How to call or text someone quickly... - Epic 4G General

Not sure if everybody knows this..
you can call contacts by swiping to the right on the name in your text message app or in your contact app. To text someone just swipe to the left...thought this is pretty cool and wanted to share...

Goood find I never knew... Any other apps we can dio this in?
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This was one of those features that was touted during a demonstration at CTIA 2010 (back in March when the Galaxy S phones were announced) and was apparently never really mentioned afterwards.

That's useful. I always went the long way lol.
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Doesn't work for me. running stock 2.1

narn17 said:
Doesn't work for me. running stock 2.1
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Its a froyo thing I believe
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Even faster is to dedicate a page in your launcher to quick dial shortcuts. Single press.

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Epic 4g touchwiz question

Now sure if anybody has mentioned this but im wondering why the epics touchwiz is gimp compared to Vibrant and captivate?
We can't customize no where near what they can nor do we have the same amount of widget choices they have.
Whats up with that?
Seems to be sprints fault for that
Its because the Epic has a keyboard and is naturally going to be using landscape a lot more than the other Galaxy S devices. Touchwiz 3.0 isn't fully working with landscape which is why we got (basically) the 2.5 version. Supposedly everything is supposed to be updated when they roll out froyo for our device
Its our version of touch wiz. Touch wiz 3 at the time of shipping had issues with landscape...ie our keyboards. We should get it with our froyo update...not sprints fault directly, samsungs crap-tastic dev team for not thinking about rotation, but indirectly sprint for forcing a keyboard on a phone that doesn't need it...though it has come in handy a few times.
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Rofl shownuf beat me...damn it.
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I only use my keyboard for snes roms lol
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A KB its a must have for me because I type extense emails and text message and I'm already use to it....but this stupid KB sammy made is horrible!! I hate it so much, some times it skip letters.....so far HTC KB are the best.
Back to tw...yeah, we got the "special" edition of 2.5
I sometimes use the keyboard, its ok, but I love it when im playing mike tysons punchout
A KB its a must have for me because I type extense emails and text message and I'm already use to it....but this stupid KB sammy made is horrible!! I hate it so much, some times it skip letters.....so far HTC KB are the best.
Back to tw...yeah, we got the "special" edition of 2.5
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I am totally with you on skipping those letters its almost like i can txt faster than te phone can think. i.e. te hahaha
my question... hardware, software, user or all of them?
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Itching Thumb A Must Have

I figured a lot of people would love this...
When you hit the "home" button it turns your phone into webOS style "cards" display of your recent locations (yes, with previews of the page and all). I personally find it amazing, best task switcher out there, period.
Double-tap takes you all the way to your actual home page.
You can even add shortcut widgets to the bottom under the "cards" or even use it as a secondary in launcher, launcher - if that made any sense.
There's a few similar ones.. I love this but the home tap option to expose all 7 homescreens is gone on this one. s
DirtyShroomz said:
I figured a lot of people would love this...
When you hit the "home" app it turns your phone into webOS style "cards" display of your recent locations (yes, with previews of the page and all). I personally find it amazing, best task switcher out there, period.
Double-tap takes you all the way to your actual home page.
You can even add shortcut widgets to the bottom under the "cards"
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rockky said:
There's a few similar ones.. I love this but the home tap option to expose all 7 homescreens is gone on this one. s
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you can always just pinch the screen.
i use this with Launcher pro have my app button set to open Itching thumbs with a simple swype up or down
Sporkman said:
i use this with Launcher pro have my app button set to open Itching thumbs with a simple swype up or down
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How? I have the paid and most recent version of LP and after playing around in the settings for a little while I couldn't figure out how to set an app to launch by swyping on the app button.
Thanks
ms79723 said:
you can always just pinch the screen.
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This was one of he coolest things ever when I discovered it. Wasn't smooth until the fps cap was lifted.
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Tried it but removed it. The long Pres on sense works better and shows recently used apps
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Tried it and removed it. I prefer visual task switched IMO
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does anyone know what happened to this? Seems to be not available anywhere.
Not in the market, not in appbrain, just 6000 blog entries from a couple of months ago.
I have the apk in my pc at home. So if anyone wants u can pm me or I can post when I get home.
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mildlydisturbed said:
does anyone know what happened to this? Seems to be not available anywhere.
Not in the market, not in appbrain, just 6000 blog entries from a couple of months ago.
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Here's a link to dl it from my dropbox. Sorry can't seem to be able to upload apks just yet.
http://db.tt/TroLOmVA
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I so an official post somewhere in the web regarding this software being decommissioned by the Dev. No details as of why.
megabiteg said:
I so an official post somewhere in the web regarding this software being decommissioned by the Dev. No details as of why.
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It was decommissioned by the dev. Never read a reason as to why. The link I posted above is to the last release .7.4
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"Call" logs

I completely despise the fact that Froyo builds include text messages and even voicemail messages in the Phone app logs. To top it off, you can select to view by dialed, received, and missed calls, but not all calls excluding messages, as it was before. Has anyone looked into doing something about it?
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I also abhor this. It is absurdly redundant.
+1 to this
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Yah I'm not feeling that at all
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Use the phone from a captivate 2.2 build. Its not on ours.
From a phone
Yes! This bugs the crap out of me too.
Mammon posted a fix in the Development Section and included it in his latest Froyo Rom. Haven't tried it myself yet though.
Here is a fix. I haven't tried it yet.

CM9 Stable (updated 8.19.12)

Everything Install Guide[\url].
《Enjoy》
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On cwm you can go all the way down just keep on clicking down with the volume and than once at the bottom of the screen it will start moving
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Couple of tips.
- Don't like the Market spewing new apps on your home screen? Just disable it in the settings.
- The persistant search bar can be disabled in Trebuchet's settings.
- Nova Launcher is an alternate to Trebuchet. I'm using it. It has a couple of useful features, like grid size. You can also disable widgets in the drawer, and get your standard long-press menu back. I highly recommend doing this if you use Beautiful Widgets, as that will spam up your widget drawer. Use AppWidgetPicker 2.0 pushed to /system/app to take care of this.
- Want your 4G toggle? There's a widget for it. It'll show up in the quick panel later.
Unfortunately, the voice actions are not available as of yet. Voice Search can be downloaded from the Market, but the speech-to-text as demonstrated on the GNexus is nowhere to be seen. It's an upstream issue.
sooper seekret CM dev IRC channel said:
<@wispoffates> I think CM9 needs to fix it internally
<@wispoffates> the option in kb config is there someone must have removed the button on purpose
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I haven't explored VVM yet, but will post when I've got something. EDIT: As of right now, VVM is just plain not happening. I switched to Google Voice, which works well at the moment.
I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.
I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.
The soft keyboard is a pain and I can't figure out how to set a static IP for wifi. Battery percentage doesn't work. I like how the LED notifications are fixed and how haptic feedback is back and working way better. The ROM overall is very fast. I backed up all my apps and contacts/SMS with mybackup pro and everything works perfect! Has anybody figured out how to get visual voicemail working?
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Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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This really doesn't feel like an alpha. Its not perfect but man I can't believe we were spoiled with this. Thank you to everyone who gave this to us. The og epic feels new.
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Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
i have been running it for an hour and I like it so far but It can't be daily driver at the moment..
Most of my favorite games don't work or freeze (my biggest complaint)
asphalt 6 crashes
blood and glory doesnt work
deadspace doesnt work well due to the multi touch issue
street fighter IV crashes
few lags, but the rom is really smooth
camera recording issue (already noted by cm) and few minor bugs (like showing battery percentage in status bar doesn't show) and a few fc's here and there..
I haven't used the GPS for a while but it fine so far.
The CM team is amazing for the awesome rom (cm7 as well) and I am loving it so far...i am definitely donating
I think this rom is more a beta because it only has a few quirks to work out imo
brooksyx said:
Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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Yep I found it now... but can't get it to work for the life of me... played with it for an hour but nothing...
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luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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Get the Swype beta.
luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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You don't need swype beta. Just download one of the themed swypes in the apps section and flash it. Just make sure you mount system in CWM and unmount when you're done.
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The blue theme looks great with ICS!
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SpicyBurrito said:
I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.
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Its killing me too.
j00manji said:
I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.
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Why not? Titanium backup is working fine...
flastnoles11 said:
Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its part of the gapps. did you install them?
WOW! If this is an alpha release, what is the final release gonna be like? Will it give happy ending massages too? Great Work! Love it!
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Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)
............
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J3ff said:
Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)
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Well cm7 doesn't even do that so I wouldn't hold my breath... Also there's no Google car home app for ics right now. Won't let you DL from the market
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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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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
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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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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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Wi-Fi turns on by itself
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