I am looking to buy a Nexus 7 as an e-Reader for a relative who is not skilled in the slightest with Android or any technology really. Is it possible to set the tab, or any Android device for that matter, to bring the Kindle app up as soon as the device starts?
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Sorry for the typo in the title. Any ideas on this issue?
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Not that I know off.
It would be best to remove all home screens apart from 1, then put the icon on it. Maybe put a big clock on there as well to fill up the space
Its a shame that the kindle app doesn't have a widget that you could stretch to fit full screen.
Oh the ignomy...
You can certainly make the Kindle app an ICon on the front page, and remove the ICons that you don't want - but I think you are doing your relative a disservice if you box them in to just the Kindle app.
Heck, get them a kindle if that is all they want.
But once they find Facebook keeps up with all their friends and relatives, there will be no holding them back.
I do not want the app to be locked. Just start with device and then they can exit to rest of OS.
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But will they be comfortable with the rest of the OS? If it's to be primarily an ereader it seems that the Fire would be their best bet. They can still branch out some, but they have the familiarity of Amazon's ecosystem. IMHO
This is the app you need:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autostart
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I've found a solution. But, since my relative won't remember to close apps running in the background, is there a task manager app which will only let one app run at a time? So, when you open the Kindle App for example, it closes the Google books app running in the background?
You don't close apps on android, the OS does that as it needs to - it's much better that way since it means if you frequently use the same few apps they'll appear instantly. 'Closing' is a desktop PC thing (and even that's going away with Windows 8).
Does anyone know of some apps which allow me to add some plain text to the home screens? I want to put a text widget saying "Books" and under that add all the e-reading apps for my relative. Also, are there any apps which will allow for easier use of the device with one hand?
Try..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redphx.simpletext
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Try..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redphx.simpletext
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Something easier to use perhaps?
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Something easier to use perhaps?
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it pretty easy man
You do know that the nexus7 will have much less read time per charge and poor outdoor reading vs a kindle?
If all this person wants to do is use a kindle, that might be best. Unless you want to use it as well.
Brad387 said:
Something easier to use perhaps?
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Bettercut look it up in the play store
Brad387 said:
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To get you started:
-Add a simple text widget to your home screen.
- press the select icon button
- select simple text icon.
-Choose 'simple'
- type the text you want in the box (top left).
- settings, save icon
- select action, none
- press OK.
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fenturi said:
You do know that the nexus7 will have much less read time per charge and poor outdoor reading vs a kindle?
If all this person wants to do is use a kindle, that might be best. Unless you want to use it as well.
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The Kindle is limited to merely the Amazon book store, unless I am mistaken. With the Nexus 7, books can be purchased from a variety of stores such as Kobo, Google or Amazon (whichever one is cheaper). Also, it can then be used for some basic media such as BBC iPlayer.
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Is there a way to set it so when you plug the USB cable in, it shows a huge clock on the phone? Or an app that will allow this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
I use alarm Clock Plus v2
Do a search in Android Market for Captivate and you will find 3 apps out there. One is quickoffice, One is a car dock and the third is a desk dock that does what you are looking for.
All 3 are free
Desk Dock. Works perfect and looks good. Thank you so much for that information. I appreciate that.
NP happy to help out.
Pmac25 said:
Do a search in Android Market for Captivate and you will find 3 apps out there. One is quickoffice, One is a car dock and the third is a desk dock that does what you are looking for.
All 3 are free
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Can someone take a picture of the last 2? I tried looking on appbrain and couldn't see anything. Looked on my phone, but there are no pictures of the apps.
Also, with quickoffice, can you create documents from the Captivate? Only thing I see is opening files.
You can not find the apps if you use appbrain have to use the market on the phone.
I am at work and do not have my cable with me but I will see that I can do when I get home for SS
As far as I can tell you can not make docs with the free ver of quickoffice but it looks like you can with the full
h t t p://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_connect_suite_android/
ok sorry I did not get this done last light but was a tad busy.
Here you go
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ok sorry I did not get this done last light but was a tad busy.
Here you go
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Since I don't have ATT's simcard, i won't be able to find it in the market.
Are you guys able to extract those 2 apps and host it somewhere?
accinfo said:
Since I don't have ATT's simcard, i won't be able to find it in the market.
Are you guys able to extract those 2 apps and host it somewhere?
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Ok just a guess but if you are on T-Mobile if you search for Vibrant you will also fine at least 2 apps for the Vibrant. The desk dock and car dock.
From what I understand they will either be on all 4 SGS phones or you can get them from the market but searching for the phones name.
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ok sorry I did not get this done last light but was a tad busy.
Here you go
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Thanks for the pictures. Both seem very basic, but useful if you don't have any other apps to use
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I think they look pretty good.
How did you get the calendar to show up in the dock like that?
Never mind I found it.
It looks nice. One thing I would like see on next version is that is customizeable. Add/remove shortcuts, etc.
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Ok just a guess but if you are on T-Mobile if you search for Vibrant you will also fine at least 2 apps for the Vibrant. The desk dock and car dock.
From what I understand they will either be on all 4 SGS phones or you can get them from the market but searching for the phones name.
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Since the phone is locked to ATT, using a tmobile's sim won't allow me to access the tmobile's signal unless i unlock the phone.
The only option i have is to find some of y'all to download the app :[
I think they look pretty good.[/QUOTE]
I think they look cool. Can't wait to get a dock.
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I think they look pretty good.
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Oh wow, guess big pictures make a difference, haha. May have to reconsider downloading these now
Its the landscape that makes them look good.
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How did you get the calendar to show up in the dock like that?
Never mind I found it.
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How? I can only see how to turn things off.
Click the right hand gear at the top
click time/calendar display type
Scroll to bottom
Looks like the market is getting another facelift, looks 10x better then that mess that was just released to our phones!!!
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/11/an...er-discovery-a-redesign-and-99-new-countries/
You can also watch the keynote here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxU8N21wfrM
I'll have to actually use it to decide whether I like it, but I will say I've despised the lime green theme from the beginning. Visually, I'll be relieved to see it go.
Have you noticed the different signal/wifi indicator in that nexus S?
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Have you noticed the different signal/wifi indicator in that nexus S?
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That is the 4g icon.
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Am I the only one that prefers the current look to the one of this screenshot?
This looks too cluttered, and frankly, the green was actually pretty nice.
Nah I like the current market too. It doesn't have content set out right though. It's just big lists of apps. So it desperately needs some kind of trending and advanced sorting like the website has.
And they also need to cut the crap out of there. So many rubbish apps. At least plunge them into the depths of search at the very bottom, so you don't have to see or deal with having to skip them.
I like the current too.. but when it comes down to it, everyone goes to this screen first. I'm sure this will lead to a lot more 'impulse' downloads, which they probably want.
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I like it, looks good
I hope thye make it suck less. There are so many ****ty chinese/japanese titled apps that need to go and way too many just pieces of garbage.
And get rid of all the bouncing boobies apps.
almostinsane said:
I hope thye make it suck less. There are so many ****ty chinese/japanese titled apps that need to go and way too many just pieces of garbage.
And get rid of all the bouncing boobies apps.
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not the bouncing boobies apps!
That looks terrible. It looks like WP7 garbage with that ugly tiled layout.
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almostinsane said:
I hope thye make it suck less. There are so many ****ty chinese/japanese titled apps that need to go and way too many just pieces of garbage.
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Just because an app is published in a different language doesn't make it ****ty. Android is an international platform, after all. An optional filter would be helpful though, for those of us who can't read- and thus presumably can't use- apps without an English UI.
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That looks terrible. It looks like WP7 garbage with that ugly tiled layout.
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word. this is horrendous. not only that WP7 to me actually looks professional and sleek. This looks like a 5 year old collage tiled.
As long as it works i don't really care
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Its June 1st... I don't see a update for the market app
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If this has already been posted I apologize. I am a frequent xda checker and don't think I have seen it.
I spend a lot of time on "home screen" threads and have learned about some awesome Apps that I might not have otherwise. So I thought it might be neat to have a thread devoted to those favorite Apps we use so all of us can benefit and get the most out of our NS's.
I'll start us off...I have been into informational apps lately one of the coolest in my opinion being the "cool tool" overlay. It gives you almost all the info you could want in your status bar. Always having a CPU reading has helped me learn about how kernels, governers, schedulers, and apps run and has helped me to get some great battle life. It is free in the market.
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I also use "network signal info" when I hide my signal I the status bar.
Do you have an app or tool on your device that you can't live without? Post it here si we can all learn about it.
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The main one I always install first after flashing is always Aldiko book reader
& the Box app for transferring/storing all my stuff
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Titanium Backup
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Nexism what's apps are those you are using I like the network info one alot
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Nexism what's apps are those you are using I like the network info one alot
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Its called "network signal info" it has some cool backgrounds but transparent is pictured. Both network signal info and "cool tool" (status bar) are free
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Swipepad is the 2nd or 3rd app I put on my phone when installing a new setup. It makes it so easy for me to download something, send to Dropbox, get link from Dropbox, then post on here or elsewhere. Apps can be selected by user of course..
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Swipepad is the 2nd or 3rd app I put on my phone when installing a new setup. It makes it so easy for me to download something, send to Dropbox, get link from Dropbox, then post on here or elsewhere. Apps can be selected by user of course..
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Looks cool. Ill check it out.
Thanks all for posting. Keep it up this thread could help us all be even more happy with our Nexus S's
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I have gone through a bunch of calander Widgets trying to find one I liked and they were always a pain in the @ss even the ones I paid for.
I just got "android pro Widgets" (free) and it is working out great. Now all my Widgets have the same theme.
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Here are some...
Bobclock
8tracks
Zenonia 4
Cymera
Pulse
Temple Run
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (1.0.2 - 4.0.4)
Matrix Kernel (CFS - 19.5)
Lionheart tweak (1000/100)
Deep Idle (Off - Noop)
Nexism said:
I have gone through a bunch of calander Widgets trying to find one I liked and they were always a pain in the @ss even the ones I paid for.
I just got "android pro Widgets" (free) and it is working out great. Now all my Widgets have the same theme.
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Yeah I use APW on my phones as well. If you pay for unlock key there are tons of themes as well.
MOD EDIT: links removed
Widget Maker
Widget Maker is a unique application which allows users to create panels - superwidgets as we like to call them - comprised of other widgets installed
on your device. You can fine tune the position of many elements and their alignment to fit more stuff on your screens in a neater arrangement.
If you use our awesome Meta Widget, this app will also help you correctly create panels with lots of complex widget elements like tables or squeeze a
larger number of comic strips into the confines of your home screen.
Please note that some widgets are not fully supported, including a number of stock Google ones.
The DEMO application will function for 7 days, after which time you will be prompted to purchase the KEY if you want to continue viewing your panels.
INSTRUCTIONS - to get started, simply open the app, create a new panel and add new widgets into it by pressing the + sign in the lower left corner.
Once a widget has been added you can move it around the grid much as you would on your home screen.
NOTE - once you have saved a panel, it can be added as a widget through the widget picker. On some Android versions, you may have to manually
stretch the widget once it has been added.
Store link
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Gone pro, thanks for the innovation.
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Thank you very much! If you get a chance please rate and review it on the store!
This is quite amazing! Will there be an ability added to rotate the Widgets within the panel instead of just resizing and moving them?
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Outstanding. Pro version of this and meta-widget bought without a moment's hesitation. 5 star review incoming.
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This is quite amazing! Will there be an ability added to rotate the Widgets within the panel instead of just resizing and moving them?
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Im not certain why you would need this...
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Im not certain why you would need this...
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Can make for some outstanding widget layouts. Lightning launcher supports such widget rotations. It would be great to see it added.
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ruvort said:
Can make for some outstanding widget layouts. Lightning launcher supports such widget rotations. It would be great to see it added.
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Ill have a look later... but it sounds superlative.
Here is a quick panel made for weather, i just made it fast, anyway it could be more beautiful and useful, but i didn't had any ideas. Anyway i just want to say a few things:
1.What it's that little red exclamation present near widgets?
2.Sometimes selecting simple text or images, they show up fine in meta widget, but fail to appear in widget maker(panel).
3.Panel counter(in name) doesn't decrease if you remove panel.
I would make a video tutorial too, bit later. Nice work ftg!
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Here is a quick panel made for weather, i just made it fast, anyway it could be more beautiful and useful, but i didn't had any ideas. Anyway i just want to say a few things:
1.What it's that little red exclamation present near widgets?
2.Sometimes selecting simple text or images, they show up fine in meta widget, but fail to appear in widget maker(panel).
3.Panel counter(in name) doesn't decrease if you remove panel.
I would make a video tutorial too, bit later. Nice work ftg!
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I will look into it first thing!
The idea is interesting, I was thinking of making this long time ago, but I was waiting to see an implementation of it. Which yours is very poor. It has terrible results when switching portrait-landscape, does not coop well with decreased DPI. It's just not pro and well thought out. It's just so poor.
I see... it seems you have written the same thing about Meta as well. Guess you'll just have to make your own like you planned. Or give some contructibe feedback instead of trolling like a tool knowitall.
0.9.2.1
Fixed panel naming when creating new widgets
Fixed alignment issues of widgets with no padding
Fixed cell size not sticking under some conditions
Anything to report?
Trying to make a widget of Penny Arcades comics (latest as the widget) but it shows up as blank unless I long press on it and move it around and it shows it there. Kind of strange.
Hi. Im not sure what it could be. Please post a link to the strip you want. I use go comics which work perfectly...
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Hey speaking of comics...
I have a widget of the current XKCD comic. Is there a way to get the ALT Text to show?
Thanks
I'm not sure, maybe, I'll have a look over the weekend.
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Cool! Mgonna try it!
Let me k ow how it goes.
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Is there a way to close all running apps with one button? Previous versions of Android had it and I feel like a reviewer mentioned using the feature. I just don't have the button on my screen.
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Nope. In custom ROMs for other phones (CM12 Pre-nightly) theres a button that clears all the apps in recents but its not present in stock Android.
You'll have to wait for the custom ROMs to come before you get this feature.
As far as I know there is not a way to do this. There should be in my opinion though. Maybe a mod soon
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Oh ok, I thought it was part of stock Android. My bad. It really should be... lol
To be picky, they aren't running. From this perspective I am glad they don't have a clear all, because it gives the impression that clearing cashed apps is good or helpful.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2gif4g/greenify_developer_says_constantly_swiping_away/
Maybe your coming from a Samsung phone? I'm just guessing but that button exists as part of touchwiz.
posted while using my note 3
Do. Not. Clear. All. Apps.
Not constantly. Not obsessively. Not hourly.
It does nothing to improve your experience but degredation in opening speed and CPU required to do so is possible. Some apps will even function incorrectly (bad design on their part, but easy to do)!
I'm NOT a fan of the new recents but clearing-all has never been a part of stock abdroid for a reason.
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Do. Not. Clear. All. Apps.
Not constantly. Not obsessively. Not hourly.
It does nothing to improve your experience but degredation in opening speed and CPU required to do so is possible. Some apps will even function incorrectly (bad design on their part, but easy to do)!
I'm NOT a fan of the new recents but clearing-all has never been a part of stock abdroid for a reason.
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Without question you're right.
Problem is not all apps behave and not all of us are experts at identifying which app is the problem. This is where help is needed from the OS. And it seems like rather than making it easier they're making it harder (by requiring root to get certain usage data, i.e. GSAM).
Until then, folks will want a "clear all".
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Without question you're right.
Problem is not all apps behave and not all of us are experts at identifying which app is the problem. This is where help is needed from the OS. And it seems like rather than making it easier they're making it harder (by requiring root to get certain usage data, i.e. GSAM).
Until then, folks will want a "clear all".
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Going into Settings>Apps>Running will show which apps are running in the background. They will be doing so even after you clear all.
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For me I'm not concerned about performance, but when you've got 40 or so different tabs to scroll through sometimes its nice just to close them all and start over. This is when a close all would be nice to have in stock android.
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For me I'm not concerned about performance, but when you've got 40 or so different tabs to scroll through sometimes its nice just to close them all and start over. This is when a close all would be nice to have in stock android.
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Its meant to be used for quick task switching. If you're trying to use recents to find an app older than say the last 5 or so, you don't want to be doing that.
Why they have to go so far back is beyond me.
If you're rooted, chain fire has an app (called recently) that helps manage recents. I set mine to show only actual running app and 5 more apps after that, for up to 2 hours. It also has a clear all button which as mentioned, should NOT be used.
If you want to root your phone you can keep it on the stock ROM and just install Recently by Chainfire.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.recently
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Damn. Didn't see the post above. Lol. Sorry.
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