One handed use - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I wanted to know, is there a way to change the size of the "screen" in one handed mode? when you triple press that homebutton it becomes
a bit too small, I know that with the note 4 it was possible to make the window bigger:
http://www.samsung.com/sa_en/support/skp/faq/1063757
Thanks guys!
Also, is there a way to lock the screen? say I give someone the phone to watch a specific photo and I don't want him swiping right and left
which we know everyone does...

FrankeyStein said:
Hey guys, I wanted to know, is there a way to change the size of the "screen" in one handed mode? when you triple press that homebutton it becomes
a bit too small, I know that with the note 4 it was possible to make the window bigger:
http://www.samsung.com/sa_en/support/skp/faq/1063757
Thanks guys!
Also, is there a way to lock the screen? say I give someone the phone to watch a specific photo and I don't want him swiping right and left
which we know everyone does...
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The first one does not seem possible. It seems set at the default smaller size.
Second, there are a few apps available for just this:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=disable touch&c=apps&hl=en

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Disable autorotation during sliding keyboard

Hello.
I asked this already 100x,but I got no answer,so I try again.
Is there a way to disable automatic rotation when sliding the keyboard out?
I hate it.
If I need,I can do it manually(maybe 1% of the time I need landscape) and the rotation is unwanted slowdown.
Can someone modify the sensor driver or show me another way,how to achieve this please?
I'll be soooooo lucky then.
Thanks.
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How do you use the keyboard if the screen is not in landscape mode ?
I doubt there's a know method, because you're maybe the only person in the word who don't want the landscape mode when using the keyboard..
excilion said:
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How do you use the keyboard if the screen is not in landscape mode ?
I doubt there's a know method, because you're maybe the only person in the word who don't want the landscape mode when using the keyboard..
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Mostly I am using keyboard for ICQ for really short messages.
Few words I want to write will take 3 seconds normally,but with rotation it takes 20.
It makes me no problem to write "Hi" when notrotated screen.
If you screen rotation back and forth takes 17 seconds,
then there's something wrong with your ROM...
Anyway, I'll try to make a little app for you, but I don't know if it's going to work...
the_ozyrys said:
If you screen rotation back and forth takes 17 seconds,
then there's something wrong with your ROM...
Anyway, I'll try to make a little app for you, but I don't know if it's going to work...
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Please don't solve this. I want to solve just a simple thing - rotation disable.
Simple
TomasNM said:
Hello.
I asked this already 100x,but I got no answer,so I try again.
Is there a way to disable automatic rotation when sliding the keyboard out?
I hate it.
If I need,I can do it manually(maybe 1% of the time I need landscape) and the rotation is unwanted slowdown.
Can someone modify the sensor driver or show me another way,how to achieve this please?
I'll be soooooo lucky then.
Thanks.
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I have the perfect idea.....if you don't like or use landscape and you don't want the screen to rotate......DONT SLIDE OUT THE KEYBOARD.....lol.....i'm sure you know there is an on screen keyboard to use in portrait mode when you want to text or instant message. Pretty simple.
I do find it very weird that something like that would bother you, besides the fact that the rotation can lag at times. You should have got an Iphone or something without a keyboard.
I couldn't find any way to make Windows stay in portrait mode, BUT... when you're in landscape it will stay in it! I mean, screen won't change to portrait, when keyboard will be closed. So maybe you want to stay in landscape instead? I've written tiny app to change rotation back and forth...
1. I bought TP,because I USE keyboard(One more thing that leads me to upgrade from Himalaya)
2.Thanks,that I know. Maybe the driver has hardcoded the angle to rotate(270dgs) and I want to change this angle to zero(or in a better way to disable it completely),but don't know how.
I want to use portrait instead of landscape,because is much comfortable for me for 90% of time and apps. I can easily switch to ls by pressing a button.

About the Homescreen?

Ok so on our homescreen we have pages 3,5,7 whatever but what I wanted to know if it was possible for a dev to make it fluent so it would not rest on 1 specific page but we could scroll through 1 long homescreen left to right idk just thought it would be a good implementation. leave a comment on what you think, if I you dont understand let me know i'll try to explain it better
dansbmx25 said:
Ok so on our homescreen we have pages 3,5,7 whatever but what I wanted to know if it was possible for a dev to make it fluent so it would not rest on 1 specific page but we could scroll through 1 long homescreen left to right idk just thought it would be a good implementation. leave a comment on what you think, if I you dont understand let me know i'll try to explain it better
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I am not sure if thats a good idea, Most widgets lock into the sides of the screen, meaning if you have it "fluent" then have the widget will not show on one screen and it will be harder to make it lock to view it correctly.
Is it possible?
True but we would have to make them snap to a certain part of the "grid" of the homescreen it would be so sick to be able to slide the screen back and fourth as a wide single page instead of multipages it seems easy in theory but then again Im no software coder.

[Q] [Request] android fanboys don't read this

Okay to start off I love my nexus one and would not buy an iphone so all the android fanboys don't jump on my case. But there are some software aspects of the iphone that i like. For instance I like the way messages show up on the lockscreen on the iphone and the iphones multi-tasking. I was wondering if it would be possible to implement the iphone style of multi-tasking into the nexus one. Basically the trackball can still be used for selection and all that good stuff if you even do that, but if you double tap it at a selectable speed it would open recent apps. Or even go further to make the scroll bar that the iphone has. Give me some response on this, tell me what you guys think.
what is this...i dont even?
what is your question? I want to somehow have a setting in the nexus one where if you double tap the trackball it will open up recent apps and possibly implement an iphone like scroll bar at the bottom.
Sorry for asking but.... Are you sure you know how to use your Nexus ?
yes i know how to hold the home button... lol
jakeneal22 said:
yes i know how to hold the home button... lol
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and? why would you want to double tap your trackball? you know iphone do that because they only have one button right?
also it would create huge issues for selection with trackball...
Let's say while wanting to double tap the trackball for multitasking, you had something selected, the first click should theoretically open that app/link directly...if we implement such feature, people that actually use the trackball for opening stuff will have delays, which sucks massively.
All in all, this idea is awful. You can make the number of recent apps higher in Cyanogen, do that and you won't need the scrolling bar of the iPhone...
If you want to double tap something, download QuickDesk PRO and set it to open on double tap of home key. It has a 'QuickPanel' feature that shows recent apps and its a fantastic piece of sofware.
For the messages on lockscreen.. download WidgetLocker and place Pure Messenger Widget on the lockscreen..
chompSMS does this lockscreen "thing", and even allows you to reply to them without unlocking, if you so wish, and relocks after.
For double-tap home, there's literally loads of multitasker apps that can do that, even offering "coverflow" style switching between apps...
Itching thumb is another good task switcher. nice looking graphics and gesture support.
Use HandcentSMS to replicate that better than Iphone experience
just get an iphone.
then you can try that, and maybe you'll go back to the nexus one, maybe not.
moomooshrooms said:
just get an iphone.
then you can try that, and maybe you'll go back to the nexus one, maybe not.
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Nice first post
OP, the reason double tap is a feature on iPhones is because of the lack of buttons. Steve only likes to push is customer's buttons, not his phone's
(horrible, I know lol)
ccunningham83 said:
Itching thumb is another good task switcher. nice looking graphics and gesture support.
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Thanks, The video below looks great.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...amazing-free-task-switcher-you-want-this-now/
http://www.appbrain.com/app/itching-thumb-(task-manager)/com.bw.flipit
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-bw-flipit-jDFBF.aspx
Unfortunately it does not seem to work with CM61/ADW, only see 1-3 apps. Also the 'styles' preference is disabled.
wow lots of activity just got out philosophy class so its alil hard to comprehend all of it but, I am gonna try the lockscreen thing and the double tap the home button sounds really good. The thing that i got annoyed with holding the home button is that sometimes it will accidentally go to the home screen. LOL I don't want the iphone... my mom, step-dad, and roommate all have them lol. Android is where its at. With all these customizations you guys have told me about I am satisfied.
if you hold "home" button the last used apps would appear and that also means those apps would open faster which leads you again multi tasking. ok, I admit that's not a user-friendly way to access the apps but theyre going to fix alotof stuff like that in gingerbread.
There's also a program called Smart Taskbar. I didn't like it, but perhaps someone else will..
http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-taskbar-(sidebar)/com.smart.taskbar
have you thought about running miui for rom?
I do. I am on rods 11.9
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Lock Homescreen

Hi everyone,
Hope this is the right place to ask.
It seems after flashing my phone i can't lock my homescreen anymore.
It still shows the 2 screens in to refit your photo/pic bit if i use the vertical one he just adjust size and put on landscape anyway.
I go to photo/menu/more/set as/homescreen/and choose the vertical window.
Hope anyone can help me out.

[Q] Weird keyboard request...

I love the keyboard, but i realized i never use the enter key on it...and I was wondering if there was a way to replace the enter key with lets say a little optical joystick thing? Kind of like how the Incredible had the optical joystick or whatever you want to call it....but have it as an onscreen thing.
jpen said:
I love the keyboard, but i realized i never use the enter key on it...and I was wondering if there was a way to replace the enter key with lets say a little optical joystick thing? Kind of like how the Incredible had the optical joystick or whatever you want to call it....but have it as an onscreen thing.
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Smart Keyboard Pro has an option to change it to smileys. You can customize the smiley menu so actually you can make it anything you want. So you can set it up so just press that button to say "Hello" (idk if theres a character limit on it)
Tivo7 said:
Smart Keyboard Pro has an option to change it to smileys. You can customize the smiley menu so actually you can make it anything you want. So you can set it up so just press that button to say "Hello" (idk if theres a character limit on it)
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I appreciate the respond but i was hoping that it someone could customize and put a joystick or something in there...just so when i have paragraphs of text it will be a lot easier to navigate through and fix words...the size of the enter button is comparable to the size of the optical joystick thing on the Incredible and the actually joystick thing on the Eris...i know its wishful thinking just thought it would be neat.
I am with you there. It is a bit annoying to change letters by clicking and picking that blue picket to move it to the letter you want. Being precise on a captive touch screen is basically non existent.
I believe the keyboard app mentioned above has the ability to add arrow keys. I will check and update.
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Smart keyboard pro has an option in the general settings to "show arrows". So as stated above it is imo the best choice.
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Yes there is an option to show arrows. I don't use it because I'm pretty used to where to press to get where I want. But i remember a few years ago when I first got into Android, I did need the arrow keys and they did wonders.

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