What do you think of the lack of "Just once" and "Always" on the S7?

[Mick Symons]

Now, whichever app you tap is automatically set as your default for that action. I think there's gonna be a lot of default clearing.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I can't speak for the S7, but the Note 5 has that, and it's irritating. Has made me want to throw the phone against a wall. There is an app that sidesteps this: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...outmycode.betteropenwith&hl=en&token=f-vZpkby

But still, you have to remember to choose that (I often go right for what i want out of force of habit), and end up clearing defaults again anyway.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

This is a Marshmallow "feature," not just an S7 thing. I don't like it, but Google seems to be following the Apple model of dumbing things down for the least technical user out there. Short of rooting and customizing, there's an app that will help restore the lost functionality.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...outmycode.betteropenwith&hl=en&token=7FMDLK6b

Edit: Golfdriver beat me by a few seconds.

 

[dpham00]

I use better open with... Works well. I actually prefer it over just once, but to each his own.

 

[cbreze]

I don't see this issue on my moto pure running marshmallow. The option pops up each time unless I set to "always".

 

[dpham00]

I don't see this issue on my moto pure running marshmallow. The option pops up each time unless I set to "always".

This is something Samsung changed I believe starting with the note 5.

 

[Almeuit]

This is a Marshmallow "feature," not just an S7 thing.

Is it? My 6P still does the prompt.

 

[xocomaox]

I set defaults so I don't have to click again and it just opens.

What do you have needing multiple (random?) applications?

 

[cbreze]

So it sounds more like a Samsung thing

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

This is definitely a Samsung thing and not a Marshmallow thing. I have MANY marshmallow devices and the S7e is the ONLY one that I don't get the "just once" prompt on.

 

[Aquila]

This is definitely a Samsung thing and not a Marshmallow thing. I have MANY marshmallow devices and the S7e is the ONLY one that I don't get the "just once" prompt on.

Agree, I have 7 devices running Marshmallow and 0 of them have this "bug" or "feature" or whatever it is.

 

[dpham00]

Definitely not a feature of marshmallow. My Nexus 6 doesn't have this problem

 

[Daggnar]

I would definetly like that option offered to me when selecting app to open something.

 

[f308gt4]

My issue is with the phone contacts list. I have my wife on my favorites, and she has 2 numbers where she can be reached. I have to select the number I want to dial, and then press Just Once. Every time I call her.

If I select one of her numbers as default, it will always dial that number, which is an issue if I don't want to dial the number that time.

Why not just dial the damn number when I press on it, rather than press on the number, then have to press Just Once??

This has been happening since Lollipop on my S6 and now on the S7.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I set defaults so I don't have to click again and it just opens.

What do you have needing multiple (random?) applications?

If I get a link sent to me, say for the forums, depending on what I need to do I need choices. If I just need to reply, the forums app will do fine. If I need to be a Mod, I prefer Chrome.

 

[20blks]

I miss that option

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[meyerweb#CB]

I stand corrected. I thought the 6P I played with did the same thing, but obviously remembered incorrectly.

 

[Rlin5741]

I set defaults so I don't have to click again and it just opens.

What do you have needing multiple (random?) applications?

For me, the biggest issue is when I click on email links or phone call links - depending on the link I may want to use Gmail or exchange, and on Samsung they are different apps, so setting default ends up locking to that email when I go back and hit another email link.

For phone numbers, I like using Hangouts Dialer to call international, and regular phone app domestic (saves money).

For me its one of the most annoying things about the s7 versus the s5. The old method also allowed you to set a default if you want, just hit Always the first time, rather than Just Once.

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[Llmgtab99]

My issue is with the phone contacts list. I have my wife on my favorites, and she has 2 numbers where she can be reached. I have to select the number I want to dial, and then press Just Once. Every time I call her.

If I select one of her numbers as default, it will always dial that number, which is an issue if I don't want to dial the number that time.

Why not just dial the damn number when I press on it, rather than press on the number, then have to press Just Once??

This has been happening since Lollipop on my S6 and now on the S7.

It was like this on the S6 as well. I really had hoped that they would change it. This drives me insane!

 

[PA452]

I miss that option as well.