Hello,
After owning XZ2 for couple of months now, I noticed that all screenshots and photos of XZ2 homescreen has the following software buttons:
triangle....dot which is surrounded with outer thin circle...square
Now my home button is just a dot, without outer circle.
Phone bought in Europe, H8216, 51.1.A.11.51
Anyone knows why is that? Maybe there is a setting which I am missing to change it?
iggyone said:
Hello,
After owning XZ2 for couple of months now, I noticed that all screenshots and photos of XZ2 homescreen has the following software buttons:
triangle....dot which is surrounded with outer thin circle...square
Now my home button is just a dot, without outer circle.
Phone bought in Europe, H8216, 51.1.A.11.51
Anyone knows why is that? Maybe there is a setting which I am missing to change it?
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Maybe a theme.
My phone has pie and is like in your screenshot.
A surrounded dot.
iggyone said:
Hello,
After owning XZ2 for couple of months now, I noticed that all screenshots and photos of XZ2 homescreen has the following software buttons:
triangle....dot which is surrounded with outer thin circle...square
Now my home button is just a dot, without outer circle.
Phone bought in Europe, H8216, 51.1.A.11.51
Anyone knows why is that? Maybe there is a setting which I am missing to change it?
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The smaller circle sorounding the home button is the Google assistant button.
When you have Google Assistant enable/ available to your country/ language the circle appears and when you tap the home button it does a different animation.
When you don't have Google Assistant Enabled, the outer circle won't appear.
Thank you very much Lazaros_K!
iggyone said:
Thank you very much Lazaros_K!
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Glad to help!
If you want to have the outer circle / Google Assistant, change your system language to English US/UK or a supported language. The circle will appear immediately but will dissappear when you change back to an unsupported system language.
Lazaros_K said:
The smaller circle sorounding the home button is the Google assistant button.
When you have Google Assistant enable/ available to your country/ language the circle appears and when you tap the home button it does a different animation.
When you don't have Google Assistant Enabled, the outer circle won't appear.
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*Any assistance App.
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For some reason, the onscreen Back and Home buttons now appear in the lockscreen in the black space where the navigation buttons normally go. The Recent Apps button does not show in the lockscreen; only Back and Home. Before it was just a blank space when viewing any lockscreen. These buttons have no response and not even a haptic feedback when being pressed. It was bad enough that the black space was there in the lockscreen. How I have two buttons that don't do anything.
I have a TL with stock AT&T Jelly Bean firmware, but it also occurs on the generic .140 firmware.
Has anyone else seen this happen on their Xperia T/TL/TX? Is there some known setting or other thing that makes these buttons appear?
The back and home buttons appear when the notification panel is opened. Else it is just an ugly black strip. The functions are basically to close the notification panel after it is pulled down. As far as I know there is no way to remove it unless you completely disable the navigation bar and enable Pie Controls like me. (Or some alternate soft buttons).
If in your case the buttons are always displayed.. it could be a bug.
please
LesPaulGuitarPlayer said:
For some reason, the onscreen Back and Home buttons now appear in the lockscreen in the black space where the navigation buttons normally go. The Recent Apps button does not show in the lockscreen; only Back and Home. Before it was just a blank space when viewing any lockscreen. These buttons have no response and not even a haptic feedback when being pressed. It was bad enough that the black space was there in the lockscreen. How I have two buttons that don't do anything.
I have a TL with stock AT&T Jelly Bean firmware, but it also occurs on the generic .140 firmware.
Has anyone else seen this happen on their Xperia T/TL/TX? Is there some known setting or other thing that makes these buttons appear?
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Do you solved this problem with the home and back buttons? I have the same problem with my two xperia Z, I've tried everything and I can not fix ...
inclusive, makes whatsapp notifications may not work properly.
Of course you can help please let me know ...
What's the last app you installed guys? I read before with a similar case and it was due to Sony smart key app(or a name something like that).
Tapatalked from my bricked TX
Rycon33 said:
What's the last app you installed guys? I read before with a similar case and it was due to Sony smart key app(or a name something like that).
Tapatalked from my bricked TX
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Yes, that is the solution. Smart Key app keeps those virtual buttons on in the lockscreen.
LesPaulGuitarPlayer said:
Yes, that is the solution. Smart Key app keeps those virtual buttons on in the lockscreen.
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is there no way to keep the app and let the navigation bar remain invisible on lockscreen ..
or any alt app ?
Not that I'm aware of. Hopefully someone will discover a solution at some point.
Indeed I was the one who mentioned this problem, I also tried to address this problem to sony to update there app. But no response. Pleas all of you go to the play store and address this problem. Maybe sony will hear us this time.
Sent from my LT30p, 4.1.2 stock, DooMKernel v7,root access, unlocked bootloader.
Anyone know how to access Google Now "Voice" on the Xperia Z lockscreen or before you unlock your phone?
Google Now widget doesn't allow that.
Currently I can either have google search widget or icon on home screen.
Even if I can change the "long hold soft home key" to go directly to voice instead of search that would be great.
Thanks!
adielee said:
Anyone know how to access Google Now "Voice" on the Xperia Z lockscreen or before you unlock your phone?
Google Now widget doesn't allow that.
Currently I can either have google search widget or icon on home screen.
Even if I can change the "long hold soft home key" to go directly to voice instead of search that would be great.
Thanks!
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There are plenty of ways if you are rooted, I personally have it as the center shortcut on LMT pie controls.
U can also use gestures to activategoogle now coice using LMT.
venky716 said:
There are plenty of ways if you are rooted, I personally have it as the center shortcut on LMT pie controls.
U can also use gestures to activategoogle now coice using LMT.
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Thanks for your reply.
I should have added that I would like to keep stock launcher/lockscreen and without any additional apps running in the background if possible.
I really have no use for additional controls.
adielee said:
Thanks for your reply.
I should have added that I would like to keep stock launcher/lockscreen and without any additional apps running in the background if possible.
I really have no use for additional controls.
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Ok then if you can, install uccw and create a widget with a google voice hotspot.
My phone is going through the flashing process or else i would've seen what else was possible.
venky716 said:
Ok then if you can, install uccw and create a widget with a google voice hotspot.
My phone is going through the flashing process or else i would've seen what else was possible.
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Yeah, been searching around and looks like I may have to install an app.
uccw sounds ok. I just want something as unobtrusive as possible.
Checking out the playstore for some gesture apps as well.
Did you try holding the home button for a second then swipe upward after you see Google now icon appears. Then say "Google" it will automatically activate Voice command. I hope it helps.
Xperia Z Black
tr0yquint0 said:
Did you try holding the home button for a second then swipe upward after you see Google now icon appears. Then say "Google" it will automatically activate Voice command. I hope it helps.
Xperia Z Black
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just swiping up from the home button is enough, I think.
I was wondering how to move my home screen from the one on the far left to the center screen? I have looking for a way for a couple hours and can't find it.
No way to do it on the stock launcher.
Haven't found one either
Soulreth said:
I was wondering how to move my home screen from the one on the far left to the center screen? I have looking for a way for a couple hours and can't find it.
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I haven't found a way either. I bought my phone Thursday, the moment it was released. Prior to that, while researching some pre release reviews (I read so many, Phone Arena, Droid Life, CNET, etc etc) I ran across a review lamenting the fact that the home screen was moved to the left instead of the center, but I can't remember which site it was. I had the Home screen in the center on my 2013 Droid Maxx and then I had screens to the left and right with various themes (this is my media, music and movies screen, this is my games screen, this is my productivity, etc). The location of the Home screen on the Turbo is where I had my music, movies, and media on my Maxx. It was weird getting used to the Home screen being all the way to the left, but after a few days I'm fine with it.
Just move the stuff on your home screen to a different page...
Home is Home
geoff5093 said:
Just move the stuff on your home screen to a different page...
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If he moves the stuff on the Home screen to a different page when he hits the Home button it will take him to a page he doesn't want.
hongkongph00ey said:
If he moves the stuff on the Home screen to a different page when he hits the Home button it will take him to a page he doesn't want.
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Ah, I misread his original post
Sent from my Droid Turbo
Long press on a blank part of any screen, widgets and wallpaper option appear at the bottom. At this point you can long press any of the pages and move them around.
Thanks, that's useful. But it doesn't solve the problem that pressing the "home" button takes you to the leftmost screen. It was much handier having it take me to the center screen, from which I could swipe left or right for my three main screens.
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Thanks, that's useful. But it doesn't solve the problem that pressing the "home" button takes you to the leftmost screen. It was much handier having it take me to the center screen, from which I could swipe left or right for my three main screens.
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Can't be done on the Turbo, without a 3rd party launcher.
Sent from my Droid Turbo 64-gig from Tapatalk.
Nova works the same as stock with more customization. I'd recommend trying it
DireWolfAlpha said:
Nova works the same as stock with more customization. I'd recommend trying it
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Exactly. Nova is also very fast.
Plus you can add number of screens, decide how many rows/columns of icons you want per page.
You can upload backups of your screen layout to Dropbox or email, so any future phone can have the layout you want.
Lots of stuff.
I even have a different icon theme than Kitkat, downloaded from Google store.
Can someone make a module that replace the navigation and with gestures like on iPhone X? I really like the idea and I want to see it on Android .
Thanks!
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What would be the gesture for the back button? Swiping to the sides switches apps in the iPhone. The android ui relies on the back button.
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I don't know what exactly you are looking for, but have you tried Xposed Edge Pro? It is fantastic... and powerful. Probably will fit your needs.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-edgepro-v2-0-release-t3525566
Besides it Xposed Gesture Navigation also deserves a try.
rappa619 said:
What would be the gesture for the back button? Swiping to the sides switches apps in the iPhone. The android ui relies on the back button.
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Click on the edge of the screen? Or maybe hold?
rappa619 said:
What would be the gesture for the back button? Swiping to the sides switches apps in the iPhone. The android ui relies on the back button.
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I use swipe down on right edge center.
Up is menu.
Press and hold top is fast upwards.
Press and hold bottom is fast downwards.
Press and hold center is a pie app switching related.
Press and hold left edge center is general pie.
Press and hold bottom edge center is a pie clipboard related.
And lots of other stuff..... All with Xposed Edge Pro.
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I love UI changes, so over the years I've tried things like Android Pie, Gesture control, exposed modules, and even multi window stuff all the way back in the tablet days of Android Honeycomb.
The problem is the lack of response breaks them.
When I swipe from the bottom I need instant feedback (visual/audio/haptic or all three) as to whether or not the phone thinks I'm scrolling down or going home.
When I realize I am scrolling down/going home and I want to be doing the opposite action, I need to be able to stop the gesture mid-way and reverse my action.
I need to easily be able to distinguish between the two gestures so that if I do mess up, I know what to do to get the desired result.
I need all other apps to accommodate/not request this gesture.
The iPhone does this well by having a bottom bar, you pull the bar up to go home, you swipe somewhere else to scroll. There is instant visual feedback, and the action can be stopped midway.
For Android here is a non-clone example.
1. Have a bubble/circle (looks like a chat-head) right where the home button is.
2. Swiping up behaves similar to pulling down (refreshing) on chrome/many apps. You start pulling and there is an animation but the action does execute till a certain threshold.
3. Swiping right-to-left has similar animation but for back button
4. Swiping left-to-right does the same but for multitasking
5. Long press for something else
This is not radically different from other gestures or Android Pie, but I believe the small changes and refinements would take it from being impractical to smooth and enjoyable.
I like the new iPhone X's "swipe bar" and I would love to find it on my android phone.
In my opinion a dedicated visible bar is better than "swipe on the edges".
Why? Because even "swipe on the edges" works obviously with a small area of the screen (otherwise is impossible to detect swipe gestures), but this area is transparent, which is cool but also bad: sometimes when you just tap on that area (when you're typing on the keyboard for example) an involuntary swipe is detected.
So in my opinion a visible bar like the current navigation bar is necessary.
But is definitely unneccessary such a big area!
So I imagine the perfect "swipe bar" a small, minimal and animated (when touched) area.
User should be able to map up to 4 different swipe gestures (up, right, down and left) and tap gestures (one tap, double tap, long press, ...)
I drew some concepts of the "swipe bar", what you guys think?
photos.app.goo.gl/opZhtO8aYvTB3ow92
vraciu' said:
Can someone make a module that replace the navigation and with gestures like on iPhone X? I really like the idea and I want to see it on Android .
Thanks!
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You mean something like this
Hi, I found this new little animation on both bottom corner everytime I went to homescreen. This is on the new realme UI, so I figured it is a new animation however I have no Idea what it represents. Does anyone here know and could help me out? I'm trying to find a way to turn off this animation
It's to activate Google assistant. Just slide from the bottom corner to the center ...
If someone knows how to deactivate that'll be great.
Settings, click the search bar and type default app, click assist app then select none and the 2 bottom rounded corners disappear.
jakelamotta said:
It's to activate Google assistant. Just slide from the bottom corner to the center ...
If someone knows how to deactivate that'll be great.
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If you want the animations in the bottom corner for the GA disappear whenever you go to the home screen, just follow this simple guide. Worked for me and it's very simple.