in browser. Its not a solution but its easier then copying the link.
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I also found that if you turn the phone to landscape then back it loads.

dutchman71 said:
I disabled it but now the Microphone input option is totally gone on the keyboard. What did I miss?
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Enable Google voice typing