I ve made this thread because I wanted the scroll screenshot feature like in Miui .So I had an idea of having scroll screenshot feature in STOCK Android pie .
First of all we need longshot app (which can capture long screenshots.) & give all the permissions it needed to work And then we needs to edit the heads up notification of "screenshot captured" and add a Scrolling screenshot option there besides "share edit delete " options .
Now we needs to assign this new option to the quick settings tile of longshot (i.e we just have to assign the code of quick settings tile of longshot) and longshot apps overlay will take over from here . As what longshot does is it can take a vertical scrolling screenshot of any UI part , like any app or any thing on screen which can be scrolled , which isn't the case with miui's built in scroll feature as it can only take screenshot in it's built in browser .
What we can also do is ,when we tap scrolling screenshot option the screenshot we have captured to show this dialog box will be deleted and quick settings longshot tile's code is executed .
So by this method we will have scrolling screenshot of any part of the ui , which is not present in miui .So it's like an advanced version of miui's scroll screenshot .
Let me know your thoughts , as I don't know enough coding to do this by myself but I think this can be achieved with medium or easy difficulty ,idk you guys tell me.
In MIUI scrolling screenshot is available in all part of the UI
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In MIUI scrolling screenshot is available in all part of the UI
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I think they have incorporated this feature in miui10 as in previous build that wasn't the case . Anyway by my method we can have scrolling screenshot in stock pie Roms.
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I think they have incorporated this feature in miui10 as in previous build that wasn't the case . Anyway by my method we can have scrolling screenshot in stock pie Roms.
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That's nice work
I don't know with other, but longshot and other scrolling screenshot not working perfectly all the time as the built-in one from MIUI.
The problem is something like this. You have let say a list contain 26 apps list from each alphabet. Then you scroll capture for 4 times. somehow, either the 2nd or 3rd screenshot can be missed out, and leaving blank at that area. So it only stitch the 1st, 2nd, and 4th screenshot (3rd one missing). At the case of alphabetically sorted list, we can spot the problem immediately, as the we know some alphabets are missing. But for other sort method, such as capturing last installed app in MiXplorer sorted by date (newer); missing screenshot in the middle will missed out the troubleshooting part. Some user reports their last installed using the long screenshot. The culprit can be in those missing part, hence we will never know it exists (since it missed out from the screenshot). Using the accessibility method still have this problem. Other scrolling screenshot app also exhibit the same problem.
Hope the custom ROM will implement this feature built-in, so we don't have the headache anymore. I also think about to create my own scrolling screenshot using automagic. It is possible to capture the region and loop over each element in the visible screen. Loop scroll and remove out the duplicate ones, cutting out the overlapped area. Do this until it reach the end. But it will require a massive amount of script checking and scrolling to do it. And it doesn't guarantee to work at all apps.
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I don't know with other, but longshot and other scrolling screenshot not working perfectly all the time as the built-in one from MIUI.
The problem is something like this. You have let say a list contain 26 apps list from each alphabet. Then you scroll capture for 4 times. somehow, either the 2nd or 3rd screenshot can be missed out, and leaving blank at that area. So it only stitch the 1st, 2nd, and 4th screenshot (3rd one missing). At the case of alphabetically sorted list, we can spot the problem immediately, as the we know some alphabets are missing. But for other sort method, such as capturing last installed app in MiXplorer sorted by date (newer); missing screenshot in the middle will missed out the troubleshooting part. Some user reports their last installed using the long screenshot. The culprit can be in those missing part, hence we will never know it exists (since it missed out from the screenshot). Using the accessibility method still have this problem. Other scrolling screenshot app also exhibit the same problem.
Hope the custom ROM will implement this feature built-in, so we don't have the headache anymore. I also think about to create my own scrolling screenshot using automagic. It is possible to capture the region and loop over each element in the visible screen. Loop scroll and remove out the duplicate ones, cutting out the overlapped area. Do this until it reach the end. But it will require a massive amount of script checking and scrolling to do it. And it doesn't guarantee to work at all apps.
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Yh true in some case it just skips one screenshot and stitches the other ones but that problem is not very frequent and this is just kinda a workaround for stock rom until custom Roms implement this feature in there Roms .
The best screenshot feature is present in resurrection remix , all that is lacks is scrolling feature other than that it's nearly perfect .
But what I am trying to do here is hava a flashable zip which will just add that option in screenshot captured heads up and longshot will takeover from there . By this way we can have scrollingscreenshot feature in stock and custom Roms ,until someone natively implement it into there rom (which would be Great ).
I don't have issue with a scrolling screenshot in MIUI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQw7hCVA-hsXzm5VT6ojIDW2UxlMVY0e/view?usp=drivesdk
Take a look at this screenshot
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Yh true in some case it just skips one screenshot and stitches the other ones but that problem is not very frequent and this is just kinda a workaround for stock rom until custom Roms implement this feature in there Roms .
The best screenshot feature is present in resurrection remix , all that is lacks is scrolling feature other than that it's nearly perfect .
But what I am trying to do here is hava a flashable zip which will just add that option in screenshot captured heads up and longshot will takeover from there . By this way we can have scrollingscreenshot feature in stock and custom Roms ,until someone natively implement it into there rom (which would be Great ).
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Just after your post, I give stitchcraft another chance. And it turns out now it is working perfectly already. Last time, the app button still got captured and still have same problem with longshot. Now, I try with 5 captures, and all working perfectly. The method of capturing is more similar to MIUI built-in one, except we have to scroll by ourself. There is also built-in editor, which is a plus point for quick editing. Uninstalling longshot....
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I don't have issue with a scrolling screenshot in MIUI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQw7hCVA-hsXzm5VT6ojIDW2UxlMVY0e/view?usp=drivesdk
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I wish that some custom ROM port the built-in scrolling screenshot apk from MIUI, so we can enjoy it too in custom ROM.
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Just after your post, I give stitchcraft another chance. And it turns out now it is working perfectly already. Last time, the app button still got captured and still have same problem with longshot. Now, I try with 5 captures, and all working perfectly. The method of capturing is more similar to MIUI built-in one, except we have to scroll by ourself. There is also built-in editor, which is a plus point for quick editing. Uninstalling longshot....
I wish that some custom ROM port the built-in scrolling screenshot apk from MIUI, so we can enjoy it too in custom ROM.
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You can scroll all the way to the bottom in one go . Just specify start and end . It's not that bad and yh miui's is more polished and good looking .
I ve only tried longshot which worked , do can't say about others . If other have a quick settings icon for there apps then yh we can use that app to have our scrolling screenshot np.
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Hello Friends,
Just want to share with you another app - Air Command Shortcut: a shortcut app that invokes the Air Command menu. I initially showed this app a few weeks ago on this post video. This is initial BETA release.
Action Memo, Screen Write, S Finder and Pen Window can now be launched with just a finger click but Scrapbooker still needs the Spen to draw a target window. When spen is inserted while clicking Scrapbooker, a preset app will open instead and when spen is detached, clicking Scrapbooker will function as normal - meaning you need to use your spen to draw a target window to be saved by Scrapbooker. A toast message will let you know when you need to use spen or not.
Pen Window will launched with a preset window size but if you bought my other app - PEN WINDOW LAUNCHER, clicking Pen Window will launched that instead so you can use your preferred window size and position.
Download it below.
Thank you @xperiacle
Worked at my end.
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many many thanks for all your APP.
Your a rock man
Awesome work bro..
wowww.. working great. keep it up.
I see someone created Air Command shortcut too (I posted mine yesterday ). Thats cool maybe you will have some better ideas how to make use of it. On topic, I noticed you have same issues that I had troubles with:
1) you change detach action (hint - restore it back).
2) you leave phone in 'Detached S Pen' state so if you open this app with finger (and you don't attach spen manually after that) it will trigger S Pen Keeper alert that you forgot to attach S Pen. (hint - I send attach intent to prevent it but maybe there is better solution).
Hope this helps.
So ..
How if you want to launch it with other apps ..
Like browser..
YouTube....etc.
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I see someone created Air Command shortcut too (I posted mine yesterday ). Thats cool maybe you will have some better ideas how to make use of it. On topic, I noticed you have same issues that I had troubles with:
1) you change detach action (hint - restore it back).
2) you leave phone in 'Detached S Pen' state so if you open this app with finger (and you don't attach spen manually after that) it will trigger S Pen Keeper alert that you forgot to attach S Pen. (hint - I send attach intent to prevent it but maybe there is better solution).
Hope this helps.
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It is an honour to have you here, Sir...you are indeed one of the great devs around. And THANKS for the tips.
Sorry, I know you posted first about the Air Command shortcut but I have been working on it for a few weeks now as you can see in my previous video link in the OP. I just never got to post the initial app because I am having some technical issues. I got most of the menu items working except scrapbooker which works partially for me due to system-level permission issues which I am still trying to fix without having to mod any system file and if possible without the need for root. Apart from that, it seems most are working. I will probably offer the user the option to change some of the menu items. So instead of Scrapbooker or S Finder, may be they would like to launch their favourite app instead. Again, thanks for all your work. Keep rocking.
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How if you want to launch it with other apps ..
Like browser..
YouTube....etc.
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What do you mean launch it with other apps? Do you mean change the menu items with like browser/youtube or launch the menu items at the same time launch other apps like browser/youtube in one click? If you mean both, yes it is possible but I am still trying to iron out some technical issues. The app in the OP doesn't include those options yet. It is just the basic shortcut app but the final release may or may not offer those options mentioned depending on how I would be able to fix some issues.
The thing is I am still exploring because I don't know what KitKat brings. It seems a lot has changed internally. I haven't tried it yet as I am waiting for my region's official release.
Anyway, I will update the one in the OP with some more features soon.
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It is an honour to have you here, Sir...you are indeed one of the great devs around. And THANKS for the tips.
Sorry, I know you posted first about the Air Command shortcut but I have been working on it for a few weeks now as you can see in my previous video link in the OP. I just never got to post the initial app because I am having some technical issues. I got most of the menu items working except scrapbooker which works partially for me due to system-level permission issues which I am still trying to fix without having to mod any system file and if possible without the need for root. Apart from that, it seems most are working. I will probably offer the user the option to change some of the menu items. So instead of Scrapbooker or S Finder, may be they would like to launch their favourite app instead. Again, thanks for all your work. Keep rocking.
What do you mean launch it with other apps? Do you mean change the menu items with like browser/youtube or launch the menu items at the same time launch other apps like browser/youtube in one click? If you mean both, yes it is possible but I am still trying to iron out some technical issues. The app in the OP doesn't include those options yet. It is just the basic shortcut app but the final release may or may not offer those options mentioned depending on how I would be able to fix some issues.
The thing is I am still exploring because I don't know what KitKat brings. It seems a lot has changed internally. I haven't tried it yet as I am waiting for my region's official release.
Anyway, I will update the one in the OP with some more features soon.
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It cool that you are working on it too. I didn't imply anything when I said I posted it. Its not an original idea or something. I just wanted to point out issues that I had and see if you found better solutions. Keep up the good work :good:
I just updated Air Command Shortcut app with some fixes. Action Memo, Screen Write, S Finder and Pen Window can now be opened with a Finger click. Scrapbooker still needs the spen but the app will launch a preset app when it detects that the spen is inserted. When it detects that the spen is detached Scrapbooker will launched as normal - meaning you need to use the spen to draw the window to save.
Just download it in the OP.
Great work again together with your Pen Window Launcher even better and your announcment is promising. One suggestio (?) I don´t use the Browser, i use chrome but his is peronal tase. Is it technicaly possible to choose what shortcut i want?
Edit: And another question. Is it possible to link the Pen Window to the Pen Window Drawer of the Pen Window Launcher instead of Pen Window Lancher itself so the Pen Window Launcher Notification wont start?
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Great work again together with your Pen Window Launcher even better and your announcment is promising. One suggestio (?) I don´t use the Browser, i use chrome but his is peronal tase. Is it technicaly possible to choose what shortcut i want?
Edit: And another question. Is it possible to link the Pen Window to the Pen Window Drawer of the Pen Window Launcher instead of Pen Window Lancher itself so the Pen Window Launcher Notification wont start?
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Yes I used the default browser app as the preset app when Scrapbooker menu item is clicked (when spen status is inserted) but it definitely can be changed once I finished the settings UI. It is also possible to launch your favourite apps together with any of the other menu items in the air command.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will modify the app so it will launch pen window launcher with the pen drawer directly without notification. It's just a small change, I might be able to update it in a while.
And by the way, I already uploaded a new version of Pen Window Launcher in the Play Store. @and2 Could you test and let me know any feedback. Thanks.
Hey @xperiacle ,
First, Thank You for this app, Then I wanna ask if there is some good news about finger Scrabooking.
Thanks for the great App. Is it possible in the Pro Version so see the app icons instead of defaults in the drawer "My Air Command"?
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Thanks for the great App. Is it possible in the Pro Version so see the app icons instead of defaults in the drawer "My Air Command"?
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Any answer to this?
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FC on detaching spen
I get FC "unfortunately the process com.android systemui has stopped", along with the air command. ROM: Phantom v7
rajdon82 said:
I get FC "unfortunately the process com.android systemui has stopped", along with the air command. ROM: Phantom v7
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I reformatted phone and installed phantom rom again. After restoring apps with titanium, I got the fc again, indicating that it was a problem related to a specific app. So I tried stopping some apps. Eventually, I found out that it was wanam xposed recent update that was causing the fc. The new features added were causing the problem. So, I disabled the new features on wanam xposed and now there is no fc problem. Thanks.
great app so far i have seen.
can we have this app on note n7000?
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I reformatted phone and installed phantom rom again. After restoring apps with titanium, I got the fc again, indicating that it was a problem related to a specific app. So I tried stopping some apps. Eventually, I found out that it was wanam xposed recent update that was causing the fc. The new features added were causing the problem. So, I disabled the new features on wanam xposed and now there is no fc problem. Thanks.
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Could you describe which of the features you disabled to get it to work?
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Not working for me.
When i open the app, this happens
But it works fine with the SPen as usual, when pulling it out or pushing the button.
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Still not working after a clean rom flash and data wipe, thought i'd better make sure as i had removed many system apk's when i tried before. Any news on this?
Where can I get the donate version to access setting?
Hi there!
Check out my new app
Google Play ID
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fossor.wheellauncher
Wheel Launcher is a side panel that sits on top of everything on your device. Wheel Launcher does not interfere with your main launcher, but provides a fast way to reach your favorite apps and shortcuts - just press the semitransparent icon. You can hide the icon by dragging it off the screen. Wheel Launcher allows you to add any shortcut that is provided by your apps, like direct dial any of your contacts or settings shortcut, like battery, sound, Wi-Fi and so on.
Wheel Launcher is in early stages of it's development, so if you have anything to ask, suggest or if you found a bug - do not hesitate to drop me an email.
Features
• Fancy circle design
• Basic shortcuts to some common apps - dial, gallery, email, messaging, camera, drawer
• Support for any app on your device
• Support for any shortcut on your device
• Theme support, not much at this point, but there will be more
• Left/Right sided
I will appreciate, if someone with 4.3 - 4.4 can send me a crash report. :fingers-crossed: Those emulators can't be trusted.
Doesn't crash on 4.4.2
Crashed 4.1.2
Logcat http://d-h.st/MOu
Thanks guys! :good:
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Thanks guys! :good:
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Ok I just updated from play store and it's fixed now. Thanks! You've done a great job. It's a really useful and good looking app.
But I'm short on memory and this takes around 30MB of RAM so it's just a luxury I can't keep
But anyone with good amount of memory go for this app :thumbup:
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Ok I just updated from play store and it's fixed now. Thanks! You've done a great job. It's a really useful and good looking app.
But I'm short on memory and this takes around 30MB of RAM so it's just a luxury I can't keep
But anyone with good amount of memory go for this app :thumbup:
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Thanx man! Are you on xxhdpi, cause on my xhdpi the app takes 17MB when it's closed.
There could be more crashes, cause someone said the app wont even start for him. So if someone experiencing the same, i would love to see the log. :cyclops:
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Thanx man! Are you on xxhdpi, cause on my xhdpi the app takes 17MB when it's closed.
There could be more crashes, cause someone said the app wont even start for him. So if someone experiencing the same, i would love to see the log. :cyclops:
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Ok since you mentioned 17 MB I gave it another try. And yes without any theme on it's 16/17 MB on xhdpi. Last night I used it with the black theme on so it spiked to 30 MB.
And I already have a Sidebar which takes around 15MB and it serves me well.. So don't get me wrong your app is beautiful and very cool, but I hate the memory constrains I have to deal with
But I'm glad I helped you fix a bug with the log.
Hope people love your app like I did. Regards
It's not crashing on 4.4.2 for me. Great job!
Made some bug fixes and new theme available:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fossor.wheellauncher.androidwhitetheme
Full version with folder support and unlimited number of items is available
Two major updates
1. Added a new white theme.
2. You can now change the position of an item on the main wheel and inside folders
Suggestions
First, just wanted to say that I really like the look of this. Running this on AICP 4.4.2 on a HTC One. Couple of quick suggestions/questions: First, is there a way to turn this on/off and/or a setting to enable on boot? Is there a way to change the position/size of the trigger area?
On a side note, I've used an app called circle launcher (pretty much since it was first released) as a widget on my homescreen to launch my most used apps (about 15 or so). I've really like this because with the launcher icon being transparent, it provides an easy way to launch apps without messing with my layout (no matter what layout i'm using). Have you considered creating this as a widget and/or being able to launch this as a short cut? I could see maybe using this as a custom nav bar button or something similar.
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First, just wanted to say that I really like the look of this. Running this on AICP 4.4.2 on a HTC One. Couple of quick suggestions/questions: First, is there a way to turn this on/off and/or a setting to enable on boot? Is there a way to change the position/size of the trigger area?
On a side note, I've used an app called circle launcher (pretty much since it was first released) as a widget on my homescreen to launch my most used apps (about 15 or so). I've really like this because with the launcher icon being transparent, it provides an easy way to launch apps without messing with my layout (no matter what layout i'm using). Have you considered creating this as a widget and/or being able to launch this as a short cut? I could see maybe using this as a custom nav bar button or something similar.
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Hi there, thanx and I glad you like it. You can hide the icon by dragging it off screen or by pressing "hide" button on the notification (the app will return when you unlock the device or press "show"). Currently there is no autostart after boot, but it is on the to do list. There is no size changes on the trigger area, but you can change the position by dragging it up or down (it is always floating) and/or by changing side (left or right)
As for a fully transparent trigger area - I saw a lot of feedback (on other similar apps) when users wanted to have a visual representation of this area, so I made it with a flag icon. If there will be more requests to make trigger area fully transparent, perhaps i will add this option too.
And here is some video:
youtube.com/watch?v=uIWDlf1Dai8
New update on both versions:
You can now change icons on a main wheel. Supports most of the icon packs.
Another update:
Trigger now can be set as a rectangular shape in addition to the icon. It can be of any size, color and opacity, up to fully transparent.
Fossor coding said:
Another update:
Trigger now can be set as a rectangular shape in addition to the icon. It can be of any size, color and opacity, up to fully transparent.
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Thanks for this!! Bought the pro version, and it's totally rocking. This now completes it for me!! Cheers bro.
Senyaka said:
Thanks for this!! Bought the pro version, and it's totally rocking. This now completes it for me!! Cheers bro.
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Thanks man, enjoy! Really glad you like it! :good:
Update 1.017
Start on boot added.
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Update 1.017
Start on boot added.
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would be nice
Just wanted to drop this here to help people out who are dealing with broken buttons or simply want a shortcut to take a screenshot without using the normal button combo.
This app is for 4.0 (ics) and above and does require root.
I used the terminal command to take a screenshot rather than code another way to take screenshots so it should work with any device.
If it doesn't work with your device then your rom must not use standard Android terminal commands and you will have to find out what the command for your system is and use the tasker code I will link below to make your own. (not that hard - it's how I made this)
Usage : tap icon or launch via your choice of gesture launcher.
App will wait 1.5 seconds then take a screenshot and display a toast to let you know it is done or if it failed.
Tasker task usage: unzip file and import task - modify and use how you see fit.
How I use this app:
Lg stock rom has a shortcut on the nav ring called quick memo that takes a screenshot. I find this very useful on my Verizon g2 as the buttons are in the back and Verizon insisted on making them smaller so they looked better (I guess that was the reason). I switched to a aosp rom and missed this so I did some searching and found this command for tasker. I did a little tweaking and exported as an app and use slide launcher to provide a shortcut to it.
Bump! Anybody have any feedback? Ideas, suggestions, gripes?
How to you implement the tasker shortcut? Ex... I have the galaxy S6 and there is no xposed framework as of now which doesn't allow me to make a shortcut on the power menu. So I wanted to link the shortcut to long pressing the home button via tasker. Is this possible?
Where it saves the screenshot at Resurrection ROM -a custom rom-?
It gave me that it successfully took the screenshot but i can't find where it saved the it.
It asked for root permissions.
Sami Jildeh said:
Where it saves the screenshot at Resurrection ROM -a custom rom-?
It gave me that it successfully took the screenshot but i can't find where it saved the it.
It asked for root permissions.
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Sorry for the long silence! I no longer have a rootable phone but it either creates a "screenshot" folder or just saves to the normal location that screenshots save to on your ROM - but some ROMs won't scan every folder except on boot . I will look into improving this function but I can't promise anything since root is required and I don't have root .
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Sorry for the long silence! I no longer have a rootable phone but it either creates a "screenshot" folder or just saves to the normal location that screenshots save to on your ROM - but some ROMs won't scan every folder except on boot . I will look into improving this function but I can't promise anything since root is required and I don't have root .
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No Problem, I had found where it stores the screenshot. But i find that it sometimes appear in the gallery apps and most times doesn't appear. It's there in the folder but doesn't appear in the gallery app.
Sami Jildeh said:
No Problem, I had found where it stores the screenshot. But i find that it sometimes appear in the gallery apps and most times doesn't appear. It's there in the folder but doesn't appear in the gallery app.
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That's strange being it stores it as png - a common image format. If you take a screenshot with the buttons where does it go? Also what format does it save in? And does it show up in the gallery no issues?
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That's strange being it stores it as png - a common image format. If you take a screenshot with the buttons where does it go? Also what format does it save in? And does it show up in the gallery no issues?
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When i take a screenshot with buttons it saves it to same location.
All my screenshots saved in /o/pictures/screenshots
This app saves it in png format
same format as the others which is (an example) Screenshot_2015-10-26-19-27-22.png
but doesn't appear in any gallery app, but when i take screenshots by keys it appear immediately.
Always first screenshot this app take save it with name Screenshot_output.png
Hi guys here you have a proper review of the Nougat firmware for the S7 edge based on my personal experiences.
So I installed it yesterday night via odin thx to @laimonas777.
With my own experiences I can say it is not as nice as I had thought.. It's hard to use, it's full with small bugs and delays and sometimes it can even freeze up to 30 seconds (My experiences).
Every app has got the new GraceUI of the Galaxy Note 7 including the settings app.
One of the best Nougat features, the display scaling option has got "only" 2 different options which do not differ that much from the standard option.
Let's talk about the Notification panel. You now have 6 toggles visible at the top but you cant swipe anymore. When you pull the statusbar twice you will see 9 toggles per page. Its much harder to find one toggle you are searching for because of the 3 toggle pages. On Marshmallow all toggles were visible in one "page".
Also the colors could have been better but I think everyone has its own opinion there.
Something which is also weird is that you have a search bar on the notification panel but actually you cant type anything in there. Instead, this textfield will just open the finder app.
The camera has got newer options and a totally different but perfect UI which I really like. But the new color modes are actually not that important features and were also aviable partially in 6.0.
Lets move on to the recent apps panel, which is a big pain.. The recent items got taller just like in stock nougat but the scrolling is a very big pain. Its just as the android nougat developer preview 1 for nexus devices also there are some minor graphical glitches which I have shown in the video.
Another thing I want to mention are the notifications. And yes, they are ugly but i am sure samsung will fix that. On every notification where you can tap for an action (example whatsapp, to reply) is a grey bar, which looks horrible. You can see it in the attached ss
Performancewise it hasnt got big changes but dont forget the delays when opening some specific apps etc. The battery consumption is also a bit higher but all these will get fixed with the final build (hopefully).
But now lets talk about the positive things :silly:. The Multiwindow option has got much better than it was on all other touchwiz versions, in short, its almost the same as in stock android nougat. Another thing which is perfect is the Window apps mode where you can open apps in window mode. We all know how bad this option was in Touchwiz, maybe no one of you ever have used it but now the window mode is very good and snappy. The negative thing there is that you cant deactivate these both modes anymore. So always when you try to pull down the notification panel from the right or left top corner, it will just open the current app always in window mode which is quite annoying.
And something which is annoying like hell is that if you play a game like doodle jump where you dont need to touch the screen the screen always turns off after a while. So the auto screenoff option doesnt get disabled while playing games or (maybe) even while watching a movie.
Galaxy Labs is now removed, so now you cant get all apps on your homescreen and you cant hide the appdrawer.
Remember that this is a very early beta build, and all of these bugs are normal and wont be there in the finale build.
Here is a quick video about the update to see how it looks
What about a dark theme...it was rumoured that Android N will have a dark theme not only that light one. Also the existing themes in store (for Samsung) work properly on N or not?
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Rapier said:
What about a dark theme...it was rumoured that Android N will have a dark theme not only that light one. Also the existing themes in store (for Samsung) work properly on N or not?
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also doesnt seem to be there
Keep in mind this is the frist beta released from samsung, so some things might hopefully change by the release of the final firmware. Also, you do have scaling other than going through the developer options. Go to Display -> Font and you will get to cgoose both the Screen zoom (which is set to almost huge idk why) and of course the font size. This comes to be as tha Normal and Condensed options back from marshmallow.
Hey glad to help. nice rview my friend. . :good:
P.S What happened to the hand?
I'm using the ota build and its running lovely to be fair
Touchwiz is rubbish anyways and just install nova which makes Icons smaller
laimonas777 said:
Hey glad to help. nice rview my friend. . :good:
P.S What happened to the hand?
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thank you
was just a normal sports injury :silly:
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Keep in mind this is the frist beta released from samsung, so some things might hopefully change by the release of the final firmware. Also, you do have scaling other than going through the developer options. Go to Display -> Font and you will get to cgoose both the Screen zoom (which is set to almost huge idk why) and of course the font size. This comes to be as tha Normal and Condensed options back from marshmallow.
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i know that is a very early beta build. i just wanted to show all annoying things in it :silly:
thanks for the corrections, in stock nougat there is an extra option for the display scaling. I didnt look in the font scale thought its just the normal font scaling
Hello, thank you for great review. Could you confirm one exciting feature of android 7 (atleast for me) that it works on this phone beta software.
As of Android 7.0 phone can read 2G/3G/LTE frequency without ROOT. Easiest way is to install app Cellmapper(mapping cell towers to map) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cellmapper.net.cellmapper&hl=en
Could you run this app and post screenshot while connected to LTE only(no wifi)? Also, maybe send debug report from settings menu to developer with screenshot.
Thank you
VeixES said:
Hello, thank you for great review. Could you confirm one exciting feature of android 7 (atleast for me) that it works on this phone beta software.
As of Android 7.0 phone can read 2G/3G/LTE frequency without ROOT. Easiest way is to install app Cellmapper(mapping cell towers to map) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cellmapper.net.cellmapper&hl=en
Could you run this app and post screenshot while connected to LTE only(no wifi)? Also, maybe send debug report from settings menu to developer with screenshot.
Thank you
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here you go.
debug report force closed the app
Strange review .... I have been using it also since yesterday, and it is faster and smoother then my MM stock ...
Agreed there is some laggs when double tapping the multi tasking bouton, but overall its snapier and more responsive.
Also I have not noticed any freeze. I find this beta very polished to be honest.
Have you done a full wipe before installing ? or OTA ?
TimurAlaskara_TR said:
sometimes it can even freeze for about 30 seconds.
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I don't have this
kenny17430 said:
Strange review .... I have been using it also since yesterday, and it is faster and smoother then my MM stock ...
Agreed there is some laggs when double tapping the multi tasking bouton, but overall its snapier and more responsive.
Have you done a full wipe before installing ? or OTA ?
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i flashed via odin as told in the beginning of the review
the firmware does a full wipe even wikthout asking ._.
Galactus said:
I don't have this
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it comes when i open some 3rd party apps.. like snapchat and youtube
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debug report force closed the app
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Thank you. Does not seem to report more info than in android 6.0.1. If you see LTE band reported on Cellmapper screen you can make another screenshot, but it seems that this functionality might not be there.
It's not a review, it's a rant. I literally have no issues with it, no freezes what so ever, it's actually snappier than MM.
I think the 'review' tag should be removed from this thread or it should be locked, as it is full of false information and the corrections to that false information have been given, but the 'review' hasn't been updated. If people read this thread thinking it is accurate, they will get false information.
The comment about display options, for instance, is just the OP not knowing what to do. It's not something wrong or an option that has been removed, it's just a lack of knowledge.
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it comes when i open some 3rd party apps.. like snapchat and youtube
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Yeah, I don't get that with any app. The only thing a bit laggy is the "new window" tab animation in the browser and the notification bar. Apart from those two things, it is fine.
Hid3rs said:
It's not a review, it's a rant. I literally have no issues with it, no freezes what so ever, it's actually snappier than MM.
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Its a review based on my experiences
Robster83 said:
I think the 'review' tag should be removed from this thread or it should be locked, as it is full of false information and the corrections to that false information have been given, but the 'review' hasn't been updated. If people read this thread thinking it is accurate, they will get false information.
The comment about display options, for instance, is just the OP not knowing what to do. It's not something wrong or an option that has been removed, it's just a lack of knowledge.
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i am rewriting it chill out.
please
Galactus said:
Yeah, I don't get that with any app. The only thing a bit laggy is the "new window" tab animation in the browser and the notification bar. Apart from those two things, it is fine.
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lol this is something which i dont have :victory:
I can create a backup with Samsung Switch from Marshamallow and restore on Nougat ?
Hi all.
Today I received the new android p update. But unfortunately differences are little to none.
Have you received the update yet?
Whats your experience with android p on lg g7?
Have you noticed much improvements?
I noticed notifications are little bit different, you have option to minimize those permanent notifications without being able to see them in notification bar. And you get options for fast reply messages form viber... probably some other apps. But it wasn't there before. And Gestures are here. I still use app called Gesture control for this coz I like it more like that. And ofc there is different recent apps look. Looks better. Other than that, everything is same.
I use google sms app and have had the notification and fast reply already.
Unfortunately I am disappointed that lg did not put any time to improve the ui.
What about camera? I do not see any improvements.
I noticed also magnified view when I try to select some text. And in camera there is now cine shot which lets you make some photos with some part moving like animation.
There is probably more of changes that I dont notice. I use nova luncher with custom themes so I knot nothing about UI how it looks like now and can't remember how it looked before.
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And Gestures are here. I still use app called Gesture control for this coz I like it more like that.
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What are gestures?
Issemann said:
What are gestures?
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If you turn them on in settings you will be able to use swipe right to open recent apps and switch between last used apps.
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I noticed also magnified view when I try to select some text. And in camera there is now cine shot which lets you make some photos with some part moving like animation.
There is probably more of changes that I dont notice. I use nova luncher with custom themes so I knot nothing about UI how it looks like now and can't remember how it looked before.
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Cine is included in oreo so noting new
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Cine is included in oreo so noting new
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Cine video was in oreo. But not cine shot. Its not the same thing. Before I was using some apps yo do that.
I updated and my lockscreeen just wouldn't show, its just black and i can't do anything about it.
Do not disturb still don't work auto on for months and the notch was not in my way until now when you pinch in you tube that notch now get in the video as it was just a nice black bar.
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Anyway to get back the old recent apps menu?