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Limited by Your HTC U11's Edge Sense? Try Edge Sense Plus For More Shortcuts and...

 
xda-developers
Aug 4, 2017 6:15 AM • by egzthunder1
Limited by Your HTC U11's Edge Sense? Try Edge Sense Plus For More Shortcuts and Features!

Launchers in general are what make Android (and really any OS outside of iOS) as special as they are, at least when you look at it from a non-coder, end user perspective. Every device manufacturer in this day and age has their very own flavor to separate themselves from the competition. However, if it wasn't for the aid of the community, most launchers would likely still look like the barren desert that used to be the Windows Mobile home screen. With this in mind, our community keeps on finding creative ways to improve on the design of manufacturers by using feedback from power users and the likes of people who would squeeze the juice out of devices like the HTC U11. This is how Edge Sense Plus was born.

Arguably, the one who started the trend of improving launchers was HTC back in the yester-years of Windows Mobile with the release of their TouchFLO interface. At that time, they needed something new and refreshing because Apple had just showed the world that there was life beyond Windows Mobile. On top of that, a few other manufacturers had started getting into the PDA-Phone game (namely Sony, Toshiba, LG, and Samsung). Some launchers for the now-defunct operating system were available from 3rd parties and even a few from communities like ours, but none came close to the graphical beauty that was HTC's offering.

Having said this, TouchFLO was limited (and sometimes purposely crippled depending on which variant of the device you looked at). So, after many iterations and device releases, Sense was born. This was a unique interface, which combined app-like items on the home screens, which we now know as widgets, shortcuts, action buttons, and gorgeous 3D animations for things like photo gallery and e-mail previews. Oh yes, Sense was the pinnacle of perfection, or was it? Despite all the aforementioned, people wanted more out of Sense. For instance, more on-homescreen shortcuts were always sought after. Not too long after that came one of our site's most infamous members, XDA Retired Recognized Developer Co0kieMonster, who brought us C0okie's Home Tab for Sense. This was an add-on to Sense, which extended its core functions substantially. 
Fast forward to today (about 7 years later), and HTC is out and about with their brand new offering in the Sense UI, attempting to innovate by means of the hardware offered in the new HTC U11 and the squeezable frame which, in all reality, is HTC's take on edge/second screen tech offered by competitors. While it is a good and refreshing take on the "getting more out of your device" concept, our devs figured that it can be taken a few steps further. So, with that in mind, XDA Recognized Developer j to the 4n came to the rescue with Edge Sense Plus.

So, what can you do with this? Well, if you ever wanted to choke your device and make it squeal out of pure frustration, you can now do that. One of the more "fun" features that this app adds to the UI is the ability to play a specific sound file (ie mp3) when you trigger the featureby squeezing. Alternatively, you can also experience the joy that Homer Simpson feels when he gets to choke Bart, while yelling "why you little?"

There are, of course, more useful things that one can do. For instance, according to XDA Recognized Themer Basil3, Edge Sense Plus allows you to perform 27 different actions, use a Sidebar (like the Edge panel), play sounds (as described above), and even use the G-Sensor in some inventive way.

Custom actions:

Currently you can choose from 27 different actions, including:

  • Sidebar
  • Custom App
  • Shortcuts – e.g. to make direct calls!
  • Recent Apps
  • Toggle Autorotation
  • Autobrightness (6 states: Auto, Min, Low, Mid, High, Max)
  • Split Screen
  • Expand/Collapse Statusbar
  • Split Screen

So, if you own an U11, head over to the Edge Sense Plus thread and start playing with the endless possibilities that this mod adds to the user experience.


Check it out!




Android Advices
Aug 4, 2017 6:19 PM • by Karunakar Donthamshetti
Kult Beyond Smartphone with 5.2″ Display & 13MP Camera Launched in India for Rs. 6,999

Kult is the Telcomm brand in partnership with Wistronm that is well known for entry-level smartphones and has launched its first smartphone as Kult 10 back in 2015 which was exclusively sold on Snapdeal for a price tag of Rs. 6,999. Now, the Kult 10 smartphone is available in both Flipkart and Snapdeal as well which is now available for a price tag of Rs. 6,299 and Rs. 5,979 respectively. The company has come up with another smartphone on Friday unveiled its second smartphone in India which is dubbed as Kult Beyond.

It is priced at Rs. 6,999 which is exclusively available through Amazon India online shopping website. The device is available for registrations and will begin sales from August 18th onwards. Once again, this brand is addressing the demands of consumers for affordable price segment with decent hardware specs. Talking about the key specifications, it rocks 5.2-inch HD IPS display which has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and 2.5D curved glass.

The hardware core is packed with a 1.25Ghz MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor coupled with Mali T720 graphics and 3GB of RAM, which provides flawless multitasking experience. There is a 32GB of flash memory which supports a microSD card slot up to 32GB. The Kult Beyond smartphone is enclosed with a fingerprint sensor which helps to unlock the smartphone just one tap, shortcut to launch your favorite app, quick dial, capture photos, answer calls and more.

On the software front, the Beyond smartphone is running on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box which you can access nearly 2.8 million apps. It is a dual SIM phone packed with a 4G LTE network, and other connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11, GPS navigation support, 3.5mm audio jack, Micro-USB port, FM Radio and more.

On the imaging front, It has a 13MP Primary & Selfie camera with dual tone LED flash to capture your precious moments with high-resolution pictures. The rear camera has an ability to record videos in 1080p at 30 frames per second. To keep lighting, the device is powered by a 3,000mAh capacity battery which is rated to deliver up to 25 hours of talk time and 425 hours of standby time.




 
 

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