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Missing notification bar on home screen.

For some reason, my husband's rooted nc has lost the notification bar on the home screen. He uses Zeam for the launcher. Have not been able to find a fix. Help please.
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rubyv said:
For some reason, my husband's rooted nc has lost the notification bar on the home screen. He uses Zeam for the launcher. Have not been able to find a fix. Help please.
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tell him to clear data for zeam launcher using the application manager
it will reset everything to default but it should give him back his notification bar

Did you try to double tap on empty space on your desktop?
That should uncover the notification bar in Zeam.

I just got mine yesterday and had this issue...or at least one similar to it when using zeam. Seems that having "full screen" checked in zeam's prefs will cause the notification bar to get covered up.

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Seems that having "full screen" checked in zeam's prefs will cause the notification bar to get covered up.
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Yes. That's what the Full Screen setting does.

[3.0+] LilyPad HD - floating instant message client

Hey guys,
We just released a new version of LilyPad HD. For those of you not familiar with the app, it's a floating IM client. Though this app is intended for tablets, I found it to be just as useful on my Galaxy Nexus. If you have ever been in a situation where you are surfing the internet or looking up directions and you get a message from your friend, you have to switch away from that app to reply to them. Well, with LilyPad HD, you never have to do this again. LilyPad HD floats on top of all of your active apps and lets you chat with your friends without ever leaving the app you're working on!
In celebration of Google's 'Longest Day' sale, we've dropped the price of LilyPad HD to only $0.99! Be sure to grab it while it's cheap!
Features:
-move it anywhere on your screen!
-Adjustable/resizable chat windows
-Quick Hide Mode: double tap action bar to enable quick hide mode
-Minimize chat windows completely
-Tabbed chatting for multiple conversations
Client Supported:
-Google Talk
-Facebook Messenger
-MSN
Upcoming client support
-Skype
-Yahoo
-AIM
Screenshots:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Video:
We've made some major changes to LilyPad HD. We will be adding Skype chat next. Here's what's new:
Version 1.6.5
FIXED: MSN login issues
Version 1.6.3
NEW: MSN/Live Messenger is now supported!! FREE UPDATE!
NEW: Chat history is now saved when you close a chat window
NEW: Previous away status is now saved.
NEW: Added a about section which includes FAQ and Changelog
NEW: Ability to log off from a messaging client.
NEW: Adjust transparency
NEW: Adjust font size for buddylist & chat text
NEW: Notifications for when chat window is open
NEW: New monochromatic icon for notification panel to follow ICS guidelines
NEW: Minor UI tweaks
FIXED: For those complaining about the LilyPad default status, its been removed
FIXED: Login issues
FIXED: Log off/on button
FIXED: Add account crash
FIXED: Disconnecting/reconnecting issues
FIXED: MSN contacts appear offline
FIXED: Tapping contact takes you to correct tab
FIXED: Various connection problems. LilyPad will now reconnect automatically when you lose connection.
FIXED: Disappearing text when typing
FIXED: Contacts showing up in offline section
FIXED: Messages not sending
Version 1.4
NEW: Facebook Messenger is now supported!! Log in with your Facebook USERNAME NOT your email! FREE UPDATE!
NEW: Active notification for buddylist
NEW: Shadowing around floating windows
NEW: LED Notification
NEW: Start-up on boot
NEW: Hyperlinking support for YouTube, URLs
NEW: Dividers between messages in chat window
NEW: Tap user on buddylist to jump to tab on chat window
NEW: Added default away message
NEW: Exit button moved to Options menu
NEW: Ability to remove accounts
FIXED: Notifications when in Quick Hide mode
FIXED: Connectivity issues
FIXED: Keyboard hides when minimizing/quick hide mode
FIXED: Fixed notifications not disappearing after clicking close on chat window when in quick hide mode
FIXED: Force Closes
FIXED: Options menu resizing issue on Galaxy Nexus upon first boot
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tablifiedapps.lilypadhd

Great work, just bought!
One thing though that is really missing is an option to not show in the notification area the "buddies list" as it's not necessary and takes useful space...there should be an option to choose as to remove that! Please fix!
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gto said:
Great work, just bought!
One thing though that is really missing is an option to not show in the notification area the "buddies list" as it's not necessary and takes useful space...there should be an option to choose as to remove that! Please fix!
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In time, when we press the physical "back" key I think it should close the current window as any other app.
Thanks!
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gto said:
Great work, just bought!
One thing though that is really missing is an option to not show in the notification area the "buddies list" as it's not necessary and takes useful space...there should be an option to choose as to remove that! Please fix!
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Hi GTO. I just saw your market comment. Let me explain why its necessary to have that notification. You see, the app is running as a service. Because it lives on top of other apps (unlike traditional apps) it would often be automatically be killed by Android. We need a persistent notification present so that we tell Android not to kill the app. This is how these floating apps have to work. I hope you understand the need for it. Thanks.
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Hi Anyman07,
Thanks for the explanation.
One question though: If I make it bulletproof using the V6 Supercharger script would it still need to be in the notification?
If so, it there could be an advanced options for rooted phone.
Thanks again!
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nice app
hello, i just saw your app and i liked it, would it be possible in a near future, to have it on WP7?that would be awesome

gto said:
Hi Anyman07,
Thanks for the explanation.
One question though: If I make it bulletproof using the V6 Supercharger script would it still need to be in the notification?
If so, it there could be an advanced options for rooted phone.
Thanks again!
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Unfortunately this isn't really a high priority for us right now. We don't want to start getting into the rooting scene just yet. We believe, and I am sure many of our users will agree, that there needs to be a quick way to get back to the buddy list so that you can chat with your friends. There's really no use for the app if every time you want to chat, you must first close the app you're using to get to the homescreen to launch LilyPad. Sure there are shortcuts and things like wavelauncher to help expedite this process, but we're targeting the general people here. Plus, we would have to ensure that ever root user has 'bullet-proofed' LilyPad and that could get messy. So we'll take your suggestion into consideration but there's a lot of other stuff that we need to perfect before making a separate option just for rooted users. Thanks.
Ayman

rafa8595 said:
hello, i just saw your app and i liked it, would it be possible in a near future, to have it on WP7?that would be awesome
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Not at this time. We love Android!

I've got your point, it's just a suggestion anyway! Thanks for the response!
If you could make the floating window stop appearing when we connect or disconnect from wi-fi would be great though.
Thanks!
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gto said:
I've got your point, it's just a suggestion anyway! Thanks for the response!
If you could make the floating window stop appearing when we connect or disconnect from wi-fi would be great though.
Thanks!
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We do appreciate all suggestions. We'll look into that issue. Thanks.
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I Love this app however I have two things that needs to be upgraded. First and most important thing I NEED YAHOO MESSENGER. Second is the customizing the app. It would be great if we could tweak it the way we want it and if i could have emoticons.

ricky0702 said:
I Love this app however I have two things that needs to be upgraded. First and most important thing I NEED YAHOO MESSENGER. Second is the customizing the app. It would be great if we could tweak it the way we want it and if i could have emoticons.
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Thanks for the feedback. Here's what's coming soon (not necessarily in the next update).
More clients including Yahoo
New dark holo theme
Emoticons
Bug fixes and UI cleanup
Lite/Ad version with in app billing to unlock one client at a time. Google talk will be free.
How else would you like to tweak the app? Suggestions are welcome.
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any chance of adding qq?
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WhatsApp would be great

u tried both
colazerox3 said:
WhatsApp would be great
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have u tried both apps? as i need a good app and whatsapp is not my favorite so i need a replacement.. :I

colazerox3 said:
WhatsApp would be great
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Whatsapp is a closed system. They don't have APIs we can access.
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Hi I just bought this app, and this is working great on my new nexus 7.
But i am just wondering if there is any way to really quit the application? What i am doing now is to force close the app.
I want to close the app as i am quite concern about battery
thanks in advance

kelvin616 said:
Hi I just bought this app, and this is working great on my new nexus 7.
But i am just wondering if there is any way to really quit the application? What i am doing now is to force close the app.
I want to close the app as i am quite concern about battery
thanks in advance
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The app virtually uses no battery. Other customers have confirmed this. But if you want to quit the app, open the options, scroll the tabs and after About you will see Exit.
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ayman07 said:
The app virtually uses no battery. Other customers have confirmed this. But if you want to quit the app, open the options, scroll the tabs and after About you will see Exit.
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thank for answering, i miss the tab after about actually :silly:

Can you guys add a way to add my own xmpp server. I think this is the same protocol that Google talk uses. I would love to add my work Jabber account to use this app with it.
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[HOW-TO] Enable Multiuser on Nexus 5 (Root)

My 32GB Nexus 5 is less of a phone and more of a small tablet. But multiuser is not enabled!
You might ask, why do I want multiuser? Well... perhaps you give your phone to kids to play with on long trips. Or perhaps you want a "test" set of settings. Or you want to separate work and personal. Or maybe you just like to customize.
You do need the following:
1) Root
2) A way to enable the lock screen to rotate (I suggest Gravity Box: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316070)
3) A way to edit your build.prop. (Do it old school or an app such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.build.prop.editor)
4) A current backup!
It is easy enough to do if you can edit your build.prop. This requires root, and YOU REALLY MUST BACKUP before you mess with build.prop. Seriously. Back up. It just takes a few minutes.
You can edit build.prop by pulling it to a PC and pushing it back or you can use a build.prop editor from the market (I used the one built into Android System Tuner Pro (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.pmw.pro&hl=en) because I was feeling lazy). If you are doing it by hand the build.prop is in /system/ The line you need is:
Code:
fw.max_users=4
You can set 4 to however many users you want to be able to support.
Reboot.
At this point, it seems like nothing has happened. You need to go to Settings and you'll find a new entry:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you click Users you should be able to figure it out from there:
Once you have set up a new user, you can press your user name in the settings to get to the lock screen. In portrait mode, it will look normal. But if you rotate to landscape mode you will see an icon for each user you've defined. If you set a different lock type/code for each (a PIN or a swipe code) you will have "some" security between users.
I did this on the 4.2.2 OTA that was slightly repackaged here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557523
You'd imagine it would work on most other ROMs that don't already support it, but BACK UP FIRST just in case!

sweet
Thanks for this find! So what's the default on fw.max_users? 1?
Thinking I might set this up so that when my son keeps asking "can I play on your phone" he gets his own setup. Interesting.

The default is the line is not there. This apparently sets it to a single user.
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The default is the line is not there. This apparently sets it to a single user.
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So the line is not there? So we just click on edit and add this line?
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Juansegovia20 said:
So the line is not there? So we just click on edit and add this line?
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Edit: i went and add the line to build prop and it worked
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just added the line to the build.prop and its working
Edit: any special setting i need to add to make it rotate on lockscreen?
Edit2: nvm just found out that i had an option to enable user selection on power screen

How do you switch users?
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Oh yeah. I use xposed and gravity box to enable rotating lock screen. Forgot about that. To switch users you need the landscape lockscreen. My bad! Still, xposed and gravity box are a great add on too.
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Good find. There's a couple other ways too like the app SwitchMe or my favorite: I just dual boot. The phone boots so fast that it's less than a minute to boot to the other side. That way my wife can set up the phone to be less confusing since my phone is mostly gesture based and not for the novice.

wd5gnr said:
Oh yeah. I use xposed and gravity box to enable rotating lock screen. Forgot about that. To switch users you need the landscape lockscreen. My bad! Still, xposed and gravity box are a great add on too.
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Thanks
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Is there any solution yet for (com.android.phone force closed) in the secondary user?
thanks

Maybe someone could help me. I'm on a routed nexus 5. The phone is still stock. Yet when I create a restricted profile and log into it, I only get a black screen. None of the apps I've enabled show up.
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rhemy1 said:
Maybe someone could help me. I'm on a routed nexus 5. The phone is still stock. Yet when I create a restricted profile and log into it, I only get a black screen. None of the apps I've enabled show up.
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I've run into the black screen problem a few times on different ROMs. I'm not sure what causes it, and no matter what I tried I couldn't get any wallpaper to show up.
Other ROMs I've used don't have any problems with wallpapers...again not sure what the difference is between those that work and those that don't.
Instead of modding the build prop to enable multi-users, I use Xposed Framework and Modaco Toolkit. Once Xposed is installed and the Modaco Toolkit module is enabled, selecting the "Show users on power menu" option in the "Google Nexus (all)" category enables the User Switcher in the power menu, and adds the "Users" option in the system menu. Reboot after making the selections to activate the settings.
I'm currently using CyanFox ROM found in the Nexus 5 Android Development forum and multi-user works perfect. Long-pressing the power button brings up the power menu along with the different users on the phone (after they've been set up).
CyanFox is a great ROM by the way...I highly recommend checking it out
Another good ROM that allows wallpapers on all users is AICP, also found in Android Development.
Xposed Framework: http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
Modaco Toolkit: http://www.modaco.com/topic/361634-xmod-modaco-toolkit-for-xposed-framework
Not sure if this helps you at all, but other than finding a ROM that has wallpapers for all users, I'm not sure how to fix the stock one.

It's looks awesome!!

Looks cool, maybe I'll try it out soon
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Does someone know a way without Xposed (i love ART and wish to keep it)?
I seen a build.prop modification metod, but before doing some heavy "manual" modification i wanna check around for some "ready to flash" zip...
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ash1684 said:
Does someone know a way without Xposed (i love ART and wish to keep it)?
I seen a build.prop modification metod, but before doing some heavy "manual" modification i wanna check around for some "ready to flash" zip...
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Well, it isn't that heavy -- see the first post. Not flashable, but not hard at all.

wd5gnr said:
Well, it isn't that heavy -- see the first post. Not flashable, but not hard at all.
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For Gravity box you need Xposed and so no ART...

ash1684 said:
For Gravity box you need Xposed and so no ART...
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Yes, but Gravity box was only a suggestion for getting lock screen rotation. There are plenty of things out there that will do that and not all need Xposed. For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mah.screenrotationlock would probably work.

wd5gnr said:
Yes, but Gravity box was only a suggestion for getting lock screen rotation. There are plenty of things out there that will do that and not all need Xposed. For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mah.screenrotationlock would probably work.
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great Thank you a lot !

YTayyar said:
Is there any solution yet for (com.android.phone force closed) in the secondary user?
thanks
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Yes, when setting up the new user, don't start with "restricted". Do a full setup first.

5.1 no notifications on lock screen (nothing at all)

just upgraded to 5.1 (love it so far) and I don't see any notifications at all on the lock screen.
I made sure it was set to "show all notification content", I've also set the individual apps to be priorities.
I'm used to getting the music player on the lock screen as well, but I get nothing.
I made sure the moto display was all turned off in case it was interfering.
Anything else I can check? I really miss the music player, and not getting anything on the lock screen is a pain.
Thanks!

rhcreed said:
just upgraded to 5.1 (love it so far) and I don't see any notifications at all on the lock screen.
I made sure it was set to "show all notification content", I've also set the individual apps to be priorities.
I'm used to getting the music player on the lock screen as well, but I get nothing.
I made sure the moto display was all turned off in case it was interfering.
Anything else I can check? I really miss the music player, and not getting anything on the lock screen is a pain.
Thanks!
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Try a factory reset.

On the Verizon Droid Turbo with the soak test?
Any issues with the soak test should be reported on Motorola's Forum so they can look into causes and fix it.

Quick question, are you waving your hand over the front to get to the lock screen, or are you pressing the power button. I've noticed that I have to press the power button to see active notifications. Hope this helps.
Josh
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On the Verizon Droid Turbo with the soak test?
Any issues with the soak test should be reported on Motorola's Forum so they can look into causes and fix it.
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yes, I did report it there as well, but have not heard anything yet. This community tends to be very smart and quick to have answers, so I'm reaching out here as well. I'm not sharing any info about the test or the code, just something I'm experiencing, so I'm not out of line for the soak.

88gt said:
Quick question, are you waving your hand over the front to get to the lock screen, or are you pressing the power button. I've noticed that I have to press the power button to see active notifications. Hope this helps.
Josh
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I don't use that feature, it stays dark unless I hit the power button (I have both of those moto features turned off, didn't care for them).

koftheworld said:
Try a factory reset.
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It may come to that, but I'm hoping to avoid it. I really hate having to rebuild everything after a wipe. Thanks though!

rhcreed said:
yes, I did report it there as well, but have not heard anything yet. This community tends to be very smart and quick to have answers, so I'm reaching out here as well. I'm not sharing any info about the test or the code, just something I'm experiencing, so I'm not out of line for the soak.
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Not saying you are out of line, but there aren't going to be too many people here with 5.1 that can help,, and Moto needs to know of any issues.
It is probably related to the new Ambient Display. The following is from the 5.1 release notes:
Moto Display and Ambient Display
While your phone’s display is off, Moto Display will continue to surface relevant notifications to you using the low-power Contextual Computing Processor. It will also intelligently react when you use the Approach gesture under Moto Actions.
Android Lollipop also includes a similar feature, called Ambient Display, that displays notifications like those shown on the lockscreen. If you prefer to try the new Ambient Display feature, you can uncheck the Moto Display setting in the Moto app. Note: Ambient Display does not use Motorola’s low-power core and will turn on more of the display, so battery life may be impacted. The Moto Actions Approach gesture will not wake Ambient Display.
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Maybe try switching to the Moto Display mode instead. That is all the advice I can give as I am still on 4.4.4

PittAussie said:
Not saying you are out of line, but there aren't going to be too many people here with 5.1 that can help,, and Moto needs to know of any issues.
It is probably related to the new Ambient Display. The following is from the 5.1 release notes:
Maybe try switching to the Moto Display mode instead. That is all the advice I can give as I am still on 4.4.4
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Thanks, I'm paranoid about saying too much (don't want to get black-listed from future stuff).

rhcreed said:
It may come to that, but I'm hoping to avoid it. I really hate having to rebuild everything after a wipe. Thanks though!
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Just remember if its anything like previous soaks, they don't want you to do a factory reset unless they ask you to... Sorry it's not a simple turn your phone off then back on again solution. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Also, this maybe a dumb question, but you do have ambient display on right?
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88gt said:
Just remember if its anything like previous soaks, they don't want you to do a factory reset unless they ask you to... Sorry it's not a simple turn your phone off then back on again solution. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Also, this maybe a dumb question, but you do have ambient display on right?
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Ambient display and moto display (notifications and wave or approach) are both off..

rhcreed said:
Ambient display and moto display (notifications and wave or approach) are both off..
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Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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88gt said:
Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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Spot on, not for the right answer, but for asking the right question. Even though you asked it tailed with "this maybe a dumb question", but it was the one that would have solved the problem from the beginning.
I've learned something today (southpark style), ask the right questions even if you think they're dumb, and the most obvious reasons are most likely the right reasons.
Had to get this wisdom out of my system :silly:

88gt said:
Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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Tried it, that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want it to wake up the screen on its own. When I power button unlock (to lockscreen) I want the music player or the notifications. I currently only get the pattern to unlock.

rhcreed said:
Tried it, that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want it to wake up the screen on its own. When I power button unlock (to lockscreen) I want the music player or the notifications. I currently only get the pattern to unlock.
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Just so we are on the same page this is ambient display when I hit the power button. It flashes the info for a few minutes because we do not have a notification light. But I only see this when I hit the power button.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Just so we are on the same page this is ambient display when I hit the power button. It flashes the info for a few minutes because we do not have a notification light. But I only see this when I hit the power button.View attachment 3385628
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That's what I want! I get nothing, just the time and the pattern to unlock. Those are the notifications I'm looking for!

rhcreed said:
That's what I want! I get nothing, just the time and the pattern to unlock. Those are the notifications I'm looking for!
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Once ambient display is turned on you need to go to "sound and notification" under settings, from there go to the notification section and, where it says when device is locked, click on that and show all notification content
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88gt said:
Once ambient display is turned on you need to go to "sound and notification" under settings, from there go to the notification section and, where it says when device is locked, click on that and show all notification content
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1 - turned on the moto version, it gave me the moto notifications while it was locked (black screen with little white icon for a second) .. so hat works, but it's not what i'm talking about
2 - turned on the ambient setting, it did nothing..
both scenarios, the "show all content" notification option was selected (has been this whole time).
It's the notifications that are shown in the image above that i want, but I get nothing

rhcreed said:
1 - turned on the moto version, it gave me the moto notifications while it was locked (black screen with little white icon for a second) .. so hat works, but it's not what i'm talking about
2 - turned on the ambient setting, it did nothing..
both scenarios, the "show all content" notification option was selected (has been this whole time).
It's the notifications that are shown in the image above that i want, but I get nothing
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Yeah, the image I posted was using ambient display, under display settings. The notifications appeared when I hit the power button. Have you tried wiping cache? It's a long shot but it might help. At least exhaust all options before factory reset, you know. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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88gt said:
Yeah, the image I posted was using ambient display, under display settings. The notifications appeared when I hit the power button. Have you tried wiping cache? It's a long shot but it might help. At least exhaust all options before factory reset, you know. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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+1 try wiping cache, if it doesn't work, I am afraid a factory reset might be needed, which I usually do after each major update. The update app optimisation usually causes more problems especially when migrating apps to use ART.

How to use a different alrm clock than the stock one?

I tried using Alarm clock Xtreme and Timely and both have the same problem: the alarm screen does not appear if the phone is locked. Instead, I see a tiny notification which I have to double tap before getting access to the the Snooze / Dismiss screen. Needless to say, I don't want to be chasing around a small area on the screen when I'm sleepy
For some reason I can't even take a screen capture, so I hope I managed to explain clearly enough the problem.
Is there any way to use a different clock than the preinstalled one? Seems like a no brainer, but it got me stumped.
Thank you for any suggestions.

I use sleep for android and don't have this problem. The snooze button and dismiss show up and do not require me to unlock the phone. I use an nfc card ass the dismiss for my morning alarm and that does require me to unlock the phone first before scanning but I can snooze and dismiss all other alarms no problem. Maybe try sleep for android.

ThePurpleLuigi said:
I use sleep for android and don't have this problem. The snooze button and dismiss show up and do not require me to unlock the phone. I use an nfc card ass the dismiss for my morning alarm and that does require me to unlock the phone first before scanning but I can snooze and dismiss all other alarms no problem. Maybe try sleep for android.
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Thank you for your answer. If you are referring to Sleep as Android, I tried that too and have the same problem. It looks like this comes from a setting, I just don't know which one.
By the way, my lock screen is on swipe, if that helps.

pedmond said:
By the way, my lock screen is on swipe, if that helps.
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I tried blocking notifications, turning notifications off, hiding notifications. I also tried changing my lockscreen to swipe. I wasn't able to reproduce your issue. If I hit the home button while the alarm was going off I would have to unlock the phone before I could snooze or dismiss it. Even then though the snooze/dismiss screen would pop right back up. Sorry could not help more.

I'm using alarm clock plus.
Let me ask this. When you get , say a text, and you are not in the text app, doe you get the same size notification that you are seeing with the alarm clock you are using?
If so, there is a setting you can change to make this be a different style/size of notification.

marctronixx said:
I'm using alarm clock plus.
Let me ask this. When you get , say a text, and you are not in the text app, doe you get the same size notification that you are seeing with the alarm clock you are using?
If so, there is a setting you can change to make this be a different style/size of notification.
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I'm actually not sure. What setting is that?

Just to let you know, setting off edge lighting solved the problem. Thank you for trying to help.

pedmond said:
Just to let you know, setting off edge lighting solved the problem. Thank you for trying to help.
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Awesome. I just tried it and see the issue you were having. That would have been super annoying half asleep.

Life time alarm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcc.alarmclocklifetime

pedmond said:
I tried using Alarm clock Xtreme and Timely and both have the same problem: the alarm screen does not appear if the phone is locked. Instead, I see a tiny notification which I have to double tap before getting access to the the Snooze / Dismiss screen. Needless to say, I don't want to be chasing around a small area on the screen when I'm sleepy
For some reason I can't even take a screen capture, so I hope I managed to explain clearly enough the problem.
Is there any way to use a different clock than the preinstalled one? Seems like a no brainer, but it got me stumped.
Thank you for any suggestions.
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Are you saying the alarm when going off doesn't show? I use timely and when the alarm goes off I get the screen where I can snooze or dismiss.
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Tidbits said:
Are you saying the alarm when going off doesn't show? I use timely and when the alarm goes off I get the screen where I can snooze or dismiss.
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Yes, seems like Edge lighting is messing it up...

pedmond said:
Yes, seems like Edge lighting is messing it up...
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I have edge lighting turned on and don't have a problem. There is probably an app or something causing the bug.
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Tidbits said:
I have edge lighting turned on and don't have a problem. There is probably an app or something causing the bug.
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Interesting. Do you have it on "Always"?

pedmond said:
Interesting. Do you have it on "Always"?
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I just did a test.
Off - works
On(screen off) - works
On(Always) - works.
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Tidbits said:
I just did a test.
Off - works
On(screen off) - works
On(Always) - works.
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Thank you so much for this. Strangely enough, the only way I found to solve my issue (which you don't have) was to disable edge lighting. I guess it's something more subtle. I'll keep trying to identify the culprit.

pedmond said:
Thank you so much for this. Strangely enough, the only way I found to solve my issue (which you don't have) was to disable edge lighting. I guess it's something more subtle. I'll keep trying to identify the culprit.
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Try and see if your AOD needs an update or possibly clear it's cache/data.
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What I don't understand is why Samsung removes features...instead of improving. I use the Slowly Increase Volume function on the N4 all the time. But of course, it's not on the N8. When did they remove that?

SiNJiN76 said:
What I don't understand is why Samsung removes features...instead of improving. I use the Slowly Increase Volume function on the N4 all the time. But of course, it's not on the N8. When did they remove that?
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Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.

pedmond said:
Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.
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Yup I see it where you select the sound and at the very bottom there's a toggle just under the volume.
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pedmond said:
Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.
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Tidbits said:
Yup I see it where you select the sound and at the very bottom there's a toggle just under the volume.
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awesome! Don't know how I missed that?! I swear it wasn't there earlier...:silly: