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[Q] Is it possible to create folders in the menu screen?

I know you can create folders on the home screen but i'd really like to be able to organise the apps in the menu screen if its possible?
Thanks

Use App Categories
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riccoex21 said:
Use App Categories
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Did you read what the OP wanted and did you read what that program does?

go to the desktop and pres and hold then click folders then click new folders

-PiLoT- said:
go to the desktop and pres and hold then click folders then click new folders
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You still can't move any of the programs that you have in your application menu screen into a new folder in that screen.
I think some of you need to learn to read properly before you give some answers that isn't about what the OP is asking for.
The program menu screen is not the home screen.

Don't think you can without using an application
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no but you can create short cuts on the homescreen and put themin folder therefore reducing the time u need to enter the menu

Firstly thanks for all your replies.
I know you can create folders on the homescreen, thats not what i'm looking for.
I want to organise the apps in my programs menu. Seems a bit silly its not more straight forward as i would have thought the ability to organise apps as being quite essential.
Any one know what apps can help?

@pilot
That isn't what he's after. There's no need to post it multiple times.
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Also, you could try zMenu.
It's not great but at least it allows you to categorize all of your apps.
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i know. i only posted it once and yes its because i didnt read. but io did say that if he was to make folders on the home scren it would decrease time needed to locate apps

[Q] Save icons order

Hi guys. We are in times of crazy rom updates, and when you update making a wipe, one of the big problems is you lose the icons order in the app list. I don't mean to icons in the home/launcher else icons in the general list of apps.
I know how to save the home icons and widgets disposition but is there any way to save/backup the order of the app list? I don't like alphabetical order or things like that, i personalize myself and is a pain in the ass do it every time i do i wipe to upgrade a rom.
I have been searching in the forums but didn't find anything.
Thanks

please anybody?

This would be amazing!
But in the meantime I normally screenshot every page before updating and save then onto the pc then I copy the order, it's not great but it works for now
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Yep, but the order has to be saved in some system file, it must be there. It's annoying no one knows what file is :-(

TassaDarK said:
Yep, but the order has to be saved in some system file, it must be there. It's annoying no one knows what file is :-(
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Its probably locked. Not available to us. :-(
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the icon order and page layouts are stored in the app data of TwLauncher. you can backup its data with titaniumbackup and restore it later on. but be adviced that there might be side effects when restoring the data of an older rom in a new one.

heldchen said:
the icon order and page layouts are stored in the app data of TwLauncher. you can backup its data with titaniumbackup and restore it later on. but be adviced that there might be side effects when restoring the data of an older rom in a new one.
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Yes, i tried this but only saves the launcher/home disposition, not icon order in app list :-(

TassaDarK said:
Yes, i tried this but only saves the launcher/home disposition, not icon order in app list :-(
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i guess you need to restore it after you restored all apps. if you restore the apps later on, their position won't be the same. at least i don't recall any problems with the applist order on my phone, and i make heavy use of folders.

TassaDarK said:
Yes, i tried this but only saves the launcher/home disposition, not icon order in app list :-(
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I think it does, because when I wipe TwLauncher data the icon layout is lost and when I restore it they are where I put them. Maybe if TwLauncher is different between the roms it does not work? Anyway, the layout must be somewhere in the appdata, I think it is in the launcher.db file (/data/data/com.sec.android.app.twlauncher/databases/launcher.db), you can view it with Root Explorer's internal SQL viewer -> menu_item
Good luck!

TassaDarK said:
Yes, i tried this but only saves the launcher/home disposition, not icon order in app list :-(
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Hmm... this seems strange. I've done the exact same thing and haven't lost my folders and icon order through three rom updates. Just make sure you backup the data of "TwLauncher" in Titanium before you flash. On restore make sure you only restore data for TwLauncher and as heldchen said restore all your apps first.
P.S.: Just to be on the safe side: you do mean the order of the icons in the app drawer and not something else?

Moving pics from D/L folder to.....??

on my GNote.... I can long press on the picture that some-1 txt'd me and I saved. (it always goes to the download folder).
Anyways.. I long press on it under 'my files' and one of the options is "MOVE"...
then I find the folder I want and 'paste' it in there..
Well...
on this 7,7....... there is NO OPTION to move......
So... How can I move this pic(s) out of the download folder to my secret folder on my external sd card??
I have been trying for a few days now without success...
Any and all help on this project would be greatly appreciated..
All replies are welcomed and encouraged..
Thanks to all who reply..
thanks again.

BUMP......
bumping this question for someone to try their hand at this maneuver.
thanks alot

jimmbomb said:
BUMP......
bumping this question for someone to try their hand at this maneuver.
thanks alot
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As far as I know you can only move your files within your external sdcard or within internal memory. You may not move files from internal memory to external or the other way around. I tried it.
There maybe only way is used computer to move file between memories.

yeah.... I guess Ill just have to email them to myself then transfer them from the laptop to my 6800's micro sd.... a bit of a hassle..
the GNote allows you to "move".....
dammn

Are you sure you can't use the "my files" app which is already installed on the tablet and do it that way, I have this tab and I'm sure I've done that before.
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jadaress1 said:
Are you sure you can't use the "my files" app which is already installed on the tablet and do it that way, I have this tab and I'm sure I've done that before.
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Yes.. Check out the original post...
My files....
Yes.....
No option to "move"

Use cut/paste (in myfiles tick file, tap scissor icon top of screen, navigate to destination folder, tap paste icon top of screen)?

You can definitely moe files with the built in file explorer, or if u are rooted, you can try root explorer.
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Yeh like I said using the built in file explorer I've moved files from intenal to external storage and even from a usb stick.
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fredkadet said:
Use cut/paste (in myfiles tick file, tap scissor icon top of screen, navigate to destination folder, tap paste icon top of screen)?
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This works perfect for me.. Thanks

[Library] RateMyApp

After attending a talk about how to market our applications in better ways I just published a library I developed to ask users to users a rating on the Play Store.
It is extremely simple. It keeps track of the first time the application has been used and a counter of the number of times the application has been launched.
You can configure when you want to ask the user to rate your application both in term of number of launches and days from the installation.
When the conditions are met, the library creates a dialog with a button to open the Play Store page of the application, a button to postpone the alert and a button to dismiss it and never get asked again.
You can get the library from GitHub.
Feedbacks and recommendation about how I could improve it are very welcome.

mariosangiorgio said:
After attending a talk about how to market our applications in better ways I just published a library I developed to ask users to users a rating on the Play Store.
It is extremely simple. It keeps track of the first time the application has been used and a counter of the number of times the application has been launched.
You can configure when you want to ask the user to rate your application both in term of number of launches and days from the installation.
When the conditions are met, the library creates a dialog with a button to open the Play Store page of the application, a button to postpone the alert and a button to dismiss it and never get asked again.
You can get the library from GitHub.
Feedbacks and recommendation about how I could improve it are very welcome.
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I will try it, thanks a lot.

Cyclingforfun said:
I will try it, thanks a lot.
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Great. Let me know what you think about the library.
I hope you won't have any issue but in case you have problems let me know and we will try to sort them out.
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Hi,
Here the German Translation: dropbox.com/s/jeoqbshoigft840/values-de.zip
- Jan

Screenshot?

bigjan said:
Hi,
Here the German Translation: dropbox.com/s/jeoqbshoigft840/values-de.zip
- Jan
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Thank you! I'm traveling without my computer and I cannot push your translation to the repository immediately. If you like you can fork the project on github and create a pull request, otherwise I'll integrate your translation as soon as I get back home
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Looks great! Got a little confused trying to set up in Eclipse, any suggestions? Thanks for your work!
:good:

pangolin.rollin said:
Looks great! Got a little confused trying to set up in Eclipse, any suggestions? Thanks for your work!
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Step 1ownload the libraries.
Step 2:-Then copy the .lib file to the android libraries folder in the project tree for the app you are designing.
Step 3:- Happy coding!

There doesnt seem to be a libs folder. I imported the Javas and followed the directions but don't know how to configure the gradle modules cause I'm using eclipse not studio.
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Hello, while this is a good idea to ask for a rating, don't harass the user with it, and don't ask it too soon, leave the user some time to poke around
Regards

pangolin.rollin said:
There doesnt seem to be a libs folder. I imported the Javas and followed the directions but don't know how to configure the gradle modules cause I'm using eclipse not studio.
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I am going to make a compiled version of the library next week as soon as I get back home
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Magissia said:
Hello, while this is a good idea to ask for a rating, don't harass the user with it, and don't ask it too soon, leave the user some time to poke around
Regards
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Thanks for pointing it out. It is extremely important and the parameters regulating when the application should ask for a rating should be set with care.
I decided to try to make it the less annoying possible by showing the message only once (if not explicitly deferred by the user) when both the conditions on the number of launches and on the time from the first launch are met.
Do you have any idea about how I could make the message even less annoying?
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mariosangiorgio said:
Thanks for pointing it out. It is extremely important and the parameters regulating when the application should ask for a rating should be set with care.
I decided to try to make it the less annoying possible by showing the message only once (if not explicitly deferred by the user) when both the conditions on the number of launches and on the time from the first launch are met.
Do you have any idea about how I could make the message even less annoying?
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I guess a good way would be to be to add a little shiny icon, if the user is curious (s)he will tap on this little icon, and that's the moment to display the pop up kindly asking for the review. This nice little icon taking little space somewhere on the screen would appear after a period of use to leave some time to poke around.
It will have the advantage of playing with end user's curiosity, and not aggressively show a pop-up, since the user will trigger it from it's own action.
Application's developer will be able to use something that fit the current interface or game as icon, not throwing the immersion to trash in a brutal way.
Backup plan in case the user isn't curious would be to still show the pop-up the hard way after some more time.
Some usage example could be adding the icon to the levels list in a game, or adding the icon somewhere in the toolbar for a file manager, text editor. Placing it next to a connect button for a social/messaging application.
Regards

Magissia said:
I guess a good way would be to be to add a little shiny icon, if the user is curious (s)he will tap on this little icon, and that's the moment to display the pop up kindly asking for the review. This nice little icon taking little space somewhere on the screen would appear after a period of use to leave some time to poke around.
It will have the advantage of playing with end user's curiosity, and not aggressively show a pop-up, since the user will trigger it from it's own action.
Application's developer will be able to use something that fit the current interface or game as icon, not throwing the immersion to trash in a brutal way.
Backup plan in case the user isn't curious would be to still show the pop-up the hard way after some more time.
Some usage example could be adding the icon to the levels list in a game, or adding the icon somewhere in the toolbar for a file manager, text editor. Placing it next to a connect button for a social/messaging application.
Regards
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Thanks for your comments. I'm going to support custom ways to show the alert to the user. The library will still contain the alert message but developers will be able to show whatever they want (possibly something less invasive) when the conditions are met
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What is that you are doing to make sure the dialog will never be displayed twice ?

SagiLo said:
What is that you are doing to make sure the dialog will never be displayed twice ?
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The library stores its data in a file and when the dialog is marked as processed it sets a flag which disables further notifications.
Actually a user may see the dialog twice on different devices. We could avoid that with the synchronisation of the data file but I don't know if ot is worth the effort
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mariosangiorgio said:
The library stores its data in a file and when the dialog is marked as processed it sets a flag which disables further notifications.
Actually a user may see the dialog twice on different devices. We could avoid that with the synchronisation of the data file but I don't know if ot is worth the effort
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In a file means its not shared preferences right?
So if the user clears the app data, the file content will live ?

SagiLo said:
In a file means its not shared preferences right?
So if the user clears the app data, the file content will live ?
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Unfortunately I used shared preferences
I was not thinking at the scenario where the user first uninstalls and then reinstalls an application
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mariosangiorgio said:
Unfortunately I used shared preferences
I was not thinking at the scenario where the user first uninstalls and then reinstalls an application
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Ok... we can try creating some sub mechanism for that,
I.E. checking a file in external sdcard (requires pernission).
Or getting data from the internet whether the user has already rated or not.

Hello, using Internet or a file somewhere can be a good idea if the application itself already use on of those permissions, but it's not legit for an app to ask for Internet or file access just for this, security wise, we should only give the strict minimum permissions the application need to work.
Regards

App Ops available without Root!

Thanks to ragingredbull for pointing out you can shortcut to App Ops on the G4. App Ops won't officially be released until Android M but has been in AOSP since 4.3. Google hid it in 4.4 and it was no longer accessible without root. The G4 has it available. Props to LG for allowing this!!
App Ops allows you to restrict access permissions such as GPS, contacts or Keep awake for individual apps. It is basically a privacy control that the iPhone has had for a bit and is sorely lacking in Android. The G4 version works for downloaded apps only unlike a root version. It is, however, still very useful and gets you most of the way. If you find that disabling permissions for an app causes it to force close then the app is written poorly to handle null data and you will have to turn the permission back on if you want to use that app.
To access the menu, Download "Any cut" or "Quick shortcut maker" from the play store. You want to create a short cut for "Access Lock" from the app.
Open it, change 'incremental search' to ' normal search' and search for Access .
You should get a Settings option that you can expand. Look for one labeled Access Lock and click on it.
It's possible that some App Ops enabling apps may also point to the proper Activity and work the same way.
After you have made the shortcut, clicking on it will open a menu allowing you to restrict app permissions.
(now we just need a hosts blocker and firewall...)

Hm, which variant of the G4 do you have? I have a EU carrier H815 and can't find it. I scrolled through the whole list manually, but only can find the Hidden Menu Accesspoint stuff.

Only works for downloaded apps.

VS896 CDMA Verizon
Right between About phone and APNs on mine

Awesome. It's working great. Thanks for the heads up!

Awesome. Thanks!
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Edit: I got it.
Thank you for the info. Awesome job!
Vs986

Thanks, also found this using the app Activity Launcher. Under Settings -> Access lock. The activity is com.android.settings.Settings$AccessLockSummaryActivity

Nice dude thanks!
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can it allow full access to MicroSD for some apps?

I haven't tried but this is supposed to fix SD card on the g4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinny.intsdfixer
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larsdennert said:
I haven't tried but this is supposed to fix SD card on the g4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinny.intsdfixer
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That app is for internal "sd card" aka the internal memory. I think the above poster is referring to the fact that some apps can't save to sd card. But that's a lollipop thing that the devs have to add to their code for it to work.

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That app is for internal "sd card" aka the internal memory. I think the above poster is referring to the fact that some apps can't save to sd card. But that's a lollipop thing that the devs have to add to their code for it to work.
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yes, that's what i mean but sadly not every apps that support that. is either root the phone or *some other way*?

looknsee said:
yes, that's what i mean but sadly not every apps that support that. is either root the phone or *some other way*?
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I've heard that it's fixed with root, but this is the first one I've had in a few years with a sd card, so I haven't personally tried it.

Nice find!! Thanks....

Nice feature. Thanks op
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This is awesome tips.. Thanks

tripex2k said:
Hm, which variant of the G4 do you have? I have a EU carrier H815 and can't find it. I scrolled through the whole list manually, but only can find the Hidden Menu Accesspoint stuff.
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The setting variable name is in your local language.
I have a EU H815 too and I found it by searching for "lock" in my local language and picking the right activity from the listed "Settings" menu items. It's supposed to be the locally translated shortcut for the activity
"com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings$AccessLockSummaryActivity"
The QuickQuickShortCutMaker app only searches the translated names...

if somebody can't find access lock at another language try to change phone language to english =)
try this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall to use fariwall without root

For those using Nova.
Tap and hold the homescreen (or any landing page screen), select widgets, under Nova Launcher Widgets select Activity.
From there scroll down to settings, expand settings, and select Access Lock.