I keep accidently pressing the buttons while playing games or watching videos. Is there any way to disable them and use software buttons instead? I remember one of the roms I used on my S4 had this option.
jadajada said:
I keep accidently pressing the buttons while playing games or watching videos. Is there any way to disable them and use software buttons instead? I remember one of the roms I used on my S4 had this option.
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Tutorial here says you can with a couple of different apps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvnCCujRt4
jadajada said:
I keep accidently pressing the buttons while playing games or watching videos. Is there any way to disable them and use software buttons instead? I remember one of the roms I used on my S4 had this option.
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The galaxy s7 has the game tool which allows you to disable those buttons when ingame, why don't you use that?
Good day.
I use an app to disable individual buttons that does not need root. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kunkunsoft.hardwaredisabler&hl=pt_PT.)
Also in my previous phone i used PIE to replace softkeys. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol&hl=pt-PT)
Hope it helped
That's the best way to ruin the phone usage experience. s7 has a Small screen already why you want to shrink it even more?
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gnan10 said:
s7 has a Small screen already
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It's a phone, not a laptop. I'm finding it too big, TBH.
koberulz said:
It's a phone, not a laptop. I'm finding it too big, TBH.
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s7 is seems to be fine on the screen size , i'd say s7 edge is too big
koberulz said:
It's a phone, not a laptop. I'm finding it too big, TBH.
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Okay, tell me which Laptop has 5.1" screen?
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qtwrk said:
s7 is seems to be fine on the screen size , i'd say s7 edge is too big
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It's more the size of the actual handset. I can't use it one-handed, which is a pain at times.
Download samsung game tools it does exactly what you need
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If you turn off HTC Gestures, you will get 10 point touch.
Otherwise its just 2.
Seggzy said:
If you turn off HTC Gestures, you will get 10 point touch.
Otherwise its just 2.
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Forget the noob questions:
1) What would be gained from 10 point touch (i.e. benefits)?
2) What does HTC gestures actually do for us?
1. Some apps require more points. i.e. a guitar app forming a chord.
2. htc gestures is only for the 3 finger swipe up for "Media Link HD" which is for wireless screen mirroring.
Seggzy said:
If you turn off HTC Gestures, you will get 10 point touch.
Otherwise its just 2.
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Nice one (I was wondering wth htc gestures were). When I first saw it I was hoping it meant for things like lockscreen gestures, etc.
We really need a sticky for tips, etc for things like this. I know we have limitations without root but I bet there are still quite a few little tips/tweaks that would be helpful.
Nice tip. I was wondering why some gaming was failing. Downloaded xmen from amazon app store yesterday and the joystick kept screwing up while i pressed the other keys.
I was having a problem where my phone would go to Media Link while I was on calls (guess my face was rubbing it and kicking off the gesture). Turned the gesture thing off and no longer have that problem.
**** yeah!
Quick question: I'm trying to play shadow gun but every time I let go of a second touch it stops holding the first touch. Is there any way to fix this? It makes the higher end FPS games unplayable.
ahenriquez31 said:
Quick question: I'm trying to play shadow gun but every time I let go of a second touch it stops holding the first touch. Is there any way to fix this? It makes the higher end FPS games unplayable.
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are you using one of those CM9 based roms? if you are, then it is a known bug.
ws2112 said:
are you using one of those CM9 based roms? if you are, then it is a known bug.
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I'm using CleanROM DE.
So we won't be able to use AOSP based roms without issues then?
ahenriquez31 said:
I'm using CleanROM DE.
So we won't be able to use AOSP based roms without issues then?
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Once we get source they can fix that on aosp roms.
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Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?
Rhetorical question?
I don't think it really moves it from 5" to 4.5". Probably more like 4.8".
If you don't like it, definitely look out for customer roms. Even CM offers full screen mode. But there will be plenty of ROM's with PIE available within the next few weeks.
I hope Google gives us the option to hide it a bit more, such as in the camera, video and gallery apps...
It's a waste of space and is one of my major gripes with the phone (I still love it).
I do find that the extra bevel space at the bottom gives you a much better place to grip the phone.
Get another phone.
DanVanDamn said:
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It's not. How easy is it to take same approach as galaxy ? I don't see any cons in doing that.
It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.
I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.
_MetalHead_ said:
I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.
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I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
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jodvova said:
Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?
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This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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SymbioticGenius said:
I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
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This is the app I use for the pie controls- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.eatheat.pie
Add this to your build.prop to get rid of your navbar- qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
jodvova said:
I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?
I like the navbar, I just don't like how big it is. Once Xposed is working for 4.4 I'll ditch the pie controls and just shrink the navbar down to my liking.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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I like the navbar, and it's a key feature of Nexus devices. If you think it's stupid, don't get a Nexus device. Simple as that.
I swear, this is just like people who buy Samsung phones and then complain that they hate Touchwiz. If you hate an intrinsic property of a specific phone, maybe just don't buy that phone. Seems pretty obvious to me.
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jodvova said:
It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.
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You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?
afazel said:
You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?
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Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
calendar
camera
and etc.
brkshr said:
Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?
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Google was never fast at coming with good designs. It took them like 2-3 years to come up with a nice looking design for android. Same for web.
So I hope in a next iteration they will get rid of nav bar on phones whatsoever.
Count me in as a nav bar supporter. It's not like it takes up that much space. Plus, on custom roms, you can customize it, which is a lot of fun as well!
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Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
calendar
camera
and etc.
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None of those are full screen apps. Try YouTube and Netflix.
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Hi! My phone fell and the screen broke, I've got touch functions, but they're pretty useless since I don't know what I'm tapping. Is there some sort of software that I can use to duplicate my display on my computer? It's a Galaxy SIII mini, running KitKat, if it makes any difference
RodHQ said:
Hi! My phone fell and the screen broke, I've got touch functions, but they're pretty useless since I don't know what I'm tapping. Is there some sort of software that I can use to duplicate my display on my computer? It's a Galaxy SIII mini, running KitKat, if it makes any difference
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Splashtop works great
LS.xD said:
Splashtop works great
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I think splashtop does the opposite of what I want. I want remote access to my android FROM my computer
RodHQ said:
I think splashtop does the opposite of what I want. I want remote access to my android FROM my computer
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BBQ screen remote prvides the needed feature
LS.xD said:
BBQ screen remote prvides the needed feature
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Excelent, just what I was looking for, now I just have to see if I can get it to work
On the 6.0 update?
For me...
1. Faster fingerprint reader/unlock animation
2. New keyboard layout
3. Finally having an option to switch to pin code for alternative option if fingerprint isnt working
4. Adjustments on touchwiz
5. Google now on tap
6. New emojis
7.Faster phone ?? (hopefully)
Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.
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Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.
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Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand your struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.
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Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand youre struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.
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I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.
I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.
PDXMatt said:
I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.
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Thats looks like a really useful app! And yes, really looking forward to the new fingerprint API. We can finally make purchases with just our fingerprint reader on play store, amazon, ebay, etc... hopefully.
I hope they fix the keyboard lag I have with every keyboard.
New emojis?! What are the supposed to look like in 6.0? Also what is Google on tap?
geeshiet said:
I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.
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Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.
geeshiet said:
It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.
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They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:
The only thing I'm looking forward to is a phone that doesn't get an update and have it cause the phone to be worse than before. Right now my stock Note 5 works just fine.
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I'm just looking forward to my ohone being updated at all. Lol
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Followed by people complaining that the update ruined their phone.
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http://www.androidauthority.com/att-galaxy-note-5-marshmallow-beta-671153/
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Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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Maybe they could have it only light up when it's dark..
pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Not going to happen because people will start complaining about not getting Android 7 update
Jammol said:
They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:
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Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.
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Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.
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You decided to quote me and revive this olds thread. Dang. I'm so sorry.
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It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working ? hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.
KURDKiNG said:
It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
seczdbz said:
In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.
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Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
airmaxx23 said:
This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.
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Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.
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That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:
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Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:
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That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications
Limeybastard said:
That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications
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Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!
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Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!
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Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.
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Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.
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Zippo raid it be for sure.
I have something like 86 blocked apks now. All but 6 or so of those are never needed. Lol, less run time, less trouble.
Sometimes with new apps I'll block them until I sort them out or throw them out.
Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now
*Detection* said:
I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now
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Probably stop working after final release
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Probably stop working after final release
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haha yea probably
Limeybastard said:
Probably stop working after final release
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haha yea probably
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As usual.
They like to finish off an OS (and phone) at the end. The lame duck phenomenon