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Timer That Works In Background?

The timer that is part of the standard clock app stops it's countdown when it is pushed to the background on my captivate. Is this normal or is there a setting I can change to make it work in the background? Or is there a better timer on the market?
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Stevewmn said:
The timer that is part of the standard clock app stops it's countdown when it is pushed to the background on my captivate. Is this normal or is there a setting I can change to make it work in the background? Or is there a better timer on the market?
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Mine doesn't

Mine doesn't either.
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I use mine all the time, no problems. Are you killing the clock process, or using a task killer? My task killer would kill the clock and my alarms didn't work. Then I ditched the whole task killer thing when I flashed a froyo rom (cognition b6)
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Just tested mine as I was reading and it works for me too.
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Yeah,
I'm not sure what happened. I needed the timer for something I was cooking and it stopped in the background. But testing it again it seems to work now. Maybe I fat fingered the home button and hit stop too. Nevermind.

OStart : New App for the Gear

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.ostart
The finger friendliest way of Starting Apps on your Smartwatch.
Totaly user configurable:
Layouts 2x2,3x3, 4x4
Background Color
Possible to add Apps, Settings Shortcuts, Contact Shortcuts
Possible to save layouts
Swipe left or right to change layout.
Adaptive Mode:
1. Make a list with the apps launched the more often with any of the other list.
2. Allow to sort any list following their app usage.
3. Possible to stick the number of apps you choose at the beginning of an adaptive list.
4. Filter the apps usage reports (by date, hours, location...) to get the right apps when you need them.
5. Sync or merge reports between android phones using it.
6. Backup your data so that every time you get a new phone, the app usage data just get bigger and the adaptive mode better.
** This is still a beta version with only one app list and basic adaptive mode **
In current state, the adaptive mode will only sort the app list by globlal usage and can't be disabled.

Thanks...
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firasusman said:
Thanks...
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Kinda nice, but there's no way to see the time on it. I'm pretty partial to seeing the time on my watch, LOL.

How does this work? Side load onto Gear?

This should be a home screen widget.. would be perfect for novalauncher or any other third party launchers for that matter..
Kind of pointless if you ask me..

fOmey said:
This should be a home screen widget.. would be perfect for novalauncher or any other third party launchers for that matter..
Kind of pointless if you ask me..
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i have exactly the same feeling. no offence, but i can't find a single use for this that i won't get with nova launcher.
i'm not a developer, but i think we need more apps that are optimized for gear - and i don't mean a launcher like this, but apps like voice recorder, music player, perhaps a text reader.

fbueller said:
Kinda nice, but there's no way to see the time on it. I'm pretty partial to seeing the time on my watch, LOL.
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It's not a launcher, it's to be used with other launchers to access easily the apps you use most.

cyrilp said:
It's not a launcher, it's to be used with other launchers to access easily the apps you use most.
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Good for you getting an app made, can you give us some examples on where we could use it?

Multi window shortcut?

I rooted my phone and am wondering if there is a way to create a shortcut on my home page to launch the two apps quickly. I couldn't find anything online.
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Use 2 fingers to drag from the top of the screen and you can see the multi window on/off
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crxlvr said:
Use 2 fingers to drag from the top of the screen and you can see the multi window on/off
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I think the OP means launching 2 apps at the same time, not the quick toggle. There's nothing out there that I know of for that.

You can do it with an app that supports shortcuts (i.e. Nova Launcher, Tasker, GMD Gesture Control, etc).

Thanks. I use Nova launcher, so I will see if I get it to work.
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BlackZenith said:
You can do it with an app that supports shortcuts (i.e. Nova Launcher, Tasker, GMD Gesture Control, etc).
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Found it and it works like a charm! Thanks BlackZenith!
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For some reason I don't see the option for windowed shortcut for 1 or 2 apps.
It just doesn't exist.

looking for a task switcher

I'm looking for a NST-compatible task switcher.
The best i could find is this Task Switcher, but apparently the latest version is not listing all the active apps...
EDIT: i've found Smart Task Switcher which seems ok.

eadmaster said:
I'm looking for a NST-compatible task switcher.
The best i could find is this Task Switcher, but apparently the latest version is not listing all the active apps...
EDIT: i've found Smart Task Switcher which seems ok.
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Yeah, Smart Task Switcher seems to be the only task switcher that both looks decent and is compatible with the Nook, so most likely it's the best you're going to get. Thankfully, it is very nice, has plenty of features, and works exactly like it's supposed to - when I used it for a while, I actually uninstalled my ADW Launcher, because I didn't even need a homescreen anymore!
All in all, Smart Task Switcher is the best choice IMO. :good:

Button Savior does that as well as many other things.
OB
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OverByter said:
Button Savior does that as well as many other things.
OB
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Yes, it's a good app - the only problem with it in this sense is that to launch an app from it (by long-pressing Home), you have to have launched the app already from an alternate home launcher, making it not specifically ideal for a good task switcher.
:good:

thenookieforlife3 said:
Yes, it's a good app - the only problem with it in this sense is that to launch an app from it (by long-pressing Home), you have to have launched the app already from an alternate home launcher, making it not specifically ideal for a good task switcher.
:good:
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Once you have it installed you can go into the settings and have it start automatically at boot, easily adjust the contrast and opacity plus the location on screen so it's very unobtrusive in day to day usage.
OB
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OverByter said:
Once you have it installed you can go into the settings and have it start automatically at boot, easily adjust the contrast and opacity plus the location on screen so it's very unobtrusive in day to day usage.
OB
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Yeah, I know - I used Button Savior for about a year, so I know my way around it. I don't have it installed anymore because I can use NTMM to assign everything I used in Button Savior to the physical buttons, eliminating the need for another key set.
But, I digress. In my opinion, all in all, it's a very nice app, but for purely a task switcher, it's not ideal.

[Q] Annoying soft touch keys.....

As the title suggests, the soft touch keys can be annoying sometimes, especially while playing games they use the screen and tapping them by mistake is very often. So, my request to the developer community is that can you make a mod/kernel so that games can use the full screen and the soft touch keys hide automatically like in some games they do.
(I'm not sure whether it was right to make a whole new thread about a not so major problem. If it is not appropriate, please inform me)

Saurabh K said:
As the title suggests, the soft touch keys can be annoying sometimes, especially while playing games they use the screen and tapping them by mistake is very often. So, my request to the developer community is that can you make a mod/kernel so that games can use the full screen and the soft touch keys hide automatically like in some games they do.
(I'm not sure whether it was right to make a whole new thread about a not so major problem. If it is not appropriate, please inform me)
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2 words : Immersive mode
You can Google to learn what it is and how to force an app to run in immersive mode...
And that's the easiest way instead of making a new kernel /rom and what not

It's easy to download gmd full screen immersive mode app on play store and it's free or if you can afford you also can buy gems auto hide soft keys

I have tried the app before. It's quite good. But we need to manually set it everytime before use, anyways thanks for replying.
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It's got per app configuration so if you set it once and u can use that app in full screen mode

I can't see the option......
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I don't use it but it's written in app description look in play store

Maybe Im using an outdated version.........will update and check it out.....

Also, the GMD app is filled with bugs like not responding, wallpaper changes on its own..not a good app....
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There is an app from gmd called gmd auto hide softkeys root it's you can use it

nap533 said:
There is an app from gmd called gmd auto hide softkeys root it's you can use it
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That's what I told before. It is full of bugs( atleast on cyanogenmod 12.1)..