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Absoluelty horrible Glitch on 2.2 (Please Read)

Hey guys, I found a nasty little bug that has made my epic unusable. Basically if you have all your home screen pages filled up and decide to create a shortcut of an app (in this case it was dolphin browser) from inside the app, Touch Wiz will crash no matter how many time you reboot the phone. All other programs work just fine, however touchwiz will without fail crash. I am trying to find a way around this without reflashing but it looks like that is my only option. Be warned everyone EB13 is not ready for prime time.
Edit: Found a quick work around, just install launcher pro from the market and hit the home button and switch your launcher to launcher pro. Now can anyone tell me how to switch back?

So why not use something other than tw? Why would you load up that many icons on 7 pages? Home Switcher from market...
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Edit: Found a quick work around, just install launcher pro from the market and hit the home button and switch your launcher to launcher pro. Now can anyone tell me how to switch back?[/QUOTE]
Download home switcher for froyo on the market its free
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Top Nurse said:
So why not use something other than tw? Why would you load up that many icons on 7 pages? Home Switcher from market...
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I didnt I had 3 full pages. Also turns out even turning off touchwiz and switching back to it ruins it. Also not the appropriate place for this but isn't possible to add more homescreens to launcher pro. But thankyou for the advice.

ishal said:
I didnt I had 3 full pages. Also turns out even turning off touchwiz and switching back to it ruins it. Also not the appropriate place for this but isn't possible to add more homescreens to launcher pro. But thankyou for the advice.
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Yes you can add screens to launcherpro by hitting (from launcherpro) menu>preferences>homescreen settngs. To fix touchwiz, hit menu>settings>applications>all, scroll down to TWlauncher cick it, and clear everything.
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Sounds like a bug in Touchwiz, not Froyo.

Thank you XDA for helping me through what was pretty much me over reacting.

I would really urge you to play around with Launcher Pro for a while. Try the different settings and see what they all do. I can't imagine using Touchwiz now. I love the way launcherpro both looks and works.

dr_gibberish said:
I would really urge you to play around with Launcher Pro for a while. Try the different settings and see what they all do. I can't imagine using Touchwiz now. I love the way launcherpro both looks and works.
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Aug 31st... the first day I had my phone I moved to Launcher Pro and haven't looked back... not a single reason to use TW

Try hitting menu/settings/apps/manage apps/all.
Find twlauncher and clear data and cache. It will likely blow out anything you had on you screens but may allow you to use it again if that's what you are looking for.
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snowmanwithahat said:
Aug 31st... the first day I had my phone I moved to Launcher Pro and haven't looked back... not a single reason to use TW
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TW is for folk who want their phone to feel more iOSish, and if that's what they want, meh. More power to 'em.
I used LP for a long time, but am giving Go Launcher a whirl these days. I kinda like it even more, but...
Ugh, Launcherpro has THE BEST agenda widget on Android. No free widget I've tried even comes close. Really frustrating.
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snowmanwithahat said:
Aug 31st... the first day I had my phone I moved to Launcher Pro and haven't looked back... not a single reason to use TW
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Amen to that, brotha! I love launcher pro. Really works well.

snowmanwithahat said:
Aug 31st... the first day I had my phone I moved to Launcher Pro and haven't looked back... not a single reason to use TW
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Got my phone in august 31, moved to launcherpro sept 4, havent looked back either, its great, especially with the scrollable dock and all the customizations you can do!!

Meh - LP is pretty good but I suspect most people don't use most of the options, making it kind-of big. I haven't found a better option though. It's pretty darn good.

I use LauncherPro, and I have long since deleted both TouchWiz an the stock launcher from the /system/apps/ folder. It frees up a bit of space.

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Meh - LP is pretty good but I suspect most people don't use most of the options, making it kind-of big. I haven't found a better option though. It's pretty darn good.
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ADWLauncher EX

tclarkey said:
ADWLauncher EX
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Adw ex is my favorite as well. It seems smoother.
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kelmar13 said:
Try hitting menu/settings/apps/manage apps/all.
Find twlauncher and clear data and cache. It will likely blow out anything you had on you screens but may allow you to use it again if that's what you are looking for.
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Yeah this is what I was going to suggest. It WILL delete all your settings related to the launcher.

Why fill your homescreens with apps anyway...talk about cludered ...
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I am using the paid version of LauncherPro and loving it. Very stable over TW.
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Help with CM7 discussion and tip sharing...noob-friendly!

Hi, I don't want to bog down the CM7 threads with noob questions. Now that our great DEVs have gotten WiMax working and Epic officially supported I thought I would try CM7 since I was already on MTD. I got it working pretty well but there are some things I miss from TW ROMs that maybe some of you have already got figured out or found an equivalent. I thought this might be a good thread to share tips.
First off the stock email app sucks, can't select to always show pictures so get K9 from the market.
So your long texts don't show up as gibberish make sure to select split sms and turn off split counter. Nightly 16 and up fixes long texts over wifi. Or use GoSMS and set to split long texts in settings.
If you want to record video and need the flash on I found Tjunks video camera in the Market has that option.
300 themes for Theme Changer in the following thread, our phone is HDPI:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167075
Tortel1210 ported over several TW apps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452004
Had trouble getting Shootme to work so found another screen capture called Screenshot from the market.
Tazfanatic suggested I add the wiki (thanks Taz) for the Epic/CM7 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_CyanogenMod
Changelog: http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=epicmtd
Please feel free to share other tips and tricks here. I want this thread to remain noob friendly so if someone asks a question that has been answered 100 times in the CM7 thread please just answer it nicely. Let's leave that thread to Development and bug fixes. Thank you my friends.

kennyglass123 said:
Third, has anyone found a 4G toggle widget that works?
Thanks.
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Flash the most recent nightly for working 4G toggle....it's stable.
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=epicmtd&type=nightly

Second is there a thread somewhere that has screenies of a bunch of different themes? Sorting through the market sucks...lol. Specifically looking for larger icons with a circular battery percentage mod.
Third, has anyone found a 4G toggle widget that works?
Thanks.
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As for themes I always hate searching the market, but it is where I end up all the time. Sometimes a Google search makes it faster but not always. There is an app on the market that allows you to sort cm7 themes by price, but I wasn't a fan.
People have mentioned a paid 4g widget that works, but the toggle has been working since a couple nightlies ago. I'm on nightly 10 with shadow kernel and getting great performance and battery.
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kennyglass123 said:
Second is there a thread somewhere that has screenies of a bunch of different themes? Sorting through the market sucks...lol. Specifically looking for larger icons with a circular battery percentage mod.
Thanks.
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167075
Has 300 or so themes with some cool options.. not exactly what u wanted im sure but I got a lot of mine from here.. flashed cm7 nightly12 and their pulldown 4g toggle is working beautifully, that would be my advice, since its free
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kennyglass123 said:
First off in the stock email app is there anyway to get it to always show pictures? I was so happy when they fixed this in GB TW ROMs. I have 4 email accounts and like to see them all in one place.
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Have you tried K9 mail (free from market)? I dont use it anymore, but I found that to be the best email app for managing multiple accounts.

You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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kennyglass123 said:
You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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For how many times you have helped me, I am glad I could return the favor for a change!!

kennyglass123 said:
You guys are the best! Thanks for the great suggestions. Will get nightly 12 tonight and K9 and check out that theme listing. Will probably just end up modding framework-res myself...that still works on CM7 right? LOL.
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Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.

digiblur said:
Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.
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Did you find something else to use? Hitting "show pictures" on every email is so Froyo.
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digiblur said:
Last time I looked at K9 I couldn't get over the ugliness of that app, and it wouldn't work with my email server either for work.
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While I agree, it was ugly as hell, I was able look past that, seeing as it provided the functionality I needed. Interested in other options as well, paid or otherwise.
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I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.

cds0699 said:
I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.
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It's HDPI...

AmnChode said:
It's HDPI...
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Thanks, just wanted to find out before trying anything.

adamdelozier said:
While I agree, it was ugly as hell, I was able look past that, seeing as it provided the functionality I needed. Interested in other options as well, paid or otherwise.
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Try Enhanced Email (although I admit I haven't used it with exchange - just to manage two gmail and one yahoo account). Has a widget with #of unread emails and a bunch of customization options (different colored icons appear on the status bar for each of the accounts). I liked this app much better than K9. It's paid but can be had for free on applanet (just not the newest version).
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Speaking of noobish questions, here are two - how does one add a speedial and a one-touch search function to the stock CM7 dialer? Haven't figured out how to tie speedial #s to digits, so have been using Big Dialer App for this (but would prefer to stay stock as Big Dialer is ugly as hell). I also miss the TW ability to search through contacts by letter from the dialer screen - now have to hit contacts -> menu -> search which is pretty annoying. Any advice? Would prefer not flashing a theme.

dohturdima said:
Try Enhanced Email (although I admit I haven't used it with exchange - just to manage two gmail and one yahoo account). Has a widget with #of unread emails and a bunch of customization options (different colored icons appear on the status bar for each of the accounts). I liked this app much better than K9. It's paid but can be had for free on applanet (just not the newest version).
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Speaking of noobish questions, here are two - how does one add a speedial and a one-touch search function to the stock CM7 dialer? Haven't figured out how to tie speedial #s to digits, so have been using Big Dialer App for this (but would prefer to stay stock as Big Dialer is ugly as hell). I also miss the TW ability to search through contacts by letter from the dialer screen - now have to hit contacts -> menu -> search which is pretty annoying. Any advice? Would prefer not flashing a theme.
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You can search by letter on the dialer screen. Try it.

cds0699 said:
I have an idiot question to add, is the Epic 4G's screen mdpi or hdpi?
Matters because some of the themes are hdpi only.
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Its hdpi.. for some reason you still will get the theme chooser error "some elements are not compatible" blah blah blah
Side note from previous link I posted. Looks like https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.list.tmobile.themes. Is a more convenient way of browsing these themes from your phone
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Decad3nce said:
You can search by letter on the dialer screen. Try it.
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Deca himself! (bowing down) thank you sir for all of your amazing work.
Yes, the T9 contacts search option works pretty well... needed to select search T9 in dialer preferences.
I found a thread with a way to implement speed dial without getting rid of stock CM7 dialer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369776
It's a market app. Unfortunately, it is either this speeddial app or the t9 contacts search option - T9 search has to be unchecked for it to work. There is no long-press function for this app, it is very no-frills. While it is not a make-or-break feature by any means, but it would be nice to have a long-press speed dial option baked in a future nightly (so it could coexist with T9 contacts search).

kennyglass123 said:
Did you find something else to use? Hitting "show pictures" on every email is so Froyo.
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If you run multiple accounts in k9 like I do, go into account settings for each one. You can set it to show pics after clicking (default, yuck), only from contacts, or all, among many other settings you will want to personalize.
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jeffro18 said:
If you run multiple accounts in k9 like I do, go into account settings for each one. You can set it to show pics after clicking (default, yuck), only from contacts, or all, among many other settings you will want to personalize.
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Yes, I have 4 accounts I check. Thanks. Will try it tonight.
And Deca honoring my thread....thank you sir for all that you have done!
I hope we can keep this thread going so everyone can get CM7 setup the way they like.

I really like the idea of a thread like this as I don't want to be flamed for filling the cm7 thread with n00b Qs.. the epic has been my only smartphone.. so cm7 and non-touchwiz is still new to me..
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Galaxy SIII Annoyances Megathread

Galaxy SIII is a fantastic phone, but I seem to be constantly let down by touchwiz stuff. My idea for this thread is a big, long list of annoyances and suggestions for fixing them.
For example, an annoyance: TW doesn't support sorting the app drawer by name, you have to manually sort things and that goes slow. You would have thought they'd have a better way to manage the app drawer by now, but alas, no.
Solution: AppZorter Lite is a free solution that will sort your app drawer for you. Bonus: I like a nice empty app list, so I've gotten it hidden (one thing TW does do) and just launch it from the store when I need to.
Two that I haven't solved:
1) Facebook has filled my contact list with a huge number of people I don't care about, seems to have ignored the "only sync with existing contacts". Removing facebook users is a process: hold on the user, press delete, confirm that it isn't actually deleting.
2) The default MMS app seems to send (or displays?) all picture messages as slideshows. Super lame. Is there any way to turn this out without installing a 3rd party app?

App drawer, menu, view type, alphabetical grid or list.
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lopezpm said:
App drawer, menu, view type, alphabetical grid or list.
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much easier than my solution. skipped right over that option.
Thanks.
Trying out Pansi SMS as my sms solution, though it's a bummer that it doesn't interact with the lock screen like the native one.

kayakyakr said:
Galaxy SIII is a fantastic phone, but I seem to be constantly let down by touchwiz stuff. My idea for this thread is a big, long list of annoyances and suggestions for fixing them.
For example, an annoyance: TW doesn't support sorting the app drawer by name, you have to manually sort things and that goes slow. You would have thought they'd have a better way to manage the app drawer by now, but alas, no.
Solution: AppZorter Lite is a free solution that will sort your app drawer for you. Bonus: I like a nice empty app list, so I've gotten it hidden (one thing TW does do) and just launch it from the store when I need to.
Two that I haven't solved:
1) Facebook has filled my contact list with a huge number of people I don't care about, seems to have ignored the "only sync with existing contacts". Removing facebook users is a process: hold on the user, press delete, confirm that it isn't actually deleting.
2) The default MMS app seems to send (or displays?) all picture messages as slideshows. Super lame. Is there any way to turn this out without installing a 3rd party app?
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If you goto phone contacts menu display you can remove fb contacts for ppl you dont want

Scrolling wallpapers!!!! (Already made a thread for it)
The app drawer thing is why I didn't use the TW launcher on the Epic. At least now I can install Apex or Nova in the system/app folder.
Network errors, Sprints fault, not the phone.
Oh, I asked that S-Voice b*tch where she was from and she didn't understand. Guess that's what I get for hitting on my phone. :crying:

kayakyakr said:
For example, an annoyance: TW doesn't support sorting the app drawer by name, you have to manually sort things and that goes slow. You would have thought they'd have a better way to manage the app drawer by now, but alas, no.
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Appdrawer -> Menu button -> View Type -> Alphabetical grid
nvm, someone already posted it.

TouchWiz in general is just a piece of ****. Still running the Epic here and I cursed my phone every day until I put launcher pro on it and it was manageable. Didn't actually like my phone until I rooted and got CM9. My wife is getting the S3 upgrade but CM9 will go on as soon as it is available. She knows how ****ty TW is.
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danipoak said:
TouchWiz in general is just a piece of ****. Still running the Epic here and I cursed my phone every day until I put launcher pro on it and it was manageable. Didn't actually like my phone until I rooted and got CM9. My wife is getting the S3 upgrade but CM9 will go on as soon as it is available. She knows how ****ty TW is.
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TW isn't that bad, it's manageable but obviously they are better options.

Magic Oreo said:
TW isn't that bad, it's manageable but obviously they are better options.
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Meh. To each his own. I used to own an iphone and found it boring and featureless. TW just reminds me of the iphone too much. Not as bad as miui though.
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try out handcent messaging app. Your right the stock messaging app is crap

i must be one of the few people in the community that like the galaxy s3 touchwiz and "motion". Maybe I'm just on that "new phone" high.
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Anyone seeing black ink spots on screen. They are invisible but I noticed them when I had the lights off and went into the settings. I can see some black ink spots
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I hate the home button. Hate

jvjidNite said:
Anyone seeing black ink spots on screen. They are invisible but I noticed them when I had the lights off and went into the settings. I can see some black ink spots
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Look at the i9300 thread in general there is a topic on it
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No swiping the notification bar to adjust brightness.
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I wish when you pressed the home button it was a lkttle quicker
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bmoreboy02 said:
I wish when you pressed the home button it was a lkttle quicker
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Turn off double ppress for svoice. It is quicker. The reason food the delay is that it is giving the user a chance to double press
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Pissed that BB had no accessories when i picked up the phone and i now have 2 micro scratches on the screen from screen sliding along a piece of paper on my desk at work.
I hate the purple/baby blue rim around the phone.
Waiting for a black TPU bumper and black metal battery cover replacement from china to resolve these issues.
Outside of that- much more impressed with the form factor than that of the EVO LTE which i traded for it. The S3 is very comfortable in hand.
Phone is way too slippery!
BTW- Touchwiz sucks! i installed Apex while waiting to check out at BestBuy.

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I hate the home button. Hate
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I don't hate the home button but would have preferred all capacitive buttons.
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Just Flash It !!!

Wi-Fi turns on by itself
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Multitasking

Hello, I think I'm gonna buy an s4 but there's one thing that bothers me. It seems like there's no fast way to multitask. Just like the previous galaxy phones you have to hold down the home button to get to the recent app list. I find this painfully slow. Any suggestions for faster multitasking?

You find that slow??

Ever heard of Multi-View?

bgstcola said:
Hello, I think I'm gonna buy an s4 but there's one thing that bothers me. It seems like there's no fast way to multitask. Just like the previous galaxy phones you have to hold down the home button to get to the recent app list. I find this painfully slow. Any suggestions for faster multitasking?
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The S4 uses the home button to multi task so it isn't as fast as the nexus 4 ( for the menu to appear) but its still fast enough. But if it bothers you than I would suggest a phone without a home button and on screen buttons.

Use a launcher, like Nova. The default gesture to bring up recent apps is to pinch zoom.
Problem solved.

There is also an app which provides the recent button as an on screen button and remains on screen at all times. You can move it around like a chat head.
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Yes I find it slow. Usually I just want to copy paste something or remember something and it takes two seconds to switch back and two seconds to switch forward. Four seconds is a long time these days.
Regarding the Nova launcher, gestures don't work inside apps right?
Samsung should allow customized buttons. I would love to change the menu to multitask.

You should get a HTC One with no home button and a recent apps button. I'm sure you'll love that.
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AMoosa said:
There is also an app which provides the recent button as an on screen button and remains on screen at all times. You can move it around like a chat head.
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1337RYoN said:
You should get a HTC One with no home button and a recent apps button. I'm sure you'll love that.
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The One has a home button and no multitasking button.
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mattdm said:
The One has a home button and no multitasking button.
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yeah but at least it has double click to multitask which is way faster than a two-second lag.
Thanks for the link to the recent apps floating app. I'm not sure that it is worth it since it will be annoying to have in on the screen all the time...
What about the gestures in alternative launchers (nova). Does that work inside apps?

bgstcola said:
yeah but at least it has double click to multitask which is way faster than a two-second lag.
Thanks for the link to the recent apps floating app. I'm not sure that it is worth it since it will be annoying to have in on the screen all the time...
What about the gestures in alternative launchers (nova). Does that work inside apps?
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I agree with you on that point. I was just pointing out incorrect information so others reading don't think it actually has the dedicated multitasking button.

GG2012 said:
Use a launcher, like Nova. The default gesture to bring up recent apps is to pinch zoom.
Problem solved.
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Yes, but it only works at the home screen.

Disable app drawer?

Was on Twitter and found this article http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-labs-feature-galaxy-s7-lets-you-turn-app-drawer about removing the app drawer. I want to enable this feature but can't find the option in settings.

This is a setting that is probably disabled by us carriers..... I hope sprint and others leave it in but will probably have to root and install rom for it....
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AngioNicholai said:
Was on Twitter and found this article http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-labs-feature-galaxy-s7-lets-you-turn-app-drawer about removing the app drawer. I want to enable this feature but can't find the option in settings.
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Why on earth would you wanna do that? Then it'd be like an iPhone with a bunch of apps you never use cluttering your home screen

jtw_111 said:
Why on earth would you wanna do that? Then it'd be like an iPhone with a bunch of apps you never use cluttering your home screen
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Well what's wrong in having choice not everyone have to like the same thing and set up. For people who use very less number of apps I can see this being simple. Even with iPhone or without app drawer you can use one finger swipe down gesture and bring up app search control. I don't see a big deal without app drawer but I would prefer to leave it up to the user to decide if they want or not as a setting.
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I thought it was only me, can't find galaxy labs anywhere

I'm using Huawei X2 for the last few months now, I have started wondering what's the use of App Drawer, first thing I will do when get my S7e is to disable it, hopefully it will be in the unlocked version's settings.