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Messages - levolent
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« on: February 02, 2013, 09:05:54 PM »
Tried Puffin and its better than stock or dolphin but the flash video isnt the best quality and smoothness. Plus the flash being only a 2 week trial is a big turnoff for me.
Been using Sleipnir and I love it so far! Apparently the Japanese have been using it for years.
Caching still not so great especially when using back button.
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« on: February 02, 2013, 08:56:02 PM »
Etch-a-Sketch had it first... hahaaa+aah hilarious comment dude. But seriously though, there's no way to add this without a custom rom? o_O Don't worry Apple will sue because they patented shaking rectangular objects first!
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« on: February 02, 2013, 08:49:58 PM »
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« on: February 02, 2013, 12:28:16 AM »
One of the things I loved about DROID X was the shake to undo. Any way to do this on any android device with accelerometer? I would settle for ANY undo actually.
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« on: February 02, 2013, 12:06:12 AM »
Your attitude shows your lack of intelligence.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
Another epic contribution in the same thread? Wow this guy is a real genius. Everyone gather round while he imparts some of his vastly superior intellect upon us.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 04:26:34 PM »
Oh wow if that still comes with a year of free service that is totally worth it. Would be like $380 savings over Clear for a year. http://www.laptopmag.com/review/wi-fi/netzero-4g-hotspot.aspxWhat I really need to do is finally break down and root/tether my 4g Huawei M920 but the 10 step guide is sketchy as heck and I'm lazy.... I guess when it comes down to me actually plunking down a Benjamin on that Netzero thing I'll give it a go first. BTW if your net is really that bad consider getting 2 or 3 lines. It's pretty easy to bridge them together in Windows.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 04:24:38 PM »
You could try a custom ROM on your N7 like CyanogenMod 10.1, I think you can disable the IME switch icon and have it in the Quick Settings panel but this would mean rooting and chances are your banking app wouldn't work... mine doesn't on a rooted device.
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Custom rom is kind of a last resort option imo. There isn't anything compelling enough right now to lose everything I've done and the other risks.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 02:23:58 PM »
The reason it's good to customize is what you think is useful may not be useful to me. I actually switch to HK sometimes now just for the ctrl+c & ctrl+v capability (oddly enough the ctrl+z doesn't seem to work) but my goal is to use only 1 great keyboard.
Sure I totally understand that but there are limitations even to Android...
This is for sure something you can do in the Nova Launcher. Under Nova Settings - Look and Feel - Scroll Speed and Animation Speed
Limited only to the launcher itself...
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Yeah I like theapp but it's a shame the scrolling speed doesn't affect browsers...
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« on: February 01, 2013, 02:00:48 PM »
I don't think there's any need to be like that, it does sound like your unhappy with your device. All devices have their limitations, as you've said yourself you'd have hit an iPads long ago but Android and the Nexus 7 is a great device so enjoy it or don't.
As for the kb notification, it does serve a purpose, its there for quick change of the kb. So if your using the stock kb (or any other) and you want an Emoji you can pull notifications down switch to iWnn IME and have Emoji icons... just because you can't dismiss the notification doesn't mean it's broken or wrong to be there.
As for apps like Skype (although you've solved this) they are there for information, as the guys above have said, its there to inform you the user of the app running.
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The reason it's good to customize is what you think is useful may not be useful to me. I actually switch to HK sometimes now just for the ctrl+c & ctrl+v capability (oddly enough the ctrl+z doesn't seem to work) but my goal is to use only 1 great keyboard.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 01:46:02 PM »
I have found that a lot of apps that use the rear facing camera (and a lot of banking apps do now for depositing checks by photographing them) will say they are not compatible with the Nexus 7.
Sideloading does usually work if you can get the APK. If you have an Android phone that is compatible, download with it, then use Astro to back up the app (under the tools menu of Astro). No need to be rooted for that. Then copy the APK to your Nexus 7 from backup directory that Astro makes and follow the sideloading instructions in the first reply above.
Alan
I was using it as a file browser trying to find the apk manually. I'll try the tools menu hopefully you are right. I don't expect a reply to my email. It doesn't even go to a dev, it's just general support for the banking app.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 01:33:01 PM »
Sounds as if you are totally unhappy with your device.
Sounds as though you didnt have anything useful to contribute to the OP so you made a fluff post. There's nothing inherently wrong other than the speakers only being on 1 side, no vibration motor and no 3g but I can deal with those things. In fact I may be modding the speaker by relocating 1 and adding a 2nd grate. I heard there's a 3g model also so I might transplant that module in while I have it open if that is possible. I'd also like to customize the simple stuff like what shows in the notification drop down if that is okay with you. Bonus question: Any way to "accelerate the scrolling/swiping? I turned the only option I saw for this all the way up but it is still quite slow. Bad enough that I may be looking into PageUp/PageDown & Home/End keys for my keyboard if there isn't a way to turn it up beyond "100%"
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« on: February 01, 2013, 01:15:09 PM »
No complaints on isp here. Verizon fios, 50mb down, 25 up. 5ms ping to both Dallas and Fort Worth. I'm surprised they haven't throttled me yet. Last month I uploaded over 300 hours of 1080p video at twitch.Tv/levolent
What 3g/4g have you tried? I hear Verizon has the best network for data too. I believe it's like $100 and up though so out of my budget but I've been thinking of getting a Clear 4g hotspot for $40/month.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 01:07:27 PM »
All it does is hide your status bar, all tOn notifications will still be there including the ones you don't want when you swipe down.
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I actually want the opposite. More space in the drop down menu. Between Steam chat messages and new emails and the 2 keyboard spams I actually ran out of space already in landscape mode once and I'm just getting started with the device. Not getting worked up just want to customize my device. This is why I didn't buy anything from Crapple... customization Tell me what useful purpose they serve taking up space in the drop down if you think I'm being unreasonable here. The only use I've been found was for Hacker's Keyboard. You can use the notification to force the keyboard up if it disappears on you. Unfortunately SwiftKey 3's split layout in landscape is just too good to pass up and it breaks the ability to force the keyboard up with the HK notification so I just uninstalled HK. On a side note is there a way to increase autorotate responsiveness? Sometimes takes as long as 3 seconds to reorient and video and sound often skip in the process. Also Web caching doesn't seem to Work at all. Just switching tabs or hitting the back button forces a full refresh! This is quite an issue if you're out of range of wifi and hit the back button.
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« on: February 01, 2013, 10:01:43 AM »
You can also go to the app drawer, find the app, long press on the app, and drag it to app info. From there it'll take you to a screen where you can disable notifications for the app. That app will not have a notification icon anymore. (might be useful for skype or utorrent)
That is if I understand your problem correctly.
Screenshots might help.
You will always have a keyboard notification up when you use the keyboard. I think you can do the same thing as above, though I haven't tried it. Go to Settings - Apps - All - Android Keyboard and click on it - Turn off Notifications... maybe that will work. Looks like if you go to Input Devices, it's disabled and you can't turn that off... sorry. Maybe if you root you can change that?
Or if you want it to be super clean, you can download Nova Launcher and get rid of the notification bar entirely 
If I use Nova Launcher, will it still popup notifications when I receive an email or instant message via Steam / Skype?
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« on: February 01, 2013, 08:42:06 AM »
Ok not solved apparently. After installing Swiftkey 3 trial and using my blutooth keyboard I still get a bunch of different keyboard notifications. I don't know why but these are very annoying to me so if someone could help me get rid of them I would be grateful! If I need to change my keyboard input I can go to settings or heck this kb app I think even puts a button for that on the keyboard, so these notification spams are TOTALLY unecessary. If I don't want to use the blutooth kb I can just turn off blutooth or hit the off switch on the kb itself. I want the notification area 100% clean except for important, action required now type stuff!
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