Thanks, comprehensive response, that’s what I like to see from list members.
Can you remember what the reset procedure is? Wouldn’t you require visual assistance for that? I’ll try the keyboard first, never thought about that. The only USB keyboard I have is an. Apple one, and quite an old one at that. But I’m wondering whether the Logitech preprietary system would work if I plugged a USB dongle into the phone via an adapter. Only one way to find out I guess, I’ll go and give it a whir. On 19 Apr 2019, at 16:50, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: Its been a good while since I’ve used a Son Xperia X-Performance phone but I can tell you that I was at the very least always able to get to the Google Play store. I’m quite sure that you’ll find the iCon on the home screen somewhere or at the very least you should be able to invoke a Voice Search to open the App. The Play Store was the first thing I tackled after completing a setup of the phone given Google is at the heart of Android phones and you need your Apps. The other alternative you have is to reset the phone and sign into your Google Play account during the setup process so that when the setup process is complete the phone is already signed in to Google. You can from here manipulate your phone from your PC or Mac by going to the Google Play store and selecting the Apps you want to install on your phone. In other words don’t give up just keep trying. You can also try plugging a USB Keyboard into the phone and navigating around that way to find the Google Play Store iCon. It is best you install your Apps from the phone if possible for a number of reasons. First being that you can look at the library of Apps you’ve purchased or installed previously on other devices so if you know what you’re looking for you can find the App there. Second when you’ve installed an App from the Play store you get the chance to open that App much as you would with the Apps Store under IOS and OS. Suppose you installed Nova Launcher through the Play store on your Phone. When the App had been installed an “Open” iCon would appear. Double-Tapping on that would prompt you as to whether you wish to use the Launcher as a default Launcher. At this point several choices would appear depending on how many launchers you have already installed, the Xperia Launcher would be one of the presented choices obviously. Double-Tap on the Nova Launcher and select the button “Always” which indicates that the nova Launcher is always to be used and then press Okay. If you wish to test the Launcher then you can choose the “Just Once” button. I’m sure the default Sony Launcher has changed somewhat since I last looked at it so getting around the phone could be a little difficult before a new launcher has been installed. > On 19 Apr 2019, at 8:18 pm, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > Just one comment for the moment, as I don’t yet have my planned acquisition > of the S10. On a standard phone, such as the Sony Xperia X Performance and > Xperia Z2+ phones, how do you change the launcher? Sorry, but I just can’t > remember. Actually, on my Xperia, I can’t even get to the Google settings, so > I. Can’t get to the Play Store. > > > On 13 Apr 2019, at 04:09, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Hi, > Here are some interesting discoveries I’ve made with regard to the operation > of the Samsung Galaxy S10. > Some of these are probably old favourites to other users out there and if > that’s the case both bare with me and feel free to comment on anything I may > have missed. > I have found it necessary with previous phones to change the default Launcher. > Until recently Google would have been my choice of preference however it > seems that Google is no longer developing their Launcher so I switched to > Nova until the S10 came along. > It seems that Samsung have been doing some serious thinking with regard to > their default Launcher to the point that the Samsung Launcher is now > incredibly easy to use it seems. > From the home screen swipe up to get to the Apps screen, what could be easier > than that. > I haven’t yet worked out how one would move items on the Home Screen from > place to place or even if one can remove or uninstall Apps from the Home or > App pages. Apps aren’t so much of a problem to uninstall as that task can be > accomplished through the Google Play Store App. > Another list member mentioned that the user can reorder the navigation > buttons at the bottom of the screen. > By default the “Recents” button is to the left of the “Home” and the “Back” > button is to the right. Added to this is the ability to change the behaviour > of these buttons. > Normally one has to double-tap but this can be changed to a single tap, you > slide to hold the button and then release your finger or if you know exactly > where the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen are then just place > your finger on the button and lift. > It would appear that some new gestures have been added to Samsung’s Voice > Assistant. Double tapping on the screen 3 times reads out a status message > and what you hear can be controlled from the settings of Voice Assistant > under Screen Reader under Vision in the Accessibility settings. > The user might only prefer a short status message consisting of time and > battery remaining percentage whilst others might prefer more status content > such as wi-fi signal and so on. > Voice Assistant users would be familiar with the 3-finger swipe from left to > right to move between such adjustments as dark cursor, voice rate, voice > volume and so on. What is shown for adjustments can now be set through Voice > Assistant settings. > I have no need for voice Rate and Pitch as I use the Acapella Voices where > Rate and Pitch are adjusted through the Acapella Voice Manager so I’ve > removed those from my adjustment choices. > > ------------------------------ > > This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned by > our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be > viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. We assume no > culpability whatever, implicit or otherwise, for any compromise to your > systems as a result of opening any post to this group. Suffice it to say that > we remain vigilant within the boundaries of reason. We strongly urge you to > do likewise! 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