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Official: Just got my Samsung Galaxy S Thread

This thread is basically for those who got their Galaxy S to show off their photos and whatnots they have with it.
My own is in the mail at the moment, will add photos and such when i get it.

Bring it on, Guys. Let the party srart.

My Home Screen
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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Use the front-facing camera much?
So I'm in the USA, and I see a Galaxy S-like device called the captivate coming to AT&T...
I see the AT&T version has no flash and no front-facing camera. Does anyone use the front-facing camera much? If so, what for? Self pics/mirror or actual video conversations?
Any other differences between the Galaxy S (as on Samsung's web-site) and the Captivate?
Thanks,
Manos

Depends on your situation whether you'll be using the front-facing camera for video chats or whatnot. I personally wouldn't use the front camera for much since not many people I know have front facing cameras, too and I don't really care for it.
The only difference we can see so far is a different phone design, missing front camera, and apparently the AT&T version gets a gyroscope/six-axis motion sensor aimed at gaming. The AT&T version is also a 16gb base handset but you can add a microSD card for a maximum of 32gb.
Overall, I'm looking forward to the AT&T version although I'm bummed they scrapped the front-facing camera because of principle (Competition is too close for iPhone).

What power widget is that in the center?

ooh..no led notifications??
i was expecting the little strip above the word samsung to have leds??

Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?
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thanks i wish just one of those LEDs would tell me if i had an email or missed call

VJKotts said:
What power widget is that in the center?
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battery life , in the market for free

g00ndu said:
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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whats the power control widget - toggle between settings?

How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!

Nice to finally see some real screenshots from end users! Keep em coming!

Adriaaaaan said:
How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!
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It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
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Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.

PlanetJumble said:
Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.
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I want 1152000 subpixels

SGSI said:
It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)
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Have you tried it? It doesn't work.
Only works on the Samsung Wave afaik.

Got mine this morning ...

How did you take that screen shot?
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A question, does, your galaxys light up the buttons when pressed ? I Saw a video where lights up but mine (got it 20 days ago) never do that. Tried every settings but a no go every time...
Thanks in advance.

G3 Lollipop update in few weeks [screenshot]

According to Polish LG-fan blog, Lollipop update will be available in few weeks. The most interesting part here is the screenshot they provided:
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We knew LG is going to release it before end of the year, but as we can see work on the update is in advanced state already.
Screenshot shows that interface isn't going to be changed dramatically. IMO that's a good thing.
Source: http://lifesgoodblog.pl/tak-wyglada-android-5-0-na-lg-g3

DforDesign said:
According to Polish LG-fan blog, Lollipop update will be available in few weeks. The most interesting part here is the screenshot they provided:
We knew LG is going to release it before end of the year, but as we can see work on the update is in advanced state already.
Screenshot shows that interface isn't going to be changed dramatically. IMO that's a good thing.
Source: http://lifesgoodblog.pl/tak-wyglada-android-5-0-na-lg-g3
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If they were going to release a rom before the end of 2014 (less than 2 months away) they were always going to have the rom in a near complete state by the middle of this month at the latest.

Mixture of lg's ui and lollipop's ui...
It is awkward

I have a feeling it's going to be a horrible mess of elements.

I doubt about "a few".... 2 or 9 . Anyway, this is a good new.

Oh man. That quick settings panel looks horrible. I hope the finished product doesn't carry those Optimus UI elements.

Jesus, that's terrible looking.

LG
Please dont use this disgusting color in lollipop
It is not appropriate color for lollipop

Why the softkey doesn't change ?

It's not final.
I don't know why are you telling it looks horrible. G3 UI is flat and fits material design. Notifications look same as on N5 + quick settings. Nothing horrible here imo...

behnann said:
LG
Please dont use this disgusting color in lollipop
It is not appropriate color for lollipop
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I like it ..
2SHAYNEZ

Hi folks, I also have some pictures of Lollipop G3 from a Vietnamese forum, and I want to share with you
Source (LGViet) : http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/android-l-5-0-cho-g3-da-lo-dien-doc-quyen-lgviet.33051/
Credits go to @hoangnova

There are already Lollipop KDZs for the F400 variants out there now! You gotta pay for them on this site but Im sure they will surface "other" places very soon
http://www.lgbbs.net/forum-65-1.html

Honestly I wished LG would provide us a more "vanilla" look... Apart from the introduction screen and notification panel not much seem to have change graphically :/
Just hoping it's not the final look

I just wish they would forget about updating to Lollipop and concentrate all of their available resources on properly optimising what we already have.

Oh god i am so hyped.
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timmytim said:
There are already Lollipop KDZs for the F400 variants out there now! You gotta pay for them on this site but Im sure they will surface "other" places very soon
http://www.lgbbs.net/forum-65-1.html
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F' it! I think Im gonna buy the F400S Lollipop KDZ and attempt to port it over ot the D850. Looking that the screenshots, it uses the same kernel (3.4.0) as KK

You can probably already find a mirrored link to that kdz but gotta have google translate fired up to do so

You would be a god in my eyes if you did this omfg

natalya said:
You can probably already find a mirrored link to that kdz but gotta have google translate fired up to do so
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I've been searching. Cant find crap
Misterowl said:
You would be a god in my eyes if you did this omfg
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lol, We'll see. If anything we will have a lollipop test kdz for the F400s users courtesy of me, haha. I don't have that device so I wouldnt be able to test it by flashing

[Lollipop] SonyXperia Twitter´s Reply To Me About Update

Hello folks.
I was curios about what Sony have on their sleeve, and i did have some thoughts and questions regarding the Sony Lollipop update. Therefor I i asked @SonyXperia on twitter if they are getting a new UI aside with the lollipop update. They replied with this:
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supposedly it should look similar to 4.4.4
but this is based off a video upon one of the Sony YouTube channels

Yeah, but their can be some UI changes, like many OEM´s did e.g. Motorola, LG and Samsung.

lgv2800 said:
Yeah, but their can be some UI changes, like many OEM´s did e.g. Motorola, LG and Samsung.
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I'd love to see accent changes with theme like 4.4.4
material blue is boring to me somewhat.
lets hope Xperia Lollipop turns out good

I hope so

Envious_Data said:
I'd love to see accent changes with theme like 4.4.4
material blue is boring to me somewhat.
lets hope Xperia Lollipop turns out good
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I really never thought i would say it but samsung UI looks quite good on Lollipop, atleast the status bar colour change and recent cards stacks have been implemented nicely, could've done better with the notification and quick settings. HTC seems to have completely removed everything material. its all greyed out.
Here's to hoping sony doesn't remove too much material design out from there update. :beer:

kunaltyagii said:
I really never thought i would say it but samsung UI looks quite good on Lollipop, atleast the status bar colour change and recent cards stacks have been implemented nicely, could've done better with the notification and quick settings. HTC seems to have completely removed everything material. its all greyed out.
Here's to hoping sony doesn't remove too much material design out from there update. :beer:
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sony has been falling aospish so perhaps it could be mostly aosp
which i and im sure other customers dont want to see

Envious_Data said:
sony has been falling aospish so perhaps it could be mostly aosp
which i and im sure other customers dont want to see
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That of course will be foolish. Sony's UI while is mostly only skin deep, but it keeps the OS fluid and working smooth. what i would love to see is its theming system being improved. more on the tracks of like CM theme engine. even Samsung is saying it will allow users to change theme in future. while Sony already has a theming system, it just changing colour for most part, and with almost no change in notification panels or even icons for that matter. if they can do that while retaining the fluidity of the current version, that will be awesome.

I will like to see more "flatness" or more lollipop inspired theming without implemting much of AOSP. Like lollipop on Touchwiz, i actually like it very much, and LG´s G3 UI, it´s also very nice and cool. I will like to see something similar on Sony´s lollipop update.

Lollipop is like Android design from Gingerbread, there was most black and now most blue. Sammy design Looks like the hole System is blue.

I actually like Touchwiz even if it´s blue. But i think they could maybe blend more colors in

I'm so expecting

Petition A protest against Huawei/EMUI's old school Multitasking/recent app menu

many of us have had enough, let's face it the old school kitkat style of Huawei's multitasking/recent apps is a joke and destroy the whole workflow and multitasking of the device
My Plan is to collect as many names as possible and I will send it to Huawei.
What makes me angry is that even Huawei 8 seem to have the same multitasking look.
Vote in the poll and write in the thread what you voted.
THIS is what multitasking on android SHOULD look like.
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THIS is not what multitasking should look like on android.

Best if option available to choose between either style
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well ill just use nova launcher anyways....
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jbmc83 said:
well ill just use nova launcher anyways....
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How does a diffrent launcher help it help nothing at all!
the multitask/recent app button will still lead to the same EMUI based multi task page which looks terrible.
Bad overview and slow, force you to swipe thru pages inastead of see all open tabs in one page in an overview.

blackinfinity said:
How does a diffrent launcher help it help nothing at all!
the multitask/recent app button will still lead to the same EMUI based multi task page which looks terrible.
Bad overview and slow, force you to swipe thru pages inastead of see all open tabs in one page in an overview.
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boo woo GET OVER IT barely anyone cares

qjsmartphone said:
boo woo GET OVER IT barely anyone cares
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Well on the Mate 7 forum 78% does not like the EMUI recent apps multitasking.
Well the sad part is there is no easy way to get rid of this EMUI multitasking, a different launcher will not help, if you go thru great pain to root the device and modify the software a lot you can get rid of it, but it is not easy. If it was possible to change with laucnher it wold be no problem, unless you root no matter what you do if you push the multitask/recent apps button it will lead to the EMUI recent app pages, which is usless, the main reason for that it lacks of "overview, only "4 taps" are visible, while with android vanilla way you can over 20 tabs or more visible in just an overview, which is very superior, also it goes a lot faster to swipe thru all tabs, while in the EMUI you have to swipe thru packages, this is typical "chinese brainless" software design. That it looks almost the same for the Mate 8 does make me very angry, this is a dealkiller for me, multi tasking is important, I used the LG G3 for 3 months during my Mate 7 was on repair I did really like the standard recent app tabs, it is so superior so much faster and flexible, I have no idea why the chinese do not see this, there is no benifit at all with EMUI's recent apps functionality, it is also to slow and responsive to be useful. it should be fast and snappy as it was on ,y LG G3. Shame on you Huawei...I hope you are reading this.

blackinfinity said:
it should be fast and snappy as it was on ,y LG G3. Shame on you Huawei...I hope you are reading this.
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Lol, they can't read English. The screen for EMUI 4.0 now displays the windows horizontally.
I'm applying for an unlock key as of now.

Multitasking on android 6.0/emui 4.0

Update Zip to enable DT2W on Huawei / Honor devices

If you are using a Huawei / Honor device without DT2W (double tap to wake), you can enable it using this zip file (apply from TWRP).
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377614-update-zip-to-enable-dt2w-on-huawei-honor-devices/

Have you tried it for the honor 8?

Dopamin12345678901 said:
Have you tried it for the honor 8?
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No, would love if someone with TWRP try it.
Sent from my HUAWEI VIE-L29 using XDA Labs

Mostar088 said:
If you are using a Huawei / Honor device without DT2W (double tap to wake), you can enable it using this zip file (apply from TWRP).
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377614-update-zip-to-enable-dt2w-on-huawei-honor-devices/
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we need a kernel to support dt2w

I tried it, the option shows in settings but only DT2S works on lockscreen. When i try to DT2W nothing happens. Probably kernel related. I know that we have fingerprint for unlock...but could be nice to use this feature, after all almost every huawei device has it. We have to hope in a custom kernel...someday

I use the 'ALWAYS ON DISPLAY' app from the playstore, supports dt2w, a feature I've grown quite faint of since owning a LG before this phone... It's a way to get it back plus the always on display from the s7/s8
<<<Link to this App in the Play Store>>>
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Hi there,
How much does it shorten the battery life? Obviously the phone is not sleeping when this is on and unlike oled, the LCD requires backlight to be on to work.
Also can you choose another style? I'd like something more minimalistic if I were to use it.

I too would like to know how much battery resorses this app needs?
Please tell us more about your experiance with this app and dt2w

It does have several other modes, some of which are definitely more minimal...
As for battery life I can't really complain of a huge difference. Especially with root because this app works great in conjunction with Greenify, also helps to keep the brightness turned down low, and pocket mode enabled (turns screen off when proximity sensor is covered). All in all it does seem to very from day to day tho. Some days I can't even tell that it's affected my battery life whatsoever, and some days I can tell that it does somewhat. But never go the point that I reconsider it's worth. To me it's a no Brainer!

Thanks @BigBrad75
For your user experiance with this app and sharing it with us

brljak83 said:
Thanks @BigBrad75
For your user experiance with this app and sharing it with us
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@brljak83 I hope u try/tried it, and definitely hope u enjoy it and get to benefit from it some... (I'm in no way affiliated with this app or the dev(s) just to clarify in case anybody got that impression...?)
But I did create a EMUI 5.0 theme that goes great with it...
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Ok, @BigBrad75 and I will try the theme
I love to change my icons, colors and other stuff..
So good you told us about th theme..
I always try them out before I say its good or not

brljak83 said:
Ok, @BigBrad75 and I will try the theme
I love to change my icons, colors and other stuff..
So good you told us about th theme..
I always try them out before I say its good or not
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@brljak83 awesome! Here's the link to the OP (XDA) https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/themes/zombanddroidz-theme-skulls-green-purple-t3602257