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I was wondering if any if you guys tried setting up the Nexus 7 for a secondary monitor?
I was looking at iDisplay, Screen Slider, but was open to any other alternatives.

[Q] Run N4 as if it's screen was bigger?

My N7 has the same screen resolution as my N4 (almost), but because of the physical size of the N4 screen it's set up as a small screen/phone. This also means I can't get so many icons & widgets on a home screen etc.
1. Is there an easy way to use the standard ROM and launcher in what I guess would be 'bigger screen' (tablet?) mode? I presume as this is done on the N7, everything will scale properly and, of course icons, fonts etc will all look smaller on the screen... I'm not necessarily wanting tablet mode - I really just want to squeeze more on each home screen and the pixels available should make it as sharp as the screen on my N7....
2. Will making this tweak stop automatic OTA OS updates from Google?
3. Any gotchas to doing this (other than maybe using my glasses more often)?

1 : Use a lower DPI change?
2 : Yes.
3 : Yeah why not just use glasses.

exb0 said:
1 : Use a lower DPI change?
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Thanks, will now go search how I do that

WibblyW said:
Thanks, will now go search how I do that
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Try Paranoid Android. It does that with ease

WibblyW said:
Thanks, will now go search how I do that
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Or try CyanogenMod 10.1 RC3
Works fine

How to autohide navbar like in camera and YouTube app?

The camera and YouTube app have a very nice feature that they eliminate the navbar so you could get the entire screen real estate, but when you touch the screen, the navbar immediately comes back.
This could be very handy if applicable to gps navigation apps and other apps. Is there a way to do this?

I wish if it could do this in games also

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys

cggorman said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
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This is not the same. When you touch the screen it doesn't come back. It also be programmed to specific apps only.

Do you like pie? (;
If the softkeys are anoying to you and you enjoiy the full 5.2 inch display look into flashing a custom rom with PIE CONTROLS have them on my droid razr m and found it very convenient

an answer is right beside you (i meant the feed from the xda portal stories):
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/ultimate-dynamic-navbar-given-substantial-overhaul/

[Q] Lock screen notification app for note 4?! a real good one that works??!

any Lock-screen notification app for note 4?! a real good one that works??!!
i've tried so many from the play store( Echo lockscreen, NEXT lock screen, Heads Up Notifications,NILS lockscreen) some of them are good but with bugs like when i try to open the phone it shows me for a second the normal note 4 lock screen and then immediately the new lock screen app which is very bugging this way!!!!
i want to be able to see notification on the screen when its locked as ios-style (whatapp notification etc..)
is there anything out there that works good with the note 4?!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nlucas.popupnotificationslite
Works great and not a battery hog.
sent from my Samsung GALAXY Note® 4

Floatify for a full customization... Notific for a more battery friendly app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anandbibek.notifypro (free version on XDA)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.floatify
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.floatify.pro

Use "Ac Display" - minimalistic and uses the super AMOLED display to its advantage.

im looking for somthing more ios- style.. sweep to open wahtsapp message and having camera short cut...
tierd to install and uninstall all those kind of lock screen
nothing seems to work good with the note 4

any idea....?

amir84 said:
any idea....?
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amir84 said:
im looking for somthing more ios- style.. sweep to open wahtsapp message and having camera short cut...
tierd to install and uninstall all those kind of lock screen
nothing seems to work good with the note 4
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I'm using Ac Display it's AWESOME and shows your notifications right on the lock screen! Give it a try you won't regret it!
Sent from my Note 4

[Q] Changing screen size on NP

Do face that many apps goes beyong tv screen size, faceing the control tabs are shown not in full range.
In xbmc can change it manully, but maybe this can be somehow changed/configured?
Or each app developer have to add this functionaly to his app?
The example are in attachment

It has to do with your TV not the nexus player. Lookin your settings for a screen size, yours is probably set on 16:9. Find the option where it says screen fit or something

Thanks a lot, you are genius!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Free mobile app

I am having this same issue with my NP. I think it's called overscanning. I have found the button to change the screen size on my TV remote, but when I am in an hdmi input on my TV it only gives me 2 screen size settings. Wide, and zoom, which both do not fit to the screen. If I change the input to anything, like TV, I have about 5 different options then. Anybody know of a way to fix this?

I had a same issue with my panasonic TV...just try to look into menu-picture-advanced and disable 16:9 overscan

Just looked at the manual for my TV. Looks like if I have any HD input the only options the TV will give me are normal (which is wide), or zoom which is much worse. Normal cuts off probably about an inch on the sides. Navigating through some apps is almost impossible, like es Explorer.
It looks like I am at a loss. Because of the TV. I am using using a 50 inch Vizio p50 plasma TV.

ny2k1012 said:
Just looked at the manual for my TV. Looks like if I have any HD input the only options the TV will give me are normal (which is wide), or zoom which is much worse. Normal cuts off probably about an inch on the sides. Navigating through some apps is almost impossible, like es Explorer.
It looks like I am at a loss. Because of the TV. I am using using a 50 inch Vizio p50 plasma TV.
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I'm also at a loss. My Samsung Plasma doesn't have the screen fit or just fit setting (apparently they added it to the 2007 model). Wonder how Kodi does it and if it could be made into an app or something. I might look into seeing if I can modify the build.prop. Found this thread: http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=720

Here, try the method using Nova Launcher in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-player/general/overscan-calibrator-how-to-launch-t2990250
saeba said:
Here's something I stumbled on that I haven't seen mentioned... Found it very helpful.....
Problem: On my Samsung HDTV set, I found that many apps (particularly Chrome) were getting key parts of their screens cut off by overscan. But I couldn't find a way to set the overscan on my HDTV or in the Nexus Player.
Solution: While I was playing around with Nova Launcher on the Nexus Player, I found a way to launch something called "Overscan Calibrator" which fixed the issue!
Here's how I did it:
(1) Install Sideload Launcher (so you can launch Nova Launcher)
(2) Sideload Nova Launcher
(3) Use Sideload Launcher to launch Nova Launcher
(4) In Nova Launcher, long click on the screen to bring up the "Add to Homescreen" menu
(5) Shortcuts -> Activities
(6) Scroll down to find "Overscan Calibrator"
(7) Click on it to open the selection and click on the revealed item to add it to the home screen
(8) Now launch "Overscan Calibrator" and adjust the screen so that then entire screen is visible
Then... your entire Chrome screen will be visible !
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