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A LINK to the setting page of bluetooth or Wifi instead of a toggle? Have the AOSP team no idea what is going on in the custom ROM world? Do they not see anything the community has done? You'd think that Android would adopt everything of use from custom ROMs and yet, when we think they're finally doing things right, they botch it up with a half-assed solution like a LINK to the Wifi settings instead of a toggle. Amazing.
Just had to rant. What an infuriating development. Makes me think the AOSP team is starting to rest on their laurels like the iOS team has been doing for years now.
And don't get me started on how the lockscreen widgets aren't as secure as they should be.
http://www.androidcentral.com/first-look-lockscreen-widgets-android-42
Its funny cause a lot if the AOSP are major supporters and contributors of the custom ROM community. Better watch what you say about them.
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Smokeey said:
Its funny cause a lot if the AOSP are major supporters and contributors of the custom ROM community. Better watch what you say about them.
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There has to be room for criticism here. AOSP will always be the baseline and that baseline has to become more useful with solutions that go all the way, not just links to a settings page.
I suspect that there will be a major outcry about this quick settings shade and they will all be turned into toggles in Android 4.2.1
They have to include something in 4.2.1 or whatever is next so they skipped it now as they can boast later .
that's quite disapointing.... hopefuly they will change it for 4.2.1
I agree with you CADude. I'm still amazed that something as simple as battery percentage isn't included. Having toggles that don't toggle really is half-assed.
which toggles are actually toggles?
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which toggles are actually toggles?
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Brightness and aeroplane mode, but brightness opens up a slider, so you mightn't count that as a toggle.
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I agree with you CADude. I'm still amazed that something as simple as battery percentage isn't included. Having toggles that don't toggle really is half-assed.
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Part of me wants to NOT complain because we have it so much better than iOS users already but this quick settings shade struck me as more of a placeholder than something that has been finalized as a truly useful feature. There's no customization to it, it looks awkwardly proportioned like a bunch of Windows Phone live tiles, and there's no effort to display a lot of information on it, despite seemingly having a lot of space left to work with.
Its as if the AOSP team doesn't have any faith in the intelligence of the public to learn how to use a toggle and instead took the safe route and put links in there instead so that people wouldn't complain about their phone settings being messed up by fooling around up there. That's the only explanation I can come up with for such a massive fail of an implementation.
I'm really annoyed at the possibility that this shade won't be made useful or more functional until Android 4.3 in another 4 months...
1st world problems much?
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1st world problems much?
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Listen, I know you guys are used to getting upvoted on reddit or whatever other teenybopper place you guys post at but this is a forum for real discussion about OS functionality, not being first to spout the latest meme to make other teenies smile when they see you applying it to every complaint out there.
There are a few things I've noticed which I would've preferred to function differently.
1. The lockscreen status bar clock doesn't autohide anymore, I know it's knit-picky, but two clocks on one screen is silly IMO.
2. The mobile data option in the shortcuts takes you to data usage, not the toggles, a little bit of a fail.
3. The status bar date should, when selected, take you to the clock app, not the clock settings, I mean, how often does one change those?
4. I like that the battery percentage is hidden away, but it's still there, I actually dig it a lot.
5. I don't like how the lockscreen widgets light up the sides of the lockscreen when you turn your screen on.
As you can see, these are all cosmetic changes that can be made pretty easily I am sure. One thing I am looking forward to is how devs customise all of these options, because the AOSP framework is there now, no need for CM toggles, etc. So although Google may not have nailed it 100%, our devs surely will.
Apologies if this is a little OT.
Is there a toggle for Miracast?
Am I blind? Or is HDR camera mode missing?
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Eclypz said:
Am I blind? Or is HDR camera mode missing?
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From what I've heard, it's missing.
gnustomp said:
Brightness and aeroplane mode, but brightness opens up a slider, so you mightn't count that as a toggle.
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now I have flashed the OTA packages, played with the QS a bit
I'm thinking now, "What the **** is this...."
not all toggles are actually toggles... and there is no way to customize it further (to me the uniqueness of android is that it offers lots of ways to customise your device)
hope they can improve this QS thing in 4.2.1...
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Am I blind? Or is HDR camera mode missing?
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It's a feature only for the Nexus 4
Just think of it all as a nice framework for the devs here at XDA
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God I'm just glad that they're hidden by default.
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So although Google may not have nailed it 100%, our devs surely will.
Apologies if this is a little OT.
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I'm with you, it opens the doors to a ton of possibilities. The execution may not be zOMG best custom ROM ev4rs implementation, but I foresee some great things being built from the source.
Well lets duscuss.
Personally I do not like that using NOVA launcher instead of Touchwiz doesn't allow to get transparent status bar.
It could be NOVA issue, but developer responded me that "Unfortunately the status bar is a function of the system software/rom and cannot be changed by a launcher"
BTW stock Touchwiz has awesome transparent status bar.
Also I do not like new Settings organization in groups. Before if was much more convenient.
I dont like too.
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Well lets duscuss.
Personally I do not like that using NOVA launcher instead of Touchwiz doesn't allow to get transparent status bar.
It could be NOVA issue, but developer responded me that "Unfortunately the status bar is a function of the system software/rom and cannot be changed by a launcher"
BTW stock Touchwiz has awesome transparent status bar.
Also I do not like new Settings organization in groups. Before if was much more convenient.
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the transparent status bar is coded in a way that it's part of the SecLauncher. this is the same for the wallpapers. if you use a non-stock wallpaper, it won't be transparent up there even if you are using the stock TW Launcher SecLauncher. my first mod for the phone will be with the SecLauncher to improve it so more will like using it. later i will just mod the SysUI for those that want a transparent status bar while using a 3rd party launcher.
in regards to Settings grouping, there may be a firmware update later that will allow you to change it back to non-grouping. was it LG that did something similar with their Optimus G line? they had this option to change from day 1 so i don't see why Samsung wouldn't enable it in a firmware. however it's possible that they never allow this. but i'm with you on that. i had to look for things longer than normal on my bro's phone because of this.
Sound quality when listening to music... is absolutely horrible. Spent a few months with an iPhone 5 and got used to awesome sound quality. Decided that I ultimately couldn't stand the limitations so I switched back to Android. Only to realize that, as a music lover, sound quality means a lot. And this device needs some serious tweaking.
I tried the Equalizer app from the Play Store. Still has a lot of crackling and popping in the background when playing music via Play Music.
If anyone knows an equalizer app that works flawlessly on this device please let me know. Otherwise I'm stuck waiting for CyanogenMod and their awesome EQ.
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Sound quality when listening to music... is absolutely horrible. Spent a few months with an iPhone 5 and got used to awesome sound quality. Decided that I ultimately couldn't stand the limitations so I switched back to Android. Only to realize that, as a music lover, sound quality means a lot. And this device needs some serious tweaking.
I tried the Equalizer app from the Play Store. Still has a lot of crackling and popping in the background when playing music via Play Music.
If anyone knows an equalizer app that works flawlessly on this device please let me know. Otherwise I'm stuck waiting for CyanogenMod and their awesome EQ.
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Download poweramp or something of that sort play music SUCKS!
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Download poweramp or something of that sort play music SUCKS!
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Yeah, but all of my music is uploaded to Play already. Over 20,000 mp3 tracks. And even if I did resort to playing local media only... the sound quality is still an issue. So that doesn't really resolve the problem.
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Yeah, but all of my music is uploaded to Play already. Over 20,000 mp3 tracks. And even if I did resort to playing local media only... the sound quality is still an issue. So that doesn't really resolve the problem.
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I think he meant because power amp has a bunch of equalizer settings and other audio settings and what
You could get your play music on a third party music player with
f http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169761
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I think he meant because power amp has a bunch of equalizer settings and other audio settings and what
You could get your play music on a third party music player with
f http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169761
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Nice. Thanks for that link. Also.. this was just posted in the dev section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261362
Yes PowerAMP is the best player ever for sure but in comparison with my Note 2 this new Galaxy sounds much worse my Sony XB500. Very noticeable difference
Somebody knows is this a hardware or software issue?
give that new acid audio that got posted a try.
first phone where the power button is located on the side ... I find myself hitting the volume rocker often when I'm trying to turn off the screen... maybe it's the gel case I bought for the phone is too tight.. other than that I love and adore this phone
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My gel case has been returned to seller. Hard to press all side buttons and problems with charger connection.
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the transparent status bar is coded in a way that it's part of the SecLauncher. this is the same for the wallpapers. if you use a non-stock wallpaper, it won't be transparent up there even if you are using the stock TW Launcher SecLauncher. my first mod for the phone will be with the SecLauncher to improve it so more will like using it. later i will just mod the SysUI for those that want a transparent status bar while using a 3rd party launcher
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That will be the most useful mod I believe.:good:
So I'm having a weird issue. My screen is on full brightness and sometimes the screen seems to dim a little bit. It's kind of annoying cuz I noticed it within a few minutes if using this phone. Anyone else or did I get a defective phone?
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Like I too also do negatively in the thought format.
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huh?
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So I'm having a weird issue. My screen is on full brightness and sometimes the screen seems to dim a little bit. It's kind of annoying cuz I noticed it within a few minutes if using this phone. Anyone else or did I get a defective phone?
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Do you have adaptive display on?
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So I'm having a weird issue. My screen is on full brightness and sometimes the screen seems to dim a little bit. It's kind of annoying cuz I noticed it within a few minutes if using this phone. Anyone else or did I get a defective phone?
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I notice this dimming when I open a browser but not just looking around in my phone.
my 1st android smartphone
hello every1,
the SGS4 is my first android phone after 5 years iOS :victory:
Its really nice, but I dont like the back cover of it. So I bought a metal brush back cover, see it here: (sry cant post links (under 10 posts) ;(
elflip88 said:
So I'm having a weird issue. My screen is on full brightness and sometimes the screen seems to dim a little bit. It's kind of annoying cuz I noticed it within a few minutes if using this phone. Anyone else or did I get a defective phone?
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I notice this dimming when I open a browser but not just looking around in my phone.
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This fixed it for me. Maybe it will help you. Go to settings >display and uncheck Auto Adjust Screen Tone.
I love the new feature from new Google-Motorola phone "Moto X". The new "Silent Lockscreen Notification" feature is so neat, nice, useful...
I just love it
Unfortunately I am not a developer, so I don't have the skills to port it to our HOX but, wouldn't it be a great feature to have?
Youtube /watch?v=lbGmfk8yaZU, sorry i am not allowed to post external links as a newbie in XDA
The lockscreen feature is presented at 2 minute 30s mark.
:fingers-crossed:
What do you think? Would you like to see this feature in your Custom ROM?
Cheers
Active display
Better example of this awesome feature review
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5_yAA9xTE
Totally useless on the One X because we don't have an OLED screen.
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Totally useless on the One X because we don't have an OLED screen.
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Not totally useless, only a bit more power consuming because the whole display would have to be activated instead only of part of it.
But screen would only glow in intervals (you could slow down the interval) when new notification arrives and when you take it out of pocket or flip it downside up with use of proximity sensor.
Bu yes, i agree, our battery is already a bit week.. :/
Seems pretty neat
Porting it to sense is impossible duo to sense framework work.
How ever its possible to port it to aosp if the necessary sources are out....
IMO its useless because its a battery sucker
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there is an app called NoLED from the play store that does something somewhat similar. its not the same thing but it does give you a floating notification on the screen and tells you what app its from.
And yeah, LCD screens will use more power and will prevent the phone from properly sleeping. You can tune it to only turn on the screen if you flip it over.
Or you can use Active Notifications,it's verry verry similar to the Moto X:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications
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Or you can use Active Notifications,it's verry verry similar to the Moto X:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications
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Only Works on Devices with Android 4.3 for now
Edit. Looks like its experimental on 4.1.2 and 4.2.2. Anyone tried it yet?
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Only Works on Devices with Android 4.3 for now.
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Works on my HOX...
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Works on my HOX...
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Posted without reading the app description. When this app came out it only worked on 4.3 devices but now it works on the One X. Best to use with Low brightness.
Or you can create a Tasker profile that will make your screen pulse every few minutes until you dismiss the notification...
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The app use a lot of battery. But it looks great!
any way to edit what's on the ambient display?
would love to get a battery% on there.
Agreed. That would be nice.
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I don't understand why Google doesn't put battery percent on the screen I would also like to be able to adjust the size
Have there been any updates on this subject now that we have the working root and TRWP?
Really love to have options to change clock colors and display battery percentage.
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Have there been any updates on this subject now that we have the working root and TRWP?
Really love to have options to change clock colors and display battery percentage.
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Nope, not yet...
I want to know why the font changes. Sometimes its tall & skinny other times, short & fat.
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I want to know why the font changes. Sometimes its tall & skinny other times, short & fat.
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In order to prevent burn-in.
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In order to prevent burn-in.
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Isn't that (also?) why it moves around?
It would be nice if Google could do something simple like say, have an automatic off setting so it's not wasting power during the night.
Must Samsung lead the way with everything Google does? Seriously?
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It would be nice if Google could do something simple like say, have an automatic off setting so it's not wasting power during the night.
Must Samsung lead the way with everything Google does? Seriously?
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So you'd like to see ambient display start but only run for a set amount of time? I know I've seen it get really dim, dimmer than when it starts
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So you'd like to see ambient display start but only run for a set amount of time? I know I've seen it get really dim, dimmer than when it starts
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Yes. It's something Samsung has had for ages now. I mean Google took the time to create a scheduled system for blue light reduction, yet couldn't bother to do the same with Ambient Display. It's either on 24-7 or off.
The best solution I've found is to put a piece of paper or such over the top sensor at night so the phone will think the device is in a pocket and turn off the screen.
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paper or such over the top sensor
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The best ideas are the easiest sometimes. I stay away from Samsung. I can't stand trying to figure out where they put stuff at. Why change menu structure even. I've tried several times because of the awesome hardware but never make it past about 2 months.
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any way to edit what's on the ambient display?
would love to get a battery% on there.
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Want Ambient Display to show battery level? Star this issue and let Google know (but don't comment)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/1...how-battery-level-star-issue-let-google-know/
If you comment you *will* get spammed by Google notifications, just Star, do NOT comment. (don't ask how I know )
Google Issue Tracker
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62319884
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Want Ambient Display to show battery level? Star this issue and let Google know (but don't comment)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/1...how-battery-level-star-issue-let-google-know/
If you comment you *will* get spammed by Google notifications, just Star, do NOT comment. (don't ask how I know )
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Cheers for the tip! :good::good: We've done my part now let's wait
I just got my pixel 2 XL and can't believe google has not enabled this already, it's a very basic item and a must have for many.
Pretty pathetic, hopefully once roms start dropping this will fix many shortcomings on the device.
As mentioned in an different thread, using Accubattery will display the battery level on the AOD. In my brief testing, Google reported the app as not consuming any measurable amount of power overnight, so no appreciable battery draw. Also, there is a root app from an XDA RC that displays the music you are currently playing/streaming on to the AOD. This is different from the existing "now playing" feature already built in, and at the end of the article HERE it says that almost any "text" can be displayed on the AOD. It's not the built in Google controls for the AOD we are expecting, but there is hope for customization for those with root, and in the coming ROMs.
Well, got this notice, just don't know what "Changed" (shrug)
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62319884
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Well, got this notice, just don't know what "Changed" (shrug)
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It just means there was another comment left. You will be spammed eternally! :silly:
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As mentioned in an different thread, using Accubattery will display the battery level on the AOD. In my brief testing, Google reported the app as not consuming any measurable amount of power overnight, so no appreciable battery draw. Also, there is a root app from an XDA RC that displays the music you are currently playing/streaming on to the AOD. This is different from the existing "now playing" feature already built in, and at the end of the article HERE it says that almost any "text" can be displayed on the AOD. It's not the built in Google controls for the AOD we are expecting, but there is hope for customization for those with root, and in the coming ROMs.
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After I read your post I downloaded accubattery and it works quite well. Thanks for the heads up
I hope they enable the ability to keep the icon on the lockscreen while removing it from the notification panel.. that would be perfect.
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Just got the update from Verizon. what are the biggest changes to the latest Android version?
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...for me randomised MAC address, better control Location permissions, Scoped storage but I'm not 100% sure if is enabled in Android 10, more polished OneUI... so far I like A10, don't like only new battery stats
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https://www.rprna.com/updates/one-u...10-for-the-galaxy-note-10-complete-changelog/
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...for me randomised MAC address, better control Location permissions, Scoped storage but I'm not 100% sure if is enabled in Android 10, more polished OneUI... so far I like A10, don't like only new battery stats
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Curious, are you not a fan of the gesture navigation?
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https://www.rprna.com/updates/one-u...10-for-the-galaxy-note-10-complete-changelog/
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fails to mention the up in pro mode iso to 3200 in the cam and 30 sec shutter vs 10 on android 9
Nice to know the camera got those cam speed and iso aditions, I am curious about the starage handling, as I previously read an article here in XDA that files created by any app would be available only for such app, the author saw this as a negative feature, I would like to see how that impacts overall file usage in real life now that android 10 is officially rolling out
The article does not mention what they crippled ...
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The article does not mention what they crippled ...
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There is nothing stopping you from summing it up for the audience.
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I've seen you say this in two threads now. You should really tell people. What's this stuff they crippled?
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Inquiring minds want to know. lol
External touchpads support is broken (both usb and bluetooth) - they don't work/gets recognized as mouse HID as it was on Android 9, currently more like some kind of touch input. Therefore mouse cursor acts strangely when using touchpads - it is way quicker in one plane (e.g. horizontal) than the other (e.g. vertical) which makes it usless.
The update does cripple support for Good Lock which is a huge drawback. You can no longer customize how many rows or columns appear in the quick settings. Many Pie themes are no longer working in 10. On the positive side, battery life has much improved with about 20% more battery at the end of the day. Certain apps such as Instagram will now switch to dark mode if you have it enabled systemwide. For those eagerly waiting, I'd say you're not missing out on much.
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The update does cripple support for Good Lock which is a huge drawback. You can no longer customize how many rows or columns appear in the quick settings. Many Pie themes are no longer working in 10. On the positive side, battery life has much improved with about 20% more battery at the end of the day. Certain apps such as Instagram will now switch to dark mode if you have it enabled systemwide. For those eagerly waiting, I'd say you're not missing out on much.
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Every new version of Android on samsung starts without full support of every goodlock app. It will be the same thing for Android 11. They will update then eventually
One thing for me that kills the A10 update is being unable to Turn Off "Restrict Backgroud Data" on Power Saving Mode
I like to throttle the phone to stop losing battery as quick - Reduce Processor to 70% / AOD Off etc...
With the latest update they have removed the option to do this however when you activate it - It says be default that it is going to be switched on :/
Anybody faced the issue of KLWP not fully working after the update? I can set the wallpaper but the "click to launch app" does not work.
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Thanks for this, I examined it.... My favorite was not described either, it is the "Smart Pop-Up View" - bubblehead type notifications for ANY APPS on your phone which when selected brings up said app in a tiny separate window!
KruseLudsMobile said:
Thanks for this, I examined it.... My favorite was not described either, it is the "Smart Pop-Up View" - bubblehead type notifications for ANY APPS on your phone which when selected brings up said app in a tiny separate window!
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That didn't come with Android 10 though. It's been there. Maybe it came to other devices on 10 but Samsung already had that feature.
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That didn't come with Android 10 though. It's been there. Maybe it came to other devices on 10 but Samsung already had that feature.
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HOLY Crap! You are absolutely correct! OMFG! Wish I had found that long ago!
I hate it when programmers change things just so it looks new and improved.
Zero-dark-thirty is NOT the time I want to discover that the snooze button on the alarm clock app has been "upgraded" and moved. Groggy/grumpy/sleepy self turned the alarm off this morning instead of just snoozing it.
Why do they keep effing with my snooze button?!?
/rant