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[Q] Applications screens

How can i have more then 5 screens for Applications ?

I'm gunna guess you mean home screens, and assume you haven't done a search. Press menu, then edit and you can add screens.
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No, i don't mean home screens, i know how to make more home screens.
I am talking about Applications Screens.
Thanks anyway.

You just install some more apps. The application screens extend as necessary.
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kupuguy said:
You just install some more apps. The application screens extend as necessary.
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Oh, i see ! Thank you !!!

You can also hit Menu when you are in the application drawer, and an Edit option will be available.
From there you can drag/drop/uninstall apps. Every time you go to the Edit mode, there will always be an extra blank screen where you can move your apps, so moving apps there would increase the number of screens. You can drag apps to the next/previous screen by moving them to the edges until they turn bluish.
That way you can have additional screens without having to feel each screen up.

There's a catch: if you leave any blank spaces on the application screens then sometimes icons from other screens will jump across to fill the gaps. I'm not sure exactly when that happens but I think it might be when you switch between portrait and landscape.
I spent some time sorting all the games onto one page and they then partly unsorted themselves again as the gaps filled up.
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I have 4 desktop<home screen> in my sgt,all having same theme/wallpapers, how can I change from different themes/ wallpapers for each desktop?
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jspalaroan said:
I have 4 desktop<home screen> in my sgt,all having same theme/wallpapers, how can I change from different themes/ wallpapers for each desktop?
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I think thats not possible, at least with the default launcher.
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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.

knives of ice said:
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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A new IDEA......

Hi guys...
I dont know how many of you are annoyed with the way u ''multi task'' or bring ''recent apps'' in S3.. im certainly...
I feel ''pressing and Holding the home button'' for a while makes me think its a lllllllloooooooooooonnnnnnggggg time... so being lazy & impatient i came up with an idea....
:good: why cant Samsung or Someone could use the gesture "SWIPE UP FROM THE ""BOTTOM EDGE"" OF THE DISPLAY" to bring up the recent apps screen? Just like the way we bring down the notification bar from TOP EDGE of the display
Logically I want the device to look for the initial value of Y=0 on the screen to enable this gesture
We all know there is enough gap between the HOME BUTTON and the BOTTOM EDGE of the display?
Kindly say what do you think about this ? A request to Senior Members of the forum to make this idea reach the Samsung Engineers please.. Thank you

Can't be implemented until there is some hardware change.
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When the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update hits soon, that gesture will activate Google Now.

hm.why dont implement it with gestures+siyah kernel (link)
but instead of swiping above the hardware button,swipe on the bottom of the screen to up.

Meraklis56 said:
hm.why dont implement it with gestures+siyah kernel (link)
but instead of swiping above the hardware button,swipe on the bottom of the screen to up.
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thats what i meant... thanks for your response kindly spread the word... let us have some painless multi tasking

aerobharath said:
Hi guys...
I dont know how many of you are annoyed with the way u ''multi task'' or bring ''recent apps'' in S3.. im certainly...
I feel ''pressing and Holding the home button'' for a while makes me think its a lllllllloooooooooooonnnnnnggggg time... so being lazy & impatient i came up with an idea....
:good: why cant Samsung or Someone could use the gesture "SWIPE UP FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DISPLAY" to bring up the recent apps screen?
We all know there is enough gap between the HOME BUTTON and the BOTTOM EDGE of the display?
Kindly say what do you think about this ? A request to Senior Members of the forum to make this idea reach the Samsung Engineers please.. Thank you
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I set that gesture on nova launcher prime. If I Swype up from the app drawer icon it opens recent apps so I don't have to press the home button to see recent apps!
Hope it helps!
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When the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update hits soon, that gesture will activate Google Now.
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are you sure about that? I found that only on the G Nexus 4.1....

He's looking for gestures on the small area between screen and the hardware home key. That's not possible because the screen doesn't have touch sensitivity there.
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cammel said:
I set that gesture on nova launcher prime. If I Swype up from the app drawer icon it opens recent apps so I don't have to press the home button to see recent apps!
Hope it helps!
Enviado desde mi Xoom running Android Jelly Bean!
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I meant ''swipe up from BOTTOM EDGE of the screen'' ..... not swipe up anywhere on the screen

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He's looking for gestures on the small area between screen and the hardware home key. That's not possible because the screen doesn't have touch sensitivity there.
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No... I want the device to look for the initial value of Y=0 to enable this feature.....

I think is verry possible considering swiping from very top downwards on any app in the sgs3 brings down notifications.
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aerobharath said:
are you sure about that? I found that only on the G Nexus 4.1....
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Nexus 7, too.

prking07 said:
I think is verry possible considering swiping from very top downwards on any app in the sgs3 brings down notifications.
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you got it right... cheers

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No... I want the device to look for the initial value of Y=0 to enable this feature.....
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Well that may interfere with functionality of a few apps. This could be implemented though.
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ceo.mtcl said:
Well that may interfere with functionality of a few apps. This could be implemented though.
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I have never come across this kind of functionality on any apps i have known... yeah.. kindly spread the word about this... let the Samsung Engineers know about this

aerobharath said:
I have never come across this kind of functionality on any apps i have known... yeah.. kindly spread the word about this... let the Samsung Engineers know about this
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You will not need Samsung engineers for this. If it attracts any kernel developer here then that's all you need. Try gokhan or Franco.
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If you use Nova launcher prime you can set up gestures. I just tested it I set a two finger swipe up to show recent apps and it works like a charm
Edit not sure it works when any app has the focus but it does work when on the homescreen
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I use nova and set recent apps to double tap
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GMD Gesture Control is all you want.

graffixnyc said:
If you use Nova launcher prime you can set up gestures. I just tested it I set a two finger swipe up to show recent apps and it works like a charm
Edit not sure it works when any app has the focus but it does work when on the homescreen
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I meant from the BOTTOM EDGE of the display... not anywhere on the screen....

Lockscreen

Is it possible to add widgets or change things on the lock screen?
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Yep as always very customisable being android but just now its limited by the number of apps and devs incorporating this new feature into their apps but it will get better as always with bigger name and Google apps making use of the additional flexibility
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Yes. If you slide to the left or right, you will see a blank lock screen with a [+] icon. Tapping that will allow you to add widgets.

Thanks guys
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jsf- said:
Yes. If you slide to the left or right, you will see a blank lock screen with a [+] icon. Tapping that will allow you to add widgets.
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can you add more than one widget to the same screen?

imsuperjp said:
can you add more than one widget to the same screen?
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Not on stock 4.2 yet. I believe you can with Widget Locker though.

[Q] Remove Google Now swipe from lockscreen

Using CM nightly (18th).
I have a pattern lock and removed the side widgets with Lockscreen Policy. Last thing to go would be the circular dots at the bottom that are part of the Google Now swipe.
On a separate note, is there a reason you can pull down the clock to expose a blank area underneath?
Sorry for poorly notated screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/ghQGW.png

junkbots said:
Using CM nightly (18th).
On a separate note, is there a reason you can pull down the clock to expose a blank area underneath?
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The space is for when you have multiple clocks for different time zones.

if u fill ur lock screen with widgets, u press that to bring up the unlock settings.

You could use an app like widgetlocker or go locker. They'd probably have the option to hide the google now circle.

I miss the simple ICS/ 4.1.2 lockscreen
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tatltael said:
You could use an app like widgetlocker or go locker. They'd probably have the option to hide the google now circle.
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I don't suppose anyone who has these apps can confirm this? I guess I'll try Go Locker, but the other one is a paid app...

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I don't suppose anyone who has these apps can confirm this? I guess I'll try Go Locker, but the other one is a paid app...
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WidgetLocker does one of two things. It either leaves the Home, Back, and Recents buttons there, or, if you enable root helper, it will replace those with the GNow Circle. No option for a black bar.
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You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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tatltael said:
You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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How do you do that?
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kcls said:
How do you do that?
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In hybrid settings, set the launcher's nav bar color and transparency to match the lock screen color n transparency. It takes some tweaking to get the right color but you'll find it soon enough.
I'm using #55000000 but you may need to tweak it a bit depending on your wallpaper
Or you could take a screenshot of your lock screen, find the color code for it using the color picker in Photoshop and then enter that value in the launchers nav bar color picker.
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You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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Not sure I'm seeing what you're seeing. The dotted circle is still in your screenshot.

Yea but its not within a black bar. The wallpaper extends to the bottom. And its just one possible way to mask it and make it look nice since I'm not too interested in getting rid of it completely anyway.
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Ya... I too want to remove that upward pointed triangle from the lock screen as it is giving me issues.. It is even present behind my Home button and disables its functionality even after unlocking the screen.
Somebody help please