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News and Weather Genie not stock ?

My Brother just picked up the Nexus 7 with 4G. He's an iPhone guy switching over slowly.
Anyways, he asked me for some good Widgets. I said an Android classic is the "News and Weather" genie widget. He said that's not on this tablet. I told him to look under apps, for News and Weather, and sane under the Widget tab. He said nope, not there.
Did Google remove that classic Widget ?
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Anyone ?
I don't own the Nexus 7 myself. Just a Galaxy Nexus, and a Note 2 running CM10.1 and the "News and Weather" genie widget is standard.
Is it not installed on the Nexus 7 ?
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Nope not installed on the nexus 7. I read somewhere on here Google does not support it any more or something like that?
I've tried to side load the apk file to my n7 many times with no success.
However I am running clean ROM inheritance 3.2 and it comes with the ROM.
I am new to all this stuff. This is what I don't understand, the app is listed as transperent. It does not show up in titanium backup and I can't find it with root explorer.
I have no idea what is going on with this app.
I hope someone can clear this up
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tnt0303 said:
Nope not installed on the nexus 7. I read somewhere on here Google does not support it any more or something like that?
I've tried to side load the apk file to my n7 many times with no success.
However I am running clean ROM inheritance 3.2 and it comes with the ROM.
I am new to all this stuff. This is what I don't understand, the app is listed as transperent. It does not show up in titanium backup and I can't find it with root explorer.
I have no idea what is going on with this app.
I hope someone can clear this up
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The .apk name is Genie widget. Its not called News and Weather, only named that after install.
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Noob question

Apologies if this has already been asked
I am currently running S4 out of box and I think its crap I used to have a nexus 4 best phone ever had
Basically if I install a Google ROM on my s4 will I still be able to keep my SD card for movies music etc.
Will I be able to keep some of the apps like walking mate and will
My s cover case work when it opens and closes
Thanks in advance
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bash156 said:
Apologies if this has already been asked
I am currently running S4 out of box and I think its crap I used to have a nexus 4 best phone ever had
Basically if I install a Google ROM on my s4 will I still be able to keep my SD card for movies music etc.
Will I be able to keep some of the apps like walking mate and will
My s cover case work when it opens and closes
Thanks in advance
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First of all the S4 is a wonderful device.
and yes if you install the Google edition. it supports a microSD with all your data.
You have to installl the stock system apps with root on your device probably.
yes the S View cover works normally with it.

bash156 said:
Apologies if this has already been asked
I am currently running S4 out of box and I think its crap I used to have a nexus 4 best phone ever had
Basically if I install a Google ROM on my s4 will I still be able to keep my SD card for movies music etc.
Will I be able to keep some of the apps like walking mate and will
My s cover case work when it opens and closes
Thanks in advance
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Hi...
Same case here..
Just got the S4 because of the 4G brazillian frequencys..
After 2 hours using TW... I decided to ROOT and flash a GE based ROM.
Now.. Yes... great phone, great camera.. The WiFi looks like much Better than N4.
Thats it
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Hi mate which ROM did you end up downloading if you don't mind me asking I'm struggling to find a Google rom
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How can I change my music?

I done a couple of Google searches and can't find anything to really help me. I don't know if this has been asked before or not? But I'm coming from an iPhone where when I had my phone locked I could double click the home button and change the song. Is there anyway I can do that with the s4? And also I ran the iOS 7 beta before I got this phone and they had an option where I could swipe up and the control center would pop-up and it'll have a bunch of random things and I could change the song. I've seen something like that for android but only thing missing was to change the music. I hate unlocking my phone and going back to the app just to change the song and I don't want to use s-voice to change it.
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The control center looks like this.
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You should have the stock samsung music player on your lock screen
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deadeye0908 said:
You should have the stock samsung music player on your lock screen
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That, plus it should or can be enabled in the notifications pulldown. I'm in the same boat, just sold my I5 for a galaxy s4. New to Android.. love it. The fact that the whole market is basically what cydia was is awesome, but it's hard to find some of the features I was used to with activator and sbsettings.. In nX (nottach xposed) or 3minit Framework, the options to longpress volume toggle track skipping is available.. but I can't seem to get it to work for my I337. It is there though, most options are compatible if you're ATT as well. Worth a try.

I don't have any music on my phone I just use the unlimited Pandora which I used on a jail broken iPhone will it be able to control Pandora? I just hate having a widget on the lock screen besides the date and time. I know I'm difficult. Well I found this app on the play store “widgetlocker lock screen” but its for 2.99 I'll have to find a free alternative for the time being.
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You can change songs using the notification bar. Even if the notification bar is hidden you can make it appear by doing a swipe down gesture from the top of the screen.
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I guess since I'm using the older version of Pandora its not letting me swipe down to show controls.
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I have full access to Pandora from my lockscreen. Take off any pattern/pin/face unlock you have on your lockscreen and the Pandora controls should show there.

Simple fix uninstall ur hacked/ warez version of Pandora and install the legal version from the any store and it will work fine and have all the options
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Try draging down with the pandora player in the notification panel.
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I'm not going to give Pandora anymore of my money. When I was on my iPhone they had me upgrade to pandora one for $3.99/month which i did for a year and it was like I could “listen to music unlimited“ well once I skipped 6 songs it said you reached your limit you can't skip anymore songs for an hour after I paid money for it! Not doing that ever again.
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[email protected] said:
I'm not going to give Pandora anymore of my money. When I was on my iPhone they had me upgrade to pandora one for $3.99/month which i did for a year and it was like I could “listen to music unlimited“ well once I skipped 6 songs it said you reached your limit you can't skip anymore songs for an hour after I paid money for it! Not doing that ever again.
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Then I guess ur stuck with the app how it is if u won't update to the legal version then
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oddspec said:
Then I guess ur stuck with the app how it is if u won't update to the legal version then
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And if your nit using the legal version than we cant help you as warez (non legal versions of apps) are prohibited here on xda...just download the free versuon of pandora from the play store...I dont see what the big deal is
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Thanks for everyone's help it was just a matter of figuring out how to work this phone but I got it figured. Thanks everyone.
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Backup help

I'm trading in my note 2 tomorrow and I want to completely back up the phone and then have all my apps and app data on my new phone I'm not rooted how can I do this
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craigels said:
I'm trading in my note 2 tomorrow and I want to completely back up the phone and then have all my apps and app data on my new phone I'm not rooted how can I do this
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Samsung Kies if your on windows/os x

I don't have access to a laptop or computer are there any other options
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does kies include saving app data like saving game progress, for example you reach level 10 of a certain game with 100 credits, etc . kies is cumbersome for transferring text messages.. not sure if it will work with whatsapp messages too.
i am asking this because soon i will upgrade too to the note 3 and I dont root also. how about the titanium/helium i keep hearing about? thanks, thanks

I tried helium but it kept asking to connect to computer I thought I could just save to sd card
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Good Luck with the backup. I found whilst moving from IOS to Android that the backup for non rooted devices leaves a lot to be desired. This is one area Sammy needs to get sorted out properly. I mean can they not emulate / copy itunes or somethng? lol

itunes saves app data? sorry im clueless about apple-related stuff lol.
some of the games i play can be stored in google cloud but i am not sure if it will work properly on a new phone.
craigel, from what i understand, for sd cards you can store pics, files, etc, as well as apps, just not the complete app data if i am not mistaken

Don't rely on kies. It's garbage.
Try Mybackup

vroot Verizon samsung note 3,,,need help

hey guys
completely new to the rooting of phones but managed to get it complete using vroot. I have played with it a bit. made it fun and custom but still have not figured out how to get what I was really trying to accomplish rooting my phone. I am really into Pandora and music listening in my car. I do not have bluetooth capabilities however I do have a USB media hub. like everyone else iPhone works just great plugged in but not my loved now rooted note 3. I have made progress by atleast having it recognized on the stereo by rooting the phone and using a USB Mass storage app however I still cannot get sound.... it still plays out the phone speaker. is there a app or mod or setting I can install or change to make this work? like I said I am fully a noob to this and all though I am learning and enjoy learning how to do this stuff I'm stuck. heck I may have put this in the wrong section too. any advise... tips ect would be greatly appreciated. also any apps recommended since I have now rooted. thank you
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anybody?
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srsands78 said:
anybody?
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To be honest never had this problem I use mine in my pickup and work truck with no issues. Are you using the stock Samsung music app or play music? If so try downloading Apollo music or just a different type of music player in general. Also are you on stock firmware or using a custom rom ? It may also be something in the software.

I rooted it using vroot so I could download a USB Mass storage app and thought that would solve it. it does not say connected and supported but using Pandora it still only plays from phone speaker while hooked up via usb. is there a setting
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