so both these apps are imitating the new Moto X's Active Display feature...so was just wondering if people had tried one or both of these apps and which one they prefer?
DynamicNotifications
Knock²
Dynamic notifications drains my battery
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I have tried them both and prefer knock2+ v2. I just started using it this weekend. Dynamic notifications just did not seem as clean. Using it on a nexus 7 cm10.2 and s3 cm10.2.
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bilal91 said:
so both these apps are imitating the new Moto X's Active Display feature...so was just wondering if people had tried one or both of these apps and which one they prefer?
DynamicNotifications
Knock²
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I purchased both of them but prefer knock plus there is a major update happening soon.
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I have tried them both and prefer knock2+ v2. I just started using it this weekend. Dynamic notifications just did not seem as clean. Using it on a nexus 7 cm10.2 and s3 cm10.2.
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I purchased both of them but prefer knock plus there is a major update happening soon.
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ohhh really, i have only tried dynamic so far but looks like i need to give another one a chance
I also like Knock². However I REALLY wish I can use Knock² as the lockscreen replacement. DynamicNotification during screen on was really laggy for me.
I'm definitely in favor of Knock²+ v2
Knock is pretty awesome. Dynamic is nice and is almost there. I own both tbqh. I'm using knock now though due to its more reliable breathing function. I like both a lot.
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well i got knock and for what time ive used it, i do prefer it to dynamic
Hi,
I used Knock² for a few day now. It works great for me.
But I got two problems:
1. The content of a new Whatsapp message isn't shown, this makes the app useless to me, because I can tell what kind of message I received with the Notification LED. I hope this isn't a limitation from whatsapp...
2. The Notification isn't cleared when I press the "clear" Button.
I already contacted the developer about this issues. He hasn't answered yet.
I've been using dynamicnotications since it came out just after the Moto X and I like it better because it more closely simulates the Moto X. Also, I have a lot more control over the look and behavior, and can set it to breathe off after 6 seconds, then breathe back on every 30, or at whatever frequency I like. Knock is much less configurable regarding look and behavior.
Just tried knock and it's cool, very colorful (which might end up taking more battery) but def not the Moto X experience at all.
I'll stick with dynamic and see if he incorporates the laundry list of tweaks I suggested to make it even more like the Moto X.
Do we know if these apps truly use the battery-saving gains of not activating amoled black pixels?
i m using widgetlocker
will knock show notification on my widgetlocker lockscreen or it forms another lockscreen?
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will knock show notification on my widgetlocker lockscreen or it forms another lockscreen?
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Knock won't work with alternative lockscreens, says the description on google play.
Since today I'm using active display.
I think it's a great feature when it is directly integrated in your ROM.
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Knock won't work with alternative lockscreens, says the description on google play.
Since today I'm using active display.
I think it's a great feature when it is directly integrated in your ROM.
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Very nice. I hope CM 10.2 or AOKP 4.3 add this. I wonder if I can add myself to one of these and recompile? I'd have to do a bit of research first. Heh.
I purchased both. DyanicNotifications is not as pretty but it works, Knock2 is always really flaky on my old Note2 on multiple roms and also on my Note3 stock.
To me, DynamicNotifications does a great job of replicating the Motorola implementation. Knock2 has a completely different look/style/etc.
For this, I like DN, it's simple and true to the original. Works great on GNex. Now I have N5 so without amoled, it's not happening. I'll stick with my LED notification. I like turning on this beautiful screen anyway.
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It has S-Note (ability to record your self in app with audio and replay)
S-Memo improvements
S-Pen settings have some features added in.
Browser is definitely improved.
ATT Messages app preinstalled. Sorta.
Voice Talk super responsive!
S-pen still not calibrated just right but better.
Rotation more responsive.
New sounds.
Used allshare to stream my own movies to my mac via XMBC (Success!).
Screen only activates facelock when you manually lock the device, otherwise its just a swipe lock.
Update. 4G is way stronger and faster.
couldn't find any more right now.
SMS send button corrected
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It has S-Note (ability to record your self in app with audio and replay)
S-Memo improvements
S-Pen settings have some features added in.
Browser is definitely improved.
ATT Messages app preinstalled. Sorta.
Voice Talk super responsive!
S-pen still not calibrated just right but better.
Rotation more responsive.
New sounds.
Used allshare to stream my own movies to my mac via XMBC (Success!).
Screen only activates facelock when you manually lock the device, otherwise its just a swipe lock.
Update. 4G is way stronger and faster.
couldn't find any more right now.
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agree on all except allshare & facelock...I dont use...
+1 on the 4g is stronger for me in my area...
i noticed theres a lil delay when u unlock the screen then hurry and lock it, it shows the homescreen for a sec then goes to the lock screen
Camera seems quicker and the preview after shooting no longer has the laggy animation.
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I can't change the lock screen wallpaper in the settings.I did some work around magic to get what I wanted
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maybe its a dumb question to ask, but is all share a touchwiz only app?
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+ Palm-sweeping screenshot is working now
- sweeping title bar brightness control still broken
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maybe its a dumb question to ask, but is all share a touchwiz only app?
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Not sure what you mean. I use Go launcher and all share still works.
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It uses frameworks only supported by the stock rom and stock applications.
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+ Palm-sweeping screenshot is working now
- sweeping title bar brightness control still broken
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I've tried and tried to no avail as far as using my palm to get a screenshot. Is it maybe because I'm using ICS perfection based on the newest build?
EDIT: I didn't realize your palm has to touch the screen. Silly me it works flawless. Its actually the quickest way to achieve a screenshot
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It uses frameworks only supported by the stock rom and stock applications.
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thank you for the info, I really miss this feature
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Is it my imagination:
The android keyboard is less forgiving?
I have way more typing errors than with previous bases.
The gallery looks blurry?
My eyes aren't what they used to be, but . . .
still could use more work
As with the previous leaks some of the issues were not addressed. Basically some will find this leak pleasant and others such as myself not worth the hassle (returning once again back to stock). I quess it all depends on how one uses their phones. For me the task manager (jobmanager.apk) is a must, task manager must be used repeatedly to accomplish anything. Next Bluetooth works, however when using it with Pandora and programs via data I lose the ability to control music using headset (some functions work others don't). Trying to connect to a call via Bluetooth during audio playback in news or Pandora is more trouble than its worth. Tap to zoom while viewing pages over zooms not to big an issue but prefer to have it zoom and fit the screen. Last but not least, I still think the note has the worst call quality of any phone I've ever used was hoping a ROM or update would fix this, of course this is my opinion here. I will give the browser one thumbs up (the other hand is being used to display a middle finger to this leak) it far surpasses the previous stock browser, I'm not a fan of the checkerboard effect. I haven't used this leak long enough to find any other problems.
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thank you for the info, I really miss this feature
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Works on hybrid though
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Is it my imagination:
The android keyboard is less forgiving?
I have way more typing errors than with previous bases.
The gallery looks blurry?
My eyes aren't what they used to be, but . . .
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I'm glad to see that the keyboard problem wasn't just me. I felt like Homer Simpson trying to type. Not only was it generating a lot of typos but it also seemed like the auto-correct was acting like a drunk Marine... way too aggressive and usually wrong. The strange part is that I encountered the exact same problem with the android keyboard, the samsung keyboard, ICS keyboard, A.I. Type, and Swype. Swiftkey has acted fairly good for me though. I imagine there has to be some component, related to autocorrect, that all of the other keyboards share but Swiftkey doesn't.
I seems that the hidden menu:
*#*#4636#*#*
is not working anymore. I think this is a new issue, before this was always working.
I also don't like too much this new keyboard ... too many typos.
So is it the way the screen reads your fingertips, or is the dictionary a suck-hole?
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I seems that the hidden menu:
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Yeah, that hurts the people who want to drop to EDGE to save power.
Okay let's have it. What are some of the apps you absolutely have to have on your phone? Apps that improve the functionality of the phone or just allow u to do really neat things...(not including the standard root tools like titanium)
Looking for other ideas. And go
There was another thread with a couple listed. I use button savior to be able to use back, home, menu and power/lock with spen. Pretty nifty, and stays well hidden. GMD gestures is another good one to customize spen gauss with and without pen button. I don't use it though, it's only five bucks too.
Edit: Pixlr, Nova, and JuiceDefender as well. Misread the subject, I thought it was spen apps :|
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I like systempanel lite. Let's you keep an eye on what's running and battery temp. Also show's you what all four cores are doing. That's nice for the drool factor!
Draw something because the s-pen makes it that much better :laugh:
i must have one man one jar game app. without it, i get extremely bored.
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i must have one man one jar game app. without it, i get extremely bored.
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I love Skype mobile. Uses no data works with bt . Very handy on the go. Cannot get it to work though
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I love Skype mobile. Uses no data works with bt . Very handy on the go. Cannot get it to work though
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You must be talking g about the Verizon version? Cause regular Skype works just fine.
I can't live without Super Hexagon, Flow, and Bridges.
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Slingbox mobile
Button Savior. Because uh, it should have been implemented by Samsung in the first place for the S Pen!!!
Definitely Zooper Widget and Minimal Reader. I have the pro versions of both apps and I love both of them dearly. And Nova Launcher (Prime), of course. There are so many!
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Button Savior. Because uh, it should have been implemented by Samsung in the first place for the S Pen!!!
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This is one of the most amazing apps on my phone now! Thank you so much! This combined with GMD S-Pen Control makes my Note II even more amazing...
I like Phone my pc im note home much and when I need to check something on the home computer this app works awesome you can even view your web cam its pretty cool..
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I like Phone my pc im note home much and when I need to check something on the home computer this app works awesome you can even view your web cam its pretty cool..
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I had an app similar to this on my thunderbolt though I forgot the name. Neat stuff though.
IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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Agreed! A couple of days ago my buddy with an S3 saw Nova on my phone and couldn't download it fast enough on his!
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IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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Definitely.
That's why Nova was an over 2-1 favorite as the best launcher in the voting here too.
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I can't live without Super Hexagon, Flow, and Bridges.
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Super hexagon makes me want to throw my phone.... addicting game.
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DayWeekBar!
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For me it starts with smart battery monitor. From there adfree, screen filter, fbreader, wsj tablet app, alarm clock xtreme, rotation locker, vzw backup assistant, winamp, extra media scanner (for adding flac files), chess free, flash player, and the pulse app for other news. I game on my pc.
I don't believe that his has been posted anywhere in this forum yet so I figured I would throw it out there as it's something that I've been looking for for quite some time. This allows you to have the Pie Controls on any ROM. It's just an app that is installed then set to run at startup.
Completely customizable for each section of pie.
I take no credit and am just sharing some info for anyone who wants it.
Download and install from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
umm...you can actually get one from playstore for free.
It is sweet. It had been posted a couple times, but is long buried now.
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Been running this for a while, but thanks for sharing, it's an excellent app! The UI is damn sexy too! It finally feels like the perfect combo of a nav bar and dock/launcher, and you can even set a control for "kill app". I finally don't have to rely on AOKP to customize my app launcher/killer/nav bar combo.
I didn't know there was a pie control app in the play store though, that's pretty cool, and it looks like it doesn't require root either. Good to know.
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I was looking at pacman, saw they had pie, and what I think to be a MIUI Battery bar outside the battery info area? Any way to do that with this that I'm missing? If that's not what it was, what was it?
Edit: by the way this is great, always wanted to try circle launcher buy found it rather ugly. Great job to all.
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Does anyone else's notifications show not up next to the clock. It just always says, no notifications. Pretty positive its enabled.
I can't use my phone without it now lol
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Does anyone else's notifications show not up next to the clock. It just always says, no notifications. Pretty positive its enabled.
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You have to enable LMT under Accessibility.
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Anyone know how to get LMT to launch Multiview?
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone knew of a nice gallery app that is similar in smoothness to the sense app?
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People say quickpick is good but I haven't used it in a long time
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The aosp one is the best hands down.
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Oh god the sense gallery app is terrible
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Oh god the sense gallery app is terrible
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I don't know why people love the Zoes so much, I hated the Sense gallery app, I just a nice, no frills way to organize & view my images, not give fancy slide shows for others
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Haha, I suppose that's the beauty of android - a tailored experience for everyone. I like how you can have events organized by location and I do enjoy the preview slide shows.
Zoes: I like the 3 second snap shots. They're annoying to share but a neat way to remember an experience.
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Haha, I suppose that's the beauty of android - a tailored experience for everyone. I like how you can have events organized by location and I do enjoy the preview slide shows.
Zoes: I like the 3 second snap shots. They're annoying to share but a neat way to remember an experience.
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"A tailored experience for everyone" - I like it! I'll have to remember that phrase especially when I'm talking to Apple users.
I'm also intrigued by the Zoes, but have some mixed feelings about them. I tried to use them to take little "action shots" but found the timing to be very difficult to get right (sometimes it seems like the interesting part happens just after it stops, or it takes a moment to focus and you miss the beginning). It'd be nice to be able to tweak the duration, which got me thinking why not just have it where you press and hold the camera button and it does video/stills until you let go? Then I thought wait, why am I doing this again, why don't I just record a short video in the first place?
Not sure what the answers are, but I like that we're trying new ideas.
~Troop
I still cannot find a better exchange email and calender application then stock Sence 5
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quick pic > all
If you're taking zones for grabbing still frames, you can press the camera button and hold to get burst shots. You can also take video and then grab frames from that.
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I have literally had my phone for less than a few hours. But I thought it would be a great idea to share likes and dislikes.
Little bit of background, I am coming from a Note 2, so most of my likes/dislikes will be catered toward the upgrade from the Note 2.
Likes -
Mostly Everything LOL,
the screen resolution
the vibrant colors,
super fast,
the plethora of options,
blocking mode finally works,
no wifi nag notification,
wifi toggle works.
Dislikes -
The internet browser no longer sync with google,
can not use multiple lock screen widgets w/password or pattern lock,
4x4 grid on touchwiz (will be switching to nova).
I will update my list once I get to fully dive in. But so far 9.9999999999/10
I had mine for about an half hour. The best thing so far to me is the settings screen is 1 menu instead of 4 tabs . Sometimes its just the little things
Loving mostly everything, but again have only messed with it for a short time.
Only gripes so far is font sizes and in general DPI is just way too big and obnoxious. And lag when typing on the keyboard.
Let's go root!
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I had mine for about an half hour. The best thing so far to me is the settings screen is 1 menu instead of 4 tabs . Sometimes its just the little things
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Oh yeah I love the fact that it is only one settings screen, instead of the four tabs.
We need root ASAP lol.
dukins said:
Oh yeah I love the fact that it is only one settings screen, instead of the four tabs.
We need root ASAP lol.
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So settings is set up different on vzw? Nice!
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So settings is set up different on vzw? Nice!
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Yep. One screen.
Keyboard is amazing, no need for swiftkey.
Id rather have the tabs so you dont have to scroll dow a huge list like on my note 2. But ghsts not a big deal. Im glad you can use blocking mode, and the wifi is back to normal.
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I don't like that when you get a new message it says now message instead of showing the actual text and who its from
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Getting Samsung keyboard has stopped when trying to write something with S-pen in a text field ie: text message, tapatalk response.
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On the Verizon Model is the gallery as slow as we have been seeing in the review units?
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I don't like that when you get a new message it says now message instead of showing the actual text and who its from
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You can change that in the messenger app settings. Enable message preview and it will scroll the message in the status bar like normal.
I'm so jealous right now. I would have mine now too, if I didn't change the shipping address to the correct one. So they can't ship it until tomorrow. So i am going to call to see if I can pick it up later this evening...
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likes
new settings
wifi toggle and no wifi nag notification
screen
new s pen
faux leather back
dislikes
none so far but only been on a few hours!
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You can change that in the messenger app settings. Enable message preview and it will scroll the message in the status bar like normal.
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Awesome thanks bud
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Agree with pretty much all of the likes so far, which is mostly everything about the device. My 4G speeds seem to have improved too.
Some nitpicks:
-new S-Pen feels much cheaply made than Note 2's
-Flipbook keeps getting activated when I hit the home button and accidentally brush by the screen
-Screen brightness range is WAY TOO SMALL (minimum brightness is too bright)
Several complains: desktop view does not stay on. I do not see the Note 2 developers options. I cannot remove the Verizon bookmarks as I was able to do before and restore from a save.
I think u have to tap on something in the menu 7 times to get dev options to show up. Saw it in a review somewhere
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I think u have to tap on something in the menu 7 times to get dev options to show up. Saw it in a review somewhere
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-Flipbook keeps getting activated when I hit the home button and accidentally brush by the screen
Can you disable Flipbook?
dislike that verizon is giving me a hard to use that verizon30 code