[q] Use Voice search instead of S voice - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

So, if you have ever tried s voice, you probably understand my frustration with it. I much prefer googles own voice search. Is there anyway to map the s voice double click home button to the google voice search instead? I miss my search key.

looks like for now...You just have to either use the widget...or long press the menu button.
BTW...since i don't use S Voice...disabling the double tap cause no lag when hitting home now. B-)

SiNJiN76 said:
looks like for now...You just have to either use the widget...or long press the menu button.
BTW...since i don't use S Voice...disabling the double tap cause no lag when hitting home now. B-)
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long press menu does something? doesnt that bring up the keyboard? it did on my old phone. I would try now, but i need to leave it activated on my brothers line till tomorrow in order to get my rebate.

Long press menu brings up recents
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Yup. that's what it did on my nexus one. but in the s3...it brings up the search screen. doesn't do anything while in an app tho.

SiNJiN76 said:
Yup. that's what it did on my nexus one. but in the s3...it brings up the search screen. doesn't do anything while in an app tho.
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Huh? Is it different between carriers? Long press menu is recents for me..
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SiNJiN76 said:
BTW...since i don't use S Voice...disabling the double tap cause no lag when hitting home now. B-)
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THANK YOU FOR THAT
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jkxklutz said:
Huh? Is it different between carriers? Long press menu is recents for me..
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Recents is a long press Home here on Tmobile, which you seem to be on.

Google search widget?
Hey fellow galaxy s3 owners! Hoping you can help me find the google voice search widget to put on my home screen on the gs3. Neither me or my wife think S Voice works as good as Google Voice Search but I cannot find the widget on either of our phones. I know I can put the long search bar but I just wanted the mic button. Thanks for your help!
Forgot to mention both phones are using Go Launcher EX and are not rooted.

j76ms said:
Hey fellow galaxy s3 owners! Hoping you can help me find the google voice search widget to put on my home screen on the gs3. Neither me or my wife think S Voice works as good as Google Voice Search but I cannot find the widget on either of our phones. I know I can put the long search bar but I just wanted the mic button. Thanks for your help!
Forgot to mention both phones are using Go Launcher EX and are not rooted.
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It should be Google search in widgets
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I'm using apex launcher for personal reasons but you can see below the google stock one for ICS
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I know about the search bar. What I am looking for is just the microphone widget by itself. I don't want the large search bar taking up that much room.

I kinda figured out a work around for just displaying the Microphone widget. Add the full length bar widget like in jgalan14's screenshot and then resize it down to a 1x1. Doesn't look great but at least the google voice search widget is on my screen for easy access without having that large bar.

Copy and pasted my post from another forum that was only about an hour ago..
I was bored and started playing with the google voice search to see what kind of quick answers it would give me at the top of google..to see if it could be a google now lite or something. It did alright.
Then I thought...hey why not give Svoice another shot?
I'll click search the web
umm...this looks odd...i'll click view desktop version
I guess this wouldn't be that bad....if i could actually zoom out and make the text smaller...which i can't do.
Holy ****. :bowrofl: I said the first time I used it there has to be some kind of settings error or something thats not allowing this thing to work. It couldn't tell me how tall Lebron James is, kept cutting me off, told me there was a network error after i asked it to turn wifi off. The first two times I asked it to turn wifi off, it asked me who i wanted to call. It sometimes missed or even added simple words I never even said (the, of, or etc) Couldn't understand basic words, made Corvette plural....If you click search the web even the google webpage is all fubar. All zoomed in and you can't really change it or make it look right. Basically looks like viewing google on a phone from 5 years ago. Not to mention sometimes the app becomes unresponsive to the voice command. I sat there and said my unlock command 30 diffrent times in every different tone and volume you could imagine until i finally just hit the button.
Holy hell this has to be the worst app ever made lol

j76ms said:
I know about the search bar. What I am looking for is just the microphone widget by itself. I don't want the large search bar taking up that much room.
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Maybe install Vlingo and use it's widget? I think it has a microphone widget.
I cannot remember if you can tell Vlingo to use Google search though.
^I find my own comments amusing because Vlingo made the S-Voice app.

That was hilarious JD!

j76ms said:
That was hilarious JD!
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this has to be the worst app i've ever used.
I've been playing with it the last few minutes sitting here wondering how in THEE HELLLLL did they get it to work so well on stage? And it wasn't *that* bad in the demo's...it passed the woodchuck test even.
I can confidently say this thing will give you an answer less than 5% of the time. I've gotten maybe 3 or 4 answers and when I do get an answer it gives me a huge long list that I have to scroll to the top to actually find the answer.
90% of the time if it acutally understands what you are saying it says I'm sorry I dont have the answer, would you like me to search the web?
It mishears you a lot too. Cuts you off every now and then. Seems you have to hit the button or say the wake command between every single question with the app open too.
I have asked it the most basic questions in the world for the last 10-15 minutes and the only answers I got were to- When did Mickey Mantle die and who is Michael Jackson, and what a stock is worth. Every time it finds an answer it takes 5-10 seconds to give me an answer, and thats on wifi.
Could answer me all sorts of common knowledge sports questions, music questions, questions about who owns a company or a team. Who makes the Corvette, when the first mustang was made, how tall Lebron James is (which was also demonstrated to work)
I almost refuse to believe the app is THIS bad. I've fiddled with settings and nothing has improved. Its almost as if they want you to click search the web every time so they get some kind of hits or credit or something. Its just baffling.

I completely agree that S Voice is as bad as on mine and my wife's phone as your experience jd. It is THAT bad. lol You have to just laugh about it. :laugh:

Install Nova launcher. You don't have to use the launcher, but it makes available shortcuts that you can use in any launcher.
Use the shortcut, "Nova Launcher" (available under "Widgets" in TW Launcher), and choose voice search.

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Install Nova launcher. You don't have to use the launcher, but it makes available shortcuts that you can use in any launcher.
Use the shortcut, "Nova Launcher" (available under "Widgets" in TW Launcher), and choose voice search.
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Thank you very much! Now I am trying to get it to work in Go Launcher. Having a little difficulty but the option is there. I can get the widget on the screen but it will not activate for some reason.

j76ms said:
Thank you very much! Now I am trying to get it to work in Go Launcher. Having a little difficulty but the option is there. I can get the widget on the screen but it will not activate for some reason.
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You can also try using the shortcut, "Activities," scroll down to "Voice Search," click that, then click, "RecognitionActivity." That should do the same thing.

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EVO 3D new Sense overkill Frequent

I am running a ROM on my EVO 4g with pieces of sense 3.0 and so many ways to reach frequent apps ... dam overkill
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This is the pull down notification bar ... i liked it better with quick power control widgets on the top, HTC should of thought about implementing that... and maybe have the quick setting tab be favorite apps
here is another way of reaching frequent apps .. holding down home button... can be accessed from anywhere just like above method ... two things doing the same thing now.
And here is the application button which takes u to another screen (apps,frequent,downloads) with the star being frequent instead of favorites ...
How many ways do we need to reach frequent apps ... they def should of made one of them pull up favorite apps that could of been customized
If i am missing something .. please correct me .. who knows if this will change on the day of release but this is overkill to me in which they could of implemented more useful features ...
sorry for the rant .. just had to get that off my chest .. i feel better now .. how do we get HTC to read this ...LMAO
Yup, too much nonsense in Sense lol. AOSP is far cleaner and thus faster as well.
How did you change the "Sprint" name?
Yeah Im wayyyy too used to the power control widgets in the pull down. Gonna cross fingers they can get implemented. though I think itll be tough with the spot already taken up...
You realize other than the flashlight, all of the power widgets functionality is in the quick settings tab of the pull down. I don't really use the recent apps function but I'm not used to it being there. I ran a desire hd ROM before but ditches because of the lack of 4G. So its only been about 2 or 3 weeks that I'm rocking a sense 2.1 or 3 ROM. I'm going to live with it for a few months before I deem it redundant. If anything, I'd leave the recent apps in the pull down in place and replace the holding of the home key for running apps only. Or the home key for webos like running apps preview. I know there is an app that does that already but in my opinion its very clunky.
I like the multiple options. I use the pull down recent Apps. My girl uses the home key press. I have liking the second tab with power controls.
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You realize other than the flashlight, all of the power widgets functionality is in the quick settings tab of the pull down. I don't really use the recent apps function but I'm not used to it being there. I ran a desire hd ROM before but ditches because of the lack of 4G. So its only been about 2 or 3 weeks that I'm rocking a sense 2.1 or 3 ROM. I'm going to live with it for a few months before I deem it redundant. If anything, I'd leave the recent apps in the pull down in place and replace the holding of the home key for running apps only. Or the home key for webos like running apps preview. I know there is an app that does that already but in my opinion its very clunky.
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haha nope didnt know that. my evo has been on cruise control for awhile n hadnt messed with the 3.0 roms yet. lol
itouch24 said:
i am running a rom on my evo 4g with pieces of sense 3.0 and so many ways to reach frequent apps ... Dam overkill
here is another way of reaching frequent apps .. Holding down home button... Can be accessed from anywhere just like above method ... Two things doing the same thing now.
How many ways do we need to reach frequent apps ... They def should of made one of them pull up favorite apps that could of been customized
if i am missing something .. Please correct me .. Who knows if this will change on the day of release but this is overkill to me in which they could of implemented more useful features ...
Sorry for the rant .. Just had to get that off my chest .. I feel better now .. How do we get htc to read this ...lmao
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there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I agree aosp is much cleaner but htc is just trying to be more idiot proof
j2themax said:
there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I agree aosp is much cleaner but htc is just trying to be more idiot proof
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You calling me an idiot?
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Just went to three forums and found this exact post in all three.
Since you just copy and paste each one I would have to call this spam
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d/92842-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/353127-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
lafester said:
Just went to three forums and found this exact post in all three.
Since you just copy and paste each one I would have to call this spam
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d/92842-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/353127-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
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Oh no. Internet police is here. Officer I swear she said she was 18!!
sgt. slaughter said:
haha nope didnt know that. my evo has been on cruise control for awhile n hadnt messed with the 3.0 roms yet. lol
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I'm running virus kingdom 1.3 right now and so far so good. My phone is very fussy so I'm surprised its working so well thus far. But if you want to try a sure fire 2.1 ROM (which has the recent apps pull down) I highly recommend mikg 1.03. That is the perfect compromise of new and exciting without issues and degraded performance. No special partitioning required either. Just flash and play.
lafester said:
Just went to three forums and found this exact post in all three.
Since you just copy and paste each one I would have to call this spam
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d/92842-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/353127-evo-3d-new-sense-overkill-frequent.html
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Don't forget this one!
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220881
banzaiwolfe said:
Don't forget this one!
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220881
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HaHa I guess there are allot of geeks like me registered at multiple sites
iTouch24 said:
HaHa I guess there are allot of geeks like me registered at multiple sites
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Come on man, they are all the exact same post. You posted them all.
That said, I'm all for extra choices.
I really like the recent apps up there, its quicker when you are using your touchscreen to just flick it down and hit the app for me (im running synergy on my evo w/ it)
I've personally been using Task Switcher by Shisho since I got the evo.
A short press on the home button brings up your choice of running apps - or, if you enable it, recent apps as well.
The list is MUCH larger than the standard 6, and a quick second press drops you back to the home screen.
You can map a long press of the search button to it as well, but I never have. It's FAR more useful than the long home press, and the recent (but closed) apps list is great for pulling up something you've accidentally backed out of, even if you have half a billion other programs running.
That said, it does have its limits - the recently used apps do drop off after a while. I haven't figured out its method of dropping them *shrug*
This program has proven to be invaluable with the Sense 3.0 stability issues on the Evo.
It lets you select your home screen as well (press menu to reset it) - so switching between launchers takes mere moments, and can be accessed with only 5 presses from any app - one on home to bring up Task Switcher, one on menu, one to select the home screen, one to set it, and home again to launch it.
Go launcher served as a GREAT backup when Sense 3 failed me... but even going to Go Launcher was unnecessary 99% of the time - because of the recent/running app list in Task Switcher....
iTouch24 said:
HaHa I guess there are allot of geeks like me registered at multiple sites
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whats with the copypasta man?
rockypr said:
How did you change the "Sprint" name?
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There's an app for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960099
I did mine's differently, but I forgot how because it was a long time ago. I downloaded something called CDMA Tools, or something, and did everything on my PC. Therefore, I can't verify that the app works, but I've read positive feedback about it.
A.Priori said:
whats with the copypasta man?
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who cares .. u make it sound like i copied and pasted the same thread all over xda ...
there are some people that are just on xda and some people that are just on android central, etc ..
was just trying to get a conversation going ... it was a rainy boring day yesterday
not everyone is registered at all the same sites ...
i didnt know ...
xda
androidcentral
androidforums
sprintusers
were all the same site ...
but for those that just need something to complain about .. i am sorry that it bothers you ...
hopefully we can drop it and just have a friendly conversation going forward about the EVO and its new sense
nothing good comes out about complaining about things .. nothing can be changed now
this message is not just to you ... it was to all the people who i got upset from posting same thing in multiple sites ...
please lets move forward

ADW Ex Hidden Dockbar ?

This may be in wrong forum
Foreward
have done a bit of googling to no avail re this issue ~
anyone here in the community an ADW Launcher user? If so, what am i missing in terms of switching to the hidden Dock bar? checked settings out, swiped over the Dockbar in every whichaway, cleared data / reviewed logcats, all several times etc (as one should do before starting a thread here lol). Developer's email is non-functional lol. I must be missing something. Anyone else having similar results
Thanks for your time
whom
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Mods ~ could someone help w/ my profile display <<<< i have spoken with dev, attempted his fix but to apprently no avail. could anyone assist me with getting my posts in tact once again so that they can be read without having to be cut / pasted please ? Thanks in advance!
I use adw ex and it works great but I once had a problem with the dock disappearing...that what you mean?
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I cannot access the hidden dockbar at all. That's what i meant Have tried all sorts of directions (swypes lol)
Amplified said:
I cannot access the hidden dockbar at all. That's what i meant Have tried all sorts of directions (swypes lol)
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Put your finger on the dock and swipe down.
patrkoch said:
Put your finger on the dock and swipe down.
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have been doing lots of this ~ this is latest adw ex ~ i will try again but i have swyped down lots up / down / updown /side up / sidewards down lol give it one more try
gave the old swipe down another fifty or so trys. .... cannot change docks ... all that happens is i end up clicking or moving an icon from the main dock etc.
*edit* after a bit of reading it appears there are others griping of the same as it seems to be a known issue with the hidden dock bar
ahh well TWMediocrity it is!
Amplified said:
have been doing lots of this ~ this is latest adw ex ~ i will try again but i have swyped down lots up / down / updown /side up / sidewards down lol give it one more try
gave the old swipe down another fifty or so trys. .... cannot change docks ... all that happens is i end up clicking or moving an icon from the main dock etc.
*edit* after a bit of reading it appears there are others griping of the same as it seems to be a known issue with the hidden dock bar
ahh well TWMediocrity it is!
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Whats wrong with your posts? There is text (on top of) overwriting text, hard to read
The hidden dock bar was removed from adw ex (and I would guess regular adw as well) in the last update. I wish the dev would bring it back, but according to him the vast majority of users prefer the single dock bar setup he has gone to...
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I really could not stand the hidden dock bar... I kept bringing it up on accident. I believe there was an option in the last version that had it though that allowed for it to be disabled? I see no reason why it should not be included, but I would prefer it be disabled by default.
cpenticuff said:
I really could not stand the hidden dock bar... I kept bringing it up on accident. I believe there was an option in the last version that had it though that allowed for it to be disabled? I see no reason why it should not be included, but I would prefer it be disabled by default.
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I can definitely respect your opinion sir!!!! I wish he would make the same provisions as i have been a long time ADW user, and big fan, and i sure miss using it. i personally loved the hidden dockbar, and i would not mind one bit enabling it in the settings, but for Christ's sakes if it ain't broke brother don't fix the s$#t.
Is this the option you're referring to?
Adwsettings>UI settings >main dock.
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Is this the option you're referring to?
Adwsettings>UI settings >main dock.
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That screen WAS where the setting was when the hidden dock bar was still an option.
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So the dock was hidden and you had to use a gesture to make it appear or it was hidden as in disabled?
Hidden as it is here ...
No sir, if you read the OP well you'll see what i am missing is the ability to chose from the "Main" Dock & the hidden dock. And the ability to transition from one to the other. Not to make the dock dissappear altogether.
Sorry.
Haven't used ADW enough to know that was a feature.
No worries mate
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No sir, if you read the OP well you'll see what i am missing is the ability to chose from the "Main" Dock & the hidden dock. And the ability to transition from one to the other. Not to make the dock dissappear altogether.
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Amplified, I have a semi-workaround at the moment. I am using circle launcher as a hidden dock for the apps I used to put in ADW hidden dock. I keep a pretty clean home screen, so I set it up dead center of the screen, and set a custom transparent icon for the launcher. Closed, there is nothing visible, but one tap to open and I have about 14 apps right there. You might be able to do similar with wave launcher as well, but I haven't messed with that in quite a while...
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Amplified, I have a semi-workaround at the moment. I am using circle launcher as a hidden dock for the apps I used to put in ADW hidden dock. I keep a pretty clean home screen, so I set it up dead center of the screen, and set a custom transparent icon for the launcher. Closed, there is nothing visible, but one tap to open and I have about 14 apps right there. You might be able to do similar with wave launcher as well, but I haven't messed with that in quite a while...
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Thanks brother. Very kind of you to offer a suggestion of that sort.
Cheers!
I miss the hidden dock too...
I'm a new user of EX, since the 10c discount.
But because of that kind of things, I still don't have set any of the as "default" when I hit the home button...
and worst.. most of the time I'm using ADW, not Ex.. thinking "come on jump to EX"... and when I try.. it's to discover there is no hidden dock anymore...
Yes, I know, nobody cares...
I second using Circle Launcher or Wave as an alternative. I saw this hidden dock feature in the video and thought it might replace wave launcher for me, and then was going crazy thinking I was missing something in settings. Too bad he didn't leave it as an option and just include a disable possibility.
Anyway, I have used circle launcher on my main homescreen much in the same way as described by the other member. But I also use Wave launcher and what's great about it is that it is accessible from any screen even when you have another app open. (If you use WidgetLocker as your lockscreen, then it's even accessible on that.) And it's entirely invisible and unlike Circle launcher no one could even accidentally discover it if they didn't know the gesture you set up for it.
Anyway, maybe the hidden bar will show back up as something you can enable or disable.
I love Wave Launcher in conjunction with Launcher Pro. I absolutely love being able to scroll through three sets of five icon docks at the bottom of any one of my home screens. I guess this is why we all love Android, there's pretty much something for everyone as far as customizations go.

[Q] Couple issues with ICS alpha2

First like to thank everyone who worked on this! Especially for getting it out so quickly.
For the most part everything has been working really well. Using this as a daily driver right now.
Couple questions I have though. I am running the apex launcher that was included as well as the MIUI lockscreen. About 25% of the time when I turn the phone on I get the stock lock screen then the miui lockscreen. tried disabling the stock lock screen. that worked until I rebooted the phone then i had no lock screen at all. Re-enabling the swipe locksceen brought it back but still get the stock swipe away screen randomly. Guessing this is an issue that will have to wait to be resolved with a custom ROM?
Also having an issue with apex. Sometimes when hitting the home button from any app it goes to a completely blank screen. I can see my wallpaper but that's it. Have to hit home again to actually get to home screen.
Anyone can point me in the right direction to turn haptic feedback off on the keyboard? I can't seem to find the option anywhere.
One last thing I'm noticing, when I'm scrolling with the s pen in the browser, it just randomly zooms in. Im sure I'm not hitting the button or double tapping. Anyone else getting this?
Thanks,
Shrubbry
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Since you didn't specify WHICH keyboard...those buttons are the settings fit each keyboard
Also remember, it's an alpha build, based off of a leaked firmware, that the leak itself has bugs in, a completely bug free experience isn't to be expected
I can help with the blank homescreen issue, I think. Goto Apex Settings / Homescreen. You will see options to set the number of screens AND, which screen you want to make your DEFAULT screen (when you hit the home key). Set that screen to one that's not blank, (the one you use the most) and I think that will fix that issue. As far as miui locker, I have not had that issue your describing, yet.
shrubbry said:
First like to thank everyone who worked on this! Especially for getting it out so quickly.
For the most part everything has been working really well. Using this as a daily driver right now.
Couple questions I have though. I am running the apex launcher that was included as well as the MIUI lockscreen. About 25% of the time when I turn the phone on I get the stock lock screen then the miui lockscreen. tried disabling the stock lock screen. that worked until I rebooted the phone then i had no lock screen at all. Re-enabling the swipe locksceen brought it back but still get the stock swipe away screen randomly. Guessing this is an issue that will have to wait to be resolved with a custom ROM?
Also having an issue with apex. Sometimes when hitting the home button from any app it goes to a completely blank screen. I can see my wallpaper but that's it. Have to hit home again to actually get to home screen.
Anyone can point me in the right direction to turn haptic feedback off on the keyboard? I can't seem to find the option anywhere.
One last thing I'm noticing, when I'm scrolling with the s pen in the browser, it just randomly zooms in. Im sure I'm not hitting the button or double tapping. Anyone else getting this?
Thanks,
Shrubbry
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Sorry for not being specific. I'm still using the only keyboard that came stock. The Samsung one. A little bummed that ICS didn't come with.... The ICS keyboard. Need to work on getting that on there later today. At work right now. I checked all the settings in the Samsung keyboard and couldn't find it. Possible that I am blind. My wife tells me I am all the time when I can't fins stuff in the fridge...
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jb0nd38372 said:
I can help with the blank homescreen issue, I think. Goto Apex Settings / Homescreen. You will see options to set the number of screens AND, which screen you want to make your DEFAULT screen (when you hit the home key). Set that screen to one that's not blank, (the one you use the most) and I think that will fix that issue. As far as miui locker, I have not had that issue your describing, yet.
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Thanks for this tip. I think it fixed it. So fat so good. Will update if it does it again. A little weird though. I wasn't actually going to one of my blank screens. When it did it I couldn't scroll out of the blank screen. Had to hit home again. I set it to screen 1 and it hasn't done it since.
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Ah I spoke too soon...
Exited chrome with a single tap on the home button and it went to a blank screen with just my background. No amount of swiping, tapping or long press on the screen gets me out of there. Just have to hit home again.
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There are plenty of other launchers... Try another
studacris said:
There are plenty of other launchers... Try another
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Valid point!
I just like apex and have been fiddling with the ROM as is until I have a little more time. So it was apex or tw so far and I do not like the tw.
Appreciate the responses
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shrubbry said:
Ah I spoke too soon...
Exited chrome with a single tap on the home button and it went to a blank screen with just my background. No amount of swiping, tapping or long press on the screen gets me out of there. Just have to hit home again.
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Yep, I'm having exactly the same 'Missing Homes-Screen' issue with my HTC one X and Apex.
Unfortunately, pressing the Home button does nothing for me... I have to restart to get the Apex Homescreen to display.
alpha II issue
I am having power down issues it freezes and also when I try to restart .Everything is great other then this part.
This issue should not be on alpha 2.......i could restart and reboot many times with no issue what so ever. but now that i am on the Collective build 4 i do have the issues that you speak of. i just hold the power button to do a reboot now you can use the hotboot options if needed.
alpha II
when to phone settings and i was correct its alpha II. any suggestions? ??
Alpha4 said:
Yep, I'm having exactly the same 'Missing Homes-Screen' issue with my HTC one X and Apex.
Unfortunately, pressing the Home button does nothing for me... I have to restart to get the Apex Homescreen to display.
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Run a search for trebuchet launcher on XDA in Android software, it's good, free, and clean
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at least im not the only one. every rom has a issue wich I have found out and im stock rooted now. ics has issues mainly a game i play is under my account and i cannot acces it with ics i can star over but without the name i had and acomplishments . wait for att !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless you love to flash ive tried every rom here i like all of them

Frustration

I've had 24 hours with my new Verizon Note 2 and it's been very frustrating. Coming off the N7000 I figured it would be a breeze to set up, not the case at all. Without getting into exporting and importing, some of the issues I've been having include the following:
K9 will not work with my primary gmail email.
No wifi button in the pull down header.
Screen only 4 icons across.
Text msg icon will not refresh after looking at a text. Have to turn restart the phone for #of messages to disappear.
Google Voice widget only works sporadically. Rarely downloads the audio.
I hope some if not all of these are solvable. But so far I've had not luck...
amv13 said:
I've had 24 hours with my new Verizon Note 2 and it's been very frustrating. Coming off the N7000 I figured it would be a breeze to set up, not the case at all. Without getting into exporting and importing, some of the issues I've been having include the following:
K9 will not work with my primary gmail email.
No wifi button in the pull down header.
Screen only 4 icons across.
Text msg icon will not refresh after looking at a text. Have to turn restart the phone for #of messages to disappear.
Google Voice widget only works sporadically. Rarely downloads the audio.
I hope some if not all of these are solvable. But so far I've had not luck...
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All those quick buttons on the pull down header and NO wifi.. that's mind boggling to me too. I'm waiting for root and some roms to fix that I guess.
4 Icons across.. I loaded up Nova Launcher. This huge screen has way too much open space stock. With Nova I added another column and row of icons. Looks much better!
I'm having NO issues with the txt message icon refreshing after opening a text. I did notice that my brother's Note 2 (on sprint) has this little bubble that appears on the lock screen above the app message icon.. a small bubble that's pretty clear that has a "1" in it for the new message. I couldn't find that on my phone.
I can't comment on the others.. I only use Gmail and don't use the GV widget.
I've been using Nova Launcher to change my grid and app drawer (decided on 5x6 I think). The same should fix your notification count for unread SMS/emails/calls.
Beautiful Widgets has a toggle widget for a ton of stuff, Wifi included.
I like the native Gmail app. Love the widget.
Not much of a fix for any of your issues, but they're good alternatives until we get rooted/ROMed.
I like Nova Launcher but I don't like losing some s-pen functionality. I'll stay stock till rook comes along. I want to add functionalty, not lose it.
Pic of my home screen. I dont like using folders, but it will do for now.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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randpost said:
I like Nova Launcher but I don't like losing some s-pen functionality. I'll stay stock till rook comes along. I want to add functionalty, not lose it.
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What S-Pen functionality is lost? I've running Nova, and so far I'm able to use the S-Pen in all of the same ways as I can when I'm using the stock launcher.
randpost said:
I like Nova Launcher but I don't like losing some s-pen functionality. I'll stay stock till rook comes along. I want to add functionalty, not lose it.
Pic of my home screen. I dont like using folders, but it will do for now.
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What did you lose? I didn't lose any functions with Nova.
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Page buddy would be one. I like S-pen page buddy popping open upon removing my s pen. makes it convenient for others in my household to pick up and use the Note 2. Headphone page buddy is nice too.
randpost said:
Page buddy would be one. I like S-pen page buddy popping open upon removing my s pen. makes it convenient for others in my household to pick up and use the Note 2. Headphone page buddy is nice too.
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That's not so much S-Pen functionality as it is a function of the stock Touch Whiz launcher on the Note 2. It's similar to losing some of the Touch Whiz widgets when using a third-party launcher. So yeah, by using a third-party launcher you do loose some from functionality from the stock launcher, but you retain full S-Pen functionality.
Personally, I turned Page Buddy off as soon as I received the phone because I found it annoying. But I can see how it would be useful for some people.
amv13 said:
some of the issues I've been having include the following:
K9 will not work with my primary gmail email.
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Does it work with any accounts? If so and not Gmail it's probably configuration. K9's pretty popular so if all N2's couldn't use it to access Gmail I'd imagine more people would be complaining. You can set up GMail via ActiveSync in the stock e-mail client and get push notifications. Using the stock client also gets you native multiview support.
No wifi button in the pull down header.
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Settings launcher or toggle? The toggle's there.
Screen only 4 icons across.
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Yep.
Text msg icon will not refresh after looking at a text. Have to turn restart the phone for #of messages to disappear.
Google Voice widget only works sporadically. Rarely downloads the audio.
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Try removing the Google Voice app and reinstalling it. Don't know what to tell you about the MMS counter.
I know it's a pain in the ass but you may want to hard reset your device and see if any/all of these issues are present without your apps on it. Not all apps play nice with JB.
BarryH_GEG said:
Settings launcher or toggle? The toggle's there.
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The WiFi toggle isn't there on the Verizon version of the Note 2. Instead of the toggle, we get the annoying ongoing notification about WiFi seen in the attached screenshot. Verizon did the same thing with the Galaxy S3.
Is there an app that makes your data connection look like a Wifi connection? (jailbroken iDevices had something called 3G Unrestrictor). That might solve the stupid popup.
IamPro said:
Is there an app that makes your data connection look like a Wifi connection? (jailbroken iDevices had something called 3G Unrestrictor). That might solve the stupid popup.
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That won't get rid of the ongoing notification. When you connect to WiFi, it changes to say that you're connected to WiFi. It stays there regardless. The only way to permanently get rid of it is with root.
bsweetness said:
That won't get rid of the ongoing notification. When you connect to WiFi, it changes to say that you're connected to WiFi. It stays there regardless. The only way to get rid of it is with root.
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Wow thats a *****
bsweetness said:
The WiFi toggle isn't there on the Verizon version of the Note 2. Instead of the toggle, we get the annoying ongoing notification about WiFi seen in the attached screenshot. Verizon did the same thing with the Galaxy S3.
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Wow. Sorry guys. I just assumed simple stuff would be unmolested from the international version. VZW seems to enjoy adding their special touches to their versions of various devices.
amv13 said:
I've had 24 hours with my new Verizon Note 2 and it's been very frustrating. Coming off the N7000 I figured it would be a breeze to set up, not the case at all. Without getting into exporting and importing, some of the issues I've been having include the following:
K9 will not work with my primary gmail email.
No wifi button in the pull down header.
Screen only 4 icons across.
Text msg icon will not refresh after looking at a text. Have to turn restart the phone for #of messages to disappear.
Google Voice widget only works sporadically. Rarely downloads the audio.
I hope some if not all of these are solvable. But so far I've had not luck...
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For the wifi notification just longpress it and hit app info. It will take you to android system. Force close it and the wifi notification will be gone until you reboot.
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jellydroid13 said:
For the wifi notification just longpress it and hit app info. It will take you to android system. Force close it and the wifi notification will be gone until you reboot.
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Not sure why I would want to do this? I don't want to get rid of the wifi notification...
As for gmail, my other gmail accounts work with K9. It's just my primary one that doesn't. I deleted it from the gmail app and retried but had no luck...
amv13 said:
Not sure why I would want to do this? I don't want to get rid of the wifi notification...
As for gmail, my other gmail accounts work with K9. It's just my primary one that doesn't. I deleted it from the gmail app and retried but had no luck...
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My bad I just assumed you did because thats what most people want.
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Thank you, jellydroid13! It was bother me so much <3
Now if I can only figure out how my wifi keeps randomly turning on when I'm at work and don't have access to a wifi network -.-
randpost said:
Page buddy would be one. I like S-pen page buddy popping open upon removing my s pen. makes it convenient for others in my household to pick up and use the Note 2. Headphone page buddy is nice too.
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Just use a home switcher app and switch simultaneously between tw &nova.
I'm gonna try this.
I'm gonna switch my default to tw and delete all screens except 1 of course. But stay on nova. Then when I pull out the s-pen hit home and go straight to the buddy Page.
Either that or create an entire Page in nova with s-pen apps & their corresponding widgets.
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A question about the app drawer.

Well, my V30 arrived today and I really like this phone. I'm not new to LG phones and have dealt with this before but I can't install the app drawer icon on the home page without messing up my new setup and losing a lot of apps and pages. Is there a workaround for this that any of you know about? Thanks in advance for any help on this.
graywoulf1 said:
Well, my V30 arrived today and I really like this phone. I'm not new to LG phones and have dealt with this before but I can't install the app drawer icon on the home page without messing up my new setup and losing a lot of apps and pages. Is there a workaround for this that any of you know about? Thanks in advance for any help on this.
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Install Nova launcher, make app drawer, "import" the other launcher settings. LG in this case.
(Next time don't set up all your other shortcuts and stuff until you get your app drawer...
But Nova launcher can import your current configuration and still have an app drawer.
ChazzMatt said:
Install Nova launcher, make app drawer, "import" the other launcher settings. LG in this case.
(Next time don't set up all your other shortcuts and stuff until you get your app drawer... )
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Thanks for the reply and suggestion. Lesson learned I guess. I have never used a launcher before but I have only heard good things about the Nova launcher. I guess I will give it a try. I wonder why LG set the app drawer icon/function up like that in the first place?
graywoulf1 said:
Thanks for the reply and suggestion. Lesson learned I guess. I have never used a launcher before but I have only heard good things about the Nova launcher. I guess I will give it a try. I wonder why LG set the app drawer icon/function up like that in the first place?
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LG gives choice of "Home" or "Home + App Drawer". But Home is the default. You have to choose the other when setting up...
Apple doesn't give iPhone users an app drawer because they're too probably stupid to find it? Google keeps trying to make Android be like iPhone (clock on the left where notifications go, removing headphone jack, etc) and it seems to have carried over to LG.
Well, since my last post, I installed Nova Launcher Prime and I basically had to start over anyway but it was a breeze having the app drawer right there. I am now exploring all of the settings within the launcher and having a ball doing so. Thanks for the suggestion. :good::good:
graywoulf1 said:
Well, since my last post, I installed Nova Launcher Prime and I basically had to start over anyway but it was a breeze having the app drawer right there. I am now exploring all of the settings within the launcher and having a ball doing so. Thanks for the suggestion. :good::good:
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Use the cube rotation -- it's cool. Use the reverse parallax on wallpaper.
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Use the cube rotation -- it's cool. Use the reverse parallax on wallpaper.
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The cube rotation is cool. Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure about what the wallpaper thing does though. I set it on reverse but I did not see any change. I am using a LG theme called "Lightwave" and it has a live wallpaper that looks like an aurora. I like it. I found a lot of stuff on Nova launcher on YouTube. It's going to be a blast exploring it.
Also on Nova, you can save/backup your homescreen settings, so if something goes wrong you can simply reload it...
graywoulf1 said:
The cube rotation is cool. Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure about what the wallpaper thing does though. I set it on reverse but I did not see any change. I am using a LG theme called "Lightwave" and it has a live wallpaper that looks like an aurora. I like it. I found a lot of stuff on Nova launcher on YouTube. It's going to be a blast exploring it.
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Yeah, the reverse parallax wallpaper effect doesn't work on live wallpapers. I see on new Nova they dropped the "parallax" name and only call it "reverse".
Basically causes the wallpaper in the background to move in the opposite direction of your desktop rotation, so the movement effect is magnified.
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One other tip. Down in Advanced on Home Screen, I have my layouts locked. If I want to change something (add an icon, move an icon, edit a folder name), I can long press on empty space on any of the desktop screens and it will temporarily unlock to allow me to make changes. Otherwise you will accidentally move icons, widgets. I do this for my wife, sister, mother, friends also. Saves a lot of tech support phone calls! After you make the changes, within 30 seconds the layout will re-lock.
Also, you can export your Nova configuration to save elsewhere for safekeeping. Send to Gmail, upload to Google Drive, other destinations. If you wipe your phone, you can then download it and "import". Even helps if you change devices, to move your layout to different phone.
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Another tip: I make my app drawer have a black background, so there's obvious difference between my desktop and app drawer.
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OK, bonus tip. Custom Icon packs. If you've not messed with that yet you are in for real treat. You download, install, and then in Nova Launcher "Look & Feel" Settings section, you apply via dropdown menu in Icon style. (For my own personal reasons, I do NOT have the "Normalize Icon Size" box checked.)
GOOGLE PLAY ICON PACKS
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=icon pack&c=apps&hl=en_US
These are custom icon packs. Some are free with no ads, some cost money, some are free but with ads (which may not appear if you have an ad blocker?). Besides wallpaper, you can totally change the look of your phone with custom icon pack.
I found this one when I had a previous device and keep using it. Has over 3,700 icons:
MyUI 5 - Icon Pack
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.miroex&hl=en_US
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
But you can also find many esoteric and radical looking packs to be totally different. Like this one:
LineX Icon Pack
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jndapp.line.x.iconpack&hl=en_US
Not my taste, but others may love it!
But tons in between the two extremes to experiment with!
22 Best Nova Launcher Themes And Icon Packs To Use In 2019
https://fossbytes.com/best-nova-launcher-themes-icon-packs/
schwinn8 said:
Also on Nova, you can save/backup your homescreen settings, so if something goes wrong you can simply reload it...
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Thanks for that tip. I will be using that feature for sure.
@ChazzMatt, Thanks for all of this information and the icon pack information. The LineX icons are cool. I have seen some of these on YT and I am interested. On the reverse feature, OK, I now know what you were referring to. I will be using that some too I am sure.
One thing I have noticed and you might know a fix for. My phone has lost the "Knock On and Off" function even though I have it turned on. Any ideas on that? Thanks again for your help with Nova.
Deleted as double post.
graywoulf1 said:
My phone has lost the "Knock On and Off" function even though I have it turned on. Any ideas on that? Thanks again for your help with Nova.
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Go to Nova Launcher "Gestures and Inputs"
ChazzMatt said:
Go to Nova Launcher "Gestures and Inputs"
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Thanks for the tip but that setting as far as using the double knock, only lets me shut down the screen and then I can't use a double knock to turn the screen back on. I can't even use the fingerprint option as well. Nova needs a fix for that.
when using nova to turn off screen double tap works, but you cant doubel tap from anywhere on the screen.
Double Tap on the time (upper right ccorner of you screen) and the screen will turn off. Thats the best and only way to double tap screen off using Nova
oops your question was screen on wih double tap, i have nova and have double tap screen on in setting of the phone (not nova) and the double tap work to turn on screen from anywhere on the off screen, then i use fouble tap on the time to turn screen off.
check you device setting make sure double tap is on.
@jaygo444, Thanks for the information and yes, I do have the double tap feature turned on in the phone settings. I kind of miss having the tap on feature though.
OK, I have a question about icon packs. If I install one and decide to use it with Nova launcher, will it affect my screen icon setup or will it just replace the icons I already have and leave my layout as it is?
graywoulf1 said:
OK, I have a question about icon packs. If I install one and decide to use it with Nova launcher, will it affect my screen icon setup or will it just replace the icons I already have and leave my layout as it is?
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It will leave the layout but just convert the icons to the new look.
If the icon pack itself asks to make changes, say no. You're only applying the icon look through Nova Settings.
ChazzMatt said:
It will leave the layout but just convert the icons to the new look. If the icon pack itself asks to make changes, say no. You're only applying the icon look through Nova Settings.
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Thanks. I installed the icon pack called "Viral" and installed them through Nova. Pretty cool to be able to use different icons.
graywoulf1 said:
Well, my V30 arrived today and I really like this phone. I'm not new to LG phones and have dealt with this before but I can't install the app drawer icon on the home page without messing up my new setup and losing a lot of apps and pages. Is there a workaround for this that any of you know about? Thanks in advance for any help on this.
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I've used Nova launcher for years. However I'm liking the LG launcher right now. You have a few options for home screen.
No need for the app drawer icon since you can slide up from the bottom to get into the app drawer.
The other option which is nice is the IOS way to do it. Flipping through screens to get the app you like.
Also I bought zone launcher so that way I can select a few apps I use at time to time without going into the app drawer. The free version is enough but I like to support the devs.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bialy.zonelauncher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azefsw.purchasedapps
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