I upgraded to the S6 Edge from an S3. On the S3 the home screens and app menu wrapped around (i.e. swiping right on the far right screen brought me to the far left screen) and if I pressed on the dot corresponding to any home or app screen it would navigate directly to that one. On the S6 Edge, screens do not wrap around and pressing on any dot that's not next to the screen I'm on just moves it one screen in the right direction, but not all the way there. This is a pretty frustrating way to navigate as it means more swiping. Anybody able to get some better screen navigation for home and app screens or am I stuck with this?
Yes, this is my EXACT problem. Is there some magic setting that unlocks this feature? I didn't realize how much I relied on the navigation dots till that functionality disappeared with my new S6! It's such a little thing, but it's making using the new phone really, really aggravating. Has anybody found a solution to this?
ETA: I too upgraded from an S3, but to a plain S6, not the S6 Edge. I don't know how I feel about the fact that this is apparently a problem across phones . . .
Also, while we're at it, can we make the menu button come back? I miss it. . So to recap: 1) navigation dots, 2) screen wrap around navigation, 3) menu button. All missing. All essential.
joshrbux said:
I upgraded to the S6 Edge from an S3. On the S3 the home screens and app menu wrapped around (i.e. swiping right on the far right screen brought me to the far left screen) and if I pressed on the dot corresponding to any home or app screen it would navigate directly to that one. On the S6 Edge, screens do not wrap around and pressing on any dot that's not next to the screen I'm on just moves it one screen in the right direction, but not all the way there. This is a pretty frustrating way to navigate as it means more swiping. Anybody able to get some better screen navigation for home and app screens or am I stuck with this?
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Agreed! This is terrible! Is this one of those Touch Wiz cuts that everyone is praising? Ugh, I miss the dots and the wraparound home screens.
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Hi:
I am brand new to Captivate (from a Tilt 2), so am exploring Android. So far I am in love with it.
I have searched, and can't seem to find how to set the Home screen. What I mean is, I found how to edit screens (add, remove). But, for some reason the Home button always takes me to the screen farthest to the right. I would like for it to take me to the center screen. How do I do this?
Thanks!
I think on TouchWiz, if you only have 3 homescreens created, the default will be the one on the far right. If you create more homescreens (say 7), it will be the one in the middle. Try adding more homescreens to the right of the one that is defaulted for you right now. Then once you get the one in middle as your default, you can delete the ones to the far left and right if you don't want all 7 screens. Hope this makes sense.
The default is the one with the little home icon at the bottom. You can put it anywhere
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Hi:
WD33- Thanks so much. I tried that. I have added and subtracted a million screens, but there seems to be no rhyme or or reason (sometimes it's the farthest one to the left, sometimes it's the second to last etc), and I can't seem to get the middle one as home.
Dani:
Thanks for your reply. I don't see the little home icon. You do mean in the edit screen to edit tabs, right?
Thanks again to both of you!
EDIT: Well, after much trial and error, I had to go back to the original 7 screen layout in order to get the center screen to be home.
For those who want to bypass the activation screen, surprisingly it's the same method used on the droid 2.
The method on bypassing the activation screen is
1. On the Welcome screen with the touch the android to begin icon, do the following:
2. Tap the top left corner of the screen then
3. Tap the top right corner of the screen then
4. Tap the bottom right corner of the screen ( just above the grey bar along the bottom with emergency dial and change language in it) then
5. Tap the bottom left corner of the screen ( just above the grey bar along the bottom with emergency dial and change language in it).
6. That’s it, should pop up the home screen shortly, if not retry. Remember not to drag your finger, simple tap top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left.
Credits do not go to me, but to the person who found out about this first. - Copied the steps from TheUnlockr
This applies to many phones
Oooorrrrrr, you can tap the corners in a clockwise fashion starting at the top left.
Saves a lot of reading, no offense to the OP.
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haha, it's my first droid phone. I've been using iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4, Samsung Vibrant, Captivate and Samsung Infuse so it's the first time I saw it and thought it'd be nice to share considering I didn't know that it'd be on many devices, kinda thought it was like a glitch
So, any ideas if the process com.motorola.setup keeps force closing? tapping the corners dismisses the activation screen, but continues on to the account setup and promptly crashes. I finally gave up and took it into the Verizon Store and they said it would need replaced, but I have to call an 800#, so I am looking at a day or 2 with no phone and I am currently trying to charge/activate an old phone since I can't even bypass the activation on my D3... I honestly am not very pleased with this device. I wanted so much to like it, but its like they just threw it together and then promptly forgot it existed...
On Hashcodes ics buid you just hit the home key
Maybe its just me but I could not get this to work on monster rom. I tapped around in a circle several times
xt860, android 2.3.5, Monster rom
Hi everyone! How can I make three screens with no scrolling, that is I can't swipe between screens but can select the screen by pinching in and selecting the screen. I need this because I am trying to make a screen where it has shortcuts to go to the next screen. So I want to restrict swiping between screens and only use those shortcuts. Any help is greatly appreciated.:laugh:
Use SSlaucher
jephindavis said:
Hi everyone! How can I make three screens with no scrolling, that is I can't swipe between screens but can select the screen by pinching in and selecting the screen. I need this because I am trying to make a screen where it has shortcuts to go to the next screen. So I want to restrict swiping between screens and only use those shortcuts. Any help is greatly appreciated.:laugh:
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Try SSlauncher.
I had exactly what you described on my Galaxy S in it worked perfectly. My screens were set up similar to an old telephone address book. On the right hand side of every one of the 9 screens I had were the numbers 1-9. I was the "home" screen. Under the numbers, that went from the bottom to the top of the screen were short description on what was of that screen. Things like "Home", "Office", "Daily", "Games", "Photo"
It was a joy to use and looked very cool with a smooth transition from screen to screen called "Flow".
One of the nicest things -apart from not having to swipe all the time- was that from the "Home" screen to screen 9 did not mean that 8 other screens had to fly past. The next screed regardless of the number always appeared to be the next screen!
SSlauncher also allows you to switch of "swiping" and even have a different background on each screen.
One warning. Do not be put off buy the developers terrible examples on the Play Store or the learning curve. Go to www.mycolorscreen.? for inspiration.
Don't hesitate to pm for help if you need it.
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Try SSlauncher.
I had exactly what you described on my Galaxy S in it worked perfectly. My screens were set up similar to an old telephone address book. On the right hand side of every one of the 9 screens I had were the numbers 1-9. I was the "home" screen. Under the numbers, that went from the bottom to the top of the screen were short description on what was of that screen. Things like "Home", "Office", "Daily", "Games", "Photo"
It was a joy to use and looked very cool with a smooth transition from screen to screen called "Flow".
One of the nicest things -apart from not having to swipe all the time- was that from the "Home" screen to screen 9 did not mean that 8 other screens had to fly past. The next screed regardless of the number always appeared to be the next screen!
SSlauncher also allows you to switch of "swiping" and even have a different background on each screen.
One warning. Do not be put off buy the developers terrible examples on the Play Store or the learning curve. Go to www.mycolorscreen.? for inspiration.
Don't hesitate to pm for help if you need it.
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Thanks. I am using apex launcher now. Will try ss launcher. Thanks for the reply.
Every time I add an additional home screen it goes to the far right,
I can't seem to move it to another position say far left.
I have tried going into the widget bit long holding the screen I want to move and dragging it, but it doesn't work, only way to do it would be to move all the widgets across one by one.
Any help would be great,
Aaron
Aaronneal said:
Every time I add an additional home screen it goes to the far right,
I can't seem to move it to another position say far left.
I have tried going into the widget bit long holding the screen I want to move and dragging it, but it doesn't work, only way to do it would be to move all the widgets across one by one.
Any help would be great,
Aaron
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the only way is make a new screen the home screen so if you want one screen on the left and 2 on the right make the 2nd screen the home screen or the last screen the home screen
i hope that makes sense
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I have a heck of a time swiping from the top corner to reduce an app into pen window. Try it in chrome and see what you get.
I either end up pulling the notification shade or swiping tabs. After 10 tries I might get the window. what am missing?
If your talking about pop up window I was having the same problem, here's what you do.. Swipe the corner of either the right or left side down but go ABOVE the screen a little start from the bezel where there's no screen and you should get it every time.. Hope this helps
Yeah that's it. Sorry, they used to call it pen window on note 3.
I'm still struggling with it.
Lol im opposite of you. They get swype too easily!....though I wonder if screen sensitivity increase have anything to do with it
It also doesn't work on everything.. No homescreen, you have to be on the browser or other applications for it to work..
Pen window was a different thing all. Together where you would draw a little box with the pen and a few applications would come up, this you don't need to use the pen for it to work, so if you're using the pen it might make it harder try what I said using your finger and see if it helps..
I'm not using the pen at all. I just tried it a bunch of times and I get better results (not 100% but much better) if I swipe quicker and from the corner of the PHONE, not the corner of the screen. Just about what Melissa recommended. But for me speed seems to factor in too.
Good I'm glad it's working better for ya! ?
Try near very corner, where it says PM/AM ...starting from the status bar...pull down past the bar, then i towards the center. You'll notice that if you go straight down the shade won't move.
That's usually where I reach to pull the shade down and kept wondering why it wouldn't come down the first time I try it.
are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.
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are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.
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It really is as easy as it sounds. Put your index finger over the front facing camera in the upper right corner of the phone then slide your finger diagonally across the screen towards the bottom left. Works for me every time as long as the app support it. Not all apps work so make sure you are using a supported multi-window app.
rabilancia said:
are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.
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Yeah, there are 'dead' zones on both ends of the status bar. After you pull down from the dead zone, just swipe towards the center. You can actually pull down about 1/2 inch and it will still work.
I'm very embarrassed to report back, but I had never turned on "Multi-Window." Perhaps my noobiness will help someone else!
Thanks to all those who offered help!