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Does Nexus 7 have auto rotation or not? When I turn it from vertical to horizontal, the screen does not change at all.

ScottXe said:
Does Nexus 7 have auto rotation or not? When I turn it from vertical to horizontal, the screen does not change at all.
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Yes it has auto rotate but it may not work for a couple of reasons:
It will not work on the "homepage" as for some reason, it is still not available to landscape your homepage.
If your in apps, like the broswer etc, then yes it should auto-rotate, but my Nexus 7 also had this turned off by default.
Goto your settings -> display -> auto rotate. (Im 90% sure its under display )
Make sure the box is ticked
Hope I helped

ScottXe said:
Does Nexus 7 have auto rotation or not? When I turn it from vertical to horizontal, the screen does not change at all.
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If you're wondering how to enable rotation on the launcher (homepage), you can do it a number of ways. If you don't want to root, you can install an app like ultimate rotation control from the play store. You can also install an alternate launcher like Apex or Nova.
If you want to root, you can flash a ROM that has tablet mode such as Paranoid Android. You can also edit the build.prop file but I wouldn't recommend the latter as it seems to have negative repercussions in system apps.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7

Wilks3y said:
Yes it has auto rotate but it may not work for a couple of reasons:
It will not work on the "homepage" as for some reason, it is still not available to landscape your homepage.
If your in apps, like the broswer etc, then yes it should auto-rotate, but my Nexus 7 also had this turned off by default.
Goto your settings -> display -> auto rotate. (Im 90% sure its under display )
Make sure the box is ticked
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Very strange - there is no auto rotate option as per you described. Where does it go?

ScottXe said:
Very strange - there is no auto rotate option as per you described. Where does it go?
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Easiest way, when you pull the notification bar down, you will see 2 Icons right at the top of the notification bar.
One will be three lines, with dots on them, which looks like the icon of the "Settings" app.
Next to that, you will see something with two arrows, and in the middle either like a screen of a device, or a padlock.
That is what you want to click, if the padlock is there, then rotation is locked, if you have the device screen, with the two arrows, auto rotate is enabled.
Hope this helps.

If you want more help download the application nova launcher.
Once you have nova, open it up and go to "look and fell". Once In there go Into screen orientation and click on auto-rotate.
When you finish do the command above, and it all should work
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ScottXe said:
Does Nexus 7 have auto rotation or not? When I turn it from vertical to horizontal, the screen does not change at all.
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add this to the end of your build.prop file and reboot, then youll be able to autorotate your homescreen. no, adding this to your build.prop file will not hurt your device or cause issues as others here have stated..
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true

simms22 said:
add this to the end of your build.prop file and reboot, then youll be able to autorotate your homescreen. no, adding this to your build.prop file will not hurt your device or cause issues as others here have stated..
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
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Works great! Thank you!

The auto rotate is turned off when you have stock jelly bean. But if you pull down the menu you can change it there.

Apex Launcher does it too.
The cheapest way ist modifying the build.prop
An nice app but it cost is
look for "Ultimate Rotation Control" in app store
goes like hell

Don't use the rotation control app, at least not in auto or forced auto. It kills performance.
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simms22 said:
add this to the end of your build.prop file and reboot, then youll be able to autorotate your homescreen. no, adding this to your build.prop file will not hurt your device or cause issues as others here have stated..
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
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What is build.prop file and where is it to find for the modification?

RE
The Rotation Control app worked great on my Nexus 7.
I can't say the same for my GS3;
it kept resetting itself to "Forced Auto".
The build.prop method is easy, and works mostly well.
My only problem seems that the Play Store app always crashes when the screen rotates in the app drawer. I'm not sure yet if it happens anywhere else, but so far everything else is good.
The build.prop file is in the "/system/" folder, and you'll need root access to get to it.
Once rooted, get ES File Explorer from the app store.
You'll need to enable "Root Explorer", "Up to Root" and "Mount File System" in the app's "Root Settings" to reach and edit the build.prop.
Once you find the build.prop file in the /system/ folder, you can press it and choose to open it with ES Note Editor.
!!!!! WARNING !!!!!
Before you start messing with the build.prop file,
you'd be smart to make a nandroid backup in CWM.
The slightest typo or mistake can cause your device to not boot up.
You've been warned...!
!!!!! END WARNING !!!!!
But, assuming you add the line accurately to the bottom of your build.prop, you'll be ok.

Rezard said:
!!!!! WARNING !!!!!
Before you start messing with the build.prop file,
you'd be smart to make a nandroid backup in CWM.
The slightest typo or mistake can cause your device to not boot up.
You've been warned...!
!!!!! END WARNING !!!!!
But, assuming you add the line accurately to the bottom of your build.prop, you'll be ok.
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also, in case you mess something up in you build.prop file, any kind of edit, not just this, you can just reflash your current ROM(no wiping of anything) without anykind of data loss or repercussions. well, OK, one repercussion, a loss of about 3-4 minutes

Hiding Nav soft keys without an application ?

Does anyone know how could I use a build prop edit to safely hide the bottom navigation bar without using unnecessary RAM? I use LMT so it isn't necessary.
I believe its in the build . prop file because when I replaced it to do a status bar mod, the bar disappeared momentarily when the file was missing.
However, I'm new to Android and I don't want to put myself into a boot loop or worse by blindly deleting things. I don't even know how to use a recovery yet. So does anyone know where this is? Thanks
LG G2

I just use an app. Auto hide soft keys. It's in the play store. Also use LMT myself. Let me ask you something, what setting do you set gesture input to?
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chiballer20 said:
I just use an app. Auto hide soft keys. It's in the play store. Also use LMT myself. Let me ask you something, what setting do you set gesture input to?
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I find that app kind of bugging, and there are moments when my buttons are no longer being displayed and I have to reboot to get them back.
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add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to your build.prop file. That is all I did. Just don't be stupid like me and do it before you turned LMT on. I had to think up some creative ways to open it from within other programs without the back button or home available :laugh:

wy2sl0 said:
add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to your build.prop file. That is all I did. Just don't be stupid like me and do it before you turned LMT on. I had to think up some creative ways to open it from within other programs without the back button or home available :laugh:
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That is what do do with all of my phone using LMT, and not barely crash, I've had one during this year and s restart made it normal.
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk now Free

wy2sl0 said:
add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to your build.prop file. That is all I did. Just don't be stupid like me and do it before you turned LMT on. I had to think up some creative ways to open it from within other programs without the back button or home available :laugh:
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Thanks, i'll try it.. hopefully it will free up a good amount of RAM :fingers-crossed:

IamPro said:
Thanks, i'll try it.. hopefully it will free up a good amount of RAM :fingers-crossed:
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sry for the stupid question....what is LMT?

energie said:
sry for the stupid question....what is LMT?
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Gesture based launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

wy2sl0 said:
add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to your build.prop file. That is all I did. Just don't be stupid like me and do it before you turned LMT on. I had to think up some creative ways to open it from within other programs without the back button or home available :laugh:
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IamPro said:
Thanks, i'll try it.. hopefully it will free up a good amount of RAM :fingers-crossed:
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Softbricked my phone and had to restore to stock then re-root etc :crying:

what is LMT?

This is LMT, or one of its functions. Its a really customizable navigation bar that replaces the stock one, along with any of other gesture control you could think of. Its great, you should try it out
LG G2

It swipes in from the bottom, top or sides. You can hold the gesture and lift your finger on the button or just swipe through in the direction you want and the function will activate. It gets much more complex than my setup but I'm just keeping it simple for now
LG G2

IamPro said:
Softbricked my phone and had to restore to stock then re-root etc :crying:
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Sorry, you softbricked after inserting the string in build.prop? I'm interested to this mod (hiding soft keys and activate LMT)

nimo182 said:
Sorry, you softbricked after inserting the string in build.prop? I'm interested to this mod (hiding soft keys and activate LMT)
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Yea, maybe I did something wrong.. idk
Its pretty easy to get back to stock so not huge deal tho

wy2sl0 said:
add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to your build.prop file. That is all I did. Just don't be stupid like me and do it before you turned LMT on. I had to think up some creative ways to open it from within other programs without the back button or home available :laugh:
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How did you do this safely? Many people have been getting it wrong and I'd like to get it right the first time lol
LG G2

I have no idea.
Downloaded build.prop editor from the play store
go to VERY BOTTOM of build.prop
make a new blank line
enter what I said
save
...profit

The best app to hide soft keys is UDN (ultimate dynamic navbar),it can hide your keys without the need to modify them in build prop....And replace them with its soft keys that are not only customisable but you can also make them as tiny as you want in order not ot occupy as much space...

woof123 said:
The best app to hide soft keys is UDN (ultimate dynamic navbar),it can hide your keys without the need to modify them in build prop....And replace them with its soft keys that are not only customisable but you can also make them as tiny as you want in order not ot occupy as much space...
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woof i tried UDN, to hide nav bar it requires xposed with it's module..i'm not too much interested to install other sw indeed, and IMHO it's the same of autohide
Then the build.prop string qemu.hw..... works??

nimo182 said:
woof i tried UDN, to hide nav bar it requires xposed with it's module..i'm not too much interested to install other sw indeed, and IMHO it's the same of autohide
Then the build.prop string qemu.hw..... works??
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It worked for me.Without xposed,i just ticked the option in the settings.Also you can make the keys as tiny as you want,even if you want them visible all the time and not hidden it will help alot to make them tiny.

nimo182 said:
woof i tried UDN, to hide nav bar it requires xposed with it's module..i'm not too much interested to install other sw indeed, and IMHO it's the same of autohide
Then the build.prop string qemu.hw..... works??
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can't make it working....it adds another bar above the stock one

Hide nav bar root required

Sideload and install gmd hide soft keys run it and select hide soft keys keys and setup your quick nav bar ..my suggestion is to use the pro version of gmd and set navigation control's to none and then use udn pro as your navbar which seems to work better for me
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Works great, but how do you get the new nav bar to push everything up when on the bottom? Right now I have it set to 20px so it doesn't interfere with much, but it conflicts with my keyboard from time to time...
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Did you guys lose menu buttons on some apps after installing these? My menu buttons for Voice and Trillian for instance have vanished and the menu button for the bar doesn't work on most apps for me.
Edit: Never mind, my issue was related to a busybox installation that was fixed by installing with a different installer. Oops.
Thanks for the info on this, it's very useful and stock is kinda lackluster.

aimlessanomaly said:
Did you guys lose menu buttons on some apps after installing these? My menu buttons for Voice and Trillian for instance have vanished and the menu button for the bar doesn't work on most apps for me.
Edit: Never mind, my issue was related to a busybox installation that was fixed by installing with a different installer. Oops.
Thanks for the info on this, it's very useful and stock is kinda lackluster.
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I just got the same problem.
You mean that re-install the busybox will solve this?

911sakura said:
I just got the same problem.
You mean that re-install the busybox will solve this?
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I reinstalled with a different installer from the play store and it worked for me.

aimlessanomaly said:
I reinstalled with a different installer from the play store and it worked for me.
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I tried many kinds of installers but all failed, could you tell me which one you used?
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911sakura said:
I tried many kinds of installers but all failed, could you tell me which one you used?
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I used the one from Faznx92's root tutorials, but I never had a busybox problem...

Something weird is going on, I got the menu problem again after rebooting I guess. Every time I uninstall busybox I get them back. I'll try the method OP used.
Edit: I keep getting the same problem. Each time I enable the auto hide soft keys app, I lose menu buttons in apps. Thr trick I found is to launch them all after booting then enable the auto hide. Just need to do that every time you reboot.
I would still love to be able to fix it for good

Freeze or uninstall stock "Soft Key Bar?"
Is it possible to remove it completly? I use auto hide soft keys but the stock Soft Key Bar interferes with it.

Atise said:
Is it possible to remove it completly? I use auto hide soft keys but the stock Soft Key Bar interferes with it.
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This

Do you guys know any way of swapping the default navbar with an aosp navbar? I want it to stay without hiding. I am mainly missing the recent apps button in the default navbar.
Thanks a lot!

You can disable the navbar with gravity box and use pie controls. That's what I do

Use UDN lite. Its far better and has more customization in the free version.
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clear-all button in recent app
thx. btw, gravity box brings back the clear-all btn in recent app list.

peter_b93 said:
Do you guys know any way of swapping the default navbar with an aosp navbar? I want it to stay without hiding. I am mainly missing the recent apps button in the default navbar.
Thanks a lot!
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I am wondering the same thing, also the clear all button in the recent apps.

Is there a way to see recent apps and switch between them?

Is there a way to see recently launched apps and switch between them?

This function should be definitely included in default system. So useful!

Can't test it now but try it with long pressing the home button

Huberer said:
Can't test it now but try it with long pressing the home button
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that goes to the twitch thingy unfortunately.

xd4d3v said:
that goes to the twitch thingy unfortunately.
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Ok, didn't know. Thank you

I had the same idea but did not work lol.

I am not sure what you are looking for exactly, but the list of apps on the original launcher is always reorganized to show the most recently used apps first. Or are you using a different launcher?
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The best way of doing this is with LMT Launcher using it's Pie feature. Install it, and set up an item as Activity -> System UI -> com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsActivity. This gives you the recent apps, which is normally non-accessible on the shield. You can then add a few others as you see fit. I've added the power menu for example, which gives you the full power off, reboot and sleep options. Not found that anywhere else. All works best with a mouse, so you're best using an alternative launcher like HALauncher. But I suspect most people are doing that anyway given how restricted and awful Leanback is.
It can be downloaded here.

this is like the third or fourth thread about this

Good Lock - Finally Pie Support!!!

Head over to the Galaxy Apps Store and update from Good Lock 2018, to just regular Good Lock and experience the customization we've missed so much in Pie!!!

All apps got updated and working?

liamR said:
All apps got updated and working?
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Most, task changer will be available at later date (I guess when they release the version for S10, right now it's not supported). The multiwindow extension (multistar) is bringing back:
1) swipe from corner to pop-out
2) the menu between two split screened apps
3) two apps running at the same time, that way your game won't be paused when you open browser/viber/something from the gametools menu
Hope they bring back easier way to fast split screen tho as right now if I wan't to split screen the current app (in my use case mostly youtube) it will pause the video + when you call recents it always auto move to the previous app, so I need to swipe, then press the icon, then split screen, then the other app I want, then resume video... too much time needed vs the previous "hold, select app - done, no video pausing, no waiting, no nothing". Maybe when recent task changes is released we will get something... we will see. For now we got atleast some of the functionality back.

Task Changer was available for me, but Routines gives me an error saying "Product is not available in this store." (I'm in Canada).

Neither Task changer nor Routine were available for me but installed, and are working fine, from apkmirror

Couldn't find it on the galaxy stored and downloades the apk. But I'm just getting this when I open it. Is there any way to get passed? I'm guessing that my region is not supported, or something...

xtrocata said:
Couldn't find it on the galaxy stored and downloades the apk. But I'm just getting this when I open it. Is there any way to get passed? I'm guessing that my region is not supported, or something...
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Good Lock itself doesn't work for me either (region not supported), but I can run all plugins from here with QuickShortcutMaker.

Admiral Stipe said:
Good Lock itself doesn't work for me either (region not supported), but I can run all plugins from here with QuickShortcutMaker.
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That's brilliant

Yes!!! Task Changer looking sweet! New styles and better fluidity.
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What!!!! Are you kidding me?? We can now move the clock on the status bar!!! ?

Routines also work via https://www.mediafire.com/file/46tvcl6pfvr6j4e/Routines_com.samsung.android.app.routine2.apk

LuRock said:
...What!!!! Are you kidding me?? We can now move the clock on the status bar!!!
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How do you move the clock? found it.
Soliciting some help... I've installed all apk's I need, creating shortcuts w/ Activity Manager, except for Quickstar. I'm able to create a shortcut for it but it doesn't work (ie. the app doesn't open when running the shortcut). The app runs though when running it from within Activity Manager. Anyone have an idea how to fix this? Solved!

Devhux said:
Task Changer was available for me, but Routines gives me an error saying "Product is not available in this store." (I'm in Canada).
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Routines is not showing at all in Good Lock. I even side loaded it and it will not show up.

Task changer/routines is also available now. If side loaded, the "good lock" app will give network error and will not work. You should create a shortcut for every plugin via "activity manager, shortcut maker app of some kind". Then open them directly. For the task changer, if you change it to one of the alternatives - it will let you hold a card to split screen or pop-out + when you open recents it will NOT pause your activity like playing youtube or playing a game, that way you can pop-out something without pausing anything or split screen with youtube while it's playing - really a nice one.

high_voltage said:
Task changer/routines is also available now. If side loaded, the "good lock" app will give network error and will not work. You should create a shortcut for every plugin via "activity manager, shortcut maker app of some kind". Then open them directly. For the task changer, if you change it to one of the alternatives - it will let you hold a card to split screen or pop-out + when you open recents it will NOT pause your activity like playing youtube or playing a game, that way you can pop-out something without pausing anything or split screen with youtube while it's playing - really a nice one.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-nicelock-goodlock-2019-launcher-pie-t3908648 check out my little app if you dont wanna deal with shortcuts.

Quickstar has issues, the rest works fine.
Sent from my phone

Idan73 said:
Quickstar has issues, the rest works fine.
Sent from my phone
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Like what? Haven't noticed any so far.

For people with region not supported, the vpn trick still fully work. First, uninstall if you are sideloaded the app. Next, eject your sim n reboot. Connect to wifi and use vpn to US like tunnelbear. Go to app info of galaxy store and clear data. Open the galaxy store and update/install latest good lock. Open good lock and update all the apps. Then you can reinsert sim card and turn off vpn while setting up the apps

"App is no longer available" is all I get...

Does anyone else drop the colors in Quickstar? They seem to disappear randomly and I gave to reapply them. It's quite annoying.

sherpa25 said:
How do you move the clock? found it.
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Can you please let me know how you did this? I'm looking and can't seem to figure it out.
and nevermind. I found it too.