hello there xda i use wireless tether all the time and i just find it a pain having to open the app all the time, is it possible to create a widget, it dosent hve to be fancy it could look like the original app icon just be a widget?
brios86 said:
hello there xda i use wireless tether all the time and i just find it a pain having to open the app all the time, is it possible to create a widget, it dosent hve to be fancy it could look like the original app icon just be a widget?
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Even easier would be to just eliminate the "press here to start tethering" screen -- just activate it and self terminate.
No need to go to the extreme of making a memory munching widget when all you need is a button!
the widget is a good idea, but would be memory consuming, i prefer a simple option in settings or spare parts, you can always use any cut to create a shortcut to the homescreen from it. But I got the app on home screen so its really not much trouble just few extra clicks....automatic enable/disable, or one button access would be nice though
thank you, i will try better cut...
better cut doesn't seem to have to option
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Whenever the Play is plug into the DK300, it will automatically start the CLOCK application, and map the HOME button to CLOCK application. Is there anyway to prevent that or change the auto launch application?
Thanks in advance.
found my own answers - by using the software from market , dock nothingness OR Dock no-OP.
Thanks
thats good. i believe you can also change it from liveware manager in you pre-installed apps. if you go there you can see the dock (when its connected) and it has app launch and you can remove the clock app.
just you liveware manager.
I would get one if you could set it do a slide show and use it like a picture frame.
Or can you?
ncaissie said:
I would get one if you could set it do a slide show and use it like a picture frame.
Or can you?
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You can, actually. It's one of the features of the dock mode. It presents the images on your Gallery as a slideshow.
BTW, I can't find anything on LiveWire which allows you to set up the dock mode. Is it perhaps because I haven't updated the phone (and currently can't)?
At any rate, Dock Nothingness did what I wanted, which was the same as the OP. If I want to launch the clock app, I can do so by myself, thank you very much.
Logseman said:
BTW, I can't find anything on LiveWire which allows you to set up the dock mode.
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Lol that's what happened to me. I thought that after connecting the dock to my Xplay for the 1st time the dock would appear there on LiveWire, but it doesn't. xD
i started this post cos livewire does not have that option
anyway, enjoy your xperia play and push up my thanks meter please.
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Anyone ever tried this? Its an app that acts like a widget and allows you to toggle your 3g without mangling your APN. Its by a developer called TomatoX. Along with my Curvefish wifi toggle widget I went eight hours yesterday with light/moderate use and was still sitting at 80% when I got home. Turning off data has by far been the biggest battery saving mod I've done so far and this app makes it painless.
stir fry a lot said:
Anyone ever tried this? Its an app that acts like a widget and allows you to toggle your 3g without mangling your APN. Its by a developer called TomatoX. Along with my Curvefish wifi toggle widget I went eight hours yesterday with light/moderate use and was still sitting at 80% when I got home. Turning off data has by far been the biggest battery saving mod I've done so far and this app makes it painless.
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Imho it's easier to just long press the power button... U can do this from any app so you don't have to go back to your home screen...and the wifi toggle is in you're notification pull down. Just an idea because we are already limited with internal storage (by far the biggest disappointment of this phone) for apps, and I'm not a fan of putting them on my SD card. But if you like widgets this sounds pretty cool (-
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I'm a pretty heavy internet user and find it to be much easier to have a toggle on my homescreen. Both apps are very lightweight so I I find the functionality that I gain from them much more valuable than the very small footprint they leave. The DataSwitch app is only 20KB and the Curvefish wifi widget is only 168KB. MUCH smaller and more efficient than battery apps such as JuiceDefender.
stir fry a lot said:
I'm a pretty heavy internet user
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To each his/her own
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Thanks for the app. I like it
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!
I'll check it out
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Wondering if some of the bright developers around here would be interested in creating a configurable wiget to make things like turning WiFi on or off a one click operation - vs scrolling to settings, clicking to open it, clicking Wireless Networking, clicking WiFi to turn it on or off. Same thing for turning on/off 3G/4G, etc.
Even having a one click shortcut that would take you automatically to the Wireless Networking configuration screen would be a big improvement. Kind of like the ability to send a shortcut from the Wireless Networking Utility in Control Panel to the desktop in Windows.
Or is there already something out there to do this?
Try widgetsoid.. thats what I use on my Streak..it pretty nifty, you can add a lot of shortcut settings on the widgets.
Android also has a shortcut for indivual settings. Just add shortcuts>select shortcuts>settings>pick settings you want to appear on your screen..
One thank you point for ramtix...
Zeam Launcher does a lot of what I wanted, but I'm still willing to try wigetsoid...
Just picked up the HTC One last week. I'm more of an iOS guy, so I'm not very familiar with the Android platform. I bought the dev edition because I needed an unlocked phone and I figured 64GB would be more useful (since my iPhone is practically full all the time with 64GB); also I didn't want any of the AT&T apps.
Anyways, on the home screen there are the 4 applications (phone, messages, browser, camera); can I replace any of those apps with something else? For example, I use Chrome instead of the default browser app. I haven't figured this out.
The next issue is, can I remove the live feed screen? I'm traveling in China, where [China Mobile] only has Edge (and FB, Twitter, etc. are blocked), so it makes that screen pretty useless.
Finally, I don't have any performance issues, but I noticed in the apps section in Settings where it shows running apps, it says I only have 1.5GB of total RAM; is this normal? (For example, right now it's say — RAM 511Mb/1.5GB)
TIA
alphaod said:
Just picked up the HTC One last week. I'm more of an iOS guy, so I'm not very familiar with the Android platform. I bought the dev edition because I needed an unlocked phone and I figured 64GB would be more useful (since my iPhone is practically full all the time with 64GB); also I didn't want any of the AT&T apps.
Anyways, on the home screen there are the 4 applications (phone, messages, browser, camera); can I replace any of those apps with something else? For example, I use Chrome instead of the default browser app. I haven't figured this out.
The next issue is, can I remove the live feed screen? I'm traveling in China, where [China Mobile] only has Edge (and FB, Twitter, etc. are blocked), so it makes that screen pretty useless.
Finally, I don't have any performance issues, but I noticed in the apps section in Settings where it shows running apps, it says I only have 1.5GB of total RAM; is this normal? (For example, right now it's say — RAM 511Mb/1.5GB)
TIA
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I think you cant disable blinkfeed but you can tell it not to update automatically
If you want to change the default 4 icon on the dock, simply hold and drag any app in to replace them
Yes your ram is normal, that's alot of free ram, and also app you dont use they just freeze in the background, unless they sometimes auto sync/ auto update, which is also normal. no worries
To remove apps from the bar you need to open the app drawer, then press and hold the icon you want to remove and drag it into the app drawer. Then do the reverse to put them back on the bar.
As for the home screen Blinkfeed can't be disabled but you can make a different screen as the home screen. To do this press and hold on one of the screens as if you were adding a widget, you can then select the default home screen from the top.
The memory in the phone is 2 gig but I believe some space is reserved for the Android system.
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I think you cant disable blinkfeed but you can tell it not to update automatically
If you want to change the default 4 icon on the dock, simply hold and drag any app in to replace them
Yes your ram is normal, that's alot of free ram, and also app you dont use they just freeze in the background, unless they sometimes auto sync/ auto update, which is also normal. no worries
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Thanks for answering…
I don't see an option to disable updates altogether, but it does let me set it to update only over WiFi.
As the dock, thanks for that, but the issue is when I drag an app in into the dock, it creates a folder, when I drag the app I don't want out, it creates a shortcut instead of clearing it from the dock.
For the RAM, I know I have a lot of free RAM, but the issue is the phone is suppose to have 2GB of total RAM right? So why does it say only 1.5GB total in the app manager in settings?
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To remove apps from the bar you need to open the app drawer, then press and hold the icon you want to remove and drag it into the app drawer. Then do the reverse to put them back on the bar.
As for the home screen Blinkfeed can't be disabled but you can make a different screen as the home screen. To do this press and hold on one of the screens as if you were adding a widget, you can then select the default home screen from the top.
The memory in the phone is 2 gig but I believe some space is reserved for the Android system.
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So I need to be in app drawer to add/remove apps from the dock, not the home screen? I think that's what I've been missing.
I have now selected a new home screen. That's a good start.
Yeah I hope I haven't been shafted with the RAM issue.
GPU uses that same RAM and that part is not visible for apps of course.
Ram is reserved for gpu.
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Only way to remove blinkfeed is by using a launcher I think
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If you want to get rid of blink feed use something like Nova or Apex Launcher. Both can be customised to your liking, both are fast and memory efficient. You can add gestures to the screen and change swipe animations and lots more. Give them a look
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If you want to get rid of blink feed use something like Nova or Apex Launcher. Both can be customised to your liking, both are fast and memory efficient. You can add gestures to the screen and change swipe animations and lots more. Give them a look
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Excellent. Using Nova launcher did exactly what I wanted.
Can I disable HTC Sense? Or do I have to use Sense to get to my new launcher?
(Totally irrelevant, but this 5 minute limit also extends to editing one's post—which is silly)
alphaod said:
Excellent. Using Nova launcher did exactly what I wanted.
Can I disable HTC Sense? Or do I have to use Sense to get to my new launcher?
(Totally irrelevant, but this 5 minute limit also extends to editing one's post—which is silly)
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I haven't used a HTC device since the HD2. The stock HTC launcher can be disabled. Might need root or you could close it if its still in ram. Shouldn't start up till you decide to switch launchers.
I'm using Apex launcher and I have swipe up to get to quick settings, but it doesn't work. Any other options?
Swipe down from the top with two fingers.
Start swiping down from the right side and hold until the tab switches to quick settings. Then pull down.
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I'm using Apex launcher and I have swipe up to get to quick settings, but it doesn't work. Any other options?
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Best solution I found for myself is "Power Toggles". That App allows to have quick toggles on the home screen as well as where they used to be prior to Android 4.4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
Or if you use it a lot, might want to try tasker.
I also use Power Toggles for quick access to a lot of settings, although with KitKat its usefulness has declined because it has to send you to a settings screen for a lot of them rather than just toggling the setting itself.
Tasker is an option, but a very complicated one. I also use AutomateIt (similar to tasker but much more user friendly) to create shortcut icons to change multiple settings at once.