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Okay to start off I love my nexus one and would not buy an iphone so all the android fanboys don't jump on my case. But there are some software aspects of the iphone that i like. For instance I like the way messages show up on the lockscreen on the iphone and the iphones multi-tasking. I was wondering if it would be possible to implement the iphone style of multi-tasking into the nexus one. Basically the trackball can still be used for selection and all that good stuff if you even do that, but if you double tap it at a selectable speed it would open recent apps. Or even go further to make the scroll bar that the iphone has. Give me some response on this, tell me what you guys think.
what is this...i dont even?
what is your question? I want to somehow have a setting in the nexus one where if you double tap the trackball it will open up recent apps and possibly implement an iphone like scroll bar at the bottom.
Sorry for asking but.... Are you sure you know how to use your Nexus ?
yes i know how to hold the home button... lol
jakeneal22 said:
yes i know how to hold the home button... lol
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and? why would you want to double tap your trackball? you know iphone do that because they only have one button right?
also it would create huge issues for selection with trackball...
Let's say while wanting to double tap the trackball for multitasking, you had something selected, the first click should theoretically open that app/link directly...if we implement such feature, people that actually use the trackball for opening stuff will have delays, which sucks massively.
All in all, this idea is awful. You can make the number of recent apps higher in Cyanogen, do that and you won't need the scrolling bar of the iPhone...
If you want to double tap something, download QuickDesk PRO and set it to open on double tap of home key. It has a 'QuickPanel' feature that shows recent apps and its a fantastic piece of sofware.
For the messages on lockscreen.. download WidgetLocker and place Pure Messenger Widget on the lockscreen..
chompSMS does this lockscreen "thing", and even allows you to reply to them without unlocking, if you so wish, and relocks after.
For double-tap home, there's literally loads of multitasker apps that can do that, even offering "coverflow" style switching between apps...
Itching thumb is another good task switcher. nice looking graphics and gesture support.
Use HandcentSMS to replicate that better than Iphone experience
just get an iphone.
then you can try that, and maybe you'll go back to the nexus one, maybe not.
moomooshrooms said:
just get an iphone.
then you can try that, and maybe you'll go back to the nexus one, maybe not.
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Nice first post
OP, the reason double tap is a feature on iPhones is because of the lack of buttons. Steve only likes to push is customer's buttons, not his phone's
(horrible, I know lol)
ccunningham83 said:
Itching thumb is another good task switcher. nice looking graphics and gesture support.
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Thanks, The video below looks great.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...amazing-free-task-switcher-you-want-this-now/
http://www.appbrain.com/app/itching-thumb-(task-manager)/com.bw.flipit
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-bw-flipit-jDFBF.aspx
Unfortunately it does not seem to work with CM61/ADW, only see 1-3 apps. Also the 'styles' preference is disabled.
wow lots of activity just got out philosophy class so its alil hard to comprehend all of it but, I am gonna try the lockscreen thing and the double tap the home button sounds really good. The thing that i got annoyed with holding the home button is that sometimes it will accidentally go to the home screen. LOL I don't want the iphone... my mom, step-dad, and roommate all have them lol. Android is where its at. With all these customizations you guys have told me about I am satisfied.
if you hold "home" button the last used apps would appear and that also means those apps would open faster which leads you again multi tasking. ok, I admit that's not a user-friendly way to access the apps but theyre going to fix alotof stuff like that in gingerbread.
There's also a program called Smart Taskbar. I didn't like it, but perhaps someone else will..
http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-taskbar-(sidebar)/com.smart.taskbar
have you thought about running miui for rom?
I do. I am on rods 11.9
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If you, as me owned a Galaxy Nexus, or another phone with a BUGFREE build of ICS, you might be missing "Recent Apps".
How ever, if you're on a 2.3 rom, you can get a pretty useable way of achieving this.
1. Find JKay Deluxe Setting, (Thanks for developing this!)
2. Open it and scroll down to "Double click enabled."
3. Click on "choose application for double click".
4. Choose "Task Manager" on the list.
5. Freaking enjoy endless clickin' from within apps, to change to other apps or exit em'.
This will do for me until AOKP gets stable.
Cheers.
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JKay setting, uninstalled TWLauncher. Customized stock.
Fast AND sexy as lightning.
Waiting to KANG it up with stable build.
I don't understand what you are saying. App switching in GB or Replacing App switching in ICS?
I've always long pressed the home button and got a list of the last six recent apps. I even seen a mod to make it 8 apps. I hate the recent apps in ICS. I would much rather have GB's recent apps with icons instead of the bulky screen shots. I try to avoid doing double button presses on physical buttons, I don't want to wear it out, like the issue with the Iphone 3G and 3GS had.
I don't like ICS, so until there is something that I have to have that is ICS specific, I will stick with GB. Maybe I can hold out till JellyBean.
I do the same but with Smart Task switcher.
way way better than any other multitask app
gedster314 said:
I don't understand what you are saying. App switching in GB or Replacing App switching in ICS?
I've always long pressed the home button and got a list of the last six recent apps. I even seen a mod to make it 8 apps. I hate the recent apps in ICS. I would much rather have GB's recent apps with icons instead of the bulky screen shots. I try to avoid doing double button presses on physical buttons, I don't want to wear it out, like the issue with the Iphone 3G and 3GS had.
I don't like ICS, so until there is something that I have to have that is ICS specific, I will stick with GB. Maybe I can hold out till JellyBean.
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Task Manager is the app you're taken to if you long hold home button and then press Manage Applications. A list of the apps and an exit button for each. Sorry you didn't understand mate. I kinda agree. But I don't rly care how it looks, as long as it allows for quick switching and exiting. Long press doesnt allow for quick exiting.
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JKay setting, uninstalled TWLauncher. Customized stock.
Fast AND sexy as lightning.
Waiting to KANG it up with stable build.
Ok, I didn't catch that you were looking to kill apps from the first pop up.
Funny how with Froyo and Gingerbread, the idea was to not kill apps and let Android manage it and now in ICS they are making it easy to kill apps again. I got quite use to letting Android kill them for me.
I also like that it only shows the last few apps. Drives me nuts that the Ipad just lets the recent apps list grow and grow. Sometime I get a little @nal and want to kill everything and it takes several minutes to close everything and I en threalize I should have just rebooted instead. I also hate in OSX, when I hit the read X, I WANT THE APP CLOSED and not hanging around in the Dock. And why is it MAC users have 150 apps on their Dock. Like I really believe you use all those apps regularly. I guess if they had a windows machine, they would be the ones who could not see their wallpaper through all the folders and app icons on the desktop.
Sorry for the Apple rant. I have my rants about Android, Windows and Ubuntu too.
Hi, can any1 among yu guys make a mod for our SGSA to kill apps by holding back key. This is a very useful feature as if u r playing any game nd if it slows down yu can just hold back key to kill the running apps.
Thanks.
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Hi, can any1 among yu guys make a mod for our SGSA to kill apps by holding back key. This is a very useful feature as if u r playing any game nd if it slows down yu can just hold back key to kill the running apps.
Thanks.
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Its a lot more easier to make a Long press Menu button to Kill apps functionality. Because as far as I know, long pressing back button opens (and closes) Multiwindow - which we don't have but since the codes are still there, all those codes will either have to be removed or replaced by new ones to get the function you're asking for.
So, that's why to avoid all that hard work, I enabled Long press Menu button to Kill apps functionality on my ROM (Sami OS). If you're interested, then you can try my ROM or I can help you enable it to your current (stock based) ROM by yourself
EDIT: I think HarshJelly ROM has the feature you're asking for. Give it a try :good:
Several release ago Samsung did away with a dedicated menu button. Many of the application developers enhanced their apps to have the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner to allow touch access to the menu button.. In the S6 those apps with out a menu button had a floating circle with the 3 dots. Now with the note 5 I could not find a button combination or the floating circle for apps like moon reader. Previously you would press and hold the multitasking button. NOW you need to press and hold the back button. Why do they need to change this so often and not communicate it? Oh well but there is your answer
Thank you so much... I've been searching for the answer to this question since I got mine on the 18th!!!
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Thanks
Oh man ... thank God you found it ... was missing it in my s6 edge ... got my note5 today and its back bcz of you ...
I have held the back button on my note 5 and nothing comes up.
Ya, I suffered with this one for a while, coming from the Note 3. Then I saw someone on a video use the back button hold.
Take this site for example, subscribing used to be a breeze on my other device but long press back, the page will be back instead. Same goes to other app, the back and menu combination really a bad choice by samsung.
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Thank you. Wish I would have known this a while ago.
Menu button on note 5
I have long pressed the back button on my note 5 but it doesn't come up. I need it for game apps I play. Please help. Thanks.
@Alliswhat44 Its not a big deal with 'All in One Gestures' app in the store. You can combine the features of buttons(Home, Back, Recents, Volume up and down) as you wish. Even the Back button can be Recents..
Hi, I downloaded all in one gestures. I enabled it. Do all boxes have to be checked?
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I enabled it all but it does not show what I want. I play shoot bubble deluxe and I need the menu button in the game to use skips and play levels already played
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Hi, I downloaded all in one gestures. I enabled it. Do all boxes have to be checked?
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I enabled it all but it does not show what I want. I play shoot bubble deluxe and I need the menu button in the game to use skips and play levels already played
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I think your device is not rooted, is it? You can manage Recents button as Menu(If rooted I think) with selecting 'Single Tap or Long press'. The app is perfectly usefull and working.
BTW there is an app name is 'GMD Gesture Control' Thats spectacular as pro.
some apps don't support it...would just quit the app
Correct. If the app uses an on screen menu button anyway (disregarding the android prop setting), then the long key press menu button doesn't work. Is really an app issue at that point.
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many thanks!
I thought the long press of the back button brought up the menu?
Has no one made a tweak to change recent back to the menu button like they did with the note 4?
Konsstantine34 said:
@Alliswhat44 Its not a big deal with 'All in One Gestures' app in the store. You can combine the features of buttons(Home, Back, Recents, Volume up and down) as you wish. Even the Back button can be Recents..
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This post saved all the ****ty feelings I had for my new note 5 without the menu button. Thank god for this software and others like these.
newuxtreme said:
This post saved all the ****ty feelings I had for my new note 5 without the menu button. Thank god for this software and others like these.
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Lol glad to know you like it too.
dear all, I have some questions about oxygen os, so I m trying to ask some oxygen os users, hope you can help (wondering if buying a oneplus 5 or not )
i'd like to know if the following features are included in OOS:
1. long press vol buttons to skip songs while screen is off
2. editable clock in status bar (like show it center or left also, and show also the date)
3. if extra actions can be assigned long-pressing or double pressing the hw buttons (recents, home/fingerprint and back buttons, not the virtual navbar buttons): I mean actions like for example show volume panel, show quicksettings/notifications panel, show power menu, kill foreground app, screen off etc)
4. dt2s in lockscreen?
TIA guys!
1. No, but instead there are gestures to pause or change song (volume long press probably after rooting)
2. No, not sure can it be achieved w/o Xposed (No Xposed on Nougat at the moment)
3. Yes
4. Yes
przemcio510 said:
1. No, but instead there are gestures to pause or change song (volume long press probably after rooting)
2. No, not sure can it be achieved w/o Xposed (No Xposed on Nougat at the moment)
3. Yes
4. Yes
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thanks my friend for the answer
nice! what a pity for #2, really need it.
for xposed i have given up already.. if it hasn't been released so far..i doubt it will in the near future..! ;(
really interested in OnePlus 5, but still it is too big for me.. 5 inches is already maximum for me.. will see... thanks again!!
FcukBloat said:
really interested in OnePlus 5, but still it is too big for me.. 5 inches is already maximum for me.. will see... thanks again!!
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The 3t and the 5 used the exact same screen module and size is therefore as good as the same, around the 5.5 inch screen.
yeah thanks i know that, i don't own a 3t, atm i have a mi5, which is a 5 inch, and i feel i couldn't stand a even bigger phone ;( bye!
I'm also interested in #1. I know that custom ROMs support that, I'm sure it's do-able on OOs too. Maybe there's somebody who can enlighten us