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[Q] Nova Launcher question

I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks

jscarano said:
I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I am not sure about the vertical dots but the transparent google search bar is from android 4.0. You can change to that under the nova settings.

jscarano said:
I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.

Mac of York said:
I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.
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Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??

jscarano said:
Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??
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Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.

Mac of York said:
Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.
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I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though

jscarano said:
I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though
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Yeah, I absolutely love this layout. It's much nicer than the regular.

Maybe an older version of nova might have that Google search
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What ROMs include pie WITH the last app button

I'm trying to figure out which ROMs have it so I can try them out and see which one of them I like best. Thanks in advance
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Install LMT launcher and you will even have it with the stock or any other rom (root required). Available here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150.

if you want to see pie grow use pa, this is where it comes from anyway and this is where it gets better almost daily. rootbox is developing it as well in their own way, which is cool.
lmt on the other hand is almost a carbon copy, but lacks function where it matters and lacks badly. even bringing it up is silly - on the nexus plattform, where almost all rom have pie because its open source. except cm.
why'd anyone wanna make do with a hack. you know, you dont have to see android progressing, but getting the newest and seeing ideas take shape and form is so much more fun than taking substitutes. thats why we're on nexus, no?

molesarecoming said:
if you want to see pie grow use pa, this is where it comes from anyway and this is where it gets better almost daily. rootbox is developing it as well in their own way, which is cool.
lmt on the other hand is almost a carbon copy, but lacks function where it matters and lacks badly. even bringing it up is silly - on the nexus plattform, where almost all rom have pie because its open source. except cm.
why'd anyone wanna make do with a hack. you know, you dont have to see android progressing, but getting the newest and seeing ideas take shape and form is so much more fun than taking substitutes. thats why we're on nexus, no?
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Well put, thanks for your hard work but I was under the impression that pie on paranoid didn't have the last app button or am I mistaken?

molesarecoming said:
if you want to see pie grow use pa, this is where it comes from anyway and this is where it gets better almost daily. rootbox is developing it as well in their own way, which is cool.
lmt on the other hand is almost a carbon copy, but lacks function where it matters and lacks badly. even bringing it up is silly - on the nexus plattform, where almost all rom have pie because its open source. except cm.
why'd anyone wanna make do with a hack. you know, you dont have to see android progressing, but getting the newest and seeing ideas take shape and form is so much more fun than taking substitutes. thats why we're on nexus, no?
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Not all rooted users choose to install a custom rom, for those users LMT is a nice solution PA offering Pie control is a well known fact i presume.

afbengochea said:
Well put, thanks for your hard work but I was under the impression that pie on paranoid didn't have the last app button or am I mistaken?
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By that I assume you mean multitasking right? Then yes, yes it does. If it's not enabled by default (which I'm pretty sure it is) then it'll almost certainly be somewhere in the settings.

Nigeldg said:
By that I assume you mean multitasking right? Then yes, yes it does. If it's not enabled by default (which I'm pretty sure it is) then it'll almost certainly be somewhere in the settings.
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Not the recents button, there's actually a button which switches between the app your on and the last app you were on. Think of like the alt+tab shortcut on windows. Where you switch between two apps back and forth. I know AOKP does it but they don't have pie. Carbon and xylon both seem to have it with pie implemented, I was wondering what other ROMs have it. I've attached a picture of xylon with the last app being the one furthest to the right
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afbengochea said:
Not the recents button, there's actually a button which switches between the app your on and the last app you were on. Think of like the alt+tab shortcut on windows. Where you switch between two apps back and forth. I know AOKP does it but they don't have pie. Carbon and xylon both seem to have it with pie implemented, I was wondering what other ROMs have it. I've attached a picture of xylon with the last app being the one furthest to the right
Sent from my Nexus 7
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Ah my bad sorry. In that case, unfortunately I think not.

Try rootbox, the latest nightly runs great on this device and has a lot of customizing options for pie control.

afbengochea said:
Not the recents button, there's actually a button which switches between the app your on and the last app you were on. Think of like the alt+tab shortcut on windows. Where you switch between two apps back and forth. I know AOKP does it but they don't have pie. Carbon and xylon both seem to have it with pie implemented, I was wondering what other ROMs have it. I've attached a picture of xylon with the last app being the one furthest to the right
Sent from my Nexus 7
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I've never even heard of that.
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Personally I use paranoid android and the only reason is that I like the extended desktop feature which hides the soft keys and whenever you need it you just swipe from the bottom and you get pie
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OP, I THINK E.L.E. has the last app button.

+1 for RootBox.

[Q] Second thoughts after flashing CM11 on Note3

Figure this...
I rooted my Note3 and happily installed CyanogenMod11 nightly (KK4.4.2). All fine and very happy, but I miss the S Pen features and apps.
How would it be possible to get S Pen features back, but remain on CM11?

trollfluga said:
Figure this...
I rooted my Note3 and happily installed CyanogenMod11 nightly (KK4.4.2). All fine and very happy, but I miss the S Pen features and apps.
How would it be possible to get S Pen features back, but remain on CM11?
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You cannot get all the features back however you can try
GMD SPen control, as it has some SPen functions, used it myself without issue.

for pie control and more i use LMT.
great app ! would be cool if you could trigger the pie with the s pen button.

radicalisto said:
You cannot get all the features back however you can try
GMD SPen control, as it has some S-Pen functions, used it myself without issue.
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Hmmm... GMD looks promising. Thanks alot. But... does your answer also mean I can forget about re-flashing S-Pen API separately somehow, and re-flashing the original S-Pen apps? Is that a totally stupid idea?
I know some of you readers will think "well, why did you root and flash another rom from the begining, if you liked it before?". Well it was originally full of bloat - we all know that - and the only thing worthy was the S-Pen features and the pen itself.
Anyone tried?
Thanks again.

trollfluga said:
Hmmm... GMD looks promising. Thanks alot. But... does your answer also mean I can forget about re-flashing S-Pen API separately somehow, and re-flashing the original S-Pen apps? Is that a totally stupid idea?
I know some of you readers will think "well, why did you root and flash another rom from the begining, if you liked it before?". Well it was originally full of bloat - we all know that - and the only thing worthy was the S-Pen features and the pen itself.
Anyone tried?
Thanks again.
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Yeah you can't flash SPen stuff due to it being dependent on the TouchWiz framework.

A.N.Droid said:
for pie control and more i use LMT.
great app ! would be cool if you could trigger the pie with the s pen button.
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LMT?

trollfluga said:
LMT?
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right...LMT !
i use it for pie only, but it features gestures control and invisible swipe areas too.

Haven't followed this because I don't use the spend, but check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611415
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what s-pen features do you miss the most? i find that i barely use mine at all

sexystephy said:
what s-pen features do you miss the most? i find that i barely use mine at all
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I like the menu pop up when you click the pen, to take screen shots and take a quick note. Honestly I rely on them daily since I use my phone for work also, I probably wont flash due to this.

We have ROOT now, what do we need to use Layers (theme's)?

I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?

tele_jas said:
I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?
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First of all, Layers has been deprecated and Substratum has taken it's place. Although it does have legacy support for Layers still. And secondarily, (maybe a silly question, but I'm just going on the way you've worded your question) did you download the theme(s) you want to try from the play store? And then there's also a good chance, even though android now has (some) native support for RRO themeing, that some things like the ui and dialer etc will not themes as the commits are not there from ZTE.

tdgillihan said:
First of all, Layers has been deprecated and Substratum has taken it's place. Although it does have legacy support for Layers still. And secondarily, (maybe a silly question, but I'm just going on the way you've worded your question) did you download the theme(s) you want to try from the play store? And then there's also a good chance, even though android now has (some) native support for RRO themeing, that some things like the ui and dialer etc will not themes as the commits are not there from ZTE.
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I seen there was a new name with "Layer's" being secondary in some of the descriptions? A lot can change in a month, because I was using "Layer's" just last month on my Moto X Pure and had no idea it was going away.
Yes, I did download the theme I wanted from the PlayStore (Dark Stock).
I may try it again since I've done a few more things to it....And I realize that not everything is "theme-able", mainly looking for just a few things, like the notification cards in the pull down and my settings menu.
But the fact I was still using the Layers Manager was probably the issue. I just installed the Substratum manager and it worked, at least for the notification cards. The settings menu wasn't completely themed, so I un-theme'd it.

This is all I really wanted! My PlayStore is also themed, the rest is left alone.

tele_jas said:
This is all I really wanted! My PlayStore is also themed, the rest is left alone.
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Sweet. So it didn't theme settings either? Nice to see that this much is indeed working. Are you familiar with TBO and their themed apps etc?

tdgillihan said:
Sweet. So it didn't theme settings either? Nice to see that this much is indeed working. Are you familiar with TBO and their themed apps etc?
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The settings *DID theme, but they looked like cards with a white background and you could see around the edges and the gaps between "groups". It didn't look very good, so I un-themed the settings.
Phone didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Contacts didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Playstore did theme
Calculator did theme
I don't use Gmail, but I'm sure it would have
Nova did theme, but I've already got the search bar colored the way I want it, so I un-themed it too
I normally don't theme the calendar or Google Photos, because I've had issues with the apps after they update - so I leave them alone.
No, not familiar with TBO? Is that "Total Black Out" or "Team Black Out"? If so, I have seen those.....But I like the more dark gray, or dark gray-blue themes as opposed to total black.

tele_jas said:
The settings *DID theme, but they looked like cards with a white background and you could see around the edges and the gaps between "groups". It didn't look very good, so I un-themed the settings.
Phone didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Contacts didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Playstore did theme
Calculator did theme
I don't use Gmail, but I'm sure it would have
Nova did theme, but I've already got the search bar colored the way I want it, so I un-themed it too
I normally don't theme the calendar or Google Photos, because I've had issues with the apps after they update - so I leave them alone.
No, not familiar with TBO? Is that "Total Black Out" or "Team Black Out"? If so, I have seen those.....But I like the more dark gray, or dark gray-blue themes as opposed to total black.
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Cool. Yes, that's Team Black Out. Yeah, I like the same color elements. Would you be willing to install the theme able Google Dialer and Google Contacts and see if they worked?

Here is the link and you can find them and other theme able apps in here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apps-themeable-hangouts-layers-cmte-t3113192
This is how my Nexus6 looks.

tdgillihan said:
Cool. Yes, that's Team Black Out. Yeah, I like the same color elements. Would you be willing to install the theme able Google Dialer and Google Contacts and see if they worked?
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Will the Themeable google Dialer/Contacts that's in the PureNexus thread work? Or do you have a link you could give me? You can PM me it if you prefer?
[EDIT] I found them in the TBO thread

tele_jas said:
Will the Themeable google Dialer/Contacts that's in the PureNexus thread work? Or do you have a link you could give me? You can PM me it if you prefer?
[EDIT] I found them in the TBO thread
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Yeah, they're the same pretty sure.
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tdgillihan said:
Yeah, they're the same pretty sure.
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So....The ones from the PureNexus thread would reboot my phone every time I tried to open it. The ones from the TBO thread work just fine and were able to be themed as well. I much prefer the Google dialer, so I appreciate the lead on this!

tele_jas said:
So....The ones from the PureNexus thread would reboot my phone every time I tried to open it. The ones from the TBO thread work just fine and were able to be themed as well. I much prefer the Google dialer, so I appreciate the lead on this!
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That's great news. I'm thinking maybe with that, Nova Launcher and TBO theme able apps for Google I may just be able to live with the factory ui for a while until we can get something more aosp once I get mine. But this is nice to have more of an aosp flavor for now. BTW, have you tried installing Xposed for other personalized modification?
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tdgillihan said:
That's great news. I'm thinking maybe with that, Nova Launcher and TBO theme able apps for Google I may just be able to live with the factory ui for a while until we can get something more aosp once I get mine. But this is nice to have more of an aosp flavor for now. BTW, have you tried installing Xposed for other personalized modification?
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I normally don't do Xposed with a custom ROM, but Xposed is great at modding a stock ROM....So, yes I installed Xposed for just a couple small things (using GravityBox):
1) Round battery icon
2) Center clock
3) More music volume steps (30)
I also used emoji switcher and have "Emoji One" emoji's.

tele_jas said:
I normally don't do Xposed with a custom ROM, but Xposed is great at modding a stock ROM....So, yes I installed Xposed for just a couple small things (using GravityBox):
1) Round battery icon
2) Center clock
3) More music volume steps (30)
I also used emoji switcher and have "Emoji One" emoji's.
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Oh man, this is pretty much all I need to get me by until some actual development starts up. That is if we ever get sources or AOSP type ports. Only thing I worry about with ports is full functionality of all the features this phone has and oft times battery life can take a hit due to lack of full optimization. Thank you.
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From looking at the Substratum page, it seems like it has two modes -- one with root and one without. Is that accurate? It'd be nice to have themeability while still staying stock.

TeutonJon78 said:
From looking at the Substratum page, it seems like it has two modes -- one with root and one without. Is that accurate? It'd be nice to have themeability while still staying stock.
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You can read up on and ask questions here:
https://plus.google.com/communities/102261717366580091389
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Man all this good stuff is moving me in the direction of getting this phone, how is the battery life on this beast?

tele_jas said:
I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?
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When you say we have root, are you referring to this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/wip-axon-7-root-bootloader-unlokced-t3441204
From what it looked like there it was still untested on US model.

Oogar said:
When you say we have root, are you referring to this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/wip-axon-7-root-bootloader-unlokced-t3441204
From what it looked like there it was still untested on US model.
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No, I have my bootloader unlocked.

any way to get a black theme on axon 7 stock system?

any way to get a black theme on axon 7 stock system?

no. maybe you can edit all apks. (settings, systemui and framework.)

WesTD said:
no. maybe you can edit all apks. (settings, systemui and framework.)
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Ok. How would I go about doing that?

Not even with Chinese theme engine? Some themes show a screenshot of the Settings app, so maybe there's some theme with darker UI

Choose an username... said:
Not even with Chinese theme engine? Some themes show a screenshot of the Settings app, so maybe there's some theme with darker UI
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I was unable to find a black theme though.

senny22 said:
I was unable to find a black theme though.
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lol me too
But I'm thinking, there has to be a way to make one. They don't look like they're made by ZTE at all.

Choose an username... said:
lol me too
But I'm thinking, there has to be a way to make one. They don't look like they're made by ZTE at all.
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Yeah that shouldn't be to hard. If only we knew how to start making a theme.

senny22 said:
Yeah that shouldn't be to hard. If only we knew how to start making a theme.
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gotta learn some Chinese

Heads-up: the default themes are located in /system/media/theme. that's a start. Now I gotta find the downloaded theme location

senny22 said:
any way to get a black theme on axon 7 stock system?
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Get the nuclear rom, install substratum from google play store, install a black theme for it also from the play store.
Tried and works wonders.

Here's some screenshots.

nfsmw_gr said:
Get the nuclear rom, install substratum from google play store, install a black theme for it also from the play store.
Tried and works wonders.
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Well thee nuclear rom is based on Lineage OS which is AOSP so then the stereo speakers won't work. I also found the headphone audio and battery to be poor on Lineage os so im not really sure if it's worth it to go back to stock android.

senny22 said:
Well thee nuclear rom is based on Lineage OS which is AOSP so then the stereo speakers won't work. I also found the headphone audio and battery to be poor on Lineage os so im not really sure if it's worth it to go back to stock android.
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You're wrong, stereo speakers work just fine, they have been fixed a couple of days ago.
You need to read more.
Also nuclear is based on Lineage yes, but the performance and battery is much better for me than stock.

nfsmw_gr said:
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looks very nice.

nfsmw_gr said:
You're wrong, stereo speakers work just fine, they have been fixed a couple of days ago.
You need to read more.
Also nuclear is based on Lineage yes, but the performance and battery is much better for me than stock.
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aha ok. i will give Nuclear a shot then thanks