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Today, April 12th, 2013, Facebook Home was released into the play store for public use on a select few devices. However, many people are skeptical are wondering if this is going to be a worthwhile app to use to replace their home screen, and I’ll let you know right now.
The Good
- Interface: When scrolling through the pages and different pictures, the experience you get while using it is very good. If you’re looking for buttery smooth performance, this may be for you
- Chat Heads: Chat Heads are little bubbles that pop up whenever you receive a message (or SMS assuming you set it up in settings) through your Messenger app. You can move it all around your screen and they pop up no matter what screen you’re in. You can stack your messages together, or throw them all away. As well when you do click on the chat head, it comes up in a nice little pop up so you don’t have to leave the app you’re in. And of course, if you’re into emojis, facebook has most of them and they will pop up on your friends iPhone or your normal GO SMS/SMS app that also has the emoji codec.
The Bad
- No Dedicated Camera Button: You would think with Facebook relying very heavily on pictures it’d have a dedicated camera button in the corner of the screen or something, but no. You actually have to swipe up, go into apps, swipe right, then scroll and find the camera button and move it into your shortcuts. Kind of an annoying and unnecessary hassle.
- Better Search: So far, Facebook Home makes you have to keep scrolling and scrolling an endless amount of times until you may find content you are actually interested in. To find your friends you must go into the actually Facebook app itself to view specific people if you can find them on Facebook Home.
- More Features: I’m not too huge of a Facebook user. I reply more on Twitter, Google +, and Instagram. While the first two social networks are understandable not to have in Facebook Home, it’d be nice (since Facebook bought out Instagram) if you could make Facebook Home show your Instagram feed instead of your Facebook feed after going into the settings.
- Support: If you watched the event, Mark Zuckerberg mentioned he wanted this to be something everyone, on any phone, can use. But at the moment it’s only supported on the Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, HTC One, One X, or One X +.
Final Verdict
While Facebook Home does a couple things right, it really needs to work on things still. At the moment, it’s more a beta than anything else. Hopefully in the coming months when Facebook does its scheduled updates, it’ll add more functionality and phone support so more people can actually use it. If you're really big on Facebook this is gonna be fore you. If you use Facebook to connect with a few people and the rest is a bunch of people you don't really care about then at the moment I'd probably steer towards sticking stock or using something like Nova or Action launcher Pro.
I tried this today.... i honestly felt it was a joke. That's my personal opinion. :/
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I don't like Facebook home but the new bubble feature for the messenger is pretty cool.
I didn't like home either. The chatheads are pretty cool though.
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nnnnr14 said:
I don't like Facebook home but the new bubble feature for the messenger is pretty cool.
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Agreed, I love the chat heads
code_monkey74 said:
I didn't like home either. The chatheads are pretty cool though.
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Yeah, I'm actually using Facebook messenger for those. Facebook Home though is uninstalled.
bajasur said:
I tried this today.... i honestly felt it was a joke. That's my personal opinion. :/
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As of now, I'd have to agree. Especially if they start pushing ads into it.
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How do you enable sms integration
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I can't even review it to give it 1 Star in the Play Store lol Facebook is just awful.
DroidOnRoids said:
I can't even review it to give it 1 Star in the Play Store lol Facebook is just awful.
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Lol
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While you liked the interface, I thought it was absolutely terrible. It failed at both of it's intended purposes for me. It's useless as a Facebook interface and it's useless as a phone interface.
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How do you enable sms integration
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Open your Facebook Messenger then hit menu/settings/sms/mms
I like chatheads so I'm using mine integrated right now too.
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I cant seem to get chat heads to popup on regular launcher? Under Facebook messager i do not have to option of enabling it. I am on the most current version of it 2.4.2release, Can the Note 2 not do this unless on 4.2.2?
shrike1978 said:
While you liked the interface, I thought it was absolutely terrible. It failed at both of it's intended purposes for me. It's useless as a Facebook interface and it's useless as a phone interface.
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What I mean by liking the interface, I mean the pictures and quality look quite nice. However, navigating through it.. not so pleasant an experience when getting to your apps, settings, into facebooks app itself, etc.
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I cant seem to get chat heads to popup on regular launcher? Under Facebook messager i do not have to option of enabling it. I am on the most current version of it 2.4.2release, Can the Note 2 not do this unless on 4.2.2?
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It didn't work for me right away either. Make sure you messenger is updated first of all (mine wasn't), but even after I did that it still didn't work. I reset my phone though and it seemed to work (make sure Chat Heads are enabled in the Messenger settings as well).
Great whats next? Facebook phone?
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Great whats next? Facebook phone?
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Is already out. HTC First.
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Hated it!
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I tried it...Wasn't a big fan. I did not make it my home screen...just the lock screen. I left Nova home intact.
Uninstalled
Seeing as Facebook is mostly for tweens these days and looking at the comments so far, it just reinforces why I don't use Facebook.
I use it for my lock screen and chat heads. Still use nova for my home launcher though.
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Pita to send MMS to a non Facebook friend
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I use it for my lock screen and chat heads. Still use nova for my home launcher though.
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How do you keep it as lock screen only?
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Does the note have a text messaging app similar to iphone? I like how my wife's iphone has all the text pop up on her screen when it is locked. Does android have a similar setup? The iphone can pop up multiple text if they are not viewed right away. Thank you. I have never had a smartphone so don't know what android has to offer.
Just go to market and look at it. They're all like **** load of apps like that.
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But does it come with a stock app like that like the iphone has? I had a smartphone for about 2 weeks last year and found out that alot of apps don't always work properly.
Handcent in the market works pretty much perfectly doing what you want. The advantage of android over IOS is that if you don't like a stock application, odds are someone has written and published one that does what you want.
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Go SMS is pretty iphone-ish. Stock theme even looks like it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms&hl=en
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thanks button will do.
Just download gosmspro...its the best sms app out for the android by a long shot
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handcent also. It actually has a setting called iphone lol!
Get Go SMS Pro from the Android Market. Within this app there is an iPhone Theme. You can even tweak the settings to enable a pop-up or in the Notification Bar.
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Or if you just want the pop up you can download SMS Pop Up
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Now that we have our first ICS ROM, lets talk about what we like and dont like about the newest Android OS. I dont know about everyone else, but I have never touched Android 4.0 before our latest CM9 ROM. I have only seen videos on it. So my eagerness to play with it was very high. Now that I have it, I must say, overall, its really nice. I love the UI. Even the phone and contacts app, which I didnt even care about in Gingerbread. The Speech to Text is pretty cool. And when I get a phone call, it looks much better than GB.
So what else is there? Anyone find any cool stuff specific to ICS? Any cool ICS apps? Nifty little tips and tricks?
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Now that we have our first ICS ROM, lets talk about what we like and dont like about the newest Android OS. I dont know about everyone else, but I have never touched Android 4.0 before our latest CM9 ROM. I have only seen videos on it. So my eagerness to play with it was very high. Now that I have it, I must say, overall, its really nice. I love the UI. Even the phone and contacts app, which I didnt even care about in Gingerbread. The Speech to Text is pretty cool. And when I get a phone call, it looks much better than GB.
So what else is there? Anyone find any cool stuff specific to ICS? Any cool ICS apps? Nifty little tips and tricks?
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The speech to text being finally something that is worthwhile for me is huge...I hated it in all earlier builds personally
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I find the stock keyboard to be a lot better for some reason. Maybe its just in my head. lol
No I agree and the error correction is better as well
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Have you noticed that the LED turns color when plugged in based on the battery percentage? Dont know if this is an ICS or CM9 feature. I like it but I kinda wish it would turn of when fully charged though.
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Have you noticed that the LED turns color when plugged in based on the battery percentage? Dont know if this is an ICS or CM9 feature. I like it but I kinda wish it would turn of when fully charged though.
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So thats what the yellowish green light was indicating. Light is green @ 100%. Awesome!
I am really happy with the build, as I have only tested ICS on the Kindle Fire and other more fortunate phones. My app set though is so specific that the layout looks exactly the same regardless of android version. Thats fine, I just wanted my purchase to be worthwhile
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Have you noticed that the LED turns color when plugged in based on the battery percentage? Dont know if this is an ICS or CM9 feature. I like it but I kinda wish it would turn of when fully charged though.
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Yes...and I am not sure which it is a feature of and I thought it did but I am probably mistaken
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I'm with all you guys. This rom is smokin cool! Can't wait for bug fixes. Definitely my every day rom when that time comes. Just like cm7 is now. Awesome job dragonzkiller
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Yes...and I am not sure which it is a feature of and I thought it did but I am probably mistaken
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No, it doesnt turn off for me. Stays on until you unplug the phone. I tried using LEDs Hack to turn the light off for when I go to sleep. It works but when I turn it back on, my lights on the buttons stay lit. I need to restart to turn them off.
I only ran it for weekend, but as others have pointed out, the speed and accuracy of the speech to text is impressive. Apex, while not native, is also a really nice addition in the launcher category. I really hope to see it reach the level of "daily driver" so I can mess with it more.
I don't know if you listen to a lot of music but try that Apollo music player I posted in the cm9 thread really nice ICS look and from what I read its what they have been putting in the "official" CM9
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Seeing that (last I heard anyway) Google hasnt released the API to integrate their Google music service into third party apps, that app probably doesnt work with my music uploaded to Google music right? I dont have music stored on my phone anymore. The app looks pretty slick though.
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Seeing that (last I heard anyway) Google hasnt released the API to integrate their Google music service into third party apps, that app probably doesnt work with my music uploaded to Google music right? I dont have music stored on my phone anymore. The app looks pretty slick though.
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Honestly I have no clue at all...although I did not see an option for it so I doubt it
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Honestly I have no clue at all...although I did not see an option for it so I doubt it
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I really wish google would release that for developers to use with their music apps. I'd like to start using a different app for music again.
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I really wish google would release that for developers to use with their music apps. I'd like to start using a different app for music again.
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Agrees and in all honesty I don't see why they don't...maybe the thought is if they are going to offer it as a free service(not the purchases but the upload and storage) then they have a right to control how you use it...not that I agree but I assume that's the thought process
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The stock messaging app lacks LED customization but is elegant and practical. I say the same about the contacts (People) app.
ICS Browser + is a really cool alternate browser that has some nice features. Id suggest it to anyone looking for a new browser.
Boid is a Twitter app optimized for ICS that features some very stylish layouts, navigation speed and simplicity making its ease of access level very high. Its Beta-ness shows in its lack of push notifications and semi frequent failure to retrieve new mentions and tweets.
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The stock messaging app lacks LED customization but is elegant and practical. I say the same about the contacts (People) app.
ICS Browser + is a really cool alternate browser that has some nice features. Id suggest it to anyone looking for a new browser.
Boid is a Twitter app optimized for ICS that features some very stylish layouts, navigation speed and simplicity making its ease of access level very high. Its Beta-ness shows in its lack of push notifications and semi frequent failure to retrieve new mentions and tweets.
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I actually like the messaging app a lot. But I use SMS enhancer for receiving messages and customizing the LED. I love the new look to the phone and contacts app. But still, nothing beats the speech to text feature which I am currently using to write this post.
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I actually like the messaging app a lot. But I use SMS enhancer for receiving messages and customizing the LED. I love the new look to the phone and contacts app. But still, nothing beats the speech to text feature which I am currently using to write this post.
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I have yet to experiment with the speech to text feature it is pretty darn cool I just wrote this whole thing well I spoke it
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I actually like the messaging app a lot. But I use SMS enhancer for receiving messages and customizing the LED. I love the new look to the phone and contacts app. But still, nothing beats the speech to text feature which I am currently using to write this post.
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Unfortunately, you guys don't have Chrome yet. But I love chrome. It is awesome on a tablet. It is like using a PC... And pretty good on a phone too. The best feature is to send tabs from PC to phone or browse open tabs on PC!!!
I like the launcher in general, nice little touches here and there... The nicer recent apps layout. The better and cooler looking lock screen and incoming phone call screen. iPhone, you can kiss my sweet ass! Awesomer Email app... For some reason, the Email app in GB had no search feature (what!? ) and was dark themed, while Gmail had both search and light themed... Nice to see consistency and a easier on the eyes theme...
OH! How did I forget! The Gmail and Email widgets! I LOVE them! I use them all the time and they are effing scrollable!! Lock screen music controls are more awesome than GB (I use Google Music)... The circlemod battery icon (I dunno if your CM9 has it) is very cool! Folders are nice too...
Overall, it is awesome as an OS! Best version of Android, so far!
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Unfortunately, you guys don't have Chrome yet. But I love chrome. It is awesome on a tablet. It is like using a PC... And pretty good on a phone too. The best feature is to send tabs from PC to phone or browse open tabs on PC!!!
I like the launcher in general, nice little touches here and there... The nicer recent apps layout. The better and cooler looking lock screen and incoming phone call screen. iPhone, you can kiss my sweet ass! Awesomer Email app... For some reason, the Email app in GB had no search feature (what!? ) and was dark themed, while Gmail had both search and light themed... Nice to see consistency and a easier on the eyes theme...
OH! How did I forget! The Gmail and Email widgets! I LOVE them! I use them all the time and they are effing scrollable!! Lock screen music controls are more awesome than GB (I use Google Music)... The circlemod battery icon (I dunno if your CM9 has it) is very cool! Folders are nice too...
Overall, it is awesome as an OS! Best version of Android, so far!
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Facking LOVE the Gmail widget
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Do you get really annoying glitches with SwiftKey when you use Chrome?
Basically, when I'm typing something into a form, like just Googling something, I get these insane errors/predictions that I can only describe as repeated parts of words.
Example: if I'm trying to type "Plainfield public works" and I delete a letter or something, all of a sudden I have like "plaplaiplaiplaiplaiplaiplai" as a suggestion, and when I try to delete parts of it, it gets even LONGER of a word. Then when I delete the word, it always deletes more than just that stupid word so my whole sentence is messed up. I always have to switch back to HTC keyboard when using Google Chrome which stinks.
Again, this ONLY happens with Chrome, so it isn't a SwiftKey thing in general. I just typed all of this with no issues. I'll try to grab a screen shot of this issue...
Edit: I tried to type "this is so annoying" and didn't even try to backspace anything. This is what I got:
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Do you get really annoying glitches with SwiftKey when you use Chrome?
Basically, when I'm typing something into a form, like just Googling something, I get these insane errors/predictions that I can only describe as repeated parts of words.
Example: if I'm trying to type "Plainfield public works" and I delete a letter or something, all of a sudden I have like "plaplaiplaiplaiplaiplaiplai" as a suggestion, and when I try to delete parts of it, it gets even LONGER of a word. Then when I delete the word, it always deletes more than just that stupid word so my whole sentence is messed up. I always have to switch back to HTC keyboard when using Google Chrome which stinks.
Again, this ONLY happens with Chrome, so it isn't a SwiftKey thing in general. I just typed all of this with no issues. I'll try to grab a screen shot of this issue...
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Ooooooh Man you get this to! I get it almost everytime and never thought to switch keyboards as I always just switch to the stock browser but I do indeed have that same exact issue.
Suuuuuuuuuuper annoying.
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Ooooooh Man you get this to! I get it almost everytime and never thought to switch keyboards as I always just switch to the stock browser but I do indeed have that same exact issue.
Suuuuuuuuuuper annoying.
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Yeah it drives me nuts. I love SwiftKey, and I love Chrome, so I hate choosing between the two. It's like choosing between Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper...
I guess I love Chrome more because I've never considered using the stock browser. Since ICS makes switching keyboards so quick and easy, I just do that. I don't understand how a keyboard has issues with only one app though... This is way above my head. Would I report the bug to SwiftKey or Google?
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Getting them here too. Annoying, I say.
It's the very reason I un installed chrome today.. Too much bull crap to worry about. Stock browser is just fine.
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Yeah I get this too, if I had to guess it has something to do with the instant search feature used by Google conflicting with the prediction of SwiftKey.
Try turning off instant search with Google and see if that helps.
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It's the very reason I un installed chrome today.. Too much bull crap to worry about. Stock browser is just fine.
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Haha what other bullcrap is there, if I may ask? I freaking love Chrome, personally!
Question to those who use stock browser: does SwiftKey still do this when typing in Google, or no? That would explain whether Google Instant is involved.
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It's a known issue with Swiftkey, they are working on a fix.
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Yeah I get this too, if I had to guess it has something to do with the instant search feature used by Google conflicting with the prediction of SwiftKey.
Try turning off instant search with Google and see if that helps.
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Thanks for the idea! I never thought about that, but it makes sense that those two things would be fighting one another. Since it appears to work on the stock browser when Googling, it must be app related. I'm not sure how to turn off instant search though. I'm actually not even sure it uses instant search...
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This is great news, I searched the SwiftKey forum and didn't find anything about this. It seems most threads about a repeated word glitch say it was already solved, and it most certainly hasn't been!
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I use Thumb Keyboard and while I didn't have this exact problem it definitely didn't work right with chrome. I kept getting kicked out of the field I was typing in or suddenly my cursor would move to the middle of the sentence, etc. I spent 20 minutes trying to finish 3 sentences before giving up.
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Haha what other bullcrap is there, if I may ask? I freaking love Chrome, personally!
Question to those who use stock browser: does SwiftKey still do this when typing in Google, or no? That would explain whether Google Instant is involved.
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not saying Chrome is bull crap per say but the situation is bull crap and i dont see the need to deal with it in chrome when i can just use the stock browser.
I have the exact same problem with chrome & swiftkey.
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Hopefully this fix this problem soon.
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I use Swype (the beta release) and I get this problem with chrome too. So it's probably not swiftkey's fault, might be a problem with chrome?
Yep. It's annoying when it happens.
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I use Swype (the beta release) and I get this problem with chrome too. So it's probably not swiftkey's fault, might be a problem with chrome?
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Now that is very interesting... how can SwiftKey offer a fix if the problem isn't on their end?? Or, coincidentally, both keyboards happen to have made the same mistake in their code or whatever. Weird.
Yeah I've had this back even with the 3D, hated the issue because I love both products. So what I do is keep a stock ICS keyboard installed and then upon launching Chrome, Tasker brings up the list of keyboards and I select it. A bit of an annoyance? Yes, but both of the apps are too useful to be without.
(Also, if you're wondering why I don't just have Tasker automatically switch the keyboards, its because it can't :/ It's a security feature within Android that prevents "malicious applications from switching the user to their own IME". More info here. Kind of a shame but I do understand why it was implemented.
Hopefully either Swiftkey or Chrome get it resolved, wherever the issue lies.
I get that bug occasionally, as well as the keyboard not responding at all. It comes up, i hit keys and they light up as if i hit them but they don't get inserted, basically the whole input service locks up as i can't even switch keyboards. None of the other replacement keyboards i've used do this.
Yeah, this is a constant issue and forced me to switch back to stock keyboard.
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Yeah, this is a constant issue and forced me to switch back to stock keyboard.
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I have found if you type really slow, it's fine. Haha, but who wants to do that?
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I wrote a simple app that turns screen off when S Pen is attached to the device. Samsung forgot to add this so I did.
Features:
* Custom sounds for S Pen attach and detach events.
* Show customizable actions list when detaching S Pen.
* Start any action, application or shortcut on detach (including S Note popup).
* Screen Off when attaching S Pen stylus.
* Smart Screen Off Mode - turn screen off on attach only if it was off when detaching S Pen.
* Return to Home screen when attaching S Pen stylus
* Create Screen Off shortcut on Home screen.
* no root required
Play Store: S Pen Toolbox
This application asks for Device Administrator permission. It is needed for screen off action. You will need to turn this permission off if you want to uninstall the application or Android will not allow to uninstall it. Simply click 'OFF' switch in application settings.
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Very good idea. 5 stars!
Hi great app what about where you take the s pen out and it opens e.g WhatsApp or any other app that can be signed to
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Hi great app what about where you take the s pen out and it opens e.g WhatsApp or any other app that can be signed to
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I was wondering if this is needed. I can add it.
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I was wondering if this is needed. I can add it.
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Thing is I use my pen in messages twitter things like that I'm guessing people with note 2 would love to see this added maybe a pop up window opens up when you take out your pen then you can chose from the list in a pop up window
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Also I think if you did a poll on what I said I think you get more yeses then no
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Try 'spenboard switcher'
I've been using it. It can be found in Google play store if I am not wrong.
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s3lover said:
Thing is I use my pen in messages twitter things like that I'm guessing people with note 2 would love to see this added maybe a pop up window opens up when you take out your pen then you can chose from the list in a pop up window
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I think this is a good idea. Since you added the Spen detach function to GMD Spen Control I have set up 'detach' to open the right launch pad and 'attach' to switch the screen off.
Having this in a separate app would free up the launch pad for those who like lots of apps on multiple launch pads, or provide this functionality for those who don't want all of the other functionality of Spen Control.
I hope this helps you refine these really great apps!
devilcatz said:
Try 'spenboard switcher'
I've been using it. It can be found in Google play store if I am not wrong.
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Tried to find it but could not can you post a link please
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s3lover said:
Tried to find it but could not can you post a link please
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Here it is, but it isn't quite the same thing. It works well for different keyboards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075916
Census Taker said:
Here it is, but it isn't quite the same thing. It works well for different keyboards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075916
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Cheers
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New version 2.0
Uploaded new version.
2.0:
- Added customizable action list that can be shown on S Pen detach.
- Added option to create Screen Off shortcut on Home screen.
- Fix: purchased key should be handled properly now in all cases.
Trying now. Thanks.
Thanks for adding the action list that makes life easy now
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Also is there any chance to make the action list stay around after exiting a action as I got to keep replacing the pen then taking it out to get the list up again cheers
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s3lover said:
Thanks for adding the action list that makes life easy now
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Also is there any chance to make the action list stay around after exiting a action as I got to keep replacing the pen then taking it out to get the list up again cheers
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I added option to show action list notification and it is on by default. You can click this notification to open action list. Any better suggestions how to make it open ? One idea was to add home screen shortcut, but then I opted for notification as it is accessible from any application.
Thanks for this tool Stupididea its fantastic
I'd like to make a quick suggestion to make this nice app even better :
The screen should be turned off only if it was off when I detached the SPen. Use case scenario: I'm working on the phone, I need to take the SPen out for some reason, attach it again and continue working. It would turn off the screen which would be annoying.
You need to remember the on/off status of the screen to override the turn off feature when SPen is attached. It should be simple I think. You can provide it as an additional feature - "Smart Turn Off"
Great app though Very useful.
if4ct0r said:
I'd like to make a quick suggestion to make this nice app even better :
The screen should be turned off only if it was off when I detached the SPen. Use case scenario: I'm working on the phone, I need to take the SPen out for some reason, attach it again and continue working. It would turn off the screen which would be annoying.
You need to remember the on/off status of the screen to override the turn off feature when SPen is attached. It should be simple I think. You can provide it as an additional feature - "Smart Turn Off"
Great app though Very useful.
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Thanks, I will add it. So far plans for new version:
* Option to start application/shortcut/action on detach
* Add S Note popup action, that can be added to action list or started on detach
* Smart Screen Off.
Anything else?
if your phone is not root you can not uninstall the app.
mertemur said:
if your phone is not root you can not uninstall the app.
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You have to turn OFF the Device Admistrator permission in application settings. Its first setting. Then you can uninstall it. I really wrote it everywhere I could (XDA post, Play Store description, in app permission description). This is how this permission works, you cannot uninstall app while this permission is granted. If you check any other app that turns off scree, they all have the same "issue".
StupidIdea said:
Thanks, I will add it. So far plans for new version:
* Option to start application/shortcut/action on detach
* Add S Note popup action, that can be added to action list or started on detach
* Smart Screen Off.
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Great
Since this app is dealing with SPen detach/attach actions, is it possible for you to include custom attach/detach sounds from your app? I'm not sure about the implementation aspects but it's a much sought after feature and would save us the trouble of modding and/or flashing
I would like to bless the LG-E970 users with EG8 for your device. This ROM is built around V20j with many enhancements.
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Requirements
Bootloader Unlocked
CWM or TWRP
Installation
1) Download Rom
2) Boot into recovery
3) Backup existing rom
4) Wipe data, cache, dalvik cache
5) Install zip from sd-card
Download
Beta
Add-Ons
Remove QSlide
Stock Broweser - Coming Soon
OnScreenPhone -Coming Soon
Change Log
Initial Release
Code:
*De-bloated
*Updated GPS.conf for quicker lock
*Zipalign on every boot
*Ram optimized
*Apks zipalined
*0 Compressed
*Resources Decompressed
*Mounted system as non-rotational device
*SQlite vaccume on boot
*Clear cache on boot
*New Bootanimation
*Added new ringtone (set to default)
*Added new notification tone (set to default)
*Disabled journaling on system & cache
*[B][U]Added missing LG features[/U][/B]
-----[I]Qslide[/I]
-----[I]Weather on lockscreen[/I]
-----[I]Laucnher can be themed[/I]
*Black status bar n notification shade
*Disabled fast dormecy ( jonasl )
*Camera quality increased ( _Epic )
*Improved touch sensativity (Venum)
*Tweaked thermal
*Added the ability to change network mode in /settings/tethering & Networks/Mobile networks
*System apps Updated
*Added Quickboot to /data/app
*Build.prop Edits
*Init.d
*Battery calibration
*Core Tweaks
*B18c1 v6.0.2 Kernel ChangeLog & GPL [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200614"]Here[/URL]
*More that i cant remember
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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Known bugs
Browser doesnt float unless watching a Youtube video threw the browser
/settings/lock screen/wallpaper force closes. You can still select a wallpaper for lockscreen threw the gallery
Apps worth downloading
*Xposed framework
-----App settings - allows you change DPI per app
-----MoDaCo Toolkit - Some good system tweaks. ( I use it to remove am/pm from status bar clock n disable the ongoing ime switcher icon from status bar )
*FauxClock
*FauxSound
*FauxSpeaker
*FauxDisplay
*Google Keyboard (Gesture typing )
*Trickster Mod ( only use if not using any b Faux app )
First... For what it's worth
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Awesome, looking forward to trying this bad boy out! Thank you for contributing to our community, dude!
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Based on the screenshots, have you got the q slide browser working?
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mopo01 said:
Based on the screenshots, have you got the q slide browser working?
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Its not working 100%. The only time you can get the browser to float is when watching a youtube video threw the browser
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Thanks for this! Will definitely be giving this a try when I get home from work.
Download done. Time to flash woo hoo
So far so good.
Edit; quick update report. For starters
Keyboard does not have swipe capabilities. (Tried google keyboard but will not allow any other keyboards to load)
Cannot get voice typing to stay ticked.
Could not get other languages to check off for downloads even though they show in settings.
Button row led lights do not work will not hold check in settings (after reboot started working correctly)
Request:
Is it possible in the dialer keypad instead of the bottom left button accessing voice mail can it be made to go to messaging. (holding 1 goes to VM why would we need 2 ways to go to VM :silly: )?
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mopo01 said:
Download done. Time to flash woo hoo
So far so good.
Edit; quick update report. For starters
Keyboard does not have swipe capabilities. Cannot get voice typing to stay ticked.
Could not get other languages to check off for downloads even though they show in settings.
Button row led lights do not work will not hold check in settings
Request:
Is it possible in the dialer keypad instead of the bottom left button accessing voice mail can it be made to go to messaging. (holding 1 goes to VM why would we need 2 ways to go to VM :silly: )?
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DL the Google keyboard from the market if you want to swype.
The rest works for new fine. Did you a fresh install?
I'll look into it eventually
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Yes, awesome! The only thing I would want to change is the pull down. If I wanted the stock grey pull down without qslide, what can I do?
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Joecascio2000 said:
Yes, awesome! The only thing I would want to change is the pull down. If I wanted the stock grey pull down without qslide, what can I do?
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I plan on making an add on that removes qslide as I know it's not for everyone.
The black status bar is just a couple pngs inside the apk that where changed. You can change them yourself. Essentially an apk is a zip file. I recommend using 7zip and explore the apk. The images are in /res/drawaple-xhdpi. I get you the names of those images 2moro or create a metamorph
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have two camera in app
everything ok except wallpaper for lock screen cant change. waitting for new release.
forgettolive said:
have two camera in app
everything ok except wallpaper for lock screen cant change. waitting for new release.
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The OP says to change lock screen wallpaper just open gallery and set as then select lock screen wall paper. Not really an issue but a bug to fix none the less. 2 camera apps are because one is stock LG and one is 4.2 ASOP. So you can use whatever you prefer. Great rom
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@MysteryEmotionz -it's running really well, great job. I'm just getting used to stock again, haven't used it in many months.
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Been looking forward to trying out another stock ROM. Loved your stock based kernel but not being able to switch between LTE and HSPA was a deal breaker for me lol. Can't wait to try this out! Great job as always, ME.
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Clienterror said:
The OP says to change lock screen wallpaper just open gallery and set as then select lock screen wall paper. Not really an issue but a bug to fix none the less. 2 camera apps are because one is stock LG and one is 4.2 ASOP. So you can use whatever you prefer. Great rom
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Yes i plan on fixing the lock screen wallpaper force close. To me that's just something minor since i use personal pictures ( nothing like seeing my old lady butass naked everytime i turn on my phone ). I even thought about just removing the option from the lock screen
Settings.
The 2nd camera is from 4.3 n has working photosphere that so many wanted. The problem for me is the 4.3 camera is missing hrd witch I use allot. So I kept the stock camera.
Jank4AU said:
@MysteryEmotionz -it's running really well, great job. I'm just getting used to stock again, haven't used it in many months.
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Stock is a different feeling then aosp. I switch back n force but for some reason I prefer stock.
Neroga said:
Been looking forward to trying out another stock ROM. Loved your stock based kernel but not being able to switch between LTE and HSPA was a deal breaker for me lol. Can't wait to try this out! Great job as always, ME.
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Now you can switch between the 2. Eventually I want to add a toggle to the notification area. The ROM is 90% optimized. There is not much more I can do for performance. I'm working on the last 10% ( PNG optimize every apk ) before adding more features n this fives you guys a chance to find bugs for me to fix.
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Added recommended app section to 3rd post
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Is it possible for you to add "WCDMA/LTE Auto" and "LTE only" to preferred networks? I hate having to manually switch back from GSM all the time to LTE or WCDMA.
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Tyler44346 said:
Is it possible for you to add "WCDMA/LTE Auto" and "LTE only" to preferred networks? I hate having to manually switch back from GSM all the time to LTE or WCDMA.
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So you don't want to use gsm at all? That doesn't make sense. "Gsm/wcdma/LTE" will have better reception. For example: I only get gsm inside my house. By disabling gsm I would have no service. Outside I get hspa+ n if I travel down the road I get LTE. My phone grabs what it can. Now the people that don't get LTE at all would want to use gsm/wcdma so the phone stops looking for an LTE connection in return should help with battery. LTE is to spotty for LTE only and LTE is only used for data and switches to wcdma or gsm for voice. So LTE only would disable the ability to make n receive phone calls.
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