The vast majority of Android smartphone manufacturers use proprietary shells in their models.
- How to customize the look of Funtouch 9?
- How to organize workspace in Funtouch 9?
- What additional features are there in Funtouch 9?
- What applications are already installed in Funtouch 9
- In the dry residue
How to customize the look of Funtouch 9?
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Already traditionally manufacturers completely (oralmost completely) redraw the appearance of the operating system beyond recognition. Starting with icons, fonts, color schemes and ending with all the animations. So in Funtouch OS: everything is redrawn, there are different themes, including downloadable ones. It is possible to change the font size (and the font itself). Icons can also be customized, but not only in size. It is possible to choose their shape from square to round with intermediate options.
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It is possible to customize the desktop grid 4x5, 4x6 or 5x6, of course, widgets are supported.
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By default, a light theme is installed. She looks stylish and very neat and calm. Without too much sloppiness.
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If you wish, you can switch to a dark theme,This is especially true for models with AMOLED screens. When switching, not individual menus, but all interface elements change in accordance with the theme. It is turned on in the settings”Display and brightness”.
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Models with AMOLED screens have the Always function.on Display, which does not need a special introduction. The screen will display hours and notifications. There are different options for watches and their colors.
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How to organize workspace in Funtouch 9?
Compared to “pure” Adnroid, inFuntouch OS has a number of distinctive features and features. Like many other shells, there is no separate application menu. Only desktops on which all installed applications are downloaded. And along the horizontal movement from left to right from the home desktop there is the so-called Smart Launcher. It contains search in the form of a feed, shortcuts for quickly launching applications, Jovi tips and the number of steps taken, weather forecast and calendar events.
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One of the most unusual features of Funtouch OSis the presence of two “curtains” instead of one. The top, familiar one is responsible only for notifications. Everything else (including brightness and volume control, all shortcuts for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and so on) is located in the bottom curtain called Shortcut center, which is reminiscent of the logic in iOS. The developers say they were guided by the desire to place it more conveniently for one-handed operation on smartphones with large screens. On the left side there is a scrollable area with shortcuts, to the right there are brightness and volume sliders, and above there is a panel with those same quick commands. You can select up to 8 pieces. Including quickly turning on maps and getting directions home, launching your YouTube subscriptions and so on.
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There are different options for navigating throughsystem: buttons or gestures. In the system navigation menu, you can choose the order and style of buttons or gestures. Including, you can completely remove the symbols for gesture control. There are clear instructions on how to use it.
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For easier control and faster accessto different functions additional control gestures are provided. Including double tap screen activation, a flashlight by shaking a smartphone, launching basic applications by drawing characters on the screen and so on.
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For more convenient one-handed operationthere is a reduced window mode with adjustable size and a keyboard for one-handed dialing. It is slightly reduced in size and shifted to the desired edge of the screen.
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There is “floating” Easy Touch button.It can be moved to any convenient place on the screen; after a few seconds it moves to the edge of the display and looks like a small translucent drop. With its help, it is fashionable to include the most necessary applications on top of all windows.
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Application Manager looks practicallystandard: horizontal carousel of cards. There are two buttons above the cards: to switch to windowed mode and to pin the application (it will remain running if you close all others with the button). Among the additional functions, you can select a specific set of applications that will be displayed blurred in the application manager.
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What additional features are there in Funtouch 9?
The shell provides a “Children'smode”, in which you can limit the use of mobile data, make only certain applications available, limit and set a timer for the use of a specific application and the mode as a whole. It is also possible to view application usage history for a day or a week.
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The ability to record telephone conversations will be extremely important and useful for some users. In “clean” Android doesn't have it.
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The photo album as a whole has a familiar appearance, butThere are a couple of useful features. “Trash”, where deleted photos can be stored for up to 30 days. The feature is not new, but useful. In case you accidentally deleted something you needed. And “Intelligent classification”: the smartphone sorts photos by content type.
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Game mode seems to have become an integral partany modern smartphone. In Funtouch OS it is called “Ultra Game Mode”. It optimizes the system at startup and allows you to block all kinds of notifications during the game; there is an “autoplay” mode, in which the running game remains active even when the smartphone is locked:
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Another useful, although not unique, feature is application cloning. A “duplicate” applications for the second account. For example, for social networks.
Funtouch OS has the ability to take long screenshots. Again, the function is not new, but useful.
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“Intelligent Mirrordisplay” — broadcasting content or duplicating the smartphone interface on the TV screen. It is done clearly and does not require any additional manipulations. A compatible TV (if any) is detected automatically.
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There was also a completely unusual thing - modemotorcycle. You can set up automatic call rejection or auto answer via SMS when activated. There is an estimate of speed before the answer: incoming will not be distracting at a speed of more than 10 km / h.
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What applications are already installed in Funtouch 9?
The shell provides a set of predefinedapplications. I believe that it may vary slightly depending on the model. In general, he is familiar, has everything you need. Music and video player, smartphone manager (with cleaning and other service functions), file manager, calculator, voice recorder, FM tuner, notes, email client, own vivo cloud service, compass, level and EasyShare for fast content transfer, including without mobile internet or wifi.
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In the dry residue
Funtouch OS works quickly, without lags or anynoticeable bugs. Including on not very powerful hardware, which is important. It has a lot of additional features, features and opportunities for customization to suit your preferences. What's definitely interesting is the abundance of gesture control options that can make life with a smartphone a little easier. Externally it looks modern. It is significantly different visually from the “stock” Android, but again, the appearance can also be customized.
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