Hello,
I'm a s740 proud new owner. I've been playing with this gadget for the past few days and I must say I'm very satisfied. Apart from some problems (battery, small call buttons) the phone is really great. However I have some questions that I'd like to know.
1) Are there any power management tweaks you use. Apart from the options in the phone do you do anything else in order to save battery?
2) How customizable is the home screen? What can I change from it? For example the Internet Explorer bar or adding other menus.
3) Is there any way to have "shortcuts" for apps ? Example "new sms" or for any other app. Going through the programs menu is tiresome.
4) Is there any option to restart the phone? No reset, just restart, without having to turn it off and on again manually.
5) Do you use the in-built calendar or did you add other apps for dates etc.
6) Can I "lock" the data connection? I usually use Wi-Fi or Internet throught the USB. Some programs (e.g. Messenger or browser) turn on the data connection without me knowing. Is there any way I can avoid this?
7) Do you use voice tags for apps and contacts? Is it satisfactory?
And last (but very important for me):
8) Which app do you use for mp3 and audio? The Audio Manager, WMP or any other app? Which do you think is the best. The wired headset has only "volume up and down" function? Not anything else? Are there other headsets that are compatible and if so can you control the audio apps without having to use the phone?
I know it's much, but any answer(s) would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot
Corduroy-21 said:
Hello,
I'm a s740 proud new owner. I've been playing with this gadget for the past few days and I must say I'm very satisfied. Apart from some problems (battery, small call buttons) the phone is really great. However I have some questions that I'd like to know.
1) Are there any power management tweaks you use. Apart from the options in the phone do you do anything else in order to save battery?
2) How customizable is the home screen? What can I change from it? For example the Internet Explorer bar or adding other menus.
3) Is there any way to have "shortcuts" for apps ? Example "new sms" or for any other app. Going through the programs menu is tiresome.
4) Is there any option to restart the phone? No reset, just restart, without having to turn it off and on again manually.
5) Do you use the in-built calendar or did you add other apps for dates etc.
6) Can I "lock" the data connection? I usually use Wi-Fi or Internet throught the USB. Some programs (e.g. Messenger or browser) turn on the data connection without me knowing. Is there any way I can avoid this?
7) Do you use voice tags for apps and contacts? Is it satisfactory?
And last (but very important for me):
8) Which app do you use for mp3 and audio? The Audio Manager, WMP or any other app? Which do you think is the best. The wired headset has only "volume up and down" function? Not anything else? Are there other headsets that are compatible and if so can you control the audio apps without having to use the phone?
I know it's much, but any answer(s) would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot
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1) Try turning off 3G/HSDPA (unless you need it)
2) Search for CHomeConfigurator
3) Yes there are. You can even put them on the home screen (again, CHomeConfigurator is the easiest method)
4) There is, but I forgot how to do that.
5) I use the inbuilt one because it can switch the phone to silent automatically during meetings
6) Yes you can. Try searching Modaco NoData
7) Nope, don't use it. I find the automatic search for contacts efficient enough (e.g. you want to call dad, just punch in 3-2-3 and it should be right there. Even works if you are looking for the phone number, etc.)
8) I use PocketPlayer together with an AD2P bluetooth headset (Jabra BT3030). Works quite well; skip, back, play, pause, pick up call and vol up/down work with this.
Hope that helps,
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ombre33 said:
1) Try turning off 3G/HSDPA (unless you need it)
2) Search for CHomeConfigurator
3) Yes there are. You can even put them on the home screen (again, CHomeConfigurator is the easiest method)
4) There is, but I forgot how to do that.
5) I use the inbuilt one because it can switch the phone to silent automatically during meetings
6) Yes you can. Try searching Modaco NoData
7) Nope, don't use it. I find the automatic search for contacts efficient enough (e.g. you want to call dad, just punch in 3-2-3 and it should be right there. Even works if you are looking for the phone number, etc.)
8) I use PocketPlayer together with an AD2P bluetooth headset (Jabra BT3030). Works quite well; skip, back, play, pause, pick up call and vol up/down work with this.
Hope that helps,
.-ombre-.
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1) I find 3G is fine for stand-by but uses more battery for talking, so it depends how you use your phone. However, its best to select the right bands for your country/region. this is in settings->phone->band select. Also make sure the key-lock is on. Settings -> key lock
2) yeah, chrome. Not full control as no HardSPL unfortunately
3) ..
4) you can try a free app that can reset, look on freewareppc for something like this:
http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/schedulereset.shtml
5) have a look at handango. agenda one and pocket informant are good examples:
http://www.handango.com/catalog/Pro...&merch=L1_Bestsellers_Organization & Wellness
6) not sure if this still works:
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
7) nope
8) loads. free ones:
http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/mplayer_by_ajeetv.shtml
http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/gsplayer.shtml
or pay:
http://www.handango.com/catalog/Sof...eId=2056&platformId=110&categoryId=7638&nop=1
have fun
Thanks guys, you are really great.
Chrome seems a bit difficult for me, but I see there is a lot of feedback for it in this forum, so I'll give it a try.
Modaco NoData works fine until now. Although I had to disable "GPRS" "Internet" and "MMS" because if I let MMS enabled then Skyfire would open a data connection. That means I won't be receiving any MMS at all?
I'll check the players. Are there any "wired" headsets that also have buttons for "play, next, etc"?
Is there a compatibility issue with bluetooth stereo headsets or I can buy anything I want? (Although bluetooth consumes a lot of battery and I think I'd prefer a wired set).
Thanks again for your feedback
Corduroy-21 said:
Thanks guys, you are really great.
Chrome seems a bit difficult for me, but I see there is a lot of feedback for it in this forum, so I'll give it a try.
Modaco NoData works fine until now. Although I had to disable "GPRS" "Internet" and "MMS" because if I let MMS enabled then Skyfire would open a data connection. That means I won't be receiving any MMS at all?
I'll check the players. Are there any "wired" headsets that also have buttons for "play, next, etc"?
Is there a compatibility issue with bluetooth stereo headsets or I can buy anything I want? (Although bluetooth consumes a lot of battery and I think I'd prefer a wired set).
Thanks again for your feedback
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MMS uses normal data, so is effected by anything that effects data
Wired play, next and volume (you can use your own headphones)
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=172192
"Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for stereo wireless headsets"
That's what I'm talking about, thanks a lot
Any experience with CHome Configurator? I've added a panel but I the icons appear only when in Landscape mode.
Corduroy-21 said:
That's what I'm talking about, thanks a lot
Any experience with CHome Configurator? I've added a panel but I the icons appear only when in Landscape mode.
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nah
i like the std menu
its a question of remembering the numbers on wm sp
for example, lock keyboard is top button->2
just as fast as, say, nokia, left smart->*
my 2 cents
colonel said:
for example, lock keyboard is top button->2
just as fast as, say, nokia, left smart->*
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Numbers are great - nevertheless, it this case hold End Call button is much faster and convenient, IMHO...
Yeah, I use the hold end key too.
The power key is way to up and I'm lazy.
Standard menu is good, however I needed shortcuts to some applications and I made them (for example MP3 player, FM Radio, Resco etc) in a new panel. But there are some problems with the icons. I saw other s740 users complaining about that in the CHome topics and I was curious if someone has made it work.
Corduroy-21 said:
Yeah, I use the hold end key too.
The power key is way to up and I'm lazy.
Standard menu is good, however I needed shortcuts to some applications and I made them (for example MP3 player, FM Radio, Resco etc) in a new panel. But there are some problems with the icons. I saw other s740 users complaining about that in the CHome topics and I was curious if someone has made it work.
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Well, one possibility is to extract the icon from the corresponding exe (use xn resource editor for example). Me for one, I just use the speed dial function. e.g. press and hold 5 on home screen brings up resco explorer. yes, you'd have to remember a couple of numbers, but i find it faster than flicking through a dozen links in a panel to find the prog i need.
I mostly use the speed dials for contacts.
However I found a solution for the problem (not a full solution) with CHome. To whoever might be interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3945973&postcount=28
Solution for the Icon Panels and semi-solution for pictures.
I have a couple of other questions.
First of all in the "Call History" I only see the numbers or the contacts of my phone calls. However there is neither the time, nor the date, something I find annoying. Is there a solution ?
Second, I will buy another stereo headset for listening to music. I noticed that when I have bluetooth turned on the battery lasts less. Would a bluetooth stereo headset be very power consuming? Has anyone used one? Should I buy a regular headset like the one from colonel's link above?
And also, are the HTC headsets good or should I check out other brands too?
In Call History, select a contact and click the centre navigational button to bring up a list of calls for that contact.
Regarding the locking of S740 keypad via invoking the power button and pressing 2, the quicklist process is actually running as a result. Not much of a problem, but you may wanna reduce the no. of processes running on the phone.
Thanks, not the best thing but surely something of a solution.
I discovered a problem the past few days. The clock has changed time twice. Any idea ?
It changed both time zone and time (showing a random,wrong time even for the new time zone). Has anyone experienced something like that ?
Corduroy-21 said:
...The clock has changed time twice. Any idea ?
It changed both time zone and time (showing a random,wrong time even for the new time zone). Has anyone experienced something like that ?
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I've experienced this once, but with a Nokia.
My phone clock was set on automatic and it changed several times during a few days. I expect the cause was the phonecompany.
AVE...
I'm using stereo headset from Samsung, and I have Bluetooth active all the time. Didn't made a big difference for me. But whatever I tried I still wasn't able to make Pocket Player compatible with control buttons on my headset...
CHome Configurator didn't worked well for me. In fact it didn't worked at all...
For now I'm playing around with voice commands...These are great for launching apps...
BTW, I had to disable HDSPA, since it turned on to transfer data without asking me for permission, and my operator has a lot bigger fees for HDSPA, than for GPRS...
Any idea about the MMS receiving size? Although there is an option for changing the MMS size for the ones you send (from 100k to 300k), I didnt find anything for incoming MMS. I already have some MMS which I cannot use because it tells me that the exceed the receiving size I have set. Any idea about that?
Is there any way that when I use Windows Live Messenger the stupid thing doesnt transfer all my MSN contacts to my contacts? I don't need that. The sync options in Windows Live are greyed out and I can't change them
Edit: I found the solution for Messenger here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=513643
However in the process I lost all my Messenger contacts from my PC, which I saved by the trick mentioned in the topic above
MMS: It's simple - limits are set by operator. Check settings as declared by definitions of your tariff/custom settings.
Will do, although as I said I changed my limit to 300k for sending while it seems I cannot accept larger than 100k files.
I'll check it out and see.
These are logically two diferent variables. What want to send is your choice per case. What your phone will receive directly, you have to pay for amount of data. And you have no other control as the limit. Therefore default settings for reception are rather conservative.
Something else, is there any way to change the "low battery" notification? It is on 20% and I would like to lower that because I think 20% is way too high.
One of the points I picked up from the official unveiling of the phone was that if the phone was off, and you called to it using one of the 5 nicknames, the phone would wake up and be ready for voice commands. I haven't seen this demoed in any of the videos on YouTube.
Can anyone with the phone please confirm if this is actually possible?
It is.
There's also an option to only have it active while the phone is plugged in (So it doesn't use up all your battery on listening for you)
FISKER_Q said:
It is.
There's also an option to only have it active while the phone is plugged in (So it doesn't use up all your battery on listening for you)
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Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
winwiz said:
Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
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I don't have it unfortunately
I just got the information from one of the S-Voice threads/news articles where they discussed it.
winwiz said:
Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
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That sounds a brilliant way to use it, my understanding is that it will use a lot of battery if its on all the time, waiting and listening. Only time I would use it with no hands is, as you say in car.
I use AutomateIT Pro, but having bother with the app at the moment on my XE with it not activating screen lock
I want to use it when I wake up in the morning!
Good morning, Galaxy... What's the weather going to be like today? Any meetings? What's new? What should I make for breakfast? Etc...
winwiz said:
One of the points I picked up from the official unveiling of the phone was that if the phone was off, and you called to it using one of the 5 nicknames, the phone would wake up and be ready for voice commands. I haven't seen this demoed in any of the videos on YouTube.
Can anyone with the phone please confirm if this is actually possible?
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I've seen it in YouTube videos but the person pressed the power button first to wake the screen. But I don't think you need to do that. On top of that, you can customize the way you wake up the S3. So instead of saying " hi Galaxy" you can say " who's your daddy?"
From what i have read that is not possible, but rather u have to press power button first before saying " hi galaxy". Will try to find article about it.
bbgt2 said:
From what i have read that is not possible, but rather u have to press power button first before saying " hi galaxy". Will try to find article about it.
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Yeah i found my source again and all it say is that the application says it may use up battery, which i of course assumed to be since it would have to be listening in sleep mode.
When it's not in sleep mode there's not much of a power draw to speak of that isn't already being drawn
So yeah, i'm not so sure anymore.
I have the Phone, its only listening on the lock screen (when you dont have any security) and on the s voice app. Pretty disappointing in that aspect
varun124 said:
I have the Phone, its only listening on the lock screen (when you dont have any security) and on the s voice app. Pretty disappointing in that aspect
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Are you sure there isn't any option to enable it to listen from lock screen off?
g4rvd4 said:
Are you sure there isn't any option to enable it to listen from lock screen off?
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I have an S3 too and yes, there is no such option.
S Voice listens to your command only on the Lock Screen or when you have started the S Voice app yourself.
You can't even say Hi Galaxy in the browser and expect it to open.
Sucks but I don't use it anyways :|
Hi all,
Maybe I am missing something here, but doesn't the wake up command seem a little pointless, especially if you have a PIN code lock on?
What is the point of saying 'hey galaxy' to wake the phone up if you then have to press it anyway?
I was under the impressions when the phone was idle it was always able to be woken by saying 'hey galaxy' but this does not seem to be the case.
Secondly, I like how you can answer and reject calls with voice prompts also, which I thought would be great in the car, but you can't voice command options such as loud speak so becomes a bit pointless again.
Other than these gimmicky things I love the phone and moved from an iPhone 4.
Thoughts?
Can anyone add to this?
SickleFoot said:
Hi all,
Maybe I am missing something here, but doesn't the wake up command seem a little pointless, especially if you have a PIN code lock on?
What is the point of saying 'hey galaxy' to wake the phone up if you then have to press it anyway?
I was under the impressions when the phone was idle it was always able to be woken by saying 'hey galaxy' but this does not seem to be the case.
Secondly, I like how you can answer and reject calls with voice prompts also, which I thought would be great in the car, but you can't voice command options such as loud speak so becomes a bit pointless again.
Other than these gimmicky things I love the phone and moved from an iPhone 4.
Thoughts?
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If your using the phone in car just put it in "drive" or "dock" mode so it never shuts off then you can use the voice control all the time
and if you ring someone via S-voice it automatically opens the call on speaker.
Hi everyone,
I want to use Tasker to wake up the phone by saying a some pharse, but not "Okay Google". Since Tasker can't turn on the display on the Nexus 4, I'm using the Secure Settings plugin. I know for a fact this plugin works because I managed to wake up the device by shaking it, just to try. Issuing the voice command is something else entirely.
For this I downloaded Autovoice, and set it to continuous listening. For some reason, it doesn't respond (even when the screen is on), unless I use Google now. By watching one of Armando Ferreira tutorials on Tasker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J259WzkO3-Y) I learned that by setting continuous on in Autovoice, you can issue voice commands without saying "Ok Google" but it doesn't work for me.
Any ideas why and what I can do?
Thanks.
It's possible that I just don't really understand how to do it - can anyone explain, or link to any tutorial?
I'm running Lineage 15.1 on my Moto G5 Plus and I have to say I'm very satisfied with everything in the new release with the exception of one thing: the annoying popup it gives you when you turn off mobile data. Does anyone know how to turn this off? It's driving me nuts, reminds me of my old Samsung.
Any help, suggestions, or simply +1s are appreciated.
I'd like to know that too. Mighty annoying little popup.
Why Android, Why?
So makes me want to toss my phone every time, multiple times a day, all day long.
YES, I'm f** sure, that's why i clicked it and additionally that's why I put it in a list of fixed quick commands because I fully am aware exactly what the f*** it's suppose to do.
It's a popup that covers 85% of my screen that can be swiped away ONLY if you DO NOT want it to do what you want, why is this backwards. Asking Bixby or Google to turn of mobile data as part of a list of commands is not possible, ie. "I'm home" is set up to 1.turn on wi-fi 2.Turn off mobile data 3.Open calendar - What happens instead is 1.wi-fi-on 2.attempt to mobile data off - popup for confirmation 3.opens calendar - But mobile data never turns off because the popup was never confirmed, so for all I know I get booted off wi-fi and am streaming movies on mobile data. So makes Bixby and Goggle "quick commands" USELESS to me. Forcing me to touch my phone more often than I should have to, forcing me to really think that Android may believe we are as clueless to customization as iOS users, Forcing me to have to stop and stare at phone in disgust
Do I really need to be told 6 times a day this same message over and over? On top of the daily harassment of 2 dozen popups about damaging my hearing from loud volume. IT'S MY HEARING !
Where is the "Don't show again" button? Why need a confirmation instead of just a notification? You want to tell me that wifi is disconnected - sure, tell me data is off/on - sure thanks, but why is there an extra button to push for anything to happen anymore. Not very "Smart" these days, OR they think we're not as smart these days. IDK but I need a fix, anybody?
I know how u feel bro am having the same problem on my asus zenfone max pro.
I searched everywhere.
Haven't found a clue how to.