Notifications - Full Screen vs Card Pop-Up - Asus ZenWatch

I'm having trouble finding what's making notifications differ. For example, using hangouts as my SMS app, sometimes texts come in and will take up the entire screen with the full message in view. Other times its just a small card notification on the bottom of the watch face.
I prefer the card at the bottom of the watch face so my message isn't in view to other people if my watch is facing towards them. Does anyone know how to make this consistent? The "card preview" option doesn't make a difference. Thanks.
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I love my GNex, but here's my two minor annoyances

I'm loving my Galaxy Nexus. Stock 4.0.2, not even rooted!
I was hoping XDA could help with a few minor ICS problems I'm experiencing:
1. What's with the Phone Application theme not matching the People app?
2. How do I activate the screen when I receive SMS or have an Calendar appointment reminder? I love (!!) the Notification LED and with Light Flow but sometimes it can be annoying not seeing the real pop up on the screen. (I'm using a 4 digit pin code, if that helps).
3. How do I stop the unlock button hanging up on an incoming call? I find this happens A LOT to me and really annoys me off. I don't know if this is expected behaviour but the unlock bottom silences the ring tone and blacks he screen. Pressing it again to bring on the screen, and the call is gone.
PS. Google. Please hurry up with the high resolution GMail Contacts =)
oh_noes said:
I'm loving my Galaxy Nexus. Stock 4.0.2, not even rooted!
I was hoping XDA could help with a few minor ICS problems I'm experiencing:
1. What's with the Phone Application theme not matching the People app?
2. How do I activate the screen when I receive SMS or have an Calendar appointment reminder? I love (!!) the Notification LED and with Light Flow but sometimes it can be annoying not seeing the real pop up on the screen. (I'm using a 4 digit pin code, if that helps).
3. How do I stop the unlock button hanging up on an incoming call? I find this happens A LOT to me and really annoys me off. I don't know if this is expected behaviour but the unlock bottom silences the ring tone and blacks he screen. Pressing it again to bring on the screen, and the call is gone.
PS. Google. Please hurry up with the high resolution GMail Contacts =)
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1.) This is just how it was designed. You'll have to install a theme in order for the people app to match the phone app (i.e. black + ics blue color).
2.) Not sure about calendar popups, but you can install SMSPopup and it will integrate with the internal messaging app to show a Popup whenever you receive a text message.
3.) Could you be more specific?
Okay so, you can pretty much fix all of this with rooting.
#1 you can install a custom theme, like said above.
#2 You can choose what happens when you get a notification. Any notification, mind you. Not just SMS.
#3 With my AOKP ROM I have the option to choose what the lock button does during a call.
Hopefully this helped.
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oh_noes said:
3. How do I stop the unlock button hanging up on an incoming call?
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Settings > Accessibility > clear "Power button ends call"
1. They do match - halo dark and halo light. Go look up android development if you have no idea what I'm talking about.
The rest has being solved by replies before me.
#3. Not sure if this helps, but I have had this happen when I had tasker set up wrong. If you're running tasker, look at all your profiles relating to calls or phone idle.
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oh_noes said:
I'm loving my Galaxy Nexus. Stock 4.0.2, not even rooted!
I was hoping XDA could help with a few minor ICS problems I'm experiencing:
1. What's with the Phone Application theme not matching the People app?
2. How do I activate the screen when I receive SMS or have an Calendar appointment reminder? I love (!!) the Notification LED and with Light Flow but sometimes it can be annoying not seeing the real pop up on the screen. (I'm using a 4 digit pin code, if that helps).
3. How do I stop the unlock button hanging up on an incoming call? I find this happens A LOT to me and really annoys me off. I don't know if this is expected behaviour but the unlock bottom silences the ring tone and blacks he screen. Pressing it again to bring on the screen, and the call is gone.
PS. Google. Please hurry up with the high resolution GMail Contacts =)
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1. They are meant to be separate apps, hence they have different Holo themes.
2. I've always looked at this as a feature, but oh well, do what the other say and install an app.
3. This happened on my Nexus S, but I haven't noticed it on the Galaxy Nexus yet, locking and unlocking usually works.
oh_noes said:
I'm loving my Galaxy Nexus. Stock 4.0.2, not even rooted!
I was hoping XDA could help with a few minor ICS problems I'm experiencing:
1. What's with the Phone Application theme not matching the People app?
2. How do I activate the screen when I receive SMS or have an Calendar appointment reminder? I love (!!) the Notification LED and with Light Flow but sometimes it can be annoying not seeing the real pop up on the screen. (I'm using a 4 digit pin code, if that helps).
3. How do I stop the unlock button hanging up on an incoming call? I find this happens A LOT to me and really annoys me off. I don't know if this is expected behaviour but the unlock bottom silences the ring tone and blacks he screen. Pressing it again to bring on the screen, and the call is gone.
PS. Google. Please hurry up with the high resolution GMail Contacts =)
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Number 3 is switched off In settings> accessibility.
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dario3040 said:
1. They are meant to be separate apps, hence they have different Holo themes.
2. I've always looked at this as a feature, but oh well, do what the other say and install an app.
3. This happened on my Nexus S, but I haven't noticed it on the Galaxy Nexus yet, locking and unlocking usually works.
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1. Thanks. I didn't realize this was as designed.
2. I used to like it, but because it's my work/daily phone I need to be immediately . I just want it as it is right now, but a popup for SMS and Calendar reminders.
3. Thanks, I've tried the settings suggested in this thread and will everyone know.
For high res contact pics, edit the contact on your gnex and attach a new pic. Works fine and looks beautiful. I find that cropping the pic at the top of the head to just below the shoulder looks the best.
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[Q] White dot in notification bar: what's that?

Hi guys, few days ago I was using my Galaxy Nexus when a strange white dot came out on the left side of the notification bar. It appears and disappears with apparently no reason and, if you try to open the notification menĂ¹ while it shows it, there are absolutely no notifications related to this strange symbol.
When you close the notification menĂ¹, it reappears and then goes away without any interaction.
Today I discovered that I can reproduce this kind of "notification" by opening the Clock app and then touching twice the screen to reduce the backlight and to raise it back.
Anyone knows what's that?
Here's a screenshot:
That is a Google Now Card Notification, just pull down your Notification Bar, and swipe it away, it'll get rid of the dot.
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I never noticed that. That dot looks VERY faint. My Google now notifications look different IIRC.
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iDaZzLeFatHoeZz said:
That is a Google Now Card Notification, just pull down your Notification Bar, and swipe it away, it'll get rid of the dot.
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Thanks for answering but that's not related to Google now and when I pull down the notification menu there's nothing showing.
Any other ideas?
Run addon detector from the market. I think you downloaded an app with push notifications.
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DougTheModder said:
Thanks for answering but that's not related to Google now and when I pull down the notification menu there's nothing showing.
Any other ideas?
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Well that is odd then. Puzzling. Every time that dot appears for me, it is due to the fact that I have a Google Now notification. Try a Task Manager to see what app is open, and when you close it, see if the dot continues to appear.
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Thanks for the smart suggestions. I'll try both the solutions and reply! :good:
Its your GPS.
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I just saw this same exact dot today. I was watching a full-screen video with an embedded YouTube link. The 3 soft buttons went into "discreet" mode and turned into 3 pale dots. All the notifications on the notification bars all turn into a single pale dot like this as well.
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Did anyone ever figure out what this was?
I had this show up on a Nexus 7, playing a YouTube video in full screen made it go away so I'm guessing as stated above it has something to do with video controls hiding or something.
Is it related to SIP VoIP accounts? IIRC that's about what it looks like when connected, except green. Did you try to set something up there and it's showing that faint white dot to show it's not connected?
Mine is a blue dot and I recently found out what it was hehe
Same here, on my Nexus4. I can make it pop up at any time by tapping on any picture to hide notification bar and buttons and then tapping again to show them back (in my case it works every time i hide and show buttons, no matter which app im using - gallery, video player, youtube, etc). That white dot then pops up. Sometimes it stays for only a fraction of a second, sometimes for half a minute, and then just disappear, whether i open the notification bar or not. My guess it's just some weird FW flaw (besides, this dot looks just like these white dots indicating hidden buttons).
Any news? I have it using different roms, I assume it is something app related...
Eureka !!!
Had this dot with the fading lines. Noticed the dot disappeared right when I updated an installed app on Play Store (first it was replaced by the downloading arrow and then disappeared completely)
If you have this dot, check for apps' updates. You probably have at least one...
*Noticed it's a two years old thread just after posting... sorry
Confirmed for me
xredjokerx said:
Its your GPS.
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some apps you guys are opening have GPS related features, such as the photo apps ability to give you the location in which the picture was taken. When the dot appears for me, I turn off location (GPS) and it disappears every time. Hope my experience helps someone! If anyone still needs it :highfive:
Sony Xperia Z3 D6603 stock 5.1.1
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I haven't seen this in a little while but I thought it was related to google now weather (they've since updated that icon to be clouds and whatnot)
I can also see this small white transparent dot on the top left corner of notification area it appears on my phone mostly when I check my whatsapp shared media images from whatsapp, I just attached a screen shot here,no idea which application responsible for this dot :silly:
For me it was the "Ok google" setup that i started, then interrupted. Once i went back into the "Ok google" detection setup under "Voice" and finished setting it up, the notification disappeared.

[Q] Notification band at the bottom of watch face

Anyone know if its possible to hide the white band that has the latest notification from watch face? There are times where I dont want to dismiss the notification (because I may want to reference/follow up with it later), But that white band takes away from the watch face. I can post a pic if it will help to illustrate what I am talking about.
Only way I know how to is to mute notifications
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ChrisNee1988 said:
Only way I know how to is to mute notifications
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Boo!
I dont want to have to dismiss them cause then I can just swipe up and seem them anyways... I dont need a white bar AND a notification count icon too...
In ambient mode, the card becomes black or dims and you can see the card along with the dimmed watch face, however, the card is still there obstructing. So not sure if that's the answer you want lol.
This flaw in Android Wear has me considering returning my 360. Once you dismiss a notification it's gone for good. There should be a way to hide or snooze them.
In the wear app you select hide cards on dimmed screen.. If you're in ambient mode that would most of the time. That's about the best you can do.

[Q] Any way to keep the screen from turning on when an incoming text is received?

I like the stock Messages app for its "favorites bar" and the direct-call motion functionality, but i can't stand that it turns the screen on every time a new message comes in. It is a problem when the phone is in my pocket and a message comes in and the contact between my phone and my leg (even through my pocket!) causes my phone to do things - or at least sit there and make noise as it tries to unlock. I'm using Google's Messenger app for the time being, but i don't like it as much. I think this used to be an option in the Messages app on my Note 2. Any suggestions? Thank you,
--Brandon--

[Q] Google Fit

Google Fit seems to always have a notification on my watch of how long I've walked thus far in a day. How do I make that not take over 1/4 the screen but just be available when I swipe up instead?
agentfazexx said:
Google Fit seems to always have a notification on my watch of how long I've walked thus far in a day. How do I make that not take over 1/4 the screen but just be available when I swipe up instead?
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It's in the android wear app on your phone. Click on the gear/settings icon and then your 360 and turn off card previews. Though that turns off all card previews.
So I can't just have it available when I swipe and not take up 1/3 of my screen? Will taking away card previews make my Google Now cards not appear when I swipe up?
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agentfazexx said:
So I can't just have it available when I swipe and not take up 1/3 of my screen? Will taking away card previews make my Google Now cards not appear when I swipe up?
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All your notifications will still be there if you swipe up it just won't pop them up on the bottom of your main watch face to tell you they are there.
henderjr said:
All your notifications will still be there if you swipe up it just won't pop them up on the bottom of your main watch face to tell you they are there.
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Oh so turning off card previews just turns off the little 1/3 popup on the bottom of the watch face?
agentfazexx said:
Oh so turning off card previews just turns off the little 1/3 popup on the bottom of the watch face?
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Yep. They drive me nuts as I always have some sort of notification down there..
henderjr said:
Yep. They drive me nuts as I always have some sort of notification down there..
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I still get the vibration notifications when I get emails and stuff if I disable that right? I use those.
You get all notifications they just won't pop up when viewing the watch face. If your phone is set to vibrate on a specific notification your watch will vibrate and show it. Turn the setting off and test it by sending yourself an email or something.

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