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Reason Why HTC Removed Drop Down Toggles

Pardon me if someone has posted this, but I didn't see it anywhere, and I thought it is an interesting view into the design concepts of the One.
I finally got my One, and after a day with it I realized why HTC removed the toggles that used to be in the drop down. The answer is that they intend us to use the "settings" button that is at the right edge of the notification bar. When I swipe down, I can hit that button and get toggles to airplane, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile data. I suppose those are the main ones that are used.
Of course it is only a shortcut to the normal settings menu, but it basically performs the same function as some previous toggles. On my Amaze, the standard was to swipe down, select the toggles tab, the use the toggle. This has the same number of touches to accomplish those "toggle" tasks.
However, we are still missing the wide array of toggles that were available before.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
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I think you are wrong. Drop down toggles were introduced with 4.2 and we have android 4.1.2. Patience
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mlodykaras said:
I think you are wrong. Drop down toggles were introduced with 4.2 and we have android 4.1.2. Patience
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I had them on my amaze with ICS, but then I only used stock for a couple of days before I went with NRG, who may have "enhanced" the notification bar.

Renzo4000 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
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Those are on the desktop, right? I'm speaking of ones on the bar that can be pulled down and accessed any time. Sense 5 comes with a number of toggles and toggle bars for desktop use.

stevedebi said:
Those are on the desktop, right? I'm speaking of ones on the bar that can be pulled down and accessed any time. Sense 5 comes with a number of toggles and toggle bars for desktop use.
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They are notification toggles not on your home screen. Im glad they are gone, ill wait for the 4.2.2 implementation otherwise you get a messy notification area like on touchwiz.

That may be the intention but I still think it is a poor implementation. I'm not sure there is anyone that would agree the current setup is easier than simply have notification toggles like stock 4.2.

+1 to Power Toggles, great way to bring back the notification toggles. Stock 4.2 notification toggle will probably be integrated but it's annoyingly an extra click. I would prefer it if it was just swipe down then press the toggle you want.

thunderdome116 said:
That may be the intention but I still think it is a poor implementation. I'm not sure there is anyone that would agree the current setup is easier than simply have notification toggles like stock 4.2.
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I don't particularly care for it either, since one has to back out of the settings menu.
Overall, I really think that I would prefer more control over the phone rather than having Sense 5 do things automatically.

They will be returned in the 4.2.2 update.

I'm betting we'll get them with the 4.2 update.

KidCarter93 said:
They will be returned in the 4.2.2 update.
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Good news, I miss the functionality.

Renzo4000 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
There, i fixed it for you :thumbup:
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I might sound like another entitled XDA-er, but power toggles uses a notification slot. :[ ew

KiraYahiroz said:
+1 to Power Toggles, great way to bring back the notification toggles. Stock 4.2 notification toggle will probably be integrated but it's annoyingly an extra click. I would prefer it if it was just swipe down then press the toggle you want.
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But there are drawbacks of using an app for toggles. If you force the toggles to always stay on top then you will have to manually expand every notification as only the top notification is expanded automatically. If toggles are built into the rom then they are not considered as a notification by the system hence no issue. If you want the toggles to always stay on top you have to live with a status bar icon as well. Then there are apps like poweramp and amazon app store which simply refuse to have a notification on top of their own. With amazon app store you will see a "fight" between power toggles and the download progress for the top spot. Needless to say its hugely annoying.
Now if you want automatically expanded notifications then the toggles can be set to low priority so other notifications will go on top of it but that again isnt a great solution as I want my toggles to be at one place all the time.
The best solution in my opinion is to keep your most used toggles in the notification drawer and keep the less frequently used toggles in the quick settings bar thats what I do in CM10.1. I really dont understand why OEMs cant get it right, there should be option to completely disable the toggles for those who dont want it and option to clutter your notification drawer with them if the user so pleases, its just all about options.

Looks like we may see notification toggles.

I like power toggles and all but man are those low res images ugly. >.< For being so popular I'd think they'd support 1080p displays.
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I don't care about the toggles, I just want the expandable notifications. :victory:

pdubcramp said:
I don't care about the toggles, I just want the expandable notifications. :victory:
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We have expandable, just have to use two fingers instead of one.

gtg465x said:
We have expandable, just have to use two fingers instead of one.
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:highfive: Whoa, can't believe I missed that. Two fingers is unnecessary though...

Gambler_3 said:
But there are drawbacks of using an app for toggles. If you force the toggles to always stay on top then you will have to manually expand every notification as only the top notification is expanded automatically. If toggles are built into the rom then they are not considered as a notification by the system hence no issue. If you want the toggles to always stay on top you have to live with a status bar icon as well. Then there are apps like poweramp and amazon app store which simply refuse to have a notification on top of their own. With amazon app store you will see a "fight" between power toggles and the download progress for the top spot. Needless to say its hugely annoying.
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Well, you can make the Power Toggle icon in the status bar invisible anyway. And I don't really use any other apps that fights for the top space. However it seems HTC is going to include this in their next big update, seems they got busy:
http://www.htcinside.de/htc-one-and...igen-verbesserungen-soll-vor-der-tuer-stehen/
Rough translation:
Earlier this week, has received a major update with the 230MB software number 1.29.401.12 the HTC one. Among other things, this update has improved the camera and fixed some bugs and improved performance. Now we reach about another update for the HTC one which is to be rolled out soon. This update is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and bring some small but nice improvements.
The information comes from Eastern Europe, the exact source but we can not name. But here we go ...
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
The update as mentioned above are based on Android 4.2.2 and Jelly Bean brings with it ever the latest Android OS version with it. The software number jumps directly from 1.29.x up to 2.x.
Software menu button flashing feed, TV app
The first innovations that should there is a workaround for apps that still require the Menu button. Currently, the HTC one receives at the bottom of an additional bar with a menu button. In early versions of the software you could adjust the back button as on the One that calls this through a long press on the menu. HTC had to remove this feature but unfortunately. Now this problem is to be solved.
In addition, to obtain HTC Flashing feed new content. What does this mean, I can not tell you exactly, unfortunately. But I expect that we will have more opportunities for the stream. Currently, there are in addition to the news feeds so only Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter, calendar, HTC share, Children mode and TV. I am almost sure that this list should still be extended. Also the app for the TV remote control to be improved. But no details are available for this purpose.
New Quick Settings menu
Many of you will certainly look forward to the next innovation. And that should be re-introduced the Quick Settings in the notification bar. The Chinese version of the HTC one, which was recently officially introduced already comes with a Quick Settings menu. See photo from Engadget China (already posted in #15)
More?
We do not know if those are the only improvements that await us. But I'm almost certain that HTC in a relatively big update (Android 4.1.2 => 4.2.2) will still pack a few other new features. We may get in the next few days still more. We are definitely excited and have been waiting for the update.
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Do not install Lollipop if...

I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example. If you select no notifications, there is not even an icon in the status bar.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU I was wrong about this one, while there are memory leaks they do not seem to affect battery life significantly
If you want to be able to switch on silent/airplane mode from the power off menu
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if you liked the ability to go to relevant settings (wifi for example) by a long tap (on the wifi icon) in the control centerstill possible if you tap the name and not the icon, my bad

difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU
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I approve everything that you said, my suggestion for everybody is to update to lollipop only when they'll make a 5.1 update that solves the cpu and memory problem.

difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU
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Battery is the same. Performance is better. Especially on 726. Even benchmarks prove it.
You can change the theme to change the colour of the bar.
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Sadman Khan said:
Battery is the same. Performance is better. Especially on 726. Even benchmarks prove it.
You can change the theme to change the colour of the bar.
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Yeap, battery for me is quite the same, I am regreting because of xposed. But haopy because finally I can change from landscape to portrait easily and faster. Animations rock and the old statusbar sucked. New lockscreen is way better than the old one. And double tap to sleep works faster too. All while battery being a bit better than before.
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Aside from the small Xposed thing, I don't have a lot to complain about actually. Kinda like Lollipop.

Gonna try 23.1.A.0.726 if u say so..

E66666666 said:
Aside from the small Xposed thing, I don't have a lot to complain about actually. Kinda like Lollipop.
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Maan, I need a way to modify the NAV bar... Having the back key so far away when using constantly, irritates me. ALSO a way to set flashlight to a keypress...(xposed whyyy)
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fenchai said:
Maan, I need a way to modify the NAV bar... Having the back key so far away when using constantly, irritates me. ALSO a way to set flashlight to a keypress...(xposed whyyy)
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Yes Xposed is the biggest loss, you can install the alpha version of Xposed, maybe it will work I am not sure why it caused a bootloop for me (might also be older modules) the only catch is that you might have to reflash /system through the recovery (step 40 in http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/how-to-root-backup-drm-keys-t3013343) in case of bootloop but you don't loose your data/apps.

difto said:
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
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For who needs the "close all" button, I've just uploaded the russian firmware HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60044680&postcount=903
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difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
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+1

I have already rolled back to kitkat.. I prefer the UI and everything i need is compatible and working how it should ..
I have to say I didnt enjoy my experience with lollipop and can't see myself attempting the update again..
There were just no benefits for me other than it felt a tiny bit more snappier.
Poor/rushed effort from Sony in my eyes, they could of done alot better.
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Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!

Matteo Mazzu said:
Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!
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Notifications are a mess on Lollipop, either you have your lock screen full of notifications or nothing. You can just have icons in the status bar as on KitKat. As for the the silent mode of Lollipop, regular modes are also available if you put it on "normal ringer" and you click the speaker it will go on vibration instead. That said the power off menu is crappy too, no possiblity to put on silent, no possbility to put on flight mode.

sumon511 said:
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I dont get this. Just change to another theme, and the bar isn't blue anymore.

SylverPT said:
I dont get this. Just change to another theme, and the bar isn't blue anymore.
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There are some colour choices.they are all bright.you can not choose black like kitkat.bright colour distract me from app.

Matteo Mazzu said:
Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!
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how many quick toggle can be on the notification bar?

I llike LP but it has some problem about xposed or some module
get bootloop 5 times on day hahaha
i back to KK temporary

sumon511 said:
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Change the theme man
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difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
If you want to be able to switch on silent/airplane mode from the power off menu
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You can still silent mode by pressing the volume button.
The themer a lil useless for me now, not sure if its the same for you guys but i theming changes nothing much other than minor colors, the nav bar seems to be unable to theme.
Agreed that the app switcher is not as efficient.
Anyways if you feel the animations a lil not your taste what i did was to set it to 0.5 in developer option. =)

Yes, you can change using the volume button but then you have to unlock the phone, press volume, press silent. Before you just pressed power, silent. Much better in a meeting were you forgot to silence it.
I was wrong, you can silence it while locked.

XT1572 doesn't show any "new" email, message nor call notification on desktop icons

XT1572 doesn't show any "new" email, message nor call notification on desktop icons
My brand new XT1572, upgraded to 6.0.1 doesn't display any 'Unread message' or 'Missed call' signs on home screen ikons. My LG G4 displays an orange circle with number of unread messages for most of communication apps (email, facebook, linkedin, Whatsapp, Messenger, Text messages, Phone call). In Moto X Style it doesn't work for all apps. Is this normal for this device??? I hope not. I can't imagine that. Does anyone know how to switch it on?
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On the top of that it doesn't synchronize all the contacts from corporate office 365 account, private outlook.com account, nor it synchronizes people photos from FB. I don't know what is going on here. This basically makes my phone useless crap. Is there any way to solve it? I've tried 4 different email apps. Doesn't help so far.

my goodness! I thought LG G4 software is bad. But compared to moto it's a sky rocket. I can't believe how bad moto is! I'm struggling third day to have some basic stuff, like contacts sync or know when someone called me, without digging into notification list. This things should work out of the box. My second Android after WP and second mistake. Is there any Android phone that actually works? Would Samsung do that?
I did some workarounds, like sync.me, also tried out Nine email client. The contacts from Hotmail showed up finally, but now all the contact details are exploded in separate entries! After 3 days still part of LinkedIN contacts are not synchronized. Whats more something constantly switches off Linkedin synchronization in accounts.
Regarding "New/Unread email" or "missed phone call" on home screen I'm getting hopeless. it's a toy not a smartphone!
Shall I try 3rd time with Samsung or just give up and pick bloody iPhone?

What you are experiencing is not normal, but it has been been seen following an OTA upgrade on multiple Moto devices...
After you received the update to 6.0.1 did you do a factory reset? That will likely fix your issue.

acejavelin said:
What you are experiencing is not normal, but it has been been seen following an OTA upgrade on multiple Moto devices...
After you received the update to 6.0.1 did you do a factory reset? That will likely fix your issue.
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I've done as advised. No change. I checked also on Moto G3 of my son (also 6.0.1) - it doesn't show notifications either. It looks like a "feature" (a nasty design fault) rather then a bug! Who does it? Motorola! Respected phone manufacturer. No wonder they got insolvent.
I'll try out S7 - maybe these guys understand how people use phones. The secret of Iphone success is revealed - it's not because Iphone is so great. It's competition which is so weak.
I've got to say Sync.me does pretty decent job.
for the time being moving SIM card back to LG G4. Compared to Moto it's not such a bad device

czupet said:
I've done as advised. No change. I checked also on Moto G3 of my son (also 6.0.1) - it doesn't show notifications either. It looks like a "feature" (a nasty design fault) rather then a bug! Who does it? Motorola! Respected phone manufacturer. No wonder they got insolvent.
I'll try out S7 - maybe these guys understand how people use phones. The secret of Iphone success is revealed - it's not because Iphone is so great. It's competition which is so weak.
I've got to say Sync.me does pretty decent job.
for the time being moving SIM card back to LG G4. Compared to Moto it's not such a bad device
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Hmm... Both my MXPE and G3 are on 6.0 and no notification issues. I remember a thread on this with a solution but can't find it for the life of me, thought it was Android Central but ???

acejavelin said:
Hmm... Both my MXPE and G3 are on 6.0 and no notification issues. I remember a thread on this with a solution but can't find it for the life of me, thought it was Android Central but ???
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Do you mean here notifications that you pull down from the top of the screen or notifications drawn on top of the App icons (home screen icons or shortcuts that you use to start an App) that show number of unread messages or number of missed calls?

czupet said:
Do you mean here notifications that you pull down from the top of the screen or notifications drawn on top of the App icons (home screen icons or shortcuts that you use to start an App) that show number of unread messages or number of missed calls?
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I will referring to pull down notifications... Or do you mean the draw over notifications? If so, you need to give apps that permission explicitly, go to Settings - Apps and click the setup cog, then under Advanced tap "Draw over other apps", find the app in question and give it the permission.

acejavelin said:
I will referring to pull down notifications... Or do you mean the draw over notifications? If so, you need to give apps that permission explicitly, go to Settings - Apps and click the setup cog, then under Advanced tap "Draw over other apps", find the app in question and give it the permission.
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I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing. I would send you a screen shot, but I'm rookie here and have no permission to send URLs.
All the Apps have 'Draw over other apps' = "Yes", so this shouldn't be a problem.
I mean here, for instance WhatsApp icon on the home screen will be flagged with a little circle in it's corner, if there are any new messages received, that I haven't read yet. There will be a number inside this circle, telling me how many unread messages are there.
I thought it's an obvious function. But I may be wrong. It was standard thing in Windows Phone. It's on my LG G4, I'm pretty sure Samsung does it as well. Do you have it on your Moto?

czupet said:
I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing. I would send you a screen shot, but I'm rookie here and have no permission to send URLs.
All the Apps have 'Draw over other apps' = "Yes", so this shouldn't be a problem.
I mean here, for instance WhatsApp icon on the home screen will be flagged with a little circle in it's corner, if there are any new messages received, that I haven't read yet. There will be a number inside this circle, telling me how many unread messages are there.
I thought it's an obvious function. But I may be wrong. It was standard thing in Windows Phone. It's on my LG G4, I'm pretty sure Samsung does it as well. Do you have it on your Moto?
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Ah... I understand, an unread count... That is not a standard Android feature, some custom roms will do it but it's a custom implementation by the oem on LG, I'm not sure Sammies do it either.
There are some third party implementations, such as Nova Launcher Prime with the Tesla Unread plug in that can give you similar results, but they place it on the desktop icon (like my Gmail shown below), but this is not an implementation of standard/pure Android.

acejavelin said:
Ah... I understand, an unread count... That is not a standard Android feature, some custom roms will do it but it's a custom implementation by the oem on LG, I'm not sure Sammies do it either.
There are some third party implementations, such as Nova Launcher Prime with the Tesla Unread plug in that can give you similar results, but they place it on the desktop icon (like my Gmail shown below), but this is not an implementation of standard/pure Android.
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I'll try out Nova Prime. Thanks for the hint!

Facebook Notification Issue

Not sure what happened, but I was getting notifications from Facebook just fine a few days ago. Now, I get the odd one here and there, but nothing for the most part. I checked my account and settings on both the S7 Edge as well as on Facebook itself and everything is the same. I changed nothing and all notifications are set to on. Like I said, I seem to get one occasionally.
Whenever I unlock my S7 Edge, I can see the badge there for a new notification on the Facebook icon, but I didn't get any notification sound or pop up notification. My wife has the exact same phone, exact same settings and exact same version of Facebook and she is and always has been getting notifications.
Anyone else have this issue? Seems like it is something being done in the background to the app.

No one else huh? Good times...
Does anyone know of a good Facebook alternative with realtime notifications? Several I have tried poll for notifications every xx minutes, but nothing in realtime. Not sure that's even possible, but thought I would ask if anyone knows of one.

Hmmmm, not a single comment huh? So no one knows? I wiped my device tonight and tried to start over. STILL, no notifications from Facebook. Nothing is OFF when it comes to notifications. Nothing is off on the account on Facebook. I checked the version number. It's the exact same of my wife's S7 Edge. Nothing is different. Certainly wiping the phone should have fixed this???
Once thing I noticed, when I check notifications on her phone in Facebook, she has the sound set to the classic Facebook Pop. Also, when I check the sound, her theme pops up and shows the list of sounds as part of the theme. When I check sounds on my device (after wiping), Facebook Pop is not there. Only a sound called Facebook. It is not the same sound. And, the theme I have loaded does not show up when the list of sounds is popped up to choose from. I loaded the same theme she has and again, the theme does not take over the list of sounds on the pop up. It is the default Facebook pop up. It's the same version of Facebook. The phone has been wiped. Why does the sound Facebook Pop (which she did not side load - she has never loaded anything on her phone like that - so Facebook installed it) appear on her phone but not mine? Why does the theme show the list of sounds when you choose a notification sound in her Facebook app, but not on mine (even the same theme)?? Anyone? This is very frustrating.

So bringing back this thread, even though no one responded previously. This is a bizarre issue that continues to this day, even after a factory reset.
So here are some screens. This is the same Galaxy S7 Edge. Same theme. Same version of Facebook. The last two screens you can see she has the themed selection for notifications. I have the default Facebook white dialog. This makes no sense.
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As you can see, same phone, same theme, same version of Facebook. Yet she has a notification that is themed when selecting notification sound in the Facebook app under app settings. I have the default Facebook selection dialog. Why??? Same everything. This makes no sense and what is completely frustrating about Android.

so, if you tried factory reset, clear cache of that app, remove app from battery saving options, allow that app in settings-notifications, changing notification sound, check synchronization under settings-accounts-facebook, etc, then just maybe try to find problem in your facebook account (on desktop and mobile), under all that notification options...
you are using default launcher? and no apps like greenify or similar?

TheIgster said:
So bringing back this thread, even though no one responded previously. This is a bizarre issue that continues to this day, even after a factory reset.
So here are some screens. This is the same Galaxy S7 Edge. Same theme. Same version of Facebook. The last two screens you can see she has the themed selection for notifications. I have the default Facebook white dialog. This makes no sense.
As you can see, same phone, same theme, same version of Facebook. Yet she has a notification that is themed when selecting notification sound in the Facebook app under app settings. I have the default Facebook selection dialog. Why??? Same everything. This makes no sense and what is completely frustrating about Android.
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try giving the app some permissions? the only ones you have given it is location
not saying it will fix it but worth a try
and like the other guy said maybe its something to do with your actual facebook settings (your account settings) have a look on the full version of Facebook... this is not a problem with your phone bro

digitall1982 said:
so, if you tried factory reset, clear cache of that app, remove app from battery saving options, allow that app in settings-notifications, changing notification sound, check synchronization under settings-accounts-facebook, etc, then just maybe try to find problem in your facebook account (on desktop and mobile), under all that notification options...
you are using default launcher? and no apps like greenify or similar?
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Checked all Facebook account settings on the desktop. I have ensured they are exactly the same as my wife who gets notifications, still has the default Facebook Pop sound (as you can see from my notification dialog, the sound is called just Facebook and is different) and is the one who has the themed pop up to choose the sound.
I am using fully stock, default launcher (as we are using the same theme from the Samsung theme store) and no apps like Greenify. After I did a factory reset, I setup the phone exactly like her phone is setup (I did her phone as well). This is a freakin' mystery. I still don't get all notifications (I occasionally get one here and there) and the pop up dialog to choose the notification sound as you can see is not themed like hers and the default Facebook Pop sound is gone. I downloaded the pop sound and placed it in the Notifications folder, but Facebook will not display it as an option to choose. It did one time and now it won't do it any longer.
I just don't understand why these things are different. Same phone, same setup exactly, same OS version, same updates, same Facebook version, same theme, same everything.
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try giving the app some permissions? the only ones you have given it is location
not saying it will fix it but worth a try
and like the other guy said maybe its something to do with your actual facebook settings (your account settings) have a look on the full version of Facebook... this is not a problem with your phone bro
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It hasn't asked for permissions. The only thing it asked me for was location and I granted it. If this is not a problem with the phone, then what? Again, everything is identical software wise.

i have a galaxy s7 with tmobile, android 7 and i am missing the pop sound all together. instead it has a tong/dong sound but no pop

Are you able to use Edge Lightning for ALL installed apps?

Hello everybody, I'm struggling with this problem from the day I bought my S8. The fact is: how the hell are you getting Edge Lightning works with ALL apps while screen is off? Everything is set fine in the edge lightning menu, I've tried several times, but Edge Nofitications work only while screen is ON. Also tried with Always On display, nothing. With screen off, nothing. I'm going mad since I find several users with this setting working great. Anyway can help? Thanks!
EDIT: with screen off it only works with the stock Samsung SMS app. Any other app doesn't work at all

It's never worked right for me even with stock apps. Oreo doesn't seem to fix anything even though they added new styles for it.

Same here.. but it's really incredible that some people got it fully working out of the box and some others got it broken and were never able to get it working..

No one gets it out of the box for all apps. The problem with edge lighting is that it works for apps that can turn on the screen when a notification is received (viber, messages). Whatsapp can only trigger edge lighting if U turn pop-up messages on.
So - samsung made a great app once again with VERY bad implementation. They should have let us to set edge lighting to glow instead notification light. Just to give us a pulse of light every few seconds. That would be an amazing feature!
I love edge lighting and hate samsung for crippling a great feature once again.

no, just few apps work

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No one gets it out of the box for all apps. The problem with edge lighting is that it works for apps that can turn on the screen when a notification is received (viber, messages). Whatsapp can only trigger edge lighting if U turn pop-up messages on.
So - samsung made a great app once again with VERY bad implementation. They should have let us to set edge lighting to glow instead notification light. Just to give us a pulse of light every few seconds. That would be an amazing feature!
I love edge lighting and hate samsung for crippling a great feature once again.
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Yes I found that on the internet, also from a discussion on the official Samsung forum. It's really frustrating, that would have been a killer feature to me. I think they'll never solve this problem since it's about a year and two OS versions in which this feature is completely broken, Nougat and Oreo. What a shame

Samsung did not cripple any features, I found that when notifications for apps aren't set to important, edge lighting does not work for those notifications... check it out and you'll see the difference... peace ✌?

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Samsung did not cripple any features, I found that when notifications for apps aren't set to important, edge lighting does not work for those notifications... check it out and you'll see the difference... peace ?
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How can i do that?

With the Notification channel in Andriod O, you can only change application importance or priority level of they are optimized for it....not a lot of applications are optimized for notification channels, that why edge lightening doesn't work with certain applications....
Go to application, select the app and select notification and you'll know whether or not it has notification channels...
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How can i do that?
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jaymoore1222321425311 said:
With the Notification channel in Andriod O, you can only change application importance or priority level of they are optimized for it....not a lot of applications are optimized for notification channels, that why edge lightening doesn't work with certain applications....
Go to application, select the app and select notification and you'll know whether or not it has notification channels...
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That simply doesn't work.. Tried with WhatsApp, it has notification channels I think, since it lets you configure every type of notification like single message, grup message etc.. and the notifications are already set with the highest priority.. But Edge Lightning doesn't work at all with screen off.

That seems really strange though... did you set your edge lightening setting to always? Try setting it to always and test WhatsApp with the screen off, because it does work for me...
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That simply doesn't work.. Tried with WhatsApp, it has notification channels I think, since it lets you configure every type of notification like single message, grup message etc.. and the notifications are already set with the highest priority.. But Edge Lightning doesn't work at all with screen off.
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That seems really strange though... did you set your edge lightening setting to always? Try setting it to always and test WhatsApp with the screen off, because it does work for me...
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Already did that.. It doesn't work at all, only with screen on

You have to activate whats app pop up it s works

Yes but that doesn't solve the problem since as soon as you unlock the screen you have the annoying popup to close. And, it isn't the way it's meant to be since it should work without workarounds with every app since there's built-in support in the edge lightning options.

Hello. I've got solution. This app translates old style notifications to new style notifications so all the apps have edge notifications enabled. You can customize color for any application and turn on/off edge notifications. Very good application, not like the others, which creates fakes color effects around display. It even works on AOD display, which is perfect. Ofc it has few bugs, like if you enable notification and scroll up than back, it shows like it didn't save your settings, but it did. Just set all your apps, turn off app and on and you can see, that it remembered all your settings. I've reported that bug, so I hope it get fixed. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.movisoft.edgelighting&rdid=com.movi soft.edgelighting

IvanVSk said:
Hello. I've got solution. This app translates old style notifications to new style notifications so all the apps have edge notifications enabled. You can customize color for any application and turn on/off edge notifications. Very good application, not like the others, which creates fakes color effects around display. It even works on AOD display, which is perfect. Ofc it has few bugs, like if you enable notification and scroll up than back, it shows like it didn't save your settings, but it did. Just set all your apps, turn off app and on and you can see, that it remembered all your settings. I've reported that bug, so I hope it get fixed. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.movisoft.edgelighting&rdid=com.movi soft.edgelighting
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hi,
i use galaxy s9, however the edge lightning issue is the same for all new galaxy phones. i was told to submit a report via the samsung members app, still waiting for the answer.
the advertised app from the play store did work really well for some time. now however, it simply doesn't (i'm after the Pie upgrade). such a shame, cause the notification style is why i bought this phone, and it doesn't work as advertised.

The problem with edge lighting is that it needs apps to turn on the screen, and they rarely have that function since most android phones have notification lights instead of turning on the screen. For example, viber has the option to turn on the screen, hence the edge lighting works well with viber when the screen is turned off. Samsung messages do this as well. Other apps just turn on edge lighting when the screen is already on.
Samsung didn't think much about the functionality of the edge lighting feature if you ask me. Turned out to be a gimmick instead of a good feature, which sucks, because many people love it.

Yeah, I got it working through this app. There is a caviat, one color shines for all apps. That means there's no color change depending on the app that pushed a notification
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.movisoft.edgelighting

We really need to find a workaround for pie. I heard the app (edge lighting) isn't working on pie sadly