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ADW Launcher

Has anyone else tried the ADW Launcher off the Android Market?
It installs alongside the default TouchWiz launcher so you can revert to the default settings if you don't like ADW.
The interface feels a lot smoother with this launcher running.
Here's a screenie from my phone:
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this guys video has it enabled comparing it to the Desire....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvnzBtZimS4
looks really nice with the custom lauchers enabled....
only thing worrying me about the Galaxy S now is root and bluetooth/emulator incompatibility issues....
also how do you find the battery life with the launcher? heard it drains the battery quite a bit?

i have install the ADW Launcher, so how do i launch it, does the galaxy s do to be rooted?

No root needed to run ADW Launcher.
Next time you press the "Home" key you'll get the choice of completing the action with ADW Launcher or TwLauncher.
Edit: Also trying out LauncherPro beta.
On another forum someone suggested using "Home Switcher" to quickly switch between different launchers - available on the market.

i use LauncherPro beta and works nice on Sgs, and like you say one push on home and you can chose what launcher to go for.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2r79ffb.jpg
Does anyone know the name of this widget? It is better than my Beautiful widget bar

dan 6a said:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2r79ffb.jpg
Does anyone know the name of this widget? It is better than my Beautiful widget bar
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thats the weather and news widget from the nexus one

johnnie93 said:
thats the weather and news widget from the nexus one
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And is know as the Genie Widget.

MarvinTheAndroid said:
No root needed to run ADW Launcher.
Next time you press the "Home" key you'll get the choice of completing the action with ADW Launcher or TwLauncher.
Edit: Also trying out LauncherPro beta.
On another forum someone suggested using "Home Switcher" to quickly switch between different launchers - available on the market.
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if you have the time can you compare the default home against adw and launcher pro in terms of speed, looks and features?
thannnks

The toggle bar widget on that screenshot, is that SwitchPro Widget?
Nice and discreet with % battery indicator, liking the look of it...

dan 6a said:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2r79ffb.jpg
Does anyone know the name of this widget? It is better than my Beautiful widget bar
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Here's the Genie Widget installed on my Galaxy S:

yeah is that switch pro with battery indicator?

NeoXTC said:
yeah is that switch pro with battery indicator?
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no that's a stock widget named power control

emelie said:
no that's a stock widget named power control
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it is switch pro. the funny thing is, the battery strenght does not match up with what the android system says

boodies said:
it is switch pro. the funny thing is, the battery strenght does not match up with what the android system says
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After phone restart my switch pro battery indicator started working.
Will test further...

How can you select the Samsung widgets in ADW?

Samsung widgets in ADW
I'm having the same problem. I like some of the Sammy widgets, but they seem to have disappeared once ADW was activated. Also, I can't seem to find a way to switch between launchers. Tried pressing the home key every way I could think of, but no joy.

Halieus said:
I'm having the same problem. I like some of the Sammy widgets, but they seem to have disappeared once ADW was activated. Also, I can't seem to find a way to switch between launchers. Tried pressing the home key every way I could think of, but no joy.
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Clear the defaults against adw under settings -> applications then press the home button - it will give you a choice of launchers again. Once back in tw the sammy widgets will appear again.

Thanks, that did the trick. I just wish I could use sammy widgets with ADW.
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Does anyone know where I can find the default missing Google widgets?

[Req] Screen Off App

This may sound ridiculous, but I'm looking for a simple screen off app. There are a ton of Screen Off and Lock apps all over the Google play store. I just want to be able to hook up an app to the double tap gesture in Apex Launcher so the screen turns off but DOESN'T lock. I'd like the phone to use the default "lock after x minutes" system setting that i have set.
Q: "Can't you just hit the power button?"
A: Sure I can. But I grew accustomed to the double tap to sleep gesture of the LG launcher and would really like to emulate that with Apex if possible.
Considering the feature appears to be missing from all of these types of apps the site I wonder if it's somehow not possible. But I figured I'd check here before I give up and possibly attempt to write such an app myself.
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App called screen off. I'm using it for nova launcher. For my double tap.
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Harmtan2 said:
App called screen off. I'm using it for nova launcher. For my double tap.
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me too, i have it on my home page:good:

Harmtan2 said:
App called screen off. I'm using it for nova launcher. For my double tap.
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I tried that and it locks my screen each time. Unless I'm an idiot and not using it properly somehow. (Which is very possible)
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You should be able to double tap the notification bar to turn off the screen as well without any app. It should work with Apex since I'm doing this with Nova Launcher. Didn't realize there was there was an app though, gonna try this out!

If you go into the settings of Apex or Nova in the gestures. Find the double tap, Select activities and you find the screen off app. Select it, and bam you've got your double tap for screen off back.
Edit: not sure if you can set it to not lock the phone down though. I missed that part of the original post. Lol my bad. I'll look to see if I can figure anything out on that.
Edit #2: I couldn't find anything. Screen off and lock app has an option for this for certain versions of Android. Unfortunately not for kit Kat though : /
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In all my trials last night, I think I found one app that turns the screen off without immediately locking the phone. But it worked through a widget, so the double tap gesture didn't work. I know it's possible, so all isn't lost.
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I use Llama to add double tap to sleep on Nova.

partylikeaninjastar said:
I use Llama to add double tap to sleep on Nova.
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can you share your settings or how to do this
i tried to set it up but it would turn the screen on and off.

xryousukex said:
can you share your settings or how to do this
i tried to set it up but it would turn the screen on and off.
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*wrong image uploaded*
That's what I have set up in Llama (see next post).
Then under Settings > General > Security > Phone Administrators, make sure Llama is checked. This gives it permission to turn the screen off. Then in the gesture settings for Nova, select shortcut, then Llama shortcut, and select the event you made.

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thanks, did it and added that in nova, but it still has the lock screen when i try open it up after a couple of seconds even with the lock timer set to 10 mins. i guess there's no way around it right now..

xryousukex said:
thanks, did it and added that in nova, but it still has the lock screen when i try open it up after a couple of seconds even with the lock timer set to 10 mins. i guess there's no way around it right now..
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I'm confused at what you're trying to accomplish. What we did was allowed Nova to be able to double tap to sleep like with the default launcher. That doesn't affect the lock screen in anyway. If you want to bypass the lockscreen when waking the device, you'll need to use knock code as tour security.

partylikeaninjastar said:
I'm confused at what you're trying to accomplish. What we did was allowed Nova to be able to double tap to sleep like with the default launcher. That doesn't affect the lock screen in anyway. If you want to bypass the lockscreen when waking the device, you'll need to use knock code as tour security.
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The OP mentioned it.
So if I use the LG launcher (home) if you double tap it, the screen turns off. I have it set to 10 minutes and the lock screen will appear, knock code or pin or password screen. So if i double tap to turn on the screen within the 10 minutes, it will go straight to the home screen, if after the 10 the lock screen appears.
With Nova, we have to use a 3rd party app like screen off and lock or what you're using Llama, but we want the function of still not locking the screen within the 10 minutes. hope that explains.
If there is a solution that'd be great, if not, i'll just deal with using the knock code each time.

Go to lock screen settings under display and uncheck "power button instantly unlocks."
I think that's what you want.

How To Guide Using Gestures on any ROM. YES YOU CAN

I had a friend today explaining me and insisting with confidence that you can't properly use Gestures with Android 11 outside of default Launcher because you can't disable the navigation buttons.Even after I gave him my Poco F3 with Arrow OS and Nova Launcher to prove he was mistaken, he was still skeptical. So I decided to educate the "flat earthers" of No Gesture Control with other launchers on Android 11.
Some clarifications before we begin.
1. It doesn't matter what launcher you use or what phone brand you use. It works with any brand and any launcher.
2. You need a gesture navigation app. I did not tested all apps, I only use VNG, I have saved my own gesture profiles, I am used to it, I don't care about other apps, test for yourself.
3. IMPORTANT! IF YOU UNINSTALL your preferred gesture app for good, I recommend you to re-enable Navigation Buttons before. Otherwise you will have limited navigation capability until you do.
4. This will ONLY Disable/Enable navigation buttons.
Here is how it is done. I takes 1 minute. 1. You need to have root acces and Magisk installed.
2. Search for "Navigation Bar Remover" by SageDroid module and install it. If you cannot find it, I also attached the module file here. To manually install it, after you download the file to your phone, in Magisk go to install module from local storage and select this file. After the install you will restart the phone. After restart the navigation bar will be disabled. When youdecide to Uninstall this extension, the navigation bar will be re-enabled.
Good luck

I'm using Arrow OS and Nova Launcher. Didn't install any additional apps. Never come across this gesture issue that I read a lot about.

People complain about MIUI not allowing third party launchers to have their gestures in motion. Nobody mentioned gestures not working on other roms. Flat earthers are those who didn't, don't root their phones and like to settle on MEMEUI until they die.
So, I'm pretty sure other roms will welcome any third party launcher app along with their gestures since there's the power juice of root.

There are custom ROMs witch allows to hide navigation bar without root. For example AICP and crdroid.
Then gestures apps and Nova works fine.

It's about Xiaomi having removed Gestures for Users of Third-Party Launchers in MIUI 12.
This is not about Android 11 in general.

Thanks! It worked on xiaomi.eu rom.

on miui you can use setedit n change value to 1 force_fsg_nav_bar n do it again if you reboot your device

tjwu said:
on miui you can use setedit n change value to 1 force_fsg_nav_bar n do it again if you reboot your device
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Do all the Gestures work properly with Nova then ?

Quick question: whats the best program to use gestures in MIUI?
I googled "VNG" as OP said, but I found nothing. D=
Edit: Vivid Navigation Gestures? lol

tjwu said:
on miui you can use setedit n change value to 1 force_fsg_nav_bar n do it again if you reboot your device
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dreamytom said:
Do all the Gestures work properly with Nova then ?
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nope...it doesn't work on non rooted miui 12, i've try that method with Nova & Niagara... still can't swipe it

card-us said:
nope...it doesn't work on non rooted miui 12, i've try that method with Nova & Niagara... still can't swipe it
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Thanks for the feedback.

Kimbaroth said:
Quick question: whats the best program to use gestures in MIUI?
I googled "VNG" as OP said, but I found nothing. D=
Edit: Vivid Navigation Gestures? lol
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FNG or Fluid Navigation Gestures
Fluid Navigation Gestures - Apps on Google Play
Get the fluid navigation gestures of the future!
play.google.com
This is what people recommended to me. I tried it and it is really well written, but I uninstalled it and I just use Buttons for now. I'll wait for Xiaomi to re-implement Gestures. I'm ok with buttons for now.

dreamytom said:
FNG or Fluid Navigation Gestures
Fluid Navigation Gestures - Apps on Google Play
Get the fluid navigation gestures of the future!
play.google.com
This is what people recommended to me. I tried it and it is really well written, but I uninstalled it and I just use Buttons for now. I'll wait for Xiaomi to re-implement Gestures. I'm ok with buttons for now.
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I've tried both apps in the past, and they are unstable AF, sometimes they just stop working till you manually open them again (even if you set it to ignore the battery consumption setting and locking the app on memory).
Bleh =/

mocmocmoc said:
I'm using Arrow OS and Nova Launcher. Didn't install any additional apps. Never come across this gesture issue that I read a lot about.
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I am talking about hiding the Navigation Buttons and use only gestures to navigate the phone.

Kimbaroth said:
I've tried both apps in the past, and they are unstable AF, sometimes they just stop working till you manually open them again (even if you set it to ignore the battery consumption setting and locking the app on memory).
Bleh =/
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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dangit

Kimbaroth said:
Quick question: whats the best program to use gestures in MIUI?
I googled "VNG" as OP said, but I found nothing. D=
Edit: Vivid Navigation Gestures? lol
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VNG Gestures (Vivid Navigation Gestures) is available in Playstore and the top three results on Google are about this apk.​

Kimbaroth said:
I've tried both apps in the past, and they are unstable AF, sometimes they just stop working till you manually open them again (even if you set it to ignore the battery consumption setting and locking the app on memory).
Bleh =/
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I use VNG (Vivid Navigation Gestures) never had any issues. It also has alot of customizations and animation aptions. I really like it. It's not free but is affordable, around 2 euros.​

dreamytom said:
Do all the Gestures work properly with Nova then ?
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i used microsoft launcher+mygesture on sweet n works smooth..navbar hide with that trik
dreamytom said:
Do all the Gestures work properly with Nova then ?
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i used microsoft launcher+mygesture..with that trik to hide navbar n works smooth

Zimmster said:
I am talking about hiding the Navigation Buttons and use only gestures to navigate the phone.
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I know, that's exactly what I'm talking about.

@Zimmster
Thanks man!!!! Searched a long time for a solution.... your post is golden.

Question How to display audio controls over lock screen or in quick pull down menu?

I have not been able to figure out how to quick access audio music player controls without having to go to the particular app. My previous Android allowed me to access the stop/pause/play control over the lock screen and in the pull down menu from the top. What am I missing? Thanks.

Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.

roirraW edor ehT said:
Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.
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I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.

gmfeld said:
I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.
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Maybe it's the particular music app?
With Rocket Player, for example, I get:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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and additionally with dragging down my notifications:
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I'll test PowerAMP and GoneMad next.

I am using AIMP player and that has music controls on the lockscreen and drop down toggles too.

Both PowerAMP and GoneMad work for me on the lock screen (and pull-down notifications) too.
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Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.

Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?

gmfeld said:
Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?
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I use Nova Launcher (I am signed up for their Beta program) exclusively and have for ~10 years, give or take. The only effect Nova could possibly have in relation to lock screens that I can think of is that you can set gestures that lock the screen, either through Accessibility services without root, which performs a "hard" lock such as rebooting the phone (where you have to enter your primary unlock method - not biometrics), or via root where you can have gestures lock it "properly", which is ironically just like a normal lock. There may actually be a third or hybrid option in Nova that performs a normal lock without root - I can't recall for sure.
I've never seen it affect the contents of my lock screen so it's probably something else. I'm currently using CleanSlate kernel's Sweep to Sleep to lock the screen, so I'm not using Nova's gestures to lock the screen, but I was a month or so ago without any effect on music players, or my lock screen contents that I noticed.

Yeah, I've also been using Nava Launcher for years and never had an issue.

gmfeld said:
Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.
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In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.

Thebear j koss said:
In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.
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Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.

gmfeld said:
Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.
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Awesome. PowerAMP and Nova Launcher Prime are probably the two oldest apps I paid for and still use.

Question Possible gestures on homescreen?

Many of us need to make use of the taskbar functionality and hence, are forced to make the switch to one UI home from our favorite launchers.
I am looking to add some homescreen gestures to quickly access apps for eg. Double tap to email, swipe up to google keep etc.
Anyone knows how closest we can get to having these gesture shortcuts using one ui?

Not a simple way unfortunately. Miss the Nova shortcuts I used to use. But the task bar is kinda worth it for me at least at the moment.

Yeah. Totally. Taskbar is almost indispensable.
I wonder why samsung didn't add native gestures to the home ui.

Check out the other thread where there's a solution identified to having both the Taskbar + Nova. I'm still sticking with One UI (for now!) because I don't want to lose the real estate of the nav keys on the home screen, Nova always refreshes/lags when you open the inner diplay, and Nova doesn't use the inner display efficiently if you want to have it mirrored on the outer display and look reasonable.
The one thing I'm missing with One UI is the gestures, for me it's more about replicating a gesture to call on Sesame Search or Finder search with two-finger swipe down, which is muscle memory for me. I have the Sesame widget on my home screen but if I'm not on the first page, then I have to go home and then click the widget - meh.
Otherwise I'm totally OK with One UI, I've managed to have custom icons the way I like and the variable grid sizes, while not ideal, are sufficient, all without the current Nova downsides on the F4.

The nova + taskbar option you mentioned is not exactly the full taskbar experience.
For gestures, use one hand operation app and have side swipes anywhere on the device.
The muscle memory thing, yeah! That's difficult to argue against.

Snopewar said:
The muscle memory thing, yeah! That's difficult to argue against.
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Yeah it's like using Windows since 95 and using 8 for the first time with Metro!
Ok, that's a bit extreme but you get the idea!

Snopewar said:
The nova + taskbar option you mentioned is not exactly the full taskbar experience.
For gestures, use one hand operation app and have side swipes anywhere on the device.
The muscle memory thing, yeah! That's difficult to argue against.
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I meant the two-finger swipe down gesture, which you cannot set with One-Handed Operation+

mickliq said:
Check out the other thread where there's a solution identified to having both the Taskbar + Nova. I'm still sticking with One UI (for now!) because I don't want to lose the real estate of the nav keys on the home screen, Nova always refreshes/lags when you open the inner diplay, and Nova doesn't use the inner display efficiently if you want to have it mirrored on the outer display and look reasonable.
The one thing I'm missing with One UI is the gestures, for me it's more about replicating a gesture to call on Sesame Search or Finder search with two-finger swipe down, which is muscle memory for me. I have the Sesame widget on my home screen but if I'm not on the first page, then I have to go home and then click the widget - meh.
Otherwise I'm totally OK with One UI, I've managed to have custom icons the way I like and the variable grid sizes, while not ideal, are sufficient, all without the current Nova downsides on the F4.
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I've set it up with sesame on the rightmost on cover, and therefore center of inside screen/taskbsr
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Seems to work well for me at the moment.

the_ape said:
I've set it up with sesame on the rightmost on cover, and therefore center of inside screen/taskbsr
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Seems to work well for me at the moment.
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I just don't want to give up one of those slots!!!!

mickliq said:
I just don't want to give up one of those slots!!!!
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Fair enough, works for me, after all can get to pretty much everything using sesame, but understand why. If you drag the sesame icon to a screen side and search for app/whatnot and press enter the action opens in that screen space as well.

the_ape said:
Fair enough, works for me, after all can get to pretty much everything using sesame, but understand why. If you drag the sesame icon to a screen side and search for app/whatnot and press enter the action opens in that screen space as well.
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It's just about clicks. I don't want to search for Phone, Spotify, Outlook, Signal or Camera 1000x a day , but you make a valid point too!
I've been searching high and low in the Play Store for a broad gesture app, but zero luck so far.

Camera = dbl power, can't remember the last time didn't launch cam that way. So suppose that's the one I'm using

the_ape said:
Camera = dbl power, can't remember the last time didn't launch cam that way. So suppose that's the one I'm using
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I don't take that many pictures, i guess it's just always there (in the dock) if the phone is on so don't need to even think about it. Going to give it a try though, probably easier to get used to having sesame always in the dock and reminding myself to double-press the power button for a pic, than the alternative of tracking down sesame to find an app 100x a day!