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Can we install themes on stock-non rooted phones?

Can any1 answer?

jr866gooner said:
Can any1 answer?
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Hi mate,
It depends on how intrusive the theme is, in other words, if it is going to change settings and notifications menu, then u need a root+deodexed rom which can accept most of the built themes.
try to install a launcher like Go or ADW launchers, then change their theming options, this will keep u happy
Edit: However, if u decided to jump to the world of custom roms, then the sky is ur limit
for me I rooted my previous gs2 but after replacing it (due to speaker problem) I still dont find a reason to root+custom my phone, its gr8 out of the box.
p.s. dont listen to junky users who r *****ing about the performance of the phone. they r crying about things that they dont mind if the name of the device name is Iphone ,,,,,,, coming from sgs this device is a real replacement for a computer OTG

Hi dr thanks for your reply,
I absolutely love my phone so no complaints about performance at all! I am not into rooting my devise,just wanted to change the notification bar ie battery icon but thats it, I'm very happy with touch wiz etc best phone I've had!

So how easy would it be to just change the battery icon to be like the one on the sgs1?

@drreality +1 man! True story.

To change batteryicon im pretty sure you need to root as the icons are placed in the system folders

Ah ok lets say I pluck up the courage to root easily,how would I go about downloading just a battery icon and install it with stock Rom?

jr866gooner said:
Ah ok lets say I pluck up the courage to root easily,how would I go about downloading just a battery icon and install it with stock Rom?
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same question. already rooted, just need themes on stock ROM

jr866gooner said:
Hi dr thanks for your reply,
I absolutely love my phone so no complaints about performance at all! I am not into rooting my devise,just wanted to change the notification bar ie battery icon but thats it, I'm very happy with touch wiz etc best phone I've had!
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There are lots of apps on the market that can give you another battery icon in the status bar without rooting, although they won't replace your defaultbattery icon, so you will have 2 battery icons, one on the left part of the phone and the default one in the right part of the notification bar.

jr866gooner said:
Ah ok lets say I pluck up the courage to root easily,how would I go about downloading just a battery icon and install it with stock Rom?
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Take your framework to the uot kitchen and just select battery.
cant post links, on phone. Just google it.

FYI - You can hide your status bar

Install the following app. Download from my dropbox account.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38673648/apps/HoneyBar_v1.0.5.apk
Needs root access. Press on the white box in the middle of the status bar to hide it and press on it again to bring it back. Enjoy!

I know you had good intentions (haha) but it's been mentioned . Idr where the thread was though.

I'm sure it's been mentioned. But I thought it's nice to provide another source for this app. Besides, here is something that you might not have thought of.
A friend of mine is lecturing at a university. He's starting to use his TF hooked up to a projector and write notes using writepad stylus, the only note taking app for android that has palm rejection. It's great.
The problem is it is very easy to accidently touch the notification bar and pops up the notification window when you're writing. Writepad stylus solves this by having a flip screen to upside down feature. But when you have it hooked up to the projector, everything is upside down. So, he recently asked me figure out a way around this.
Hence honeybar.
Now, you don't have to flip the tablet upside down to write. Simply hide the status bar and you're set.
I think that was the point of me starting this thread. It's not just for hiding the status bar. It's what you do with this ability.

goodintentions said:
Install the following app. Download from my dropbox account.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38673648/apps/HoneyBar_v1.0.5.apk
Needs root access. Press on the white box in the middle of the status bar to hide it and press on it again to bring it back. Enjoy!
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Is the source posted somewhere?
If not, no problem, I can run baksmali and take a look. I ask because I have heard similar requests to put stuff on the status bar.
Thanks!

Bob Smith42 said:
Is the source posted somewhere?
If not, no problem, I can run baksmali and take a look. I ask because I have heard similar requests to put stuff on the status bar.
Thanks!
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Nope. What's asked to put on the bar?

Thank you, great app.
Was using something else but this is much better.

If only there were an App that did not require Root access....

baseballfanz said:
Thank you, great app.
Was using something else but this is much better.
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Share with us the app name and if it requires root also.
Beards said:
If only there were an App that did not require Root access....
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AMEN, I am missing so much as I cannot root mine yet.

Kasush said:
Share with us the app name and if it requires root also.
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Here's the thread discussing HideBar, which is a similar app and also requires root (sorry).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265860

MOJO root and Play Store mod now available!

I've just posted MMM - MoDaCo Mod for MOJO - in the development area here. It's a bit quiet over there at the moment so I figured I should post a heads up here.
MMM roots the MOJO and helps with the 'missing apps from Play Store issue', head on over for more details.
Enjoy!
P

Wow thanks! Excited to try this out.

paulobrien said:
I've just posted MMM - MoDaCo Mod for MOJO - in the development area here. It's a bit quiet over there at the moment so I figured I should post a heads up here.
MMM roots the MOJO and helps with the 'missing apps from Play Store issue', head on over for more details.
Enjoy!
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Since you are into modding this thing, any possibility of an option to hide or turn off the menu bar during gameplay? I dont want to stare at some menu bar in ALL my games.
Is there a way around this?
Would installing a custom rom be a way around this?
If so, do you recommend a custom rom i could install on this now that I have rooting ability?
Thanx for your time!

Pleiades7 said:
Since you are into modding this thing, any possibility of an option to hide or turn off the menu bar during gameplay? I dont want to stare at some menu bar in ALL my games.
Is there a way around this?
Would installing a custom rom be a way around this?
If so, do you recommend a custom rom i could install on this now that I have rooting ability?
Thanx for your time!
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I used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys&hl=en to hide mine, but sadly it has a red bar across the bottom instead. You can resize it but cant make ti go away without paying for the "pro" version (which I did, and the fullscreen without the black bar across the bottom is beautiful!)

How to remove/hide the Navbar on Mojo?

Hey again guys. I've been doing further research and I'm positive the console I want to buy next is a Mojo.
I plan to root it as soon as I get it, so the important question is: how do I make it so the navbar doesn't show up? Apparently its always present by default, making all apps even XBMC not actually fullscreen.
Hopefully someone can tell me that. Thanks!

Satoshi Matrix said:
Hey again guys. I've been doing further research and I'm positive the console I want to buy next is a Mojo.
I plan to root it as soon as I get it, so the important question is: how do I make it so the navbar doesn't show up? Apparently its always present by default, making all apps even XBMC not actually fullscreen.
Hopefully someone can tell me that. Thanks!
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That's were I've heard your name.. on the "The Retro League" podcast lol
I haven't heard those two in ages.. wow!
I should go get me some right now lol
Cool, ha.. to your questions.
I think there's app on the app store which remove the navbar in jellybean.. not 100%
I would think CM12 would have that as an option.. again not sure sorry.
MX player does hide it but games don't.. that I recall anyway.
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I wonder if there's just a script that you can edit to fix this. I just want the damn thing to not take up screen space when it's not a touch screen device to begin with.

Satoshi Matrix said:
I wonder if there's just a script that you can edit to fix this. I just want the damn thing to not take up screen space when it's not a touch screen device to begin with.
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Try Auto Hide Soft Keys APP which worked fine for me on rooted jellybean. Kodi/XBMC on the Lollipop (CM12) ROM works without this app because of immersive mode which hides the navbar, so I would suggest when you get your MOJO to switch to that ROM.

I know this is probably a crazy noobish question, but is there any way to download game apks from the google play store directly to my imac? I'm pretty new to google play, and it keeps saying to sign in on the device. but thats just the thing, I don't have a mojo yet. I'm still trying to figure out if I will get one.
So what the heck? Can't I just download to my computer and then "sideload" later?

Satoshi Matrix said:
I know this is probably a crazy noobish question, but is there any way to download game apks from the google play store directly to my imac? I'm pretty new to google play, and it keeps saying to sign in on the device. but thats just the thing, I don't have a mojo yet. I'm still trying to figure out if I will get one.
So what the heck? Can't I just download to my computer and then "sideload" later?
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I'm not sure why you would need to sideload apks to the MOJO since it will be fully functional with google play after using the rooting method for jellybean. On CM12, missing apps can apparently be fooled into appearing in google play by changing the device to something else like an nvidia shield tablet using Market helper http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146216
But there is a way to download apks to the computer if you must: try this

Satoshi Matrix said:
I wonder if there's just a script that you can edit to fix this. I just want the damn thing to not take up screen space when it's not a touch screen device to begin with.
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I'm newish to android but I think you still need to use the navbar regardless of lack of touch...
At least with jellybean, cm12 feels better integrated to android but still need to get to the all apps menu button.
I think the issue is jellybean didn't let apps remove easily, were as cm12 does.

after i root my devise ?

hello i did root my op6t
and there is an app called
MAgisk
what does it do ? I mean I am an Apple IOS guy ...
could you help me ? also it says update it mine is (7.2.0) latest 7.3.2
thanks a lot

Rooting your phone without reading up about it before hand is a dangerous game to play.
There is plenty, and I mean plenty of information about Magisk out there, a simple search will go a long way.

yahaa08 said:
hello i did root my op6t
and there is an app called
MAgisk
what does it do ? I mean I am an Apple IOS guy ...
could you help me ? also it says update it mine is (7.2.0) latest 7.3.2
thanks a lot
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

Jager said:
Rooting your phone without reading up about it before hand is a dangerous game to play.
There is plenty, and I mean plenty of information about Magisk out there, a simple search will go a long way.
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thanks a lot for your advice
is it like Apple
like root it and then delete it make it original again? :good:

[somehow posted answer on wrong thread!?]

I suggest you to stay away from root until you've read enough about it...
Nothing is like iPhone here we're Android

Ehhh, like Linux, if you don't break Android once or twice, you aren't really going to learn anything.
IF you are already rooted and Magisk is installed find the OxyTweaker for Magisk module ( search this site) and install it. It is Viagra for your battery. Install Titanium and pay for the premium version......well worth it.....and AppOps and get to work on you phone.
I recommend the "freeze" option with Titanium until you actually know what you are doing. I also only grant temporary super user rights to both apps. Play around with removing google apps and getting a grip on app permissions.
I am a long time Apple Baby that converted in Feb this year. I can't see me ever going back to an Iphone. Just too much customization and control with Android.
All the best, JC

PattayaGlock said:
Ehhh, like Linux, if you don't break Android once or twice, you aren't really going to learn anything.
IF you are already rooted and Magisk is installed find the OxyTweaker for Magisk module ( search this site) and install it. It is Viagra for your battery. Install Titanium and pay for the premium version......well worth it.....and AppOps and get to work on you phone.
I recommend the "freeze" option with Titanium until you actually know what you are doing. I also only grant temporary super user rights to both apps. Play around with removing google apps and getting a grip on app permissions.
I am a long time Apple Baby that converted in Feb this year. I can't see me ever going back to an Iphone. Just too much customization and control with Android.
All the best, JC
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i have tried but still, i think its kinda hard, I am trying to install YouTube Vanced but I couldn't I did everything right on here :
link couldn't post it
I still need time and a lot of education vids
thanks a lot

Main reason that I rooted my phone is to block ads via block list instead of vpn. Second and probably better is that if you have a car or truck with android auto and want to use real GPS instead of Waze or Google maps. I love aa mirror + as phenotype changer. Which will mirror your phone and thus be able to use osmAnd from fdroid. Also being rooted you can use carstream to watch videos in your cars head unit. Also with magisk there are a few useful modules WiFi bonding and bromite come to mind.
Once you root YouTube vanced can be installed via magisk but also you can can download the apk and install that way too.
I been rooting phones since 2008 and fail to see how it is dangerous. Although some people due believe education is dangerous. Root never harmed me or my family and never threatened me or my health. A boot loop here or there a few soft bricks and a dozen or so voided warranties but no danger.

can I update my OP6t without losing my root ?

yahaa08 said:
can I update my OP6t without losing my root ?
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You WILL LOSE Root. There is a Guide in the Guides Section. Read that. Or if you need further help just ask.

I think there is a module with a script to do that. Just search update and keep root on the forum.

could you please provide me a link of that thread?
Thanks

Nope, but you should be able to search and find it. Saw it, but did not book mark it.

yahaa08 said:
can I update my OP6t without losing my root ?
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Yes. The first 3 posts in this thread have the info you seek:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/official-oxygenos-9-0-4-ota-oneplus-6t-t3860953

jp0469 said:
Yes. The first 3 posts in this thread have the info you seek:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/official-oxygenos-9-0-4-ota-oneplus-6t-t3860953
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thanks a i did it without losing my root
i have a question please
if i double tap on the screen it won't open the device like iPhone ?
it only shows the time
can I install, for ex. any add on
to enable double tap to open my deive and log me in
:good:

yahaa08 said:
thanks a i did it without losing my root
i have a question please
if i double tap on the screen it won't open the device like iPhone ?
it only shows the time
can I install, for ex. any add on
to enable double tap to open my deive and log me in
:good:
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If you're on the stock ROM (Out of box OS). You can go into settings and search double at the top of the settings menu. There you should see double tap to wake as a search result and from there you can enable double tap to wake. Hope this was what you meant by double tap.

yahaa08 said:
thanks a i did it without losing my root
i have a question please
if i double tap on the screen it won't open the device like iPhone ?
it only shows the time
can I install, for ex. any add on
to enable double tap to open my deive and log me in
:good:
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Thanks so much i found it. :good: :good: