i'm new to android and i've been waiting this since CES n now i've got it in Singapore!
However, when I switched on my 2X i found there's no any preloaded games that mentioned in the gsmarena review, the spiderman and shrek kart, tegra zone as well.The set comes with a HDMI cable too.
Anyway, that doesnt matter a lot but I dont understand why i can't buy paid apps? and market not even show those paid apps too.
ROM and stuff i'm learning now too but if there's anyone who kind enough u can simply post here, starting from the basics =D
much appreciated!
go to the appdrawer, then press on the icon named "preinstalled apps" and a list of apps will appear, including the games you mention - click on the ones you want to have installed. The apps are delivered as installation packages on the phone, but not preinstalled - LG leave it up to you to deside which of these you want to install.
erm. I cant see any appdrawer? but i clicked on the application thr's folder called preloaded apps but only 4 useless apps inside, like the compass apps etc.
and i just realise my location are not support paid apps. so if i root my hp will i able to purchase paid apps?
Hello everyone,i have a audio problem on my Galaxy Mini 2 and i'm wondering which could be the real problem behind it.I'll try to explain everything and make it as short as possible:
I bought a Mini 2 a month ago and after like 2 weeks i noticed a audio problem.Be it in games or music player,sometimes (it appears randomly) the sound stops for like half of a second and i think it also makes some kind of noise during that time (noticed that noise today).
I went to the customer support center and they reinstalled the software and i got it back in 2 days...after testing it for a while...i noticed that the problem still occurs,so i went back to the support center...this time they said they'll check out the hardware..the support guy to which i talked said that the problem might be because :
1. I installed alot of applications (had alot of them last time,but after the software reinstall i reinstalled from google play less applications than before...i have like 28 installed now,nothing fancy,only some games and normal applications ,my phone not being rooted yet)
2. He said that low end smartphones like Galaxy Mini 2 ,upon installing applications,will start losing performance,etc
3.He said that the background applications could be the ones doing this
The thing is that i don't believe anything of what he said...i mean...i know that Mini 2 is a low end device,but still it's pretty decent,so it should support a large number of applications. Regarding nr 2 sentence,i know phones start to lose perfomance by time,but seriously,only after like 2 weeks? Yeah right >.< and even if it would start to lower performance,would it really lower it that much to make the phone sounds/music not play properly? And regarding nr 3,i don't have too many applications in the background and the processor is mostly on 0% when the phone is idle (checked it with a google play CPU application).Also the music player consumes 0%.
In the end,they took the phone again and said that they will check things out and i'll have it back in minimum 4 days.
What do you guys think? What could be the problem causing this? I'd appreciate an oppinion.
Thank you in advance.
From my experience , some applications can cause this problem . like for example with notifications that should play a sound . An example I frequently encounter is the Yahoo Messenger or the Facebook app . Every time I'm listenning to music and someone sents me a message , the notification comes into action and while it should play the sound it has to , it mutes my sound in exchange .
Uf that's not the case , a list with all your apps would be helpful .
And don't worry about Mini 2's specs , that's not the problem . It can swallow a lot of multitasking , allthough from my experience it hick-ups in some games (fps lag but no audio problems like the one you're talking about) .
Uizz.UW said:
From my experience , some applications can cause this problem . like for example with notifications that should play a sound . An example I frequently encounter is the Yahoo Messenger or the Facebook app . Every time I'm listenning to music and someone sents me a message , the notification comes into action and while it should play the sound it has to , it mutes my sound in exchange .
Uf that's not the case , a list with all your apps would be helpful .
And don't worry about Mini 2's specs , that's not the problem . It can swallow a lot of multitasking , allthough from my experience it hick-ups in some games (fps lag but no audio problems like the one you're talking about) .
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I don't think it's a notification problem because i only activate my data synchronizer and internet (using wifi most of the time) only when i'm using them.I have Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger installed,but the sound problem occurs even when all the internet options are turned off.
Here are the applications that were installed on the phone : Yahoo Mail/Messenger, Manga Searcher, Infinite Anime Gallery, RinRin Bench, MikuMikuBench, Rin Clock Widget, Firefox, KeepSafe, Adobe Air, Anime Radio Online (this one was added after the problem was noticed), Barcode Scanner, Horoscope, Japanese Translator, Japanese Dictionary (JED), Kanji Recognizer, Meme Generator, Office Suite Viewer, Picasso, Multipicture live wallpaper.
Games: Talking Tom, Eternal Legacy, Nyan Cat Lost in Space, Angry Birds, 3D Hunting Alaskan Hunt Plus, Castle Master 3D, Fruit Ninja, Trigger Knight
That's about all that i had in my smartphone.
Also maybe i should add that i don't usually multitask,i mostly use one application at a time.
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I don't think it's a notification problem because i only activate my data synchronizer and internet (using wifi most of the time) only when i'm using them.I have Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger installed,but the sound problem occurs even when all the internet options are turned off.
Here are the applications that were installed on the phone : Yahoo Mail/Messenger, Manga Searcher, Infinite Anime Gallery, RinRin Bench, MikuMikuBench, Rin Clock Widget, Firefox, KeepSafe, Adobe Air, Anime Radio Online (this one was added after the problem was noticed), Barcode Scanner, Horoscope, Japanese Translator, Japanese Dictionary (JED), Kanji Recognizer, Meme Generator, Office Suite Viewer, Picasso, Multipicture live wallpaper.
Games: Talking Tom, Eternal Legacy, Nyan Cat Lost in Space, Angry Birds, 3D Hunting Alaskan Hunt Plus, Castle Master 3D, Fruit Ninja, Trigger Knight
That's about all that i had in my smartphone.
Also maybe i should add that i don't usually multitask,i mostly use one application at a time.
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many of these apps autorun and consume your ram ALL the time
i have a feeling that keepsafe is causing the problems because from my experience they dont do anything good
anyway try to set autorun of every USER app to off with this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seasmind.android.gmappmgr&hl=en
If these applications are the cause,then it means i'm not allowed to install anything ? I mean..most of them are typical applications,nothing that is such a big consumer like antivirus or other stuff...a phone should work fine with those kind of applications...also my RAM is usually 220-250MB out of total of 398 MB,so i'm not lacking it.
My phone is not rooted so can't try to set autorun as you said Also it's currently sent to the customer support center for repairs.
And Keepsafe could be causing it? Damn...it's a nice application
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If these applications are the cause,then it means i'm not allowed to install anything ? I mean..most of them are typical applications,nothing that is such a big consumer like antivirus or other stuff...a phone should work fine with those kind of applications...also my RAM is usually 220-250MB out of total of 398 MB,so i'm not lacking it.
My phone is not rooted so can't try to set autorun as you said Also it's currently sent to the customer support center for repairs.
And Keepsafe could be causing it? Damn...it's a nice application
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keepsafe is to hide pics?oh not then its not the prob
i thought it was antivirus or something
peter_baz said:
keepsafe is to hide pics?oh not then its not the prob
i thought it was antivirus or something
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Yeah it's an application used to hide pictures,i don't have any applications like antiviruses etc installed,only what i listed above,mainly typical stuff (drawing application,horoscope,messenger,etc) and some games.
I also e-mailed Samsung about this problem and their solution was to try reset the phone,but since i already had it re-softwared, i guess that wouldn't solve the problem.
zapz said:
I don't think it's a notification problem because i only activate my data synchronizer and internet (using wifi most of the time) only when i'm using them.I have Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger installed,but the sound problem occurs even when all the internet options are turned off.
Here are the applications that were installed on the phone : Yahoo Mail/Messenger, Manga Searcher, Infinite Anime Gallery, RinRin Bench, MikuMikuBench, Rin Clock Widget, Firefox, KeepSafe, Adobe Air, Anime Radio Online (this one was added after the problem was noticed), Barcode Scanner, Horoscope, Japanese Translator, Japanese Dictionary (JED), Kanji Recognizer, Meme Generator, Office Suite Viewer, Picasso, Multipicture live wallpaper.
Games: Talking Tom, Eternal Legacy, Nyan Cat Lost in Space, Angry Birds, 3D Hunting Alaskan Hunt Plus, Castle Master 3D, Fruit Ninja, Trigger Knight
That's about all that i had in my smartphone.
Also maybe i should add that i don't usually multitask,i mostly use one application at a time.
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The apps shouldn't be the problem then ...
What's the status of your phone ? Rooted ? Custom CWM ? Custom Kernel ? Overclocked ? Also , are you using the stock TouchWiz launcher or another one ? Did you try monitoring your RAM to see if the problem is from there ? And finally , are you having any heating issuses ?
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The apps shouldn't be the problem then ...
What's the status of your phone ? Rooted ? Custom CWM ? Custom Kernel ? Overclocked ? Also , are you using the stock TouchWiz launcher or another one ? Did you try monitoring your RAM to see if the problem is from there ? And finally , are you having any heating issuses ?
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The phone isn't rooted,so i don't have custom CWM,neither kernel or neither overclocked.Yeah i'm using stock TouchWiz launcher.I didn't see any unusual behavior in the RAM,it loads up like 220-250 MB out of 398 MB and the applications using are just the typical stuff,Yahoo Mail,Messenger,system stuff Rin Voice Clock Widget and Multilive Wallpaper.
And no heating issues as well,phone is only warming up when i use the internet or play games,but it's not heating,only becoming warm.
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The phone isn't rooted,so i don't have custom CWM,neither kernel or neither overclocked.Yeah i'm using stock TouchWiz launcher.I didn't see any unusual behavior in the RAM,it loads up like 220-250 MB out of 398 MB and the applications using are just the typical stuff,Yahoo Mail,Messenger,system stuff Rin Voice Clock Widget and Multilive Wallpaper.
And no heating issues as well,phone is only warming up when i use the internet or play games,but it's not heating,only becoming warm.
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disable the live wallpaper maybe
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disable the live wallpaper maybe
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Got the phone back from customer support yesterday and they said they couldn't find the problem (i kind of knew this would happen because,it randomly appears,for example it can work without problem for 3 hours and then for the next 3 hours it can go crazy)
So i'm back from where i started...I reinstalled some of the applications that i had before(took out those which i was thinking that might be causing the problem and also i wasn't using them alot).Probably a bad idea to reinstall before testing,but i'm not really sure it's from the applications because other people have no problem on those applications and also they're typical applications,nothing special.
Also i only installed them and i didn't run any of them yet and so i have none of them configured and none of them in background (i usually have 4 app running in background when they're closed : Yahoo Mail,Messenger,Multilive Wallpaper and Rin Clock Widget).
Regarding the Multilive Wallpaper application...as mentioned above,i only installed the applications and didn't run them yet....and i discovered that i still have the problem after installing apps on the phone.Are there cases when you install an application and even if you don't run them,they could cause problems?
zapz said:
Got the phone back from customer support yesterday and they said they couldn't find the problem (i kind of knew this would happen because,it randomly appears,for example it can work without problem for 3 hours and then for the next 3 hours it can go crazy)
So i'm back from where i started...I reinstalled some of the applications that i had before(took out those which i was thinking that might be causing the problem and also i wasn't using them alot).Probably a bad idea to reinstall before testing,but i'm not really sure it's from the applications because other people have no problem on those applications and also they're typical applications,nothing special.
Also i only installed them and i didn't run any of them yet and so i have none of them configured and none of them in background (i usually have 4 app running in background when they're closed : Yahoo Mail,Messenger,Multilive Wallpaper and Rin Clock Widget).
Regarding the Multilive Wallpaper application...as mentioned above,i only installed the applications and didn't run them yet....and i discovered that i still have the problem after installing apps on the phone.Are there cases when you install an application and even if you don't run them,they could cause problems?
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Some applications run in background even if you don't see them . Google Maps for example does that , the Google Play updater , Y! Messenger too I think . You can stop them but they'll automatically start back . That's because they are services that need to e on constantly for updates , even if the internet is on or not .
Try to install GO Launcher EX , along with GO Power Manager and GO Task Manager . I am using those two things , and by clicking only 2 buttons on my homescreen , I can get to only 150MB used RAM AND manage to close some apps running in the background .
I don't think GO Launcher EX is needed to install the other two tho' , so first try them alone . But if you need a fast and stylish launcher , well yea xD Try GO Launcher EX too .
Thought it might be handy to hear people's suggestions for apps that run-well on Galaxy Gear's small screen display. Some obvious choices include:
Keyboards
Graffiti
Big Buttons
Game Emulators
Gameboy Color A.D. - heard in another thread this worked well.
Any other apps people have tested that run well?
Gstrings guitar tuner works great, and im also running Nesoid nes emulator.
Sent from my SM-N900V using xda app-developers app
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How do I go about installing those apps, after I root my phone, can you access the regular android app store?
BartHumphries said:
How do I go about installing those apps, after I root my phone, can you access the regular android app store?
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You need to install WonderShare Mobile Go on your PC first. Easy to use.
My apps so far that work well are:
Shake Calc - good little calculator with scientific functions too
QuickPic - photo/video viewer with lots of great folder organisation (including exclusion)
Node Beat - Great for showing off sound capability
aLights Pro - you want flashing lights or a handy torch?
Trapball - a very touch friendly simple time waster game
I can't figure out how to search apps by name and I can't find shakecalc anywhere. I have installed:
ASL American Sign Language Flash Cards
MyScript Calculator
Google Sky Map <-- omg, wtf bbq this is amazing
BartHumphries said:
I can't figure out how to search apps by name and I can't find shake calc anywhere. I have installed:
ASL American Sign Language Flash Cards
MyScript Calculator
Google Sky Map <-- omg, wtf bbq this is amazing
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Here you go, buddy! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.underflow.calc just to keep you going...
BartHumphries said:
How do I go about installing those apps, after I root my phone, can you access the regular android app store?
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Adb always works
Camera Gallery Pro - Very nice Camera app with some settings, included Gally app with it that works perfect...
Tablet Talk 1.6.4
Media Remote
these 2 apps are pretty much must haves if you dont want to run stock 4.1 android on Galaxy s3.
or if you want to pair the galaxy to any android device using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500999 then these apps give you almost all the functionality. just need s voice really.
Hi everyone,
Now that the Lg Urbane 2nd can have standalone applications using data connection with AW 2.0 Dev preview 3, I think it is time to have a thread to list the apps that can either be sideloaded and work standalone in the watch, or wear apps that actually have standalone capabilities.
I'll start with a apk I found to stream some music right from the watch: PCRadio2016 ( https://apkpure.com/radio-online-pcradio-2016/ru.zfour.pcradio )
I sideloaded the full app with adb, and of course the interface is quirky, but you now have access to 10.000 radio station divided by genre right from your watch..
I haven't tried flashing the preview yet, but since you have I was wondering if OK Google commands now work as standalone. I'd go ahead and flash the developer preview if I was certain that the restore image was identical to the factory ROM on my Verizon watch. Thanks
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I haven't tried flashing the preview yet, but since you have I was wondering if OK Google commands now work as standalone. I'd go ahead and flash the developer preview if I was certain that the restore image was identical to the factory ROM on my Verizon watch. Thanks
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Yes, Google voice works as standalone. All Google stuff is actually working very well (notifications for example), and i've been using the Preview 3 as a daily driver for more than a week now. Battery life is good, and the Whole experience is miles ahead in term of fluidity and ease of use. Only bad thing is that, because of the new playstore, you need to sideload all your apps manually until they arrive in the playstore.
Well, I took the plunge and so far I'm pretty impressed. I've side-loaded the GhostRacer wear app, and it appears to be running fine. Any chance you might have seen a way to get Play Music running?
ED2O9 said:
Well, I took the plunge and so far I'm pretty impressed. I've side-loaded the GhostRacer wear app, and it appears to be running fine. Any chance you might have seen a way to get Play Music running?
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The only music app I managed to have working is the one I posted. No chance with anything else. The problem with Google play music seems to be that there is already a music play service installed that blocks the installation of any Gplay apk.
Thanks for the info. I recently discovered that the factory image linked on the developer preview site isn't really stock (at least for the Verizon version). After flashing it, I can set up calling on the watch. It keeps telling me to run a system update. Any suggestions?
Hey there,
Is there a location sharing app (Glympse or smth) that works on standalone mode?
Thanks a lot
Hi again,
Is there Google maps available on AW 2.0?
Thanks
gidi said:
Hi again,
Is there Google maps available on AW 2.0?
Thanks
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Yes, you need to sideload the wear version of gmaps and everything works
Where can I download it from?
Hi there,
I`m using my watch since some weeks with preview 3 daily and it's pretty much better as v1.5 before.
These are the apps were I sideloaded the micro APK:
- Citymapper
- Fit (seems to work now from the Play Store as well)
- Keep
- MacroDroid
- Messenger
- Calculator
- SafeInCloud
- Watchmaker Premium
These apps I have installed directly from the embedded Play Store:
- Browser
- PaperCraft
Cheers
Axel
Hi, I need these standalone apps:
- task manager to view cpu/ram and for kills apps/services
- file manager to upload media files or apk file and view them
More or less the same daily use of the watch but very different battery drain, I suppose bad management services/apps
Sorry for my english
GiuloMaster said:
Hi, I need these standalone apps:
- task manager to view cpu/ram and for kills apps/services
- file manager to upload media files or apk file and view them
More or less the same daily use of the watch but very different battery drain, I suppose bad management services/apps
Sorry for my english
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There is no such real working apps for AW 2.0.
GiuloMaster said:
Hi, I need these standalone apps:
- task manager to view cpu/ram and for kills apps/services
- file manager to upload media files or apk file and view them
More or less the same daily use of the watch but very different battery drain, I suppose bad management services/apps
Sorry for my english
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Code:
adb install OSmonitor.apk
adb shell wm density 200
works for me on AW1.5
ESfileExplorer can also be sideloaded.
Hi,
very cool sideloading app: Flightradar24
Almost everything works like on the phone. Have a look on the screen shots.
Axel
If someone can try to sideload https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bsoule.tagtime&hl=en and let me know if it'd works, it'd be awesome. I'm insta-buying an Urbane if it does! =)
I use (all sideloaded full apps):
Line Messenger
Facebook Lite
Facebook Messenger Lite
Greenify
For everything else bought the package from appfour, includes:
launcher (overlay)
email (sending+receiving standalone)
weaher app (not using actually)
nice keyboard
youtube player (standalone)
and a few other things (just look for the comapny)
to use the apps standalone, you have to choose this in the app at the beginning, if not you will always rely on phone connection (working as slave app, like normal aw wares)
what i've tried:
e-robot (works but on the small screen its a pain, the area where you choose events and actions is extremely thin)
kernel audiutor (some beta here on the forum)
clean my android (works, but i saw no imrpvements by using it)
I know i wish there were more fully functional apps for the watch..
I use NINE email on my phone.. and it has an app for the watch.. but it only allows me to do a voice memo? confused..
I would LOVE to find a better functioning SMS app..
I tried PULSE - worked great.. but missed a few group messages so not sure its reliable.
EVOLVE - looks like it has potential.. but only would let me respond to the last message in the conversation list.. even though it would show all of them.
Texpert - does show MMS Messages on watch.
Wear Messenger - confusing interface and doesn't show MMS Messages.
Messages for Android - doesn't show MMS messages
Google Messenger - MMS Image compression is horrible so didn't want to use as main SMS app on phone.
so if anyone else knows of an app that allows all messages to be viewed on the watch, let me know !
nice post, . . .
samsmith2152351 said:
nice post, . . .
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