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droid razr has a smart actions app. i was wondering if it could possibly work in e4gt. it is a moto app i got the apk out of the system dump that's been floating around obviously it doesn't work as is.
does anyone know how we could get this app working on the e4gt?
There are a lot of appear on the market that do the same thing. Just search for profile appear and you will find a bunch that will do exactly what smart actions does and some that will do even more.
Maybe you will find one that works for you and not have to wait for an appear to be ported that may never work.
i have found tasker and locale about the only 2 apps i found, a perfectly good working alternative.
I wasn't going to recommend Tasker as it costs money, though I bought it a long time ago and love it.
I tried using the quickremote app and only see the option to add a TV and Cable Box with limited options. Looking on the G2 forums for the QuickRemote I see people talking about adding their Xbox, receiver, etc and also mention a custom option for having it learn devices not built in. Am I missing something or are we dealing with an limited version of the app?
Maybe I'll have to try an alternate IR app. Would really like something that can do activities similar to the Harmony remotes. I still use my Harmony One with a broken screen.
True, true. Looks like the G Pad got something like a light version of the G2's QuickRemote. I was searching for 3rd party IR remote controls but haven't find anything.
I used an ir remote app on my Samsung tab 3. But it doesn't work on the G PAD. And here is why:
" Unfortunately our app doesn't work on the*G PAD*(or any other*LG*device), because*LG's IR Blaster access is locked and encrypted and we haven't been able until this point to crack that encryption. The only way to access the blaster is through*LG's sdk, which doesn't allow the use of our own database, but instead only being given access to devices already configured through QuickRemote."
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That sucks, thanks for the info. Hopefully they will update the app or allow 3rd parties to access the IR.
Anyone try the Quick Remote app from the G2?
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Anyone try the Quick Remote app from the G2?
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I tried to install QuickRemote.apk from G2 (moved apk and odex in system / app and installed the necessary rights), the application starts, but the functionality remains the same (
I think I might just bite the bullet and get one of these.
logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-ultimate-hub?crid=60
It will have way more functionality than the QuickRemote app will ever have and also work with my wife's Nexus 10 and both our smartphones.
Also nice that it doesn't have to be in IR line of sight view for it to work.
Bought this pad for almost only one reason, to have it as a remote in my cinema.
But can only say that I fell for it to hard to change to a samsung tab instead.
As you already have implemented the remote functions of this device are worse than bad at the moment. But I emailed the folks of the TouchSquid app a while back. By the looks of it is the best suited remote app for me.
They said that when LG finally will release their codes, the TouchSquid app will be able to handle the G Pad. :highfive:
Hope it wont take to long for LG to release it though....
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Bought this pad for almost only one reason, to have it as a remote in my cinema.
But can only say that I fell for it to hard to change to a samsung tab instead.
As you already have implemented the remote functions of this device are worse than bad at the moment. But I emailed the folks of the TouchSquid app a while back. By the looks of it is the best suited remote app for me.
They said that when LG finally will release their codes, the TouchSquid app will be able to handle the G Pad. :highfive:
Hope it wont take to long for LG to release it though....
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Just curious, but what's the advantage of using QRemote over, say, a Logitech Harmony remote?
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Just curious, but what's the advantage of using QRemote over, say, a Logitech Harmony remote?
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At the moment I got a Harmony 1100, the worst thing with the remote is that it is so slow. Then there are other minor problems.
The G Pad will also be a universal remote for the whole home. Heat, light, surveillance, curtains and so on. So I want "one to rule it all" -kinda way remote for the house.
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The G Pad will also be a universal remote for the whole home. Heat, light, surveillance, curtains and so on. So I want "one to rule it all" -kinda way remote for the house.
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Forget it, dude, QR won't work like that. For all that stuff (heat, light etc.) you will need a complete control system connected to wifi and an app for that, or stuff something like that. QR's app and IR won't make it...
SleepingBear said:
At the moment I got a Harmony 1100, the worst thing with the remote is that it is so slow. Then there are other minor problems.
The G Pad will also be a universal remote for the whole home. Heat, light, surveillance, curtains and so on. So I want "one to rule it all" -kinda way remote for the house.
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The G Pad uses IR to control TVs, etc. Do all of your other devices also respond to IR? Also, IR requires you to be in the same room, so it's not very well suited to the kind of whole home automation you're talking about. With IR, you would have to walk around with the device to point it at the things you want to control. A system using radio would make more sense.
As far as the functions QRemote is designed to do, i.e., IR control of TV's, etc., a regular wand-style Harmony remote is a lot cheaper and does a good job.
I know it won't work with the IR, never said it either. Going to use a network based station and controll it through wifi.
It may be cheaper with a harmony remote (specially when I already got one) but where's the fun in that.
Have you tried this app Smart IR Remote? If so, does it work well?
Thanks in advance
Smart IR
altusan said:
Have you tried this app Smart IR Remote? If so, does it work well?
Thanks in advance
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I have that app on my HTC One and love it. I thought I could use it on the GPE edition but it will not work. Here is what the developer told me "Unfortunately our app doesn't work on the GPad (or any other LG device), because LG's IR Blaster access is locked and encrypted and we haven't been able until this point to crack that encryption. The only way to access the blaster is through LG's sdk, which doesn't allow the use of our own database, but instead only being given access to devices already configured through QuickRemote."
Less feature packed Quick Remote than is on LG G2(on G Pad, no "off brand" televisions for selection and only TV & settop boxes can be programmed, whereas LG G2 you can do numererous types of devices from air conditioners to Blu Ray players...
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Less feature packed Quick Remote than is on LG G2(on G Pad, no "off brand" televisions for selection and only TV & settop boxes can be programmed, whereas LG G2 you can do numererous types of devices from air conditioners to Blu Ray players...
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Yes, this was a big disappointment for me.
I have a Samsung 40" TV and a couple of IR controlled fans in my apartment and I would have loved to be ablet to controll all of them instead of just the TV...
IR blasters are becoming very common (which is a very good thing for me) among both smartphones and tablets but unfortunately very few of them can be fully taken advantage of...
I don't care much about pre-sets, all I want is a "learn function" (i.e. an IR receiver/sensor and not just a blaster, plus of course the SW to manage it).
Defiantly disappointing that the quick remote is so limited on the g pad vs the g2 weird that LG would gimp it like that hopefully they will upgrade this app to be like the phone version in functionality.
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Bought this pad for almost only one reason, to have it as a remote in my cinema.
But can only say that I fell for it to hard to change to a samsung tab instead.
As you already have implemented the remote functions of this device are worse than bad at the moment. But I emailed the folks of the TouchSquid app a while back. By the looks of it is the best suited remote app for me.
They said that when LG finally will release their codes, the TouchSquid app will be able to handle the G Pad. :highfive:
Hope it wont take to long for LG to release it though....
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Any word from touch squid?
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Just bought it...
SleepingBear said:
Bought this pad for almost only one reason, to have it as a remote in my cinema.
But can only say that I fell for it to hard to change to a samsung tab instead.
As you already have implemented the remote functions of this device are worse than bad at the moment. But I emailed the folks of the TouchSquid app a while back. By the looks of it is the best suited remote app for me.
They said that when LG finally will release their codes, the TouchSquid app will be able to handle the G Pad. :highfive:
Hope it wont take to long for LG to release it though....
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I just bought the G Pad for the same reason, to use it to control my TV and cable box, and this sucks!!!!! the QuickRemote doesnt have my TV and Cable box, and can't use 3rd party app to use the IR blaster, has anyone found a solution? if not I'm returning this....
Currently i have an lg g2 but it has a defective screen. Im looking for another phone on the price range of 200. I can get the fire phone which i actually pretty intrested in or i can get the huawei ascend mate 2 or another lg g2 in brand new condition. I dont mind the amazon fire os and im leaning to the fire phone but what do you guys think ?
It's super easy to install Google services and while we have had to deal with our Google stuff going down for a couple of weeks when they updated, everything has been fine since then. If you use prime services it's a no Brainerd because the current cost is 179 and if u were going to get prime it's basically a 80 dollar phone. I don't regret it and I've been a strictly android user since I got the google g1 many years ago. I don't even mind the Amazon launcher. You just have to get used to the swype up for back and Netflix isn't working with chromecast.
It depends how you are going to use your phone, I'm on my second fire phone, sold the first because it was running android 4.2 and Android Wear needs 4.3 at least to work, now that the KitKat update is here, I gave it another go, bought used cheap on eBay, £95, the reason for this, really like the build quality, screen, specs and camera, really good pics in low light. I had the G2 as well and the fire camera is just a bit better IMO.
Now the negatives
The screen is a bit too tiny, awesome for one hand use, but I prefer the 5"+ screens.
No notifications icon on the status bar, if you have any missed notifications, you have to pull down the notifications to see them, that is why having a android wear device is essential if you don't want to miss any notification.
G2 Battery is better, fire phone does last a full day, but G2 is awesome when it comes to battery life.
This is a big one for me, no custom ROMs, I'm using Google Now Launcher to make it more like a pure android phone, but miss flashing custom ROMs
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If you are going to sideload Google Play Store, please have this in mind, search first for the app on the amazon store, if you can't find it there, than use the play store, had some issues before by doing this... also disable auto update from Play store, because Facebook for example, it has to be the Amazon App store version, just a couple of things to keep in mind if you want a stable phone =)
So if you want a different phone from most people, great build quality, compact, fast, good camera, this is for you, if you want a phone tried and tested, with a big screen and with with custom ROMs, than go for the G2
I got one brand new for £99 in the Amazon sale recently. It's good spec but I like tweaking my setup with custom launchers etc and it isn't too good for that. I'm using the stock fire OS launcher but I've got a gesture app installed now and a t9 launcher assigned to it and all sorts of other crap. Other launchers generally throw up issues I've found. If you're into Amazon for kindle and prime video it's probably worth it. By the way, do uk users get the one year free prime? I didn't see anything when I ordered!
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If you are going to sideload Google Play Store, please have this in mind, search first for the app on the amazon store, if you can't find it there, than use the play store, had some issues before by doing this... also disable auto update from Play store, because Facebook for example, it has to be the Amazon App store version, just a couple of things to keep in mind if you want a stable phone =)
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Why do you say so? I've installed every app from play store without collateral effects, even Facebook. And i have play store auto updates enabled and working too. What problems did you have with FB taken from play store?
Well amazon took the offer of 179 away so i guess im going for the lg g2. Really wanted the fire phone but i need a phone now and i was going to buy it Friday. Does anyone know how often amazon put the fire phone on sale?
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i love it, but i came from a s2, so it was a massive upgrade for me
FB was one of the apps, the issue I saw with some apps, was the icon would simply disappear from the Amazon launcher and the only way to open the app, was going to play store, search the app and press "open" through there, so I did a factory reset and disabled updates from play store and now all good, weird that you did not experience that and I did...
Wow can't believe it, $450 now. Anyway I love my fire phone. I use Google now launcher with gel customized, software keys via udn app, of course I use the play store and rooted with a proper superuser.
Ok so I got this phone expecting to be able to install and run daydream apps and games. Looking on the play store aside from the official daydream app none of the other apps appear to be compatible. I could understand if some developers put device/screen restrictions on their apps but I don't see every app being that way. Is there something I'm missing or some change I need to make for the daydream compatibility?
** side note I just double checked and the official daydream app by google says incompatible device as well.
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Ok so I got this phone expecting to be able to install and run daydream apps and games. Looking on the play store aside from the official daydream app none of the other apps appear to be compatible. I could understand if some developers put device/screen restrictions on their apps but I don't see every app being that way. Is there something I'm missing or some change I need to make for the daydream compatibility?
** side note I just double checked and the official daydream app by google says incompatible device as well.
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Ok so looking a little closer at the matter it appears as if Google is "automatically" giving daydream certification to most phones without LCD screens. As far as I can tell, however, the IPS screen in the G7 meets all of google's requirements. I wonder if they haven't gotten around to certifying the G7 or if they are hands down declining cert for any phone with an LCD screen. On that note does anyone know of a way without root to get daydream working on "incompatible" phones without root. I have to admit I enjoy root, but with all the manufacturers working to lock down their devices I'm trying to move away from root for the features I'm looking for. Unfortunately that means upgrading my phone more often, but alas that is the goal of the manufacturers.
I've been looking as well. Powerful phone but no good vr app?
I'm stumped on what to do. I tried to return my lg g7 thinq for the Galaxy because I am finding the Galaxy is being excepted with compatible software and yhe lg is getting passed by.
This seems like such a basic thing that I'm surprised I need to ask it, but is there a good way of browsing apps for the Galaxy Watch? I have a non-Samsung phone, so I'm installing them through the Galaxy Wearable app on my phone, but the interface is horrid. I select an app category and then see a screen of logos and cut-off app titles. No way to change the list type or sort by anything. Internet searches of good apps reveal the same recycled 20 apps that folks wrote up when it was first released. I can't find an online app store or listing either. Surely there has to be a better way. Any ideas?
Welcome to Samsung tizen OS. The only way to make that better is to switch to Android Wear OS. No one is building apps for the Samsung watch because tizen is horrible and there app store sucks LOL it looks unfinished like most of the apps you'll find there. If you just want watch faces you can use an app called watchmaker in the Android play store.. there are thousands of watch faces that will work on Samsung. Some of them are paid some of them are free. And if you don't like what you find, you can build your own from scratch within the app. Hope this helps
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Welcome to Samsung tizen OS. The only way to make that better is to switch to Android Wear OS. No one is building apps for the Samsung watch because tizen is horrible and there app store sucks LOL it looks unfinished like most of the apps you'll find there. If you just want watch faces you can use an app called watchmaker in the Android play store.. there are thousands of watch faces that will work on Samsung. Some of them are paid some of them are free. And if you don't like what you find, you can build your own from scratch within the app. Hope this helps
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I was afraid of that. The irony is that I just switched from Android Wear (Zen Watch 3) because I couldn't take the laggy, buggy OS anymore. My Galaxy Watch is so zippy and responsive in comparison that it's worth it to be restricted to stock apps for what I use it for. Hopefully Samsung will get around to fixing this critical flaw.
Anyone else have ideas?
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Welcome to Samsung tizen OS. The only way to make that better is to switch to Android Wear OS. No one is building apps for the Samsung watch because tizen is horrible and there app store sucks LOL it looks unfinished like most of the apps you'll find there. If you just want watch faces you can use an app called watchmaker in the Android play store.. there are thousands of watch faces that will work on Samsung. Some of them are paid some of them are free. And if you don't like what you find, you can build your own from scratch within the app. Hope this helps
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I don't think so. Wear OS is a dead OS. You go there, you get very minuscule support. They have had "Tiles" for quite a long time and STILL no one can do anything to add new tiles with their apps. Their app store is no better than Tizen's app store and new apps aren't coming out like hotcakes for their OS either. I find myself only using 5 or 6 practical apps and nothing more. I just sold my Wear OS device last week to get a Galaxy Watch. (I've used the S3 and Gear S before) People always hype up "Wear OS has more apps" yeah, more apps in quantity, but not quality. A lot of Wear OS apps also look half-baked.
Stay with Samsung, they have good support for their OS as a company and even gave us a new refreshed UI and Bixby is also getting a makeover into a true Bixby with One UI 1.5. (Comparing Google Assistant and Bixby are like apples to oranges). Tizen as a smartwatch OS in my experience has had better battery life and capability than Wear OS.
I had Wear OS awhile ago, and it is DOA!
I so much agree with you guys. Just put my Tickwatch pro away, and back to Tizen now, with my Active2.
(If a poor enthusiastic Android user in Holland wants it for free he can pick my Tickwatch up, if near the Hague.)
The user interface Samsung did is just great. The possibility to use the phone app for settings is nice also.
But the appstore.... Brrr. And what happened with the old KLM app?
E.g. I would love to have an app that gives a clearer and more persistent message on my watch when I accidentally leave my phone behind.
On Wear os it shows the "did you forget your phone?" message with clear sound.
Really miss it. I forget my phone all the time.
Huib
I was a bit apprehensive about making the switch from my trusty LG Urbane with WearOS but Tizen is much better designed and smoother than WearOS. The only downside as others have mentioned is the app store which is pants. The range and quality of apps on offer is extremely poor, even from big names such as Uber and BMW whose apps just don't work.