Quite a few AOSP ROMs allow you to double-tap the notification bar to turn off the display. However if you prefer the ability to tap any open space on-screen, like stock, to turn off the display, then I've got a treat for you:
Download Nova Launcher
Find the app Nova Settings and load it
Click Gestures and Buttons
Click Double tap
Swipe right to Shortcuts
Select Custom Shortcuts
Select Go to Sleep
Voila! An elegant and extremely snappy solution to turn off the display JUST LIKE STOCK. This works in any ROM that Nova Launcher works in, there is absolutely no difference in speed between this and LG's stock implementation. It's awesome to be able to tap anywhere blank to turn off the screen.
Enjoy!
Seriously? This has been around since the LG G2 came out. Meh.
khaytsus said:
Seriously? This has been around since the LG G2 came out. Meh.
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The op is just giving information, in fact good information. Not a lot of people know about this gesture in Nova.
On a side note, if you don't use nova you can use Screen Off and lock. Its double tap and works with any ROM or launcher. Also has several animation options.
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Seriously? This has been around since the LG G2 came out. Meh.
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This is meant for users for AOSP ROMs, not stock users.
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autom8r said:
This is meant for users for AOSP ROMs, not stock users.
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I've used this since the device and aosp roms started coming out. Thx for the info though
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Haven't ever heard mention of this app, most likely because it's not free, but it's really great. Real simple, sleek, responsive lockscreen that gives you a preview of who has sent/called/emailed recently and even a segmented slider that does different activities depending where you stop sliding to launch your messages/call log/or inbox. Just thought id share, im sure a lot of people would like this as it outperforms apps such as lockbot and lock 2.0 imo.
Does it work in landscape?
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Haven't ever heard mention of this app, most likely because it's not free, but it's really great. Real simple, sleek, responsive lockscreen that gives you a preview of who has sent/called/emailed recently and even a segmented slider that does different activities depending where you stop sliding to launch your messages/call log/or inbox. Just thought id share, im sure a lot of people would like this as it outperforms apps such as lockbot and lock 2.0 imo.
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Looks good. Maybe I will buy. Thanks.
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Does it work in landscape?
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Does not, that's kind of a random feature. Either way I at least recommend if you're unhappy with the lockscreen choices we have to take this for a test run at least for the refund period.
Looks good, but there's one major flaw to all lockscreen replacements. They always make your home launcher slower to respond to the home button. There's a really noticable lag associated with pressing the home button.
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Looks good, but there's one major flaw to all lockscreen replacements. They always make your home launcher slower to respond to the home button. There's a really noticable lag associated with pressing the home button.
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Doesn't seem to lag here. The only problem is every couple times when waking the phone you see the stock lockscreen for an instant, but as far as home goes its pretty smooth. This one is different than others, it actually asks you to set it as home default and then you select the launcher you prefer the app to work with, in my case launcherpro. I'm diggin it.
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Haven't ever heard mention of this app, most likely because it's not free, but it's really great. Real simple, sleek, responsive lockscreen that gives you a preview of who has sent/called/emailed recently and even a segmented slider that does different activities depending where you stop sliding to launch your messages/call log/or inbox. Just thought id share, im sure a lot of people would like this as it outperforms apps such as lockbot and lock 2.0 imo.
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You can find these apps online for free just dig a bit
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ako. said:
You can find these apps online for free just dig a bit
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Isn't that piracy?
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Isn't that
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Yep, new age piracy is much more fun than piracy of yonder.
Edit: joke people. I do not condone piracy of any type. Besides I would look horrible with a tri corner hat and an eye patch.
I've been playing with my friends android's and i've noticed that the atrix lags:
1) Pinch zoom on the home screen to select to which HS page i wanna go. Instead, we have to press the home button while on the center of the home screen to be able to select the HS page. (not sure if i made myself clear enough)
2) We are stuck in 7 pages! personally, I don't use all 7 pages and I don't like those extra empty pages taking up my ram (even if it's not taking up a considerable amount of ram, it still bugs me when others can just have 3 HS if they wanted to)
3) On the notification drop down list, others have the Power Control buttons to turn on/off wifi and that kinda functions. I know there are apps that add a shortcut bar on the notification screen, but it's not Power Control.
so my question is, Anyone know a way to overcome these issues listed? i can try flashing if necesary.
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1) Pinch zoom on the home screen to select to which HS page i wanna go. Instead, we have to press the home button while on the center of the home screen to be able to select the HS page. (not sure if i made myself clear enough)
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I know that Launcher Pro has this functionality, not sure about other launcher apps.
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2) We are stuck in 7 pages! personally, I don't use all 7 pages and I don't like those extra empty pages taking up my ram (even if it's not taking up a considerable amount of ram, it still bugs me when others can just have 3 HS if they wanted to)
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There are a few launcher apps that you may want to look at. The 2 popular ones are "Launcher Pro" and "Go". I think both of them can be configured for the number of pages you want.
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3) On the notification drop down list, others have the Power Control buttons to turn on/off wifi and that kinda functions. I know there are apps that add a shortcut bar on the notification screen, but it's not Power Control.
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Motorola included a few widgets that can toggle some of this functionality, but in the stock Atrix builds this is not available from the notification bar.
All that said and if you are a brave soul, you may want to check out some of the custom ROMs available for the Atrix over in the developer forum. The ROMs are generally much alike and free the Atrix from both Motorola and your carrier. The ROMs differ in there themes and minor features.
Hope this helps you and your friend get the most out of the Atrix.
I would check out ADWLauncher, most of these things can be customized.
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i find launcher pro works the best for me. should definitely try that out.
Yeah, I've been thinking about Launchers, but I've tried launcher pro and I feel like it's taking even more ram. Because it's a launcher that is running on top of our stock HS, am I wrong?
I currently have Alien ROM on my device with the stock theme, because I cannot live without the one touch call/sms contact widget and also the ability to group apps on the app drawer. Tried the Alien theme and liked it, except for the mentioned "flaws"
Kill the blur launcher and use home switcher to set one by default. No more launcher running on top of another.
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Oh! that's a nice one. thanks!
BTW, i just found by accident that if you swype upwards from below the screen, you get the HS selection. (just like the pinch zoom)
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BTW, i just found by accident that if you swype upwards from below the screen, you get the HS selection. (just like the pinch zoom)
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On mine with Launcher Pro I use two fingers to pinch, then keep one finger on the screen sliding it to which HS page I want to pick. I just figured this out based on what you were asking about. It is always fun to find some new feature like this that I didn't know existed before. With the stock home launcher from MotoBlur there is a capability to do it, but I long since forgot what that procedure was when I changed to Launcher Pro. LP has all the customizations you are asking for.
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BTW, i just found by accident that if you swype upwards from below the screen, you get the HS selection. (just like the pinch zoom)
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Been looking for that exact feature...
Thanks so much!
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Have the ability to display the on screen buttons like on the GNexus?
Just came from a SGS3, was very happy with my PA CM rom.
On the Note II, the CM roms Ive tried with this ability are just too full of annoying bugs, and it feels laggy often. TW seemed very smooth and didnt encounter any problems, besides the lack of options. I absolutely loathe using the physical home button on the Note2 and SGS3 though.
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Have the ability to display the on screen buttons like on the GNexus?
Just came from a SGS3, was very happy with my PA CM rom.
On the Note II, the CM roms Ive tried with this ability are just too full of annoying bugs, and it feels laggy often. TW seemed very smooth and didnt encounter any problems, besides the lack of options. I absolutely loathe using the physical home button on the Note2 and SGS3 though.
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Absolutely you can do it on any TW ROM. All you have to do is add one line into your build.prop and reboot. Search for "on screen nav bar mod". Edit: here is a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808882
However, I really suggest checking out LMT launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18993800. I always liked the on screen nav buttons, because I had instant access to the home/back/recents from any screen, even if I had my S Pen out, and loved it even more on AOKP because I could add custom shortcuts for my "dock" apps and Kill App options. LMT implements all of this but allows you to access it off-screen, so it doesn't take up any screen real estate. And it's a damn sexy interface, people are always impressed when they see me pop it up!
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Absolutely you can do it on any TW ROM. All you have to do is add one line into your build.prop and reboot. Search for "on screen nav bar mod". Edit: here is a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808882
However, I really suggest checking out LMT launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18993800. I always liked the on screen nav buttons, because I had instant access to the home/back/recents from any screen, even if I had my S Pen out, and loved it even more on AOKP because I could add custom shortcuts for my "dock" apps and Kill App options. LMT implements all of this but allows you to access it off-screen, so it doesn't take up any screen real estate. And it's a damn sexy interface, people are always impressed when they see me pop it up!
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Awesome, thanks!
Will check it out when I get home from work.
Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
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;78017561]Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
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Yes, Nova has this feature - - which is great for friends with fumble fingers.
Why keep stock launcher when Nova has that, and more, like icon packs, shadows under icons, different transitions, landscape movement across screens...
I can see keeping stock firmware instead of custom ROM, but keeping stock launcher? Come on, don't be silly.
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;78017561]Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
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Not that I have seen in settings.
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Yes, Nova has this feature - - which is great for friends with fumble fingers.
Why keep stock launcher when Nova has that, and more, like icon packs, shadows under icons, different transitions, landscape movement across screens...
I can see keeping stock firmware instead of custom ROM, but keeping stock launcher? Come on, don't be silly.
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I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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;78020383]I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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OK. I have tons several widgets - - including a fantastic weather one called Beautiful Widgets, as well as calendar, so I've never used stock OEM widgets, whether Motorola or LG.
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;78020383]I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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At one time I remembered there used to be an option in Google play store to not add apps to desktop. I can't find it anymore. Odd
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You need to use shortcut master and go into the LG Home hidden settings
*Edit: now I can't find the setting I thought was there to look the launcher down to however you have it. So play at your own risk. Will post pics of what I meant below.
Shortcut Master, system apps, LG home, Hidden settings...
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Shortcut Master, system apps, LG home, Hidden settings...
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Thanks will give that a try
Share your S23 Ultra Home / Lock Screen Here..
And Now this is mine since I Received it today
Nova
Simple, like me
New colors
Why can't Samsung open up One Ui for us all to fully customize, so annoying.
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Why can't Samsung open up One Ui for us all to fully customize, so annoying.
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Are you using Good Lock and all its modules? It actually lets you do quite a bit while still being "OEM"?
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mickliq said:
Are you using Good Lock and all its modules? It actually lets you do quite a bit while still being "OEM"?
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I've given it a quick try, doesn't seem to be as customizable as the other launchers though?
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I've given it a quick try, doesn't seem to be as customizable as the other launchers though?
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Agreed, not quite. Still I've weaned myself off Nova with everything it can do.
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Agreed, not quite. Still I've weaned myself off Nova with everything it can do.
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Have you found a way to have gesture shortcuts? That's the one thing I miss with Nova. Doing those 2 finger swipes, double tap swipe when on the launcher screen. Haven't seen anything in goodlock that CNA mimic that
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Have you found a way to have gesture shortcuts? That's the one thing I miss with Nova. Doing those 2 finger swipes, double tap swipe when on the launcher screen. Haven't seen anything in goodlock that CNA mimic that
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Closest thing is One Hand Operation + module.
One of the many wallpapers (thank you r/Amoledbackgrounds)
And thanks for the Iconpack (OneUI Dark) @justnewdesigns
Why are people moving away from nova?
Kept the original icons just but made them adapt to the wallpaper color. Found these wallpapers to be so good
Hardcore native OneUI Home (+ HomeUp)
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Why are people moving away from nova?
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Wondering the same!