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[Q] browser settings for archives.newyorker.com??

Hi,
Has anyone found a browser that allows you to read the on line archives of the New Yorker magazine? The built in browser only shows part of each page and does not let you move the screen around to see the rest of the page. Have tried all the UA strings but no joy.
I did find that I could read using the Dolphin browser as long as I use the URL of archives.newyorker.com/ipad and set the UA string to ipad though the display is still less than ideal. Sometimes portrait mode single page display shows the full page but reduced in size to about 75% of normal so it does not fill the screen and the type is quite small. Other times it does actually fill the screen but has a flashing white bar at the bottom.
Perhaps someone who is more familiar with Dolphin can suggest what adjustments to the settings in Dolphin will optimize the view. I'm perfectly happy using the built in browser for everything but the New Yorker and Dolphin for only the New Yorker if I could just get it to display clearly on a consistent basis. In Dolphin's page content settings, I have text size set to Large and Default Zoom set to Medium. I switched the ipad applet settings so that portrait mode shows a single page - just wish I could get rid of the flashing white line at the bottom.
On the other hand, clearly the people at the magazine don't care about Android users since the display in most Android browsers has been garbled since the first time I checked, a year or more ago but they were quick to jump on the iApple tablet bandwagon with a page optimized just for the iApple. Even the archives on DVD don't display properly when saved as a PDF since they're actually djvu files so I can say New Yorker hasn't exactly been technology-savvy or else they just want to keep selling dead-tree magazines even though they finally have a chance to ditch the paper, ink, and distribution/postage costs with a digital model if they could just embrace modern browsers and tablets.
Rob
Rob

Google Now background as dynamic wallpaper?

I just though the Google Now backgrounds might make a nice dynamic background for my N7.
Does anyone know if anyone has done this?
I use paperland but I find animated backgrounds to be a bit laggy on the N7 so the GNow one might be a nice compromise.

I know blackbear has a gnex and has done this. Not sure if it was dynamic. I think so. I came across his g+ page and saw that he did it a few weeks ago.

I found this site, which appears to have everything I need to make it happen
http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/08/10/google-now-live-2/

I went there and downloaded the wallpapers and they aren't very clear they look upscaled. I really hope someone can vector those images and turn that into a functional live wallpaper, that would be outstanding. I'd rather not have to install some other apps to manage my wallpapers.

I was in London at the weekend and the top of the google now page was London themed.

Would be interesting if Google Now actually populated useful cards once in awhile.

frank35 said:
Would be interesting if Google Now actually populated useful cards once in awhile.
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It gives me a map and directions to appointments in my calendar, that's pretty useful to me anyway.
It also tells me what the weather was like several hours ago, which is useful if I build a time machine and just want to go back a few hours to test it.

flukeSG2 said:
I went there and downloaded the wallpapers and they aren't very clear they look upscaled. I really hope someone can vector those images and turn that into a functional live wallpaper, that would be outstanding. I'd rather not have to install some other apps to manage my wallpapers.
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I was working on one, but the small details weren't turning out well. So I did a basic image of the large parts and it looked alright, maybe I will upload it later

I did it guys !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203949

[Q] Phone Setup Suggestions

Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?

1) NEXT Launcher 3D
2) NEXT Launcher 3D
3) NEXT Launcher 3D's "Swing with Scroll" feature

Impuls3101 said:
Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?
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Welcome aboard! Here's the first thing you'll have to deal with: Size. The Note 3 (I have a Note 2) will seem huge and you may get buyer's remorse. Most of us do. It wears off in a couple of days, though and then you'll wonder how you dealt with such a small phone.
1. I use Apex launcher. Why do I use a launcher? Because I like to change the number of rows/columns from the standard setting. I also like to eliminate the Google search bar. And, I like using gestures to go to apps. I use swipe-up for Google Now and swipe-down for notification shade. Why do I use Apex instead of others? No particular reason but it seemed to have the most available features for a free version at the time. I have since paid for it.
2, There are a bazillion apps. But, coming from the iPhone I would first experiment with keyboard replacements. Why? Because you can and the iphone users can't. Try Swype or Swiftkey. Swiftkey is amazing at guessing what your next word will be. Most of all, get used to swiping instead of typing. Once you get good at it it's MUCH faster than typing. Then show that off to your iPhone buddies and say, "Take that!"
3. If you really want to dazzle people with your new phone find a high def YouTube video (the Vevo ones are good). Playing a beautiful video on a large screen has some really powerful WOW! factor.
4. Some apps I use a lot:
Color Note - A great note and checklist app that syncs via the cloud.
Chrome Beta
Flixter for getting movie times and watching trailers
Gas Buddy to find cheap gasoline
Amazon App store. A free app every day. You have to side load it, it's not in the Play Store.
Droid of the Day - A new app suggestion every day
Timely - One of the most beautiful alarm clock apps. It also syncs with all your devices
The usual apps: Netflix, Pandora, Watch ESPN, HBO Go, Dropbox, et al.
5. I turn off Auto display brightness. I leave my Note 2 at full brightness all the time. The battery can handle this just fine.
I leave GPS, Wifi, and NFC on all the time.
Make sure you setup Google+ to automatically upload your photos
6. Don't go too crazy downloading apps. You may find your battery suddenly draining too fast. If you don't like or use an app delete it immediately so it won't eat battery.
Good luck and have fun.

Impuls3101 said:
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
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Nova Prime because it is better than TW in every way.

Ok I will answer some of my own questions from using the device the last 10 or so hours I hope this helps someone else. Please add suggestions because I am still getting used to everything.
1. Nova launcher seems to be easier to use because it takes all ur tw settings and imports them. It makes it easy to switch between the two. I like the tw weather widget better though
2. -I still need to find a good email client that syncs the few accounts that I have together. I haven't looked into this yet.
-Equalizer is a really good app to put more bass or customize the sound of your music.
-Adblock plus is really nice to have while browsing the internet .. I always hated that I couldn't use it on the iphone.
-The adapt sound settings helped make my headphones sound a little better. I use an aux in on my car so it kind of sucks that they don't have profiles for different sources.
3. -Next Launcher is really nice to show people but I don't know if I could use it everyday and its 3x the price of other launchers.
-Real Racing 3 is a nice demo game but good old angry birds star wars 2 probably looks the best and it has a note 3 achievement
-slow mo camera is really nice but anything less than 1/2 speed and the image starts to look very grainy .. 4k really has a wow factor even on the 1080p screen.
4. Sketchbook for Galaxy is a lot of fun to draw in with the s-pen.
5. -I followed this guide for disabling some of the bloatware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478448
-I also disabled most of the air hover features because they are nice for demoing the device to someone but I probably won't use them. Plus I wear glasses and it doesn't seem to detect my eyes very well.
-People are reporting poor wifi and one of the settings suggested is to turn off network auto connect.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472779 .. I experienced the problem but reset my router and it seems fine now.. not sure if its a software glitch or what.
6. -Here is a useful guide on how to transfer your contacts : http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/transfer-iphone-contact-to-android/
-The only thing I am missing from iOS are the nice lock screen notifications. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know

Impuls3101 said:
Everyone should be getting their phone in the next few days. I am coming from iOS so I am not 100% sure about all of androids apps and features. I have spent a lot of time in the last month learning as much as I could about switching over but I would like to get some opinions from everyone. I hope this will also help any other novice users get the most out of the note 3.
1. Are you going to use a launcher .. if so which one? why?
2. What apps will make using the note more enjoyable/easier?
3. What apps can I wow people with a demo of?
4. Any other general app recommendations?
5. What general settings should I initially use? or disable?
6. Anything I missed for a first time android user?
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1. I have been using Nova for a while on my Galaxy Nexus, and use it on my N3 now too. It's not too bloated, allows custom number of icons per row/column, gestures, and resize all widgets. I used to use Apex, and that was really good too, but I switched a while ago to Nova because there was some feature Apex didn't have, though honestly I don't remember what now, and they may very well have added it.
2. SketchBook Mobile by Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD and Inventor, among many other engineering-oriented programs) is kind of cool, it's a sketch program that you can do a lot with, and works well with the stylus. Not the most useful app, per se, but a fun "proof of concept" if you will, and it's free. I believe there's more options than the built in equivalent, though I haven't used either a ton yet.
3. Any high def media will look awesome. Show them Netflix streaming, or as someone else said, HD Youtube, or any other HD video. Even pictures taken with the camera look great, simply because of the huge high res screen. Pictures taken with the phone probably would look even better on the screen than ones taken with another phone with a better camera but worse screen, because it's still small enough to cover up minor imperfections, but big and crisp enough to really look amazing.
4. For a music player, I like PowerAmp. It's got a really good equalizer, and a ton of settings to play with. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of the interface, but it's not awful. You can also customize the widget as much as you want, in terms of colors, fonts, transparency, buttons, size, what's displayed, etc.
I also use UberSync for Facebook, which lets you use sync HD pictures from facebook as contact photos. You can also import birthdays into your calendar, if you want, and some other info from people's profiles. You can choose what resolution to use, how often to sync, and only use wi-fi if you want.
5. I turned off all of the Smart features and that kind of thing. I don't want to control my phone with my eyes or hand gestures, I want to use it with my hands or S Pen. Of course that's fully a matter of preference. Also I noticed that the setting to alert you if you walk away without putting the S Pen back in is disabled by default, so I enabled that. I still worry I'm going to lose it sometime, but that's just because I'm forgetful.

Impuls3101 said:
-Adblock plus is really nice to have while browsing the internet .. I always hated that I couldn't use it on the iphone.
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How are you using Adblock without root??

jmorton10 said:
How are you using Adblock without root??
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I'm using Firefox with the adblock plugin and its working great. Firefox now flies on this phone.:good:

Accidentally found a way to have both screens active at the same time.

Update: This feature is standard on android 6.0 now:
Settings-Camera and shutters (turn on Show viewfinder on always-on display)
Recently I accidentally found a way to mirror the colour screen onto the back screen without the colour screen during off. Like having a dual monitor. (See picture)
It would be nice to have an app that I could click to toggle this feature.
Having two screens mirrored the same information can be useful, for example.
2 Way screen for taking pictures:
-E-Ink Screen: People getting their pictures taken can see themselves
-OLCD Screen: The person taking the shot can see the colour screen while taking the picture.
Below I listed my steps:
Cloned Monitor Mode (Two screen sharing the same information):
Launch: Greenify (Install from Google Play)
1. Click on experimental features
2. Check Telephony Wakeup, Block App State Abuse, GCM push for greenified apps, Greenifying system apps
3. Greenify: Yota Book, Yota Checkers, Yota Chess, Yota Music Player, Yota Twitter, Yotahub
Launch: Close all apps pro (Install from Google Play)
1. Click on Close All Application button
Now both screens should be active at the same time like a dual monitor.
To Revert back:
Open Yotahub
Click on Yotapanel
Set Yotapanel on backscreen
I hope this helps, perhaps there is an app that does this already, if there is let me know
Also included some screenshots, hope this helps.
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You can use Yotamirror as well

Have you read the manual, what you mention already exist, is Yota Mirror and is a no brainer to use,.. maybe you are talking about something else..?

cvzalez said:
Have you read the manual, what you mention already exist, is Yota Mirror and is a no brainer to use,.. maybe you are talking about something else..?
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Yota Mirror actives the color screen onto the e-ink screen, however only one screen is active.
What I am talking about is having both active screen on at the same time, for example I could be browsing the internet and you can see what I am looking at from the back of my phone. Like having a dual monitor cloning the same desktop.

ribcookie said:
Yota Mirror actives the color screen onto the e-ink screen, however only one screen is active.
What I am talking about is having both active screen on at the same time, for example I could be browsing the internet and you can see what I am looking at from the back of my phone. Like having a dual monitor cloning the same desktop.
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I get what you wanna´ achieve but I don´t get why other than to see if it is possible
Where is the actual benefit?

bionicbee2000 said:
I get what you wanna´ achieve but I don´t get why other than to see if it is possible
Where is the actual benefit?
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I like mentioned earlier, it's great for taking pictures of people where they have access to a selfie black and white viewfinder.
Well it's useful for me, just wanted to share this with everyone.
Cheers

It is good to know, you never know when it could be useful.

A little help
ribcookie said:
Below I listed my steps:
To Mirror Colour Screen:
-Setup Greenify to hibernate system apps
Open Close all apps Pro <******What does this mean? *********
Create widget shortcut and place it on the home screen
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jhhg

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jhhg
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Updated my instructions and attached some screenshots

Thanks, much better
ribcookie said:
Recently I accidentally found a way to mirror the colour screen onto the back screen without the colour screen during off. Like having a dual monitor. (See picture)
It would be nice to have an app that I could click to toggle this feature.
Having two screens mirrored the same information can be useful, for example.
2 Way screen for taking pictures:
-E-Ink Screen: People getting their pictures taken can see themselves
-OLCD Screen: The person taking the shot can see the colour screen while taking the picture.
Below I listed my steps:
Cloned Monitor Mode (Two screen sharing the same information):
Launch: Greenify (Install from Google Play)
1. Click on experimental features
2. Check Telephony Wakeup, Block App State Abuse, GCM push for greenified apps, Greenifying system apps
3. Greenify: Yota Book, Yota Checkers, Yota Chess, Yota Music Player, Yota Twitter, Yotahub
Launch: Close all apps pro (Install from Google Play)
1. Click on Close All Application button
Now both screens should be active at the same time like a dual monitor.
To Revert back:
Open Yotahub
Click on Yotapanel
Set Yotapanel on backscreen
I hope this helps, perhaps there is an app that does this already, if there is let me know
Also included some screenshots, hope this helps.
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Figured it out.
Just so you know: A search for "Close all apps pro" on Google Play doesn't get you what you need.
Close all applications pro does. Google is a good search engine. Google Play search is a piece of crap.
The only way to get Close all applications pro is to search for it on a search engine other than Google Play or use the entire correct name.

Is xposed required for the trick to work? Also, does it support all of the supported Android versions? Thanks.

This feature is on android 6.0
yukithesmithy said:
Is xposed required for the trick to work? Also, does it support all of the supported Android versions? Thanks.
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To show the viewfinder on the e-ink screen:
Settings-Camera and shutters-Turn on Show viewfinder

Cannot rotate screen after Marshmallow OTA update

Hi
I used to quick-launch Librera reader from the epd-screen and was able to rotate the screen in landscape configuration which comes in handy when you're reading books.
Since I did the Android 6 update OTA, I noticed the way the epd screen is managed has changed. As I understand it:
- 1. either you *enter yota-mirror mode* and the whole "OS" will be mirrored to the epd screen.
- 2. or you *send* the current app to the epd screen.
With the first option, rotating the screen still rotates the app,
but with the second option the app orientation is locked in portrait mode.
With Librera I get additional menu items (not sure what to thing of that) and UI items are not reachable, as if the app was internally using a wrong (too big) screen size.
But this also happens with other rotatable apps, like Firefox focus.
Is this something standard or is this bug specific to my own phone ?
Thanks.

I'm still searching a solution for this. Yep, I am the last yotaphoner (Dec'2019)

sozen said:
I'm still searching a solution for this. Yep, I am the last yotaphoner (Dec'2019)
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Nope, Telegram has an active Italian group and I'm updating my YD206 HK4.4.3 with CN Baseband to 6.01 RU1.1.47 to give to a resident
in Guadalajara's best training hospital to replace the one that was stolen in a morning street robbery.
If it had a microSD slot I'd be using it still. NO GAPPS or apps that depend on them so it runs much faster than usual.