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[KSP]

TREX8:

What is Galaxy S II? Mine is Galaxy S i9003 - so which model is it?

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[TREX8]

Tks KSP for the pics. Looks similar to the one I am having except that I got the platinum silver.


Something caught my attention though. On the "homepage" of the phone, it seems that the calender item is displayed (the little note with 13 Sunday, 7:00 to 8:00am and some words written below). Any idea how to customise the homepage to display in this manner?

[KSP]

TREX8:

Tks KSP for the pics. Looks similar to the one I am having except that I got the platinum silver.


Something caught my attention though. On the \"homepage\" of the phone, it seems that the calender item is displayed (the little note with 13 Sunday, 7:00 to 8:00am and some words written below). Any idea how to customise the homepage to display in this manner?

Is yours running on Android 2.1 (Eclair), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)? Mine is Android 2.2 (Froyo). The interface looks quite different from mine.

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But i think u can change the widget for calendar to see this.

[TREX8]

KSP:

TREX8:

Tks KSP for the pics. Looks similar to the one I am having except that I got the platinum silver.


Something caught my attention though. On the \"homepage\" of the phone, it seems that the calender item is displayed (the little note with 13 Sunday, 7:00 to 8:00am and some words written below). Any idea how to customise the homepage to display in this manner?

Is yours running on Android 2.1 (Eclair), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)? Mine is Android 2.2 (Froyo). The interface looks quite different from mine.
But i think u can change the widget for calendar to see this.

KSP, I am lost. Not sure which Android although Froyo sounds familiar (read it in the instruction manual). But don't understand the part on changing the widget for calender.

I've checked the settings on calendar and the items there specifies how I want the calender to be viewed (eg. whether by month, by date, first day of the week, set alarms and notifications etc). Nothing about how to display it on the very first page.

Now, to access calender, I need to unlock the screen, which will display the apps icons, click on calender.

[KSP]

TREX8:

KSP:

[quote=\"TREX8\"]Tks KSP for the pics. Looks similar to the one I am having except that I got the platinum silver.


Something caught my attention though. On the \"homepage\" of the phone, it seems that the calender item is displayed (the little note with 13 Sunday, 7:00 to 8:00am and some words written below). Any idea how to customise the homepage to display in this manner?

Is yours running on Android 2.1 (Eclair), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)? Mine is Android 2.2 (Froyo). The interface looks quite different from mine.
But i think u can change the widget for calendar to see this.

KSP, I am lost. Not sure which Android although Froyo sounds familiar (read it in the instruction manual). But don't understand the part on changing the widget for calender.

I've checked the settings on calendar and the items there specifies how I want the calender to be viewed (eg. whether by month, by date, first day of the week, set alarms and notifications etc). Nothing about how to display it on the very first page.

Now, to access calender, I need to unlock the screen, which will display the apps icons, click on calender.[/quote]Not sure this is the solution but can try the daily briefing.

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To check the version - go to Settings then About Phone then Software Information.

[JonC]

Galaxy S first batch is 2.1, can upgrade to 2.2, later batch is 2.2.


The interface is because Samsung introduces its own TouchWiz User Interface (UI).

HTC also has its own UI.

The original Google UI only the Nexus has it.

[TREX8]

KSP:

TREX8:

[quote=\"KSP\"]
Is yours running on Android 2.1 (Eclair), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)? Mine is Android 2.2 (Froyo). The interface looks quite different from mine.
But i think u can change the widget for calendar to see this.

KSP, I am lost. Not sure which Android although Froyo sounds familiar (read it in the instruction manual). But don't understand the part on changing the widget for calender.

I've checked the settings on calendar and the items there specifies how I want the calender to be viewed (eg. whether by month, by date, first day of the week, set alarms and notifications etc). Nothing about how to display it on the very first page.

Now, to access calender, I need to unlock the screen, which will display the apps icons, click on calender.

Not sure this is the solution but can try the daily briefing.

To check the version - go to Settings then About Phone then Software Information.[/quote]Mine is model GT0I9003, Froyo, firmware 2.2.1

Have already set up the daily briefing previously but it still boils down to having to tap on Calendar and/or Daily Briefing before seeing the daily schedule. But it's ok. Humans are creatures of habit - starting to get use to it now.

[BigDevil]

@TREX8


I think what you wanted to do is to add the calendar widget onto your home screen. Now I'm not sure about Samsung phone, but I guess most Android should work the same way.

On your home screen, touch any empty space until a screen similar to the one below appears
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Tap on Widgets

Scroll down to look for the Calendar widget.
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Choose the format you like (month view, or day view) and tap OK. Your calendar widget should be displayed on the screen.
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If you don't like the stock Calendar widget that came with your phone, you can always download more from Android Market.

[JonC]

Galaxy S Android Version

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Home Screens
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TouchWiz
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[TREX8]

Thank you KSP, BigDevil and JonC, thanks for the pics and the info about widgets. I didn’t know what widgets are and that I can add them to the first page.


So now I have added a date and time stamp, my calendar (yeah! finally on the first page) and icons of some apps that I use frequently. So happy!

With the help of the 3G data tracker, I realise that downloading emails and reading news from the internet doesn’t take up much of my monthly quota of 12 GB. So been reading and checking my emails when waiting for kids.

My next "project" will be to download Chinese ebooks.