They'll probably roll it with their "network performance upgrade" update.
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They'll probably roll it with their "network performance upgrade" update.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Use the Beautiful Widgets you got for $0.10 from the sale...
The only thing I've ever liked from HTC Sense is the big clock and weather widget, I had it on my phone since my days with the AT&T 8525 (HTC Hermes) running Windows Mobile 5.0 back when the widget thing was still called HTC Home. I ended up buying BW for full price the day I got my old X just for the clock and weather widget, which looks just like the HTC Sense (Home) one.
I use the aptly named Digital Clock Widget.
I personally hate the look of the HTC clock, but it's true that Beautiful Widgets can pull that off if you so desire.
Thanks for the digital clock recommendation. I miss the 10 cents beautiful widget sale but i did find it for free at getjar.
I like the plain digital clock.
Been using this nexus for 1 day and love it so far. Very fast even on 3g.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
How do you install that widget onto the nexus tho? Cant seem to get it to work
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
For some reason it feels like most of 'em run like shit. I tried both LauncherPro and Go Launcher, and both seemed sluggish compared to stock. :/ Maybe they'll work better in the future?
You sure it's not the overscroll effect? Can't remember what color that was on my friend's GN...I'd assume it was blue but thought I'd throw that out there.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
It's blue on ICS
positive. I did a search and it seems like it might be a samoled thing. Definitely see something there because theres nothing to the same effect on the right side. Seems to only happen if i am viewing a white page (such as secondapps).
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
Anyone?
Also, stock browser is perfection except for the fact that gifs are super choppy in it as oppossed to firefox browser
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
- Put the .APK file on your phone. [I usually place my apk's in the Download folder]
- Go to Settings > Security > Unknown sources [Make sure it's checked]
- Use a file manager [such as Astro File Manager available for free on the market] to locate the .APK file and install the widget.
- Once installed, open your app drawer and scroll to the right where you'll find your widgets.
- Long press on your desired widget and place it on your desired homescreen.
Congratulations you have just installed and placed the widget of your choice :]
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
thanks. My prob was after downloading it. The widgets wasnt showing up in widgets for whatever reason but now it did. Wierd.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Oh... well, glad to hear it's all good now.
I didnt migrate directly from an iPhone4 but I did use for long stretches of time over the past year and I got an iPhone4S briefly at launch. The Galaxy Nexus is the best phone on the market, the hardware is obviously better than the iPhone 4 and imo the software is better.**
WP has the best UI, most beautiful UI of the current generation but it just isnt feature complete yet. Android 4.0 is not as beautiful in some parts but it's more flexible. iOS is staid and boring in comparison to both and still cant do everything that Android can.
Where iOS still wins out is the ecosystem. Developers bust their ass to make the most polished apps possible within Apple's constraints. They make the iOS versions first and better. Most of the accessories are made for iOS (although I'm looking forward to smartwatches in the pipeline which will almost exclusively work with Android and other open OSs). When the new UI tools in ICS become more widely used then Android may finally catch up.
**Siri on the iPhone 4S is the one system feature that ICS doesnt have. I didnt find Siri compelling, I rarely used it. Others will swear by it. Dor some people, those who mostly use the text dictation feature, I'd argue that the text dictation in ICS is clearly superior.
That's the price of progress. If a developer doesnt want to update his app then move on. It happens on iOS too when some developers took months to update for the retina display or to release an iPad version or to support the new iOS transferring files system and so on. I tried Google Listen for a minute, saw it wasnt updated and immediately downloaded a better substitute.
is there an easier way to get to bookmarks in the stock browser?
It looks like i have to hit the folder icon at the top of the screen and then hit the bookmark button at the top. Thats 2 clicks both at the top of the screen which is not easy to reach with one hand. I miss the menu button in the 2.3 android browser.
It looks like i have to hit the folder icon at the top of the screen and then hit the bookmark button at the top. Thats 2 clicks both at the top of the screen which is not easy to reach with one hand. I miss the menu button in the 2.3 android browser.
Hold the back button
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Turn on the labs feature that allows you to bring up the menu by pressing your finger on the right or left side of the page. Its a pretty nifty feature.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
am i the only one who expierence choppy gifs in stock browser? the stock browser is so beast but the choppy gifs are annoying. it doesnt chop in firefox browser but i rather use the stock one
lunchtoast
Member
Yeah I noticed that too.
Robobandit
Member
I'm testing secondapps now and I'm not seeing green pixels on the left or right side of the display.. where do they show up on your phone?
I see a slight shade of green at lowest brightness. Not sure if thats the same thing...
Hey, I had the same issue too on mobilicity. The known fix is to edit your APN settings so that the "Proxy" field is empty, instead of whatever is provided by default via your SIM card.
Worked for me on Mobilicity, and Telus users, and Fido users. Hopefully it works for you also
detrimental as in it will die quicker while gaming, but nothing else
Robobandit
Member
I use brightness @ around 20-25%..
Lowest brightness makes the screen look like crap, imo.
What you're seeing is true of all SAMOLED displays that use a pentile matrix sub-pixel layout.. the effect is greatly mitigated by upping the brightness.. to the point that I don't see it @ 20%
Is there any real, proper way to charge a phone? I hear so many different things: Always let the charge run out before charging again, dont let it sit on the charger overnight, etc.
I pretty much kept my Droid Incredible on the charger anytime I was home and the battery now is much worse than it was a year ago. Figured I did something wrong.
I pretty much kept my Droid Incredible on the charger anytime I was home and the battery now is much worse than it was a year ago. Figured I did something wrong.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
Charge when needed and charge every night. Ive done that with all my phones and never had to replace a battery. With that said its good to just let ur battery run alltl the way down and die sometimes.
crazy monkey
Banned
nokia phones are so good in terms of battery life. I use my phone for days on one charge. no gaming and internet though
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
I like it mostly cause its so fast and theres no lag unlike using 3rd party browsers. Its super smooth.....except for that choppy gif animation
Yeah I don't understand why they took out the back and forward buttons from that.
I'm pretty sure what you're seeing is the edge of the amoled screen. My friend's nexus doesn't display it but it's easily visible on my friend's galaxy S.
You'll be happy to know then that they've added 2 new buttons to quick controls in 4.0.3!
Bookmarks and New Tab buttons have been added:
What was your Listen alternative? Is there one upgraded for 4.x?
walbertsmith
Member
I was sent this link from reddit, where I saw a question about battery life... apparently it's a bad idea to completely discharge the battery.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Those buttons were already available on the Honeycomb browser ( I believe). The "plus" and I think there is a reload one too. Haven't used stock Honeycomb browser in a while. Was wondering why the ICS one was missing buttons.
praise jesus. Thank you
sableholic
Member
Does anyone else have issues with the quick controls and the secondapp neogaf site? Sometimes it pops up when i'm trying to long press the > on the right to open it up in a background tab to the last page which makes it a little annoying.
Robobandit
Member
Not only that, but you can "scroll" through the open tabs without going into the tab interface by moving your thumb over the thumbnail that appears when you are using the tabs quick control button
ok, lets rock. Ready for 4.0.3
Robobandit
Member
You've got a GSM nexus right? If so, try this -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399238
The g-apps include google wallet, but I just disabled it because I'm not going to use it.
meh, not messing around with ROMs until Jelly Bean. I can wait. Its good to know at least its coming
Robobandit
Member
Your choice..
I like not having to wait for google to release updated versions for ICS.. someone can just compile the source and release a rom like I linked above.
Battersea Power Station
Member
I can do that in 4.0.2 on VZW version.
Robobandit
Member
They must have added the tabs quick control in 4.02 then.. I hadn't enabled it again until someone mentioned that tabs were added and they were using 4.03.
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