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[Q] Gesture Trace on ICS?

In zips creamed glacier rom (all versions)
when you go to the settings option for the messaging app
there is an option to show gesture trace then the sensitivity right under it
so i enable it and go back to messaging and it shows a yellow line when you swipe your finger where the messages appear.
does anyone know how we can set certain gestures do have certain functions?
or what the heck its used for
i know some devices and tabs have gestures but thats on apps and the home screen where you make a circle and it takes you to music app or something
but this is only in the messaging app.
any info would help
guess no one knows then?

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me too
I have a similar problem after flashing my ATT Captivate to Serenddipity 7. When I use the text messaging app a yellow line appears wherever I slide my finger. It goes away after a few seconds. Is it related to the Swype keyboard settings?
edit: found it, messaging app has setting for gesture trace....uncheck this. Problem goes away.

erForman said:
I have a similar problem after flashing my ATT Captivate to Serenddipity 7. When I use the text messaging app a yellow line appears wherever I slide my finger. It goes away after a few seconds. Is it related to the Swype keyboard settings?
edit: found it, messaging app has setting for gesture trace....uncheck this. Problem goes away.
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its not a PRoblem for me i just want to know what it is used for.
im thinking maybe you can circle an object then while keeping your finger down on the screen draw a letting representing what you want to do with the circled object or word.
but that doesnt work i don't know how to set it up.
its unchecked by default. i checked the box to get the feature but i dont know how to use it.
my question was what is it used for

same question. searching online turned up nothing X_X

MamaGlue said:
its not a PRoblem for me i just want to know what it is used for.
im thinking maybe you can circle an object then while keeping your finger down on the screen draw a letting representing what you want to do with the circled object or word.
but that doesnt work i don't know how to set it up.
its unchecked by default. i checked the box to get the feature but i dont know how to use it.
my question was what is it used for
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Hope this helps... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28306765&postcount=53021
As I explained in that thread to another user, the gestures are used to call upon premade message templates. You can set up those in the same Message app settings.
I searched and your thread came up and it seems you didn't found an answer either.
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raxidian said:
Hope this helps... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28306765&postcount=53021
As I explained in that thread to another user, the gestures are used to call upon premade message templates. You can set up those in the same Message app settings.
I searched and your thread came up and it seems you didn't found an answer either.
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Thanks! Couldn't find this until I saw your post.

Unannounced/Bugs of 4.1.2 JB Update

I'd like to ask everyone the changes done by 4 . 1.2 that weren't announced by samsung.
1 new number format in stock messages app which separates international code area code and number
2 S calendar during write mode. The write on/off on the pen button has beem removed. In order to move to another month you have to turn the whole write mode off (veeeeery annoying)
3 wifi saving mode / problems - disconnects a lot
4 new changes to qwerty stock keypad. Quick symbols menu had a revamp of sorts
Any other changes?
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!

maxram said:
I'd like to ask everyone the changes done by 4 . 1.2 that weren't announced by samsung.
1 new number format in stock messages app which separates international code area code and number
2 S calendar during write mode. The write on/off on the pen button has beem removed. In order to move to another month you have to turn the whole write mode off (veeeeery annoying)
3 wifi saving mode / problems - disconnects a lot
4 new changes to qwerty stock keypad. Quick symbols menu had a revamp of sorts
Any other changes?
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!
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when you've closed all tabs in the default browser and you get to the about:blank page. previously on 4.1.1, if you hit the back capacitive button on this page, it will just go back to the last page you were on before you closed all tabs to get to the about:blank page, and you can continue to access the previous pages by hitting the back button.
on 4.1.2, after closing all tabs and getting to the about:blank page, hitting back will now exit the browser.
not really a bug. its something novel that i actually liked, and sorta shows that samsung are starting to think of the little things more.

Souai said:
when you've closed all tabs in the default browser and you get to the about:blank page. previously on 4.1.1, if you hit the back capacitive button on this page, it will just go back to the last page you were on before you closed all tabs to get to the about:blank page, and you can continue to access the previous pages by hitting the back button.
on 4.1.2, after closing all tabs and getting to the about:blank page, hitting back will now exit the browser.
not really a bug. its something novel that i actually liked, and sorta shows that samsung are starting to think of the little things more.
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Wow if this is true, then it's certainly a good news! Previously, there was no way to exit/lose the browser completely. Have to swipe it off the Recent Apps list to fully exit the app.

Im currently facing an issue with the Pen Detection within Samsung Keyboard settings. It's not working on the 4.1.2 firmware on my 7105.
The handwriting recognition itself works, but it's just not automatically activated when I pull out my S-Pen. Anyone else with this issue? I tried resetting the settings within the Samsung keyboard settings as well as Clearing Data within Applications for the Samsung Keyboard and it still does not work.
Edit: Duh. It still works. My bad. Turns out that you gotta pull the S Pen out before the Samsung keyboard pops out. Once it appears, pulling out the S Pen will not automatically change the keyboard to handwriting recognition.

kEvinErd said:
Im currently facing an issue with the Pen Detection within Samsung Keyboard settings. It's not working on the 4.1.2 firmware on my 7105.
The handwriting recognition itself works, but it's just not automatically activated when I pull out my S-Pen. Anyone else with this issue? I tried resetting the settings within the Samsung keyboard settings as well as Clearing Data within Applications for the Samsung Keyboard and it still does not work.
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You're right. Pen detection doesn't activate the handwriting mode.
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EP2008 said:
You're right. Pen detection doesn't activate the handwriting mode.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2
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It still works. My bad. Just tried experimenting a few times. Turns out that you gotta pull the S Pen out before the Samsung keyboard pops out. Once it appears, pulling out the S Pen will not automatically change the keyboard to handwriting recognition.
Strange..cause if I recall correctly, it used to work even when the Samsung keyboard is already out.

kEvinErd said:
Wow if this is true, then it's certainly a good news! Previously, there was no way to exit/lose the browser completely. Have to swipe it off the Recent Apps list to fully exit the app.
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In the browser's quick Controls touch the Tabs tab and then the X on the top after thatt when you touch the capacitive Back button it exits,I am on 4.1.1 and using it since over 3 months now!!.

maxram said:
I'd like to ask everyone the changes done by 4 . 1.2 that weren't announced by samsung.
1 new number format in stock messages app which separates international code area code and number
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!
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I just hate this, I just hate this.
Haven't checked second point yet.
And the battery backup should be the major compromise we are facing. It's about 15% lesser than 4.1.1, which isn't good.
Oh, if you want to have an exit option in stock browser just check the CSC topic. It's easy.
Swyped from my GT-N7100

jujuburi said:
I just hate this, I just hate this.
Haven't checked second point yet.
And the battery backup should be the major compromise we are facing. It's about 15% lesser than 4.1.1, which isn't good.
Oh, if you want to have an exit option in stock browser just check the CSC topic. It's easy.
Swyped from my GT-N7100
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I guess not every update is perfect. Still being able to rearrange my drop down menu is a big plus. Battery drain is a bit faster but that's expected of new features are added but it isn't noticeable. I just wish Samsung fully tests of their updates and provide a complete list of changes.
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!

hagba said:
In the browser's quick Controls touch the Tabs tab and then the X on the top after thatt when you touch the capacitive Back button it exits,I am on 4.1.1 and using it since over 3 months now!!.
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Thanks! Just tried and it does work. But I personally dislike the quick controls.. Requires too precise selection.. My fat thumb can't select it properly. Haha
jujuburi said:
I just hate this, I just hate this.
Haven't checked second point yet.
And the battery backup should be the major compromise we are facing. It's about 15% lesser than 4.1.1, which isn't good.
Oh, if you want to have an exit option in stock browser just check the CSC topic. It's easy.
Swyped from my GT-N7100
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CSC topic? Where's that?

kEvinErd said:
Thanks! Just tried and it does work. But I personally dislike the quick controls.. Requires too precise selection.. My fat thumb can't select it properly. Haha
CSC topic? Where's that?
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Its CSCFeature topic you can find itt in the link below but you need to be rooted ,something I have'nt done yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055534&page=2

You can also sort out the number formating by adding a line in the CSC file...
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

CPU doesn't go to Deep Sleep...
Tapatalked mit meinem Galaxy Note 2

There is a bug in YouTube mentioned in another thread. My touchscreen lost some sensitivity which is really annoying. The battery life stated sucking a tad bit. It's always like this, better not to upgrade.
I'm gonna revert, just dreading backing up all my files.. Thought this wouldn't be an issue anymore, I think 4.1.2 is a step down from the previous version.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

Thanks for the info, and thanks goodness it isn't available where I live.i'm still on 4.1.1 and no issues so far.

One thing I've found is when you create a shortcut in bar for NFC menu, sometimes when the NFC icon picture gone and you want to try activate to NFC, the system UI will crash and it will restarted yhe the UI then you should activated through setting menus by manually.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

thank you for posting this up...honestly, the only thing I know in 4.1.2 JB update was battery life sucked very much.
and i was surprised that there are more listed. :laugh:

No Back Jumping Animation
Ive found that apart from battery life that sucks after the 4.1.2 update, I have also lost the back jump animation. Now, pressing the back button takes you to the home screen/launcher rather than jumping to the other open app. In 4.1.1, after pressing back, the previous app would jump in from the top. Now that no longer happens.
Also the phone is a bit laggy, 4.1.1 was so much smoother. Auto rotation doesnt work smoothly and instantaneously.
I have read on other threads that doing a factory reset, solves the battery drain. Anyone tried it here?
Anyone else face this issue? im on stock 4.1.2 DLL7.

kEvinErd said:
It still works. My bad. Just tried experimenting a few times. Turns out that you gotta pull the S Pen out before the Samsung keyboard pops out. Once it appears, pulling out the S Pen will not automatically change the keyboard to handwriting recognition.
Strange..cause if I recall correctly, it used to work even when the Samsung keyboard is already out.
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Mine always worked like the way you described. If you pull out the S Pen and hit a textbox, the handwriting mode is enabled, but it doesn't switch the keyboard when the s pen is pulled out during typing. I think it is working correctly, but definitely makes a lot of sense to switch it for you when you pull out the S Pen.

On ubdll3, drain seems to have gone away.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2

Swype one handed?

Has anyone figured out how to enable one-handed mode on the built in Swype keyboard?? I see they've added that option to their latest update on the play store, yet there is no such option in settings.
This must be a gimped version.. =/ any workarounds to do this?
TIA!

siciliano777 said:
Has anyone figured out how to enable one-handed mode on the built in Swype keyboard?? I see they've added that option to their latest update on the play store, yet there is no such option in settings.
This must be a gimped version.. =/ any workarounds to do this?
TIA!
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When in texting, hit the microphone button to the left of they keyboard, then press the icon on the right that has a keyboard and then one handed operation and that should be it
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MACHEK said:
When in texting, hit the microphone button to the left of they keyboard, then press the icon on the right that has a keyboard and then one handed operation and that should be it
Sent from my SM-N900V using xda app-developers app
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This is for the Swype keyboard?

siciliano777 said:
This is for the Swype keyboard?
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Well no, sorry I thought you were referring to the Samsung keyboard, why would you use Swype though if this keyboard already has that feature of swyping? I had it on my old phone and deleted the app causei don't need it

MACHEK said:
Well no, sorry I thought you were referring to the Samsung keyboard, why would you use Swype though if this keyboard already has that feature of swyping? I had it on my old phone and deleted the app causei don't need it
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The Samsung swipe is horribly inaccurate. Out of all the different swipe keyboards I've used, Swype is just the most accurate.
I just paid for the app, and now I have one handed available. Now with all the "hacks" I've enabled, I can use the phone totally one handed.

siciliano777 said:
The Samsung swipe is horribly inaccurate. Out of all the different swipe keyboards I've used, Swype is just the most accurate.
I just paid for the app, and now I have one handed available. Now with all the "hacks" I've enabled, I can use the phone totally one handed.
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Cool

Press the other buttons
On my swype, you have to hold down the button that has "?123" on it. If you look closely it has a little arrow icon on it. That opens the keyboard movement options from left and right. Couldn't find options anywhere else

Predictive text gone?

Can't find the predictive text in the settings. Do you guys have that feature?

Well, this is pretty weird behaviour, and I spent a number of roll-backs of my phone suffering from same one, until I found the root cause of it. Go into Settings->Accessibility, and scroll to the bottom section, Services. Whenever you have some app there marked as ON - your keyboard gets limited in functionality, dunno why. I have 2 apps there, and I disabled both of them, to have wider options for my keyboard.
Hope it helps.

creage said:
Well, this is pretty weird behaviour, and I spent a number of roll-backs of my phone suffering from same one, until I found the root cause of it. Go into Settings->Accessibility, and scroll to the bottom section, Services. Whenever you have some app there marked as ON - your keyboard gets limited in functionality, dunno why. I have 2 apps there, and I disabled both of them, to have wider options for my keyboard.
Hope it helps.
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Wow, it worked. Thank you so much!
It seems like only some app will cause the problem. Optical Reader from Samsung will only disable my keyboard features, out of 6 apps.
UPDATE: I can now reorder my edge panels after disabling it.

OMG.. finally got my predictive text to work again. I turned off optical reader in accessibility and viola. It instantly returned!!! Thought I would never get it back!
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Remove Keyboard Notification When Keyboard Is Used?

I have a A2017U on B27 Stock that's unlocked, rooted, and with Xposed.
I use three Google keyboards: English, Japanese, and Korean. Whenever the keyboard opens, I'll have a notification that allows switching between the three. It's irrelevant since each of the keyboards has a button to switch between them anyways. Has anyone found a way to remove it?
I've read that deleting all keyboards except one fixes this, which is obviously not a solution. I've also read that this is a notification built into the Android ROM, but there are individual phone model specific fixes for it. If anyone has found an Axon 7 solution please let me know.
Also, anyone know how to remove this globe button from the keyboard? It switches between my three keyboards, but it's redundant since long pressing the Space bar key does the same action. I often press it accidentally when trying to type a comma or a space.

Hey I was able to achieve this was by manually deleting the stock keyboard with a file explorer except the google one; aka only leaving ONE keyboard. I don't think you can do that without deleting all other keyboards. As you can see from the screenshot, I don't have any keyboard notifications.

You could try http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.hidexposedime and see if it works. About the globe, I have no idea.

Get Swift keyboard, it has language packs download.

Pollito788 said:
Hey I was able to achieve this was by manually deleting the stock keyboard with a file explorer except the google one; aka only leaving ONE keyboard. I don't think you can do that without deleting all other keyboards. As you can see from the screenshot, I don't have any keyboard notifications.
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Yeah I mentioned in my post I found that info, and it's not a solution when you need to type in three different languages.
awsomjgp said:
You could try http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.hidexposedime and see if it works. About the globe, I have no idea.
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Thank you!!! Worked like a charm! Also read on its Xposed page description that Cyanogenmod can do this natively without an app/module. Good to know once we get an official CM ROM.

No need for xposed.
It's a notification to ask you to choose a keyboard. Click the notification, click choose keyboards at the bottom, disable keyboards you are not using. Done.

JKSurf said:
No need for xposed.
It's a notification to ask you to choose a keyboard. Click the notification, click choose keyboards at the bottom, disable keyboards you are not using. Done.
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Again for the second time, if you'd read the OP this is not a solution for anyone who types in multiple languages. Thankfully member awsomjgp provided an Xposed module solution that fits the original requirements.