Home screen icons keep disapearing! - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have two hone screens in total. For some reasons the icons on one of the home screens decide to vanish every now and then. If I click in the place where the icon was then it will open it up. So IG I click where I keep my gmail widget, it'll open up gmail' very confused. I then need to reboot for icons yo return :s I'm running CM on my S3
Any help???
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

lilgenius said:
So I have two hone screens in total. For some reasons the icons on one of the home screens decide to vanish every now and then. If I click in the place where the icon was then it will open it up. So IG I click where I keep my gmail widget, it'll open up gmail' very confused. I then need to reboot for icons yo return :s I'm running CM on my S3
Any help???
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try to use another launcher, like nova launcher, it can lock the changes on the homescreen in the nova settings
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

Related

Making CM7 look sweet

Hey guys, I'm just posting some links from the nook color forum. The first will give you honeycomb buttons, and the other helps you setup your screen. These forums were helpfull when setting up my tablet, and if they help you, thank the develper in the forum!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311339
For honeycomb buttons
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039586
for screen setup!
I use both for my nook tablet, and love it!
actorman46 said:
Hey guys, I'm just posting some links from the nook color forum. The first will give you honeycomb buttons, and the other helps you setup your screen. These forums were helpfull when setting up my tablet, and if they help you, thank the develper in the forum!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311339
For honeycomb buttons
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039586
for screen setup!
I use both for my nook tablet, and love it!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do you install and use this theme? I installed it, but it does not show in my app drawer. What am I doing wrong?
Look in your app drawer..Then look for Theme Chooser and select. That should do it for you.
You can find it in Theme choser. It's greyed out. It will say its the wrong size, do it anyways.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
actorman46 said:
You can find it in Theme choser. It's greyed out. It will say its the wrong size, do it anyways.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did, and it worked, but I still have the "bar" at the bottom of my screen. How can I get rid of that bar so that it really looks like ICS?
moukazwina said:
I did, and it worked, but I still have the "bar" at the bottom of my screen. How can I get rid of that bar so that it really looks like ICS?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's an issue that goes above themeing. If anyone knows different let me know but as far as I've read this is about as close as you can get.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
actorman46 said:
That's an issue that goes above themeing. If anyone knows different let me know but as far as I've read this is about as close as you can get.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
By "bar", I mean the bar that's in portrait mode. The one you have in phones and not tablets. The bar that has the phone icon on it.
moukazwina said:
By "bar", I mean the bar that's in portrait mode. The one you have in phones and not tablets. The bar that has the phone icon on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Post a pic of what you're talking about.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
Ate you talking about the dock? I don't know if you can turn that off in ADW, but I use ADW EX and you can turn it off with that. Other launchers may allow turning it off as well, but I can't name any.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
I think he's talking about the bar that the buttons themselves are in. That you're stuck with as far as I know. We can get our tablets close to looking like CM9, but CM7 still has limits.
But some more fun things...
I'm using SPB shell 3d with a live wallpaper and I'm still getting good use out of the battery.
Normally SPB as cool as it looks is a resource hog, but I still have lots of free ram with the tablet.
I am including a screenshot showing what I am talking about.
It is the bar that has the app drawer and the phone icon
moukazwina said:
I am including a screenshot showing what I am talking about.
It is the bar that has the app drawer and the phone icon
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Look for an option in your launcher settings to hide the dock. I know ADW EX has that option. Not sure what you're using there.
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
In adw XL go to settings then themes and select no theme for dock bar.
To change the apps in the bar hold down on them, drag them out and add what you want.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
For the dock bar go to Settings -> Adw launcher -> UI settings -> main dock style. Just select "none"
Yeah, that dock is kinda out of place on a tablet. Just so you can still access your app drawer, just long click on the screen, select launcher action, and pick open/close app drawer. I put one on every screen so that the app drawer is always accessible.
thx,ICS theme is pretty cooooolllllllll
I had to switch back to ADW, and now I got rid of the dock completely.
I have a couple of requests still: How do I add the apps drawer as the guy had on the top right of his NT?
Another thing I would love to do: make the soft home button actually display the apps, as of now, it only pulls the home screen.
moukazwina said:
I had to switch back to ADW, and now I got rid of the dock completely.
I have a couple of requests still: How do I add the apps drawer as the guy had on the top right of his NT?
Another thing I would love to do: make the soft home button actually display the apps, as of now, it only pulls the home screen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Long press on the home screen and select launcher actions. You can control what the home button does though ADW settings.
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
I just rooted, so I haven't had a chance to play with this new launcher. Totally different look, extremely customizable...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ss.launcher&hl=en
Here's an XDA thread about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452225
.....
same problem with me
mrVuHoa said:
same problem with me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What's the issue?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

The Best Screen Lock App

My wish is that someone would make a Screen Lock App and maybe some has, if not I think this a great idea, of course.
1. It must show any missed income calls, messages and emails.
2. Time and weather.
3. Circle when long pressed to swipe outside of circle to open.
4. Customizable App selection; the ability to add a few apps around the circle to choose from, but if not chosen swipe outside of the circle to opens.
5. Select a random picture everytime you turn on your phone from a directory of your choice.
I think that's a tall order my friend, but you can try Widget Locked and see if you get some or all of those things you're looking for...
Sent from my MB865 using xda's premium carrier pigeon service
Apex_Strider said:
I think that's a tall order my friend, but you can try Widget Locked and see if you get some or all of those things you're looking for...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, WidgetLocker is great. It allows to add homescreen widgets on it. Plus, it has many themes to launch apps (ICS, Sense, iPhone).
I'd like to add more: Install "Tesla Unread" to get missed call, SMS and Gmail counts.
Yeah, Widget Locker pretty much does all of that minus Live Picture wallpaper.
Try Go Locker from Play Store
Sent from my LG GT540 using xda-developers app
lewymaro said:
Try Go Locker from Play Store
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You'll have to install Go Launcher EX to use it. Just to tweak lock screen usability, changing home launcher is an overkill..
I'm gonna suggest, as others here have, Widget Locker. I've always been running widget locker since I first had an android phone and have never used anything else because it does the job perfectly. Obviously, it's best feature is the customization available for it. Every few days I'm changing the layout of my lockscreen, just so it's something new
If you decide to use WL, check out this thread for WL themes and to see all the different kind of ideas and set-ups are available for you.
Sent from Sony Xperia S using XDA Premium
Join my threads here and here.
Check out this [GUIDE] How to be a New User (and not a noob)
If looking for a free app then try MagicLocker
Ave,, rprisKt
Another +1 for Widget Locker
MIUI Locker is a neat one too. And its Free
Tedecye defini-
Widget locker, surely
Looks like everyone on XDA is a fan of WidgetLocker...
Holo locker
Sent from my E15i using xda premium
ElmirBuljubasic said:
Holo locker
Sent from my E15i using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Holo locker plus popup Notifier, not that is sexy.
Sent from my Galaxy Mini (SGH-T499) using xda app-developers app
You could try using widget locker combined with minimalistic text integrated with tasker. That might give you what you want.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Verizon Note II Home Screens!!!

Alright, let's see what everyone is sporting for their home screens!
Here is mine:
I like a clean look. I don't like having contacts scattered all over the screen hence the invisible folder under the contacts widget. I find organizing everything into folders where each screen is its own sort of "hub" keeps away from the traditional scattered grid-icon approach and allows one to better enjoy the wallpaper.
For the Lock Screen I am using:
Widget Locker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy53aWRnZXRsb2NrZXIiXQ..
The clock widget is from Ultimate Custom Widget https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImluLnZpbmVldHNpcm9oaS5jdXN0b213aWRnZXQiXQ..
Using the Dark MotoBlur UCCW skin https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=darkmotoblur.uccwskin.dsaif&feature=search_result
Notifications are from Missed It! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.igecelabs.android.MissedIt&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5pZ2VjZWxhYnMuYW5kcm9pZC5NaXNzZWRJdCJd
The red unlock slider is the "RedLineMod" available through the Widget Locker app.
The "LED On/Off" button is a custom made Minimalistic Text https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.devmil.minimaltext&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImRlLmRldm1pbC5taW5pbWFsdGV4dCJd widget, and activates the LED through TeslaLED
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.flashlight&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5mbGFzaGxpZ2h0Il0.
Everything else on the lock screen is a widget made through Minimalistic Text.
Home Screen:
I am using NovaLauncher in place of the stock launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5sYXVuY2hlciJd
The main home screen with the clock, CPU usage, battery etc... is all made through Minimalistic Text. The phone / messaging etc.. icon is from the Minimal Text Theme icon pack https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=minimaltext.kyledesignedme.adwtheme&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1pbmltYWx0ZXh0Lmt5bGVkZXNpZ25lZG1lLmFkd3RoZW1lIl0.
For the other screens I am stacking the Games, Contacts, Apps, and Media widgets made in Minimalistic Text on top of a black bar from Minimalistic Text (allow overlapping widgets in NovaLauncher settings)
The folder icons are replaced with custom made icons from Simple Text-Text Icon Creator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redphx.simpletext&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yZWRwaHguc2ltcGxldGV4dCJd
Lastly, the invisible folder under the contacts widget is just a blank Simple Text icon.
The wallpaper I got from Zedge and modified, you can get it here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8864209/2012-12-02%2023.01.27.jpg
Cranky cat
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
Obviously, I like a lot of customization. Here's what I'm using, in order from left to right, top to bottom:
Launcher: beanstown106's 5x4 custom stock launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026233
SystemPanel end all tasks widget
AudioManager small widget (minimal transparent white skin)
Temp+CPU V2 widget
Extended Controls widget
Beautiful Widgets smaller home widget (curved-blue-contrast clock skin + SkullGray weather skin)
- I chose that skin because of the font it uses, transparency is at full so none of the blue shows up.
Pure Calendar widget (transparent skin, all text colors set to white)
Launch-X Pro (Minimalist white icon pack, manual icon selections for apps with no matching icon)
Desktop Visualizer (Used to create the shortcuts with custom icons and text for the phone/gmail/sms/browser buttons in the stock launcher, also using the Minimalist white skin)
Not visible but I'm also using Home2 Shortcut to restore double pressing home to open an app (I use it to open gmail)
my lame home screen lol
My lazyness
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Stock rom, Nova Launcher
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
TallgeeseIV said:
Obviously, I like a lot of customization.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice, what widgets / icon pack are you using?
nuke072786 said:
Nice, what widgets / icon pack are you using?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll edit my original post with everything I'm using. Takes 5 minutes between posting/editing and I need time to write it all down, haha.

			
				
Here's my setup:
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Nit3mare said:
Here's my setup:
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What clock is that?
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
starvenmarven said:
What clock is that?
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's called One More Clock in the Play Store. Comes with a few other options as well.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Sent from my Sexy Galaxy Note II
Nit3mare said:
It's called One More Clock in the Play Store. Comes with a few other options as well.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How's the battery drain while using it? A lot of people are reporting noticeable battery drain.
*Madmoose* said:
How's the battery drain while using it? A lot of people are reporting noticeable battery drain.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't actually noticed any. I'm still getting about 4-5 hours screen-on time with awesome performance.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Nit3mare said:
I haven't actually noticed any. I'm still getting about 4-5 hours screen-on time with awesome performance.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thx. I usually take those comments with a grain of salt anyways. People tend to install "cool new apps" and then tend to play with them a lot and wonder why their battery life isn't the same
Same
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
here's mine.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
angelino0919 said:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let me guess, you're a fan of the Ravens..

My wife says she can't rearrange the home screens.

Now she's at work with her new phone and I'm at work with my old Note 2 so I'm of no help. From my Sensations days I asked her to pinch to zoom to bring up home screen preview and rearrange them there but she said that is no good. The little screen to add another home screen page she says she can drag the home screens around but can't rearrange them. Is there any special trick to rearranging the home screens on the HTC One?
I have the same problem. I've been told that it can't be done with Sense 5.
DeoreDX said:
Now she's at work with her new phone and I'm at work with my old Note 2 so I'm of no help. From my Sensations days I asked her to pinch to zoom to bring up home screen preview and rearrange them there but she said that is no good. The little screen to add another home screen page she says she can drag the home screens around but can't rearrange them. Is there any special trick to rearranging the home screens on the HTC One?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea its kinda limited right now. Better hope the JB/4.2.2 version of Sense 5 adds that ability.
ahskeetz said:
I have the same problem. I've been told that it can't be done with Sense 5.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You've officially made my wife mad... lol.
What I did is add a panel, pick which one I wanted as my home screen, picked it, then populated the screens as I wanted. Not difficult.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
blackangst said:
What I did is add a panel, pick which one I wanted as my home screen, picked it, then populated the screens as I wanted. Not difficult.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This also
I want to that as well especially the icons on the bottom of the page should be movable
vikramdhani said:
I want to that as well especially the icons on the bottom of the page should be movable
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They are. Gotta do it in the drawer though.
blackangst said:
They are. Gotta do it in the drawer though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which is downright stupid and confusing. Maybe I've been using Nexus devices for too long but I never had a learning curve on Android til I got this phone. (I love it but some things just seem like they were not very thought out.)
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
jonathan3579 said:
Which is downright stupid and confusing. Maybe I've been using Nexus devices for too long but I never had a learning curve on Android til I got this phone. (I love it but some things just seem like they were not very thought out.)
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree there are bunch of stuff that just need too many steps to achieve
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
---------- Post added at 06:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:05 PM ----------
blackangst said:
They are. Gotta do it in the drawer though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you please walk me through this drawer thing ? like if i want to change the default txt message icon with whatsapp icon
vikramdhani said:
Can you please walk me through this drawer thing ? like if i want to change the default txt message icon with whatsapp icon
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can help. Just open the app drawer, long press on the app you want to remove. Drag it up and it will load back in the drawer leaving a blank space. Then drag the app you want to replace down to the blank space on the dock.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
blackangst said:
They are. Gotta do it in the drawer though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
jonathan3579 said:
I can help. Just open the app drawer, long press on the app you want to remove. Drag it up and it will load back in the drawer leaving a blank space. Then drag the app you want to replace down to the blank space on the dock.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let me try again once my wife is home, we were trying to do that but every time we drag a app out the same app appear on the drawer again so was not sure if there is any other way to get this done.
I will report back after trying it again
vikramdhani said:
Let me try again once my wife is home, we were trying to do that but every time we drag a app out the same app appear on the drawer again so was not sure if there is any other way to get this done.
I will report back after trying it again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If that doesn't work for you, drag the other app down to the app you want to replace and it'll make a folder on your dock. Then just remove the app you want gone. Either way, it's more steps than it should be but you'll get the result you want!
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
jonathan3579 said:
If that doesn't work for you, drag the other app down to the app you want to replace and it'll make a folder on your dock. Then just remove the app you want gone. Either way, it's more steps than it should be but you'll get the result you want!
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks much I will try it out and will update this thread
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
So here it I tried dragging the app to the drawer but seems like you can not move a app to the drawer and make a folder.
Is there anything else that can be done ?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
vikramdhani said:
So here it I tried dragging the app to the drawer but seems like you can not move a app to the drawer and make a folder.
Is there anything else that can be done ?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You might want to retry or do a master reset if none of what we've said is working. I'm including a screenshot of me dragging a random app (Facebook) to my dock to make a folder.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
vikramdhani said:
So here it I tried dragging the app to the drawer but seems like you can not move a app to the drawer and make a folder.
Is there anything else that can be done ?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No. You dont drag it TO the drawer. You drag it FROM the drawer TO the taskbar. After, of course, dragging the icon you want to replace FROM the task bar TO the drawer.
---------- Post added at 01:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:13 AM ----------
jonathan3579 said:
Which is downright stupid and confusing. Maybe I've been using Nexus devices for too long but I never had a learning curve on Android til I got this phone. (I love it but some things just seem like they were not very thought out.)
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It makes sense to me. What didnt make sense on my S2 was to first create a shortcut on a homescreen panel and then drag it to the bottom task bar. Thats two steps. With the One, its one step. From the drawer to the taskbar.
Thank You for these tips. I have been trying to figure this out. I will admit some of these things are strange coming from the Nexus 4 but I can deal with them for this awesome phone.
So when I drag it as per the screenshot. It does add the app to the drawer but then you can not remove either of the apps and this thing is pissing me how
Dont understand why something this simple can be made so difficult by HTC
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
vikramdhani said:
So when I drag it as per the screenshot. It does add the app to the drawer but then you can not remove either of the apps and this thing is pissing me how
Dont understand why something this simple can be made so difficult by HTC
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've got a few more screenshots that will hopefully help from here. Once you've created the folder, click on it to where it brings the two apps up. Then long press the app you wish to remove and drag it to the drawer.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

Temperature on lockscreen?

Been searching all over in the settings to be able to change the temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Anybody know where to do this for the lockscreen?
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Maybe tapping on the widget with the weather on the home screen and going into the settings in that app
Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
Thanks for the suggestion, but no go.
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
highaltitude said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but no go.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You might want to take a second look. It's not a global setting, but controlled by the app. So open the app that the widget is linked to and look in the settings menu for that app.
In particular, if you are using the default accuweather app, that is indeed where the setting resides. You may also want to recreate the widget to speed up the change i.e. don't expect that the change will always be reflected instantaneously.
.
OK thanks, I figured it's tied to a certain weather app. Will keep looking. Here is a pic of my lockscreen,
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
That appears to be the Accuweather app. From memory.. tap or double tap on the time or temperature on the home screen to open the full page Accuweather.. then click on the menu icon there (3 dots) to get into the app's settings dialog. Then look for the C/F or metric /Imperial toggle.
.
Hmm, Not sure where that app is, I thought I had it frozen in TB. I've only got one weather app installed right now.
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
highaltitude said:
I've only got one weather app installed right now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That one then. Whatever it is.
.
I froze it and restarted the phone. It did get rid of it so I know that's it, however when unfrozen there is no actual app anywhere to configure.
*Edit it doesn't come back now after unfreeze and rebooting. Oh well no big deal. The weather app I do have and use is Weather & Clock Widget.
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
highaltitude said:
however when unfrozen there is no actual app anywhere to configure.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stand alone widgets are less common.. and will be configured from the widget itself instead of a main app then.
.
.
The reason his app settings are not showing when he taps the the temp..
Is probably because he has the
Unified Daemon frozen in TB too.
I learned it the hard way from freezing it..
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
hutson23 said:
The reason his app settings are not showing when he taps the the temp..
Is probably because he has the
Unified Daemon frozen in TB too.
I learned it the hard way from freezing it..
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I checked and it is not frozen.
highaltitude said:
I checked and it is not frozen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here is what my lock and home screen looks like..
Here is a link to my 2 apks if you want to try them..put them in system/app ...just rename yours to .bak and you can switch back if doesn't work but should as that's all I changed..then restart phone and replace the original weather widget and make it 100 percent transparent.
Tap on the Temp on the home screen takes you to the settings.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qffyaywzdmrv1h1/AccuweatherPhone2014.apk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m1er0u101h493em/WeatherDaemon2014.apk
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Cool thanks I will try them. I don't remember ever seeing the second app "weatherdaemon2014" Maybe that's it.
*edit, those worked! I didn't have accuweather in system/app, though the weatherdaemon was. Its all working now, thanks a lot for your help!
Weather App - change from C to F
highaltitude said:
Been searching all over in the settings to be able to change the temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Anybody know where to do this for the lockscreen?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am new and this may just be an old thread that has been resolved.
I went through the entire thread and didn't see a suitable reply.
On my newly acquired Galaxy 5S, I wanted to do the same; change from C to F.
First went through the Settings App and didn't see anything that would make the change.
Sometimes things are very simple. And this was something I probably over-thought.
What I did:
Unlocked the screen, and there's the "Weather App" loaded right on the main screen at the very top of the screen.
I tapped the "Weather App" box, which brought the "Weather App" full screen.
I then tapped the three vertical dots, flush right top on the screen. This brought up four options (black text on white background).
They are from top to bottom, 'Weather map', 'More', 'Settings' and 'Report wrong city name'.
Tap on "Settings":
Then, under "General", the first settings option is "Unit".
Tap "Unit", then tap the radio button "°F" to change from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Unless you want to continue making additional changes, such as 'Refresh', 'Location' or 'Notifications...' you are done.
There is no "Save" button. The changes that have been made I believe take effect immediately.
All you have to do is back out and get back to the main screen by pressing the Home button to get back to business.
Hope that helps someone, someplace.
Best,
Robert
Hallelujah, I have figured it out. Press on the widget on the lock screen. Select change widget. Choose Accuweather (yes, it does not appear in your apps management list) A whole page opens up with the Accuweather forecast AND in the top right corner (at least on mine) (Note 4) you get the three dots indicating a menu. Press the dots and holy cow the settings for accuweather come up. And there you will see the temperature change option. Right at the top. Hope this helps.

Categories

Resources