[Q] Hiding Gallery Preview Bar - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I have been trying to find a way to get rid of the preview bar in the stock gallery app. My friend (he has a GS3) is able to get rid of it and go into fullscreen mode just by tapping on the screen, but I am not able to do this. My preview bar doesn't go away no matter what I do. I've tried alternative gallery apps, but I would prefer to just be able to use the stock app.
Does anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? I've done pretty much everything shy of re-flashing the stock ROM (I'm running stock ROM).

IVIax94 said:
I have been trying to find a way to get rid of the preview bar in the stock gallery app. My friend (he has a GS3) is able to get rid of it and go into fullscreen mode just by tapping on the screen, but I am not able to do this. My preview bar doesn't go away no matter what I do. I've tried alternative gallery apps, but I would prefer to just be able to use the stock app.
Does anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? I've done pretty much everything shy of re-flashing the stock ROM (I'm running stock ROM).
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You should be able to do the same. One tap and the bars go away. Perhaps try clearing the data/cache for Gallery by going to settings > more > application manager > scroll to the right to all apps > find gallery > clear data and cache

DJMaj07 said:
You should be able to do the same. One tap and the bars go away. Perhaps try clearing the data/cache for Gallery by going to settings > more > application manager > scroll to the right to all apps > find gallery > clear data and cache
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Have tried that before, just tried it again. Still nothing. I guess I'll have to do a reinstall of the stock OS. Thanks for trying to help!

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Hey guys
This is something new! Never seen it before! Anywhere!
After 4.4.2 update, my google chrome is having a problem.
I think the screen shot below is clear!
"Sooo, i cant upload pictures with my tab using chrome!!! This is another issue i guess!!!
The screen shot is a black screen, with a new tab icon only on top, whitch is not working, nothing else. Not a chrome logo in the midle, nothing"
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[Q] Alliance ROM help - White Text on Grey Backgrounds

HI all,
So I'm at a loss and hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Installed Alliance ROM onto my Verizon Note 3. So far I'm quite impressed with the ability to customize so many aspects of the interface. But my noob status working with android is causing me to get confused. I'm encountering a UI element that is used in popup menus that currently is displaying white text on a light grey background (as seen in the attached images) Could someone show me where to find the adjustment to change that UI element is?
Also I was a fan of the ability to swipe and launch the camera on the Stock ROM, but I was able to set my preferred app on stock. Don't see anything listed under Default Applications, also when I look at the stock camera's App Info, the Clear defaults button is greyed out. I'm unable to choose which app I want to launch since installing this ROM. I found a workaround by setting Shortcuts to Custom and selecting my app that way, but I liked the Stock ROM's grey button as opposed to using the apps actual icon.
Thanks for any help you can send my way,
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Anyone have any ideas about the grey background. I'd appreciate any help, thanks
irJosh said:
Anyone have any ideas about the grey background. I'd appreciate any help, thanks
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In AllianceRom Custom Settings under Colors, go to Background -> System and you can change the background of most system apps/menus, it is a universal change but you can enable/disable apps effected in the Whitelist menu.
Thanks for the idea! I'm trying but still can't seem to get that gray background to change. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.
irJosh said:
Thanks for the idea! I'm trying but still can't seem to get that gray background to change. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.
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You could try wiping cache/davlik in SS, or try flashing a theme like All Backs Black. Other than that the only other thing I can think of is wiping/flashing the rom and starting over but that seems like overkill.
From what I know, I asked the same question in the ROM thread and the answer was this is a bug they are gonna have fixed in Build 2.
Thank you so much guys for the ideas and info. I was going crazy trying different combos of settings to get it to change. I'll look into trying a theme. I was already flirting with the idea of having to try doing a full reinstallation. But if its a known bug I can deal with it, the benefits of using this ROM so outweigh the annoyance of the grey menus. Thanks again!

[Q] TouchWiz home app: App icons disappear in Lollipop

After my S5 (non-rooted, official, knox 0x0) was updated to Lollipop, I've been facing the following problem:
Every few days all the app icons disappear from the apps menu. However, all the tabs that should contain them are still there, but are empty! Additionally, I cannot open any folder that contains app icons on the home screen. To add to that, when I click on the home-screen menu settings that should display the widgets, options etc. the screen does the zoom out effect but no icons/options appear; only an empty screen .
When that happens, I've tried switching to the "Easy Mode" interface option, which still works and thus I can access apps and settings again. If I switch, back to normal mode everything disappears once again!! :cyclops:
I've been able to fix this problem by going to the Application Manager and clearing the data/cache of the TouchWiz home-screen app, but every time I do that (second time today) I loose all home screen settings, widgets, icons order etc. and this is getting annoying!
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Just found another way to solve this that seems to work:
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OK, the above is only temporary; after a few minutes the problem came back!
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Gallery not working because of force fast scroll

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Google Search bar gone from recent apps with DPI change

I've looked around but couldn't find anything. I've noticed that when I change my DPI in the build.prop the Google Search bar is gone from the top of the recent app list. I've changed my DPI on every device I've owned, and this is the first time I've noticed this issue.
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