Hi, I have yet to find a way to prevent the screen from powering down in my Samsung Focus. I have it set to 5 minutes but with a charger attached, I really should be able to keep the screen on if I need it... which I do.
A simple setting: "Never" would work. I am old enough to establish my battery usage
Am I missing something here? With Android, this option was available in the Development settings.
Thanks
maybe there's not an option for that yet. Just set your display settings to never and force timeout yourself by clicking the power button?
you have the option to set it to never but that option goes away when you are charging? did you set your phone up to an exchange server? i know when i did mine the never option went away.
Whoa.. where is this "Never" option you guys are referring to?
I go to Settings > Lock & Wallpaper > Screen Time Out = 5 Minutes (Which is the max setting) Other choices are 30 Sec., 1 Min and 3 Min.
Thanks for the replies!
Frank_Toronto said:
Whoa.. where is this "Never" option you guys are referring to?
I go to Settings > Lock & Wallpaper > Screen Time Out = 5 Minutes (Which is the max setting) Other choices are 30 Sec., 1 Min and 3 Min.
Thanks for the replies!
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must be a samsung thing. My hd7 has a never option.
nrfitchett4 said:
must be a samsung thing. My hd7 has a never option.
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Ouch! So that was something the manufacturers could change and Samsung screwed it up. 'Never' option makes a lot of sense.
That is deeply disappointing. Is it something that can be altered via an update?
i'm afraid i have to disagree... i have a HTC 7 Trophy and have teh same options as listed by Frank.
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Ouch! So that was something the manufacturers could change and Samsung screwed it up. 'Never' option makes a lot of sense.
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samsung is making some kick ass hardware these days but still has a lot to be desired on the software front.
Maybe it will be in an update, but I doubt it.
Major oversight IMO and one that I will voice to Samsung.
My screen still turns off, even when using the gps. LaME
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Mr.Kakarot said:
My screen still turns off, even when using the gps. LaME
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Exactly! I have been looking into this more and it seems the developers can code something to prevent this from happening with their apps.
Hopefully someone will develop something to allow the screen to stay on (I will pay), or maybe one of you uber-wise experts will find a backdoor setting.
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Ouch! So that was something the manufacturers could change and Samsung screwed it up. 'Never' option makes a lot of sense.
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Never option is only available if you're not using a password. Turn the password option on, the never option isn't available. At least that's how it works on my Quantum.
Yesterday, after playing with Samsung "Diagnosis" software, somehow I've got "Never" option set.
sensboston said:
Yesterday, after playing with Samsung "Diagnosis" software, somehow I've got "Never" option set.
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Sweet.. care to share the intel?
Never have NEVER
bozzaj said:
Never option is only available if you're not using a password. Turn the password option on, the never option isn't available. At least that's how it works on my Quantum.
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I never have the NEVER option on my Focus.
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Never option is only available if you're not using a password. Turn the password option on, the never option isn't available. At least that's how it works on my Quantum.
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Nah, I don't have a password, still no 'never'.
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Yesterday, after playing with Samsung "Diagnosis" software, somehow I've got "Never" option set.
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Do you remember what you did there?
That's bizarre. I have a Focus also and I never knew other phones had a Never option for screen timeout. Maybe Samsung was concerned about the Super AMOLED's effects on battery life?
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Do you remember what you did there?
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Sorry, nope. But I wish so!.. For development it's very useful option. BTW, it's possible - 100% proof. So, we just need to figure out how to...
P.S. Fortunately, I also have HTC Surround handset for development (stays on forever)
P.P.S. FYI: I've played (mostly) with *#0*#...
Well thanks for the effort sensboston! Hopefully you can crack the code. FWIW I called Samsung in Canada (went nowhere) and posted the question on Samsung.com (waiting for it to get approved)
Cheers!
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Does it exist on the evo? Haven't purchased mine yet, so I was just curious if htc has fixed that problem in their latest device.
ballr4lyf said:
Does it exist on the evo? Haven't purchased mine yet, so I was just curious if htc has fixed that problem in their latest device.
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Wasn't a problem, but I adjusted my polling from the default setting of 2 to 1 anyway... There is absolutely no lag on my phone.
I remember that problem from my hero and the evo has virtually none at all.
danknee said:
Wasn't a problem, but I adjusted my polling from the default setting of 2 to 1 anyway... There is absolutely no lag on my phone.
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How do you change that? I have noticed that there is a *slight* delay in my Evo...
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How do you change that? I have noticed that there is a *slight* delay in my Evo...
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search for it i remember it was a few pages back
Awesome! Thanks for the replies guys! Now, if I can only find a place with one in stock...
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How do you change that? I have noticed that there is a *slight* delay in my Evo...
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You will need your msl to change that and remember this uses more battery. Basically you're changing the rate ay which the Evo sends the tower a signal to check for texts and calls
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Wasn't a problem, but I adjusted my polling from the default setting of 2 to 1 anyway... There is absolutely no lag on my phone.
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How do you change that? I have noticed that there is a *slight* delay in my Evo...
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In dialer type ##data# , choose edit, enter your msl, go to advanced, tap slot cycle index. The default setting is 2, each increment add 1.3 seconds per poll. I actually just moved mine back to 2, still no lag.
Changing the slot cycle isn't going to solve the ring lag problem. The problem is with the phone and/or software on the phone. You can prove it yourself by enabling debugging on the phone, place a call to the phone and then run the command "adb bugreport > outfile.txt" (yes you need adb installed) next open the file you created called outfile.txt and search for the phone number that you called from, note the time stamp it first appears in. Next search down the logfile for where the screen is actually turned on, it should say something like "screenstate=true" note the time stamp. you'll find that the phone knows about the call for roughly 11 seconds prior to it starting to ring.
Hi,
My Use for all screens stopped working. Anyone experience this or know how to fix it? It's checked in the One-handed operation option.
Thanks.
aarick said:
Hi,
My Use for all screens stopped working. Anyone experience this or know how to fix it? It's checked in the One-handed operation option.
Thanks.
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I haven't been able to get mine to work period. I have disabled and enabled the feature multiple time and I just can't get it to work.....
Use it all the time. Might be an issue with a specific version of the phone or if you have modified it somehow.
krelvinaz said:
Use it all the time. Might be an issue with a specific version of the phone or if you have modified it somehow.
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I tried when my phone was completely stock. Prior to even changing out the launcher. Humph.... I may have to go talk to verizon.
nateilus said:
I tried when my phone was completely stock. Prior to even changing out the launcher. Humph.... I may have to go talk to verizon.
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I have the T-Mobile version and it worked in the beginning, but now I can't get it to work
A shame since I was just getting used to it and how to gesture it on and off.
This seems to be a Samsung issue rather than a carrier fault.
(mine is unlocked and in use on AT&T)
Would it be advisable to contact Samsung directly?
Go to Settings>Device>Accessibility, and check under "Services". Having apps turned on there can break the one-handed function.
I have NiLS for lockscreen notifications, but it seems to run fine even when the service permission is turned off.
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Go to Settings>Device>Accessibility, and check under "Services". Having apps turned on there can break the one-handed function.
I have NiLS for lockscreen notifications, but it seems to run fine even when the service permission is turned off.
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Bingo! Thank You barnabydog!
The good news: It worked! I turned off the offending app and I'm back in business!
The bad news: The offending app was Pebble (smartwatch)
A feature that is more useful to me than the one handed mode . . .
So then is this the sad state of affairs? I have to choose between my Mini-screen mode and my smart watch?
How did you know about this barnabydog?
is there another thread that discusses this issue?
Yes, but I was too lazy to search for it.
barnabydog said:
Go to Settings>Device>Accessibility, and check under "Services". Having apps turned on there can break the one-handed function.
I have NiLS for lockscreen notifications, but it seems to run fine even when the service permission is turned off.
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Thx I've been struggling trying to figure out why it wasn't working..
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So if anybody else like me is coming from the G2 and 3 you might be missing smart screen.. That little feature that detects your face while looking at the screen to keep the screen awake instead of fading out. I personally felt it a real convenience. I would like to get it back, I pulled the app from my G3 titled wise screen. I installed it like a normal app with success. I used activity launcher to try and launch it, but it fc's. So I'm guessing we'll need root to get it functional. When we do get root is there anyone else interested in joining me on this quest? I would really like to get this one up and running. I can't for the life of me understand why they left it off. I feel like I'm back on ics or jb with out it..
Try kinScreen from the playstore
It works great
whiskeybro said:
Try kinScreen from the playstore
It works great
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Well on that note... Thanks lol
Swizzle82 said:
So if anybody else like me is coming from the G2 and 3 you might be missing smart screen.. That little feature that detects your face while looking at the screen to keep the screen awake instead of fading out. I personally felt it a real convenience. I would like to get it back, I pulled the app from my G3 titled wise screen. I installed it like a normal app with success. I used activity launcher to try and launch it, but it fc's. So I'm guessing we'll need root to get it functional. When we do get root is there anyone else interested in joining me on this quest? I would really like to get this one up and running. I can't for the life of me understand why they left it off. I feel like I'm back on ics or jb with out it..
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I have to agree with you. I am so surprised they took it out. I spent 30 min on the phone trying to find it. I tried the app the other post recommended, not as good, it will never turn the phone off in the car when the phone is mounted and the car is moving.
I, too, was looking for the smartscreen settings. Was surprised that LG decided to remove it. Will try the above mentioned kinscreen later
Anyone know if Samsung removed it from the S6? They started the feature and it was one of the more useful features they added to Touchwiz. I was glad when LG copied it. Most of the other stuff was junk, but that was actually useful.
That sucks. I wonder if they removed smart screen to keep the screen from running down the battery.
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You can try Smart Screen from the play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vjt.app.magicscreen
And iseeyou
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iseeyoulite
What's really weird is that the Smart Screen app is installed on the phone. Go to app manager, and check out the "All" list and there's Smart Screen. There's just no way to activate it.
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What's really weird is that the Smart Screen app is installed on the phone. Go to app manager, and check out the "All" list and there's Smart Screen. There's just no way to activate it.
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I don't have the app at all on mine.. 811.
I don't show it listed on my sprint version.
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Here it is on the Verizon variant. Wow... this is the first time the Verizon version actually has something the others don't!
It's on the phone but doesn't seem to work. I don't see any place to enable it and creating an activity to open the app causes it to crash.
Never really worked for me on G2/3.
I miss this and have found an app on the play store that mimics it. It worked well for me on the G3.
Verizon has this. I disabled it though. It worked great on my G2 for the time I tested it. For me, I am typically using my phone while in the middle of doing something else. So it is a waste.
ED2O9 said:
What's really weird is that the Smart Screen app is installed on the phone. Go to app manager, and check out the "All" list and there's Smart Screen. There's just no way to activate it.
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Not on mine H810. I am wondering if maybe they built something into the package? As since I have had mine, and if I'm using it or just looking at it the screen doesn't shut off.
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Here it is on the Verizon variant. Wow... this is the first time the Verizon version actually has something the others don't!
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Droid_Junky said:
It's on the phone but doesn't seem to work. I don't see any place to enable it and creating an activity to open the app causes it to crash.
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player911 said:
Verizon has this. I disabled it though. It worked great on my G2 for the time I tested it. For me, I am typically using my phone while in the middle of doing something else. So it is a waste.
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On Verizon, you can see the service - it is not an app - BUT there are no Settings I can find or know of that actually allow you to activate it or interact with it in anyway. So it is "there" but seems to do nothing and cannot be setup.
EDIT: I used the hidden Verizon menu and found this "smart screen" but when you click on it, it forecloses and crashes. So, it is as if that first part of the services is there BUT the actual functionality is not as using the hidden Verizon menu I cannot activate it and access settings or turn it on to work - and I would think from that hidden menu, we should.
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On Verizon, you can see the service - it is not an app - BUT there are no Settings I can find or know of that actually allow you to activate it or interact with it in anyway. So it is "there" but seems to do nothing and cannot be setup.
EDIT: I used the hidden Verizon menu and found this "smart screen" but when you click on it, it forecloses and crashes. So, it is as if that first part of the services is there BUT the actual functionality is not as using the hidden Verizon menu I cannot activate it and access settings or turn it on to work - and I would think from that hidden menu, we should.
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So is there no smart screen setting under display settings on verizon?
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So is there no smart screen setting under display settings on verizon?
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Just thought I would warn everyone to not go poking around and enable 'Force RTL layout direction' it crashes System IU in 5.1. I'm still looking for a way to correct it, but it looks like factory reset is going to be the only answer.
You have to factory reset, this happened to me and the only way to fix it is to factory reset
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Murd0c said:
You have to factory reset, this happened to me and the only way to fix it is to factory reset
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This needs to be stickied.
I also bricked my phone on Wednesday when I selected this option, but I was only partially sure that it was to blame. I spent 2.5 hours on the phone with Motorola this morning, and went from a guy who barely spoke English up to a guy who was very-clearly in the USA, and they confirmed the issue and opened a bug ticket. Don't expect a fix anytime soon.
DO NOT ENABLE THIS FEATURE!
spikejnz said:
This needs to be stickied.
I also bricked my phone on Wednesday when I selected this option, but I was only partially sure that it was to blame. I spent 2.5 hours on the phone with Motorola this morning, and went from a guy who barely spoke English up to a guy who was very-clearly in the USA, and they confirmed the issue and opened a bug ticket. Don't expect a fix anytime soon.
DO NOT ENABLE THIS FEATURE!
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I've spent most of the day getting my phone going again, so annoying setting up accounts again. I was going to go see the new terminator movie this morning but thanks to my turbo I was too angry at droids to go see it....
Technogen said:
Just thought I would warn everyone to not go poking around and enable 'Force RTL layout direction' it crashes System IU in 5.1. I'm still looking for a way to correct it, but it looks like factory reset is going to be the only answer.
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What is this option supposed to do?
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RichSPK said:
What is this option supposed to do?
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RTL is Right to Left.
Basically the option flips all things on android... so in the settings, as it reads from left to right, "wifi - on" the setting is reversed "on - wifi" sort of a setting meant for lefties.. or just those that like toggles on the left side instead of right.
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RTL is Right to Left.
Basically the option flips all things on android... so in the settings, as it reads from left to right, "wifi - on" the setting is reversed "on - wifi" sort of a setting meant for lefties.. or just those that like toggles on the left side instead of right.
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I can't tell if you're trolling or being serious.
RTL is meant to make the whole phone more convenient for lefties. Your homescreen goes from being the leftmost screen to the rightmost.
Wait, no, it's actually meant to completely **** up all our devices. Yeah, that's it.
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I can't tell if you're trolling or being serious.
RTL is meant to make the whole phone more convenient for lefties. Your homescreen goes from being the leftmost screen to the rightmost.
Wait, no, it's actually meant to completely **** up all our devices. Yeah, that's it.
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I apologize, I apparently offended you. However everything you just said, to me, is exactly what I know RTL to mean, it flips things from Right to Left, thus RTL... is there an aspect I missed?
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I can't tell if you're trolling or being serious.
RTL is meant to make the whole phone more convenient for lefties. Your homescreen goes from being the leftmost screen to the rightmost.
Wait, no, it's actually meant to completely **** up all our devices. Yeah, that's it.
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That's not the only thing it does.
Go try it.
adrynalyne said:
That's not the only thing it does.
Go try it.
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tehee
Developer options are not stable features... thats why they are hidden
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I apologize, I apparently offended you. However everything you just said, to me, is exactly what I know RTL to mean, it flips things from Right to Left, thus RTL... is there an aspect I missed?
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I'm not offended, I just LITERALLY couldn't tell if you were trolling. "Wifi off" becomes "off wifi"? That sounds like a joke.
This happened to me too, but is there any way to get all of my files off of the phone before I do a factory reset or am I just screwed?
Neil51298 said:
This happened to me too, but is there any way to get all of my files off of the phone before I do a factory reset or am I just screwed?
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Sync all your sd to google drive.
You don't need root. More here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60978914&postcount=3
Ignore parts about Ti BU. Use Autosync (paid app) or gdrivesync free.
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Sync all your sd to google drive.
You don't need root. More here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60978914&postcount=3
Ignore parts about Ti BU. Use Autosync (paid app) or gdrivesync free.
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All of those methods look like I actually need access to my phone, right now it won't let me in at all. Is there anything else I can use while in fastboot or recovery mode to get my files?
Neil51298 said:
All of those methods look like I actually need access to my phone, right now it won't let me in at all. Is there anything else I can use while in fastboot or recovery mode to get my files?
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No, I do not think so.
Never used this feature nor am i on 5.1 but just tossin my 2 cents. What about using a OTG cable and connect a mouse to it? Not sure to what extent the phone is usable but when my aunt dropped my phome (not even a month old ooooooo i was furious. This is why i dont let people touch my phone. Luckly phone was too new and no refurbs out so they sent me a new one lol) but the digitizer and screen were cracked broken and bleeding. I was going to to fastboot since phone was stuck in camera mode for usb for helium back and no syncing programs setup yet but i tossed on my otg cable and plugged in a mouse and changed usb features, backed up apps to google drive the change usb mode and copied all my files off.
Hope that works for ya
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drtweak said:
Never used this feature nor am i on 5.1 but just tossin my 2 cents. What about using a OTG cable and connect a mouse to it?
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I wish that would have fixed it, the system is responsive but 'System UI' crashes and there is 0 way to get out of it or access the system after that point. When you power on the phone you don't even make it to the lock screen it just dies.
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RTL is Right to Left.
Basically the option flips all things on android... so in the settings, as it reads from left to right, "wifi - on" the setting is reversed "on - wifi" sort of a setting meant for lefties.. or just those that like toggles on the left side instead of right.
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spikejnz said:
I can't tell if you're trolling or being serious.
RTL is meant to make the whole phone more convenient for lefties. Your homescreen goes from being the leftmost screen to the rightmost.
Wait, no, it's actually meant to completely **** up all our devices. Yeah, that's it.
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My comment isn't relevant to this post but I just wanted to clear up the misconception about RTL. It isn't for lefties (I'm a lefty, it makes no difference to us), it's for languages that go from right to left, like Arabic. English, French, Spanish etc. go from left to right.
LazyCouchPotato said:
My comment isn't relevant to this post but I just wanted to clear up the misconception about RTL. It isn't for lefties (I'm a lefty, it makes no difference to us), it's for languages that go from right to left, like Arabic. English, French, Spanish etc. go from left to right.
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I really don't have a dog in this fight but heres where I got my info from, "While most of us are used to left-to-right text, menus, and whatnot, there are certainly users who’d prefer their smartphone or tablet to have right-to-left layouts. Of course, if your device’s system language is one that uses a right-to-left script (like Arabic, or Hebrew), the change from LTR to RTL is done automatically. However, Android allows you to force RTL layouts even when using a left-to-right language. "
Source - PhoneArena
So I'm not saying no or disagreeing, just saying that from that article, apparently RTL languages, once set in the settings automatically switch. I'll start source linking all my info from now on.
So when I came to the s8, I came from lollipop straight to 7.0. I use autoremote a lot to open things on my computer from my phone and vice versa. I noticed in 7.0, at least on the s8, that clicking a link in Google requires you to select an app to use as default from then on out, whereas on 5.1 it always asked if I didn't select the use by default option...
I haven't looked to heavily because I have a lot going on today, but is there any way to turn off use of default browser app on the S8? Because I'd rather click a link and have it ask me if I want to use the browser or autoremote
Don't think so, you'd have to clear defaults every time.
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Don't think so, you'd have to clear defaults every time.
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not true...it's set that way you can change it..
Tigerhoods said:
not true...it's set that way you can change it..
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Thanks for this mate! I didn't realize they finally added this feature back. Thank god, it was sorely missed on my S6E and S7E. I had to use apps like "Better Open With" as a workaround previously.
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not true...it's set that way you can change it..
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Honestly a life saver with this. Idk how I looked over it