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Anything lost by not using Touchwiz?

Do any of the new Note 3 features (pen or not) get impacted from using a different launcher?

polstein said:
Do any of the new Note 3 features (pen or not) get impacted from using a different launcher?
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some widgets does not work. (like s planner)

muhtesem insan said:
some widgets does not work. (like s planner)
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I can live with that - was thinking the swipe up scrapbook & other functions. One way to tell - try!

Delete my response please.

no everything seems to work fine im using action launcher pro and ive had no issues .. air command still pops up when the stylus is removed all the samsung and S apps stay there .

all s PEN functions work
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The swipe up/home button press my magazine gets removed. Thats it.
You can overcome this, (Im using apex) and you can bind my magazine to a home button press if you miss it.

Using Nova Launcher Prime, all of the spen features work perfect, haven't noticed anything that is broken yet.

Can I disable My Magazine?
I'm coming from the other direction. I like the stock launcher and everything Touchwiz and S-pen related, I just want the swipe-up My Magazine feature to be disabled. Is there a way to do this without rooting or using a different launcher? Thanks in advance,
Nate

N8shon said:
I'm coming from the other direction. I like the stock launcher and everything Touchwiz and S-pen related, I just want the swipe-up My Magazine feature to be disabled. Is there a way to do this without rooting or using a different launcher? Thanks in advance,
Nate
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I tried to remove my magazine with titanium backup. Now touchwiz crashes when i press home button on home screen.
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Missing stock calendar widget on Nova launcher

I have installed Nova on my LG G6 and looks that everything is ok except one thing: there is no possibility to add stock calendar widget because it's not listed on widgets list. Can anybody confirm that?

arek00 said:
I have installed Nova on my LG G6 and looks that everything is ok except one thing: there is no possibility to add stock calendar widget because it's not listed on widgets list. Can anybody confirm that?
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Yes, and it also removes the stock weather widget which I happen to like. I also noticed that that since gestures like double tapping the screen to turn it off are a premium feature it breaks that stock LG function and you can't enable it unless you buy the premium version of Nova. I as planning on buying it anyway to support the developer but that's kind of lame.

vintagerock said:
Yes, and it also removes the stock weather widget which I happen to like. I also noticed that that since gestures like double tapping the screen to turn it off are a premium feature it breaks that stock LG function and you can't enable it unless you buy the premium version of Nova. I as planning on buying it anyway to support the developer but that's kind of lame.
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Even then the double tap feature isn't the same to shut off phone. Does something to permissions and I forget the warning. I just double tap the notification bar which taps off the screen just the same, plus that works from any application, not just the home screen.
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skyfox99 said:
Even then the double tap feature isn't the same to shut off phone. Does something to permissions and I forget the warning. I just double tap the notification bar which taps off the screen just the same, plus that works from any application, not just the home screen.
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That's good to know. Thanks for the tip.

Weather and Nova Launcher

Does anybody know if the Pixel style weather widget on the Nova Launcher home screen works on the OnePlus 5? As far as I can tell I have everything enabled correctly but the weather won't show up. I've read that this feature doesn't work on Samsung phones. Does it also not work on the OnePlus 5 or am I missing something?

jhs39 said:
Does anybody know if the Pixel style weather widget on the Nova Launcher home screen works on the OnePlus 5? As far as I can tell I have everything enabled correctly but the weather won't show up. I've read that this feature doesn't work on Samsung phones. Does it also not work on the OnePlus 5 or am I missing something?
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Works for me. You have it enabled in the labs menu under Nova settings?

t2jbird said:
Works for me. You have it enabled in the labs menu under Nova settings?
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Yes I did. The option to choose to display the weather on the home page doesn't show up unless you enable it in labs first. Maybe I'm missing a permission or setting somewhere but I can't seem to find it. Are you running stock unrooted?

Restarting Nova Launcher from within Nova Settings immediately fixed the issue. ☺

Quick settings - hot spot toggle won't hide?

I've been setting up my essential phone and noticed a weird issue with quick settings toggles...I've reordered and removed some, yet hot spot won't go away.
I remove it, it shows removed, then if i close the area then reopen it, hot spot it back. Only happens with that one. Others have removed and stay removed, like location and cell data.
Am i only in this weird bug?

I'm also seeing this same issue on mine

I'm seeing the same thing. I'm also unable to create any app shortcuts – the long-press on the launcher just doesn't work. Works fine in every other app.

On the sprint version, it doesn't even have a toggle for that.
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jasonevil said:
On the sprint version, it doesn't even have a toggle for that.
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Yes it does. If you don't have it as an option, it hasn't been provisioned for your phone. Screenshot attached and yes I'm on Sprint

feeway730 said:
Yes it does. If you don't have it as an option, it hasn't been provisioned for your phone. Screenshot attached and yes I'm on Sprint
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So you are paying for it?
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jasonevil said:
So you are paying for it?
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It's included in my current plan 10gb\mo. I think it's called unlimited freedom. Unlimited data,talk,text, and 10gb hotspot

feeway730 said:
It's included in my current plan 10gb\mo. I think it's called unlimited freedom. Unlimited data,talk,text, and 10gb hotspot
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Ok, I don't subscribe to it so it doesn't show for me, sprint has hidden it in the settings, it's still there and it works without subscription.
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jasonevil said:
Ok, I don't subscribe to it so it doesn't show for me, sprint has hidden it in the settings, it's still there and it works without subscription.
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Could you help point out how you have hotspot working while it's hidden in settings?

LordLugard said:
Could you help point out how you have hotspot working while it's hidden in settings?
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Create a shortcut to it using your launcher, I'd suggest using Nova.
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StephenMilone said:
I've been setting up my essential phone and noticed a weird issue with quick settings toggles...I've reordered and removed some, yet hot spot won't go away.
I remove it, it shows removed, then if i close the area then reopen it, hot spot it back. Only happens with that one. Others have removed and stay removed, like location and cell data.
Am i only in this weird bug?
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I have had this bug also but it seems fixed in the latest firmware update.

jasonevil said:
Create a shortcut to it using your launcher, I'd suggest using Nova.
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If it's not too much of a bother, could you just give a step by step of how to do this? Thx.

LordLugard said:
If it's not too much of a bother, could you just give a step by step of how to do this? Thx.
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i'm doing this with nova launcher, however this should work with other launchers.
long press your home screen
go to widgets
nova widgets
drag activities to your homescreen
scroll down to settings
scroll down to tethering and portable hotspot, click it...
you now have access to the hidden tethering menu

jasonevil said:
i'm doing this with nova launcher, however this should work with other launchers.
long press your home screen
go to widgets
nova widgets
drag activities to your homescreen
scroll down to settings
scroll down to tethering and portable hotspot, click it...
you now have access to the hidden tethering menu
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Holy crap !! Works like a charm. Great stuff. Thx. :good::good:

jasonevil said:
i'm doing this with nova launcher, however this should work with other launchers.
long press your home screen
go to widgets
nova widgets
drag activities to your homescreen
scroll down to settings
scroll down to tethering and portable hotspot, click it...
you now have access to the hidden tethering menu
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It works with the default launcher as well. I haven't used it much, though, as I noticed it heats up the phone quite a bit.

Any way to being it back the icon to quick menu? It is very inconvenient to use an external app to bring up the shortcut.

Nova and Gestures

Is anyone using Nova and if so are the Android 10 gestures working? On my Pixel 4 XL they were working on Nova. Not working on the S20. Was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?

Same thing, totally bumming me out. Works on the stock samsung launcher.

pieman13 said:
Same thing, totally bumming me out. Works on the stock samsung launcher.
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I got the warning on the Pixel when I installed Nova that the gestures would not work but they ended up working just fine.

Same, I still might go back it but I'm liking the s20 so far. Bet there is a launcher that is compatible, I'm going to need it because I'm so acclimated to the gestures at this point.

Sorry wrong thread
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The options on the "full screen gestures" nav are blocked when you use Nova Launcher unfortunately.

Temporary solution for me. Good Lock and one handed operation. At least I can get back swipe to go back.

I use edge gestures and have it setup so that swipe from left to right is back, swipe down is home, and swipe up is recents apps
Then use immersive manager to hide navigation bar. That's been my setup for a while and is the first thing I do when seeing up a new phone
Just a heads up to those looking for another possible solution

chill145 said:
I use edge gestures and have it setup so that swipe from left to right is back, swipe down is home, and swipe up is recents apps
Then use immersive manager to hide navigation bar. That's been my setup for a while and is the first thing I do when seeing up a new phone
Just a heads up to those looking for another possible solution
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I think this is great for the home screen, but the idea is to be able to use the gestures in every app.

sturmeh said:
I think this is great for the home screen, but the idea is to be able to use the gestures in every app.
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Edge Gestures does work in every app. It's an app in the play store that I was referring to
I was describing my setup with that app and not Nova Gestures, which I also use. Sorry for any confusion

Best way around it is use Nova launcher with fluid gestures, work awesome!

you can use the gestures of android 10 with nova using this command by adb, I have it activated.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural

xperiatomaja said:
you can use the gestures of android 10 with nova using this command by adb, I have it activated.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural
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Can confirm this works.
You can disable it by changing the settings back and forth.

xperiatomaja said:
you can use the gestures of android 10 with nova using this command by adb, I have it activated.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural
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Does it stick after a reboot?

pieman13 said:
Does it stick after a reboot?
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No, it does not.

Samsung’s One UI 2.5 update will enable Google’s gesture navigation in third-party launchers
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsungs-one-ui-2-5-googles-gesture-navigation-third-party-launchers/

Works Fine
xkawsx said:
Best way around it is use Nova launcher with fluid gestures, work awesome!
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works like a charm bro. thanks for the help. it was really helpful.
earlier i was using a Oneplus 6T, so with it even after warning message from nova on gestures, full screen gestures worked smoothly. once i moved to S20+ 2 weeks back i was looking for the option on how to enable this option as default launcher sucks once u used Nova.