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[Q] exiting "app info" screen

I have noticed that when using certain apps (ES File Explorer and Avast! being two examples) that if I enter an "app info" screen from these apps it opens in full screen with no apparent method to exit the screen short of returning to home. Am I missing some gesture? Entering "app info" from default "settings" allows me to back out - but no such option exists in these cases. What is more if I do go to home then restart the guilty app using a shortcut it puts me back to my last location for that app, which of course is stuck in the "app info" screen.
edit: Forgot I'm using Nova launcher

Me to, why does that matter?
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dbh369 said:
Me to, why does that matter?
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My particular problem was that I would enter the info screen through a misclick, attempt to return to the previous screen, use home to access desktop then end up back inside the same (dead end) info page when I attempted to reopen explorer through the desktop. As a novice to tablet interfaces I found this circular dance at best, unintuitive.

Nuor60 said:
I have noticed that when using certain apps (ES File Explorer and Avast! being two examples) that if I enter an "app info" screen from these apps it opens in full screen with no apparent method to exit the screen short of returning to home. Am I missing some gesture? Entering "app info" from default "settings" allows me to back out - but no such option exists in these cases. What is more if I do go to home then restart the guilty app using a shortcut it puts me back to my last location for that app, which of course is stuck in the "app info" screen.
edit: Forgot I'm using Nova launcher
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There is a solution. But you have to install an app. It is GMD Gesture Control Lite. It is free but sometimes nags you to buy the full version. I found out about it because another user wanted to hide the status/navigation bars. The app adds the ability to add finger swipe gestures for specific actions. One swipe that comes with the free version is back. So with that installed, just give the pre-defined swipe action and it goes back. And if you buy the full version it adds the swipe to hide or show the status/nav bar. So, if you give it that swipe, the back bar appears. I found I had trouble with the multi-touch tablet swipes, so I configured it for phone so it only took single touch swipes.
I could see where that app would be handy in a lot of situations. I am going to keep it installed. May even recommend it in my tips thread.
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leapinlar said:
GMD Gesture Control Lite.
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I tried that out but couldn't get consistent behaviour from it. More often than not a gesture wouldn't register.

Ok misunderstood your problem. Yes I've seen that too. Have to kill the app in manage apps
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[Q] How to reinstate the camera shortcut on the lock screen of Sony Xperia Z?

I bought Sony Xperia Z 3 days ago. On the first day i had the camera shortcut on the lock screen, then the next day its gone. Can anyone please help me how to reinstate the camera shortcut on my lock screen!!

cassywilliam said:
I bought Sony Xperia Z 3 days ago. On the first day i had the camera shortcut on the lock screen, then the next day its gone. Can anyone please help me how to reinstate the camera shortcut on my lock screen!!
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Wow, camera shortcut in lock screen? Are you sure? I never had those, hope none had. Can open camera from lockscreen but i think shortcuts can be placed. Are you using stock launcher?
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gire.prasad said:
Wow, camera shortcut in lock screen? Are you sure? I never had those, hope none had. Can open camera from lockscreen but i think shortcuts can be placed. Are you using stock launcher?
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Yes this can be done with stock launcher. (.350)
Does not work on pin, only on swipe to unlock. (So no code has to be entered to gain acces to the device.)
Music and Camera will be present there.
Sadly I could not find a way to remove or add things to help the OP.
Kind regards, Stefan.

The camera shortcut won't show up if you have a security lock screen on. Only if you have the swipe lock screen.
Is that your issue?
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Thaevil0ne said:
Yes this can be done with stock launcher. (.350)
Does not work on pin, only on swipe to unlock. (So no code has to be entered to gain acces to the device.)
Music and Camera will be present there.
Sadly I could not find a way to remove or add things to help the OP.
Kind regards, Stefan.
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How that can be done? That is adding shortcuts to ls? I have only swipe and no pin!
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gire.prasad said:
How that can be done? That is adding shortcuts to ls? I have only swipe and no pin!
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Not shortcut, as in a shortcut like you place on your home screen. It's part of Sony sleep-to-snap feature. There is a camera icon on the lock screen (on the right of the time display) that you can swipe left to directly launch camera (without unlocking your phone and accessing it from the menu/home screens). This makes it possible to capture those shots that only last a moment.
On the left side of the time display is the music icon. You drag that to the right to access music controls.
Checkout the screenshots below (they are Xperia V, but thanks to Sony's unified UI, looks the same). Hope this helps. If it does, hit thanks.
Kartik

Open the camera app and go onto the settings and enable Quick Launch, that should do the trick.
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same problem with me
i had a camera swipe shortcut on to the right and music player on left side..
no the camera option has disappeared.

karthik0001 said:
i had a camera swipe shortcut on to the right and music player on left side..
no the camera option has disappeared.
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The answer is in the post just above yours.
SF

Sushifiend said:
The answer is in the post just above yours.
SF
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there is no option "enable quick launch" in camera settings ?

doganbaris said:
there is no option "enable quick launch" in camera settings ?
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There is quick launch setting.
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gm007 said:
There is quick launch setting.
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oops! so sorry. my phone is LT15i , i am looking for the option to change this lock slide. But ARC has no choice about this.
I googled for this issue, and directly go to last message i think.
is anyone know / if possible Please let me know how to change LT15i 's lock screen reverse sliding option
(right-to-left sliding is launchgin the camera application)
and, what will be happened if i change lt15i 's camera.apk with c6603's camera.apk any guess ?
sorry for my english.

colross82 said:
Open the camera app and go onto the settings and enable Quick Launch, that should do the trick.
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This is the right way. Try it
At first time usage of XZ I suffered to remember where was this option...:banghead:
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chrisftlse said:
This is the right way. Try it
At first time usage of XZ I suffered to remember where was this option...:banghead:
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can you bring me your camera.apk ?

everyones wrong
cassywilliam said:
I bought Sony Xperia Z 3 days ago. On the first day i had the camera shortcut on the lock screen, then the next day its gone. Can anyone please help me how to reinstate the camera shortcut on my lock screen!!
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You are right cassywilliam
I had the same. I have found that when I upgraded the software it came back again and then disappeared again after a few days (I think this had to do with utilizing an 'Exchange' email account. I have now deleted the Exchange account (which has various security conditions attached to it) and then basically messed around in the security settings for setting to swipe (with quick launch activated in the camera) and then back to PIN and the camera in the lock screen is back again!!! Its been there and stable for several weeks now... give it a go!
Ive uploaded a picture for the unbelievers out there

About shortcuts
Does anybody know how to add some shortcuts to the 'Home Button'? When you longpress the 'Home Button' you have a shorcut to Google Search, can you add more shortcut to that ring?
Thanks

Yeah, I would be curious to know if the lock screen shortcuts can be customised, too!

[Q] One click to launch Quick Toggles in HTC One running 4.2.2 ?

I have just updated to 4.2.2 in my HTC One. I found the Quick Settings is very useful when I am going to toggle settings like WiFi, Bluetooth, LTE, Air Plane mode etc.
But it is very stupid to use 2-fingers pulling down the Quick Toggles directly, especially I am using my phone with one hand only. Pull the the Notification Bar and then press the button upper right to launch the Quick Settings is also slow and inconvenience.
I know Nova Launcher has got a shortcut to pop up the Quick Settings instantly, but I really want to have the original Sense Launcher. Is that any app or widget can launch the Quick Toggles page as a shortcut???
P.S. My phone has not yet rooted... I hope for a non-rooted solution.

I'm actually curious about this as well. I don't have 4.2.2 yet, but from what I've seen, I don't think that I'll like having to either use 2 fingers or pull down the menu and select the secondary menu. I'm currently using the Quick Toggles app from Google Play, and it does the job, but it would be great to just use the stock feature.
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subhumanderelict said:
I'm actually curious about this as well. I don't have 4.2.2 yet, but from what I've seen, I don't think that I'll like having to either use 2 fingers or pull down the menu and select the secondary menu. I'm currently using the Quick Toggles app from Google Play, and it does the job, but it would be great to just use the stock feature.
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Nothing knows how could I do these?

I figured out the method myself, here's the tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540996
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Nav bar question

I have noticed some apps the nav bar disappears amd I have a full screen viewing experience. Others do not. Is there any way to force other apps to run with a hidden nav bar without rooting?
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GMD Immersive search Google Play

AstroDigital said:
GMD Immersive search Google Play
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That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much.
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Has some bugs.
Intub8 said:
That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much.
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Yes it does indeed hide the nav bar on the programs you want it to but it has many undesired side effects. Mainly, not being able to call up the keyboard when needed after clicking a text entry point. You have to swipe up to expose the Nav bar and then it will show. Also, some games won't even launch unless you first swipe up the nav bar to launch game. Also if you are using a custom launcher, and you use a dock with a folder editor program, the shortcuts will not appear until you swipe up the nav bar. Some programs like Pandora and Maps do not display correctly and will be distorted until you expose the Nav bar. I have had the Pro version for months and the developer has not offered any update to it at all, so buyer beware. Cheap enough not to be to upset but it's not a perfect solution.

Screen Recording Without a Navbar

So I turned off my Galaxy Note 8's navbar, doing so I lost the ability to screen record games from the navbar. Is there anyway I can get this feature back without the Navbar? Thanks in advance. (More specifically I'm talking about Game Tools)

I'm using game launcher on mine and my nav bar stays hidden. But the record function is there whenever I have a game open just have to swipe up from the bottom..
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Bajanman said:
I'm using game launcher on mine and my nav bar stays hidden. But the record function is there whenever I have a game open just have to swipe up from the bottom..
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I'm using the Tigerhoods overlay which disables the navbar, I can't swipe up or anything. I know what your talking about but I sadly can't do that since I don't have the navbar anymore.

ASwedishDragon said:
I'm using the Tigerhoods overlay which disables the navbar, I can't swipe up or anything. I know what your talking about but I sadly can't do that since I don't have the navbar anymore.
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You can't remove the overlay to get it back? Only thing I'm using on mine is substratum to theme what I need to.
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Bajanman said:
You can't remove the overlay to get it back? Only thing I'm using on mine is substratum to theme what I need to.
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I have bxactions installed and for some reason it messes with the navigation bar on my phone. That's why I can't reinstall the navigation bar. It doesn't work well with bxactions.