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[REQ] Launch App on Stylus removal

Does anyone know of a util which will launch a set app when the stylus is removed.
It would be great if it only launched he app if the stylus is removed when in suspend state or on the homescreen. I want to remove the stylus and it launch a new note, so i can just scrible some stuff down.
Cheers

You're looking for the free utility Gyrator, which will do what you want.
http://gyrator.brins0.net/

Thanks.
I installed, but it doesnt seem to have an option to launch applications though on event ah well

You can read a state value from registry,this you can cyclicaly watch and if it changes and set a flag to run the app. This can be done with Mortscript.

[Q] How to reset application picker when you chose to remember selection

I may have been dreaming but at one point when I tried to edit a contact from the list, I had a choice of which application to use. I set this for Touchdown but after uninstalling touchdown and reinstalling, I no longer have the pop-up to set the default application and it is no longer using touchdown.
Does anyone know how to reset this so I can be given the choice again? I had chosen to remember my selection but just want to reset it to forget the selection made. In general, how does one reset these to forget your default selections?

Well I found a program called ResetDefault in market which did what I was looking for in case someone else needs this. But when I try to edit a contact in the list to use Touchdown, it force closes. So I guess I have another issue to figure out.

[HOW-TO][TUTORIAL] Root permission on CM9 with a broken screen [SOLVED]

Hi,
The screen (LCD+touchscreen) of my i9100G device is completely broken (a few months old...:crying.
I had previously properly installed CM9 RC1, ClockWordMod recovery and rooted with "advanced method 2" from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679778.
The system works very well, superuser app installed, root permissions prompted for apps that need root access...etc
Now with the broken screen, i still access the phone via adb for scanning files and directories of sdcard or launch apps (that do not require root access, see after) but without being able to interact with.
It is a rich experience to see how useful a trackball or physical keyboard is ... or the opposite, how many apps need these features to offer basic functions ...
An example: splash screen and first help screen with 4 pages via viewpager to showcase the app ... without a functional display, i was unable to access the main screen of the app ... i even modified the source code of open apps (opensource apps) to have "instant" behaviors or to launch the main action once loaded or if they require interactions, call the related action with the "back" key button (onKeyDown(int, KeyEvent) function).
i found a great app that displays on my ubuntu desktop the screen of the phone (great also to see that only the screen/display was broken) and you can interact with the phone from your desktop (mouse, keyboard) ... but this last feature is available only for rooted devices. The java app is androidScreenCast http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/.
My device IS rooted, but ... CM9 has implemented a new security layer preventing root access via adb if option in settings is unchecked, i didn't notice that and leave the option unchecked. Nice for security. But now, i don't see any way to check this option and thus any way to interact with the phone via "androidScreenCast" -like apps to be able to interact more with the phone.
Have you got any ideas to have full root access on CM9 ?
Next step is 1) trying to flash an other ICS ROM or a gingerbread one via ODIN or fastboot (complicated with a broken screen) and 2) replace the display.
Thanks in advance for your reading and help.
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[UPDATE] I solved my problem.
In case it could help someone in similar situation (with cm9, i9100G or else):
1) i found this useful app: http://piglings.blogspot.fr/2011/08/android-screen-control-without-root.html (download the zip file provided by the author here -if someone could paste it on an open location .., then run the bat file from windows)
2) i am now able to interact with the screen (low but greatly enough to allow root access when prompted by superuser !), connect wifi (fortunately it is the first option in menu/settings !) or other things that require clicking on a button to accept (touchscreen is not working, so sliding or scrolling don't work, you will be able to do so in step 6) )
3) i installed webkey app http://webkey.cc/ (Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webkey)
4) to launch webkey, hit search button in menu from home (search the app with google search app, the keyboard is working from 1) ) and type webkey
5) superuser will prompt permisison dialog, you will be able to click on "allow" (yes !) and webkey will be granted root privilleges
6) an ip adress (local if on wifi) will be provided by webkey from wich you can interact with your phone (with touchscreen and many other features); you can also configure in settings tab a username/password to connect from webpage (user's setting/create user) and other options listed at http://webkey.cc/
7) and there i have all features, touchscreen, scrolling, keyboard, mouse clicks, interaction with apps ... great ! And of course, menu/settings/developer options/root access/adb AND apps !
An other solution also considered was http://www.androidlost.com/ but not tested; it seems nice (requiring no interaction at all, push install from play store, activate via specific keywords in sms, login on remote server to control the phone, erase data/sdcard ...).
... enjoy !

First week with Windows

Hello
And happy new year to everyone!
This is my first week on Lumia 735 after being 6 years with Android.
I like very much it's desktop, but there are some simple things that I thought until now I would figure out but I cannot find a solution....
1. How can I download a PDF from an email and then attach it to another email?
2. Is there a way to have a shortcut on notification bar for data connection?
3. Is there a way to remove Bing and get Google as default engine?
4. Is there a way to tide up settings? I feel that are randomly scattered...
5. Is there a way to open a new tab in internet explorer, but open in background? Cause we are always transferred to the new tab.
Thanks!

I'm on the same phone since about 4-5 days, so I have not yet answers for you, but another question to add:
- why on some apps the keyboard doesn't turn in landscape mode when I flip the phone? I found it working on some apps only, but in Bing search (just an example) it remains in portrait
EDIT: a bit of googling partially answers to 3: I'm a newbie so I don't know if I can link external sites here, but it seems you can change the default search engine in Internet Explorer in the browser settings (so when you type words in the address bar, it uses Google instead of Bing). Regarding the phone search button, maybe the trick is not so easy...

1. did you see download in email message? click on that link to download file to your phone.
2. with latest WP OS 8.10.14219.341 you can add mobile data shortcut in action center
or use Quick Launch app from store
3. settings - applications - internet explorer, select advanced settings and change to google
4. no... latest updated is always at end of list...
5. not exactly... try UC Browser 8.1, maybe you like it better than IE

Download a app named File attacher,it can help you to attach any files into outlook client.
Sent from my AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 using Tapatalk for Windows Phone

1) Download the file to your phone. You can then open it from the email (which will let you choose what PDF viewer to open it with, if you have more than one installed; some of them directly support sharing) or you can then switch to a file manager app (Files, Pocket File Manager, Aerize Explorer, etc.), go to the Downloads directory, and share the file from there. When "sharing" the file, one option will be to use email; this will attach the file to the email. This approach also works for other file types, by the way.
2) As dxdy says, you need to be on a new OS version (you may need to be using the "Preview for Developers" app) to get the ability to add mobile data specifically to the Action Center (swipe-from-top notification area thing) but there are lots of other ways (tons of free apps, for example) to pin a link to it on your Start screen. You can also have both WiFi and Airplane Mode toggles on the Action Center, even in less-than-newest versions.
3) Not unless you're in Russia, I think? You may be able to change the IE default search engine using the method dxdy posted above, but if you want to change the search button behavior, that's trickier. I think in Russia (or possibly just tell your phone you are), if you have the Google app installed, it may run that... haven't tried, though.
4) Settings are, unfortunately, not directly orderable. The default order for Microsoft-provided settings is basically "what MS has found people use most often", thus things like visual and audio customization are at the top, WiFi is on the first page, and stuff like Backup requires scrolling down a bunch. There's also OEM customizations, which are technically just Store apps that are pre-installed and use the Settings hub instead of the normal app list; those are always listed underneath all the Microsoft settings, and (as dxdy says), the one that was most recently installed/updated is at the top of that section ('top of the bottom of the list' if you will).
5) Doesn't seem to be any such way in IE, but there's lots of other browsers. Most of them just wrap the IE rendering engine, so pages will look the same as on IE but the UI can be totally different. This includes changes to tab management. They won't sync with your other devices, at least not by default, though. There's also a beta of Opera for WP8; it still has some bugs but mostly works and has a very different UI from IE. Annoyingly, though, Microsoft doesn't allow any of those apps to be set as the default browser (you can't change the URI association for http:/https: for example).
@axxel84: It depends on whether the app supports landscape mode. That requires work from the developer, since they have to change the layout of everything, so a lot of apps don't support it. If the app doesn't support it, then it will be locked in one orientation no matter how you turn it, keyboard included. Some apps (mostly games) are also locked in landscape mode only, and don't support portrait.

Hi guys, thanks for the help but I am still finding difficult to compose with windows after coming from fully updated Android phones.
- pdf attachments, not possible. You can see that you download files but no where to be seen in order to attach them in another email! What????
- the option to change Bing to Google was in the past, but they don't have it on new phones. And this is the company that wants to increase market share? With these kind of acts I don't think they will last many years...
- I found a way to have a shortcut on desktop that takes me to settings and there to click on for data. But why don't they include this in notification option? How difficult is this?????
- the other frustrating thing I am feeling, is that most other times when resuming an app when I go out and then in, it starts the"resuming" screen and takes 5 seconds to load... For example viber, I can't chat instantly with someone, I have to leave the program on continuously to do this
- no led notification. I should have known earlier by reading reviews, but there is no led notification!!
- no major apps as official pinterest, dropbox, instagram, sms backup to gmail. My biggest disappointment is Dropbox... I am thinking of selling the phone now and going back to Android. Having two small twins, I take continuously videos and photos, and I don't want to think about backup. I found another application but doesn't sync videos automatically. And also the backup app of windows doesn't do automatically the job... If I was windows I would hire people to help these companies develop the "big" apps...
- notification center doesn't always work. for example when a new app is downloaded, nothing comes app on notification. Or in viber you might get 10 messages on notification, if you click one and then in viber you read all, they remain on notification

Nobody seems to have emailed me a PDF recently, but I can download them from the web and they show up in my Downloads folder (on my SD card, since that's where I told Storage Sense to put new downloads). From there, I can see it in Aerize Explorer, select it, Share it, and choose an email account; a new message is created with the file attached.
Some new phones have the option for Google search, but it's not in all regions.
As you have ALREADY been told, the option to toggle data service from the Action Center is available in the latest version. It's also largely un-needed; Data Sense and related settings should give you enough control over your data usage to make it fairly unimportant. Mind you, I agree that it should have been there from the start, but asking rhetorical questions isn't actually helpful.
The "Resuming..." screen can come up for two reasons (or a combo thereof):
1) Badly-coded app that does a bunch of stuff immediately on resume, before it lets you use the app.
2) Your phone ran low on RAM and removed the app from background execution ("tombstoned" it, sort of like hibernating a laptop), so it needs to be restored from the Flash storage and then resumed.
Lots of phones don't have notification LEDs. That's not a WP8 thing, that's a "if this feature is important to you then you ought to buy a phone with that feature" thing. My HTC has a notification LED, my Samsung did not. Both are/were WP8 devices.
Automatic backup of photos and videos is included in the OS, has been included since WP7 actually, but it goes to OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) instead of Dropbox. Microsoft software uses Microsoft services; this isn't really surprising.
SMS is automatically backed up as well, just not to Google. Why would Microsoft include a feature to back up your messages to a competitor's service?
Lack of official apps is somewhat annoying/disappointing, but you could have easily enough checked that before buying, and the apps will come in time. In the meanwhile, there's usually third-party versions of those apps.
App downloads are fast, and you know when you started them. Why would you need a notification for that? As for the thing with Viber, it's not the OS' fault that the app doesn't report when a message is read. Notifications are really easy to clear though, just swipe them to the right and all notifications for that app will clear (or hit the "clear all" button to get rid of all of them at once).

Tasker or another automate app working?

Hi,
I tried to find root cause, but unfortunately without success. Is there anybody, who using Tasker or another application for automatization of your phone without any issues?
My issue is, Tasker is still "delayed" - but same rules I used before on LG G3 (Android 6.0) - but now on P9 (DualSIM) didn't work.
I have task for Calendar Entry, where if I have appointment in my work calendar, during this time Sound mode is deactivated (only Vibrate).
Some suggestion? I tried white lists, etc. or another app with same bad behavior.
Thank you!

Well, I tried to deactivate power management app from Huawei over ADB and looks good now finally! Its workaround, but tasker now working very well as expected.
adb shell pm hide com.huawei.powergenie

Did you have "Run in Foreground" selected in Tasker's preferences?
My Tasker works fine with that selected, although I also have trusted the app in permissions manager, allowed it to auto launch & activated it as a device administrator in advanced settings/security.

Yeah, I tried every tip over Tasker or phone (EMUI settings) and only deactivate power management helps me.

I had the same problem with IFTTT. It worked perfectly with my LG G3, but was hopeless on the P9. No amount of white-listing or settings would work.
I even had the app in memory, with Google maps running, on GPS, screen on, and it still wouldn't trigger a location based profile.
I've had to revert to manually arming and dis-arming my home security system. Annoying.

I translate from spanish so I'm sorry if your phone shows menus with other name.
You must go to adjust > advanced adjusts > memory and store and at bottom of page "space clean". On new screen push on upper-right wheel, and now on last option "white list of memory clean". Finally look for your app and activate it.
If you don't include app here, clean system will close it on background and timers won't work. It solved my problems.

aidrabmol said:
I translate from spanish so I'm sorry if your phone shows menus with other name.
You must go to adjust > advanced adjusts > memory and store and at bottom of page "space clean". On new screen push on upper-right wheel, and now on last option "white list of memory clean". Finally look for your app and activate it.
If you don't include app here, clean system will close it on background and timers won't work. It solved my problems.
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"Settings>Advanced settings>Memory & storage>Storage cleaner" and "Memory cleanup whitelist".

Using Agama, I can get an app to start following a reboot. However, I would like to start the App at every Startup. Does Automate or any other app let you do that?

carroamer said:
Using Agama, I can get an app to start following a reboot. However, I would like to start the App at every Startup. Does Automate or any other app let you do that?
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Why would you need Tasker for that simple.
Settings, type in the Search Autostart and add your app to the list of apps to be started on every reboot.
You may also need to disable Battery Optimization for your app (to make sure it would still work in background when the phone sleeps with dark screen)
That should generally work for all Androids. I don't have Huawei P9 now for years, I remember that EMUI might have had specific Settings organization but there was also Autostart (or Auto start)...

zgfg said:
Why would you need Tasker for that simple.
Settings, type in the Search Autostart and add your app to the list of apps to be started on every reboot.
You may also need to disable Battery Optimization for your app (to make sure it would still work in background when the phone sleeps with dark screen)
That should generally work for all Androids. I don't have Huawei P9 now for years, I remember that EMUI might have had specific Settings organization but there was also Autostart (or Auto start)...
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When I search 'Autostart' it produces 'No results'

carroamer said:
When I search 'Autostart' it produces 'No results'
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I had P9 for three years (if you don't believe, you can find tons of my posts here back from 2017-2018)
Now, you have that phone, not me (I got rid of my last Huawei almost three years ago) - I cannot show you and I cannot look into the EMUI settings because I don't have the EMUI phone anymore
But I KNOW that there was a way in EMUI how to control which apps will be automatically started on boot - I know because I played with all that back in those years, II did need for many apps like AdAway, Find My Device and similar that required to be auto-started to operate correctly
Take your time and google and you'll find. Sorry, I tried to help you but I will no more waste my time on that. Huaweis are past time for me
And take your time, use your imagination, If not Autostart, google for EMUI startup manager or something similar to find the answer for your question on the Net