A couple Android Noob Questions.. - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance

Srgsx said:
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:

unleashed12 said:
For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:
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Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -

Srgsx said:
Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -
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I'm not sure I get the point of full screen portrait when video is landscape. Do you mean like how it will be black around the video with no other information in portrait?
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Srgsx said:
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For Chrome, click on "Boommarks" to the left of where it says "Mobile Bookmarks" and it will take you up a level where you'll see a folder of your desktop bookmarks. See attached screen grab. Love this feature, btw.
As for the weak wifi, I agree. Doesn't do as well as my iPhone 4 did. But, the iPhone 4 and 4s sure can't do what this phone can.
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How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
Can we get a screenshot from iOS?

p0rkguy said:
How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
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I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.

the vimeo thing works in stock because it uses flash player. it will never work in chrome because it will never have flash player.

DCRocks said:
I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.
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I really think this is what he means, but I could be wrong.
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Good to know about Chrome not supporting flash - What confuses me is that Vimeo works fine on IOS devices which of course do NOT support flash. And to add to that I am not seeing many flash sites mostly news sites work on this phone. The Adobe flash app thats native to this device seems to do nothing...
As far as youtube, IOS 4 or newer renders a full screen portrait mode, that somewhat compresses the content on the sides and magnifies the image. Its basically doing a zoom function which is pretty sweet. I thought for sure there would be some Android app that could do the same. I find it silly to have this giant screen and when I play in portrait I get a 1.5X1.5 video with the rest of the screen filled with useless text.
I can easily find my mobile bookmarks in Chrome, what I dont see is the bookmarks I have been saving in favorites. How does one get to the actual saved favorites folder ? It should not be this difficult. The bookmarks in the stock browser are much easier to navigate -

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[Q] Screen resolution issue

So I just got my G Tab yesterday. I've rooted it and slammed on Vegan. I'm really impressed with this thing. The one issue I seem to be having is that I download wallpapers (1024x600) but they never show up properly on it. They are always cropped. Am I doing something wrong?
Also, is there a way to verify that my screens resolution is correct? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Happy new G Tab guy
Yeah, that happens to me too. It seems the wallpapers only show the full art in portrait mode.
The only way I have seen to recify that issue is to download MultiWallpaper Live from the market. Set the single picture that you want was your wallpaper as the default wallpaper and it will fit to the screen as you would expect it to.
I still haven't figured out how to correctly display wallpaper without the use of this program on my GTab.
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g1no23 said:
The only way I have seen to recify that issue is to download MultiWallpaper Live from the market. Set the single picture that you want was your wallpaper as the default wallpaper and it will fit to the screen as you would expect it to.
I still haven't figured out how to correctly display wallpaper without the use of this program on my GTab.
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Couldnt find it in market
https://market.android.com/details?id=se.alittleplaceinaspen.multiwallpaper
Found it but it seems to be a paid app
Set wallpaper with 1024x1024 and they will always be shown without clipping.
gator2k83 said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=se.alittleplaceinaspen.multiwallpaper
Found it but it seems to be a paid app
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The correct app for this is MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, which is free. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
After you install MultiPicture Live, it will appear as an option within "Live wallpapers".
ThunderPuppy said:
The correct app for this is MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, which is free. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
After you install MultiPicture Live, it will appear as an option within "Live wallpapers".
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Oops, thanks for the correction.
Hey Guys, thanks for the suggestions. I'm at work but will definitely be checking this out when I get home.
I can't find it in the Marketplace through my tab (and I have most of the Marketplace available). When I go there on my desktop it says its not compatible with my device...
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I can't find it in the Marketplace through my tab (and I have most of the Marketplace available). When I go there on my desktop it says its not compatible with my device...
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You may have to try the market fix (go down to Part Three). However in my experience you will lose access to the device on the 'Web Market' (your device will disappear, never to be seen again). I have not figured out how to fix that, so be warned before trying it.
When I check the 'market', there's a list of apps I look for specifically (Not because I use all of them, but they seem to cover most of the filters). Some of them I've noticed are only available BEFORE the fix, and some (most) only available AFTER:
Adobe Flash/Air*
Mozilla Firefox*
Dolphin HD
Google Apps (Maps, Voice, Youtube, Voice Search, Gmail)
Launcher Pro
ADW Launcher (probably same filter as LP)
Titanium Backup
Yahoo! Messenger Plugin (Voice & Video)
Smart Keyboard
*means they are only available BEFORE the fix, they disappear from the market afterwards, so if you want them, be sure to download them first (may be others).
Of course, these are only the ones I know about, YMMV.
EDIT: If you still have trouble finding it and have another Android device (like a phone), you can download it there first, then back it up (eg. with Astro or TB), then sideload it onto the tablet (copy it over using preferred method, such as USB or Dropbox, then open it with a file manager on the tablet).
multipicture
I have tried puting different backround pics on each screen which works fine until I reboot and then I get a "picture not available" message on all the screens. I have tried several times with the same result.
I am a newbie - what the heck am I doing wrong!
Agree on the 1024x1024. However, if you can't find background in that resolution or no photoshop skill to make it so, use crop wallpaper.
Depend on the image, set it with the gtab horizontal or vertical.
Voila, no low rez crap background.
anyone else having color banding issues?
like this:
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I'm really curious about actually getting this problem fixed. I don't have very much knowledge, however I am a quick learner. can anyone shed some light on whats causing this problem in android and why its present in every rom?
I've got a bit of free time until summer semester starts and i wouldnt mind spending some time on getting this fixed once and for all.
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anyone else having color banding issues?
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It's the built in gallery app made by cooliris, which is 16bit. Google's own gallery app that was there before android 2.1 was 24 bit. They opted for the 3rd party solution probably for it's 3d interface to attract more regular consumers.
I love google's apps for it's functionality. But IMO, graphical interface smoothness is not one of their strong areas.
I am on Calkulins 1.1, Clemsyn 9, Launcher Pro, and my wallpaper was always 1/3 cut off and moved to the bottom of the screen. Last night I switched to Go Launcher and it was fixed. Wallpaper looks perfect. Go Launcher has about 7 themes that are free and really cool. It functions a lot like Launcher Pro and is free.
happened to me
Got my gtab a few days ago and tried some new launchers tonight, when I switched to the toshiba launcher my wallpaper messed up. Live wallpapers work fine but normal ones are cropped, tried the fix posted but I got a "no photo to display" message and I don't know what folder the wallpapers are in to fix it.

[Bug] AT&T NOTE Experiencing Screen Problem with Dark Images and Video

EDIT: Another long thread on this same issue here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510251
Is anyone else experiencing messed up deep black colors (pixelization) in images, wallpaper, etc?
I thought I saw someone else mention this problem, but I can't remember which thread.
This is happening to me with almost every image or photo that has deep blacks in it, including photos I take with the camera and view on the phone!!
EDIT: I tried to attach screenshots of the problem to this post, but the uploaded images end up looking completely normal (gorgeous) when viewed on any other system. On my phone, however, they look like total pixelated garbage.
Do I need to exchange it, or did I screw up a setting somewhere? Any ideas?
I get that with some certain images and sometimes videos too. I believe it was like that on my skyrocket and gs2 too. Super amoled screens have saturated colors and causes black to pixelate even on our HD resolution...
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
I get that too and my skyrocket and gs2 was no different. Some pictures and certain videos. I believe Samsung super amoled screens have over saturated colors which causes the black colors to show up pixelated. Even in our HD resolution screens. Hopefully Samsung will improve this in the future.
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
So this is considered "normal" on Samsung's AMOLED phones? And it happens on every single device?!
I take little comfort in the fact that it's happening to everyone, and I personally consider it unacceptable for any device in 2012.
Some images and videos are totally and completely unviewable -- including every dark wallpaper I've attempted to use, and even many of the photos I've taken with the phone's camera. The photos do look fine when transferred and viewed on another device, of course, but how the hell can I tell if I just took a good picture if it literally looks like I used to MS Paint to draw it!?
How is this acceptable to anyone? What's going on here?
I would return it. Mine had no problem.
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From another thread you could try
launch youtube app
search for 'moving starfield 120s 720p'
go in a dark room and play video
does it do it then?
MrDSL said:
From another thread you could try
launch youtube app
search for 'moving starfield 120s 720p'
go in a dark room and play video
does it do it then?
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Omg, yes! that video is a horrendous pixelated mess on my Note!
Does that mean something is hosed and I need to exchange it? Or, is there a fix?
You are not the only one having issues. I am having the same problems, and I took mine back to best buy. I had them test there new units, and they had the same issues. Then I went to a local AT&T store and all of their demo units had the same problems. I dont know if its because its new release issue, but its very annoying! Also, open the android market and the grey tabs on the home screen mine have bands running through them, then also the skype app home screen you can really tell it.
Sadly, blocky artifacts for me.
MrDSL said:
From another thread you could try
launch youtube app
search for 'moving starfield 120s 720p'
go in a dark room and play video
does it do it then?
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i can tell you positively that video plays perfect on my Note..
I took five co-workers in the breakroom and made it pitch dark and when playing that video nobody can even tell where my screen ends and the phone begins because the black blends so well..
Not to say I never see blotches but its only on low res images or if the video just sucks.
That's how screens are.. the nexus is similar
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paleh0rse said:
Omg, yes! that video is a horrendous pixelated mess on my Note!
Does that mean something is hosed and I need to exchange it? Or, is there a fix?
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Try the same video on you tube but using the browser. Use this link and view in desktop mode than use you tube app. Then u will see its a software issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJO88Qhxwv4
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Here are a few images that you can use to test this issue on your Note. First view them on your Note, and then view them on a PC to see how they're actually supposed to look. Pay special attention to the color transition areas and deep black areas. I agree that it appears software-related... something is definitely wrong with the gfx drivers.
I wonder if any of our friendly all-star devs can fix it? Do you think it justifies its own thread in the dev forum?
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paleh0rse said:
Here are a few images that you can use to test this issue on your Note. First view them on your Note, and then view them on a PC to see how they're actually supposed to look. Pay special attention to the color transition areas and deep black areas. I agree that it appears software-related... something is definitely wrong with the gfx drivers.
I wonder if any of our friendly all-star devs can fix it? Do you think it justifies its own thread in the dev forum?
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I saved them an look bad on my note.
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borijess said:
Try the same video on you tube but using the browser. Use this link and view in desktop mode than use you tube app. Then u will see its a software issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJO88Qhxwv4
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It definitely looks a lot better in the browser. I think the other guy who says his is perfect probably has different color depth as a result of his ICS ROM.
Those pics look great in tapatalk. I'm not on ics
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So that starfields non HQ looks crappy butt HQ looks niiice
my evo is horrible with video so I'm not sure if you can tell but download and play this on a PC..
No block stuff or anything.
http://db.tt/tOpD8klh
borijess said:
Try the same video on you tube but using the browser. Use this link and view in desktop mode than use you tube app. Then u will see its a software issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJO88Qhxwv4
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That video is garbage in both the stock browser and YouTube app; however, it looks great in Dolphin HD browser.
The still images I posted also look completely normal in Dolphin HD, but they look like pixelated garbage in every other app -- to include gallery, quickpic, tapatalk, etc.
So, I definitely believe it's a software-based rendering issue of some sort.
Hopefully our all-star devs can fix it, or perhaps the upcoming official ICS release will solve it...
Video looks like garbage for me in YouTube app as well, even with HQ checked. The only way to see it in full quality is to view it in Dolphin Browser HD, with the user agent set to desktop mode.
However, if I do this, another problem arises. The blacks are no longer black, but dark gray. I suspect that in desktop mode, Dolphin Browser doesn't know how to convert RGB16-235 to full range. Does anyone have any ideas? This is definitely a software issue.

Lousy Facebook

On my Galaxy Nexus, both the Facebook app and m.facebook.com present the full "Timeline" view with cover photo and links to About, Photos, Friends, Likes.
On my Springboard (running ICS and "high resolution" mode), I get a pared-down view with only cover photo, buttons for friending and messaging, write post and share photo. I am not able to browse any other aspects of one's profile unless I load the desktop page.
Any idea why Facebook has LESS features on a tablet than on a phone? Has anyone managed to force the full mobile Timeline view to work?
Don't know what would make the difference. They both come up the same on my phone and springboard. Have you tried Friendcaster though? Way better then thee actual Facebook app.
Okay screenshots. Here is the public profile of a local politician who I haven't friended, but her permissions allow lots to be shown on her profile so she makes a good example.
Galaxy Nexus: (cut off part of the cover photo to show the important parts)
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MediaPad ICS high resolution mode:
Note how the GNex version has About, Photos, Friends, Likes. The MediaPad version is missing the entire Timeline layout, and has only her About page - no links to see her wall, photos or likes. When I do the same for people who *are* my friends, I get the wall with no links to About, Photos or Friends.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
that is touch.facebook.com
441Excelsior said:
that is touch.facebook.com
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Both screenshots are from the Facebook app, same version, latest from Google Play. Neither is a browser shot.
Notice in both shots there is a three-dot menu button on the taskbar. That would not be there if I were viewing it from the browser.
but touch.facebook.com looks the same like your screens....so fb app only display touch fb site
Nonetheless, the problem is that on one device it's displaying all the correct links/buttons and on the other it isn't.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I have same problem. Anoying :-(
Sent from my HUAWEI MediaPad using xda app-developers app
It's fixed in the latest version.
rurou said:
It's fixed in the latest version.
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No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
cmstlist said:
No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
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Maybe it's because you're using high res? I'm on standard.
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
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rurou said:
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2
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There we go, that's more like it.
The thing is, our devices are the same dimensions as the Nexus 7. Chances are any app broken on ours will be broken on Nexus 7, no? Hopefully that gets the devs' asses in gear. Although if the fixes only work on JB, we're still out of luck.
Due to an unrelated matter I had to change my Facebook password. Upon signing back into Facebook, all the Timeline elements started showing up again. Strange, but happy that I finally have the full feature set again!
I have a problem with logging in to facebook with any app. It works from the browser, but friendcaster, the official facebook app, and any other application that gets news from facebook crashes when i want to login. I use cm10 rom, does anybody else have this problem?
Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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I tried it with previous releases of cm10, didn't work. I'm not sure when did this issue start. It was okay, i think somewhere at the alpha3 release.
Balls. I opened the app today and all Timeline elements are once again gone.
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[Q] Videos will only play in browser..cant stand it

Hello all. I recently got a dna, i am coming from a thunderbolt. This phone is 100 percent stock. When on pages like facebook and i click on a video, it will only play it really small in the browser, i get no option of what program to use to watch the video in. There is no way to make it full screen and i cant rewind or ff most the time. Whay do i need to change to make videos open in a video app by default and not in the browser. It does it on the stock browser as well as dolphin. Any help would be appreciated.
snakebyt said:
Hello all. I recently got a dna, i am coming from a thunderbolt. This phone is 100 percent stock. When on pages like facebook and i click on a video, it will only play it really small in the browser, i get no option of what program to use to watch the video in. There is no way to make it full screen and i cant rewind or ff most the time. Whay do i need to change to make videos open in a video app by default and not in the browser. It does it on the stock browser as well as dolphin. Any help would be appreciated.
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This may or may not solve your specific problem with Facebook, but lets say you wanted Youtube videos to play in the Youtube app instead of in the browser, all you have to do is go to settings>application associations (i think that's the name, it should be right under applications) and change the video player from browser to Youtube, or whichever app you would prefer videos be played in, you can do that with any of the options available in that section. Though certain apps like facebook where its a video uploaded to their service will probably still only play there.
I hope this helps!
Did you try in another browser like Chrome ??
I tried the settings in app associations, still no go. Also tried this in firefox and got the same result. Any othet suggestions
Hey just install mxplayer then set browser to mobile in browser settings. Think that should.
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Jayedamina said:
Hey just install mxplayer then set browser to mobile in browser settings. Think that should.
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I have mx installed, but it still wont work. I looked in the factory browser as well as dolphin and see no setting to set to mobile.
snakebyt said:
I have mx installed, but it still wont work. I looked in the factory browser as well as dolphin and see no setting to set to mobile.
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you have to associate mx player with videos. I think it is under app associations. I had to do the same thing.
First sidyour
Tried posting a screenshot of my app associations, but i guess i am too new to post pics.
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Notice where I changed them to mx player.
Exact same settings i have on mine..thanks for the pic ill try to post a pic of mine as soon as i can
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Exact same settings i have on mine..thanks for the pic ill try to post a pic of mine as soon as i can
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Hmm, yours should work if you have the settings since mine does. I'm using stock browser.
I took some screens and will post them as soon as i am able

			
				
The ladt pic is how it plays my videos..quite annoying
You can also touch that box in the bottom right corner of the video to do full screen. That is the built in HTML5 player
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foolishly crossing my fingers that this app associations menu gets patched out now that the legal stuff between HTC and Apple is over. The implementation is so bad
Something..i still cant get it to open videos in a player...
i don't get why the HTCLinkify stuff doesn't wokr on here like it did ICS? i guess it's coded diff in JB?
Try downloading Chrome and setting it to your default for web links. On mine when I used the stock browser everything opened in there no matter what my app associations were, but when I had Chrome set all of them worked.
It's all integrated pretty deep into the OS in Sense 4 iirc. Hoping it's removed in 5
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk 2

[APP] Xposed Kids Mode

Got a kid ? Don't want him to mess with your phone, but want to give it to him to play ?
Choose up to 8 applications and allow him to access them exclusively with no way out.
Your phone under your control.
Features:
★ It removes any method of interacting with the outside of your chosen apps or games.
★ Password is required when exiting so you know your kid isn't messing with your stuff.
★ Disables status bar and recent button.
★ No way out without knowing the password
★ Home button returns to the application window.
★ Default password is 1234
Link :
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.wasseemb.kidsmode
Screenshots
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"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"
}
Feedback and feature request:
Think i should add anything to it ?
Let me know
very cool application to keep my little sis of my private gallery when she's playing with my phone
Very nice
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gallery
Man if i select the camera and i take a photo i can open the gallery by clicking the preview on the right side with my moto g with stock 4.4 camera check it
(Contact me if you want a screenshot)
bannab said:
Man if i select the camera and i take a photo i can open the gallery by clicking the preview on the right side with my moto g with stock 4.4 camera check it
(Contact me if you want a screenshot)
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yes because camera and gallery is the same app.
we should blacklist the certain activities, not the whole app.
for instance is that camera + gallery case.
Great Concept!
Something i was waiting for...
Really nice !! Working good on Nexus 5 4.4.4 my little cusin will be mad because he won't able to mess with my phone while he is gameing
So this basically is Child Mode implementation if WP8? Or restricted profile in Android tablets right?
Great work for parents >)
Great app
Hi,
This is a great app and is working well but I just wanted to report a slight bug... if in kids mode the homebutton on my Samsung Galaxy S5 is held down then Google Now launches. This isn't so much of an issue but if a search is performed then Chrome opens and the kids are able to get on the Internet and mess with bookmarks etc.
Thanks for your great work on this
Tobi
tobipj said:
Hi,
This is a great app and is working well but I just wanted to report a slight bug... if in kids mode the homebutton on my Samsung Galaxy S5 is held down then Google Now launches. This isn't so much of an issue but if a search is performed then Chrome opens and the kids are able to get on the Internet and mess with bookmarks etc.
Thanks for your great work on this
Tobi
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Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
sharpdesigner said:
So this basically is Child Mode implementation if WP8? Or restricted profile in Android tablets right?
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Think of it as a launcher, only the apps you want in it can be seen.
What are the soft keys that you are using?
ahmed470 said:
What are the soft keys that you are using?
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Am using the Xposed module at this link
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.android.nexus.navbarz
Don't know which one i chose though, should be easy to find
WasseemB said:
Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
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Wow that was fast... and yes it's working perfectly now!
Thank you.
WasseemB said:
Hello,
On devices before s5 , long clicking home button started recents.
Didn't know S5 does that.
I attached below another version that should've fix your issue, care to try please and report back ?
Thank you for your feedback
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I am having same issue with s4 mini and i have tried the attached app with no luck
spawnofdonny said:
I am having same issue with s4 mini and i have tried the attached app with no luck
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What is exactly happening ?
Is it reverting to home screen, recent screen or google search ?
Can you explain a bit more ?
Thanks for making this module! I was thinking that this is just what is needed using Xposed after looking into the parental controls that are in Amazon tablets, and things like the OLPC tablet, and Nabi.
I hope that this can grow into a full featured parental control app with usage time limits, and tracking of what apps are used most. Then no matter what android device I use can be safe from the kids messing up the device, or going where they shouldn't.
If the app usage tracking is added, it could serve much the same purpose as the OLPC tablet does in helping to see what your children are interested in. You could make available many different subject learning apps and see which your kids use most, and help encourage them to explore more deeply into that subject. All without having to report this information to some huge multinational company like google, amazon, or MS.
Thanks for the module! Has potential, however it isn't quite working on my Nexus 4 N5X ROM 4.4.4. I am able to add shortcuts and enable kids mode, but when I press the home key it takes me to my stock home screen not the kids mode home screen!

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