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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!
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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.
Add what you feel is important. Thanks
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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?
Geekybiker said:
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?
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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I always use Wizz Bar, but now it won't work once I updated to ICS. Now I'm sad I updated. Anyone know how to get it working?
could not find it on play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=SnowBEE
is the developer probably ask them if they are working on a android 4 version?
they are also on here SnowBEE
re: wizzbar
That was one of my biggest disappointments with ICS on the a500 but after discovering Nova Launcher where I can customize launch icons on the bottom... it's similar without being able to hide the icons but I find it to be a great substitute. Might give it a whirl. works great on my tab running flexreaper
Unfortunately, the ICS is currently common, application compatibility is not due to different OS. I agree, sad as the refusal of applications for Android 4.0.3.
Has anyone come across an alternative to Wizz Bar?
I do miss this App on my Tablet.
GMD gesture control.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol&hl=en
it has a "launchpad" feature which does exactly what you're asking for. you can assign whatever gesture you want to bring it up.
Unfortunately it requires root, sadly which my work would not allow to happen.
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GMD gesture control.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol&hl=en
it has a "launchpad" feature which does exactly what you're asking for. you can assign whatever gesture you want to bring it up.
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Unfortunately it requires root, sadly which my work would not allow to happen.
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I'm a huge fan of GMD Gesture Control but App Clip and ReLaunch can replace Gesture Control's LaunchPad feature really well. I don't think they require root but I'm not 100% sure..
It really sucks that Wizz Bar isn't going to be updated for ICS, but I'm running the TegraOwners ROM and can 'pin' apps to the combined bar anyway, which I think is a great approach to this problem and something I hoped would be possible while I was still watching YouTube videos trying to decide on a tablet to buy.. Hopefully one of these guys over on xda can get the same feature working eventually
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Wave launcher is somewhat similwr. Not exact, but it's really good. Even better on phones than tablets.
Is there any music app that can take advantage of the always on display?
mikeyaj said:
Is there any music app that can take advantage of the always on display?
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I have wondered about this, too. In fact, it seems to me that Samsung's always on display (AOD) feature is quite severely limited, to the point that I question it has value that exceeds its cost in battery life.
I like my S7 Edge device very much, but I also own a Droid Turbo 2 (basically the same device as the Motorola Moto X Force), and having become accustomed to the exceptionally useful features of its version of an AOD (called Moto Display), I can scarcely believe Samsung's engineers weren't embarrassed to release their flagship's analogous feature, having surely seen their competitor's version.
On the Motorola device, the Moto Display screen only comes on when you look at it or it detects activity in front of the screen.
Unlike Samsung's implementation, Moto Display reacts fully to touch, allowing the following interactions:
* initiate a screen unlock
* view icons of apps that have unseen notifications
* touch an icon to see a preview of the app's notifications
* drag an icon to a notification to initiate an interaction with the notification
It may not seem clear how this works, so here is an example of a frequent use case for me:
We frequently binge-watch various Netflix series on TV via a Chromecast, using my phone as the Netflix controller. When credits roll on an episode, I reach for the device and the Moto Display comes on. One of the icons will be a black and white version of the Netflix icon. I touch the icon, and a Netflix play-control appears at the top of the screen. I drag the Netflix icon to the forward-arrow ("next episode") on the Netflix control. The next episode instantly queues and begins to play on the TV. I move my hand away from the phone and its screen returns to the off state.
This whole process takes about 3 seconds, and is accomplished in a single smooth motion from start to finish. The first time I did it, I instantly appreciated how well thought out this particular user interface design was.
Another way in which the Moto feature excels is that third party app support is pretty much indistinguishable from first party apps, unlike Samsung, where some of the AOD and Edge features are limited to Samsung and affiliate apps.
I really hope Samsung doesn't rest on their laurels here, and continues to improve the Touchwiz AOD experience. They have a long way to go to match their competitor's similar feature, in my opinion.
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You guys are expecting to interact with a feature that was solely meant to show the time and notifications... If you want to change music, turn the damn devices on.
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Brava27 said:
You guys are expecting to interact with a feature that was solely meant to show the time and notifications... If you want to change music, turn the damn devices on.
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I don't think it's unreasonable to hope for a more robust implementation at some point. If people go online and post about what they like and don't like, hopefully it is helpful for manufacturers and developers to gauge the demand for things they may be working on or thinking about developing in the future.
And I'm not at all sure I share your opinion about what Samsung intends as the ultimate boundaries and limitations of their always on display feature. Maybe they just ran out of time and had to settle for something less than they would eventually like to offer.
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I don't think it's unreasonable to hope for a more robust implementation at some point. If people go online and post about what they like and don't like, hopefully it is helpful for manufacturers and developers to gauge the demand for things they may be working on or thinking about developing in the future.
And I'm not at all sure I share your opinion about what Samsung intends as the ultimate boundaries and limitations of their always on display feature. Maybe they just ran out of time and had to settle for something less than they would eventually like to offer.
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It's a very logical idea to use ways on for this (with the option to disable it)
Suprised it's not implemented.
Any news?
It could be very useful to change music while driving.
Or is there maybe something like the OPO swiping gestures?
A long press on volume buttons with screen locked to skip or back tracks would help a lot, there's one xposed module to do this but I don't want to root..
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leomagnani said:
A long press on volume buttons with screen locked to skip or back tracks would help a lot, there's one xposed module to do this but I don't want to root..
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I tried a xposed module and it doesnt worked with spotify, only with the music player.
Also the default musicplayer shows up when playing a song and waking up the phone, not like spotify where u directly see the lockscreen. Is there at least a way to make this possible for spotify?
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I tried a xposed module and it doesnt worked with spotify, only with the music player.
Also the default musicplayer shows up when playing a song and waking up the phone, not like spotify where u directly see the lockscreen. Is there at least a way to make this possible for spotify?
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Try XTouchwiz or Physical Button Music Control.
The first should work in theory if you freeze stock music app, and the second used to allow (it's been a couple months since I used it) to select which app would the "next/prev" action be directed to.
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Try XTouchwiz or Physical Button Music Control.
The first should work in theory if you freeze stock music app, and the second used to allow (it's been a couple months since I used it) to select which app would the "next/prev" action be directed to.
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Thank You, both moduls are working now :good:
Never though i have to freeze of select something
I know it's not the best nor ideal, but since I'm stock I'm currently using Samsung Music player and the latest update offered a new feature when not fully unlocking the device but just waking it up shows a full screen cover art with tags and the option to either Skip tracks and Play/pause, not much but better than unlocking the phone whilst driving lol.
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I know it's not the best nor ideal, but since I'm stock I'm currently using Samsung Music player and the latest update offered a new feature when not fully unlocking the device but just waking it up shows a full screen cover art with tags and the option to either Skip tracks and Play/pause, not much but better than unlocking the phone whilst driving lol.
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This is what i want for Spotify...
With root and xposed u can use a module called xposed additions and use the capacitive buttons for next/previous Song on the lockscreen, thats the best solution for the car i found
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When i was at the Samsung Note 7 Launch in NYC ? they told me the Note 7 international version had this and other cool things but the USA version could not because of infringement reasons. I wonder if anyone figured out how to put it in the USA version and the S7E.
note 7 has that option with samsung music, along with a much usefull AOD so i guess we will eventually get it as well once nougat arrives.
You can control any music player from AOD
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you can control any music player from always on display :good: .
My friend discovered this option.
you need to double tap.
this video posted by him shows the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUpIitwYzlc
Please like the video if you find it helpful:angel:
^^^ You are on Nougat though. Many people aren't, and without Nougat and the updated AOD, you can't control the music player from the AOD screen. It is actually a Grace UI AOD thing, but Grace UI is not on the S7E unless you have Nougat of course. My N7 has Grace UI and it has the much better AOD options you just showed.
Using the device almost a year and never heard of it before. I wonder what else I haven't explored yet
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Just being able to play the next track would be and awesome feature in aod
Double Tap in Song title in Samsung Musical Player opens up a control Pad