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The new iPhone has real cool folders that show which apps are in that folder (max of 9). Does anyone know if that is possible on android? would be cool to be able to enable that...
Seriously? They're right there when you hold your finger on the screen. This article is six months old, but I think everything is still the same.
Jezzz guys. I realy love me nexus and android. The fact that I like a certain feature on a different platform shouldn't discredit me...... I just like the fact that on my home screen I am able to see what is in the different folders I have withou having to open the folder or use morw than one icon place.....
Please open your mind.
On topic, the link doens't help me as that just explains how to get a folder and fill it. That part I understand. Now how to have it filled with smaller icons that show what is in that folder?
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For modifying the "regular" folders to do that, you need the code in the system framework.
There might be such option made in programs like Folder Organizer (which aren't "real" folders), but I'm not aware of any.
fubaya said:
Seriously? They're right there when you hold your finger on the screen. This article is six months old, but I think everything is still the same.
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Yes, but the iPhone 4 OS folder you touch it, and it slides down and you can see the apps on the main screeen without having to go back/forth. I think that is what he is really looking for and is a useful feature.
If you look through the market you'll find some "widgets" that basically scale down the icons and allow you to put four shortcuts in the place of one regular sized shortcut.
I don't recall the name of it at the moment.
I guess some people can't read nor can they name their folders.
They have to look at pretty little colorful pictures to show them what's in the folder. I gotta admit though, the iPhone folders are VERY cool.
JCopernicus said:
If you look through the market you'll find some "widgets" that basically scale down the icons and allow you to put four shortcuts in the place of one regular sized shortcut.
I don't recall the name of it at the moment.
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more icons widget?
Get Apps Organizer. No preview, but crazy cool looking icons.
Flash sense ROM you'll have folders.
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Get Apps Organizer. No preview, but crazy cool looking icons.
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apps organizer is fantastic.
make a 'group', drop it to your screen 1 2 or 3, make another group, do the same, then use them like 'intarweb' and 'communicate', or 'games' and it really makes selecting frequented applications a breeze.
i have 'phone' grouped with: gvoice, phone, sms
interweb: browser, gmail, email (3 accounts), facebook etc
money: craigslist, bank checks, check scanner, paypal, ebay, etc
it really makes the phone a breeze to use, even with tons of applications installed.
Lol it's funny how many people here hate the iPhone. Anyway, check out RomoApps "App Bar Widgets" at romoapps.com
Now that is what i was looking for! very slick and very good. Glad someone is willing to look beyond the flamewars!
Downloaded it and it is definitely a keeper! Thanks!
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I believe the MIUI ROM does this.
gibosn6594 said:
I believe the MIUI ROM does this.
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Miui I can vouch for doing it, and I love the rom =D if ya want it here's the link. If you like apple's UI, check it out for sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789566
N1 running psfreedom recovery and MIUI! sent via XDA app =D
just found the solution, and apparently it was on my nexus the whole time. Add a new folder in folder organiser, and change the icon to: show items in icon.
voila, Iphone like folders. only thing missing is drag and drop into the folders, but personally think the way you have an overview in folder organiser is way better anyway. central place to manage the labels, and exportable to the sd card, so a perfect way to back up the settings, and labels!
pwvandeursen said:
just found the solution, and apparently it was on my nexus the whole time. Add a new folder in folder organiser, and change the icon to: show items in icon.
voila, Iphone like folders. only thing missing is drag and drop into the folders, but personally think the way you have an overview in folder organiser is way better anyway. central place to manage the labels, and exportable to the sd card, so a perfect way to back up the settings, and labels!
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This included in android? Where are you finding the option to change the icon to "show items in icon"? Or is this a third party app?
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There's no need for this here. We're all intelligent people who have the right to prefer certain aspects of other operating systems, even though we may not all agree on the same things.
sprke said:
This included in android? Where are you finding the option to change the icon to "show items in icon"? Or is this a third party app?
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+1, only options I'm familiar with are the add folder and rename folder options...
conwick3 said:
+1, only options I'm familiar with are the add folder and rename folder options...
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Open Folder Organizer, select "labels", hit the arrow on the right of the icon you want to change, hit "icon", select option "show items in icon".
I've been trying to install the apk, but it force closes anytime you try to access the contacts app. I like the one from the Captivate because you can swipe the contact name right to call, and left to message directly. I don't like the Fascinates, which shows the text/call buttons when you swipe the contact to the right.
Any ideas out there?
I would also love to have this
I have not seen this, does anyone have a video or a link to a video on the Captivates contacts app?
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Irishpride said:
I have not seen this, does anyone have a video or a link to a video on the Captivates contacts app?
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It works like when you are in the fascinates messaging app. Swipe your finger right on a messaging thread and it place a call, left and it opens a message. On the vibrant it will do this in the contacts app.
Bump.........
The stock contacts app will do this also. Swiping right brings up an envelope and phone for their respective uses.
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We're aware but that's not what we want. I want like the Captivate and Vibrant where I swipe right and it places a call and left opens a message.
kvaughan said:
We're aware but that's not what we want. I want like the Captivate and Vibrant where I swipe right and it places a call and left opens a message.
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Correct, this is the functionality I'm looking for. The contacts app on the fascinate is also a nice touch, but its an extra click. I know it may sound picky, but hey, thats why we mod our phones!
This would be awesome, that's one feature I liked about the vibrant.
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I assume the one you tried (and kept FCing) was the deodexed version?
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I assume the one you tried (and kept FCing) was the deodexed version?
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I tried taking the Contacts.apk directly from the Vibrant system dump and it didn't do anything but FC so I was thinking maybe I need the odex file also or there was more work to be done to get it running that was beyond my knowledge.
I think the reason behind the FC is because of the missing parameter for the backup assistant which verizon only offers i think. (you need subscription for this)
The swipe action works in the text message thread. Go to your text messages and swipe left or right on a name then it will either go call or text, respective direction.
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The swipe action works in the text message thread. Go to your text messages and swipe left or right on a name then it will either go call or text, respective direction.
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Yeah we already established that. Looking for that functionality in the contacts app.
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It was a system dump from the i9000, I also tried the one from the Vibrant like kvaughan did. I haven't been able to find the Contacts.apk from a Captivate dump, I'm actually on vacation this week and I havent been in front of my computer too much to do some real research
OK, I've attached the Contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk from the deodexing of the last official (i.e. non-Froyo) Captivate ROM.
I haven't tried it (and am not quite sure what ContactsProvider *does*), so test at your own risk.
I'll take a look at implementing that & see how it goes.
Edit: The slide to call or message is a nice feature. The only issue is that the settings for Contacts.apk has SIM & ATT features. When tapping a contact on the home screen, instead of coming up like a message box (comic style), it just pops up without much kick...
Now Im new to the programing part of all this so correct me if im completely off base or if it would be to difficult. Since the feature does work in the fascinates text messaging. Would it be possible to locate the part of the code in there and implement it into the contacts. I'm not doubting that it would be extremely complex but since it is already on the fascinate it theoretically would work if that part of code could be transfered into the contacts file correct?
For some god-awful reason the Captivate Contacts.apk is dependent on the Yahoo! Stock Widget.
>_>
So you'll need at least that.
No, just use the Mesmerize Contacts. Works great on either DI01 or DJ05.
I've been using Go Dialler/Contacts for well over a year, previously on my HTC desire and it had the same issue back then where it wouldn't register the cleared missed calls, so if you got a missed call, it would say 1 missed call, then you would check the missed call and the notification would go. Then if you got another missed call (and only 1) it would then say 2 missed calls, this would go on and on until you restarted the phone. On the desire I solved this by putting the app in system/app with root explorer.
Another annoyance is that when you dial or try to save a number, it automatically puts spaces between digits where country/area code are. I like to keep my numbers all in the same format, that means no spaces or anything, so just +XXXXXXXXXX
I use my phone for business so save a lot of numbers, this is going to be a pain to have to edit each number while saving a contact.
So just wondering, since go dialler/contacts hasn't been updated since nov '12, is there any newer and better alternatives that work the same way with the dialler predictions (and having latest dialled show up smartly when composing new message in GO SMS also - this is handy!) but which don't have the annoyances?
Any feedback appreciated!
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I've been using Go Dialler/Contacts for well over a year, previously on my HTC desire and it had the same issue back then where it wouldn't register the cleared missed calls, so if you got a missed call, it would say 1 missed call, then you would check the missed call and the notification would go. Then if you got another missed call (and only 1) it would then say 2 missed calls, this would go on and on until you restarted the phone. On the desire I solved this by putting the app in system/app with root explorer.
Another annoyance is that when you dial or try to save a number, it automatically puts spaces between digits where country/area code are. I like to keep my numbers all in the same format, that means no spaces or anything, so just +XXXXXXXXXX
I use my phone for business so save a lot of numbers, this is going to be a pain to have to edit each number while saving a contact.
So just wondering, since go dialler/contacts hasn't been updated since nov '12, is there any newer and better alternatives that work the same way with the dialler predictions (and having latest dialled show up smartly when composing new message in GO SMS also - this is handy!) but which don't have the annoyances?
Any feedback appreciated!
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I am new to the world of Android, having previously been a RIM and iOS user. However, since coming over to Android and seeing the open nature of the platform...loving it. Anyway, back to the matter in hand....Contacts+ works brilliantly, I would suggest giving it a look :good:
I use 'ExDialer & Contacts' app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5tb2Rvb2h1dC5kaWFsZXIiXQ..
Very simply themable dialler and contacts app.
Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know what this means?
"This is a trial version with 7 days trial period. When the trial period expired, you will be asked to buy PRO version. You can still keep trying if you haven't decided to buy"
So is it free to keep using or what? Do they keep bugging you to upgrade/pay?
I don't have experience of it,but I would guess you will get nags to upgrade, although with what frequency I couldn't say. I think that is one of the reasons I stuck with contacts+...it's free! That and the integration with FB, it's merge facility etc
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Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know what this means?
"This is a trial version with 7 days trial period. When the trial period expired, you will be asked to buy PRO version. You can still keep trying if you haven't decided to buy"
So is it free to keep using or what? Do they keep bugging you to upgrade/pay?
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Going to try out exdialer first I think, seems to have a lot of recommendations from what I've seen, first impressions are good anyway and it's solved the issue of the number having the spaced put automatically. I think the missed call issue might be in every dialler so I might have to put it in system app
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Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know what this means?
"This is a trial version with 7 days trial period. When the trial period expired, you will be asked to buy PRO version. You can still keep trying if you haven't decided to buy"
So is it free to keep using or what? Do they keep bugging you to upgrade/pay?
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Is free but every 7 days when you next open the dialler it will show a screen asking if you want to buy the full version.
Very easy to ignore if you don't want to pay for the full version.
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thanks, every 7 days, so 52 notifications a year, hmm, seems a bit much
It used to come up daily but i think the developer changed it to 7 days because too many people complained!
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Thanks, I'll give it a trial anyway and see how it fares.
Try Dialer One, a very nice app.
Thanks, it actually turns out that ex dialler doesn't solve the issue with numbers being automatically formatted with spaces etc also, the add contact screen is a bit messy of exdialler, I find go contacts better in that regard, go may even be slightly faster?
Would anyone know how to get around the auto formatting at all? There's an option in exdialler not to use area codes or something which I thought would help but it doesn't.
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Thanks, it actually turns out that ex dialler doesn't solve the issue with numbers being automatically formatted with spaces etc also, the add contact screen is a bit messy of exdialler, I find go contacts better in that regard, go may even be slightly faster?
Would anyone know how to get around the auto formatting at all? There's an option in exdialler not to use area codes or something which I thought would help but it doesn't.
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I don't find a problem with the spaces in the numbers so can't help with that one!
Regarding the add contact, when I click on the + button to add a contact it takes me to my default Motorola add contact screen (which is also messy!) so I'm not sure there is anything I can do about that.
When you add a contact is it taking to you an ex dialler add contact screen?
Yes, I downloaded Ex Dialler and Contacts (I'm not sure if there's a simple "ex dialer" link without the contacts?) but now I can choose either ex dialer contacts or go contacts. Unless ex dialer is using the motorola contacts?
Have now tried dialer1 and contacts+.
Contacts+ is a bit overkill for me and not customisable to get rid of contact pictures, change font etc so it just looks too clunky for me.
I'm very happy with Dialer 1, but there's two things I miss from Go Contacts:
1) The ability to search part names, so say for example you had a contact saved with a long, easily forgetable name, something like josternberg and you could never remember it, but you knew part of his name was "stern", that if you type 78376 it would show up. Unfortunately at the moment it doesn't, but it does in other aps (Go Contacts/Dialer and Contacts+). This would be especially useful for anyone who has saved contacts without putting spaces between certain words. So imagine I had a few hundred android developers phone numbers and saved them as: androiddevappname, I could get to all dialer contacts by typing "342537" for dialer, even though it's surrounded by other characters.
2) Alphabet scrolling in the contact window. At the moment there's only a little green bar that can be scrolled down/up. In Go Contacts/Dialer, there was a permanent alphabet sidebar (small but capable) which you could hit any letter to get to that section of your contacts. I've over 1,000 contacts saved with a sequential first name code starting with VTA (for my business) and after saving a new contact, I used to be able to quickly to the letter "w" scroll up a step and check that the new contact I saved was there, two actions but without the alphabet bar it's going to take a bit of scrolling to get there.
Also waiting on the release of light theme
I am pretty sure you can enable smart dialing in dialerOne settings...
Thanks negus, yes dialer1 does have smart dialing, but will only work at the start of each name, so say if I had you saved in my phone as "xdaforum negus40", I'd be able to find you by numbering in N E G U S or X D A, but not by numbering in U S 4 0 or F O R U M. I sent the dialer 1 team an email which they replied to quickly saying they'll look into adding these functions
Anyone else think that the 5.0 stock calendar app is a step backwards, no month view on phone I mean WTF?
blair287 said:
Anyone else think that the 5.0 stock calendar app is a step backwards, no month view on phone I mean WTF?
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I find the new design to be frustrating indeed. Don't see the point of removing the month view.
Tapping on the month name, will reveal a full calendar..
There's a Month view.
Swipe left, right to see the following month or previous.
yeah...but no decent calendar widget either? any suggestions for a great calendar app with widgets to choose from? How about Jorte calendar?
Yes it does. Love this calendar
The old calendar had a month view with your actual appointments displayed on it this new one just tells you the dates and then I have to remember which day to select it to see it. The old one i could see straight away what i had going on all month.
I dont understand how stupid people who change these things are what goes through their head? You are meant to add features not take them all away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yeah...but no decent calendar widget either? any suggestions for a great calendar app with widgets to choose from? How about Jorte calendar?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.calendar
Great calendar app
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yeah...but no decent calendar widget either? any suggestions for a great calendar app with widgets to choose from? How about Jorte calendar?
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This is the best calendar widget hands down. I have it on my phone and it's the only one that I've used for a long time.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.underwood.agenda
I also think they messed up with the calendar. They need to bring back that original 30 day default view with those colored lines for different events. The 5 day view is cluttered, unreadable and difficult to navigate. I like the material design but it's not complete. I sent Google a feedback and the research team contacted me about it. They sent me some additional survey about the new calendar where i expressed what what was good and bad about it. Hopefully fix is on the way.
P.S. I encourage others to send your feedback to Google.
Open calendar - Open that side menu/hamburger menu - all the way on the bottom you will see "help & feedback"
You think this is a step back? I like it
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You think this is a step back? I like it
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When month view is as useless as this, yes.
They've gone for aesthetics rather than functionality. I like it too.
Looks like they finally listened.
I use aCalender.
Did anyone else notice the Samsung messages widget is missing from Galaxy Note 9? I use the built in messages app (not google's messages app, samsungs), and I used to have the widget on my home screen on my Note 8 that showed the messages window. Now I don't see a widget for it?
I don't have the phone with me so I can't check right now. I did notice you can't change the text background anymore and that kind of pisses me off. I don't like goSMS or Textra. I don't want a 3rd party app. It sucks they stick you with no options to change background or chat bubble colors.
Its just not there. They also removed a feature I used quite often on my S8: Bixby dictation by pressing and holding button while keyboard is open. It was super convenient.
I noticed it too... If you find anything, please let me know! I'll do the same!
Tadderanne said:
I noticed it too... If you find anything, please let me know! I'll do the same!
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It is unfortunate, I guess it may be time to switch over to Googles "messages" app instead now because it does have the widget!
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Its just not there. They also removed a feature I used quite often on my S8: Bixby dictation by pressing and holding button while keyboard is open. It was super convenient.
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I think that is still there somewhere. When I was setting up Bixby I turned it off. It asked if I wanted to allow it to control the keyboard or something in Messages.
Yep no messages backgrounds.
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beckerben said:
It is unfortunate, I guess it may be time to switch over to Googles "messages" app instead now because it does have the widget!
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Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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It don't matter that much I use WhatsApp or telegram primarily. Looks like an indicator that perhaps Samsung is winding down it's messaging division?
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Go to Textra. It's better than either of the ones mentioned.
Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if Textra has a widget (I don't use widgets for texting). It's just an amazing texting app.
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I like google messages because it also has the web messaging component to be able to respond to people from the computer is awesome!
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I like google messages because it also has the web messaging component to be able to respond to people from the computer is awesome!
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Oooo... That is nice. Might need to try that, haha.
Dictation is there. In the upper left of the keyboard there's a revolving menu button. Has a smiling face on it. It should be there. If it is not there press the triangle on right side and move it.
As for the messages widget missing. Looks like Samaung removed it.