Hi,
Has anyone managed to backup their home screen layouts, in the past I have used Helium (carbon)and mybackup pro, I don't think either work for the Z.
does the standard backup restore app work for it?
Thanks
andi
I am think it's the launchers that are at fault, as this isn't a Z issue.
From me to you.
XperienceD said:
I am think it's the launchers that are at fault, as this isn't a Z issue.
From me to you.
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Thanks for the reply, I don't mean it is a Z hardware fault I just think the the dev's of those apps have not written them to backup the Sony Launcher (I have used them on HTC Sense and Trebuchet and a Nexus)
So I was wondering if anyone had used anything else
Thanks Andi
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Hello! I am not sure if i'm posting in the correct section but this is the only one for samsung galaxy mini 2, so i do.
I am facing a problem with my device. I go to menu, edit the icons, move them around as i would like them to be, then click save.
I go to home screen, then enter the menu, everything is fine, the icons are still the way i left them.
BUT when i turn of the phone and turn it on afterwards the icons have lost their arrangement i made to them.
Anyone else has the same problem?
I would really appreciate the help, cause I bought the phone like 9 days ago, on the 2nd day i gave it to vodafone (where i bought it from) for service, the description of the problem was very accurate, but today i got it back, the service description said "upgraded, the problem is over" but the problem still remains...
Thank you in advance!
AAndreas said:
Hello! I am not sure if i'm posting in the correct section but this is the only one for samsung galaxy mini 2, so i do.
I am facing a problem with my device. I go to menu, edit the icons, move them around as i would like them to be, then click save.
I go to home screen, then enter the menu, everything is fine, the icons are still the way i left them.
BUT when i turn of the phone and turn it on afterwards the icons have lost their arrangement i made to them.
Anyone else has the same problem?
I would really appreciate the help, cause I bought the phone like 9 days ago, on the 2nd day i gave it to vodafone (where i bought it from) for service, the description of the problem was very accurate, but today i got it back, the service description said "upgraded, the problem is over" but the problem still remains...
Thank you in advance!
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do you installed your apps into your ext.sdcard? if yes,
1. get the faster microsd, or
2. install all your apps into phone or
3. get a 3rd party launcher, e.g go launcher
hope this help
looknsee said:
do you installed your apps into your ext.sdcard? if yes,
1. get the faster microsd, or
2. install all your apps into phone or
3. get a 3rd party launcher, e.g go launcher
hope this help
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no, so should I try another launcher?
any good suggestion?
Try just another one...
Go launcher
Holo
Nemus
ADW
Launcher pro
bwn said:
Try just another one...
Go launcher
Holo
Nemus
ADW
Launcher pro
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i dont like much other ones.... can i somehow fix it? or it is a problem for all s6500 users?
I think very few of us using touchwiz launcher. I tried adw, holo, espier and now mihome from miui and never look back.
Sent from s6500d with custom ROM and kernel.
Zeam Launcher.
Using: NovaLauncher, Xperia Z Revolution ROM, DoomKernel
I can't set any wallpaper on my phone. Nothing works, everything comes up like in the screenshot (see attachment).
I tried Wallpaper Wizardrii and a bunch of other apps from the Play Store nothing worked. So I stuck to the Xperia Wallpapers that come with the phone, it was working fine until today, I rebooted my phone and now it's this way. Nothing I can do will make it normal again. Changed the theme, changed the wallpaper, nothing.
I've had this phone for a couple of weeks now and this may be the last straw.
Any thoughts?
Why do you assume that's Xperia's problem ? Seek support from Nova developers, that's a launcher problem... Clear defaults, use stock lanucher and check if you can change wallpaper. If the problems persists - contact Revolution ROM team, maybe they know what's going on.
Thanks, it was in fact a Novalauncher problem; however I can't really change launchers just like that, I've spent a lot of time getting this just the way I wanted. Will use LWP until an update addresses issue.
I was quick to blame the XZ because truthfully I have been really disappointed by this device overall. Guess I was wrong on this one
KarimSalloum said:
Thanks, it was in fact a Novalauncher problem; however I can't really change launchers just like that, I've spent a lot of time getting this just the way I wanted. Will use LWP until an update addresses issue.
I was quick to blame the XZ because truthfully I have been really disappointed by this device overall. Guess I was wrong on this one
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It has its ups and downs. But we should expect lots of problems with 3rd party apps because of 1080p resolution which is still a new thing to Android world.
Hi guys,
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
For the longest time I had been running a custom ROM with my old HTC One XL, specifically the ViperXL Rom.
In effect, the sole and only reason I used that ROM was because the developer had modified the stock Mail program to bypass the Exchange Passcode requirement. (This is not the place to argue to virtues of the passcode requirement, I have made my choice and I'm sticking to it).
When I got the Xperia Z, in order to "bypass" the passcode requirement, I resorted to using a mail app called Enhanced email - which is great. But, as per some other users on JellyBean, the Enhanced email app would lose all settings everytime you restarted the phone - an obvious annoyance. The temporary workaround was to achieve root, and use titanium backup to back up the application, and then restore it. Effectively installing it in non-volatile memory.
This workaround is effective, but not elegant. In addition, Enhanced email is a good app, but it isn't as slick, or as integrated as the stock functions. I'm also not knowledgable enough to modify the stock APK myself.
So, the questions is, is there a Xperia Z ROM, which is close to stock look, with a modified mail apk which overrides the passcode in Exchange?
thanks in advance!:good:
sephstyler said:
Hi guys,
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
For the longest time I had been running a custom ROM with my old HTC One XL, specifically the ViperXL Rom.
In effect, the sole and only reason I used that ROM was because the developer had modified the stock Mail program to bypass the Exchange Passcode requirement. (This is not the place to argue to virtues of the passcode requirement, I have made my choice and I'm sticking to it).
When I got the Xperia Z, in order to "bypass" the passcode requirement, I resorted to using a mail app called Enhanced email - which is great. But, as per some other users on JellyBean, the Enhanced email app would lose all settings everytime you restarted the phone - an obvious annoyance. The temporary workaround was to achieve root, and use titanium backup to back up the application, and then restore it. Effectively installing it in non-volatile memory.
This workaround is effective, but not elegant. In addition, Enhanced email is a good app, but it isn't as slick, or as integrated as the stock functions. I'm also not knowledgable enough to modify the stock APK myself.
So, the questions is, is there a Xperia Z ROM, which is close to stock look, with a modified mail apk which overrides the passcode in Exchange?
thanks in advance!:good:
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Check out this post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191606
The above post has link to a email MOD thread. I have applied it on my xperia z stock and it worked flawlessly. :good:
swrajjoshi said:
Check out this post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191606
The above post has link to a email MOD thread. I have applied it on my xperia z stock and it worked flawlessly. :good:
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Thanks for that response, much appreciated. I'll take a look and see if I can take the plunge!
If anyone else has any more to add, please do so!
sephstyler said:
Thanks for that response, much appreciated. I'll take a look and see if I can take the plunge!
If anyone else has any more to add, please do so!
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I tried it, and works perfectly. thanks!
Hi...
I am unable to add widgets to the home screen on my Xperia Z1. I am able to add few widgets but not all that are listed.
Would anyone please help fix this issue..?
aasim.borse said:
Hi...
I am unable to add widgets to the home screen on my Xperia Z1. I am able to add few widgets but not all that are listed.
Would anyone please help fix this issue..?
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Is not an issue, use Nova Launcher, is free. Not all the Launcher are compatible with all the widgets. Already tested.
eclyptos said:
Is not an issue, use Nova Launcher, is free. Not all the Launcher are compatible with all the widgets. Already tested.
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Thanks for your help. I was able to fix that problem. Do you have any idea if we can move apps from Internal Storage to SD Card without rooting the phone.
aasim.borse said:
Thanks for your help. I was able to fix that problem. Do you have any idea if we can move apps from Internal Storage to SD Card without rooting the phone.
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At the moment we can't. The only way, which I don't tested yet is to mount a folder, with a specific app which I don't remember right now, in SD where you will put data apps. But actually I don't like like that so I will wait when come out the fix.
Hello,
I really love my P20 Pro (and also the normal P20 lying around here) but there is one thing that annoys the heck out of me, with both these phones.
I updated them both to the newest version (which is 9.0.0.203 for me, at least for the pro, not sure about the non-pro, but it's up to date as well) and everytime (or at least at 80% of the time) I hit the rectangle recent apps it's just a black screen showing me a slight bar of my background and how much RAM I use. Nothing else. I need to close up the recent apps and open it again, hoping it works that time. (Also added a Screenshot of it down there.)
Anyone has the same problem or a solution to this?
Shadow091995 said:
Hello,
I really love my P20 Pro (and also the normal P20 lying around here) but there is one thing that annoys the heck out of me, with both these phones.
I updated them both to the newest version (which is 9.0.0.203 for me, at least for the pro, not sure about the non-pro, but it's up to date as well) and everytime (or at least at 80% of the time) I hit the rectangle recent apps it's just a black screen showing me a slight bar of my background and how much RAM I use. Nothing else. I need to close up the recent apps and open it again, hoping it works that time. (Also added a Screenshot of it down there.)
Anyone has the same problem or a solution to this?
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Do you use a different launcher than default one? I think it's related to that. Also,after every major upgrade,it's recommended a factory reset(make a backup to your photos,contacts,etc...NOT APPS,only their data) then factory reset the phones. I think you did not do that after upgrading.
exodus394 said:
Do you use a different launcher than default one? I think it's related to that. Also,after every major upgrade,it's recommended a factory reset(make a backup to your photos,contacts,etc...NOT APPS,only their data) then factory reset the phones. I think you did not do that after upgrading.
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I use nova launcher. I could try using the stock launcher for a bit and see if that fixes that.
And yeah, I didn't factory reset afterwards. I might try it on the normal P20 first and see if that works.
Only thing I tried was wiping the cache partition but it didn't help with the problem.
Shadow091995 said:
I use nova launcher. I could try using the stock launcher for a bit and see if that fixes that.
And yeah, I didn't factory reset afterwards. I might try it on the normal P20 first and see if that works.
Only thing I tried was wiping the cache partition but it didn't help with the problem.
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The most probable cause is Nova Launcher...it might not be compatible with the new system...remember,that this is not clean android,it's EMUI personalized. Try resetting if changing launcher does not fix the problem.
exodus394 said:
The most probable cause is Nova Launcher...it might not be compatible with the new system...remember,that this is not clean android,it's EMUI personalized. Try resetting if changing launcher does not fix the problem.
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So Huawei really wants you to force you to use their own launcher? I really consider just living on with the bug since I hate ditching nova just because of that, since I've been using it like... 6 or 7 years now.
But I'll try switching to the stock one for a few days and yeah.
Shadow091995 said:
So Huawei really wants you to force you to use their own launcher? I really consider just living on with the bug since I hate ditching nova just because of that, since I've been using it like... 6 or 7 years now.
But I'll try switching to the stock one for a few days and yeah.
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I liked Nova too,it's only an assumption,maybe in a future update of Nova this will be fixed. Maybe it's not EMUI's fault...apps need to be adapted to the new android and customizations from different manufacturers...so...maybe this will be fixed with an update from Nova. Or even from EMUI,but generally,if every other apps work,it might be the app fault,not the system. EMUI is a little different,so some options are not the same with stock android.