Hey,
Does anyone know if it's possible to remove the on screen buttons on the nexus 4?
You can do it on the last nexus, and by using a gesture be able to get them to show up.
Kinda sucks that the nexus 4 has a 4.7inch screen, but usable size (unless watching videos) is only around 4.4inches.
On parandroid Rom you have the option to expand the screen,will serve for you!
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zevim2005 said:
On parandroid Rom you have the option to expand the screen,will serve for you!
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cheers mate
Can use LMT which either allows you to use swiping gestures for command input (such as on screen button actions) or pie (gesture creates a half circle on side of screen with buttons). Once you have that, you can use the fullscreentoggle apk (both apps are on XDA, just Google) and remove the buttons. Works great for me for the most part. Had a few cases where LMT crashed and I had to reboot the phone due to not being able to back out of an app to restart LMT.
You need root for these as well.
How u gonna go home or go back if u don't have those buttons? Just curious?
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Cyanogenmod has the ability to do it too by accessing the power menu and selecting 'Expanded Desktop'
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bilguun1 said:
How u gonna go home or go back if u don't have those buttons? Just curious?
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With a gesture.
See it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=stDR9_fANBY
You can use the full screen toggle app which works on stock rooted rom. It's not in the market.
Here's the apk:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1654612/FullScreen Toggle_1.0.apk
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'Button savior' works too, just make sure to install it before using the full screen toggle app and rebooting:silly:
Or just do it yourself by going to system/build.prop using Root Explorer and add this to the very end and save (and reboot):
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Or just do it yourself by going to system/build.prop using Root Explorer and add this to the very end and save (and reboot):
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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What is this command line use for ?
Auto hide the screen buttons ?
On parandroid pressing the power button you have the option,so its not a problem...
Is there a way to just make the buttons transparent but still usable?
Try GMD gesture control!
I'm using it since my galaxy s3.
I was searching for the same answer and tripped over this by mistake actually. There is an gesture to turn the status bar off. I was just messing around with the gestures a bit and when I used the status bar gesture suddenly the on screen buttons disappeared with the status Bar. Was really pleasantly surprised!
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is it possible to do this mainly only while playing games on stock non rooted rom
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Or just do it yourself by going to system/build.prop using Root Explorer and add this to the very end and save (and reboot):
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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What's the value if I want to make the button/ nav keys smaller?
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Pratz852 said:
Try GMD gesture control!
I'm using it since my galaxy s3.
I was searching for the same answer and tripped over this by mistake actually. There is an gesture to turn the status bar off. I was just messing around with the gestures a bit and when I used the status bar gesture suddenly the on screen buttons disappeared with the status Bar. Was really pleasantly surprised!
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Hi, I have GMD but whenever I lock my home screen after unlocking the nav buttons are back and touch control doen't seem to work on 4.3. Any advice? I don't want a custom ROM althought I am rooted and using a custom Kernel.
Hi there.
After the last big update to Nova some weeks ago, this started (see attached SS).
Have anyone tried it before? Sometimes it just appears; this time after I played on N64oid. Another weird thing is that sometimes I can just press System Settings (top right corner) and then press the Nexus 7 home button, and then it sends me back to the home screen, like nothing was ever wrong.
Some one know what to do? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I have tried removing the widgets and replacing them afterwards! It removes the problem, but it returns after a while again.
EDIT: I'm on Paranoid android 2.56, Franco kernel, btw.
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Sv: Nova Launcher issues. Says widgets are malfunctioning, even tho they are not.
May I bump? :b
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I just got a new nexus 4 and am having an issue with the nigjtlies after rc5. Can someone on the nigjtlies tell me if they can replicate this? Try going into app drawer then pressing home quickly about 4 times. When I do this, my home screen goes blank. All if my icons and widgets dissappear but if I press their location they act as if they were still there. This is on stock launcher. When I switch to rc5 this problem stops. Thanks in advance
Edit: OK I'm not crazy. I just replicated the bug on the nexus 7 nightlies. Horrible bug!
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i might be missing something but in the settings under devices section there is home option to change the launcher, anyone else encounter this problem?
Don't have that issue with mine. Maybe it only shows up if you have more than one launcher installed?
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Using nexus 4.
Navigation buttons have disappeared after a reboot. Expanded desktop mode is off. Using pie controls for the time being. Please help
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ankur.dubey said:
Using nexus 4.
Navigation buttons have disappeared after a reboot. Expanded desktop mode is off. Using pie controls for the time being. Please help
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search for a program that enables and disables buttons. i found such programs when i had the same problem. as far as i remember there is also a file you can edit for disabling enabling the buttons.
for me none of that worked and i had to reinstall android!
Sorry but i don't remember the specific instructions or programs to guide you but i hope i helped a little.
good luck!
edit: i found in my bookmarks a video that might help you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWN1Vo42-I
ankur.dubey said:
Using nexus 4.
Navigation buttons have disappeared after a reboot. Expanded desktop mode is off. Using pie controls for the time being. Please help
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I assume you are on custom rom since you have pie controls and expanded desktop mod. just try dirty flash your rom