[Q] Shortcut to Recent Call Log? - Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?

syu78 said:
I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?
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Not a direct answer, but You can search the Google Play Store for "call log widget" or "call history widget" for active it possible.. I think it may be help you..

Guadalupeohara said:
Not a direct answer, but You can search the Google Play Store for "call log widget" or "call history widget" for active it possible.. I think it may be help you..
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I was looking more for a shortcut to the stock recent call log and use that to dial people by swiping to the right. The Widgets sound like they would merely show the call log but I would be unable to call from it.

syu78 said:
I was looking more for a shortcut to the stock recent call log and use that to dial people by swiping to the right. The Widgets sound like they would merely show the call log but I would be unable to call from it.
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Seriously?!?
Open phone dialer....swipe to the side.

syu78 said:
I was looking more for a shortcut to the stock recent call log and use that to dial people by swiping to the right. The Widgets sound like they would merely show the call log but I would be unable to call from it.
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You need to see your screen here.. please can you do it ?

Guadalupeohara said:
You need to see your screen here.. please can you do it ?
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Was looking for a direct shortcut to the tab of the dialer shown in the screenshot.
It worked on the S3, but I can't find the same activity on the S5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084034

syu78 said:
Was looking for a direct shortcut to the tab of the dialer shown in the screenshot.
It worked on the S3, but I can't find the same activity on the S5.
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Did you try this method in past ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084034

Guadalupeohara said:
Did you try this method in past ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084034
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I never actually tried that method. I did write a script for my S3 to make it work, but without root on my S5 I'm not able to do the same.

I think it may be not works in s5. Not sure..

Related

why cant i just diall the name of the person i want to call

On the mytouchslide I can just dial the name of the person I want to speak with on the g2 I cannot anyway to change this?
That is sense feature. I will miss it when I ditch my EVO and goto the G2. I am not sure if other Dialers will do the same thing.....
There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts." I believe another one was "Dialer One."
Stryder5 said:
There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts."
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I use Star Contacts as well.
Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
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Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature
My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.
EfemaN said:
My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.
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Nice tip!
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richierich118 said:
Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature
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No. Here's Star Contacts. Once you get the contact on screen, you click the contact. From there you can call, text or email the contact.
It also provides some enhancements of the call log that I prefer to the standard call log. You get the exact time of the call, not "3 days ago" and you also get the duration of the call in hours, minutes and seconds.
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
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jloescher2010 said:
You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
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It a poor replacement but its something that I actually use. Thank you for mentioning it just in case I didn't know about it.
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I use SpellDial
xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
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lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...
If you just called them an hour ago (not sure how often *you* make phone calls) they should be near the top of your recent calls...
i use Dialer One, which is similar to the HTC Dialer and has swiping from page-to-page for recents/favs/contacts.
Also, getting a shortcut to the program where you can get to it quickly might help too. If you haven't checked out replacement launchers/homes in the market, I'd suggest it.
xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
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Beat you to it
n3rdftw said:
lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...
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What nolsen311 said... Your situation is solved by stock software. I don't think the issue is recent calls, but simply searching for peeps. The stock search button works well.
cant you just flash it and install Desire Z rom?
Can't you just... open the keyboard, type the name, tap the profile image, tap the phone icon (first one)? It's not so complicated.
Works perfect for me!
to the OP... i'm hooked on the HTC Sense way of searching/dialing (T9 "spelling" out a contact's name)
i really like Dialer One - its *very* similar to the Sense interface, if that's what you're coming from
also, a couple times i had an idea for an improvement so i emailed the guy and he fixed it right away - pretty cool!
(ps... that star contacts looks pretty slick - i might just give that a try too!)
dynamikd said:
Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
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For the weather animation and Sense style weather clock widget, check out "Weather and Toggle Widget" by Android Apps in the market. It costs a couple of bucks, but works great. A true Sense style clock and weather widget with full screen animations on stock Android.
If you get it, to get the Sense style to it, download the H7C Clock and H7C Weather themes for it, and the Weather Widget Forecast Addon by Android Apps for the animations.

[TIP] Hidden call settings on Epic

I haven't seen a thread for this yet, so I thought I would share. After installing Launcher Pro, I was playing around with the shortcuts and Activities. Under Call settings there is a hidden menu named "All Calls". If you create a shortcut you will have access to the auto reject call menu and will have the ability to enter phone numbers, or select numbers from the call history, that should be automatically rejected. The nice thing about it is the phone doesn't ring or vibrate. Since I forward my office line to my cell, I get a lot of solicitors and its great to be able to dump them automatically.
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Nice find. I wish I would have discovered this sooner. I actually bought "Group to Voicemail" on the Market a few weeks ago because I needed this functionality. Oh well. It's a nice app and the dev seems cool.
LOL...
i just noticed this menu is NOT in the epic..lol
this is a regular menu in all other android phones i had use, such as the moto droid and the nexus one
Define how I am supposed to find something "hidden". Kinda confusing. I have Launcher Pro isntalled and see nothing about this under settings/call settings. Wanna elaborate?
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
sryans2004 said:
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
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THX! Really appreciate it.
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
mikeschevelle said:
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
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You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
"Cell Broadcast SMS" looks interesting.
mattallica76 said:
You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
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Awesome thanks, do I have to leave the widget on the home screen for it to keep working?
mikeschevelle said:
Awesome thanks, do I have to leave the widget on the home screen for it to keep working?
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No you don't have to leave it on the home screen, but it makes it easier to add more numbers later if you do. Personally, I have a folder on my home screen that contains that shortcut and shortcuts to other apps and settings I frequently use.
Metallica76 - thanks for clarifying those additional steps. My apologies everyone for not being more specific on the actual steps for creating the shortcut.
Now if I can just find the "send to voicemail" option everyone says is in the contacts settings, which clearly is not there.
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sryans2004 said:
Go to a blank spot onto your phone. Tap as if you were going to add a widget or shortcut. Go into shortcuts, activies, call settings, and tap all calls. It will create a shortcut which u go into and will see the auto reject feature.
I believe you must have LauncherPro. This is not in the settings menu.
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As far as I can tell, this can be done through any launcher, even the TouchWiz launcher.
mattallica76 said:
mikeschevelle said:
Need some help, every time I try and enter a number and save it, it wont save and says, wrong number entered
Any ideas?
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You have to enter the number without any dashes or spaces.
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You can also press the icon next to the entry field to add a number from your contact list or from your call log (although you will have to remove any dashes included).

Change default "Complete action using" dialers and sms apps

Hi,
I would like to change the default dialer program on my Samsung Note 3 which is rooted and installed with Xpose. I am sorry but I am new to Android and not sure how to get this done. I haven't installed any custom ROM's at the moment but thought there would have been a way to make the default dialer program. Although I tried installing many programs like "Contacts+", "RocketDialer" and others, none of them show up in the "Complete Action Using" Menu. Only the Samsung default dialer is presented.
Yes I have reset cache for all the Apps and tried the same too.
Any help would be appreciated.
nhanda said:
Hi,
I would like to change the default dialer program on my Samsung Note 3 which is rooted and installed with Xpose. I am sorry but I am new to Android and not sure how to get this done. I haven't installed any custom ROM's at the moment but thought there would have been a way to make the default dialer program. Although I tried installing many programs like "Contacts+", "RocketDialer" and others, none of them show up in the "Complete Action Using" Menu. Only the Samsung default dialer is presented.
Yes I have reset cache for all the Apps and tried the same too.
Any help would be appreciated.
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What no one knows or hasn't wanted to change the default caller app ?
nhanda said:
What no one knows or hasn't wanted to change the default caller app ?
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Settings -> Application Manager -> Menu button -> Reset app defaults
OR
Open up the Task Manager by holding the home button, then clicking the first ourt of three icons. Click on Clear Defaults icon, select to clear an application.
nicholaschum said:
Settings -> Application Manager -> Menu button -> Reset app defaults
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Open up the Task Manager by holding the home button, then clicking the first ourt of three icons. Click on Clear Defaults icon, select to clear an application.
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Hi,
Thanks for your revert but only options I am getting are 3 apps, Kaspersky Av, Skype and touchwiz phone. I have already tried clearing the app for Phone as well as reset all apps.
Also downloaded "default app " from play store but no go. Any other suggestions are welcome.
nhanda said:
Hi,
Thanks for your revert but only options I am getting are 3 apps, Kaspersky Av, Skype and touchwiz phone. I have already tried clearing the app for Phone as well as reset all apps.
Also downloaded "default app " from play store but no go. Any other suggestions are welcome.
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I think there's either something wrong with your Xposed configurations, or you might have to try a full wipe.
nicholaschum said:
I think there's either something wrong with your Xposed configurations, or you might have to try a full wipe.
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Hi Nicholaschum,
Could you kindly tell me where exactly in Xposed settings do I change the dialer default app.
nhanda said:
Hi Nicholaschum,
Could you kindly tell me where exactly in Xposed settings do I change the dialer default app.
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Have you tried disabling all Xposed modules and eliminating all possible problems?
Well the short answer based on your setup is that touchwiz will not let you change dialers. You can download them from play store but it will only be for you to call out with. If you get in coming phone calls it must be handled by touchwiz dialer.
I've been trying to get an AOSP dialer to run but no joy. I've deleted all phone apk files I've deleted all contact apk files all that happens is I loose connectivity with cell providers.
Enough googling and it seems touchwiz must have its own dialer for incoming connections.
I'll keep trying tho, never know.
Not much help I know but at least it's an answer of a sort.
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For sure you can set the default SMS apps though, I have set them many times, but I use 8sms right now as it is to me the best alternative to BiteSMS on the iPhone 4 (during the old days haha!)
frankbonatelli said:
Well the short answer based on your setup is that touchwiz will not let you change dialers. You can download them from play store but it will only be for you to call out with. If you get in coming phone calls it must be handled by touchwiz dialer.
I've been trying to get an AOSP dialer to run but no joy. I've deleted all phone apk files I've deleted all contact apk files all that happens is I loose connectivity with cell providers.
Enough googling and it seems touchwiz must have its own dialer for incoming connections.
I'll keep trying tho, never know.
Not much help I know but at least it's an answer of a sort.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
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In regards to incoming calls, I used rocket dialer and was able to see their screen. Touchwiz wasn't invoked. But when trying to make outgoing calls, although rocket dialer is invoked for call logs and contacts, as soon as I hit the call button, touchwiz is invoked.
I guess the option then is to use custom roms which I dint want to install.

[Q] Shortcut to Recent Call Log

I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?
syu78 said:
I'm trying to create a shortcut to open up the Recent Call Log versus opening up the dialer. I'm using Apex Launcher and searched through activities, but can't seem to find the one that leads to the Recent Call Log. Any suggestions?
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I am using Nova Launcher, but it should be the same:
ecksor said:
I am using Nova Launcher, but it should be the same:
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Thanks. That activity brings up the recent call log selection screen (where I can check recent calls to delete or edit). I'm looking for the recent call log screen where I can simply swipe to right to dial or left to message.
I can use your activity and simply press bback button after it is launched, but am hoping for a more direct method.
syu78 said:
Thanks. That activity brings up the recent call log selection screen (where I can check recent calls to delete or edit). I'm looking for the recent call log screen where I can simply swipe to right to dial or left to message. .
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Oh OK.
Open Activities > Contacts (same place as before) and scroll all the way down to 5 green phone icons in a row. Find Phone > RecentCallsListActivity (3rd phone icon from the top), that should do it.
ecksor said:
Oh OK.
Open Activities > Contacts (same place as before) and scroll all the way down to 5 green phone icons in a row. Find Phone > RecentCallsListActivity (3rd phone icon from the top), that should do it.
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I don't see any activity like that. Not sure if matters, but I'm on a Verizon S5. I appreciate ur help....any suggestions?
syu78 said:
I don't see any activity like that. Not sure if matters, but I'm on a Verizon S5. I appreciate ur help....any suggestions?
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Hmm... Make sure to look under Activities > Contacts > Phone and not under Activities > Phone.
Carrier shouldn't matter, but a launcher might. You may want to try Nova Launcher just to see if this option is available.
Also, there is always an app for everything: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.erikofsweden.erikutil
ecksor said:
Hmm... Make sure to look under Activities > Contacts > Phone and not under Activities > Phone.
Carrier shouldn't matter, but a launcher might. You may want to try Nova Launcher just to see if this option is available.
Also, there is always an app for everything: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.erikofsweden.erikutil
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I don't see the Phone submenu under Activities>Contancts. Tried looking for it with Xshortcuts too.
I've tried that app out, but there's a significant lag opening Recent Calls.
Thanks for you help and info.

How to find exact version of different installed Google Cam

When I first got my MIA1, I played around with a few versions of different Google Cam mods. I have just looked and didn't realise I still had two installed. I am looking to see if any of these new versions offer me some more benefits but before I do, I want to make a record of the version of the apps and all the settings I have for them.
The problem is they all use the same icon. I am looking to find the exact install that I used for each of these apps. When I go to Settings > Apps > and click on the App Info for the first mod it is just called "Camera" and it is "version 4.4.020.163412804".
The other one is called "GCMod5" and is version number 5.1.016.174405463.
How can I tell what exact installer I used for these cams?
Also, how can I tell what shortcut icon on the home screen is for which cam? When I open the app and look in the open apps, thery are all just called "camera". I wish the mods would call the app the actual mod name, not just "camera."
Just touch and hold the app icon and then select "App info" from the popup menu.
Actually, App Info doesn't show anything relevant as I mentioned clearly in the OP.
If I long click from the home screen I get the option to delete or uninstall. If I long click from the app drawer I get the option to take a selfie or take a video.
If anyone knows how to find this information I would be grateful.
ludditefornow said:
Actually, App Info doesn't show anything relevant as I mentioned clearly in the OP.
If I long click from the home screen I get the option to delete or uninstall. If I long click from the app drawer I get the option to take a selfie or take a video.
If anyone knows how to find this information I would be grateful.
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From app drawer long press on camera and drag it to home screen without releasing your finger, at the top you will get app info and uninstall option during this process
Or install lawnchair launcher in that directly you will get app info option after long pressing on app icon
SunilSuni said:
From app drawer long press on camera and drag it to home screen without releasing your finger, at the top you will get app info and uninstall option during this process
Or install lawnchair launcher in that directly you will get app info option after long pressing on app icon
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Thank you. I know how to get the App Info... But there is no relevant information in App info. That is my point.
ludditefornow said:
Thank you. I know how to get the App Info... But there is no relevant information in App info. That is my point.
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At the bottom of app info, you can see the app version
RavinduSha said:
At the bottom of app info, you can see the app version
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And that version has no relevance to the Developer or the APK install name.
Seriously does anyone actually read the OP before posting?
ludditefornow said:
And that version has no relevance to the Developer or the APK install name.
Seriously does anyone actually read the OP before posting?
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Why don't you just uninstall one camera app test whatever you need to test and then install the other one?

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