[Q] Notifications not as good as before - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've just upgraded from the original Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 to a Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100
On my old Tab if there was a notification that was too long to fit on the screen I could long press on the notification and it would begin to scroll right to left allowing me to read the whole message. On my shiny new super phone that long press no longer works (instead it brings up a button for App Info which is no help at all!)
Is there a way to read the whole of a notification without having to go to launch the app associated with it?
Thanks!

In 4.1 JB you have to put two fingers on it and slide down to expand the notification. Although it doesn't work for all notifications.
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nicthasneak said:
In 4.1 JB you have to put two fingers on it and slide down to expand the notification. Although it doesn't work for all notifications.
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Thanks for the reply.
That seems to work for Gmail but not for Pulse and if there is more than one email then the expanded version is basically no better than the unexpanded version. You still need to go from the notification screen to the Gmail inbox to see any of the message.
Seems a bit of a step backwards from the older version on Android.

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Continuum type notification

Hey all,
Just thought I might throw the idea out there, would it be possible to create a continuum style notification either in place or over the menu buttons at the bottom? That would be pretty interesting.
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I'm not sure what this is, could you describe it?
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I400ZKAVZW
its that small second display across the bottom. it shows news updates, text messages, RSS messages, facebook posts etc.
and im with you OP, this could be cool
Something that could be toggled easily (say a button opposite where the small menu button appears) that is always up. This way you have notifications/new messages and still retain easy access to your soft buttons.
It could display last X number of Facebook messages, or G+ posts from selected contacts, or twitter posts with certain tags.
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This is an interesting idea. It would be redundant in normal use, but when notification bar is hidden (i.e. full screen browsing, games etc.) it would be cool to see notifications pop up on the nav bar.
I'm just not a huge fan of the notification bar, and with the new .zips to hide the bottom buttons it leaves room for this
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Fun fact the second screen is actually part of the main screen
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On the continuum?
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Or perhaps turn the nav bar into a "dock' that you could slide and have a notification ticker as one of the things you could add to it
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Another idea would be for the MIUI style pop up notification and have it appear over the nav buttons

System applications without menu icons

Hello, I've got my nexus running xenon-hd and I've used the Rom settings to restore the traditional button arrangement I had on my captivate as you can see in the screen shot. My question is, with a menu button and search button now, is there a way to get rid of the three doors that appear on gapps like here in the messaging?
On jelly bean on my galaxy s 1, they weren't there because the phone has physical buttons. Not really a big deal, just curious. Thanks
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I don't think it uploaded the picture correctly, trying again.
Nope, no dice, will try from my computer later, but for reference I mean this http://img.tapatalk.com/5224c050-7b59-f27b.jpg
Of course this isn't my phone, I have "menu, home, back, search" as the soft keys. But the three dots beside the attach icon are what I'm asking about removing
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Possible to get galaxy S3 put to face to start call.

Just curious as to if anyone has ported over any of the gesture controls from the GS3. The main ones that would be cool to me is put the phone to your face with the contact info up to start the call. Or swiping to the left or the right on a contact will either call or open SMS window.
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mainstang said:
Just curious as to if anyone has ported over any of the gesture controls from the GS3. The main ones that would be cool to me is put the phone to your face with the contact info up to start the call. Or swiping to the left or the right on a contact will either call or open SMS window.
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The swipe gesture can be found in the DW contacts app. I reckon there are some dependencies from touchwiz needed to port that other function.
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[Q] How do I edit tray icons?

I have a new N7105 - and i'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus. With the Nexus you can edit the icons in the bottom tray by long pressing then just dragging them around. However, on the Note 2 i can't do this? If i press menu then press edit, it only lets me edit the screens.
Is there any way to change these icons? I find it hard to believe they've locked these down.
The icons i'm referring to are: Phone, Contacts, Messaging, Internet, Apps
Also, just thought i'd add - i've searched everywhere for how to do this but none of the suggestions work.
I've tried pressing apps and setting the view to customisable grid then going edit from the apps drawer - this doesn't work either.
Also, is there a way to do this without installing a different launcher?
Hi I have the 7105. If I hold an icon in the tray draw I can move it to the home screen or drag it all the way to the trash can. I can then drag any icon from the home screen to the app tray.
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Same here on my n7100.. Long press on them and I can move them around and into the screen.
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vash_h said:
Same here on my n7100.. Long press on them and I can move them around and into the screen.
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I noticed in Australia the Optus rom does not let you move the shortcuts at all. Also if you want to move icons around on the home screen you first need to press menu edit.. so stupid. Installed an unbranded rom and now I don't have these limitations
TheRiceKing said:
I noticed in Australia the Optus rom does not let you move the shortcuts at all. Also if you want to move icons around on the home screen you first need to press menu edit.. so stupid. Installed an unbranded rom and now I don't have these limitations
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This is it, i've just flashed 4.1.2 and now i can move everything around perfectly. How stupid.
You can even create folders there
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Strange Ads on CM10.1

I sometimes use the emoji keyboard that I downloaded off of the Play Store, but right now I 'froze' the app via Titanium Backup Pro because almost 3 times a day, I will get strange advertisements in my notification bar/drawer. And note that I only see this in this CyanogenMod ROM I'm running right now, when I'm running stock TouchWiz, these strange ads never appear. Is there any way to prevent these annoying ads?
Forgot to mention that I do have AdAway installed and working, but it doesn't work for the emoji keyboard.
I'm running CyanogenMod Version: 10.1-20130304-EXPERIMENTAL-d2tmo-M2
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You can try using an air push blocker, or a different keyboard like go keyboard or kii which both have emoji inputs
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serio22 said:
You can try using an air push blocker
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This one, for example.
Also if running jb or higher hi can long press on the notification and select app info. That will take you to the a app info screen and select disable notifications.
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tp2215 said:
Also if running jb or higher hi can long press on the notification and select app info. That will take you to the a app info screen and select disable notifications.
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True I forgot about that.. But does it work with ad notifications?
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Yup it does
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tp2215 said:
Also if running jb or higher hi can long press on the notification and select app info. That will take you to the a app info screen and select disable notifications.
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Wow, thats a lot easier than decompiling the apk and removing them that way.. Think i'll be doing this method from now on xD lol thanks!
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