The latest update I got on my S21 is now OneUI 4.1. The recently used apps screen (hit ||| button from home) now has what appears to be a hard coded collection of icons for samsung apps I'll never use. Can I change those to something more useful, or better yet eradicate them completely? (They used to be icons for recently used apps, which seemed redundant since the whole screen was also recently used apps).
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Is there a ROM which is Google stock as much as possible? Long-story-attempted-short, I now have a Pro MK17i to replace my dead Motorola Droid and in the last couple of days I've found out that many of the Sony apps are missing subtle features that are key for me as I use them often. A very simple example is deleting the currently playing track in the music app (normally just menu -> delete). If I get a replacement player even the stock one, I get that, but then I lose the lock screen player. Similarly I liked LauncherPro on GB; but Nova/Apex have to get pro versions to get the call/sms counts (for example). Tried the Xperia Launcher here on XDA; got that back, and ability to add/delete home screens, but then lose all these little things like shortcut actions, "infinite" home screen scrolling, etc.
TLDR you can imagine how I've gone from something that worked relatively well (despite being Verizon bloated lol) to all these SE customisations which unfortunately for me are subtle to them, big to me.
Would prefer to stick to locked bootloader if possible. Is there such a ROM?
Hi guys,
I've had my Z2 for a number of weeks and have enjoyed it very much. Currently rooted on the .402 international firmware, and I've gone ahead and installed Xposed plus a couple modules to start myself off. There's just one thing that really does bug me about the lock screen.
How do I remove that rectangle? My current setup has GravityBox and thanks to it I've enabled full screen widgets, but there seems to be a permanent rectangle on my lockscreen, around the DashClock widget. The fixes that I've found searching on Google are all 3 or 4 years old (or for different devices), the most recent being "Holo Locker" which was last updated in December. Any Xposed modules or other fixes that I can apply easily?
The thumbnails for my old phone and Z2 are (hopefully) attached to this post.
Thanks!
Recently pulled my old i777 out of the drawer. After upgrading to 4.1.2 i found that the Active applications and assistive light widgets are both absent.
I had both these widgets on previous versions of android on this phone. I have another phone(i437p) running stock 4.1.2 which has both of these widgets.
I scoured the internet and found some people with this problem. Found some suggestions to download the galaxy apps application and i would be able to downloaded them from there but neither of these widgets are available for download on galaxy apps.
My question is if anyone knows how or where to download and install these stock widgets?
I understand i can access the active apps by holding down the home button then clicking the pie chart on the bottom left. I can also download any of the hundreds of flashlight apps on playstore. However i find it much more convenient to use the widgets right on my home screen. I also dont like downloading 3rd party apps which will be full of ads and eat my data and ram.
illegalimmigrant said:
Recently pulled my old i777 out of the drawer. After upgrading to 4.1.2 i found that the Active applications and assistive light widgets are both absent.
I had both these widgets on previous versions of android on this phone. I have another phone(i437p) running stock 4.1.2 which has both of these widgets.
I scoured the internet and found some people with this problem. Found some suggestions to download the galaxy apps application and i would be able to downloaded them from there but neither of these widgets are available for download on galaxy apps.
My question is if anyone knows how or where to download and install these stock widgets?
I understand i can access the active apps by holding down the home button then clicking the pie chart on the bottom left. I can also download any of the hundreds of flashlight apps on playstore. However i find it much more convenient to use the widgets right on my home screen. I also dont like downloading 3rd party apps which will be full of ads and eat my data and ram.
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Samsung removed the widget after ICS, but you'd have no trouble using one from the Play Store. Just find one without ads (if that's your concern), it won't run in the background and will work just the same as Assistive Light. Or you could install an AOSP rom, as they nearly all have a flashlight toggle/app built in.
the flashlight is not that big of deal i guess. The active applications widget is extremely useful.
I sucked it up and downloaded a widget from the market but they all have their own task killers equipped with ads and all. had to uninstall.
I also found the "shortcuts" option missing from the home screen. It might have allowed me to put a shortcut to active apps on my homesceen. This version of android on the s2 seems to be very limited. I know these widgets haven't been discontinued because newer phones running the same stock firmware have the widgets and shorcuts. I would be satisfied with a simple shorcut to active apps on the homescreen.
Well, just checked the Play Store just now, and if you have the stock music app, that one can now be upgraded to the latest release through there. Seems like it's the same version that's on all the newer Samsung phones.
The old one that we have, the bright, white colored one, is now replaced with something that thankfully uses a more dark colored UI. That's the major change that I noticed, apart from some fancy small new animations, there's not much major stuff that's been changed.
Probably the only one that's confusing is that the equaliser is no longer accessible from the settings menu, and would have to be opened directly from the playback screen, by clicking the SOUNDALIVE button, which isn't quickly noticeable since it just looks like a plain text field.
To those who have upgraded, did you notice anything else that might help or impede those using the current stock app? I personally liked the new changes.
Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
imgur.com/mMwfe49
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I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
im4gine3 said:
Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
imgur.com/mMwfe49
- add https
I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
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Happens to me sometimes, I think its more to do with battery saving. When the phone is running low on battery it aggressively shuts off background processes, and I believe it closes the process that updates the widget or something similar. It rarely happens to me though, I made sure the widgets are allowed to run in the background. But every now again it does re-appear, mostly like I said when the battery level is low.
I am using Nova Launcher and the Transparent clock weather widget.