Hey guys, this isn't much but I recently found out that if you search up those special keywords like "askew" and "do a barrel roll" in the Google search app, they will actually have the same effect as they do on a desktop!
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I'm not sure if they do it every year, but if you Google "let it snow" around Christmas or wintertime it'll start snowing on the page.
Old news is old
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There are a few easter eggs in youtube as well. search for:
beam me up scotty
or while the video is buffering, hit one of the arrow keys (plays snake!)
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I was just playing around with my Nexus 7 and I came across a neat and convenient trick to dispose of a app from the app drawer that you may have mistakenly selected and you only get three options uninstall, app info or simply drop the app on the home screen of your Nexus device. Well, there's a fourth option! Simply long press a app from your home screen or app drawer. Then, fling your finger that's holding down the app down up and release! That's it! From the home screen you don't have to take a app all of the way up to the white x remove then red release delete. From the bottom or where ever that app is on your screen you want to remove or replace, just press and hold the app you want to remove, fling your finger in motion down then up release and watch it fly away off of your screen! I think this only works with Jelly Bean, but this my friend is very convenient!
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I can add another cool trick: slide up from the bottom of the screen where the 3 buttons are to bring up the Google search. Neat.
Another cool trick in Jelly Bean. Settings > About Tablet/Phone > Android Version (tap repeatedly for surprise)
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guerom00 said:
I can add another cool trick: slide up from the bottom of the screen where the 3 buttons are to bring up the Google search. Neat.
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guerom00 said:
I can add another cool trick: slide up from the bottom of the screen where the 3 buttons are to bring up the Google search. Neat.
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It shows a lockscreen-style circle for that. Kinda unnecessary, but cool. A quick swipe up from the home button works just as well.
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There's an easter egg in the settings app. Go into "about tablet". Tap the version number many times. After that, press and hold the Jelly Bean.
guerom00 said:
I can add another cool trick: slide up from the bottom of the screen where the 3 buttons are to bring up the Google search. Neat.
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That is actually launching Google Now. If you do not have search history turned on for your google account, you will only see a google search.
If you have history, it will show more information cards.
I'm not quite sure if you're serious or you're really just now discovering the features marketed in the presentations.
tevinwade said:
Another cool trick in Jelly Bean. Settings > About Tablet/Phone > Android Version (tap repeatedly for surprise)
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Works in ICS too Not sure about HC or GB though, or other older OS's
mumpfpuffel said:
I'm not quite sure if you're serious or you're really just now discovering the features marketed in the presentations.
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It's called surprise and delight and who are you to deny him life's simple pleasures ?
compact_bijou said:
It's called surprise and delight and who are you to deny him life's simple pleasures ?
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lol +1
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I'm not quite sure if you're serious or you're really just now discovering the features marketed in the presentations.
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Not everyone watched the presentations. No reason to be unnecessarily mean. I thanked him since I didn't know about the trick at all and these types of threads are awesome.
couldnt do it for the life of me and figured it must be a N7 thing only at the moment. But then I re-read the directions on how to do it... derp:silly:
Thanks guys for your help hints!
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I watched the presentation but only recently realised the two finger trick for expanding or reducing notification sizes!
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2 finger trick? Pinch zoom doesn't seem to do anything..
Tell Google now to do a barrel roll see what happens
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TonyHoyle said:
2 finger trick? Pinch zoom doesn't seem to do anything..
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slide two fingers up or down instead. Won't work on all notifications of course
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If you long press either the back button or the multi-window button (I forget the technical name of it) and swipe up it will bring up google now as if you were holding down the home button.
jojo4747 said:
Tell Google now to do a barrel roll see what happens
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Nice one!
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If you press power + volume down at the same time, it will take a screenshot.
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Is it better than you thought or not i didn't think I would use it but i find myself using it every day so for me it's a great
Yes it is good. I am also using it everyday. I like it. The interface is beautiful however I want more control on the contents and content choices.
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Yes it is good. I am also using it everyday. I like it. The interface is beautiful however I want more control on the contents and content choices.
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Agreed, it will be nice once more content is made available. As it stands, I certainly wouldn't use it as a replacement for Flipboard.
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I quite like it, although it did spoil last weekends F1 race for me! Must make sure I stay away from it on race weekends as I'm often unable to watch live!
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i really like it! the only drawback, as you already mentioned, is that we cannos choose exactly what we want.. we should be able to input some rss feeds as well.. as example, i'm in portugal and i can't see any information form my country (unless they are on the international news)..
I use it everyday and i love it! Dont use it for Social, i have the apps for that, but at least now, without opening loads of apps to read, i can keep on top of the news and info for the stuff i love! Its great!!!
They need more content by country of i cant see The Journal, etc or any Irish online news apps
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Blinkfeed is great, more control would be great and more sources to choose from. Also if it could 'learn' what sources/keywords are used most frequently and show more of them.
Yeah, I didn't think I would like it but it is quite good and looks good also. No good for fb or twitter feeds though ad most of the time the text is cut off and I don't want to go into each part to read a comment. But for news it is a nice thing to have
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I like it.. But more local content would be nice.
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I hate watching f1 races late. You have to be so careful to not ruin the results for yourself.... Looks like I may have to stay away from my phone even.
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I like it and I'm using it every day.
But I agree: more control/contents would be very cool!
Right now the content is kind of rubbish.
I don't understand why when I turn highlights on I get sources that I am unable to manually select.
For example, when I use flipboard I read engadget daily. I saw some engadget articles pop up on my blinkfeed but I am unable to add that as a source. Plus the AP highlights for news are kind of crappy. BF will be nice once it becomes more customizable like flipboard.
Are there are any alternatives to the Navbars?
I feel as though they take up too much space, when I'm playing on games or surfing the internet I want to utilise the 5 inch screen and not have the chunky Navbars taking up screen space.
Hey mikejaxer,
What you are looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2193055
In first post search for:
Day 4 - Full-screen Navigation. No onscreen buttons
Cheers
(I apologise if this was in the above post somewhere)
You could Google an app called LMT, you should find an xda page about it.
After installing, go to /system/build.prop, add the line "qemu.hw.mainkeys=1"
Reboot.
Hope I helped!
EDIT: Just found it in the above post (the link didn't work for me the first time, for some reason), so disregard this.
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Hi there. I am throughougly enjoying my Xperia Z (an upgrade from iPhone 5). The only thing I miss from iPhone was that while I was riding my bike, I would be able to speak to Siri and request her to play specific songs or artists for me on the go. I can't seem to get this feature to work on Android.
What I'm looking for: A feature that with the press of a button on a handset/headset enables you to talk to your phone and request it to play a song.
Can this be done?
Thanks.
Does Voice Search do it?
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Seaclean said:
Hi there. I am throughougly enjoying my Xperia Z (an upgrade from iPhone 5). The only thing I miss from iPhone was that while I was riding my bike, I would be able to speak to Siri and request her to play specific songs or artists for me on the go. I can't seem to get this feature to work on Android.
What I'm looking for: A feature that with the press of a button on a handset/headset enables you to talk to your phone and request it to play a song.
Can this be done?
Thanks.
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try with an app like "EVA - virtual assistent"
Google now works for me
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Google now works for me
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Yea, android version of Siri is Google now, you can easily access it sliding with your finger from home button down your screen to the any place on top.
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Plus one for Google now Def plays songs, videos,answers questions,checks calender,sets reminders,makes calls,emails,texts,really everything siri does but not as much personality plus the cards are useful and it seams as each update improves it
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I use Robin - the Siri Challenger. Check the play store for it.
Thanks so much for your feedback, everyone. I recall having issues getting the android default voice assistant to play me music on the go. Can anyone 100 % confirm any voice assistant (default or otherwise) being able to playback music by vocal command?
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Seaclean said:
Thanks so much for your feedback, everyone. I recall having issues getting the android default voice assistant to play me music on the go. Can anyone 100 % confirm any voice assistant (default or otherwise) being able to playback music by vocal command?
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I can confirm Google now does for me,it's came a long way with recent updates I really like it,u can swipe up from the bottom of ur screen to open quick
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Thanks, Jonathan. I'll be sure to check it out.
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I was having a try with various mispronunciations of "Ok Google" on the Google Experience Launcher to see how well it works.
I started with "Ok Goog" and thought huh... what about the "...g...le.." bit of Google.
Then I thought "Ok Goob" ... that works but should not
then "Ok Gob" that works but should not
then I thought... "Ok God" noooooooooooo........ that works but should or should not?
Are others getting the same behaviour with the various accents of the English language available
I'm sure it's not looking for an exact pronunciation of the phrase just something similar. I'm sure they keep the pronunciation needed kinda loose so you don't have to feel like you have to say it perfectly
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From my own non scientific testing while sitting parked and waiting for the wife, it seems that The Voice Recognition focuses on the "O" and "ay" sounds in Okay, and the "G+vowel" sound in Google.
Any combination of those works. I've tested things like 'Okay, God', 'Okay, Goober', and 'Okay, Guyver'. They all work.
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Yeah, it really does work, especially if you have an accent!
I even made a video some time ago regarding this!
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Yeah, it really does work, especially if you have an accent!
I even made a video some time ago regarding this!
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I LOL'D SOOO HARDDDD when you said F*** you Google and it worked!
We already have a very similar thread
Google Now Hotword: "Bite Me Google"
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