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[Bada Software and Hacking General] dfahren:
Hi folks,

I have a nasty problem with my S8530. Somehow or other it got ****ed up. When I start up the phone, it boots, shows the screens where I need to type in my PINs, then I have to configure language, time and so on (it looses these settings every time I remove the battery, whyever), then I see the home screen, but all of a sudden it reboots. I can't do anything with it.

Folks, is there a way to recover from this misery WITHOUT loosing all my data?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers, DFahren
[Bada Software and Hacking General] BenzoX:
Hum, the "whithout loosing my data" part is the problem.

You should be able to get back what is on internal memory (pictures...) by some method (android...) but if you can't access phone it will be hard to backup contacts, sms...

Maybe some bada expert have ideas ? I'm more an android on wave guy :D
[Bada Software and Hacking General] dfahren:
yeah, that's the problem. The startup of my phone does not even get to the point where I can access files and so on via USB.

Maybe there is a way to download some partition of the phone, modify it in a way so that it does not crash anymore and then upload it again???

Thanks for your input. Your help is highly appreciated.

-DFahren
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bballengphd:
Has any fellow Canadian XDA members bought an AT&T Note Edge, unlocked it and have used on Rogers Network in Canada? Or any other Canadian Networks?

Thanks in advance.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tospace2006:
Using the 915S cause I've had a 805 device before and can tell you that the 5433 is the way to go right now. It also has much more development with kernel and roms available.

I'm using it on Bell LTE no problem :D

Edit: It comes unlocked too
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Just finished my latest app T9 Launcher, and it shaped up real well so I thought I'd share :)

Launch apps and contacts with predictive T9 dialing, much faster than your regular launcher and appdrawer.

It also learns your usage patterns thus giving you better results over time.

Check it out on the PlayStore

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.dw.rocketlauncher

Google+ Beta group

https://plus.google.com/communities/115754804024192139851

Got feedback, comments or feature requests? I'd be happy to receive them!

Happy launching

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Did anyone try it yet? Im curious to know if the learning curve is steep, or if you get the dialing right away!

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
Does this launcher support cyrillic app names?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Here's what I posted in the Play Store reviews for this launcher:

Maybe even an FAB to launch the dialer would be nice.

Just something that lets me launch it without a home button press.

I went from Smart Launcher to Z Launcher and then Z Launcher to this.

Great work so far.

Orientation changing is important, too. I hope you implement that soon.
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
It would be much better to make it not a classic launcher, but a standalone start menu, or even a homescreen widget. Will it be possible? I do not want to lose Google Now on the leftmost page.

PS. Why only three columns on apps screen? Are the grids adjustable?
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Can you get give me examples for the T9 Letters? Then I dont think that would be a problem.

Etc

1:ABC (In cyrillic)

2:...

and so on.

Thanks! I was thinking of a FAB, but wouldnt that just take up screen space? The home button is a nicer solution in my opinion :) In the next update I implemented gestures aswell (For swiping the dialpad up), you should try it out.

Im going to look into orientation switching!

Maybe I will make it a standalone in the future, now I am concentrated on ironing out the bugs in the launcher version!

I can make the grid adjustable :) Next update!
[Android Apps and Games] :
On my phone, even I fill the screen with widgets, it seems like there is enough space for a FAB.

But gesture support seems like a better solution.
[Android Apps and Games] SDee96:
1- АБВ

2-ГДЂ

3-ЕЖЗИ

4-ЈКЛЉ

5-МНЊ

6-ОПРС

7-ТЋУ

8-ФХЦ

9-ЧЏШ

These letters are Serbian Cyrillic. And this is not universal because a Cyrillic T9 input doesn't exist (atleast not here in Serbia)
[Android Apps and Games] Charlie:
Nice job!UI is awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
I just uploaded a new version to the store, it should be available to you soon.

There will be custom grid column counts, gestures (Swipe up for dialler, down to hide/open notifications) and more :)
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Ok added to my todo list :) Ill try to get it done in the next few days.

Thanks man!
[Android Apps and Games] :
I finally got the update and tested it. It seems if I try to swipe up on that blank space under my widgets, it does not launch the dialer. I can, however, launch the dialer if I swipe in the widget area (as long as there isn't a scrollable widget there).
[Android Apps and Games] zemega:
Well. I do like this launcher. It has rooms for improvement.

What I like.

1. Its fast.

2. The kind of launcher that I want.

3. Its beautiful. <-- This is important.

4. The app section and contact section. Really nice.

What I don't like

1. There's no setting to hide certain apps. <This does not mean Porn. It means Paypal and other banking apps.

2. I don't like pressing home button activate the dialer. I prefer to press home button just to go to home so I can see my widget. And no toggling either between Home and dialer. I prefer to use swipe up to call the dialer part. While I don't like this now, I may learn to like this.

4. Too little room for widgets, or home screen.

5. No shorcut dialling?

Suggestion:

1. Take a look at MiHome Launcher from Xiaomi, its my current launcher. Its a standard launcher with built in T9 app dialer. Swipe up from any screen to bring the dialler. No contact dialer like yours though. Seems like it was taken down from Play Store recently though. I use it because I like the launcher. Swipe up with two finger brings up the access to hidden apps (with password to access them as well).

2. If you want to keep 1 home screen, maybe make it scrollable? I have Gmail, calendar, Keep, and prayer time widget. I certainly would not like to go to those app just to see some current information.

3. Maybe the option of increasing the home screen?

4. The Home button situation. This is one of the core in your app. So, you got to polish the usage of this. I can also say, the user should learn to adapt to this new operation.

5. Maybe you can add dialing shortcut?

I guess lack of room for widget is weighting on me to use this launcher by default. If you look at my attachment, the wifi shorcut is something I use lots of times. I have four home screen, 1 for Keep, 1 for Gmail, 1 for calendar and prayer time and the main one, that includes my wife contact widget, and wifi shorcut.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Ah I see.. Does your device have physical buttons, not a nav bar?

I just found an error that adds padding to the bottom of the views (dialer, widgetscreen) to compensate for a navbar that doesnt exist. Ill try to fix that.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Thanks for the feedback, Ill try to adress your points in the coming version(s).

Hidden apps: On the todo list but not currently a priority. Two finger swipe up to show sounds like a good idea.

I have speed dialing a bit higher on the list (Long pressing a dialbutton for a chosen app/contact)

And I am thinking of ways to add more widget space.. Scrolling might be a solution to this. I am also thinking about vertical paging. I do not however want to add more screens to the left or right, I think that will clutter the experience. What do you think?

Home button situation: I think that the home button to open the dialpad ads to the speed of the launcher. The back button does what you describe. I know that its not like other launchers but I dont want it to be just another launcher :)

And I added a Home-toggle-preference to the Settings menu on another users request, your welcome to try it out.

I try to represent two end states with the buttons, so that a stressed user can button mash to get to what they want;

Home: End state is dialpad, Search

Back: End state is widgets, Start

And really, I appreciate your feedback. I hope you will stick around for a few versions to come :) I have set of the weekend to adress bugs and users concerns.
[Android Apps and Games] zemega:
I vote for vertical pages. That is something new. I agree adding them horizontally is not a good idea. Scrolling down and up isn't intuitive for me. Bonus if you can make the vertical page a loop, like some Samsung phone, I really like the loop mechanism.

I don't have any concern other than widget space. And the learning part is really cool.
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
It's Serbian cyrillics, the Russian T9 layout is slightly different.

1 .,;:!? (no letters)

2 АБВГ

3 ДЕЁЖЗ

4 ИЙКЛ

5 МНОП

6 РСТУ

7 ФХЦЧ

8 ШЩЪЫ

9 ЬЭЮЯ

PS, you can find all T9 layouts in TouchPal.

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ----------

PPS, the launcher must support at least two layouts simultaneously, e. g. English and Russian, the second layout must be selectable in options.
[Android Apps and Games] :
My suggestions:

- Allow hide apps in drawer

- Ability to add shortcuts to desktop.

- When contact has no avatar set, Android uses placeholder - white letter on color background for it. When adding such avatarless contacts to Google Now Launcher or Nova they use this placeholder, maybe you can also make contacts page to use it?

- Lock desktop option, so widgets can't be moved/deleted

- I would also like to suggest redesigning of window that appears when longpress on app... It looks too cluttered and not material at all. More like something from early ICS era ;)

+1 for vertical scrolling of center screen!

So far it's very unique I'm curious what direction it will take.
[Android Apps and Games] Charlie:
Here is some features you can add to make your launcher even better :good:

-Disable swipe down from anywhere to toggle notification bar.(toggle only if i swype down the not bar)

-Show contacts only from gmail or phone.Now there are contacts from G+

-Home button goes to HOMe and not in the dialer.

-My phone is in usa language and the number are in 123-456-7890 format.So dialpad dont find them.

EDIT: I cant find my stock dialer app in the app tab!

EDIT2: I added a widget clock( i have samsung with stock kitkat rom) and i cant delete it.When i press it, the screen for widget and wallpaper appears.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Oh, yeah. I have my nav bar disabled. When I enable it, the launcher looks fine.

I found a bug that will probably confuse a lot of users.

If you go to the Applications tab and press the home button, the dialer pops up. Press home again and it'll switch to the Home tab, but with the dialer still open (and the same application list as the Applications tab has). Pressing home a third time hides the dialer finally ("Home button toggles dialpad" is on).

There is no difference between the Home tab and Applications tab when the dialer is open.

Swiping up and down gets awkward, too, because it also scrolls widgets and the application drawer.

I think, if you still want to use home button to launch the dialer, it should switch to the Applications tab and then launch the dialer. Also, having the dialer open automatically when swiping to the Applications tab would be nice. As well as removing and reorganizing tabs (I want to remove the Home tab, since I don't use widgets).

Here's a video of the home button action bug.

http://1drv.ms/14J1FAa

Also, it seems that the scroll up and ripple animation lags when the dialer is called up on the Home tab, but not when it's called up in the Applications tab (Probably because it doesn't need to scroll up before rippling there). Just one more reason to switch the Home button behavior to launch the dialer in the Applications tab instead of the Home tab.

Sorry if this post seems like it's all over the place, I'm just exited about this launcher. It's so close to becoming perfect.
[Android Apps and Games] gioviiz89:
I just download it! it's really a new way to think to launchers as a kind! good work!
[Android Apps and Games] psychoticpsychiatrist:
Really innovative! Love it so far. As other have stated, the widgets are a problem, but I have high hopes for this launcher. Custom gestures is needed. I try to use physical buttons as little as possible, and swipe down for lock is a must.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
OK So I added vertical paging of the widget screens, activate this in the settings.

Added option to hide items from the grid.

About the navbar: I think I have fixed it now, the update is on its way.

About the Home button bug: When opening the dialer on the home screen it searches both Apps and Contacts. So it is deliberate :) But perhaps not that obvious?

Fixed widget longpress on API16.

Sometimes phone applications are in the "Contacts"-app.

There is an option in settings to enable toggling home/dialpad.

Fixed number! Please try it out :)

Added some Letter-avatars! Thanks for the tip!

Shortcuts is something im working on.

Hide apps is in the upcoming update.

I Added custom keyboards for persian, russian and serbian. Please try them out and see if the work as expected.

Thanks :) I dont think the loop is appropriate. Please try out the vertical widgetscreens and I think you will see why :)

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Thanks!

Thanks :D Im working on improving widgets. Its a work in progress and not an easy thing to work with but its coming :)

I added custom gestures to the todo list.

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] Charlie:
Fixed widget longpress on API16.

Sometimes phone applications are in the "Contacts"-app.

There is an option in settings to enable toggling home/dialpad.

Fixed number! Please try it out :)

Your deserve more likes sir!You are doing a very good job.But in my phone the widget long press isn't fixed :/
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
I see.. what phone are you using? Perhaps I can get a hold of one..
[Android Apps and Games] Charlie:
Samsung galaxy s4 mini stock 4.4.2
[Android Apps and Games] psychoticpsychiatrist:
How about favorite apps right of dialer? Like the history on left of dialer.

Edit: when dialpad is on toggle, pressing home from t9l settings goes to home and toggles dialpad. Should just go to home screen I presume? Haven't tested the other setting.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Bottom padding doesn't seem to be fixed, yet.

Looks like even the toasts are a little higher than they should be.

Ah, yes, it wasn't obvious which dialer tab searches what. I think a lot of people may get confused with two dialers on their launcher.

As soon as you add orientation changing, I will change my Play Store review from 4 stars to 5 stars, because at the moment that's the biggest annoyance/issue.

You're really quick to update the launcher with requests and you keep everyone's opinions/suggestions in mind.

The launcher is progressing at a fast pace, and I know there's more to come.
[Android Apps and Games] zemega:
I guess the home screen and widget isn't flexible enough. I kinda want to put widget on top and on bottome and leave the center empty. Currently your home screen, as in 1 home screen, theres only vertical placement for widget?

I would like to request a setting that would hide the tab at the top of your launcher, personal preferences. I'm not sure I want to see the top part all the time. This would bring the trouble of finding the setting for your launcher though. For those without physical navigation bar, you can add the setting button on the navigation bar, for example, see the second at the fourth screenshot, theres the three dot (setting) will bring out the little menu, see fifth screenshot). Other option is to make it transparent?

Other than that, maybe perfomance issue? For me, it lagged when goinf from application to history, application to home, and contact to home, whether animations 150% or animations off. minor issue for now.

Dialler perfomance. Odd. Here's example. Press home to bring up dialler then quickly type something, compared to press home to bring up dialer, wait a bit andtype something. At animations off. Doing the first will result in lag of few seconds (my test case 6 seconds) befor the dialler respond and show the app/contact, doing the second almost no lag. At animations 150%, doing the first there are still lag of 1 to 3 seconds, doing the second almost no lag. Just my random tests.

Misc: I was sad that my favourite calendar widget didn;t display well in your launcher. See the first and second screnshot. This widget is specific calendar widget for Huawei P6 (B125 ROM), so its totally specific. I don't know why ot does not work well in your launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Ok! Haven't gotten one of those here. Got one at work but this is my vacation time :)

I made som changes that I hope will do the trick.

No thats a special case for this launcher and one of the things I think makes it fast.

1 press of the home button brings up the dialer on the screen you are on. (Applications, Contacts, and on Home it searches both)

2 presses of the home buttons moves you to a "search all" mode.

The toggle home button setting was added on request, someone didnt like using the back button to close the dialer :)

Thanks! In the next version (uploading now), you will be able to disable this padding manually.

Question about orientation switching.. Where should the dialler open? I dont think its obvious :)

Theres a performance improvement regarding widgets in the next version, try it out.

The Settings button on the nav-bar only works if you target API<=10, which is Gingerbread. And I have a higher target than that. But I will look in to your requests.

I am also working on a better home screen, with shortcuts and all :)

See the changelog in the update!

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] :
I threw together a really crappy mockup, but you can see the gist of how I'd like landscape mode to work.
[Android Apps and Games] zemega:
Errr, that's allright then. No need to bloat up the codes. I prefer the launcher to be smooth.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I didn't test the change in padding with the navbar disabled until now, but here's what I found.

The with padding disabled there seems to actually be more padding applied.

Padding enabled:

Padding disabled:

Side by side:

Even with navbar enabled, if padding disabled is selected, the padding is increased.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Could you try resizing the widget?

Sometimes when you remove the padding there is space for another row, which should create this effect.

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] :
Oh, wow. That works. I didn't realize that removing the padding allowed me to use another row. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I found another small bug. I use an app called Tapet to generate wallpapers and this launcher usually changes the top color to match the wallpaper, but sometimes it defaults to blue.

Any idea why this is?
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Is it a live wallpaper? There is no way to collect color information from live wallpapers...

In the next update you will be able to set the theme color manually (And transparent, which I think will look good to Tapet :)

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] :
Nope, not a live wallpaper.

Try out Tapet for a little while and you'll see what I mean.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
And OK so I tried it and Tapet is not a LWP.

It seems like the app cant always collect the wallpaper color directly and defaults to blue, so its ideed a bug.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Found a few another bugs

.

Google+ Photos app doesn't show up in the launcher anywhere.

But Google Play Services does. Clicking it takes me to "Google Settings."

Maybe that's what that other comment was referring to when they said they were missing some apps in the launcher.

Also, when launching an app from the history (set to left of dialpad), the app doesn't go up in the history and the timestamp stays the same as it was since the last time it was launched from the T9 drawer or application list.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Thats definitly weird! I have the google+ photo app on my devices. On my swedish device its just called "Foton" or "Photos" translated.

Google play services I can find in my regular launcher aswell, so I think Google means for it to be visible.

About number 2; I dont count launches from the history view. This is because I think that a "relaunch" should not count as a second launch, making the application trend more than it should.. But maybe you are right in that I should shift it upwards in that view. Ill tweak this in the upcoming version.
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Im wondering if you are availible to test a new version of the launcher with cyrillic support?
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Ok so I fixed almost all of the errors reported (Including Tapet). The version is now out on the beta channel. Try it out!

Next big thing for me is a total widget screen makeover. Wish me luck :)
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Ok so the widget system has now been rewritten and is out for beta testing now (Join the beta community).

There are a few features mostly regarding to resizing left, but its coming :)

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
Many widgets (e. g. Foreca Weather, 3G Watchdog) have a popup window that opens upon adding a widget. Is it possible to get this window in this launcher? Without this window the new widget is empty.
[Android Apps and Games] pato2015:
Is there a poweramp widgets? I cant find one ty
[Android Apps and Games] pato2015:
Paid version here...i hope it will stay minimal as possible...all i wanted additional widgets that are not showing up like the poweramp and greenify...the rest awesome :)
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
Can't create shortcuts! Not usual app shortcuts, but shortcuts that are listed in Google Now Launcher and other similar launchers as widgets, e. g. a single contact shortcut or Llama actions. I simply do not see them in the widgets list. Quick Shortcut Maker does not work (and is not displayed) too.
[Android Apps and Games] blackbodypie:
I've been using t9launcher for a few weeks now. It is an excellent experience. I really like the simplicity of it all. Would you be willing to add a list view option instead of the grid display for searches?
[Android Apps and Games] javedah:
this one is/was my super favorite app. But recently i noticed an error while lauching "dialer" it says "application not installed" also i cannot open some specific contacts.. it says "contact not found" :(:(:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
Hey and thanks :) I fixed the bug for the dialer, its in the beta channel now. Should be released next week.

Is there something special about those contacts?
[Android Apps and Games] wulltd:
I confirmed this, and will hopefully fix it soon.

Known missing feature. Hope I get time to implement it soon.

Thanks. I just changed to recycler view instead of grid view, so this should be possible.

Ill have a look at it in the coming week

Dag
[Android Apps and Games] siealex:
Scrolling problem solved. Is it due to this change?
[Android Apps and Games] javedah:
No nothing special. They are just normal contracts
[Android Apps and Games] pato2015:
Consider itvas my donation since you have a great appvas well...i dontvwant get refunds..ty..

I also have a problem of refunds debiting to my account...consider itva gift :)
[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
I tested the app and like it. But I don't see an option for using custom icon packs. If it isn't there, would you consider implementing?
[Android Apps and Games] salimtn:
I like it so much but needs more improvement like icons size,tabs infinite scrolling,link navigation bar color with status bar color,ability to regroup apps,Widgets overlap,enable dock ...

By the way I can't expand cLock in cm12 to show weather
[Android Apps and Games] Achint Jain:
Nice job!UI is awesome!