I love android. I am a Nexus 6 & 9 user and in the past I was a Galaxy Note user. No matter how great and better (to my opinion) android is in comparison with other mobile OS, there are some things that are missing and seem so crazy to be missing.
Of course me and you all (maybe the 5% of all android users ??) we can play with custom roms, mods and etc, but all the other users, especially the Nexus line users, find these things missing.
1) there is no stock file browser
2) there is no battery percentage on the home screen, without the need to swipe down
3) there is no Wi-Fi direct !!!! There is an option in Wi-Fi advanced options, but whenever I tried it with my Nexus 9 & 6, there was no success
4) there is no clear all in the multitasking menu, and before 5.X.X, with a reboot of the device the background process would clear, now they won't close until you close them. Imagine having to swipe 30-40 times to clear everything.
5) In the era of phablets, there is no split-screen!! 6 inch Nexus 6, and 9 inch Nexus 9 have no split screen to take advantage of these features.
Is Google ever planning to implement these features? Especially 1-4 seem to be EXTREMELY simple in an implementation level.
**As I already mentioned, I can find solutions for most of these problems (if not all), but I am wondering if Google is ever gonna bring these things by default to all Nexus users, so non experienced users will enjoy them as well**
The Nexus line was meant for developers from day one. Not the common users. Google isn't changing that policy.
It's why Samsung is the largest brand.Every single thing you mentioned comes as a default feature on their high-end devices. In fact, multiwindow was their invention. The NotePro 12.2" even supports 4 windows simultaneously.
And you've not seen Mutlitasking until you've tried Penwindow. (depending on which Note you had you may or may not already have.)
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ShadowLea said:
The Nexus line was meant for developers from day one. Not the common users. Google isn't changing that policy.
It's why Samsung is the largest brand.Every single thing you mentioned comes as a default feature on their high-end devices. In fact, multiwindow was their invention. The NotePro 12.2" even supports 4 windows simultaneously.
And you've not seen Mutlitasking until you've tried Penwindow. (depending on which Note you had you may or may not already have.)
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I tried out Note 1,2 & 3, and yes you are right. All those things are already in Samsung devices. Even more, they have something even stronger than WiFi direct, that uses mobile data if necessary to increase the speed (if needed). I agree that nexus is meant to be used by developers, but Google changed that character from the Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 4, by advertising and promoting it through low prices in general public. I remember that I had a hard time to find Galaxy Nexus 32GB in my country and I went to Galaxy Note N7000, but after the 3d Nexus phone (Galaxy Nexus), nexus phones (and tablets) went balistic on line with many many people wanting to buy them.
Btw, I did not know that on pro 12.2 you can have 4 windows! wow! that is true multitasking indeed !
Thank you for your answer mate
petkyrk said:
I love android. I am a Nexus 6 & 9 user and in the past I was a Galaxy Note user. No matter how great and better (to my opinion) android is in comparison with other mobile OS, there are some things that are missing and seem so crazy to be missing.
Of course me and you all (maybe the 5% of all android users ??) we can play with custom roms, mods and etc, but all the other users, especially the Nexus line users, find these things missing.
1) there is no stock file browser
2) there is no battery percentage on the home screen, without the need to swipe down
3) there is no Wi-Fi direct !!!! There is an option in Wi-Fi advanced options, but whenever I tried it with my Nexus 9 & 6, there was no success
4) there is no clear all in the multitasking menu, and before 5.X.X, with a reboot of the device the background process would clear, now they won't close until you close them. Imagine having to swipe 30-40 times to clear everything.
5) In the era of phablets, there is no split-screen!! 6 inch Nexus 6, and 9 inch Nexus 9 have no split screen to take advantage of these features.
Is Google ever planning to implement these features? Especially 1-4 seem to be EXTREMELY simple in an implementation level.
**As I already mentioned, I can find solutions for most of these problems (if not all), but I am wondering if Google is ever gonna bring these things by default to all Nexus users, so non experienced users will enjoy them as well**
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Just to comment on multitasking/recent apps, there isn't a need to clear all as Android has significantly improved how this is handled. Only a small part of the tabs you see in lollipop recent are actually running. Android will automatically close apps to keep the appropriate amount of free RAM available. By "closing all", you are actually causing a longer start time when you reopen the app and causing apps that auto run to restart. Thus causing more battery drain and system resource consumption.
Helpful articles:
http://www.androidtipsandhacks.com/...ndroid-and-why-you-shouldnt-most-of-the-time/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ram-boosters-task-killers-bad-android/
Evolution_Freak said:
Just to comment on multitasking/recent apps, there isn't a need to clear all as Android has significantly improved how this is handled. Only a small part of the tabs you see in lollipop recent are actually running. Android will automatically close apps to keep the appropriate amount of free RAM available. By "closing all", you are actually causing a longer start time when you reopen the app and causing apps that auto run to restart. Thus causing more battery drain and system resource consumption.
Helpful articles:
http://www.androidtipsandhacks.com/...ndroid-and-why-you-shouldnt-most-of-the-time/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ram-boosters-task-killers-bad-android/
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Thanks for that, how stupid of me, all these years I was fanatic about closing all apps as soon as I was done with an app. But in the long run yes you are right, it does actually consume more resources this way.
Hi all!
I just receive a new Redmi Note 4 (32GB), and I have tried to link it with my smartwatch, but it seems that is no even able to find it. The phone does not see the watch and the watch does not see the BT signal of the phone.
The phone works well with other devices that I have
It has the soft MIUI 8.1.2.0 MBFMIDI with Android 6.0 MRA58K.
Does anybody has the same problem?
Any tips regarding this problem?
Kind regards,
I don't use the Huawei watch, but I use the Moto 360 (OG) and I have no problems. Just ensure you don't have any restrictions on the Android Wear app.
Installed Samsung Wear/Galaxy Watch Active 2 app. Now I can use Samsung Pay as well as Google Pay with my Pixel 4a along w/ activity monitors.
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Installed Samsung Wear/Galaxy Watch Active 2 app. Now I can use Samsung Pay as well as Google Pay with my Pixel 4a along w/ activity monitors.
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Long awaited ECG feature for Active 2 watch has finally arrived today but it doesn't work w/Pixel 4a: ***"Samsung Health Monitor App and ECG Feature are available only on Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 when paired with Samsung Galaxy phones with Android N or above" - and that sucks, have to move the watch back to N10+. Though everything else, beside the ecg, like pay, heart rate and activity monitors work well w/Pixel.
10/07/20 Update
there is workaround to make it work with non-Samsung phones. Credits: XDA Member xxstd
https://www.xda-developers.com/enab...h-3-watch-active-2-paired-non-samsung-phones/
My new Mi 11x pro can arrive anytime!
I have the data of my Samsung Note 9 in smart switch windows app on my pc and want to transfer it to Mi 11X Pro!
is there any official app of Xiaomi that can do the transfer? I tried Mi Pc Suite but it does not detect Samsung Note 9.
I will not have access to Note 9 since I am buying 11X Pro under exchange! Any help will be appreciated.
Mi Mover is the official app from Xiaomi, but also note that it might take more time to transfer the files. I don't know how much longer the exchange might take place but it is not gonna be a short one.
Mi Mover - Apps on Google Play
Transfer files from your old phone to a new Xiaomi device wirelessly
play.google.com
Hi Everyone,
I need some help or suggestion from anyone who experienced or fixed the above issue. Browsing different forums I could not find any suitable solution for my particular case.
I cannot install the Galaxy Store apk on my device because when I launch the app the system says that my "device is not compatible with the Samsung Galaxy apps". This app was actually working in the past (only if launched from the Galaxy Wearable app menu) but now after the recent updates to make ECG and BP working again (thank you Dante for the excellent efforts and job done) this Galaxy Store app no longer works.
The reason why I need this application is that I want to buy watch faces for my Samsung Galaxy Active 2 (on Tizen O.S.) and using the Google Play Store app I can only find Watch faces for Wear O.S. that are not compatible with my watch. I have installed "Watch Maker" and "Facer" apps and, at the moment, I am buying watch faces from there, but the Watch faces I am interested to buy are only present on the Galaxy Store app.
Anyone able to help? Thank you.
Stefano
Hi again,
I just found a solution.
I have uninstalled any version of the Galaxy app store previously installed so that now there is no Galaxy Store app installed on my phone.
However this app already exists "built in" into the Galaxy Wearable application menu and launching the Galaxy app store from this menu fix the problem as the app will start and work normally.
Cheers
Stefano