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[Android Apps and Games] Halfwalker:
This is excellent. I put it on my mother's Huawei Ascend Mate 2 and it's been working very well.

Just recently though, the Home button takes her to the regular 4.3 screen, and she gets all confused. I recall earlier that the Home button took it to the main Necta screen, but no more.

I've been digging in the settings, but haven't found the magic incantation to force the Home button to return to Necta. The System Settings->Home Screen Style only offers the Standard screen or the Simple screen (Android). I thought I remembered Necta being there.

I can lauch Necta just fine, but if she hits the Home button by mistake (Often !) she gets dumped into regular Android. How can I force the Home button to Necta ? Basically, keep her in Necta ...

<edit> Never mind :) Installed another launcher, and now Home is asking which one to use, like it should. Chose Necta, Always, and it's all good now.

Thanks -
[Android Apps and Games] Dante2468:
translation

I hereby offer to translate to Romanian :)

The day of the week on the lock screen and status bar could be taken directly form the Android system string, when it's set to a different language than English, right?

LE: Wouldn't it be faster if you posted the strings.xml, playstore description etc. somewhere public, on github for example?

That would ease contributing a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] Rapucha:
Hi,

the app is very good. Thank you for your efforts. I believe it is the best launcher for seniors. Let me share some thoughts.

1 My mom has a loooong list of phone numbers. What do you think about search-as-you-type in call and text message "apps"?

2 Medical info is editable from the lock screen. Are you sure it is OK? maybe it is more logical to put it into application settings?

3 What do you think about optional more secure lock screen, say pattern drawn by finger? SOS button, however, better be present on the lock screen in this case.. Also, system buttons must not be active, if we use lock screen for security purposes. However, I am not sure if a launcher for seniors should go there. This may be not our case. My mom uses mobile bank though.

4 Don't you thing it may be better to block the "task manger" system button? It is easy to touch it accidentally and got pushed out from friendly Necta environment.

Regards, Seva
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Thanks for your support, and i hope your mother like it.

Many Huawei phones don't allow other launcher as default launcher(which means you press Home key, it show the default launcher), So you can search for getting to know how to set default launcher for Huawei phone.

Any question please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sorry for reply so late.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, sorry for reply so late, you can send me a email(wangshimeng@gmail.com), i will send you translate material.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] nexy33:
Bought a code using the qr code for a relative I've so far emailed you twice as it came up failed, I've tried restarting wiping the phone always says failed
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Please tell me your promotion code or your IMEI.

I will check it. thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, please send me one email to wangshimeng@gmail.com, i will send you translate material. thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, Seva, sorry for reply so lat, and i think your suggestions are all good.

We can discuss your suggestions:

1, Most senior people don't have long contacts list, we will take consideration of designing new search result for those senior people who has long list of numbers. But we don't hope more senior people see the only one line search result.

2, Yes, i also think the Medical info edit button should be moved to settings.

3, Yes, i will make secure option for who need it.

4, The "task manager" button is Android system button, i think it is hard to block it, but we will try to use reflect function.

Thanks,

Williams.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
We are plan to add voice actions could help senior people don't use hands to tap screen.

They just say "photograph" or "camera", Necta launcher will launcher camera UI.

They say "help me" or "help", Necta launcher will start SOS to dial and send SMS to the primary contacts.

I think it is very convenience for elderly. there are many ways for starting voice action, such as:

1, User shake the phone, it will start voice action for listening .

2, User put one hand close to the phone's top area(actually close to proximity sensor), it will start voice action.

Do you think which way is good?

And do you have some good suggestions about voice action?

Thanks,

Williams.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Necta launcher v1.4.1 has published on GP, it fixed many issues, and add alert content for senior people, support Japanese and Korean. Please try it and share your suggestions. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] l3iggs:
Hi Williams.Joe. Thanks for this great app. Could you please provide a direct link to the APK? I'd like to use this with a phone that does not have GAPPS (or the play store). Alternatively, maybe you could make it available via F-Driod?
[Android Apps and Games] kburt8:
I have a Droid X2 and would like to install this, but it is not available via the Play Store for my device (running 2.3.5). Please post the APK or PM me with a download link if possible. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dbjc:
Got that same error too.

Thank you very much for sharing app link. +1 :good:

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Still cannot install though!!

Says:
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, please download it from this URL link: http://launcher.necta.us/NectaLauncher.apk

But it maybe can't installed on your phone. I have only tested on some devices that has Android framework.
[Android Apps and Games] luison:
I also think the app is good enough not to have such a "mistery" and hidden fact that is it a demo. I'm still wanting to know its cost, for how long, etc. Happy to pay but not even sure how.

It would be much more sensible to build a demo and a paid app in the store or to provide clear info. I was hoping to pay before the trial ends, but can't figure out how.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, thanks for your feedback.

After free trial for 7 days, if you want continue to use it, please buy in-app item for 6.99$.

Or you can buy promo code via Paypal: http://goo.gl/hUZx7i

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] kada company:
This app is very friendly with the grand parents. :)
[Android Apps and Games] vinella:
Hi

I bought 2 copies of your app - one problem = when SMS messages arrive there is no sound or notification light !

If I try and use mysms instead of your app for messaging your app still gets involved with received messages and tries to take over.

is there a fix coming ?
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Hi, thanks for your support. And i want to know the details about no sound.

Have you increase the volume?, I guess maybe the alarm volume too low.

Yes, our message app still receive SMS even you haven't selected our APP.

We try to fix it, please wait.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] vinella:
Volumes are all up and no message notification sound and even more importantly no notification light.

I would be happy to let your app handle messages if it worked - will await your fix.

By way of feedback (for what its worth to you) my parents think you should concentrate on getting the two bread and butter functions (telephony and messaging) working solidly before developing your bells and whistles functions further.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Please make sure you are using V1.4.6 Necta launcher, if it is and still has no sound, i suggest you try to use your SMS app before we fix it. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] vinella:
They are using v1.4.6 and they will continue to use mysms in the meantime - but things still get messed up when your app insists on getting involved with a message.

Regardless though I understand that these things are not always easy and I congratulate you on an otherwise very good app that I am sure you can and will make better.
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
very Sorry for this issue. Yes we are work hard to make it more useful for senior people, also please provide feedback to us if you have any question.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] vinella:
unless ive missed it the app could really use an easy option (button on main screen ?) to turn silent mode on and off and reflect its current mode
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Sorry for reply so later, we will add silent mode in the next version.

Please wait our next version in one week. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ljianweithink@gmail.com:
How long is the license key avalid?

How long is the license key avalid?
[Android Apps and Games] Williams.Joe:
Forever, have you any suggestion on this senior launcher?
[Android Apps and Games] pavlos46:
Hello, in order to change language do I need the paid version..?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] prasenjit154:
Awesome app! Very much needed for my dad.

Great app! Icon are big enough. Weather forecast is quite accurate. Please add more theme colors. Is it free or i have to purchase after few days?
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] Hell-Razor:
Can anything really be done on this phone? I like the WP8 OS but it seems just like some things are missing and what you see is what you get. There is nothing wrong with it, I just like messing around with some things.
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] f_u_006:
Not every OS have the freedom like Android!

With Android it feels like a being the real owner of your phone, doing everything.....!!

iOS and WPs are just for surfing web, chatting with friends and for business.

Androids is for someone who wants to get most out of there phone.

I suggest you to sell your WP and buy an Android phone.
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] juanitoriv:
What are you trying to do? What's missing for you? I can do tons of stuff on my 8X. Elaborate a bit, maybe we can help
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] warriorpluto:
I have two of these.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] VirtueToVice:
Nevermind.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] warriorpluto:
Dude don't go telling everyone about how Sprint phones are strictly cdma. Im tired of people on these forums spreading misinformation. This is not the year 2008. Back then all Sprint phones were strictly cdma. Not so today and yes the Sprint mega has gsm capability. It's even listed in the settings, but is greyed out. So the Sprint galaxy s4 is strictly cdma too? Lol go do your homework.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] VirtueToVice:
"as far as I'm aware" ;)

I was simply offering what I did/did not know for sure, and some information for a way to take it to another carrier that I DO know about. For one, I've never had a fully operational Mega in my hand to see that it offered a greyed out GSM menu in the settings. My bad, dude. :good:

In fact, I'm trying to resurrect one right now. Software is totally borked.

Anyway, good luck figuring out the GSM unlock!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] atinder:
have you tried sprint s4 trick on mega?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
Which trick you want to talk about ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] warriorpluto:
I sold mine off before I got a chance to try. I'll be getting another to try it with though
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] NewTalk:
YEP

I successfully unlocked the Mega to work on T-Mobile as well as the Sprint Note 3, Sprint Note 2 and Sprint S5

I'm working on making a program to UICC unlock the device without having to call Sprint to get it internationally unlocked, I also have a program that will open the service menu option to reprogram the phone if you cannot reach it through dialer codes.

Quite simple once you get the whole process down.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] thanhdang:
Please give me some guidance how to do it. Thank you so much
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shaider_516:
need this too, i want to unlock my mega 6.3
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] christiansfreeman:
What's good on man so have you figured a way to unlock these puppies without sprint ?? I do s4 s all the time I need to get these & note 3 done too
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] NewTalk:
Once everything is programmed I will release to you guys along with an instruction guide, I own my business and spend 100 hours a week there so I'm trying to program in my off time which isn't much
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
Please release your unlock method. I think a lot of sprint mega users like me are waiting for unlock it's gsm. Hope your unlock method will be easy to follow.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] proth3us:
will be waiting for the tool, thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hotker79:
tool

whats hapen with the tool? its real?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
I hope so, I just bought one of these devices, now I have to find out how to root it....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] proth3us:
he said he still working on the tool to UICCD unlock the device
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
You can easily root it by flashing philz recovery for meliusrlte.

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New talk will your unlock tool work with 4.4 update? I have upgraded mine and now there is no going back. Waiting for your unlock.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
That part was easy, I need to unlock it now so iI can use it
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shaider_516:
i wish there is a way to unlock it same as the s4 via service menu
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ura535:
good, we'll all be waiting for you,to try to unlock the modem MI6!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
What he said...:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
I am respectful to all members and developers. Please do not take those peoples comment. If anyone has MI6 modem please upload it, and i think ecs87 will do the unlock.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] DarkAngel:
I am sure what Dyablohell meant to say was thread with a "d" not a "t" but that is only my guess.

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All,

Lets not get impatient and let the members that are willing to work on it, do.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Dyablohell:
Yes you are right...sorry for that, my english is not that good...(i'm a romanian guy who used to live in france, now i live in spain, and is more complicated to speak 5 languages that you think...:D )

I've received the phone from the ebay seller, but has the mk1 firmware, so i've resent it back to the seller that promise to send me another one with mi6. If i receive the one with mi6, i will let you people know.

I have a bounty for unlocking this L600, if anyone wants to put more money ... more money, more chances that more developers to help on this project.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ura535:
boom
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sirhc:
This might be an obvious idea, But has anyone tried just flashing one of the GSM roms? I know on the LG G2 for sprint, people were banging their heads on how to get it unlock, writing ridiculously complicated methods JUST for the international unlock. But to my knowledge isnt encrypted sprint info embedded into just the rom? Like in dev/block/mmcblk07 etc. The GSM variants hold info such as unlock code in a different block from the sprint variant which makes the dev/block* from the sprint variants somewhat NULL because the phone dosent read from it anymore due to the different assigned dev/block* On the G2 we discovered to simply just flash a CM11 or other AOSP rom, Go to dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#* and change the network to GSM ONLY, Pop in a GSM sim and viola the bars appear. Data even worked except for LTE considering the band support but no one cared. But since their are no AOSP roms for the sprint mega, really no roms at all you would have to flash a GSM rom and pop a sim in then switch to GSM ONLY if it dosent pick up the signal automatically. Just throwing a suggestion here not sure if anyone has tried it. Btw im working on a rom for the sprint variant now just cant get it to boot right now. But try that method if you havent already.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
I thought about it, but if it actually had different components (I don't see why it should) then I might have a brick.

We need someone with the nads to do it...

I know it can be flashed to other CMDA carriers, maybe GSM also?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
Great i am waiting for it.

I also want to make a rom from the aosp source. I already downloaded 30GB but it's not completed yet. How much it will download? You said you were not able to boot your rom. Maybe you could try the stock boot.img instead of compiling it from source for the first time. Have you used the samsung opensource source code for our phone to make the rom? I am waiting for your replay.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] warriorpluto:
Seems like a good idea. I'll try to get another mega this week. I sold my last two for 450. Couldn't pass up the cash lol. Going to try to see if this works....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Genelophy13:
.

Can you give info on how to do it. I'm trying to unlock my sprint galaxy mega 6.3 Tia
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sirhc:
I am actually building a stock rom through cygwin. It was errors with the mount points i assume. Or it may have been because i was deleting Apks before i even flashed the rom to see if it booted. Probably deleted some dependable APKS by accident. I tried dual booting ubuntu 14.04 to setup a environment to build from source but couldnt get wifi to work correctly. Now i am building a sprint pac rom as we speak. Trying to see if replacing the boot.img with stock would do the trick. TIP: If youre replacing the boot.img make sure you replace the modules from system/lib/modules with the ones from your base rom. Ive never used samsung open source at all LOL. Ive compiled a rom from CM source twice on devices that were supported from their device tree. I haven't figured out how to compile from source from the mega without it being on CMs device tree.

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Install a GSM rom from sliesh.nair's threads choose anyone you like. When it boots up you should get no service. Put a sim card in to see if bars pop up. If they dont then Dial *#*#4636#*#* go to phone information and scroll to the bottom and choose GSM only from the drop down list. Wait patiently and see what it does

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Not sure if you were referring to me LOL :P but the if you flash a gsm rom for the I9205(I think thats the model number) it wont brick the sprint variant. It will boot and all. To get it working on sprint just go to dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#* switch to CDMA Only or CDMA/LTE(Auto PRL) and you will get signal. The only issue they have is that if you use LTE data it'll work but you cant dial out or send sms. Only internet will work. But if you use 3g, 1x youll get data calls and sms sending and receiving. Not sure about mms. And the GSM roms have bugs when flashing on the sprint variant. Only 2 ive found is that auto rotate puts the phone in landscape and sticks there unless you turn it the opposite way and it'll return to portrait. The temporary fix for this is to just lock auto rotate while in portrait mode. And the other issue is when you wake the phone from sleep it comes on for a split second, goes back off and comes back on permanently until you lock the phone again obviously. No one can explain how to fix it. I know its calibration and sensor issues. Ive tried replacing the sensors files from stock to the rom but it dosent work. It might be a kernel issue too.

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No one can pass up cash LOL. Just give it a try. I havent tried it yet because i dont have a GSM Sim handy. But it makes sense and i dont see why it shouldnt work
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
has anyone tried flashing one of the new 4.4.4 roms to the sprint mega and got it to work with gsm carriers? I have the att i527 mega and I've became frusterated with this thing now but my friend has the sprint mega i'm thinking about getting from him to use with my current carrier (t mobile)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sirhc:
No one has given a successful report yet. I havent even had the chance to try it until i get my hands on a sim card. But i dont see why it shouldnt work.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
I found it works and get's the signal after switch it to cdma. But my gsm sim is not in service so i was not able to test call, data, sms. But auto rotation do not works like our stock rom. It's irritating and you have to switch off the auto rotate.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sirhc:
Yea that was one of the main issues were auto rotate and making calls and sms while on LTE. Its some issues with the sensors in the rom. Just turn off auto rotate until this bug gets sorted out
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] banks2878:
so it probably does work with gsm aswell. i'll try getting my friends phone and flashing a rom and using a active t mobile sim and see if it works! what rom did you flash? and via Odin or?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
I flashed slimkat but you could flash any rom you want. You have to flash it from custom recovery like cwm, twrp or philz recovery. Remenber, sensors are not working correctly. So you cannot play sensor based games in it. I am waiting for the real unlock so we don't have to flash these type of roms.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
But does this allow it to work on a GSM network?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ashikrobi:
I don't know Gabriel but it shows network bar after i selected cdma only mode. I was not able to test call or data because my gsm sim is not in service.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sirhc:
Test a GSM Sim in it. Make sure its switched to GSM ONLY if signal doesnt automatically come up. Report back with results

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The only reliable way to achieve a unlock on stock firmware is to downgrade to an older version of android. Samsung has patched most of the tricks and glitches in kitkat. I know on other phones such as the s4 or the galaxy express you had to downgrade to 4.1.2 or 4.0.4 because those versions were unpatched and glitches were available. But since samsung has patched it no one has been able to do a sim unlock on kitkat stock firmware at least on samsung phones to my knowledge. Whats need is someone needs to build a debloated and knox free stock rom to remove some of the blocks so we can access carrier encrypted information. I tried to do this but couldnt get the rom to boot after compiling and zipping. No one seems to give it effort for some reason people are only drawing their attention to the GSM variants.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ecs87:
It's not the FIRMWARE you have to downgrade but the MODEM. The secured bootloader PREVENTS you from downgrading. If you try to do so, you'll get a FAIL at the bootloader part of the firmware file and your phone will be soft bricked. There probably is something in the ROM (system partition) that interacts with the modem to get the SIM lock status, but the majority of it is in the modem, which hardly ever gets touched if you were to load the ROM (remember, a ROM is the system partition, the unlock is held in the nv items/efs, which is directly accessed by the modem).
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ura535:
To unlock our devices, you need a modem AMI6...

I could not find him anywhere.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ura535:
there is also a very interesting thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2743024&page=75

I think the guys will be able to unlock :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] warriorpluto:
Yep I hope something comes out of this
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] DarkAngel:
Ahh, interesting thread. Read through the whole thing LOL. I think they have it covered now and have it figured out where to look.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Ura535:
you receive the item L600VPUAMI6 firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Jbreez216:
Nope. I just got rid of mine and on eBay and bought two lg optimus g pro. And got them unlocked. No sense to hold on to the mega, Seem like it can't be unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Gabriel51:
Sold mine last month to my Brother for his son who breaks or looses his cell often.

He is on Cricket but they can flash it to their service.

It's still sitting here though...