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[Q] Ipad sold, Note 8.0 bought - now some questions

Hi All,
I'm a long time member of xda-devs since the original xda phone back in the early 00's. I had a second gen galaxy tab but ditched it for an ipad 3 as it wasn't quite the experience I was after. Now I've ditched the lead weight that is the ipad and am absolutely loving the Note.
I have a few questions...
1. Are there any gestures (e.g. multi finger swipes) that can be used to cycle through the open apps, or am I limited to a long press on the home button then a tap?
2. Are there any other gestures that are possible to streamline use?
3. When typing a number or symbol, is there any way of configuring it to go back to the letter keys once the number/symbol has been typed, rather than having to tap the ABC button?
4. Is there any way of displaying the email or gmail widgets on the lock screen?
I'm sure there'll be more questions as I explore further.
Thanks for any guidance.
Coj

Very happy that you made the switch, but given that the note 8 is new just be patient. If I were you I would install an AOSP rom and install nova which supports a ton of gestures. Spend some time playing with mods and you will find that you can customize your Os to your liking. Something that is very difficult to do with even a jailbroken iPad. Good luck and I hope you enjoy your investment.
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Thyhack said:
Very happy that you made the switch, but given that the note 8 is new just be patient. If I were you I would install an AOSP rom and install nova which supports a ton of gestures. Spend some time playing with mods and you will find that you can customize your Os to your liking. Something that is very difficult to do with even a jailbroken iPad. Good luck and I hope you enjoy your investment.
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If the first few days is anything to go by I can't fail to enjoy it. I'll check out AOSP and other mods and start playing!

cojones said:
Hi All,
I'm a long time member of xda-devs since the original xda phone back in the early 00's. I had a second gen galaxy tab but ditched it for an ipad 3 as it wasn't quite the experience I was after. Now I've ditched the lead weight that is the ipad and am absolutely loving the Note.
I have a few questions...
1. Are there any gestures (e.g. multi finger swipes) that can be used to cycle through the open apps, or am I limited to a long press on the home button then a tap?
2. Are there any other gestures that are possible to streamline use?
3. When typing a number or symbol, is there any way of configuring it to go back to the letter keys once the number/symbol has been typed, rather than having to tap the ABC button?
4. Is there any way of displaying the email or gmail widgets on the lock screen?
I'm sure there'll be more questions as I explore further.
Thanks for any guidance.
Coj
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1. GMD GestureControl works pretty good for multi finger swipes, just not as good as iPad. There is a lite version on playstore. You can give it a tr there but for me I'm using LMT launcher which is also good too, can find it here or just google it.
2. I'm not sure.
3. I think you need to tap ABC button for that.
4. There will be on 4.2 but for now you may need to try aosp or cm10.1 for that which is not available for our note yet? Or maybe not stable yet.

Check Nova launcher for 1 and 2. For example, I use a double tap on the screen to open up recent apps. There is also some built in spen gestures under settings, spen, and Samsung gestures under settings, motion. The spen settings allow youto add your own spen gestures too.
3. In the built in Samsung keyboard you have access to numbers and letters simultaneously, can use swipe instead of tap, or write letters with the spen that are converted to text. In other keyboards, long pressing a letter on the top row usually equals a number, so you can avoid going back and forth the number and letter sets.
4. This is possible with Daydream add ons but we'd have to wait for Samsung to update the Note 8 to the current Android OS, 4.2.2, then install Daydream widget clock plus. Maybe there are other apps that can be used in the meantime or launchers with that feature. (I turned off lock screen on my device, I find it annoying, I would rather open the cover and be in the app where I left off immediately. )
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GMD gesture control is what I've been after.
Thanks very much!
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cojones said:
GMD gesture control is what I've been after.
Thanks very much!
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I was just like you with an ipad 3 and this was the first thing I was after as well. I found gmd gesture control and I'm so very grateful. Just be careful because one of those apps (pen control or gesture control not sure which one since I have both) have issues when I use my spen and lay my hand on the screen. I blacklisted handwriting apps but when I use the pop-up note I can't blacklist anything since it hovers on the home screen.
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laestrella said:
I was just like you with an ipad 3 and this was the first thing I was after as well. I found gmd gesture control and I'm so very grateful. Just be careful because one of those apps (pen control or gesture control not sure which one since I have both) have issues when I use my spen and lay my hand on the screen. I blacklisted handwriting apps but when I use the pop-up note I can't blacklist anything since it hovers on the home screen.
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Same problem here. I just disable gmd when in the notes app.
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For additional gesture control check out Pie Control in market. Customize anyway you want.
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How to get rid of Touchpal?

Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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Settings, Language and keyboard, press current keyboard, then press choose keyboards and turn TouchPal off

If it's anything like the G4, you cannot disable the default keyboard.
I hope it isn't like the G4 in that aspect.

jollywhitefoot said:
Settings, Language and keyboard, press current keyboard, then press choose keyboards and turn TouchPal off
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That doesnt work since the switch for Touchpal is greyed out. I can deactivate the other keyboard ive installed, just not Touchpal.

Elthy said:
That doesnt work since the switch for Touchpal is greyed out. I can deactivate the other keyboard ive installed, just not Touchpal.
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What's the other keyboard? I can turn TouchPal off on mine. Is the other keyboard enabled? If only one keyboard is enabled, you can't disable it.

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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jollywhitefoot said:
What's the other keyboard? I can turn TouchPal off on mine. Is the other keyboard enabled? If only one keyboard is enabled, you can't disable it.
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Like jollywhitefoot, I can turn TouchPal off, as described. My other keyboard is Swiftkey, and interestingly, I had not been receiving any annoying prompts before I turned off TouchPal, which I only did just now.

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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That notification always comes up... because you always have Google Voice text as well... the only way I know how to eliminate the nag requires root
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Touchpal is the default 10 keyboard?! ?
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The other keyboard is "Multiling O Keyboard +Emojii". This is what i see in the screen where i activated this one, is there another way to open this menu than going through the Multiling O Keyboard app?

You need to download a keyboard to turn off touchpal. Change the default keyboard then go back then you can disable it iirc.
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20degrees said:
Touchpal is the default 10 keyboard?!
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"TouchPal with HTC Sense".
I was sad to see the Sense keyboard go. IMO it has always been king of Android keyboards. Wished I could have put it on my tablets throughout the years.

That's what I've been wondering. Is there any way we could get the Sense keyboard back on the 10?
One of the things I love most about my M7..

lagittaja said:
That's what I've been wondering. Is there any way we could get the Sense keyboard back on the 10?
One of the things I love most about my M7..
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Apk mirror. Been using it on mine ?
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Tidbits said:
You need to download a keyboard to turn off touchpal. Change the default keyboard then go back then you can disable it iirc.
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As you can see im using Multiling O Keyboard, which is a keyborad available in the Playstore. What do you mean by "Change the default keyboard", im allready using my custom keyboard for writing.

You turn on the keyboard back and then make it default. Then go back into where you turn on and off the keyboard then you can turn off touchpal.
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I dont get what you want to show me. My current situation in detail:
1. Factory fresh HTC 10
2. I download Multiling O Keyboard
3. I enable it in the screen with the sliders.
4. I set my used keyboard to MOK, so i will start typing on with it whenever i select a text field.
5. When i select a text field i get a notification in the notification bar that lets me choose the keyboard i want to use, Touchpal and MOK being the options.
6. I try to disable Touchpal in the slider menu (which i reach by a button in the notification), but its slider is greyed out. I can disable MOK without problems, though.

Try doing it through the settings and not the slider. I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but that worked from me. Based on what you typed that the only difference. I didn't use the notification shade route.
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Tidbits said:
Try doing it through the settings and not the slider. I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but that worked from me. Based on what you typed that the only difference. I didn't use the notification shade route.
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What do you mean "through the settings and not the slider"? Touchpal isnt in the apps menu, so i cant disable it there.

I didn't access the settings through the notification shade like you did.
I did everything from the settings itself.
I tapped
Settings
Language and keyboard
Current keyboard
Choose keyboard
Turned on keyboard
Back once
Changed current keyboard
Choose keyboard
Turned off keyboards
That worked for me and I don't get anything in the notification shade because I only have 1 active keyboard.
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Elthy said:
What do you mean "through the settings and not the slider"? Touchpal isnt in the apps menu, so i cant disable it there.
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The very first reply to your original post explains what you need to do. Go into Settings, Language & Keyboard, Current Keyboard, Choose Keyboards and then turn off Touchpal. Don't access this menu via the slider notification as you have previously stated. If Touchpal is still greyed out, try to download another keyboard temporarily and see if you then get the option.

How to change keyboard?!

My other half installed SwiftKey as she prefers it, which is fine, but how do I change it back?! I don't want to uninstall SwiftKey but I can't work out how to switch the keyboard.
During SwiftKey installation there was a popup which asked you to change your keyboard but I can't find out how to being that menu back up.
Running 8.1
Driving me crazy, shouldn't be that hard should it?!

teapea said:
My other half installed SwiftKey as she prefers it, which is fine, but how do I change it back?! I don't want to uninstall SwiftKey but I can't work out how to switch the keyboard.
During SwiftKey installation there was a popup which asked you to change your keyboard but I can't find out how to being that menu back up.
Running 8.1
Driving me crazy, shouldn't be that hard should it?!
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Go to settings, system, languages & input
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And then what? There is no option to change keyboard, it just tells me what keyboard I'm currently using...

teapea said:
And then what? There is no option to change keyboard, it just tells me what keyboard I'm currently using...
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Go to virtual keyboard and change, or add, what you want
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I can add different language etc but I can't work out how to change what the default is!
It makes no sense to me, I just want to select what keyboard to use.
Whatever I select it still says SwiftKey in the settings.

@teapea: Beneath your used keyboard tap + manage keyboards

Ok, but how do I select the default? In manage keyboards, 3 are turned on, gboard, voice, and SwiftKey. The default is SwiftKey.
I just want to set the default gboard, no SwiftKey.
So keep the 3 turned on so I can change between them, but select the one which is currently used.

Android 10 remove Google search bar

I GOT THE OTA Android 10 update a couple of days ago and Nova launcher no longer functions completely.
I am customizing the Pixel launcher and would like to remove the Google search bar on the home screen.
I would also like the screens to wrap around.
Can I do these things?

Unicorn512 said:
I GOT THE OTA Android 10 update a couple of days ago and Nova launcher no longer functions completely.
I am customizing the Pixel launcher and would like to remove the Google search bar on the home screen.
I would also like the screens to wrap around.
Can I do these things?
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Can't do those things with the stock pixel launcher to my knowledge. However, a modified pixel launcher might do the trick if your rooted. Look in this thread, and talk to @Tulsadiver to see if he can make one for you. What exactly isn't Nova launcher doing for you? Seems to be working fine for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/themes/android-p-various-mods-aroma-installer-t3777787

You can't remove Google search bar because it's part of Google launcher
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Unicorn512 said:
I GOT THE OTA Android 10 update a couple of days ago and Nova launcher no longer functions completely.
I am customizing the Pixel launcher and would like to remove the Google search bar on the home screen.
I would also like the screens to wrap around.
Can I do these things?
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You can remove the Google search bar, resize the icons and choose how many columns you want in the all-apps area and how many in the hot spot on the home page by using my Pixel Launcher zip installer. Plus background colors and text colors.
Choose one of the bases for No-Google search, flash anything else you like, lastly, flash complete installation. There will be a zip file created on your sdcard in a folder called ozop. Flash that via magisk manager.
https://mega.nz/#!EY5zwKIK!4tKdRBe3_rb1_Z0Zr6MKmMQun3rg-VFeVYH0oYJFMSI

Unicorn512 said:
...Nova launcher no longer functions completely.
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The search bar is not removable from the Pixel Launcher dock, and the Pixel Launcher does not support infinite scroll for screens. You'll have to use a custom launcher to do that, which leads to my question: what's not working properly on Nova Launcher? I've encountered no troubles with it on Android 10.

I have a Verizon edition so bone stock. Android 10 broke my adb command as well as the Custom Nav app. Hopefully issue is resolved soon.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
The search bar is not removable from the Pixel Launcher dock, and the Pixel Launcher does not support infinite scroll for screens. You'll have to use a custom launcher to do that, which leads to my question: what's not working properly on Nova Launcher? I've encountered no troubles with it on Android 10.
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I use 3 button navigation and when I display all the tasks , there isn't a 'close all' option. There isn't even an 'X' to close them individually. I sent a note to the dev and the reply was this is an issue for all 3rd party launchers until Google changes something.
I am full Verizon stock and don't want to root. At least not yet...

Unicorn512 said:
I use 3 button navigation and when I display all the tasks , there isn't a 'close all' option. There isn't even an 'X' to close them individually. I sent a note to the dev and the reply was this is an issue for all 3rd party launchers until Google changes something.
I am full Verizon stock and don't want to root. At least not yet...
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I did notice this but didn't think it a big enough deal to mention. To remove an individual page however, swipe up. The recents screen is gesture-based.
If you're using a Verizon device, then there's no root for you at all unless you were lucky enough to get a device that mistakenly was unlockable. Verizon locks their bootloaders.

Thanks for the tip on the swipe up. I hadn't tried that and it works.
I am on the VZN network but bought the phone from Google. OEM unlock toggle in developer options seems to work.

Unicorn512 said:
I am on the VZN network but bought the phone from Google. OEM unlock toggle in developer options seems to work.
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Smart man. :good:
It's only if you buy the device from Verizon that you're screwed.

Hi, thanks!
Sadly, no ozop folder is created, after flashing one of the base no search bar and complete installation.
I'm using orange fox, also tried running the complete installation zip in magisk, no result.
Any recommendation I would appreciate, I can't stand the goog e search bar.
Have a good day!

Hi,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9 (Unlocked) which is running Android 10. I was looking to remove the Google search bar as well.
All I did was long press on the bar itself, a menu then pops up with 2 options
1) Information about google search
2) Remove search bar from home screen.
So I press option 2 and hey presto it is gone. Have just done a reboot to check that it doesn't come back and it hasn't!
Could it really be that easy?????!!!!

Alsajosora said:
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On a Samsung it's possible as they aren't a Google Pixel and don't use the Pixel's stock launcher.

Android 10 navbar issues.

Hey guys.
So I got my OTA android 10 update today.
But after updating I have gotten a whole lot of issues with the navigation bar.
1. The new android 10 gestures does not work on 3rd party launchers, this was however expected.
2. The main problem is that I now have a space where the navbar is on the bottom of my phone, this is Hella annoying and frankly looks like crap.
For example, I am unable to strech widget all the way down, I also can not place icons where I want.
There is also an ugly overlay on the bottom when using Chrome or the playstore for example.
Is this how it is on Samsungs Android 10? Or have I just messed a setting?
I hade the One plus 7 pro running android 10 before this phone, on my one+ I had none of these issues.
(please spare me the comments about how you shouldn't update right away)

Sorry my question or answer dont help the white bar is were some apps say go full screen then closes it down have you thought about doing a back and rest on it like factory reset

webdiddy said:
Hey guys.
So I got my OTA android 10 update today.
But after updating I have gotten a whole lot of issues with the navigation bar.
1. The new android 10 gestures does not work on 3rd party launchers, this was however expected.
2. The main problem is that I now have a space where the navbar is on the bottom of my phone, this is Hella annoying and frankly looks like crap.
For example, I am unable to strech widget all the way down, I also can not place icons where I want.
There is also an ugly overlay on the bottom when using Chrome or the playstore for example.
Is this how it is on Samsungs Android 10? Or have I just messed a setting?
I hade the One plus 7 pro running android 10 before this phone, on my one+ I had none of these issues.
(please spare me the comments about how you shouldn't update right away)
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Depends on the launcher you're using I suppose.
Googles Android Gestures in official Samsung Android 10 don't work well, but I'm having no troubles using the Samsung implementation of Android Gestures with Nova Launcher.

william84 said:
Depends on the launcher you're using I suppose.
Googles Android Gestures in official Samsung Android 10 don't work well, but I'm having no troubles using the Samsung implementation of Android Gestures with Nova Launcher.
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I am using Nova launcher an the navbar section is constant, even though I'm using the old gesture based navigation from android 9.

I have same problem with bar not disappearing from bottom. It is so annoying . Maybe factory reset will help but I don't want to risk, setup of whole system takes me a lot of time. Anybody knows solution for this?

I did a factory reset and now all is working well.

webdiddy said:
I did a factory reset and now all is working well.
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great news! I will do it also.

Mine did the same, but i just applied the stock theme and did the dark mode, now it look normal. no need to reset.

webdiddy said:
I did a factory reset and now all is working well.
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Speaking only from experience with my S10+ and the official Android 10 release, I too had to do a factory reset to clear up a bunch of glitches. We will see what happens once my Note 10+ gets the new version.

Matsunami said:
great news! I will do it also.
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Oh, come on
No needs to factory reset, just go to Settings> Display> Navigation Bar>
and the turn off "Show button to hide keyboard"

msi.1362 said:
Oh, come on
No needs to factory reset, just go to Settings> Display> Navigation Bar>
and the turn off "Show button to hide keyboard"
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I've tried it before.. I'm not dumb It didn't work.

msi.1362 said:
Oh, come on
No needs to factory reset, just go to Settings> Display> Navigation Bar>
and the turn off "Show button to hide keyboard"
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Its always a good idea to perform a factory reset after a major android version update.

Themes were causing this issue for me.
I set navbar ht to 5 with hex installer and it fixed the gap below the keyboard.

Luckily it worked for me out of the box. I'm not a fan as some things become more tedious with this change, but at least I didn't have any issues. Definitely prefer avoiding a reset where possible. Even just using Nova, KLWP, and themes, a reset plus having to set everything back up is annoying af.

webdiddy said:
I am using Nova launcher an the navbar section is constant, even though I'm using the old gesture based navigation from android 9.
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How are you using the old gesture based navigation from Android 9 with Nova launcher? I mean do you use Navigation buttons in Samsung settings can can still use gestures? Please show me how. My swipe gestures to switch between open apps don't work anymore in Android 10 when the navigation buttons are enabled.