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Randy Lanzarote
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brain_stew said:
Do you have auto-brightness on? The swipe-brightness feature only works when its on manual.
brain_stew
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Just switch to the built-in swype keyboard. It's much quicker once you get used to using it.Jake. said:
Long press on a text field and choose input method to select it.
Don't change the browser as some have suggested.Samsung have tweaked the stock browser quite a bit which makes it run far smoother than anything else.
Some rumors going around that those leaked Nexus shots might be a touchwiz skin. I for one hate every icon on the dockbar. Phone, browser and contacts look way off from the icons I've come to know from Google, the camera icon is also a departure from what they've had. We'll only see in time, I'm inclined to postulate at the idea.
Also the Super AMOLED screen is perfectly visible in conjuction with higher screen brightness when used under direct sunlight. No other phone I've had has provided such clear picture under a bright sunny day.
Also the Super AMOLED screen is perfectly visible in conjuction with higher screen brightness when used under direct sunlight. No other phone I've had has provided such clear picture under a bright sunny day.
brain_stew
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That explains it.sionyboy said:
OriginalThinking
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Zozz said:
It's never a Touchwiz skin, I'd put my money on it. I hope they'll let you change the icons you want docked. The reason for the change of Icons is clear. Major new version of Android, blue theme. I don't really see any issue with the Icons, they are fine. I like the new Internet icon especially
Futureman said:
It's a market widget. Not unlike the current one.
Jake. said:
Just to point out, you don't have to use the home screens. Put a couple of widgets on the main one if you want, and just use the app drawer when you want to go into the app. And using the keyboard takes a little time to get used to if you haven't used a touchscreen device much before. There are alternatives, though, like Swype, in which you swipe your finger from one letter to the next until you get to the end of the word you want and it inputs it. It's pretty fast and usually knows what word you wanted to put in.
sooperkool
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Jayayess1190 said:
I say this every year, be able to steam from google music or play all media streamed from my personal network or from the onboard flash memory. It would be a nexus for real then.
I'm actually using Go SMS and Go Dialer, too.
Also, Jake., you might want to try SwiftKeyX. It's a great predictive text keyboard.
I got it for free off the Amazon App Store awhile ago.
Also, everyone here should have an Amazon App Store account. They give away a free paid app every day! Get on that shit, peeps.
Today's app is Chess-presso, which is chess! Yay chess!
Also, Jake., you might want to try SwiftKeyX. It's a great predictive text keyboard.
I got it for free off the Amazon App Store awhile ago.
Also, everyone here should have an Amazon App Store account. They give away a free paid app every day! Get on that shit, peeps.
Today's app is Chess-presso, which is chess! Yay chess!
notsol337 said:
You can set it to learn from your Gmail and blog and SMS too. So after reading my Gmail it learned the common names of people I email. So when I type in Tom it no longer suggest Cruise as #1, but Beckermann as #1, who is one of my friends. And so forth and so forth.
sooperkool
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Nexus S + Google Music 4 + Voodoo = sweet, sweet tunes.
I have 5 Google Music invites so if you need one just PM me.
I have 5 Google Music invites so if you need one just PM me.
Steriletom
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Some more suggested apps for Jake based on what I have on my phone:
3G Watchdog. Useful if you don't have an unlimited data plan. You tell it your limit and set it for your billing cycle and it will track your usage for you and advise you when you are approaching it. Resets at the start of your new billing cycle.
Awful. Awesome app for using the Somethingawful forums if you're a regular visitor over there.
Dictionary. No need to explain.
Express News. Decent news app.
Google Goggles. Take a picture of something, anything, and Google will do an image search. Hit and miss with accuracy.
Keepscreen. Kind of describes itself. Allows you to tell Android to never go to sleep unless you manually put it to sleep when specific apps are open. I mainly use this for google maps.
Listen. Free podcast manager. Kind of ass but it's free.
Llama. Identifies your location based on cellphone towers. You train it to recognize where your home is, where your works is...etc and then you can create rules based on locations and time. For example, my phone goes on silent as soon as I arrive at work and goes off silent as soon as I leave work, regardless of times. My WiFi turns on automatically as soon as I arrive at home. My notifications go to silent after midnight but my ringer stays on so I'm not woken up by a text message or an email but will still be available if anyone calls due to an emergency. I found the learning curve for setting rules to be pretty steep, though.
Navigation. This might have come preinstalled on your phone. Self explanatory. Works very well, I find.
Next TTC. Just in case your in Toronto. If you are and take public transit at all, you need this app.
QIK Video. Recording app which will immediately upload your video to the internet. I figured it will be useful if I ever come upon the police committing a crime. You need to set up an account with QIK to upload videos.
Ringdroid. Allows you to cut out specific sections of your music to set as ringtones.
Scoremobile. Sports score apps. There are dozens, pick your poison.
SMS Popup. More customizable messaging. I use it to receive a message box on my main screen rather than having to go into the messaging app when I receive a text message. Allowed me also to set specific notification sounds for different contacts.
Swiftkey X. Learns the way you form sentences based on your text messaging and facebook history and continues learning after being installed. You will think it is magic; that's because it is. Will greatly improve the accuracy of your typing in a short amount of time. Costs a few dollars.
Zedge. Library for wallpapers, ringtones, and notification sounds. My ish is completely Zelda themed. When my girlfriend texts me I get Navi telling me to "Hey! Hey! Listen!". Mad cute.
To describe a couple of mentioned apps a little more:
Launcherpro. Like others have said, it allows for greater customizability of the home screen. I specifically used it for changing up the transition effects of flipping between screens, removing the notification bar from the top for a cleaner look(as soon as you go into an app or hit the menu button it reappears), to set up a scrollable dock(the part of your screen where the dialer, contacts, texts...etc appear) so that I now have 5x3 docks through which I can scroll left to right with the middle dock being the standard the far left dock being shortcuts to call my most frequently called peoples and the far right dock being shortcuts to websites I regularly go to. Lastly, you can set it up so that the number of missed calls, new emails, and new texts are displayed in a little red bubble on the dock next to the appropriate shortcut.
Cardiotrainer. This will map out the route you took on Google Maps(great if you cycle a lot). Option to post to facebook post workout so that people can tell you how awesome you are.
3G Watchdog. Useful if you don't have an unlimited data plan. You tell it your limit and set it for your billing cycle and it will track your usage for you and advise you when you are approaching it. Resets at the start of your new billing cycle.
Awful. Awesome app for using the Somethingawful forums if you're a regular visitor over there.
Dictionary. No need to explain.
Express News. Decent news app.
Google Goggles. Take a picture of something, anything, and Google will do an image search. Hit and miss with accuracy.
Keepscreen. Kind of describes itself. Allows you to tell Android to never go to sleep unless you manually put it to sleep when specific apps are open. I mainly use this for google maps.
Listen. Free podcast manager. Kind of ass but it's free.
Llama. Identifies your location based on cellphone towers. You train it to recognize where your home is, where your works is...etc and then you can create rules based on locations and time. For example, my phone goes on silent as soon as I arrive at work and goes off silent as soon as I leave work, regardless of times. My WiFi turns on automatically as soon as I arrive at home. My notifications go to silent after midnight but my ringer stays on so I'm not woken up by a text message or an email but will still be available if anyone calls due to an emergency. I found the learning curve for setting rules to be pretty steep, though.
Navigation. This might have come preinstalled on your phone. Self explanatory. Works very well, I find.
Next TTC. Just in case your in Toronto. If you are and take public transit at all, you need this app.
QIK Video. Recording app which will immediately upload your video to the internet. I figured it will be useful if I ever come upon the police committing a crime. You need to set up an account with QIK to upload videos.
Ringdroid. Allows you to cut out specific sections of your music to set as ringtones.
Scoremobile. Sports score apps. There are dozens, pick your poison.
SMS Popup. More customizable messaging. I use it to receive a message box on my main screen rather than having to go into the messaging app when I receive a text message. Allowed me also to set specific notification sounds for different contacts.
Swiftkey X. Learns the way you form sentences based on your text messaging and facebook history and continues learning after being installed. You will think it is magic; that's because it is. Will greatly improve the accuracy of your typing in a short amount of time. Costs a few dollars.
Zedge. Library for wallpapers, ringtones, and notification sounds. My ish is completely Zelda themed. When my girlfriend texts me I get Navi telling me to "Hey! Hey! Listen!". Mad cute.
To describe a couple of mentioned apps a little more:
Launcherpro. Like others have said, it allows for greater customizability of the home screen. I specifically used it for changing up the transition effects of flipping between screens, removing the notification bar from the top for a cleaner look(as soon as you go into an app or hit the menu button it reappears), to set up a scrollable dock(the part of your screen where the dialer, contacts, texts...etc appear) so that I now have 5x3 docks through which I can scroll left to right with the middle dock being the standard the far left dock being shortcuts to call my most frequently called peoples and the far right dock being shortcuts to websites I regularly go to. Lastly, you can set it up so that the number of missed calls, new emails, and new texts are displayed in a little red bubble on the dock next to the appropriate shortcut.
Cardiotrainer. This will map out the route you took on Google Maps(great if you cycle a lot). Option to post to facebook post workout so that people can tell you how awesome you are.
Tribes of Trusty
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"We're sorry. Music Beta is currently only available in the United States"
Google Music = bullshit.
Google Music = bullshit.
OriginalThinking
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Tribes of Trusty said:
Hotspot shield. Free VPN available from Cnet. Done.
claviertekky said:
Some think it's going to be October 27th.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...aunch-event-out-of-respect-for-steve-jobs.ars
Too far away. I can't believe they're actually delaying the announcement. I didn't think it would have been in that bad of taste, tbh. We can't stop the world, you know?
I just want to know because I'm trying to decide between the iPhone 4S and the Nexus Prime, and it's become an incredibly difficult decision for me, so I'd like to know about the Prime and ICS as much as possible so I can make an informed decision. Ugh. Sucks.
OriginalThinking
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sooperkool said:
^ This man is a legend. Just hooked me up with the Google music beta. A bit of VPN trickery later I'm all hooked up. If anyone needs a Google music invite fire me a PM, I've 8 left!
TouchMyBox
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You guys know what this means right?
Canada got the Galaxy S II so long ago that it's fully subsidized.
Now we're probably going to get the Nexus Prime on all of our carriers, while americans will only have one choice at launch.
Canada got the Galaxy S II so long ago that it's fully subsidized.
Now we're probably going to get the Nexus Prime on all of our carriers, while americans will only have one choice at launch.
TouchMyBox said:You guys know what this means right?
Canada got the Galaxy S II so long ago that it's fully subsidized.
Now we're probably going to get the Nexus Prime on all of our carriers, while americans will only have one choice at launch.
...except us savvy Americans who import from Canada.
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That guy's dome is insanely polished.Yoshiya said:
MiloFoxburr
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Futureman said:
Works fine, you just have to clear the apps data after installing the new version.
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It works with the music beta too, but you have to go into app settings and clear all data first. I ran into that proble yesterday too. And yes, look at how much more responsive it is.. even on the OG Droid!Futureman said:
whoa, awesome.
I should be able to just uninstall the Music Beta app, right?
and I was wondering, can I uninstall the Froyo Music app with Titanium?
what do I choose? "Force remove app (by recovery exploit)"? Normally I wouldn't bother, but when using the Music Beta app, sometimes out of nowhere the Froyo Music app will start playing random songs at the same time.
I should be able to just uninstall the Music Beta app, right?
and I was wondering, can I uninstall the Froyo Music app with Titanium?
what do I choose? "Force remove app (by recovery exploit)"? Normally I wouldn't bother, but when using the Music Beta app, sometimes out of nowhere the Froyo Music app will start playing random songs at the same time.
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