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Well, after using X1 for a long time I switched to X10. As I am quite new with Android I am searching on the net for best Android Apps, but some doesn't fill up my screen entirely. I searched the thread, but could not find this kind of topic, so I start one
So, I thought to help each other out and point each other on some cool application/game maybe we can share here our top 5:
I will start with 6 in this top 5;-)
1. Astro File Manager (Free, from Market)
I really was surprised there was no file manager as default in the X10. This one is very good and now you can install your .apk files from your storage card as well. A must have for everyone.
2. Zedge (Free, from Market)
A lot of very nice wallpapers and ringtones you can view/listen to, download and set as your default ones in just a few taps. Works great.
3. ACT1 VideoPlayer (Not Free, from Market)
Very nice videoplayer.
4. My Soccer 24/7 (Free, from Market)
All Major leagues, news, live scores and everything you need as a soccer addict.
5. Well, one game than.... WSOP Poker (not free, from Market).
It's not made for the X10, so it's a bit blurry, but the fingerfriendly controls of the game are just stunning.
6. Advanced Task Killer (Free, from Market)
Will shotdown the apps running in the background, I assume this will save a lot of battery power.
I am now still looking for a widget I can put on my home screen which allows me to control the musicplayer. Actually, I did not found a very good designed (black-themish) music player so far, so maybe some one knows a good player including a widget you can control it with.
Cheers,
Arnold
PollPixx said:
I am now still looking for a widget I can put on my home screen which allows me to control the musicplayer. Actually, I did not found a very good designed (black-themish) music player so far, so maybe some one knows a good player including a widget you can control it with.
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Definitely check out TuneWiki, has a black theme and a widget
twicca - free twitter app with widget and is very polished and easy to use. has addon twitpic
sportstap - all sports scores and live updates with widget as well
ebuddy - instant messaging app with almost all online messengers
weather & toggle wiget (paid) - weather widget that is really nice
xperai flashlight - flashlight app with own widget
others i want to mention -
bluetooth on/off widget
gps on/off widget
wifi on/off widget
these 3 basically saves you space from the xperia's quick settings widget bar
and download the facebook app in the market because the one that came with the one is outdated!
rvictorg said:
Definitely check out TuneWiki, has a black theme and a widget
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Cheers, works pretty well!
Arnold
PollPixx said:
Cheers, works pretty well!
Arnold
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My choice of audio player too.
I use it since i had my 5800 XM.
I wish it had an equalizer
arcticreaver said:
and download the facebook app in the market because the one that came with the one is outdated!
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Judging from the images on market it looks xactly the same as the pree-installed one, can you tell whats different in the download version?
Tjotte said:
Judging from the images on market it looks xactly the same as the pree-installed one, can you tell whats different in the download version?
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dnloaded version has support for inbox..
arcticreaver said:
others i want to mention -
bluetooth on/off widget
gps on/off widget
wifi on/off widget
these 3 basically saves you space from the xperia's quick settings widget bar
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Every alternate gps on/off widget I've tried always requires 2 clicks, while the xperias quick settings only require 1. Am I doing something wrong?
My favs:
weather forecast widget
apndroid
spotify
HTC_IME
Handcent sms
The ones that haven't been mentioned yet:
Pocket Empires
Robo Defense
Juice Defender
TaskPanel
Swype
1. Opera Mini
2. Advanced Task Manager
3. The xda developers app(of course!)
4. 3/cube media player
5. G-strings tuner(perfect for any guitar player!)
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others that havent been mentioned:
qype is very useful.. finds nearby takeawayz, restaurant, nightlife, bars, shopz and much more based on your location within no time! It showz how far the places are in km's and some of them are also reviewed and when you click on a location you get details such as address and telephone no. Gps needs to be switched on for this
app protector is a must if you want to hide things from nosy people who forexample just read your messagez, take no.z from your phonebook and what not. Prevents user from accessing any apps you choose by either pin/pattern lock!
music junk is an amazing app.. i think you might only find this online though! type any song you want and this music database will most likely have it.. you can alwayz keep up to date with the songz ur matez hav. holdin your finger on the desired song allows you to preview and download.. also a lyrics option which will try n find d lyrics 4 u (doesnt use browser 4 this either). Note - i think preview only works once it has fully loaded.
SwiftKey - i gotta say im really liking this app now. This app has a decent UI but its prediction is just 2 good 2 be true. It can analyse from all your previous messages aswell as help predicting your next word a breeze!! saves alot of time!!
Wifi File Explorer - Perfect for people with wifi at home - this allows you to use internet explorer to access your phone contents and also allows you to upload files to your phone.. very useful app! no need to rely on them silly cables!
hope you enjoy!!
would also like to add in yxflash - gotta be the only player i know off that can play avi/divx files.. and more! no need to convert anymore!!
Thanks for the to apps, some good ones came by already. Cheers, Arnold
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Beautiful widgets (paid app - love the HTC like clock)
flight director (I am an airplane nut person)
toss it (total way to waste time)
Google voice (free sms, that's great!!!)
Moxier World (weather forecasts of different cities of the world - love the widget)
HTC Keyboard (So much easier to use then the standard keyboard)
Beautiful Widgets (Home screen with large Sense UI type clock & weather with many shortcut widgets)
Copilot Live 8 (Best android GPS app)
Handcent SMS (I couldn't imagine sending another text msg without this program!)
Juice Defender + Ultimate Juice (Battery saver AKA life saver)
For example, what music player is included? Vanilla or touch wiz? What are the 5 radio buttons they used in the notification pull down? Can you still adjust the brightness by sliding your fiber across the notification bar at the top, do we have a video player app, etc.
Add what you feel is important. Thanks
Eazail70x7 said:
For example, what music player is included? Vanilla or touch wiz? What are the 5 radio buttons they used in the notification pull down? Can you still adjust the brightness by sliding your fiber across the notification bar at the top, do we have a video player app, etc.
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wifi, bluetooth,gps, silent, 4g
as long as automatic brightness is off then yes
The video player app is there
as for music app i have no clue..i didnt use it much before..
on top it has
All, Playlists, Albums, Artists
If you don't mind, start a track playing in the music player and then back out to the homescreen. Then pull down the notification bar. Are their music controls in there? Lock the screen. Unlock it and check up top, is there a half a disc up top that you can pull down to reveal music controls?
Yes. Its there, just like EE rom. This is TW 3.0.
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it looks like both music players are there...samsung and stock...when I opened an ogg from myfiles it opened stock but I see a different one with 5.1ch there as an option..gimme a sec to figure it out
Ok here is how it is..
Sound Player: Default one..wont do anything special
Music Player: This one goes into the notifications like you want...I see no music options on lock screen..also this player doesnt seem to like OGG files :/
Sound Player playes oggs though
lil more information...it comes with
video player app
Fascinate music player
Fascinate phone apk
Fascinate message apk
Flash player
voice recorder
Youtube apk (if u install the new one no more fc wen sign in your account)
Apps to SD
little changes to the camera apk
New Gmail apk
Gallery apk loads faster
all i got to so far
better battery
bubbles text messages
new way of selected text (photo included)
new way of scrolling through text without tapping 100 times to get the cursor to where you want
flash player
touchwiz music player (very nice) with controls on notification bar
silent/vibrate widget added to notification bar
Built in voice recorder
Colored icons in settings
Very snappy with opening apps
and thats all i can think of now
I didn't even know I could slide noti bar to adjust brightness, wow how did I miss that. Good thread I wanted to know the details also
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Does it has Kies support?
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Does it has Kies support?
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Nope..couldn't find the option to go into Kies Mode :/
So far this is sounding really awesome! I only could wish for the fascinate lock screen. Other thanthat, looks like we get all the goods.
Do we have that new beach live wallpaper?
What about wireless tethering? Is the Froyo version there and does it work if it is? Or did Sprint take it out?
Craw, let's be a little realistic here. Why would Sprint include the FREE tethering when they have a product they're selling for $30/month?
NO US Carrier, and I can't think of ANY carrier at all, will include the tethering for free. I'm pretty sure Google just added it as a feature so it was easier for the carriers to implement their own (paid) solution.
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Craw, let's be a little realistic here. Why would Sprint include the FREE tethering when they have a product they're selling for $30/month?
NO US Carrier, and I can't think of ANY carrier at all, will include the tethering for free. I'm pretty sure Google just added it as a feature so it was easier for the carriers to implement their own (paid) solution.
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Yeah I realize that I was just curious. Doesn't matter to me either way
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I ask again, is the beach live walppaper included in epuc froyo?
Eazail70x7 said:
I ask again, is the beach live walppaper included in epuc froyo?
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Yes it is
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That's what I'm talking about
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I ask again, is the beach live walppaper included in epuc froyo?
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Beach one is there..but some of the other ones that were on the phone aren't there anymore
As for tethering, no Froyo one..Sprint Hotspot is there...(doesn't work with 4g though..fail)
There is a USB Tether option..but I have not tested it.
Which live wallpapers are missing? Most likely I can replace them if I back up what I have now in my epic?
Also, can you edit the tw3.0 home screen like on the fascinate? Can you edit the dock?
Most of you will probably know this already, but if you tap and hold on the horizontal tab sliders in all the HTC apps, you can change their order and even remove or add tabs. Do this in the music library and you get three new tabs to pick from: composers, purchased music and genre. Especially that last one made me happy as I really missed it, coming from a Windows Mobile HD2.
i didn't know about it, thanks
I still don't get it.could you explain more?
Thank you too... I just learned it today.
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@Hakimy:
Go to the HTC music player's library screen. At the bottom, you've got the slider to switch between the "artists", "albums" and other tabs. Hold your finger on the slider without moving it for about 5 seconds, and it will go into edit mode.
The new tabs are at the top of the screen: if you want to use them, just drag them down onto the slider bar.
Thanks, didn't know about this feature.
This also works in your contacts page.
Awesome find!!!!
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Yep found this when I got the phone as I wanted to sort music by albums. This is common on Sense enabled phones, to have tabs like that.
You are the man! This is what I have been missing for long! Thanks!
Thank you sir! I was oblivious to this, and i was displeased that the Music app didn't have Genres anymore. You have brightened my day
Thanks, Great !!
Yeay, looks like I really did discover something! Weird that they would hide a feature like that though, the lack of a genre tab was one of my biggest complaints after I switched from a WinMo phone to my Desire HD.
wow didnt know this thanks very much!
I dont know if anyone else is in the same boat and hates the se theme, and wants a fully working Rom based off the stock vzw one but I sure do. That's why in making this thread to build a list of features and mod people would want for said Rom. Then if I can get enough support and help I (or someone who knows how to to this better as I never have) can make it. So please post what you would like to see or if you can offer some support. Thanks.
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The list is as follows so far.
[WIP]Notification power widget
[ ]Power menu reboot options
[ ]Power menu screen shot
[x]App2sd
[ ]Xloud
[ ]theme chooser support (longshot here)
[x]Bravia Mobile Engine
[ ]Long-press trigger buttons for media (L - previous song, R- next song)
I'd like the above, but I really just want an ICS theme.
Most of what is listed is doable. I am watching this thread to gauge interest.
I know it can be done just not entirely sure how its done, later I'm going to compare my systemui.ak with the modded gsm fw ones that don't work and see if I can add it in. And also so far the list is only stuff I had on the top of my head.
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The only what i wish is a fully stable and perfect running MiUi Rom for the Play who also works the touchpads and any other thing..
Also i wish me cyanogenmod 9 nightlys
Well I don't like miui at all so I won't be helping with that lol not that I could really help anyway the scale of the miui and cm7 work is way over my head.
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I know it can be done just not entirely sure how its done, later I'm going to compare my systemui.ak with the modded gsm fw ones that don't work and see if I can add it in. And also so far the list is only stuff I had on the top of my head.
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The SystemUI.apk should be the easy part. It decompiles with ApkManager without issues. I was already looking to add this to mine. The harder part is the screenshot.
I also would love everything bladestonez mentioned, and if it could be on a cdma compliant 2.3.4+ build, I'd be ecstatic.
Highest priority would be aps2sd, for me, then the notification power widget, etc, etc.
Are there any camera mods to enable panoramic pictures?
I've seen scteenshot mods for UK roms before so now just to do digging
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I would like 2.3.4 also but vzw is terribly slow on updates and I am just working with what's available
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ok well im about 99% positive that i have fount what makes the notification power widget mod work and have tried to add it to the cdma SystemUI.apk but when i compile it wont include the additions its like you can modify things and it works but you cant add them. i have included a zip that should only need to be extracted and merged with a decompiled SystemUI.apk then compiled if anyone can get this added i would love you forever. also if you do get this added would you please pm me the modified SystemUI.apk or attach it to a post in here.
☻Fully working 3D sweep panorama
☻More Xperia PLAY launcher customizations (Themes, background, sort by, display only these and these games, recently played, most played, favourite - i know, let's create a second Game Center!)
☻Bravia Mobile Engine
☻Enable/Disable auto brightnes, ultra brightnes
☻Long-press trigger buttons for media (L - previous song, R- next song)
☻Camera: L button - focus, R button - shoot (and make it fullscreen, I mean no edges and onscreen controls - only settings, if possible transparent
The last 3 ideas are mostly from hatcyl so thank him
I know that some of these ideas are difficult to implement, but would be pretty sweet if someone would. Good luck then!
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☻Fully working 3D sweep panorama
☻More Xperia PLAY launcher customizations (Themes, background, sort by, display only these and these games, recently played, most played, favourite - i know, let's create a second Game Center!)
☻Bravia Mobile Engine
☻Enable/Disable auto brightnes, ultra brightnes
☻Long-press trigger buttons for media (L - previous song, R- next song)
☻Camera: L button - focus, R button - shoot (and make it fullscreen, I mean no edges and onscreen controls - only settings, if possible transparent
The last 3 ideas are mostly from hatcyl so thank him
I know that some of these ideas are difficult to implement, but would be pretty sweet if someone would. Good luck then!
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Thank you for the great ideas I have been attempting to port the notifications widget with no luck, about to give up but I will do what I can with your suggestions thankfully most of them already exist.
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Ok, so I got my 4.3 and Sense 5.5 update and, altough there a re a lot of improvements, I'm more pissed off because of some stuff they removed or... ahem... added...
- Why did they remove the lock screens? I know the lock screen widgets are accessible through a right to left swipe in the lock screen, but why remove them altogether? For example, I just want to be able to have a different wallpaper for my lock screen than my home screen...
- Why did they remove the old video highlights themes?I very much welcome the added new settings and permissions for the highlights... Honestly, they're a very big deal. But, for the love of God, why remove the old themes? My favorite (and judging from what I've seen on the internet - youtube, Facebook or HTC Share - "Islandia" is gone... Why?
- Why is the NFC logo pinned in the status bar? Why do I have to see that? I have NFC turned on all the time... :
These are the few things that got me upset about the new Sense 5.5 update. I know that the update has a lot of good new features (and I welcome them all)... But why remove other good features that have been on Sense since I can remember?
Are there other features that have been removed/altered in a bad way?
Please share...
And an UPDATE: I know that they've added a s*it load of new emoticons in the stock SMS app, BUT they made it so that the we cannot see the old ones.
For example, when someone sends me an SMS with an emoticon from HTC One X with Sense 5.0, I just see it as text and they cannot see the new emoticons that I send them... Great thinking HTC (_|_)
Yes. Why the he'll did they removed the medialink hd api?
No more movies on the tv and browsing on the phone at the same time. Really makes the hd medialink useless.
I wonder how long HTC will take to actually understand how things work.
They removed all weather animations in sense 5. And what they provided in that version is now removed in the latest version.
Are they confused?
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swiftgs said:
Yes. Why the he'll did they removed the medialink hd api?
No more movies on the tv and browsing on the phone at the same time. Really makes the hd medialink useless.
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You got that working before? For me when I pressed home the clip stopped too. Even on Sense 5. I have not tested on sense 5.5 yet.
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You got that working before? For me when I pressed home the clip stopped too. Even on Sense 5. I have not tested on sense 5.5 yet.
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same here it just closed and didnt do anythig, is there any way of getting this to work
Can't get my head around removing the old themes. I suppose now that there's custom music available you can use the old music easily enough I would imagine but you can't get the old visual effects back. I love Islandia.
Ridiculous decision, I only went to 4.2.2 and got the six new themes in July, three months and they've removed them?!
VictorCozmei said:
- Why is the NFC logo pinned in the status bar? Why do I have to see that? I have NFC turned on all the time... :
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It's indeed annoying. I "fixed" this issues with changing NFC on and off via notification toggles or EQS. Thats not a perfect solution but it just takes 2 sec to de-/activate...
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Can't get my head around removing the old themes. I suppose now that there's custom music available you can use the old music easily enough I would imagine but you can't get the old visual effects back. I love Islandia.
Ridiculous decision, I only went to 4.2.2 and got the six new themes in July, three months and they've removed them?!
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Custom music is cool but try to upload your video and have all these warning about copyrighted music etc.
The new themes aren't good or aren't there any themes anymore?
Also, did I read that now the duration of the clip is changeable or am I wrong?
The duration of the clip is variabile, but cannot exceed 30 seconds. Maybe on HTC One Max you can make videos longer than 30 seconds.
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VictorCozmei said:
And an UPDATE: I know that they've added a s*it load of new emoticons in the stock SMS app, BUT they made it so that the we cannot see the old ones.
For example, when someone sends me an SMS with an emoticon from HTC One X with Sense 5.0, I just see it as text and they cannot see the new emoticons that I send them... Great thinking HTC (_|_)
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That's because the old emoticons were just three-character strings that the messaging app interpreted as a smiley. For example (-: turned into . This caused tons of problems if you were trying to send a more technical text message with tons of parentheses and colons. Now, in Sense 5.5, the emoticons are standard Unicode emoji glyphs that are supposed to be universally compatible with every phone supporting the updated unicode standard. For example, in Android 4.3 (and probably 4.2.2) emojis are partially-implemented. The latest iPhones have a full implementation, as does Google Hangouts (one of the reasons to be excited about Hangouts SMS integration IMO), and now Sense 5.5 has a full implementation of emojis.
The reason your old phone cannot see your new emoticons is because it's either not running a recent enough version of Android or HTC's software on the One X simply does not render the emojis right. Some messaging apps also can strip excess unicode information -- older phones are notorious for this. A simple fix would be to use an alternative SMS/MMS app on the One X, one that fully supports emoji input such as Sliding Messaging Pro, or Textra (don't know if Textra supports ALL of the emoji glyphs, but it has some functionality).
One more note, CM10.x's MMS app also has support for this built-in, so it isn't just some fad that little girls and iPhone users are aware of, it is legitimately an evolving communication standard.
all what you need to do is wait, wait for viper tweaks.
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fanbogo said:
all what you need to do is wait, wait for viper tweaks.
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Oh yes, I want to disable the lock screen appearing everytime I turn off the screen, so annoying
The removal of old video themes may be a deal breaker for me. I love some of them absolutely.
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VictorCozmei said:
- Why did they remove the old video highlights themes?I very much welcome the added new settings and permissions for the highlights... Honestly, they're a very big deal. But, for the love of God, why remove the old themes? My favorite (and judging from what I've seen on the internet - youtube, Facebook or HTC Share - "Islandia" is gone... Why?
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Islandia was one of the only reasons i bought this phone... **** !
please tell me if you find a way to either downgrade or restore the themes
Also really miss the the ability to disable lockscreens natively. This https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en is somewhat of a workaround for those of you in the same boat, doesn't always work perfectly but I haven't found a better solution yet.
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Also really miss the the ability to disable lockscreens natively. This https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en is somewhat of a workaround for those of you in the same boat, doesn't always work perfectly but I haven't found a better solution yet.
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Yep, will have to wait for ViperOne team to do their magic. I'm sure they'll have an option to disable the lockscreen whilst retaining pin lock
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The duration of the clip is variabile, but cannot exceed 30 seconds. Maybe on HTC One Max you can make videos longer than 30 seconds.
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are you talking about video highlights? I can make videos as long as I want depending on how I clip the song I choose. using ARHD 31.0
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are you talking about video highlights? I can make videos as long as I want depending on how I clip the song I choose. using ARHD 31.0
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You are right, I was choosing a song that had 26 seconds in my tests and I wasn't paying attention that I cut that song a few months ago to use it as a ringtone. Now I have chosen a song that was 4 minutes and didn't encounter any restrictions.
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I don't like new Gallery and Music apps. Before update i can change track with swiping albumcover left or right. With this update i can not.
Did you notice that the zoom bar disappeared from the camera interface?
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