Looking for an Android phone that...

Pinkribbonscars · 20 Oct 2013 at 22:37

Nexus18 said:
As I posted above you don't need a moto x for those features

That is, however, the messing about part

. And it probably won't behave exactly like the iPhone does, so why change?

I'm without a decent phone atm, so I can't verify this - does Google Now allow you to skip tracks?

ajf · 20 Oct 2013 at 23:01

Number29 said:
I want to be able to make calls and skip tracks from the lock screen like you can with Siri (this is a must for when I'm driving).

I would have thought making calls from the lock screen was a major security flaw though?

Nexus18 · 20 Oct 2013 at 23:06

Pinkribbonscars said:
That is, however, the messing about part . And it probably won't behave exactly like the iPhone does, so why change?

I'm without a decent phone atm, so I can't verify this - does Google Now allow you to skip tracks?

It takes about 10 minutes to install the above apps and set everything up, not exactly much faff required

Don't know what the iphone way is like but I can say that all the above apps I linked work wonderfully (although you need root for some features in hover controls) and honestly can't think of a better way for them to work

Don't think google now allows you to change tracks, however, you can install the hover controls to allow motion based gestures to change tracks etc. so in other words you just wave your hand in front of the device (no need to look exactly at it and screen doesn't even need to be on)

ShortWarning · 21 Oct 2013 at 13:23

Pinkribbonscars said:
That is, however, the messing about part . And it probably won't behave exactly like the iPhone does, so why change?

I'm without a decent phone atm, so I can't verify this - does Google Now allow you to skip tracks?

It allows you to skip tracks from the lock screen (if that's what you're asking).

Number29 · 21 Oct 2013 at 13:47

Nexus18 said:
It takes about 10 minutes to install the above apps and set everything up, not exactly much faff required

Don't know what the iphone way is like but I can say that all the above apps I linked work wonderfully (although you need root for some features in hover controls) and honestly can't think of a better way for them to work

Don't think google now allows you to change tracks, however, you can install the hover controls to allow motion based gestures to change tracks etc. so in other words you just wave your hand in front of the device (no need to look exactly at it and screen doesn't even need to be on)

Thanks for the suggestions above. I had a play with DynamicNotifications on my Razr i last night but I'm not sure if it's really what I'm looking for. On the iPhone each notification will show me who the sender is and each notification will be displayed seperately in a list so I can pick and chose which to act on from the lock screen. DynamicNotifications appears to just show a big icon to alert you to there being a notification, but no further information as to who it is from etc, which is what I need/want.

This is the way I'd like notifications to appear

http://www.digitalmcgyver.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lock-screen-notifications.png

Does anyone know of any other app to do this?

Many thanks

#29

Nexus18 · 21 Oct 2013 at 13:58

Ah I see how you want it to work now.

Dynamic works the same way as the moto X, so when you see that big icon, hold down on it and you will see the sender, some content/subject, time etc. and from there you can choose to either open the app to reply back, dismiss the notification (screens turns back of) or if you want, launch a completely different app via swyping to the sides or up, down.

Not aware of any 3rd party apps like what you want.

However, HTC phones running sense have a very similar method to the iphone layout:

http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/htc-one-x/sshots/gsmarena_004.jpg

Number29 · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:01

Nexus18 said:
Ah I see how you want it to work now.

Dynamic works the same way as the moto X, so when you see that big icon, hold down on it and you will see the sender, some content/subject, time etc. and from there you can choose to either open the app to reply back, dismiss the notification (screens turns back of) or if you want, launch a completely different app via swyping to the sides or up, down.

Not aware of any 3rd party apps like what you want.

However, HTC phones running sense have a very similar method to the iphone layout:

http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/htc-one-x/sshots/gsmarena_004.jpg

Ah I wasn't aware that pressing and holding the icon showed some context to the notification. I'll have to give that a try tonight. Granted, it's an extra step in comparison to the glancable view on the iPhone, but it's a start at least.