I got the dock thingy at best buy. Super annoying thing is whenever I stick it in the dock, it pops up a huge full screen clock. There's no way out of it. when I hit the back button, whatever the last app running pops up, but then when i press home, it goes right back to the clock. Anyone have a solution, or is this thing going back to Best Buy? hehe
unplugged the charger lets see how it goess
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unplugged the charger lets see how it goess
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Oh that was the other issue I had. When it was on the clock screen, I'd unplug the charger cable and the tab locks up... only way is hard reset holding power button. This thing is being returned to bestbuy first thing tomorrow.
just kidding
seriously? just hit the back button beside home button and it will exit the big clock
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seriously? just hit the back button beside home button and it will exit the big clock
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It exits the clock ONLY to the last app running, or you can bring up the task switcher but not get to the home screen. annoying. it's been documented on several other sites.
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I got the dock thingy at best buy. Super annoying thing is whenever I stick it in the dock, it pops up a huge full screen clock. There's no way out of it. when I hit the back button, whatever the last app running pops up, but then when i press home, it goes right back to the clock. Anyone have a solution, or is this thing going back to Best Buy? hehe
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ok you are missing something.. after hitting the back button it will open the last app.. now when you are on the last app hit the pages whatever you call beside home then choose clock. clock will show up and now hit the back button
tada!
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ok you are missing something.. after hitting the back button it will open the last app.. now when you are on the last app hit the pages whatever you call beside home then choose clock. clock will show up and now hit the back button
tada!
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HEHE, I didn't just fall out the back of the short bus, hehe.
It's buggy, real buggy the way the clock works. Several sites have confirmed the issue so it's just something you either have to live with or not use the dock.
I'm just going to return\sell the dock, I don't like the angle it puts the device at anyhow, it's not conducive to the angle I like to have my device while sitting at the desk. I'll get the book cover as the angle looks more adjustable for me.
I returned my dock yesterday for this exact same reason. I was also having issues with the clock mode freezing the tablet and it would stop it from charging.
Funny thing is.. my dock was on the same receipt as my tablet. Apparently the person before me had returned a 10.1... long story short.. the lady got confused, assumed it was my tablet sitting on the counter. By the time I realized what was going on she was handing me a receipt and I was getting refunded the full price of my tablet and my dock. After all the markups and botched preorders from BB over the years I felt no guild hauling ass out of there before they realized their ****up lol.
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I returned my dock yesterday for this exact same reason. I was also having issues with the clock mode freezing the tablet and it would stop it from charging.
Funny thing is.. my dock was on the same receipt as my tablet. Apparently the person before me had returned a 10.1... long story short.. the lady got confused, assumed it was my tablet sitting on the counter. By the time I realized what was going on she was handing me a receipt and I was getting refunded the full price of my tablet and my dock. After all the markups and botched preorders from BB over the years I felt no guild hauling ass out of there before they realized their ****up lol.
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Karma is going to get you, hahahahahaha. I LOVE the story though, that's awesome!
I'm already in the same club for Karma because I too got my Samsung galaxy tab for free, but using the Red Cross Racing Promo glitch they did with best buy a few weeks back.
Now we're even, BBY has screwed me over with their "Can't use on ANYTHING" coupons, so now we're square, hehe
Does the dock have a magnet that triggers the clock? Maybe that can be disabled? I read elsewhere on the forum that one can change the name of the clock app and that fixes it, but I wish there was a way to do this without rooting the tab.
Sounds like we're all in the same boat.
I've found a reliable way to get out of it but it is still a bother and should not need to be done.
Anyways, I just multitask into a app that has the option to exit via the menu (i.e Opera Mobile). Just exit and your back to the homescreen.
I installed Gentle Alarm and now it asks me which clock app I want to select. I hit back and I'm clear.
I froze the app with TB since I am rooted. Additional thread on getting around the clock here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15862025#post15862025
The touchwiz os fixes the issue, no more clock display at all when in the dock.
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The touchwiz os fixes the issue, no more clock display at all when in the dock.
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Nice to know. Just need the Touxhwiz update now.
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If you can't wait, you can do a factory reset (settings/privacy/factory reset). This will erase everything on your tab, including data and apps, but the apps mostly reinstall themselves, and you can move your data to your comp. It's pretty annoying, but that's what Samsung told me to do, and it's been working fine since.
Dock No-Op from MegaGram in the market is an option that doesn't require root. (Sorry, can't post links yet.) When you pop the GT in the dock, it gives you an option to launch DNO or the clock. Check remember preference and select DNO, and you'll be set!
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Dock No-Op from MegaGram in the market is an option that doesn't require root. (Sorry, can't post links yet.) When you pop the GT in the dock, it gives you an option to launch DNO or the clock. Check remember preference and select DNO, and you'll be set!
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Sounds like a good starting point, but what I'm more interested in is to find out which app it is in Titanium Backup to freeze it instead of putting on this bandaid, any suggestions?
I have a freeze problem with my dock. Posted in other topic. I've saw this one later. I've installed Dock No-Op but the tablet still freezes. No clock is poping out, but it refreshes my desktop every time I put the tablet in the dock. I've hard reset it twice , but still got freezes. Any help?
P.S. sorry for asking about the same question in two topics.
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I just got this phone yesterday and it's awesome. I moved from the original Mytouch 3g to this so it's a huge leap. My only gripe with this is the huge screen. It's impossible for me to securely hold the phone and type simultaneously.
My question is if there's a way to change the notification widget. I don't use bluetooth so I want to replace that with something else. I've tried looking through all of the options but I couldn't find a solution. Am I stuck with them until a root comes out?
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I just got this phone yesterday and it's awesome. I moved from the original Mytouch 3g to this so it's a huge leap. My only gripe with this is the huge screen. It's impossible for me to securely hold the phone and type simultaneously.
My question is if there's a way to change the notification widget. I don't use bluetooth so I want to replace that with something else. I've tried looking through all of the options but I couldn't find a solution. Am I stuck with them until a root comes out?
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I dont think you can do it unless you have root....CM7
Nope, not till we get rooted. Just sit tight, it's gonna happen soon
Hi, I'm Kitty. I love technology but it hates me and to be honest any fix past turning it off and on is a little out of my skill range.
I have the Samsung Epic through Sprint, it is less than three months old. I got up this morning and my buttons for the dialpad, contacts, and messaging were gone. I can't seem to get the dialpad to come up from using the numbers on the slide out keyboard, and I tried restarting it. I have handcent sms, so I can receive and send texts that way, and I can call if I tap on the call button through handcent, but I can't get back to the dialpad.
I saw one post like this but it was for a different phone and had no responses. If I missed a post, I am sorry. I'm a noob and unworthy of the help of you technology gods, but if you just give me some fire I will leave Mt. Olympus. (yes I know he stole it, fire wasn't really given)
I have to call and pay our bills today so it would be awesome if someone knew how to fix my phone without completely resetting it.
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Hi, I'm Kitty. I love technology but it hates me and to be honest any fix past turning it off and on is a little out of my skill range.
I have the Samsung Epic through Sprint, it is less than three months old. I got up this morning and my buttons for the dialpad, contacts, and messaging were gone. I can't seem to get the dialpad to come up from using the numbers on the slide out keyboard, and I tried restarting it. I have handcent sms, so I can receive and send texts that way, and I can call if I tap on the call button through handcent, but I can't get back to the dialpad.
I saw one post like this but it was for a different phone and had no responses. If I missed a post, I am sorry. I'm a noob and unworthy of the help of you technology gods, but if you just give me some fire I will leave Mt. Olympus. (yes I know he stole it, fire wasn't really given)
I have to call and pay our bills today so it would be awesome if someone knew how to fix my phone without completely resetting it.
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Are you completely stock and not rooted? And do you sync with google?
I don't know exactly what rooting is, so I'm going to go with no. I didn't modify the phone past downloading a few apps, but nothing recently or anything that I think would use this.
When I say I love technology, I love technology like a muggle loves magic. I think it is wonderful but I don't understand it.
Also I have the lookout app but I don't think I sync with Google. How would I go about doing that? Sorry I'm so dumb with technology.
Go into Settings. Then Accounts & Sync. Then add a new account.
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Oh, I am synced to my gmail account.
Has this (the phone not working as a phone) happened to anyone else or do I just have a knack for destroying technology?
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Oh, I am synced to my gmail account.
Has this (the phone not working as a phone) happened to anyone else or do I just have a knack for destroying technology?
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To make you feel better I lost my phone stuff after flashing a theme but never for no reason so you may have that technology curse you are talking about. Did you install anything new?
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Oh, I am synced to my gmail account.
Has this (the phone not working as a phone) happened to anyone else or do I just have a knack for destroying technology?
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I have tried to make mine go away or blank out not sure what happened. you might be able to do reset but you would lose your apps and would have to reinstall.
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Have you tried doing a battery pull and turn it back on? Or have you installed a dialer app?
been on xda since early 2000's, and this is somehow my first post! i guess i followed the rules, and searched, and read and read and reread correctly lol! what's up my epic community, kittikat, & kennyglass123!
are you saying the icons are gone from the bottom dock, or completely gone from the dock and your applications list also? if they are gone from both (which is unlikely), then you'll need to factory reset your phone to get them back. if they are in your applications list (they should be), click applications icon, push the menu button (very left button on bottom of phone that looks like an equal sign inside a half square), click edit, then you can hold down on the phone, contact, or the messaging icon (or any icon), and drag onto the bottom dock. the bottom dock should hold up to 4 icons. the icons can be removed from the dock on accident, or by themselves from time to time (don't know why this happens).
you can also just hold down on whatever app icon you want in your applications list, and place onto whatever homescreen you want, but not practical for the icons you need (which you're going to use all the time).
i also use handcent and don't use the built in messaging app. handcent has a widget you can put on any homescreen, which will tell you how many new texts you have, and can eliminate using the main messaging app. hope this helps!
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Ok so I found the phone, contacts and messaging after searching through apps and restarting my phone (they weren't there pre-restarting) Taking the battery out and in didn't seem to do anything.
How do you drag the phone back down to the main dock? I tried following your instructions but got lost. I will be back in a few hours (I have to go to work) and I will try again.
The most recent thing I downloaded was random lolcats a few weeks ago (lame, yes, I know)
And thanks for being patient and helpful everyone
no problem, it happened to me, my sister, and a few other friends with epics also. could have sworn i used to have 4 icons on the dock, and then one day after updating to gingerbread there were only 3. thought i was tripping lol. ok here are the steps again.
1) while your application list is showing, press the menu button (the very left capacitive button of the bottom 4 buttons that light up, below the Samsung logo)
2) choose edit (all your icons should show a minus sign on the top right corners of each icon if done correctly)
3) click and hold down on the phone icon until it starts following your finger, then drag down to bottom dock.
4) viola! profit!!!
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no problem, it happened to me, my sister, and a few other friends with epics also. could have sworn i used to have 4 icons on the dock, and then one day after updating to gingerbread there were only 3. thought i was tripping lol. ok here are the steps again.
1) while your application list is showing, press the menu button (the very left capacitive button of the bottom 4 buttons that light up, below the Samsung logo)
2) choose edit (all your icons should show a minus sign on the top right corners of each icon if done correctly)
3) click and hold down on the phone icon until it starts following your finger, then drag down to bottom dock.
4) viola! profit!!!
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Nice pick up both me and kenny were going in totally wrong direction. Was thinking well in the phone part there was no dial pad. I need a beer LOL.
Huzzah! It worked! Thank you everyone
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tazfanatic said:
Nice pick up both me and kenny were going in totally wrong direction. Was thinking well in the phone part there was no dial pad. I need a beer LOL.
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Yeah I thought the phone or dialeractivity.apk got corrupted. Did not think it just fell off the dock. Glad you got it working Kitty.
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I have SM-P605 (LTE version) running on BMJ9 (also tried few others before it) but the only thing I do seem to resolve and iritate me is the amount of time it takes to come whenever I pick it up. It is the same whether I use the home or the power button. I have switched off lock screen effect, I even switched off lock screen all together but the screen still wakes up sometimes after 2-4 seconds of pressing the button. Otherwise, it is not laggy in general.
Any ideas and wise words?
Cheers.
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I have SM-P605 (LTE version) running on BMJ9 (also tried few others before it) but the only thing I do seem to resolve and iritate me is the amount of time it takes to come whenever I pick it up. It is the same whether I use the home or the power button. I have switched off lock screen effect, I even switched off lock screen all together but the screen still wakes up sometimes after 2-4 seconds of pressing the button. Otherwise, it is not laggy in general.
Any ideas and wise words?
Cheers.
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Have you tried disabling the home button from bringing up My Magazine? Either hit the home button from home screen or swipe up to launch My Magazine, then go into settings via the left capacitive button to left of home button and uncheck "open using the home key".
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Have you tried disabling the home button from bringing up My Magazine? Either hit the home button from home screen or swipe up to launch My Magazine, then go into settings via the left capacitive button to left of home button and uncheck "open using the home key".
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Thanks mate. Done that even disabled the svoice getting launched from the home button. THis behaviour is the same using TW or Apex.
This right here is why I returned it. No matter what I did, even using the Samsung Book Cover, nothing worked.
Drove me crazy til I finally had enough and exchanged it for the iPad Air.
If this issue gets fixed, I'd probably pick it up again.
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This right here is why I returned it. No matter what I did, even using the Samsung Book Cover, nothing worked.
Drove me crazy til I finally had enough and exchanged it for the iPad Air.
If this issue gets fixed, I'd probably pick it up again.
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It is driving me nuts! but it is my dislike of ipad and believe some xda developer (and or samsung) will come up with a solution that is making me keep this otherwise wonderful tablet.
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It is driving me nuts! but it is my dislike of ipad and believe some xda developer (and or samsung) will come up with a solution that is making me keep this otherwise wonderful tablet.
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I'm not a fan of iPad either but I got sick of opening the cover and always saying, "Ok, hold on a minute" when wanting to show it to someone.
You'd think this expensive spec beast would be able to wake up as fast as a dumb tablet with a third of its RAM. IPad is an instant wake.
Do you have power savings mode disabled?
Do you a micro SD card installed? If so, temporarily remove it and see if it makes a difference. Also, note the brand, model and speed class. And, did you format it in the device you're using?
Downgrading to a child's iPad with DRAM limitations and crashes is not an option for a lot of us.
it's a "feature" of the exynos processor. it puts itself into a deep sleep that has a slight delay when waking up. just about every exnyos4 and higher have the "feature".
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it's a "feature" of the exynos processor. it puts itself into a deep sleep that has a slight delay when waking up. just about every exnyos4 and higher have the "feature".
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This is worrying!
Got me searching and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208267
I am hoping some developer can make it easy for us!
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it's a "feature" of the exynos processor. it puts itself into a deep sleep that has a slight delay when waking up. just about every exnyos4 and higher have the "feature".
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Ummm...it's not limited to exynos processors my friend. It also happens on the snapdragon variants as well.
Just go in Developer Options and check box the option for "Force GPU Rendering". That did the trick for me so hopefully it'll work for you guys too.
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Just go in Developer Options and check box the option for "Force GPU Rendering". That did the trick for me so hopefully it'll work for you guys too.
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You mean you have instant wake?
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Ummm...it's not limited to exynos processors my friend. It also happens on the snapdragon variants as well.
Just go in Developer Options and check box the option for "Force GPU Rendering". That did the trick for me so hopefully it'll work for you guys too.
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No change so far but will monitor it.
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After todays firmware update it starts up a lot faster. Now I think it's acceptable but Samsung can do better. Had the same issue on my "old" Note 2, but after a few firmware updates the problem disapered. I'm hopeful.
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After todays firmware update it starts up a lot faster. Now I think it's acceptable but Samsung can do better. Had the same issue on my "old" Note 2, but after a few firmware updates the problem disapered. I'm hopeful.
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which update? are you using SM-P605?
Anyone working on this ?? kinda stuck with the same issue : (
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??? 2 seconds ....???
Anyway when I open my Smart Cover it is on not even a One Second .... lag, like that is a big deal.
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??? 2 seconds ....???
Anyway when I open my Smart Cover it is on not even a One Second .... lag, like that is a big deal.
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In my case from sleep it can easily take 5-6 sec ( though trust me it feels like ages) and compared to my old transformer prime it's downright embarrassing!!
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??? 2 seconds ....???
Anyway when I open my Smart Cover it is on not even a One Second .... lag, like that is a big deal.
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have you tried without the smart cover? are you saying smart cover is the solution? I do not have smart cover on mine.
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have you tried without the smart cover? are you saying smart cover is the solution? I do not have smart cover on mine.
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Smart cover is not the solution. I have the Samsung Book Cover and it still lags on wake.
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Smart cover is not the solution. I have the Samsung Book Cover and it still lags on wake.
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the above post sort of implied that. good to know it is not the solution.
Just got this and love it but two questions
After the firmware update I noticed the tab rebooted itself twice just sitting overnight. I know this because my tabs and phones are set to ask for my code to boot the OS. It didnt happen the next two days so should I be worried about this or was it just more update reboots? I know android always asks before reboots but maybe google was being sneaky.
The soft button placement annoys the F*** OUT OF ME!
I hate having them on the bottom corners and want them back in the middle like EVERY OTHER ANDROID DEVICE!
Is there a way to position these back to center so I can feel at home again?
thanks
You like them in the center so they're harder to reach when holding it? Lol
The only way I know to change the location is to root it, install Xposed and then Gravity Box.
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I always hold it one handed so close together is actually better for me
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tevil said:
Just got this and love it but two questions
After the firmware update I noticed the tab rebooted itself twice just sitting overnight. I know this because my tabs and phones are set to ask for my code to boot the OS. It didnt happen the next two days so should I be worried about this or was it just more update reboots? I know android always asks before reboots but maybe google was being sneaky.
The soft button placement annoys the F*** OUT OF ME!
I hate having them on the bottom corners and want them back in the middle like EVERY OTHER ANDROID DEVICE!
Is there a way to position these back to center so I can feel at home again?
thanks
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There are in fact multiple "possible spontaneous reboot"-sources even in the stock kernel; I'm trying to fix them all, Pokemon-style, in my custom kernel. V3-RC5 seems to be absolutely solid so far. If that's your thing, anyway.
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There are in fact multiple "possible spontaneous reboot"-sources even in the stock kernel; I'm trying to fix them all, Pokemon-style, in my custom kernel. V3-RC5 seems to be absolutely solid so far. If that's your thing, anyway.
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Yup did it to me again today. Never while using it. Im wondering if doze is causing it to shut off fully
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Yup did it to me again today. Never while using it. Im wondering if doze is causing it to shut off fully
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Just bugs in various drivers. Quite unspectacular, but problematic.
tevil said:
I always hold it one handed so close together is actually better for me
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This is a pretty beefy tablet to hold one handed, also having the buttons in the center would make it harder to use one-handed IMO since you would have to stretch to the center instead of the edge to press a button. To each his own I guess.
I also get random reboots. I've only had the thing for three hours, and aside from the three system updates (the latest to N2), it's rebooted seven times. Nine times, actually - two were caused by connecting an Xbox One pad, which I guess it doesn't like. The other seven were just random.
On the other hand, I really like the softkey placement. It reminds me of TabletUI, which I really loved and hated that Google took it away.
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This is a pretty beefy tablet to hold one handed, also having the buttons in the center would make it harder to use one-handed IMO since you would have to stretch to the center instead of the edge to press a button. To each his own I guess.
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Piecontrol... Barely used the normal buttons ever
i had two reboots the first day after updating to the 2nd n preview, but they've since stopped. those were the only two i've ever had.
also, i think you may be the exception as far as buttons go. most tablet users hated the buttons in the middle since we naturally hold it by the sides or bottom corners. you must have huge hands to be able to hold this thing on handed.
Considering that there's a giant piece of screen real estate dedicated to three buttons which are either in the middle or grouped at both ends, I can't see a good reason not to have all three buttons at both ends.
It makes sense to me that if the placement is important enough that Google would change it then it should also be customizable. I miss the old customization on some 4.4/5.0 ROMs where you could just add anything you want. I'd settle for the long press to switch to the last app.
I'm trying to find a way to place all soft buttons in one corner of my Nexus 9. Though i'm on CM13 it doesn't seem to have such an option for back/home/recent buttons.
I like pixel c buttons position
I've also got problems with the random reboots. To track the reboots I've installed the free app Boot Logs. So far, there were 7 reboots today. This problem occured after installing the may OTA update. Flahing back to the april update helps but is no permanent solution. The june update isn't helping either (according to people in this forum/thread: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/i7e4gsZxzEQ). I've contacted Google and will get a replacement - hopefully without this problem
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-good-lock-samsung-galaxy-android-oreo/
Works brilliantly, I live in UK, and have to use the quick short maker app, must have for stock roms
Installed them all, played about with them all, only one I kinda like is the recent apps one, but even that I'm beginning to get a bit sick of now, pretty much the same experience of when I tried it on either my S5 or S7, that also got uninstalled very quickly
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https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-good-lock-samsung-galaxy-android-oreo/
Works brilliantly, I live in UK, and have to use the quick short maker app, must have for stock roms
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Blurred QS Bg is also in Goodlock?
Yep, blurred options are available
The new task changer is so good. If you quickly switch between the 2 recent apps by quickly double tapping there's no lag whatsoever. Old version had a little hiccup!
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The new task changer is so good. If you quickly switch between the 2 recent apps by quickly double tapping there's no lag whatsoever. Old version had a little hiccup!
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Yea I liked it too but my muscle memory has gotten used to swiping left/right to clear recent apps and was constantly doing that instead of swipe up/down, so have reverted back
Think I'm stuck in my ways tbh, at least with Samsung, same reason I cannot think of anything I would like to use the Bixby button for, so it just sits there useless, maybe with a different manufacturer's phone I could change my habits
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Yea I liked it too but my muscle memory has gotten used to swiping left/right to clear recent apps and was constantly doing that instead of swipe up/down, so have reverted back
Think I'm stuck in my ways tbh, at least with Samsung, same reason I cannot think of anything I would like to use the Bixby button for, so it just sits there useless, maybe with a different manufacturer's phone I could change my habits
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Use bxactions!! I use it and if you give it increased control just by following the instructions (involves plugging into computer). It's so good because I've programmed it to launch google assistance, pause music, flightlight etc.
This is the last versión 1.0.00.27?
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Use bxactions!! I use it and if you give it increased control just by following the instructions (involves plugging into computer). It's so good because I've programmed it to launch google assistance, pause music, flightlight etc.
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Like I said, I can't think of anything I would want to use the Bixby button for, I don't need another button for anything
I know about bxactions, I tried it (buggy) but even still there was no action I wanted to map that button for
Maybe if I lived in a cave it would be handy for the flashlight...
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Like I said, I can't think of anything I would want to use the Bixby button for, I don't need another button for anything
I know about bxactions, I tried it (buggy) but even still there was no action I wanted to map that button for
Maybe if I lived in a cave it would be handy for the flashlight...
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It's pretty buggy if you don't give it full control or whatever its called. Involves plugging in computer and executing a file on phone. Cause otherwise it launches bixby for a split second and is pretty annoying. And for the flashlight, sure you don't need it all the time but it dos have its uses once in a while. The better features for me is pause music, skip song and importantly launch google assistant instead of bixby
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It's pretty buggy if you don't give it full control or whatever its called. Involves plugging in computer and executing a file on phone. Cause otherwise it launches bixby for a split second and is pretty annoying. And for the flashlight, sure you don't need it all the time but it dos have its uses once in a while. The better features for me is pause music, skip song and importantly launch google assistant instead of bixby
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Yea I executed that file with adb and the phone connected originally, I set it up via the instructions but it wanted to do something other than I told it to
The button is just in an awkward place for me, I press it whenever I pick up the phone, or press the power button, they've placed it in such a position that they get a load of stats saying it's being used 10x more than it really is due to accidental presses, similar to when Microsoft changed the X close button to OK Accept for upgrading to 10 and claimed it was a mistake
Above the volume up or above the power key would have been a better place, somewhere you only press it when you mean to
If I map it for flashlight or anything else I'm gonna get sick of constantly accidentally launching whatever I map it to
Maybe in 12 months when the novelty of a new phone has worn off I`ll start playing about with it but quite happy to have it do nothing atm
I never had the chance to try this on my S7, so it's a breath of fresh air on my S9. Trying everything now to see what I'll keep. So far the lockscreen options are nice indeed.
*Detection* said:
Yea I executed that file with adb and the phone connected originally, I set it up via the instructions but it wanted to do something other than I told it to
The button is just in an awkward place for me, I press it whenever I pick up the phone, or press the power button, they've placed it in such a position that they get a load of stats saying it's being used 10x more than it really is due to accidental presses, similar to when Microsoft changed the X close button to OK Accept for upgrading to 10 and claimed it was a mistake
Above the volume up or above the power key would have been a better place, somewhere you only press it when you mean to
If I map it for flashlight or anything else I'm gonna get sick of constantly accidentally launching whatever I map it to
Maybe in 12 months when the novelty of a new phone has worn off I`ll start playing about with it but quite happy to have it do nothing atm
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True, the button is very easy to press, i have a case so less of a issue for me. Yeah i would root my phone but the disadvantages that arise greatly outweigh the benefits
Good lock has been officially released for the US galaxy store
Will it be available in the EU too?
ja-ki said:
Will it be available in the EU too?
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Hopefully it will be, it's a good app, best for custom without root, the other apps are good also, the newer edge lighting has more effects, and also a routine app, one handed mode + and edge touch which I not used yet.
Thanks for the links! After installing all the apps I found that I preferred the way Samsung gave me my device!
However I've still retained one hand operation +, edge lighting plus and quickstar. The rest of the apps didn't seem to attract me much.
Thanks again!
Cheers!
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I really like it, bit more customisation is always a good thing.
I got the "Badlock" version here which doesn't need any other apps to be able to change settings etc. - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/lock-lock-2018-8-0-devices-t3804657
http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.goodlock
It's now out officially for UK
MattJaO3D said:
http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.goodlock
It's now out officially for UK
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Don't tell me Canada got it before the UK... Eeek ??????
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