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Do you want an additional 'THREE' customizable homescreens on your Hero? Well, there's an 'app' for that! HA!
First, I'm not sure if doing this has any bugs or inherent problems, and I am not responsible for any problems you may encounter doing this! BUT, I haven't experienced any so far myself.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this by using the Home Switcher app. When I saw how it launched the original Android Home app, that gave me an IDEA.
Using an application called 'Bar Control', I setup a Taskbar ICON to launch the native Android 'Home' application which, if you ask me, 'extends' the Hero with an additional three homescreens. I simply pull down the Taskbar and tap Home to launch the original Android Home app which gives me access to three more homescreens. AND, a simple tap of the Home button takes me back to HTC Sense.
So, I now have TEN (10) homescreens!!!!! These additional native Android homescreens are where I put some Android widgets (non HTC Sense widgets of course). And get this, the two Sprint widgets, NFL Mobile Live and Sprint TV, are available too! The Hero uses the same Wallpaper for both HTC Sense and Home, but it unlocks the native Android wallpaper gallery too.
Steps I did:
1. Downloaded Bar Control from the Market.
2. Launched Bar Control and waited for it to scan all the programs.
3. Scrolled down to the app called, 'Home' and selected it.
4. Selected an ICON of choice. (I used the same home ICON)
5. Pulled down my Notification Bar, tapped 'Home, and WALLA!
Simply hit the Home button to return to HTC Sense.
Note: To get rid of this Home ICON in the Notification Bar, simply perform the first three steps above again which will remove it.
OK, now can anyone tell me of a simple shortcut app that can be set to launch the native Android Home app without having to go through the Taskbar via the Bar Control app in my example above?
So, I believe this is the GREATEST HERO HACK so far!
When two unused screens just aren't enough lol, nice find.
Not really an hack if you ask me... why don't you install a few extra homescreen replacement apps (like openhome) so you'll even have more homescreens
this is not a hack at all. installing apps and using them as intended is as far away from a hack as could be. please change the title, this is so lame...
btw, i would love to have my homescreens scrolling "round", meaning if i swipe screen #7 (the most right one) to the left i want to go to screen #1 (the most left one). anybody know if this is possible?
kendong2 said:
btw, i would love to have my homescreens scrolling "round", meaning if i swipe screen #7 (the most right one) to the left i want to go to screen #1 (the most left one). anybody know if this is possible?
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I would like to know this as well, I sort of wonder why htc didn't design it like that.
DaWeav said:
5. Pulled down my Notification Bar, tapped 'Home, and WALLA!
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[PEDANTRY-MODE]
It's "Voila" not "Walla"!
[/PEDANTRY-MODE]
Sorry, couldn't resist - to me, it's like fingernails on a black board!
Regards,
Dave
lol, the same happens when you install any theme app such as open home, dxtop, etc...
What happens is, the default for the home button is cleared of it's default (HTC Sense) giving you the option which home screen you want to fire up after holding down the home button.
You could probably just clear the default yourself in App settings, limiting the need for another app all together.
Downloading a home screen app equals hacking your phone?
give him a Break it was his first post.He was over zealous on his find..LOL
well atleast he let us know about his find.sum peeps probably wouldnt had even shared..thx DaWeav
Yup, just to elaborate on what N0J mentioned:
menu/settings/applications/manage applications/HTC Sense
tap "Clear defaults"
Now, every time you push your "Home" button you will be presented with the options "Home" and "HTC Sense." As long as you don't check the default box you will always have a two-touch access to either interface.
Alternatively, for those that prefer vanilla Android to Sense, check the default box and hit "Home." Your phone will no longer load the Sense UI. This can be reversed by going to Home in manage applications (above) and again clearing defaults.
cgraunke said:
Yup, just to elaborate on what N0J mentioned:
menu/settings/applications/manage applications/HTC Sense
tap "Clear defaults"
Now, every time you push your "Home" button you will be presented with the options "Home" and "HTC Sense." As long as you don't check the default box you will always have a two-touch access to either interface.
Alternatively, for those that prefer vanilla Android to Sense, check the default box and hit "Home." Your phone will no longer load the Sense UI. This can be reversed by going to Home in manage applications (above) and again clearing defaults.
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Well said and thanks for the detailing the steps out for me!
Dang. I thought this was actually going to be some useful information that could lead me to getting rid of the 4 unused homescreens
This isn't a hack and not much of a discovery but if it makes you happy...
Would be kind of cool if Sense had 10 screens of its own.
nice find! But yes, 7 home screens is a little much. until we find some better widgets.
kendong2 said:
this is not a hack at all. installing apps and using them as intended is as far away from a hack as could be. please change the title, this is so lame...
btw, i would love to have my homescreens scrolling "round", meaning if i swipe screen #7 (the most right one) to the left i want to go to screen #1 (the most left one). anybody know if this is possible?
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GDE Home Screen does this
edit: by the way this is a dumb "hack"
I'm assuming this works for vanilla android as well? One of the most annoying things about my Moment that my Hero does is only having 3 screens.
Does anyone know how to REMOVE any of the homescreens from sense?
My hero is so slow!
I really hope that as part of an update to Sense that they make it so you can have any number of screens so long as it's 2X+1. (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Personally, I only really use 5, so I would just drop the last 2 screens and have the little indicator get a tiny bit larger.
Hi, there's something I'd like to check and I hope you guys can help me if you're running Google's stock ROM, as opposed to any other ROM like Cyanogen's.
You know how the home screen has 5 spaces, right? if you go to spaces 1, 2, 4 or 5 (that is, any space but the central one) and launch an app from there, then use the home button to leave the app? Does it take you to the space you originally were at, or to space 3?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
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Hi, there's something I'd like to check and I hope you guys can help me if you're running Google's stock ROM, as opposed to any other ROM like Cyanogen's.
You know how the home screen has 5 spaces, right? if you go to spaces 1, 2, 4 or 5 (that is, any space but the central one) and launch an app from there, then use the home button to leave the app? Does it take you to the space you originally were at, or to space 3?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
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It brings me back to space 3 (home screen)
Yup takes you back to the main home screen 3, although the dots on the bottom left and right are in the position they were when the app was launched, that started happening after the OTA update.
Trying to root and install a custom rom when i get to spring break and have some free time.
The Home button is to go to the home screen (that is the 3rd screen).
To exit from the app I use the left arrow button (the first one on the left) and I go back to the screen I was before launching the app.
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The Home button is to go to the home screen (that is the 3rd screen).
To exit from the app I use the left arrow button (the first one on the left) and I go back to the screen I was before launching the app.
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The back button
frandavid100 said:
Hi, there's something I'd like to check and I hope you guys can help me if you're running Google's stock ROM, as opposed to any other ROM like Cyanogen's.
You know how the home screen has 5 spaces, right? if you go to spaces 1, 2, 4 or 5 (that is, any space but the central one) and launch an app from there, then use the home button to leave the app? Does it take you to the space you originally were at, or to space 3?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
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as said - back to homescreen - (space 3) dots out of sequence until i swipe left or right
mind me asking why do you want to know?
cqms13 said:
as said - back to homescreen - (space 3) dots out of sequence until i swipe left or right
mind me asking why do you want to know?
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Mine does the same thing. The dots are not correct. Also some times it will show a blank home screen [none of mine are blank] until I swipe left or right. Weird.
dumbestcrayon said:
Mine does the same thing. The dots are not correct. Also some times it will show a blank home screen [none of mine are blank] until I swipe left or right. Weird.
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I am noticing this very same behavior on mine since the update ran as well. Nice to know that it isn't just me.
edit - I hate misspelling words.
nardoae said:
I am noticing this very same behavior on mine since the update ran as well. Nice to know that it isn't just me.
edit - I hate misspelling words.
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I wonder if it's anything the devs of the ROM can do. ~shrug~
Lol about misspelling. I hate it too. Since Chrome came out I have greatly improved my common spelling errors. [red underline > right click ftw]
I know how to edit the # and location of screens. I was curious though.. I now have 4 screens and by default when I press home, it takes me to the 4th screen (the middle when there were 7).
Am I missing something simple? How can I made say screen 2 or 3 be the default screen?
Honestly, I'd assume it's not changeable due to the main screen logically being the center one. I barely even used TouchWiz though. First thing after signing in I downloaded ADW.Launcher. Had it since his very first (flashable only) version (I was the very first tester).
Plus, I definitely don't care for the 'iphone-look' app drawer.
Ok, so I just went back to TouchWiz to try it out. After dragging screen 4 (home screen) to position 7, went into an app and then hit home. Returned to position 7. Hitting home again took me to position 4. So it looks like that 4th screen is always your home screen (unless you root and change code). At least that's my assumption as of now.
^ awesome... thanks. Really should be able to change the default screen though (LIKE ADW).
I will probably follow suit and get ADW or LP, but I wanted to try something new out. I was REALLY opposed to the TW looking like apple, but honestly it's not nearly as annoying as I thought it would be.
How are you editing the number of screens? Where are the touch wiz settings located? Feels like I've looked everywhere...
MtJason said:
How are you editing the number of screens? Where are the touch wiz settings located? Feels like I've looked everywhere...
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From what I've seen you open the app draw then press menu and then edit from there u can remove the number of screens and move them around I believe.
It has been confirmed now.
I was wondering how on-screen buttons are supposed to work alongside capacitive/physical buttons on the note?
... and other discussions.
I'm sure Samsung will touch wiz the onscreen buttons right out of the ROM...
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It's possible to remove onscreen buttons with default launcher.
If a device has physical buttons the on-screen buttons will not be used by ICS. This has been covered many times in reviews and direct statements from Google.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App
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It has been confirmed now.
I was wondering how on-screen buttons are supposed to work alongside capacitive/physical buttons on the note?
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It was confirmed a week ago.....
xAnimal5 said:
It was confirmed a week ago.....
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When i say now, it was setting up the context for further discussion and not breaking the news.
there is one on screen button i want them to keep in - the multitask button. that button would save me from having to use a task switcher app, and makes app/ram management a lot easier.
one thing i am curious about though, since ICS features the ability to freeze apps integrated into it, is it possible to freeze touchwiz and revert to generic ICS? (im a bit of a nubb as to the complexities of android).
Souai said:
there is one on screen button i want them to keep in - the multitask button. that button would save me from having to use a task switcher app, and makes app/ram management a lot easier.
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Maybe you know this and just don't think it's enough, but have you tried using the already built in multi tasking feature? Just long press the home button and a menu with shortcuts to your six most recent apps will appear. Here you can also enter the task manager to shut down apps and clear RAM
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Forget about that, touchwiz is full intigrated into the android framework. You cant even boot without it.
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BaconDanny said:
Maybe you know this and just don't think it's enough, but have you tried using the already built in multi tasking feature? Just long press the home button and a menu with shortcuts to your six most recent apps will appear. Here you can also enter the task manager to shut down apps and clear RAM
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i know about long press home, but that only shows recent apps, it doesnt tell you which ones are still open and which ones are closed. id rather have something that tells me which ones are running, rather than which ones ive used recently which may or may not still be running.
on my old n900, there was a visual task switcher built into the UI. tap the button, and it shows all active windows. you can see a preview of what each one is doing (including seeing a video play in realtime) and you can close each one directly from this screen, no need to go into a menu or three just to find out which ones are open and which ones are closed.
there was a visual task switcher on android that was similar, but it only runs on android up to froyo. the next best thing ive used on android is the smart task switcher, but it doesnt help that the only button i can assign it to on the galaxy note is the home key. on my atrix, i had it assigned to the search key. it also doesnt do previews like the n900, but it does tell you how much free ram you have.
call me picky, but from my experience, multitasking is one thing that nokia does better than android, even though nokia lacks a dual core device. hopefully the task switcher in ICS changes that.
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i know about long press home, but that only shows recent apps, it doesnt tell you which ones are still open and which ones are closed. id rather have something that tells me which ones are running, rather than which ones ive used recently which may or may not still be running.
on my old n900, there was a visual task switcher built into the UI. tap the button, and it shows all active windows. you can see a preview of what each one is doing (including seeing a video play in realtime) and you can close each one directly from this screen, no need to go into a menu or three just to find out which ones are open and which ones are closed.
there was a visual task switcher on android that was similar, but it only runs on android up to froyo. the next best thing ive used on android is the smart task switcher, but it doesnt help that the only button i can assign it to on the galaxy note is the home key. on my atrix, i had it assigned to the search key. it also doesnt do previews like the n900, but it does tell you how much free ram you have.
call me picky, but from my experience, multitasking is one thing that nokia does better than android, even though nokia lacks a dual core device. hopefully the task switcher in ICS changes that.
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webos also has good multitasking.
You guys don't think Samsung will just place the multi task app for that?
Long press the home button and that should bring up the new ics app mananger. I think that would be the most logical route for them.
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i know about long press home, but that only shows recent apps, it doesnt tell you which ones are still open and which ones are closed.
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I'm confused... besides the recent apps, there's a task manager button there that does show only the open apps. Or is it just the fact that it's an extra button press?
The task manager shows the apps that are running. The pop-up (long press) is recently opened apps/fast task switcher. If you for example open the XDA app and exit from it, it will still be in the recently opened/fast switcher pop-up.
The videos I've seen of ICS running with Touchwiz has you just hold down the Home button to bring up the new multi-tasking app switcher menu or whatever you want to call it.
LordManhattan said:
The task manager shows the apps that are running...
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Right, and isn't that what they were asking for?
I answered your question.
"I'm confused... besides the recent apps, there's a task manager button there that does show only the open apps. Or is it just the fact that it's an extra button press?"
LordManhattan said:
I answered your question.
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Well, no, I'm still confused about what everyone's issue is.
You said:
The pop-up (long press) is recently opened apps/fast task switcher. If you for example open the XDA app and exit from it, it will still be in the recently opened/fast switcher pop-up.
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I understand that. But as I said in my original message:
besides the recent apps, there's a task manager button there that does show only the open apps.
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If you click that task manager button, it takes you to a screen that shows only the running apps, and lets you switch between them. Isn't that what people are wanting to do?
NV30 said:
It's possible to remove onscreen buttons with default launcher.
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should be and hope ne
dscline said:
I'm confused... besides the recent apps, there's a task manager button there that does show only the open apps. Or is it just the fact that it's an extra button press?
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you cant access the task manager in android from every screen, you need to go through a few screens to get to it. on ICS and on my nokia n900, you could get to it at the push of a button, makes multitasking much much easier and much much faster. faster is always better, just like if samsung's custom browser for the note used tabs like dolphin and firefox instead of the new window thing, im sure people would love it more.
Just thought I'd post my thoughts on the Note II that I just bought yesterday.
Since happily dumping my iphone 4 I've been running a Galaxy Nexus on stock JB 4.2.1. Love the Nexus but I was pretty keen on the big form factor of the Note II but couldn't wrap my mind around the steep price, so for laughs ordered a Nexus 7 3G, figuring that between the 2 Nexus devices I'd have everything covered. Didn't really work out that way.
Nexus 7 is now for sale after a week, device is nice but I had to admit that I really don't have much regular need for a tablet, even a 3G one. So I bit the bullet and bought a Note II and have spent most of this morning configuring it...man is all that Samsung bloatware a mess! Not to mention the carrier's crap that I`ll have to root and remove. I am a gadget-a-holic and pretty good technically but this thing is pretty overwhelming in some ways.
A few observations/questions, feel free to comment:
- In the main app drawer for instance, the apps do not seem to auto-sort alphabetically like the do on my GNex...is there a sort setting for this? A pretty handy feature when you have a gazillion apps
- when I set a wallpaper background on the GNex, the background moves as you switch pages; on the Note the BG remains fixed...a setting?
- no matter how hard I fight it, I can't make apps group together by dropping one on top of the other, the lower one just keeps squirting out of the way...what am I doing wrong?
All together an impressive device though. While I'm a gadget freak I HATE collecting devices, I always get rid of inventory on Kijiji while it still has sale-ability, but in this case I think the GNex will be sticking around for at least a month or so or until I'm convinced the big Note II can work as a single phone. If not I'll keep both, because I don't see getting rid of the Note even if it is used most of the time as the tablet I said I didn't need...
Now just need to figure out how to root this thing and install a nice clean rom.
Cheers
Followup post: The original apps are in fact alpha-sorted in the drawer, but all add-ons are appended to the end of the drawer list/pages, in the order they were installed. Will reboot to see if they re-sort.
- In the main app drawer for instance, the apps do not seem to auto-sort alphabetically like the do on my GNex...is there a sort setting for this? A pretty handy feature when you have a gazillion apps
- when I set a wallpaper background on the GNex, the background moves as you switch pages; on the Note the BG remains fixed...a setting?
- no matter how hard I fight it, I can't make apps group together by dropping one on top of the other, the lower one just keeps squirting out of the way...what am I doing wrong?
1. Go to app drawer, press left sencor button and choose "view type" and you can customize grid sorting
2. only with modded TW you can make wallpaper scrolling
3. Firstly, u need create folder and then go to app drawer, press left sencor button, click edit, choose folder and press to add apps to that folder
EdgaBimbam said:
- In the main app drawer for instance, the apps do not seem to auto-sort alphabetically like the do on my GNex...is there a sort setting for this? A pretty handy feature when you have a gazillion apps
- when I set a wallpaper background on the GNex, the background moves as you switch pages; on the Note the BG remains fixed...a setting?
- no matter how hard I fight it, I can't make apps group together by dropping one on top of the other, the lower one just keeps squirting out of the way...what am I doing wrong?
1. Go to app drawer, press left sencor button and choose "view type" and you can customize grid sorting
2. only with modded TW you can make wallpaper scrolling
3. Firstly, u need create folder and then go to app drawer, press left sencor button, click edit, choose folder and press to add apps to that folder
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Will do, thanks!
How about Contacts sorting by Last Name?!
alphasports said:
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How about Contacts sorting by Last Name?!
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go to contacts, settings and you will find
alphasports said:
Will do, thanks!
How about Contacts sorting by Last Name?!
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contacts -> setting -> display contact by last name
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To skip all the carrier junk I bought mine from Amazon the international version
As long as you don't mind the higher price
No carrier blotware
No waiting for carrier to approve updates
Works almost anywhere on almost all networks
No having to unlock it if you need a different carrier
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Thanks for the replies.
- When I go to Contacts I do not have a Settings command available (unlike the 3 little dots in the Nexus JB)
- When I go to the App Drawer to sort apps, and press the left sensor, I get Google+ launching, not a sort menu
Sorry for the noob ?s
Cheers
Got it figured out thanks
zacharysblubaugh said:
To skip all the carrier junk I bought mine from Amazon the international version
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Heck yeah, that's why I did it. I don't think the OP realizes this forum section is for the N7100/7105, which are the non-carrier branded, international versions.
sleebus.jones said:
Heck yeah, that's why I did it. I don't think the OP realizes this forum section is for the N7100/7105, which are the non-carrier branded, international versions.
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Not if you live in a so called "international" country and buy one from a local carrier, like I did
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If you want your apps together in a folder like on the iphone just go to your home screen and hit menu and create folder and drop your apps on there just like the iphone
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Just love threads like this when people rant on how crap a phone is over their last one just to find it was them either doing it wrong or not been quite the expert on phones they thought they were.
Sent from my Samsung Note II.
alphasports said:
Thanks for the replies.
- When I go to Contacts I do not have a Settings command available (unlike the 3 little dots in the Nexus JB)
- When I go to the App Drawer to sort apps, and press the left sensor, I get Google+ launching, not a sort menu
Sorry for the noob ?s
Cheers
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1-tab on the menu button the on the left of home button u will get setting
2-same thing ^