Is there any hack/mod for my rooted Oreo S8 to display multiple apps beside the Share button (say within Chrome app) for quicker sharing?
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I've just upgraded from Galaxy S4, and surprisingly I am missing some useful options and settings:
1. Dropbox folder on Gallery - In S4 the Gallery app display every photo folder on dropbox as a separate album (like "Summer vacation 2013" etc). In S5 all of the thousands of photos in my dropbox cloud are merged into a single album, named "Dropbox".
2. Lock Screen - unlike S4, no option to define applications on the button of lock screen for fast loading. Only the camera.
3. Widgets on Lock Screen - unlike S4, no option to insert widgets on lock screen, including option to swipe in lock screen to the right camera) and to the left other widgets).
4. Torch - no option to press volume-up to light the torch
5. Air Gesture - no option to put my hand above the phone when off, to get fast info about clock, messages, battery etc.
And few more problems (not related to the S4 options):
1. Home Screen - I often need to press it TWICE in order for it to work (both when phone is off and on). I'm not talking about the lag. Is it normal?
2. Geo News - in which countries does it works?
I have an official rom, not custom.
Thank you
mattan said:
I've just upgraded from Galaxy S4, and surprisingly I am missing some useful options and settings:
1. Dropbox folder on Gallery - In S4 the Gallery app display every photo folder on dropbox as a separate album (like "Summer vacation 2013" etc). In S5 all of the thousands of photos in my dropbox cloud are merged into a single album, named "Dropbox".
2. Lock Screen - unlike S4, no option to define applications on the button of lock screen for fast loading. Only the camera.
3. Widgets on Lock Screen - unlike S4, no option to insert widgets on lock screen, including option to swipe in lock screen to the right camera) and to the left other widgets).
4. Torch - no option to press volume-up to light the torch
5. Air Gesture - no option to put my hand above the phone when off, to get fast info about clock, messages, battery etc.
And few more problems (not related to the S4 options):
1. Home Screen - I often need to press it TWICE in order for it to work (both when phone is off and on). I'm not talking about the lag. Is it normal?
2. Geo News - in which countries does it works?
I have an official rom, not custom.
Thank you
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Simple answer. Certain reviewers on mobile websites (who don't use the S4) complained that the S4 has a lot of features that they deemed unnecessary, so samsung listened to these reviewers and removed them.
But some of these were very useful features. e.g. Widgets on home screen, a very helpful feature, Additional shortcuts like contacts, phone button on the home screen. The camera in S5 click when you press the volume button rather then enable zoom! For zoom you are forced to go thru the screen based zoom Isn't this odd?.
Why would anyone deem these as not helpful. It is high time that someone on Samsung reviews the user experience versus online reviewers (some of them may not be expressing unbiased opinions).
I'm not sure if this has been pointed out already, but I have found a reddit thread which gives instructions on how to do just that.
I'm running Temasek's android 5.1.1 with the 5.1.x Xposed framework(by romracer) and I'm in complete bliss, I've been freed from the Touchwiz lag wagon!
It's not perfect, some splitscreen bugs here and there, but floating windows are very useable; resizable, moveable, minimizeable.
The Touchwiz alternative isn't perfect either,so...yeah..
The AOSP alternative is actually faster and smoother then on Touchwiz.
My essential apps are perfectly* able to be floated or splitted, these include:
-Chrome, Youtube, Password manager, Note taking, Calculator, email, messaging, office, file explorer, pdf reader.
*most apps are floatable via the recent app screen, however the apps that refuse this action can be forced to comply (float on app open).
Here's the original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus6/comments/2wh9vw/multiwindow_for_the_nexus_6_thanks_to_xposed/ only use the mentioned version ofcourse.
Do's and dont's:
-Don't fiddle around with the 'xHaloFloatingWindow>SystemUI Modes' and/or ',, ,, ,,>Status Taskbars', as it may cause System UI to crash constantly (even if you disable xposed, rooted apps keep crashing).
-more to come.
Some quick settings and tips:
-Set/keep the ',, ,, ,,>Popup Behavior>Whitelist/Backlist options' to default if you wish.
-To force apps into floating mode, add an app to ',, ,, ,,>Popup Behavior>Whitelist Apps'.
-MultiWindowSlidebar is only useful for apps which have been forced into floating mode, any other apps added will be opened in fullscreen (these apps will need to be floated via the recent apps menu).
-unfortunately some apps refuse to open floated(via recents) once they're already opened the normal way, which makes it impossible to open them floated unless you forcefully do so.
Forcing them may or may not be useful. However you don't have to; if you kill the app(via app info screen) and the killed app still shows in recents, you can reopen it in floated(the app is restarted in floated that way, through recents).
There is an even quicker way to achieve this, and I discovered it by accident.
If you're on Tamesek's rom, go to 'settings>Tamesek spare parts>app bar'
Enable it, add you're apps in it.
If you now long press an app in the app bar it'll open in a floating window(some apps must be closed before they can be floated;just close them via recents).
The app bar has in effect replaced my multiwindowsidebar app.
-more to come
Functionality loss compared to touchwiz and/or decrease in reliability:
-no 4 way split screen, only 2 way.
-no app bubbles (these however can be turned on and showed in the notification bar, if you've set the right setting).
-Apps floated via recent's do not get a 'bubble' in the notif. bar if they get minimized. However you can reopen the apps in recents and the apps will reopen themselfs as floated.
-It's not as easy to snap 2 app's side by side.
-Some apps crash/misbehave whereas on TW they wouldn't have.
-Some apps misbehave when forced into float, but do not when it's floated from recents.
Vice versa.
-Split screen divider bar doesn't always show up>Can't resize on the fly.
-Status bar causes some floated apps te misbehave; I use gmd gestures to quickly hide/unhide the bar.
Analyse the relevant behaviors to adapt to them.
-more to come.
All the fluidity of AOSP bundled with most of the functionality of TouchWiz, I highly recommend you try out his instructions. You won't be disappointed, though you will be needing some patience.
Let me know how it went and share your experiences.
-V
I am hoping if somebody who has the skill to make this apk OmniSwitch to work properly in android tv interface i used everyday and i like so far,but i do have some sugesstion like, the interface would be a regular simple launcher home screen displaying:
Date - hour- WIFI(network)
notification by apps
show memory usage
show recent apps name image
favorites apps exactly in the middle of the sreen with large image.
I do think this the only well better so far apps for the sotck launcher andorid tv interface
try you dont regreted
You need to have Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S7 with Nova Launcher and Marshmallow.
Confirmed working on SM-G925F
So, to access hidden activities you need to add Nova Launcher widget called "Activites" then scroll down to "Settings" and select something from list. Some things won't work (they are not available, need additional permissions etc.), some of them are already available via Settings. I am not responsible if tinkering with activities do something nasty to your device!
However, there are some options that are hidden but can be very, very useful.
Hint - you can "test" specific activity by long press, there's no need to put every activity on home screen and test it that way. Also, applying settings isn't dependent on Nova Launcher, ergo you can use whatever you want after changing something.
Here's what I've found:
Settings
.DisplayScalingActivity - enables condensed view of system UI, same as on S6 Edge + or Note 5, meaning smaller icons and UI elements.
.IconBackgrounds - enables homescreen and app drawer icons background like it was in Marshmallow Beta.
.ModePreviewTablet - enables additional "Reading mode" in display options. It dims screen so I don't recommend using it on bright daylight because it can be harder to see assets on screen.
.networkconnect.NetworkManagerActivity - holy **** this one is nice. Allows you to select which app can use WiFi and mobile data. Also it allows you to select which apps can use data even after data usage warning is shown.
.RunningServices - shows running services, like in Developers Menu
.Settings$AirCmdSettingsActivity - S-Pen Air Command setting. It won't work since S6/S7 doesn't support S-Pen functionality.
.Settings$MemorySettingsActivity - Shows RAM usage options like on stock Marshmallow, at least I think. Very helpful for troubleshooting misbehaving apps or battery consumption.
.Settings$ZenModeSettingsActivity - it seems like this is Do Not Disturbed (DND) on steroids. You can add additional rules and select which events can have priority.
.UsageStatsActivity - shows usage for every app on phone. It lists app name, Last time app was used and for how long.
.wifi.WifiConfigInfo - very detailed info about configured WiFi networks.
System UI
.settings.BrightnessDialog - shows small slider for brightness
.DessertCase - old KitKat hidden animation from About
.egg.MLandActivity - hidden MM game
List will be updated with new discoveries.
Link for the widget please?
I am not able to locate it will Google search.
it´s a widget of nova launcher...just add the widget to homescreen
I recently upgraded to Oreo and have discovered a few annoying features (why did they get rid of the notification count?), pertinent to this discussion is the ability for a widget to periodically update its content.
For example, I have a couple of weather apps which allow a widget to be placed on the screen which will conveniently display current weather conditions. The apps themselves allow the user to determine the frequency of updates ranging between 15 minutes and a few hours. However, since this Oreo upgrade none of my widgets are updating the data within the widget itself. I can open the widget and it will update at that point, but they will not do so automatically as they had done previously.
Looking over the change log, I'm wondering if this has something to do with limiting background services for battery life extension?
I've gone into the settings and turned off power saving mode, turned off app power monitor, even enabled high performance mode. None of this seems to alter the widgets updating.
Any ideas?