Android Phone Upgrade

Thanks Greg for that very informative post. I opened my page as to as you have it with Exploroz and have a similar layout as you have displayed - I do not have the * icon as you have pointed to. I have the page 1 just to the left but not the * (bookmark) icon. :-(

When you have gone into settings you have the big list as you have indicated but I only have 3 on the list

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Very confusing :-(

mmm my android version is 4.3 on the phone, 4.4.2 on the Galaxy Tab...both are the same with respect to layout. Maybe they have gone and changed the internet app for some reason.

There are some clues as to where the bookmarks option is HERE plus alternative approach (i.e. save bookmark to home screen)

Cheers
Greg

With new Android phones, you have to push the hold the bottom left hand part of your screen. If you dont hold after pushing you will get a list of your loaded apps.

Garry, The "first button from left" that greg refers to above may not be immediately visible to you. It is not an 'actual' button like the 'Home' button in the centre below the screen but in fact is a 'virtual' button which may, or may not be visible.

Open the website that you want to bookmark then just tap the face of the phone immediately to the left of the 'Home' button and the menu that Greg shows above will open to allow you to set an "Add Bookmark" which will appear on your desktop.

That 'button' to the left of the Home button can be tapped at any time to bring up the menu with a whole lot of selections.
The virtual button to the right of the Home button is a 'Revert' function which will take you back to the previous screen.

Yep sorry ..forgot to mention if a Galaxy S5 operation of the "button" has changed. Instead of a tap a LONG PRESS is required to bring up some menus. We have discussed this on some other threads, no idea if it represents a solution but worth a try.



Cheers
Greg

Good onya Greg, a picture is better than countless words!

Tried the "LONG PRESS" on mine and guess what?.......... it brought up the EO Forum! That David Martin sure is a Wizard.

Ok rather than individual replies - thanks to everyone there.

Found the "invisible" button (the hard settings button is as I described above). The Invisible button does bring up the following options

Open
Open in new window
Save Link
Copy link URL
Select Text

Still no bookmarks - I tried save link but it is not a bookmark.

Thanks for the tip in saving webpages as shortcuts and would be great but when I have this all sorted bookmarking ExplorOz there will be far to many others to make short cuts.

It was just so much easier on the early android version - hard settings button had Bookmarks in there.

The research continues.

Oh my new phone is a Galaxt S4 - with Andoid 4.4.2 on it.

Very strange, my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is on version 4.4.2 and has all of the bookmark icons shown in the pics above. I don't use the default browser, I use either Opera Mini or Dolphin. They are both free and have some good features.

That is the fall back option, though Chrome is on there.

Options for using maps are alterable in Settings/location and security

Well I have been surfing the web and it seems that as indicated by my experience that Bookmarks no longer come with the standard Internet connection provided by Android 4.4.2.

So I need to work out how to get the Internet shortcut off the Homepage and replace it with Chrome or Firefox or link the internet shortcut to either of the browsers.

TomH - thanks for that advice but when I enter settings and then location the only options I have are

GPS Mode (satellite, WIFI/mobile etc) mine is set to Satellite

Location Services - just talks how to link mobile settings to apps.

My Places - is basically place favourites


There is nothing about security.

Well the later versions of Android has certainly gone downhill as far as usability goes - the very early version on my old phone was easy to use and intuitive - seemed to be designed by a "normal" person - the later versions were obviously designed by computer geeks with no idea of reality.


Cheers

Garry