Why is Multi Window edit button missing? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

According to Samsung's website on how to use Multi Window, there suppose to have an edit button.
But it's missing here. I am using Nova launcher, has that have anything to do with it? How can I get to back? I wish to edit the apps available to the Multi Window Panel.

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FinancialWar said:
According to Samsung's website on how to use Multi Window, there suppose to have an edit button.
But it's missing here. I am using Nova launcher, has that have anything to do with it? How can I get to back? I wish to edit the apps available to the Multi Window Panel.
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Hey mate. Looks like you're on a custom ROM, which one? In my experience, the edit button normally found on the bottom of the bar can be elusive if you have non-stock DPI (320 is stock). I recall being able to rotate to landscape while on 260 DPI, opening the bar, and could see half the edit button, enough to press it.
Alternatively, if ur rooted then get the multi-window app which manages those apps in a neat package.
Good luck

FinancialWar said:
According to Samsung's website on how to use Multi Window, there suppose to have an edit button.
But it's missing here. I am using Nova launcher, has that have anything to do with it? How can I get to back? I wish to edit the apps available to the Multi Window Panel.
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Did you change your screen dpi? Anytime you switch the screen dpi from its default it's going to mess up the multiwindow menu, and the most obvious result is that the edit button disappears. Restore the dpi to its default value (320) and voila! the edit button returns.
mudge

Verizon disabled the edit of the multi window app selections

iCurmudgeon said:
Did you change your screen dpi? Anytime you switch the screen dpi from its default it's going to mess up the multiwindow menu, and the most obvious result is that the edit button disappears. Restore the dpi to its default value (320) and voila! the edit button returns.
mudge
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I changed it to 240.
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FinancialWar said:
I changed it to 240.
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Thats to be expected when you chnage Screen DPI. what you can do is move your MW tray to buttom so the EDIT button will show or find a modded flashbar with multi DPI support.
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[Poll] Your solution for the "Rotate" topic

We all know that by default you can activate the rotation of the screen but the main desktop and the App Drawer won't do that. So in few words what's your solution?
Leave it as stock
Use the True Tablet UI Patch
Use a launcher
Use TTUI Patch + Launcher
ParanoidAndroid Rom
Really curious to know what you have done!
I use nova launcher.
+1 for Nova
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Nova as well
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You can add a string like force_enable_rotation=true
simms22 told me about it, thanks again man
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How about the lock screen?
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ultimate rotation control app - had lag issues - seems to be sorted now
CharliesTheMan said:
You can add a string like force_enable_rotation=true
simms22 told me about it, thanks again man
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Without changing the pixel density?
Holo Launcher seems to do the trick you are looking for. Matter of fact, most of the third party launchers would let you do landscape desktop and app drawer.
I use nova launcher , but if u want a stock launcher with rotation Modaco launcher it's a good choise!!!
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Looking at these posts looks like no one used the "True Tablet UI Patch" or the stock launcher....
force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
Knight77 said:
Without changing the pixel density?
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yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......
R3dbeaver said:
force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......
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Actually the topic is "your solution for..." the rotate topic So checking answers looks like most of the people just use another laucher.
But the one you posted in few words is for what? I mean for the way I read your answer this doesn't make anything different than the "rotate" funcion in the notification bar. Or it also allows to rotate the main desktop and the app drawer?
R3dbeaver said:
force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......
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Actually, the funny thing is I have added this mod. It doesn't rotate the time on the lock screen but you still swipe to the right to unlock ... (toward bottom if you were in portrait mode)...no dpi changes or any other mods needed. I'm on rooted, unlocked stock ROM.
What I really wanna know is where I can mod the home screen to scroll continuously...I haven't looked yet. I have the setting on my phone, but haven't played with the N7 enough to find it yet.
I use Apex. Paid for the Pro version of it, over Nova, since Apex offered... less features for the Pro version (in other words, Nova had a lot of stuff in Pro that was non-existent in the free, and I don't like feeling like I "have" to pay in order to use an app efficiently...)
I used launcher.force_enable_rotation=true inside a new local.prop file in /data. I always use portrait mode and a pin in the lock screen, so portrait only in lock screen is fine by me.
My biggest issue was when in landscape, if I went back into home I would have to rotate from landscape to portrait, then back into landscape and if I pressed a button by mistake again, back into portrait.
I tried the change build.prop dpi settings but didn't like tablet UI for this little thing..... and I don't want to squint.
Tried ultimate rotation control which works great, it also rotates the lockscreen, but costs something like £2 after a 7 trial vs what I use now.
espionage724 said:
I use Apex. Paid for the Pro version of it, over Nova, since Apex offered... less features for the Pro version (in other words, Nova had a lot of stuff in Pro that was non-existent in the free, and I don't like feeling like I "have" to pay in order to use an app efficiently...)
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So you paid for less features in general out of principal?
Or did Apex have more free features compared to Nova, and the Pro versions equalled things out on both sides?
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Knight77 said:
Actually the topic is "your solution for..." the rotate topic So checking answers looks like most of the people just use another laucher.
But the one you posted in few words is for what? I mean for the way I read your answer this doesn't make anything different than the "rotate" funcion in the notification bar. Or it also allows to rotate the main desktop and the app drawer?
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Yes, sorry for not being clear. That tweak to local.prop is to rotate the main desktop and app drawer, just not the lock screen.
The GUI dpi change tweak it's for a complete tablet ui
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another launcher (because the default one doesn't have enough features for my taste anyway)
I don't know why some of your options are listed, like paranoidandroid rom, wtf.
Most custom roms include a landscape launcher. This shouldn't be that complicated. The stock launcher simply doesn't do landscape without tweaks. If you run stock, just download Nova or Apex.
I run EOS and its built in tablet mode with Apex.
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apex launcher, tablet mode at 160dpi :good:
IMHO apex (free) is the best

[Q] Question about the AOKP Rom from task and toonz for sprint galaxy s3

This may be a stupid question but how do you manage the screens?, I'm trying g to have just one screen and delete the rest but I can't seem to find where I would be able to do that
Parkourkid93 said:
This may be a stupid question but how do you manage the screens?, I'm trying g to have just one screen and delete the rest but I can't seem to find where I would be able to do that
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You mean the number of home screens? Just use Nova launcher to edit to your preference
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precise
nbeebe24 said:
You mean the number of home screens? Just use Nova launcher to edit to your preference
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I was thinking that, but when using the navigational bar tweak, and you press the home button in it, it switches back to the default luncher and not nova, the ROM doesn't come with a default screen manager?
Parkourkid93 said:
I was thinking that, but when using the navigational bar tweak, and you press the home button in it, it switches back to the default luncher and not nova, the ROM doesn't come with a default screen manager?
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Press the menu button and then Manage apps. Go to All then scroll down to Launcher and select that. Once in there go down to Clear Defaults and select that. Press the home button then you'll be prompted to choose a default launcher, choose Nova. Done. When you start with a freshly installed ROM you have a choice of the stock launcher or Nova. The stock launcher doesn't have any customization, that's what you chose
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DPI

Any way to change the dpi on tw roms these days? Love tw but what a waste of a large screen!
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Search xposed installer/apk.
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Or you could use a custom launcher and set more rows and columns. I use Nova now and have a 8 rows x 6 columns screen.
stevehkim said:
Search xposed installer/apk.
Rootboxed
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I am looking into this but no luck yet.
diablo009 said:
Or you could use a custom launcher and set more rows and columns. I use Nova now and have a 8 rows x 6 columns screen.
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That is not my concern. I would like to see more of webpages, and generally everything... it's like 480p vs 1080p in the TV world. DPI changes the 'density' of the screen across the whole OS.
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DPI changes the 'density' of the screen across the whole OS.
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And prevents you from installing most apps once changed from default.
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And prevents you from installing most apps once changed from default.
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Balls.
Normally true but when not on tw roms I've used the following app consistently with no issues. It provides an in-app process that mods the play store apk. Besides, you can always change dpi to stock and get whatever apps you want and revert your dpi. But hey, let's keep giving people half the story.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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Search xposed installer/apk.
Rootboxed
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Thank you for pointing me in the right direction I appreciate it. I found this to be a better solution that I counted on.
In case anyone is interested in getting more out of their S3's TW display check out this post and download the zip with 2 apks and install them. Learn more about how this mod works here. The neat thing about this is approach is that it works similarly to how PA roms work. Basically, each app can be individually set with whatever DPI you want on the fly with no need to reboot in order to see changes. I tweaked DPI settings for Nova launcher, Gmail, Web browsers to start and it works on 747z rom for me ATM. I even set the SytemUI.apk to 280. This has a bug that that causes a thin bar under the notification bar to appear; it doesn't bother me though as the tradeoff for more notifications in the pull down is a plus for me. What's nice is you can tailor each apps display however you wish instead of picking one value for the whole OS!
To top it all off, you can leave Play store alone and download apps till tomorrow morning

Miui + Stock Samsung Keyboard + DPI changing Problem... Any clue?

Hey there!
So I installed MIUI now which is quiet beautiful. Buuuuuuuuuuuuut.... I'm coming from another ROM and used to have my device for a year @ 180dpi - 220dpi. Now... this is just... ugly. The default is set to !!!320DPI!!!. Everything is so big, my grandma could easily hit every icon without her glasses.
So I tried to change the dpi to 220 using Rom toolbox, the only problem: stock keyboard
I really really like the samsung stock keyboard and now that it is back because of MIUI I don't wanna really miss it. I use the numbers really often and it's handy to have a number line just at the top.
>> Is it possible to have a Samsung Stock Keyboard working at 220DPI without any blank gaps and force closes?
Thanks alot!
Use the 240dpi one from bala_gamers thread.
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Try this for keyboard http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=&d=1366489557 also when you change the DPI in Miui you will notice that the frame layout of the home screen and settings menu are out of place.
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Sir the link to keyboard doesn't work. Do you have an alternative?
bushako said:
Try this for keyboard http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=&d=1366489557 also when you change the DPI in Miui you will notice that the frame layout of the home screen and settings menu are out of place.
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RAMBO29 said:
Sir the link to keyboard doesn't work. Do you have an alternative?
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Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2164483
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DeenPrecious said:
Hey there!
So I installed MIUI now which is quiet beautiful. Buuuuuuuuuuuuut.... I'm coming from another ROM and used to have my device for a year @ 180dpi - 220dpi. Now... this is just... ugly. The default is set to !!!320DPI!!!. Everything is so big, my grandma could easily hit every icon without her glasses.
So I tried to change the dpi to 220 using Rom toolbox, the only problem: stock keyboard
I really really like the samsung stock keyboard and now that it is back because of MIUI I don't wanna really miss it. I use the numbers really often and it's handy to have a number line just at the top.
>> Is it possible to have a Samsung Stock Keyboard working at 220DPI without any blank gaps and force closes?
Thanks alot!
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Hey buddy , how were you able to bring down the screen dpi to 180 - 220. I am currently using cm 10.1.3 on the note 2 n7100 but i am unable to change the screen dpi. the entire rom looks ugly on the 320 dpi. Just a waste of screen space. Could you help me with the steps you took to reduce the screen dpi from 320 to say 240 or lesser...?

Why my setting looks different

On my phone the setting looks similar to this
http://i2.wp.com/www.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Note-5-led.jpg?resize=720,424
Why is it different from the pics in setting
http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-take-screenshot-note5/
A few American models have the setting layout different than the international models.
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The second link is the settings app in list mode. I like grid mode better
TechNyne66 said:
The second link is the settings app in list mode. I like grid mode better
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Any idea how can l switch?
Ruturaj001 said:
Any idea how can l switch?
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Can't.
You would need a custom romantic with the option.
Yeah romantic
Damn that sucks
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Yes you can switch it go on main screen gold you finger on any empty space on you home screen and where it will show you a option to change wallpaper next to it you have themes go there and there should be 3 installed then choose the stock one hit apply an thats it if you want experiment then you can go to the market in the same app and download new ones. Good luck replay if you did it
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He wants to change the settings layout, not his theme.

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