Hi,
I've searched and can't find the answers to my questions. I don't know if I'm using seach right, but if I type in google maps I get a list that's nothing to do with google maps
Anyway, the google maps question. I've just used this program for the first time today as was stuck in traffic and wanted to look for an alternative root. When I was driving along I noticed that the screen doesn't follow you. The blue dot moved as I did, but once it got to the end of the screen it carried on off the screen, and the screen/map didn't move along with it to track me. How do I get it to do this?
And the wallpaper question. I can't find a way to resize the pictures I choose as the lockscreen wallpaper so that it fits the screen properly, how do I do this? The picture is too zoomed in so it cuts a lot of it off.
Cheers
Google: Hope this is not a dumb question: did you do >Menu>Use GPS?
On re-sizing images: I don't think there's an app on the HD2 to do it. If you go to a regular PC or Mac graphics app, you can connect put the image on the SD card, connect your HD2 to your computer as an external disk drive, and then re-format the image to 480x800 pixels, then save it back.
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snerkler said:
Hi,
I've searched and can't find the answers to my questions. I don't know if I'm using seach right, but if I type in google maps I get a list that's nothing to do with google maps
Anyway, the google maps question. I've just used this program for the first time today as was stuck in traffic and wanted to look for an alternative root. When I was driving along I noticed that the screen doesn't follow you. The blue dot moved as I did, but once it got to the end of the screen it carried on off the screen, and the screen/map didn't move along with it to track me. How do I get it to do this?
And the wallpaper question. I can't find a way to resize the pictures I choose as the lockscreen wallpaper so that it fits the screen properly, how do I do this? The picture is too zoomed in so it cuts a lot of it off.
Cheers
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When searching for a phrase, use quotes around the search criteria, such as "google maps". That will look for the two words together. If you search for google maps, you'll get anything with either word in it.
With google maps, it will use the network to detect your location, so I don't know why it kept going when you stopped, and it should always remain centered on the blue dot, so it sounds like the map stopped moving when you did. Anyway, just turn on GPS from the menu.
As for wallpaper, you're really better off resizing the image manually on your PC. There's plenty of software out there (freeware) for editing and manipulating images. Just google for that. As I'm sure you're aware, you'll need to resize to 480x800 for the lockscreen.
Hope this helps
Edit:
Here's some freeware image editors...
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pixelbasedwin/tp/freephotoedw.htm
Google Maps
If you touch the blue dot (bottom right) I think it follows you. if you manually move the map after that, it stops.
I'm in an office right now so can't check but i'm pretty sure that's what happens.
paullong said:
Google Maps
If you touch the blue dot (bottom right) I think it follows you. if you manually move the map after that, it stops.
I'm in an office right now so can't check but i'm pretty sure that's what happens.
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Good point - I couldn't figure out why it would just stop moving and let the dot go off the screen.
Thanks for the responses. Iill try the google maps again on the way home. I did have GPS on, but maybe I moved the screen.
Just to clarify what I meant in the meantime though. The page/map remained stationary, only the blue dot moved as I moved. The blue dot obviously moved further and further along the road and carried right on off the screen. The page/map did not then move along with it, so I was just left with the map showing where I had started from, and not knowing where I was at the present time.
Is that any clearer, or more confusing
I'll just have to manually resize the picture then, little annoying, but not the end of the world
snerkler said:
Thanks for the responses. Iill try the google maps again on the way home. I did have GPS on, but maybe I moved the screen.
Just to clarify what I meant in the meantime though. The page/map remained stationary, only the blue dot moved as I moved. The blue dot obviously moved further and further along the road and carried right on off the screen. The page/map did not then move along with it, so I was just left with the map showing where I had started from, and not knowing where I was at the present time.
Is that any clearer, or more confusing
I'll just have to manually resize the picture then, little annoying, but not the end of the world
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As paullong said, you must have manually moved the map. This makes it stop following you, but the dot still shows where you are. The map just doesn't center on it any more.
If that happens, press the blue square with a dot in it at the bottom right and will center back in on you.
johncmolyneux said:
As paullong said, you must have manually moved the map. This makes it stop following you, but the dot still shows where you are. The map just doesn't center on it any more.
If that happens, press the blue square with a dot in it at the bottom right and will center back in on you.
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OK, thanks a lot
Alternative explanation: you were out of range of a data service so Google couldn't pull down maps fast enough .
Stephen Selby said:
Alternative explanation: you were out of range of a data service so Google couldn't pull down maps fast enough .
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That wouldn't stop the map moving. It just stops the map downloading.
It's working fine, must have moved the map before. Pressed the blue dot and all works fine.
Many thanks
I have a little problem with my screen.
Some games and apps are not showen proertly... For example browser & android market - it doesnt shows the half of bottom line... Same things happens to games, when I play in landscape, theres some part not showen on the RIGHT side, so its the same row... Any way how to fix? I have done screen calibrating, but it didnt help...
Can you post some screen-shot? Thanks.
I just stumbled upon this feature today and it blew my mind
hold any button on the top two rows for a brief moment (usually like half a second) slide your finger up and BAM! an extended keyboard for numbers and symbols!~
why didn't they showcase stuff like this during google i/o? sugar coat it and call it 'magical' and 'amazing'?...oh wait thats...not google
Hey that's pretty cool. In fact you don't even have to hold, just swipe up straight away..
Erm unfortunately, a quick search shows that you're not the first to find out about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687067
Well, hey at least I just found out about this feature in your thread eh.
May 23rd called and said they want their news back.
I apologize if this has already been covered. If it has, I wasn't able to find it.
1)
After a call, when I pull the phone away, the notification bar gets stuck "slightly" pulled down and touches to the screen are unresponsive. I have to pull the notification bar down all the way, then put it back up to make it go away. Otherwise, the bar just stays at about a half inch (or less) from the top of the screen. I'm using the SuperDark rom, but I don't think it's an issue with that since I remember the same thing happening with one of the first calls I made on the phone. It seems to happen about 1 out of 4 calls I make. I'm pretty used to it now and I usually just end the call using the notification bar when it happens, but I wanted to know if anyone is experiencing this and how it can be avoided/fixed.
2)
Animated GIFs. I saw the post of annoyances saying how the browser doesn't support them. But I couldn't find anything about the Gallery app not supporting them, either. I can deal with the browser, but I use Chandroid for 4chan and such, and it would be nice to view the animated GIFs I save from Chandroid in the Gallery. Is there a fix for this? Or possibly an alternate Gallery app I can use?
Thanks in advance
1. Don't press phone against ear until the proximity sensor turns the backlight off.
2. Don't have a specific answer. But I bet 2.2 wouldn't hurt.
good day
Looks like there was a discussion about the gif thing back in April.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=660914
I have seen conflicting information about this, though, on the web. I have a phone with 2.2 at home, so I will give it a test tonight and let you know, unless someone replies sooner.
So far Oreo is a noticeable improvement in battery and lag. But... Something has changed when using Instagram. The home touch buttons are now too closely overlayed over the Instagram buttons. They're literally on top of each other down there at the very bottom of the phone, With each button ust slightly to the left of each other. The result is that you're constantly hitting the wrong button, no room at all for error.
As a remedy I installed the XDA gestures app but that has a new slide bar that sits right in the center of the screen when using Whatsapp so that you cant see what you're typing. I have to tilt the phone in landscape to get the bar out of the text input box. Any suggestions?
I experience the same issue in both vanilla instagram and GBinsta.
Another issue is that Google Assistant is also right in top of the LG home touch buttons so that it blocks me using the screen capture/screenshot button. I have to do the fingerprint button+volume button thing. Otherwise the related searches pull up results take up half the screen so I cant screen capture. Google must really want us to buy Pixel phone...
What models are yall using? I'm on H918 Oreo using the small display size and my instagram works just fine.
I don't use Instagram all that much but I just went to check out this issue.
The thing that I noticed right off the bat was that if you have the "Home Touch Buttons" set to hide then when you use Instagram they will almost completely overlap when dragged up.
Solution: Use the little square dot in the bottom left corner (tap to change the state) to keep the Home Touch Buttons from hiding. They will nicely reside under the Instagram app and not be overlapped. When done with Instagram just tap the square to go back to the hidden state.
Hopefully this will be of use to you.
Aintree Porsche said:
So far Oreo is a noticeable improvement in battery and lag. But... Something has changed when using Instagram. The home touch buttons are now too closely overlayed over the Instagram buttons. They're literally on top of each other down there at the very bottom of the phone, With each button ust slightly to the left of each other. The result is that you're constantly hitting the wrong button, no room at all for error.
As a remedy I installed the XDA gestures app but that has a new slide bar that sits right in the center of the screen when using Whatsapp so that you cant see what you're typing. I have to tilt the phone in landscape to get the bar out of the text input box. Any suggestions?
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Tim3tripp3r said:
I don't use Instagram all that much but I just went to check out this issue.
The thing that I noticed right off the bat was that if you have the "Home Touch Buttons" set to hide then when you use Instagram they will almost completely overlap when dragged up.
Solution: Use the little square dot in the bottom left corner (tap to change the state) to keep the Home Touch Buttons from hiding. They will nicely reside under the Instagram app and not be overlapped. When done with Instagram just tap the square to go back to the hidden state.
Hopefully this will be of use to you.
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LOL. I'm over here installing apps to get over this problem that you fixed just long pressing the square! Doh!!
Messaibi said:
I experience the same issue in both vanilla instagram and GBinsta.
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In case you missed it see the response above totally fixed the issue with a simple swipe.
Aintree Porsche said:
In case you missed it see the response above totally fixed the issue with a simple swipe.
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OMG this made me feel so dumb... Thanks for the quote, I would've missed it otherwise, issue fixed.