HTC One 4.3 list of features - One (M7) General

Guys don't crucify me if there is a list out there I just couldn't find it using the xda app
Is there a distinct list of new features for this update. I know it will differ from the gpe 4.3 but I'd like to know evergthing that HTC has thrown in to coalesce with 4.3
If anyone has the official thread for this then please post it and maybe it could go in the sticky with some other links such as 4.1 ,4.2 updates etc
Cheers
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unque1 said:
Guys don't crucify me if there is a list out there I just couldn't find it using the xda app
Is there a distinct list of new features for this update. I know it will differ from the gpe 4.3 but I'd like to know evergthing that HTC has thrown in to coalesce with 4.3
If anyone has the official thread for this then please post it and maybe it could go in the sticky with some other links such as 4.1 ,4.2 updates etc
Cheers
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Widget lockscreen, added security, camera fix, lowered sound to prevent speaker malfunction.
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Android The Greek said:
Widget lockscreen, added security, camera fix, lowered sound to prevent speaker malfunction.
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Actually, lockscreen widget and lowered sound volume (as well as toggles in the notification panel) were part of the 4.2 already.
Camerafix is also a very doubtful topic.
Android 4.3 in HTC One incarnation doesn't bring that much to the table, sure always better to have the newest one if possible. But nothing to go crazy about.

Lowered sound volume? That better not be part of the update. That will ruin a good thing IMO

Ciebiada said:
Actually, lockscreen widget and lowered sound volume (as well as toggles in the notification panel) were part of the 4.2 already.
Camerafix is also a very doubtful topic.
Android 4.3 in HTC One incarnation doesn't bring that much to the table, sure always better to have the newest one if possible. But nothing to go crazy about.
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I think from those in the states that hot left behind with 4.1.2 jumping to 4.3 is a big upgrade .
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ingenious247 said:
Lowered sound volume? That better not be part of the update. That will ruin a good thing IMO
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im glad thats just your opinion

Well, there's the TRIM thing that Google finally implemented. Will help stop the phone from becoming slow over time.
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all changes are in the 4.2.2 already !

CheesyNutz said:
im glad thats just your opinion
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you can always turn down the volume as it is now.. if they permanently lower the volume they're just hand holding the people who don't have any common sense..

From 4.1.2 to 4.3, I've noted:
-Long press Home for menu (no more 3 dot bar at the bottom), swipe up from Home for Google Now (enabled in Display, Gestures and Buttons)
-Quick Settings in Notification
-Autobrightness is better balanced (IMO, but definitely changed)
-Notification vibration pulses longer than before
-Camera shutter seems faster
-Better integration of features in Notification. For example, phone call notification has call back and text options.
-Google hangouts message preview in Notification.
-Better battery life, I would say about 15% based on how much juice I now have left at the end of the day.
Others?

atgmartin said:
From 4.1.2 to 4.3, I've noted:
-Long press Home for menu (no more 3 dot bar at the bottom), swipe up from Home for Google Now (enabled in Display, Gestures and Buttons)
-Quick Settings in Notification
-Autobrightness is better balanced (IMO, but definitely changed)
-Notification vibration pulses longer than before
-Camera shutter seems faster
-Better integration of features in Notification. For example, phone call notification has call back and text options.
-Google hangouts message preview in Notification.
-Better battery life, I would say about 15% based on how much juice I now have left at the end of the day.
Others?
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Here are a few minor ones I picked up after the update (in addition to what you contributed).
-Soft buttons fade in and fade out
-TV App updated (so much better imo, but missing still missing some basic intuitive tasks [you can't delete a room..?])
-Power Saver quick toggle removed from notification swipedown
-Can show battery % level after enabling it from settings
-Headphone output decreased (I swear, it used to be louder at max settings)
Those are pretty much what i picked up in addition to what was mentioned above.

WolfDale7 said:
Here are a few minor ones I picked up after the update (in addition to what you contributed).
-Soft buttons fade in and fade out
-TV App updated (so much better imo, but missing still missing some basic intuitive tasks [you can't delete a room..?])
-Power Saver quick toggle removed from notification swipedown
-Can show battery % level after enabling it from settings
-Headphone output decreased (I swear, it used to be louder at max settings)
Those are pretty much what i picked up in addition to what was mentioned above.
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Also, you now have to turn the TV app off in Notifications. Used to be able to back out if using the Back button.
I wish they made the battery percentage a new battery icon instead of an additional item in the notification tray.

I've actually noticed a better battery life too
I'm starting to prefer sense over stock for some strange reason aswell
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Would not call it a feature, but there is a new icon in the notification bar when NFC is turned on. Kinda annoying.
Telus for those on TT that can't easily read signatures.
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Power saver notification
WolfDale7 said:
Here are a few minor ones I picked up after the update (in addition to what you contributed).
-Soft buttons fade in and fade out
-TV App updated (so much better imo, but missing still missing some basic intuitive tasks [you can't delete a room..?])
-Power Saver quick toggle removed from notification swipedown
-Can show battery % level after enabling it from settings
-Headphone output decreased (I swear, it used to be louder at max settings)
Those are pretty much what i picked up in addition to what was mentioned above.
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I noticed you wrote "Power Saver quick toggle removed from notification swipedown". How do you do that without disabling power saver mode?

Hsiang-Fu said:
I noticed you wrote "Power Saver quick toggle removed from notification swipedown". How do you do that without disabling power saver mode?
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Power Saver mode toggle is now in Quick Settings.

atgmartin said:
Power Saver mode toggle is now in Quick Settings.
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I think he's referring to the annoying space it takes up in the notification shade
I've posted about this as its now baked in and you can disable the notification in the apps option and still have power saver running
#FixitHTC
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460599

ingenious247 said:
Lowered sound volume? That better not be part of the update. That will ruin a good thing IMO
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I also hope volume will not be lower on my 4.2.2 it it's definitely too low.
CheesyNutz said:
im glad thats just your opinion
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Don't understand how people can complain about too loud sound having an option to turn it down?
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skwieradee said:
Don't understand how people can complain about too loud sound having an option to turn it down?
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Because the lowest volume setting is still too loud. So it's left between obnoxiously loud, really loud, loud and mute.

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Notification Bar

Do any of the new ROM's have the Brightness adjustment when you slide on the Notification Bar? It was on Eclair.
Nevermind I found one.
They should all have this feature. Just make sure auto brightness is turned off.
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They should all have this feature. Just make sure auto brightness is turned off.
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Not to start up a 5 day old thread; but I'm running Quantum Rom v2.0.0 and the slider bar in the notification window isn't there. And; I have the auto brightness off.
In fact; I don't think I've ever had it on any of the roms I've had since we switched to 2.2.
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Not to start up a 5 day old thread; but I'm running Quantum Rom v2.0.0 and the slider bar in the notification window isn't there. And; I have the auto brightness off.
In fact; I don't think I've ever had it on any of the roms I've had since we switched to 2.2.
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It is on super nova.
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Its in every one of them,they removed the bar,its still there but trickey to get working,you have to barely pull down the bar.
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Sometimes you have to do a long press to get it to work.
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Sometimes you have to do a long press to get it to work.
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That worked perfect!
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Thats strange,I always thought you had to pull it down before in 2.1,,,but I guess it works from the notification bar now.
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I must be losing it; cause I still don't see what you guys are talking about.
So here's a screenshot, hopefully I am just looking in the wrong place and it ends up I'm a moron.
Squeaky369 said:
I must be losing it; cause I still don't see what you guys are talking about.
So here's a screenshot, hopefully I am just looking in the wrong place and it ends up I'm a moron.
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Hold your thumb anywhere along the black status bar at the top to adjust your brightness. You need to have auto brightness turned off in order for it to work. It used to be that you could slide your finger along the status bar but it hasn't worked for me as of recent but long pressing it does. You don't need the entire notification screen pulled down, just have the status bar showing ie: If you have Launcher Pro hiding the status bar it will not work.
Got it!!
I thought it was going to be an actual slider like the Galaxy TAB has, but that is nice to have that hidden gem.
Thanks for the help!!
This is my most disliked "feature" on android. It is way to easy to inadvertently change the brightness when dragging the slider down. there should be a larger dead band around where your finger starts before the brightness change becomes active because most people do not swipe down perfectly straight every time. I have yet to make it a day without the thing changing brightness by mistake.
In fact as soon as we get the source, I'm going to compile a version with this "feature" removed...
Please remove,lol,thank you in advance
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Thoughts on possible Honeycomb enhancement

Has anyone else found it a bit cumbersome on the Xoom to change the audio volume all the time with the manual buttons or even use the hard buttons to trigger the volume slider to appear? I think it would be a huge perk if a volume slider would be included on the music app and even in the settings popup in the corner like the brightness? Thoughts / opinions from others? I wanted to see if others would see value in this to take it to google for an potential future enhancement.
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Has anyone else found it a bit cumbersome on the Xoom to change the audio volume all the time with the manual buttons or even use the hard buttons to trigger the volume slider to appear? I think it would be a huge perk if a volume slider would be included on the music app and even in the settings popup in the corner like the brightness? Thoughts / opinions from others? I wanted to see if others would see value in this to take it to google for an potential future enhancement.
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i agree! i'm using the motorola cover and changing the volume sucks. if it could be used as a slider in the notifications bar that would be awesome.
They should make it to where you can pick what shows up on the notification pop up. I would like to see toggles for bluetooth, wifi added a volume slide just like the display settings. If you could pick which settings showed there that would be a huge +1 And the ability to resize the widgets with out needing a new launcher installed (LP+ ADW).
There is a solution to the Volume issue mentioned in the OP.
There's an app for that!™
It appears you can also put it in the task bar.
I'm so used to having skins on top of android (sense, touchwiz) that I kind of feel the need of having one on top of honeycomb. I admit that HC the way it is looks so frigging naked. The media player is dull, and the widgets are boring. IMO.
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arrtoodeetoo said:
There is a solution to the Volume issue mentioned in the OP.
There's an app for that!™
It appears you can also put it in the task bar.
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Sweet diggs. I will swoop that up shortly!!

OTA Annoyances

Not sure whether I'm the only one but there are a few things that really bugging me with the OTA:
1) Auto-brightness now just always keeps me at the lowest brightness. I prefer the auto but not if its going to make my screen always dark.
2) The camera actually seems to take not as good pictures for some reason. Everything looks more washed out, especially in low light cases.
3) The default black background worked with all programs, and the white just doesn't. For example FPSE: when you are picking from a list of roms if the list doesn't go all the way to the bottom then where there are things to pick from its black and below it its white. Titanium Backup has the same thing below the list of schedules. It is frekin ugly and just doesn't look right like it did before.
4) The top bar icons just don't look as nice as the old ones.
5) Talking over the phone everyone sounds quiter and grainer
daneren2005 said:
Not sure whether I'm the only one but there are a few things that really bugging me with the OTA:
1) Auto-brightness now just always keeps me at the lowest brightness. I prefer the auto but not if its going to make my screen always dark.
2) The camera actually seems to take not as good pictures for some reason. Everything looks more washed out, especially in low light cases.
3) The default black background worked with all programs, and the white just doesn't. For example FPSE: when you are picking from a list of roms if the list doesn't go all the way to the bottom then where there are things to pick from its black and below it its white. Titanium Backup has the same thing below the list of schedules. It is frekin ugly and just doesn't look right like it did before.
4) The top bar icons just don't look as nice as the old ones.
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I've noticed that low light pictures suck now.
I'm not having the same low light picture issues.
Also, if some apps look bad because of the new theme, those app makers should fix their apps. If just one app inherits the new color-schemes, all apps can. Some programmers are not using "best practice" techniques in this case.
For example, they manually set the background color and font color, rather than inherit from the colors from the system. Should be a simple fix for them, if they care.
daneren2005 said:
Not sure whether I'm the only one but there are a few things that really bugging me with the OTA:
5) Talking over the phone everyone sounds quiter and grainer
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For those that don't mind using Bluetooth, I highly recommended the Motorola H720.
This headset isn't that expensive, and IMHO it greatly enhances the call quality on ALL of my Android phones.
I'm still on (Bell) Froyo, but the H720 might be worth a shot for anyone disappointed with call quality...
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Since upgrading to official Gingerbread, my Gmail icon no longer shows up in the messaging app. Gmail still works, but when I go into messaging all other accounts are listed except my Gmail app account. Gmail was always listed in the messaging app in Froyo. My wife hasn't upgraded yet and Gmail list listed in messaging on her Atrix. Is anyone else having this issue?
Daneren, I agree the new color theme is horrible. The color and symbols on the notification bar really bad.
low light pic sucks!!! Colors seem a little cheap on the menu bar.
Jonny Steele said:
low light pic sucks!!! Colors seem a little cheap on the menu bar.
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This is why I think Motorola should have put the new exposure setting onscreen instead of in the menu settings. That setting makes a huge difference in picture quality, and I have to adjust it way too much for it to be in menu setting.
I am disapointed with a few things also. Low light pics seem effected, I cant tether anymore, my quadrant standard score is 300-800 lower consistantly now, there is an annoying lag when I unlock with the slider, and I prefer the top bar icons with 2.2.2.
ssackett said:
I am disapointed with a few things also. Low light pics seem effected, I cant tether anymore, my quadrant standard score is 300-800 lower consistantly now, there is an annoying lag when I unlock with the slider, and I prefer the top bar icons with 2.2.2.
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Have you tried a 3rd party app like Barnicle Tethering?...
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If you're rooted wifi tether for root seems to work fine for me.
I'd rather do that than manually dig around sql files and possibly bork something (as per the mod in the dev section).
As a formed N1 user I miss my vanilla android sometimes
To add to that
-home screen seems to be less responsive
- battery indicator inaccurate
Haven't tested a lot. Will take time to test all the options and features.
However the new keyboard seems to be an improvement though.
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No bugs or issues here but new MOTOBLUR home looks and performs worse than its predecessor.
As far as picture and video quality I see no difference.
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the default music player seems to have shuffle turned on permanently and I can't turn it off!!!!
wintermute000 said:
the default music player seems to have shuffle turned on permanently and I can't turn it off!!!!
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Slide your finger to the left, you should then have an option to change that.
thx but slide where? tried everywhere lol
wintermute000 said:
thx but slide where? tried everywhere lol
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Should be on the album art, if that doesn't work... Idk.
thx doesn't work, over to winamp.
Would prefer stock (lockscreen features, less bloat/ram)
Car dock became atrocious. You now can only add 4 apps to it, the rest is either close button (two of that), and stupid music player functionalities (music player, internet radio, podcast player) or voice search.
I also have ran into the issue with the battery indicator.
wintermute000 said:
the default music player seems to have shuffle turned on permanently and I can't turn it off!!!!
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If you are looking for a player that's close to the previous, give PlayerPro a try. (Has trial but not free)
If you want a free player with even less permissions used than Winamp, give Zimly a try.
I currently have both players on my phone...
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Source code Available for the Galaxy S III (What should be improved 4 U?)

www.androidpolice.com/2012/05/31/sa...e-galaxy-siii-aka-i9300-get-it-while-its-hot/
Available on github and opensource.samsung.com
Time TO rock 'n roll
Ok now i want to use this thread to have a discussion about what should be improved for the galaxy s III users by the software side.
I say
Quality audio in the video recording
Brightness
LED Rgb(colored)
Audio (on listening) with Noise-OFF option ON in the call settings
Scrolling Live/Static Wallpaper UI doesn't change
Anything else?
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MMMM can't wait for those custom kernels
Available on github and opensource.samsung.com
cabessius said:
Available on github and opensource.samsung.com
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Thanks i will post this info in the first post
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Reports say that the 'double tap' the top to scroll back up the contacts list...only works on the contacts list. So, hopefully...our devs can make it universal on any screen that needs to be scrolled. Also, maybe a 'double tap on the bottom' as well. (maybe the double tap on the bottom can take us back to the previous screen position)
SiNJiN76 said:
Reports say that the 'double tap' the top to scroll back up the contacts list...only works on the contacts list. So, hopefully...our devs can make it universal on any screen that needs to be scrolled. Also, maybe a 'double tap on the bottom' as well. (maybe the double tap on the bottom can take us back to the previous screen position)
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Yes it should be very useful
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Zabalba said:
MMMM can't wait for those custom kernels
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They are coming soon...!
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A way to swap the menu and recent apps key assignments. I'd rather do the left key for recent apps and hold the home key for menu. Also stock ICS theme with all Touchwiz features
- Reduce home button delay - edit: just found out you can decrease delay by going into s-voice settings and disabling double click home shortcut.
- Improve lock screen wake up speed
- 5 instead of 4 lock screen shortcuts (e.g. i'd like to be able to have phone, messaging, email, internet, camera)
- scrolling wallpaper would be cute
- prevent flashing white notification led when phone is charged? or was it for something else? This actually woke me up last night and wouldnt stop until i pulled the power cable.
- ability to swap icons around on the launcher when the grid is full. Is it just me, am I being stupid? because when a launcher page is full, I can't move icons around anymore. I can move icons into folders, but when I drag an icon over another one, they refuse to swap places. Is this normal touchwiz behaviour? if it is, it's going to make organising my home screen severely annoying!
I'm such a dork, I got super excited that someone besides me said scrolling wallpaper. lol
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- Reduce home button delay
- Improve lock screen wake up speed
- 5 instead of 4 lock screen shortcuts (e.g. i'd like to be able to have phone, messaging, email, internet, camera)
- scrolling wallpaper would be cute
- prevent flashing white notification led when phone is charged? or was it for something else? This actually woke me up last night and wouldnt stop until i pulled the power cable.
- ability to swap icons around on the launcher when the grid is full. Is it just me, am I being stupid? because when a launcher page is full, I can't move icons around anymore. I can move icons into folders, but when I drag an icon over another one, they refuse to swap places. Is this normal touchwiz behaviour? if it is, it's going to make organising my home screen severely annoying!
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That white LED woke me up too, its way too bright.
I solved most of the other problems by installing NOVA launcher though, phone wake up is instant, home button twice as fast (but generally still slow) and no issues with full icon grids
varun124 said:
That white LED woke me up too, its way too bright.
I solved most of the other problems by installing NOVA launcher though, phone wake up is instant, home button twice as fast (but generally still slow) and no issues with full icon grids
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Yeh, a flashing bright white led is a strange choice. A dim green one would have made more sense.
Might try another launcher then. Do apex and nova have lock screen shortcuts?
jonathanyong said:
Yeh, a flashing bright white led is a strange choice. A dim green one would have made more sense.
Might try another launcher then. Do apex and nova have lock screen shortcuts?
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NOVA uses the touchwiz lockscreen from what i can tell, so shortcuts are there.
I have actually removed the lockscreen entirely, the phone wakes up much faster.
As for security, I use an app that uses face unlock only when you try to get to settings, play store or any other app you choose. This way I can access my phone quickly for usual things but have the security where i need it.
I'd quite like the ability the rearrange the controls in the notification menu.
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Mass memory mode for the external sd card
varun124 said:
NOVA uses the touchwiz lockscreen from what i can tell, so shortcuts are there.
I have actually removed the lockscreen entirely, the phone wakes up much faster.
As for security, I use an app that uses face unlock only when you try to get to settings, play store or any other app you choose. This way I can access my phone quickly for usual things but have the security where i need it.
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What app ??
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How can you customize the lock screen shortcuts? Thanks
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1. Auto light level is too low and too slow.
2.RGB LED too light and turn on time is too short.
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What can be improved:
- Get rid of the horrible sharpening that creates ugly halos around text on non white backgrounds. (it is software as using power-save L1 in browser eliminates the sharpening)
- Remove a little of the pink tint in color temperature
- Reduce the millions of always running (unquitable) services running to a minimum so that home screen restarts and browser out of memory are less of an issue.
- Make the home launcher system persistent
- Remove the unnecessary animations that slows down the speed of waking up the screen and returning to home screen.
- In browser add ability to access tabs and url bar by tapping menu when in full screen mode.
- Add text reflow to browser similar to htc. The default fit to screen option butchers the look of the webpage overview.
- Add the option to choose between LQ, HQ or HD in youtube app.

Mods/Tweaks Wish List

I love rooting my devices, but I try to keep them stock as long as possible when they are new because modding and tweaking start to become addictive. Now the bug has bitten me again and my device is rooted with more XPOSED modules than I can count. I've reached the point where I think I've found all the mods and tweaks that are available to me, so now I'd like to see if anyone else has a personal wish list of mods/tweaks they'd like to see for our devices. Here's my list (keep in mind, I'm running KitKat for the better battery performance):
View home screen and app drawer in landscape mode (yes - I know 3rd party launchers and Lollipop can do this, but I want it for stock KK launcher)
Truly separate navigation volume from media volume. Currently, Maps only lets you lower the navigation volume as compared to media, but sometimes, I want to turn the music down without also lowering the navigation voice.
I would like the notification pull-down menu to show quick settings automatically if no notifications are present. Gravity box has this tweak, but it doesn't seem to work.
If I was still running Lollipop, I'd want the ability to show the old power management graph. The new one uses too much screen real estate to show the useless portion of the graph (time remaining). We all would rather see more of the past history side of the graph that shows what has been draining the battery so we can stop it.
What's your wish list for mods/tweaks?
Double tap to wake that always works consistently in every situation... The earliest Firmware with which the phone was initially released had that. But since the first update it's hit or miss, when the phone was just laying around for some time.
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[*]I would like the notification pull-down menu to show quick settings automatically if no notifications are present. Gravity box has this tweak, but it doesn't seem to work.
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Where is it in Gravity?
emwu_ said:
Where is it in Gravity?
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Status bar tweaks, quick settings management, last check box at the bottom.
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PuffDaddy_d said:
Status bar tweaks, quick settings management, last check box at the bottom.
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In my GravityBox [LP] v5.1.4 I have "Hide brightness slider" there.
emwu_ said:
In my GravityBox [LP] v5.1.4 I have "Hide brightness slider" there.
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As I stated in my first post, I'm running KitKat
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Oh, and here's two more requests:
- The ability to take higher resolution panoramic photos (I think they're only 4mp by default)
- The ability to take horizontally scrolling panoramic photos while the phone is in the portrait orientation.

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