Just got new software version (still android 10)
Downloaded and installed.
March 1 security update.
Not sure whats new in it except security patch.
Is it stable? Did it resolve any bugs?
Yes. It is official update from system update center.
Visually i can see change in volume bar style and dot in bottom navigation bar to auto hide and unhide
The battery life seems to have take a hit.
bhatia.mani said:
Just got new software version (still android 10)
Downloaded and installed.
March 1 security update.
Not sure whats new in it except security patch.
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Same here in USA.
The volume rocker visualization has changed.
Instead of a bar across the top, there is now a bubble bar with a settings circle on the left.
Still searching for a change log but haven't found one yet.
New Feature?
I stumbled across the ability to use two apps on one screen since the update.
Using the native android method of pressing and holding the recent apps button.
I'm almost 100% positive this was not available before the update - though I used it extensively on my old phone.
Specter597 said:
New Feature?
I stumbled across the ability to use two apps on one screen since the update.
Using the native android method of pressing and holding the recent apps button.
I'm almost 100% positive this was not available before the update - though I used it extensively on my old phone.
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Hi, quick question. Can this multi window function work in gesture mode (in place of the usual navigation buttons)? Asking as there is no 'recent app button' in the gesture mode. Thanks!
Definitely battery get a hit.
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What is Recent Plus!?
It is a small app in an early state that replaces the "recent apps" dialog that appears when you long-press the home button. It shows the recently opened apps as before but additionally shows a volume slider. See screenshots. Requires CM7.
UPDATE: Recent Plus in Market
Why?
As you all know, the nook color is a wonderful device but it is lacking hardware buttons. A typical and really nice remedy is to install keysmod / Hard-key editor and bind the volume buttons to back and menu. Problem: you can no longer easily change the current volume while in an app, especially when it is running in fullscreen.
It started with this post and I am now moving it here.
Requirements:
* a device running a recent nightly of cyanogenmod 7
Installation:
(0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)
1. install the apk that is attached to this post, UPDATE: Recent Plus in the Market
2. go to "Settings", "Cyanogenmod Settings", "Input", "long-press home settings": check "Use custom application" and then choose "Select custom application", tap "Applications" (yes, another tap here in that list! This is the first entry), finally select "Recent Plus!"
3. done. Now you can long press home to switch apps and change the volume
TODOs/Problems:
1. Not sure what happens with devices other than the nook and/or different roms
2. The number of recent apps can not be configured yet
Looking forward to your feedback!
History:
v0.7: (July 9, 2011)
color application label by status (white: running, gray: suspended, dark: closed) - can be turned off
fixed a force close bug when switching to apps in certain states
instead of force closing display an error message instead
Recent Plus in the Market
v0.6: (Apr 12 2011)
optional brightness slider (see settings)
v0.5:
crappy looking settings menu
select which volumes you want to control in the settings
v0.4:
fix android compatibility mode messing up the layout
v0.3:
visual stuff (Button background, longer app names)
different button layout in landscape/portrait
more apps
v0.2: initial release
(reserved)
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
matalo said:
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
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I need more info. What does "cannot add as a custom application" mean? Could you follow all steps? Which Rom and which version are you running?
Kudos to you! This is exactly what I need to put everything together and eliminate the need to switch keys and such. Thanks for making an awesome app!
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
Nice idea. Works. Wishing i was on CM now
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Worked fine for me. I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps. Maybe you guys can work something out of it. Like having Compatibility Mode and still show the volume slider.
And, thanks.
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Thanks for finding that out. I think I know how to fix that.
I just uploaded a new version that should fix the compatibility problem. Thanks again RoboRay.
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I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps.
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The are currently no options you can change. The stuff in that settings menu only applies to the default recent app switcher application.
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app. Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
john10101 said:
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app.
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Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
john10101 said:
Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
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Well, the app itself is independent of the rom, but you need a way to launch it using a hardware button. I am not aware of a way to do this without support in the rom. One might be able to do something like "tap home -> launch recent plus", "double tap home -> go to home", not sure. This is similar to the softkeys behavior...
timoskrempel said:
Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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Personally i would be fine with it doing full system volume, for my usage i dont think i need the ability to control different volume's. a settings option would be best for all around functionality for all users. i would suggest you hide it (press menu in app for it to show up) a settings menu would also give you ability to add features in the future if you choose so. I think there are people out there who would like this screen to do more then it does now. Myself all i want is a volume slider, This is much cleaner then having to use any other apps ive tried.
Thank you again for your hard work. This is going to be a staple apk, on my nook
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I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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A button to either pop out a selection menu or even to simply step through the different volume types with multiple presses might work. Tucked away behind the Menu button would make for a cleaner UI, though.
Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly? Adding a way to select the other volumes could certainly increase the app's usefulness outside the NC community, as well as to anyone who does constantly adjust the other volumes, though.
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
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Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly?
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Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
tj!2k7 said:
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
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Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
RoboRay said:
Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
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Yeah, that was one of the first things I did with CM7 as I love that feature on my phone... and I've got Not, Ring, and Alarm all set to play on speaker -- however -- have you actually tried the "always play on speaker" feature?
I've got two NCs here, and it doesn't work on either one -- most recent: CM7n30.
Can other folks confirm that this feature is working properly?
Edit: Based on some experimentation with Tasker just now, I don't think the NC hardware is actually capable of determining when headphones are plugged in.
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FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
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I installed yahoo mail but I can not reproduce this. It crashes when you hit the yahoo icon inside the recent app list? Does this happen every time?
I was just wondering if out was possible to add two small features to your L build. First off, I suggest that a silent feature be implemented. This allows notifications to go through allowing the notification LED to work normally but it wont vibrate/ring. This feature is basically pressing the volume button one past vibrate on kitkat. The second feature I suggest is an easy way to access the homescreen from the recent apps menu. In android L, we are presented with a stacked cards style for the recent apps. The draw back is, once you open it, the only way to get out is to press the home buttion(noticed this in the paranoid androids version as well). My suggestion is once you enter the recent apps menu, touch the area that isnt taken up by the cards to go to the home screen. This is currently present in kitkat's recent apps menu. As you probably figured out by now, these arent big features and were present in kitkat. What im asking for is for the paranoid android team to bring these features to their android L build because Google did not.
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I was just wondering if out was possible to add two small features to your L build. First off, I suggest that a silent feature be implemented. This allows notifications to go through allowing the notification LED to work normally but it wont vibrate/ring. This feature is basically pressing the volume button one past vibrate on kitkat. The second feature I suggest is an easy way to access the homescreen from the recent apps menu. In android L, we are presented with a stacked cards style for the recent apps. The draw back is, once you open it, the only way to get out is to press the home buttion(noticed this in the paranoid androids version as well). My suggestion is once you enter the recent apps menu, touch the area that isnt taken up by the cards to go to the home screen. This is currently present in kitkat's recent apps menu. As you probably figured out by now, these arent big features and were present in kitkat. What im asking for is for the paranoid android team to bring these features to their android L build because Google did not.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56722942
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all of you on chinese variants of Find X, can now upgrade to new colorOS 5.2 simply by installing Beta App below , follow on screen steps and after that: go to normal upgrade method from Settins. You will have new OTA ready to download
Not applicable for Global and European variants CPH1871 / 75 .
LINK
After that you'll get a developer mode WITHOUT that annoying red banner in top notifications. You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade), but NO Icons in Top. Fastboot unlock is still not possible. There is a higher Battery drain.
Btw: looks like, you CAN'T downgrade to official firmware yourself. So please TAKE CARE.
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all of you on chinese variants of Find X, can now upgrade to new colorOS 5.2 simply by installing Beta App below , follow on screen steps and after that: go to normal upgrade method from Settins. You will have new OTA ready to download
Not applicable for Global and European variants CPH1871 / 75 .
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Thanks.
Downloading now...
Still no notifications when the screen is off. Just a sound.
Smartthings\Hue\Yi Home\Google Home\ HotUKdeals\Whatsapp\Blue mail\WearOS apps no notifications
And I get no notifications from my phone to my android TV via the app Notifications For Android TV
Think I may sell this phone and move on.
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dragon-tmd said:
After that you'll get a developer mode WITHOUT that annoying red banner in top notifications. You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade), but NO Icons in Top. Fastboot unlock is still not possible. There is a higher Battery drain.
Btw: looks like, you CAN'T downgrade to official firmware yourself. So please TAKE CARE.
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"You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade)"
Wish I got that
Is it correct that this information can not be returned to the official firmware?
After messing around for some time. I get notifications from most app when the screen is on.
But when the lock screen(blank black) starts, I get no notifications what so ever. Just sounds.
Anyway to fix this?
What's new in colorOS 5.2?
I get no notification issues and I use this china variant on color os5.1, for notifications ( FOR ALL apps, allow ALL PERMISSIONS, go to power management app and disable ALL power saving features for said apps as well as allowing all permissions from "power management" and this works for me even with screen off i get my notifications with the edge notification light
Most of my apps are now working as should(smartthings won't give notifications).
I went on to the beta and then I reset everything, and all has been great.
Marcelo_BSB said:
Is it correct that this information can not be returned to the official firmware?
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Yes it is. I've tried to make downgrade and doesn't work. The recovery says that the version that I've installed is newer than the latest official and abort the flash process. Fortunately the beta works pretty good but keep it in mind.
As supposed...latest ColorOS 5.2 arrived, and sadly nothing interesting
Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
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Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
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Nope. Still only five apps.
krazyken04 said:
Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
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Rolled the dice and found out that:
- It does not remove the need for locking or increase the 5 app limit
- It also does not allow more than 5 apps to auto startup
Interesting development though: after doing the beta firmware update, I can no longer get into Phone Manager (and thus cannot easily get into auto startup apps)
After tapping on "Phone Manager", I get a screen overlay message that says "Permission Denied".
Can confirm that it does remove the dev orange bar. It will not remove the orange bar that is present from using Accessibility Settings.
EDIT: Updates as I poke around below
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- After update: Shut down and Start up now retain my accessibility settings (previously even answering the phone would reset them). I use accessibility to add navigation options to the side of the device.
- I deleted com.coloros.safecenter, and now I have no "Auto Startup" options in individual app info. I'm unsure if this is just a new development in the beta or not though. I also still cannot get into the app Phone Manager (where auto startup is usually collected)
- I now also have some sort of flyout thing on the right side containing "Quick Access" apps. I never had this before. This is controlled from: Settings > Smart & Convenient > Smart Sidebar
- A new app inside of Accessibility permissions showed up called "Baidu IME for OPPO", but I'm pretty sure this was stock and I had just removed it right when I got the phone
- I'm also able to swipe notifications to the right to dismiss!
krazyken04 said:
Rolled the dice and found out that:
- It does not remove the need for locking or increase the 5 app limit
- It also does not allow more than 5 apps to auto startup
Interesting development though: after doing the beta firmware update, I can no longer get into Phone Manager (and thus cannot easily get into auto startup apps)
After tapping on "Phone Manager", I get a screen overlay message that says "Permission Denied".
Can confirm that it does remove the dev orange bar. It will not remove the orange bar that is present from using Accessibility Settings.
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- After update: Shut down and Start up now retain my accessibility settings (previously even answering the phone would reset them). I use accessibility to add navigation options to the side of the device.
- I deleted com.coloros.safecenter, and now I have no "Auto Startup" options in individual app info. I'm unsure if this is just a new development in the beta or not though. I also still cannot get into the app Phone Manager (where auto startup is usually collected)
- I now also have some sort of flyout thing on the right side containing "Quick Access" apps. I never had this before. This is controlled from: Settings > Smart & Convenient > Smart Sidebar
- A new app inside of Accessibility permissions showed up called "Baidu IME for OPPO", but I'm pretty sure this was stock and I had just removed it right when I got the phone
- I'm also able to swipe notifications to the right to dismiss!
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So you still have the continous weird flashing statusbar? (You use accesability, right?) Or is that gone after reboot?
I9000bramgmail said:
So you still have the continous weird flashing statusbar? (You use accesability, right?) Or is that gone after reboot?
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Still have it unfortunately And yes, I'm using accessibility. Beta DOES get rid of the yellow bar if you only have Developer Mode enabled.
I've gone through one entire reinstall because I removed some pretty necessary stuff without pulling the APK's first. Now I'm an expert at backups of both individual APK's and the entire system through ADB hahaha.
I'm working on a guide to "westernize" or "un-colorOS"ing this phone and will be aggressively deleting apks to try and get rid of the yellow bar.
I did find that they have
Code:
com.android.systemui.PLUGINS
and that gets spawned from a ColorOS apk but I can't seem to remove the plugin. I have a hunch that's where it lives, since the orange bar groups everything under the "System UI" grouping.
Will keep you all updated!
EDIT: Oh! I was also able to create a +1 phone number account through oppo id services and use that to restore back to stock Beta after I screwed up the phone without backing anything up this first time. So I wouldn't be too scared of doing this upgrade. You can at least restore back to beta.
Had a little update.
Don't know what oppo added but great see updates coming
deuse said:
Had a little update.
Don't know what oppo added but great see updates coming
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Yeah same but haven't updated yet, I posted screenshots earlier and would love for someone to translate ha!
When the official version is released, can I install even using this beta?
upvieira said:
When the official version is released, can I install even using this beta?
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Well I hope so as I'm on the beta as well.
Thank you, I ran it but till now no notification about the new beta.
So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
CookieTheMonsta said:
So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
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Do this: tap on the app icon at the top of the app when you're in the recents screen, there is a split screen option there. Do me a favor though, try it and see how well it works. When I do it, the app only takes up a tiny bit of the screen at the top, I try to slide it down but it just slides back up. It is there but to me it seems buggy or at least difficult to use. Let me know
Update: I figured it out. You select to open one app in split screen, and then choose any other app and they will both share the screen.
CookieTheMonsta said:
So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
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Multi-Window is not broken in Android 9. All that happened with it (and other features, I don't have a full list readily available) was a change in how we use said features.
Someone else asked the same question recently. Thread below will be of help to you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/multi-windows-options-pie-s9-t3903497
I know they changed it, but I should have explained it better. I wanted to know if there is a way to get as we had it on Oreo? On oreo, there was a way to assign long press of multitasking button to split-screen current app. And I want to know if I could get that back?
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I know they changed it, but I should have explained it better. I wanted to know if there is a way to get as we had it on Oreo? On oreo, there was a way to assign long press of multitasking button to split-screen current app. And I want to know if I could get that back?
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Checking the users manual for Android Pie for our phone's the only way to do app pairing now is via the Edge menu.
If you want other methods then you can refer to the thread I linked (someone posted an app suggestion for what your asking in the thread). Otherwise check the Google Play store and see if there is an app that will do the trick.
If qSlide is something you use regularly and wanted calculator to be in it, then you can download LG's calculator APK. It then becomes available.
qSlide on G8X? Really? How?
divineBliss said:
qSlide on G8X? Really? How?
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Go to display -> home touch buttons and add a fourth button as qslide.
I'm guessing your phone has Android 9?
Mine recently updated to Android 10 and I now use gestures, so no traditional navigation bar with gestures. https://www.androidauthority.com/android-10-gestures-1025113/amp/
I tried switching to traditional navigation bar and don't see qSlide option as one of the buttons available. Don't recall if qSlide button was available on my US unlocked G8X with 9, but the manual says it was available.
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Go to display -> home touch buttons and add a fourth button as qslide.
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divineBliss said:
I'm guessing your phone has Android 9?
Mine recently updated to Android 10 and I now use gestures, so no traditional navigation bar with gestures. https://www.androidauthority.com/android-10-gestures-1025113/amp/
I tried switching to traditional navigation bar and don't see qSlide option as one of the buttons available. Don't recall if qSlide button was available on my US unlocked G8X with 9, but the manual says it was available.
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Removed on Android 10
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If qSlide is something you use regularly and wanted calculator to be in it, then you can download LG's calculator APK. It then becomes available.
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Thanks a lot. I wanted it since I purchased my G7+.
In case, u know about other useful qslide apps, please let me know.