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I have decided to make a post with everything that I have done to my M to solve some of the issues I and many others I have found had with it.
I suggest you root your phone to get the full benefits of it and these modifications: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940630
How to unlock your bootloader: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
1. Run and function in full screen mode (No Nav Bar) (UPDATED!)
Easy way:
Download full!screen from the app market by tsorn, what makes this aspp so great is that you can set it to turn full screen on only when selected apps are running then you can optionaly set function keys to be placed in the corners for things like a back button, home, or menu, its really great!you can even set the size and opacity of the buttons, as well as location!, this app has made my razsr all i dreamed it would be!
Harder way:
This will require a app called HideBar (shocker..) found on the market it allows you to either use widgets or a system notification to hide/unhide the system bar at the bottom of the screen with multiple options on showing it again, to control your phone without your system bar I use LMT ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150 ) it allows you to control your phone (Back, Home, Search, Menu) with gestures, Input number is 5, please follow the directions in the post, there are others apps that do this as well, all with differnt features, look around. This is great to play games in full screen.
2. Wifi Tether
Follow this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981625
3. Moving Apps 2 SD
This is somewhat a PIA until you get the hang of it but can be done using a app called Directory Bind, Official Thread: ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262 ) discussion on using it with the M here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913576
There is a easier way to do this if you just want to move large games over 1gb look for gl2sd in the market I tested it on my M and it works fine.
4. Notification Toggle widgets.
This is done using a great app with a amazingly helpful dev called "Notification Toggle" which can be found in the market, it supports all the great Cyanogen Like Toggles that we all love, works better if installed a system app which is really easy!~ just follow the help link in the app to see how he gives multiple examples. This is very customizable sp? from widget button styles to colors and more!
5. Fully working Android 4.2 KB with Trace!(Think Swype.)
I LOVE THIS KEYBOARD! Uses trace like swype and swiftkey, but IMO much much better, less memory, way more accurate and a cool preview function as you "swype". thread found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964663
If you have any other great improvments you would like to share post them and I will add them to the list!
Thank you!, Hope this helps some of you enjoy your M a little more then you do.
P.S. Feel free to pm me if you need help finding or getting hold of any of apps! however if you Google "Aptoide" I think you will manage getting everything you need to set up your phone very, very, cheaply.
I take no credit for any of the information provided, this is simply a consolidation of information i found useful to modifying the overall enjoyment of my phone.
Gonna give that Notification Toggles widget a shot thanks!
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Jersey846 said:
Gonna give that Notification Toggles widget a shot thanks!
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Welcome, its great I changed my background to match the color of the drop down and it looks built in, ill post a screen later.
Also added #5 the android 4.2 Keyboard!
so for the 4.2 keyboard do you just switch apk's or is there some other method to installing it from the "4.2 mod package"?
edit: seeing the stock rom is odexed I'm guessing you just install the apk instead of replacing the stock one?
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so for the 4.2 keyboard do you just switch apk's or is there some other method to installing it from the "4.2 mod package"?
edit: seeing the stock rom is odexed I'm guessing you just install the apk instead of replacing the stock one?
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Yup just install the apk and activate the keyboard in settings.
just noticed i linked to the wrong page for they keyboard, fixed now.
what is the input device id for LMT? 4 or 5? I can't get mine working.
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Its Five for me keep trying different numbers
For full screen you should try full!screen by tsorn It's been working for me. I have been using the free version. The paid version you are supposed to be able to setup full screen for only the apps you want full screen when they are run.
Thank as for the tip ill check it out now sounds more of what I want anyway
Found the app will add it to the post when I get to the PC its a really great app thanks for the heads up
Full!screen is great much better I dare say perfect for what I need.
Outta said:
Full!screen is great much better I dare say perfect for what I need.
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I started running Full!screen on my Touchpad also since it does full screen so well.
Is there any easy way to move music to SD without plugging into computer?
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jarzy00 said:
Is there any easy way to move music to SD without plugging into computer?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
Has anyone had real success freeing up internal memory using directory bind?? Using it is massively frustrating!! And I'm already frustrated that my new awesome phone is full with apps already
Thanks in advance
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directorybind worked for my phone. you need to enable the square on the front of each entry.
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Is there any easy way to move music to SD without plugging into computer?
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Yep. Root, then use root explorer then find your music and copy and paste it to external.
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I must say directory bind is a major pain... I still can't figure it out lmao..
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hellknight4206 said:
I must say directory bind is a major pain... I still can't figure it out lmao..
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LOL thank you...also it doesn't seem to bind the actual app to the SD card, just the extra data....so it intrinsically only solves like 30% of the problem....
And yeah in addition to all that it's really convoluted
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I'm using the avatar ROM and it has a weebo app that allows you to use it to do functions automatically based off your location. I've been trying to get it to put my WiFi on and off when I leave my house. Ive let it recognize my location numerous of times. I don't know if I have my settings right or what. Another thing I'm trying to do is create my own rules using this app as well. So anyone with some assistance would be appreciated, thanks.
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If you're using that "weebo" app for that, I would highly recommend purchasing Tasker from the play store. Awesome app, frequent updates, and can be set up to do a huge range of things based on profiles and specific parameters, including what you're trying to do.
If you're using that "weebo" app for that, I would highly recommend purchasing Tasker from the play store. Awesome app, frequent updates, and can be set up to do a huge range of things based on profiles and specific parameters, including what you're trying to do.
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In what way will that help. I reading what it's about right now in the play store. Didn't really see how it would help
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shakim24 said:
In what way will that help. I reading what it's about right now in the play store. Didn't really see how it would help
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Basically, Weebo is similar to Tasker, but you can do a whole lot more with Tasker, and since it's been around for years now, there are a whole lot of tutorials on how to program automation in it. The auto-on or auto-off of wifi is one of the more basic things you can do with Tasker (and there are tons of tutorials on it).
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Basically, Weebo is similar to Tasker, but you can do a whole lot more with Tasker, and since it's been around for years now, there are a whole lot of tutorials on how to program automation in it. The auto-on or auto-off of wifi is one of the more basic things you can do with Tasker (and there are tons of tutorials on it).
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Oh ok. Cool I'm gonna try it.
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Hi All,
If like me you are new to nfc, i have just purchased a few tags from amazon and they work fine with the htc,
very clever idea just swipe your phone over them and they do what you ask them to do.
I use nfc task launcher from the app store and these are the tags i use:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A78U0I2/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use them for simple things like turn on bluetooth in car, turn on wifi and set ring volume when im home.
Good price. I ordered a pack of 10 black and 10 red Xperia tags in ebay but they're coming from HK so I might have to wait a few weeks. Apparently you can use the Sony smart app too, but I'll check out the app you mentioned when I get mine.
20 tags is probably too many so I might give some to friends and family. I'll probably only use about 3-5.
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20 tags is probably too many so I might give some to friends and family. I'll probably only use about 3-5.
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I figure I will use 4 tags regularly (home, work, car, night stand) and will want 2-3 others that won't get used often. The others would be for travel or specific recurring meetings that don't occur at normal business times. I have a keychain one that may be used for that (basically fast mute/vibrate/change google voice settings). I am sure I will need Tasker for what I want. I might have one setup to input the wifi name and password for guests too.
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I figure I will use 4 tags regularly (home, work, car, night stand) and will want 2-3 others that won't get used often. The others would be for travel or specific recurring meetings that don't occur at normal business times. I have a keychain one that may be used for that (basically fast mute/vibrate/change google voice settings). I am sure I will need Tasker for what I want. I might have one setup to input the wifi name and password for guests too.
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if you use the nfc task launcher it can also link things to tasker .
I.e. you go to set up a new nfc tag, then from list of options you can set up a nfc tag against one of your tasker tasks.
Is really handy if you have one set up or want something abit more complicated, just make sure you get a nfc tag with enough
memory on it!
Link the app for anyone interested.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher&hl=en
I love these tags. Only If I could use them like a light switch to turn on all the lights in my house. That would be so cool.
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I apologize for my ignorance but how exactly would I use those? For example, how would I use a specific tag to activate Bluetooth?
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XPLiiCiiT said:
I apologize for my ignorance but how exactly would I use those? For example, how would I use a specific tag to activate Bluetooth?
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You use a program like NFC task launcher to program the tag. It reads the tag then performs the tasks.
That program can also be used to use BT as the trigger. I launch the Car app and mute notifications when it connects to my car BT. No NFC required
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CocheseUGA said:
You use a program like NFC task launcher to program the tag. It reads the tag then performs the tasks.
That program can also be used to use BT as the trigger. I launch the Car app and mute notifications when it connects to my car BT. No NFC required
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Ok thanks for clearing that up for me. I appreciate it.
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XPLiiCiiT said:
I apologize for my ignorance but how exactly would I use those? For example, how would I use a specific tag to activate Bluetooth?
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So basically, you use program, set up a tag to do whatever you want (i.e. turn on wifi turn brightness up and turn ring tone up)
then you just swipe your phone over it and thats it.
Easy.
Your phone does have to be unlocked to read it though.
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Your phone does have to be unlocked to read it though.
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Yeah, that's the issue I learned about NFC which killed the convenience for me. I understand the security concerns, but I just wish there were an option to read NFC on lock/sleep for low-security functions.
I know there was a mod for S3s that allowed you to read NFC tags while locked. Has anyone seen something similar released for the One?
Samsung tags work well. I
Have quite a few from my note 2 and they all work well.
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The problem with NFC Task Launcher is that it programs the tag to do the task, instead of programming the app to recognise a tag and THEN perform the task. I have the Xperia tags and they are only 48 bytes for user data. One task written by NTL is over 70 bytes.
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Good price. I ordered a pack of 10 black and 10 red Xperia tags in ebay but they're coming from HK so I might have to wait a few weeks. Apparently you can use the Sony smart app too, but I'll check out the app you mentioned when I get mine.
20 tags is probably too many so I might give some to friends and family. I'll probably only use about 3-5.
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All the red tags will have the same "code" in them, so they will do the same thing..
-> UNLESS you reprogram them yourself...
Same goes for all the black tags from sony..
thanks for the info
How easy is it to program these tags? I would like them to turn my ringer off and toggle Wi-Fi from home and work.
I read the first few posts in the "tasker" thread and it seems super technical.
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super easy takes ten seconds. What are people doing with them?
For me:
1 in car holder to turn on bluetooth, start google maps
1 on key chain to silence everything
1 on car to turn bluetooth on/off
HenBoward said:
How easy is it to program these tags? I would like them to turn my ringer off and toggle Wi-Fi from home and work.
I read the first few posts in the "tasker" thread and it seems super technical.
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Tasker and NFC Tasker are 2 different programs. NFC Tasker is easier to setup than Tasker.
HenBoward said:
How easy is it to program these tags? I would like them to turn my ringer off and toggle Wi-Fi from home and work.
I read the first few posts in the "tasker" thread and it seems super technical.
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Is there anyway to modify the built in App killer.. (when you hold the home button and press the garbage can) to where when you kill apps it doesn't kill certain ones?
Thanks!
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Yeah when you hold the home button and those apps come up, just slide the ones you want killed off the screen.
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edfunkycold said:
Yeah when you hold the home button and those apps come up, just slide the ones you want killed off the screen.
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I know that. But thanks.
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There's not a way from what I've seen to be able to ignore certain apps using the default one. Your probably going to need to use a 3rdparty app and just whitelist some apps. I believe battery docotor let's you do it. And you can probably try advanced task killer or even fast reboot. You might just need to spend a good few minutes on the play store and find one that works the way you want.
Can I suggest Greenify, it hibernates the apps and are instantly available when you call on them. Then you do not have to worry about which apps are left running in the background.
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There's not a way from what I've seen to be able to ignore certain apps using the default one. Your probably going to need to use a 3rdparty app and just whitelist some apps. I believe battery docotor let's you do it. And you can probably try advanced task killer or even fast reboot. You might just need to spend a good few minutes on the play store and find one that works the way you want.
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The only 3rd party app that's good is greenify.
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Can I suggest Greenify, it hibernates the apps and are instantly available when you call on them. Then you do not have to worry about which apps are left running in the background.
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I thought of that as soon as I posted this thread..
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I was going to make my own thread but I figured I'd just post on this one. What about having the aosp app switcher/killer (whatever it's called, the thing cbass15 asked about) on a tw rom?
I've noticed so many aosp features on tw now I'm starting to feel greedy but I just wanted to know if it was possible
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hi everyone!
Just wanna know whether it is possible to launch a shortcut when i press the quick button, for example tasker task!
Frankie_Ho said:
hi everyone!
Just wanna know whether it is possible to launch a shortcut when i press the quick button, for example tasker task!
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You should be able to set the Q-Button to launch any app on the phone-native or downloaded.
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st1114g said:
You should be able to set the Q-Button to launch any app on the phone-native or downloaded.
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i know it can be set to launch apps but i m asking for shortcut not apps, for example a tasker task
Ok..I see...I misunderstood your Q...
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st1114g said:
Ok..I see...I misunderstood your Q...
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lol
re there any apps that can launch task?
wt i mean is when i press the quick button, it launches the app and the app will immediately launch the task
Well, maybe you try it and let us know...
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This might not be ideal, but the first thing that comes to my mind is to use Tasker to make an app using the Autoshortcut plugin that allows you to select app activity shortcuts. Then you would just have your app factory created app run that shortcut upon "opening" that app. If you're not familiar with that, I could try to make one real quick if you let me know what shortcut you want to run.
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This might not be ideal, but the first thing that comes to my mind is to use Tasker to make an app using the Autoshortcut plugin that allows you to select app activity shortcuts. Then you would just have your app factory created app run that shortcut upon "opening" that app. If you're not familiar with that, I could try to make one real quick if you let me know what shortcut you want to run.
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thanks for that!!
um... i actually want my autovoice task to run(recognize) when i press that button
can u demonstrate that?
Frankie_Ho said:
thanks for that!!
um... i actually want my autovoice task to run(recognize) when i press that button
can u demonstrate that?
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Sure. Since it sounds like you already use Tasker (AutoVoice is a Tasker plugin, right?), you can simply export your AutoVoice task profile as an App. To do this, you need to also have the Tasker App Factory installed (free from the Play Store). Then, when you're in Tasker, long press on the profile icon (it needs to be an icon and not just a label) that has your AutoVoice tasks in it and select Export--> As App. You then need to give it some package name and where it says "Launch Task" you would select the task of your AutoVoice you want to run when the app "opens". Then, whenever you call on that app, it will perform that task. I think the next step is to add a signature or password to the .apk (I haven't done this in a while, but I think you just pick one when you set up the App Factory).
Let me know if you have any other questions. I really like Tasker and I think the App Factory just makes customizing your Android experience all that much more awesome. I admit that there are a lot of things I have yet to use to fully unleash the power of Tasker. There should be plenty of other ideas if you go to the Tasker forum. People there are usually quite friendly and willing to help.
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Sure. Since it sounds like you already use Tasker (AutoVoice is a Tasker plugin, right?), you can simply export your AutoVoice task profile as an App. To do this, you need to also have the Tasker App Factory installed (free from the Play Store). Then, when you're in Tasker, long press on the profile icon (it needs to be an icon and not just a label) that has your AutoVoice tasks in it and select Export--> As App. You then need to give it some package name and where it says "Launch Task" you would select the task of your AutoVoice you want to run when the app "opens". Then, whenever you call on that app, it will perform that task. I think the next step is to add a signature or password to the .apk (I haven't done this in a while, but I think you just pick one when you set up the App Factory).
Let me know if you have any other questions. I really like Tasker and I think the App Factory just makes customizing your Android experience all that much more awesome. I admit that there are a lot of things I have yet to use to fully unleash the power of Tasker. There should be plenty of other ideas if you go to the Tasker forum. People there are usually quite friendly and willing to help.
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thanks a lot!!!
i will surely try it out
Frankie_Ho said:
thanks a lot!!!
i will surely try it out
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You are quite welcome. Let me know if you run into any problems and I'll see what I can do.
Keep us posted if you get it to work! I think that route could open up a lot of other possibilities for that button, even if it is a little cumbersome to get setup.