Couple software issues I don't care for. Mainly with the email. If you are sent a photo in email it automatically downloads it, which makes it show in gallery. The email app does not show folders. Way too much VZW bloat!
I'm not a fan on the size of the phone. Coming from the M7 I actually liked the size of the previous model. Just seems a bit too big for me. Also hate the fact that the boot loader is locked unless I'm missing something. (vzw)
The power button move to the top-right is driving me insane. My finger reaches the top-left much more naturally (right handed).
The camera is passable, but I REALLY wish there was a bit more resolution for zooming in on images. iPhone5s has the right idea here (8mp with larger than typical pixels).
Double tap to sleep would be nice (especially since I hate the top-right power button). I find it interesting that double tap to sleep works on the lock screen, but not in the launcher. Hmm.
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EVOme said:
Couple software issues I don't care for. Mainly with the email. If you are sent a photo in email it automatically downloads it, which makes it show in gallery. The email app does not show folders. Way too much VZW bloat!
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Unless I'm misunderstanding, my email app shows folders fine. Bezel-swipe in from left to see inboxes, there is a folder icon by the email address. Tap that and it displays the list of folders for that email address.
tom1226 said:
The power button move to the top-right is driving me insane. My finger reaches the top-left much more naturally (right handed).
The camera is passable, but I REALLY wish there was a bit more resolution for zooming in on images. iPhone5s has the right idea here (8mp with larger than typical pixels).
Double tap to sleep would be nice (especially since I hate the top-right power button). I find it interesting that double tap to sleep works on the lock screen, but not in the launcher. Hmm.
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Unless I'm misunderstanding, my email app shows folders fine. Bezel-swipe in from left to see inboxes, there is a folder icon by the email address. Tap that and it displays the list of folders for that email address.
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Power button up there is also a pain for me. So used to it being on the side with Samsung that the top my finger hardly ever went. tap to sleep would have been great. Miss that from G2.
Also, I have like 50 folders in my email and all I see in the mail app is inbox, trash and sent.
I need to look for that photo sync option in gallery, I've been all over the phone and dont see it.
Yahoo was setup as POP instead of IMAP. Email folder issue saved. You also have to manually enter IMAP and SMTP settings for Yahoo email if you decide to add.
I love the phone, but so far:
I can't add reddit to a main feed for blinkwhateverthingy. I don't want the other crap.
The lock screen clock/weather is transparent. The home screen one is white (anyone know how to fix this?) I want them both transparent.
No dev unlock of course.
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No double tap to turn off (booo).
Gallery creating a friggin light show with my pictures. Just give me a folder view please.
All relatively minor complaints. Best phone I've ever owned so far.
I guess my biggest complaint is the camera. It's a decent camera, but as others have pointed out, the low MP is offputting.
I also don't like the bezel, I don't hate it like some others... But the HTC branding on the bottom could have been taken off to make the phone a little shorter.
A minor dislike is the lack of a bootloader unlock. Not a big deal as the phone is new, but since it's Verizon we will be waiting.
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ihierbal said:
I'm not a fan on the size of the phone. Coming from the M7 I actually liked the size of the previous model. Just seems a bit too big for me. Also hate the fact that the boot loader is locked unless I'm missing something. (vzw)
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The size the me off, but it's been pretty good so far.
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The two main things for me are 1: battery life doesn't seem all that good to me which can probably be fixed with a kernel or new Rom and 2: that they took out the feature that sense 5 had were you could put an app on the home screen and it takes it out of the app drawer. Other then that this phones pretty beast. I average 25-40mbps down which is beast as hell!!! O and I think the camera is pretty ballin' especially the front facing one. No other phone takes pictures that good in the front in the US
The size is the biggest thing. Loved the size of the original. Plus LG G2 size was perfect for me at least. Oh well, maybe next year.
Anyone have any idea what the write type/create icon when you are in camera shots of the gallery does. It makes a process bar start to go, but I have no idea what it's creating. On the other side is a speaker icon, if I hit that, music plays..WTF! I just want/need a regular gallery!
Innate that I can't just double tap to wake up if it's sitting on my desk. I also hate trying to get to the power button so at least the double tap is perfect. But right now, if you don't move the phone first the gestures don't work.
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tom1226 said:
The power button move to the top-right is driving me insane. My finger reaches the top-left much more naturally (right handed).
The camera is passable, but I REALLY wish there was a bit more resolution for zooming in on images. iPhone5s has the right idea here (8mp with larger than typical pixels).
Double tap to sleep would be nice (especially since I hate the top-right power button). I find it interesting that double tap to sleep works on the lock screen, but not in the launcher. Hmm.
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Unless I'm misunderstanding, my email app shows folders fine. Bezel-swipe in from left to see inboxes, there is a folder icon by the email address. Tap that and it displays the list of folders for that email address.
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Yeah I don't get why they didn't add double tap to sleep.
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EVOme said:
Power button up there is also a pain for me. So used to it being on the side with Samsung that the top my finger hardly ever went. tap to sleep would have been great. Miss that from G2.
Also, I have like 50 folders in my email and all I see in the mail app is inbox, trash and sent.
I need to look for that photo sync option in gallery, I've been all over the phone and dont see it.
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Huh. Here are pics of my inboxes and folders...odd that yours don't seem to be syncing up. Unless maybe only outlook emails do?
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Hardcore73 said:
Innate that I can't just double tap to wake up if it's sitting on my desk. I also hate trying to get to the power button so at least the double tap is perfect. But right now, if you don't move the phone first the gestures don't work.
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That doesn't actually bug me that much, I just tap toward the side of the screen so the phone rocks a little on its curve. That's enough to wake it to scan for taps. I'm used to triple tapping from my g2 not liking double taps anyway.
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tom1226 said:
Huh. Here are pics of my inboxes and folders...odd that yours don't seem to be syncing up. Unless maybe only outlook emails do?
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It's working. Yahoo setup as a POP will not show folders. I had to delete and add again.
Not any big upgrade comparing M7 ..except Screen ...almost same camera..same resolution...etc
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I don't like that it doesn't have wireless charging. I've grown to really appreciate that feature on my DNA and own a couple chargers that would become useless if I upgrade.
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Wasted space (HTC black bar or onscreen buttons, not both) and the camera quality.
Lack of ANT+ for me.
Related
Just wondering for those of you who have the device already, have you guys found some neat features/tricks using 4.0 that haven't been documented or heavily advertised?
I would love to make a list of these features for other users to explore...
Lets get this started
List:
Reserved........
I know it's documented,but it was still a surprise to me - you can now finally delete apps straight from the app drawer, by dragging them just as if you were going to place them on the desktop,but then putting them in the recycle bin on the top.
No affiliation with apple. Or siri.
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Nobody's talking about the search app. It's way better than the one in Gingerbread. Much easier to find stuff in your phone : music, app, sms, docs, etc. The old one was returning web search suggestion in 90% of the result... useless.
Search in browser let's you edit suggestion if you want to add something to it. But we lost popular web site suggestion
Just read it on Pocketnow but you can make folders in the favourites bar. Apologies if obvious.
When in the stock browser and you change orientation, tap the screen to make it rotate.
gambiting said:
I know it's documented,but it was still a surprise to me - you can now finally delete apps straight from the app drawer, by dragging them just as if you were going to place them on the desktop,but then putting them in the recycle bin on the top.
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You can do that on stock fascinate.
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mkropf said:
You can do that on stock fascinate.
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which runs TouchWiz, so it's not stock Android
Rotate the phone to the right whilst in any stock app (so the speaker grill and front camera are on the right). Notice that the back, home and task switch buttons have moved to the top of the screen so that they stay on the right.
When using an ics app hold down on an icon in the action bar to get a description of what it does
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Not heavily advertised, but it should be:
The quick control in the browser. Almost the same as on honeycomb. Activate it in the labs settings of the browser. Love it!
appelflap said:
Not heavily advertised, but it should be:
The quick control in the browser. Almost the same as on honeycomb. Activate it in the labs settings of the browser. Love it!
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NICE find! Thanks!
This is known about, however you said undocumented and I haven't a single document for the Nexus/ICS apart from on one which came with the phone,telling me how to fix the battery.
Hold the volume down and power key, and you take a screen capture. Which is very handy on occasions
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If you tap the volume button which makes the volume bar appear, you can then press the icon to the left of the volume bar and it toggles between ring and vibrate.
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In settings/about phone. Tap repeatedly on the android version number (4.0...) then a little android appears. Keep ur finger on it and it grows into a screen animation.
If u didn't know about this,I guess u r now thinking this is a joke. Or is it?
Need someone to test; try swiping the web pages up/down using 2 fingers
, is it a feature or a glitch?
Stea1thmode said:
Need someone to test; try swiping the web pages up/down using 2 fingers
, is it a feature or a glitch?
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what's supposed to happen?
You can use the front facing camera to record in 720p hd
NexusDro said:
what's supposed to happen?
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I thought it scrolled page by page. try by flicking with 2 fingers.
Just got my One X and had a quick glance before tea. You guys found any cool features or tips/tricks? Decent apps maybe?
Share the wealth.
I can't recommend the xda app enough
I've changed my keyboard to swiftkey x and love it more compared to stock. Just feels easier to type with all this screen space. Only thing I can really recommend so far, I haven't entirely got it all setup how I'd like yet as I've been switching between my sg2.
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One nice touch is pinch / zoom in the message app. Sometimes if I go out without my glasses, under certain lights I struggle. Just being able to resize text on the fly without messing with setting options is great.
Although it's a little bit old now, I love quick controls on stock browser. Enough to make me stick with it over chrome....for now anyway.
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Definitely replace the browser! I like Smart Keyboard Pro but there are many good ones.
Neat tricks in sense... in the gallery there is a dropdown box to browse your/other peoples facebook galleries without having to use that steaming pile of a facebook app. Soundhound integration into radio app/widget is nice. Love the lockscreen when you get an sms/email etc.
M.
"guest mode"
anybody knows how to enable it? cannot seem to find it
some valuable 3rd party apps:
1tap cleaner - configurable to auto clean cache as frequent as every hour
screen off & lock - i personally put it on the dock so i don't have to always reach the power button
wifi file explorer - wireless data transfer
screebl - even you set your screen timeout to 15seconds, the screen won't time out as long as you handle your phone to the angle/axis you set on the configuration, good for reading on internet or books
I love the fact you can take pic from recorded video, brilliant.
Screenshot power+home...
Lovely as we had to struggle to take a Screenshot back in my IncS days
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Two finger scrolls on Phonebook / gallery / music list to fast jump on the indexes
williamyi said:
Two finger scrolls on Phonebook / gallery / music list to fast jump on the indexes
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i didnt know about this!!
yup I think its what they call HTC gestures, wish they ate detailed somewhere
but one thing I suspect gestures mode seems to confuse the browser
OK, here's are two cool ones for you:
1. Quick Uninstall: from the app drawer, tap & hold on any "un-installable" app, you'll see the the bar at the top of the screen change to Cancel and Uninstall. Drag to Uninstall, confirm.... DONE. Compare this to Android's default behaviour!
2. Go to the Gallery app, pick a pitcure, tap Edit->Effects. Apply any effect, first, then tap Edit at the top right corner. You get to adjust Exposure, Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, Vignette, add and combine MORE filters etc... and when you're done, you can save your adjustments as a NEW PRESET!
Awesome, yes?
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Two finger scrolls on Phonebook / gallery / music list to fast jump on the indexes
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This one has been around since Sense 3.0. You don't even need to scroll, just tap with two fingers at the relevant spot on the screen (tap on the bottom will take you to bottom entries, top to top entries!). You can also use it in:
- People - Scrolls by letter
- Dialer - Scrolls by letter
- Most other apps scroll by Date: Gallery, Messaging, Mail...
Cheers
hamdir said:
yup I think its what they call HTC gestures, wish they ate detailed somewhere
but one thing I suspect gestures mode seems to confuse the browser
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what type of confusion you are referring to mate?
Don't forget to change the Keyboard to Swiftkey!
If you don't want to buy the app : there is currently a free beta running for Swiftkey 3.0 -> http://vip.swiftkey.net
shirreer said:
OK, here's are two cool ones for you:
1. Quick Uninstall: from the app drawer, tap & hold on any "un-installable" app, you'll see the the bar at the top of the screen change to Cancel and Uninstall. Drag to Uninstall, confirm.... DONE. Compare this to Android's default behaviour!
2. Go to the Gallery app, pick a pitcure, tap Edit->Effects. Apply any effect, first, then tap Edit at the top right corner. You get to adjust Exposure, Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, Vignette, add and combine MORE filters etc... and when you're done, you can save your adjustments as a NEW PRESET!
Awesome, yes?
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This one has been around since Sense 3.0. You don't even need to scroll, just tap with two fingers at the relevant spot on the screen (tap on the bottom will take you to bottom entries, top to top entries!). You can also use it in:
- People - Scrolls by letter
- Dialer - Scrolls by letter
- Most other apps scroll by Date: Gallery, Messaging, Mail...
Cheers
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wow I did not know about that too!! Love such small nifty functions
I know ICS added the data usage feature where you can track and set limits for mobile data, but it seems HTC have extended on that to include a minute monitor and also SMS/MMS.
Very handy for people that don't want to be hit with a big bill
H-Cim said:
Don't forget to change the Keyboard to Swiftkey!
If you don't want to buy the app : there is currently a free beta running for Swiftkey 3.0 -> http://vip.swiftkey.net
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Surely its swipe all the way. It's the best keyboard out there
@home said:
Surely its swipe all the way. It's the best keyboard out there
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NO WAY MAN ... swift key all the way
v3 is even better
knightrocker said:
NO WAY MAN ... swift key all the way
v3 is even better
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Lol - I'll stick to swyping
knightrocker said:
NO WAY MAN ... swift key all the way
v3 is even better
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I'm with you on that. Been using SwiftKey for a long time, and the new beta has somehow managed to improve on an already amazing keyboard. Plus the new Cobalt theme looks gorgeous on the One X's screen.
[quote="home]Surely its swipe all the way. It's the best keyboard out there
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I can't really get away with swiping to write. I used to use Swype back on Symbian/S60, but I much prefer SwiftKey's predictive text. Once you've used it for a little while (and it's learned from your emails/texts/social networking), you only really have to type the first couple of letters of a word for it to supply what you want. And if you're really predictable (or boring?) like me, once you've got the first word or two you can get through the bulk of a sentence with only one tap for each subsequent word. I struggle without it now, because it removes so much thought from typing on the phone keyboard.
Although we are kind of straying away from the 'nice features of the phone' discussion
For anyone who flashed my modified launcher and is bothered by the fact that voice search can still be activated, here's the stock launcher in flashable zip form.
http://www.mediafire.com/?l89erxebp8n50bt
I apologize for any inconvenience or time wasted.
I've tried setting all focus and clickable attributes to "false" in every xml file that references "search bar", "qsb" and "voice search". Voice search can still be activated when you tap the top right corner of the screen.
Rather than let people install something that doesn't work as I intended it to (and there's another launcher mod on here anyway) I decided to take it down. If I figure it out some time, I'll repost, but I might not have to since FufNuf has the same thing going.
Check out FufNuf's thread for essentially the same launcher mods.
Mods, feel free to delete this post whenever you'd like.
Works great, ty!
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Cool I'm glad you like it. When my kid goes to be tonight I'm going to edit the margins. I like having everything fill the screen more. I'll post a few with smaller margins.
Very nice,
*nod of approval*
Removed glowing indicator from single-screen launcher, added three wide launchers.
What is a wide launcher?
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impulse101 said:
What is a wide launcher?
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See the screenshot. Widgets, the dock, dock icons, dock divider, and app grid fills more of the screen. I didn't know what else to call it. Since it's a launcher, and everything is spread out over a wider area, the most logical short name I could think of at 2AM was "wide launcher".
jmattp said:
Cool I'm glad you like it. When my kid goes to be tonight I'm going to edit the margins. I like having everything fill the screen more. I'll post a few with smaller margins.
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Awesome, margins would be a bit better if smaller.
Also I noticed that the top right corner of the screen glows as you move between home screens and when you press that corner Google voice search comes up. It's as if the search bar is still there, just not visible.
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badenglishihave said:
Awesome, margins would be a bit better if smaller.
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There are stock sized and widened in the OP
Also I noticed that the top right corner of the screen glows as you move between home screens and when you press that corner Google voice search comes up. It's as if the search bar is still there, just not visible.
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I just followed the directions on that tutorial and thought I'd share what I did for myself. That's really weird, and not good. Thanks for telling me. If I can't figure out how to completely disable the search bar, I'll just take this whole thread down.
Update: Actually I think I've got it. Testing now, then I'll take down all the links, fix them all, then reupload them
I updated my Galaxy Nexus to 4.2 using e587de13bf8a.signed-takju-JOP40C-from-JZO54K.e587de13.zip file.
The update seemed to happen fine, and I can access all new 4.2 features, except the Lockscreen widget.
My lockscreen doesnt seem to go right or left. The Google Now bootom-up swipe asks me to enter PIN, unlocks the phone and takes me to thr Google Now window. A back button there takes me to my Homescreen.
Can anyone tell me if I am missing something here?
Thanks,
It's working fine here
Sliding right takes me to the Camera and sliding to the left takes me to other widgets like messaging gmail etc.
Try flashing again. It might help you
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When you turn the screen on, you should see two rectangles on the right and left borders of the screen.
Swipe from the clock down to lower your security. Then swipe left or right to access the camera and widgets. To bring your security back up grab the lock at the bottom of the screen and pull it up.
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scoobdude said:
Swipe from the clock down to lower your security. Then swipe left or right to access the camera and widgets. To bring your security back up grab the lock at the bottom of the screen and pull it up.
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Tried all those and much more, but its still the same.
Other than this, all other 4.2 features work fine.
Same is happening to me and one of my friends (both on takju).
I could swipe from left to right imminently after the update, but after some time i couldnt anymore. Only the clock widget is present.
Can it be because we have corporate email accounts on the phones and it forces the lockscreen to be PIN?
thanks
galiganu said:
Same is happening to me and one of my friends (both on takju).
I could swipe from left to right imminently after the update, but after some time i couldnt anymore. Only the clock widget is present.
Can it be because we have corporate email accounts on the phones and it forces the lockscreen to be PIN?
thanks
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Yes, that's why.
akira02rex said:
Yes, that's why.
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That might explain it. Even I have my corporate account configured on the phone.
Any way to workaround this?
Hi all.
I have some questions regarding the new camera app in 4.2.
Why is there a difference between the camera I open from the lock screen widget and the actual camera out of the menu? For example when I take a picture with the widget camera, swipe to the left so have a look at the picture, I can only "delete" it. There are not the regular options like "share" or anything. I first have to go back, unlock, open gallery, find picture and then "share". Why is this??
Also, when I take a picture and afterwards have a look at it in the gallery, it actually captured more of the thing I wanted to take a picture of (I think about 10% at top, bottom, left, right). Has anybody else this issue?
And of course, the very frustrating lag when turning the device from landscape into portrait or vice versa, but like I read in other topics this is everybody's issue.
Thanks all!
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tonidadon said:
Hi all.
I have some questions regarding the new camera app in 4.2.
Why is there a difference between the camera I open from the lock screen widget and the actual camera out of the menu? For example when I take a picture with the widget camera, swipe to the left so have a look at the picture, I can only "delete" it. There are not the regular options like "share" or anything. I first have to go back, unlock, open gallery, find picture and then "share". Why is this??
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That is for security reasons. Otherwise anybody who gets a hold of your phone could share your pictures anywhere he wants. If you disable your unlocking option (or set it to "move finger") you'll get the full menu including the icons for sharing.
MiDiANx360 said:
That is for security reasons.
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This was most likely the reason.
But, correct me if I'm wrong, the camera can only be accessed via the 'Slide' screen lock, which isn't secure at all.
jocalderone said:
But, correct me if I'm wrong, the camera can only be accessed via the 'Slide' screen lock, which isn't secure at all.
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Yeah you're wrong. There is a huge camera icon sitting on the first page of the menu. I don't think anyone will miss that.
Why have the real time face effects in video recording been removed?
wuodland said:
Yeah you're wrong. There is a huge camera icon sitting on the first page of the menu. I don't think anyone will miss that.
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Ahh must be 4.2 thing i've missed
There is one in 4.2
Just not for the Gnex
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The camera actually take more than what we view on screen. That's annoying when I take a close up picture, it become farther view than what we seen on screen
wuodland said:
Yeah you're wrong. There is a huge camera icon sitting on the first page of the menu. I don't think anyone will miss that.
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you can also acces the camera using a lock pin. i didn't try with other security means (pattern, faceunlck, etc..) but i guess it's the same thing. personally, i like this feature a lot.