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[Q] Newbie CM7 questions

I installed CM 7.02 to eMMC yesterday.
Is there a sort of CM7 GUI user guide? I don't know if it behaves like it should or not.
For example, in the status bar I see notification icons for some programs. But when I click on them only narrow gray panel with few stripes pops up. Is it normal?
I can see full-screen notification panel only if I tap "circle with green arrow" icon.
I used rooted NC stock 1.1 before and I used Titanium backup.
After installing CM7 I downloaded Titanium backup from Market and restored most of the apps (>100). I restored "apps with data" but not system data. Is it the right way to migrate from stock?
Some apps work but for example, Amazon Appstore can't accept my login/password. Should I uninstall it and reinstall from web? Will it recognize device and allow to use apps that were free for one day but now paid?
Google Market only offers me to re-install paid apps, not free ones.
Added: And I also restored autostarts. It disables certain apps from starting after certain events. I used it with stock. Its settings seem to be restored to. Can this damage CM7?
What's the best way to migrate apps from stock to CM7?
How can I read/write data on my Nook from Windows through USB?
I understand that CM7 uses Linux partition and I need some tools (?) but why can't I see my SD card in NC as I used to do with stock ROM? I don't have ADB or SDK on PC, didn't need it for stock.
My SD card is formatted FAT32. I don't think CM7 altered it because from Nook I can see all files.
But in Windows I only see two drive letters when I connect NC with USB, no data can be read, it says "device not ready".

micksh said:
For example, in the status bar I see notification icons for some programs. But when I click on them only narrow gray panel with few stripes pops up. Is it normal?
I can see full-screen notification panel only if I tap "circle with green arrow" icon.
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This is normal, try dragging the little panel with the stripes that pops up to the top of your screen.
micksh said:
What's the best way to migrate apps from stock to CM7?
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Eh, the market works for me. It's usually pretty quick to just grab whatever isn't installed off the market when i need it.
micksh said:
My SD card is formatted FAT32. I don't think CM7 altered it because from Nook I can see all files.
But in Windows I only see two drive letters when I connect NC with USB, no data can be read, it says "device not ready".
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You may need to manually tell cm7 to share with windows, there will be an option for that in the notification bar when you plug it it.
You could also try a different USB port. Sometimes when i'm in windows it will stop working when plugged into the front of my computer, sometimes when plugged into the back. Switching to another port always clears things up.

It also sounds like you may want to turn off "Compatibility Mode" under the Spare Parts app...

Thanks a lot, everything works now.
It looks like Zeam launcher scrolls screens a bit slower in CM7 than in stock ROM. Not that smooth and I overclocked to 925MHz "on demand".
I tried ADW with minimum icons and it looks a bit smoother. But Zeam has >100 icons on 5 screens. Don't know how ADW will behave with that many. And I like many icons on bottom dock that Zeam allows.
What is the recommended fast launcher for CM7 with configurable dock?

Phiremod 6.3 - Unhide status bar?

I've been enjoying Phiremod, but managed to hide the status bar in one app (iSilo) and can't bring it back with the chosen "unhide" button. It remains stubbornly missing.
Any ideas how to get it back?

The same happens with me with some apps.Though in other works, in some other doesnt.
Only way then is to reboot..

RASTAVIPER said:
The same happens with me with some apps.Though in other works, in some other doesnt.
Only way then is to reboot..
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Bummer, it would be nice to see an option to restart it as I have FC issues with it periodically.

Thanks!
A reboot didn't do any good, so I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and that worked.
I won't hide the status bar again, though. *g*

[Q] Status Bar Force Close

Hi Guys,
I recently installed Pure messenger widget off the marketplace. It runs fine most of the time but sometimes when I click on one of the updates, it causes the status bar to force close.
Most of the time the status bar will restart itself but sometimes this does not occur. Is there a way to restart the status bar without having to reboot?

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Most of the time the status bar will restart itself but sometimes this does not occur. Is there a way to restart the status bar without having to reboot?
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I see this sometimes (but not since I updated to N94). There's an app called "Notification Restart" which doesn't really work like you'd want it to, but it beats rebooting.

If it happens like I've seen it happen then its usually because I haven't rebooted in a couple days. So before I set it down for awhile ill just select reboot and walk away. Then when I come back its ready to go.

Has anyone found a fix for this? I get a Status Bar FC on startup, and it never fixes itself.
I am using the stock ADW launcher, but I have altered the screen density. Could that be it?

It doesn't look like they gonna fix it at all.
This is a very irritated.

Darn. I installed CM7.1 and it FC'd a few times... Then after I altered the density it has not made it past the FC at all in the last 10+ restarts. I might try to reflash CM7.1 just to make sure something didn't go wrong. What a pain.
Also, I tried the tricks that were mentioned about manually restarting the service, using the Notification Restart app, toggling the status bar hide/show option, nothing seems to bring it back up.

nyarsulik said:
Has anyone found a fix for this? I get a Status Bar FC on startup, and it never fixes itself.
I am using the stock ADW launcher, but I have altered the screen density. Could that be it?
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What worked for me was getting a pure Sandisk class 4 sd card. I had a class 4 by lexmark before, but would get random fc's on systemui which would make my bar go away.
Now I'm on a 16 gb Sandisk Class 4 and haven't had any fc's since.
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Hey guys, I used to have the same issue (happened sometimes with some apps, and always after an LCD density change). What fixed it for me was running "Fix Permissions" in ROM Manager. Run it and restart, and hopefully it'll fix it (it did in my case).
Hope that helps.

[Android][CM7.1][Mod]CustomLabel

NOTE: Do Not Apply this mod for Alpha 3, it screws up the status bar. You have been warned. I will see if i can recompile it for Alpha 3, makes it tougher without sources.
Initially i did this mod for my I9000 which was running CM7.1 and i was only seeing carrier numbers instead of names. I have ported this to CM7.1 for HP touchpad. Flash this file in cwm recovery.
When booted up you should see an additional setting in cyanogenmod settings called CustomSettings, tap that to open custom carrier text, tap that and enter whatever you want to show on the lockscreen and notification bar. Press done.
Install the attached notificationrestart.apk and open it, give it root access, press restart and wait for the notification bar to restart. This is to avoid restart of the tablet before you see the new settings apply. Voila, you should see what you put in the custom name. Have fun and hit the thanks button if you like it. Cheers.
If for some reason your status bar looks wonky after a while use this to get back to original stuff. I changed the dpi to 182 using nitrality app and the wonkiness seems to be gone. I am using iKandee theme from market.
Original Mod for I9000 credits
doixanh ( for his ginger DX settings)
ngiordano ( for his helping hand with androiding)
Screenshots of what settings should look like.

I'll give this a shot. Is there an option (perhaps in the future) to place a .png file where the carrier text is? Similar to MIUI? Just curious.
Ok. dl'ing now. I'll report back.
EDIT: It works! My only issues
A) The notificationrestart.apk installed, but didn't seem to do anything. I didn't notice the change until after I rebooted the device.
B) I'm now seeing the 3G bar in the corner (see the image). Is there a way to keep the custom text, but not show the signal bars?

jpmi23 said:
I'll give this a shot. Is there an option (perhaps in the future) to place a .png file where the carrier text is? Similar to MIUI? Just curious.
Ok. dl'ing now. I'll report back.
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May be. I will look into it at a later time, no promises. If the status bar gets wonky, set dpi to 182 and see if it happens. For me its perfect at 182 (which is what my phone is it)
Sent from my HP Touchpad using Tapatalk

jpmi23 said:
I'll give this a shot. Is there an option (perhaps in the future) to place a .png file where the carrier text is? Similar to MIUI? Just curious.
Ok. dl'ing now. I'll report back.
EDIT: It works! My only issues
A) The notificationrestart.apk installed, but didn't seem to do anything. I didn't notice the change until after I rebooted the device.
B) I'm now seeing the 3G bar in the corner (see the image). Is there a way to keep the custom text, but not show the signal bars?
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For now no. once cm team publishes source I will recompile with that.that well solve these issues. Did you run the notification restart app? I had to wipe data of that apk using titanium backup and it worked fine after that. 182 dpi works fine. Anything less than that status bar gets wonky.
Sent from my HP Touchpad

krarvind said:
For now no. once cm team publishes source I will recompile with that.that well solve these issues. Did you run the notification restart app? I had to wipe data of that apk using titanium backup and it worked fine after that. 182 dpi works fine. Anything less than that status bar gets wonky.
Sent from my HP Touchpad
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I attempted, but it did not run. Did not ask for root privileges either. I simply rebooted and it showed the text change.

jpmi23 said:
I attempted, but it did not run. Did not ask for root privileges either. I simply rebooted and it showed the text change.
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Ya, once you wipe data using titanium back up it will ask for root privileges. Not sure why. 182 and higher dpi works fine.
Sent from my HP Touchpad

jpmi23 said:
I'll give this a shot. Is there an option (perhaps in the future) to place a .png file where the carrier text is? Similar to MIUI? Just curious.
Ok. dl'ing now. I'll report back.
EDIT: It works! My only issues
A) The notificationrestart.apk installed, but didn't seem to do anything. I didn't notice the change until after I rebooted the device.
B) I'm now seeing the 3G bar in the corner (see the image). Is there a way to keep the custom text, but not show the signal bars?
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is that screen shot from your touchpad? if so what theme is that is looks nice!

Your theme looks great, I also would like to know what it is ?

ks2hot4u said:
Your theme looks great, I also would like to know what it is ?
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screen shots are from my phone which runs Insanity Rom and its theme.

The screenshot that I posted is in fact my TP. I'm using the Transformer theme from HERE. It ties in with CM's ThemeChanger. It'll notify you that it's not meant for your device, just do it. As you can see it works fine.

jpmi23 said:
The screenshot that I posted is in fact my TP. I'm using the Transformer theme from HERE. It ties in with CM's ThemeChanger. It'll notify you that it's not meant for your device, just do it. As you can see it works fine.
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thank u sir!

@krarvind
thanks for this! no issues on my TP so far.
as a little test i flashed this to my T-MoUS HD2 Leo since i could never find a way to set a custom carrier label.
it works great on there as well - with one side effect on the lockscreen. any chance this can be fixed? i just did it on a whim since it's cm7 i figured it couldn't do to much damage. no problems on the status bar, just the lock screen.
i know it wasn't built for this device so don't answer if you don't want to
the top near my label shows a graphic from i don't know where.

pxldtz said:
@krarvind
thanks for this! no issues on my TP so far.
as a little test i flashed this to my T-MoUS HD2 Leo since i could never find a way to set a custom carrier label.
it works great on there as well - with one side effect on the lockscreen. any chance this can be fixed? i just did it on a whim since it's cm7 i figured it couldn't do to much damage. no problems on the status bar, just the lock screen.
i know it wasn't built for this device so don't answer if you don't want to
the top near my label shows a graphic from i don't know where.
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I have no idea where that comes from and i don't have your device, so i can't really fix it i think. if you want to roll back, all you need to do is open up my zip files and replace the app and framework files with the ones from the rom for your phone ( not from your phone as it has mine now).
Cheers

For some reason whenever i try to boot a custom carrier label my Touchpad never boots up... it just hangs on the cyanogen mod boot animation and requires a hard reset... followed the instructions perfectly. anyone have the same issue?
after some messing around i got it to boot up for me. then the notification bar went "wonky" used the nitrality app to adjust the dpi. works fine. what is the default dpi again?....

KingKwentyne said:
For some reason whenever i try to boot a custom carrier label my Touchpad never boots up... it just hangs on the cyanogen mod boot animation and requires a hard reset... followed the instructions perfectly. anyone have the same issue?
after some messing around i got it to boot up for me. then the notification bar went "wonky" used the nitrality app to adjust the dpi. works fine. what is the default dpi again?....
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No idea why you have these issues. dpi is 182. Anything above that works fine. Remember I don't have the sources to compile it for touchpad, so I did my best to get it
working
Sent from my HP Touchpad using xda premium

Screwed up my notification bar, the resolution is way off and battery percentage is gone. Cyanogenmod won't let me add it either?? The OriginalLabel.zip doesn't have battery percentage either for some reason. Guess I'll do a restore in Recovery. Thanks for trying though.

Quick Settings in the Notification Pulldown

I searched thoroughly and couldn't find a thread or a fix. Where do we edit the quick settings in the notification pulldown? Mine is blank, and I don't readily see it in Settings, nor is there an edit function in the pulldown. Suggestions?

You don't have the editing pencil icon on there?

angr1112 said:
You don't have the editing pencil icon on there?
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Nah, it's straight blank...

Someone else here solved that by rebooting the phone. Afterward the pencil icon appeared and they were able to set it up. Can't remember which thread at this point.

I've rebooted twice. No success...

Pull down the notifications and then pull down again on the (blank for you currently) quicksettings section and you'll see pencil that lets you edit

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Pull down the notifications and then pull down again on the (blank for you currently) quicksettings section and you'll see pencil that lets you edit
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Oddly enough, I was able to get the quick settings to show up on the lockscreen. I edited it from there, and voila. It's a wierd glitch...

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Oddly enough, I was able to get the quick settings to show up on the lockscreen. I edited it from there, and voila. It's a wierd glitch...
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Thanks for this. JUST picked up mine and was going crazy since I wasn't seeing the toggles. Very odd that it comes up blank like that out of the box.

Hey I found out the issue here. I had the same thing happen with the T-mobile variant. I did a factory reset and restored my google account and it was still missing. I did a second factory reset and didn't restore and sure enough it showed up. I then did the oneplus restore and nothing changed. I then got the phone unlocked and still no issue. After a restart everything was fine and then I did a google restore. I chose only to restore call logs and messages. The second it was done the quick settings disappeared again. This is clearly an issue with google and this device. Not sure if it's a T-Mobile issue specifically

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Oddly enough, I was able to get the quick settings to show up on the lockscreen. I edited it from there, and voila. It's a wierd glitch...
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Ah, thank you, that fixed it for me. Mine was looking just like yours. And when I locked the screen and then pulled down the notifications drawer, a pencil did appear which let me fix it all up.
I think I might know what broke it for me. When I upgraded my OnePlus 5 from OxygenOS 5.1.7 to 9.0.3, I still had jOnePlus Tools [adb/root] by JRoot3D.dev installed, and it was changing how many quick settings tiles are shown after one swipe down (in the single row). I think it was essentially doing this:
Code:
adb shell settings put secure sysui_qqs_count 8
When I used the app to change that number, all my quick settings tiles disappeared. The app has not been updated in a while, so I'm going to keep it off my phone until it's updated for Android Pie

Just as a quick update on this. This is still a problem on the T-Mobile device on 9.0.13 fully stock.
I guess this must then mean that the quick setting cannot be hidden on the lockscreen...

dismembered3po said:
Just as a quick update on this. This is still a problem on the T-Mobile device on 9.0.13 fully stock.
I guess this must then mean that the quick setting cannot be hidden on the lockscreen...
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Actually, I think I found a better solution here.
The trick seems to be that on the unlocked version of the shade, the pencil and user switcher icons only show up when you expand the QS panel. However, if you don't have enough icons in the panel to force the need for the additional row (there is a little hint that shows up when you drag an icon that indicates that you need at least 6 icons), then you can't swipe it down, and there no icons or any warning of any sort are shown.
The shade on the lockscreen doesn't appear to enforce that icon minimum, so the pencil and user switcher show up fine (perhaps this is due to the fact that on the lockscreen, the notifications themselves don't live in the shade as they do when the device is unlocked).
It also seems like older OOS versions didn't enforce that icon minimum, so if you only had, say 4 icons (not sure who would do that), then did an upgrade, you would have this strange behavior.