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I stumbled across these and thought I would share. Feel free to add anything you might have found:
If you turn off auto-brightness, you can brighten the screen with a swipe of the finger. Just press the notifications area and move your finger left or right.
On both the homescreen and the apps menu you will see a row of dots indicating which page you are on. Hold the dot and scroll left or right. The pages will quickly scroll until you see the page you want.
You can focus your camera on a specific thing by touching that area on your screen.
In the camera app you can use the volume buttons to zoom in and out. OR you can pinch to zoom in and out.
Mute the Battery Notification (using Tasker) Directions are here.
Swipe left on contact name from the contact list and you'll automatically be able to send a text.
Swipe right on a contact name from the contact list and you'll automatically be able to call them.
Press your home button and lock screen button (power button) at the same time to save a screenshot.
You can scroll much faster on some apps such as YouTube, Astro File Manager and Market by using 3 fingers and if you scroll with 2 fingers you get precise scrolling (no scroll momentum).
Hold down the home button to access recent programs and the task manager.
Good stuff. Thanks!
Very useful tips, thanks!
But aren't these two basically the same thing?
Vegasden said:
On both the homescreen and the apps menu you will see a row of dots indicating which page you are on. Hold the dot and scroll left or right. The pages will quickly scroll until you see the page you want.
The homescreen identifier dots double as a slider to scroll through your homescreens.
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Holding the power button will activate a pop up menu that has 'airplane mode' as an option.
Loved the swipe left/right on contacts to txt/call. That's awesome. Another nuissance of mine gone.
BTW, you repeated abour 2 tips.
Fixed the duplication. I'll see what else I can find later.
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Any way to change the docked apps on the homescreen? I prefer Handcent over the default messaging app.
rockstar1o9 said:
Any way to change the docked apps on the homescreen? I prefer Handcent over the default messaging app.
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Click on applications, then menu, click view type, select customizable grid, click menu again, then select edit, and bam you can change the docked apps.
rockstar1o9 said:
Any way to change the docked apps on the homescreen? I prefer Handcent over the default messaging app.
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I'll still never understand the logic of having a WHITE background in a messaging app... Talk about a battery killer!
That's one thing I'm going to miss about the Moment. Black background in the STOCK app, rather than having to install a 3rd party app.
All though, if I'm forced to, Go SMS is my preference.
awesome stuff
so many tricks
Dalmus said:
I'll still never understand the logic of having a WHITE background in a messaging app... Talk about a battery killer!
That's one thing I'm going to miss about the Moment. Black background in the STOCK app, rather than having to install a 3rd party app.
All though, if I'm forced to, Go SMS is my preference.
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With Handcent you can pick either a dark or light theme. Default is light. There's even other skins you can apply.
The brightness adjust trick doesnt work for me.
fastfreddy7 said:
The brightness adjust trick doesnt work for me.
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Did you turn off auto brightness in Settings/display/brightness?
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Another cool one:
Testing Mode: *#0*# in the dialer enters the LCD test mode, useful if you are hunting for dead pixels or a few other things.
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you posted twice about the screenshot tip, just pointing it out....
m_reyna_16 said:
you posted twice about the screenshot tip, just pointing it out....
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The problem of being old: bad eyesight and memory. Thanks for catching it... whatever it was
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Nyq83 said:
Click on applications, then menu, click view type, select customizable grid, click menu again, then select edit, and bam you can change the docked apps.
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Thanks for the tip! It worked but now I have a followup question. Is there anyway to use the Handcent Icon widget in my dock? One of the reasons I love Handcent is the widget that shows how many unread messages I have.
FYI, other reasons I like Handcent: the lockscreen popup, it allows me to use my own sounds/mp3s as ringtones and alarms, Emoji pack allows me to send and receive emoji icons with my iPhone friends
U can hold 2 points on the screen like with ur thumbs for example. Then tilt ur phone forward or back to zoom. Just like that 10.1 tablet
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geolemon said:
With Handcent you can pick either a dark or light theme. Default is light. There's even other skins you can apply.
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Can you turn off the silly "bubble" chat with Handcent yet? Last time I tried it (a year ago) I couldn't stand the comic book look.
I'll probably use Go SMS until a dev over at SDX reverse releases a black version of the stock SMS.apk.
I'm also hoping the old version of GMail works so I can copy it over and use it with LauncherPro with working mail counts.
U dont have to have to have the bubble look. Handcent gives us different options. Android style is included if u r curious
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Is there a way you can do this on Android? Like on iOS you can open up the notification bar in any app.
jakob95 said:
Is there a way you can do this on Android? Like on iOS you can open up the notification bar in any app.
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This is a feature in MIUI rom. Try it out
Any app that shows the notification bar would allow you to pull it down and view your notifications.
If you mean while playing games and other full screen apps then really having that function would defeat the object of it being a full screen app.
I hate the thought of losing some of my 720p screen while playing games just to see my notifications. Any text, email, calendar event can wait until I'm dona playing
Download Smart Statusbar from the Play Store! Will suffice your exact need!
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incredulous said:
Any app that shows the notification bar would allow you to pull it down and view your notifications.
If you mean while playing games and other full screen apps then really having that function would defeat the object of it being a full screen app.
I hate the thought of losing some of my 720p screen while playing games just to see my notifications. Any text, email, calendar event can wait until I'm dona playing
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Well on iOS the games are still full screen, its just that you can swipe the invisible notification bar 2 times down then it will go down.
jakob95 said:
Well on iOS the games are still full screen, its just that you can swipe the invisible notification bar 2 times down then it will go down.
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This is how Smart Status works, that's the app you want.
Agreed, this app works like a charm and offers a decent amount of customization.
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Sorry if this exists somewhere else (I exhausted my search keywords and couldn't find it).
I am a recent convert to the ZL side and, for the most part, really like the phone. One thing, however, that I really liked from the Samsung Galaxy device I came from (and even the iPhones before that) was the quick way of locking screen rotation. Is there a way to bring that functionality into my ZL? On the Galaxy Note I had, all I needed to do was bring up the notification slider and select Screen Rotation lock. On the iPhone, if memory serves, I doube-tapped the home button and went all the way to the left and select the lock icon. On the ZL, I have to go into the settings, then into the display setting, then click on the Auto-Rotate screen option.
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
Install this and select the rotation toggle and check the others.. They are cool.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle
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I recommend installing "ScreenRotate (Small App)"
It will add rotation toogle to small apps bar (which shown when you press task switcher button).
Its more convenient that having to pull down notification bar, take space in notification area or having to go to homescreen to use widget.
Ingvarr said:
I recommend installing "ScreenRotate (Small App)"
It will add rotation toogle to small apps bar (which shown when you press task switcher button).
Its more convenient that having to pull down notification bar, take space in notification area or having to go to homescreen to use widget.
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Yeap it is also a more simple option.
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Ingvarr said:
I recommend installing "ScreenRotate (Small App)"
It will add rotation toogle to small apps bar (which shown when you press task switcher button).
Its more convenient that having to pull down notification bar, take space in notification area or having to go to homescreen to use widget.
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Thanks I was using auto rotate widget on my homescreen.. but this works even better
Why isn't tehre one for autobrightness?
DoubleYouPee said:
Thanks I was using auto rotate widget on my homescreen.. but this works even better
Why isn't tehre one for autobrightness?
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Dude why don't you try the app I told you few posts above? It does have that option too and it's great... It doesn't take much space on the notification place... Look.
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Lonzo_SGS2_506 said:
Dude why don't you try the app I told you few posts above? It does have that option too and it's great... It doesn't take much space on the notification place... Look.
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Sorry missed your post. That's an awesome app I always searched for notification toggle apps but they were always super ugly, missed some toggles or didn't work with the notification bar!
If only it could be be above the time and I wish the icons were smaller just like stock toggles.
Maybe I cam charge them myself
DoubleYouPee said:
Sorry missed your post. That's an awesome app I always searched for notification toggle apps but they were always super ugly, missed some toggles or didn't work with the notification bar!
If only it could be be above the time and I wish the icons were smaller just like stock toggles.
Maybe I cam charge them myself
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Oh ok. :thumbup:
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Ingvarr said:
I recommend installing "ScreenRotate (Small App)"
It will add rotation toogle to small apps bar (which shown when you press task switcher button).
Its more convenient that having to pull down notification bar, take space in notification area or having to go to homescreen to use widget.
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So awesome. A shame I can't five you more than 1 "Thanks"! The phone has now reached super awesome status.
hey guys today i installed dashclock is very nice!
anyone know if i can add viber messages or livescore and stuff like that?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umang.dashnotifier to add any app to dash clock widget.
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neu - smurph said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umang.dashnotifier to add any app to dash clock widget.
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ooh thx man!
is there a way to always show the notifications? because now i have to drag down the bar
diecast said:
ooh thx man!
is there a way to always show the notifications? because now i have to drag down the bar
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Not quite sure what you mean - there is an option in Dash Notifier to always have the app icon showing (with an optional unread count), whether or not there is a current notification. You also may need to resize the widget to get the 'full' scrollable view as default. Mine takes up one entire home screen.
neu - smurph said:
Not quite sure what you mean - there is an option in Dash Notifier to always have the app icon showing (with an optional unread count), whether or not there is a current notification. You also may need to resize the widget to get the 'full' scrollable view as default. Mine takes up one entire home screen.
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I think he means dasclock/notifier on lockscreen, i also have the same issue; i have to drag down the unlock patron (security) for me to be able to see the notifications on the lockscreen.
Is there any 'solution' for this?
seafood99 said:
I think he means dasclock/notifier on lockscreen, i also have the same issue; i have to drag down the unlock patron (security) for me to be able to see the notifications on the lockscreen.
Is there any 'solution' for this?
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Ah sorry - not sure - I have my dashclock on the lock screen as a secondary widget (again expanded by default) - but still need a swipe to get to it.
So, I would use this put I feel that once u unlock the tab pulled down should be done already. Then swipe up to unlock
seafood99 said:
I think he means dasclock/notifier on lockscreen, i also have the same issue; i have to drag down the unlock patron (security) for me to be able to see the notifications on the lockscreen.
Is there any 'solution' for this?
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You can install GravityBox and under Lockscreen Tweaks there is an option to maximise all widgets.
Try that.
lakyboss said:
You can install GravityBox and under Lockscreen Tweaks there is an option to maximise all widgets.
Try that.
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That worked, thanks.
lakyboss said:
You can install GravityBox and under Lockscreen Tweaks there is an option to maximise all widgets.
Try that.
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Do you mean this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ceco.kitkat.gravitybox&hl=nl
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seafood99 said:
Do you mean this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ceco.kitkat.gravitybox&hl=nl
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Yes, but it is easier to install xposed framework, and then download GravityBox from there.
Im searching for dashclock music and whatsapp widgets
not able to get any workin ones from playstore
When I would get a text message on the M7 I would slide the notification up and it would launch the SMS app. On the M8, from what I've seen, I have to slide it down so it opens a box like a widget and then click it? Am I doing something wrong or has HTC made the process more difficult?
Same for me. So strange.
I'm able to slide the text box up and it opens from there
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Visspui said:
I'm able to slide the text box up and it opens from there
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How? When I swipe up on the box it unlocks the screen and doesn't go into the notification
Same for me too.
danv28 said:
How? When I swipe up on the box it unlocks the screen and doesn't go into the notification
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Not sure brother, I'm all stock and it came that way for me. Any of the four icons, sliding up on them from the lock screen will open them. As with the sms, slide up, will open the new message. Using the default sms app
Wish I could help you out
you could try turning off the default lockscreen notifications and using Nils or another overlay app. I know these are clickable.