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Any comments? i tried keeping my finger pressed on the icons but that opens the apps up...help! i am trying to remove some icons from the screens
thanks
People please, 22 posts and no replies? I am certain some of you must have updated the firmware and found this bug. I tried searching for çustomization' and other words I could think of but could not find the correct threads on this. Please help, I cannot find any way to edit the screens (not even in settings).
Thanks a lot in advance for your inputs, really appreciate
I think HTC changed the delay when moving or removing widgets or shortcuts from Home pages.
Just needs a more accurate and slightly longer press and hold before it triggers the move.
I must admit, its not as easy as it was.
Just make sure you press the icons for long enough. I find it sometimes takes as long as 10 second for the remove option to come up. And also, its seems slightly tempremental sometimes. If it doesnt work after 10 seconds, try again.
Hold the icon only after the screen/scene is static
People
It just opens the app up after 2 seconds, no matter how long i keep pressing it. I have tried multiple ways....has anyone reported this to HTC? any easier way around this? This is pissing me off!
umaronly said:
has anyone reported this to HTC?
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Given noone else has this problem, shouldn't you be the one reporting it?
I did, am just trying to find out if someone else already has a solution for it....anyone?
umaronly said:
I did, am just trying to find out if someone else already has a solution for it....anyone?
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I don't have the problem, it works just fine for me. I suggest you try doing a hard reset or something, sounds like something hasn't installed right on your system.
Have you tried long presses on other apps, like messages? Just to see if it recognises long presses at all...
Silly question...
Your not trying this in the applications list are you ?
You are trying this on the Home screens ??
Just want to clear that up
Yes I am trying on the homescreen, I even have tried changing the scenes to try it for the icons....does not work And yes I have tried it on all icons, apparently all the big icons (HTC ones) seem to work much better (though not always) whereas shotcuts to applications seem to be the worst. On a total average 98 out of 100 times the shortcuts open the application no matter how i try it....emailed HTC and they told me the same story of what is written in the manual even though I explained i already did that.....have emailed them again to see if they take it more seriously
anyone else have a solution?
umaronly said:
anyone else have a solution?
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I can only suggest that you either return the phone (if possible), or at least try rolling back the firmware to see if this fixes your issue.
As it stands, it looks like you are the only person in this community suffering from this, so it makes it very unlikely it is a "generic" firmware issue, and more likely that it has something to do with your physical device.
Regards,
Dave
Ok, so here goes..
Smart me decided to open up my phone to clean out all the grime and give a go at solving/fixing my headphone problem. Smart me also severed the touch screen connection to the LCD screen lol. Now, here's my few questions that I need help with.
1)Is there any way to enable Trackball Wake on CM7 w/o the touch screen? If I could enable that, I could use the phone no issue until I buy a new front plate. (I'm currently using GSB1.5)
2)How much is a replacement front plate for the eris?
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and drops some feedback or help!
PS- I DID fix my headphone issue, too bad it took breaking my damn screen!
$34 from Amazon
bftb0 said:
$34 from Amazon
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I may try to find one already mounted in the front housing to make life easier, but thank you, that's exactly it
Also, I was wondering if a nandroid backup of the same cm7 ROM with Trackball wake enabled would work on my phone?? My recovery is still up and running and usb still works so I can use my bros Eris and copy his nand backup. Sound like it'd work?
settlethestorm said:
I may try to find one already mounted in the front housing to make life easier, but thank you, that's exactly it
Also, I was wondering if a nandroid backup of the same cm7 ROM with Trackball wake enabled would work on my phone?? My recovery is still up and running and usb still works so I can use my bros Eris and copy his nand backup. Sound like it'd work?
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It will work - but with his Gmail credentials - and his contacts, not yours - on your phone. There is a way to wipe those from an adb shell, but then how would you re-enter the values for your account?
I'm assuming that this temporary "touchless" phone you are proposing would be able to only answer in-bound calls, yes? Or maybe you are thinking that you will be able to bring up the dialer app by pressing Send, and then using the trackball to scroll through contacts to somehow dial that way?
Quick! Here's a different idea:
Edit and replace the XML file in your own ROM at
/data/data/com.cyanogenmod.cmparts/shared_prefs/com.cyanogenmod.cmparts_preferences.xml
look for the string:
<boolean name="pref_trackball_wake" value="true" />
You might want to do this in an offline mode (using Amon_RA), so you are sure the phone is picking up that setting during boot.
Alright, here's what I did..
1) Made a NAND on my phone and copied it into the nandroid folder on my bros phone (made a specific note on which folder to choose, so as not to confuse myself lol)
2) Made a NAND on his phone, then wiped data/dalvik, then NAND restored my backup onto his phone. Booted it up, changed the CM settings to trackball wake, booted back into recovery and made yet another NAND (also made a specific note on which folder to choose)
3) Copied that NAND to my phone again, did a full wipe and restored.
Eureka!...-ish :/
It works... I can now get past the lock-screen upon boot and access my phone/messages/app drawer/market/dolphin-browser.
Here's the problem now. I cant back out of anything lol, and its awful pesky (and prob not healthy) to have to reboot the phone every time I need to get back to the home-screen.
I tried looking in CM setting to see if there was a way to set up my volume up/down buttons as the home and back buttons but no luck.
Would anyone here happen to know if a button function re-routing is possible/fairly easy?
Thank all of you for the suggestions and help.
*Bftb0, thank you for your last post, I knew something like that was possible but I was already too deep into my NAND solution to attempt it. I appreciate the knowledge and help greatly
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It will work - but with his Gmail credentials - and his contacts, not yours - on your phone. There is a way to wipe those from an adb shell, but then how would you re-enter the values for your account?
I'm assuming that this temporary "touchless" phone you are proposing would be able to only answer in-bound calls, yes? Or maybe you are thinking that you will be able to bring up the dialer app by pressing Send, and then using the trackball to scroll through contacts to somehow dial that way?
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Most likely the latter. Pretty much the only useful function w/o the keyboard is the phone. I can access messages and pretty much anything else through the app drawer, but without the keyboard and back/home button, its all useless. I can dial and call/end with the trackball, that's now the ONLY useful function lol
Ok, so Spare Parts held the key. The End button now serves as the home button. I still can't type or do other various things but that's all I need now to use a few more features.
If you spend another 2 days tweaking it, the replacement parts could be at your door.
Here's an idea - we'll all get together and write an app with a "SHAKE KEYBOARD".
If you shake the phone just right, it will type whatever letter/digit you want. LOL
You'll only need to learn how to shake your handset in 128 different ways.
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If you spend another 2 days tweaking it, the replacement parts could be at your door.
Here's an idea - we'll all get together and write an app with a "SHAKE KEYBOARD".
If you shake the phone just right, it will type whatever letter/digit you want. LOL
You'll only need to learn how to shake your handset in 128 different ways.
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128? Bah! Why not set up the shakes in Morse Code format!?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
128? Bah! Why not set up the shakes in Morse Code format!?
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LOL .... .. ....... . . . .... ... .. ...... .... . . .....
^Not really Morse Code lol
lmao that's a terrific idea!
-/****/*-/-*/-*-
T/H/A/N/K
-*--/---/**-
Y/O/U
*-/*-**/*-**
A/L/L
!!!!!!!
On a side note though, can either three of you explain to me why we can't use the Eris trackball to access/type on the keyboard? I'm using GSB 1.5 atm, but I can swear that back in the days of Sense ROM's that the trackball worked on the keyboard...?
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lmao that's a terrific idea!
-/****/*-/-*/-*-
T/H/A/N/K
-*--/---/**-
Y/O/U
*-/*-**/*-**
A/L/L
!!!!!!!
On a side note though, can either three of you explain to me why we can't use the Eris trackball to access/type on the keyboard? I'm using GSB 1.5 atm, but I can swear that back in the days of Sense ROM's that the trackball worked on the keyboard...?
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I'm on xtrSENSE v4.6.5 right now. I tried all three of the keyboards that came with it just now, HTC_IME mod, Touch Input and Multi-touch keyboard, and the only aspect of any of them that I could control with the trackball was if it made a word or letter suggestion, then I could scroll between the suggestions. Otherwise the trackball only appeared to control the "Share" and "Cancel" buttons in the case of the Facebook app/widget's "What's on your mind?" text entry field.
Anyone else know anything about this?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I'm on xtrSENSE v4.6.5 right now. I tried all three of the keyboards that came with it just now, HTC_IME mod, Touch Input and Multi-touch keyboard, and the only aspect of any of them that I could control with the trackball was if it made a word or letter suggestion, then I could scroll between the suggestions. Otherwise the trackball only appeared to control the "Share" and "Cancel" buttons in the case of the Facebook app/widget's "What's on your mind?" text entry field.
Anyone else know anything about this?
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Thank you for trying that out for me bro, I really appreciate it! It definitely wouldn't have been worth it for me to flash a 2.1 ROM to check for myself lol Especially since it's taken about 2 1/2 days to get my phone to a controllable setup using only hard buttons and logic.
So far I've been able to make due using a combo of the Button Re-mapper app and Spare parts. All of my hard buttons can now take me into and out of any app, the menus, home and sleep. I can use the trackball to dial on the phone, so that function is still useful, and I can view texts, just no reply lol
Back in the day I used Handcent SMS on 2.1 and 2.2, and that had an option to speak out your reply to texts... used to work like a charm for me. So I downloaded this onto my busted phone but for some reason it wont work. It keeps saying "Recognizer is not present" when I hit the speaker icon on the SMS popup. Is this a CM7/GB issue on the Eris? I already have Pico TTs (Duhh!) and downloaded another TTs app on the market, enabled it in the settings, and still no luck
If I could figure this out though, my phone would be tops again, even w/o any touchscreen capabilities. Texting and calling are all that really matter to me until I either upgrade/replace the broken part. I'm tight on cash (who isn't?) and won't be able to do either until next week at the very soonest.
Any ideas? Are any of you using GSB and having the same issue with voice input?
[Q] How to remove annoying message "clear default app settings by going to settings"
Hello guys
Since JB on SGS3, my phone KEEPS asking me to set defaults for the same things, really bloody annoying.
"Clear defaults
Clear default app settings by going to settings > applications manager > all"
An utter pain in the arse. Anyone found a way to make Touchwiz remember defaults or to stop giving this newbie bollocks message?
I'd love some brainy hacker to make it gooo away!
tx
Mark.
Titanium -> backup/restore -> TouchWiz -> freeze
Make sure you have a proper launcher already loaded, like ADW/Nova etc.
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Titanium -> backup/restore -> TouchWiz -> freeze
Make sure you have a proper launcher already loaded, like ADW/Nova etc.
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thanks mate, i will try that!
i am thinking though, wouldnt freezing touchwiz also stop the (FANTASTIC) features of samsung, like the "stay on" feature and the excellent Samsung Calendar? Major reasons why I would never go back to Cyanogenmod.
tx
Mark.
boomboomer said:
Titanium -> backup/restore -> TouchWiz -> freeze
Make sure you have a proper launcher already loaded, like ADW/Nova etc.
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NOPE!
after a reboot it is back to square one, the message comes up again.
there has got to be a way to make the system remember that stuff, surely?!
EDIT
not quite square one... it seems files I have opened before using a specific app will continue to work with that app automatically, but if I, for example, open a pdf document in Maildriod and tell it to open with Adobe reader, then click on the same PDF in the GMail app, it will ask me again... so it seems to be based on the app it is coming FROM and not the type of link/file you are clicking on. Pretty daft IMO.
Mark.
fredphoesh said:
thanks mate, i will try that!
i am thinking though, wouldnt freezing touchwiz also stop the (FANTASTIC) features of samsung, like the "stay on" feature and the excellent Samsung Calendar? Major reasons why I would never go back to Cyanogenmod.
tx
Mark.
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No, Samsung apps are independent of TouchWiz and will work with any launcher.
The only repeating request for default I've experienced is when I left TouchWiz in after I'd added ADW - it came up after each boot to ask which launcher I wanted and then ignored the 'always' bit. After I frozen TouchWiz it's all working as expected, opening each file type responds with the app I've chosen to use with it (from the launcher).
I just tried the exact test you describe, opening a .pdf in two apps. After I'd set the option from each app it remembers the setting - but it just doesn't appear to be a system wide setting, like it would be in Windows.
If it keeps asking the same question from the same app then you may have a problem, otherwise I think it's just the way JB works.
boomboomer said:
If it keeps asking the same question from the same app then you may have a problem, otherwise I think it's just the way JB works.
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I will check, though my nexus 10 tablet NEVER has a message telling me that I can clear default app settings... so it's not a google thing but a samsung one.
I will see over a week or so if it does remember, though i guess with each rom update I have to enter all the bloody defaults again... one of the down sides of customising rom's frequently.
cheers
Mark.
boomboomer said:
I just tried the exact test you describe, opening a .pdf in two apps. After I'd set the option from each app it remembers the setting - but it just doesn't appear to be a system wide setting, like it would be in Windows.
If it keeps asking the same question from the same app then you may have a problem, otherwise I think it's just the way JB works.
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Hey there,
Yep, after reboot it asks the same @#^¬$* question... I am on OMEGA rom, what are you using?
Stock, haven't found a reason to change yet.
boomboomer said:
Stock, haven't found a reason to change yet.
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hmm, interesting... i may ask this question on the Omega thread then!
cheers,
Mark.
I've never been sure, which app do you clear defaults, origin or destination?
S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
boomboomer said:
Titanium -> backup/restore -> TouchWiz -> freeze
Make sure you have a proper launcher already loaded, like ADW/Nova etc.
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A bit late in finding this thread, but thanks anyway, did the trick
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A bit late in finding this thread, but thanks anyway, did the trick
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Not for me, I cannot get that message to stop, My phone remembered no defaults before root or since. In fact rooting was the biggest waste of time I can think of, its changed nothing
why did you root if you didn't know what you needed it for?
Hi, I'm new to the forums, searched around, and couldnt find this problem on the note 2.
I just bought mine a couple of days ago, and accidentally added a new home screen. I dont have a use for it, but when i tried to go to edit page -> and drag and drop it into the trash can, the phone freezes, and comes up with the message "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped."
My phone is stock, and is not running any extra launcher programs.
Anyone else having this problem?
Thanks for your help.
I just tried it and was able to delete all but the homepage (I haven't bothered to set any others up yet anyways). I'd restart your phone and try again.
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I just tried it and was able to delete all but the homepage (I haven't bothered to set any others up yet anyways). I'd restart your phone and try again.
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Just tried restarting, and it still freezes =[ funny thing is it freezes right when i drag the page to the trash can. Thanks anyways =]
Ubernewbish said:
Just tried restarting, and it still freezes =[ funny thing is it freezes right when i drag the page to the trash can. Thanks anyways =]
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this is the exact problem I have.
I was able to remove pages before rooting. after I flashed revision3 I wasn't able to remove them.
anyone have a fix?
thanks in advance
Hi there! I'm having some doubts about the phone, switching between apps forces app refresh, even if I switch only for a couple of seconds. If I was filling up a form and had to check something in another app (let's say a bank app), everything I completed resets itself. If I was using a browser, leave it for a couple of seconds, come back, it refreshes the website (spending data and time). Any way to make it better? A really fast phone but this is bothering me.
Here is a video I recorded to show what I mean.
https://youtu.be/b_wrBgJrS4M
Tried limiting 4 background process as someone suggested me but it didn't change behavior.
Thanks!
McMacri said:
Hi there! I'm having some doubts about the phone, switching between apps forces app refresh, even if I switch only for a couple of seconds. If I was filling up a form and had to check something in another app (let's say a bank app), everything I completed resets itself. If I was using a browser, leave it for a couple of seconds, come back, it refreshes the website (spending data and time). Any way to make it better? A really fast phone but this is bothering me.
Here is a video I recorded to show what I mean.
https://youtu.be/b_wrBgJrS4M
Tried limiting 4 background process as someone suggested me but it didn't change behavior.
Thanks!
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I think you should add wanted application to App protection (actually you have to remove them from the list of "killable" applications, they will appear in Disabled auto cleaning part).
You will find those settings in Phone Manager > Power saving management > App protection.
If you want all applications to be kept you should disable Ultra-long standby during sleep.
Let me know if it has worked.
xavihernandez said:
I think you should add wanted application to App protection (actually you have to remove them from the list of "killable" applications, they will appear in Disabled auto cleaning part).
You will find those settings in Phone Manager > Power saving management > App protection.
If you want all applications to be kept you should disable Ultra-long standby during sleep.
Let me know if it has worked.
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Yessssss! That did it, you are a god among men!
All the browsers keep refreshing when I get back to them, do you have any tip for that? I know its something they just do, but perhaps you know
McMacri said:
Yessssss! That did it, you are a god among men!
All the browsers keep refreshing when I get back to them, do you have any tip for that? I know its something they just do, but perhaps you know
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Nothing more sorry, thought that adding borwsers to "don't kill" list would stop theses refresh. Maybe it's the way your browsers are designed. Try others to compare.
I tried a couple of browsers, opera, chrome, dolphin, they all do the same, the only that kind of works are the bubble type browsers but I don't find them stable enough. Oh well, if you think of something let me know, for now I'm grateful you could help me the way you did.
McMacri said:
I tried a couple of browsers, opera, chrome, dolphin, they all do the same, the only that kind of works are the bubble type browsers but I don't find them stable enough. Oh well, if you think of something let me know, for now I'm grateful you could help me the way you did.
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Well really weird
Btw just an update, I installed the USA .16s version and its a really nice improvement over the Chinese .14 that I had, now I can see my phone using the ram as intended, the old rom always had 1 - 1.6gb free and cleaning the memory all the time.