My wife is sick of her Moto G (2013) and want to make her transition to Fire Phone as easy as possible. I think with the camera not working great on Cyanogen, we are stuck on FireOS. I know I can get Google Services and what not on the phone and change the launcher but I haven't seen anything about enabling soft keys. Is this possible? Thanks
runderekrun said:
My wife is sick of her Moto G (2013) and want to make her transition to Fire Phone as easy as possible. I think with the camera not working great on Cyanogen, we are stuck on FireOS. I know I can get Google Services and what not on the phone and change the launcher but I haven't seen anything about enabling soft keys. Is this possible? Thanks
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Tried fire os for about a day--not for me. I think the camera has gotten better in low light (not as much over exposure) but if your going with stock you could use a launcher. Im not aware of any option to add soft keys. Could be wrong though...
KLit75 said:
Tried fire os for about a day--not for me. I think the camera has gotten better in low light (not as much over exposure) but if your going with stock you could use a launcher. Im not aware of any option to add soft keys. Could be wrong though...
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Thanks for the response. Looking like there is no way. Laughable really.
Ultimate dynamic navbar in Play Store provides soft keys
runderekrun said:
My wife is sick of her Moto G (2013) and want to make her transition to Fire Phone as easy as possible. I think with the camera not working great on Cyanogen, we are stuck on FireOS. I know I can get Google Services and what not on the phone and change the launcher but I haven't seen anything about enabling soft keys. Is this possible? Thanks
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There are several soft key apps that you can get from Google Play, that are compatible the Fire Phone. A few that works with the phone are Pie Control, Back Button, and Simple Control. I use Simple Control.
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Hi all,
I've looked everywhere and I can't be the only one who wants this.....
Is there not a way to swap the placement of the back key ala LG G2? It's driving me nuts and is the only thing that is keeping this phone from being perfect (for me) can ANYONE please lend a helping hand?
Thanks
razamataz said:
Hi all,
I've looked everywhere and I can't be the only one who wants this.....
Is there not a way to swap the placement of the back key ala LG G2? It's driving me nuts and is the only thing that is keeping this phone from being perfect (for me) can ANYONE please lend a helping hand?
Thanks
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This was the first thing I noticed coming form the LG G2 as well, and haven't found a way yet. Why would they put the back button all the way to the left, it is driving me crazy as it is the most used button!
razamataz said:
Hi all,
I've looked everywhere and I can't be the only one who wants this.....
Is there not a way to swap the placement of the back key ala LG G2? It's driving me nuts and is the only thing that is keeping this phone from being perfect (for me) can ANYONE please lend a helping hand?
Thanks
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Try auto hide soft key's on Google play
gravitybox works. have to have xposed installed
jaythenut said:
Try auto hide soft key's on Google play
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auto hide soft key's works, but is there any way to use it without the auto-hide/quick bar stuff?
I can't believe there isn't a way to create the same thing that LG has done for this phone. All manufactures should offer this. It's not like HTC didn't "borrow" the knock feature so this shouldn't be a stretch....
I don't get it. I've used Android for years and this is how it is on every device other than Samsung phones. I would just get used to it. Odds are you'll have to anyway in the future.
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jtc276 said:
I don't get it. I've used Android for years and this is how it is on every device other than Samsung phones. I would just get used to it. Odds are you'll have to anyway in the future.
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Never!!!! Lol, I hate that its on the left side. I hold my phone mostly in my right hand and hate how I now need to stretch my hand across to back arrow. This is one area I really do believe Samsung got it right. It's more natural on the right side of the phone. Even if you strongly disagree , at least do what LG has done and give me the option to make it how I want it. If I want to be told how something should be without the option to change it I may as well have a iPhone!
jaythenut said:
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I don't think this app allows you to change the placement of the soft keys does it? I don't see anything in the description that implies that, more meant to just hide the keys.
razamataz said:
I don't think this app allows you to change the placement of the soft keys does it? I don't see anything in the description that implies that, more meant to just hide the keys.
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Yeah, it replaces the nav bar and let's you choose between a bunch of other different themed nav bars. I just can't get it to work without its quickbar feature/autohide.
I just purchased the LG G4 H812 (in Canada) and I love it! I found that there was a few things that I changed right away and would love to hear what you have done to make this phone even better!
Here are a few things I have done so far;
Disabled a bunch of unneeded apps
Disabled Dual Window
Disabled QuickCircle case
Disabled sound on keypress
Turn Off Mobile Data (unless no wifi - while driving etc)
Installed Launcher <3
Turned off Smart Bulletin
Turned off NFC
Use Smart Unlock (Face and On-Body)
Increased vibration strength
Enabled Voice Clarity when not using voip
Installed V10 Camera Mod apk
Installed SystemUI Tuner (ADB permissions)
Disabled "ok Google" detection from any screen
I have been getting great battery life on this phone too! This is lots of web browsing, youtube, using the camera, small amount of gaming and lots of reading on the XDA app
Cheers!
This is what I did
Changed roms
deltadiesel said:
This find anyis what I did
Changed roms
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Lol I wish! Afaik for my model it's not easy and I have been reading about doing it but yikes it looks like hard brick everywhere.
grantdb said:
Lol I wish! Afaik for my model it's not easy and I have been reading about doing it but yikes it looks like hard brick everywhere.
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What phone model
deltadiesel said:
What phone model
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H812
grantdb said:
H812
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Yeah I wouldn't bother
I'm in Canada as well but I bought T-Mobile USA phone
Ya I had a Moto g3 and had tonnes of roms to play with but I broke it and needed a new phone. I bought this one for 260$can unlocked because I couldn't find a decent phone for even close to this price.
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Ya I had a Moto g3 and had tonnes of roms to play with but I broke it and needed a new phone. I bought this one for 260$can unlocked because I couldn't find a decent phone for even close to this price.
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I got my H811 for 150
deltadiesel said:
I got my H811 for 150
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Ya I think about it now and even 260 taxes included I should have just got another moto g3 but I was bored with the roms and wanted a bigger screen and better camera. I am not disappointed but probably will be bored with this phone soon and hard brick it trying to get a custom Rom.
deltadiesel said:
This is what I did
Changed roms
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The only thing holding most people back is the camera app.
htr5 said:
The only thing holding most people back is the camera app.
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And depending on model it's very risky to brick the device!
Added SystemUI Tuner to get immersive mode. Had to do some ADB commands to break my device's virginity. ?
Disabled the "ok Google" detection from any screen. I think this helped with scrolling jittery lagging in some apps.
Using the built in cleaning app has helped too. I run it about once a week or after installing/removing a bunch of apps.
Now I don't swipe away my frequently used apps from the recent apps button/screen and that really speeds up launching the apps I use often.
Hi guys,
is there a way to get into the Google smart lock settings manually?
Unfortunately you will only see this menu by pairing a new bluetooth device, then you will get a popup regarding the smart lock settings.
This has been discussed a lot in the xiaomi forum, xiaomi just removed the frontend from all of their roms.
I tried a few apps like Smart Lock Launcher and Quick Shortcut Maker, but they do not work.
The build in feature in the lockscreen settings is only working for xiaomi devices.
Any solution?
No idea?
You're talking about MIUI? For the relatively short period that I used it, it looked to me as if Xiaomi had completely replaced the Android code with their own version that only worked with Xiaomi devices. I never found a way around it. It's one of the many reasons why I only lasted a couple of weeks on MIUI.
same
Likewise, seems Xiaomi only allows their own devices to be able to smart unlock the phone.
Google smartlock seems to be disabled.
I also don't get google map notifications on my lock screen.
Will be my last xiaomi device unless they fix this soon
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Likewise, seems Xiaomi only allows their own devices to be able to smart unlock the phone.
Google smartlock seems to be disabled.
I also don't get google map notifications on my lock screen.
Will be my last xiaomi device unless they fix this soon
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Just switch to a different rom. Mine works spectacularly well on PE.
invisiblewave said:
Just switch to a different rom. Mine works spectacularly well on PE.
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Don't really know enough to do that - plus I hate having to tinker with things. Wish I went with the One Plus...only issue I had on my One Plus 5T was the issues with the sound recording on third party apps
On MIUI EU I found that if you pair a bluetooth device it gives you the option to enable smart lock for it then you can press back and setup smart lock for onbody / location however smart lock doesn't work.
Even when connected to the bluetooth device / at home etc it still wants a pin if you just try and swipe up.
Pretty disappointing
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Don't really know enough to do that - plus I hate having to tinker with things. Wish I went with the One Plus...only issue I had on my One Plus 5T was the issues with the sound recording on third party apps
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Yeah, if I'd bought this and was stuck on MIUI, I'd be pretty unhappy. Have you tried it with one of the supported Xiaomi headset devices?
invisiblewave said:
Just switch to a different rom. Mine works spectacularly well on PE.
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Pe ?
Fauert said:
Pe ?
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Pixel Experience.
invisiblewave said:
Just switch to a different rom. Mine works spectacularly well on PE.
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That's what makes me leave miui every time, you can install smart unlock from play store, everything looks like it's going to work but it doesn't.
james1089 said:
That's what makes me leave miui every time, you can install smart unlock from play store, everything looks like it's going to work but it doesn't.
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It's like night & day being back on stock Android. As soon as I started using the PE rom I was overcome with an immense sense of relief, I'd been starting to wonder if I'd made a very expensive mistake by buying the MM3.
Many may like this new feature but I do not. It is too easy to hit the Sceen button by mistake when pulling phone out of pocket for example, subjecting your caller to the message and creating confusion.
Unfortunately, Google feels we should all have this with no choice and has provided no proper way of disabling it. (smells like IOS)
Changing phone language to UK English worked until new Phone app update today.
Reverting to original Phone app also works but then no dark mode and loss of other new features.
I have thought of going to a custom ROM but then wondered if that is even a solution as this is in the Phone.apk that I would be updating from Play Store anyway.
Can anyone please let me know if this is the case with custom ROMs - do you have Call Screen or not?
Any other way to disable this?
Thanks
Brenneke said:
Can anyone please let me know if this is the case with custom ROMs - do you have Call Screen or not?
Any other way to disable this?
Thanks
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Use another dialler app.
Thank you!
Found this site which has older versions of Google Phone APKs - used the version from March 23, now have dark mode and no Call Sceen.
https://androidapksfree.com/phone/google-phone-apk-latest-download/old/
Been a while since I tinkered and so with some trepidation I thought I'd try the switching between different launchers using Tasker.
After some swearing I managed to get it working using the guide HERE
Got Niagra on the front and Nova on the large screen!
Thanks, man! How well does it work for you?
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Thanks, man! How well does it work for you?
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Pretty good, now struggling to use KGWT for my next trick but may give up on that lol
AGxM said:
Pretty good, now struggling to use KGWT for my next trick but may give up on that lol
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Thanks for the tip. I got it going too. Now I remember why I hated it. I had some fun with it for a bit though. Definitely not efficient but without hex or root. It was a nostalgic trip back to 2010
Can't seem to get it to work. Just a question, once i set it up i get [ No active profiles (3 of 3 enable) ] on the notification panel for the tasker. Is it supposed to be like this or the profile should be active for it to work?
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Can't seem to get it to work. Just a question, once i set it up i get [ No active profiles (3 of 3 enable) ] on the notification panel for the tasker. Is it supposed to be like this or the profile should be active for it to work?
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use state any sensors to help detect the hinge angle
jemfalor said:
use state any sensors to help detect the hinge angle
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Sorry, I didn't get it. Can you please elaborate.
state > sensors > any sensor > hinge angle
That's awesome. I bought Tasker like a year ago. Everytime I download it I open it, get frustrated, then uninstall it, lol.
I think I love niagra though. It's so minimal on that big screen i think it would be better to just create a one page widget than run two launchers. That side animation was on one preset years ago. I sent my phone to safe mode play with stuff using adb today still have no idea what I did that prompted it.
@jemfalor Sorry I am a noob to the tasker. Where do I select hinge angel in the any sense?
under type, press magnifying glass
@jemfalor thanks for the help mate but it is not working for me. I will pass into it until someone post a detailed video as I have done everything right which Is mentioned in the guide but still no luck.
it is working. just learn to figure things out. change interval type to sample,
Works, but it's glitchy. Sometimes the stock home screen returns until I press the home key. When the device is unfolded and the main screen is visible, pressing the home button causes Nova Launcher to reload, which is pretty annoying. Worst of all, after configuring this, the keyboard keeps reverting back to the Samsung keyboard instead of Gboard, and sometimes the keyboard refuses to pop up at all. Time to undo this damage.
AGxM said:
Been a while since I tinkered and so with some trepidation I thought I'd try the switching between different launchers using Tasker.
After some swearing I managed to get it working using the guide HERE
Got Niagra on the front and Nova on the large screen!
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does "tasker" work faster than the "Bixby Routines" method? im using Microsoft launcher (small) Nova 7 (larger)
mhtruth said:
does "tasker" work faster than the "Bixby Routines" method? im using Microsoft launcher (small) Nova 7 (larger)
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Pretty instantaneous I find, and if the wrong launcher shows, (although this is rare) a swipe up reverts the screen to the correct one.
The Bixby Routines version works well for me.
Now.... If there was only a way to have two instances of Nova Launcher running on the device at the same time, I could have version one layout on the cover screen and version two layout on the inner screen.
Anyone any ideas?
AGxM said:
Been a while since I tinkered and so with some trepidation I thought I'd try the switching between different launchers using Tasker.
After some swearing I managed to get it working using the guide HERE
Got Niagra on the front and Nova on the large screen!
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Maybe you can help sorry for bothering you. Everything seems to be setup except when folded or unfolded I have to hit the home button manually for the launcher to change. Do you happen to know how I can fix this?.