I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
Super Chimp said:
I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
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No
Narom88 said:
No
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Had a nasty feeling that was going to be answer. Rather like some of the stuff Samsung shoves on their phones & you cannot remove either.
It can't be uninstalled but it can be disabled
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Solution: root your phone. Remove.
Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
maniacaus said:
Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
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Are any of these widgets useful?
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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coupetastic-droid said:
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I wouldn't go as far as removing/uninstalling Blinkfeed, but I'm curious to what extend this new central piece of Sense can be configured/modified. I just played around with Blinkfeed a couple of minutes in a phone shop. You can configure the sources that are shown on these tiles (like calendar, facebook, twitter, etc) but ...
Can I control how often each tile (is tile the correct word?) is updated? The more frequent the tiles are updated, the more battery is used and more network traffic is generated.
Can I control the placement of the tiles?
Can I control how many tiles are shown? E.g. I would like only a calendar tile and no social network tile or news feed tile.
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Stefan
coupetastic-droid said:
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
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I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
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Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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It was one of the features I wasn't too keen on but it's turned out to be good for a giggle when I've got nothing else to play with. I scrolled 2 left of my homescreen yesterday to see the headline 'Study warns that sex in space is dangerous.'
I couldn't agree more. For starters the instant you unzip the fly on your suit your dead! Probably not what they were getting at but it was worth a chuckle.
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In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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coupetastic-droid said:
In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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I'm a miserable bastard who doesn't believe in being sociable
coupetastic-droid said:
Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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Thanks. I'll give it a proper look when I get my hands on it.
How different is Sense these days, I haven't used it since the HTC Desire days?
SteelH said:
Solution: root your phone. Remove.
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Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
ongxa said:
Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
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You didn't need to be rooted to remove blinkfeed. Check out Q12 of the HTC One FAQ and you'll see a couple of ways to be able to get rid of it.
The other method, which requires rooting, is to install a custom ROM. I believe some ROMs may still have blinkfeed included though so you'll need to read the first post (at least) of the ROM threads to find out whether it has it or not
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niether is getting rid of it. all that does it hide it in the corner like a kid you pretend not to have...
coupetastic-droid said:
In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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It's a nice feature to have, but give us the option to remove/disable it. I hate it when companies force stuff on you.
I see it's there, if I like it I keep it and if I don't I remove it, simple as that. Don't force me to use it.
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Hello,
My cousin has upgraded from a feature phone to a droid 3, but she hates the way her notifications appear. What app or apps could she use to give her more options. Any recommendations?
Hello ladies and gentlemen,
I know that some of you have a lot of experience, so please drop a line or two and give me a tip. Please and thank you.
You can't really change the way notifications come in...
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jonosono said:
Hello,
My cousin has upgraded from a feature phone to a droid 3, but she hates the way her notifications appear. What app or apps could she use to give her more options. Any recommendations?
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SMS Popup by Adam K is one of my favorites
Or a combination on Go Launcher EX and GO Notifications is cool Somewhat iphoneish
Pretty much all i know of at the moment.
Thank you, I'll pass those links along to her. Again, thank you for your time .
Android arguably has the best notification system available. Why she'd want to downgrade to archaic iOS style notifications is beyond me.
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Nah, to tell the truth webOS does.
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Androidsims said:
Android arguably has the best notification system available. Why she'd want to downgrade to archaic iOS style notifications is beyond me.
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What works for you and me may not work for her and vice versa.
And that's okay.
jonosono said:
Thank you, I'll pass those links along to her. Again, thank you for your time .
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No problem if i run across anything else, ill post here again
jonosono said:
What works for you and me may not work for her and vice versa.
And that's okay.
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+1
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An elderly relative of mine shall be getting herself a Nexus 7 tomorrow, which she plans to use mainly for e-Reading plus a bit of media usage in the form of BBC iPlayer. I was looking for an easy-to-use interface for her. Any launcher recommendations or simple customisations to make it just a little bit easier? I am sure she could use it as is, but making it easier so I don't have to teach her so much will be good.
How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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I was more just on about launchers which would allow her to have a nice, clean UI that isn't too cluttered.
Anyone know of such a launcher?
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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wiithepeng said:
Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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Well, thanks anyway.
Brad387 said:
Well, thanks anyway.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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Thanks. I can install Apex on my Galaxy Note, so I'll fiddle around and see what I can do on it.
Just empty the desktop from every single icon . Than..
1.on home screen Add icons that this person will use the most e.g BBC iPlayer (not sure bits going to work without flash), chrome, play store and a nice looking clock widget or something
2. Set each other screen with categories e.g one for books where you place the appropriate widgets and icons . One for videos and one for whatever else like notes calendar and other productivity ....
3. Do that person a favour and download some games .. yes games . You'd be surprised how often older people like to play ... ideal games would be mahjong, card games , also things like Bejeweled ,Zuma, scrabble type games
Stock android launcher is good enough trust me you just have to know how to organise it. Also wait for chameleon that might change things
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Hi helpful people of XDA.
I've received my One and I'd very much like to keep it in my possession. Just wondering if there's a find my iPhone style app available for it? Or if its in settings somewhere?
Edit - Also while I'm here, the phone doesn't seem to distinguish between H and H+ it's annoying, is there any chance of being able to see the difference?
Thanks.
Phil
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Hi helpful people of XDA.
I've received my One and I'd very much like to keep it in my possession. Just wondering if there's a find my iPhone style app available for it? Or if its in settings somewhere?
Edit - Also while I'm here, the phone doesn't seem to distinguish between H and H+ it's annoying, is there any chance of being able to see the difference?
Thanks.
Phil
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Plan B is awesome. You can install that one after you lost it via play.google.com
Otherwise you can use prey or any other app .. there are tons
Theres also Wheres my Droid
But as said, most of these "finding" apps you can install online through your google account and then track down your phone
So many apps I wasn't aware of!
Thanks chaps.
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Plan B is awesome. You can install that one after you lost it via play.google.com
Otherwise you can use prey or any other app .. there are tons
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Only works on Android 2-2.3!
Best one.
Cerberus.
Record video, sound, location, takes pictures, lock device. Etc
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ksarius said:
Best one.
Cerberus.
Record video, sound, location, takes pictures, lock device. Etc
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I can vouch for this one, does everything its excellent.
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Unlocked and rooted my wife's first today. Tried to greenify Google Maps and couldn't because it's a system app. So I tried to make it a user app in titanium backup and... Couldn't. Nor could I delete it. So it looks like the system folder is locked even for root users. Apparently it's a kernel level lock. Any ideas for how to greenify Google Maps?
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Unlocked and rooted my wife's first today. Tried to greenify Google Maps and couldn't because it's a system app. So I tried to make it a user app in titanium backup and... Couldn't. Nor could I delete it. So it looks like the system folder is locked even for root users. Apparently it's a kernel level lock. Any ideas for how to greenify Google Maps?
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I agree. I tried to change some things on the "system" level and was not able to. I reached out to nuclear_eclipse and he confirmed that we needed the kernel source before we could go any further.
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I agree. I tried to change some things on the "system" level and was not able to. I reached out to nuclear_eclipse and he confirmed that we needed the kernel source before we could go any further.
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Not necessarily. I can disable it. Can someone with adb installed and know how to use it pm me their gtalk
EDIT: nvm. I just bought one and it should be here by this weekend. I will get to work on it when it arrives
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jmztaylor said:
Not necessarily. I can disable it. Can someone with adb installed and know how to use it pm me their gtalk
EDIT: nvm. I just bought one and it should be here by this weekend. I will get to work on it when it arrives
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Nice... So you plan on developing for this phone? Im thinking about getting one but I was afraid no devs would be supporting it... Which is a shame because its got everything going for it, especially with the bootloader unlocked.
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FanDroid09 said:
Nice... So you plan on developing for this phone? Im thinking about getting one but I was afraid no devs would be supporting it... Which is a shame because its got everything going for it, especially with the bootloader unlocked.
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Well, I rarely make promises about future plans because stuff happens. But it definitely won't be my daily driver as I have the HTC One
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jmztaylor said:
Well, I rarely make promises about future plans because stuff happens. But it definitely won't be my daily driver as I have the HTC One
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Haha I understand... Heres to wishful thinking.
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jmztaylor said:
Well, I rarely make promises about future plans because stuff happens. But it definitely won't be my daily driver as I have the HTC One
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Gettin' back to Android after a 6 month hiatus, and it would be GREAT to see you develop for this phone. It's a pretty solid, even if not flagship, piece of hardware. It's really a shame it's being canned so quickly; it's a fantastic mid-range phone. Not on par with your One, of course, but I love it.
Anyone ever find a solution for this?
I'd really like to replace the clock with the one from 4.2.
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Anyone ever find a solution for this?
I'd really like to replace the clock with the one from 4.2.
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If you S-Off your device you'll be able to. I have the 4.2 clock, camera, and gallery on mine. Or if your bootloader is unlocked and you're rooted you can flash the .zips of the 4.2 camera and clock through cwm and disable the 4.1 clock and camera under settings>apps. Thats the way I did it before S-Off.
If you decide against S-Off and would like the .zips, let me know and I'd be happy to give you links to them.
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If you S-Off your device you'll be able to. I have the 4.2 clock, camera, and gallery on mine. Or if your bootloader is unlocked and you're rooted you can flash the .zips of the 4.2 camera and clock through cwm and disable the 4.1 clock and camera under settings>apps. Thats the way I did it before S-Off.
If you decide against S-Off and would like the .zips, let me know and I'd be happy to give you links to them.
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Thanks, I did the Moonshine S-OFF and it worked with no problems. I now have the 4.2 clock installed and working. :good:
Anyone know what it adds to sense 5 and android 4.1.2 what's the difference?
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Google.
What Mr. Durden means is there will be more of it.
More Google.
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Hopefully a new radio is all I care about..
Extended quick settings, 1% battery level option, and more.
If I helped you don't forget the thanks button!
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BrianBaker said:
Hopefully a new radio is all I care about..
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^^ I do hope to hold a steady 4G
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Hopefully it will fix the distorted Bluetooth issue I'm having.
I'm guessing it will add quick reply from notifications as on AOSP ROMs, unless HTC screws it, somehow.
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I'm guessing it will add quick reply from notifications as on AOSP ROMs, unless HTC screws it, somehow.
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i thought quick reply for messaging was a CM feature?
I'm wondering if perhaps we can expect to see a system dump from the "Google Edition" release, or perhaps an unofficial release of the STABLE CM 10.1; seeing as how the Sprint variant of the HTC One, received a nightly, as of yesterday.
I'm just hopeful that we'll have a more fully-functional version of Android 4.2.2.
smac7 said:
i thought quick reply for messaging was a CM feature?
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Maybe for messaging, but Notification actions in general:
Expandable, actionable notifications.
Android has always put you in control when it comes to staying notified and connected. Just swipe down from the top of the screen to see all your notifications in one place. Late for a meeting or missed a call? Take action in an instant directly from the notifications shade.
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Some of these don't apply, and some have been implemented by HTC already, but anyway for reference.
Reignzone said:
I'm wondering if perhaps we can expect to see a system dump from the "Google Edition" release, or perhaps an unofficial release of the STABLE CM 10.1; seeing as how the Sprint variant of the HTC One, received a nightly, as of yesterday.
I'm just hopeful that we'll have a more fully-functional version of Android 4.2.2.
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Ya seems to me to be pointless to buy the nexus experience One if you are a current owner and can just flash a "dump"
I just don't know if I can do without Zoe and the IR blaster. I have tortured so many peeps with the IR blaster and the TV/cable box at their houses or hotels it has been priceless!!!
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Ya seems to me to be pointless to buy the nexus experience One if you are a current owner and can just flash a "dump"
I just don't know if I can do without Zoe and the IR blaster. I have tortured so many peeps with the IR blaster and the TV/cable box at their houses or hotels it has been priceless!!!
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Though I doubt the Google version of the one will have Zoe, I imagine it will use the ir blaster. I don't think they're changing anything physically on the phone so itd be a little odd if they didn't include that functionality.
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Though I doubt the Google version of the one will have Zoe, I imagine it will use the ir blaster. I don't think they're changing anything physically on the phone so itd be a little odd if they didn't include that functionality.
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Nope, no IR Blaster, no zoes, no image sense, no fm radio.. Boom sound will still work though, kinda.
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They said it would not enclude Zoe or the ir blaster software.
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I can't do plain android anymore. It was cool then. But now sense 5 has to many things I like.
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Well apparently it isn't going to add any lock screen widgets. Fail.
Admiral Sir Manley Power said:
Well apparently it isn't going to add any lock screen widgets. Fail.
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I never really cared for LS widgets on AOSP. But if you really want, you will be able to delete the HTC lockscreen and use the AOSP one that has the widgets. So it's not like they are completely gone.
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I never really cared for LS widgets on AOSP. But if you really want, you will be able to delete the HTC lockscreen and use the AOSP one that has the widgets. So it's not like they are completely gone.
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That is indeed a very good point. Would be pretty easy to fix up too.