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I'm pretty new to android in general, I picked up an s7 edge and am running nova but there are still a few tweaks I'd like to make if someone could tell me if tbese are easily accomplished or not. At the moment I'd love to be able to turn off some of the useless status bar icons that I don't care about like alarm clock (it will always be on because I have a recurring weekly alarm), the Bluetooth icon (I don't care to see it if nothing is connected) and the vibrate ringtone icon (because really who cares). Is this possible without major hacks? http://i.imgur.com/g8rEDpr.png It would also be amazing if I could add some notification icons to the always on display like Google messenger and maybe some other chat alerts (hangouts, Facebook messenger, Gmail, etc) Is this achievable?
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Sep 27, 2016 23:05
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^^^ That's built into stock 7.0, so you might get the ability to do so eventually. I love being able to hide the clock icon and a couple other little things. EDIT: hiding icons I mean XIII fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Sep 27, 2016 23:12
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MMD3 posted:It would also be amazing if I could add some notification icons to the always on display like Google messenger and maybe some other chat alerts (hangouts, Facebook messenger, Gmail, etc) This part is coming in the Nougat update.
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Sep 27, 2016 23:12
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Shot in the dark here, but I have a co-worker with an Asus Zenfone 2 with some weird behavior. If he uninstalls every app (basic stuff Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, LINE, WeChat) his phone is fine. But as soon as he starts putting apps on the whole thing slows down a ton, where you can see the draws in the flip animations, getting stuck on one screen after unlock for 2 seconds. Basically everything feels like it takes at least a second longer than it should. Is this just "not enough RAM on a wimpy phone" or is there some deeper problem specific to the Asus? He's on Lollipop w/ the most recent security updates.
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Sep 28, 2016 00:44
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Don't install Facebook Messenger. I haven't used it but I have seen it repeated enough in this thread to know that it causes problems, or at least for a fairly long time period caused problems.
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Sep 28, 2016 00:50
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As someone who used to have a Zenfone 2 (the one with 4gb of RAM) that is NOT normal at all. Try factory reset and if that doesn't work, maybe send it it back.
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Sep 28, 2016 00:55
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I guess my other question would be, is it possible the phone has 0 free space left?
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Sep 28, 2016 00:58
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Internet Explorer posted:I guess my other question would be, is it possible the phone has 0 free space left? Well, I mean... You could look?
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Sep 28, 2016 01:05
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There's about 43 gb free on internal storage. He's also uninstalled everything and still having the laggies show up again, so I'm guessing it's not app based. I'll try suggesting the factory reset, thanks guys!
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Sep 28, 2016 01:12
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Internet Explorer posted:Don't install Facebook Messenger. I haven't used it but I have seen it repeated enough in this thread to know that it causes problems, or at least for a fairly long time period caused problems. What. What problems is it supposed to cause? I have zero issues with it, after I turn off that annoyingly loud DING notification sound.
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Sep 28, 2016 01:25
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Alan_Shore posted:Well, I mean... You could look? You do realize I am not the person with access to the phone, right? I was answering his question. CLAM DOWN posted:What. What problems is it supposed to cause? I have zero issues with it, after I turn off that annoyingly loud DING notification sound. This thread mentioned performance issues and battery drain due to Facebook Messenger over and over again.
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Sep 28, 2016 01:42
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Internet Explorer posted:This thread mentioned performance issues and battery drain due to Facebook Messenger over and over again. I have that on the regular Facebook app. Not Messenger, I don't experience any problems with it.
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Sep 28, 2016 01:56
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XIII posted:^^^ That's built into stock 7.0, so you might get the ability to do so eventually. I love being able to hide the clock icon and a couple other little things. You can pick and choose what's in your notification shade but the status bar is still off limits unless you're rooted, right?
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Sep 28, 2016 02:08
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Internet Explorer posted:This thread mentioned performance issues and battery drain due to Facebook Messenger over and over again. Nobody says this. Everyone says the Facebook app is garbage, not the Messenger app.
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Sep 28, 2016 02:10
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Scaramouche posted:There's about 43 gb free on internal storage. He's also uninstalled everything and still having the laggies show up again, so I'm guessing it's not app based. I'll try suggesting the factory reset, thanks guys! Take out the sd card if there is one? Maybe it's a garbage card? Hit it on a table really hard?
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The 64GB Moto G4 Plus I ordered over the weekend arrived today. First impressions: -The SD617 is perfectly adequate for the mundane things I do on my phone. I don't play any games so GPU power doesn't matter to me really. -The screen is pretty nice, black levels are especially nice for an LCD, probably better than my 15 Moto X (still won't touch an AMOLED obviously). -I kind of miss stereo front facing speakers, but not a deal breaker. -I threw in a 64GB Samsung SD card (storage for days!). -The camera is surprisingly good. I like the new Moto camera app. -I like the front fingerprint scanner. It's been dead reliable so far. -Even though it's plastic, it feels solid. The back cover is nicely textured and grippier than my previous Moto X's. -Moto Display still works well without the proximity sensors. Chop to flash and twist to cam also work great. Unfortunately, it seems the headphone jack is defective. This is my 4th Motorola phone but apparently Lenovo fired the engineers responsible for correctly implementing a working 3.5mm jack. I only have audio in the right channel. I made sure to check that my headphones were seated completely (they snap in with a noticeable click) and have tried rebooting the phone (in safe mode as well). So far, no luck.
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Sep 28, 2016 02:22
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So what's the excuse as to why Sony disabled the fingerprint sensor on the X in America
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Sep 28, 2016 02:32
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Calaveron posted:So what's the excuse as to why Sony disabled the fingerprint sensor on the X in America Nothing official but it's probably a patent thing or something.
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Sep 28, 2016 02:41
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Nobody says this. Everyone says the Facebook app is garbage, not the Messenger app. Ah, thanks for the correction.
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Mental Hospitality posted:Unfortunately, it seems the headphone jack is defective. This is my 4th Motorola phone but apparently Lenovo fired the engineers responsible for correctly implementing a working 3.5mm jack. I only have audio in the right channel. I made sure to check that my headphones were seated completely (they snap in with a noticeable click) and have tried rebooting the phone (in safe mode as well). So far, no luck. Have you tried a new pair of headphones to be sure? Headphone plugs wear out with repeated insertion and removal cycles, even if they otherwise look fine. Speaking as someone who's job allows them to wear all day, every day; it's the single biggest reason I went to Bluetooth, and I genuinely (no bullshit) hope everyone follows Apple in getting rid of it. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Sep 28, 2016 02:59
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Mister Macys posted:Have you tried a new pair of headphones to be sure? Headphone plugs wear out with repeated insertion and removal cycles, even if they otherwise look fine. The headphones work fine in my laptops and my old phone. They're Sony XB90 IEMs and I've only had them for a year. I'm hesitant to going to Bluetooth because a can cram these in my pocket at a whim, never have to worry about recharging them, and I enjoy how bass heavy they are (16mm drivers). E: It's sad, the more I use this phone, the more I like it. I'll try a replacement, hopefully I just had bad luck with this particular one. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:So that Wi-Fi Assistant thing came on for me this past weekend. It was actually pretty nice. It was on without notifying me and had the little lock in the corner. I really wish there was a way to turn it on manually. It only turns on when connecting to open WiFi automatically, but sometimes there's free public WiFi available that my phone doesn't connect to and I have to connect manually. I don't get WiFi Assistant in that case.
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Sep 28, 2016 03:23
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Mental Hospitality posted:The headphones work fine in my laptops and my old phone. They're Sony XB90 IEMs and I've only had them for a year. I'm hesitant to going to Bluetooth because a can cram these in my pocket at a whim, never have to worry about recharging them, and I enjoy how bass heavy they are (16mm drivers). Fair enough. The Bluetooth ones I use have 12 hour battery life (about 3 hours for a thirty minute charge), but only 8mm drivers.
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Sep 28, 2016 04:00
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E.T. NO HOMO posted:You can pick and choose what's in your notification shade but the status bar is still off limits unless you're rooted, right?
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Is there a way to disable Guest accounts on a Lollipop tablet (or Marshmallow for that matter) without rooting? It seems remarkably stupid that if someone walks away with a tablet I can't lock them out from using it, so I feel like I must be missing something. Android Device Manager also doesn't work when the guest account is logged in, which also seems really really dumb. Please tell me I'm just missing a setting somewhere.
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I had a HTC one (m8) and absolutely loved it, and would be using it now if it hadn't been stolen. That got me back to using an iphone my wife had upgraded from, but now it's about time to buy a new phone and I've almost decided on no evidence of it being good at all to get a HTC desire pro when its out next month. Can anyone tell me about current standards of HTC phones? The m8 was probably the best phone I've ever had, and I'm keen to get back to that feeling of superb design and user friendly-ness (it was also my first android phone) Edit: It was apparantly an m8s or something, the last m8 version if that makes any difference Nuclear War fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Nuclear War posted:I had a HTC one (m8) and absolutely loved it, and would be using it now if it hadn't been stolen. That got me back to using an iphone my wife had upgraded from, but now it's about time to buy a new phone and I've almost decided on no evidence of it being good at all to get a HTC desire pro when its out next month. well, HTC is making the Google Pixel that's getting revealed on Tuesday.
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The Merkinman posted:I'm only on Marshmallow with Nexus 5 but I can do it if developer mode is enabled (tap build number under about phone 7 times). Can you explain to me how you're able to hide icons from the *status bar* and not the notification shade? i.e. the Bluetooth even though you're not connected to a Bluetooth device? E: oh, it's in System UI tuner.. so long press on the settings gear from the notification shade and then it's in those options. Cool. E.T. NO HOMO fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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wyoak posted:Is there a way to disable Guest accounts on a Lollipop tablet (or Marshmallow for that matter) without rooting? It seems remarkably stupid that if someone walks away with a tablet I can't lock them out from using it, so I feel like I must be missing something. Android Device Manager also doesn't work when the guest account is logged in, which also seems really really dumb. Please tell me I'm just missing a setting somewhere. In Marshmallow on my old N5, there's a checkbox in the overflow menu on the Users settings page for "add users when the device is locked" that makes it so you can't get into the guest account if it hasn't been set up/used before, and the device is locked with PIN/pattern/etc. If it has been used, there should be a notification when you switch to it to delete all guest data. That's the best I can find.
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FogHelmut posted:After two days of using my old Moto X while waiting for my replacement 5x (1-2 days processing, 2 days shipping, bleh), I have to say, this 3 year old phone is just as fast and responsive if not better than the 5x after 1 year. Battery life is still decent. Just makes me more disappointed in the 5x. Now if it wasn't for the potato-grade camera in the Moto X... Nevermind, gently caress that. Forgot about the random crashes resulting in the Moto X rebooting and optimizing apps for 15 minutes.
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Nuclear War posted:I had a HTC one (m8) and absolutely loved it, and would be using it now if it hadn't been stolen. That got me back to using an iphone my wife had upgraded from, but now it's about time to buy a new phone and I've almost decided on no evidence of it being good at all to get a HTC desire pro when its out next month. I went from an M8 to an HTC Ten. It's... OK. I'd have been happier if they'd left the design exactly the same, including the screen, and just given me the latest CPU. The screen is nice, the thumbprint reader works well enough, but I miss the stereo speakers and having the headphone hack on the bottom. I can't really say if the camera is any better since I hardly ever use it.
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Back to the custom ROM chat, I'm one of those filthy poors who can't justify a phone above the 300AUD mark on any sort of regular basis. I normally go years between phones and I'm a light user so it's just not a thing I want to sink money into. Hardware wise the Chinese phones are the best value, plus Cyanogenmod seems secure enough and they have a commercial wing so there's at least some pressure to release a secure product. Yeah I don't get any support or anything, but paying less for a phone means I have more of a budget for emergencies should anything break beyond repair. It's a weighted risk that's paid off for me, at least.
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https://twitter.com/xdadevelopers/status/781143576298291200
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People talk a lot about how if you use a custom ROM you're liable to have all the viruses, trojans and have all your details stolen, but I've never heard of a single case of this happening. It's possible, but it seems to me that most custom ROMs are made by people who just like to tinker and help others out. Mine for instance is just a normal S5 ROM with the latest security patches that has a bunch of tweaks and no Samsung apps, so it's got a few gigs more in the internal card and is more responsive. That's all.
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Alan_Shore posted:People talk a lot about how if you use a custom ROM you're liable to have all the viruses, trojans and have all your details stolen, but I've never heard of a single case of this happening. It's possible, but it seems to me that most custom ROMs are made by people who just like to tinker and help others out. Yeah, I think this thread especially treats any rom user as a 15 year old script kiddie using a live wallpaper of the matrix green text and has a hax the gibson button or some poo poo. I can safely say people like Cleanrom, Kang and even Cyanogenmod do a better job at updates, stability, user friendliness and overall polish than any of the horrible poo poo put on an LG, Xiaomi, huawei, or basically any single other android vendor that isn't HTC/Google. Also, wasn't some Chinese OEM just caught installing backdoors in every single consumer device they sell? I think it was Xiaomi.
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The source article says the guy didn't even let Samsung take the burned up phone for investigation. How would anyone know it's not a "fixed" model?
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nimper posted:The source article says the guy didn't even let Samsung take the burned up phone for investigation. How would anyone know it's not a "fixed" model?    TFA posted:Samsung has received the defective unit and is currently examining the device to find out what happened.
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Speaking of Samsung and explosions... http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/28/news/samsung-cpsc-washing-machine-explosion-reports/ What is going ON over there.
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Sep 29, 2016 05:11
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No arm of samsung is safe from the samsung'd.
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