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I plugged in the USB cable and a notification thing came up on the phone that says "click here to mount USB" (something like that), so I clicked it, and then it says "The process system has stopped unexpectly. Please try again" and there's a button that says "force close," and when you click "force close" it keeps popping up and you have to take the battery out and restart. It does thing every time I try to mount the USB.
You aren't doing it wrong.. it's just crashing
Looks like something is a bit nuts on your phone..
Is it a stock ROM or a modified one? Has this just started happening recently?
sambartle said:
You aren't doing it wrong.. it's just crashing
Looks like something is a bit nuts on your phone..
Is it a stock ROM or a modified one? Has this just started happening recently?
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It's stock. I just got the phone a few days ago, the USB worked fine the first day but it didn't work today. Maybe there's something wrong with some of the apps I installed?
maybe bad cable or ports...
???
I uninstalled a few of my more recently installed apps and then tried mounting it again and it worked fine. Among them were: PdaNet, Sticky Note, DrawkNoteK, and My Market. Any of those been known to cause problems?
PdaNet specifically utilizes the USB cord, so I would try installing all of them but that one.
If it works, you know its that app, if it doesn't, well its not that app. If that is the case add each app one by one until you get the phone crashing like it was.
Although I have used PdaNet in the past without having issues.
I just noticed the new update when I opened the Kies in the PC and happily updated in my XP machine hoping that my long pending FW update which I was unable to do can now be done.
But you will not believe, my xp still struggles to detect my device even in this new update, I wonder what kind of update Samsung makes and if you see the version number there is a huge jump between .10071 to .10074 but for what.
Now I am trying to update my Windows 7 machine and let me see if I can succeed atleast there.
i had good device detection in previous version of kies
but in the new version it sucks
also the download said 123mb but went to almost 200mb
in both versions samsung apps store doesnt work, maybe its just for bada os.
UPDATE: yes finally I succeeded with the update from Kies. The upgrade worked fine like a breeze on my Windows 7.
People try the new update, as far as I can see the new update is not available in the samsung websites. When you open your Kies on your PCs it automatically notifies of an update. Goodwork Samsung atlast, Kies works and now I am ready for the froyo release.
sany said:
People try the new update, as far as I can see the new update is not available in the samsung websites. When you open your Kies on your PCs it automatically notifies of an update. Goodwork Samsung atlast, Kies works and now I am ready for the froyo release.
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I would try, if I could download it some day in the near future. Now I have got 266 MB of 123 MB and sit several hours to watch those little pieces to flow from internet to my hard disk. It is senseless waste to update it for downloading a file at a time. Doesn't Samsung anymore can make an installation package?
Installed the Android SDK and now after the update on KIES, it won't go past 'detecting phone'.
My phone won't connect completely via Kies mode anymore. Oh my.
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Same lost my connection but not sure it was an application installed previously or Kies.
Uninstalled Kies and installed the previous version but still no go same problem.
Has to be something on my Galaxy causing the issue.
I read someone said to format the internal SD and external SD to ensure no files are on it then sync.
That would mean re-installing or backup restore all my applications again.
This is just nuts.
can't find the URL to download this
Some people are sleeping over at Samsung. What a crappy software!!
I hope there will be some good Kies alternatives soon..
Hi All, I've been trying to get this phone working since Monday. I have installed and uninstalled the different versions of KIES a number of times. Still no joy. Once, today, it recognized the connection, but wouldn't sync to outlook, for me to be able to transfer my contact details across. Great phone (I think!), but awful software. I hope there's a 'breakthrough' soon!
Kies works fine if you proceed like this:
Check: Galaxy > Settings > About Phone > USB > Kies (ask for BlaBla will not work)
WakeUp the phone from sleep mode
Plug the bloody thing...
... and wait
... and wait
... and wait
... and wait UNTIL you can see the device in Windowz (about 2 minutes)
Start Kies
e volià
hanzi54 said:
Kies works fine if you proceed like this:
Check: Galaxy > Settings > About Phone > USB > Kies (ask for BlaBla will not work)
WakeUp the phone from sleep mode
Plug the bloody thing...
... and wait
... and wait
... and wait
... and wait UNTIL you can see the device in Windowz (about 2 minutes)
Start Kies
e volià
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Not necessarily. Kies is one of the WORST applications I EVER USED! Terrible from the word go, NEVER been able to sync from phone to Outlook. Also, Outlook to Phone might happen once in a 100 times you try. Else it will give errors like "value does not fall within expected range". What the hell does that mean, hopefully Samsung knows and better improve the product.
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Not necessarily. Kies is one of the WORST applications I EVER USED!
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I can't resist asking... have you used Nokia PC Suite or - even better, a lot better - the latest, freshly compiled Ovi Suite?
Tears flood my eyes just thinking about using it once again. And I know I'll have to. Kinda like that nasty job you hate but keep having to shuffle yourself to since you depend on it due to lack of skills, education or any fu"#$ing alternative ideas/options....
Yes. You hate it. But you'll use it again. And again. You all will.
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I can't resist asking... have you used Nokia PC Suite or - even better, a lot better - the latest, freshly compiled Ovi Suite?
Tears flood my eyes just thinking about using it once again. And I know I'll have to. Kinda like that nasty job you hate but keep having to shuffle yourself to since you depend on it due to lack of skills, education or any fu"#$ing alternative ideas/options....
Yes. You hate it. But you'll use it again. And again. You all will.
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Nokia PC Suite is/was horrible and slow but at least it connected, can't say the same about KIES... personally I've only had little trouble with it but there's a whole lot of people who haven't been as lucky. Thank god we can use mass memory without starting up KIES
I have encountered the connection issue as well but that was after i installed Launcher Pro. into my i9000. Once i remove it, the connection run smoothly without any problem.
Hope this help.
when i updated kies i couldnt connect either , my phones said it was connected but kies begged to differ.
i uninstalled kies and all reg keys and downloaded the full kies and voila it worked again.
to the above poster get homeswitcher from market and you wont have to uninstall launcher pro , just switch when you want to connect to kies
regards
I think it's software conflict which are causing the issues.
I had a fully working Kies with the exception of the Calendar sync but after several application installations I can now not connect to my computer by USB.
I'm thinking of noting down all my software installations and resetting my phone as well as formating my internal memory. See if Kies comes back up.
Then I will install my software bit by bit testing each time to see which software might be causing the conflict.
chtan said:
I have encountered the connection issue as well but that was after i installed Launcher Pro. into my i9000. Once i remove it, the connection run smoothly without any problem.
Hope this help.
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I installed home switcher so i can use the default launcher when i need to use kies.
Yesterday i updated kies and it took over 3hrs to download using the update function.
I wish Samsung would learn the magic of OTA.
(and remove all kinds of bloatware like touchwiz)
I wish i still had my old N1.
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Nokia PC Suite is/was horrible and slow but at least it connected, can't say the same about KIES... personally I've only had little trouble with it but there's a whole lot of people who haven't been as lucky. Thank god we can use mass memory without starting up KIES
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Yes mine did connect last week. I'm glad I installed the latest suggested upgrade build with the "Several Stability Enhancements" on the change log. It did connect fine this time.
And after the nicely animated Synch I'm now busy deleting the several randomly-added duplicated entries to both my calendar, notes and contacts on both the device (E72) and Outlook 2007.
That was useful, because it connected. And plus, sorting out all the mess manually will be a great past-time and distraction while I await for Samsung and Broadcom to figure out why gps tracks look like something your 3 year old drew on the living room wallet when you left that CD pen forgotten on the table.
Its been like 2 hours now downloading kies from the update popup while trying to run previous kies. Says its 100% dowloaded but still keeps downloading files like 980mb/123mb and to make it worse i keep having this popup from kies saying "The Internet is not connected. Do you want to check the connection and try again?" theres a Retry button i press in order to continue the download. I have windows 7 x64 and internet speed of 16mb so i dont get it. I thought of going to sleep and let it download all night, but its impossible since i need to press the retry button every minute when i get the pop up.
TheCarl said:
I installed home switcher so i can use the default launcher when i need to use kies.
Yesterday i updated kies and it took over 3hrs to download using the update function.
I wish Samsung would learn the magic of OTA.
(and remove all kinds of bloatware like touchwiz)
I wish i still had my old N1.
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Thanks for the home switcher suggestion, for whatever reason i don't actually have to switch out of launcher pro when i use KIES.
Also, someone i correspond with here in PMs since we are both English speakers in Korea, hasn't installed KIES because he's on a mac. Yesterday we were talking about Swype and since i had asked him about his fw he brought up that he received an OTA update. I was shocked to say the least, and his firmware is as current as mine, however he didn't get the first three updates that i did through KIES.
Anyone else this problem? Rooted my epic with the all-in-one method a week ago, worked flawlessly. Today when I plugged my phone to my laptop (the same one used to perform the root) it did not ask the 3 options (charge, mass storage, or tether). Turned on debugging again, and no orange triangle on my notification bar. I have connected to my computer several times sinced the root and it all worked until this time. Seems as if lost my drivers somehow but I never did anything to do that. Any suggestions?
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Try rebooting the phone while plugged in. I have to do that in my Mac, and I'm running a custom rom, but it doesn't hurt to try it.
Try a different usb cable. The stock cable is **** and my pc would never see my phone using it. This is a common problem. Monoprice has them super cheap if you don't have an extra to try.
Even if the stock cable worked once it can be flacky. The other thing is make sure you use the usb ports on the back of the pc.
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Reboot worked, thanks
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I have always been able to find an answer to the problems I've encountered, but this one has me stumped. I have owned and rooted and tinkered and broken and fixed every nexus phone, all because of the help I can find here. So first off, thanks for all the years.
My new problem. Yesterday morning I plugged in my Nexus 4 like I always do, and tinkered with my music folder (added and removed a few tracks, like always) and then drove to work happily listening to my music. When I got home late last night, I popped onto AP and read about a new play store apk, 4.1.10 and installed it (just like I always do when I can grab it sooner than OTA). That is the ONLY change to my phone from yesterday to today. When I plug my phone in to my computer today, I get the "windows doesn't recognize this device" message. So, I do the usual, I fire up the SDK Manager, update all the required bits of the SDK, pop into a device manager, find the unrecognized device, update driver and point it the google/usb_driver folder because that's what has always worked when running into this quirk. So today, nothing happens. Phone still isn't seen by Windows. I have the luxury of 3 computers (one of which is Ubuntu) and a laptop to test on, and all 4 say the same thing today. All 4 have also always worked without issue. I have a Nexus 7 as well, and it has no problems across the 4 computers, but I have not updated the Play Store on the N7 (and now I'm concerned if I do this will happen).
So I start searching to see what others are saying, and I've found that many people have *just* run into this problem (across various forums etc.). I also notice that on my N4, even though USB debugging is enabled, it's not working (as in the jelly bean icon in the notification bar doesn't even show up now). And switching between MTP and PTP makes no difference either. I've uninstalled the unrecognized device and hoped windows would find it on it's own again, but nothing. I cannot access the phone via ADB (or communicate via fastboot) and literally have no way to see the phone. I wouldn't call myself an expert by any means, but I have always been able to get through manual rooting, custom ROMS, flashing radios and bootloaders on every phone in the past. What am I missing here? Is it possible that the latest play store update has somehow "broken" the USB function? I use bigxie's JDQ39 odexed ROM, and so do many of my friends (I'm the guy they come to), and not had an issue until today. Does anybody out there have any idea why this happening? And to so many people within the past few days? Also, when I try to revert to the 4.1.6 version of the Play Store, it will not allow me to install a previous version. Since that's the only thing I can attribute this change to, who can tell me how to do that?
I appreciate anyone who digs into this, and if there's any info I can provide to help you help me, just let me know!
Edit: Used TB to uninstall the play store and reinstall 4.1.6, unfortunately no change.
I`m pretty sure it`s your cable....It happened to me the 2 months after purchase! Probably if you plug it in a wall ac charger it will say USB charging instead of AC! That`s what happened to me. I`m using my good old G2X usb cable and no more problems like this
BigDig said:
I`m pretty sure it`s your cable....It happened to me the 2 months after purchase! Probably if you plug it in a wall ac charger it will say USB charging instead of AC! That`s what happened to me. I`m using my good old G2X usb cable and no more problems like this
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The same cable works fine with with my Galaxy Nexus as well as my Nexus 7. Also I use different cables across different computers with the same working result with multiple devices, except the N4 of course
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The same cable works fine with with my Galaxy Nexus as well as my Nexus 7. Also I use different cables across different computers with the same working result with multiple devices, except the N4 of course
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Try a different cable and see what happens! It won`t hurt...
BigDig said:
Try a different cable and see what happens! It won`t hurt...
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Ok ok, I tried it, no luck. I'm starting to wonder if a windows update could have done this. It just makes no sense that other phones/tablets work with the same driver and this was working fine yesterday. Windows definitely sees the phone, but regardless of what signed or unsigned ADB/composite driver I try, it still has a yellow exclamation mark. But when I plug in the N7, no problem at all. There are many ways to get data to my device, so at the end of the day it isn't the end of the world, but it still frustrates me. I just purchased a second N4, still sealed in the box as a gift for the wife, so my only concern now is being able to unlock the bootloader on that phone so I can throw a rooted ROM on it. If I can't see that device, then I have issue. But I suppose since it'll be new out of the box, should that happen, I can turn to the Goog for support on that one. I'm just positive that there's somebody here smart enough to figure out why this has happened I've seen more complicated issues resolved.
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Ok ok, I tried it, no luck. I'm starting to wonder if a windows update could have done this. It just makes no sense that other phones/tablets work with the same driver and this was working fine yesterday. Windows definitely sees the phone, but regardless of what signed or unsigned ADB/composite driver I try, it still has a yellow exclamation mark. But when I plug in the N7, no problem at all. There are many ways to get data to my device, so at the end of the day it isn't the end of the world, but it still frustrates me. I just purchased a second N4, still sealed in the box as a gift for the wife, so my only concern now is being able to unlock the bootloader on that phone so I can throw a rooted ROM on it. If I can't see that device, then I have issue. But I suppose since it'll be new out of the box, should that happen, I can turn to the Goog for support on that one. I'm just positive that there's somebody here smart enough to figure out why this has happened I've seen more complicated issues resolved.
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I would have tried to flash another kernel if I were you to see if the problem persists
When I connect my N4 to my PC, it shows up in device manager as as a portable device and mtp works fine. Checking the driver version shows that it is using WMP drivers. When I turn on usb debugging, that connection gets added as other devices in device manager with a yellow exclamation point. My device is detected since it will pull the serial number in a command prompt. I haven't tried anything thru adb yet, but for accessing your folders on storage, that would be the mtp as portable device connection anyways. The key thing is making sure that you are getting that connection and using the WMP drivers, not the Android usb drivers.
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Ankst said:
I have always been able to find an answer to the problems I've encountered, but this one has me stumped. I have owned and rooted and tinkered and broken and fixed every nexus phone, all because of the help I can find here. So first off, thanks for all the years.
My new problem. Yesterday morning I plugged in my Nexus 4 like I always do, and tinkered with my music folder (added and removed a few tracks, like always) and then drove to work happily listening to my music. When I got home late last night, I popped onto AP and read about a new play store apk, 4.1.10 and installed it (just like I always do when I can grab it sooner than OTA). That is the ONLY change to my phone from yesterday to today. When I plug my phone in to my computer today, I get the "windows doesn't recognize this device" message. So, I do the usual, I fire up the SDK Manager, update all the required bits of the SDK, pop into a device manager, find the unrecognized device, update driver and point it the google/usb_driver folder because that's what has always worked when running into this quirk. So today, nothing happens. Phone still isn't seen by Windows. I have the luxury of 3 computers (one of which is Ubuntu) and a laptop to test on, and all 4 say the same thing today. All 4 have also always worked without issue. I have a Nexus 7 as well, and it has no problems across the 4 computers, but I have not updated the Play Store on the N7 (and now I'm concerned if I do this will happen).
So I start searching to see what others are saying, and I've found that many people have *just* run into this problem (across various forums etc.). I also notice that on my N4, even though USB debugging is enabled, it's not working (as in the jelly bean icon in the notification bar doesn't even show up now). And switching between MTP and PTP makes no difference either. I've uninstalled the unrecognized device and hoped windows would find it on it's own again, but nothing. I cannot access the phone via ADB (or communicate via fastboot) and literally have no way to see the phone. I wouldn't call myself an expert by any means, but I have always been able to get through manual rooting, custom ROMS, flashing radios and bootloaders on every phone in the past. What am I missing here? Is it possible that the latest play store update has somehow "broken" the USB function? I use bigxie's JDQ39 odexed ROM, and so do many of my friends (I'm the guy they come to), and not had an issue until today. Does anybody out there have any idea why this happening? And to so many people within the past few days? Also, when I try to revert to the 4.1.6 version of the Play Store, it will not allow me to install a previous version. Since that's the only thing I can attribute this change to, who can tell me how to do that?
I appreciate anyone who digs into this, and if there's any info I can provide to help you help me, just let me know!
Edit: Used TB to uninstall the play store and reinstall 4.1.6, unfortunately no change.
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My situation is exactly like yours, for two PCs that used to recognize my N4. I tried another N4 that is stock and not rooted, and to my frustration it connected perfectly (MTP, adb, Fast boot). Something has corrupted our phones. Another symptom I have is I can only charge at USB rate with ac chargers that used to charge at ac rate. All this occurred around the 15th of May, when Google pushed the play store update. I haven't tried unrooting yet. I'm hesitant to get to bold on experimentation because I can't flash the phone with the PC anymore.
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tyea said:
My situation is exactly like yours, for two PCs that used to recognize my N4. I tried another N4 that is stock and not rooted, and to my frustration it connected perfectly (MTP, adb, Fast boot). Something has corrupted our phones. Another symptom I have is I can only charge at USB rate with ac chargers that used to charge at ac rate. All this occurred around the 15th of May, when Google pushed the play store update. I haven't tried unrooting yet. I'm hesitant to get to bold on experimentation because I can't flash the phone with the PC anymore.
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I knew I wasn't crazy! I understand your apprehension for experimentation, I sorta feel the same way. However, I've put some ROMs in some online storage and already put them on my device so I'm going to take the leap and hope I don't do any permanent damage. I've already overwritten my existing ROM more than once to see if it would correct it. So I have a different devs stock rooted ROM to try and a copy of CM 10.1 R3, I'll run those today and see if the suggestion of changing the kernel has any impact. I know there's a solution to this!
Ive tried multiple roms and kernels and nothing has helped. I just unrooted and no change. I think the usb firmware is corrupted, but don't know how to diagnose this. I even tried flashing different modems through the recovery (.27, .54, back to .48) and no change. I give up for now
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Ankst said:
I knew I wasn't crazy! I understand your apprehension for experimentation, I sorta feel the same way. However, I've put some ROMs in some online storage and already put them on my device so I'm going to take the leap and hope I don't do any permanent damage. I've already overwritten my existing ROM more than once to see if it would correct it. So I have a different devs stock rooted ROM to try and a copy of CM 10.1 R3, I'll run those today and see if the suggestion of changing the kernel has any impact. I know there's a solution to this!
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Ok, so here's my progress, and ultimately my conclusion. I just wiped and tried another stock rooted rom by teshxx, it wouldn't even boot. So, CM was my last hope. Again, wiped and installed CM 10.1 RC3 , flashed gapps, and it booted up. There was still some issue with some of the google services, but fixed easily enough by uninstalling them and reinstalling them from the play store. When I plug it into a computer, I *still* have the "usb device not recognized" error in windows. And usb debugging still doesn't activate even though it definitely sees usb as the connection by looking at the battery settings. I realize that charging through usb is a different voltage etc. and why it knows has no relation to usb debugging reacting to the usb cable. That being said, I have to conclude that by some freak of nature, the data path through the usb port on the phone has stopped working. Perhaps a power spike? Maybe there is a god and he hates me? I don't know, but seeing as CM would have rewritten the kernel as well, this is about as far as I'm willing to go to try to diagnose this. Now since I can't use a computer to re-lock the bootloader, I'm stuck with a busted usb port. The phone is clearly within a warranty time frame, with the exception that I unlocked the bootloader and voided that upon purchase. I guess my advice to anyone reading this, wait one year and one day before you bother, so should a hardware failure like this happen to you, you can have it replaced.
Out.
tyea said:
Ive tried multiple roms and kernels and nothing has helped. I just unrooted and no change. I think the usb firmware is corrupted, but don't know how to diagnose this. I even tried flashing different modems through the recovery (.27, .54, back to .48) and no change. I give up for now
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Same here, see final post
just got this phone so many things are pissing me off already , how do i make it behave like lolipop?
1st problem, navigation button do not rotate in landscape mode, how can i make them rotate tot he bottom when in landscape mode, do i need an xposed module, gravity box or can i do it another way?
2nd problem how can i make the home screen rotate , someone said there was an option in google now launcher settings, there is not, i updated the app and still not here, and besides i want to use nova launcher
3rd problem, volume rocker buttons do not invert when in landscape mode, how do i fix it?
4th problem , can't switch on wifi and hotspot at the same time switching on one switches off the other
i have done this in android before not sure if it is a device issue or or because of marshmallow
1st time using marshamallow and i hate it , can i just flash a lolipop rom to this thing ? are there any custom lolipop roms , this OS sucks and i bet nougat will be even worse
1: I believe you need tablet mode or an equivalent to get nav buttons on the bottom of the screen in landscape. I don't ever remember a phone doing that with out a tablet mode tweak.
2: if you have auto rotate on and install nova, nova should rotate when you set it in nova settings.
3: volume rockers rotating is in most custom roms, id say gravity box or another Xposed module will accomplish that. I don't use Xposed so I can't swear to it.
4: I've never seen any of my prior nexus phones or any android phone be able to connect to a wifi network, and be broadcasting a mobile hot spot. There is only 1 wifi chip, and can only connect to one network at a time, be it connect to wifi or broadcast a wifi hotspot. You might be able to USB tether and connect to wifi, but that's the only way I see it being possible.
There is no lollipop for this phone, as it released with marshmallow. I very seriously doubt it's even possible to build a lollipop rom for this phone.
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1: I believe you need tablet mode or an equivalent to get nav buttons on the bottom of the screen in landscape. I don't ever remember a phone doing that with out a tablet mode tweak.
2: if you have auto rotate on and install nova, nova should rotate when you set it in nova settings.
3: volume rockers rotating is in most custom roms, id say gravity box or another Xposed module will accomplish that. I don't use Xposed so I can't swear to it.
4: I've never seen any of my prior nexus phones or any android phone be able to connect to a wifi network, and be broadcasting a mobile hot spot. There is only 1 wifi chip, and can only connect to one network at a time, be it connect to wifi or broadcast a wifi hotspot. You might be able to USB tether and connect to wifi, but that's the only way I see it being possible.
There is no lollipop for this phone, as it released with marshmallow. I very seriously doubt it's even possible to build a lollipop rom for this phone.
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so there is no xposed module to get the buttons to the bottom?, you think google would have had this as an option since this is a phablet and the biggest one on the market at that , it really makes no sense for the buttons to not rotate to the bottom on a device of this size
i looked in google now launcher settings and there was no option to set home screen rotation to on
i have seem some articles saying it is in there on the 6p but it was not there on the version that was preinstalled on my phone , so i update google now launcher and it is still not in there ,unless it was only there in a version or 2 that were released between the one i had and the one i updated to ,unless google added it and took it out again , like they did with chrome merge tabs to apps option
i could not find the option, but i read in an article that it will only work with google now launcher anyways
unless there is an xposed module to fix it
about the wifi and hotspot , my dad has a POS samsung galaxy avant form metro PCS
he has not wifi network, i got him a chromecast but he has no home internet
and i was able to setup the chromecast and cast to it using only his phone, both as a wifi hotspot for the CC
and to cast to it at the same time, without either being connected to any wifi network
so if i travel to a vacation spot that has a tv but no wifi network i will not be able to take my CC and use it
with this phone,
his crappy samsung galaxy avant will let you have both on at the same time it does not disconnect one when you turn on the other,allowing you ti use CC with the one device and no wifi network present, i guess google removed this too sometime in the past wither with kitkat or lolipop not sure which OS that phone is on but it worked
The way you explain using the CC is the definition of a wifi hotspot. You are sharing your cell data to the Chromecast via your wifi. You just turn your hotspot on and the phone will communicate with the CC and it will pull the internet via your cell data. I've never used a Samsung avant, but unless it had 2 wireless adapters in it, you cannot have two wireless networks running at the same time. You should just need to connect the CC to your hotspot and it should just work.
As far as an Xposed module to move the nav bar to the bottom, there may be. I haven't used Xposed other than trying it out when it first came out. Gravity box would be a good place to start looking.
I'm using the newest (still tech unreleased) Google launcher. It's the one showcased for Nougat. It allows rotation by default. You should be able to find it in the themes and apps sub forum here.
You said you wanted to use nova anyway, and I know it will allow rotation, so it shouldn't be an issue for you.
More complaining/trolling from this guy???
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More complaining/trolling from this guy???
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Yup. A moderator seriously needs to suspend this guy. His crap is getting really tiresome. I've reported one of his lovely disease comparison posts. Not sure what else to do.
gdroid666 said:
just got this phone so many things are pissing me off already , how do i make it behave like lolipop?
1st problem, navigation button do not rotate in landscape mode, how can i make them rotate tot he bottom when in landscape mode, do i need an xposed module, gravity box or can i do it another way?
2nd problem how can i make the home screen rotate , someone said there was an option in google now launcher settings, there is not, i updated the app and still not here, and besides i want to use nova launcher
3rd problem, volume rocker buttons do not invert when in landscape mode, how do i fix it?
4th problem , can't switch on wifi and hotspot at the same time switching on one switches off the other
i have done this in android before not sure if it is a device issue or or because of marshmallow
1st time using marshamallow and i hate it , can i just flash a lolipop rom to this thing ? are there any custom lolipop roms , this OS sucks and i bet nougat will be even worse
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Why don't you just buy an iPhone and live happier ?
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Mikey said:
Why don't you just buy an iPhone and live happier
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no i am coming from an iphone
i can't deal with IOS, when the memory fills up on the phone you can't just free it up by deleting some photos or videos , you have to backup and restore the phone with itunes ,which is ridiculous and i hate using itunes for anything it's garbage and it never works right
i guess i was expecting stock android on this phone to run like it does on my tablet, i only ever used anroid on TV boxes, and tablets ,and old version on samsung phones but samsung ruins android with their crappy skins and bloat
they should have made options to have the nav buttons rotate to the bottom in landscape mode like it does on a tablet, it's a phablet and a really large one at that so why would anyone not want to have the buttons rotate to the bottom? volume rocker not switching to inverse in landscape is just really poor ,i thought android was all about customization but now i am finding out that i can not customize even simple basic things that should have been included stock anyways , there is no way to get the home screen to rotate to landscape unless i sideload and old version of google now launcher but i want to use nova launcher
no way to get nav buttons to shift to the bottom in landscape unless there is an xposed module or an option in gravity box, from what i read there is a way to invert volume rocker buttons but it won't work in marshmallow yet
why does google include these features on thier OS for tablets but not on their flagship phablet , it just does not make any sense to me
helioXverse said:
The way you explain using the CC is the definition of a wifi hotspot. You are sharing your cell data to the Chromecast via your wifi. You just turn your hotspot on and the phone will communicate with the CC and it will pull the internet via your cell data. I've never used a Samsung avant, but unless it had 2 wireless adapters in it, you cannot have two wireless networks running at the same time. You should just need to connect the CC to your hotspot and it should just work.
As far as an Xposed module to move the nav bar to the bottom, there may be. I haven't used Xposed other than trying it out when it first came out. Gravity box would be a good place to start looking.
I'm using the newest (still tech unreleased) Google launcher. It's the one showcased for Nougat. It allows rotation by default. You should be able to find it in the themes and apps sub forum here.
You said you wanted to use nova anyway, and I know it will allow rotation, so it shouldn't be an issue for you.
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\yes i had no problem using the CC with the galaxy avant as both hotspot and as a casting device , just phone ,CC and a TV no wifi network or other phone , but i have seen lots of people complaining that they could not get their CC to work like this, they said they needed a wifi network or they needed a second device one to be used as a hotspot and another phone or tablet to connect to the CC to cast from ,because they said they could not their phone to asct a s a hotspot and a casting device simultaneously it worked fine for me after some fiddling around though, but i i have not tried it with the 6p yet , my CC is on my network ,guess i will just have to test it out with just the 6p and CC and no router and see if it works
gdroid666 said:
no i am coming from an iphone
i can't deal with IOS, when the memory fills up on the phone you can't just free it up by deleting some photos or videos , you have to backup and restore the phone with itunes ,which is ridiculous and i hate using itunes for anything it's garbage and it never works right
i guess i was expecting stock android on this phone to run like it does on my tablet, i only ever used anroid on TV boxes, and tablets ,and old version on samsung phones but samsung ruins android with their crappy skins and bloat
they should have made options to have the nav buttons rotate to the bottom in landscape mode like it does on a tablet, it's a phablet and a really large one at that so why would anyone not want to have the buttons rotate to the bottom? volume rocker not switching to inverse in landscape is just really poor ,i thought android was all about customization but now i am finding out that i can not customize even simple basic things that should have been included stock anyways , there is no way to get the home screen to rotate to landscape unless i sideload and old version of google now launcher but i want to use nova launcher
no way to get nav buttons to shift to the bottom in landscape unless there is an xposed module or an option in gravity box, from what i read there is a way to invert volume rocker buttons but it won't work in marshmallow yet
why does google include these features on thier OS for tablets but not on their flagship phablet , it just does not make any sense to me
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Root you phone and have fun... Or go back to iOS.
therock3181 said:
Root you phone and have fun... Or go back to iOS.
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yes of course i am going to root it
i just hope i can add these tweaks once i do
gdroid666 said:
yes of course i am going to root it
i just hope i can add these tweaks once i do
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You hate Android on the 6p and you hate iOS. Why don't you root it and try the tweaks you want to make, and STOP COMPLAINING? If you do the tiniest bit of research you'll find mods, kernals, themes, ROMs and scripts to help you do almost anything you want to your phone. I guess it's just much more enjoyable for you to complain and troll for responses.
You've had two threads closed by moderators. You're unpleasant and unhappy and spout a bunch of opinions as though they are fact. Google actually spends hundreds of hours testing interfaces with real users and agonizing over hex codes and pixel-perfect positioning, so the fact that you want something different and think that should be the final word means absolutely nothing. If you don't like it, change it. If you just want to keep complaining, don't bother.
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I agree. All the issues I see can most probably be solved by root. I tried to help you out, but you still co plain, yet you haven't even attempted to root your phone to try the solutions suggested.
I don't really consider this phone a "phablet" as there are quite a few phones of this size these days. Google decided to go "phone or tablet" route and not dwell on the in between. There are several phones larger than this and they all behave the same way afaik.
We have nexus phones to mod them and tweak them. If you aren't happy with it, buy a Samsung or iPhone, or just bite the bullet and make your phone your own.
I've used nexus devices for 4 generations now, and never had the "problems" you've had. If I did, I'd probably have bought another series of phones. Just read some thread and follow some instructions and you can make your phone exactly what you like.
This is exactly why I went to Roku instead of chromecast. Living in a rural area and no access to high speed internet sucked trying to get the chromecast to work as you need a device connected to the same network to control it. I used an old tablet for awhile, but in the end buying a Roku or fire stick solved it completely since they have their own remotes. Some times we are so spoiled by having endless options it is easy to get mad when something does not work as we think it should.
helioXverse said:
I agree. All the issues I see can most probably be solved by root. I tried to help you out, but you still co plain, yet you haven't even attempted to root your phone to try the solutions suggested.
I don't really consider this phone a "phablet" as there are quite a few phones of this size these days. Google decided to go "phone or tablet" route and not dwell on the in between. There are several phones larger than this and they all behave the same way afaik.
We have nexus phones to mod them and tweak them. If you aren't happy with it, buy a Samsung or iPhone, or just bite the bullet and make your phone your own.
I've used nexus devices for 4 generations now, and never had the "problems" you've had. If I did, I'd probably have bought another series of phones. Just read some thread and follow some instructions and you can make your phone exactly what you like.
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yes i will root it , and i am anxious to do so , but i need to make sure i research it enough 1st and not ruin my phone and get stuck in a boot loop , that is what i was asking in this thread what can i do once i get root to tweak these things or is it even possibel i was asking if anyone knows of specific xposed modules or gravitybox options or addons to change these things
i just got the phone and only owned lolipop tablets which i have rooted and flashed with custom roms
i have not owned any modern android phones so i was expecting it to be the same on the phone like it is on a tablet, like IOS same on on the phone as it is on the tablet , i was not expecting to not be able to customize things like home screen rotation and nav button rotation, google just does not do things right sometimes
i just got the phone so now i notice all the flaws in it,like the phone app ,it is buggy and it does not recognize left to right or right to left swipe all the time to move between contacts, recent, voicemail some times i have to swipe 5 or 6 times for it to move,
my xiaomi mi band takes forever to synch to the app with bluetooth when it works instantly on my lolipop tablet, little annoying bugs like that are now becoming evident to me, i was really not expecting this
maybe if update it will fix it but i doubt it