I have the Verizon galaxy s5.
Chrome won't download media. I long touch and do save link and it starts to download then after a tiny bit says failed. Every time. My other Droid phone with default stock (browser) has no issues. Why won't chrome work? Can I fix it in chrome? I tried Firefox and it has no save anything. I tried Dolphin and it works.
Also how do I get chrome to word wrap text on the Web when double tapping or pinch to zoom?
When I enable restrict background data can I get rid of the notification ! That's (always) in the notification bar?
How do you get more then 4 home screens? The Verizon store had like 6 or so when you slide home screen left and right. It's not using any third party app for that.
Thanks a lot for help.
Anyone?
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I went back to the stock Browser to see how multitouch was after the OTA update, and man, how underwhelming.
The multitouch is pretty much the same as Dolphin of course, but I definitely got used to Dolphin's full screen view. That status bar just sticks out like a HUGE sore thumb in the stock browser now...
Now only that, I love being able to double tap in Dolphin and seeing all the open tabs, instead of having to press Menu... then Windows... Then choose my tab...
Anyone else sticking with Dolphin? I think there's just too many extra features. Now that I've tried it, I can't go back!
I'm actually moving back to stock browser, I didn't realize how slow dolphin was.
muncheese said:
I'm actually moving back to stock browser, I didn't realize how slow dolphin was.
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Slow how? In zooming, page loading, or something else? They seem the same speed to me...???
Also, the zoom in/out buttons on the stock rom are also really ugly now, since they're not on Dolphin either.
dolphin didn't really impress me. the zoom was never that smooth and I never got used to the gestures didn't seem worth the effort. stock browser always seemed to load quicker. the new zooming seems to format the page better. I think the new pinch is absolutely perfect.
stock all the way, though I could see if you were used to specific features you'd stay with dolphin.
The only advantage Dolphin has now, over the stock browser, is the ability to download Youtube vids. On this gorgeous huge screen, the status bar isn't really as much of an eyesore as it was on the G1.
I see... It does seems a bit smoother to zoom...
Is there a way to remove the zoom buttons and the status bar without being rooted?
If not, is there a way to remove them with root?
Paul22000 said:
I see... It does seems a bit smoother to zoom...
Is there a way to remove the zoom buttons and the status bar without being rooted?
If not, is there a way to remove them with root?
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Best bet is to contact Loccy. He was able to hack the stock browser on 1.5 and 1.6 to hide the status bar and the zoom buttons.
I like the tab mgmnt. Home page/bookmarks.
Dolphin MT but it also reformats text. Default when you P/Z is iphonish where it doesnt reformat the text.
Paul22000 said:
Slow how? In zooming, page loading, or something else? They seem the same speed to me...???
Also, the zoom in/out buttons on the stock rom are also really ugly now, since they're not on Dolphin either.
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Page loading. I love the left/right swipe to change tabs on dolphin though, as well as the gestures, but if I'm on my phone, page loading > tabs
xManMythLegend said:
I like the tab mgmnt. Home page/bookmarks.
Dolphin MT but it also reformats text. Default when you P/Z is iphonish where it doesnt reformat the text.
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double tap right after doing the pinch to zoom, it'll format it without zooming
xManMythLegend said:
I like the tab mgmnt. Home page/bookmarks.
Dolphin MT but it also reformats text. Default when you P/Z is iphonish where it doesnt reformat the text.
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Oh wow, you're right. I just noticed this.
When you zoom in with pinch/zoom on stock browser, it doesn't reflow text. If you rotate the phone and then rotate back, it DOES reflow the text. And then if you zoom out, it reflows the text. So only zooming *IN* with P/Z is fubar'd. (The zoom in/zoom out buttons reflow text just fine in both directions.)
Is this a "feature" or a bug with P/Z on stock browser???
[Edit]: Actually... It looks like reflow isn't working in Dolphin either until you rotate landscape and back??? Google must have broken something in the OTA??
uansari1 said:
Best bet is to contact Loccy. He was able to hack the stock browser on 1.5 and 1.6 to hide the status bar and the zoom buttons.
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PM'd. He hasn't posted in more than a month on XDA though. I wonder if he left the Android scene.
So I recently found a wwflash based chat page a local club uses. The page almost fits on my Motorola Milestone, but its a little hard to get to the text box at the bottom of the screen. So I thought the Atrix might be exactly what I need.
However, the text page still is a little large when the android browser address bar is showing. Is there some way to hide that bar???
Ditch the stock browser
Ditch it for what?
This is an add on to Dolphin browser. Install both.
Additionally, you could try this browser. It says it has full screen mode in the options, i have never tried it myself.
After some hassles, finally I have a rooted NST, and figured out how to add apps using adb wireless. All works well, but I have two minor problems:
The first is I have much difficulty scrolling through my apps. When I try to scroll, usually the screen blurs and stays with showing the same apps. Sometimes when this happens, a duplicate image of an app on the app page appears on the you tube page.
Why is scrolling through apps so difficult - sometimes it's ok but usually it is not? What is the best method for scrolling right or left on the app page?
The second problem is that of duplicates of apps on my you tube screen after trying to scroll - I'd like to delete them from this screen and leave a pristine you tube page, or at least replace a few with selected apps - right now I have several duplicates of the market app on this page. How to do this?
You have to flick faster to change launcher screens. Flicking slightly only scrolls the screen to the right or the left.
Hold down the app icon and then select remove, or drag to move it to other launcher screens.
tehriddler,
Thanks. I'll use these techniques to work faster with the Nook.
I have had this phone since launch and have found only two things it worked on. Hovering your finger over gallery pictures the default at&t homepage for the browser. Is the feature available for anything? Even when going to other websites this feature either doesnt work or is useless.
Preview in stock messaging app?
mtorre5 said:
I have had this phone since launch and have found only two things it worked on. Hovering your finger over gallery pictures the default at&t homepage for the browser. Is the feature available for anything? Even when going to other websites this feature either doesnt work or is useless.
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Preview contacts in the dialer and video scrubbing hover over gives a small preview at that point of the video.
Sure the there is not much it used with. This is however the first phone with the feature and I hope more phone include it to allow more developer incentive. The feature needs to be referenced from the app to be used. I myself have been looking for the necessary SDK to make such apps. I have had no such luck on Samsung's Developer site.
So, yes, it will be restricted to Samsung's assortment for awhile. Which is:
Stock messenging. -In the app hover a contact to preview the message without opening it. On the lock screen, if the message is long it will do the same.
Email app - Same as above. Note this is the email with the red @ circle on it. Not gmail or any others.
Videos- the timeline should show previews as you hover your finger. This usually requires a finger tap therefore relatively useless. A good try though.
Gallery- preview an album. Hover your finger over an album to see the first few photos. While viewing pictures wave your hand over the phone to scroll through.
Calendar - Hover your finger over a day to preview the events for the day.
Internet app- Look for the icon in the notification bar. I forget exactly how to use it. The basic function should work for all web pages as the code for air gesture is local on your phone. I don't use or like the stock browser so I can tell you specifics.
Music - In a playlist change between songs with a wave of your hand. And as user fgoyti mentioned in the next post if the title or info is to long to fit, a finger hover will display the full text.
If there are any more I will add to the list.
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Sure the there is not much it used with. This is however the first phone with the feature and I hope more phone include it to allow more developer incentive. The feature needs to be referenced from the app to be used. I myself have been looking for the necessary SDK to make such apps. I have had no such luck on Samsung's Developer site.
So, yes, it will be restricted to Samsung's assortment for awhile. Which is:
Stock messenging. -In the app hover a contact to preview the message without opening it. On the lock screen, if the message is long it will do the same.
Email app - Same as above. Note this is the email with the red @ circle on it. Not gmail or any others.
Videos- the timeline should show previews as you hover your finger. This usually requires a finger tap therefore relatively useless. A good try though.
Gallery- preview an album. Hover your finger over an album to see the first few photos. While viewing pictures wave your hand over the phone to scroll through.
Calendar - Hover your finger over a day to preview the events for the day.
Internet app- Look for the icon in the notification bar. I forget exactly how to use it. The basic function should work for all web pages as the code for air gesture is local on your phone. I don't use or like the stock browser so I can tell you specifics.
If there are any more I will add to the list.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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Also the music app... it will show the full song name if it is too long to fit in the display, when you hover over it
Works on Flipboard.
I love this device. In every way. Except I can't read text half the time. Kind of a problem, don't you think?
I am have an Lg GPE to on hand to compare/consider. I like the text size, but don't like the size of the unit or the awful, dim, discolored display.
Help me save my Nexus from being returned:
There are some web pages that don't allow zoom. Bigger deal is that my magazine text in the Playstore app is very small and zoom isn't supported.
The 7 allows magnification if you tap it 3 times. This gives me good sized text. But page scrolling is "frozen". You can pull over to the next column, but it bounces back to where you started when you let go of the screen.
Is there any way to make the magnification function work so that when you scroll on page it will stay where you put it?
I am rooted.
gmermel said:
I love this device. In every way. Except I can't read text half the time. Kind of a problem, don't you think?
I am have an Lg GPE to on hand to compare/consider. I like the text size, but don't like the size of the unit or the awful, dim, discolored display.
Help me save my Nexus from being returned:
There are some web pages that don't allow zoom. Bigger deal is that my magazine text in the Playstore app is very small and zoom isn't supported.
The 7 allows magnification if you tap it 3 times. This gives me good sized text. But page scrolling is "frozen". You can pull over to the next column, but it bounces back to where you started when you let go of the screen.
Is there any way to make the magnification function work so that when you scroll on page it will stay where you put it?
I am rooted.
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Chrome has a option to force zooming on unsupported pages.
Firefox has a little book thing in the right side of the URL bar that enables Reader Mode. Basically it inverts the site (black background and white text), increases text size, and does a couple of other things to improve reading quality.
I know it's more of a work around than an actual fix for what you're asking, but I love Reader Mode.
Sent from CAMACHO, my Verizon G2 (VS980) running PAC ROM 4.3.