I'm reposting this from another thread I was in, but I wanted some general thoughts from the community.
One thing I think that iPhone does better is the lockscreen. I know Apple stole the notification bar from Android, but they do a better job with the lockscreen.
I can't figure out why Android won't put more information on the lockscreen. Info like text messages, who called me when (missed calles), email.
I used an app on the iPhone that was nice, the Lockinfo program. It required a jailbreak, but it was cool. http://www.lockinfo.net/ It was really nice.
I've tried a few alternatives in Android, but nothing seems to work quite as smooth. I've tried widget locker + pure messanger. Wasn't a smooth experience.
Thoughts?
I actually find the iPhone lockscreen to be quite cluttered. I recently came from an iPhone to a Nexus S i9020a and loving ICS so far and the great community.
I still have my iPhone but I've had times where I would get multiple notifications on the lockscreen and the entire screen is filled with clutter. First there's the date and clock area, then you got the bottom slide, then the middle gets filled with notifications. I find it bothersome actually. I much prefer the lockscreens on Android and Windows Phone.
I guess I enjoy seeing my background more than who called or contacted me. I can see that when I go into the app itself.
I guess its a personal preference to what you would like in the lock screen. However all your notification do appear in the notification bar.
Try MiLocker
Actually, Android has a much larger variety of what you can have on your lockscreen. I've had simple setups that just show missed calls and texts. I have my current setup that shows missed calls, texts, new emails, and allows me to go directly to those as well as music, camera, and home screen from the unlock slider.
If you run MIUI you can also run a setup that not only shows current status updates but also gives you a preview of the most recent. Take a look: http://gadgetdesire.blogspot.com/2011/12/miui-theme-slidescreen-ls.html
Bottom line is you can have as few or as many updates as you like on Android, just a matter of your preferences.
And if you want something simple to use with android search the web for txtmissed. Great app, just no longer under development.
TXTmissed on my old Widget Locker Screen. Takes you directly to calls log or default text service:
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woodsdog said:
I'm reposting this from another thread I was in, but I wanted some general thoughts from the community.
One thing I think that iPhone does better is the lockscreen. I know Apple stole the notification bar from Android, but they do a better job with the lockscreen.
I can't figure out why Android won't put more information on the lockscreen. Info like text messages, who called me when (missed calles), email.
I used an app on the iPhone that was nice, the Lockinfo program. It required a jailbreak, but it was cool. http://www.lockinfo.net/ It was really nice.
I've tried a few alternatives in Android, but nothing seems to work quite as smooth. I've tried widget locker + pure messanger. Wasn't a smooth experience.
Thoughts?
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totally agreed. it would be nice to have a pop-up on LS when i have a missing call or a text.
MIUI rom will show you how android does with the lockcscreen, its never been better
Seconding MiLocker here. Didn't want full blown MIUI but the lock screen choices are pretty ridiculous in number. Been happy with it and it seems to be fully customizable.
you can use widget locker i think
i find it not enough configurable... i want to see my coming sms.
Maybe give GO Locker a try
Go Locker needs Go Laucher to work. Sadly
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I've grown tired of the regular android look of 4x4 icons, dock and widgets. I want a different type of launcher ( I wish i had the stock launcher for the kindle fire), but something that is very different, any ideas? P.s. I've tried launcher 7...
Rocket Launcher is pretty unconventional. Not my style, but check it out. http://goo.gl/JrCBb
I've tried it too, but it wasn't snappy enough, and limited customization. It was a great start though. thanks
Wave launcher: http://goo.gl/zMRW6
Best money spent on market other than Tasker. No, it's not an actual home screen but it's an excellent launcher!
If you are patient and persistent, Sweeter Home is real nice. It is in perpetual beta, and the dev isn't really supporting it, but you can find users here in xda.
I'm including a few screenshots. The right side has tabs that bring up boxes of user selected apps. This is my setup. Search for sweeterskins and see what others have done also. YouTube has a few videos.
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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One handy feature I forgot to mention is that you can show and hide settings switches and widgets as they are needed. You can see in my screenshot that my GPS widget comes into view when I am selecting a navigation app. This gives me a heads up on GPS status and a chance to activate if off. Up to 9 widgets can occupy the same spot and you can select which one is going to be displayed.
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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If you are patient and persistent, Sweeter Home is real nice. It is in perpetual beta, and the dev isn't really supporting it, but you can find users here in xda.
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Pretty cool! I'm going to give that a go.
BTW, the home page is http://www.sweeterhome.com/, and they just released a new beta on 10 Feb 2012.
launcherPro allows you to re-size widgets and icons kinda stretches them though
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mZWRlLmxhdW5jaGVyIl0.
i like go launcher
LauncherPro and Go Launcher aren't really that unconventional. Neither is ADW nor Nova, for that matter.
Btw, duckredbeard: what theme are you using with sweeter? Looks quite sweet!
It's my own theme...look for SD004. It will take some work to make it work for you as I have alot of Tasker and MinimalisticText going on. I will do some edits to make it more adaptable for others. Check back to this thread for updates on when it is available.
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
Slidescreen is awesome
AOKP 4 LYF
duckredbeard said:
It's my own theme...look for SD004. It will take some work to make it work for you as I have alot of Tasker and MinimalisticText going on. I will do some edits to make it more adaptable for others. Check back to this thread for updates on when it is available.
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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Sweet, looking forward to it.
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Slidescreen is awesome
AOKP 4 LYF
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I had forgotten about slidescreen. Do you have a link for it? Don't see it in the market.
MOD/Tweak I have been trying to search for and no one has done it yet.
Is there a way to UNGROUP the notifications.Here's Why
If you get a message, it will show in the notification bar the sender and the preview. However if you receive 2 messages, it will only show 2 MESSAGES, and you wont know from whom nor see the preview untill you open that notification.
Same as Missed calls, same as so many others apps.
So, my question is, IS THERE A WAY TO UNGROUP NOTIFICATIONS? Mod/Tweak?
Thank you,
B
would realy love to get an answer to this question...
on RR v7 galaxy note
Have you tried go sms ? It have lots of customization
Edward Cullen
I believe Jelly Bean is the answer to your question...
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Okay, so that's emails but you get the picture. Assuming you've still got your HD2, I rather fancy your chances of getting Jelly Bean on there sooner rather than later
jellybean makes this better but its still not the best solution for everyone, i for example react to some missed calls when i see them and to others after one day, so it would be perfect for me if there was a notification for every evet, and those would not be dismissed by entering the associated app but only when i click on them... so a solution that can do something like that would be very appreciated.
unfugor said:
jellybean makes this better but its still not the best solution for everyone, i for example react to some missed calls when i see them and to others after one day, so it would be perfect for me if there was a notification for every evet, and those would not be dismissed by entering the associated app but only when i click on them... so a solution that can do something like that would be very appreciated.
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Then you would have tons of notifications filling your notification tray.
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for me it would be about 10 - 15 each day, and preferably such a feature would be optional, i can understand that most people may not want it
Has this been implemented yet?
Coming from an iPhone to Android, I understand that grouping is a 'good' feature - but if everyone raves about how customizable Android is, I don't understand why this setting can't be changed.
Bringing this back from the dead! Is there finally an option for this? I'm running LP PAC-ROM CM12.1 base.
It's 2019; still wanting to ungroup notifications
4 years later, but I'm still hoping for this!
I don't like going into my inbox; I use my notification drawer as a catch-all "to-do list". I like keeping it clean, so I address each message individually using the quick action buttons. But when grouped, those buttons are no longer "quick" - you gotta expand the group, expand the notification, and then tap the button. It's also too easy to accidentally swipe the whole group away!
Since I prefer the drawer to be an accurate representation of what I have yet to address, I know that this could mean "having a ton of notifications building up in your drawer". And I'm okay with that! If I have a ton of unaddressed emails, then having a ton of unaddressed notifications is an accurate representation of what I have yet to address. My urge to clean out that drawer is much stronger than the urge to clean out my inbox, and I want to take advantage of that.
Anybody know of a hack?
Hi everyone,
I hope that I posted at the right place, sorry if not.
I am a Android fan user but there is one thing I envy from iOS is their Notification Center. I would like to explain. I like the status/notification bar of Android but, when a new notification's coming, I would like to see it without unlock my phone or pull-down the notification bar.
I know that there is a lot of widget, apps, services which able to see notifications on lockscreen but most of them show only an icon (widgetlocker, go locker, magiclocker, etc.) and few others show a "banner" (notifierpro, I use this one) or a popup (Popup Notifier, droid notify, etc.). Some on them don't work with all application, but "only" the most used like SMS, GMAIL, TWITTER.
My problem is I like the idea of "banners", in which we have the contact's name and the message itself inside the banner for sms (for exemple). But we only have one banner while iOS (and its notification center) can show multiple banners on the screen when it is locked.
I found that HTC in Sense 4.0 blended this kinid of "banners" on the lockscreen.
I really look for this kind of application and I found nothing. Finally, I decided to develop it by myself for my Ray... Huge mistake I'm not a developper and I forgot the idea, too hard. I use pattern security, and it was really hard to find a way to ativate the screen then the slider with banners, then the pattern lockscreen.
This is the reason why I post here. Someone know how to develop this application/widget? Or do you know someone who did it and didn't put it on the play store? Someone could find this idea really great p) and could begin the dev...
Thanks
PS: Me french, English hard
miui
I don't know if you had used MIUI, it can achive that you have mentioned.
English poor, don't complain for this,
I confirm that,MIUI can do this work without unlocking the phone..or Rayonium can do it too
Hi,
Indeed, your right, both of them use this kind of banners (great jobs) but (I know, this is annoying, with all the possibilties of customizations, everyone, me first, wants his own UI) I really don't like MIUI and its iPhone style. For rayonium, same thing: I don't like Sony style (and I'm not sure I can install it on a locked BL). I use JJ's Hybrid Rom (really cool, light, smooth).
Do you know if it's possible to take this feature from MIUI or Rayonium and install it on an other ROM? Dream, dream, dream...
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Hi,
Indeed, your right, both of them use this kind of banners (great jobs) but (I know, this is annoying, with all the possibilties of customizations, everyone, me first, wants his own UI) I really don't like MIUI and its iPhone style. For rayonium, same thing: I don't like Sony style (and I'm not sure I can install it on a locked BL). I use JJ's Hybrid Rom (really cool, light, smooth).
Do you know if it's possible to take this feature from MIUI or Rayonium and install it on an other ROM? Dream, dream, dream...
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Well,you will have to port it somehow...
So you want a feature from iOS that they copied from Android on your Android device ? Are looking to break the universe ?
Hi,
On iOS, you have banners on the screen for every new notifications and you still have to unlock your phone with a security code. I never see this on Android... Or I'm in an other universe in which we can devide by 0
I really love the status bar that you can have access all the time but it's locked when you activate the security.
Maybe I should develop an application that turn the screen on for every new notifications and, at the same time, pull-down the notification bar by bypass the "block stuff when the phone is securised".
Lockscreen notifications
Hi.
Nicolas from Productigeeky here, creator of NotifierPro.
Our last app LockerPro Lockscreen does exactly what you are asking for.
There is a free lite version if you want.
It's only available for Android 4+ devices though.
Here is what it looks like :
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Regards.
You can also install other launchers on a MIUI rom if you don't like its looks.
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Hey so i'm a die hard AOSP/AOKP user. but the roms running for this system are quite hard to get super stable because we don't have the source kernel to tinker with. So i thought i'd start a thread about some things i particularly like about AOSP and see if we can bring them to Sense and then maybe we can get some converters. (like me if we can get this right haha)
1. I like the AOSP lock screen i like the fact that i can have 7 different apps i can unlock to. As well as weather. is there anyway to get the AOSP/AOKP lock screen on. Or atleast be able to change the sense lock screen so the icons are something OTHER than what you have set on your rosie bottom bar.
2. toggle in notification windows. i'm a one handed user. So the quick settings just isnt cutting it. I'd like something that is smaller easier and faster as in on the main screen of the notification bar. Like CM9 or AOKP.
honestly after that i dont really have that many complaints. not sure if anyone has anything we'd like to add so maybe we can make a AOSP/AOKP -esqe Sense rom.
Sorry if this feels like a gripe. I think i'm just slightly tired of waiting for AOSP and hoping that a sense one can take its place with a few mods.
syaoran68 said:
Hey so i'm a die hard AOSP/AOKP user. but the roms running for this system are quite hard to get super stable because we don't have the source kernel to tinker with. So i thought i'd start a thread about some things i particularly like about AOSP and see if we can bring them to Sense and then maybe we can get some converters. (like me if we can get this right haha)
1. I like the AOSP lock screen i like the fact that i can have 7 different apps i can unlock to. As well as weather. is there anyway to get the AOSP/AOKP lock screen on. Or atleast be able to change the sense lock screen so the icons are something OTHER than what you have set on your rosie bottom bar.
2. toggle in notification windows. i'm a one handed user. So the quick settings just isnt cutting it. I'd like something that is smaller easier and faster as in on the main screen of the notification bar. Like CM9 or AOKP.
honestly after that i dont really have that many complaints. not sure if anyone has anything we'd like to add so maybe we can make a AOSP/AOKP -esqe Sense rom.
Sorry if this feels like a gripe. I think i'm just slightly tired of waiting for AOSP and hoping that a sense one can take its place with a few mods.
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I just joined so I can't post links yet but for your points:
1. Try Widgetlocker out. It's not free but there's always the 15 minute refund window.
2. Widgetsoid allows you to put toggles in your notification tray. There's a free and paid version of this in the Play Store.
For the second request you could also check out "Power Controls".
I find that indispensable.
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I have a EE edge and it has no option for alphabetical apps that I can find, it is not in the usual place in the top right does anyone one know an app that can replace this or a way other than changing launcher that this can be achieved please?
Also the alarm clock is terrible as I can't seem to change how many time it allows me to snooze or for how long it will snooze for. My old note 4 would allow 10 snoozes and I could change the interval. Am I being blind or has this been removed? If its removed can someone recommend a decent alternative?
Overall love the phone just irritated by these two stupid omissions which have been standard on every android phone I have had for the last few years
Same here, awesome phone but the app draw thing is mental. Hopefully Samsung fix it. Years back the first versions of touch wiz were also lacking this option, then there was an app which did it for you. I can't remember what it was called, and I've searched and can't find anything. Anyone? I don't want to swap launcher before anyone suggests doing that.
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I have a EE edge and it has no option for alphabetical apps that I can find, it is not in the usual place in the top right does anyone one know an app that can replace this or a way other than changing launcher that this can be achieved please?
Also the alarm clock is terrible as I can't seem to change how many time it allows me to snooze or for how long it will snooze for. My old note 4 would allow 10 snoozes and I could change the interval. Am I being blind or has this been removed? If its removed can someone recommend a decent alternative?
Overall love the phone just irritated by these two stupid omissions which have been standard on every android phone I have had for the last few years
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not got the phone yet but found this
Upper right hand corner there is an A-Z icon to press when you are in the app drawer
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not got the phone yet but found this
Upper right hand corner there is an A-Z icon to press when you are in the app drawer
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Nope, just the edit button which only let's you rearrange them manually. This is driving both me and my wife mental lol.
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Upper right hand corner there is an A-Z icon to press when you are in the app drawer
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Samsung took their Apple emulation a bit too far now. No way to alphabetize app drawer and if you go in applications you will find settings for stock apps just like with the iPhone. It's like they care more about people jumping ship from the iPhone than they do about loyal customers.
I also can't find a way to hide files in the gallery so if you have a lot of music installed it automatically puts the album art in which is very cluttered. All of these issues are not present on the note 4 running lollipop so would be very interested to hear Samsung's reasons for these annoyances.
Although individually they are all small added together the are really starting to annoy me and may make me consider my purchase which is a shame as the hardware feels amazing and the music is superb. I just hope it is a case of time to sort these things out.
I second the snooze problem and the alphabetical sort issue as well...
i had a software update...but that didn't help in sorting this issue....
This thread might help