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First up, hello to everyone.
I'm a new convert to Android having picked up a Galaxy S a couple of weeks ago, and I've got a couple of (what I'm sure are) basic questions about how best to work it:
First up, how do I go about creating folders on my SD Card. I'm assuming that's the best way to organise things like icons, themes, wallpapers etc.
Is it possible to edit the icons on the dock at the bottom of the screen? Can I put different Apps down there? Can I change the icons that those apps use?
I'm having issues with Widgets - do I need to restart the phone each time I install an app with a widget? There are some apps which allow me to use a widget straight away, but then there are some (like the BBC news feed) which just doesn't show up in my widget list
Can anyone reccomend a good link or article on how to root the Galaxy S? I'd like to it be as simplified as possible please.
Thanks loads in advance for both your help and your time.
Cheers
1)while browsing your sd card, press menu button and it will you the option to create a folder
2)click on applications button while on home screen to change to applications view, then click menu (left button) and edit, then you can just drag the icons in and out of the dock
3)not sure, widgets that i tried all ran after installing them without rebooting the phone
4)I suggest you check out the Galaxy S I9000 Android Development subforum right here on xda, there are some great guides there.
1) I just do it when plugged into my PC via USB in Mass Storage mode. =)
2) As random.si said.
3) I've never needed to restart the phone for widget...are you sure those apps actually have widgets?...Any widgets from the Market or installed apps should always be under 'Android Widgets' as soon as the app is installed, otherwise try using the app first as it may have a config or something.
4) There's a stickied guide in the Android Development subforum here! It's dead easy, so no worries there. Just follow the instructions to the letter, but that's not hard for rooting the Galaxy S.
Hi there. Could you just tell me how to close running application? There is 6 application when i open my task manager (middle button for 3 sec) and i cant do anything with them. Is there any button to close application, not minimalize?
Like now i'm installing facebook and setting up my account. Phone seems to hanging. I dont know how to close it?
mika34 said:
Hi there. Could you just tell me how to close running application? There is 6 application when i open my task manager (middle button for 3 sec) and i cant do anything with them. Is there any button to close application, not minimalize?
Like now i'm installing facebook and setting up my account. Phone seems to hanging. I dont know how to close it?
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Applications open in the background don't use any CPU time and if the RAM they use is needed Android closes them by itself.
Android isn't designed to let the user close applications. If you really have to close them for some specific reason you can use a task killer from the market.
mika34 said:
Hi there. Could you just tell me how to close running application? There is 6 application when i open my task manager (middle button for 3 sec) and i cant do anything with them. Is there any button to close application, not minimalize?
Like now i'm installing facebook and setting up my account. Phone seems to hanging. I dont know how to close it?
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Actually those 6 applications are NOT actually running(necessarily).They are just the last 6 applications you have used.
saldawop said:
Actually those 6 applications are NOT actually running(necessarily).They are just the last 6 applications you have used.
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Ok. Thanks very much guys for your help.
One more question.
How to enable vibration to incoming text message? Can`t see any option for that.
You should try out prehome. When you press home key, it will show the active task, and you can switch or kill task there. Press home key the second time will bring you to home. I love it.
Does anybody knows how to set vibration on incoming messages? Can`t find it. strange
mika34 said:
Does anybody knows how to set vibration on incoming messages? Can`t find it. strange
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Messages > Menu button > settings. It's at the bottom : D
Rawat said:
Messages > Menu button > settings. It's at the bottom : D
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Big thx for that.
mika34 said:
Big thx for that.
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If ever in doubt, always try the menu buttons.
Pretty much every app hides its settings and many controls under the menu buttons to stop the screen being cluttered up with buttons.
The menu button is also context-sensitive to whatever you're doing at the time, so you just need to get used to remembering it's there.
As the previous guys said, Android is designed to not have specific 'closing' or exiting of apps. Rather, they'll hide themselves in the background and once the system needs to free up some ram it'll close once you haven't used for a while automatically in preference of those using the most RAM. It will also usually save the state of that app, so if you go to use it again and Android has already closed it, it will still appear where you left off but just take a bit longer to start since it was cleared from the background.
Most apps will fully close however if you exit by using the back button (bottom-right touch button on the phone), basically reversing your way out of the app until you hit the home screens.
Holding the Home button shows the last 6 apps you had open, whether they're still running in the background or not. It's just a quick way to jump between stuff rather than an actual task manager.
In the JM2 firmware Samsung have added a great widget and task manager app. The widget shows the number of apps still running in the background, as well as a colour for if they're draining battery or performance (ie: processing lots in the background). All you need to do is touch the widget and it'll take you straight to a list where you can close any. Very handy!
While it's easy to get obsessed with using one of the task killer apps on the market all the time, I eventually found with my old Hero that it performed just as well if you ignore what it's doing with RAM or apps since it's intelligent enough to prioritise and close appropriate background stuff without your intervention.
The only reason people were recommending task killers for the Galaxy S was because of the random lags / stalls caused by bugs in the firmware, some of which were caused by it not closing stuff or managing itself properly in the background.
My advice: JM2 firmware and just use the Samsung task manager widget as a guide to if for some reason something high-powered like a game was left open and Android didn't clean it up yet.
Phone number format
How can I change the format of the phone number which is displayed when I have an incoming call ? Thanks ?
While writing SMS, contacts displayed twice
Hi to all,
When I write an SMS and want to choose a contact, they all appear twice, even tough in the phonebook they only appear once because I ticked the option of displaying only contacts from the phone and not from the sim card.
Is there a similar option in SMS that I'm missing here?
Thanks in advance,
Itay
Glad to see this thread has taken off a bit.
One more question from me:
random.si said:
1)while browsing your sd card, press menu button and it will you the option to create a folder
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I'm assuming I need some sort of File Explorer app to be able to do this - can anyone recommend one?
Cheers
Astro file explorer
is there any way to stop sms being converted to multimedia message? if i write a text message consisting of more than 3 messages (i believe 180 characters) it converts it to multimedia, which costs me!!!
how to remove headsup or peeking notifications ? on the LG G6 THANKS.
I don't have any peeking notifications unless you're talking about the phone call popup that shows when you're using the phone
When I get a text or any message the notification comes down on the screen I just want to remove that feature of it showing up on the screen while I'm doing something
david1985 said:
When I get a text or any message the notification comes down on the screen I just want to remove that feature of it showing up on the screen while I'm doing something
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Go to settings in the Messaging app. Then "Notification". Disable popup.
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dannejanne said:
Go to settings in the Messaging app. Then "Notification". Disable popup.
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Okay no what about other apps? I use Hangouts fpr my texting and it doesn't have this option. Any ideas?
The same question for me. I have peeking with whatsapp also, even if whatsapp has this option and by default has always been disabled. I don't like peek notifications I would like to understand how to remove them by phone options, not by app.
titomax82 said:
The same question for me. I have peeking with whatsapp also, even if whatsapp has this option and by default has always been disabled. I don't like peek notifications I would like to understand how to remove them by phone options, not by app.
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Go into applications manager and select draw over other apps. Turn it off. Give that a try. Sorry can't delete 1st pic and didn't want to start post over. Lol
lg3FTW said:
Go into applications manager and select draw over other apps. Turn it off. Give that a try. Sorry can't delete 1st pic and didn't want to start post over. Lol
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Can you please indicate to me the full pattern to go this option? I'm unable to find it
titomax82 said:
Can you please indicate to me the full pattern to go this option? I'm unable to find it
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These are uploaded in order. Easier than typing it out as I'm working right now
brossovitch said:
Okay no what about other apps? I use Hangouts fpr my texting and it doesn't have this option. Any ideas?
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lg3FTW said:
These are uploaded in order. Easier than typing it out as I'm working right now
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Can you please tell me what precise "language" is set on your phone? My menus are different... I'm going mad...
titomax82 said:
Can you please tell me what precise "language" is set on your phone? My menus are different... I'm going mad...
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It could be that I'm on Verizon. It's English. US
lg3FTW said:
It could be that I'm on Verizon. It's English. US
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I managed to find that option. It's available in Facebook, or Facebook Messenger or in Facebook Messenger "Lite" too, but it's not available in Whatsapp that is my main interest
Can you check whatsapp?
Follow method 1 in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/howto-4-to-disable-heads-notifications-t3197660
it worked for me
Heads up notifications are a blood pain in the backside, horrible user experience
alrahman said:
Follow method 1 in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/howto-4-to-disable-heads-notifications-t3197660
it worked for me
Heads up notifications are a blood pain in the backside, horrible user experience
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Thanks... I'll give it a try! ... but Failed... it's only for Lollipop... It worked for you, but for which phone / android version?
titomax82 said:
Thanks... I'll give it a try! ... but Failed... it's only for Lollipop... It worked for you, but for which phone / android version?
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This adb command works for sure
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0
I'm on AT&T and don't get these. Any way to activate them?
three applications can do it without root :
- SystemUI Tuner https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner&hl=en_GB ;
- HeadsOff https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.noheadsup&hl=en_GB ;
- Ticklr https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silverfinger.ticklrfree&hl=en_GB ;
vorona said:
three applications can do it without root :
- SystemUI Tuner https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner&hl=en_GB ;
- HeadsOff https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.noheadsup&hl=en_GB ;
- Ticklr https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silverfinger.ticklrfree&hl=en_GB ;
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Yes, yes yes!
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This was driving me nuts too, for Google Hangouts. Tried "Do No Disturb". Didn't work. Very frustrating when using the phone full screen in landscape mode.
Hey, just got my ZTE Nubia Z17, just wondering if any of you guys have gotten the notifications to work. Tried giving the apps different permissions etc, but still no notifications from apps like messenger and snapchat. No LED light nor screen lightup?
I would like to know how too
What the home key doesn't flash for notifications???
That's crazy, one of the features I was going to buy this phone!
Root and convert whatsapp, snapchat to system app
I try and it works, got realtime notification
hth2813 said:
Root and convert whatsapp, snapchat to system app
I try and it works, got realtime notification
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How do you do that?
Gumersalta said:
How do you do that?
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Try this: http://www.androidauthority.com/install-user-app-as-system-app-how-to-93522/
Look here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nubia-z17/help/notification-problem-t3648795
Lucky patcher
Hi. You can solve the problem wout root the device. Just go to neoSafe in energy/application power management/ choose your app/ then choose Regardless of control.
With that your app will keep working when your screen is locked.
Then go to settings and search apps notifications then activate the ones you want.
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Hi. You can solve the problem wout root the device. Just go to neoSafe in energy/application power management/ choose your app/ then choose Regardless of control.
With that your app will keep working when your screen is locked.
Then go to settings and search apps notifications then activate the ones you want.
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oh that really help
I didnt know why I didnt figure this before
user_nameEd said:
Hi. You can solve the problem wout root the device. Just go to neoSafe in energy/application power management/ choose your app/ then choose Regardless of control.
With that your app will keep working when your screen is locked.
Then go to settings and search apps notifications then activate the ones you want.
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hey, i dont have the neosafe app, i already try evrything dude, pls help me somebody
For me, no way to get notifications !!!
chinese and International firmware
NO lockscreen notifications
NO count badge
Only bar icon notification
for whatsapp, facebook, gmail
tried
Convert to system app
neosafe settings in chinese rom
locked in tasks
only way was install Notifyer+
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hth2813 said:
Root and convert whatsapp, snapchat to system app
I try and it works, got realtime notification
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In lockscreen, status bar and badge counter?
hello,
i bought Nubia Z17 lite, and i have the same problem, i searched for neosafe in settings i could find it but it cannot be open.
i don't want to root my phone to get OTA updates and to don't break my warranty.
is any one here found a solution for this problem of not getting notification?
Hello everybody,
I had the same issue with my z17 lite but after many efforts I managed to solve it.
So that's what worked for me.
Settings / Apps /Viber and check all the notifications.
After that:
Settings /Apps/ Show system/neosafe and check all the notifications.
Restart your phone and the notifications work great.
try this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nubia-z17/how-to/guide-missing-notifications-lockscreen-t3855682/post77910397#post77910397
simostein said:
hello,
i bought Nubia Z17 lite, and i have the same problem, i searched for neosafe in settings i could find it but it cannot be open.
i don't want to root my phone to get OTA updates and to don't break my warranty.
is any one here found a solution for this problem of not getting notification?
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Hello,
try this solution for Whatsapp:
1. Settings/Notification Center/Application Notification/Whatsapp
Turn on all points
2. Settings/Apps/Autostart management
add Whatsapp
You can do it for all application that need.
Hi,
Anyone experienced a problem with push notifications on Oreo? I've updated and now some apps are not giving me notifications.
Hangouts and Wordfued are the two I have experienced so far.
If you open the apps up and then go back to the home screen the notifications work. If you close them fro the app switcher screen they stop providing notifications.
Thanks
Andrew
andrewwardlaw said:
Hi,
Anyone experienced a problem with push notifications on Oreo? I've updated and now some apps are not giving me notifications.
Hangouts and Wordfued are the two I have experienced so far.
If you open the apps up and then go back to the home screen the notifications work. If you close them fro the app switcher screen they stop providing notifications.
Thanks
Andrew
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Yes got tge same thing. Ebay, gumtree etc.
I'm dealing with this as well with Tumblr. :/
..and BBM.
More severe problem with whatsapp while the screen is off...
I found a way to get my tumblr notifications to work even after I've closed the app to stop it running in the background. It's not ideal, but until they release an official fix... Meh. Hopefully this works for you guys, too?
Settings
Apps & Notifications
Apps
Settings (The cog icon at the bottom)
Special Access
Ignore Battery Optimisation
Find your app and switch to Allow
And... done!
Again, I hope this works for you too.
It's strange because I still get twitter notifications despite not having to go through this for that app. Hmmn.
Does anyone know how to change the default notification sound for Twitter? It used to be in the settings under push notifications- it would let you select the tone, now it isn't there. I can't find the option in phone settings either- I have 8.0.0.369 (C432).
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hi .you solve problem with notifications?
thanx..if yes..how ?please
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Does anyone know how to change the default notification sound for Twitter? It used to be in the settings under push notifications- it would let you select the tone, now it isn't there. I can't find the option in phone settings either- I have 8.0.0.369 (C432).
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There is a number of guides online, none of which I've got to work. I think the bottom line is, you can't any more.
rybko79 said:
hi .you solve problem with notifications?
thanx..if yes..how ?please
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Over time all the apps that were not working have started working fine. Not sure if that is down to it knowing which apps to keep open or software updates or something else.
Apologies I can't help more.
Hi , after installing pie my notifications started to come delayed. If i close apps , notifications come 10 minutes delayed
dgknn said:
Hi , after installing pie my notifications started to come delayed. If i close apps , notifications come 10 minutes delayed
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Are they still allowed to fully work in the background? Check under Device care > Battery > Sleeping Apps
Ivan Fuentes Hagar said:
Are they still allowed to fully work in the background? Check under Device care > Battery > Sleeping Apps
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All apps allowed to work in background and here's my battery settings
Same issue after upgrade. Some apps do not deliver notifications. Worked fine before. Checked all settings. Any ideas?
xosax said:
Same issue after upgrade. Some apps do not deliver notifications. Worked fine before. Checked all settings. Any ideas?
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I've actually been having this issue for a couple weeks now but still on 8.0. Let me know if disabling the google app helps
Greetings i had the same problem but i found the solution . Go to notifications tab-> status bar and select to show only 3 recent instead of all notification. If i select show all then i have the delay. Hope that will fix your problem cheers
vatis24 said:
Greetings i had the same problem but i found the solution . Go to notifications tab-> status bar and select to show only 3 recent instead of all notification. If i select show all then i have the delay. Hope that will fix your problem cheers
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Honestly I don't think that is going to solve anything dude..