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Remove the top bar!! X]

I am merely interested in removing a few pixels from the bottom of the start menu / indicator bar at the top of the screen. See, I use Retro Clock w/ a sweet background and a battery bar indicator [wkTask, excellent mgr app] at the top and it would be fiine to see just the sweet minimal gui..
If there already exists a way to remove the top bar, perhaps one of you should post the name of an app ;]
Otherwise, if devs or hackers know a way to shave pixels off an app [by messing with the gui api calls, etc] I would be into hacking together an autorun python script.. Or transparent bar would be good too.. man.. too much to customize. ;]
Cheers,
`n

neophyte.vii said:
I am merely interested in removing a few pixels from the bottom of the start menu / indicator bar at the top of the screen. See, I use Retro Clock w/ a sweet background and a battery bar indicator [wkTask, excellent mgr app] at the top and it would be fiine to see just the sweet minimal gui..
If there already exists a way to remove the top bar, perhaps one of you should post the name of an app ;]
Otherwise, if devs or hackers know a way to shave pixels off an app [by messing with the gui api calls, etc] I would be into hacking together an autorun python script.. Or transparent bar would be good too.. man.. too much to customize. ;]
Cheers,
`n
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lots of options exist in this area including the removing of the bar and or reducing its size and or making it transparent. Please either google or use search of this site at the top right of this page. You will get a lot of hits. Keywords "Top bar" or "Tob task bar" or "start bar" etc.
Thanks,
CG

Minimal for the win
FYI PMC TodayShrink will remove the pesky bottom bar.. but the hardware soft keys can still be assigned and pressed.

neophyte.vii said:
FYI PMC TodayShrink will remove the pesky bottom bar.. but the hardware soft keys can still be assigned and pressed.
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those can be deactivated as well. use search. These new threads clog up the forum.

I think you are looking for VJToggleTodayiialpha

bigevs said:
I think you are looking for VJToggleTodayiialpha
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Dangit!! Don't do that. If this guy doesn't use search we will be answering his questions from here to enternity or have new threads like this one started covering old info. It clogs up the forum. The idea of give them the answer and but tell them to search next time actually hurts this forum. I know it feels good to be helpful but do so by directing them with search topics.
Like right now at the time of this post just 7 topics down in this forum is a thread about top bar. And 2 pages back is another and it keeps going and going. before long the forum will be crowded again with repeat of of information that keeps development threads slowed.
Thanks

curious george said:
Dangit!! Don't do that. If this guy doesn't use search we will be answering his questions from here to enternity or have new threads like this one started covering old info. It clogs up the forum. The idea of give them the answer and but tell them to search next time actually hurts this forum. I know it feels good to be helpful but do so by directing them with search topics.
Like right now at the time of this post just 7 topics down in this forum is a thread about top bar. And 2 pages back is another and it keeps going and going. before long the forum will be crowded again with repeat of of information that keeps development threads slowed.
Thanks
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welcome to using a forum, what are you, new? people are going to have questions, you don't want to answer them and help, then don't do it, but don't come in here and complain because someone has a question, even if it has been asked/answered multiple times.

mhrc4 said:
welcome to using a forum, what are you, new? people are going to have questions, you don't want to answer them and help, then don't do it, but don't come in here and complain because someone has a question, even if it has been asked/answered multiple times.
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Dude shut up. Newb's are people like you. You've been here for a few months and going to try and tell someone who has been here for a few years how to work the site. Sit back, stick the pacifier in your mouth and keep to yourself. And by all means don't try and tell someone who has been here that long anything about site rules. What you have to say may be correct for the sites you normally go to but read the forum rules here and you will find them to be drastically different.

curious george said:
Dude shut up. Newb's are people like you. You've been here for a few months and going to try and tell someone who has been here for a few years how to work the site. Sit back, stick the pacifier in your mouth and keep to yourself. And by all means don't try and tell someone who has been here that long anything about site rules. What you have to say may be correct for the sites you normally go to but read the forum rules here and you will find them to be drastically different.
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Watch out guys, it's the big bad forum monkey

the end of the world as we know it
clog up the forums huh? define a clog....does it mean wasting your time crying on the forum or getting on with your life after you have used the forum for whatever you want...whenever you are ready let me know ill mail you some tissues for your meaningless tears...i gues you are the first person to cry about someone not searching first ....being a so called noob .... by the way what is a noob is it someone who inexperianced ...who maybe would not know what exactly to search for...maybe if you just not respond the NOOB would then search...anyways quit wasting your time cuz this is the last time im wasting mine

Maybe he searched and didn't find what he is looking for or couldnt' get the wording right
It's happened to me.

well i have the smae question, ive searched and used vjtoggle but i dont like it too much.
i want to hide the top bar from the today screen but not in other apps. like the fullscreen function in Wisbar advance desktop (which im not using anymore so i need an alternative). im already using that dcino (sp?) file in my startup folder to hide the bottom bar from today screen
any options??

curious george said:
Dangit!! Don't do that. If this guy doesn't use search we will be answering his questions from here to enternity or have new threads like this one started covering old info. It clogs up the forum. The idea of give them the answer and but tell them to search next time actually hurts this forum. I know it feels good to be helpful but do so by directing them with search topics.
Like right now at the time of this post just 7 topics down in this forum is a thread about top bar. And 2 pages back is another and it keeps going and going. before long the forum will be crowded again with repeat of of information that keeps development threads slowed.
Thanks
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although this kid is wrong for starting a new thread when he could have searched to find the answer, it doesnt mean that you have to respond like this....the forum is here to help people gain answers to their questions, the quickest way to do that is to ANSWER THE QUESTION, quit being an a$$

spencepu3 said:
although this kid is wrong for starting a new thread when he could have searched to find the answer, it doesnt mean that you have to respond like this....the forum is here to help people gain answers to their questions, the quickest way to do that is to ANSWER THE QUESTION, quit being an a$$
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The quickest way is not always the best way. Answer the question only goes to encourage the behavior. So, it is a quick solution with a condratictive affect. Sounds like a lot of the newb's are a little light in their louffers today.

curious george said:
The quickest way is not always the best way. Answer the question only goes to encourage the behavior. So, it is a quick solution with a condratictive affect. Sounds like a lot of the newb's are a little light in their louffers today.
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Dude, talk about clogging up the forum and making a thread longer than a couple of replies. If you would have kept quiet and shed tears in your pillow instead, this thread would have been over a page ago.

Hugo381 said:
Dude, talk about clogging up the forum and making a thread longer than a couple of replies. If you would have kept quiet and shed tears in your pillow instead, this thread would have been over a page ago.
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My vote goes with you curious george ...it is too bad that some people could not simplify things what they want and failed to understand the existence of Search utility

battery icon

I swear I was reading a thread which mentioned a .cab to get a incremental battery icon, instead of the current one which tells you nothing about the true battery life left.
Yet I cant seem to find the thread.
Anyone point me in the direction of such a cab file?
Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584772
next time pls use the search.

I did, however I only searched this part of the forum, as this was where I saw it mentioned.
Thanks.

MidnightDraven said:
I did, however I only searched this part of the forum, as this was where I saw it mentioned.
Thanks.
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How dare you even dream of not using the search function( not withstanding it doesnt work very well as all vbulletin search functions don't), you should have your bottom summarily smacked. lol. The forum police are on the prowl again, idiots.

"New posts" for CDMA Hero section only?

Hey-- so, I'm digging the new sub-forums in the way of keeping everything organized, but I find myself having a harder time keeping up with the latest posts now that they are scattered between 4 forums.
The "Today's Posts" link under Quick Links will give me all of the days newest posts-- but it's for the entire XDA forum. Is there a way to see "Today's Posts" or "New Posts" in just the Hero CDMA section?
I tried running an advanced search within just the Hero CDMA section for posts since my last visit, but it needs a keyword in order to run the search.
Since I usually just pop-in to XDA to check if anything new is going on, it's nice to see it all on one page. Can anyone think of a way I could create a search that would give me all the new posts from this section on one screen? Then I can just click that link to check the newest happenings here in Hero CDMA?

Yeah, I am still getting the hang of 4 different sub forums. Well 3 - I could really careless about accessories. But still I kind of liked our big mess. Kind of like when you were a kid and your mom cleaned your rom after it was a huge mess...then you couldn't find anything anymore.

Kcarpenter said:
Yeah, I am still getting the hang of 4 different sub forums. Well 3 - I could really careless about accessories. But still I kind of liked our big mess. Kind of like when you were a kid and your mom cleaned your rom after it was a huge mess...then you couldn't find anything anymore.
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Haha! That's exactly what it's like!
I'm actually getting the hang of finding things when I'm looking for something specific. It's when I'm not looking for something specific and I just want to check in that it becomes an issue. On most forums I visit, I have the "Newest Posts" link bookmarked so I can click it, glance at the new stuff that's going on and see if I'm interested in any of that. But, since this forum is so huge, and since this is the only sub-forum I care about, using the "Today's Posts" link doesn't really work.
I'm just trying to see if anyone knows of a way I could accomplish it....

I figured out a way to do it. I just edited the 'New Posts' link up top to restrict it to just our forums:
This link will do what you're looking for!

Jedis said:
I figured out a way to do it. I just edited the 'New Posts' link up top to restrict it to just our forums:
This link will do what you're looking for!
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Nice work! Bookmarked.

Jedis said:
I figured out a way to do it. I just edited the 'New Posts' link up top to restrict it to just our forums:
This link will do what you're looking for!
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Yes! Thank you!
I knew one of you geniuses could figure it out.

Site works great
Thought I'd point out that in search field it says hero cdma forum and child forum on top left corner. Thought it was funny and creepy at same time that it says child forum
Lol

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is the link only broken for me now??? i had it saved in my favorites, but now it shows no results.

cbarlan said:
Site works great
Thought I'd point out that in search field it says hero cdma forum and child forum on top left corner. Thought it was funny and creepy at same time that it says child forum
Lol
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lol.... nice

Everybody knows this already. Don't read. It wont help anyone.

There were always a few occasions when I was playing with my vibrant and noticed my brightness would increase randomly. I just figured out after some investigation, that if you slide your finger ALONG the status bar, so left to right either way, it will adjust the screen brightness. Just a tip in case anyone wasn't aware. It's really not an obvious feature to discover so I figured it might help people.

Ha, what a strange feature.

Nice find!
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OP you SHOULD read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
For your own good

ejamin73 said:
OP you SHOULD read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
For your own good
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Shutup .

joe.kerwin said:
Shutup .
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i hope that you forgot the /sarcasm..........

wow, nice response. all he was telling you that there is a link to all kinds of good and useful tips like that...
hmm, cant figure out why developers leave xda

Wasn't asking for more tips. Wasn't asking if there was a two line blurb saying this already. Posted to help out people that didn't pick up on this. I've seen a lot of complaints of brightness not being in the notification bar toggle. Compared to all the other things that are repeated over and over I don't see it necessary to tell me what's for "my own good". If you already knew, hit back and move on. If my thread was entitled "I want to learn new tricks and tips" it'd be appropriate. Besides from this one "tip" everything else in the sticky is stuff I was already aware of.
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joe.kerwin said:
Wasn't asking for more tips. Wasn't asking if there was a two line blurb saying this already. Posted to help out people that didn't pick up on this. I've seen a lot of complaints of brightness not being in the notification bar toggle. Compared to all the other things that are repeated over and over I don't see it necessary to tell me what's for "my own good". If you already knew, hit back and move on. If my thread was entitled "I want to learn new tricks and tips" it'd be appropriate. Besides from this one "tip" everything else in the sticky is stuff I was already aware of.
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No reason to get sensitive. . all you had to do is ssay thanks. .again he was trying to help you.

Dude, just don't title this "does everybody know...". Anyone who knows how to use this forum knows your useless trivia. You successfully informed 2 noobs about a known feature that's been threaded a dozen times already. Congrats.

joe.kerwin said:
Besides from this one "tip" everything else in the sticky is stuff I was already aware of.
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LOL... Perhaps you could write the next guide for us? Should I put a "word" in quotes so it has more meaning?

XfooYen said:
Dude, just don't title this "does everybody know...". Anyone who knows how to use this forum knows your useless trivia. You successfully informed 2 noobs about a known feature that's been threaded a dozen times already. Congrats.
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Harsh!
But, yeah, this is fairly well-known. I still use auto-brightness instead, though, cuz I'm lazy like that.

joe.kerwin said:
Wasn't asking for more tips. Wasn't asking if there was a two line blurb saying this already. Posted to help out people that didn't pick up on this. I've seen a lot of complaints of brightness not being in the notification bar toggle. Compared to all the other things that are repeated over and over I don't see it necessary to tell me what's for "my own good". If you already knew, hit back and move on. If my thread was entitled "I want to learn new tricks and tips" it'd be appropriate. Besides from this one "tip" everything else in the sticky is stuff I was already aware of.
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good hell is it that time of the month again?
IF you/other people would read the stickies, or use the search function you/other people would have found what you were looking for. not to mention he responded with a link to the sticky that has loads of other very useful information that you may be trying to figure out, and that when you do figure out you will post a new thread for something that has already been covered in another thread that isn't that hard to find because it is stickied....

XfooYen said:
Dude, just don't title this "does everybody know...". Anyone who knows how to use this forum knows your useless trivia. You successfully informed 2 noobs about a known feature that's been threaded a dozen times already. Congrats.
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So it wastes time because my title is bad, yet you took more time from your life to post that? 2 people is still 2 people. I get more pleasure from people like you that think you're defending....I'm sorry what exactly are you defending right now? Anyone who knows how to use the forum can figure this out, yes. However anyone who has a life and doesn't read every word of every thread can find this easier. It's a feature that will be used daily. This thread will eventually go to the bottom just like all the other old thread. RELAX.

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good hell is it that time of the month again?
IF you/other people would read the stickies, or use the search function you/other people would have found what you were looking for. not to mention he responded with a link to the sticky that has loads of other very useful information that you may be trying to figure out, and that when you do figure out you will post a new thread for something that has already been covered in another thread that isn't that hard to find because it is stickied....
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Look I found this feature on my own, accidentally, and shared it. I wasn't going to search the entire forum to see if it had been mentioned before I shared. Idiot.
Don't worry. I edited the title since everyone knows everything. Go rag on the consistent threads of people asking where to find froyo roms, lag problems, and people starting threads wondering whats wrong with their gps.

joe.kerwin said:
Look I found this feature on my own, accidentally, and shared it. I wasn't going to search the entire forum to see if it had been mentioned before I shared. Idiot.
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holy hell how old are you 12? you bring out new levels of douchbagery....sad and childish really....

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holy hell how old are you 12? you bring out new levels of douchbagery....sad and childish really....
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You're right. And the word "douchbagery" is definitely one of those common terms found in the word choice of an adult.

Why can't we play nice?

your new title brings even more attention to this thread, I clicked because I was curious wtf was going on in here...
so now are you not only wasting everyones times with a feature that everyone knows, but now you're also wasting my time by giving your thread a confusing title.
I hope you burn in hell.
j.k

sigeltek said:
your new title brings even more attention to this thread, I clicked because I was curious wtf was going on in here...
so now are you not only wasting everyones times with a feature that everyone knows, but now you're also wasting my time by giving your thread a confusing title.
I hope you burn in hell.
j.k
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Haha. Hey it says don't read now! Damn I can't do anything right hahaha.

Anyway to stop the verizon media page when mounting phone to PC?

This is really down right annoying. Every single time I plug my phone in to the usb port, a Verizon Media page loads. Is there anyway to stop this?

I'm guessing the search button was broken?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775003

Right click on the moto icon and change the option there.. its in the bottom right task bar
I even called verizon and ask them WTF and they are like "i never heared of this before" and the even transfered me to level 2 and they still didnt know

Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
I'm guessing the search button was broken?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775003
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Damn man I think you have a smart ass reply for every single post ever made you should be proud.........douche
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skraapz27 said:
Damn man I think you have a smart ass reply for every single post ever made you should be proud.........douche
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Well, if you had used the search button and found all of my posts, you would know that not all of them were smart-ass responses.
This one of course, is. Dumb-ass.

I should rephrase that all of the post I've read, which is probally 70% lol
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Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
Well, if you had used the search button and found all of my posts, you would know that not all of them were smart-ass responses.
This one of course, is. Dumb-ass.
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hey dude seriously though, one night i spent hours trying to search for something before i made a post. and it doesn't help that one must wait thirty seconds before searching again, and low and behold someone already posted a thread about it. the only thread in the whole forum i'm guessing, but yet i wasn't able to find it only because my words were not exactly that of the original thread. My point being is that this is a cool website where people go to help each other out. and the only thing i find more annoying than multiple threads resembling the same subjects, is the one person trolling around slapping links to other threads while being unnecessarily rude about it. if this is really all the better you can do to be polite in this forum then maybe you should switch to apple and continue to hold yourself above others and have it be accepted by the elitist peers you would gain. other than that do the world a favor and play nice. please.

o0gamerbear0o said:
hey dude seriously though, one night i spent hours trying to search for something before i made a post. and it doesn't help that one must wait thirty seconds before searching again, and low and behold someone already posted a thread about it. the only thread in the whole forum i'm guessing, but yet i wasn't able to find it only because my words were not exactly that of the original thread. My point being is that this is a cool website where people go to help each other out. and the only thing i find more annoying than multiple threads resembling the same subjects, is the one person trolling around slapping links to other threads while being unnecessarily rude about it. if this is really all the better you can do to be polite in this forum then maybe you should switch to apple and continue to hold yourself above others and have it be accepted by the elitist peers you would gain. other than that do the world a favor and play nice. please.
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I found his initial post with the link to be more of a friendly poke, rather than trolling or being rude. That smiley at the end made all the difference