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control panel in notification drawer.

hey guys, ive had my nexus for a while, but i switched over from an iphone and on the iphone there was a plug in called sb settings which allowed you to swipe your finger across the status bar and a small control panel would drop down giving you options to dim your screen, turn wifi and other toggles on and off, and gave you your system info all without having to leave the current app you were on. i was wondering if there is such a thing for android, where you have a control panel in the notification drawer.?
looked like this on iphone
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carbonfiber1 said:
hey guys, ive had my nexus for a while, but i switched over from an iphone and on the iphone there was a plug in called sb settings which allowed you to swipe your finger across the status bar and a small control panel would drop down giving you options to dim your screen, turn wifi and other toggles on and off, and gave you your system info all without having to leave the current app you were on. i was wondering if there is such a thing for android, where you have a control panel in the notification drawer.?
looked like this on iphone
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A free app called 'Bar Control' will let you put shortcuts in the notification bar.
I use this with 'Switches', a paid toggling app, and a free app 'Wifi Status' (that warns you if you have wifi on but no connection to a network).
HTH

Quick Settings free on the market will also do this. Nice little program I use it every day.

mjwatmough said:
Quick Settings free on the market will also do this. Nice little program I use it every day.
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+1, works great (although it could do with a UI uplift).

mjwatmough said:
Quick Settings free on the market will also do this. Nice little program I use it every day.
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exactly what i was looking for. works great. thankss. itd be cool if the led flash was supported for nexus. but it gets the job done.

It would be good, I'm stock so not sure if LED torch works with root.

the led torch app for the N1 defenitely requires root

Extended Controls Widget

UPDATED: December 29, 2010.
I have changed, because I found a better alternative:
WIDGETSOID2.x
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.jim2/
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It is much better with more customizations and more widget sizes & variations.
And it is FREE !
The dev is awesome, updated quite often as well.
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Hi,
Is anyone using "Extended Controls Widget"?
Did you find any issue with HTC Desire?
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Thanks, problem in HTC Desire are fixed
Last Release: 3.1

Nice for the Desire supports ... but I have couple of suggestions:
1. Configurable "Brightness" control for 3 steps only and user can specify how much brightness for each step (I want to use 10% brightness for the lowest setting, 20% is too much for me).
2. Controls that when pressed will execute choosen applications. This should work like a shortcut for application. It would be awesome to have this! For example: I have an app to activate certain "profile" and I want to launch it from the Extended Control widget.
This widget has a lot more potential. Think about my suggestions above

why do these contorl widgets never come with mobile data widget?

This one has.
supasye said:
why do these contorl widgets never come with mobile data widget?
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Thanks Gogol for your suggests!! We immediately working on
@ supasye: there is the control called APN that switches the data network.

Where to download, can't find it in market?!?

great widget, I only miss more configuration for brightness (too many steps for easy use) and auto brightness support

Dammit Gogol, you find some really nice widgets

cool.. have a go at SwitchPro Widget as well...

How about:
Dazzle Configurable Switcher
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.hermit.dazzle

Just got Switch Pro. Handy widget.
Tried to get Extended Controls but got stuck on payment authorization and failed.
The functions and UI look almost identical fwiw.
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Does Extended Controls Widget support On / Off of cellular/mobile data ?
Or does it just take you to the setting page for this ?
Dazzle Configurable Switcher only take you to the setting page

^I've only found the stock widget able to do that.
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I tried both and ended up going with Extended Controls Widget.
The only things I'd like to see in a future release are:
Turn off the widget's background. SwitchPro has this and it works well with dark wallpapers
Flashlight switch to turn on LED
Also if you remove a widget and try to add it, it sometimes gets confused and tells you you need to add a widget you're not currently using. Have to reinstall to get around that.
Aside from that it's great!

yes, would love to see...
* a transparency slider option
* some way to change the settings of the widget already onscreen? (a shortcut in the applications folder or something?)
* a way to arange the order of the widgets
other than that great, i bought it

Main reason that i'll take Switchpro over anyhting else is that is has a 7 button widget iso just 5.

really love this widget!
this that I would suggest for future versions:
transparent widget
ability to toggle wireless tether on froyo
Add the ability to switch to auto with backlighting
So far great app. def. worth the 79c!
Patrick

ruleamsterdam said:
Main reason that i'll take Switchpro over anyhting else is that is has a 7 button widget iso just 5.
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Extended Controls will shove as many buttons into the widget you're building as you want to put in there. You could throw 11 buttons in there if you wanted to (and I have, for fun).

Really? Nice In the same space as 4 regular icons, right? Then they really only need to add skins indeed! ( esp. transparent )
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Is there an app to put power control widget in notification pulldown?

That would be sweet. Pretty much the only feature of my long gone jailbroken I*phone (sbsettings) that I miss was activating that screen with a swipe without exiting the focused application. It must be possible in android. Any info?

Quicksettings?
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There is an app in the market called "Quick Settings" which can be placed in the Ongoing notification dropdown that is customizable to include everything on the power control widget and more.

I am a fan of "power strip", a great paid app.

Quick Settings is really nice. Thanks y'all.
FYI, I've also used NOTIFi by Sisedi Media. It's skinnable and has a polished look that's a little different from the normal android UI.

Try QuickDesk Beta. It's a single extra homescreen that you access by double tapping the home button. Can put any widgets or shortcuts that you can put on your home screen. That way, all you have to do is double tap your home button, use the power strip, then hit back to get out of QuickDesk Beta and you'll be back in your original app.

The MIUI ROM has this as a fixed element at the bottom of the drop down.
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Just a matter of time before this gets into other ROMs , hopefully

britoso said:
The MIUI ROM has this as a fixed element at the bottom of the drop down.
Just a matter of time before this gets into other ROMs , hopefully
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The amount of times i've wished I didn't have to return to Home Screen to toggle GPS / WIFI etc - this is the absolute perfect solution. If it had customisable entries where we could launch a task switcher - WIN WIN!
+1 hopefully.
Perhaps this thread should be moved to Andoid General for greater visibility?
Steve.

theres an app thats called "in app toggle wifi" or something where you just have to hold the search softkey for a couple of seconds. even better in that it is hidden.

A good alternative is quickdesk by ruqqq, I've set it to bring up its "screen" on home double tap.

quickdesk is awesome. Not only can use power control but any app that you want without leaving any application. love it

Just noticed that the galaxy tab has this too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAbsmHMAhrQ#t=03m53s

Quickdesk or My Settings is best alternative for time being
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MIUI ROM has it.
Cyanogen ROM will soon have this. You can look at Cyanogen's twitter account, he recently had a pic showing it off. I can't wait.

leyvatron said:
MIUI ROM has it.
Cyanogen ROM will soon have this. You can look at Cyanogen's twitter account, he recently had a pic showing it off. I can't wait.
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Link please?

Kmobs twitter
look at the white area...

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http://twitpic.com/2smtv1
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heh I found it too:
http://twitter.com/kmobs/status/25732912666
I'm also drooling for CM 6.1 for:
-hibernate
-2.2.1 fixes
-a2sdext built it (hope they still plan it for 6.1...)

britoso said:
heh I found it too:
http://twitter.com/kmobs/status/25732912666
I'm also drooling for CM 6.1 for:
-hibernate
-2.2.1 fixes
-a2sdext built it (hope they still plan it for 6.1...)
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Wow, that looks awesome and really useful. Ah QuickSettings, you were a good friend...
I love the Cyanogen logo at the bottom of the notifications panel hahaha

MUIU ROM also has hibernation.
Im glad they are implementing this in CM.

widgetsoid
Widgetsoid is in the market and lets u do this go through all the settings there alot of good stuff

Best system info widget?

On my One X I use a widget that is aptly named System Info Widget that displays batt percentage and temp, free ram, free storage and others. Of course it's not compatible with the N7. Can anybody recommend a good alternative?

bump please :good:

Bumpity bump
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Guys I found a widget called Battery & Memory Status Pro that works for now. It's just a 1x1 text widget but it does give you a bunch of system information. It's not nearly as nice as System Info Widget but it will have to do until I find something better.

that;ll do for now, i would prefer a 1x4 or something but this is cool. Not a huge fan of the needle look either
when it says 32GB and the needle is half way....?
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EDIT!
just found this one
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hcHBmYWN0b3J5Lm1lbW9yeSJd
i like the style a bit better, not sure if its a family of info widgets though.
another edit....
just found this battery status widget by same guy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmFwcGZhY3RvcnkuYmF0dGVyeSJd

COTorrey said:
that;ll do for now, i would prefer a 1x4 or something but this is cool. Not a huge fan of the needle look either
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One of the widgets that it comes with is all text based, that's the one I use.

I usually try to stay away from most widgets, especially system info ones, as they ware down the battery.
I do like "Quick System Info Pro", it allows you to enable statues in the notification bar. I also have "Android System Info" installed, and I just tried the widget, it's not bad.

_MetalHead_ said:
On my One X I use a widget that is aptly named System Info Widget that displays batt percentage and temp, free ram, free storage and others. Of course it's not compatible with the N7. Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
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I'm working on an update for SIW. New features and compatibility fixes.

Has anyone tried elixr2 on this tablet? Has all u need from what I have seen.
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dante32278 said:
Has anyone tried elixr2 on this tablet? Has all u need from what I have seen.
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elixir 2 widgets ftw. This is my "system" page. Everything I need or want including app shortcuts and uber customizable. I also use a 1x2 screen brightness elixir widget on my homescreen set to auto and custom settings 13 26 45 65 for the environments I use my device in and a volume one on my WidgetLocker lock screen. Never uses over 1% of battery.

Bump for visibility

I m facing the same issue, this was by far my best widget and was on all my devices but now i can not use it anymore

Battery monitor / clock on srtart screen

Anyone know if there is anything like this out?
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If by "srtart" screen you mean thee"Home" screen or start screen there are a few widget apps available that allow you to show clocks and battery status on the "Home" screen. use "Minimalistic text". Others worth naming are UCCW and er…

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If by "srtart" screen you mean thee"Home" screen or start screen there are a few widget apps available that allow you to show clocks and battery status on the "Home" screen. use "Minimalistic text". Others worth naming are UCCW and er…
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This isn't an android section.

There are windows phone apps with those on live tiles so I guess it's just a matter of time until someone makes one here.
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no no im talking about on the win 8 on a tablet or laptop.
i have the yoga 13.
Dmwitz said:
If by "srtart" screen you mean thee"Home" screen or start screen there are a few widget apps available that allow you to show clocks and battery status on the "Home" screen. use "Minimalistic text". Others worth naming are UCCW and er…
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Do you mean gadgets on desktop? They are not supported by the win8.

i use tile time for time,you can find it on store ,for battery i don't know

marcovittori said:
i use tile time for time,you can find it on store ,for battery i don't know
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i use tile time..
kinda a big design flaw on their part i think.

papabubadio said:
Do you mean gadgets on desktop? They are not supported by the win8.
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i mean a tile that gives you the battery %.

Windows 8 originally had the battery level and the time by the user name on the Start Screen, it may be a registry hack to add it back.

hmmm, i think u must used xwidget sir , like me
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andisetyawan11 said:
hmmm, i think u must used xwidget sir , like me
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Btw, what skin/theme u r using? It's cool..
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Cyb0rgz said:
Btw, what skin/theme u r using? It's cool..
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i just download xwidget sir, all skin in there, there are much skin from clock, calender, weather, i forget what i used, hehehe just use my imagination for decorate desktop..