Is the reader option a touchwiz or an android thing? - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

I love the option on the browser that when you get to a page, you can click the green r button on the top bar and it'll organize the page so it'll be easier to read. I'm just curious if I'll lose it if I switch to a non touch wiz Rom. If it is a touch wiz thing, can anyone recommend an aftermarket browser that also does this?

afbengochea said:
I love the option on the browser that when you get to a page, you can click the green r button on the top bar and it'll organize the page so it'll be easier to read. I'm just curious if I'll lose it if I switch to a non touch wiz Rom. If it is a touch wiz thing, can anyone recommend an aftermarket browser that also does this?
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It's a TouchWiz thing. I had to actually go see what the F you were talking about because I had not seen it before... I'm using chrome, not the stock browser, but I used the stock ICS browser on my HTC Incredible (running ICS, of course) before I got my SGSIII, and I know it wasn't there.
I can't recommend an alternative though. Sorry

I tried searching for even the name of that option and it doesn't show up anywhere. I know that the iPhone (ugh) also has this option and its called reader in ours browser but I can't seem to find the android alternative. Hopefully someone spots this within the million posts and can help out. Thanks for the help though

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Anyway to turn off fullscreen browsing?

I like being able to look at my taskbar when browsing. Anyway to turn off fullscreen browsing?
With you on that one there! Love the fact you get maximum webpage space but just a little bar at the top would be nice, also would enable you to check and respond to notifications without closing the page.
I would like to know if there is a way too ...
anyone figure out a way?
I don't think there is a way to do it with the built in browser which is a bit rubbish really.
An alternative would be to get another browser such as Steel off of the Market but it doesn't feel polished enough to replace the default one to me. Hopefully Opera Mobile is nice when that arrives
badgaz said:
I don't think there is a way to do it with the built in browser which is a bit rubbish really.
An alternative would be to get another browser such as Steel off of the Market but it doesn't feel polished enough to replace the default one to me. Hopefully Opera Mobile is nice when that arrives
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What dont you like about the built in one that Opera does better?
I want to see the notification bar as well. I would love to see what's going on on my device while I'm browsing. Now I am forced to close the browser first.
I just tried Steel, but I really miss the multitouch zoom. I'm afraid I'll have to stick with the built-in browser.
I want this too! If only to see my reception / H / E /wifi logo etc just to know how I am connected! Oh and the time
Could someone post an apk with Android's default browser? Maybe if we ask in another sub-forum?

Quick settings pull down? - not on SGS2

Hello.
Just ported myself from Desire HD running LeeDroid to SGS2, and I am happy, except one thing...
Why is the pull down menu not present in the SGS2 roms? It is pretty normal in Desire HD roms.
The menu consists of last used apps, and a quick shortcut to settings, wifi, data and more of the settings presently presented in SGS2 drop down... Thought it was a standard feature on Android Gingerbread...
Anyone found a way - har tried to search but have found no answer so far.
That was a feature of the ROM. I had a HD2 before the SGS2 and had no end of different ROMs, some of them being DHD ROMs, so I know what you're talking about. The most recently used apps can be accessed by holding the home button (great for switching between running apps), but quick settings are not there. It's a trade-off with the toggles that are there in the SGS2.
Other than trying different ROMs I can't suggest anything, as I've never seen a Market app that does anything to the notification/pull-down screen.
Hate to say it, but maybe you just need to get used to it being different?
Maybe you are right - or maybe the DEVS at SGS2 have not yet seen ported this part...I hope.
actually there is a toggle tool on market with more feature than standard on SGS2, but I can not remember its name, though I will search for it and post it here if any luck.
I would really like to have advanced pull down notification menu for my SGS2
Maybe this is something for you
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&feature=search_result
Martinhdk said:
Maybe you are right - or maybe the DEVS at SGS2 have not yet seen ported this part...I hope.
actually there is a toggle tool on market with more feature than standard on SGS2, but I can not remember its name, though I will search for it and post it here if any luck.
I would really like to have advanced pull down notification menu for my SGS2
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There are quite apps in the market that allow you to quickly access different settings: screen settings, sound settings,data settings, etc. just by pulling down the notification bar
Yes I agree but nothing as smart as the ones I am talking about I guess, because I don't have running/ last used apps on SGS2. Instead I have a toggle. So I believe it is a step backwards compared to other devices in this specific matter.
Martinhdk said:
Yes I agree but nothing as smart as the ones I am talking about I guess, because I don't have running/ last used apps on SGS2. Instead I have a toggle. So I believe it is a step backwards compared to other devices in this specific matter.
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Yeah, guess it's not the same as Desire HD. Maybe there's an app on market that does that too, but there are so many that it's like looking for a needle in the haystack. I tried about 10 apps until i decided to keep the one that i found most useful for me.
You are missing HTC Sence features... If you want your most recent apps, hold down the home button. If you want controls, use the market. Sence is great, I know, but basically the same stuff is here just packaged different. You just need to get used to it... I did.
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You can access recently used apps from holding the home button.
Thanks guys, already new about home button but glad you took your time.
I actually stripped sense from every custom ROM but that was the leftover.... Didn't know...
Well hope that someone makes an app to tweak that pull down as I find it pretty useless as it is right now with the sense version in mind.
But I just have to live with it. Everything else it a lot better on the SGS2 so I am still very happy... Rest in peace HTC.
For what it's worth I prefer being able to Toggle settings via the pull-down. I hated the Desire HD for putting apps there, I quite liked the Sense 3.0 ROMs that had the Recent Apps (even though I never used them) but also had a tab at the bottom of the pull-down for settings.

[Q] Anyway to fast scroll on all apps?

I am wanting to know if their is an app or replacement that will fast scroll through the all apps? This 16 apps one page at a time is a pain in the arse! Probably something simple I am missing but I'm still learning the Android as this is my first Android phone
molitar said:
I am wanting to know if their is an app or replacement that will fast scroll through the all apps? This 16 apps one page at a time is a pain in the arse! Probably something simple I am missing but I'm still learning the Android as this is my first Android phone
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Are you rooted? I believe the only way to do this is root the phone and put on a custom rom that has the non-page scroll and you can also get a 5 row app drawer.
molitar said:
I am wanting to know if their is an app or replacement that will fast scroll through the all apps? This 16 apps one page at a time is a pain in the arse! Probably something simple I am missing but I'm still learning the Android as this is my first Android phone
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You can install adw or go launcher, but you wont have sense while you use either one of them.
Thanks I got a PM to change to list view.. can scroll fast now and have the fast scroll button.. yeah rooted but waiting for CM7 or something similar that has Bluetooth with HID support so I can use the PS3 remote on this phone. The alpha of CM7 right now breaks 3D so not going to use it yet.
Wonder why others do not replace the Bluetooth Stack in their ROMS.
ADW launcher gives the ability to do the fast scroll.
Thanks I'll check it out. The list view keeps wanting to reset to the other view in Android.

[Q] Joelz ICS ROM Questions

I'd like to start off by saying these are just things I have noticed and am wondering if they are being worked on or if there is nothing to do about it. I'm not trying to complain but I cannot post in the Dev forum yet so I'm posting here trying to figure out the answers.
1. Is there any way to take advantage of more screen? there is a good 1/4 inch of space at the top and bottom of the screen that you cannot use. The only reason I can think of that there would be so much space is because of the remove button on the top when you drag widgets.
2. Google Talk does not work for me by any means. If I try and log in it says I'm offline and when I click on my user name it says that it had a problem and force closes. Anyone else experiencing this?
3. How hard would it be to add virtual looping to the home screens? that is by far my favorite feature of Launcher Pro along with transition animations.
4. When will the dock and icons preferences be fixed?
5. What is the issue with the camera? Is it just the 3D? or is it because the EVO is supporting 3D the drivers are weird to handle?
I'll probably have more questions so I'll update later. I have searched the Joelz ICS thread for these answers and didn't come up with anything. I hope someone could help me with at least most of these questions. I understand programming but I'm not an android developer so keep that in mind. Thanks in advanced
herousr said:
I'd like to start off by saying these are just things I have noticed and am wondering if they are being worked on or if there is nothing to do about it. I'm not trying to complain but I cannot post in the Dev forum yet so I'm posting here trying to figure out the answers.
1. Is there any way to take advantage of more screen? there is a good 1/4 inch of space at the top and bottom of the screen that you cannot use. The only reason I can think of that there would be so much space is because of the remove button on the top when you drag widgets.
2. Google Talk does not work for me by any means. If I try and log in it says I'm offline and when I click on my user name it says that it had a problem and force closes. Anyone else experiencing this?
3. How hard would it be to add virtual looping to the home screens? that is by far my favorite feature of Launcher Pro along with transition animations.
4. When will the dock and icons preferences be fixed?
5. What is the issue with the camera? Is it just the 3D? or is it because the EVO is supporting 3D the drivers are weird to handle?
I'll probably have more questions so I'll update later. I have searched the Joelz ICS thread for these answers and didn't come up with anything. I hope someone could help me with at least most of these questions. I understand programming but I'm not an android developer so keep that in mind. Thanks in advanced
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1. I don't get what you're saying by that. In the launcher preferences you can disable the persistent Google search widget so that will open up a tiny bit of space but let's be honest... it doesn't make that much of a difference.
2. Google Talk doesn't work. I'm pretty sure Joel just added it in with further plans for it.
3. The launcher being used is CM's CM9 launcher, Trebuchet, and they have stated that it's in their plans to add in endless scrolling.
4. Again, this is up to CM for when they finish up the first release of the launcher since it's v0.1 alpha right now. Couple of releases off of being added in, and god knows how long til it's 100% functional. CM is generally quick.
5. It'll be just like the long haul that was getting camera to work on 2.3.x when that was the newest that we had. The camera has extremely odd drivers and it is much easier to fix/re-write for a single camera than two, of which 3D is it's purpose... I think we will have to wait on CM to fix up the camera drivers for ICS before we see any real progress in that department. I'd say camera is a long way off. :l
Hope that helps you to some degree!
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1. I don't get what you're saying by that. In the launcher preferences you can disable the persistent Google search widget so that will open up a tiny bit of space but let's be honest... it doesn't make that much of a difference.
5. It'll be just like the long haul that was getting camera to work on 2.3.x when that was the newest that we had. The camera has extremely odd drivers and it is much easier to fix/re-write for a single camera than two, of which 3D is it's purpose... I think we will have to wait on CM to fix up the camera drivers for ICS before we see any real progress in that department. I'd say camera is a long way off. :l
Hope that helps you to some degree!
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That did help a lot thanks. For the first question yeah you can disable the persistent search bar but it doesn't seem like you gain that space back. Its just empty space then. Can't even resize widgets to go all the way to the top. I would say I lose almost an inch of screen space which is significant to me at least. I like my clock widget to be at the very top but on my phone it looks like its in the middle.
for question 5. So your saying even non 3D will be a while for the ICS ROMs?
Thank you for your help I really appreciate it
You can try another launcher. Go launcher works pretty good with Joelz ics rom.
And yeah, you don't get any space back when removing the search bar. That's there for the buttonless phones.
fpineda101 said:
You can try another launcher. Go launcher works pretty good with Joelz ics rom.
And yeah, you don't get any space back when removing the search bar. That's there for the buttonless phones.
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Yeah I feel like running a different launcher kind of takes away from ICS. I am hoping to keep it as my default launcher. but if no development is made I'll probably go to Launcher Pro

Web browser

When using the default browser, does anyone else notice you have to use a little pressure in order for the on-screen menu (bookmarks, tabs, etc) to show? Am I crazy or does the screen seem to be slightly "padded"?
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I have noticed this. The stock browser is not as smooth as I'd like it to be. I use ics browser+.
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Thanks for mentioning ics browser+, installed it i love it so far
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Dolphin Hd browser is king when it comes to browsers!!!
No issues here. No matter what page I'm on if I want the menu to appear I swipe my finger just above bottom to below bottom of screen. Then bookmarks, tabs and what not appear. No extra pressure required.
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shook187 said:
Dolphin Hd browser is king when it comes to browsers!!!
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Thats what I always use no matter what DHD FTW, however im having a problem on my evo where i can not set as my default EVEN THOUGH IVE CHECKED THE BOX SET DEFAULT, still opens the HTC one :/
No Google Chrome...?
Chrome destroys all other browsers on ICS.
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Thats what I always use no matter what DHD FTW, however im having a problem on my evo where i can not set as my default EVEN THOUGH IVE CHECKED THE BOX SET DEFAULT, still opens the HTC one :/
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you do the app association for web urls? settings>app associations>web urls
i tried them both and ics browser+ and stock are just the same performance
chrome beta doesnt support flash
html5 is so much better tho
the current browsers also supports html5 videos
check it out. so good
listen, i think this browser sucks compared to sense 3 browser.
anyway, what you are seeing is by "pressure" your thumb is 'moving' on the touch screen, which is what brings up the menu and address bar. This browser works with "gestures" - means a tiny, or large, "L" shape thumb swipe will bring up the menu and address bar. It also works as a backwards "L" for left handed users. Swipe a small, quick "L" shape anywhere on the page and you will get the menu and address bar. otherwise, you have to scroll allllll the way back up to the top to get it.
Anyone find any other gestures or help screen about what all motions do things??
p.s. - I STILL CAN NOT get the status bar while using the broswer!!!!! HOW DO I GET THE STATUS BAR TO COME BACK?????????????
chasoo said:
I have noticed this. The stock browser is not as smooth as I'd like it to be. I use ics browser+.
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Same here. Stock aosp browser got it right before HTC messed it up
Edit: removed, wrong thread!

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