Hello everyone,
I have an issue since day one of using the pixel 5;
No matter which 3rd party launcher I use, the homescreen appears empty for a few seconds if I swipe up from the bottom to get to the homescreen. Mostly it happens if I'm using a heavy using RAM-App like camera or a mobile game. Is that related to my phone or an android-issue?
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I noticed that there is a delay in scrolling in the app menu (using 'page' layout) from ticking the "Applications" Icon to scrolling. for me it takes about 1-2 secs before the page starts moving. I
Is this true for everyone? I'm waiting on CM7 tho.
What rom do you use & what launcher?
2 seconds to response is way too long. Try to reset factory settings first or too many running apps can eat up your RAM space & slower overall performance.
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Im using stock rom, rooted...its weird really, when i use other layouts, other than 'page', theres no delay.
You might wanna try out using different launchers?
To name a few, there are Go Launcher, ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro.
Give it a try..
Just picked up the HTC One last week. I'm more of an iOS guy, so I'm not very familiar with the Android platform. I bought the dev edition because I needed an unlocked phone and I figured 64GB would be more useful (since my iPhone is practically full all the time with 64GB); also I didn't want any of the AT&T apps.
Anyways, on the home screen there are the 4 applications (phone, messages, browser, camera); can I replace any of those apps with something else? For example, I use Chrome instead of the default browser app. I haven't figured this out.
The next issue is, can I remove the live feed screen? I'm traveling in China, where [China Mobile] only has Edge (and FB, Twitter, etc. are blocked), so it makes that screen pretty useless.
Finally, I don't have any performance issues, but I noticed in the apps section in Settings where it shows running apps, it says I only have 1.5GB of total RAM; is this normal? (For example, right now it's say — RAM 511Mb/1.5GB)
TIA
alphaod said:
Just picked up the HTC One last week. I'm more of an iOS guy, so I'm not very familiar with the Android platform. I bought the dev edition because I needed an unlocked phone and I figured 64GB would be more useful (since my iPhone is practically full all the time with 64GB); also I didn't want any of the AT&T apps.
Anyways, on the home screen there are the 4 applications (phone, messages, browser, camera); can I replace any of those apps with something else? For example, I use Chrome instead of the default browser app. I haven't figured this out.
The next issue is, can I remove the live feed screen? I'm traveling in China, where [China Mobile] only has Edge (and FB, Twitter, etc. are blocked), so it makes that screen pretty useless.
Finally, I don't have any performance issues, but I noticed in the apps section in Settings where it shows running apps, it says I only have 1.5GB of total RAM; is this normal? (For example, right now it's say — RAM 511Mb/1.5GB)
TIA
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I think you cant disable blinkfeed but you can tell it not to update automatically
If you want to change the default 4 icon on the dock, simply hold and drag any app in to replace them
Yes your ram is normal, that's alot of free ram, and also app you dont use they just freeze in the background, unless they sometimes auto sync/ auto update, which is also normal. no worries
To remove apps from the bar you need to open the app drawer, then press and hold the icon you want to remove and drag it into the app drawer. Then do the reverse to put them back on the bar.
As for the home screen Blinkfeed can't be disabled but you can make a different screen as the home screen. To do this press and hold on one of the screens as if you were adding a widget, you can then select the default home screen from the top.
The memory in the phone is 2 gig but I believe some space is reserved for the Android system.
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I think you cant disable blinkfeed but you can tell it not to update automatically
If you want to change the default 4 icon on the dock, simply hold and drag any app in to replace them
Yes your ram is normal, that's alot of free ram, and also app you dont use they just freeze in the background, unless they sometimes auto sync/ auto update, which is also normal. no worries
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Thanks for answering…
I don't see an option to disable updates altogether, but it does let me set it to update only over WiFi.
As the dock, thanks for that, but the issue is when I drag an app in into the dock, it creates a folder, when I drag the app I don't want out, it creates a shortcut instead of clearing it from the dock.
For the RAM, I know I have a lot of free RAM, but the issue is the phone is suppose to have 2GB of total RAM right? So why does it say only 1.5GB total in the app manager in settings?
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To remove apps from the bar you need to open the app drawer, then press and hold the icon you want to remove and drag it into the app drawer. Then do the reverse to put them back on the bar.
As for the home screen Blinkfeed can't be disabled but you can make a different screen as the home screen. To do this press and hold on one of the screens as if you were adding a widget, you can then select the default home screen from the top.
The memory in the phone is 2 gig but I believe some space is reserved for the Android system.
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So I need to be in app drawer to add/remove apps from the dock, not the home screen? I think that's what I've been missing.
I have now selected a new home screen. That's a good start.
Yeah I hope I haven't been shafted with the RAM issue.
GPU uses that same RAM and that part is not visible for apps of course.
Ram is reserved for gpu.
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Only way to remove blinkfeed is by using a launcher I think
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If you want to get rid of blink feed use something like Nova or Apex Launcher. Both can be customised to your liking, both are fast and memory efficient. You can add gestures to the screen and change swipe animations and lots more. Give them a look
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If you want to get rid of blink feed use something like Nova or Apex Launcher. Both can be customised to your liking, both are fast and memory efficient. You can add gestures to the screen and change swipe animations and lots more. Give them a look
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Excellent. Using Nova launcher did exactly what I wanted.
Can I disable HTC Sense? Or do I have to use Sense to get to my new launcher?
(Totally irrelevant, but this 5 minute limit also extends to editing one's post—which is silly)
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Excellent. Using Nova launcher did exactly what I wanted.
Can I disable HTC Sense? Or do I have to use Sense to get to my new launcher?
(Totally irrelevant, but this 5 minute limit also extends to editing one's post—which is silly)
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I haven't used a HTC device since the HD2. The stock HTC launcher can be disabled. Might need root or you could close it if its still in ram. Shouldn't start up till you decide to switch launchers.
I'm guessing either firelauncher is what calls Alexa or
one of tools used to make the Fire 7 7Th gen work with
a 3rd party launcher and widgets captures whatever
triggers it.
I wondered if there was a way to put an app icon of
firelauncher on the home screen of the 3rd party
launcher, so it could be called like a regular app?
Is there any other way to trigger Alexa?
I wanted to give the new Android 10 Gestures a try but I've noticed a couple of annoyances while using them with Nova. Not sure if these issues are Nova-specific, or third-party launcher-specific. I've only confirmed these issues on Nova,
1. If you swipe to go home and immediately try to tap on an app/folder, it won't work. Seems like you need to give it a second before touches register.
2. Swiping horizontally to switch between apps can sometimes stutter, and almost never works when on the home screen. I have the Nova Google Companion installed so I just end up swiping to that Google news feed.
Again, these are on the minor side, but not minor enough for me to tolerate and use Gestures. I'd appreciate if anyone could confirm this happens to them as well and / or have a workaround / fix!
It's a third party issue. Really annoying as I want folders in the drawer and the ability to hide apps, but it isn't as smooth as using the stock pixel launcher.
True I have had some minor issues as well but I think now that gestures are allowed with third party launchers nova team will tighten up the app to work better with them. Just have to wait for an update.
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I wanted to give the new Android 10 Gestures a try but I've noticed a couple of annoyances while using them with Nova. Not sure if these issues are Nova-specific, or third-party launcher-specific. I've only confirmed these issues on Nova,
1. If you swipe to go home and immediately try to tap on an app/folder, it won't work. Seems like you need to give it a second before touches register.
2. Swiping horizontally to switch between apps can sometimes stutter, and almost never works when on the home screen. I have the Nova Google Companion installed so I just end up swiping to that Google news feed.
Again, these are on the minor side, but not minor enough for me to tolerate and use Gestures. I'd appreciate if anyone could confirm this happens to them as well and / or have a workaround / fix!
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I'm using Nova and experience #1 from time to time. Not sure why it happens though.
When you open Nova setting right at the top it explains that gestures is not compatible with Android 10 for now.
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When you open Nova setting right at the top it explains that gestures is not compatible with Android 10 for now.
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Yeah that's wrong it's now compatible but only with pixel 4 and 4 xl I'm guessing that's why they leave that up there since you can use nova on any device. Ok so technically it's not wrong it only works on the 4. I still think it's just a matter of them fine tuning the gestures in their app hopefully they will do this sooner than later.
Thanks for the input guys, I didn't know Nova needed an update but I thought Google needed to continue refine support for third party launchers.
I agree though it's not as smooth as stock but I need folders in the app drawer and the app search widget in Nova is hard to go without now.
Hola
While I understand the ease of using native gesture settings, have you folks tried FNG as an alternative. Those issues that you listed drove me bonkers, that I switched over to FNG, a lot more controls, and so far a smoother experience.
QAM said:
Hola
While I understand the ease of using native gesture settings, have you folks tried FNG as an alternative. Those issues that you listed drove me bonkers, that I switched over to FNG, a lot more controls, and so far a smoother experience.
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Yeah I tried it but sometimes third party gestures can interfere with other apps (displaying on top of them).
It's a good app no doubt, but like you said, it's about the ease and seamlessness of using native gestures!
I have one simple question.
Is this app lock feature tied to asus launcher or system???
What happens if i use third party launcher?? Do i loose applock feature if i use third party auncher and reset asus launcher and disable it??
Thinking of purchasing nova launcher. so asking.
Help will be appreciated.
Lil Workaround required
Yes, there is an app lock feature. If you are using a third party launcher it seems the feature can't be accessed directly BUT it can still be used. If you quickly switch to your Asus launcher in settings you then long press on the home screen, hit "preferences" in the bottom corner then "AppLock" you can then lock apps. Once that is done simply go back to your desired launcher and the selected apps will require a password/finger print to access.
Kinda silly it can't be accessed via the 3rd party launcher but considering how little I need to go in and lock new apps, its not a terrible work around. Nova launcher is worth it.