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/facepalm TouchWiz why do you fail me so?

So...
TouchWiz is terrible.
Exhibit A: You cannot choose specific groups in your Google Contacts. I have so many contacts in my phones that I just do not want, but since the Contacts app in Touchwiz sucks so much, hooray?
Exhibit B: I set locations in my Calendar, but they arent usable. Meaning I cannot click it to jump into maps for navigation (which doesnt really work either). It even shows me a fantastic map and a tick where my location is...WHY CANT I CLICK IT?!?!?! Things I expect to work...epic fail.
Exhibit C: The overlay sucks. Nuff said there.
Anything I'm missing? Probably alot. Any suggestions on work arounds until we see a Cyanogen?

One word:
LauncherPro

Adminkiller said:
One word:
LauncherPro
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What he said.

Launcher Pro won't fix his problems.

There's a couple of problems, but plenty of nice features as well
Swipe the notification for brightness, Swipe contacts for messaging/call, turn bluetooth/wifi/silent/vibrate in the notification bar. Not all bad. Make LP or ADW the launcher, and I think good outweighs the bad for me at least.

I guess I should have prefaced that with I am using launcher pro. Whoops

I agree with eman. I think all the very nice features of touch wiz outweigh the negatives. I would like to see the ability to select which google contact groups get synced. I how the add that in the future.

I've been pleasantly surprised with Touchwiz. Sure there are features that I would like to see implemented, but on the whole I like it. This is surprising to me given all the naysaying from the Android elitists.
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Touchwiz on the Captivate sucks bawlz.
Can you say "product maturity issues"
God, how I wish it had Sense. I actually wake up at night wishing for that.

You're complaining about issues that other android phones also have. You may not like the Touchwiz interface, but you can always buy a different phone.

djgleebs said:
You're complaining about issues that other android phones also have. You may not like the Touchwiz interface, but you can always buy a different phone.
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As far as I know, these things are possible on stock 2.1. Correct me if im wrong?
As this is my first android powered phone, I am afraid I do not know.

To reiterate points previosly made by other posters. It's all about Launcher Pro. This is the beauty of Android. KTHXBYE

djgleebs said:
You may not like the Touchwiz interface, but you can always buy a different phone.
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OK, Steve Jobs

novaIS350 said:
To reiterate points previosly made by other posters. It's all about Launcher Pro. This is the beauty of Android. KTHXBYE
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And once again, Launcher Pro wont fix the problems he has with the phone.
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is there any way i can have app drawer?

hellllo
I want to know if there is some sort of way that enables the app drawer on the mate 7.
No root or anything like that , just have a normal app drawer.
thank you
(+noob question : whats the difference between the MT7-TL10 and the MT7-L09 thanks again .)

if you want to keep using EMUI as launcher you gotta root your device and flash the modded stock rom that someone here on xda made. I you don't care about it just install another launcher, they all have app drawers.
Idk about the different phone models though

Tazmaniiac said:
if you want to keep using EMUI as launcher you gotta root your device and flash the modded stock rom that someone here on xda made. I you don't care about it just install another launcher, they all have app drawers.
Idk about the different phone models though
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oh ok thnx for the reply , any hint on where can i find the modded official emui ?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/development/rom-erykinemt7-v1-0-0-mt7-l09-b137sp03-t3044695
this is the rom I meant, it needs unlocked bootloader, didn't test it but it looks like it's working fine.
I haven't flashed any roms on the mate 7 yet so you better not ask me for help.
I think you know about the dangers of flashing roms and stuff like that, so prepare well and be patient, otherwise you can **** up which will cost you a lot of time..
I would rather suggest you to just get a launcher, Emui isn't that great so flashing a to rom only for an app drawer seems useless to me: silly:

You could try App Swap on the play store. This will give you an App drawer via the home button.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ebt.appswitch

Tazmaniiac said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/development/rom-erykinemt7-v1-0-0-mt7-l09-b137sp03-t3044695
this is the rom I meant, it needs unlocked bootloader, didn't test it but it looks like it's working fine.
I haven't flashed any roms on the mate 7 yet so you better not ask me for help.
I think you know about the dangers of flashing roms and stuff like that, so prepare well and be patient, otherwise you can **** up which will cost you a lot of time..
I would rather suggest you to just get a launcher, Emui isn't that great so flashing a to rom only for an app drawer seems useless to me: silly:
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yoboj said:
You could try App Swap on the play store. This will give you an App drawer via the home button.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ebt.appswitch
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ok thank you very very much . i think ill just use a launcher , maybe one that ressembles either touchwiz (call me anything but i actually like it) or the emui

lesrourou said:
hellllo
I want to know if there is some sort of way that enables the app drawer on the mate 7.
No root or anything like that , just have a normal app drawer.
thank you
(+noob question : whats the difference between the MT7-TL10 and the MT7-L09 thanks again .)
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install nova launcher ? or buy any other android ?
really don't understand ppl they buy smartphone they know that it doesn't support features what they wand and they still buy it..
for fuk sake first think what u want and then buy .

XDADEVX said:
install nova launcher ? or buy any other android ?
really don't understand ppl they buy smartphone they know that it doesn't support features what they wand and they still buy it..
for fuk sake first think what u want and then buy .
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I have to disagree with you and I'll explayin you why, please take some time to read that:
A launcher is just a small part of what makes a phone worth buying, not only looking at the fact that you can replace it so easily and also that stock launchers are way worse than custom launcher anyways, but also because this phone offers a lot more than just its launcher.
Take me for example:
I love rooting and testing roms, flash things on my phone and customize it till it's perfect. Still I choose this device, a Huawei which has such a weak modding scene, there are almost no roms while other phones like Samsungs and HTCs or any other brand with so many great roms, so much community support and so on. Still I bought this phone because it has a huge screen which is perfect for me because I love watching videos, series and animes. I could also get a galaxy note, which has all the modding and community stuff I previously mentioned. But they are way more expensive and I don't want to spend too much on a phone because I have other things I need money for. Then why didn't I choose the Huawei P8 Max with an even larger screen and better specs? Because it's too big in my opinion, it's not really comfortable in my everyday life, holding it with one hand is really difficult. Next factor is the look and feel, if I pay hundres of euros for a phone I want it to feel like it's worth the money, and this phone definetly does, it's aluminium, the screen to body ratio is great and the overall looks is fantastic. Then I need much space for all my music because I listen to music where ever I go, and this phone has an sd card slot. I also love the fingerprint scanner, it's way easier and faster than unlocking with an code. And most of the bad things about the phone are the things I don't really care about: camere is not the best, but I only make some photos at parties or some snapshots to send them to my friends, none of that requires a good camera and if it would I would rather spend my money on a real camera and not on a phone. The cpu/gpu is also not the best anymore since you get better specs with the newer and cheaper Huaweis, but since I only do simple things with my phone and only play games which don't need much power (so none of the 3d/realistic games) I am satisfied with this phone. The software isn't the best too but I can live with an older android version, it works just as fine as the newer ones, and I don't really care for the security issues. EMUI also isn't the best software out there, but I replaced my launcher with smart launcher which I've been using for years, and the only thing from EMUI I notice is the notification bar, which works fine. Almost forgot the batterie: 4100 mAh (!), which is huge, the big screen drains some battery of course but by far not enough for this batterie.
Now tell me which phones you know which cover all of my claims? None. There may be some alternatives which are similar to the mate 7, but none of them is better.
I hope you actually read this and change your mind, and if not atleast don't insult people as retards for having different prioritys than you when buying a phone.

XDADEVX said:
install nova launcher ? or buy any other android ?
really don't understand ppl they buy smartphone they know that it doesn't support features what they wand and they still buy it..
for fuk sake first think what u want and then buy .
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srsly? youre teling i shouldnt of bought this device (which i really like every single thing about it) because it doesnt have something as puny as an app drawer? something shich a simple mod or launcher could easily give?

lesrourou said:
srsly? youre teling i shouldnt of bought this device (which i really like every single thing about it) because it doesnt have something as puny as an app drawer? something shich a simple mod or launcher could easily give?
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I HATE drawer .. what for ?

XDADEVX said:
I HATE drawer .. what for ?
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That's your opinion, many of us love and are used to an app drawer

In EMUI 3.1 / Lollipop it is possible to hide apps. Once hidden they are placed into a hidden app drawer.
To hide apps, use 2 fingers to pinch out (spread) the screen. The hidden apps drawer should appear where you can then add apps by selecting the add icon. Hidden apps can still be launched from the drawer as normal..

I installed smart launcher pro, chose it as default launcher and it works nice. I also installed Google Now and then set that as default and uninstalled smart launcher. It's only a launcher, not the whole UI for the phone.
The only thing that could be an issue is if there are standard widgets the 3rd party launcher will not use, like the built in message app for instance. I want to root my Mate7 to de-bloat it and I'll use Google Messenger instead.

TouchWiz vs Nova

Hey there,
Haven't seen too much debate on this topic regarding the S8. I hear TouchWiz has come along quite a ways since the S6-S7 days, but am still curious-- Do you prefer Nova or TouchWiz, and why?
I'm on the Oreo Beta, and don't have too many problems with the built-in TouchWiz, but I do have Nova Prime and rather loved it back in the day! I don't have too many of the stuttering / lag / battery eating issues I've heard reporting around using the TouchWiz launcher (at least that I know of), but hear that Nova isn't as lightweight and efficient as it was in the past.
Your take?

Such dead boards on the s8 section, think the HTC M8 still sees more life haha

Anonaru said:
Such dead boards on the s8 section, think the HTC M8 still sees more life haha
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You're just a lil freaky

nyastrology said:
You're just a lil freaky
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Because of 3D0 link?

Anonaru said:
Because of 3D0 link?
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yep...

I tried using Touchwiz but there were a few things that put me off.
1. It saves your app drawer position. This annoys me a lot.
2. Novas forcing Adaptive icons is great Samsungs drawer is just full of mismatched icons which bugs me.
I could live with Touchwiz is Samsung fixed 1. but otherwise Nova is just more customisable and handy.

Well tbh touchwiz has improved a lot and it really is a good launcher atm.

Evie launcher it's the best for me. Fast and rly good looking. I'm very disappointed from tw. Why don't let people change icons? Just to buy their ugly icon pack on theme store? BTW I'm coming from nova Launcher

Yeah well Nova really seems to do it for me... I had issues with Evie

Back to Nova for me, at least for a bit. TouchWiz has gotten pretty nice, but theres some things I just miss

The only thing I really like of SE Launcher are the animations, they're so smooth and makes the phone feel even faster

After the oreo final hits, a lot of people will move to nova launcher, mainly being because in oreo touchwiz, if you swipe a notification away, then the unread badge for that app also clears, this is so annoying, I've been using nova prime and tesla unread to get around this

Is this even a legit question? Battery life +performance + features, Nova is the way to go. Why gimp your phone purposely with no real benefit?

Nova anytime.
More customisable, more flexible, able to save layout, smoother and faster.

sofir786 said:
After the oreo final hits, a lot of people will move to nova launcher, mainly being because in oreo touchwiz, if you swipe a notification away, then the unread badge for that app also clears, this is so annoying, I've been using nova prime and tesla unread to get around this
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That's actually quite useful, lol.

dandroid13 said:
That's actually quite useful, lol.
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I don't know how it's useful lol, say you hadn't opened the message or email, you swipe it away then you won't even know that you have said unread message or email. I'm on the beta test and pretty much everyone has complained about this lol.

sofir786 said:
I don't know how it's useful lol, say you hadn't opened the message or email, you swipe it away then you won't even know that you have said unread message or email. I'm on the beta test and pretty much everyone has complained about this lol.
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Well, I usually dismiss notifications I don't care about lol. Like any Facebook notification, so swiping them alway won't annoy me anymore with the badge.

I have never liked TouchWiz, Squircle icons look like crap IMO. I've been alternating between Nova and Action Launcher for quite many days, and love both the launchers. Though performance wise, Nova always comes out on top.

Only thing I would like to have in nova launcher is blurring the background when we open apps menu, like we have in touchwiz

Have you guys noticed that nova uses more battery than using normal he launcher? In my case it does

android 9.0 pie it's official

Hey guys, essential just released Android 9.0 pie at the same time with Google

demolatorul said:
Hey guys, essential just released Android 9.0 pie at the same time with Google
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It's just "9".
Edit: well, not from Essential they're sticking with the "9.0.0" format now.

12paq said:
It's just "9".
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its Pie

ceelos218 said:
its Pie
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Not Pi 3.14, 22/7 nerd humor.

It's 78.5MB for those who were on Beta.
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12paq said:
It's just "9".
Edit: well, not from Essential they're sticking with the "9.0.0" format now.
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Looks like PIE to me

Just installed it and noticed it's still the July security patch

garywojdan81 said:
Just installed it and noticed it's still the July security patch
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Have you noticed any Notch-specific settings in the dev options?

stryver said:
Have you noticed any Notch-specific settings in the dev options?
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Nope

Yea...Im kind of disappointed about that.

droidstyle said:
Yea...Im kind of disappointed about that.
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Give it time

Pi
12paq said:
Not Pi 3.14, 22/7 nerd humor.
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Not 22/7 try this: 355/113 much more accurate

garywojdan81 said:
Give it time
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I hope...
"Thanks for reaching out! Android Pie changed the way all apps interact with the space around the notch, and introduced standardized methods for app developers to support full screen mode. This should drive app developers to update their apps with native full screen options, without the need for custom notch settings.
For our first Android Pie release, we are using Google's standard implementation of the notch space. We will continue to monitor adoption of Pie's full-screen capabilities and evaluate whether it makes sense to customize and re-develop our own notch settings.
Hope that helps answer your question. Have a great day!"

Using horizontal app switch is so fundamentally and ergonomically wrong to the feel of Android. HTC (whom I love) used this horizontal card system in 2012. It was awful. Custom AOSP ROMs saved us. Now Google is doing it. !amazing! So wrong. And the PIP or WIW is way harder to do now compared to Android 8.1 and below.
Google you really botched this BS.

Nah it's just you aren't used to it. This has been the norm in the iOS world for several years. Point is it's no better or worse

On the first day of getting the Essential the Pie update was there... LOL
Well the swipe up drive anyone else crazy, with it always swipping the launcher up slightly too? I hope they can change this, so it's not also always moving up as well... hmm

Oh its terrible for sure...I have one PH-1 rolled back to 8.1, but I am holding off on mine for the moment being You have to wipe data to go back 8.1. Tried flashing the No wipe BTS package and it was boot loops for breakfast.

Got mine today, came with 7.1, thought it MIGHT update to 8.1 before 9, nope, went right to 9
DO NOT like the new menu structure. Installed Nova, it crashes on launch. So far, NOT impressed with 9.
Phone looks nice, just not the OS's UI.

Did you factory reset after the jump from 7.1 to 9?

Actually I'm getting the hang of it, you have to make a really fast like flick up to not have the launcher move... It takes practice... LOL
Adaptive Brightness not working in Pie, anyone else?
@p51d007, I hear ya, starting to feel like iOS around here... LOL
To be honest, so far working good here, just that darn flicking up fast action needed to get to the windows, without moving the launcher has been the only complaint I have at the moment... Haven't had much time on it, maybe something else will bug me later... LOL

Animation anomaly after Oneplus Launcher update V4.4.47/8

Having an issue here with what is best described as an animation anomaly.
There was recently an Oneplus launcher update V4.4.47. After running the update my 3rd party launchers exhibit a peculiar blinking when closing out apps using gestures (swiping up from the center of the bottom of the screen).
Now, I have my animator scale animation set to 0.5. When set to 1.0 the blinking doesn't occur, so this issue is definitely as a result of the reduced animation scale. I'm really not a fan of fancy animations so would hate to permanently run at 1.0. Having said that, the blinking really cheapens the ride and detracts from the over all user experience.
Anyone able to replicate or is already experiencing this on their OP 7 Pro? Nova, Niagara, Squarehome launcher all exhibit the same anomaly. Oneplus native launcher works perfectly.
My setup: Oneplus 7 Pro, rooted, Magisk 20.4, TWRP latest version, Firmware 10.3.3 21AA, No Limits xXx 11.4 (issue persists on stock setup though), stock kernel....
I've recorded a short video illustrating the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=detUAaAJSyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbTJArwCxMU

If absolutely no one else can replicate this issue, then the issue must be mine to own and resolve via a clean install... anyone?

Im on 0.25 Animation rate and doest have this... Also on 0.5or 1.0 nothing..

yes, it is happening to me as well. it is normal because of android 10 launcher and recents integration. i think you can solve this by quickswitch magisk module with a supported launcher like lawnchair 2. But there is no fix with nova launcher.

ylaandroid said:
yes, it is happening to me as well. it is normal because of android 10 launcher and recents integration. i think you can solve this by quickswitch magisk module with a supported launcher like lawnchair 2. But there is no fix with nova launcher.
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Thing is I can replicate the issue using 3 different launchers, Niagara, Nova and Squarehome. Also if I revert to an older version of Oneplus Launcher IE any version before 4.4.47, it works perfectly....
I've read of Android 10 and gesture issues with 3rd party launchers, but I'm not sure that is what I'm experiencing here...?
I could be wrong of course...

Hell man, so I did a fresh install, no change. Definitely this OnePlus launcher update that is causing this animation anomaly. Reported it as a bug over at OnePlus.
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Nothing like a fresh install though. Using stock launcher, this year old phone still remains a beast!! Love it!!
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Yeah, I am seeing this too. Thing is though it doesn't happen every time on mine but probably 8/10 times.
I'd be happy with stock launcher tbh but for the shelf over the Google feed.
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I'm finding myself using stock launcher more often too.
As good as Nova is, stock just that little bit more accurate and responsive. The animations are so incredibly smooth and clean vs Nova. I'm finding it hard to resist. Just hope OP sort this out soon.
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sand_man said:
I'm finding myself using stock launcher more often too.
As good as Nova is, stock just that little bit more accurate and responsive. The animations are so incredibly smooth and clean vs Nova. I'm finding it hard to resist. Just hope OP sort this out soon.
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Yes hope this also. Its better than on the beginning but third party launchers that are smooth on other devices feels slower on this phone...

How animations should behave. This is Nova with OnePlus launcher version 4.1.3 installed.
https://youtu.be/Ca6_glxdIs8
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Am sticking to version 4.1.3, hoping this gets resolved but not holding my breath. It's a bug that barely even registers on the radar...
No one else experiencing anything similar?

Hi, have the same issue but while using the stock launcher from one plus. Sometime when I leave an app the app drawer refreshes. Or instead of leaving the app and go to the homepage it launch one of the apps in the background. I think it is happening since a month now. Very weird issue it use to be the most perfect launcher i ever had. You think it's related to the launcher version? If so where do u find the latest version without theses bugs?
I'm on 4.4.2 I tried to install this:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/onepl...213049-b383d6d-android-apk-download/#variants
But it says, app not installed... Do I need root to install it?

LcD59c said:
Hi, have the same issue but while using the stock launcher from one plus. Sometime when I leave an app the app drawer refreshes. Or instead of leaving the app and go to the homepage it launch one of the apps in the background. I think it is happening since a month now. Very weird issue it use to be the most perfect launcher i ever had. You think it's related to the launcher version? If so where do u find the latest version without theses bugs?
I'm on 4.4.2 I tried to install this:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/onepl...213049-b383d6d-android-apk-download/#variants
But it says, app not installed... Do I need root to install it?
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Latest official version is available on the PlayStore, 4.4.8, release date 29th May 2020... Are you running a beta? And what model OP?

I have the one plus 7 pro with the lastest official OTA 10.0.6 no root.
I figured out to install that .apk I had to unistall the updates one plus launcher via the PlayStore first . So now i'm running 4.5.4.200618213049.b383d6d beta. So far I have not encountered theses bug but its only been few hours of usage.

LcD59c said:
I have the one plus 7 pro with the lastest official OTA 10.0.6 no root.
I figured out to install that .apk I had to unistall the updates one plus launcher via the PlayStore first . So now i'm running 4.5.4.200618213049.b383d6d beta. So far I have not encountered theses bug but its only been few hours of usage.
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Good to hear, I might give it a bash too... Pretty desperate, although there's nothing really wrong with version 4.1.3...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmYWnhhW2XI
OH WOW, the animation anomaly seems to be resolved!!! I'm quite ecstatic, I won't lie!!