Coming from the S7 Edge, I actually really like S Health simply for it's attractive pedometer functionality and widget. I believe I can install S Health on my Axon 7 but I wanted to know if there is a stock pedometer app I'm missing or not seeing?
No, there's not one that comes stock with the Axon 7. If you're not using the S Health ecosystem (like with a Samsung activity tracker), I prefer this pedometer app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tayu.tau.pedometer&hl=en
You are correct; there is no stock pedometer app on Axon 7. Google Fit has been working well for me on the Axon 7.
I prefer Pokemon GO. The game will tell me I made 2km when I actually made 7km so it keeps me in shape!
That's the one I like to use as well. It seemed pretty accurate on my Nexus just leaving it in my pocket.
The axon does have a built in feature for displaying steps on the lockscreen at least
There is a pedometer function integrated in the Axon 7. Go to Settings - Display - Pedometer ( enable disable ) and it will show on lockscreen information about your activity.
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Anybody know if there is an alternative to S Health that can utilize the sensors in the phone? In particular, I would like to use the pedometer in the phone and get Walking Make functionality (I am not looking for a GPS based app).
Reason is twofold:
1. S Health isn't really that great and would love to see something with better functionality (although from a resource/battery utilization standpoint, it is rock solid).
2. When moving to a custom ROM, it becomes a pain to move all the required files, and even worse is you have to enable the Samsung Apps functionality if you ever want to update S Health (not in Google Play).
Raccroc said:
Anybody know if there is an alternative to S Health that can utilize the sensors in the phone? In particular, I would like to use the pedometer in the phone and get Walking Make functionality (I am not looking for a GPS based app).
Reason is twofold:
1. S Health isn't really that great and would love to see something with better functionality (although from a resource/battery utilization standpoint, it is rock solid).
2. When moving to a custom ROM, it becomes a pain to move all the required files, and even worse is you have to enable the Samsung Apps functionality if you ever want to update S Health (not in Google Play).
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Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?
1) NEXT Launcher 3D
2) NEXT Launcher 3D
3) NEXT Launcher 3D's "Swing with Scroll" feature
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Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?
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Welcome aboard! Here's the first thing you'll have to deal with: Size. The Note 3 (I have a Note 2) will seem huge and you may get buyer's remorse. Most of us do. It wears off in a couple of days, though and then you'll wonder how you dealt with such a small phone.
1. I use Apex launcher. Why do I use a launcher? Because I like to change the number of rows/columns from the standard setting. I also like to eliminate the Google search bar. And, I like using gestures to go to apps. I use swipe-up for Google Now and swipe-down for notification shade. Why do I use Apex instead of others? No particular reason but it seemed to have the most available features for a free version at the time. I have since paid for it.
2, There are a bazillion apps. But, coming from the iPhone I would first experiment with keyboard replacements. Why? Because you can and the iphone users can't. Try Swype or Swiftkey. Swiftkey is amazing at guessing what your next word will be. Most of all, get used to swiping instead of typing. Once you get good at it it's MUCH faster than typing. Then show that off to your iPhone buddies and say, "Take that!"
3. If you really want to dazzle people with your new phone find a high def YouTube video (the Vevo ones are good). Playing a beautiful video on a large screen has some really powerful WOW! factor.
4. Some apps I use a lot:
Color Note - A great note and checklist app that syncs via the cloud.
Chrome Beta
Flixter for getting movie times and watching trailers
Gas Buddy to find cheap gasoline
Amazon App store. A free app every day. You have to side load it, it's not in the Play Store.
Droid of the Day - A new app suggestion every day
Timely - One of the most beautiful alarm clock apps. It also syncs with all your devices
The usual apps: Netflix, Pandora, Watch ESPN, HBO Go, Dropbox, et al.
5. I turn off Auto display brightness. I leave my Note 2 at full brightness all the time. The battery can handle this just fine.
I leave GPS, Wifi, and NFC on all the time.
Make sure you setup Google+ to automatically upload your photos
6. Don't go too crazy downloading apps. You may find your battery suddenly draining too fast. If you don't like or use an app delete it immediately so it won't eat battery.
Good luck and have fun.
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1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
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Nova Prime because it is better than TW in every way.
Ok I will answer some of my own questions from using the device the last 10 or so hours I hope this helps someone else. Please add suggestions because I am still getting used to everything.
1. Nova launcher seems to be easier to use because it takes all ur tw settings and imports them. It makes it easy to switch between the two. I like the tw weather widget better though
2. -I still need to find a good email client that syncs the few accounts that I have together. I haven't looked into this yet.
-Equalizer is a really good app to put more bass or customize the sound of your music.
-Adblock plus is really nice to have while browsing the internet .. I always hated that I couldn't use it on the iphone.
-The adapt sound settings helped make my headphones sound a little better. I use an aux in on my car so it kind of sucks that they don't have profiles for different sources.
3. -Next Launcher is really nice to show people but I don't know if I could use it everyday and its 3x the price of other launchers.
-Real Racing 3 is a nice demo game but good old angry birds star wars 2 probably looks the best and it has a note 3 achievement
-slow mo camera is really nice but anything less than 1/2 speed and the image starts to look very grainy .. 4k really has a wow factor even on the 1080p screen.
4. Sketchbook for Galaxy is a lot of fun to draw in with the s-pen.
5. -I followed this guide for disabling some of the bloatware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478448
-I also disabled most of the air hover features because they are nice for demoing the device to someone but I probably won't use them. Plus I wear glasses and it doesn't seem to detect my eyes very well.
-People are reporting poor wifi and one of the settings suggested is to turn off network auto connect.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472779 .. I experienced the problem but reset my router and it seems fine now.. not sure if its a software glitch or what.
6. -Here is a useful guide on how to transfer your contacts : http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/transfer-iphone-contact-to-android/
-The only thing I am missing from iOS are the nice lock screen notifications. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know
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Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?
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1. I have been using Nova for a while on my Galaxy Nexus, and use it on my N3 now too. It's not too bloated, allows custom number of icons per row/column, gestures, and resize all widgets. I used to use Apex, and that was really good too, but I switched a while ago to Nova because there was some feature Apex didn't have, though honestly I don't remember what now, and they may very well have added it.
2. SketchBook Mobile by Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD and Inventor, among many other engineering-oriented programs) is kind of cool, it's a sketch program that you can do a lot with, and works well with the stylus. Not the most useful app, per se, but a fun "proof of concept" if you will, and it's free. I believe there's more options than the built in equivalent, though I haven't used either a ton yet.
3. Any high def media will look awesome. Show them Netflix streaming, or as someone else said, HD Youtube, or any other HD video. Even pictures taken with the camera look great, simply because of the huge high res screen. Pictures taken with the phone probably would look even better on the screen than ones taken with another phone with a better camera but worse screen, because it's still small enough to cover up minor imperfections, but big and crisp enough to really look amazing.
4. For a music player, I like PowerAmp. It's got a really good equalizer, and a ton of settings to play with. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of the interface, but it's not awful. You can also customize the widget as much as you want, in terms of colors, fonts, transparency, buttons, size, what's displayed, etc.
I also use UberSync for Facebook, which lets you use sync HD pictures from facebook as contact photos. You can also import birthdays into your calendar, if you want, and some other info from people's profiles. You can choose what resolution to use, how often to sync, and only use wi-fi if you want.
5. I turned off all of the Smart features and that kind of thing. I don't want to control my phone with my eyes or hand gestures, I want to use it with my hands or S Pen. Of course that's fully a matter of preference. Also I noticed that the setting to alert you if you walk away without putting the S Pen back in is disabled by default, so I enabled that. I still worry I'm going to lose it sometime, but that's just because I'm forgetful.
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-Adblock plus is really nice to have while browsing the internet .. I always hated that I couldn't use it on the iphone.
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How are you using Adblock without root??
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How are you using Adblock without root??
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I'm using Firefox with the adblock plugin and its working great. Firefox now flies on this phone.:good:
Hi everyone, I've been using TB to freeze a lot of my Samsung apps (they really do slow down the phone) and I stumbled across S Health.
First off, it's giving me some problems (mainly because I froze a lot of other processes that make it run), but that's not the issue. I just wanted to know if anyone knows of an alternative app?
S Health is okay, but not great. It would particularly be nice to see one that integrates with MyFitnessPal and apps of that sort.
For now though, I think I'll stick to my FitBit One, but it really is a shame that I can't take advantage of the built-in pedometer in the Note 3.
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Hi everyone, I've been using TB to freeze a lot of my Samsung apps (they really do slow down the phone) and I stumbled across S Health.
First off, it's giving me some problems (mainly because I froze a lot of other processes that make it run), but that's not the issue. I just wanted to know if anyone knows of an alternative app?
S Health is okay, but not great. It would particularly be nice to see one that integrates with MyFitnessPal and apps of that sort.
For now though, I think I'll stick to my FitBit One, but it really is a shame that I can't take advantage of the built-in pedometer in the Note 3.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dailyburn.android&hl=en
found this dont know if its what your looking for
c_est_la_vie said:
Hi everyone, I've been using TB to freeze a lot of my Samsung apps (they really do slow down the phone) and I stumbled across S Health.
First off, it's giving me some problems (mainly because I froze a lot of other processes that make it run), but that's not the issue. I just wanted to know if anyone knows of an alternative app?
S Health is okay, but not great. It would particularly be nice to see one that integrates with MyFitnessPal and apps of that sort.
For now though, I think I'll stick to my FitBit One, but it really is a shame that I can't take advantage of the built-in pedometer in the Note 3.
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Does your Fitbit work with the Note 3? I notice on their site that it doesn't mention that the Note 3 is supported.
http://play.google.com/store/apps/de...mura.pedometer cool pedometer
Coming from a moto x gen 1, my last touvhwiz experience was GS3, ready for a phablet if it comes with great screen, camera, and battery. Trying to decide between this and N6, wanted to know:
I remember having issues where even when you disabled some things in touchwiz, they still took the default actions for certain things and "lingered." I can't remember the specifics, but I do know that I would like to NOT use S voice and would rather use google for all of the voice command stuff. Is the voice command experience the same as a nexus when you disable the touchwiz stuff?
Along these lines, if you disable S Voice, does google's touchless control "OK Google" command work? What about if you use thee voice control button from a Bluetooth headset, does that bring up google now or something else?
is it possible to completely disable the native touchwiz apps, such as calendar, etc? replace the phone dialer? contacts? I've read that even if you disable the touchwiz calendar, clicking on a meeting invite still brings it up...
If you install a different launcher, like the google now launcher or nova, do you lose the ability to switch to one handed mode with the side swipe in and out motion? Also if you use the google now launcher does the s pen still work the same way? Like when you pull it out?
Have you found less of a need too use a tablet with such a big screen on your phone?
One more, how has your experience been with GPS? I remember having all kinds of issues in my gs3, never issues with my Motorola phones, I rely on GPS heavily for my job.
Thanks!!!
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Coming from a moto x gen 1, my last touvhwiz experience was GS3, ready for a phablet if it comes with great screen, camera, and battery. Trying to decide between this and N6, wanted to know:
I remember having issues where even when you disabled some things in touchwiz, they still took the default actions for certain things and "lingered." I can't remember the specifics, but I do know that I would like to NOT use S voice and would rather use google for all of the voice command stuff. Is the voice command experience the same as a nexus when you disable the touchwiz stuff?
Along these lines, if you disable S Voice, does google's touchless control "OK Google" command work? What about if you use thee voice control button from a Bluetooth headset, does that bring up google now or something else?
is it possible to completely disable the native touchwiz apps, such as calendar, etc? replace the phone dialer? contacts? I've read that even if you disable the touchwiz calendar, clicking on a meeting invite still brings it up...
If you install a different launcher, like the google now launcher or nova, do you lose the ability to switch to one handed mode with the side swipe in and out motion? Also if you use the google now launcher does the s pen still work the same way? Like when you pull it out?
Have you found less of a need too use a tablet with such a big screen on your phone?
One more, how has your experience been with GPS? I remember having all kinds of issues in my gs3, never issues with my Motorola phones, I rely on GPS heavily for my job.
Thanks!!!
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Ok, I can answer some of those for you... like you, I was torn between this and the nexus 6.... decided on getting both, with the note 4 being first. Have since decided to not even get the nexus.... at least for now
1: I hate s voice too, and far prefer the "Ok Google" stuff I've been used to from my nexus 5. I use the google now launcher, have have not gotten anything other than a nexus like performance in that regard. I get the "Ok Google" command working from any screen (with language set to US English) With that said. I did "freeze" S Voice with titainum backup, completely disabling it.... and that caused me problems. The first and only major one I noticed, that caused me to unfreeze it, is that the front camera doesnt work if s voice is totally disabled!!
2: I don't know about the bluetooth headset thing
3: As above, I've experienced problems when trying to completely disable the touchwiz things. But, as long as I leave them alone, and use my preferred aps, the touchwiz stuff leaves me alone too... I dont find it getting in my way at all.
4: I dont know about the 1 handed mode thing. I use my phone one handed just fine without a special mode... I dont wanna go playing there. The Spen, with the google launcher works just as it does with the touchwiz launcher
5: I sold my galaxy tab s 8,4.... I can see myself with a larger, 12" tablet in the future maybe.... meh, I don't know
6: GPS so far seems more reliable and faster than my nexus 5..... would probably still be even better on a motorolla, but certainly not exactly a problem
Thanks for the quick reply!
Can anyone else weigh in on the GPS thing? This is a deal breaker for me. I remember my GS3 working fine when I first got it, then getting worse over time, then getting to a point where it was mostly not working and once in a while working, as if a wire was loose or something. My moto x locks instantly every single time for over a year now. I use GPS for my job on a daily basis, right now I think this is the only thing holding me back from accepting the Touchwiz overlords back into my life...[emoji6]
I have not seen real comparisons yet of battery at all 3 resolutions. Has anyone tested? I'm running at the lowest today just to see. Honestly screen is fine and can barely tell the difference at lowest res
curious for this as well. Got fairly good life out of it with factory settings at 1080. Switched to 1440 last night and cant really tell a difference in resolution but i think battery life is hurting.
EDIT: Tmo S8 with update, for reference.
Because I also couldn't tell a difference, I immediately switched to the lowest resolution. With the following settings, I had 92% battery left at the end of a work day where I would have had about 60% on the Nexus 6p:
- Brightness always at max and disable auto brightness. Bluetooth on, WiFi off.
- Disable pretty much every Samsung feature, gesture, and Samsung app. Made as Nexusy as possible (still using Samsung launcher, which is fine, and I uninstalled Google because I don't really use Google Now and suspect it's a battery hog. The only voice feature I was using was "ok Google navigate home", but now the maps app just let's you save directions as home screen shortcuts).
- Going through the permissions settings in the advanced app options menu in Samsung settings, I disabled all permissions for each app except the ones I know they need.
- Installed Package Disabler Pro and blocked a **** ton of stuff, including in the system packages. Anything with the word bixby in it, all of the T-Mobile apps except visual voicemail (anyone know if I can disable that and still get visual voicemail via the Samsung phone app??), and most of the Samsung apps except things with the word clock or calendar in them because I assumed the overall ROM relies on them but I could be wrong.
- Once done with everything, close all apps then go into settings > device maintenance > optimize now, then reboot the device.
- This CAN have VERY good (potential) battery life, better than the Nexus 6p when reviews were suggesting it was pretty bad.
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EDIT: Tmo S8 with update, for reference.
Because I also couldn't tell a difference, I immediately switched to the lowest resolution. With the following settings, I had 92% battery left at the end of a work day where I would have had about 60% on the Nexus 6p:
- Brightness always at max and disable auto brightness. Bluetooth on, WiFi off (only whole at work).
- Disable pretty much every Samsung feature, gesture, and Samsung app. Made as Nexusy as possible (still using Samsung launcher, which is fine, and I uninstalled Google because I don't really use Google Now and suspect it's a battery hog. The only voice feature I was using was "ok Google navigate home", but now the maps app just let's you save directions as home screen shortcuts).
- Going through the permissions settings in the advanced app options menu in Samsung settings, I disabled all permissions for each app except the ones I know they need.
- Installed Package Disabler Pro and blocked a **** ton of stuff, including in the system packages. Anything with the word bixby in it, all of the T-Mobile apps except visual voicemail (anyone know if I can disable that and still get visual voicemail via the Samsung phone app??), and most of the Samsung apps except things with the word clock or calendar in them because I assumed the overall ROM relies on them but I could be wrong.
- Once done with everything, close all apps then go into settings > device maintenance > optimize now, then reboot the device.
- This CAN have VERY good (potential) battery life, better than the Nexus 6p when reviews were suggesting it was pretty bad.
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Did you actually know what you were disablinh in pdp
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Did you actually know what you were disablinh in pdp
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Kind of, but not entirely.
It has a section for verified safe-to-disable apps. If that isn't enough, there's a section for "system" packages where I avoided disabling anything that I want pretty confident wouldn't affect the overall system (like I didn't disable anything that has to do with sound or audio for example, even though a few of them looked like bloat). I'm the system section however is where you can disable bixby and carrier related ****. There's a search section, which is very helpful (e.g. search "bixby' and disable everything).
I have the advantage of having messed with phones and done trial and error with a much less organized app that essentially does the same thing, which has always been very popular for topped devices, called Titanium Backup.
Finally, when you're done blocking everything you want to block, hot the menu button (top right) and clear the data of disabled packages! VERY good app overall in my opinion, beat $1.50 spent in a long time!