Develop Bugs

Removal of scrolling wallpapers... Why? Thoughts?

So, I've noticed that in most if not all new Android builds, scrolling wallpapers have been removed... My first question is... Why!?! Second, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Or solutions to enable this feature manually?
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HTC EVO 4g

I hate that too. Mostly, I hate that if you lose scrolling wallpapers, you can't use a 480x800 image for your wallpaper. It still will only let you use 960x800, so you can't even see half of the image you're trying to use.

I wonder if there is a way to use a command line or something to enable scrolling wallpapers, I think it makes the home screens look a lot nicer. Especially in Roms with scrolling wallpapers that the lockscreen displays the last part of the homescreen/wallpaper you were viewing.
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EVO 4g

I found the only way to do this is install some kind of launcher,like ADW,which allows scrolling wallpaper.

My only problem with adding a launcher is that the ROM that I'm using is a little demanding when it comes to phone storage... that and I REALLY like the way it looks as is. I'm using the new WARM ROM, 340mbs if I'm correct...
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EVO 4g

If you're talking about ICS, scrolling wallpapers do work, but you have to change to a different launcher [at the time being]. Its still being worked on. There were just more important matters before scrolling wallpapers, like overall stability and the camera.

I'm talking about most new builds, I know the ICS builds are still alpha builds, so they don't count.
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EVO 4g

Apollo UI attempt

Hi guys,
I thought some of you might enjoy the Apollo theme I've created on my Omnia 7 with the help of the Screen Capture, Supreme Shourtcut and Advanced Config homebrew apps.
The only editing I've done here is replacing the people tile to protect my privacy All the pictures have been taken from my phone.
You'll notice I've sacrificed having a live Call tile. Since you get an readout of missed calls on the lock screen I didn't consider it that great a loss.
Let me know what you lot think...
EDIT: Just noticed that the screen capture for some reason hasn't captured the dark purple I have set as the home screen menu background Well anyway, that's there!

First look - messy
But then I think actually using it on a phone wouldn't be that messy.
My reaction towards this is neutral.

Takes away all of the aesthetic appeal of wp7.

I think it looks great!
Microsoft reallllllllly needs to allow more customization with colours in Apollo. In the worst way.

They need to change how notifications are displayed. The notification bar sucks right now. And i hate the fact that it disappears and there's no way to make it permanent.

[Q] Htc One X doesen't save changes

Hey guys, I own my hox now for 2 weeks and updated it to the latest 1.29 version but I still notice some glitches so I just wanted to check if it's only with me or you all have them and they are a part of the software just not finished yet.
First of all I have set my screen brightness to automatic but every once and a while I notice the screen brightness going to maximum or some other value and when I access the menu I can see that automatic brightness is unchecked. Also when scrolling with live wallpaper the live wallpaper is freezing.
Anyway I think that this is not HTC style, releasing a product that is not ready yet, as I owned Desire and I was quite happy with it.
Thanks

dzdimov said:
Hey guys, I own my hox now for 2 weeks and updated it to the latest 1.29 version but I still notice some glitches so I just wanted to check if it's only with me or you all have them and they are a part of the software just not finished yet.
First of all I have set my screen brightness to automatic but every once and a while I notice the screen brightness going to maximum or some other value and when I access the menu I can see that automatic brightness is unchecked. Also when scrolling with live wallpaper the live wallpaper is freezing.
Anyway I think that this is not HTC style, releasing a product that is not ready yet, as I owned Desire and I was quite happy with it.
Thanks
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About the autobrightness i am not sure, i dont have that issue.
But the live wallpaper is "normal", we have to wait for HTC to fix that (i hope with the next OTA).
P.S. you post this in the wrong place, this is for the Q/A thread

I have noticed this too when trying to disable delivery reports in messaging the option never saves.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

I also forgot to mention that sometimes my scene is mixing my icons i.e. I get different widgets on my home screen. This are very odd glitches and in my opinion very immature from htc, releasing this kind of undeveloped device

dzdimov said:
I also forgot to mention that sometimes my scene is mixing my icons i.e. I get different widgets on my home screen. This are very odd glitches and in my opinion very immature from htc, releasing this kind of undeveloped device
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Hmmm, you probably need to perform a factory reset

How is the Lollipop update to those who have it?

I've heard some people are getting less battery life and more lag while others are saying better battery life and more fluid. What is your experience using lollipop? (especially the 8.4 version since I own one and want to know if I should update or stay with kitkat).
Thank you

I flashed the saudi arabia firmware on my 8.4 and factory reset it, I don't notice any difference with battery life or fluidity but I install nova launcher + disable most of the bloat so it has always been very smooth for me both on kitkat and lollipop.
I really like how multiple users are set up now with both restricted access, screen pinning and temporary guest modes, there is a lot of flexibility there and the user switching has moved to the top of the notification bar so you can switch users at any time.
I like all the new animations and uniform teal & white color scheme, in kitkat some things were black background, some things were white, in lollipop it feels more uniform.
What I dislike is that it feels very much like a phone rom ported to a tablet, the recents menu in kitkat made sense to only cover the bottom of the screen but now its a full screen giant sized card recents menu like on our phones and it just looks gigantic and makes multitasking harder in my opinion. Then on the opposite side of the scale the size of the notification bar has shrunk and is super tiny compared to kitkat, it takes precision to click the buttons now but at least it looks better I guess.
Overall, I do like lollipop because of the way multiple users are handled, improved notifications and sd card read/writing fixed, I just wish the recents menu wasn't replaced really.

Personally, I have found nothing worthwhile in Lollipop. I didn't want to update but since AT&T pushed it OTA I had no choice. It installed the update while I was asleep (after asking me several times during the day if I wanted to apply the update) and now I'm stuck with this ridiculous iPhone color scheme, the previously-mentioned obnoxious "recent apps" screen, the complete crippling of Tasker and the necessity to dig deep into menus to enable/disable mobile data.
I haven't noticed any new features or any significant change in performance (for better or for worse). TouchWiz is still a piece of **** and I'm never buying another Samsung. If I want a UI that looks and feels like iOS, I'll buy a damn iPhone.
I also don't like the new notification panel or the fact that I can't see it on my lock screen. I can either have full-blown notifications blasted across the lock screen (similar to Google Now cards) or nothing at all. There was nothing wrong with simply having the panel's notification icons visible on the lock screen. Now I have to unlock my phone to see if I got an sms or a voicemail.
I suppose that wouldn't be such a big deal if this device had a notification light that I could customize with different colors for email, sms and voicemail.
Based on the new way the OS handles (with no thought to whether there is any difference in performance), I recommend you stick with KitKat. Lollipop just plain sucks.

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Personally, I have found nothing worthwhile in Lollipop. I didn't want to update but since AT&T pushed it OTA I had no choice. It installed the update while I was asleep (after asking me several times during the day if I wanted to apply the update) and now I'm stuck with this ridiculous iPhone color scheme, the previously-mentioned obnoxious "recent apps" screen, the complete crippling of Tasker and the necessity to dig deep into menus to enable/disable mobile data.
I haven't noticed any new features or any significant change in performance (for better or for worse). TouchWiz is still a piece of **** and I'm never buying another Samsung. If I want a UI that looks and feels like iOS, I'll buy a damn iPhone.
I also don't like the new notification panel or the fact that I can't see it on my lock screen. I can either have full-blown notifications blasted across the lock screen (similar to Google Now cards) or nothing at all. There was nothing wrong with simply having the panel's notification icons visible on the lock screen. Now I have to unlock my phone to see if I got an sms or a voicemail.
I suppose that wouldn't be such a big deal if this device had a notification light that I could customize with different colors for email, sms and voicemail.
Based on the new way the OS handles (with no thought to whether there is any difference in performance), I recommend you stick with KitKat. Lollipop just plain sucks.
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dont get mad at samsung, at&t was the one that forced it down your throat.

Well I am happy with kitkat, and lollipop has been available since yesterday for my T800 in the UK, I have auto updates disabled, and a found an thread dealing how to cancel an update and remove the update notice, which i have not seen yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856632
John.

Fixing few things after upgrade MIUI from 10 to 11

Hi
Today my Redmi Note 5 Pro has been updated to MIUI 11 and few issues showed up. Maybe you have some hints on solving them (phone is not rooted).
1) I have automatic brightness turned on and on MIUI 9 and 10 it was quite smooth and with nice delay. Sometimes too dark but most of the time ok. With 11 update it's extremely jagged, like it has only 5-6 steps and not smooth transition anymore. It's enough to rotate the phone just a bit to get instant brightness drop to a half, very annoying and if that's the new way of working I would call automatic change pointless. Any way to bring back smooth transition?
2) before the update I could swipe lock screen to the right and there I had quick access to flashlight, without unblocking the phone. Currently there is some kind of advertisement of wallpapers for lockscreen I don't care and want. Any way to bring back quick access to flashlight?
Those were two major issues do far. Now two minor ones:
3) scrolling lists is way to "smooth" now and won't stop scrolling when lifting the finger. Have to tap it again to stop scrolling. Looks like a bug, not an improvement.
4) paddings! Lots of wasted space everywhere like a theme for seniors. Dialer for example, before update I could see 5 (if I remember correctly) last calls. Now only 3 fit with lots of margins between them. Similar to settings list. I assume it's some designer vision we can't do anything about it but to embrace (and keep scrolling)
Anyway, thanks in advance for any hints on above issues.

There is no issues on miui 11. I use OTA one 818MB.