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Two seemingly simple requests

Can either of these simple things be achieved with the Desire?
1) unlock without having to use last button - ie wake up the phone from just a screen tap?
2) have an option to go straight to an event from the lock screen, be that a new sms / email / missed call or whatever other notification I might receive? I don't want to have to press power to unlock, then slide and then navigate through to messages or emails etc.
Oh and while I think about it, can I adjust the sensitivity of the track pad?
All of these things would make it a much better experience!

1) to unlock you have to use a button on top of the phone, no option in the software to unlock with just a screen touch, maybe a third party app would make this possible but not sure.
2)Again this is not something that is included in the default lock screen, you can control the music player from the lock screen but that is about all. A third party option may make what you want possible, not sure if such a solution exists though.
I haven't found any option to adjust the track pad sensitivity but I got used to it fairly quickly and it works just as well as a trackball in my opinion.

xspyda said:
Can either of these simple things be achieved with the Desire?
1) unlock without having to use last button - ie wake up the phone from just a screen tap?
Nope.
2) have an option to go straight to an event from the lock screen, be that a new sms / email / missed call or whatever other notification I might receive? I don't want to have to press power to unlock, then slide and then navigate through to messages or emails etc.
Nope. Only things that I can see operable from here is Snooze/Dismiss Alarm and the Music Player. May be more I haven't stumbled across
Oh and while I think about it, can I adjust the sensitivity of the track pad?
Again, Not as far as I can See
All of these things would make it a much better experience!
Agreed!
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Bloody 10 Characters...
Oh, and Beaten too by liamw.

on the lock screen, if you've got notifications, you unlock it and then slide down the taskbar and it gives you the notifications that you just click on to open them...or is that not it??

Thanks for replies, seems a shame these simple thinga cannot be achieved in Android.
Sure you can do that eddyos but to my way of thinking that's still too many steps to read a message!
Does anyone else keep hitting the damn full stop instead of space when typing?! Any solutions?
And while I am on a roll sms counter anyone? How do we know when we have reached 160 characters in our txts?

You can do it on the HD2 as the lock slider can be expanded to select the SMS you want to read for example...that was in Sense so perhaps someone will write an app for it once the Desire is rooted...doesn't bother me, tbh

xspyda said:
Thanks for replies, seems a shame these simple thinga cannot be achieved in Android.
Sure you can do that eddyos but to my way of thinking that's still too many steps to read a message!
Does anyone else keep hitting the damn full stop instead of space when typing?! Any solutions?
And while I am on a roll sms counter anyone? How do we know when we have reached 160 characters in our txts?
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When you get towards the end of a text it says above the send button x/160.
Try expanding the notification tray and THEN locking it. when you unlock the tray will be expanded just one click to get to a message, one click to get back home (home button).

i use handcent and you can rply messages from teh lock screen so that might be what your looking for

Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.

brummiesteven said:
Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.
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Agreed, or download chompSMS or Handcent.

EddyOS said:
You can do it on the HD2 as the lock slider can be expanded to select the SMS you want to read for example...that was in Sense so perhaps someone will write an app for it once the Desire is rooted...doesn't bother me, tbh
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That would be ideal! Flick up for going straight to the relevant app or down (as normal) for home screen.
brummiesteven said:
When you get towards the end of a text it says above the send button x/160.
Try expanding the notification tray and THEN locking it. when you unlock the tray will be expanded just one click to get to a message, one click to get back home (home button).
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So it does (the 160 characters that is) - not sure how I missed that!
Expanding the notification tray has no effect for me. As soon as the Desire is unlocked it's already rolled back up to the top.
slaming said:
i use handcent and you can rply messages from teh lock screen so that might be what your looking for
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Hmmm, not quite what I am after as I do not want to totally replace the in buily application. Running handcent alongside it still means I get notifications in the native app, which I don't want. Thanks for the suggestion though, I may persevere with it!
brummiesteven said:
Omg the above reply just made me realise I've missed the obvious.
Download SMS Popup. It should do what you want.
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Bingo! That's pretty much exactly what I am after - even wakes up the phone so no need for the power to unlock each time an sms comes in - thanks
One problem though - is this a bug? When selecting close at the popup window, if 'mark as read' is selected it should do just that, right? Well it's not doing. Any new sms remains in the message app as a new unread sms even after I have selected to close it with the option to mark as read ticked. So I am having to get rid of it twice.
Can anyone confirm this?

The mark as read thing is a bug, used to get it on my G1 although only when replying to SMS (IE I'd reply, the window would close but it would still be in the tray).
You can just clear the tray when you get the time or, search for a similar app.

Ok, worth mailing the dev or have you already done that?

xspyda said:
Ok, worth mailing the dev or have you already done that?
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Nope never bothered so yeah it might be worth doing that.

Yep this is the bug i mentioned in another thread! quite annoying

VERY annoying. I will email the dev .. can't hurt I suppose. Just need something like this for email as well now

That would be awesome.. surprised no ones made it!

xspyda said:
Hmmm, not quite what I am after as I do not want to totally replace the in buily application. Running handcent alongside it still means I get notifications in the native app, which I don't want. Thanks for the suggestion though, I may persevere with it!
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not true just go into the native apps and turn notifications off in the inbuilt app problem solved in less than a minute

slaming said:
not true just go into the native apps and turn notifications off in the inbuilt app problem solved in less than a minute
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Yep, I did that but although there was no sound alert, the native messaging app still shows a new message in there when I don't want it to.

bizzare I don't get any notifications from the native app Any more after disabling all notifications in it

(Q) Any way to have screen come on for kik messages?

Me and my girlfriend started using kik because she gets bad signal in her house.. And I was wondering is there anyway to mod it to where the screen will come on when you recieve a message?
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there might be a way to use a tasker script to do it. I wouldn't know where to begin on trying to mod the apk to make that work.
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topherk said:
there might be a way to use a tasker script to do it. I wouldn't know where to begin on trying to mod the apk to make that work.
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I thought about the Tasker script.. But I have no clue where to start.
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I'll play with mine tonight... I'll let you know what I find.
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topherk said:
I'll play with mine tonight... I'll let you know what I find.
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I tried it. But I'm not even completely sure how to work that app..
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Any one? Any luck?
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cbass15 said:
Any one? Any luck?
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Man, this is new territory for me. I bought Tasker ages ago but never really played with it. It really is powerful! Anyways, I'm trying to figure this out for you and I think I have something that'll work here. Let me describe what I've got so far and we can see if it works with you.
There is a plugin for Tasker called Secure Settings. Install that, 'cause you can't use the Tasker "ScreenOn" task with 4.1.X or 4.2.X ROMs.
When you're in Tasker, under the "Tasks" tab, click on the plus sign (bottom middle).
Type in a name you want to use for the task (I chose "Screen On").
Click on the blue plus sign to add an action. Click on the "Plugin" button, then on Secure Settings. Click on "edit" on the configuration section.
Choose "Wake Device." For the wake type, I cose Screen and Keyboard Lights On. For duration, that's more of your choice, but I'd say 10 seconds would give you plenty of time to see the screen light up.
Click on the floppy to save and bring you back to Tasker interface. Click on the check mark, then on the other check mark, and now you have a task called "Screen On."
Ok, now this is where I can't test this function, but you can see if it works for you. I don't have Kik, so I can't test this. but you do, so you can! What I'm doing is setting up Tasker to check for notifications for Kik; here's what I did to set it up:
First off, you need to enable Tasker's Accessibility Service in settings. Go to Settings --> Accessibility. In the Services section, you should see "Tasker - JB." Click on it and enable it.
Go back to Tasker, then to the Profiles Tab
Add new profile (plus sign at bottom middle)
Insert Name (I chose "Kik Starter")
Choose Event
Choose "Notification" under "UI"
Click on the Icon next to "Owner Application," then scroll and find Kik Messenger.
You can also click on Title. Modifying this will make sure the screen only turns on for GF1 and not GF2, you just have to see what Kik gives in terms of a notification message "New message from GF1" or whatever. If the notification text is the message itself "Ur so hot honey," you can't use this function to distinguish texts between people.
Now you choose which task you want this condition to invoke. Choose the "Screen On" task you created in the previous bullet-point list.
Save all the changes and you should be good to go.
Now, I got held up on the fact that the Tasker notification (which you can disable in settings) says "No Active Profiles." I tried toggling the various Tasker settings for about 20 minutes before I searched online (should always be my first solution to any problem). What I found in this XDA thread is the following:
Basically event based profiles will activate but won't stay activated , unlike non-event based profiles
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So that means that Event based profiles (like this one) aren't considered "active" in the same way that the "on from 2pm-4pm" profiles are active. It should still work (have your GF send a Kik message), but it won't show up as "active."
I really hope my instructions are easy to follow. I'm now going to try to think of more fun things to do with Tasker.

topherk said:
Man, this is new territory for me. I bought Tasker ages ago but never really played with it. It really is powerful! Anyways, I'm trying to figure this out for you and I think I have something that'll work here. Let me describe what I've got so far and we can see if it works with you.
There is a plugin for Tasker called Secure Settings. Install that, 'cause you can't use the Tasker "ScreenOn" task with 4.1.X or 4.2.X ROMs.
When you're in Tasker, under the "Tasks" tab, click on the plus sign (bottom middle).
Type in a name you want to use for the task (I chose "Screen On").
Click on the blue plus sign to add an action. Click on the "Plugin" button, then on Secure Settings. Click on "edit" on the configuration section.
Choose "Wake Device." For the wake type, I cose Screen and Keyboard Lights On. For duration, that's more of your choice, but I'd say 10 seconds would give you plenty of time to see the screen light up.
Click on the floppy to save and bring you back to Tasker interface. Click on the check mark, then on the other check mark, and now you have a task called "Screen On."
Ok, now this is where I can't test this function, but you can see if it works for you. I don't have Kik, so I can't test this. but you do, so you can! What I'm doing is setting up Tasker to check for notifications for Kik; here's what I did to set it up:
First off, you need to enable Tasker's Accessibility Service in settings. Go to Settings --> Accessibility. In the Services section, you should see "Tasker - JB." Click on it and enable it.
Go back to Tasker, then to the Profiles Tab
Add new profile (plus sign at bottom middle)
Insert Name (I chose "Kik Starter")
Choose Event
Choose "Notification" under "UI"
Click on the Icon next to "Owner Application," then scroll and find Kik Messenger.
You can also click on Title. Modifying this will make sure the screen only turns on for GF1 and not GF2, you just have to see what Kik gives in terms of a notification message "New message from GF1" or whatever. If the notification text is the message itself "Ur so hot honey," you can't use this function to distinguish texts between people.
Now you choose which task you want this condition to invoke. Choose the "Screen On" task you created in the previous bullet-point list.
Save all the changes and you should be good to go.
Now, I got held up on the fact that the Tasker notification (which you can disable in settings) says "No Active Profiles." I tried toggling the various Tasker settings for about 20 minutes before I searched online (should always be my first solution to any problem). What I found in this XDA thread is the following:
So that means that Event based profiles (like this one) aren't considered "active" in the same way that the "on from 2pm-4pm" profiles are active. It should still work (have your GF send a Kik message), but it won't show up as "active."
I really hope my instructions are easy to follow. I'm now going to try to think of more fun things to do with Tasker.
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I entered all my details but unfortunately my gf went to bed. I'll update you in the morning!
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Anyway to un-check "use as default app" option.

I actually like picking my apps every time I open something. But so many times I have clicked an app and it's set as my default because the option is always checked. Anyway to uncheck it?

king718 said:
I actually like picking my apps every time I open something. But so many times I have clicked an app and it's set as my default because the option is always checked. Anyway to uncheck it?
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Settings>Apps>Clear defaults

I think he meant a way to prevent it from automatically selecting "use as default" every time. (As opposed to unsetting an app one it had become default)
I'm looking for this answer as well.

ailima said:
I think he meant a way to prevent it from automatically selecting "use as default" every time. (As opposed to unsetting an app one it had become default)
I'm looking for this answer as well.
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Yeah exactly. I gets frustrating having to reset apps all the time.

no way to uncheck the 'set as default' option that I know of but you can use App Picker Classic app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.anyro.picker&hl=en
make sure you follow directions after install, feel free to pm me if you need any help w/ it

Just tap on the app you want to use, but don't hit ok. It will open the app without defaulting it.

Heisenberg420 said:
no way to uncheck the 'set as default' option that I know of but you can use App Picker Classic app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.anyro.picker&hl=en
make sure you follow directions after install, feel free to pm me if you need any help w/ it
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That will do for now! Works great. Thanks a lot.

mrhaley30705 said:
Just tap on the app you want to use, but don't hit ok. It will open the app without defaulting it.
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Thanks. I have the Verizon VS985 and this works for me with a double tap.

mrhaley30705 said:
Just tap on the app you want to use, but don't hit ok. It will open the app without defaulting it.
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Thanks a lot. I had search many times the web how to uncheck the flag for default app, instead it was just an easy double tap. For me it works double tap on a LG G3 no brands with Lollipop.

[Q] App "on top"

Hello experts,
Is there a way to leave an App "on top" of the display of SWR50 until it is dismissed/closed?
So that, even if you lock the screen, when you set it on again, you still can see the App without recalling it back.
THX & happy new year (almost)

I'd like to know if this is possible as well. I used Keep to show a shopping list but it was annoying to have to open keep in Wear Launcher every time the screen turned off.

I think that this is possible, but it must be implemented into app (keep is on of best candidate for this).
Because app Wear Mini Launcher works exactly as we want. When is opened, my SW3 is not switched back to watchface and I still see app icons.

freewing70 said:
Hello experts,
Is there a way to leave an App "on top" of the display of SWR50 until it is dismissed/closed?
So that, even if you lock the screen, when you set it on again, you still can see the App without recalling it back.
THX & happy new year (almost)
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Bubble launcher may do what you want. It has a sticky app function.

sirrelevant said:
Bubble launcher may do what you want. It has a sticky app function.
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Thanks: it works, but I must admit that the launcher is a bit too fuzzy for me.
A simple option to have "sticky app" option would be great!

[Q] Daydream? Where did it go?

Been using Daydream while docked at night on my S4 and S5 FOREVER. On new G4 the option is in settings for a few options but I can't get any to function. Verizon G4., Display/Daydreams on.

I have daydream. Its in settings under display.
Mine say docked or charging.

Did you bother looking exactly where it's supposed to be?

nadram said:
Did you bother looking exactly where it's supposed to be?
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duh... he know where it is, but it is not working for him.
* did you bother to read the q ?
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It's in settings/display/Daydream where it always has been. It just doesn't work. Changing or docked doesn't matter. Frustrating.

Misunderstood the question >< ........
Settings> Display> Daydream
Once you're there:
1- ON switch is at the top
2- Choose the default Clock to test it (change that anytime later)
3- Next to it, tap the 3-dot menu and tap on Startup Settings, choose Either to test it (change that anytime later)
4- 3-dot menu again, Start Now
Now if that doesn't work then maybe you disabled some app you shouldn't have?
If you're using a third party app what is it? Go through it's settings again.

Just bit the bullet and did a reset. Ta Da.... Back and functioning, thanks.