Everything is working fine with my international HOX+, until the most recent update. Touch screen sensitivity now has issues. For example - while scrolling up and down in the system settings, instead of scrolling, things are actually pressed, so while scrolling around, "Personalize", "Accounts & sync", "Location", etc is being selected. Another example is scrolling through messages - instead of going up and down through messages, threads are opened and selected. This to me is unacceptable.
Is there possibly a way to downgrade to the previous firmware version without wiping data? Or perhaps it's time for me to learn about installing custom roms?
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I have an alltel version of the touch pro, when I open the keyboard (physical) and switch to the landscape view, some strange problems happen with several applications. Using calendar, contacts, the I beam appears but nothing is seen in the dialogue box until moving to the next box. Also, when opening the menue, the selected item shown no text, just a single - until another item is selected. Replaced the phone and applied a full backup at which point the same behavior apperard on the new phone. Erased all data on old phone and behavior disappeared. Short of reseting the new phone, what registry entry or setting would modify this behavior?
Any help would be appreciated
doug_h
YOu need to turn cleartype off in landscape.
That worked, something so simple.
Thanks................doug_h
There are several things that annoy me with the S3 that I hope can be solved, either through changing a setting or through installing something. Any help would be really appreciated.
1) The double-tap motion to scroll to the top of a webpage doesnt work for me, regardless of whether my phone cover is on or off. Motion settings and 'tap to top' are both on for me, so thats not the problem.
2) Can I ensure that the address bar is always showing when browsing the internet?
3) Is it possible to open the browser homepage to the bookmarks tab?
4) Is there a quick way to adjust the brightness without having to open up settings > display > brightness?
5) Can I customise the notifications at all?
Some of these points may be quite basic, but considering I am a new Android user, I have yet to find solutions. Thanks for the help!
#4, get Quicker in Google Play.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
2 & 3 - Get other browser e.g. Opera
5 - Get it rooted
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
Thanks for that, but is there anyway to tweak the default browser rather than using another?
One more issue:
6) The keyboard/dictionary doesn't auto-capitalise the new letter of each new sentence. How to solve this?
Tap to top doesn't work for web pages, says right on the device its for contact lists, email lists and email messages.
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SeaTan said:
Thanks for that, but is there anyway to tweak the default browser rather than using another?
One more issue:
6) The keyboard/dictionary doesn't auto-capitalise the new letter of each new sentence. How to solve this?
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settings -> language/input -> samsung keyboard settings -> checkbox for auto capitalisation
In my experience, the auto-capitalization doesn't work if you add more than one dot. (eg. "..."), which in my eyes is technically still a new sentence.
Not sure if it bugs with more or less dots, but for me it doesn't work with three...
#4 either make a shortcut to that setting or get a free toggle from the market.
#2 get dolphin browser
No.5, what exactly are you trying to do?
If you want custom sound allerts for different things, no probs. In settings I have my notification sound set as silent, but I then go into the settings of each app (messages, individual gmail accounts, calendar) and set a custom sound in their individual notification settings. If you want more features than that you may need to let us know what exactly you are after? For instance, I use a free version of Calendar Snooze for my calendar notifications and it has a custom sound, reads out the details of the appointment, and brings up a notification screen where I can snooze etc etc. Also auto reminds me if I don't respond to it.
Probably other apps to do things like this for other things too.
I would recommend trying Google Chrome Beta for the browser as well. I like how it syncs your browser with your home computer's browser (assuming you use Chrome).
why is the brightness in videos low even though i ve turned autobrightness off..??
Well, since you're a new Android user, you need to know that you'll find a lot of alternatives for almost all the stock apps, like you browser..
If you don't like you browser, just install another one from Google Play Dolphin and Chrome are very good alternatives.. Stock browsers sucks and lacks of functions!
For brightness you can use apps like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness
For notifications, sometimes, every app has it own Notifications config..
2 & 3) definately go Chrome, makes it all better. And I love the feature (which I think the stock doesn't have) where if you have fat finger and hit 3 links at once it will popup a zoomed view saying "Hey fat fingers which one did you try and click?"
I think you could add 7) Not being able to make folder like the STOCK ICS as in click and drag an icon over another to make a folder, I don't know why but this bugs the crap out of me. I know there is other launchers that do this but I like the TW widgets. And how hard could it be for Samsung to do this?? it's a stock feature of the OS haha.
End of Rant...sorry for the semi hi-jack
Jerems
Can you change the brightness on this phone by sliding your finger left or right on the drop down-bar? You may have to pull it down a bit. I do not have this phone, but did this on my previous Samsung phones.
Hello, after trying various mods now I am settle with checkrom RevoHD V.6
1. Since I first updated the phone, I lost the "zoom lock" in browser's vertical scroll. To explain it more, when I double tap the screen, it zooms into the text, but when I scroll down, the zoom is not lock (as when I bought the phone) instead it scrolls down and left or right, so I lose some words from the left or right of the paragraphs. Its not a very big deal but it happens every day.
2. I install a custom modem through KitchenPro, the XXKI4. This modem however does not work properly on my device. How do I revert back to factory modem?
3. Finally is there really a way to have the phone vibrating for calls and not for SMS?
Try reflashing rom (it's no wipe) That could solve your issues.
Hey guys,
i've tried some of the new 4.2 JB Custom Roms (JellyBam 5.2, RootBox 3.6, ReVolt 3.2).
I like them all in general (except for that camrea issue, but i could fix that with AOSP Camera mod).
Now here is the problem and i guess its me:
When i change the security lockscreen to pattern or pin, the lockring with the shortcuts doesnt appear anymore!
This really bugs me. Where is the sense to select lockring apps (shortcuts), when everytime i turn the phone back on (wake it up), the phone directly goes to the pin/pattern. So it's like "unlock without swipe"!
I tried wiping, reseting and all of that in CWM, but the problem still appears.
What confuses me as well is the possibility to change the security options in the "rom controls" or the phone settings. When i change something it gets changed at both places.
Hope somebody can help me with this...
Greetz,
goop.Q
Erm.....maybe because via the shortcuts, when you exit the app you are back on the home screen, so no security! No point in having a secure lock screen, then having 5 shortcuts to by pass it!
Surely. But this way, anybody can access the phone.
If i have to swipe to get to pin/pattern, its secure.
And i can access some apps (via shortcuts on lockring) directly!
See my problem?
Hi there,
actually almost since the beginning with Viper 2.1.1 I have a few very strange annoyances:
1) when I hide a few apps inside the app-drawer they seem to be hidden first ... but after a while (not even a reboot needed) a couple of those randomly reappear in the app-drawer instead of staying hidden. the reappearing apps not even needed to be started inbetween. some stay hidden, but at least half of them just keep popping back <- i use the "hide app" feature to clean my drawer from those apps that i put on my homescreens separately already.
2) somewhere in the Viper settings there was the option to enable/disable the arrow-keys on the std onscreen keyboard. it just doesn't seem to have any persistant effect for me?! - neither enabled or disabled ... in 90% of all apps (needing keyboard input) the arrow keys are just NOT there even when enabled. only a very few apps like the build-in webbrowser seem to allow the cursor keys to be seen.
thanks for your help :fingers-crossed:
... not even anyone any idea on this?
sry to bump ... but no one any ideas on this? :angel:
I too am wondering about the arrow keys not showing up in anything other than stock apps like Internet, Messaging, etc. I don't remember if they showed up in other apps when I was stock. It would be nice to have since I tend to use them a lot when they are available.
For the un-hiding apps in the app drawer, I don't think I've experienced that. I just hid a few then rebooted, they were all still hidden. I will keep an eye on it to see if they unhide. I am on the latest version, Viper 2.2.0.
Do you ever get random reboots?
thanks for checking ... random reebots? i don't think so ... appart maybe from 2 unexpected ones in 2 months or so
They are all still hidden after a day. You could try flashing 2.2.0.
might depend also on other factors. i have like 100 apps installed xD ... and 60'ish hidden (as they are in folders on the different home-screens) ... so i prefer to have them hidden in the drawer. as for viper2.20 ... it needs a _full wipe_ and that's more hassle then i'm currently intending to spend so i'm gonna wait for the next big update with JB i think (or the Infernal+ maybe, if they get the cam working).