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Good Morning,
I am after a certain type of app but I am struggling to find something that suits my needs and I was wondering if anyone here can point me to a good app.
I am looking for something where I can hide an app from my App Tray and launch it via the phone dialer by typing a certain code.
So to recap I do not want anyone using my phone to be able to see this app. I don't want and password protection or fake error message I want it completly hidden and only available through the dialer.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Max
Try Wave Launcher.... that might be what your after?
Thanks for the reply but thats not what I am after. That is just a fancy launcher where as I want to completly hide an app and only be able to launch it through the dialer.
anyone else have any ideas?
The only app i've heard of doing anything like this is Shady SMS, but that just allows you hide certain contacts conversations. I've never seen anything else similar..
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Try Hide It Pro it give you the ability to hide pics, videos, and apps. I believe this is exactly what you are looking for. It installs as a cute little app called "Audio Manager" which you can configure to actually function properly. There is a secret "button" press to get you to a keypad for a passcode. Enter your passcode and your in.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro&hl=en
This package looks perfect but its refusing to list my installed applications :-(
I once had an app like this, but can't find it now.
The only app that I've encountered that can do this is Lockdown Pro but it can only hide itself. I hope someone can make an app like this or maybe I'll try it myself when I graduate.
Hello,
i'm new to Android and the Nexus 4 is my first Android device. I'm really happy with it but i've got some questions which i'm sure are pretty easy to answer for most people here:
- I turned off the vibration (touch feedback) in the settings, but in some apps it's still there, for example when i type in a URL in chrome. how do i disable it?
- I came from an iPhone and i'm used to having an app for notes. Is there any good, simple app for android, where you can just write down some notes, similar to the iphone app?
- I've heard of a great app to use in case you lose your phone or someone steals it, so you can track it down from your pc, take photos etc, but i forgot its name. Does anyone know?
- Is it normal that the Nexus 4 camera sometimes keeps trying to focus on something? it happened to me sometimes that it focused, the image got sharp, then suddenly it loses the focus again, focuses again, loses it again, and so on, even though i was not moving the phone (holding it in my hand though).
Thanks for your help!
jb91 said:
Hello,
i'm new to Android and the Nexus 4 is my first Android device. I'm really happy with it but i've got some questions which i'm sure are pretty easy to answer for most people here:
- I turned off the vibration (touch feedback) in the settings, but in some apps it's still there, for example when i type in a URL in chrome. how do i disable it?
- I came from an iPhone and i'm used to having an app for notes. Is there any good, simple app for android, where you can just write down some notes, similar to the iphone app?
- I've heard of a great app to use in case you lose your phone or someone steals it, so you can track it down from your pc, take photos etc, but i forgot its name. Does anyone know?
- Is it normal that the Nexus 4 camera sometimes keeps trying to focus on something? it happened to me sometimes that it focused, the image got sharp, then suddenly it loses the focus again, focuses again, loses it again, and so on, even though i was not moving the phone (holding it in my hand though).
Thanks for your help!
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Ok, I Don't Have A N4, But I Can Help. For The Type Vibration, You Might Have To Go Into The Keyboard Settings And Look For It There. I Think It's Set Apart From The Other Feedback Option.
I Use ColorNote & EverNote. ColorNote, As The Name Implies, Has All These Color Options You Can Use, And Separate Your Notes By Color. (Red for thoughts, green for to-do stuff, and so on) I Like EverNote Because It Automatically Saves Your Notes Online.
I Think You're Referring To The Lookout Mobile Security App. I Have It On Both Of My Phones.
Once Again, Not A Nexus Owner, So I Can't Help With Your Camera Issue. Sorry. :/
All The Apps Suggested Are Free. (Lookout has Premium features that you have to pay for, I think by the month)
I Hope I've Helped.
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I have come from an iPhone too, although this is not my first Android. For the keyboard vibration, you have to turn it off on the keyboard's settings, as the guy above me said.
For the notes, I use this. It's a simple but great and useful application.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.demo.notepad3
I hope I have helped.
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Look at Google Tasks Organiser. It syncs your lists online. For theft protection, Cerberus is the best
Thanks guys.
Another thing i don't fully understand:
On the top left of the screen (on the bar), i see Skype, which makes sense, since Skype is open in the background, so i won't miss a call or message or whatever. But then why is there no symbol for What's app or facebook? Don't they work the same? Basically, there also needs to be some kind of background process open for these, right? But why are they not shown on the top left of the bar?
jb91 said:
Thanks guys.
Another thing i don't fully understand:
On the top left of the screen (on the bar), i see Skype, which makes sense, since Skype is open in the background, so i won't miss a call or message or whatever. But then why is there no symbol for What's app or facebook? Don't they work the same? Basically, there also needs to be some kind of background process open for these, right? But why are they not shown on the top left of the bar?
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That's the choice of the application's developer not to have the icon in the status bar. I find it better not to have any icon in the status bar as they take up space and look ugly.
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Thanks!
While we're at it, another question
How do you actually CLOSE an app? So it's not in the RAM anymore. I'd imagine that all those apps still running in the background use a lot of battery, right?
Just use the third soft button at the button of the screen then close the apps from there. As for background processes, you need not to worry about then. Android is good at handling background processes so they don't take a lot of battery.
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MSI Afterburner said:
Just use the third soft button at the button of the screen then close the apps from there. As for background processes, you need not to worry about then. Android is good at handling background processes so they don't take a lot of battery.
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Isn't this just a list of "recently opened" apps? Because if you swipe them off there, these apps are still shown as "Active" in the settings menu.
Nope, you close them from there. Although some may have a background process like Facebook so you can still receive notifications with the app closed. It takes up minimal battery.
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And you mean this screen, right?
Because if so, they're just background processes.
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Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
jb91 said:
Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
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At the same screen, you see these 3 line things in the top right corner? Tap that.
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jb91 said:
Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
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There is if you go custom, but not in stock. This is why I always close the apps after using them so I'm only swiping 1-2 at a time...
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MSI Afterburner said:
At the same screen, you see these 3 line things in the top right corner? Tap that.
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You're using CM, it's not in stock
EddyOS said:
There is if you go custom, but not in stock. This is why I always close the apps after using them so I'm only swiping 1-2 at a time...
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You're using CM, it's not in stock
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Damn, I'm so used to CyanogenMod, haha!
My bad then.
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A question again about that cerberus app:
I've downloaded it and made it so it doesn't appear in the installed apps. But how do i make it visible again? How do i even open it now?
I have a sprint note 2 thats flashed to boost mobile. The first time it was done it was fast 3g was good. I messed upand reset the phone so I had to reflash it b I t now its slow.the more u flash a phone does it get slower
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For this scenario Cerberus has a feature where you dial a unique code to access the hidden program but you've probably not noted it. If you haven't changed it, dial
23723787
Or to remove you could also go to Settings / Security / Device Administrator and uncheck it then Settings / Apps and uninstall the app.
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I was removing some bloat after rooting, and everything I removed seems fine except one thing. Whenever I get an email, and pull down the notification bar and click on it directly, my email app force closes(using stock google app). If I go to the email app itself and then view the email, it's fine. Does anyone have any idea what the apk I removed that could have caused this,and if so does anyone have a backup they can upload, thanks!!
y2kcamaross said:
I was removing some bloat after rooting, and everything I removed seems fine except one thing. Whenever I get an email, and pull down the notification bar and click on it directly, my email app force closes(using stock google app). If I go to the email app itself and then view the email, it's fine. Does anyone have any idea what the apk I removed that could have caused this,and if so does anyone have a backup they can upload, thanks!!
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I believe it's the magazine app.
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njfoses said:
I believe it's the magazine app.
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Do you happen to have the apk, or know where I can get it?
I downloaded the magazineapp, that didn't seem to fix it, I think I'll just re install the original EMAIL client APK, does anyone out there have that or a link to it?
This is driving me crazy, text message notifications don't seem to bother it, and I can set my emails to not notify in the notifaction bar and then they work perfectly when I go to open them. But if I set them to show in notification bar(which i need for my work exchange server) it says sorry, email has closed. Even if I don't pull look at the notification, and go directly to the email, it closes on the first try, the second time is fine
y2kcamaross said:
This is driving me crazy, text message notifications don't seem to bother it, and I can set my emails to not notify in the notifaction bar and then they work perfectly when I go to open them. But if I set them to show in notification bar(which i need for my work exchange server) it says sorry, email has closed. Even if I don't pull look at the notification, and go directly to the email, it closes on the first try, the second time is fine
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Have you tried booting into the stock recovery and clearing cache?
yes, same problems
I'm having the same issue. Using stock email app, connected to exchange 2007 server and keep getting weird force closes when opening items from the notification window. I've been going through unfreezing apps 1 by 1 but so far no joy.
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njfoses said:
I believe it's the magazine app.
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This seems to have fixed it for me... There are 2 magazine apps and I unfroze both. "My Magazine 1.0.0" & "My Magazine - Here and now 1.1.0"
frieked said:
I'm having the same issue. Using stock email app, connected to exchange 2007 server and keep getting weird force closes when opening items from the notification window. I've been going through unfreezing apps 1 by 1 but so far no joy.
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This seems to have fixed it for me... There are 2 magazine apps and I unfroze both. "My Magazine 1.0.0" & "My Magazine - Here and now 1.1.0"
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Can you upload those APKS?
Found the my magazine app but when I go to install it, out data application not installed, anyway to get around that?
y2kcamaross said:
Found the my magazine app but when I go to install it, out data application not installed, anyway to get around that?
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Use a file explorer and drop the apk in the system/app folder and change permissions to match other files in that folder.
frieked said:
I'm having the same issue. Using stock email app, connected to exchange 2007 server and keep getting weird force closes when opening items from the notification window. I've been going through unfreezing apps 1 by 1 but so far no joy.
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This seems to have fixed it for me... There are 2 magazine apps and I unfroze both. "My Magazine 1.0.0" & "My Magazine - Here and now 1.1.0"
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After getting FC with Exchange account after freezing a variety of apps in TiBu (generally the same ones frozen on my VZW S4), I've had to go back to defrosting everything, and only "Turn off" via application manger. I could never quite figure out which one(s) were causing it, but Exchange wanted the magazine app, Ant, and other what would seem entirely unrelated apps to be enabled. As much as I hate crap running that I neither use or want, the Note 3 has so much RAM and horsepower that it really doesn't seem to matter.
tbcpn said:
After getting FC with Exchange account after freezing a variety of apps in TiBu (generally the same ones frozen on my VZW S4), I've had to go back to defrosting everything, and only "Turn off" via application manger. I could never quite figure out which one(s) were causing it, but Exchange wanted the magazine app, Ant, and other what would seem entirely unrelated apps to be enabled. As much as I hate crap running that I neither use or want, the Note 3 has so much RAM and horsepower that it really doesn't seem to matter.
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Did you have the Magazine app frozen. That is one of the few apps that I ran into that caused Exchange to FC.
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sooner2k1 said:
Did you have the Magazine app frozen. That is one of the few apps that I ran into that caused Exchange to FC.
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EDIT: Sorry i missed the piece about exchange in your post. Reading on my phone.
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frieked said:
I'm having the same issue. Using stock email app, connected to exchange 2007 server and keep getting weird force closes when opening items from the notification window. I've been going through unfreezing apps 1 by 1 but so far no joy.
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This seems to have fixed it for me... There are 2 magazine apps and I unfroze both. "My Magazine 1.0.0" & "My Magazine - Here and now 1.1.0"
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Would second that request for those apk files. I trashed them and this is driving me nuts
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760hacker said:
Would second that request for those apk files. I trashed them and this is driving me nuts
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Yes anyone with these two files can you upload because i hate to reinstall when someone with working apks can extract and upload
carycooke said:
Yes anyone with these two files can you upload because i hate to reinstall when someone with working apks can extract and upload
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46568230&postcount=4
Still didn't help but thanks anyways
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carycooke said:
Still didn't help but thanks anyways
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think we need the odex file that goes with Magazine home. I've asked for him to upload that as well. Then put both in system/app and set permissions to rwrr.
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760hacker said:
think we need the odex file that goes with Magazine home. I've asked for him to upload that as well. Then put both in system/app and set permissions to rwrr.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46574793&postcount=7
ODEX
That worked all 3
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Noticed I can launch 'Voice Recorder' with gNow voice, but it's hidden from all launchers/app history (Verizon)
Anyone else find another app that works this way?
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bigjodaflo said:
Noticed I can launch 'Voice Recorder' with gNow voice, but it's hidden from all launchers/app history (Verizon)
Anyone else find another app that works this way?
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Won't know what apps to look for that might be "hidden"... Voice Recorder though, is it only hidden on Verizon versions? Because on my device(International version) Voice Recorder is kept in the "Tools" folder that is in the app drawer along with other "Tool" Like Weather, Downloads, Setup, Parent Dashboard, HTC Apps and HTC Backup.
That was how it came out of the box, I didn't move any apps around.
But...Why would Verizon hide the Voice Recorder app? Are they the only ones allowed to record conversations or what's going on here?
Pretty nuts huh? Here's my tools folder...
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Jw if anyone else has stumbled upon an app you have to 'ask for'
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Yeah that screenshot is very different to how my app drawer looks
Scribble, clock, the car app etc...
Either way, different strokes for different folks they say... Regardless of that, I don't get why Verizon would want to hide the voice recorder app. Is it the only app that's hidden or have you come across more?
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Did you check the hide/unhide apps?
In the app drawer, at the top press the 3 dots and then go to hide/unhide apps, is it checked there? That is if you tried looking there before.
Else maybe see what the guys in Verizon forum says http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8
Is there Any option to kill the app with long press back button (In Stock ROM) just like we used in custom ROMs.
I also would love to have this.
gonsa said:
I also would love to have this.
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Ya, I was using this feature for a long time and now I switched to OnePlus 5 and didn't found the option in Stock ROM. If anyone using this feature plz share a tweak or app or method to use this feature.
There is no need to force close an app unless it misbehaves. Android does a great job in memory management.
Xposed. Just know that safety net will never work again.
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App itself Is xposed edge
sumit227 said:
Is there Any option to kill the app with long press back button (In Stock ROM) just like we used in custom ROMs.
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There's an app called 'buttons mapper' on play store.
For kill action you need root.
And for up to two mapping it's free.
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azeem40 said:
There is no need to force close an app unless it misbehaves. Android does a great job in memory management.
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There are apps one needs but they do stuff in background you don't want. For that kill action could come handy.
Like parking apps, that once running track your movements. And upload location on data.
zagzag99 said:
There's an app called 'buttons mapper' on play store.
For kill action you need root.
And for up to two mapping it's free.
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Thank you soo much..this app works perfectly:good:
zagzag99 said:
There's an app called 'buttons mapper' on play store.
For kill action you need root.
And for up to two mapping it's free.
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There are apps one needs but they do stuff in background you don't want. For that kill action could come handy.
Like parking apps, that once running track your movements. And upload location on data.
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Killing an app with that method doesn't stop background processes.
any other method without root? with shizuku etc maybe?
Go to settings-devolper option-apps
Don't keep activities- on
Background process limit- no background processes
it will kill everything? let's say and the email client i have downloaded from the Play store?
Or if it is not "optimized from the battery menu" it will still run in background even if i check the emails and leave the app?
drdedus said:
it will kill everything? let's say and the email client i have downloaded from the Play store?
Or if it is not "optimized from the battery menu" it will still run in background even if i check the emails and leave the app?
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It ll stop all background running + cached process ( check in background services developer option)
sorry because i am asking again..
even if they are protected somehow by an Option in android ?
it would be very helpful to use this app without having to force kill every time even if you have the option to force it by long pressing the back button.
Key Mapper​
from F-Droid can do this, of you mean hardware buttons. Here's the description from the store:
Key Mapper | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Unleash your keys! Open source!
f-droid.org
What can be remapped?
* Fingerprint gestures on supported devices.
* Volume buttons.
* Navigation buttons.
* Bluetooth/wired keyboards.
* Buttons on other connected devices should also work.
ONLY HARDWARE buttons can be remapped.
There is NO GUARANTEE any of these buttons will work and this app is NOT designed to control games. Your device's OEM/vendor can prevent them from being remapped.
thank you . i will look for that.
also i am looking with Tsker or Macrodroid, espesially if they support Ladb or Shizuku