although i am still awaiting shipment of my device, there are still questions about the device that pop up from time to time.
i think i've only heard 1 person talk about this from the galaxy fold videos i've seen, and it was for a brief moment, so i'd like to clarify with the users who already have their devices.
for anyone who is using Nova Launcher on their galaxy folds, is it true that it is unable to act like the samsung UI, where the front screen and the main screen act like 2 different instances?
i would like to have both screens act different from another of course, but i would hate to lose the functionality of the gestures feature from nova.
thanks for any replies
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although i am still awaiting shipment of my device, there are still questions about the device that pop up from time to time.
i think i've only heard 1 person talk about this from the galaxy fold videos i've seen, and it was for a brief moment, so i'd like to clarify with the users who already have their devices.
for anyone who is using Nova Launcher on their galaxy folds, is it true that it is unable to act like the samsung UI, where the front screen and the main screen act like 2 different instances?
i would like to have both screens act different from another of course, but i would hate to lose the functionality of the gestures feature from nova.
thanks for any replies
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You are correct it does not work that way
thanks for you response.
i thought this would be the proper place for the question, but there seems to be another thread about this already in the Questions & Answers section.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-fold/help/launchers-support-fold-t3970741
sorry for any duplication.
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or should that be making a touchscreen device elderly/child friendly?
anyhow
i'll admit that i have aked for some input in the modding section before, but i hope hitting a wider audience will help.
i have been thinking of equipping my 6 year old son with a phone. all pros and cons of this aside, i have already thought about it, and the needs outweigh any other issues.
the point is i want to make the phone easy to use for him. large touchscreen, a few buttons to call important numbers, maybe an sos button.
no outgoing/incoming calls to/from nonwhitelisted numbers, none of the other smartphone features.
a feature to be able to send an sms to the phone and have it do something like sending its gps location or the like would also be nice.
the reason i am thinking about using a smartphone not some featurephone is that the smartphone seems more readily modifiable when it comes to the features implemented and more complicated functions.
the elderly phone would be similar, where the focus here is on having the little old lady that misses her rotary landline set up with a phone that is easy to see, hear and use. the touchscreen seems a good fit here because it allows a nice big dialer with contact list etc, while none of the other features (messaging, web etc) are really wanted, in fact shouldn't be there. (have you tried getting rid of the web browsing etc on a featurephone?).
with the number of kids and old people out there a solution to give them a phone that has exactly the features they need without compromise would be awesome.
no apologies for length, thanks for reading all this, have a good one.
resopalrabotnick said:
or should that be making a touchscreen device elderly/child friendly?
anyhow
i'll admit that i have aked for some input in the modding section before, but i hope hitting a wider audience will help.
i have been thinking of equipping my 6 year old son with a phone. all pros and cons of this aside, i have already thought about it, and the needs outweigh any other issues.
the point is i want to make the phone easy to use for him. large touchscreen, a few buttons to call important numbers, maybe an sos button.
no outgoing/incoming calls to/from nonwhitelisted numbers, none of the other smartphone features.
a feature to be able to send an sms to the phone and have it do something like sending its gps location or the like would also be nice.
the reason i am thinking about using a smartphone not some featurephone is that the smartphone seems more readily modifiable when it comes to the features implemented and more complicated functions.
the elderly phone would be similar, where the focus here is on having the little old lady that misses her rotary landline set up with a phone that is easy to see, hear and use. the touchscreen seems a good fit here because it allows a nice big dialer with contact list etc, while none of the other features (messaging, web etc) are really wanted, in fact shouldn't be there. (have you tried getting rid of the web browsing etc on a featurephone?).
with the number of kids and old people out there a solution to give them a phone that has exactly the features they need without compromise would be awesome.
no apologies for length, thanks for reading all this, have a good one.
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Samsung Tocco Lite?
my desire is to create a rom for a smartphone that has very few features accessible to the user. the samsung tocco lite doesn't look like one could disable all the extraneous features.
I would love to have a ROM that I could flash to an android device for my dad. Something with larger keys and easier for him to see
thanks
Thanks for digging up this thread and keeping it alive.
I do hope one of the amazingly skilled devs on here takes a liking to the idea. I don't have the skills needed and i would be willing to donate funds to anyone that comes up with a solution.
God bless.
Have a good day.
I thought they called it an iPhone?
/ba-DUM-tss
Hmmm...it's a good idea to have some way to lock down a phone and limit its features to the ones you mentioned...
Surely there must be some kind of app that enables some kind of "child locks" or limits functions.
Maybe Tasker could help you here. Rules like:
When SMS arrives from "xyz", send SMS to number #xxx with GPS location.
sakai4eva said:
I thought they called it an iPhone?
/ba-DUM-tss
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Roflmbfhao
I was hoping to retain more functionality than a stock iShiny ever had.
Tasker looks interesting. At least as a tool to help implement some of the functions.
What i miss most in the feature list is the ability to restrict calls in and out to a whitelist. Sprint offers a blacklist onvtheir network, and I have suggested that they offer an option to select wether to black or whitelist.
MIUI?
You are looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD.
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I thought they called it an iPhone?
/ba-DUM-tss
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OOOOOHHHHHH SNAP!!!!!
But seroiusly they should make a new version of the jitterbug
One that runs a special version of android for easy use
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So, for those of you who haven't seen the "Introducing Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" video Samsung recently posted to YouTube, then you should probably check it out here before reading onwards into this post. There are two features highlighted greatly within the video which really interest me, but unfortunately there is no reason frankly nor monetary backing for me to get a tablet (hence why I purchased an all-in-one device such as the Note), and these are the Learners' Hub and the split-screen multitasking shown. Can I download this hub and get it working on my Note and is there any way to split the screen to view multiple apps on my Note's screen at the same time?
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UPDATE: Found "Learning Hub" by Samsung on Samsung Apps. It hasn't got a great selection, but could prove useful for studying history (which I am doing) for example. Just want to split the screen for multitasking so that I can copy information from a web-page to S-Note easy and stuff like that. I saw a calculation somewhere that the Note's screen split in half landscape would give you two 3.6 inch screens, which is the same size as the iPhone's screen.
Does it only work on stock ICS?
ultra99 said:
Does it only work on stock ICS?
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You need the Samsung Apps store to download it, so probably. It is quite useful for a bit of learning - there are even a fair few free books.
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So, for those of you who haven't seen the "Introducing Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" video Samsung recently posted to YouTube, then you should probably check it out here before reading onwards into this post. There are two features highlighted greatly within the video which really interest me, but unfortunately there is no reason frankly nor monetary backing for me to get a tablet (hence why I purchased an all-in-one device such as the Note), and these are the Learners' Hub and the split-screen multitasking shown. Can I download this hub and get it working on my Note and is there any way to split the screen to view multiple apps on my Note's screen at the same time?
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I anticipate that if the demand is high enough, it's only a matter of time before a dev implements a port of these features to the galaxy note.
I have read people disregarding the need for Lollipop to provide a built in one handed operation, because the market already has 1 hand operation apps.
The only ones I found were from 2012 on Google Play, and they had terrrrible ratings.
Does anyone have suggestions for getting one handed operation for most apps ?
I heard LG G3 and Samsung Note 4 and S5 have similar apps. Is there a port of these features ?
Thanks,
Gary
It depends on what are you looking to accomplish. Typing? There are keyboards out there that can be resized, like Swiftkey for example. Very recently updated and has great ratings. There are other keyboards that likely have this option as well, I flip between Google and Swiftkey normally myself so I can't really say much about others.
There are apps that have floating options, which kind of allow for a multiwindow sort of thing, but the floating window can be resized and placed somewhere, like a corner making for easier one handed use. I think the only one of these I have used was Viral Popup, which is a youtube player. I can't really comment on how good or bad any of the others would be.
There may be tricks to doing other things easier with one hand as well. For example, on my Nexus 7 I have Nova Launcher setup to allow gestures. Swipe down it pulls down my notification panel.
If you are just asking for a general system wide one handed operation app, then no. I guess with a custom ROM or root there could be something, or at least more options.
sorrowstyr said:
I have read people disregarding the need for Lollipop to provide a built in one handed operation, because the market already has 1 hand operation apps.
The only ones I found were from 2012 on Google Play, and they had terrrrible ratings.
Does anyone have suggestions for getting one handed operation for most apps ?
I heard LG G3 and Samsung Note 4 and S5 have similar apps. Is there a port of these features ?
Thanks,
Gary
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PIE helps me a lot.
Pie and Swiftkey. Ok, when I get home, I am going to try these on my 2012 Nexus 7.
I am thinking about the Nexus 6 seriously to replace my Nexus 4, but the size and operation seem daunting.
Thanks guys!
So a few things if you don't mind, some of you may have been in a similar situation before moving from iOS to the android camp yourselves.
1) charging.
I have multiple lightning cables around the house connected to plugs (not so important) but I have various ones I bought specially from Anker and wouldn't want them going to waste so was wondering if there is a usb c adapter that the lightning cable plugs into and makes it usb c.
2) drafts app.
Much like times like now I write out notes and forum posts in an app called drafts and with one click of a button I can quickly output the writing to clipboard or even directly to a note in an app. This proves extremely useful when drafting posts for ready much like today!
https://getdrafts.com/
Basically looking for an android alternative. I'm a basic user of this app and I'm pretty certain I don't use it to its full potential.
3) Reddit.
I'm using an app called Apollo which is a beautiful app on iOS only. What is most people's most loved Reddit client?
4) Twitter.
Bit of a sore subject when I was on android with my S6 and went with tweetings back then. I'm spoilt with Tweetbot nowadays but have you a favourite twitter client that comes close to Tweetbot? I realise 3rd party apps are rather limited these days of course thanks to Twitter themselves.
5) Keyboard.
I used to stick with Samsung but briefly used gboard. iOS version is toilet but android was pretty slick. Is that still the case? On my S2 back in the day I went through a swipe phase using various swipe capable keyboards but not sure if I'd take to those again!
6) Find my device.
I'm sure I know the answer to this but on occasion it's useful to track my iPad or if my wife leaves her phone at someone's house we can confirm it but is the web browser the only way I'll be able to track iOS devices?
I'm sure I've forgotten something but your input is going to be helpful before I make the right decision and come over to an awesome phone!
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1. Check Amazon. I found a couple Lightning to USB C adapters for less than $10. But you need to read reviews and make sure they're good quality. USB C is a little more finicky than microUSB. You don't want a company that cut corners.
2. I do the same. I usually use either Google Keep Notes, or Samsung Notes. Google Keep Notes syncs across all Android devices. Samsung Notes, as far as I know, is only available on Samsung devices, but will sync across those devices as well.
3. I'm not much of a Reddit guy. I usually just use their mobile website, but they have their own app on the Play Store as well.
4. I despise Twitter.
5. The Samsung Keyboard is better than it used to be, but I still prefer GBoard. And you can either type or swipe on either one, so best of both worlds.
6. There's a Find My Device app for the phone to track other phones.
5) Since this is on the Note 9 section: If your handwriting skills are semi-decent or better, do also try the handwriting keyboard options with S-pen. I'm currently using Google's handwriting variant (haven't had time to try different solutions yet), and oh boy, do I love that handwriting. I do occasionally switch to normal keyboards, depending on how complex stuff I need to input, but that is quick and easy switch back and forth. Note: I haven't written much with tiny mobile keyboards so I'm "s k<-l o q<-w" with those, but my handwriting is quite clear (even if I say so myself), so... YMMV. Maybe you have chance to try it at some shop?
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5) Since this is on the Note 9 section: If your handwriting skills are semi-decent or better, do also try the handwriting keyboard options with S-pen. I'm currently using Google's handwriting variant (haven't had time to try different solutions yet), and oh boy, do I love that handwriting. I do occasionally switch to normal keyboards, depending on how complex stuff I need to input, but that is quick and easy switch back and forth. Note: I haven't written much with tiny mobile keyboards so I'm "s k<-l o q<-w" with those, but my handwriting is quite clear (even if I say so myself), so... YMMV. Maybe you have chance to try it at some shop?
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I always forget about the handwriting. It does a great job even if your handwriting isn't so clear!
I just find typing or swiping faster for me!
3) I just use the Reddit app and it works great for me.
5) SwiftKey Keyboard is pretty much the gold standard. GBoard is fine but nothing has ever gotten me off SwiftKey for long. Better predictions, better features and customization... Unparalleled in both swiping AND hunt/peck.
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3) I just use the Reddit app and it works great for me.
5) SwiftKey Keyboard is pretty much the gold standard. GBoard is fine but nothing has ever gotten me off SwiftKey for long. Better predictions, better features and customization... Unparalleled in both swiping AND hunt/peck.
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Ok, you convinced me to.try SwiftKey again. About once a year I try it again. But always go back to GBoard.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Ok, you convinced me to.try SwiftKey again. About once a year I try it again. But always go back to GBoard.
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What do you prefer about GBoard? I've tried it and wasn't thrilled.
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What do you prefer about GBoard? I've tried it and wasn't thrilled.
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Not sure really. I guess just familiarity? Just things about SwiftKey I can't seem to get used to.
Thanks so far!
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Good afternoon, guys!
After almost two years enjoying an Iphone X and also liking the experience with an XR for work reasons, I decided to move back to Android. Following the guidance in this forum, I bought a 512gb Samsung S10 Plus... And so far I have ejoyed the speed, camera and screen. I left iOS because of the lack of additional storage, the non-renovated-in-years look and feel, and the problems sharing documents with anything that is not Apple.*
Unfortunately, there are a couple of things that make me miss iOS, and I would love to know if any of you know how to help. I cannot think about a better place to ask than in the Android forum by excellence
Passbook is amazing for cards and boarding passses. Is there something similar in Android?
Gestures! - Apple has implemented those amazingly well, and I tried a couple of apps that were not close to Apple. Do I need to wait to Android 10? This is by far the best thing that iOS has
AirDrop - One of the best things that Apple has is this amazing tool to share photos and documents with others. Is there somethins similar in Android?
Integration with Mac - With an iPhone, I can answer a phone call from my computer, and paste text from and to my Mac. I know this is going to eb almost impossible, but noone better than you guys to respond *
Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?
Apple pay - Apple has every possible card in their echosystem, and Android has some while Samsung has others - It seems like is not so standarized
Thanks so much in advance for responding to this, and I hope I don't regret of coming back to my beloved Android world.
luismix said:
Passbook is amazing for cards and boarding passses. Is there something similar in Android?
Gestures! - Apple has implemented those amazingly well, and I tried a couple of apps that were not close to Apple. Do I need to wait to Android 10? This is by far the best thing that iOS has
AirDrop - One of the best things that Apple has is this amazing tool to share photos and documents with others. Is there somethins similar in Android?
Integration with Mac - With an iPhone, I can answer a phone call from my computer, and paste text from and to my Mac. I know this is going to eb almost impossible, but noone better than you guys to respond *
Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?
Apple pay - Apple has every possible card in their echosystem, and Android has some while Samsung has others - It seems like is not so standarized
Thanks so much in advance for responding to this, and I hope I don't regret of coming back to my beloved Android world.
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welcome back to the fray!!
1: boarding pass wallet
2: nope
3: pushbullet
4: nope
5: not sure, would probably take some tweaking, but its just not as slick in android
6: Samsung Pay or Google Pay. I have a gear S3 frontier and it has a radio in it that makes it superior to iwatches and any other samsung watch, it can emulate a physical card swipe and doesnt rely strictly on NFC. Ive had soooooooo many clerks say to me "that doesnt work her......." and when they stop talking and look at their register with surprise that it worked, i then say "yes it does" with a slick smile on my face
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welcome back to the fray!!
1: boarding pass wallet
2: nope
3: pushbullet
4: nope
5: not sure, would probably take some tweaking, but its just not as slick in android
6: Samsung Pay or Google Pay. I have a gear S3 frontier and it has a radio in it that makes it superior to iwatches and any other samsung watch, it can emulate a physical card swipe and doesnt rely strictly on NFC. Ive had soooooooo many clerks say to me "that doesnt work her......." and when they stop talking and look at their register with surprise that it worked, i then say "yes it does" with a slick smile on my face
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HAhahah! Thanks so much! Love the last phrase
I'll donwload Boarding Pass Wallet and Pushbullet (I remember that last one from my S7 edge). In Spain it seems like Samsung and Google have different cards one from each other and it makes it complicated. F.E. Samsung in Spain does not accept AMEX!
luismix said:
HAhahah! Thanks so much! Love the last phrase
I'll donwload Boarding Pass Wallet and Pushbullet (I remember that last one from my S7 edge). In Spain it seems like Samsung and Google have different cards one from each other and it makes it complicated. F.E. Samsung in Spain does not accept AMEX!
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Thanks!! and dude, even here in the septics (USA) amex is a complete PITA. its hit and miss at best for places that accept it. A few jobs ago, my bonuses were loaded on an amex card and i had over 3k on it and couldnt even buy gas in minnesota
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Thanks!! and dude, even here in the septics (USA) amex is a complete PITA. its hit and miss at best for places that accept it. A few jobs ago, my bonuses were loaded on an amex card and i had over 3k on it and couldnt even buy gas in minnesota
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crazy! In London 75% of the places accept AMEX but in Spain is not so easy. I thought the US would be the best place to have an AMEX!
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crazy! In London 75% of the places accept AMEX but in Spain is not so easy. I thought the US would be the best place to have an AMEX!
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right??? yeah, i tried a couple jewelry stores, clothing stores, grocery, hardware, tons of places in the mall of america (for a very long time, this was the largest mall on the planet) and it was hit n miss at very best. I eventually found a place that would let me withdraw the cash with a very small penalty. I went to doing that every so often to avoid the hassle LoL
1. No idea
2. Vivid Navigation, (Because you can use tap gestures.) experiment with this app, you'll enjoy it. I felt like I missed iPX gestures, but then I got used to using Vivid NG and now going back to iPhone gestures seem slow and require more effort. I use tap gestures along the bottom arranged how the navbar buttons are, and then swipe gestures on the side. You can also use swipe up on each section to bring up Bottom Quick settings (I bound to the right section), Launchboard bound to swipe up in the middle and Notification panel on the left section.
3/4: Use EasyJoin, it uses Wifi Direct which is what Airdrop is. It also allows you to answer phonecalls from your pc and control your SMS.
5. You can try changing animation durations and revoking usage data access to wellbeing, you'll notice it's a lot more fluid. If you root, install FDE AI, made a huuge difference for me.
6. Google pay. If you're rooted use magisk hide and the script for google pay to use it while rooted.
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1. No idea
2. Vivid Navigation, (Because you can use tap gestures.) experiment with this app, you'll enjoy it. I felt like I missed iPX gestures, but then I got used to using Vivid NG and now going back to iPhone gestures seem slow and require more effort. I use tap gestures along the bottom arranged how the navbar buttons are, and then swipe gestures on the side. You can also use swipe up on each section to bring up Bottom Quick settings (I bound to the right section), Launchboard bound to swipe up in the middle and Notification panel on the left section.
3/4: Use EasyJoin, it uses Wifi Direct which is what Airdrop is. It also allows you to answer phonecalls from your pc and control your SMS.
5. You can try changing animation durations and revoking usage data access to wellbeing, you'll notice it's a lot more fluid. If you root, install FDE AI, made a huuge difference for me.
6. Google pay. If you're rooted use magisk hide and the script for google pay to use it while rooted.
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Awesome! I changed animations and it indeed improved the performance. Regarding Google Pay, it's good but not perfect. Vivid Navigator looks promising but needs a PC to hide the Navigation Bar, so I'll need to check later at home
Regarding EasyJoin, I am using AirDroid and it seems to work well... For now!
luismix said:
Good afternoon, guys!
After almost two years enjoying an Iphone X and also liking the experience with an XR for work reasons, I decided to move back to Android. Following the guidance in this forum, I bought a 512gb Samsung S10 Plus... And so far I have ejoyed the speed, camera and screen. I left iOS because of the lack of additional storage, the non-renovated-in-years look and feel, and the problems sharing documents with anything that is not Apple.*
Unfortunately, there are a couple of things that make me miss iOS, and I would love to know if any of you know how to help. I cannot think about a better place to ask than in the Android forum by excellence
Passbook is amazing for cards and boarding passses. Is there something similar in Android?
Gestures! - Apple has implemented those amazingly well, and I tried a couple of apps that were not close to Apple. Do I need to wait to Android 10? This is by far the best thing that iOS has
AirDrop - One of the best things that Apple has is this amazing tool to share photos and documents with others. Is there somethins similar in Android?
Integration with Mac - With an iPhone, I can answer a phone call from my computer, and paste text from and to my Mac. I know this is going to eb almost impossible, but noone better than you guys to respond *
Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?
Apple pay - Apple has every possible card in their echosystem, and Android has some while Samsung has others - It seems like is not so standarized
Thanks so much in advance for responding to this, and I hope I don't regret of coming back to my beloved Android world.
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"Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?" If you've switched to a Samsung device then check out Goodlock in the Galaxy app store. This will allow you to modify your multitasking page and animations quite significantly. Give it a try
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richierich said:
"Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?" If you've switched to a Samsung device then check out Goodlock in the Galaxy app store. This will allow you to modify your multitasking page and animations quite significantly. Give it a try
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https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...g_and_much/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
richierich said:
"Multitasking - Multitasking has been way better implemented by Apple, meaning that surfing through the apps that are opened feels more fluid and natural with an iPhone. Is there any way to change this? To make it better than it currently is?" If you've switched to a Samsung device then check out Goodlock in the Galaxy app store. This will allow you to modify your multitasking page and animations quite significantly. Give it a try
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https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...g_and_much/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
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Simply great! this tool makes multitasking way more natural!
The only missing piece now is Apple Pay... They have a way better system than Android (you even need to dial your PIN number in the machine to complete the payment, while with Apple that was not needed).
Thanks, man!
Ok, so the passbook thing seems to be implemented into Samsung and Google pay. The similar gestures are coming with one ui 2. For iosish recents download nice lock and task changer off APK mirror
Just checked Vivid Navigation... Simply awesome. It replicates indeed the iPhone gestures and goes even beyond. Great suggestion, man!!