this is a great app when using the S-pen on our note.
its called button savior, it has some good features in the free version and even more in the pro.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5zbWFydC5zd2tleSJd
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another great app is swipe pad. its a launch pad that puts a whole new meaning to multi-tasking and its FREE
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1vYmkuY29uZHVjdGlvbi5zd2lwZXBhZC5hbmRyb2lkIl0.
This looks very cool. I will try it out.. Thank you
Button savior works great with spen....
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button savior
swipe pad
gmd Spen control
3 must have apps for true Spen functionality
You know I have never pulled my spen out...lol
Just tried it with this app...works great...thanks.
+1 for gmd spen control, I like button savoir but use gmd more.
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Samsung should have implemented some sort of feature similar to this app in the first place. What were they thinking when people had to reach over for the Home, Back, and Menu buttons while using the S Pen?
OP what theme is that?
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OP what theme is that?
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Apex theme, dark holo grunge, clock is "one more clock" from play store and the wallpaper is from zedge
Tapn from the 4TH dimension........ Where their are no i-phones!!!!!!
Just a suggestion, but you might want to try the free Ring Weather widget.
It looks identical to the one you're using except the weather is perfectly centered in the weather ring instead of on top of everything.
Also a great one is lmt v1.7 found on xda.
Wow, this thread just totally changed how I use my phone. Loving it so far.
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Is there a way to havean ap open when the s-pen is removed? To be specific, it would be nice to have button savior only active when the pen is out.
Morkai Almandragon said:
Is there a way to havean ap open when the s-pen is removed? To be specific, it would be nice to have button savior only active when the pen is out.
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Not that I know of. I just make the pull out tab almost transparent and hit it when I need it
edit- you might be able to set up tasker(app from the market)to do just that.
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I really don't see the need for this app. I know a TON of GN2 users like it, but I can't thing of any scenario I would actually use it. We have the physical menu, home, and back keys. We can get to the list of all open apps by double tapping the home button, and the "X" key seems useless to me. Just hit home or switch to another app? I'd love to know why you guys love this app so much.
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I really don't see the need for this app. I know a TON of GN2 users like it, but I can't thing of any scenario I would actually use it. We have the physical menu, home, and back keys. We can get to the list of all open apps by double tapping the home button, and the "X" key seems useless to me. Just hit home or switch to another app? I'd love to know why you guys love this app so much.
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Because you can't use the S Pen on the capacitive buttons, which really sucks if you use it a lot. LMT launcher is my absolute new favorite. Kill apps, set long press actions and activities, and it looks cool as s**t. It's all personal preference tho.
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It's also great if your a lefty. It can be difficult to hit the back button. You can move them anywhere you want
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Does anyone know if it will be possible to have toggles for wifi/bt/gps/silent/data in the notification drop down like other phones have?
You can download Widgetsoid and when you make a Widget it will give you the option of adding it to the notification bar.
When it's there, though, and you click on something it will open a new little popup window to press the buttons..kinda weird, dunno why it does that.
You need this ------>
Extended Controls
thebeardedchild said:
You can download Widgetsoid and when you make a Widget it will give you the option of adding it to the notification bar.
When it's there, though, and you click on something it will open a new little popup window to press the buttons..kinda weird, dunno why it does that.
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Security controls in newer versions of Android.
SoberGuy said:
Security controls in newer versions of Android.
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This prevents notification bar widgets from directly controlling phone functions then? So it's safe to assume Extended Controls would do the same?
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Extended Controls
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i don't think that does what the OP wants, which is toggles within the notification bar (ala Samsung phones).
as far as i've seen, we can only have the clickable pop-up widget version that was described above.
This has come up before..
This is good as your gonna get Notification Toggle
I use BATTERY GAUGE. it has a drop down menu when activated and shoes me battery percent. A must have app IMO
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i don't think that does what the OP wants, which is toggles within the notification bar (ala Samsung phones).
as far as i've seen, we can only have the clickable pop-up widget version that was described above.
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Yeah I guess I was spoiled with my samsung (before this thread I was not aware this was a samsung only feature). I really miss this feature... wish it came standard on all androids. The closest one to what I want is notification toggle, but it's still more clicks to what I want.
widgetsoid is closet that I can get,I too hate how we have to do at least two clicks instead of one like on CM7. But at least it's close and looks clean
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Yea it kinda sucks. You still have to use the widget, so the drop down notification is useless. In my opinion. I had a infuse 4g for 1 day and that was the only feature I liked on the phone..
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Yea it kinda sucks. You still have to use the widget, so the drop down notification is useless. In my opinion. I had a infuse 4g for 1 day and that was the only feature I liked on the phone..
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No you don't need to use widget, set to invisible.
Ok tried everything you mentioned. The app doesnt like my ATRIX..
Widget appears if I tap on a toggle
Toggles in notify bar are PINk! And cannot change the color.
Is this normal??
Thanks
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NguyenHuu said:
widgetsoid is closet that I can get,I too hate how we have to do at least two clicks instead of one like on CM7. But at least it's close and looks clean
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I guess waiting for CM7 is the only solution for now?
the dropdown controls for the captivate are awesome, I haven't seen an app in the market yet that could replace these. If anyone could make this it would be awesome!
2.3 androids this is standard now.
So heres the new release video for the note 2(which i might say looks very impressive)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOX3HYDwTCY&feature=player_embedded
The hardware is great and all, BUT what i found to be very impressive is the new software it uses.
Watch the video and look at the new multitasking UI at 2.04
The question I have is, do you think this multitasking interface will be ported to the galaxy s3?, it has the power to handle it, but the screen size might be a small issue
If not I might actually trade my S3 for the Note II. It looks great!!!!!
It looks great, but I can't see any real world use for that. Multitasking on Android was tried before with the name Cornerstone. I tried it on my Xoom, which is a 10" device, but I quickly found out it's not any better than normal way of multitasking, which is one app at a time. Humans can only concentrate on one thing at a time, anyway.
What Samsung really needs to do is get rid of the stupid physical home button, or at least put a separate multitasking key. That idiotic home button is hard to press even once, let alone press and keep holding to get recent apps. I find myself often relaunching apps from launcher rather than keeping home button pressed. That's the number one thing hampering multitasking on Samsung devices.
aydc said:
It looks great, but I can't see any real world use for that. Multitasking on Android was tried before with the name Cornerstone. I tried it on my Xoom, which is a 10" device, but I quickly found out it's not any better than normal way of multitasking, which is one app at a time. Humans can only concentrate on one thing at a time, anyway.
What Samsung really needs to do is get rid of the stupid physical home button, or at least put a separate multitasking key. That idiotic home button is hard to press even once, let alone press and keep holding to get recent apps. I find myself often relaunching apps from launcher rather than keeping home button pressed. That's the number one thing hampering multitasking on Samsung devices.
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Is cornerstone an app? or a software upgrade?
I agree, an individual button for multitasking is really needed in the Galaxy S series, HTC succeeded in implementing it into their One X
aydc said:
What Samsung really needs to do is get rid of the stupid physical home button, or at least put a separate multitasking key. That idiotic home button is hard to press even once, let alone press and keep holding to get recent apps. I find myself often relaunching apps from launcher rather than keeping home button pressed. That's the number one thing hampering multitasking on Samsung devices.
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That is exactly why I use Button Savior. It's really a savior.
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Nas Eiesefpi said:
That is exactly why I use Button Savior. It's really a savior.
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Button Saviour is great, but its not as pretty as the nexus soft buttons
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Also it takes up screen real estate, where as the nexus' buttons are at the bottom not over shadowing the screen
It doesn't really bother me cuz it's just a small arrow. Just click it to expand it.
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Colmdave said:
Button Saviour is great, but its not as pretty as the nexus soft buttons
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Also it takes up screen real estate, where as the nexus' buttons are at the bottom not over shadowing the screen
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It does take screen still, the nexus has a slightly lower resolution at apps, because they need to be cropt to gain the space for the software buttons.
A capacitive button would be the solution for my opinion. About the multitasking button, almost every rom at the one x or one s (at least afaik), has the buttons remapped to make the multitasking button a menu button.
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Try Gmd gesturecontrol...
It works very well + u can specify your own gestures for everything (3 finger pinch to home or sliding 3 fingers downward for recent apps ) :thumbup:
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true Multitasking
I tried the samsung "multi-tasking function" on the note tablet.
It splits the landscape screen in half for one application and half the screen for another application.
now that would be awesome on our mobiles.
Gesture control requires root control which i prefer to stay away from, beause i had a bad expierence with my s2 doing it
AbuYahya said:
I tried the samsung "multi-tasking function" on the note tablet.
It splits the landscape screen in half for one application and half the screen for another application.
now that would be awesome on our mobiles.
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ya thats what im looking for on the s3, hopefully once the Note II is out, developers can mimic the function and release it on the play store. Id even pay for it if it was done right!
Please only start one thread with the same topic. Thank you.
Anyone try this yet?
I'm trying it out now.. Will definitely look nice with aosp
So far it has a bit of a learning curve to get used to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
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Squirrel1620 said:
Anyone try this yet?
I'm trying it out now.. Will definitely look nice with aosp
So far it has a bit of a learning curve to get used to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
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yeah "learning curve" is a good description of it. im still messing with it, to get it the way i like it.
How do you get gestures to work I've been trying all day. Like the left to right swipe. I drag from left to right on my he screen and nothing. I have it set to open the browser when I use that gesture. What am I doing wrong?
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Colors
Thought I'd share
How to: lmt launcher>settings>pie colors>copy and paste this into text field and press ok: #80000000,#bfff0000,#bfff0000,#ffff0000,#bfff0000, #bfff0000
For ICS blue: #80000000,#bf33b5e5,#bf33b5e5,#ff33b5e5,#bf33b5e5, #bf33b5e5
If you're not able to enter hex codes in your version of lmt, must update to lmt v1.9
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I'm digging the Pie launcher. It's nice to quickly access several apps with one slide of the finger.
I'm gonna repost this bc its been about 10+ days w no answer.
How do you get gestures to work I've been trying all day. Like the left to right swipe. I drag from left to right on my home screen and nothing. I have it set to open the browser when I use that gesture. What am I doing wrong?
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I'm gonna repost this bc its been about 10+ days w no answer.
How do you get gestures to work I've been trying all day. Like the left to right swipe. I drag from left to right on my home screen and nothing. I have it set to open the browser when I use that gesture. What am I doing wrong?
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I also tried with no luck. I assume because our device isn't on the official list. I also tried changing the device selector in LMT app settings, but also no luck.
wow...Pie is cool.
I'm sure the rest of the program is nice, but I'm already using swipepad and its extensions..... I thin k I'm good!
I had no problems with gestures. I believe I used the sensation device manager. It is pretty cool, but now I only use one screen, and it is basically empty. You could also try glove box on the market as it works pretty well.
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glove box? hmmmm okay...of to check it out. thanks
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I've been using Swipe pad and its extensions for a while.... I'm trying out this new one called Swapps. It has the options to do favorite apps, recent apps and all apps... I just use it for all apps because I like the way its designed. I am using swipe pad for almost everything but after discovering LMT, I am wanting to get the most out of that
Were you ever able to get gestures to work? I cant get mine to work... wondering whats my problem.
ATT S4
Oh man I thought I was going crazy for not getting it to work... Glad to others have the same issue.
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LMT does have a pretty high learning curve. I can't get it to bring up the phone dialer. When I assign the "phone app" to a pie piece, the screen just goes blank after I select it.
I did find that making the piecontrol activation area thickness a lot wider than default makes it much easier to not accidentally get the Apex/Nova launcher menu.
This is cool !! Similar to Pie control on PA roms.
Watch the video to see what it does - if you like it, get the latest version and follow the install instructions.
Once installed, go to menu - Set Gesture Input and check number 2 (Nexus 4, etc.)
Reboot may be required, after that it is smooth.
Please note the OP says you must go completely to the edge of the screen to activate and can be a little tricky at first if your phone is in a case. Enjoy !!
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80KhR94n_Ss
Get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
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Hmm looks interesting. Gonna have to try this out. Thanks!
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Yea, I am not sure why it's called a launcher since it actually works on top of your current launcher. I'm still going through all the different settings.
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Haha I literally came into say EXACTLY that. It's running on top of Nova just fine which I definitely prefer. You stole the words right out of my mouth haha
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You set your x and y to 200%?
So I'm rocking it. Liking it so far but I keep accidentally opening it when swiping between pages. I tried the bottom and top locations for where it opens from but it's cut off. Guess I'll have to get used to it.
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I am not getting the X and Y values to stick at 200%.
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Does this interfere with SwipePad?
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I'm curious how to customize the pie to have more icons. This is really cool!
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going to try this out
drwario said:
I'm curious how to customize the pie to have more icons. This is really cool!
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If you mean showing the app you have for a toggle, change the "show app images" at the bottom to 2.
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I'm loving this pie control so far. It's the best of both worlds for me. Full screen real estate and on screen buttons that are easily within reach.
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This is seriously a great find. I haven't been using it too much, but have it all set up and like having the option to use it. And I was expecting some interference while swiping, but that's nearly nonexistent.
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The more I use this the more I like it. I've put it on my Nexus 7 as well and then removed my nav bar giving me more screen there too.
One question: I'd like to put my app drawer as a long press of my home button, but I don't see any associated process when I look in "Activity." Does anyone know what the actual name of the app drawer is, or where to go to enable that function?
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The more I use this the more I like it. I've put it on my Nexus 7 as well and then removed my nav bar giving me more screen there too.
One question: I'd like to put my app drawer as a long press of my home button, but I don't see any associated process when I look in "Activity." Does anyone know what the actual name of the app drawer is, or where to go to enable that function?
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I couldn't figure it out either. Guess I'm keeping the app drawer in my dock lol
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very cool find. i'm one of those folks who prefers a 'clean' home screen. thus far i've been using invisible icons located at specific locations on the screen. it works well for me but this seems to be a bit cooler and have additional features.
thanks for sharing.
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I couldn't figure it out either. Guess I'm keeping the app drawer in my dock lol
[PICTURE OMITTED... just because]
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I know on Apex (and I'm assuming Nova) you can set a gesture in the home screen to open the app drawer.
I always set mine to swipe up, like the old school android app drawer.
If you can still use your hardware buttons, you can also set the home button to toggle the app drawer/homescreen in most launchers.
Been using this on and off for a almost a year now. Sometimes I'm in love, other times it gets in the way.
I'm using LMT along with Swapps (free on play store), which is a perfect combination. Now, I have no reason to open the app drawer and my homescreen only contains a weather widget.
thanks
interesting app , thanks
Not sure if it has been tackled here yet, but it just took me half an hour to figure this out. So to make the world a better place, without further adieu: How-to disable your galaxy note's capacitive Hardware keys, and enable soft keys on CM10.1.
1. Go into your build.prop file with a text editor, which is found in your system folder on the root of your internal memory.
2. Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the following without the quotes "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0", save the file. (This turns on softkeys on reboot)
3. Now find the melfas_touchkey.kl file, which is found in system>usr>keylayout. (This turns off capacitive keys on reboot.) Delete all the information in that file, it should look like this before the deletion:
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4. Back out of the file explorer, go into the settings app, click advanced, move over to sensors and uncheck "Enable keys backlight" (this turns off the backlight when you touch the screen)
5. You're done, reboot your phone, and enjoy your new softkeys!
Best part about this is that the capacitive key notification lights still work!
To reverse any of this, do the exact opposite of this guide (re-enter the info in that touchkey.kl file, remove the qemu line in the build.prop and turn the capacitive backlight back on in settings)
Anyone know how to do this with the Official Jelly Bean ROM. I tried to do this with Official ICS as well with poor results.
Inputting
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Will result in having on-screen keys but the back and multi tasking buttons are reversed.
I can find Melfas under the key layout...
And how to disable backlight of the capacitive buttons cos there isn't that option in settings.
That's strange...the screen shot didn't show my on screen keys??
It is menu, multi tasking, home and back on this screen.
Of course when back inn the home screen it reverts to three buttons: multi tasking, home and back button. I'd like it to be in this order: back, home then multi tasking
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I've been using this for a while on jamies super nexus rom. You might need to use exposed because the buttons don't show on landscape in some layouts. cool to know it works on cm that means it should work on jamies chameleon os rom. I also Use jamies disable captivate lights to make full use of the nav bar.
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Just out of curiosity.. what is the point of this? I've seen a bunch of people doing this, a bunch of custom roms support this. To me it just seems like you're taking up more screen space for buttons that are already built into the phone. Is there some added functionality I'm missing?
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Its mostly personal preference unless you have a device with broken hard keys. I dislike the hard buttons and disable them. I know in roms like jamies supernexus its the only way you can access the recent apps menu. You only lose like an inch of screen not that big of a deal imo.
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I've done it on the official jb but it messes with certain apps like the phone app
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I've done it on the official jb but it messes with certain apps like the phone app
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To be honest, I have no idea why this isn't working on the touchwiz rom, but I'm not really that surprised by it. Can't help you guys there unfortunately.
Is there a way to get soft keys working for note sgh i717 on Pac ROM V23 4.2.2?
I tried this method on it and it didn't work.
I also tried searching everywhere to find a way but so far this is the only way...
Softkey Enabler
BrownBread said:
Is there a way to get soft keys working for note sgh i717 on Pac ROM V23 4.2.2?
I tried this method on it and it didn't work.
I also tried searching everywhere to find a way but so far this is the only way...
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I couldn't stand hardware buttons
Search for SoftKey Enabler. I made an account to post this so I'm too new to post the link, sorry.
Worked for me on Galaxy S4. I hope it it helps you too =)
Just use Jamie's Captive buttons enable/disable zip
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Can make the navigation bar smaller?