Is there a way to get a vertical navbar in landscape mode? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

One thing that's kind of bugging me is the amount of vertical resolution lost while browsing in both Chrome and Dolphin due to four things:
1. The notification area.
2. The tabs display row.
3. The URL bar.
4. The navbar.
This ends up being a couple hundred pixels out of 800. One way to mitigate this would be to have the navbar appear on the right hand side of the screen like it is on the Galaxy Nexus. I personally find this convenient for actually tapping the soft keys themselves as that is how I am used to doing it on the Nexus 7 and my thumbs don't need to make the stretch to the center of the screen.
Yay or nay to show your interest in a vertical navbar on the left.
Thanks!

Install a custom ROM. Some have vert nav bar in landscape.
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mrjinglesusa said:
Install a custom ROM. Some have vert nav bar in landscape.
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Any suggestions? Neither CM10 nor AOKP appear to offer this as an option.

knightnz said:
Any suggestions? Neither CM10 nor AOKP appear to offer this as an option.
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Try paranoid android and force full phone UI that will work
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markj338 said:
Try paranoid android and force full phone UI that will work
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I saw a picture of notifications icons together home buttons. Can be made with Paranoid?
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Tablet UI Questions

1. How do I put the N7 into Tablet UI? After its been rooted.
2. Is there any problems with the Tablet UI?
3. Do you think that it is better than the Hybrid UI?
4. Does the market not work after do you change it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28236854
Some have problems with booting after changing, search for posts on dpi
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kboya said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28236854
Some have problems with booting after changing, search for posts on dpi
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i just did it on the krakd rom, it would not boot properly, i also lost my root. and cwm would not boot.
managed to get flash cwm again and restor.
i think i will just wait until there is more development on the nex7, im not a noob, but i like noob proof tools, i wanted to cry lol
bcvictory said:
1. How do I put the N7 into Tablet UI? After its been rooted.
2. Is there any problems with the Tablet UI?
3. Do you think that it is better than the Hybrid UI?
4. Does the market not work after do you change it?
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1) Use ES file explorer as root and edit build.prop LCD density to 160.
2) Not that I know of.
3) 100%
4) Works perfectly.
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I prefer portrait for most things, but like to use landscape on the homescreen when exiting a landscape app, so I will most likely use a launcher that supports rotation.
I just tried the Nova beta that supports JB, but on my Tab 2 7.0.
I'm starting to see why people are wanting the tablet UI back. I can only imagine it will be worse on N7 with the nav bar on the right side / notification bar at the top when in landscape.
What I would really like to see is a mod that will:
1) Resize the nav bar to 35dpi (47px) while keeping the notification bar 33px. This will give a usable screen of 800x1200 in portrait.
2) Move the nav bar and dock to the bottom of the screen in landscape (rather than keeping them on the right side of the screen). This would yield a usable screen size of 1280x720 (with the notification bar at the top).
For me, this would be the best mix of Tablet UI and Jellybean portrait only UI. So basically, the way ICS worked, but with the notifications moved to the top. And hopefully this can be done without editing the device DPI and causing all sorts of issues.
i used 170 dpi....loaded the go launcher............ gorgeous!!!
patterone said:
i used 170 dpi....loaded the go launcher............ gorgeous!!!
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170 will not see all apps after cache is cleared from Google play.
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i dont understand... what does that mean and how do i prevent it???
I'll be waiting until devs get their hands on their N7's and build a modified navbar in roms, perhaps like in ParanoidAndroid.

[Q] Remove Google Now swipe from lockscreen

Using CM nightly (18th).
I have a pattern lock and removed the side widgets with Lockscreen Policy. Last thing to go would be the circular dots at the bottom that are part of the Google Now swipe.
On a separate note, is there a reason you can pull down the clock to expose a blank area underneath?
Sorry for poorly notated screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/ghQGW.png
junkbots said:
Using CM nightly (18th).
On a separate note, is there a reason you can pull down the clock to expose a blank area underneath?
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The space is for when you have multiple clocks for different time zones.
if u fill ur lock screen with widgets, u press that to bring up the unlock settings.
You could use an app like widgetlocker or go locker. They'd probably have the option to hide the google now circle.
I miss the simple ICS/ 4.1.2 lockscreen
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tatltael said:
You could use an app like widgetlocker or go locker. They'd probably have the option to hide the google now circle.
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I don't suppose anyone who has these apps can confirm this? I guess I'll try Go Locker, but the other one is a paid app...
junkbots said:
I don't suppose anyone who has these apps can confirm this? I guess I'll try Go Locker, but the other one is a paid app...
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WidgetLocker does one of two things. It either leaves the Home, Back, and Recents buttons there, or, if you enable root helper, it will replace those with the GNow Circle. No option for a black bar.
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You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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tatltael said:
You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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How do you do that?
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kcls said:
How do you do that?
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In hybrid settings, set the launcher's nav bar color and transparency to match the lock screen color n transparency. It takes some tweaking to get the right color but you'll find it soon enough.
I'm using #55000000 but you may need to tweak it a bit depending on your wallpaper
Or you could take a screenshot of your lock screen, find the color code for it using the color picker in Photoshop and then enter that value in the launchers nav bar color picker.
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tatltael said:
You could always make the Google now circle blend into the lock screen if you're using paranoidandroid like so.
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Not sure I'm seeing what you're seeing. The dotted circle is still in your screenshot.
Yea but its not within a black bar. The wallpaper extends to the bottom. And its just one possible way to mask it and make it look nice since I'm not too interested in getting rid of it completely anyway.
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Ya... I too want to remove that upward pointed triangle from the lock screen as it is giving me issues.. It is even present behind my Home button and disables its functionality even after unlocking the screen.
Somebody help please

How to move all soft button into the left coner

When i use my n10 in landscape mode, it's hard to press home button, or back button cuz it's right in the middle, so anyway i can move those buttons into the left corner like they're used to be on the honeycomb?
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vuphongkkk said:
When i use my n10 in landscape mode, it's hard to press home button, or back button cuz it's right in the middle, so anyway i can move those buttons into the left corner like they're used to be on the honeycomb?
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Install a custom ROM.
vuphongkkk said:
When i use my n10 in landscape mode, it's hard to press home button, or back button cuz it's right in the middle, so anyway i can move those buttons into the left corner like they're used to be on the honeycomb?
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AOKP by mr Robinson is a great ROM that allows you to do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177978
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Huggogguh said:
AOKP by mr Robinson is a great ROM that allows you to do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177978
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does it? i thought it only has tablet ui...not hybrid...
i think you need team eos or paranoid android...
the_boo said:
does it? i thought it only has tablet ui...not hybrid...
i think you need team eos or paranoid android...
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Yes, Mr. Robinson's does allow them to move left. Using it right now.
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HillsRider said:
Yes, Mr. Robinson's does allow them to move left. Using it right now.
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how do you move the buttons?
i dont use the navbar anyways...but the only way i could ever do it was to add buttons with a transparent icon... oh, and while in phone mode you can move thwm i think...
the_boo said:
how do you move the buttons?
i dont use the navbar anyways...but the only way i could ever do it was to add buttons with a transparent icon... oh, and while in phone mode you can move thwm i think...
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He was kind enough to leave the tablet UI in for us. Set it under rom control in settings.
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i had already said it has tablet ui...
i was refering to status bar on top but nav buttons on bottom left...like in team eos rom or PAs hybrid mode
Thank you all. I'll try it
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vuphongkkk said:
When i use my n10 in landscape mode, it's hard to press home button, ...
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I was using a custom ROM to move the navigation buttons but last week a few ROMs added swipe Ribbons. Follow this link for a Nexus 10 screen shot with a right hand Ribbon including navigation controls (this is not my screen shot). Ribbons default to auto hide.
With the right custom ROM and swipe Ribbons I always have a full screen with an auto hide navigation bar and notifications. You can just swipe down with one finger to have the notifications display at any time. There are multiple kinds of Ribbons and they are fully configurable (content, position, colors, autohide delay ... etc).
Check in the Developers threads to see which ROMs are supporting swipe Ribbons. I use Buttered +Aroma, follow the link in my signature. I have seen some bugs but for the most part they work well and have already become part of my daily-driver configuration.
My own set up uses a right hand Ribbon for navigation contols and Sidebar for left hand app shortcuts. I had already purchased Sidebar before Ribbons were available.

Is it possible to make the nav bar transparent?

My nav bar is burning into my screen, just like all the Razr Ms I saw in the Verizon store.
So, is there a way to make the nav bar transparent without removing it? I want to stay on the stock rom (but I am unlocked/rooted).
Thanks!
Coronado is dead said:
My nav bar is burning into my screen, just like all the Razr Ms I saw in the Verizon store.
So, is there a way to make the nav bar transparent without removing it? I want to stay on the stock rom (but I am unlocked/rooted).
Thanks!
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I know it's possible on CM based ROMs and AOKP has an autohide feature for the nav bar. However, I'm not sure on the stock ROM. You might want to check out Xposed Framework. It can be used to theme a stock ROM, without having to mess with .apk's or anything. I know that are a lot of customization modules out there for Xposed.
Somewhere in your System Settings, depending on what ROM you are using, you should find a setting called Navigation Bar. Click setting and there should be towards the bottom of the screen an option for Navigation Bar Transparency, Turn percentage down to zero. Also if you choose to use PIE Controls your Navigation Bar defaults to hidden and then when you toggle back to Navigation Bar or close PIE, your Navigation Bar appears.
Kyles1329 said:
Somewhere in your System Settings, depending on what ROM you are using, you should find a setting called Navigation Bar. Click setting and there should be towards the bottom of the screen an option for Navigation Bar Transparency, Turn percentage down to zero. Also if you choose to use PIE Controls your Navigation Bar defaults to hidden and then when you toggle back to Navigation Bar or close PIE, your Navigation Bar appears.
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I don't those settings are there on the stock ROM.
RikRong said:
I don't those settings are there on the stock ROM.
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Correct
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I was unaware that burn in was an issue for oled. I would also like to know if there is any way to make it transparent on stock rom.
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Franteeko said:
I was unaware that burn in was an issue for oled. I would also like to know if there is any way to make it transparent on stock rom.
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Yeah, mine is very noticeable when playing a video or something where the buttons are not on the screen.
Man, the ones in the Verizon stores when I got mine in February had the circle widgets burned in really bad.
These burns don't even make sense. Old CRTs would burn because they're shooting electrons at the glass and if they sat long enough shooting and the same place they would literally burn into the glass. LEDs are just lights, I really want to know why it does this.
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The best I can find so far is the app softkeyz on the market it is a paid app and its not transparent but you can select no icons they still function... I'm still looking for something better...
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fargles said:
These burns don't even make sense. Old CRTs would burn because they're shooting electrons at the glass and if they sat long enough shooting and the same place they would literally burn into the glass. LEDs are just lights, I really want to know why it does this.
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You are correct. It does not burn into anything and logically, according to the technology, it doesn't make sense that it would.
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
You are correct. It does not burn into anything and logically, according to the technology, it doesn't make sense that it would.
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If I recall, this burn in is not really burn-in per say, but that the back-lights behind the pixels are burning and decaying at different rates. Since the buttons are always white, and the area around them always dimmed, the 'burn-in' is a lot more noticeable.
alwaysbelieve1 said:
You are correct. It does not burn into anything and logically, according to the technology, it doesn't make sense that it would.
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The organic compoumds degrades over time with use. Not burn in in the old CRT sense, but a similar end effect.
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ej1911 said:
The organic compoumds degrades over time with use. Not burn in in the old CRT sense, but a similar end effect.
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I don't seem to have the same issue.
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It is very slight in my device. I can see where the screen has a slightly a cooler tint where the nav bar and notification bar is at. It is easiest to see when you are looking at a completely white screen.
Its barely noticeable on a day to day basis.
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
I don't seem to have the same issue.
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Try downloading one of those LCD test apps from the market.
May I suggest this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.lappe.tim.android.lcdtest
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Your Wishes for KitKat (4.4)

What are your Wishes for ParanoidAndroid 4.4 apart from HYBRID, PIE and Halo, which will come for sure?
(This is no official thread, but it might inspire the team behind PA)
Major Enhancements:
Enhanced Theme-Engine
Lock Screen Notifications
Kangs:
No sound, when you change the volume. (CM)
Volume buttons control media volume only. (CM)
Enhanced Power-Menu [Recovery, Downoad] (CM) #26
Volume Keys for Cursor Movement (CM) #15
Stock Statusbar Icons (AOSP) #11
Other Features:
Hybrid Engine: Rotation on per-app basis #7
Faster Switch between PIE and Navigation Bar #22
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Enhanced 'Quicksettings' #6, #15
Enhanced 'Quiet Hours' #6
App-Ops: Ability to manage Network Access (Wi-Fi, Mobile Data) #3
Features, unlikely to be included (PA's Goals to stay near to Stock, Google CTS)
Multi-Window/Multi-Tasking #25
Auto kill on exit #26
Thank you +ParanoidAndroid** for your hard work
(** Links to Google+ removed due to Restrictions)
I can tell you one of those things is being worked on
I'd love App privacy to also manage network access :fingers-crossed:
Ishtakh said:
I'd love App privacy to also manage network access :fingers-crossed:
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App privacy is currently available by exposing Google's App Opps implementation.
We'll see if they release it themselves for 4.4
I'd like improved quiet hours: the ability to silence phone calls, set different times for weekends/weekdays, quiet hrs qs toggle and for important contacts/ two calls in a set time period to ring the phone loudly. Also I'd like the ability to have 4 qs toggles in a row. Other then that thanks so much for this wonderful rom and keep up the amazing work
I think per app auto rotation control will be a good addition to the hybrid engine.
feherneoh said:
I would like to see both NyanDroid and BeanBag added as Daydreams.
And maybe a Gaia-like theme
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DayDeams can be installed from the market, we have no plans to add anymore at this time.
Lewelynn said:
I think per app auto rotation control will be a good addition to the hybrid engine.
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It is under consideration, Hybrid 3 has been written to be easily extend. I think its a great feature and would use myself, however an app can override the system settings and this covers most use cases: video, e readers etc
I have seen CM has fixed the problem where going into Recent Apps sometimes shows you a minimizing animation of previously opened app, although the app isn't in app switcher.
Even the stock Android has that problem. I'd like to have that fix in PA also.
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aaronpoweruser said:
I can tell you one of those things is being worked on
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Sounds good
I'd love to see the stock statusbar icons back. It's one of the only thing keeping me from using PA, they look ugly to me
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clockworkstop said:
I'd love to see the stock statusbar icons back. It's one of the only thing keeping me from using PA, they look ugly to me
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Yes I agree. Does anyone know why PA uses these instead of the stock ones? Seems odd considering that PA strongly supports the android design guidelines and keeping things as close to stock as possible.
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Chromium_ said:
Yes I agree. Does anyone know why PA uses these instead of the stock ones? Seems odd considering that PA strongly supports the android design guidelines and keeping things as close to stock as possible.
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They were changed to work with PAC (per app color). The stock ones are opaque and the color feature looks nasty on them. The new ones are more transparent to work better with PAC. But yeah, I agree. They don't look the same. I'm sure with all the kk leaked images showing white icons, there gonna have a nice chance to remake them
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Any under the hood performance enhancements forked from Linux?
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My feature requests:
-Use Volume keys to move cursor r/l as in CM
-Battery charging light as in CM-
-In PA 3.99 or in PA 3+ generally, the QS Tiles are smaller or a part of the very top Quicksettings-Tiles-row is missing. That looks very strange! Please fix it so that it looks like in "original" Android so that you can see 4 rows of QS-Tiles when you switch to them, and not also the upper part of the Tiles in the fifth row!
Then I'd use this ROM as my daily ROM instead of CyanogenMod as HALO and the Hybrid Engine is so great!
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They were changed to work with PAC (per app color). The stock ones are opaque and the color feature looks nasty on them. The new ones are more transparent to work better with PAC. But yeah, I agree. They don't look the same. I'm sure with all the kk leaked images showing white icons, there gonna have a nice chance to remake them
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Especially since I'm sure a lot of people will want their beloved blue back
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Definitely stock KitKat colors
And Multitasking like in omnirom
More theme ability
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On ParanoidAndroid I'm really missing option to open quicksettings when no notification is present in tablet mode. It always opens notifications
wierzbik said:
On ParanoidAndroid I'm really missing option to open quicksettings when no notification is present in tablet mode. It always opens notifications
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Just a workaround-> use Nova launcher and get a nova actions widget.
Easy peasy
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