Hello,
i'm new to Android and the Nexus 4 is my first Android device. I'm really happy with it but i've got some questions which i'm sure are pretty easy to answer for most people here:
- I turned off the vibration (touch feedback) in the settings, but in some apps it's still there, for example when i type in a URL in chrome. how do i disable it?
- I came from an iPhone and i'm used to having an app for notes. Is there any good, simple app for android, where you can just write down some notes, similar to the iphone app?
- I've heard of a great app to use in case you lose your phone or someone steals it, so you can track it down from your pc, take photos etc, but i forgot its name. Does anyone know?
- Is it normal that the Nexus 4 camera sometimes keeps trying to focus on something? it happened to me sometimes that it focused, the image got sharp, then suddenly it loses the focus again, focuses again, loses it again, and so on, even though i was not moving the phone (holding it in my hand though).
Thanks for your help!
jb91 said:
Hello,
i'm new to Android and the Nexus 4 is my first Android device. I'm really happy with it but i've got some questions which i'm sure are pretty easy to answer for most people here:
- I turned off the vibration (touch feedback) in the settings, but in some apps it's still there, for example when i type in a URL in chrome. how do i disable it?
- I came from an iPhone and i'm used to having an app for notes. Is there any good, simple app for android, where you can just write down some notes, similar to the iphone app?
- I've heard of a great app to use in case you lose your phone or someone steals it, so you can track it down from your pc, take photos etc, but i forgot its name. Does anyone know?
- Is it normal that the Nexus 4 camera sometimes keeps trying to focus on something? it happened to me sometimes that it focused, the image got sharp, then suddenly it loses the focus again, focuses again, loses it again, and so on, even though i was not moving the phone (holding it in my hand though).
Thanks for your help!
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Ok, I Don't Have A N4, But I Can Help. For The Type Vibration, You Might Have To Go Into The Keyboard Settings And Look For It There. I Think It's Set Apart From The Other Feedback Option.
I Use ColorNote & EverNote. ColorNote, As The Name Implies, Has All These Color Options You Can Use, And Separate Your Notes By Color. (Red for thoughts, green for to-do stuff, and so on) I Like EverNote Because It Automatically Saves Your Notes Online.
I Think You're Referring To The Lookout Mobile Security App. I Have It On Both Of My Phones.
Once Again, Not A Nexus Owner, So I Can't Help With Your Camera Issue. Sorry. :/
All The Apps Suggested Are Free. (Lookout has Premium features that you have to pay for, I think by the month)
I Hope I've Helped.
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I have come from an iPhone too, although this is not my first Android. For the keyboard vibration, you have to turn it off on the keyboard's settings, as the guy above me said.
For the notes, I use this. It's a simple but great and useful application.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.demo.notepad3
I hope I have helped.
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Look at Google Tasks Organiser. It syncs your lists online. For theft protection, Cerberus is the best
Thanks guys.
Another thing i don't fully understand:
On the top left of the screen (on the bar), i see Skype, which makes sense, since Skype is open in the background, so i won't miss a call or message or whatever. But then why is there no symbol for What's app or facebook? Don't they work the same? Basically, there also needs to be some kind of background process open for these, right? But why are they not shown on the top left of the bar?
jb91 said:
Thanks guys.
Another thing i don't fully understand:
On the top left of the screen (on the bar), i see Skype, which makes sense, since Skype is open in the background, so i won't miss a call or message or whatever. But then why is there no symbol for What's app or facebook? Don't they work the same? Basically, there also needs to be some kind of background process open for these, right? But why are they not shown on the top left of the bar?
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That's the choice of the application's developer not to have the icon in the status bar. I find it better not to have any icon in the status bar as they take up space and look ugly.
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Thanks!
While we're at it, another question
How do you actually CLOSE an app? So it's not in the RAM anymore. I'd imagine that all those apps still running in the background use a lot of battery, right?
Just use the third soft button at the button of the screen then close the apps from there. As for background processes, you need not to worry about then. Android is good at handling background processes so they don't take a lot of battery.
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MSI Afterburner said:
Just use the third soft button at the button of the screen then close the apps from there. As for background processes, you need not to worry about then. Android is good at handling background processes so they don't take a lot of battery.
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Isn't this just a list of "recently opened" apps? Because if you swipe them off there, these apps are still shown as "Active" in the settings menu.
Nope, you close them from there. Although some may have a background process like Facebook so you can still receive notifications with the app closed. It takes up minimal battery.
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And you mean this screen, right?
Because if so, they're just background processes.
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Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
jb91 said:
Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
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At the same screen, you see these 3 line things in the top right corner? Tap that.
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jb91 said:
Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
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There is if you go custom, but not in stock. This is why I always close the apps after using them so I'm only swiping 1-2 at a time...
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At the same screen, you see these 3 line things in the top right corner? Tap that.
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You're using CM, it's not in stock
EddyOS said:
There is if you go custom, but not in stock. This is why I always close the apps after using them so I'm only swiping 1-2 at a time...
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You're using CM, it's not in stock
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Damn, I'm so used to CyanogenMod, haha!
My bad then.
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A question again about that cerberus app:
I've downloaded it and made it so it doesn't appear in the installed apps. But how do i make it visible again? How do i even open it now?
I have a sprint note 2 thats flashed to boost mobile. The first time it was done it was fast 3g was good. I messed upand reset the phone so I had to reflash it b I t now its slow.the more u flash a phone does it get slower
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For this scenario Cerberus has a feature where you dial a unique code to access the hidden program but you've probably not noted it. If you haven't changed it, dial
23723787
Or to remove you could also go to Settings / Security / Device Administrator and uncheck it then Settings / Apps and uninstall the app.
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Good day
This should be an easy one to answer for those who have been running stock roms. I see all the time on the Samsung promo view the user taking an image from the browser and moving it via SPen directly into S Notes. I'm not referring to clipping to the scrapbook, but a live transfer from one multi window to the other. Thanks in advance for the help.
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Jonphinguyen7 said:
I see all the time on the Samsung promo view the user taking an image from the browser and moving it via SPen directly into S Notes.
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Yes, you can. A handle appears on the object you lassoed and you can drag it to another application that’s open in multiview. A menu also comes up at the bottom allowing you to open an alternate application to insert the object in to. You have to be fast. If you don't make a choice in five seconds the default is to send it to the clipboard. This is in JB, I don't remember if it was the same in ICS.
Thanks, I've been wondering the same. I'm not able to lasso the image despite pressing down on the side button. Please advise. Thanks.
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holgalee said:
Thanks, I've been wondering the same. I'm not able to lasso the image despite pressing down on the side button. Please advise. Thanks.
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All you need to do is completely connect a line around whatever you want to capture while pressing the button on the S Pen and it automatically cuts it out. Are you on ICS? I don't think it was available until JB.
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Yes, you can. A handle appears on the object you lassoed and you can drag it to another application that’s open in multiview. A menu also comes up at the bottom allowing you to open an alternate application to insert the object in to. You have to be fast. If you don't make a choice in five seconds the default is to send it to the clipboard. This is in JB, I don't remember if it was the same in ICS.
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I'm having jb 4.1.1 but why cant i find a handle as mentioned?can you share a screenshot of that?thanks!
You can do it in multi window by having the two apps open, taking a screen shot of the window you want to crop and cropping/lassoing then dragging. 4.0 allows this
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Hello,
I am using JB 4.2.2 stock Unrooted.
When I receive a call, photo of the contact comes in the Half screen only. Is there any way to make it full? I dont want to root my phone and don't want to use 3rd party crap Full Screen Caller like app.
Is there any mods available?
Thank you.
Thanks for asking... I'm looking for a hack too...
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same problem
Half Screen Picture issue
I am trying to find out the same issue...please let us know if anyone knows about this....
I've been using Facebook Sync Hack since like ICS, let's you choose size of contact pic and resolution works awesome, some names don't sync automatically depending how you have them in your contacts vs what their FB name is though, but you manually link them once and its done forever.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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same problem
I'm also looking for a solution to this.
first, i noticed something that was really important to me and that was that you cant copy past a part of an sms like you could with the gs3.
it sucks because it was something i always bragged about to iphone users who had to copy the entire sms. if you guys have any ideas on how to be able to just copy a part of the texts like a home address and stuff.
second, all share control isnt working anymore which i understand considering theyre pushing watchon, however watch on doesnt have a track pad feature that can control the mouse on the samsung tv that you need when browsing the web.
is there any other app that has that feature or an add-on for watch on that would add that feature?
thanks for the help
no one know?
does no one know of any substitutes for these features?
I use goSMS and you can only copy entire message too. Know it doesn't help but might save you from trying it.
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Turdfergus0n said:
I use goSMS and you can only copy entire message too. Know it doesn't help but might save you from trying it.
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I appreciate the information
cannondave said:
I appreciate the information
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you can use an ugly hack to copy parts of messages - tap and hold the message, pick "forward", then use the normal selection controls to select and copy the parts of text you want.
kreoXDA said:
you can use an ugly hack to copy parts of messages - tap and hold the message, pick "forward", then use the normal selection controls to select and copy the parts of text you want.
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i have been using the translate feature to do it but i was hoping to find a way not to have to do those kind of detours
You also can't swipe the contact right to call or left to text I miss that feature
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freemeech said:
You also can't swipe the contact right to call or left to text I miss that feature
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actually you should still be able to do that, i use it all the time on my gs4
both in texts and contacts page
Hey
It isnt really a problem, but it kinda disturb me-when clicking on someone's name on contacts it immediatly calls him, is there any way to disable that ? for example, in galaxy S4-when you swipe the contact to the right it calls him and when you press it it shows info about him.
Please help me disabling that, thanks
Press on the contact image for options, use a 3rd party contacts application if that is useless to you.
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That actually only occurs if you go through the Phone application. If you launch the People application instead, pressing on the contact takes you to the contact info.
Go for exDialer. Hands down the best, detailed and smoothest contacts/phone app replacement around.. For me at least. Try it.
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Call Confirm.