Hi all,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S since a week. I'm very pleased with the phone. However, I have some questions regarding the ordering of the applications in the applications menu. I watched a lot of movies in advance to make my decision, and in those movies the users had the opportunity to order the applications by alphabet.
However, when I open the applications menu I get the option for listview and edit. When I press edit I can manually order the applications, but don't get the option to automatically order the applications.
Hopefully one of you guys can help me out why I don't have this option, because when I remove applications I get empty spaces which I don't want to manually fill up everytime.
Thanks in advance for you reply!
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Folks
Can you help me with my questions below:
1. Can I modify/filter the kind of News (like technology, country specific) that has to appear on my home screen (AP news service) or change the news provider to different like google news?
2. When downloading games from market they straight away appear as icons in the applications section as separate game apps. Instead can I create a folder called 'Games' and move all the game apps into it and create a icon for this folder to look like other apps.
3. Finally, wanted to know where the installation files are stored so that I can clear them - just weary that those files/temp files may build over time (thinking in terms of a PC)
thanks for suggesting
S
I don't know about question 1, but the others:
2. You can only create folders on a homescreen, not in the application drawer.
3. Don't think you need to worry about this. I expect they either get removed after installation or a cron job will clear them up sooner or later.
2. You can only create folders on a homescreen, not in the application drawer. So how can you organise the games instead of them populating and getting mixed with all the other applicaitons - I still think there must be some way of doing this!
3. Don't think you need to worry about this. I expect they either get removed after installation or a cron job will clear them up sooner or later. This is great, thanks for the confirmation
Has anyone attempted to lock down the Tab? Lock down in terms of limiting application downloads, systems changes etc. I am looking to roll the Tab out to my sales department but I wouldn't trust these guys with potato gun much less this thing. However, the boom to business appears very significant with its addition. I have every practical application that they could need and a bit more on my test model. The problem I think I'll find is when they attempt to add applications to the Tab and possibly brick the thing. Am I hoping for too much or does this seem sensible? Thanks for the help, cheers.
Wouldn't it simply be a case of using adb to rename Vending.apk so the Market is inaccessable (as well as renaming the Samsung Apps application if applicable)? It would be possible to undo it, but it would be very difficult for a novice android user.
You can use "app lock" to put a password on the apps you don't want them to use and you can lock the installer and market with a password.
You don't have to worry about bricking a device from installing an app on the market though, it would take alot more than that to brick the device.
KG4's advice is good, but that would still allow them to transfer items to the SD card and install if they wanted to. Best bet would be to password the installer.
Thanks for the help guys. The next hard part is training the sales department on how to use the thing. It shouldn't be that bad. 'Shouldn't' is the key word here.
Cheers!
So, after playing for 1,5 days with the DHD, I have gathered a list of issues and questions which I post altogether here instead of starting separate theads.
First of all, my phone doesn't seem to have any of the issues discussed earlier (speaker is ok, maybe not very loud but I don't have any problem with it. Battery was reasonably drained within a day but I used it continuously for the whole day)
1) I try to check for system updates but it says that there is no new update available. Is that reasonable for a new phone? I've heard of people running updates and fixing issues so why doesn't mine detect any updates? Maybe they incorporated all fixes in new phones?
2) Display switches off sometimes in google maps. I guess in such applications the screen should be on all the time but it was switching off after a few minutes. I had to unlock the screen and it returned to maps
3) I tried to look for Greek language pack but there is one for all languages except Greek. Anyone knows if there is one which I can't find?
4) Greek video/mp3 titles cannot be displayed correctly
5) Don't subtitles work? I added (srt) subtitles to movies in the same way you do it on a PC but it doesn't work.
6) Quickoffice cannot open my word documents. It can open excel and powerpoint only. Any reasons?
7) No sync for Outlook notes and tasks?
Finally,
I seacrhed the market for some applications that are very essential for me but didn't find anything
8) application similar to eWallet that will hold your credit card info, passwords, etc. Preferably with a respective windows application whih will be synced between phone and windows
9) Application or hack for calendar that will display the appointment when a day in month view is clicked instead of opening the day view. In other words, I don't want to leave month view when I click on a day with an appointment. I just want a brief view of the appointment in the same view.
And I stop here in order to be polite
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andreasy said:
So, after playing for 1,5 days with the DHD, I have gathered a list of issues and questions which I post altogether here instead of starting separate theads.
First of all, my phone doesn't seem to have any of the issues discussed earlier (speaker is ok, maybe not very loud but I don't have any problem with it. Battery was reasonably drained within a day but I used it continuously for the whole day)
1) I try to check for system updates but it says that there is no new update available. Is that reasonable for a new phone? I've heard of people running updates and fixing issues so why doesn't mine detect any updates? Maybe they incorporated all fixes in new phones? Yes, that is very likely, the last update OTA was 1.32.405.6. Yours likely will have that update already (check via settings->about the phone->Software-information-> Build. The issues others are looking at are the issues that we see when flashing other roms
2) Display switches off sometimes in google maps. I guess in such applications the screen should be on all the time but it was switching off after a few minutes. I had to unlock the screen and it returned to maps or change the settings for screen off after x minutes....
3) I tried to look for Greek language pack but there is one for all languages except Greek. Anyone knows if there is one which I can't find? dunno
4) Greek video/mp3 titles cannot be displayed correctly don't speak / read Greek, so no problem for me
5) Don't subtitles work? I added (srt) subtitles to movies in the same way you do it on a PC but it doesn't work. I use rockplayer to watch movies, subtitles work fine there
6) Quickoffice cannot open my word documents. It can open excel and powerpoint only. Any reasons? Maybe incompatible word version? I have opened word 2003 files without problem
7) No sync for Outlook notes and tasks? Did not need to have it, so do not know
Finally,
I seacrhed the market for some applications that are very essential for me but didn't find anything
8) application similar to eWallet that will hold your credit card info, passwords, etc. Preferably with a respective windows application whih will be synced between phone and windows
9) Application or hack for calendar that will display the appointment when a day in month view is clicked instead of opening the day view. In other words, I don't want to leave month view when I click on a day with an appointment. I just want a brief view of the appointment in the same view. some of the calendars let you view the up and coming appointments...there are numerous calendar widgets as well....you can toggle between current apointment and month view on the launcherpro calendar widget easily
And I stop here in order to be polite
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Did you look in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821973 as well ?
Hi everyone. Im one of the developers of SwitchMe, and app that allows multiple secure logins into separate installations of android on a single device. The pr is after the break.
I really need a few people to check into some issues people on the A500 have been experiencing. There are some warnings involved:
- testers must perform a full nandroid backup before using the app, it is not our responsibility if you start getting boot loops
- if you report results or bugs, please use the "Write to us" function in the app whenever possible, and always describe the issue in the header of the logs you send
- if you post here, be sure to include your device type and rom
- if you have apps installed on sd, be sure to mention that as well
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SwitchMe is a unique application for root users that allows you to log in and out of multiple installations of Android just as you would on a desktop computer.
The technology behind SwitchMe saves all of your applications and data, protects it and stores it as a file in memory. You can then log out of an
account and log into a fresh installation of Android or another account with its own unique content.
You may create as many profiles as the memory is capable of holding. Some of these may require very little free memory because they contain few apps,
others will be larger as they contain many applications and lots of cache and data.
Why is this functionality useful?
Privacy - the most obvious benefit is that you can securely share one device among multiple users, which gives you privacy and peace of mind.
Testing - if you are a developer, you can use profiles as clean sandboxes to test your applications and their interaction with the system.
Gaming – with multiple installations of Android on a single device, you can now play online MMOs as different characters.
Speed - the games your kids play slow down your tablet, but with SwitchMe you can easily create profiles without games or instant messengers.
Battery life - when the battery is low but there are important emails or documents to edit later, switch to a profile which only contains these essentials.
These of course are only suggestions - there are plenty of other uses for the functionality SwitchMe offers.
Market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.switchme
The Lite version allows the creation of two profiles, enough to test on.
Screens:
So far so good. I'm using ezterry's simple stock rom that has root. I've been able to switch between profiles without any problems. The only thing that I've noticed that was strange happened to the app Full Screen Launcher. After the first switch from my original profile to my new profile and then back to original. My folders, shortcuts widgets and anything, other than what was there as default when the app was first launched on the desktop disappeared. This only happened on the first switch. Once I added the shortcuts and stuff back and then tried again the were as they should be. So that's really not an issue. Gameloft games that are moved to sd card via GL to SD from the Market seem to work as well.
Is there anything specific that you want checked? I'd give a few things a shot if you have something in mind. So far, I can't find anything wrong with my setup. And the app is pretty neat. Kinda cool having a fresh tablet to play with. It's even neater that I can just switch back to my profile with all of my junk.
Just what i've been looking for, will test tonight
Device Iconia A500 16gb
ROM Thor's ics v96
have internal and external 32gb swapped
Everything working as should including fast switching.
Takes less than minute to switch.
was also able to clone without issue.
Key has been purchased.
Thanks for this!
Sent from my SGH-T959V using Tapatalk
Thank you! Please rate the app - just press the little star button at the top of the main interface.
Good ratings help us invest more in apps and give users with similar hardware peace of mind.
Thanks in advance!
Why only for the a500?
If you wish for some 501 testing, let me know.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Why only for the a500?
If you wish for some 501 testing, let me know.
MD
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Sure, why not.
Are you a programmer? We are hiring in moscow at the moment!
Excellent app. Tested yesterday on honeylicious and purchased key. Keep up the good work
Not found any issues as yet.
Thanks. If you like it, please rate it on the market, that helps a lot.
Any issues to report or is everything working flawlessly as usual?
SwitchMe 1.2 has been rolled out and now includes a lockscreen replacement:
1.2
Added lock screen for logging in and out
More stable Fast switch implementation
Reworked UI colors
Now, its very important that we get some feedback on how this big new feature works, so please read up on it in the help and post your thoughts!
1.2.2 - HOTFIX 2
Reworked widget on qHD+ displays
Fixed widget text on HC and ICS
Fast switch improved on older devices
Hi guys! I would really appreciate some feedback regarding the new lockscreen!
Anything at all?
Its working perfectly here! Thank for this awesome app!
it's working great for me also. sometimes keyboard will lag when needing to put in password from lock screen. once I get my alarmed dismissed in the morning, I'm really awake;-) Also, is there a way to make the key work for all users? I'm unable to access the lock screen settings from other user logins.
edit, fixed the key issue by moving the key apk from /data/apps to /system/apps
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Somairotevoli said:
it's working great for me also. sometimes keyboard will lag when needing to put in password from lock screen. once I get my alarmed dismissed in the morning, I'm really awake;-) Also, is there a way to make the key work for all users? I'm unable to access the lock screen settings from other user logins.
edit, fixed the key issue by moving the key apk from /data/apps to /system/apps
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It wont work forever! Not unless you have the same account in the two profiles. In any case, we are working on it, so the switch screen will be accessible to all profiles with one key!
hi,
I've a Liberty Tab, rooted and running Acer Stock Rooted ROM.
I'm installed your app soon after root and it works flawlessly.
How can I setup the replacement lockscreen?
Hello! There will be a new build which gives lockscreen access to everyone very soon!
Any comments on the new switch screen?
Am thinking about using a Note 4 for Audio and Video only (no phone or Internet).
Hope someone else has tried this and has some suggestions concerning reducing Android OS to minimum.
Also instead of reducing the Android OS if it would be better to use a 3rd party ROM?
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KermitJ said:
Am thinking about using a Note 4 for Audio and Video only (no phone or Internet).
Hope someone else has tried this and has some suggestions concerning reducing Android OS to minimum.
Also instead of reducing the Android OS if it would be better to use a 3rd party ROM?
Open to all comments
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If you're not interested in internet, yet want reliable audio and video, maybe try old kk roms that are optimized or some lollipop aosp roms. That way the software is at its lightest.
QuoPrimum Thanks for the tips!
Forgot to add that I am new to Android but have been using Windows for a while.
For Windows there are a number of ways to remove unnecessary parts
1. preformed like Micro XP v0.82
2. make your own using nLite
Anything like this for Android?
Also have been searching for a description what each Android file does like Black Viper does for Windows. Windows Services Information http://www.blackviper.com/windows-services/
Hope someone knows about an Android (or even Linux) info similar to this.
KermitJ said:
QuoPrimum Thanks for the tips!
Forgot to add that I am new to Android but have been using Windows for a while.
For Windows there are a number of ways to remove unnecessary parts
1. preformed like Micro XP v0.82
2. make your own using nLite
Anything like this for Android?
Also have been searching for a description what each Android file does like Black Viper does for Windows. Windows Services Information http://www.blackviper.com/windows-services/
Hope someone knows about an Android (or even Linux) info similar to this.
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You could disable/freeze apps with titanium backup or using adb.
QuoPrimum Thanks for the suggestion "You could disable/freeze apps with titanium backup or using adb."
Checked "Titanium Backup User’s Guide" https://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-user-guide.html Was especially interested in 7. Manage Applications List of apps Tapping the “Backup/Restore” button brings you to the application list – or rather the list of available “items”. Here you can see which applications and settings are available on your phone, and what has already been backed up (the symbols to the right tell you the latter – hit your phones menu button and select “Legend” for details on what they mean). Tapping an application brings up a popup from which you can select actions to be taken with the selected item: You can e.g. run an application, back it up, restore it (or its settings). You also may also decide to un-install the application – even if it is a system app! But with the latter, you should be very careful: Remove the wrong thing, and your phone may start malfunctioning. Which is why you should first try whether it’s safe to remove that system application. This can be done by “freezing” it.
Clarification: What type of information is available when select legend.
Also do you know of a beginners guide for Android OS services?
KermitJ said:
QuoPrimum Thanks for the suggestion "You could disable/freeze apps with titanium backup or using adb."
Checked "Titanium Backup User’s Guide" https://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-user-guide.html Was especially interested in 7. Manage Applications List of apps Tapping the “Backup/Restore” button brings you to the application list – or rather the list of available “items”. Here you can see which applications and settings are available on your phone, and what has already been backed up (the symbols to the right tell you the latter – hit your phones menu button and select “Legend” for details on what they mean). Tapping an application brings up a popup from which you can select actions to be taken with the selected item: You can e.g. run an application, back it up, restore it (or its settings). You also may also decide to un-install the application – even if it is a system app! But with the latter, you should be very careful: Remove the wrong thing, and your phone may start malfunctioning. Which is why you should first try whether it’s safe to remove that system application. This can be done by “freezing” it.
Clarification: What type of information is available when select legend.
Also do you know of a beginners guide for Android OS services?
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I don't know of any specific guides, but if you look around xda, there should be a few debloating guides for roms.