I've used the S5 and figured out how to disable the magazine app, well, the S6 has a similar feature that uses Flipboard. I haven't been able to figure out how to disable.
Also, I have NO IDEA how to create a folder in the App Drawer.
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I've used the S5 and figured out how to disable the magazine app, well, the S6 has a similar feature that uses Flipboard. I haven't been able to figure out how to disable.
Also, I have NO IDEA how to create a folder in the App Drawer.
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Dunno about about the folders but you can hide (but maybe not disable) the Flipboard screen by unchecking its box in the "rearrange home screens" mode.
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Dunno about about the folders but you can hide (but maybe not disable) the Flipboard screen by unchecking its box in the "rearrange home screens" mode.
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Yeah, I did that, and you can do that, but, there's no wrap-around feature; Basically you will have no screens if you swipe left once you hide it.
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Yeah, I did that, and you can do that, but, there's no wrap-around feature; Basically you will have no screens if you swipe left once you hide it.
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Yea, no wrap around but just reposition your home screen
dirtyballoonot said:
Yeah, I did that, and you can do that, but, there's no wrap-around feature; Basically you will have no screens if you swipe left once you hide it.
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Someone needs an iPhone..
fsupartyboy850 said:
Someone needs an iPhone..
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I've owned every Galaxy except a 5. I've always rooted and always had that functionality. Thanks for the sarcasm, and wasting internet space though
dirtyballoonot said:
I've owned every Galaxy except a 5. I've always rooted and always had that functionality. Thanks for the sarcasm, and wasting internet space though
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While the wrap around effect is long gone in TouchWiz, it is still implemented on most third party launchers. And call me crazy, but someone with so much experience should know how to simply add new pages and reassign the home page.
fsupartyboy850 said:
While the wrap around effect is long gone in TouchWiz, it is still implemented on most third party launchers. And call me crazy, but someone with so much experience should know how to simply add new pages and reassign the home page.
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I wasn't asking how to rearrange home screens. The feature is alive and well in the 4. Don't see any benefit to removing it, but you're not really here for help or a discussion. Just to be argumentative and condescending.
Just pointing out something...the iPhone home screen doesn't wrap either, so it would do no good for them to get one for that feature. ...
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Just pointing out something...the iPhone home screen doesn't wrap either, so it would do no good for them to get one for that feature. ...
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I don't want an iPhone, I want my homescreen and app drawer to wrap. Simple request. It used to behave this way
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I'm looking for an application dock like in open home..does anyone know if their is one available without open home?
thanks in advance....
Haven't seen one, but it would be sweet. Just a widget with last 6 apps used would be cool. Or drag and drop, like a tray.
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Haven't seen one, but it would be sweet. Just a widget with last 6 apps used would be cool. Or drag and drop, like a tray.
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you mean like when you hold the home key down?
It's not quite what the OP is looking for, but try "Bar Control" which allows you to put launcher icons for your favorite apps in the status bar.
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you mean like when you hold the home key down?
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Exactly but a widget.
Seems silly imo, but thats my opinion...unless you mean something like the iPhone dock? dxtop has a second tab that keeps track of recently used apps. That's the closest thing I've seen yet. Since 1.5 is officially on its way to the masses I think you'll see a ton of widgets hit the market soon.
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Exactly but a widget.
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its in one of these "HOME" apps somewhere..
yea i cant wait until more widgets come out.. i had to not use Open Home anymore just to see the stock widgets.. money comes, money goes.. LIFE!
Id be willing to bet money that once stock 1.5 gets pushed open home will open their app up to the new widgets.
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its in one of these "HOME" apps somewhere..
yea i cant wait until more widgets come out.. i had to not use Open Home anymore just to see the stock widgets.. money comes, money goes.. LIFE!
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Id be willing to bet money that once stock 1.5 gets pushed open home will open their app up to the new widgets.
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They have a working beta and it works with all widgets. When you install it though it wipes your screens clean and you have to redo everything. Also folder icons go back to default at random But its a small price to pay for the widgets i think
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=510831
SweeterHome has app trays that can be installed. You pick the apps/shortcuts, etc you want in the tray and can customize almost EVERYTHING!
Also, has what they call "springboards" which is an icon/shortcut that will open up an app tray (or) that can contain anything you want.
I've been using it for quite some time. It is in development - but, most of the major bugs have been worked out.
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Since 1.5 is officially on its way to the masses I think you'll see a ton of widgets hit the market soon.
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Anyone else wishing they would have modified the market to allow for Apps + Games + Widgets in the menu? It's going to be a pain in the butt finding new widgets with all the apps.
I love dxTop implematation of the app dock.. just swipe the drawer pull tabs to the left or to the right and there ya go. BRILLIANT!
There are a lot of threads here and in the VZW forum about how terrible this device is, etc, without root. I'm a former flash-a-holic and my last several devices have all been Samsung on stock, albeit rooted, firmware. those of us preferring touchwiz have our reasons, and those who prefer aosp have theirs, but this isn't a "why we can't have aosp" thread, this is about making lemonade with what we have.
so, my reasons for wanting root, and how I worked around them:
1. ad blocking. I LOVE adaway, its seriously the first app I'd install on a new device after rooting. without root, give adblock plus a try. you can turn off the status bar notifications in the app and by ticking the box in the app manager.
its simple enough to disable apps on WiFi, just input the proxy host name and port and you're done. I hadn't ever found a clear and concise instruction on how to do this with mobile data, so here it is- create a NEW APN and copy all of the info from the stock APN, and add the proxy host name and port. done, you now have ad blocking on WiFi and mobile data, without root, and without persistent notifications.
2. de-bloating. first, the s5 has less bloat than the s3 or s4, but its still there. it is INCREADIBLY easy to disable or uninstall on this device. go to the app drawer and press the settings icon (or long press the app switcher button) and select uninstall/disable apps. if its ATT or Samsung, and you don't want it, odds are you can either uninstall or disable it. just make sure that in Samsung Apps you disable automatic updates over WiFi. you can also hide them.
myth busting time: IF you were rooted, and IF you manually removed bloat apps, you do NOT gain ANY additional usable space in device storage.
3. tether bypass. there are multiple threads here on how to do this. I have a 10gb plan so its a non issue here.
4. Writing to extSDcard. most built in apps like the browser, email, and camera will save to the ext SD card. so will my files, which is actually a LOT better than on the s3 or s4.
5. removing bloat bookmarks from the stock browser. I prefer the stock browser over chrome, call me crazy. I also don't like the 4 pre-loaded bookmarks being in my list. I saw a tip here to just create a folder called My Bookmarks or whatever you like and put your bookmarks there. the bloat is still there but its not staring you in the face.
so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
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so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
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Speed- I find that a lot of people nag about speed, my phone is fluid in all ways. Three factors play into this, using the TW launcher, animation speed, one last tricky one-- S-Voice has a delay on the home button waiting for the possible hook in for user prompting it. My standpoint is you can get from a TW rom the kind of speed or more that you can with a rom somebody else pre-tweaked for you.
Remedies below.
1. Get Nova Launcher (you can look into others if you like, if you want an experienced users perspective on speed, use Nova it flies)
2. Enable Developer Options(click About Device, click build number until it says Dev mode is enabled), Turn OFF animations for Transition window animation scale, transition animation scale and animator duration scale.
3. Open up S Voice (through the double-tap shortcut or in the app drawer). Tap the menu button in the top right corner (three dots) and find the "Open via home key" option under "Wake-up." Disable for slightly faster home button response.
Some people may find this abrupt transition between applications off putting at first but once you give it an hour the phone is flying so fast I could never go back. Enjoy!
As mentioned above:
Nova Launcher
Transitions at .5 or OFF
De-bloating (see this thread)
And - tasker, tasker, tasker!
My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
iFont available for free from the Play store allows you to add hundreds of fonts to your phone right from the app, and is compatible with the font selection from settings - display.You can also load fonts from the internet or your computer and use that as your default font.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
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My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
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This could be due to your SD card. If you are saving pics to external SD and your card is a lower class it will read and write data in a longer time frame. If you are using internal memory and not the SD card slot then I'm not sure. Backup everything and try a factory reset. I personally don't have an SD card, I don't see the need without root. Also it takes about 3 seconds for me to do what takes you 15. That's why I think an SD might be the Culprit here
There is 1 thing you can not do without root that is needed for me. I own a Pioneer Appradio and use ARUnchained which requires root. If you don't know what it is then look it up. It basically mirrors your phone and lets you use touch on Pioneers Appradio. I used this with my GS3 and if I would have known we wouldn't have root after this long I would have kept it and not bought the GS5. There is no getting around root for this. Pioneer's stock app has restrictions and doesn't let you mirror everything where as ARUnchained solves this problem.
I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory.
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natefish said:
I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory. Sent from my GS5
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Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Here is all you need. I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
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natefish said:
Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
Sent from my GS5
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Fixed
Russ77 said:
add the proxy host name and port.
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
Anyone got a working "volume rocker skip"? I've seen the double press ones that work as a service..seems wonky.
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abovenbeyond said:
Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks for the tip - I was using "Sweet Home!" app to sync my camera photos with my laptop but after multiple years without issue, all of the sudden I'm getting an invalid syntax error. Tried getting help from the developers but got no response. Dropbox it is!
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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RoguePC said:
proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
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RoguePC's got it covered.
my only real gripe with adblock + is it only blocks internet traffic, not in-app ads. still better than nothing though.
Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
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Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Ah, gotcha. Unfortunately, short of root reassigning buttons, I don't think that's a desire that will see much traction in the future now that the UX standards require on-screen menus and more devices are coming out without any soft buttons at all. When you get down to it though, you're either tapping the bottom-left of your device or you're tapping the three dots on the screen.
Awesome app called quick click,let's you map your volume buttons for flashlight and a lot of others actions,just throwing it out there missed using xposed,mods with that.
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Now I've finally got MM on the phone, I see the leftmost screen in app draw is 'suggested' with some apps already in here. I can't see any way to put in apps that *I* want, is there any way to do this?
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Now I've finally got MM on the phone, I see the leftmost screen in app draw is 'suggested' with some apps already in here. I can't see any way to put in apps that *I* want, is there any way to do this?
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Try organising the opening page of the app draw with what you want, rather than worry about something a swipe away
I suspect the suggested page is based on usage, so it should end up being you most popular apps after a few weeks.
I'm, using nova launcher's hidden nav bar and swipe up to pull it up.. but if I swipe in the bottom middle, samsung pay pops up. I don't see any option at all to turn that off anywhere.
HELP!
Did you look in the samsung pay app?? 3 dots and use favorite cards
Yep... And you have to have one active card... No way to remove it.
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Yep... And you have to have one active card... No way to remove it.
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Have you tried disabling it?
Yeah I just disabled it and it went away.
I cant seem to find it to disable it... I'll look again. Is it called Samsung pay?
Edit: I was looking under batter to sleep it, and it looks like you have to disable it from the app list.
Thanks!
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I cant seem to find it to disable it... I'll look again. Is it called Samsung pay?
Edit: I was looking under batter to sleep it, and it looks like you have to disable it from the app list.
Thanks!
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Just go to the Favorite cards area in the Samsung Pay app and disable them from use.
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Just go to the Favorite cards area in the Samsung Pay app and disable them from use.
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Is weird... I didn't have those options with the default included install. I installed again from the play store, and after installing it had to also install an update, and I DO now see those options!
I wonder if the default verizon install is a slightly different app, (probably worth Verizon snooping built in) lol!
At any rate, I still have it installed now so I can use that $5 debris, but it's not popping up every 2 minutes, so I'm a very happy camper!
To show my hidden Nav bar, here ya go. Swipe up, and it's transparent with visible buttons.
Did anyone else notice the Samsung messages widget is missing from Galaxy Note 9? I use the built in messages app (not google's messages app, samsungs), and I used to have the widget on my home screen on my Note 8 that showed the messages window. Now I don't see a widget for it?
I don't have the phone with me so I can't check right now. I did notice you can't change the text background anymore and that kind of pisses me off. I don't like goSMS or Textra. I don't want a 3rd party app. It sucks they stick you with no options to change background or chat bubble colors.
Its just not there. They also removed a feature I used quite often on my S8: Bixby dictation by pressing and holding button while keyboard is open. It was super convenient.
I noticed it too... If you find anything, please let me know! I'll do the same!
Tadderanne said:
I noticed it too... If you find anything, please let me know! I'll do the same!
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It is unfortunate, I guess it may be time to switch over to Googles "messages" app instead now because it does have the widget!
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Its just not there. They also removed a feature I used quite often on my S8: Bixby dictation by pressing and holding button while keyboard is open. It was super convenient.
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I think that is still there somewhere. When I was setting up Bixby I turned it off. It asked if I wanted to allow it to control the keyboard or something in Messages.
Yep no messages backgrounds.
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beckerben said:
It is unfortunate, I guess it may be time to switch over to Googles "messages" app instead now because it does have the widget!
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Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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It don't matter that much I use WhatsApp or telegram primarily. Looks like an indicator that perhaps Samsung is winding down it's messaging division?
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PsiPhiDan said:
Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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I like google messages because it also has the web messaging component to be able to respond to people from the computer is awesome!
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I like google messages because it also has the web messaging component to be able to respond to people from the computer is awesome!
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Oooo... That is nice. Might need to try that, haha.
Dictation is there. In the upper left of the keyboard there's a revolving menu button. Has a smiling face on it. It should be there. If it is not there press the triangle on right side and move it.
As for the messages widget missing. Looks like Samaung removed it.