Question Way to get Smart Text Selection? - Sony Xperia 5 III

Recently got the Xperia 5 III and I've been happy to see it's mostly stock android but I'm instantly missing the smart selection feature my old Pixel 2 had (especially in the task switcher). Is there some way to get that back? I've never rooted a phone and I use banking apps and tap to pay frequently so I wouldn't want that to be disabled.
Any advice?

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HELP!! Temporarily disabling the lock screen, problems with ICS on any device.

Hi all. I use the pattern lockscreen on my devices (it happens with any style of lockscreen anyway) and one of the very first apps that I install on my smartphones and tablet is a widget to temporarily disable the lockscreen while at home and whenever else it comes handy to do so. I have used various apps for this but it's 2 years that I use Battery Indicator Pro which is also useful in other ways.
Everything has always worked fine on my Galaxy S (Froyo then Gingerbread), SII (Gingerbread), Note (Gingerbread) and Galaxy Tab 10.1" (Honeycomb) then in January I flashed the Kang ICS on the G.Tab for a few months and more recently I flashed CM9 on my Galaxy S and on both of them when I disable the lockscreen everything seems to work as it should until I tap on any notification in the notification bar. Then my lockscreen appears, I am prompted to unlock it and from then on the lockscreen gets re-enabled until I "re-enable" it via the app I am using and then disable it again. This works until the next time I tap on another notification...
This is not device-specific because I have read about other folks having the same problem on other devices and it's not app-specific because I have tried several apps and widgets with the same exact result. This is something ICS-related.
Please tell me there is a solution for this! On my tablet and my Galaxy S it's extremely annoying but on my Note, my daily driver, it would be unbearable
This is also one of the reasons why I have not yet updated my Note to ICS BTW...
And please don't tell me to "simply" disable it in the settings! LOL :laugh:
TIA
Hey, I'm having this problem too... have you find any solution for it??? I'm using an app called "Extended controls" which worked pretty fine in GB. I'm a Note owner too btw !!!!!
emalex87 said:
Hey, I'm having this problem too... have you find any solution for it??? I'm using an app called "Extended controls" which worked pretty fine in GB. I'm a Note owner too btw !!!!!
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Nope, no solution other than avoiding tapping on notifications when the lockscreen is disabled...
To enable/disable the lockscreen I am now using the "No Lock Screen" widget (by Futon Redemption) and I have placed one of them on every page so it's at least quick and easy to enable/disable the lockscreen.
I have also discovered that this new behaviour is only triggered by the secure lockscreens (pattern, PIN etc.) but since the least amount of security I am confortable with is the pattern lockscreen that doesn't help me at all...
I can't believe very few people seem to notice, do people actually USE their smartphones?? Or do people just use the unsecure lockscreen on devices where we keep more and more valuable and sentitive personal data??
I think that being able to easily temporarily disable the lockscreen should be one of the very basic operating system features... (as, for example, should be recurrent notifications of missed calls/msgs/etc, another thing for which we have to rely on 3rd party apps...)
Anyone?
I've been having this issue ever since I upgraded to ICS on my galaxy note. I was hoping that the upgrade to JB on my Galaxy Note 2 would fix the issue, but it doesn't.
I used to use a widget on the screen, now I use NFC and NFC Tasker to enable and disable what I call "Home Mode." (wifi, lock screen, volume for ringer, etc).
I know now that it's not a bug for my Note. It's a bug in Android in general. It is really starting to bug me. I'm going to subscribe to this thread because I'm very interested in a solution. It's a pain in the neck

where did the voice snooze go?

Is anyone else furious and wondering why we just paid money for a phone with less features? On my Galaxy note 3 I could snooze alarms with my voice, and on my note edge I can not. I contacted Samsung and they said they removed that feature. Is there anyway to get it back? I don't want to use a 3rd party app.
I know you clearly said you don't want a 3rd party app, but almost everything is better than the stock alarm. Wake Voice gives you voice activated snooze. After waking you it can also read the news, your horoscope, your schedule, and play the radio.
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Is anyone else furious and wondering why we just paid money for a phone with less features? On my Galaxy note 3 I could snooze alarms with my voice, and on my note edge I can not. I contacted Samsung and they said they removed that feature. Is there anyway to get it back? I don't want to use a 3rd party app.
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No.
used every day
I too use the voice snooze option every day...any way to load the old version onto the new edge? 3rd party is ok and like the look of the new alarm (doesn't really matter since I'm sleeping, but...) would like that voice snooze/stop option back...thank you
Would like to know how to snooze on the edge panel

Looking for workarounds

Hello fellow Honor 6 users
Is there a way to hide system icons without using xposed firmware on Honor 6? I'm using a battery stats app and I like to save some notification space by removing the batt icon.
Another thing is, how to use the native/stock wireless display (like the screen mirroring of Samsung Galaxy). There's an app for that but the ads pop ups are annoying.
Lastly, on stock messaging, there's no button on keyboard to enter new line.
Any workaround for this problems? Help wlll be very much appreciated.
Thanks!

Missing my Native Google Experience

Hey guys, need some help here. I've been rocking nexus 4, nexus 5, nexus 5x, and Pixel for the last many years and thought I would try out a Samsung. I got a crazy good BOGO deal on the S10e at Costco so I thought it would be worth a shot.
Well after having the phone for a few weeks now I just can't get used to the Samsung UI. It quite simply drives me nuts.
I've spent a lot of time "pixel-a-tizing" with Nova Launcher, Bixby button replacement, google apps, etc... but there are still several things that bother me:
1) The biggest is the phone app. I've been able to side load a few pixel phone app clones but they aren't as good as the real thing. I miss my visual voicemail!
2) The phone charges soo slow!
3) Screen brightness is weird. I've got it set to auto but if I manually adjust it and close the phone and turn it back on the auto kicks in and overrides the manual setting. I thought that the manual slider was suppose to act as sort of an offset of the auto mode? At least this is how my previous phones have behaved.
4) Android Q? I'm almost afraid to ask...
I'm very tempted to return this for the new Pixel 3a. I know it's inferior hardware but I would almost prefer that in exchange for the experience....
Any thoughts or suggestions? Is there a way to root this thing into something more google like? Thanks!
You can use the app "Power shade: notification bar changer & manager" in google play to have a more standard notification panel and use custom launcher like you said, but for the rest idk

Sadly disappointed with various limitations and recurring issues :cry:

I received the phone and have been using it since 2/10. I have the 8/256gb version with the Chinese ROM. The phone is awesome with regards to build quality and so on, but I'm extremely frustrated with the issues that I'm seeing daily. I'm ready to ditch it and return to my Xiaomi Mi Mix.
Notifications are all turned off by default and every app notification must be turned on individually. So every new app needs this manual step.
Notifications, even if enabled correctly, lock screen, does not show up on the lock screen
Various apps do not receive new "data" such as emails until opened. (runs in background, just noticed the application freeze option, and turned that off)
Device Administrator removes MS Outlook as device admin regularly, used to be daily. (required by work)
When plugged into USB-C for Android Auto, must change setting to Transfer files, every time in order to activate Android Auto.
Resets Assistive Voice App nightly, removes Google Assistant and elects none, not even breeno voice.
Depending on task, it switches to use the Breeno Browser instead of Chrome as an intermediary and therefore does not fully like to the next task.
Swiping down on home screen brings up breeno search via breeno browser.
Cannot activate Location Sharing Services even if Location is turned on. I think this has to do w/ limitations on the "Region"
Things that I know does not work
Cannot use 3rd party messaging app. Once 3rd party app is set as default, it switches back to Oppo msgs app due to "security"
Cannot use another Launcher.
Cannot use Google Assistant wake up phrase
Can anyone else confirm if you're also experiencing the above? I'm willing to reset the phone but I think these are "defaults" and not like a choice I made during set-up to cause these issues. Thanks for reading.
The issues you mention are common and are part of the challenge of owning a phone with a Chinese rom. The trade-off is that you own a unique phone with awesome hardware.
I have been able to get all notifications to work though adjusting the notification options as you say, but you can also adjust the power saver and start-up options. You can also lock apps in the recent tasks screen.
You can also uninstall some of the built-in Chinese apps via adb. See the thread in the Find X forum. For example I have uninstalled the browser so it never comes up. I have not uninstalled the launcher as I am ok with the Oppo one.
Issues I have not been able to resolve: changing the default messaging and assistant apps for the long term.
For me, I know the experience of buying a phone with a Chinese rom is never going to be as smooth as a pixel or Samsung in terms of usability, but I love the fact that it is unique and appreciate the hardware (eg charging speed).
Unfortunately, the uniqueness of the phone does not overwhelm these limitations that causes daily resetting of certain defaults for me.
I'm ok w/ not using the Launcher and some other items like google assistant. However, other limitations really create barriers that can't be looked past for me.
I think I'll look for an opportunity to get the Xiaomi Mi 10 pro when possible and sell the Reno Ace.

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