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SamMax

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Dec 13, 2009
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I thought some tips and tweaks were in order considering the plethora of customizations the G2 has.

You can change your settings to tabs instead if the long List by hitting menu once your in the settings.

You can change the white keyboard to a black or wood paneled one in language and advanced.

You can change notification light colors for contacts. In the contact edit field.

Hit QSlide in the notification to remove those Qslide apps.

Long press a notification item and it will go into the settings of that item.
 
This is one I just stumbled upon. You can add/change widgets on the Lock Screen!

From the Lock Screen:
- Swipe the clock downwards to minimize the carrier and owner info.
- Press and hold the clock to remove, then add a different widget.
- From the Lock Screen, towards the upper half, swipe from left to right, you can add additional widgets on new screens.
 
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I thought some tips and tweaks were in order considering the plethora of customizations the G2 has.

You can change your settings to tabs instead if the long List by hitting menu once your in the settings.

You can change the white keyboard to a black or wood paneled one in language and advanced.

You can change notification light colors for contacts. In the contact edit field.

Hit QSlide in the notification to remove those Qslide apps.

Long press a notification item and it will go into the settings of that item.

Cool stuff, thanks! The tabs in settings I really like. Much easier to see/view than to have to scroll down a "huge" long list.
 
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This is one I just stumbled upon. You can add/change widgets on the Lock Screen!

From the Lock Screen:
- Swipe the clock downwards to minimize the carrier and owner info.
- Press and hold the clock to remove, then add a different widget.
- From the Lock Screen, towards the upper half, swipe from left to right, you can add additional widgets on new screens.

Anyone know of a text messaging app that will provide a widget for the lock screen? This list of widgets that you can select for the lock screen is considerably shorter than the full list of widgets.
 
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I hadn't ever noticed this before, so I don't know if it works on other phones too. Not sure how I didn't, but if you swipe down from the top, the notification bar expands. This we already know. What I didn't realize, is that instead of trying to get your finger at the bottom of the shade to swipe it back up, you can just swipe down from the top again to collapse the bar. All this time I had been fighting bumpy roads when trying to close that, when all I had to do, was just swipe down again. And if this works on other phones, I'ma feel really silly for never noticing lol
 
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