Some basic set up questions for S3...

[kath00]

1) Can I customize the drop down menu by adding a toggle for wifi on off (and getting rid of airplane mode and driving mode).

2) Can I turn off the "ongoing" notifications in the dropdown such as the "Connected to WiFi X!@#$%%&*()*#)(*" that I can't seem to be able to dismiss?

3) How do I resize widgets. I just planted a 4x3 calendar widget on but I want it to be 4x4. On the GNex, I could just touch it and press and get these little corners that can be expanded. Can't do it like that on this phone somehow.

4) Can I make a folder in Apps to hide all those annoying VZW bloatware apps without installing a launcher 3rd party software?

5) Can I get my 7 homescreens not to scroll round and round. I want to go from 1 to 7 and then stop without going to 1 again.

Thanks for any and all insight! Katherine

 

[soccerdude2014]

1) Can I customize the drop down menu by adding a toggle for wifi on off (and getting rid of airplane mode and driving mode).

2) Can I turn off the "ongoing" notifications in the dropdown such as the "Connected to WiFi X!@#$%%&*()*#)(*" that I can't seem to be able to dismiss?

3) How do I resize widgets. I just planted a 4x3 calendar widget on but I want it to be 4x4. On the GNex, I could just touch it and press and get these little corners that can be expanded. Can't do it like that on this phone somehow.

4) Can I make a folder in Apps to hide all those annoying VZW bloatware apps without installing a launcher 3rd party software?

5) Can I get my 7 homescreens not to scroll round and round. I want to go from 1 to 7 and then stop without going to 1 again.

Thanks for any and all insight! Katherine

dont take my answers as concrete and 100% right, i may be wrong.

1) As far as i know, No.
2)As far as i know, No.
3) I don't know, sorry
4)Yes. When you're on the home screen. touch the left capacitive button, and slect ""create folder"
5. I dont understand what youre trying to ask exactly. But, i think is when youre on the homescreen, hit the left capacitive button,and touch "edit" , then just touch the screen you wanna go to

 

[kjung7]

1) Can I customize the drop down menu by adding a toggle for wifi on off (and getting rid of airplane mode and driving mode).

2) Can I turn off the "ongoing" notifications in the dropdown such as the "Connected to WiFi X!@#$%%&*()*#)(*" that I can't seem to be able to dismiss?

3) How do I resize widgets. I just planted a 4x3 calendar widget on but I want it to be 4x4. On the GNex, I could just touch it and press and get these little corners that can be expanded. Can't do it like that on this phone somehow.

4) Can I make a folder in Apps to hide all those annoying VZW bloatware apps without installing a launcher 3rd party software?

5) Can I get my 7 homescreens not to scroll round and round. I want to go from 1 to 7 and then stop without going to 1 again.

Thanks for any and all insight! Katherine

1). As of now no but someone will figure it out soon enough or you could use a rom

2). Yes you can by rooting

3) I'm pretty sure you can resize most of the widgets on TW, you can do that for sure on many of the different lajnchers

4). You can just hide the apps from the app drawer

5). Depends on what launcher you're using

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

 

[xesso]

for your second question this might help ....... http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...otification-droid-life-article-root-only.html

but if I remember some of your other post correctly, you were running the stock ROM on your GNex so I don't know if you are going to wanna root. But hey atleast u know now.

 

[wowpaw]

1) Can I customize the drop down menu by adding a toggle for wifi on off (and getting rid of airplane mode and driving mode).

2) Can I turn off the "ongoing" notifications in the dropdown such as the "Connected to WiFi X!@#$%%&*()*#)(*" that I can't seem to be able to dismiss?

3) How do I resize widgets. I just planted a 4x3 calendar widget on but I want it to be 4x4. On the GNex, I could just touch it and press and get these little corners that can be expanded. Can't do it like that on this phone somehow.

4) Can I make a folder in Apps to hide all those annoying VZW bloatware apps without installing a launcher 3rd party software?

5) Can I get my 7 homescreens not to scroll round and round. I want to go from 1 to 7 and then stop without going to 1 again.

Thanks for any and all insight! Katherine

1) Not without root
2) See 1)
3) Widget resizing is based on the widget itself. Some allow it, some dont. When you drop it down, if it allows it, you will see dots on the four corners.
4) Yes. Go to Manage Applications under your general settings.. click on the bloatware, and the "disable" button is at the top right. They will disappear from your app drawer.
5) Not that I know of - atleast not for touchwiz.

 

[kath00]

Thank you for the replies! Disabled most of the annoying Verizon apps. (Had to delete the updates first and then disable them).

May have to consider rooting once it's available to get the rest accomplished. K

 

[thecandidate]

I believe root is available, just locked bootloader.

 

[Bbeelzebub]

I believe root is available, just locked bootloader.

From what I've read on XDA, some peeps that routed via the method they found are having issues with their keyboard, predictive text, etc.

If you aren't too hip on troubleshooting, you might wait for an easier method. I know I am.

 

[AndrewWestSide]

4) go to the app drawer -> press menu -> hide applications -> bye bloatware!

 

[Papadakis]

I have a couple questions too,
1. it is possible to disable the screen turning on when you recieve a text?
2. Can you change the vibrate style for recieving texts like you can with the ringer?