Since I got my XT926 months ago I've looked for a way to get rid of the space-hogging Navigation Bar at the bottom of the display (I use Button Savior although I know other soft keys are more popular now). No matter what I did, whether it was adding qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in build.prop or installing one of many apps that promise to remove the NavBar either my NavBar stayed visible or it disappeared ALONG WITH the System Bar (which I want to keep) plus it generated SystemUI error messages.
Last week I installed a ROM provided by mhous33. This ROM is a stock ROM that is significantly debloated and streamlined. Over on Droid-Hive.com the thread is http://droid-hive.com/index.php?/topic/1770-fxz-412-9169-dst/. I installed the ROM because I can't live with having stuff like videocam and GPS not fully functional, as seems to be still the case with many custom ROMs, but I wanted to run a lean ROM without the Verizon crap. The ROM seems to be fully functional in all respects and, after smoothing out over the first couple of days, is working very well for me.
While on that thread discussing my obsessive hatred of NavBar it was suggested I try a file called NoSoftkeys_Mod_XT926_4.1.2(9.16.9)_DST.zip. No link to the file was provided, although the post (thanks Rebretz000) said the MD5 should be 21eb3e4974370cffb9b8dfbf5674924. I searched for the zip, verified the MD5 and installed it. IT WORKED! After rebooting my NavBar is gone, my Status Bar still displays, no FCs or error messages, all wallpapers and apps extend full screen with no exceptions I've found. Perfect!
Now -- I do not know if this file will produce these results on a completely stock (rooted) XT926. Maybe the reason it works is because of the work done on the ROM by mhous33. No, I'm not going to back-up my ROM and flash back to stock to try it out. I'm so happy to get rid of the damn NavBar I may suspend my phone in amber (and then extract DNA .
lesdense said:
Since I got my XT926 months ago I've looked for a way to get rid of the space-hogging Navigation Bar at the bottom of the display (I use Button Savior although I know other soft keys are more popular now). No matter what I did, whether it was adding qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in build.prop or installing one of many apps that promise to remove the NavBar either my NavBar stayed visible or it disappeared ALONG WITH the System Bar (which I want to keep) plus it generated SystemUI error messages.
Last week I installed a ROM provided by mhous33. This ROM is a stock ROM that is significantly debloated and streamlined. Over on Droid-Hive.com the thread is -REDACTED URL-. I installed the ROM because I can't live with having stuff like videocam and GPS not fully functional, as seems to be still the case with many custom ROMs, but I wanted to run a lean ROM without the Verizon crap. The ROM seems to be fully functional in all respects and, after smoothing out over the first couple of days, is working very well for me.
While on that thread discussing my obsessive hatred of NavBar it was suggested I try a file called NoSoftkeys_Mod_XT926_4.1.2(9.16.9)_DST.zip. No link to the file was provided, although the post (thanks Rebretz000) said the MD5 should be 21eb3e4974370cffb9b8dfbf5674924. I searched for the zip, verified the MD5 and installed it. IT WORKED! After rebooting my NavBar is gone, my Status Bar still displays, no FCs or error messages, all wallpapers and apps extend full screen with no exceptions I've found. Perfect!
Now -- I do not know if this file will produce these results on a completely stock (rooted) XT926. Maybe the reason it works is because of the work done on the ROM by mhous33. No, I'm not going to back-up my ROM and flash back to stock to try it out. I'm so happy to get rid of the damn NavBar I may suspend my phone in amber (and then extract DNA .
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so post a link to that zip?
I'm running axiom currently so I don't need it but... c'mon. might need it later, too.
just add "qemu.hw.mainkeys=1" to your build.prop, without the quotations of course.
You can't recompile the framework and make it disappear like the M? Or just download pimp my rom beta off the market and there's an option to remove it..
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Finally HAPPY! Just installed UDN LITE (Ultimate Dynamic Navbar Lite) from the google play store and it works! No navbar when I don't want it but notification bar is always in tact. This application is worth upgrading to the pro version.
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Lately I fished out my old Blade to use as a backup device, installed ColdfusionX on it, but it has this damn navigation bar (soft buttons) on the bottom. How can I get rid of them? There is no option in settings.
Thanks in advance. I'd ask in colfusionX thread, but it seems most threads in development are dead.
IIRC softbuttons where a separte zip to flash, just reflash CFX without it. Anyway, the only ICS rom that still has some activty is KonstaKANG, i suggest you to switch to that build, it has just been updated yesterday, it's smaller (138mb vs 190+) and has some custom options implemented by KonstaT
Hello,
I recently rooted my sgs4 gt-i9505 to the goolge edition using a YoTube tutorial on how to do so. Everything worked fine at the start but when I tried to install the PAC man rom, it jus stayed in the loading screen.
I restarted and tried rebooting but to no avail. I went back into the recovery mode and wiped the phone (divlac, cashes and system) then I reinstalled the google rom to find my wifi was not working. I tried the same process again, wipe- reinstall. Now I can't receive calls, the wifi doesn't work, home button only works on double tap, pull down status bar works but nothing in displayed.
My question is, does anyone have any ideas on how I would return my device to normal or know a full proof recovery and rom I can use that will correct these problems.
I am in the UK if that makes any difference.
Thanks for all and any help.
Matt
Matt.graham said:
Hello,
I recently rooted my sgs4 gt-i9505 to the goolge edition using a YoTube tutorial on how to do so. Everything worked fine at the start but when I tried to install the PAC man rom, it jus stayed in the loading screen.
I restarted and tried rebooting but to no avail. I went back into the recovery mode and wiped the phone (divlac, cashes and system) then I reinstalled the google rom to find my wifi was not working. I tried the same process again, wipe- reinstall. Now I can't receive calls, the wifi doesn't work, home button only works on double tap, pull down status bar works but nothing in displayed.
My question is, does anyone have any ideas on how I would return my device to normal or know a full proof recovery and rom I can use that will correct these problems.
I am in the UK if that makes any difference.
Thanks for all and any help.
Matt
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You could try to go back to stock and check if everything still works there.
Did you flash the correct modem/baseband for the ROM / your carrier? There is a thread in general for all the modems. Chances are with a KitKat ROM you need to update your modem. Read that thread and give it a go. The file is about 15mb and takes a minute to flash in Odin. Failing that go back to stock.
Nothing in status bar: that's what it looks like in stock, you can use 2 fingers for the quick settins. Installl WANAM XPOSED fromwork for more tweaks and options!!
Home button double tap: that's the way it works on the google edition, that's just it. BUT wanam xposed can change this with the Gravity Box module!! You could try the Echoe 2.2 kitkat rom it has xposed pre-installed.
Keep in mind things look blanker and less functional as you no longer have samsung touchwiz which adds a LOT of stuff to the stock experience!
One more thing: ALWAYS make a nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING at all, you never know when you will need it. Backup the nandroid to your PC also just in case, things go missing/ get deleted! T
First of all I would like to state that I am running echo-rom, I would like to have posted in there but the thread is closed.
My first problem is that the expandable volume menu does not work, this happened to me before with other roms (all on TW) but I couldn't be bothered until now. Whenever I click the gear icon which should expand, it doesn't work. It works before (until I do something?). Anyway I flashed the rom yesterday and didn't bother configuring/customizing it until today. I will try to describe anything I did until the point I noticed it broke again.
I enabled xposed framework, with the modules: wanam xposed, enable battery stats for kitkat, gravitybox, app-settings and xposed torch.
I tweaked some stuff in wanam xposed and in the echo customization center.
Anyway I don't really know what caused it, if no one knows why I will try to pay attention next time when it happens.
The second problem is that whenever I try to swipe down to open my notification bar it doesn't want to work half the time. On my home screen the statusbar turns black (instead of transparent), so there is some sort of registration of touch? I proceed to let go of my finger and and then try again. I also thought that I could have misplaced my finger but I don't know why the statusbar would turn black then.
If anyone knows or has encountered this problem before please share,
much appreciated.
I dunno know but i tried exposed once with a slimrom and it messed my phone up really bad upto the point everything was force crashing. To me i think exposed is your problem. Try wiping data, cache, dalvik, and format system and boot with cwm recovery then flash official firmware for you phone. DO NOT USE 4.3 FIRMWARE IF YOUR ON A 4.4 ROM!! Look for 4.4 rom instead. Sammobile good site but need registraion and slow download for free users (about 1hour) after that try instakking. Your fav rom without xposed. Im 80% sure it will work
So I fixed it, I disabled both gravitybox and wanam xposed and after the reboot volume expand worked again, then I enabled wanam xposed again and it still worked. Either way gravitybox caused it, or it was caused by a conflict between the two.
Also the statusbar problem, my rom has an option where you double-tap the battery icon to change the style of it, I noticed by trying to swipe down from the battery icon it doesnt work. So there you have it. Problem solved
The reason is really simple. You don't read before you install the modules.
You can't use Gravitybox on a TW based rom. It's states that in the description. Gravitybox is for aosp only!
Same applies for the post from 189cutter. Wanam Xposed is only for TW based roms. Slimrom is clearly no TW based rom.
So if you want to use the modules, read if they are for your rom. Also make sure that there is no overlapping in functions, because that could cause strange problems as well.
Point taken but im never ever ever gonna use xpose or such things like it lol now im using cm m9 and its perfect lol
I installed some green theme that ended up breaking all sorts of things, so I immediately uninstalled it, switched back to the system theme, and everything went back to normal except for the icon's themselves. They all have a green outline and background which blocks some of the apps icon images, so that I cannot even tell what they are (and ugly as hell to boot).
I tried to wipe cache/davlik, install latest teamUB update via dirty flash and the problem persists. Installed a real nice black theme, and crazy enough the icon's are still that damn green! Its like the theme permanently tainted the system.
Any advice on how to get rid of this ugliness is appreciated
What kind of theme? You need to be more specific about what you actually installed
Hey guys,
I've only just delved into the realm of root (as of last week) but have dabbled in flashing different CSC and similar stuff via ODIN before. The advantages of having root access are unbelievable, but there's just a few things bugging me that I can't seem to do at the moment.
I am aware that Xposed Framework isn't currently (officially) supported on Nougat - I am running 7.0 - and so I will wait patiently for that. In the meanwhile, however, I have a real love for stock android, and while I find that I can get a lot of the system UI to look like stock Android, I can't for the life of me get the quick settings menu to appear how it appears on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. Again, I know for people on Marshmellow they can use Xposed and their problems are sorted, or indeed flash a custom ROM, but the very few disadvantages of flashing a custom ROM are basically dealbreakers for me (namely extremely heavy usage of camera app which is quite bad in ROMs from what I've heard).
So my question is thus: Is there any way that I can achieve the look of the stock Android quick settings menu when I pull down my notifcations without flashing a custom ROM or waiting for Xposed to hit Nougat, and is there any way that I can change the colour of my notifications as I find it really annoying that I have a dark theme applied to my phone but all my notifications in my notification tray are white as all hell
Also, perhaps this is worth mentioning but my substratum app doesn't seem to have root access. When I install any sort of theme, I am only presented with the install or uninstall option, and I have seen usually there are more options than that. Also it's a dead giveaway that it doesn't have root access when substratum doesn't even appear in SuperSU.
Thanks guys