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Anyone come across any fixes for the fact that (a) there is no LED indicator telling you that you have a message; and (b) there is no pointer/curser/trackball?
I tried NOLED app from the market, but thought it was useless.
NOLED is probably the only "fix" you are going to find for notifications. Android is a touch screen OS, why on earth would you need a pointer?
The trackball on the N1, for instance, is super helpful when typing.
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coldbeverage said:
The trackball on the N1, for instance, is super helpful when typing.
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So you didn't notice your phone didn't have a pointing device when you bought it?
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So you didn't notice your phone didn't have a pointing device when you bought it?
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Haha maybe he thought it it had some weird gesture area like the crappy Pre or something.
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ON topic, mate a lot of keyboard apps for android include a d-pad option which will let you accurately simulate a cursor/trackball.
No LED notifications is a bummer. Strange how people with iphones are not annoyed by that! Something like sms popup can be set to periodically vibrate to remind you etc. No real solution there Im afraid!
There was some dev work on getting the backlight touch buttons to blink but work seems to have hit a dead end.
Ozy: thanks for the helpful reply!!
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coldbeverage said:
Ozy: thanks for the helpful reply!!
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No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
ozy944 said:
No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
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Thanks! It's weird. I can't get NOLED to work on the Captivate. In any event, the backlight option is brilliant!
ozy944 said:
No LED notifications is a bummer. Strange how people with iphones are not annoyed by that!
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Meh. I was always irritated by the notification LED on my MT3G. I love that my Vibrant doesn't have any blinkenlites.
coldbeverage said:
Anyone come across any fixes for the fact that (a) there is no LED indicator telling you that you have a message; and (b) there is no pointer/curser/trackball?
I tried NOLED app from the market, but thought it was useless.
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There is a dpad on the Samsung and swype keyboards. Hole the 123 key on S. And drag between the two bottom left keys in swype.
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ozy944 said:
No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
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This second link is exactly what ive been looking,
I think the LEDs at the bottom would make perfect notification lights,
Is there any more news on this?
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Heh, its the ideal solution, except theres not really a solution at the moment. Drivers have now been made public (or so Im led to believe). so Im hoping to see it come along side Cyanogen Mod.
Theres an online petiotion that can be signed regarding some dev work for this. At the moment, theres like 350+ signatories....now if everyone chipped in $5 ......
for the D-pad just slide from the "S" sybmbol in the lowwer left of the keyboard to the "sym" key directly next to it (using swype, not the samsung keyboard). a directional pad pops up and it has backspace, backspace by full word, delete, cut, copy, paste, select all, page up, page down, home and end, and a "tab" key, though i don't know if it works like tab of if it is just a large space for starting paragraphs.
samsungs keyboard also has something similar if you hold the key to the numbers/symbols for three seconds.
micro2112 said:
There is a dpad on the Samsung and swype keyboards. Hole the 123 key on S. And drag between the two bottom left keys in swype.
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Wow. Thanks! Dolphin HD, LiveJournal, and text entry don't get along so well for some reason; it never puts the cursor where I tap when I want to go back and edit text. So I'm extremely happy to hear there are arrows on the Swype keyboard! The trackpad and GPS were the only two things I was still missing from my Aria, and you just remedied the former.
Though now I feel silly for not figuring it out myself!
Too be honest I only knew about it from a review I read but they didn't explain how to do it, after a few days of messing with it I found it in the swype tutorials
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I may be the only one, but i actually use my nook as an shook reader quite a bit. The issue i have is the buttn that returns you to the reader app only works sporadically. If anyone has made any observations into the underlying workings of this and can answer how to make it more reliable,or any insight on the matter, I would like to start an investigative sojourn on it. I will be able to do a bit of work starting tonight after work.
PS. We may want to figure out how to get the nc to show up as so to siftware, so my signature will be accurate
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its pretty much broken if you use a home replacement. are you using one? if so it shouldnt work at all.
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I may be the only one, but i actually use my nook as an shook reader quite a bit. The issue i have is the buttn that returns you to the reader app only works sporadically. If anyone has made any observations into the underlying workings of this and can answer how to make it more reliable,or any insight on the matter, I would like to start an investigative sojourn on it. I will be able to do a bit of work starting tonight after work.
PS. We may want to figure out how to get the nc to show up as so to siftware, so my signature will be accurate
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For the signature part why don't you just edit your sig in tapatalk so out says nook color?
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Are your files on the internal memory or on an SD card?
For me, items that reside on the SD card disappear from the "shelves" that I add them to after reboot and don't return to the last place I was reading when I use the book button or the recent items in the upper right-hand corner. If I reopen them by navigating to them using the library, they do reopen to the last place I was reading from.
Is this what you are talking about/experiencing?
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This is actually the sole reason why I installed Home Switcher. If I reboot my Nook, the book button works reliably *if* I first switch back to the native NC homescreen, open my book, and then go back to my launcher of choice (Zeam). Then, as long as I don't power down/restart my NC, the book button always takes me back to the last page I was reading.
Lint6 said:
For the signature part why don't you just edit your sig in tapatalk so out says nook color?
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This was a little bit more of a joke really, seeing as the device doesn't call itself by its proper name. lol
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This is actually the sole reason why I installed Home Switcher. If I reboot my Nook, the book button works reliably *if* I first switch back to the native NC homescreen, open my book, and then go back to my launcher of choice (Zeam). Then, as long as I don't power down/restart my NC, the book button always takes me back to the last page I was reading.
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I've noticed this too. I was hoping that someone with a bit more of a brain than I could find the hook that the button uses, and possibly make a small little app that replicates functionality.
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I've noticed this too. I was hoping that someone with a bit more of a brain than I could find the hook that the button uses, and possibly make a small little app that replicates functionality.
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If you're using SoftKeys, one of the recent tasks is "Reader" with a book icon. That takes you back to what you were reading. If you use this method you don't have to return to the homescreen to get the stock continue reading icon to work.
New gmail has long press select text for copy and paste now!
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Do you also see the tiny mouse arrow?
csmall said:
New gmail has long press select text for copy and paste now!
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yes its cool.
ScotchtapeLoser said:
Do you also see the tiny mouse arrow?
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Yeah tiny mouse arrow is there.
Not sure why long press never did text selection in gmail before. It's not like long press did anything previously!
Does anyone know if there's a 'dark' version of 2.3.4? I'm so used to having it on 2.3.2. and I don't wanna go back.
You can select text for sure but you can't do **** with it lol
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kenvan19 said:
You can select text for sure but you can't do **** with it lol
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Uhh after selecting text, tap the highlight and it will copy.
-Nexus S
nxt said:
Uhh after selecting text, tap the highlight and it will copy.
-Nexus S
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do you use this function after click reply and select words in reply quote field? I long pressed words in a received email, nothing happened. i'm using 2.3.3 gmail.
just found the newest is 2.3.4.1, is the one you use?
kurtlou said:
do you use this function after click reply and select words in reply quote field? I long pressed words in a received email, nothing happened. i'm using 2.3.3 gmail.
just found the newest is 2.3.4.1, is the one you use?
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2.3.4.1 and the one previous (that was pulled).
And no.. it works when you're reading the email, not during a reply/compose.
You long press then let go, you will see a cursor, then you can tap and drag anywhere to highlight anything.
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2.3.4.1 and the one previous (that was pulled).
And no.. it works when you're reading the email, not during a reply/compose.
You long press then let go, you will see a cursor, then you can tap and drag anywhere to highlight anything.
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Thanks! updated to 2.3.4.1, it works.
Long press does nothing. Menu -> Select text does. 2.3.4.1
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Long press does nothing. Menu -> Select text does. 2.3.4.1
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You're right, it does nothing. Google put it in the changelog and fooled us... but somehow mine does it by magic.
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You're right, it does nothing. Google put it in the changelog and fooled us... but somehow mine does it by magic.
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No need to be sarcastic. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for all of us. I have tried with various emails and holding my finger on text for various amounts of time. No success.
sonof said:
No need to be sarcastic. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for all of us. I have tried with various emails and holding my finger on text for various amounts of time. No success.
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In my experience, you need to long press, and then (if you see the little mouse icon), drag your finger.
Some of us are still waiting for ANY update to GMail =(
http://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=73aa9167a05c612d&hl=en
Some of us are wondering why Google separated the Gmail client from the regular email client.
Outright idiotic, IMO.
Thank Dog for K-9 (http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/)!
If your like me, and like old school droid programs but cant get them to install on new age devices here is one. This is the Car Home apk for anyone that would like to use it. Install as you would any apk.
If you run into any problems side load it from something like dropbox or push via ADB. Once you install both the launcher and the car home apk then boot into clockwork recovery and fix permissions, reboot and you should be good, but you should only do this if you have some force closes or anything like that.
If you use and like hit the thanks button!
Good stuff can't wait to see more work here
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Nice to see this app look forward to updates
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The only thing that doesn't work is the phone button obviously, but I am working on directing that to something like a voip apk or nettalk!
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My phone button brings me to my contacts like I would assume. Why not just remove that button by long pressing on it and dragging it to the trash? Then add a shortcut to whichever application you like.
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good point LOL
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My phone button brings me to my contacts like I would assume. Why not just remove that button by long pressing on it and dragging it to the trash? Then add a shortcut to whichever application you like.
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is there a way to take advantage of the full screen? the icons are just in the middle of the screen. I dont know if this is true for all of you.
I can decompile it and make them bigger, that shouldnt be a problem.
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is there a way to take advantage of the full screen? the icons are just in the middle of the screen. I dont know if this is true for all of you.
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I can decompile it and make them bigger, that shouldnt be a problem.
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That would be awesome
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There are a lot of threads here and in the VZW forum about how terrible this device is, etc, without root. I'm a former flash-a-holic and my last several devices have all been Samsung on stock, albeit rooted, firmware. those of us preferring touchwiz have our reasons, and those who prefer aosp have theirs, but this isn't a "why we can't have aosp" thread, this is about making lemonade with what we have.
so, my reasons for wanting root, and how I worked around them:
1. ad blocking. I LOVE adaway, its seriously the first app I'd install on a new device after rooting. without root, give adblock plus a try. you can turn off the status bar notifications in the app and by ticking the box in the app manager.
its simple enough to disable apps on WiFi, just input the proxy host name and port and you're done. I hadn't ever found a clear and concise instruction on how to do this with mobile data, so here it is- create a NEW APN and copy all of the info from the stock APN, and add the proxy host name and port. done, you now have ad blocking on WiFi and mobile data, without root, and without persistent notifications.
2. de-bloating. first, the s5 has less bloat than the s3 or s4, but its still there. it is INCREADIBLY easy to disable or uninstall on this device. go to the app drawer and press the settings icon (or long press the app switcher button) and select uninstall/disable apps. if its ATT or Samsung, and you don't want it, odds are you can either uninstall or disable it. just make sure that in Samsung Apps you disable automatic updates over WiFi. you can also hide them.
myth busting time: IF you were rooted, and IF you manually removed bloat apps, you do NOT gain ANY additional usable space in device storage.
3. tether bypass. there are multiple threads here on how to do this. I have a 10gb plan so its a non issue here.
4. Writing to extSDcard. most built in apps like the browser, email, and camera will save to the ext SD card. so will my files, which is actually a LOT better than on the s3 or s4.
5. removing bloat bookmarks from the stock browser. I prefer the stock browser over chrome, call me crazy. I also don't like the 4 pre-loaded bookmarks being in my list. I saw a tip here to just create a folder called My Bookmarks or whatever you like and put your bookmarks there. the bloat is still there but its not staring you in the face.
so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
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so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
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Speed- I find that a lot of people nag about speed, my phone is fluid in all ways. Three factors play into this, using the TW launcher, animation speed, one last tricky one-- S-Voice has a delay on the home button waiting for the possible hook in for user prompting it. My standpoint is you can get from a TW rom the kind of speed or more that you can with a rom somebody else pre-tweaked for you.
Remedies below.
1. Get Nova Launcher (you can look into others if you like, if you want an experienced users perspective on speed, use Nova it flies)
2. Enable Developer Options(click About Device, click build number until it says Dev mode is enabled), Turn OFF animations for Transition window animation scale, transition animation scale and animator duration scale.
3. Open up S Voice (through the double-tap shortcut or in the app drawer). Tap the menu button in the top right corner (three dots) and find the "Open via home key" option under "Wake-up." Disable for slightly faster home button response.
Some people may find this abrupt transition between applications off putting at first but once you give it an hour the phone is flying so fast I could never go back. Enjoy!
As mentioned above:
Nova Launcher
Transitions at .5 or OFF
De-bloating (see this thread)
And - tasker, tasker, tasker!
My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
iFont available for free from the Play store allows you to add hundreds of fonts to your phone right from the app, and is compatible with the font selection from settings - display.You can also load fonts from the internet or your computer and use that as your default font.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
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My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
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This could be due to your SD card. If you are saving pics to external SD and your card is a lower class it will read and write data in a longer time frame. If you are using internal memory and not the SD card slot then I'm not sure. Backup everything and try a factory reset. I personally don't have an SD card, I don't see the need without root. Also it takes about 3 seconds for me to do what takes you 15. That's why I think an SD might be the Culprit here
There is 1 thing you can not do without root that is needed for me. I own a Pioneer Appradio and use ARUnchained which requires root. If you don't know what it is then look it up. It basically mirrors your phone and lets you use touch on Pioneers Appradio. I used this with my GS3 and if I would have known we wouldn't have root after this long I would have kept it and not bought the GS5. There is no getting around root for this. Pioneer's stock app has restrictions and doesn't let you mirror everything where as ARUnchained solves this problem.
I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory.
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I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory. Sent from my GS5
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Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
abovenbeyond said:
Here is all you need. I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
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natefish said:
Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
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Fixed
Russ77 said:
add the proxy host name and port.
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
Anyone got a working "volume rocker skip"? I've seen the double press ones that work as a service..seems wonky.
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abovenbeyond said:
Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks for the tip - I was using "Sweet Home!" app to sync my camera photos with my laptop but after multiple years without issue, all of the sudden I'm getting an invalid syntax error. Tried getting help from the developers but got no response. Dropbox it is!
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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RoguePC said:
proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
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RoguePC's got it covered.
my only real gripe with adblock + is it only blocks internet traffic, not in-app ads. still better than nothing though.
Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
Add45 said:
Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Ah, gotcha. Unfortunately, short of root reassigning buttons, I don't think that's a desire that will see much traction in the future now that the UX standards require on-screen menus and more devices are coming out without any soft buttons at all. When you get down to it though, you're either tapping the bottom-left of your device or you're tapping the three dots on the screen.
Awesome app called quick click,let's you map your volume buttons for flashlight and a lot of others actions,just throwing it out there missed using xposed,mods with that.
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