I'm noticing that Google is killing it's mascot for android.
He still represents the OS(barely) but like he is not on the Phone.
Google tore him out of Dialer, the Market, the contact list(when no pic was set) the tutorial when I first unlock the device, HE'S NOT EVEN IN TBE EASTER EGG WHEN U CLICK VERSION.
The Next thing that could happen is that android devices will be known as.... Play Devices.
Why is Google killing him off visually on the OS??? He only exist in the 3 following.
1. Welcome Screen
2. When In the Fastboot recovery
3. When an app can be found.
4. Bottom of the play store.
Why is Google killing him off?? I remember he was EVERYWHERE on the N1.
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He is in the play store holding shopping bags if you scroll all the way down
EDIT: this is only on screens with the tile layout and when there is an odd number of tiles
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He is in the play store holding shopping bags if you scroll all the way down
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OK 4. Still being replaced by the word "Play"
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Dragn4rce said:
OK 4. Still being replaced by the word "Play"
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No not really. Play represents Google's cloud system. Android is its own separate identity and I cannot see google ever ditching the name android and changing that to play.
On their online playstore portal, it directly says "android apps" and shows the android icon and not just "apps" like it does for books, music, and movies. This shows clear intention to keep the traditional android title distinct from the play title.
unrelated but every time I read a post from you I always read your name as dragonarse
crixley said:
unrelated but every time I read a post from you I always read your name as dragonarse
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It's read as Dragon force. Lol
Ppl always fu*k up the name on the PSN.
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It's read as Dragon force. Lol
Ppl always fu*k up the name on the PSN.
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Haha I got that I just can't stop my brain from seeing dragonarse..
has anyone said that to you before lol
crixley said:
Haha I got that I just can't stop my brain from seeing dragonarse..
has anyone said that to you before lol
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lolololol I always thought the "4" was a 7331 "A" myself.
good day.
Apple patented the green Android and its likeness.
on a serious note I think they are just trying to "mature" the os since ics
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Haha I got that I just can't stop my brain from seeing dragonarse..
has anyone said that to you before lol
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I keep laughing now at dragonarse. Thank you lol.
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crixley said:
Haha I got that I just can't stop my brain from seeing dragonarse..
has anyone said that to you before lol
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No. No one. Ppl always say it as Dragon four Arce(makes no sense) before I tell em how it's pronounced. And is this really gonna be turned into "make fun of the username thread"???
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No not really. Play represents Google's cloud system. Android is its own separate identity and I cannot see google ever ditching the name android and changing that to play.
On their online playstore portal, it directly says "android apps" and shows the android icon and not just "apps" like it does for books, music, and movies. This shows clear intention to keep the traditional android title distinct from the play title.
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And it doesn't answer why Google is tearing him out of the OS in every version of android. He being taken out of places where he used to be that has nothing to do with the Cloud.
It looks like Google is gradually doing it.
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And it doesn't answer why Google is tearing him out of the OS in every version of android. He being taken out of places where he used to be that has nothing to do with the Cloud.
It looks like Google is gradually doing it.
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did you read my earlier response dragonarse?
they are trying to mature the os since ics, party of that is getting rid of the cartoony elements
Maybe he'll make a comeback in Android 5.0
I also read Dragonarse. Im not making fun of you, but you have to admit that it is funny and ironic that the intended cool name is easily interpreted so very differently
Anyway, the Google statue for Jelly Bean us the Andriod mascot, so I dont think you have to worry about Google phasing him out.
There are some places where I see the Android mascot where I do not want him, such as my home screen icon for ebay.
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I think they're only keeping the little guy as a mascot for the OS(i.e. the statues for each OS version), but when it comes to being included IN the OS, Google is probably trying to keep his presence minimal.
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You have a point, I can see it happening, and I hope not. I love the mascot, its one of my favorites. I hope they don't do anything lame and generic.
I disagree with the concept of this thread, that Google is killing off the bugdroid. He shows up everywhere if you just look. The JB logo has the bugdroid antennae. The apps icon in settings has him in there. Any app that doesn't have a custom icon for the app tray uses him. He is still the icon placeholder on the Play store as the regular icon loads. The USB debug icon in ICS has his head. I'm sure there are plenty more.
As others have said, they are just polishing things. They love the bugdroid as much as we do.
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I disagree with the concept of this thread, that Google is killing off the bugdroid. He shows up everywhere if you just look. The JB logo has the bugdroid antennae. The apps icon in settings has him in there. Any app that doesn't have a custom icon for the app tray uses him. He is still the icon placeholder on the Play store as the regular icon loads. The USB debug icon in ICS has his head. I'm sure there are plenty more.
As others have said, they are just polishing things. They love the bugdroid as much as we do.
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In jellybean, he's not the debug icon, it's something completely different, in settings, he's not there at all, in the play store he's hidden from view almost entirely. He's gradually getting extracted version after version. And I understand they are polishing it, but they are removing him in places where he shouldn't be removed.
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I recently update to 4.1.1. When I use the camera, it look like 4.0 no swipe to delete or no icon bring the picture back if accident delete. Does any one have the same issue? How to solve it please let me know. Thank a lot. New to gnex
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I recently update to 4.1.1. When I use the camera, it look like 4.0 no swipe to delete or no icon bring the picture back if accident delete. Does any one have the same issue? How to solve it please let me know. Thank a lot. New to gnex
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So Ur saying,"I want to restore a picture if I delete it."
If that's Ur question, it can't be done.
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sienna3185 said:
I recently update to 4.1.1. When I use the camera, it look like 4.0 no swipe to delete or no icon bring the picture back if accident delete. Does any one have the same issue? How to solve it please let me know. Thank a lot. New to gnex
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Pinch in while viewing your previous photos to enable swipe-to-delete.
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andrewNY said:
Pinch in while viewing your previous photos to enable swipe-to-delete.
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HOLY $h1t I didn't know this was possible.
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I saw youtube that can be done with jb not ice. I don't know it's true or not.
sienna3185 said:
I saw youtube that can be done with jb not ice. I don't know it's true or not.
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It's true. It's a feature added in JB.
For those of you who owned a nexus s you may remember that the YouTube app would continue playing with screen off. It was great for music what ever happened to it, And why is the feature not implemented into the newer YouTube app?
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For those of you who owned a nexus s you may remember that the YouTube app would continue playing with screen off. It was great for music what ever happened to it, And why is the feature not implemented into the newer YouTube app?
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Probably Apple's fault since the iPhone also does it.
Might explain why it's gone.
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Its sad because it was such an amazing feature. Pick a song and turn the screen off......
FrostyF7 said:
Its sad because it was such an amazing feature. Pick a song and turn the screen off......
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I know.
Because that's the only reason I can think of.
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This still hasn't been implemented?
There has to be a reason why.
So uh, why?
SocialReject said:
This still hasn't been implemented?
There has to be a reason why.
So uh, why?
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I guess there hasn't been a demand for it really.
I know myself, I think the screen on animation looks messy.
Please post Questions in the Q&A section.
Thread moved.
Looked pretty cool to me.
Guess I was alone on this one
What I want to hear is a louder lock/ unlock sound click.
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SocialReject said:
This still hasn't been implemented?
There has to be a reason why.
So uh, why?
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Meh. The delay of the screen turning on with it having to do the animation made it worthless on GB. Off ani is fine.
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What I want to hear is a louder lock/ unlock sound click.
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Get a free ogg editor and increase the volume of the audio files for those sounds.
good day.
I'd like to see screen on enabled or screen off disabled. I think it looks retarded having on and off be different.
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Get a free ogg editor and increase the volume of the audio files for those sounds.
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I just looked it up. How would I be able to change that one specific thing with this???
Cuz this is new to me.
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I just looked it up. How would I be able to change that one specific thing with this???
Cuz this is new to me.
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a )
Find the sound.
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Open it in the editor
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Increase gain
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Move back to phone and change permissions back to what it should be.
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a )
Find the sound.
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Open it in the editor
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Increase gain
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Move back to phone and change permissions back to what it should be.
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K thanks. Hope it's as easy as it sounds.
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Check out Utter, its amazing and still just in beta, developed by Ben Randall, with its own 200+ page thread here on XDA.
It runs brilliantly on my Nexus 7.
Android Police Article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...s-in-this-15-min-video-download-developer-qa/
XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508195
Most recent Youtube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_irIFVI1x0
PlayStore link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...nutter&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Check out Utter, its amazing and still just in beta, developed by Ben Randall, with its own 200+ page thread here on XDA.
It runs brilliantly on my Nexus 7.
Android Police Article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...s-in-this-15-min-video-download-developer-qa/
XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508195
Most recent Youtube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_irIFVI1x0
PlayStore link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...nutter&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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I have to agree that it is brilliant ... and I love the humour
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I have to agree that it is brilliant ... and I love the humour
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Can't see what the fuss is about. Almost anything I ask, Utter responds with "I'm afraid I don't understand" or something similar. This one is a WHOLE lot better http://urly.fi/4as
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Can't see what the fuss is about. Almost anything I ask, Utter responds with "I'm afraid I don't understand" or something similar. This one is a WHOLE lot better http://urly.fi/4as
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Then you cant have set it up correctly
gjtoth said:
Can't see what the fuss is about. Almost anything I ask, Utter responds with "I'm afraid I don't understand" or something similar. This one is a WHOLE lot better http://urly.fi/4as
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Then you are holding it wrong! LOL I have tried a lot of these voice command assistants, from the S-voice from Samsung to Dragon beta, IRIS, Maanuba, vlingo, and your speaktoit; you name it, I may have tried it. None of them comes close to utter. Which of the other apps can take a verbal instruction to take a freakin screenshot or change the governors on your phone?? None that I have personally come across.
And to boot, this app comes from an XDA member. Who doesn't love that? I'm going to throw money at him as soon as he is able to. There's a lot of work that went in to it and ben(the dev), IMO deserves some fundage. :good:
This app is so clever, just been playing around with it and Tasker, between the 2 apps I can do everything I want. Awesome.
Why does it want root access?
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Why does it want root access?
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Reboot, set kernel, and a few other things require it.
but you do not have to be rooted to use Utter, and its not doing anything dodgy that you need to worry about, its just so that you can get Utter to do certain things which need root access, if you dont do those things, it doesnt need root access.
Why isn't this bloke working for the Google Now team??
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It seems to not recognize my Minnesooooooootan accent perfectly. Some of the commands it seems not to be able to understand. Works OK for most things though. It's still a keeper.
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It seems to not recognize my Minnesooooooootan accent perfectly. Some of the commands it seems not to be able to understand. Works OK for most things though. It's still a keeper.
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in the customisation menu, you can change/replace words, so for example if every time you say "house" it hears "has" you can tell utter to recognise "house", that may help, or you can try one of the other voice recognition engines in the recognition and voices menu like ispeech or dragon nuance.
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in the customisation menu, you can change/replace words, so for example if every time you say "house" it hears "has" you can tell utter to recognise "house", that may help, or you can try one of the other voice recognition engines in the recognition and voices menu like ispeech or dragon nuance.
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I didn't know you could choose a different voice recognition engine. Thanks! :thumbup:
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I didn't know you could choose a different voice recognition engine. Thanks! :thumbup:
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Yeh I tried them but it didnt seem to do anything, did you have any joy?
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Yeh I tried them but it didnt seem to do anything, did you have any joy?
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Couldn't get it to work. I guess I'll just have to speak a little differently then.
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Looking at the latest comments on the YouTube video, it looks like Brandall will be bringing some great updates to Utter soon including a car mode possibly and more bluetooth support.
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Figured it out, and updating the first post to help other out.
Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu in any app.
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So, after only a few hours of use i have found a very big issue.
No menu button means some apps are useless.
I cant even reply to topics from the XDA app, and cant change setting from others apps expecting to have a menu button on the phone. What was Samsung thinking?
I may need to return this phone if i cant find a solution. Anyone have any ideas?
Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu.
Such odd functionality.
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Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu.
Such odd functionality.
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What is the app switching button?
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What is the app switching button?
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The one to the left of the home button.
I don' mean no harm, but there's absolutely NO excuse for a Note 4 owner and someone who went out of their way to become an XDA member, to be so ignorant when it comes to something this simple. I don't even have my Note 4, yet, and I could school you up and down on it. There's dozens of videos online at your disposal, to tell you what features are found on your phone. Just looking at any one of them ... and as already mentioned ... you would have found out that long-pressing the recent apps button activates the menu. It's really quite simple.
Or tap the 3 dots at top right ...
You just saved me lot of pain thank you I was beyond frustrated
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Or tap the 3 dots at top right ...
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A lot of apps don't have the top 3 dots menu
If you long hold the app switching button, you get the menu. Take a little getting used to.
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Hold the button for recent apps down for a few seconds. The functionality is still there.
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I figured this out right after i picked up my phone
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I cant even reply to topics from the XDA app, ...
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I know you found a way for your options button, but also if you want to reply in the xda app, just tap on the post you want to reply to, a menu pops up
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I don' mean no harm, but there's absolutely NO excuse for a Note 4 owner and someone who went out of their way to become an XDA member, to be so ignorant when it comes to something this simple. I don't even have my Note 4, yet, and I could school you up and down on it. There's dozens of videos online at your disposal, to tell you what features are found on your phone. Just looking at any one of them ... and as already mentioned ... you would have found out that long-pressing the recent apps button activates the menu. It's really quite simple.
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wow, a little harsh.
There are a lot of people who are coming from a device that did not have the recent apps button and is not aware that you can long press it to get the menu button...especially on a device that has only been out for a day or so.
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wow, a little harsh.
There are a lot of people who are coming from a device that did not have the recent apps button and is not aware that you can long press it to get the menu button...especially on a device that has only been out for a day or so.
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Just ignore him man, not even worth feeding his immaturity.
Anyways, Thanks for the tip about the xda app as well.
Hope this thread helps others that are having that WTF moment when they first get the phone... You know, i cant remember but i don't think that first pop up tip says anything about long pressing for a menu. I could be wrong and have just hit ok after reading the title.
Don't sweat the little stuff... I asked a while ago about getting air command to pop up. Once you are used to a device that is very, very close to the device you just bought... well, you may not realize the little changes. In my case the older Note I had you held the button on the s-pen while hovering to bring up the air command menu. On the Note 4 all you have to do is hover then click (not hold). Stumped me for over an hour.. until I posted and asked.
Coming from an iPhone forces people to do more reading and learn everything.