i waiting for this thing and now want to send it back. I assume it's Verizon that told LG to leave the option out?
I'm hoping someone on here will find a hack for us to get the third "home" option. But i can't wait because the return window is so short. Or maybe it's just my phone and everyone else does have the App drawer home option on theirs??
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wedgemoose said:
i waiting for this thing and now want to send it back. I assume it's Verizon that told LG to leave the option out?
I'm hoping someone on here will find a hack for us to get the third "home" option. But i can't wait because the return window is so short. Or maybe it's just my phone and everyone else does have the App drawer home option on theirs??
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Go to Settings->Home->and then select Easy Home. You will then have an app drawer. Otherwise, use a different launcher
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Go to Settings->Home->and then select Easy Home. You will then have an app drawer. Otherwise, use a different launcher
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I don't have the phone but messed around with three different models in a Verizon store...There is no settings>home directory....only thing under settings is "Home Screen" and within that menu, "Easy Home" was not an option.
Since more than likely somebody will come here and look for the solution to this I would say the best option for this would be to install the Google Now Launcher since this is the one that is closest to the stock Android and has the app drawer available. In my opinion it works much better than the launcher LG has readily available.
Easy Home is on the VS987. If you dont like that, then yeah, use a different launcher. I use Nova, so I have zero f*cks to give about this "issue" anyway.
Fantastic phone so far.
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Easy Home is on the VS987. If you dont like that, then yeah, use a different launcher. I use Nova, so I have zero f*cks to give about this "issue" anyway.
Fantastic phone so far.
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Same :good:
I know Easy Home is there.. But Easy Home is a total different animal. Not only does it cripple the phone it makes it unusable. Can't install or use Widgets. Can't add more home screens. It makes the fonts huge(this can be changed in setting but still doesn't come out looking right). Almost 60% of the phones settings disappear, etc, etc. Easy Home is for the person coming from a flip phone for the first time. Or someone 90 years old. The point is that LG said the real app drawer option would be there. Even Verizon told me it should have been. They are waiving my re-stock fee because of it. Other launchers are great if you didn't buy a LG specifically for it's Widgets and apps. They don't work with other launchers. You don't get the awesome swipe and screen effects with them. I can make my G4 look almost 100% stock android yet have all the good features you can't get from any other launcher. I love their G phones. Have had every one since the G2. I still think they are the BEST phones on the market. Samsung still uses that gross home button and physical control buttons. Touchwiz is cheesy to me and can't be changed to look stock like the LG's can.
This is the pic from the LG video that LG posted. Every blog said "hooray this setting will be there when the phone comes out". it isn't!!!! But i'm still hoping it's a easy hack from someone on here to figure out. I'm not good like you guys. But please don't tell people "Easy Home" is an option. Trust me on this one. If you have a G2, 3 or 4 go try it. You will understand what I mean in two seconds flat.
All as i can tell you is returning something I've been waiting months for was real hard. I tried to adapt. The way this thing comes is awful. Without that third home setting this thing is a flop.
wedgemoose said:
I know Easy Home is there.. But Easy Home is a total different animal. Not only does it cripple the phone it makes it unusable. Can't install or use Widgets. Can't add more home screens. It makes the fonts huge(this can be changed in setting but still doesn't come out looking right). Almost 60% of the phones settings disappear, etc, etc. Easy Home is for the person coming from a flip phone for the first time. Or someone 90 years old. The point is that LG said the real app drawer option would be there. Even Verizon told me it should have been. They are waiving my re-stock fee because of it. Other launchers are great if you didn't buy a LG specifically for it's Widgets and apps. They don't work with other launchers. You don't get the awesome swipe and screen effects with them. I can make my G4 look almost 100% stock android yet have all the good features you can't get from any other launcher. I love their G phones. Have had every one since the G2. I still think they are the BEST phones on the market. Samsung still uses that gross home button and physical control buttons. Touchwiz is cheesy to me and can't be changed to look stock like the LG's can.
This is the pic from the LG video that LG posted. Every blog said "hooray this setting will be there when the phone comes out". it isn't!!!! But i'm still hoping it's a easy hack from someone on here to figure out. I'm not good like you guys. But please don't tell people "Easy Home" is an option. Trust me on this one. If you have a G2, 3 or 4 go try it. You will understand what I mean in two seconds flat.
All as i can tell you is returning something I've been waiting months for was real hard. I tried to adapt. The way this thing comes is awful. Without that third home setting this thing is a flop.
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Fair point. I didn't know that LG was promising what you showed in the pic. I'd wager they'll enable it in an update, but yeah if it wasn't what they told you it would be, then you're 100% justified in a return.
As for me, OEM launchers (LG UsuX, Samsung TouchJizz, HTC makesnoSense) are all garbage compared to Nova Prime. To each his own. That's why Android is awesome.
Solved !!!!!!! It's a plug in. you have to download "LG Smart World" from the LG site. then search for "LG Home 4.0" Download and install and you now have the NORMAL app drawer setup. it was actually painless. And now makes the phone the way it should be
This works on all variants. I have Verizon but people with T-mo and AT&T have confirmed.
wedgemoose said:
Solved !!!!!!! It's a plug in. you have to download "LG Smart World" from the LG site. then search for "LG Home 4.0" Download and install and you now have the NORMAL app drawer setup. it was actually painless. And now makes the phone the way it should be
This works on all variants. I have Verizon but people with T-mo and AT&T have confirmed.
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would rather have the option in UX 5.0...but this is a way better option than "Easyhome for the Old"...
wedgemoose said:
Solved !!!!!!! It's a plug in. you have to download "LG Smart World" from the LG site. then search for "LG Home 4.0" Download and install and you now have the NORMAL app drawer setup. it was actually painless. And now makes the phone the way it should be
This works on all variants. I have Verizon but people with T-mo and AT&T have confirmed.
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FYI, firefox will not work on the lg site. It will say that this app is only compatible with lg phones. Use Chrome and the site will work.
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For example, is it possible to get the Samsung Music app ported, possibly the lock screen, Daily briefing, etc.?
We can keep the swype though, it has the voice speech button so leave that be
I was wondering this same thing. I think someone needs to make a ROM that is truly "Epic" with all the Galaxy S features, just like you said along with Social Hub as well.
Someone up to the challenge?
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I was wondering this same thing. I think someone needs to make a ROM that is truly "Epic" with all the Galaxy S features, just like you said along with Social Hub as well.
Someone up to the challenge?
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I think I remember seeing that the Epic has like an in-between version of TouchWiz, like 2.5 almost, mainly because it would have been a lot of work to do the rotating homescreen, I think that was from Android Central, and then like TechCrunch or someone. I'm not sure. Correct me if I am wrong. Although the latter piece did mention that although neither Samsung or Sprint would confirm this, the Epic would be getting TouchWiz 3.0 with the Froyo update. Let's just hope so. Personally, I like to get my own apps, and use stock Android.
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I think I remember seeing that the Epic has like an in-between version of TouchWiz, like 2.5 almost, mainly because it would have been a lot of work to do the rotating homescreen, I think that was from Android Central, and then like TechCrunch or someone. I'm not sure. Correct me if I am wrong. Although the latter piece did mention that although neither Samsung or Sprint would confirm this, the Epic would be getting TouchWiz 3.0 with the Froyo update. Let's just hope so. Personally, I like to get my own apps, and use stock Android.
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I don't get why the music player was left out then. That turns into a coverflow type view in landscape.
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I don't get why the music player was left out then. That turns into a coverflow type view in landscape.
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I'm no expert, and my development experience is limited to "Hello World" apps, but from what I do know, there is probably a custom framework with API calls in 3.0, that the Epic version doesn't have. Don't quote me on that though. I was depressed about the default media player and other TouchWiz issues too, but it is still miles ahead of the Hero, so I am going to be there on day 2 (because my upgrade isn't until the 1st of September, but I will be getting to the store before 6pm on that day to pick up my reserved unit, even though it is an hour a way from where I live).
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I'm no expert, and my development experience is limited to "Hello World" apps, but from what I do know, there is probably a custom framework with API calls in 3.0, that the Epic version doesn't have. Don't quote me on that though. I was depressed about the default media player and other TouchWiz issues too, but it is still miles ahead of the Hero, so I am going to be there on day 2 (because my upgrade isn't until the 1st of September, but I will be getting to the store before 6pm on that day to pick up my reserved unit, even though it is an hour a way from where I live).
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I'm not too worried about it. I'm not going to fret on the differences between the Epic and the others. What I'm looking forward to more is a unrevoked forever type solution for the Epic, more than I am a root for it. No worries about installing OTA updates that may block root.
If you use a forever root on your phone, does that mean that even you can't unroot it? What if your phone needs repair at a Sprint store? Can you unroot?
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If you use a forever root on your phone, does that mean that even you can't unroot it? What if your phone needs repair at a Sprint store? Can you unroot?
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There would be no way for them to know unless they tried to do something that required root access. Also, RUU's can alter forever root, but not OTA updates since they don't touch the radio, but RUU's can. Technically, you could RUU back and lockup the bootloader I believe, but I don't know. Technically, with the N1, you don't void warranty by unlocking the bootloader alone, you have to do something dumb, like flash a radio for a mytouch3g or something to void it.
Hello XDA denizens,
I would like to migrate from jailbroken iOS because I am sick of the cat & mouse game with Apple. I would like to know whether I can do the following specifically on the HOX without having to void my warranty:
Read (entire) emails without unlocking my phone, see my calendar appointments without unlocking my phone, and see a list of all missed calls and SMS without unlocking my phone. I have heard two names mentioned within this context: WidgetLocker and Executive Assistant. Can any of you tell me if these work on the HOX and whether they allow me to do the above.
Turn on my flashlight with any multitouch gesture that I wish. Multitask with any gesture that I wish (e.g. two-fingered swipe up from the bottom of the screen to bring up a list of running apps).
See a list of toggles in the drop-down notification screen that allow me to toggle wifi/autolock/cellular data/brightness without having to leave the app that I am currently running.
Final question: does rooting void the warranty on this phone?
Thank you!
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Hello XDA denizens,
I would like to migrate from jailbroken iOS because I am sick of the cat & mouse game with Apple. I would like to know whether I can do the following specifically on the HOX without having to void my warranty:
Read (entire) emails without unlocking my phone, see my calendar appointments without unlocking my phone, and see a list of all missed calls and SMS without unlocking my phone. I have heard two names mentioned within this context: WidgetLocker and Executive Assistant. Can any of you tell me if these work on the HOX and whether they allow me to do the above.
Turn on my flashlight with any multitouch gesture that I wish. Multitask with any gesture that I wish (e.g. two-fingered swipe up from the bottom of the screen to bring up a list of running apps).
See a list of toggles in the drop-down notification screen that allow me to toggle wifi/autolock/cellular data/brightness without having to leave the app that I am currently running.
Final question: does rooting void the warranty on this phone?
Thank you!
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1) There SHOULD be apps available for that. Maybe not though as being able to do all that without unlocking your phone is a security issue. There is a reason that info is hidden while the phone is locked.
2) Nope.
3) Only if you unlock your bootloader (most likely voiding warranty) and install a custom rom.
Rooting does not void warranty as it can be undone. Unlocking the bootloader however does.
That is too bad. I can do all those things on the iPhone without voiding the warranty (jailbreaking can be undone).
Thanks very much, though!
pausaniasx said:
That is too bad. I can do all those things on the iPhone without voiding the warranty (jailbreaking can be undone).
Thanks very much, though!
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This puts toggles in the notifcation bar, and it doesnt require root, or boot loader unlock. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&hl=en
and you use widget locker, then put a email widget on it.
Hey, that's great! Thanks for the link.
Does anyone know if the widget locker has a widget that lets me read the entire email (not just preview the first line)?
There's nothing in my emails that needs to be kept secret; hence I've always enjoyed the ability to read (NOT write, of course) emails without unlocking, since I get so many emails.
pausaniasx said:
That is too bad. I can do all those things on the iPhone without voiding the warranty (jailbreaking can be undone).
Thanks very much, though!
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You asked if rooting would void your warranty, he said no. So...? Unless you also want to unlock the boot loader and go into the fun stuff.
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Hey, that's great! Thanks for the link.
Does anyone know if the widget locker has a widget that lets me read the entire email (not just preview the first line)?
There's nothing in my emails that needs to be kept secret; hence I've always enjoyed the ability to read (NOT write, of course) emails without unlocking, since I get so many emails.
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Widget locker allows you to place any widget on your lockscreen so all you have to do is find a widget from the play store that has this ability and place on your lockscreen
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All of these things are fairly simple to do, for sure for the flashlight I would use go launcher or similar to input multi touch swipe or gesture or however you want it to trigger. You can do anything without unlocking by turning off lock with no lock of it annoys you, or put widgets on your lockscreen. Try different ones if you aren't satisfied with the function of the stock ones. Android will let you do anything its just a matter of figuring out how if it's difficult.
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I couldn't find a widget that lets you read full emails without launching the gmail app, which would unlock the screen.
I do not want to unset the pin, since that's removing a whole other level of security.
All I want to do is read full emails without unlocking the screen. What I keep on hearing is that it should be doable, but no one can point to anything specific.
Also a noob coming from iOS. Now that the HOX price has dropped to $100, am thinking about this phone while comparing it to the GS3 and Atrx HD. What I don't like about Sense is the multi-tasking and it seems the hardware manufacturing is inconsistent too. I plan to get a phone direct from ATT since they are bending over backwards to price match. I can actually get 50% off the on contract price with no activation fee and a credit for the CA sales tax. So this means I can get a GS3 for $100 or either the HOX or AHD for $50. I don't want to waste an upgrade so I want to make the best choice.
Can anyone here give a non-biased opinion about which phone is the most solid performer with the least issues? I had actually written off the HOX due to the many issues I was seeing over in the AC forums, though the GS3 has plenty also. Thanks.
Hey greetings from SF. How are you getting that 50% off?
I've had the HOX and the sgs3. If you don't need an SD card slot, the HOX is a better choice. Especially at 99 bucks. For 50 bucks you're crazy not to get one. I had big problems with wifi on the sgs3 and I really missed the excellent display on the HOX.
nuance4u said:
Also a noob coming from iOS. Now that the HOX price has dropped to $100, am thinking about this phone while comparing it to the GS3 and Atrx HD. What I don't like about Sense is the multi-tasking and it seems the hardware manufacturing is inconsistent too. I plan to get a phone direct from ATT since they are bending over backwards to price match. I can actually get 50% off the on contract price with no activation fee and a credit for the CA sales tax. So this means I can get a GS3 for $100 or either the HOX or AHD for $50. I don't want to waste an upgrade so I want to make the best choice.
Can anyone here give a non-biased opinion about which phone is the most solid performer with the least issues? I had actually written off the HOX due to the many issues I was seeing over in the AC forums, though the GS3 has plenty also. Thanks.
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I'll try to be non-biased. I'd say forget the AHD because the HOX and GSIII are better performers. Even though they all have the same processor it's reported the the Atrix runs slower than the other two.
I don't think the hardware is inconsistent with the HOX. I mean, we had some issues the first month or two, but all of that is out of the way for the most part.
The HOX will have a better screen and better build quality (This was biased) and the GSIII has that extra gig of ram and tons of dev support (we may have less, but we have amazing devs working on the HOX)
So... No one knows which widget or app I should use to read full emails on the lock screen?
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So... No one knows which widget or app I should use to read full emails on the lock screen?
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I looked and I actually don't think there is a widget that shows a complete email found a few that showed the first part but not the whole thing
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E.Cadro said:
I looked and I actually don't think there is a widget that shows a complete email found a few that showed the first part but not the whole thing
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How about executive assistant? Does that one work on the One X?
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So... No one knows which widget or app I should use to read full emails on the lock screen?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=org.koxx.pure_messenger&hl=en might fit your needs. It shows a couple lines of each email. But if you click on the email, it views the whole email right in widget, vs opening email app, like most widgets do. You could put that widget on widgetlocker and should do what you want.
EDIT: Just installed it, and put on widget locker, works great. Can read little bit of email (SMS, facebook etc to if wanted) then click on the message, and a mostly full screen pop up comes up, and lets you read whole message, but your still at lockscreen When you install the pure messenger widget app, there are multiple widgets to choice from, i recommend one of the "scrollable" ones. 4x2 fits nicely in middle of widget locker.
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That is too bad. I can do all those things on the iPhone without voiding the warranty (jailbreaking can be undone).
Thanks very much, though!
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Lol rooting can be undone too. Trust me hox is better than Iphone. I used to own an I phone and they're a daycare center compared to android
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You'll get a kick out of this. I went into the AT&T store and played with the HOX for half an hour. But then it was like the ghost of Steve Jobs grabbed my collar and escorted me out of the store. I just couldn't make the switch. If you're interested in hearing my pros and cons:
Rest of family is on iOS with a high barrier to switching. The real killer app is iMessage; free text messages between iPhones with fallback to native SMS in case of data failure.
Launching Google+ caused the whole HOX to hang and I couldn't make Google+ load again until I rebooted the thing... does not bode well for stability.
(minor) Music skipping while taking photos.
Will likely waste a ton of time re-learning how to do everything and modding the device.
As far as my tweaking needs are concerned, I feel that Jailbroken iOS is on par with Android.
The reasons why I'll likely regret not switching:
Jailbreakability: more likely than not I'll be waiting 4+ months for the iPhone 5 jailbreak. These vulnerabilities are tough to find.
Google maps offline: this is an amazing feature and I just hope that the iOS 6 maps will have some kind of data-saving caching built in.
Transit directions: it looks like Apple is about to screw us over on this one. They are being replaced with "routing apps," whatever that is.
Overall this was a really tough choice and I totally see now why there are these flame wars going on online on the iOS vs. Android thing... you get your family set up with one or the other and then you're vested and there is an incredible inertia to stay on the platform you started with. The choice would be much simpler if it were just me.
I just got the kit kat update for Tab 3 8. I live in LA California. Wifi only and I had to force it using the check for updates option. So I can list a few differences I'm noticing. I'm pretty sure all this stuff is new but some of it might be stuff I missed with 4.2.2.
Transparent notification bar.
New multiwindow experience. Now it does not have that little tab hanging over the side. Now you swipe it in from the side. I haven't played with it, I still find it unusable.
You can customise the toggle ribbon more now. You still have to have tons of icons but you can pick the order and take a few out.
The lock screen has a now playing type widget that looks nice.
On-screen keyboard toogle for bluetooth keyboards. I actually am trying to write a screenplay on this tablet and I had to buy a stupid app to fix the stupid keyboard the stupid way it worked be stupid fore and now it works better and I bought a stupid app for stupid nothing. But I'm glad it works better now.
That's all I've noticed so far. I also don't use touchwiz, I use nova.
Tell me what you guys are noticing or if you find an official list of changes let me know. Thanks everybody
- Matt
Jacksonville, FL here and no update available yet.
Cosmetically it's hard to notice the difference on the firmware, but under the hood there are some serious changes to the firmware, but all for the better.
The "Transparent Notification bar" was there on JB 4.2.2,
And "Multiple windows" is very functional now.
● TouchWiz is lighter and smooth now...
(I'm so happy with it's performance now, to the point I didn't bothered to install the Google Now Launcher yet...)
● Third-party apps can't write to External SD card anymore...
(There is a way if you root the device)
● Some extra new Wi-Fi settings.
● The keyboard is improved and the "Picture gallery" and other factory apps also received some TLC for the better.
But for me, the "Multiple User capability" is definitely th e Icing on the cake.
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I wish samsung would have given us the new touchwiz. but of course they won't..
NJ_RAMS_FAN said:
I wish samsung would have given us the new touchwiz. but of course they won't..
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[emoji25] One year old device and already considered 2nd class and outdated by the manufacturer...
This is likely the first and the last update this device will see from Samsung.
I like Samsung devices, but I finally lost interest in buying any Samsung devices in the future.
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Smokey Mc Pot said:
[emoji25] One year old device and already considered 2nd class and outdated by the manufacturer...
This is likely the first and the last update this device will see from Samsung.
I like Samsung devices, but I finally lost interest in buying any Samsung devices in the future.
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you and me bro.. look at my sig.. tons of samsung product.. but no more!!! unless its super cheap, i wont another one..
NJ_RAMS_FAN said:
you and me bro.. look at my sig.. tons of samsung product.. but no more!!! unless its super cheap, i wont another one..
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Head on over to the Apple forum. They update their clunkers ...well basically forever. ..LOL.
DigitalMD said:
Head on over to the Apple forum. They update their clunkers ...well basically forever. ..LOL.
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[emoji57] Is that comment meant to be an attempt in sarcasm ?
[emoji23] It come out just plain silly instead!
Please do not attempt a career as a comedian,
[emoji39]You will fail miserably!!!
There is more to Android than just Samsung devices!!!
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"OK Google Everywhere" works like a dream on the Tab 3
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auto brightness sucks.
I was hoping the autobrightness would get fixed. For me it's always way too dim. Where is the light sensor?
PCycle said:
I just got the kit kat update for Tab 3 8. I live in LA California. Wifi only and I had to force it using the check for updates option. So I can list a few differences I'm noticing. I'm pretty sure all this stuff is new but some of it might be stuff I missed with 4.2.2.
Transparent notification bar.
New multiwindow experience. Now it does not have that little tab hanging over the side. Now you swipe it in from the side. I haven't played with it, I still find it unusable.
You can customise the toggle ribbon more now. You still have to have tons of icons but you can pick the order and take a few out.
The lock screen has a now playing type widget that looks nice.
On-screen keyboard toogle for bluetooth keyboards. I actually am trying to write a screenplay on this tablet and I had to buy a stupid app to fix the stupid keyboard the stupid way it worked be stupid fore and now it works better and I bought a stupid app for stupid nothing. But I'm glad it works better now.
That's all I've noticed so far. I also don't use touchwiz, I use nova.
Tell me what you guys are noticing or if you find an official list of changes let me know. Thanks everybody
- Matt
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I was hoping the autobrightness would get fixed. For me it's always way too dim. Where is the light sensor?
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Autobrightness is horrible on the Tab3, it's fine on my S5 as well as previous S2 and other Android devices I've used. But the Tab3 Sucks, I'm always taking it off auto especially durring the day, dim as hell lol
Thank you Verizon for pulling one of the best features from Nougat... the Device Maintenance feature.
On the Beta when my phone would start to run slow, or lag a bit, all I had to do was launch a shortcut and press a button to close all apps, clean RAM, clear cache, and force close anything the was stuck....
Now, I have to go and manually do all that **** between 4 different menus. I mean, common Verizon, what's the damn deal here.
I don't see how thay feature was encroaching on your ability to make money off of apps on the Device.
Has the Unlocked nougat been released yet? I'm flashing that as soon as it does. And my next Galaxy, I'm purchasing the Unlocked model. This carrier controlled phone **** is ridiculous.
Anyone else feeling this way?
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What steps do you have to take to do what device maintenance does? I am assuming going to the battery settings in the main settings?
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Thank you Verizon for pulling one of the best features from Nougat... the Device Maintenance feature.
On the Beta when my phone would start to run slow, or lag a bit, all I had to do was launch a shortcut and press a button to close all apps, clean RAM, clear cache, and force close anything the was stuck....
Now, I have to go and manually do all that **** between 4 different menus. I mean, common Verizon, what's the damn deal here.
I don't see how thay feature was encroaching on your ability to make money off of apps on the Device.
Has the Unlocked nougat been released yet? I'm flashing that as soon as it does. And my next Galaxy, I'm purchasing the Unlocked model. This carrier controlled phone **** is ridiculous.
Anyone else feeling this way?
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Tbh it's there if you go into the settings and hit the menu button top right and switch it to simplified settings it's there.
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Tbh it's there if you go into the settings and hit the menu button top right and switch it to simplified settings it's there.
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I don't see simplified settings. The 3 dots only give me Edit and Button Layout.
Not sure what's different from yours and mine...
I'm on Verizon with an S7 Edge and have the maintenance option. Settings/three for menu/view simplified list and it's there.
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bennero said:
Thank you Verizon for pulling one of the best features from Nougat... the Device Maintenance feature.
On the Beta when my phone would start to run slow, or lag a bit, all I had to do was launch a shortcut and press a button to close all apps, clean RAM, clear cache, and force close anything the was stuck....
Now, I have to go and manually do all that **** between 4 different menus. I mean, common Verizon, what's the damn deal here.
I don't see how thay feature was encroaching on your ability to make money off of apps on the Device.
Has the Unlocked nougat been released yet? I'm flashing that as soon as it does. And my next Galaxy, I'm purchasing the Unlocked model. This carrier controlled phone **** is ridiculous.
Anyone else feeling this way?
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Like others have said, Settings, Three Dots, Simplified View.
seandop said:
Like others have said, Settings, Three Dots, Simplified View.
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I know that is there. But the Beta was one click and done. Now it's a tedious process.
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Verizon is always afraid that people who don't know **** about their technology will accidentally press a button and **** their phone up. This would lead to a significant number of calls to their Help Desk & Support numbers costing them dollars to staff up. Its always about the dollar.
As I thought, it is in the battery tab in settings. Not that hard to get to. Simplified list makes it slightly easier to get to, but not enough to worry about. Glad the option is there at least. Not sure it really does much, but I use it every so often.
ChadH42 said:
Verizon is always afraid that people who don't know **** about their technology will accidentally press a button and **** their phone up. This would lead to a significant number of calls to their Help Desk & Support numbers costing them dollars to staff up. Its always about the dollar.
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I'm surprised, if you read XDA on a regular basis, that you haven't come to the same conclusion.
I usually try to assume that anyone on XDA at least "sort of" knows the basics of how to follow directions, and yet time after time proven wrong. I for one understand 100 percent why phone companies lock down devices. Imagine if installing custom ROMs was available to every average Joe... Companies would be overwhelmed by idiots ruining their devices.
You already have many people on XDA whom admit that they have turned in insurance claims on phones they bricked....imagine that times millions...
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I saw the phone's announcement, and in my opinion they should never let Charlie Chang present a phones again.
It was one of the most awkward announcements I watched. He looked like he is going to explode, and every feature he presented it looked like he is praying to god that it will work.
but that's one thing.
during the presentation he tried to activate google assistant through the Edge Sense, and it didn't work, then he tried again and it failed again, then he made the most awkward "ooopss" he could make, while trying again couple of times until he continued presenting the google assistant without mentioning or talking about the incident (which is understandable but still troubling).
the weirdest thing is that I can't find any review or post that talks about it, I thought the press will destroy Htc for this screw up.
for me it's really troubling, this gimmick can be nice, but it's the first time we see something like this on any phone and I have doubts about its quality.
what do you think?
Meh, to say that I've never had stuff like that happen on any phone I've owned would be a huge understatement.
Had a unit in hand to test it one week ahead of the official announcement. On my test unit the Edge Sense worked really good, after getting accustomed after the first 30 Minutes and configuring it to my pressure sensitivity in settings.
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Jeah some other people already tried Edge Sense and said something similar like @5m4r7ph0n36uru said. Its working okay or good - better then many expected. But for me its just a nice to have. Lets see how much they can improve this feature with future Software updates. Maybe its just a feature that ends up being a public prototype which would also be okay. If this feature is any good they will probably improve the hardware behind it in a future device.
I mean its the same with the fingerprint scanners, the first and even second version in the iPhone was quite bad in my opinion. The one in the 6s is good, but the ones before where too slow and the failure rate was too high (for me).
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I saw the phone's announcement, and in my opinion they should never let Charlie Chang present a phones again.
It was one of the most awkward announcements I watched. He looked like he is going to explode, and every feature he presented it looked like he is praying to god that it will work.
but that's one thing.
during the presentation he tried to activate google assistant through the Edge Sense, and it didn't work, then he tried again and it failed again, then he made the most awkward "ooopss" he could make, while trying again couple of times until he continued presenting the google assistant without mentioning or talking about the incident (which is understandable but still troubling).
the weirdest thing is that I can't find any review or post that talks about it, I thought the press will destroy Htc for this screw up.
for me it's really troubling, this gimmick can be nice, but it's the first time we see something like this on any phone and I have doubts about its quality.
what do you think?
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I wouldn't read too much into it - could be nerves, could be the phone wasn't set up properly for him, old software, etc.
Microsoft launched a version of windows (I think it might have been Win98) and during the launch they encountered the Blue Screen Of Death... it didn't seem to have much impact on their future!
I'm not too worried. If it doesn't work well I will just disable it. The phone is still nice.
Entrail said:
Jeah some other people already tried Edge Sense and said something similar like @5m4r7ph0n36uru said. Its working okay or good - better then many expected. But for me its just a nice to have. Lets see how much they can improve this feature with future Software updates. Maybe its just a feature that ends up being a public prototype which would also be okay. If this feature is any good they will probably improve the hardware behind it in a future device.
I mean its the same with the fingerprint scanners, the first and even second version in the iPhone was quite bad in my opinion. The one in the 6s is good, but the ones before where too slow and the failure rate was too high (for me).
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They will update it. As HTC told in the same briefing, they are already planing to implement Double-Tab as a possibility to take further actions with Edge Sense, though they couldn't tell the date at this time but only that it is on the list. So I guess they are definitely planing to implement more gestures by such a step making short press, long press and double press available. With two different force settings, this would give us six gestures in total to configure for separate actions.
Something further is App based actions that'll be implemented to change the action resulting from a short press depending on the App you're using.
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I saw reviews. it works pretty well.
5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
They will update it. As HTC told in the same briefing, they are already planing to implement Double-Tab as a possibility to take further actions with Edge Sense, though they couldn't tell the date at this time but only that it is on the list. So I guess they are definitely planing to implement more gestures by such a step making short press, long press and double press available. With two different force settings, this would give us six gestures in total to configure for separate actions.
Something further is App based actions that'll be implemented to change the action resulting from a short press depending on the App you're using.
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I hope so and i am sure they will but all I'm saying is that the hardware will be limited like i said with the fingerprint or another example the pressure sensitivity from the surface pen. In the first iterations it only had 256 different steps now they have around 2000. (not sure about the exact numbers here )
My hope is not too big about this squeeze feature in the first iteration but i am curious and will give it a try.
liorderei said:
I saw the phone's announcement, and in my opinion they should never let Charlie Chang present a phones again.
It was one of the most awkward announcements I watched. He looked like he is going to explode, and every feature he presented it looked like he is praying to god that it will work.
but that's one thing.
during the presentation he tried to activate google assistant through the Edge Sense, and it didn't work, then he tried again and it failed again, then he made the most awkward "ooopss" he could make, while trying again couple of times until he continued presenting the google assistant without mentioning or talking about the incident (which is understandable but still troubling).
the weirdest thing is that I can't find any review or post that talks about it, I thought the press will destroy Htc for this screw up.
for me it's really troubling, this gimmick can be nice, but it's the first time we see something like this on any phone and I have doubts about its quality.
what do you think?
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I thought the same Totally agreed with you... But I'm still buying the phone.. I hope after 1-2 updates it will work better.
I am lucky I wasn't in his shoes. Very awkward indeed. His hands were shaking.
I don't think it will damage sales. And in a live event anything can happen.
I don't think it even had to do with edge sense TBH... I think it had to do with the assistant apps themselves and probably the internet connection within the venue.
Mine works well do far. I just need to remember about it. I've left it starting the camera and it's good.
Honestly, I was hoping the edge sense would have worked just as the early videos showed of a couple walking the street and navigating the app drawer with the edge. Maybe version 2. But that was sick!
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mbaseball3 said:
Honestly, I was hoping the edge sense would have worked just as the early videos showed of a couple walking the street and navigating the app drawer with the edge. Maybe version 2. But that was sick!
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Can't say I've every been walking the street and needed to navigate the app draw. I have shortcuts for everything already. Actually only time I navigate the app draw is when I'm adding a shortcut lol. But I see what you saying. Maybe if they added volume up down or scrolling, but don't think that's how it works.
well... it would probably have worked better if she took them off..