I really am enjoying my Nokia Lumia 920. I am coming from a Galaxy S II.
My biggest complaint however is the web browser.
Areas i find it lacking:
1. No true forward and back buttons.
2. No word wrapping. Ex: If you view XDA on the phone when you zoom in on text you have to scroll left to right.
3. Mobile versions of sites don't always show up.
I have tried the following browsers:
1. UC Browser - Solves the problems of word wrapping. However it seems to load very different versions of websites.
2. User Agent Switcher. Has problems 1 & 2.
I would like to use this thread for people to post possible solutions or reviews of other alternative browsers.
cjlawson23 said:
I really am enjoying my Nokia Lumia 920. I am coming from a Galaxy S II.
My biggest complaint however is the web browser.
Areas i find it lacking:
1. No true forward and back buttons.
2. No word wrapping. Ex: If you view XDA on the phone when you zoom in on text you have to scroll left to right.
3. Mobile versions of sites don't always show up.
I have tried the following browsers:
1. UC Browser - Solves the problems of word wrapping. However it seems to load very different versions of websites.
2. User Agent Switcher. Has problems 1 & 2.
I would like to use this thread for people to post possible solutions or reviews of other alternative browsers.
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I haven't yet found one I like, but you can get Board Express for Tapatalk to view XDA.
I be happy to donate if someone would port Chromium over.
Forward and Back Trick
This solutions works for forward and back buttons.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-add-forward-find-on-page-shortcuts-to-ie-9-in-wp-mango/
I add a # in front of forward and back so they would appear at the top of my favorites list. I have the favorites button on my address bar.
cjlawson23 said:
This solutions works for forward and back buttons.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-add-forward-find-on-page-shortcuts-to-ie-9-in-wp-mango/
I add a # in front of forward and back so they would appear at the top of my favorites list. I have the favorites button on my address bar.
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Not ideal but it works. Thanks!
cjlawson23 said:
This solutions works for forward and back buttons.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-add-forward-find-on-page-shortcuts-to-ie-9-in-wp-mango/
I add a # in front of forward and back so they would appear at the top of my favorites list. I have the favorites button on my address bar.
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Didn't work for me...
oceansaber said:
Didn't work for me...
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I didn't think mine was working at first but then I surfed a few pages so that I could clearly see I was going back and forth.
Did you follow the steps exactly? I'm on an AT&T Lumia 920 so maybe that's the difference?
Here's my setup:
Forward
{
"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"
}
Back
Favorites
Star in lower left indicates shortcut to favorites
I do find that IE10 fails to render some websites correctly and I can't actually enter text on some forums.
I hope Chrome becomes available soon, i need my bookmarks and IE10 for WP8 does not sync with IE10 on W8 wich is sad and destroys the the 3 screen experience for me.
Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
Hoping that Firefox is brought to WP8.
n7slc said:
I didn't think mine was working at first but then I surfed a few pages so that I could clearly see I was going back and forth.
Did you follow the steps exactly? I'm on an AT&T Lumia 920 so maybe that's the difference?
Here's my setup:
Forward
Back
Favorites
Star in lower left indicates shortcut to favorites
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Just press the back key to go back ... thats what it is there for.
Mafiatounes said:
I hope Chrome becomes available soon, i need my bookmarks and IE10 for WP8 does not sync with IE10 on W8 wich is sad and destroys the the 3 screen experience for me.
Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
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Google will never let chrome come on WP8.
they have already made it tough to get push emails on wp8 for gmail accounts.
bobbydharrell said:
Just press the back key to go back ... thats what it is there for.
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Doesn't work if you've jumped back into the browser from the home screen. Right now, adding front and back shortcuts to your favorites is the only way to have a proper forward and back within the browser.
americasteam said:
Doesn't work if you've jumped back into the browser from the home screen. Right now, adding front and back shortcuts to your favorites is the only way to have a proper forward and back within the browser.
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If you jump back to the home screen, then hold down the back button to switch over from running apps, the back key does work. Its a different paradigm: I think Windows wants to use the task manager more than opening a new instance. I'm still getting used to it, myself.
UC Browser...
It's free, quick and has back and forward buttons.
Find it on the marketplace.
geddeeee said:
UC Browser...
It's free, quick and has back and forward buttons.
Find it on the marketplace.
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Surfcube works well but no forward button.
Well the browser needs to enable tabbed browing.. When u visit certain pages you get auto forwarded to adsites and even by hitting the back button is of no use. One ex is way2sms.com this sites opens an adsite and windows phone does not open this in a separate TAB and also there is no way to going to the original site by any means. This is really annoying when i really want to message someone urgently
Nocturnal310 said:
Google will never let chrome come on WP8.
they have already made it tough to get push emails on wp8 for gmail accounts.
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True but something that syncs bookmarks could be done relatively easily
There were and are still ones for android that use drive (chromemarks i think)
True chrome wont come anytime soon but a chrome like browser would satisfy many
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Have you tried Nokia Xpress?
University of Pi said:
True but something that syncs bookmarks could be done relatively easily
There were and are still ones for android that use drive (chromemarks i think)
True chrome wont come anytime soon but a chrome like browser would satisfy many
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you are right.
just like contacts, there should be an option to sync favorites/bookmarks to outlook.com account.
and ability to import all from google account as well.
i have left most of the google services and hope they can do something about browser bookmark syncing.
Related
On my Galaxy Nexus, both the Facebook app and m.facebook.com present the full "Timeline" view with cover photo and links to About, Photos, Friends, Likes.
On my Springboard (running ICS and "high resolution" mode), I get a pared-down view with only cover photo, buttons for friending and messaging, write post and share photo. I am not able to browse any other aspects of one's profile unless I load the desktop page.
Any idea why Facebook has LESS features on a tablet than on a phone? Has anyone managed to force the full mobile Timeline view to work?
Don't know what would make the difference. They both come up the same on my phone and springboard. Have you tried Friendcaster though? Way better then thee actual Facebook app.
Okay screenshots. Here is the public profile of a local politician who I haven't friended, but her permissions allow lots to be shown on her profile so she makes a good example.
Galaxy Nexus: (cut off part of the cover photo to show the important parts)
{
"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"
}
MediaPad ICS high resolution mode:
Note how the GNex version has About, Photos, Friends, Likes. The MediaPad version is missing the entire Timeline layout, and has only her About page - no links to see her wall, photos or likes. When I do the same for people who *are* my friends, I get the wall with no links to About, Photos or Friends.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
that is touch.facebook.com
441Excelsior said:
that is touch.facebook.com
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Both screenshots are from the Facebook app, same version, latest from Google Play. Neither is a browser shot.
Notice in both shots there is a three-dot menu button on the taskbar. That would not be there if I were viewing it from the browser.
but touch.facebook.com looks the same like your screens....so fb app only display touch fb site
Nonetheless, the problem is that on one device it's displaying all the correct links/buttons and on the other it isn't.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I have same problem. Anoying :-(
Sent from my HUAWEI MediaPad using xda app-developers app
It's fixed in the latest version.
rurou said:
It's fixed in the latest version.
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No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
cmstlist said:
No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
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Maybe it's because you're using high res? I'm on standard.
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
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rurou said:
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2
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There we go, that's more like it.
The thing is, our devices are the same dimensions as the Nexus 7. Chances are any app broken on ours will be broken on Nexus 7, no? Hopefully that gets the devs' asses in gear. Although if the fixes only work on JB, we're still out of luck.
Due to an unrelated matter I had to change my Facebook password. Upon signing back into Facebook, all the Timeline elements started showing up again. Strange, but happy that I finally have the full feature set again!
I have a problem with logging in to facebook with any app. It works from the browser, but friendcaster, the official facebook app, and any other application that gets news from facebook crashes when i want to login. I use cm10 rom, does anybody else have this problem?
Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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I tried it with previous releases of cm10, didn't work. I'm not sure when did this issue start. It was okay, i think somewhere at the alpha3 release.
Balls. I opened the app today and all Timeline elements are once again gone.
Sent from my HUAWEI MediaPad using Tapatalk 2
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
Srgsx said:
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:
unleashed12 said:
For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:
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Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -
Srgsx said:
Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -
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I'm not sure I get the point of full screen portrait when video is landscape. Do you mean like how it will be black around the video with no other information in portrait?
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Srgsx said:
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For Chrome, click on "Boommarks" to the left of where it says "Mobile Bookmarks" and it will take you up a level where you'll see a folder of your desktop bookmarks. See attached screen grab. Love this feature, btw.
As for the weak wifi, I agree. Doesn't do as well as my iPhone 4 did. But, the iPhone 4 and 4s sure can't do what this phone can.
{
"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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How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
Can we get a screenshot from iOS?
p0rkguy said:
How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
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I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.
the vimeo thing works in stock because it uses flash player. it will never work in chrome because it will never have flash player.
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I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.
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I really think this is what he means, but I could be wrong.
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Good to know about Chrome not supporting flash - What confuses me is that Vimeo works fine on IOS devices which of course do NOT support flash. And to add to that I am not seeing many flash sites mostly news sites work on this phone. The Adobe flash app thats native to this device seems to do nothing...
As far as youtube, IOS 4 or newer renders a full screen portrait mode, that somewhat compresses the content on the sides and magnifies the image. Its basically doing a zoom function which is pretty sweet. I thought for sure there would be some Android app that could do the same. I find it silly to have this giant screen and when I play in portrait I get a 1.5X1.5 video with the rest of the screen filled with useless text.
I can easily find my mobile bookmarks in Chrome, what I dont see is the bookmarks I have been saving in favorites. How does one get to the actual saved favorites folder ? It should not be this difficult. The bookmarks in the stock browser are much easier to navigate -
I truly cannot stand the stock Sammy keyboard I usually use Google keyboard mostly because the auto correction is better. The only problem is the Google keyboard doesn't have the clipboard capability like the Sammy keyboard does. Is there another keyboard with this clipboard setting and aggressive auto correction?
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Forgot to add screenshot.
{
"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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Swift key has good auto correction. I don't think it has the clipboard function though.
Swype has clipboard function. It's my favorite keyboard. I found that Swiftkey would sometimes lag when swyping which would lead to errors. They have some themes you can use and adjust the height of the keyboard to suit your fingers and size of phone, which is good with the Note 3 since too high can be hard to manage and a big screen.
benjaminclaw said:
Swype has clipboard function. It's my favorite keyboard. I found that Swiftkey would sometimes lag when swyping which would lead to errors. They have some themes you can use and adjust the height of the keyboard to suit your fingers and size of phone, which is good with the Note 3 since too high can be hard to manage and a big screen.
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I am looking for the clipboard feature as well. I will give swype a try.
benjaminclaw said:
Swype has clipboard function. It's my favorite keyboard. I found that Swiftkey would sometimes lag when swyping which would lead to errors. They have some themes you can use and adjust the height of the keyboard to suit your fingers and size of phone, which is good with the Note 3 since too high can be hard to manage and a big screen.
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When I said clipboard I also ment clipboard history also. The stock Samsung clipboard has literally everything you have ever copied into the clipboard and you pick which one you need. In Swype all I'm finding is a copy and paste option no history, or am I missing something? The first attachment is the Stock Samsung keyboard with the clipboard history and the 2nd is Swype. Thanks for the reply also.
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Yes, I see what you mean. I thought about that right after I posted my reply. You are correct I think that it doesn't have a history. I will take a look at other keyboard and see if I can find one that does. You're right that it would be useful.
Galaxy Note running MiniN3 Maximus 5.8
benjaminclaw said:
Yes, I see what you mean. I thought about that right after I posted my reply. You are correct I think that it doesn't have a history. I will take a look at other keyboard and see if I can find one that does. You're right that it would be useful.
Galaxy Note running MiniN3 Maximus 5.8
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Yeah it kinda reminds me of a cable remote how you can hit the last button if you don't want what you currently have selected. Could you image a remote control without a last button? Pure hell. Why can't these damn remotes have a 3 or 4 last channels also 2 to switch from isn't enough. Ok rant done.
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Look at Clipper.
Sent via my Note 8
xbmoyx said:
When I said clipboard I also ment clipboard history also. The stock Samsung clipboard has literally everything you have ever copied into the clipboard and you pick which one you need. In Swype all I'm finding is a copy and paste option no history, or am I missing something? The first attachment is the Stock Samsung keyboard with the clipboard history and the 2nd is Swype. Thanks for the reply also.
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I'm curious what the practical benefits of maintaining a long history of your clipboard would be? I'm always on the lookout for the smallest positive adjustments to my daily usage of my mobile device.
Work environment. The ability to maintain a long list does not require maintaining a long list. In addition, this application syncs with multiple devices.
Sent via my Note 8
BclingergFJ said:
Work environment. The ability to maintain a long list does not require maintaining a long list. In addition, this application syncs with multiple devices.
Sent via my Note 8
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My naivete on display, apologies. That makes sense of course. Thanks!
I found an app app called Clipper that maintains a clipboard regardless of the keyboard you are using. They say that you can have "more than 20" clipboard items, but I'm not sure if that would be enough for your purposes. Maybe give it a try?
It's in the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rojekti.clipper
Hi this threat is quite old but I use touchpal nice
Keyboard with clipboards.
Twenty items limit
Hello.
I just wanted to say that I truly hate the limit of the clipboard.
It is as ridiculous as the Burst shot limit that has been painful to many Samsung users. (only twenty items?????)
I have lost four valuable items in the clipboard, because it forces me to save a screenshot in the clipboard. This is another thing that I dislike about TouchWiz. My thread: http://forums.xda-developers.com/general/help/disable-screenshot-to-clipboard-t3318563
hello.
i just found the right app for this situation. its called native clipboard, you can search it on google play. just double tap to activate the clipboard, it helps me alot.
xbmoyx said:
I truly cannot stand the stock Sammy keyboard I usually use Google keyboard mostly because the auto correction is better. The only problem is the Google keyboard doesn't have the clipboard capability like the Sammy keyboard does. Is there another keyboard with this clipboard setting and aggressive auto correction?
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You can use go keyboard it has a clipboard when I switched to Huawei only feature it wqs missing was the clipboard. So I found one in GO Keyboard
Got a kid ? Don't want him to mess with your phone, but want to give it to him to play ?
Choose up to 8 applications and allow him to access them exclusively with no way out.
Your phone under your control.
Features:
★ It removes any method of interacting with the outside of your chosen apps or games.
★ Password is required when exiting so you know your kid isn't messing with your stuff.
★ Disables status bar and recent button.
★ No way out without knowing the password
★ Home button returns to the application window.
★ Default password is 1234
Link :
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.wasseemb.kidsmode
Screenshots
{
"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"
}
Feedback and feature request:
Think i should add anything to it ?
Let me know
very cool application to keep my little sis of my private gallery when she's playing with my phone
Very nice
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Great idea! Note: Check spelling and grammar.
gallery
Man if i select the camera and i take a photo i can open the gallery by clicking the preview on the right side with my moto g with stock 4.4 camera check it
(Contact me if you want a screenshot)
bannab said:
Man if i select the camera and i take a photo i can open the gallery by clicking the preview on the right side with my moto g with stock 4.4 camera check it
(Contact me if you want a screenshot)
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yes because camera and gallery is the same app.
we should blacklist the certain activities, not the whole app.
for instance is that camera + gallery case.
Great Concept!
Something i was waiting for...
Really nice !! Working good on Nexus 5 4.4.4 my little cusin will be mad because he won't able to mess with my phone while he is gameing
So this basically is Child Mode implementation if WP8? Or restricted profile in Android tablets right?
Great work for parents >)
Great app
Hi,
This is a great app and is working well but I just wanted to report a slight bug... if in kids mode the homebutton on my Samsung Galaxy S5 is held down then Google Now launches. This isn't so much of an issue but if a search is performed then Chrome opens and the kids are able to get on the Internet and mess with bookmarks etc.
Thanks for your great work on this
Tobi
tobipj said:
Hi,
This is a great app and is working well but I just wanted to report a slight bug... if in kids mode the homebutton on my Samsung Galaxy S5 is held down then Google Now launches. This isn't so much of an issue but if a search is performed then Chrome opens and the kids are able to get on the Internet and mess with bookmarks etc.
Thanks for your great work on this
Tobi
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Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
sharpdesigner said:
So this basically is Child Mode implementation if WP8? Or restricted profile in Android tablets right?
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Think of it as a launcher, only the apps you want in it can be seen.
What are the soft keys that you are using?
ahmed470 said:
What are the soft keys that you are using?
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Am using the Xposed module at this link
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.android.nexus.navbarz
Don't know which one i chose though, should be easy to find
WasseemB said:
Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
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Wow that was fast... and yes it's working perfectly now!
Thank you.
WasseemB said:
Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
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I am having same issue with s4 mini and i have tried the attached app with no luck
spawnofdonny said:
I am having same issue with s4 mini and i have tried the attached app with no luck
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What is exactly happening ?
Is it reverting to home screen, recent screen or google search ?
Can you explain a bit more ?
Thanks for making this module! I was thinking that this is just what is needed using Xposed after looking into the parental controls that are in Amazon tablets, and things like the OLPC tablet, and Nabi.
I hope that this can grow into a full featured parental control app with usage time limits, and tracking of what apps are used most. Then no matter what android device I use can be safe from the kids messing up the device, or going where they shouldn't.
If the app usage tracking is added, it could serve much the same purpose as the OLPC tablet does in helping to see what your children are interested in. You could make available many different subject learning apps and see which your kids use most, and help encourage them to explore more deeply into that subject. All without having to report this information to some huge multinational company like google, amazon, or MS.
Thanks for the module! Has potential, however it isn't quite working on my Nexus 4 N5X ROM 4.4.4. I am able to add shortcuts and enable kids mode, but when I press the home key it takes me to my stock home screen not the kids mode home screen!
Official K-9 Mail (or basically any other email clients) doesn't run on Wear OS because of missing WebView component. This modification of K-9 replaces WebView with TextView (among few other tweaks) that makes it usable on Wear OS (fetch messages, navigate folders, read & send mail).
There's Mail client from appfour but it requires phone companion app and doesn't work "standalone". Having an option to occasionally check emails from watch (with cellular module) is the primary reason for this modification (and leaving phone powered off or at home).
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It's still rough around the edges (some features may crash/not work or be hard to reach) but this is the first version and it allows me to read emails (tested with Gmail, was able to send email as well; on Huawei Watch 2). Newsletters obviously won't work as only the text part of emails is rendered.
Let me know what you think. I do not plan on any major UI rework but I can fix thing or two (if there are some fellow watch only users ).
TIP: Consider using "adb shell input text" for entering complex strings during account setup.
What is the .patch file for?
Thanks! How do you apply the patch and also how can I add more then one email account?
How do I install it?
I've just uploaded v2 which improves few things:
Extra padding at the bottom when reading email
Full screen keybord for entering email address
Easier pull to refresh
Hide unsupported search
Move (dangerous) delete action from bar to menu
kryzeK said:
What is the .patch file for?
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It's just the actual changes made to the source code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)
jdogg4000 said:
Thanks! How do you apply the patch and also how can I add more then one email account?
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Access this app Settings via the top right "More options" menu (not fully visible but reasonably well tappable) and look for "Add account".
NovaViper said:
How do I install it?
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One has to use "adb" to push apk directly to the watch or using phone as proxy. Search for a friendly guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-to-sideload-apks-android-wear-watch-t3726276
moneytoo said:
One has to use "adb" to push apk directly to the watch or using phone as proxy. Search for a friendly guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-to-sideload-apks-android-wear-watch-t3726276
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That got it all installed for me, thanks! :good:
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Access this app Settings via the top right "More options" menu (not fully visible but reasonably well tappable) and look for "Add account".
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Thank you, it would be great if those with crowns (scroll wheel) on the side of our watches could use it when reading an email. It currently works when looking at the inbox but not reading the email it self. Anyway to implement this?
Regardless thanks for taking the time to do this.
UPDATE: Actually whats weird is if I open a notification and read the email the crown works. If I go to an email through the app it does not. Oh well I can live with reading from tapping on the notification which is what I do most the time anyways.
Anyone know of a way to import k-9 mail settings to the watch?
I exported them from my phone and transferred it to my watch but when I hit import settings on the watch it says there is "no application can handle this process"
jdogg4000 said:
Thank you, it would be great if those with crowns (scroll wheel) on the side of our watches could use it when reading an email. It currently works when looking at the inbox but not reading the email it self. Anyway to implement this?.
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Thanks for reporting that. My watch has no crown so I had no idea about that. I might take a look later when I have some time to spare and debug that.
jdogg4000 said:
Anyone know of a way to import k-9 mail settings to the watch?
I exported them from my phone and transferred it to my watch but when I hit import settings on the watch it says there is "no application can handle this process"
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Now I know that Wear OS is also missing the component (chooser) for selecting/opening files. It should be possible to replace that with 3rd party library (something like https://github.com/spacecowboy/NoNonsense-FilePicker). IMHO this is a niche feature so I won't be fixing that any time soon.
moneytoo said:
I've just uploaded v2 which improves few things:
Extra padding at the bottom when reading email
Full screen keybord for entering email address
Easier pull to refresh
Hide unsupported search
Move (dangerous) delete action from bar to menu
Please excuse this naive question, but is this going to be offered in the PlayStore for loading on the OS or is sideloading it's only future?
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sfortin said:
Please excuse this naive question, but is this going to be offered in the PlayStore for loading on the OS or is sideloading it's only future?
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I thought about that but I still think that this app (and mainly its interface) is too much for people coming from Play Store (and expecting nice UI). Plus K-9 itself is still missing support for runtime permissions which means it's currently not publishable on the Play Store (without some work, though there are some pull requests on github).
Whoa!
I'm K-9's original creator, though I haven't been involved in the project in a while.
I just wanted to stop by to say that this is awesome. Nicely done.
-Jesse
obra said:
I'm K-9's original creator, though I haven't been involved in the project in a while.
I just wanted to stop by to say that this is awesome. Nicely done.
-Jesse
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Great to hear directly from you, Jesse. K-9 running on Wear OS is mostly unchanged from its latest upstream, just few lines changes here and there (one patched library takes most of the patch - to fix placing of software keyboard). It wouldn't be possible without you and K-9 - thank you for that. :good:
moneytoo said:
I've just uploaded v2 which improves few things:
Extra padding at the bottom when reading email
Full screen keybord for entering email address
Easier pull to refresh
Hide unsupported search
Move (dangerous) delete action from bar to menu
It's just the actual changes made to the source code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)
Access this app Settings via the top right "More options" menu (not fully visible but reasonably well tappable) and look for "Add account".
One has to use "adb" to push apk directly to the watch or using phone as proxy. Search for a friendly guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-to-sideload-apks-android-wear-watch-t3726276
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where is the more options menu? all that is in the top right is the sync button.
The app is still running great on Samsung Watch 4 LTE.