RobMorson
Lurker
I had an LG G4 that I used for a year and a half before it bricked itself. I have now upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. A lot of the programming differences between the devices seem to be improvements, and most of the others I don't really care about. But, there's one thing the G4 had that's missing on the Note 7 and is really annoying me.
In the recent apps screen that you got from touching the recent apps button on the G4, each app had, next to the close button, a lock icon. I could touch lock icons on the apps that I wanted to keep running in the background. Then, when I touched the Close All button, it would actually close all except the locked apps. This is super useful, as it helped me avoid repeatedly closing and reopening apps I use frequently.
The Note 7 does not have this. In the place where the lock was in the G4, there is a weird icon (see screenshot below) that I quickly discovered opens the app on half the screen. I assume this is to allow for two apps open at once, although I haven't figured out how to get a second one open on the other half, and even if I did, I don't see the advantage. It seems simpler to just switch back and forth between two fullscreen apps by way of the running apps list.
One thing I like about Android is that just about anything can be customized, but in this case I can't figure out how. Does anyone know what I need to install / uninstall to get the lock feature back, or any similar functionality? Thanks in advance for any help.
Rob
In the recent apps screen that you got from touching the recent apps button on the G4, each app had, next to the close button, a lock icon. I could touch lock icons on the apps that I wanted to keep running in the background. Then, when I touched the Close All button, it would actually close all except the locked apps. This is super useful, as it helped me avoid repeatedly closing and reopening apps I use frequently.
The Note 7 does not have this. In the place where the lock was in the G4, there is a weird icon (see screenshot below) that I quickly discovered opens the app on half the screen. I assume this is to allow for two apps open at once, although I haven't figured out how to get a second one open on the other half, and even if I did, I don't see the advantage. It seems simpler to just switch back and forth between two fullscreen apps by way of the running apps list.
One thing I like about Android is that just about anything can be customized, but in this case I can't figure out how. Does anyone know what I need to install / uninstall to get the lock feature back, or any similar functionality? Thanks in advance for any help.
Rob