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▐ 20.2.2011▐ ★UPDATED★Awesome WP7 Tips&Tricks★▐

▐ 20.2.2011▐ ★UPDATED★Awesome WP7 Tips&Tricks★▐
I just wanted to post a couple of helpful tips&tricks for those who are new to the WP7 OS. If I helped please "donate" your time by clicking the thanks button!
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10 Awesome Tips&Tricks
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1. Using the Windows Phone 7 voice controls
Press and hold the Windows key at the bottom of your screen and you can start talking to your phone. Try saying "Open Calendar", to see what we mean.
2. Adding apps to the Start screen
When you are in the long applications list on your phone pressing on an icon and holding brings up a contextual menu that gives you a series of options, one of which is "pin to start". Press on this option and the app will be shown on the Start screen.
3. Add people to the start page
No it's not just about adding apps to the start page, but people too. Find them in your contacts book, click on the "pin" icon, and they'll be added to your Start page so you can speed dial them whenever you need.
4. Moving your tiles around
Adding a new app or tile to the Start screen will place it right at the bottom. If you want it to be elsewhere, press and hold on the tile in question and then you are free to move it up and down and rearrange your tiles to best suit your needs.
5. Removing apps from the Start screen
You like the app, but you don't really want it on your Start screen anymore. No worries. Hold your finger on the tile in question for a couple of seconds and when it highlights press the no pin icon in the top right-hand corner.
6. Uninstalling apps
You've tried it and you don't like it. No problem. Head over to the menu list and press down on the app in question until you get the contextual menu. Select uninstall and you're done.
7. Rating and reviewing apps
You really love the new app you've downloaded, so much so that you want to rate and review it so anyone else interested knows whether it's any good or not. With Windows Phone 7 you don't have to wait until you delete it to rate it, you can rate and review it at any time. Press and hold down on the app in question until that contextual menu appears and then choose "Rate and review". It will bring up another page allowing you to have your say and give it a rating out of five. Easy peasy.
8. How to change the theme
If you've got your Windows Phone 7 phone from Vodafone the theme is going to be all red, O2 is dishing out blue themes and Orange, orange ones. An all red themed phone might be a bit much (we hear you), but fret not as you can change the colour of the tiles and other features in the Setting area. Zip on over to the menu list, select Settings, and then Theme. Here you can choose the colour of the background and the accent colour. Background options are "Black" or "White" while you'll get nine accent colours to pick from. Lime, anyone?
9. Swipe to the left
Windows Phone 7 is built around the idea of panoramic tiles that you swipe to reveal more content off screen. It's always worth seeing if you can swipe to the left as there might be more stuff waiting to be revealed.
10. What are the dots?
Whenever you see three dots at the bottom of the screen, that's a menu for more options. In photo playback for example, it will give you the options to delete the image or perform a quick upload.
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks here:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/3641...s-phone-7-tips
For those who need access to a US market, or wherever...
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1st, when you link your live account to the phone, you'll automatically get an e-mail from Microsoft phone 7 in your inbox.
this had some useful links in it. for example, I didn't download the full zune package, but another version witch works as well and is quite a bit smaller.
2nd, create an extra live account with false location settings, i set mine on Beverly hills, California, so you can access marketplace, xbox live etc.
(you can add an other account for your e-mail settings etc)
Search Button
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Because the HD2 has different hardware keys than the WP7, the home key for the HD2 is the search button for Windows Phones. Depending on where you are, pressing the home button will give you different search results.
HOMESCREEN:
Will open BING-search(Many custom WP7 ROM's have changed default search to Google).
MUSIC&VIDEOS:
Enables search for videos, music etc.
MARKETPLACE:
Searches for Music and Applications available for purchase in the Market
Transparent Lockscreen Wallpaper
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This is the link to the wallpaper:
http://phone7.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/clawpaper.png
Simply send yourself an email with the image attached, then open the email on your phone and save the image. When you view the image, you have an option of setting it as your wallpaper(The Zune software only seems to sync JPEG’s)
Click on the PNG attachment and then wait a few moments. Once the ‘cancel’ button next the attachment disappears, click again. This should open it in the picture viewer with the option to set as wallpaper.
Until the lock screen has started any animation, the home screen will appear black. Presumably this is because the home screen isn’t loaded until the lock screen has been touched, which makes sense. Secondly, it doesn’t work if you have a password on the lock screen. Having a password is obviously a good idea, so it’s a shame this doesn’t work with the password.
Lockscreen Text App
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A useful application is Jivtech's Lockscreen Text App. Head on over to the site for more info about an application that allows you to quickly and easily add text to your lockscreen wallpaper
http://www.jivtech.com/lockscreentext.aspx
Extra tips from users:
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yogeshmishra23 said:
Screen Locked...received a message...tap on the message preview on the top of the lock screen and then unlock the screen. Phone will unlock directly to your message screen.
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patrikbarden said:
Long press on Send-key activates the camera from sleep mode. Even when the phone is password locked!
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squarejp said:
You can record a phone conversation using the video recording mode. Simply make a phone call and hold the camera button to record the entire phone conversation and video. Make sure you put on Speaker Phone Mode.
Camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u-2MBYYsmw
Dark Side of Focus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXS4jrxeI0k
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ppsravan said:
There is search for Marketplace...goto the market place and hit the search button...the search button works as a contextual search based on the app or hub you are in...its awesome and well thought
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shahidpak said:
1. Connect to Wifi
2. Select Settings
3. Select Wifi
4. Tap the connected WIFI network for few seconds.
5. Select Edit
6. Proxy ON
7. Type your proxy server and port
8. Save and exit you are done
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Have fun!
If I helped please hit the Thanks button!

gooooooood work.thank you buddy

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816501

i hav done the prosses of instaling wp7 on my hd-2 but its asking activation code ...........wat to du.

Thanks for the tricks.....
trying wp7 since sunday and still in trouble.

kooka17 said:
Thanks for the tricks.....
trying wp7 since sunday and still in trouble.
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why whats the problem saty in detail..............

ninja1kava said:
i hav done the prosses of instaling wp7 on my hd-2 but its asking activation code ...........wat to du.
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call ms to get the activation code they wont find you untill you say that u have hd7.........
and dont say its hd2.........
convince them that u got in seconds from friend and bla bla......
then you ready to get the code..........

Thanks for the help!

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[Q] Toggle switches by long pressing Home button?

Hello all,
I'm looking for an application which will allow me to toggle my Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, Mobile Internet, Hotspot, Auto Rotate without leaving any application. Because sometimes when you go into some application and needs to turn on Mobile Internet because wifi is not working, then you'll have to come to home screen to turn off wifi and then turn on mobile internet, instead of that, what if there was an application which will do as follows.
Long press home button, instead of displaying recent apps which I'm sure is of no use, it will display toggle switches from which you can turn on or off bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, Hotspot etc.
It will also allow option after press to select Toggle or Recent Apps. Optionally user will be able to set the desired behavior on long press of home button in the settings if he wants to directly open the toggle or recent apps or choose at runtime.
There are some applications which allows you to do this using search button, but most of the applications already use search button for in within application search, whereas they don't use home button for anything and long pressing home button won't interfere without any action in actual application.
Thanks for listening and I'd love if someone can find the application if already developed. If not, I just gave the idea for development of new tool.

Not sure if it's an option to you, but you can run cm7 nighties. In there you have the option to define any application to run after long pressing the home or search key

Since you cant get the CM7 Nightlies, you can get some of the many applications that are listed in the Android Market which puts the toggle switches along with the notification bar. As I had specified in some other thread, here is a short list, just lifted from there:
* Extended Controls
* Bartender
* Bar Control
* Power Control Plus
* Widgetsoid
* Quickdesk
Hope they do work out for you.
Good Luck

jorgen2009 said:
Not sure if it's an option to you, but you can run cm7 nighties. In there you have the option to define any application to run after long pressing the home or search key
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Perfect. long press home button to start the popup of notification is sweet. That's exactly what I'm looking for. But as my wildfire came with 2.2.1, no root and no custom roms.
3xeno said:
Since you cant get the CM7 Nightlies, you can get some of the many applications that are listed in the Android Market which puts the toggle switches along with the notification bar. As I had specified in some other thread, here is a short list, just lifted from there:
* Extended Controls
* Bartender
* Bar Control
* Power Control Plus
* Widgetsoid
* Quickdesk
Hope they do work out for you.
Good Luck
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Have a look at above screen, I'm looking for something which will start the above screen. MySettings and Quick Settings does the job, but they won't start from some applications like Opera where even long pressing Search key brings the search bar.
So is there any way to add applications to home screen long press action. Why are they all insisting on using Search key long press instead of home key long press?
Does any of above applications provide the home screen long press initiation? Thank you.

Did you try any of the applications I listed? They are placed along with the notification bar, something like this:
So, with that, although the disadvantage is that you cannot get so many settings on that as posted in your screen shot, the advantage is they are universally available everywhere, and, does not require any button presses. I would assume that the Search Key is the most preferred one for app developers, since, it is the "least" used key among the 4, simply because, even without the search key, almost all apps and even the home screens, have their own search functions and widgets.

The problem is, most of the applications including Opera hides the notification bar and there's no way to access those settings in Opera or the applications which hides the notification bar. Search key is least used, agreed. But the home key long press is something no application will ever use as it's a key which will let you exit the application. On the other hand, search key long press is used in Opera, Market and some other applications that I can't recollect at this point of time.
The problem with above applications list is, all of them are aiming at displaying toggles either on home screen or through notification bar, but none of them give us ability to choose the custom keys. I appreciate your help mate, but I'm looking for more specific thing.
Also I'd like to know from some developer if it's possible to assign custom application to home key long press without rooting? If not, may be that is the reason no one has come up with home key long press instead of search key long press.

Launchkey lets you assign a custom app but only for long pressing search button.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

chiaotzu said:
Also I'd like to know from some developer if it's possible to assign custom application to home key long press without rooting? If not, may be that is the reason no one has come up with home key long press instead of search key long press.
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There are apps in the market that do this - but, they are only Task Manager Apps. More advanced versions of the default Android Task Switcher.
But, that's an idea as well. Many task switchers allow you to "stick" app shortcuts there. So, simply install one of the task switchers, add the shortcut to Quick Settings there, and, you should be able to use it without exiting Opera Mini / other apps.
This is probably an extremely long and tiring method, but nothing else comes to my mind.

kevin2516 said:
Launchkey lets you assign a custom app but only for long pressing search button.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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Indeed, I don't know why everyone is sticking to long press of search key instead of long press of Home key, which I think is available on all android handsets, unlike search key on samsung galaxy phones.
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There are apps in the market that do this - but, they are only Task Manager Apps. More advanced versions of the default Android Task Switcher.
But, that's an idea as well. Many task switchers allow you to "stick" app shortcuts there. So, simply install one of the task switchers, add the shortcut to Quick Settings there, and, you should be able to use it without exiting Opera Mini / other apps.
This is probably an extremely long and tiring method, but nothing else comes to my mind.
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Thanks for keeping up with me. I have tried the task switcher applications as you said, but I couldn't find an app which will be activated on long press of home key. Most of them again uses the search key or notification bar. Now I don't know if there are certain set of rules, but Android applications don't have coherent UI interface as compared to iOS. And that is the reason, I think Opera is in fault or we're expecting too much from our Mobile?

3xeno said:
Did you try any of the applications I listed? They are placed along with the notification bar, something like this:
So, with that, although the disadvantage is that you cannot get so many settings on that as posted in your screen shot, the advantage is they are universally available everywhere, and, does not require any button presses. I would assume that the Search Key is the most preferred one for app developers, since, it is the "least" used key among the 4, simply because, even without the search key, almost all apps and even the home screens, have their own search functions and widgets.
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chiaotzu said:
The problem is, most of the applications including Opera hides the notification bar and there's no way to access those settings in Opera or the applications which hides the notification bar. Search key is least used, agreed. But the home key long press is something no application will ever use as it's a key which will let you exit the application. On the other hand, search key long press is used in Opera, Market and some other applications that I can't recollect at this point of time.
The problem with above applications list is, all of them are aiming at displaying toggles either on home screen or through notification bar, but none of them give us ability to choose the custom keys. I appreciate your help mate, but I'm looking for more specific thing.
Also I'd like to know from some developer if it's possible to assign custom application to home key long press without rooting? If not, may be that is the reason no one has come up with home key long press instead of search key long press.
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The long press button functions are "hard-coded" into the ROM, and Search is mapped to "Custom-Shortcut" or something like that; simply put, app developers can ONLY use long press Search. On CyanogenMod it's a different story, because they added additional code to open up the other buttons.

chiaotzu said:
Thanks for keeping up with me. I have tried the task switcher applications as you said, but I couldn't find an app which will be activated on long press of home key. Most of them again uses the search key or notification bar. Now I don't know if there are certain set of rules, but Android applications don't have coherent UI interface as compared to iOS. And that is the reason, I think Opera is in fault or we're expecting too much from our Mobile?
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Well, browsing the market, I found this app switcher which claims it works with the Home Key. Couldn't test it though, since it's a paid one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.appswipe2
Even this one claims to do the same thing: (Again paid though)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.quicklaunch
And one more, which seems exactly like what you are looking for:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.intuitit.android.p.powerstrip
Will keep looking for any free solutions and let you know.
EDIT: One Free Solution:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android
But, here's the catch. "Officially", it is not compatible with the Wildfire. So, you will have to look elsewhere for the APK and sideload it on your Wildfire,
Hope it works out.
Good Luck

3xeno said:
Well, browsing the market, I found this app switcher which claims it works with the Home Key. Couldn't test it though, since it's a paid one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.appswipe2
Even this one claims to do the same thing: (Again paid though)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.quicklaunch
And one more, which seems exactly like what you are looking for:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.intuitit.android.p.powerstrip
Will keep looking for any free solutions and let you know.
EDIT: One Free Solution:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android
But, here's the catch. "Officially", it is not compatible with the Wildfire. So, you will have to look elsewhere for the APK and sideload it on your Wildfire,
Hope it works out.
Good Luck
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Probably works with a listener service constantly running in the background or something; point is, it will always be better done in CyanogenMod, at system level

3xeno said:
Well, browsing the market, I found this app switcher which claims it works with the Home Key. Couldn't test it though, since it's a paid one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.appswipe2
Even this one claims to do the same thing: (Again paid though)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.magouyaware.quicklaunch
And one more, which seems exactly like what you are looking for:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.intuitit.android.p.powerstrip
Will keep looking for any free solutions and let you know.
EDIT: One Free Solution:
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android
But, here's the catch. "Officially", it is not compatible with the Wildfire. So, you will have to look elsewhere for the APK and sideload it on your Wildfire,
Hope it works out.
Good Luck
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OMG, that did the trick. Thanks a million. Used the Quick Launch to start the MySettings app and it's perfect. It allows us to use home key, not a long press though as explained by NickHu. But it allows us to quick press it 2 times and set the maximum delay for which the action will be effective. Like if you set it to 500ms, after pressing Home button, it will wait for 500ms for you to press home button one more time. If you press home button in those 500ms, your specified application will open. If you don't do anything in those 500ms, it will perform the default home button behavior.
@NickHi, Perfect and always, it will be better at system level rather than at application level. But when I bought this Wildfire, I was on 2.2.1. So can't root, won't be able to install CyanogenMod or any other custom ROMs. So the above setting is working pretty good for me.
I'd like to know one more thing. How to get that notification setting which in turn is the best way to toggle in applications which shows you notification bar.
Kindly link me to the application which will add the panel in notification window.

chiaotzu said:
Kindly link me to the application which will add the panel in notification window.
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I listed these in the first post I made in the thread. You can check them out.
* Extended Controls: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.extendedcontrols
* Bartender: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miromind.bartenderlite and https://market.android.com/details?id=com.miromind.bartender
* Bar Control: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.schwimmer.android.barcontrol
* Power Control Plus: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.eclairwidgets
* Widgetsoid: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jim2 and https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jim_donate
* Quickdesk: https://market.android.com/details?id=sg.ruqqq.quickdesk and https://market.android.com/details?id=sg.ruqqq.quickdeskpro
All of these add the toggles to the notification bar, as it is in my screenshot.

Thanks a lot. Everything is perfect now. The software is widgetsoid. Thanks a lot everyone who has helped me.

Advice for widgetsoid (in case you don't know yet)
If you want to have the widget ONLY in the notification bar choose the 5x1 type widget, after configuring the wanted widget uncheck the "open popup" in notification tab in widgetsoid (this so that the widget doesn't popup after the selection in the notification bar).
Also if you want something more simple search the market for status bar settings.
https://market.android.com/details?id=karson.app.SettingsBar
Cheers.

stuffynet said:
Advice for widgetsoid (in case you don't know yet)
If you want to have the widget ONLY in the notification bar choose the 5x1 type widget, after configuring the wanted widget uncheck the "open popup" in notification tab in widgetsoid (this so that the widget doesn't popup after the selection in the notification bar).
Also if you want something more simple search the market for status bar settings.
https://market.android.com/details?id=karson.app.SettingsBar
Cheers.
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LOL yeah. Figured it out eventually. I was clicking on the toggles and every single time, there was this popup. Then did some trial and error, and got rid of it successfully. SettingsBar looks good, but will switch to it when few more toggles support comes i.e. Orientation toggle which is a must when reading something while sleeping, annoying little android keeps them switching in weird orientation making it impossible to read, thanks to lock orientation on Widgetsoid.
And It gave me some warning after I tried to made the 5x1 widget that "OMG ITS ONLY FOR BIGGER SCREENS AND BLABLA" So made the 4x1 widget, but I guess that doesn't make any difference at all, I have 8 toggles on it anyways.

HTC One M8 Bug-Find List

Hey guys...I haven't seen a thread started for this yet and since I've been toying around with my M8 all day I figured I'd share 2 bugs I seem to have found and if you guys have found any feel free to contribute. Any edits I make will be for resolutions and updates to the bugs found. So far what I've found:
- I seem to have difficulty deleting files off of the external SD card. I have my pictures saving by default to it and I noticed if I delete one it disappears then pops back up. This happens through ES File Explorer.
--Issue lies with Kit Kat version not the phone itself
- When I manually set my brightness and then open up the camera it auto increases the brightness (which I don't think is a bug) the bug however, when you exit the camera app the brightness remains the same and doesn't revert back to your manual setting.
--If you exit the camera and then shut the screen, when you turn the screen on again you have your manually set brightness back.
- the buttons like to reappear over the top in immersive mode, they appear on the side if rotation is disabled
- the task switcher has options at the top, task manager and close all that get covered by the notification bar at the top
- blinkfeed looks odd with the 4 menu buttons still appearing
- Possible static on other end when using speakerphone
- Cannot take pictures of front and back of a check with the Bank of America app check deposit feature
- Snapchat filters will cause the screen to flicker.
- When authorising Sense's access to Facebook the Facebook app will take you to your newsfeed, meaning you cant authroise until you get to the homescreen. It's somewhat confusing, if you already have a HTC phone you won't see this issue.

Let me know if you find anything else on the Verizon model please as this is the one I will be getting in a few weeks. If others comment please specify which carrier model to maybe help. Thanks

Spotify doesn't work yet. Crashes on launch

teethgrinder32 said:
Spotify doesn't work yet. Crashes on launch
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Spotify works on mine.

pettigrew95 said:
Hey guys...I haven't seen a thread started for this yet and since I've been toying around with my M8 all day I figured I'd share 2 bugs I seem to have found and if you guys have found any feel free to contribute. So far what I've found:
- I seem to have difficulty deleting files off of the external SD card. I have my pictures saving by default to it and I noticed if I delete one it disappears then pops back up. This happens through ES File Explorer.
- When I manually set my brightness and then open up the camera it auto increases the brightness (which I don't think is a bug) the bug however, when you exit the camera app the brightness remains the same and doesn't revert back to your manual setting.
That's what I've found so far. I am using the Verizon HTC One M8.
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u have kit kat so all phones have the write protection problem on ext sd u will have to root to get rid of that

daorderdillon said:
u have kit kat so all phones have the write protection problem on ext sd u will have to root to get rid of that
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I can delete just find of my un-rooted Note 3 KitKat?

jaaystott said:
I can delete just find of my un-rooted Note 3 KitKat?
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far as everyone here is concerned we are speaking on the issues of the m8 not note 3. and plus google announced the problem in every android phone ext sd wont be able to be written on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921 thats the link for the note 3 cant write to sd card also u little troll. :laugh:

daorderdillon said:
far as everyone here is concerned we are speaking on the issues of the m8 not note 3. and plus google announced the problem in every android phone ext sd wont be able to be written on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921 thats the link for the note 3 cant write to sd card also u little troll. :laugh:
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I can write to the ext sd card as when I take pictures it saves to it just fine. The problem is trying to copy/cut/paste to/from it and delete off of it.

pettigrew95 said:
I can write to the ext sd card as when I take pictures it saves to it just fine. The problem is trying to copy/cut/paste to/from it and delete off of it.
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thats what we are talking about copy/cut/paste u cant move a file from internal to ext sd which is the same a writing

daorderdillon said:
thats what we are talking about copy/cut/paste u cant move a file from internal to ext sd which is the same a writing
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It *is* possible to modify the contents of the internal and removable sdcard when connected to the PC. As discussed in several threads elsewhere, KitKat 4.4.2 has modified the manner in which apps are permitted to write to the sdcard. I'm wracking my brains because of a number of issues I'e encountered (and I have a 128g card!)
Also in the bug list:
Can't get Amazon Appstore to download apps (download always fails).

- the buttons like to reappear over the top in immersive mode, they appear on the side if rotation is disabled
- the task switcher has options at the top, task manager and close all that get covered by the notification bar at the top
- blinkfeed looks odd with the 4 menu buttons still appearing

teethgrinder32 said:
Spotify doesn't work yet. Crashes on launch
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A restart of the phone fixes this.
I had the same issue. I believe its due to the spotify video which starts on the firs time launch of the app.

Guys, I have updated the OP as of the latest bugs found by Electronic Punk. When posting bugs we find please specify which version you have international, Verizon, etc. When we find a resolution to the bug I will post underneath the bug in the OP in bold red.

1.54.401.5 although now running that same version on Android Revolution HD 2.2
want to clarify the last one as it looks the same on sense 5.5 but the blinkfeed did not continue underneath the buttons (ie phone, camera - that row)
In Sense6 it does and looks bad.
In addition, on ~Blinkfeed if you swipe left
the options menu covers about 2/3rd of the screen and stops about half way over the task switcher, looks really odd.

Dlna is not working properly for me . I keep trying to connect to my LG smart tv but it fails every time . Miracast works fine but not great for watching videos . My HTC one max and note 3 work well so it's not the tv .
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Anyone else having problems with the loudspeaker while on the phone to someone? I've tried using the loud speaker while on the phone to 2 different people and both have said the moment I put them on loud speaker they hear loads of static in the background

OP updated...Noticed the Bank of America app taking pictures of a check for check deposit does not work.

Snapchat filters will cause the screen to flicker.
When authorising Sense's access to Facebook the Facebook app will take you to your newsfeed, meaning you cant authroise until you get to the homescreen. It's somewhat confusing, if you already have a HTC phone you won't see this issue.

jaaystott said:
Snapchat filters will cause the screen to flicker.
When authorising Sense's access to Facebook the Facebook app will take you to your newsfeed, meaning you cant authroise until you get to the homescreen. It's somewhat confusing, if you already have a HTC phone you won't see this issue.
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allmine1976 said:
Dlna is not working properly for me . I keep trying to connect to my LG smart tv but it fails every time . Miracast works fine but not great for watching videos . My HTC one max and note 3 work well so it's not the tv .
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I have One from Sprint and I'm experiencing the same issues. It says connected but nothing is transmitted to the tv.
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I'm also having and issues with the setting to press and hold home for menu. Nothing happens when I press and hold it. It just takes me back to the home screen.
This setting is under Display, buttons and gestures.
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Things you miss after Lollipop update on your Z3

Hi folks, I recently got the update notification and updated my D6603 to Lollipop. I do like Lollipop's new features, but there are a few things I miss from the previous version:
Slide from left to right in the middle to unlock. I used to be able to hold the phone with one hand and slide with my thumb, but now it's from bottom to top. The motion is harder to do, but it's something to get used to.
Remove all from recent apps menu. I cannot find a button to remove all apps in one press. It's not there anymore.
Wishful features/changes:
THE CAMERA! I don't see any improvements on the camera. Still smudgy photos and pink issue with white background, etc. Going through the picture thread is still a disappoint. My hopes for this fix with the update has been lost.
Remove Small apps completely from Recent apps menu. I have never use this and it takes up space on the bottom of the screen, especially when flipping through Recent apps cards. Got this removed, thanks to lu99ke!
That's all I can think of for now. Got yours? Please share!

hanime said:
Hi folks, I recently got the update notification and updated my D6603 to Lollipop. I do like Lollipop's new features, but there are a few things I miss from the previous version:
Slide from left to right in the middle to unlock. I used to be able to hold the phone with one hand and slide with my thumb, but now it's from bottom to top. The motion is harder to do, but it's something to get used to.
Remove all from recent apps menu. I cannot find a button to remove all apps in one press. It's not there anymore.
Wishful features/changes:
Remove Small apps completely from Recent apps menu. I have never use this and it takes up space on the bottom of the screen, especially when flipping through Recent apps cards.
That's all I can think of for now. Got yours? Please share!
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Hey Hanime
Your wish has been granted!! There is a way to remove small apps from the recent screen - no root required! You just need to be able to run and ADB command ...
I can't post the link but google "remove small apps z3" and you will see a post in the android central forums..
Look for comments on this post as with lollipop, you need to use "hide" instead of block.
See attached pic of it on my phone... Looks HEAPS better.
Cheers
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lu99ke said:
Hey Hanime
Your wish has been granted!! There is a way to remove small apps from the recent screen - no root required! You just need to be able to run and ADB command ...
I can't post the link but google "remove small apps z3" and you will see a post in the android central forums..
Look for comments on this post as with lollipop, you need to use "hide" instead of block.
See attached pic of it on my phone... Looks HEAPS better.
Cheers
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Lu99ke, thank you for this! I will give this a whirl when I get home tonight. Awesome!

NP!

Sound Mode in Quick Settings. I can't mute calls / messages anymore while listening to music as it only affects the media volume.. I would have to go the long way over settings. Is there any work around? Preferably not a widget.

LED notification light in Silent mode
If you switch your phone to silent mode the LED notification light you will not be on If you got a notification.. This not Sony fault
very annoying

Notification bar icons. Not only are they pretty ugly designs but they're also varying in sizes and don't seem to follow any kind of consistent theme.

Hani88 said:
If you switch your phone to silent mode the LED notification light you will not be on If you got a notification.. This not Sony fault
very annoying
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You still get the notification light if you set it to vibrate. I rarely use silent as I think vibrate is well, silent enough.

Run_dawn10 said:
You still get the notification light if you set it to vibrate. I rarely use silent as I think vibrate is well, silent enough.
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For me I hate vibration a lot !! I usually disable everything called "vibration" in my phone

Hani88 said:
For me I hate vibration a lot !! I usually disable everything called "vibration" in my phone
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Speaking of vibration, how do I get rid of the vibration on keypress of the home row buttons on the bottom (including back and recent apps buttons)?

Run_dawn10 said:
You still get the notification light if you set it to vibrate. I rarely use silent as I think vibrate is well, silent enough.
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hanime said:
Speaking of vibration, how do I get rid of the vibration on keypress of the home row buttons on the bottom (including back and recent apps buttons)?
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For me I always hide the soft menu keys So I didn't try that

hanime said:
Speaking of vibration, how do I get rid of the vibration on keypress of the home row buttons on the bottom (including back and recent apps buttons)?
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Settings > Sounds and Notifications > Other sounds

freddy1991 said:
Settings > Sounds and Notifications > Other sounds
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Thank you very much!

I noticed the physical camera button opens the camera app with a chime sound now. I turned it off via the camera settings (Sound = Off), but it still chimes. The touch version opens the camera silently. Anybody know how to turn the chime off?
Also, on the lock screen, it says "No Service" even when I have service. And it continues to say so until a good restart or when I download the "Internet Settings" again. Normally, it should show my carrier, T-Mobile. Anyone having this issue?

My Xperia with Facebook app does not work. I have it and had put my FB account but when I want to share a picture there is no opiton to use "Xperia with Facebook"

hanime said:
Also, on the lock screen, it says "No Service" even when I have service. And it continues to say so until a good restart or when I download the "Internet Settings" again. Normally, it should show my carrier, T-Mobile. Anyone having this issue?
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Yes. But i find it's a good indicator whether the phone rebootet itself again or not.

I miss
landscape in tv launcher with mhl

I miss location based wifi

hanime said:
I noticed the physical camera button opens the camera app with a chime sound now. I turned it off via the camera settings (Sound = Off), but it still chimes. The touch version opens the camera silently. Anybody know how to turn the chime off?
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Didn't found how to, but it was the same in KK.

i missing unlock via Bluetooth, a loved this feature on kitkat via my smardband 10, on lollipop there is only smartlock an this is sh**y, because you can not set a distance for the feature to unlock.

[GUIDE] ZTE Nubia Watch SW1003 - Add Watchfaces, Gif Watchfaces and New Notification Edges / Panel

Hello everyone, im doing this just to share with everyone the information that i ve found about this amazing, rare and forgotten watch, since is discontinued, the information its soo limited but the watch has a lot of pottential, just need a bit of patience and new aplications, sorry if my english its bad or weird because is not my first languaje.
First i need to give a BIG credits to @benzersizadam thanks to his post "Apps and Recovery" i found a way to add or so-so add watchfaces and gif animated watchfaces to the watch, giving a incredible look to the watch, this is the way that i ve found and maybe will be a better and optimized way to do the same with another apps, so be free and please use this post to share with everyone your own methods, your new watchfaces, gift watchfaces or a better notification app that works, that you do or find, together we can do a great post.
First: the watch resolution is: 192x960 and the watch denstity is 240p.
I ve tried a lof of apps, versions of the apps and wathever, and to be honest this apps and versions are the best that i can find to work with the watch, i will share to you all apps that i used but if you dont trust or dont feel secure you can search by yourself on google.
First i recommend to you this Windows App, its called "Scrcpy" I used this app to control the watch using my windows PC and it works flawsly, this help me a lot to the configurations easly, you only need to conect the watch to USB and thats all. open the exe and you can control the watch, if you dont want to use the tool you can do the configurations direct on your watch.
(sometimes the app just open a black CMD screen and closes really fast, just execute again and will work).
As you will know its completely impossible to update the watch, dont matter what you do, i contacted nubia support by email and they just say, "update files are confidentials and we cant provide, that, the only way to update its to send the watch to our centers on Hong Kong... buh, im on CHILE! its not possible.
So i start to try ways to fix the watch faults, and im happy with results.
YOU CAN FIND THE DOWNLOADS ON THE SECOND POST AT THE BOTTOM.
You need this apps:
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OMNI GIFT : Version 3.5
Floating Clock : Version 1.1.5
Edge Lightning : Version 3.0.9
Bubble Notifications : Version: 1.0.39 stand
Hidden Settings : 1.7.5
This are the first magic apps.
Now After has this apps installed, now open Hidden Settings and search for: Accessibility(Settings$AccesibilitySettings)
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there you will see a black screen with some white dots, these dots are activators but the background its black and the letter font are black too so you cant read, now will enable a way to read:
Just up an count 6 dot and enable that number 6 dot, you will enable a contrast on letters and this way you can read all the hidden menu. feel free to explore the watch hidden options on this point but BE CAREFUL because some options like add a new profile for example are unreversible and can damage the watch software and you will brick the watch and theres no way to enter recovery if you got stuck on nubia logo and dont exist a stock rom to flash so BE CAREFULL and its your own responsability to not damage the watch.
This is what you will see (doing this in reverse is needed after finish all the setup to revert the white letters contrast because it affects all the watch interface).
Now search again for: Settings(Settings$AdvancedApps)
Here go to "Special Access" on the bottom and Select "Draw Over The Other apps" and enable the opcion for Bubble Notifications, Floating Clock and Edge Lightning Apps.
Then go back and select "Notification Access" and enable for Bubble Notifications and Edge Lightning Apps.
Now you can go back and disable the option on accesibilty to contrast the font.
i mean, disable, this option again.
FOR THE EDGE LIGHTS
Open Edge Ligthning and select the enable option and keep service active option too
Now swipe with the finger to the left and move to the other Tab there go down and select the "Specific Application" tab.
Go Down and enable the apps that has and basic green "android" logo. there will be two.
here you can adjust the notification colors of the notification. Now feel free to just explore the app and configure the notifications exactly like you want.
IN SOME CASES YOU CANT READ WHAT THE OPTION SAYS SO: i recommend to install the same app on your phone, by this way you can read what are you doing on the watch..
Now: in the same tab enable this option:
and go to the "Advanced Settings" option and select this option:
Selecting this will do the watch screen power on and do the edge lightning effect with every notification that you receibe, of course this use more battery but thats the point of this app, and the watch looks so cool on the wrist.
FOR THE NEW NOTIFICATIONS SYSTEM:
First install this app on your phone because has a lot of options that you cant read on the watch due for the density.
Open the app on the watch and enable the notifications pressing the cloud bubble button on the bottom...
Now press the three dots on the bottom left and there you can find the configurations, feel free to set up the notifications like you want, in this point you need to see what are the options on your phone because its not readable on the watch, its very important to enable the option to remove the default notifications because if you dont enable the app will not work.
the rest its just optionals and personal settings..
this is how the notifications will see:
bubble expanded:
The notifications are no the best, but they re readable, and you have separated notifications by bubbles on the bottom, its completely better that the default notifications.
NOW THE BEST PART. NEW WATCHFACES.
First open the Floating Clock Appand you will se a floating watch in the screen, click again the app logo and will open the interface, there you can personalice your watch very nice.
check "auto start on reboot" and personalize the watch as you like.
You will get this a this point:
you can close the watch entering on the app settings a select "exit" option,
For the background Open the Omni Gif App.
This is the end of the first part because i cant attach more than 20 images and i wan to do a great post.
I will continue on the second post just down.

Part 2:
This is a fast point.
When you open the app you will see for two second the right panel option that includes a gear, that gear is the app settings option so you need to open the app and really fast click on it before the panel auto close. (if you can't catch, just close the app and open again, the panel will expand it again).
thats the gear.
Now you can configure the app there
Enable this options:
- Show JPG Files on Local Storage
- Anti Alias When redendering GIF
- Rotate Gift Instread Screen
- Keep Screen On When Playing (Enable this option ONLY if you want to keep the screen on always, of course reduces the watch battery a looot, maybe last for 2:30hr to 3hr with this option, its great for show it on a party for example)
Now go back and its almost done.
Remember the watch resolution is 192x960 and dpi 240
You need to put in your watch internal memory using your PC, images with that resolution and you will see the images in the Omni gift APP, just open the image and you are done, you can add gif images and do "zoom" pressing two times with a finger keeping the finger and swiping down, because the watch has no pitch to zoom capability or the muti touch its really capped. (i will upload some videos later).
This is my gallery now:
Examples:
i created this images by myself using Paint NET Because its easy and simple.
Troubleshooting:
The watch its very capped so constantly refuses to external modifications, so you will have some normal problems with the bubble notification app sometimes.
If you enable the bubble notifications at firts and the bubble doesnt appear you need to force a bit the app to work, how? well, look a this option, its on the start screen of the app. You need to select "Tap here to test bubble"
And the watch will vibrate and the bubble will appear, if the bubble doesnt appear you need to touch and touch that option many times trying to force the bubble to come out, alternate this with closing and opening again the app and pressing the option many times. If the bubble still refucing to appear you need to reboot the watch and try again. Eventually the bubble will appear and works normally.
After you see the bubble appear dont worry about it because will never stop working, if you close the app or just close the bubble on the X still working, will pop up again with another new notification. The problem is only with the first bubble. BUT every time the watch reboot you need to do this procedure again if the bubble doesnt appears. so i recommend to not let the watch fully discharge or reboot constantly because the problem will be very annoying haha.
RECOMENDATIONS:
Every time that you reboot the watch, you need to open manually all the installed apps because they will not auto boot on boot doesnt matter if you check or not the auto boot option.
So you will need to open the edge light app, floating clock app and bubble notification app and on this last you need to do the procedure to do the bubble work if the bubble doesnt appear after a few trys a new reboot is required, once the bubble come out you're done.
A extra is that you can use the File Explorer+ app to Delete apps, backup app, and move files or edit folders in the watch, works very good.
DOWNLOADS:
You can find on attached files a ZIP with all the APK files described here.
I also add another file with all de GIF and Wallpapers that i do and recolected untill now.
Real pictures:
There's a video that I record to show this.
Be free to comment whatever you want and share your backgrounds and gif to the world.
I created a telegram group too to share or whatever in real time.
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