Does anyone know where the options are for the kickstand? I can't get anything to come on the screen when i open it. My screen rotates but stays on the homes creen with no options.
Wont work if you are using an alternate launcher like LPP. Other wise its under display settings, toggle kick stand on.
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So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
RichTJ99 said:
So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
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Yes it will work just fine. I was referring to the options that pop up for you to select while in kick-stand mode.
I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
jbuggydroid said:
I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
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I use go launcher and I can't get the default desk clock to show no matter what I try.
What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
randomh3ro1 said:
What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
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Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
beartrap said:
Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
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Where did you find the shortcut?
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bigj225 said:
Where did you find the shortcut?
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With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
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With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
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Thanks alot
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I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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Sparky_McBurning said:
I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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It didn't used to work for me, that's why I made the shortcut, but I just tried it and it worked. I wonder if this has to do with me flashing the Laser P-ROM yesterday which has the HDMI webtop hack. Do you have this hack installed? I also noticed I get a notification that I'm connected to multimedia station even though I'm not when the kickstands activates. I didn't get that message before.
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This has to be one of the best apps I have ever seen on android. Great drawing app and is free. The full version is only .99 too if anyone is a professional. This could turn your nook color into a viable sketch book.
Are you talking about SketchBook?
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This has to be one of the best apps I have ever seen on android. Great drawing app and is free. The full version is only .99 too if anyone is a professional. This could turn your nook color into a viable sketch book
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Whichever one is from Autodesk. You might be right about the name. I will edit.
anyone have an apk? The only access I have to the android market is through a cupcake emulator.
Here you go
by any chance has anyone installed this on the nook? any luck saving a drawing or similar? seems you probably need the menu button but the soft keys and the status bar is gone
SketchBook in fact, IS amazing! I splurged and bought the $0.99 version. Once I learned how to use layering and import pics, the whole process became very easy. Controls are very intuitive. Maybe we could post pictures we've done in this thread? I'd like to see how others have used it.
Looks interesting
How do you get it to go full screen? the notification bar covers up the bottom buttons.
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ender89 said:
by any chance has anyone installed this on the nook? any luck saving a drawing or similar? seems you probably need the menu button but the soft keys and the status bar is gone
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To get the menu button to show up using SoftKeys, make sure SoftKeys is set as your default launcher. Single tap of the N button should take you to your favorite launcher (Zeam, ADW, LauncherPro, etc.) and a double-tap should open Softkeys where you can tap Menu > New or Gallery > Save or Don't Save.
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How do you get it to go full screen? the notification bar covers up the bottom buttons.
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Mine was full screen by default. Maybe try reinstalling? What are you using as your Launcher?
I just purchased Sketchbook Mobile app & it installed, but I don't see it in the app drawer. If I go to the market, it said "installed". If I click on it I get an option to open & I can & it works, but even after a reboot it doesn't appear in my app drawer.
Any ideas? BTW It doesn't show up in my uninstaller app either. Can I re download it somehow?
Update: Uninstalled & reinstalled & finally found it. Maybe I just missed it. Wasn't looking for "SBM" descriptor! They should have mentioned that it would be named that!!!
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Mine was full screen by default. Maybe try reinstalling? What are you using as your Launcher?
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I use Zeam. I'm new to android though. Does the launcher influence whether or not the notification bar is visible in apps?
also, my dpi is set to 200. I've found that I can hit the button at the bottom by tapping just a hair above the notification bar.
It can. Under menu>preferences>general you'll find the fullscreen option. You also have the option to toggle it under the gestures menu in Zeam.
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I did some drawing on my Nexus S some time ago, I attached the result. I'm still waiting for my NC to be delivered, can't wait to use SBM with a bigger screen!
patience paid off!
I remember first using that SB on my laptop and then it was the only reason that I was going to buy an iPad. I waited hoping that it would come to Android and my patience paid off. It's surprisingly stable on the NC but it's crazy fast on my Evo.
I love this app
I've seen on reviews that when it's enabled, it's supposed to give you the option between switching to landscape mode or launching Widget Clock.
Mine just seems to flip to landscape mode when enabled (or do nothing when disabled).
I can't quite remember if maybe I saw the choice prompt once and told it to always put me in landscape, but that seems quite plausible.
I'm curious to try out Widget Clock now, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it come out anymore. It doesn't show up in the app list, and when I go to manage apps and scroll to Launcher Pro, the launcher I'm currently using, it doesn't show up as set as any defaults (which is odd, shouldn't it at least be my home screen default?), so there's nothing for me to clear out.
When your kickstand is in use and you are in landscape mode pull down the notifications menu. From there you will be able to access the widget clock and change your default preferences.
Turns out Widget Clock only works if you're running the default Motoblur launcher. I was running Launcher Pro, and the notification never pops up.
That's a shame.
manekineko said:
Turns out Widget Clock only works if you're running the default Motoblur launcher. I was running Launcher Pro, and the notification never pops up.
That's a shame.
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Noticed this as well. Using Go Launcher EX.
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Turns out Widget Clock only works if you're running the default Motoblur launcher. I was running Launcher Pro, and the notification never pops up.
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Same here
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I'm curious to try out Widget Clock now, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it come out anymore. It doesn't show up in the app list, and when I go to manage apps and scroll to Launcher Pro, the launcher I'm currently using, it doesn't show up as set as any defaults (which is odd, shouldn't it at least be my home screen default?), so there's nothing for me to clear out.
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Try using Home Switcher to go back to MotoBlur and then activate the kickstand.
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Try using Home Switcher to go back to MotoBlur and then activate the kickstand.
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Yup, that's how I discovered the root of the problem. Pretty awkward way to use this feature in the long run, though. I'm just going to be turning off the feature.
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Turns out Widget Clock only works if you're running the default Motoblur launcher. I was running Launcher Pro, and the notification never pops up.
That's a shame.
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I'm using GLEX and my Widget Clock works fine on kickstand and in my HD dock. If it doesn't automatically pop up, hit your home button and it should switch to the clock.
I don't own any of the overpriced Motorola docks, and use an alternative launcher, so I can't access the Car Dock or the Widget Clock by normal means.
However, I've discovered it's possible to create shortcuts to their activities that seem to work.
Before you ask, the main one I was hoping for was the Webtop, so that I could use it for root, but if it's possible, I haven't found the right activity yet. I have not seen the Webtop in action, but in order for this to work for that, you'd have to be able to see Firefox on the Photon, which I don't think is possible even with the real Webtop, so there goes that.
But anyway, to access Car Dock or the Widget Clock:
1. Long press the home screen
2. Select Shortcuts
3. Select Activities
For Car Dock, scroll down to Car Dock and select:
com.motorola.cardock2.main.CardockMainActivity
For Widget Clock, scroll down to Desk Home and select:
com.motorola.dlauncher.DLauncher
There you go, shortcuts for directly launching them. I have no idea why Motorola couldn't have been well-behaved and included these as regular apps.
Thanks, I found this to be helpful. Especially the cardock. You just saved me $50
Thanks I was just looking for this option.
However, I do the long press on the home page and then choose Shortcuts but when I get to the Shortcuts page I do not have an option for "Activities". The only "A" options I have are Applications and App groups.
I can't find activities when I choose shortcuts? Is it under something else?
Followed direction for the car dock but it closes right way when I try to open the shortcut.
AZMotorgod said:
Thanks I was just looking for this option.
However, I do the long press on the home page and then choose Shortcuts but when I get to the Shortcuts page I do not have an option for "Activities". The only "A" options I have are Applications and App groups.
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I can't find activities when I choose shortcuts? Is it under something else?
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What launchers are you guys using? Worked for me with both Motoblur and Go.
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What launchers are you guys using? Worked for me with both Motoblur and Go.
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I'm using Blur and don't have the activities option
I am using Launcher Pro. Will give Go a try.
Tried on Go but same think with car dock. Closes as soon as it tries to open
Hmm, seems that the Activities shortcut may be created by LauncherPro. I was using Launcher Pro earlier, and haven't uninstalled it yet, so that sounds plausible.
http://manishmistry.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/android-launcher-pro-activity-shortcuts/
According to this article, you can add the shortcut to the activity and uninstall LauncherPro after if you want.
manekineko said:
Hmm, seems that the Activities shortcut may be created by LauncherPro. I was using Launcher Pro earlier, and haven't uninstalled it yet, so that sounds plausible.
http://manishmistry.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/android-launcher-pro-activity-shortcuts/
According to this article, you can add the shortcut to the activity and uninstall LauncherPro after if you want.
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I remember having that option with LP on my Evo, but someone earlier said they had Activities with Blur. Could it be something installed by a launcher but still seen by Blur?
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I remember having that option with LP on my Evo, but someone earlier said they had Activities with Blur. Could it be something installed by a launcher but still seen by Blur?
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Yes, well it was me that had that under Blur. And yes, it seems like Launcher Pro adds Activities under Shortcuts, but all launchers have access to it.
I had to select "custom shortcuts" then pick activity.
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I downloaded Launcher Pro and now I can see the Activities option and I can add the Car Dock icon to my home page, but it also closes for me right away when I launch it.
Maybe it has something to do with the app looking for the magnets in the car dock?
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I downloaded Launcher Pro and now I can see the Activities option and I can add the Car Dock icon to my home page, but it also closes for me right away when I launch it.
Maybe it has something to do with the app looking for the magnets in the car dock?
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Hmm pretty strange, since I can open it up and it works fine, I'll have to think more on what the difference could be.
Is there anyone else it works for?
How about the Widget Clock? That also opens up for me, but when I quit seems to cause some sort of screen corruption on Go Launcher.
I was getting the closing right away but last night I did the MR3 update and then tried this again. Now it opens with no problem.
richmc73 said:
I was getting the closing right away but last night I did the MR3 update and then tried this again. Now it opens with no problem.
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Pretty strange, since I'm not on the MR3 update. Not even rooted.
The widget and car dock links work with the kickstand out for me, but FC with it in.
I've played around with this some more, and whether or not it force closes has something to do with the kickstand. It's really fussy.
It will always work on boot, until the kick stand is closed for the first time.
If Kickstand enable is disabled in settings, after the first time the kickstand is closed, it will stop working with or without the kickstand open.
If Kickstand enable is enabled in settings, it will continue to function with the kickstand open, but will no longer work with kickstand closed.
Anyone else confirm?
I can confirm it works without the kickstand open after a fresh boot. I did not play with the kickstand settings.
I found a app on android market called Car Mode Control. It puts a simple car mode launcher icon in apps drawer. It launches the car mode control fine on my photon mr5.
Running beans19 and I wonder if there's an app or launcher or something that I could let an app work when phone is locked under pin or pattern.
I want the camera (just camera not gallery) to be able to open even if phone locked.
Is there a way to do it...??.. Btw I don't want to switch r0ms
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Have you tried the app Widget Locker? It allows widgets to display on the Lock screen and has lots of options.
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ramiss said:
Have you tried the app Widget Locker? It allows widgets to display on the Lock screen and has lots of options.
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Will it have camera??
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You can put any widget or icon you want on it. So, yes you can address camera icon. There's a free version, just give it a try.
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On beans you can still use the tw shortcut on the lock screen (hold a finger on the lock screen and rotate the phone) this will launch the camera app. Although I'm not sure if it works with a lock code since I only have the swipe to unlock feature active.
No I'm not happy to see you, it's just a Note 2 in my pocket
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You can put any widget or icon you want on it. So, yes you can address camera icon. There's a free version, just give it a try.
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This app sucks. I said I wanted to have a lock on phone like pin or pattern and still use camera without input of pin or pattern.
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Actually, this might sound like a cheap way out, but it was pretty cool, there was an ios7 lockscreen app that worked really well (only thing was sometimes home button unlocked the phone) but you can slide up for camera without having to enter a pin. The app itself lets you enter a 4 digit pin with unlock automatically.
The reason for this, is, unlike ios, if you went to your camera app, and pressed the home key, you can bypass the security. An android limitation unfortunately. Ill try to find the play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appershopper.ios7lockscreen
PS- when it says accept or decline for the freeware app crap, just decline, still works anyway!
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Actually, this might sound like a cheap way out, but it was pretty cool, there was an ios7 lockscreen app that worked really well (only thing was sometimes home button unlocked the phone) but you can slide up for camera without having to enter a pin. The app itself lets you enter a 4 digit pin with unlock automatically.
The reason for this, is, unlike ios, if you went to your camera app, and pressed the home key, you can bypass the security. An android limitation unfortunately. Ill try to find the play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appershopper.ios7lockscreen
PS- when it says accept or decline for the freeware app crap, just decline, still works anyway!
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I like the app its perfect but you can unlock with home button like you said and when you take pic inside camera you can look at gallery.
Otherwise yes that's what I looking for but with more security.
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spetzuu said:
I like the app its perfect but you can unlock with home button like you said and when you take pic inside camera you can look at gallery.
Otherwise yes that's what I looking for but with more security.
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Again, unfortunately its an android limitation if im not mistaken so theres no way around that. I would try that with some type of extra lockscreen security. Not many people would try pressing the home button though maybe, but then again I never usually lock my phone because its always in my pocket. And I watch anything I dont want to see in incognito mode
What I did in the past (for 10 minites experimenting) was that amd widget locker under that lockscreen, so after unlocking with that app, I would go into widgerlocker and my lockscreen was just a blank screen with the time. I downloaded a clear slider and put it in a small corner so that no one would know where to unlock my phone exept me really. But then again I never tried with the camera app so I couldn't tell you for sure.
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Again, unfortunately its an android limitation if im not mistaken so theres no way around that. I would try that with some type of extra lockscreen security. Not many people would try pressing the home button though maybe, but then again I never usually lock my phone because its always in my pocket. And I watch anything I dont want to see in incognito mode
What I did in the past (for 10 minites experimenting) was that amd widget locker under that lockscreen, so after unlocking with that app, I would go into widgerlocker and my lockscreen was just a blank screen with the time. I downloaded a clear slider and put it in a small corner so that no one would know where to unlock my phone exept me really. But then again I never tried with the camera app so I couldn't tell you for sure.
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The guy did update for the app and it says it fixes the home button unlock but it obviously didn't. I wish he makes it work somehow.
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What are some of the delightful things you found about this phone but you might not have expected when you bought it?
I like having 5 rows and 5 columns on the home screen, plus up to another 7 icons in the app drawer.
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It's been talked about in other threads, but the wireless storage feature was crazy simple to setup and access on my home network.
Wireless storage feature?
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I knew about it before I owned the phone, but I had no idea I'd appreciate knock-knock so much. It is one of the best ideas for a phone.
mjdupuis said:
I knew about it before I owned the phone, but I had no idea I'd appreciate knock-knock so much. It is one of the best ideas for a phone.
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Sometimes it is knock knock knock
The copy/paste clipboard, nice seeing a visual representation of what you want to paste.
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The most delightful discovery that I didn't expect(i forgot about it) was the quite good imo remote control app. I can now control every setup in my house from my phone. A great feature!
I am one of the unlucky to have owned the P930, or ATT nitro HD as it was called. That phone was, frankly, terrible. I literally got only about 1.5 hours screen time until dead. Even with the bad taste in my mouth from that LG, I am glad I gave LG another chance. This phone is amazing...
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Wireless storage feature?
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You can turn it on with a toggle in the top row of the notification shade. If there's not a toggle there called "Wireless Storage", you can enable it with the edit button at the end of the top row. Once enabled, you can mount your phone as an SMB share by typing in '\\your.phones.ip.address" in windows explorer, or map it as a network drive, etc. It will have need a username and password, which you can find in the notification shade.
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You can turn it on with a toggle in the top row of the notification shade. If there's not a toggle there called "Wireless Storage", you can enable it with the edit button at the end of the top row. Once enabled, you can mount your phone as an SMB share by typing in '\\your.phones.ip.address" in windows explorer, or map it as a network drive, etc. It will have need a username and password, which you can find in the notification shade.
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Nice! Thank you.
compumasta said:
The most delightful discovery that I didn't expect(i forgot about it) was the quite good imo remote control app. I can now control every setup in my house from my phone. A great feature!
I am one of the unlucky to have owned the P930, or ATT nitro HD as it was called. That phone was, frankly, terrible. I literally got only about 1.5 hours screen time until dead. Even with the bad taste in my mouth from that LG, I am glad I gave LG another chance. This phone is amazing...
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I've even programmed my electric fireplace remote. If you have a remote that's not on the list you can design you own remote with just the buttons you want. Pretty awesome! You can also have you remote appear in your pull down automatically when connected to home WiFi.
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This is one I just stumbled upon. You can add/change widgets on the Lock Screen.
From the Lock Screen:
- Swipe the clock downwards to minimize the carrier and owner info.
- Press and hold the clock to remove, then add a different widget.
- From the Lock Screen, towards the upper half, swipe from left to right, you can add additional widgets on new screens.
- By default, swiping from right to left opens the camera.
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You can turn it on with a toggle in the top row of the notification shade. If there's not a toggle there called "Wireless Storage", you can enable it with the edit button at the end of the top row. Once enabled, you can mount your phone as an SMB share by typing in '\\your.phones.ip.address" in windows explorer, or map it as a network drive, etc. It will have need a username and password, which you can find in the notification shade.
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Like I said, stupid simple to setup. It will change the way you transfer files back and forth from your PC, pictures and music especially.
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Like I said, stupid simple to setup. It will change the way you transfer files back and forth from your PC, pictures and music especially.
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Isn't it super slow? With my wifi-n router I get only about 1.25 MB/sec.
MichaelTheCrum said:
I've even programmed my electric fireplace remote. If you have a remote that's not on the list you can design you own remote with just the buttons you want. Pretty awesome! You can also have you remote appear in your pull down automatically when connected to home WiFi.
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Yup, I made a custom one for my home entertainment system. It's awesome!
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Isn't it super slow? With my wifi-n router I get only about 1.25 MB/sec.
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I haven't done any big transfers yet, but I will now that you mention it. If it's dog slow then maybe only good for a few pics here and there. Big transfers will still need to be on the cable. I'll try and do one soon.
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This is one I just stumbled upon. You can add/change widgets on the Lock Screen.
From the Lock Screen:
- Swipe the clock downwards to minimize the carrier and owner info.
- Press and hold the clock to remove, then add a different widget.
- From the Lock Screen, towards the upper half, swipe from left to right, you can add additional widgets on new screens.
- By default, swiping from right to left opens the camera.
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That's a standard Jelly Bean 4.2.x feature but yes, it is pretty neat.
sefnap said:
You can turn it on with a toggle in the top row of the notification shade. If there's not a toggle there called "Wireless Storage", you can enable it with the edit button at the end of the top row. Once enabled, you can mount your phone as an SMB share by typing in '\\your.phones.ip.address" in windows explorer, or map it as a network drive, etc. It will have need a username and password, which you can find in the notification shade.
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On the Mac (as I remember - at work now) hit Command-K then enter smb://your.phones.ip.address/
MichaelTheCrum said:
I've even programmed my electric fireplace remote. If you have a remote that's not on the list you can design you own remote with just the buttons you want. Pretty awesome! You can also have you remote appear in your pull down automatically when connected to home WiFi.
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Does pressing +Log add more logs to the fireplace? :laugh:
A small thing, but I like that the notifications bar is transparent when on the home screen, allowing your image to show through.
I love the way new texts and phone calls pop up in a little window so you can act on them immediately without leaving the current application you are in.