All in all, the G4's app selection barely bled into the second page when I brought up
the full Apps menu, which was refreshing.
Each of the Home screens has a fixed set of four icons along the bottom, which give you access to
the full apps menu, messaging, the dialler and contacts.
Not exact matches
Besides the start
menu returning — though not to its
full, former glory — Windows 9 (if we can officially call it that) is supposedly going to have features such as the ability to run Metro
apps and Cortana voice assistant integration, which is Microsoft's response to Apple's Siri.
When you're in the
full Settings
app, there's a handy little slide - out
menu that helps you get around faster.
The
app features zone control,
full GUI
menu, and Sony's Quick Click remote function which allows users to control source components (such as Blu - Ray player, set - top box) in the main home theater room to be controlled from a second zone.
Beyond just email, you have
full out social integration within the messages
app delivering a unified inbox for all your messaging, being able to add accounts for things like Twitter and Linked In easily from Settings
Menu (and I'm loving the ability to easily compose and jump between multiple email drafts).
(A previous update to the iBooks
app offered an option to disable the virtual book look when reading a regular ebook; look for
Full Screen under Theme in the Font
menu.)
Onyx also added the ability to force a
full page screen refresh by holding down the
menu button — it works fast and comes in handy when text gets fuzzy or the screen gets too messy with afterimages when using certain Android
apps.
Once you install an alternate homescreen launcher like Nova Launcher, you can access the
full Android settings
menu from there (Nova adds an
app icon for Settings, not to be confused with Nova Settings; you can also hit
menu on the Nova homescreen and select System Settings).
Monitor Battery Usage — Go to the
full settings
menu (# 12), then Battery to monitor which
apps and services are draining the most power.
So you are free to add shortcuts, widgets and bookmarks to your heart's content, but Samsung hasn't stuffed it
full of widgets - there is a useful task manager widget that will let you dive in and see what
apps you have running and quit them, although the widget isn't really necessary, as a long press on the home button gives you a modified multi-tasking
menu with access to the same task manager as the widget supports.
Homescreen icons can be customised to whatever your most - used
apps, functions and web shortcuts are, while the
full menu is easy to organise into folders.
The
apps menu simply opens up the
full - page
menu which scrolls left to right.
For those nights when it's too late to cook a
full dinner, but you don't want to stretch your budget too thin with several small mouths to feed, the Kids Eat Free
app for iOS compiles restaurants in your area with a free kids
menu.
Windows 10 already has
full - screen ads on the sign - in screen, ads that pop up from the taskbar, ads that appear as notifications, sponsored
apps in the Start
menu, Candy Crush tiles installed by default, and
full - screen video ads in the Solitaire
app.
«
App bars»
full of hidden settings are also gone, largely replaced by «hamburger
menus» that appear at the top - left corner of applications.
- Phone tweaks: brought back National data roaming option - Ultimate notification control: — fixed improper lights and vibration handling during quiet hours affecting mainly ongoing notifications — improved detection of ongoing notifications belonging to foreground services — active Screen: added option for ignoring quiet hours (shows active screen during quiet hours)-- active screen: don't apply to ongoing foreground service notifications — active screen: use direct wake up call instead of
full wake lock (should improve compatibility on some devices)-- active screen: improved check for proximity sensor state - Statusbar tweaks: added option for using Lollipop signal icons (with
full support for MediaTek Gemini)- Quick settings Network mode tile: added option for specifying 2G +3 G mode: — allows to choose whether to use GSM / WCDMA Preferred or GSM / WCDMA Auto — tile icon indicates which 2G +3 G mode is set (2G / 3G or 3G / 2G)- Quick settings QuickRecord tile: — added option for choosing audio quality — added option for choosing auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded desktop toggle in power
menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling auto brightness - GB
App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
You can use them to control whether to show extra tiles on each column of tiles, whether things like your most - used and recently - added
apps show up above your
full list of
apps, and whether to open the Start
menu in
full screen mode.
If you want to head to the
full setting
menu, tap the cog in the notifications area when you swipe down, rather than trying to find the option in the
apps tray.
Features list: Call Recording Auto call recording 4 Ways Reboot (Reboot, Recovery, Hotboot, Download)
Full Color / Transparency customization for Status bar and Notification drawer elements Secure Samsung Keyboard Option to keep «Add Call» button with Call recording
menu Disable Camera shutter sound (+ Screen Capture) Skip Music with Volume buttons Save Call Logs View Enable Keyboard Symbols Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular Enable Camera while calling Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support Bypass Exchange Lock check Notification Panel Customization Long Home key behavior Long Back key to kill
App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable
Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email
App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide
Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging
App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts
menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox
Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power
menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both
Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more to come
The Apple Watch has its main watch faces, but also two levels of
apps: Glances, which are a lot like the quick - glance
app summaries in iOS 8's pull - down «Today»
menu (or the occasional cards that appear in Android Wear), and
full - fledged
apps.
The Start screen (versus the Start
menu of older Windows versions) is a
full - screen
app launcher consisting of square and rectangular tiles.
While this is an artifact of Android 4.0's Holo interface, burgeoning Material Design elements such as an additional
full screen subreddit side navigation
menu are present throughout the
app.
This works in the same way as the old Start
Menu, although it opens
full screen and is also a place you can launch and use new Windows 8 - style
apps - essentially
full - screen, tablet - style
apps.
Again, if you don't see the
full app list here, you may need to enter another
menu — Samsung devices have a specific entry for «Application Manager.»
Instead, Machalani wants to see quick access to minimize,
full - screen, and close buttons at the top of each
app, alongside a Charms
menu.
Windows 8's Start screen is a
full - screen
menu that obscures any
apps you're currently using, a common complaint surrounding the split between desktop and «Metro.»
The «All
Apps» option is now gone — you'll just see a
full list of installed applications at the left side of your Start
menu.
The Start
menu is back, combining the best of its Windows 7 incarnation with added support for live tiles and
full - screen
apps (which will work much better with the desktop).
From so - called suggested
apps in the Start
menu, to nagging taskbar notifications, and even
full screen ads on users» lock screens, Microsoft seems dead - set on figuring out new ways to promote and monetize its products.
You'll write the email right in the popup
menu rather than opening the
full Mail
app.
For pop - up view — Samsung's windowed mode — you can drag a supported
app to the middle of the screen in the Recents
menu, or swipe inwards from the top - left corner when the
app is
full - screen.
Tweaking it a bit, Microsoft has introduced a brand new All
Apps view for a
full - screen Start
menu.
It's still chock -
full of
app icons, but the editable
menu of quick shortcuts looks good and works well.
That means standard features like the simplified settings
menu, split - screen suggestions for notifications that arrive when you're in a
full - screen
app, and AI - based performance tuning, are all along for the ride.
On a Pixel or any phone running the latest stock Android Oreo version, you just go to the «Battery»
menu, then you can the
apps that are draining your battery under the
App usage since
full charge section.
You can have hundreds of more
app tiles on screen at one time with an utlrawide, great for those of you who prefer using the
full - screen Start rather than the
menu version.
We saw feedback from Insiders that it was hard to find how to make
apps full - screen in the «hamburger - style»
menu seen in previous builds so we've added a
full - screen button in the title bar.
For those new to GravityBox, here's a quick explanation: It's an open - source module for the Xposed framework, and it's packed
full of features such as tweaks for the lockscreen, display, phone
app, status bar, navigation bar, and power
menu, as well as quick settings tile management, notification controls, fingerprint shortcuts, and much more.
The Start
menu then goes
full screen as do Windows Store
apps and Settings.
Default
apps such as Gmail and YouTube take
full advantage of the extra screen space, adding in side
menus and other extra UI elements, as do big
apps such as Flipboard.
The
full - screen Start screen of Windows 8.1 isn't the only casualty — and you can make the new Start
menu bigger, although you can't bring back the
full - screen list of installed
apps, just the big view of pinned tiles.
This is the tablet mode that simplifies the taskbar and the Start
menu, and makes your
apps full screen — you can split your screen between two
apps, but this is much simpler than the way Windows 8.1 let you arrange windows on - screen.
However, any
apps you can't
full - on uninstall can be «disabled», meaning they disappear from the
apps menu but aren't completely removed.
This P Series ditched Vizio's smart ecosystem of
menus and
apps and smarts in favour of sole support of Chromecast and the
full - fledged Android tablet remote.
Under the Display
menu in Settings is a
full - screen mode, where you can choose which
apps automatically open up and use the total length of screen available.
By the end of 2016 with the combination of iOS, android and Win32
app porting hopefully in
full swing, a growth in the universal
apps portfolio and the conditioning effects of the Start
menu, Microsoft may be better positioned to take a more aggressive stance in mobile.
Now our consoles are essentially
full - fledged computers, however, with internal storage,
apps, and web connectivity, so you necessarily spend a lot more time poking around
menus than you used to.