Coming from an S5, Note 4 or other very recent TW device.
What have you noticed is different in this S6 TW/ROM?
Removed:
- App drawer. No option to sort alphabetically. (Only on T-mobile? has the option)
- Capacitive Touch Keys led/backlight setting removed. (Available on At&T only)
- Clock has removed Smart Alarm. Now there is a new option to increase volume over a non adjustable time.
- No Widget for Flashlight. No option to long press the volume up to turn on.
- Messages, Import/Export via xml is gone completely.
- No options for LED indicator. Just on/off.
- LED notifications for third party apps is spotty. Still testing..
- Default actions. When plugging in headset you no longer get a customizable list of apps shown in the notification area.
Added:
- Pop-ups for Notifications. New. Plus, no setting to disable. They slide in from the top on whatever you are doing.
- Charging/Fast Charging shows how much time left until fully charged. (nice)
Maybe this will help ROM developers to see what people are unhappy about missing what they had on their old device.
As well as others that may be interested in the differences.
"pop up" notifications are Heads Up and are part of AOSP
Why do you need a widget for flashlight? There is a quick toggle for it.
EDIT: It occurred to me that the flashlight quick toggle may also be new in AOSP for 5.x -- so that's probably why it's in a different place
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"pop up" notifications are Heads Up and are part of AOSP
Why do you need a widget for flashlight? There is a quick toggle for it.
EDIT: It occurred to me that the flashlight quick toggle may also be new in AOSP for 5.x -- so that's probably why it's in a different place
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Don't really care if it's in AOSP. This is a TW Samsung ROM. They can improve and change. People expect them to in fact.
Not going to get into the whole AOSP vs customized argument. (Google also removed Silent Mode. They haven't been making the brightest of decisions lately..)
It's annoying as hell.
Time yourself getting to a widget and getting to a quick setting down at the end of the row.
Widget is faster. No reason to remove the option.
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Don't really care if it's in AOSP. This is a TW Samsung ROM. They can improve and change. People expect them to in fact.
Not going to get into the whole AOSP vs customized argument. (Google also removed Silent Mode. They haven't been making the brightest of decisions lately..)
It's annoying as hell.
Time yourself getting to a widget and getting to a quick setting down at the end of the row.
Widget is faster. No reason to remove the option.
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My point on heads up is that you're complaining about it in the context of TW... But it's not a TW feature, it's an AOSP one.
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My point on heads up is that you're complaining about it in the context of TW... But it's not a TW feature, it's an AOSP one.
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Did I need to be that specific with my title? I thought it would be pretty clear. Should I have said "TW/Rom/New to all recent Samsung device users/firmware/anything else"?
You're picking nits..
The two that are killing me:
1) No long press recent apps for menu
2) No direct dial and direct text widgets (ones imported from my S5 through Nova still work, which makes it even more annoying).
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Don't really care if it's in AOSP. This is a TW Samsung ROM. They can improve and change. People expect them to in fact.
Not going to get into the whole AOSP vs customized argument. (Google also removed Silent Mode. They haven't been making the brightest of decisions lately..)
It's annoying as hell.
Time yourself getting to a widget and getting to a quick setting down at the end of the row.
Widget is faster. No reason to remove the option.
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How is a quick setting toggle not quicker than a widget. That's just dumb to say...
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How is a quick setting toggle not quicker than a widget. That's just dumb to say...
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Maybe if you have lots of home screens.
Or had the toggle in the first 5 options. But I'm sure people have other things there already.
I can get to a widget faster and easier.
It was an option and was removed. Why? No good reason.
The more I'm using the S6 the more apparent it is that Samsung's slimmed down TW is lacking many options that used to be there.
If you want a widget for flashlight just add torch to the my places widget. You can add direct call to that too
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If you want a widget for flashlight just add torch to the my places widget. You can add direct call to that too
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Interesting. I had to search for what that is.
I have no my places widget available using Nova.
Only when using stock launcher. Which is especially awful this time around without even alphabetical sort.
The widget for flashlight was available with Nova on the S5.
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Interesting. I had to search for what that is.
I have no my places widget available using Nova.
Only when using stock launcher. Which is especially awful this time around without even alphabetical sort.
The widget for flashlight was available with Nova on the S5.
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You are correct on all points, I too use nova!
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Goldie said:
If you want a widget for flashlight just add torch to the my places widget. You can add direct call to that too
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Thanks, never knew about that widget, but it is one of those TW only widgets...the old direct call way, you can direct email, direct message etc...I wonder if it's a lollipop or Samsung omission?
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Always seems to be a ton of threads about why people hate touchwiz and how eager they are to get rid of it but...what do you like about what Samsung did different?
I absolutely love the pulldown menu modifications
I love the music/call controls in the pull down, and like the power widget there. This is something I really wish that Google would adopt/roll into stock android later on (or at least Cyanogen).
I also like the shortcut to adjust your phone's brightness (rolling finger across the top bar).
I personally prefer the way this phone handles making a call on a 2nd line and conferencing people in...it's much better than stock android (I came from a Moto droid and conferencing in a new # was always kind of a pain in the ass).
I personally prefer the way they redid the calendar to stock (I seem to be in the minority here though).
I use google voice for all SMS, so I can't really comment on that.
I use LauncherPro, so the actual look of the launcher doesn't bug me...
Actually, the only thing I truly hate about the modifications Samsung made was the damn alarm program..it's way worse than the droids, and it's way too easy to turn off...and the snooze button is hard to differentiate from the turn off alarm button.
Overall, Samsung has some nice stuff if they just abandon the cartoony iPhones look of the launcher and work on a few of the performance hickups here and there.
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I absolutely love the pulldown menu modifications
I love the music/call controls in the pull down, and like the power widget there. This is something I really wish that Google would adopt/roll into stock android later on (or at least Cyanogen).
I also like the shortcut to adjust your phone's brightness (rolling finger across the top bar).
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Other than the calendar (which is a near-total fail for me; maybe others' calendars don't have the same bugs as mine - which is a scary thought, b/c it makes a global "fix" seem less likely), I really like TouchWiz - particularly the features listed above. The "Power Control" Android widget (or whatever it's called) - which is normally crucial - becomes almost unnecessary, provided you're OK with using the pulldown for toggling GPS, Wifi, etc.; and sliding finger for brightness. (The only Power Control item you can't toggle using pulldown is "Sync," which I almost never turn off anyway).
I like how the TW icons look; and I dig the app drawer, b/c I prefer the "list" view that it offers. I may try another launcher someday, but right now I feel no need -- I'm digging TW (and much prefer it to stock Android).
Don't care for the Samsung widgets at all, but their functions can easily be bested with stuff in the Market.
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Other than the calendar (which is a near-total fail for me; maybe others' calendars don't have the same bugs as mine - which is a scary thought, b/c it makes a global "fix" seem less likely), I really like TouchWiz - particularly the features listed above. The "Power Control" Android widget (or whatever it's called) - which is normally crucial - becomes almost unnecessary, provided you're OK with using the pulldown for toggling GPS, Wifi, etc.; and sliding finger for brightness. (The only Power Control item you can't toggle using pulldown is "Sync," which I almost never turn off anyway).
I like how the TW icons look; and I dig the app drawer, b/c I prefer the "list" view that it offers. I may try another launcher someday, but right now I feel no need -- I'm digging TW (and much prefer it to stock Android).
Don't care for the Samsung widgets at all, but their functions can easily be bested with stuff in the Market.
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I've never once used any of the TW widgets...that's one thing that was a bit of fail
BTW, you can get the TW style of app drawer on 3rd party launchers
I was rather pleasantly surprised with TouchWiz. I think it's much better than Stock Android. I'm not sure exactly why people are complaining about it.
What I like about it.
1. WebOS like UI controls for Music and Toggles in the Notification drop down.
2. Paged scrolling of apps in the App Drawer. I hate inertial list scrolling.
3. Some of the widgets like dual clock and calendar clock. If there is no place to add a widget on that screen, it finds a screen with space. Buddies Now is a nice widget, but it's slow and buggy.
4. The interface to add/remove screens and move screens around.
What I dislike.
1. It syncs all contacts instead of just "My Contacts". Of course this is not the launcher, but the app. But other than this, the contacts and dialer are much better than stock.
2. Pressing the Home button, sends it off to Screen 4 on my phone instead of the center screen. Very annoying.
3. There is an Android bug that prevents folders from being opened. With LauncherPro, I can restart the launcher which fixes the problem. No such ability in TW.
4. Can only change two of the 4 icons at the bottom.
Likes:
Messaging/calling through contacts.
Power control in notification drawer
Launcher is starting to grow on me
The interface when a call is in progress
Puzzle piece notifications
Dislikes:
Music player can't distinguish between songs and ringtones
Nearly the same issue with gallery and album art
Can't set the home screen when less than 5 screens
Lock screen but that's purely cosmetic
The media scanner, but I don't think that's TW specific (Be awesome to have it scan on demand)
I really don't like how all the Samsung widgets want to take up an entire screen.
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BTW, you can get the TW style of app drawer on 3rd party launchers
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Thanks, that's good to know... I'll have to try 'em sometime, I know they have lots of fans around here.
I actually prefer TW to LauncherPro or ADW. So far everything works pretty well.
I do wish that the samsung widgets were re-sizeable so they didn't take up the whole screen. I like the app drawer, it is just copying the iPhone, but I don't visit it a whole lot thanks to the FolderOrganizer widget. That widget should have come stock with the phone IMHO.
i really like some of the modifications that samsung has added, especially in the dialer and contacts apps (they have already been mentioned). i found another one last night in the calendar app, if you add a location to an entry it shows you a map of the location from the calendar entry.
wolfvgang said:
I actually prefer TW to LauncherPro or ADW. So far everything works pretty well.
I do wish that the samsung widgets were re-sizeable so they didn't take up the whole screen. ......
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Hey. If I do understand you correctly, you are using ADW or LauncherPro and mention that 'everything is working pretty well, also referring to 'samsung widgets'?
How do you access 'samsung widgets' from say ADW Launcher - ESPECIALLY BuddiesNow ??
I can only access it from the default launcher, but do prefer ADW also - but am stuck
Thanks for your help or ideas.
I don't understand anyone wouldn't use LauncherPro.
The scrolling dock is genius. I have about 15 apps that I use regularly, so the dock does a really great job to accommodate that. Also, you can easily add your own custom icons, and do away with the default ones that come with TW and LP.
I also hate that on TW, you have the home screen # indicators at the top, giving you a lot less home screen space.
The app drawer, though not as easy to use as the Applications viewer in TW, is at least original. This phone already looks like an iPhone, so having a very Android-esque applications viewer is refreshing.
TW does a lot fantastic things, some of which you guys mentioned, but the general layout of it is pretty ****ty, and LauncherPro is just about perfect... and free.
I like the toggles on the notification pull down. I don't like how the brightness slider has no visual feedback to determine what the current bright is set at. If there was a slider widget attached to the bottom or a popup when the slider is in use that would make it easier.
I like the swipe on contacts for the call/sms.
After loading JI6, I tried using the TW launcher again, but I couldn't find any of the TW widgets compelling so I'm back to Launcherpro.
Just found this out, if you dislike the iPhone style of the app drawer, left to right, changing it to Alphabetical list gives me the normalish way we are used to the app drawer working, up and down.
Now if we could just remove the annoying outline on the icons I'd be set
Coming from an iPhone, Touchwiz was a bit too iphone-ripoff for me. I personally use Launcher+ but TW did have some good points.
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my biggest dislike is that contacts and dialer are no longer the same application. I never had a dialer shortcut on my phone before because I could just use contacts, now I have to use up 1 more space for the dialer.
Owenv said:
my biggest dislike is that contacts and dialer are no longer the same application. I never had a dialer shortcut on my phone before because I could just use contacts, now I have to use up 1 more space for the dialer.
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You can access the contacts from the dialer, would be an extra click if you really want to not have that extra icon
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You can access the contacts from the dialer, would be an extra click if you really want to not have that extra icon
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yeah but as far as I know you can't get to dialer from contacts, and I'm used to having the contacts icon on my home screen. I know I could just change it but you know what they say about old habits. however it isn't a problem since I have another contacts app that solved it for me.
My favorite feature is the dialer. I love the fact that it has speed dial unlike stock android. I also love the predictive dialing. These two are the biggest for me.
I am keen to remove the redundant settings in the TouchWiz taskbar - you know, the brightness settings and toggle switches.
From the logic of previous android devices, these settings are an app running in the background. I suspect the app is CP Message. Can anyone confirm this?
Oh man i cant tell you how badly i would love to get rid of the brightness toggle when sliding my finger over the notification bar. it is my most hated feature of these devices. Unfortunitely it is still prevalent even with touchwiz removed.
someone should make a work around, put it in the market, charge $5 and make a living off sales forever.
unfortuniely i havent been able to find any accounts where people have been able to remove it or some of the other redundent touchwiz features.
Why not try switch to a new launcher app, like ADW.Launcher or LauncherPro?
jeebspawnshop said:
Why not try switch to a new launcher app, like ADW.Launcher or LauncherPro?
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As you probably know, because custom launchers dont modify the taskbar. For that you would need a custom rom.
So far it appears as though custom roms are not replacing the taskbar though. Which makes me one sad camper.
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So far there are no custom roms.
What would you call any of the roms that are posted at these forums? Why wouldn't they be called "custom roms"
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I would call them roms for devices that are not the galaxy tab.
These particular subforums currently have have no custom roms.
If you want to be the first to make one, I and many others will be suitably impressed
bump - please move to development shr
So, you know, um, set Brightness to "auto" in Sound and Display and that locks the notification bar invisible slide to brightness feature.
I will say that the TouchWiz notification bar tweaks are one of the big selling points of TouchWiz for a lot of people. No accounting for taste, I reckon.
The xScope web browser can hide the top bar, so it is obviously something that a launcher could do too. I haven't tried with any of ADW.Launcher, Launcher Pro, and the stock launcher...anyone with the patience to go through each of the app settings ?
I really don't think its an app,as all the corresponding immages and control files are in framework...like miui rom or cm6.1...
- Text messaging application.
- You can't keep the swipe (Lockscreen) and have a 'pin'
- You can't 'show and hide' photo albums (like on HTC Sense)
- Notes Widget is tiny
- Taking a screen grab is not as easy as on other phones.
Just a few things that I can't get used too. I guess I'm just used to the mega customisation of 'Sense' and for now Sony UI feels a bit bare.
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- Text messaging application.
- You can't keep the swipe (Lockscreen) and have a 'pin'
- You can't 'show and hide' photo albums (like on HTC Sense)
- Notes Widget is tiny
- Taking a screen grab is not as easy as on other phones.
Just a few things that I can't get used too. I guess I'm just used to the mega customisation of 'Sense' and for now Sony UI feels a bit bare.
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do you have screen shots of the text messaging app? I just want to take a look at what conversation looks like compared to other phones.
Also, I expect it to be a little bare. I'm coming from a G-Nexus and love that its not heavy on the UI. :fingers-crossed:
Liam0100 said:
- Text messaging application.
- You can't keep the swipe (Lockscreen) and have a 'pin'
- You can't 'show and hide' photo albums (like on HTC Sense)
- Notes Widget is tiny
- Taking a screen grab is not as easy as on other phones.
Just a few things that I can't get used too. I guess I'm just used to the mega customisation of 'Sense' and for now Sony UI feels a bit bare.
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stock aosp android cant swipe and have a pin either lol...
and what is a screen grab? screen capture?
i hate the gray theme, the display is beautiful but the gray theme makes it look weird.
Liam0100 said:
- Text messaging application.
- You can't keep the swipe (Lockscreen) and have a 'pin'
- You can't 'show and hide' photo albums (like on HTC Sense)
- Notes Widget is tiny
- Taking a screen grab is not as easy as on other phones.
Just a few things that I can't get used too. I guess I'm just used to the mega customisation of 'Sense' and for now Sony UI feels a bit bare.
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Text messaging application, this is personal preference I suppose, I like it.
Lockscreen and pin, this is the same with all Android devices.
Not completely sure what you mean about show and hide album's, but that's nothing an app cannot fix!
Notes widget, did you not see the maximise button in bottom corner?
Screenshots are a little awkward, I just use the power button, press and hold it down then when menu comes up, choose take screenshot.
Don't forget this UI of Sony's is the closest to vanilla JB.
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To hide albums, use a file explorer (i prefer es file explorer). Navigate to your album folder and the sub-folder you wish to hide. Create a new file in this folder and name it '.nomedia'. That's all. Your folder is hidden. Or else, move all images you wish to hide to a new folder and create the .nomedia file in that folder. No problem!
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Text messaging application, this is personal preference I suppose, I like it.
Lockscreen and pin, this is the same with all Android devices.
Not completely sure what you mean about show and hide album's, but that's nothing an app cannot fix!
Notes widget, did you not see the maximise button in bottom corner?
Screenshots are a little awkward, I just use the power button, press and hold it down then when menu comes up, choose take screenshot.
Don't forget this UI of Sony's is the closest to vanilla JB.
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How about asus padfone's ui?
Only thing that bugs me is the swipe/pin thing (first android so not seen it before).
It seems really counter-intuitive to have this really cool, high quality lock screen with a neat effect as you swipe along it, but then have no way of having it passworded. Why have style at the expense of security? Is it that hard to make a pin box appear when you swipe? Hopefully it'll be rectified in an update, it's only a small thing but it's bloody annoying!
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How about asus padfone's ui?
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Not used or seen one, so I can't comment.
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Can i add shortcuts of programs to lockscreen
Liam0100 said:
- Text messaging application.
- Notes Widget is tiny
Just a few things that I can't get used too. I guess I'm just used to the mega customisation of 'Sense' and for now Sony UI feels a bit bare.
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you can resize the widget to make in almost completely fill a desktop
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Megawhopp said:
Can i add shortcuts of programs to lockscreen
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I don't think so, I at least can't find an option akin to the one in CM10
I hate how all the menus and stuff are grey.. shoulda made them black instead.
Screenshot is pretty straightforward, hold power butter + vol down.
messaging app is nice, u can select multiple ppl from a list.
unlike stock aosp app with u have to type there names
I like the txt app but I wish it used the themes instead of just all white.
DeadlyDazza said:
I like the txt app but I wish it used the themes instead of just all white.
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Agreed!
DeadlyDazza said:
I like the txt app but I wish it used the themes instead of just all white.
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Maybe this will change in a future update. Here's hoping..
DeadlyDazza said:
I like the txt app but I wish it used the themes instead of just all white.
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+1 :good:
nice
Notification toggle switches suck
only Sound, BT, Wifi, Data and Setting......
Requesting for an lg ui apk or zip compatible with 4.4 roms, such as cm11.
Not happening
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I just threw up all over my keyboard.
khaytsus said:
I just threw up all over my keyboard.
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haha.
well to each his own right?
i like the ui cause of the tap-tap. i know cm11 has it but only in the status bar which is annoying for me. well it was worth a try.
podagee said:
haha.
well to each his own right?
i like the ui cause of the tap-tap. i know cm11 has it but only in the status bar which is annoying for me. well it was worth a try.
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What's "tap tap" ? Knock On? It works fine on various ROMs. And Knock-Off only works in the launcher or status bar on the stock ROM anyway.
My solution? Knock On and use AOKP and put a power button on my navbar. So I can turn on and turn off from the screen (in any app).
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What's "tap tap" ? Knock On? It works fine on various ROMs. And Knock-Off only works in the launcher or status bar on the stock ROM anyway.
My solution? Knock On and use AOKP and put a power button on my navbar. So I can turn on and turn off from the screen (in any app).
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i know it only works with the launcher... i do own the phone...you know what i meant by tap tap. thats what im actually looking for is the launcher.
Why don't you just download a screen off app like this, Nova or Apex and set double tap gesture to launch screen off. It will be pretty much the same as the stock knock off feature.
podagee said:
Requesting for an lg ui apk or zip compatible with 4.4 roms, such as cm11.
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Try the link below. I haven't tried it but it may work for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49007918
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podagee said:
Requesting for an lg ui apk or zip compatible with 4.4 roms, such as cm11.
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If you want you can try this, I'd make a backup first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579549
pluginre said:
Try the link below. I haven't tried it but it may work for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49007918
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Lucid fusion is for the d802 i have a d800. Thanks though.
JRJ442 said:
If you want you can try this, I'd make a backup first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579549
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Trying this right now
I have knock on and off using cm11. For knock off I am using apex laucher's double tap behavior setting linking to a "turn off screen" app. Yeah it's not built in but it's a solution.
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I have knock on and off using cm11. For knock off I am using apex laucher's double tap behavior setting linking to a "turn off screen" app. Yeah it's not built in but it's a solution.
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Can u tap anywhere on. The screen? Cause if its still only tapping the status bar cm11 has that built in in interface settings
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Can u tap anywhere on. The screen? Cause if its still only tapping the status bar cm11 has that built in in interface settings
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When you are on the apex (or nova) launcher, yes. You might have to set the double tap gesture as a shortcut rather than the app itself for it to properly function.
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When you are on the apex (or nova) launcher, yes. You might have to set the double tap gesture as a shortcut rather than the app itself for it to properly function.
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Tried it on omni rom but no shortcut for sleep
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Tried it on omni rom but no shortcut for sleep
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Did you download a "screen off" app from the play store and activate it? There are a couple of them. What I am saying is that you might have to shortcut one of the apps actions in order to get it to work. If you just set the app to the gesture you'll end up opening the settings.
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Did you download a "screen off" app from the play store and activate it? There are a couple of them. What I am saying is that you might have to shortcut one of the apps actions in order to get it to work. If you just set the app to the gesture you'll end up opening the settings.
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Confirmed working. Thank you
There are SEVERAL SOLUTIONS for this:
1. On AOSP/CM11 Roms, Knock ON will always work. It is a kernel feature and is not new. Custom Kernels have been doing this for a long time. So KnockOn is taken care of.
KnockOff Talk:
2. Purchase a Launcher that supports Double Tap such as Nova Prime. Download a Free app that locks the screen. Set Nova Double Tab to launch the ScreenLocker. Boom.
OR
3. Install LG Home Launcher that has this built in. Boom.
4. Find the AOSP KnockOff StatusBar mod in the forums. This gives the ability to DoubleTap the status bar in any app, just like LG does.
The Launcher is a different issue for KnockOff. I've never looked into it, but you'd need a lockscreen that supports double tap and launching of apps while locked. Another solution would be to try to find the LG Lockscreen app or have your favorite Dev try to port it over. IMO I really love the LG Lockscreen since you can swipe anywhere on the screen to unlock and assign quick shortcuts. Also the ability to assign a custom lockscreen wallpaper. LG Lockscreen > AOSP Lockscreen IMO.
But even with Nova Double Tap > Launch Screen Locker... that gets you 90% of the way there. Lockscreen and Status bar are just extras.
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There are SEVERAL SOLUTIONS for this:
1. On AOSP/CM11 Roms, Knock ON will always work. It is a kernel feature and is not new. Custom Kernels have been doing this for a long time. So KnockOn is taken care of.
KnockOff Talk:
2. Purchase a Launcher that supports Double Tap such as Nova Prime. Download a Free app that locks the screen. Set Nova Double Tab to launch the ScreenLocker. Boom.
OR
3. Install LG Home Launcher that has this built in. Boom.
4. Find the AOSP KnockOff StatusBar mod in the forums. This gives the ability to DoubleTap the status bar in any app, just like LG does.
The Launcher is a different issue for KnockOff. I've never looked into it, but you'd need a lockscreen that supports double tap and launching of apps while locked. Another solution would be to try to find the LG Lockscreen app or have your favorite Dev try to port it over. IMO I really love the LG Lockscreen since you can swipe anywhere on the screen to unlock and assign quick shortcuts. Also the ability to assign a custom lockscreen wallpaper. LG Lockscreen > AOSP Lockscreen IMO.
But even with Nova Double Tap > Launch Screen Locker... that gets you 90% of the way there. Lockscreen and Status bar are just extras.
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thanks guy but if you read above....:its solved. thanks for your insight though.
dude look through themes n apps section, somebody posted the lg home launcher for 4.4 aosp a while ago
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podagee said:
Requesting for an lg ui apk or zip compatible with 4.4 roms, such as cm11.
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It was literally 4 posts down on page 1 dude lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447311
blazewit said:
dude look through themes n apps section, somebody posted the lg home launcher for 4.4 aosp a while ago
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It was literally 4 posts down on page 1 dude lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447311
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yeah um... it has a watermark in it. tried that on the first cm i installed. and if you read previous posts. ITS ALREADY SOLVED PAL.
I just got my wife the GS5 and she loves the phone except for one issue--the alarm clock does not display its next alarm on the lock screen. Is there a way to display the next scheduled alarm on the lock screen? Coming from a nexus, it was automatic and very useful.
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Is there any solution or workaround for this issue?
Thanks.
It's presumptive and rather unreasonable to expect that some feature that happens to be a personal favourite should be on all phones.
There are many ways that you could add this to the S5. Zooper widgets, preferably in conjunction with Dynamic notifications would be one way.
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It's presumptive and rather unreasonable to expect that some feature that happens to be a personal favourite should be on all phones.
There are many ways that you could add this to the S5. Zooper widgets, preferably in conjunction with Dynamic notifications would be one way.
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It's also presumptive and rather unreasonable to advice without knowing...have you tried your advice? Could you make it work? If so, elaborate, please!
I heard that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alarmclock.xtreme.free this app should be able to do what you want. But maybe it won't if it needs to display a widget, because lollipop doesn't support lockscreen widgets.
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I heard that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alarmclock.xtreme.free this app should be able to do what you want. But maybe it won't if it need to display a widget, because lollipop doesn't support lockscreen widgets.
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I've been using this very app (paid version) for years - unfortunately no, it cannot (S5 or Note 4).