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These are items found on virutally all phones sold in the past six years. My Samsung flip phone bought in 2006 had voice recorder and memo pad - are these items deemed unnecessary by Google?
Can anyone recommend good 3rd party apps?
I'd like to know also, very often I want to take memos but I haven't had time to look into it
To get the stock voice recorder, install Any Cut from Google Play, On the app, New shortcut, Activity, select Sound Recorder. You Sound Recorder shortcut created on your Home Screen. Recording files are saved as *.3gpp on /sdcard.
The apk was taken straight from the Nexus 5, and has the search feature actually working! (confirmed)
Here's the article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ll-it-manually-on-other-kitkat-roms-download/
Here's the flashable ZIP:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319196848
Here's the apk which if you want to be able to make calls, you need to put in System/Priv-app and set permissions to 644:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319196805
All the credit goes to the guys at Android Police!
FAQ from the website
I installed the app but the icon doesn't show up in my app tray. What can I do?
If this happens on your phone, the only solution we found was to use Nova Launcher because it has a feature that allows you to run a specific activity within an app. To set this up:
Within Nova Launcher, long-press on the home screen.Choose "Shortcuts"Select "Activities"Find "Google Dialer" in the list, then tap to open it up, and select "Phone" (use the first one in the list)
This will put a shortcut to the dialer on your home screen. At this stage, you can use this to access Google Dialer. It's not the cleanest solution, but it does work.
Can I disable my default dialer?
The short answer is no. As a general rule, you will need to keep your present dialer enabled in order to receive calls. The long answer is that on some phones you might be able to disable your stock dialer, but on others you definitely cannot. Feel free to try it on your own device and let us know what your results are.
(I disabled the first phone apk of the 2 that show up (flashing adds another one and I had it A-Z order))
EDIT: After disabling the APK, when I select "Call" the phone doesn't show any call screen whatsoever, and still has a call going, (mic works, and you can call, but the only way you can hang up is to leave the app and click the extended notification)
Again, this is all them!
I wanted to remove (disable) some of the apps I don't need (starting with Chrome and Weather); however, the Disable icon on the app properties page is grayed out. I then checked a few other "system" apps and none of them had the disable button working.
Is this some new Oreo "feature", or is it Xiaomi / Mi Max 3 specific? I know that on a Huawei device running stock Nougat a few months ago, disabling was available.
(On a side note - is it possible that MIUI doesn't include "search" (for apps) on the homescreens?)
You can disable system apps by following this:
Set the language to english, go to Play store -> Help & feedback, find and open the following article "Delete or disable apps on Android", you will see a link named "Tap to go to Application Settings", tap it and the stock app manager will appear.
it's not oreo or max 3 feature, it's just hidden. download from play market - Redmi System Manager, no root requires, open app, give it permissions (if asks) touch the button on the bottom (three point vertically) press Show system apps, find and disable. I've disabled many useless apps this way
Thanks, seems it gets to the same stock app manager as the one from Help&Feedback in Store app. Also, I came across an app MIUI Hidden Settings which also pretty much accomplishes the same (and has lots of other features as well). So there is hope (until I actually read parts of Xiaomi's Privacy Policy, which made me worried...).
But it seems that Xiaomi (if I compare it to my Huawei experience) is much more stringent when it comes to being able to disable crap. For instance, I was able to disable Chrome and Google Photos, but Feedback, Cleaner, and stock Browser have a grayed out Disable button no matter what.
Suggestions for improving software for Huawei Watch GT 2
1 : Sync all the contacts on the phone , not just 10 contacts
2 : If the phone is in silent mode, the watch should be in silent mode also
3 : Add an application to record audio clips through the built-in microphone with the watch
4 : When the Bluetooth connection with the watch is lost , there will be alert for that by vibration and msg , and there should also be an alert when the Bluetooth connection returns again
5 : Show full notification text not part of it
thanks
Re: Suggestions for improving software for Huawei Watch GT 2
I think you're ideas are great so I've put my thoughts on each one. Hopefully more people will comment!
1 : Sync all the contacts on the phone , not just 10 contacts
Great idea but remember smart watches don't have huge storage. We have 2.1gb free I believe on initial startup.
2 : If the phone is in silent mode, the watch should be in silent mode also
Absolutely agree...
3 : Add an application to record audio clips through the built-in microphone with the watch
Again need to think of memory restraints, but a low bit rate 'voice notes' facility would be cool.
4 : When the Bluetooth connection with the watch is lost , there will be alert for that by vibration and msg , and there should also be an alert when the Bluetooth connection returns again
Agreed. Goodness knows why there isn't already!
5 : Show full notification text not part of it
Agreed. Plus the ability to reply maybe? I loved this in my Huawei Watch 1.
6. I'd also add... Bring NFC to GT2's outside China! I'm guessing it's the same hardware, just disabled in the OS!
7. Add SPO2 (oxygen saturation of the blood) - as this is mentioned as an option in at least one how to for the watch... Is it China only again?
Let's hope Huawei monitors this forum and gets some ideas to improve Lite OS further.
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Im really missing the "next calendar appointment" feature on this watch. I had the vector, that had a "calendar app" and an upcoming event widget on the watchface of the Vector Luna. Just bought a GT2 and didn't realise that I actually will start to miss the calendar appointment info so much heads up Huawei!
Otherwise its a suitable upgrade for me from Luna (with broken screen)
Agree with your proposals,
from my side it would also be great if we could have an airplane mode
- Ability to set custom watch faces with standard app
- Ability to access details on screens accessed with left/right slides
- Ability to have lamp torch light progressive to avoid dazzling
- Ability to have more video controls with chromecast/netflix
gaminos said:
- Ability to set custom watch faces with standard app
- Ability to access details on screens accessed with left/right slides
- Ability to have lamp torch light progressive to avoid dazzling
- Ability to have more video controls with chromecast/netflix
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Great ideas.
Hopefully the custom faces will be with us very soon once the Chinese beta closes. [emoji1696]
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And also :
- show full sender on notifications
- show smileys (and photos?) in notifications
- avoid duplicates in notifications (in whatsapp for instance)
- ability to delete notification from summary without going to details
- navigate directly through notifications details without returning to summaries
- use more space for titles in sound/video control
- ability to customize main menu entries, and set others in a folder
adding an interval timer (high interval, low interval, warm up, cool down, number of reps or infinite reps)
1. CUSTOM WATCH FACES!!!!
2. In addition to silent as already mentioned, sync Do Not Disturb settings from phone to watch
3. Ability to set function to buttons double-click (Eg. I set down button to flashlight, but this isn't of much use during the day)
4. Ability to define your own timeout for the watchface to turn off after.
5. "Shake wrist to wake screen" as well as "Raise wrist" option...If both are set, then need to do both
Why here and not on some Huawei support forum?
If someone knows an email or any contact channel for Huawei Technical Support
please send these suggestions.
Agree totally to “gaminox”
- show full sender on notifications
- show smileys (and photos?) in notifications
- avoid duplicates in notifications (in whatsapp for instance)
- ability to delete notification from summary without going to details
- navigate directly through notifications details without returning to summaries
- mark as read in notifications
Training Mode:
- Possibilty to leave the Training Mode in the background to home screen
- Possibility to switch Playlist in trainingmode
Music Player:
- Not only the possibility to choose playlists but as well artists or albums
Display:
- Wake up from standby-watchface through gesture
mauk said:
Why here and not on some Huawei support forum?
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Because you get automated or pre written answers and Huawei never does anything about solving big issues. Mine is that there is no way of shutting off Bluetooth.
Show maps and load/follow tracks in the whatch with the map in the screen.
Add more map layers in the huawei health app.
This is a topic about OnePlus 11/OxygenOS 13.1 and how it compares to the last real OxygenOS 11:
FR: There's no option to access app info/properties (Open, Force Stop, Uninstall, etc.) from the overview screen
FR: App properties is missing the installation source information and an option to open Google Play (if it's a Google Play app)
Bug: no option to change the accent color (need to install the LWP+ app - I had to Google for it)
Bug: Date/time widget is completely broken (it's extremely small, it doesn't expand to its space, it hides the day of the week) when Display Size is set to "small"
Bug: Transparent icons must not have a white round background
Bug: Icons don't expand in the groups (folders) of apps, i.e. they are extremely small
Bug/FR: No separate time outs for screen lock and display turn off
Bug/FR: Eye comfort should be able to use the current location to work from the sunset to the sunrise
Bug/FR: Digital pin code lock accepts exactly six digits. It must be possible to use as many as desired. In OnePlus 6 I had a 11 digit password. It's there under a new option.
Bug/FR: screenshots are saved as JPEG files. People have been asking for PNGs for over 7 years now.
Bug/FR: The notification area is extremely sparse, icons are too big, the first two ones are large rounded rectangles for no reasons.
FR: configurable action the long press/touch for the apps overview button.
Bug: very few FPS options for slow motion videos in the camera app. It's either [email protected] or [email protected] There's nothing else. There's nothing in between. Where's 1080p at 120fps? Where's 720p at 120, 240, 360fps? Also, the phone can shoot 8K at 30fps, that means it's absolutely capable of 4K at 120fps, 1080p at 480fps and 720p at 960fps and that's what other Snapdragon 2 Gen 2 based phones offer.
Bug: if you swipe up over widgets on the home screen, the app drawer won't show. Swiping down to show notifications strangely works.
Dark mode for third-party apps (Beta) doesn't list a single app, so dark mode settings cannot be enforced.
Added on May 5, 2023:
Long pressing the app widget doesn't show the normal app menu popup containing items such as "App Info" and "Share". You only get "Remove".
Quick Device Connect asks for permissions on every boot despite saying "Exit" which implies it never does that again. It still does. The app cannot be disabled except using adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.heytap.accessory
App management lists two Google Assistant apps
There's a Chinese localization string in the DND dialog called from the notification icon. Fixed in A.10.
Added on May 6, 2023:
The App Drawer has an incorrect sorting mode. Applications starting with digits or special symbols such as # are listed at the bottom while they must be at the top, e.g. "17 Track". Another case: consider TED and "Terminal Emulator". OOS13 will first list "Terminal emulator" then TED.
The App Drawer should be able to find apps when you don't type their exact symbols. E.g. in OxygenOS 11 you could type "FD" and it will show "F-Droid". OxygenOS 13/ColorOS 13 will not find this app.
DND in OxygenOS 11 could be set for 15, 30, 45 minutes 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 10, 11, 12 hours and until the alarm clock. In OOS13 you only have three options 1, 4 and 8 hours.
Saved Wi-Fi networks dialog doesn't show whether a particular network is Open or Password protected. OOS11 simply showed for password protected networks.
Added on May 8, 2023:
What's up with Apps "Auto Launch" 20 items? Why just 20? I have four banking apps, two apps for my cellular operators, a number of IMs (Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Google Meet), e-shopping apps, two battery monitoring apps, two fitness apps, two backup apps, three email apps (Gmail, K-9 Mail, Proton) - I've already used up my 20 apps limit :-( This one is a deal breaker. If you want this feature it must be via a blacklist, not whitelist.
Fly Mode does not disable BlueTooth.
After reboot the phone does not [try to] reconnect to remembered BlueTooth devices.
When the phone is being charged, notifications don't show/light up the screen.
Aside from the JPEG screenshots issue, everything on the list worked and existed in OxygenOS 11.
And I don't even want to talk about a myriad of other minor bugs, and Chinese (!) language strings in the international version of the phone. This list is a result of using the phone for just 24 hours. I expect to uncover a lot more. At least I've not had crashes it which indicates we're dealing with a late beta software release which is still inexcusable for such a company.
Does anyone know how I can contact the OnePlus/Oxygen development team directly? No, I don't want to use their bug tracker - absolute most bugs over there never get any attention.
Over there on OnePlus forums people questioned the dark mode enforcement feature saying "it should work only for selected apps".
No, it's not like that. OOS11 listed all the installed UI apps and allowed to enforce dark mode for any of them regardless.
birdie said:
Does anyone know how I can contact the OnePlus/Oxygen development team directly? No, I don't want to use their bug tracker - absolute most bugs over there never get any attention.
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Oneplus forums and best you can do is to cry there about OOS with a hope somebody from dev team actually reads it.
cavist said:
Oneplus forums and best you can do is to cry there about OOS with a hope somebody from dev team actually reads it.
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I had this experience several years ago - no, thanks.
The only way for a bug report to be noticed is when at least two dozen people start complaining about it (and even that is not a guarantee it will be dealt with).
BTW bug reports/feature requests can now be made only via the OnePlus Community app and for some reasons when I click "Add Feedback" I only get an option of exactly that, leaving feedback. No bug reports/feature requests for my account. Probably the app is broken, I don't know. In the past you could do that via your PC web browser. Looks like the company doesn't want any of that any more.