I have a few plug ins on my home screen and want to know how i can rearrange the order that they show up. I want the clock to stay at top and the current plug in at the bottom. How do I do this?
start/settings/today items tab ,there an option to move up or down the plug ins.
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if you have htc today plug-in installed you need to perform a registry hack in order to move other plug-ins to the top.
So I have had a note for a while now and although it's screen enables us to have a lot more web and video, navigating is still a bit of of pain for me. I mean yeah I can hold the note in one had, but when I what to use the back button or the menu button I need to use my second hand and that's a bit inconvinent.
So that's why I thought, is it not usefull to have a os wide quick controls like the one implemented in ics browser +, but then only with the menu, home and back button at the inner circle instead.
What do you guys think and is it possible to somehow implement this to be os wide?
Two very handy apps for the Note:
Button Saviour
Swipepad
These two should help you navigate a lot better, Now I use Swipepad with the morespace add on in conjunction with Folder Organizer, I have reduced most of my folders and app shortcuts on my homescreen.
Hope you find them as useful as I have!
Hi, newbie here trying to find out if it’s possible to turn an android phone into a fast desktop type multitasker. Was told I need a combination of AOSP ROM + eXposed, +Tasker +plugins, and a launcher like Lightning Launcher Extreme. so trying to assemble a list of things I’ll need, and find out if it’s even possible or not to achieve these tasks. In priority sequence:
1) Add as many as 15 buttons to nav bar. would love to change the size and more impornt spacing maybe even location of each button.
2) Optional (ability to lock some of the buttons across the board so lets say, on left side I have a locked home and back button, btu the ones on the right I can swipe left or right and move the nav bar buttons just like on Xtended NavBar app , so it’s kind of like a split nav bar.
Is it possible to add specific functions to each nav bar button I create:
3) Three zoom buttons, one with preset zoom %, so I click it once it zooms in to my preset % I click it second time zoom out must be able to preset the % of zoom somewhere. The other two zoom buttons are regular zoom in and out by increments (if possible preset increments as well per each click)
4) Multitask, instead of resent app, where it shows my open apps as smaller windows, I’d rather switch between them in full screen view, so the navbar recent app button must be mapped to simply switch between all open apps in rotation with each click.
5) Copy/ paste/ cut / undo / 4 buttons, not sure if it needs mapping in each app I use or universal, if each app, can it be done in Firefox or any other web browser, and in Microsoft office or any other office program so when I highlight text I can use these buttons, just like they normally would work in desktop versions?
6) 4 arrow keys, this is for Microsoft excel to shift quickly between cells so in each direction. Or as scrolling in web browser in all 4 directions.
7) search button, same concept as copy paste only once I highlight a text this button will search the net for highlighted text not sure if it’s possible to do from office app as well.
8) Now this is a tricky one, is it possible to automate the nav bar buttons, so if I had 10 or more buttons in total, they can’t fit the screen obviously, os once I open a certain app, the nav bar would move left or right depending on my app, so lets say I open an office app, the cut/paste /undo are automatically in front of me, if I open a excel then the arrow keys are in front……and so on
9) Is it also possible to remap volume keys in certain apps, so lets say I open excel, I have space in my nav bar only for 4 arrow keys, so in this case the volume buttons would become copy/paste.
If some could list the ROM, which launcher, specific modules, specific takser plug ins that could accomplish this or some things, well in an optimized way so I’m not running 15 apps for each request, then I will research each one individually.
Sorry for the long post.
Cheers
I have honestly never heard of such things...
And I think (having owned a Note 3 and now a Nexus 5) that the closest you can ever get to such multitasking experience is to own a Galaxy Note 4, with all the S-Pen functionality that's been added so that it'll work like a mouse on a computer. I know this may not add a lot to your cause; it's just what my knowledge offers.
Well for a newbie the confusion comes to me from not understanding the fundamentals of the android, what things are in the core and what things are on top as a layer? So for example if there is a back button on most phones that’s a fundamental core feature, does that mean it will be easy to add a forward button, so this way I’m compromising on my number 4) request and trying to go more a long the lines of android fundamentals.
As for the note 4 if it does add some mouse like functionality it’s only 50% since some things are faster via keyboard shortcuts rather then a mouse.
The problem I see is too many menus, so you select a text even with an s pen you must open a menu then select a copy, then open another app where you want to paste it in a specific location first you must zoom in that means turn the pen away and zoom then turn the pen towards another menu to open so you can select paste… The pen only has one or two buttons so if it has the zoom buttons I can’t paste quickly with a pen, if it has the paste buttons then I need to use my fingers to zoom in again turning my hand back and forth
way too many menus and not very productive way of working in trying to accomplish a small task of coping a text in one app and pasting in another in specific location. As you can see I’m trying to combine both mouse and keyboard shortcuts into one nav bar button this is to overcome the shortcomings of a small size screen and lack of keyboard and mouse of course.
I realize maybe the whole goal of android was never geared towards my way of thinking, but if it’s open source platform and as I see it there are many things that can be changed compared to a more closed system, it’s how difficult to do it only a programmer will understand, a I’m not a programmer. So I’m here trying to get some answers.
Cheers
Hi
Do you know if we can use multiple S pen at the same time ? For example, I want to let a S pen on my desktop and use it at home to avoid to take out the S pen inside the Note 8.
Thanks
I tried somewhat like you describe with my note 7, but the spen was not be detected when another one was stored inside the phone
Not clear what OP wants to do, after reading it 5 times...
You can use various S pens, but digitizer only accepts one at the time.
I can use my Note 4 S pen while Note 8 S pen is stored in phone, as long as I have "power saver" in S pen settings off.
I use various S pens (Wacom pen, Noble/Steadler pen, S pens) with all Galaxy Notes (2, 4, 8, 10.1) and my Notebook 9 Pro, no problem.
I believe that winol understood what I wanted to say : actually, I want to have 2 S pen, one that I carry in my phone everywhere (in the slot of the galaxy note) and an other that I left at home for example. The goal is to avoid to take out the S pen at home every time I want to use it (because I have a second S pen in my exemple) .
From winol answer, it seems that we can't have the Note 8 to recognize a second S pen when one is in his slot.
Is it clearer ? (sorry english is not my native language)
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I believe that winol understood what I wanted to say : actually, I want to have 2 S pen, one that I carry in my phone everywhere (in the slot of the galaxy note) and an other that I left at home for example. The goal is to avoid to take out the S pen at home every time I want to use it (because I have a second S pen in my exemple) .
From winol answer, it seems that we can't have the Note 8 to recognize a second S pen when one is in his slot.
Is it clearer ? (sorry english is not my native language)
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Yes like OnnoJ mentioned you should be able to do that if you turn off the power saver option in s-pen settings. I haven't tried it though, because I only have 1 s-pen
Oh it works, nice ! just the tip of my Note 3 isnt as smooth as the one in the note 8 but I can fix this
Good to know i worked! With the note 7 it did not, I really did not want to implement using two, but I bought another spen, and when I tried it, it did not work, as the original one was still attached
sefrcoko said:
Yes like OnnoJ mentioned you should be able to do that if you turn off the power saver option in s-pen settings. I haven't tried it though, because I only have 1 s-pen
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Yeah, this. Notes have always been like this, turn off Power Saver if you want to use additional S-Pens while one is stored in the device.
the same with Note 9
1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
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1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
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See screenshot for settings for floating icon and power saving options under advance -> SPen settings, SPen does not require to be removed, pressing the button will bring up the air command icon after which it will stick around till a reboot (your out if luck if pen does not have button)
zadox said:
1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
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As far as I know, the last time I checked this (which was a quite a while ago), the air command icon doesn't work or react to anything other than the S Pen. For instance, even if it's on screen, you can't press on it with your finger and interact with it like that. I'll recheck that again now.
As far as apps existing to trigger the air command and the setting; there used to be an app for the Note 3 to trigger air command. I don't know if apps like that still exist or even work.
For the setting, you can create a shortcut, if you have Nova Launcher, or use Activity Launcher app to create a shortcut to go directly to the S Pen settings. It's not as ideal as just a trigger, but it saves a little on effort. I don't think there is an app that allows you to change that setting via a widget or something like that.
EDIT: Confirmed. The Air Command icon only works and reacts to the S Pen. So, even if you had an app to open Air Command without undocking the pen, it wouldn't work anyway. So, might as well just take out the pen and use it via the pen, like it was intended.
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As far as I know, the last time I checked this (which was a quite a while ago), the air command icon doesn't work or react to anything other than the S Pen. For instance, even if it's on screen, you can't press on it with your finger and interact with it like that. I'll recheck that again now.
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EDIT: Confirmed. The Air Command icon only works and reacts to the S Pen. So, even if you had an app to open Air Command without undocking the pen, it wouldn't work anyway. So, might as well just take out the pen and use it via the pen, like it was intended.
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I was presuming that they were using a compatible pen device as the post mentions multiple S Pen, the only issue is not all compatible pen devices has a button.
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I was presuming that they were using a compatible pen device as the post mentions multiple S Pen, the only issue is not all compatible pen devices has a button.
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Yeah, this makes sense. I'm a very literal person. If you say "S Pen", I'm going to assume you're talking about an S Pen and not a similar device, like an Apple Pencil.
So I updated to Pie today since Verizon finally got the ota live.
But I have found 2 main things I dont like. The biggest one is the apps that appear under the close all button when viewing your recent apps (see pic). Is there a way to remove those? Also the action if swiping up to close an app not something I'm fond of but could get used to
Next is the clock. Is there a way to move it back to the right hand corner? Makes no sense why they moved it to the left side.
I've searched through the settings and went through everything but didn't see anything to solve either of these things. Is this possible or do I just need to get used to it because its there to stay?
I haven't seen any fixes for the recents panel, but Goodlock can move the clock.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9/948426-pie-clock-good-lock.html#post6493781
The common theory is that the clock was moved to the left in order to accommodate phones with notches.
Here's more detail.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79103645&postcount=27
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So I updated to Pie today since Verizon finally got the ota live.
But I have found 2 main things I dont like. The biggest one is the apps that appear under the close all button when viewing your recent apps (see pic). Is there a way to remove those? Also the action if swiping up to close an app not something I'm fond of but could get used to
Next is the clock. Is there a way to move it back to the right hand corner? Makes no sense why they moved it to the left side.
I've searched through the settings and went through everything but didn't see anything to solve either of these things. Is this possible or do I just need to get used to it because its there to stay?
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Open recents and look at top right side, there is 3 dots menu, press it and go to settings, turn off recommended apps - this will remove the apps below the recent apps cards. For the second clock part, good lock 2019 can move the clock. It's from samsung, on the samsung store for some countries. If it's not, then you need to sideload it as your country is not in the whitelist. It's 10 apks isntall + small program to access the modules called nice lock (from playstore) that is developed by fellow xda senior member. There are enough materials on the web for good lock 2019 and how to side load it. There also you can change the recent menu style + return some of the multitasking abilities and whatnot.