https://github.com/Takhion/android-extendedactionbar
The problem:
Android 4.4 Kitkat introduced a wonderful new opportunity: translucent bars.
It's as simple as adding the following to your theme:
Code:
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
Awesome, right? Well, almost.
The thing is, if you happen to have an ActionBar (like 99.9% of apps out there) than it won't automatically extend behind the status bar: the status bar will be translucent and the window background will be showed...
A picture is worth a thousand words:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
There are many ways to fix this programmatically or with some wise layouts, but when the application is launched or recreated only the theme will be used (before loading ANY code or layout) and the problem will still be annoyingly present.
The solution:
In the repository at the end I show how to achieve an illusion of "ActionBar extension" (look at the code to see what it means). It is unfortunately more of a hack than a proper solution, but that is due to the fact that the required components (namely @android:dimen/status_bar_height and the ability to create custom drawables, as the ones provided are barely usable and highly bugged) have been banned by the Gods.
Please use it with careful consideration and don't blame me if your device explodes or you cat conquers the world!
The extra mile:
While I was there I took the opportunity to create a simple Activity that removes the hacky window background and does things properly in order to eliminate any overdraw.
It's supposed to be a starting point, though I hope to make it into a real library someday.
Before:
After:
Notes:
I will start using a variation of this code in my apps along with a "secret agent" that will notify me if it ever encounters a device with a status bar bigger than 25dp (if it's smaller or not at the top, it won't be a problem as it will get drawn behind the ActionBar).
If such a thing happens, I will update this accordingly.
https://github.com/Takhion/android-extendedactionbar
Great job, Takhion
Just to help people visiting the link, the repo can be found here
Tiwiz
cool, is this like a tinted statusbar module from Xposed framework??
Sorry, but how to use this?!
Wonderful!
Can please explain how to use those lines of code?
Many people who know how to compile/decompile an apk will like to try by themselves.
Thanks for this wonderful gem
didnt get it though !!
I'm kinda confused...all my apps have the black transparent status bar except for Google Now. I've never seen the issue this fix seems to address, I just always have a black status bar when in apps.
wawan20 said:
cool, is this like a tinted statusbar module from Xposed framework??
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Well the final result is similar, although you don't need the Xposed framework but just "simple" Android 4.4 and it's something to implement while developing an app, not for every installed app
This is not for end users. This is for app developers folks!
Jonnyredcorn said:
I'm kinda confused...all my apps have the black transparent status bar except for Google Now. I've never seen the issue this fix seems to address, I just always have a black status bar when in apps.
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Same here, never seen that happen before!
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chrisch91 said:
Sorry, but how to use this?!
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dafunk2 said:
Wonderful!
Can please explain how to use those lines of code?
Many people who know how to compile/decompile an apk will like to try by themselves.
Thanks for this wonderful gem
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meethere said:
didnt get it though !!
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Jonnyredcorn said:
I'm kinda confused...all my apps have the black transparent status bar except for Google Now. I've never seen the issue this fix seems to address, I just always have a black status bar when in apps.
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Ok I see there is some confusion here, I'll try to be more clear: this is not something intended to automatically "fix" third party applications; it is a "design pattern" to use when developing your own apps in order to give the effect of the extended ActionBar at the theme level, something I have never seen done before. For example take a look at Trello or PushBullet apps, when you start them the status bar is black or has a different color than when the Activity actually starts: that's because they put "something" behind it either programmatically or with some layout, but are unable to so just with the theme, like I was able to achieve here.
In order to be seen it requires Android 4.4 KitKat and a device compatible with translucent bars (everything except the Nexus 10, as far as I know)!
LeJolly said:
Same here, never seen that happen before!
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Try Trello or PushBullet
hypocritelecteur said:
This is not for end users. This is for app developers folks!
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I understand, but the OP says that 99.9% of apps use the translucent status-bar...however I've never seen the translucent status-bar(except in Google Now), or the problems associated with it.
I would love for all apps to take advantage of the translucent Navigation Bar & Status Bar the way Google Now does.
Jonnyredcorn said:
I understand, but the OP says that 99.9% of apps use the translucent status-bar...however I've never seen the translucent status-bar(except in Google Now), or the problems associated with it.
I would love for all apps to take advantage of the translucent Navigation Bar & Status Bar the way Google Now does.
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Actually I said that 99.9% of apps "happen to have an ActionBar"
Takhion said:
Try Trello or PushBullet
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Not happening in either of those apps. Not joking!
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Actually I said that 99.9% of apps "happen to have an ActionBar"
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Haha, you are correct I mis-quoted you. I was under the impression however that you meant that the apps that have the action-bar suffer from the new status-bar.
Does this fix then mean most apps will start to take advantage of the new translucency?
EDIT: I saw your response and I understand that this is for developers making apps. I was just under the impression apps already had issues and this fixed them(if the dev applied it to their app). So hopefully with this post more apps will start having translucent statusbars!
LeJolly said:
Not happening in either of those apps. Not joking!
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You obviously need KitKat (and not be on the Nexus 10): try to kill the app, then launch it and watch closely the status bar... You should see it's light gray for a moment and then takes whatever color the ActionBar is (blue for Trello and green for PushBullet)!
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You obviously need KitKat (and not be on the Nexus 10): try to kill the app, then launch it and watch closely the status bar... You should see it's light gray for a moment and then takes whatever color the ActionBar is (blue for Trello and green for PushBullet)!
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Oh that's what you ment! I thought you were saying that it stays like that When you open XDA Premium (if you have it and this happens at least on Nexus 5) the navigation bar does that also and it's weird!
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Jonnyredcorn said:
Haha, you are correct I mis-quoted you. I was under the impression however that you meant that the apps that have the action-bar suffer from the new status-bar.
Does this fix then mean most apps will start to take advantage of the new translucency?
EDIT: I saw your response and I understand that this is for developers making apps. I was just under the impression apps already had issues and this fixed them(if the dev applied it to their app). So hopefully with this post more apps will start having translucent statusbars!
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Well I certainly hope so!!
I did it as part of something I'm developing and for the sake of the challenge but if you guys spread the word enough, it will be good for humanity :laugh:
Takhion said:
Well the final result is similar, although you don't need the Xposed framework but just "simple" Android 4.4 and it's something to implement while developing an app, not for every installed app
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ok bro , great job , keep it up :good:
Related
Lotus v1.0 (4/9/2011)
Introducing Lotus ROM. Anyone who has used my ROMs for the Incredible knows that my focus is on full featured, stable, smooth and (I hope) visually appealing ROMs that can be your every day driver. It is my sincere hope that this ROM will make your Thunderbolt more convenient and fun to use. Please note that this is just an initial release. I plan to optimize and re-engineer all of the apks in the ROM and add many more speed/graphics/feature tweaks. If you want this to be faster now, may I recommend flashing Ziggy's beta T-bolt kernel? The thing flies on this ROM .
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Features
Based on Adrynalyn's Basic Debloated (build 1.12.605.9) , fully de-odexed, rooted and zipaligned;
Adrynalyn's 2.0 Sense kernel cooked in for battery life, but feel free to flash whatever kernel you want (obviously );
Matte Sense UI; "shiny" elements from the UI have been matted for a smoother, more refined appearance;
App drawer button moved to center and mapped to modded/themed version of Maxim's AppFolders, which allows users to fully customize their app drawer;
Right button mapped to browser (more maps to come);
Power widgets in notification pulldown, themed to fit with look of ROM, plus JSChiSurf's PowerControlSettings app;
Hidden location & ADB icons, percentage battery meter, Smooth Sense (animated) icons and working 6-bar signal indicator in statusbar;
3-in-1 power menu, with reboot, hot restart, etc;
Rmk's patched superuser;
Other UI mods, including dialer, custom skinned Friendstream, News and Twitter widgets, transparent background for lock screen, Roise launcher bar, clock, settings & profile widgets & more;
Zipalign and SD Card speed fix on boot;
Apps generally considered bloatware removed;
Working Hulu add-on;
Ability to uninstall many apps (including the HTC skins) via app manager, and many more (e.g. Friendstream, Twitter, etc.) via Gscripts that are pushed to your Sd Card during flash;
Much more...
Known Issues
4g toggle in power widgets not working (yet).
Skins are NOT compatible with this ROM yet (the buttons are messed up). Will be fixed for version 1.1.
Icons can switch around when adding shortcut to home via AppFolders (hot restart fixes this), see post #62 for stock app drawer version of Rosie that does not do this and post #64 for an AppFolders version that will not do this.
Contact info on in-call screen off center. Patch in post #63.
Probably haven't matted EVERY element of the UI yet...
Installation Instructions
Download here:http://bit.ly/fghOvV
BACKUP!!
Perform a full wipe (data, cache); PLEASE NOTE that the updater script will also wipe parts of data for this initial release. I repeat, flashing this will wipe data! Subsequent versions will not, although it is strongly recommended that you do so on your own.
Flash the ROM;
Let things load up and ENJOY!!
Thanks and Credits
In no particular order:
Anrynalyn for his great work de-odexing and de-bloating the base ROM AND his wonderful kernel(s);
Jcase and Team AndIRC for rooting this thing in the first place;
RMK for the patched superuser app;
succia, ihtfp69 and chingy for the advanced power menu;
jercik for the Smooth Sense icons, which I ported into this ROM;
brainmaster for the SD Card fix scripts;
ihtfp69 and deficitism for their work on the Inc, which I used to learn how to cook and mod;
JSChiSurf for his power widgets, which I ported into this ROM, and for his PowerControl Settings;
Maxim for his excellent App Folders;;
signals23 for info on hiding the MRU
Chingy for getting me interested in modding the T-bolt in the first place;
If I forgot anyone, it was unintentional. Please PM, and I will set things straight...thanks!
Warning/Disclaimer
You flash this ROM at your own risk, and neither I, as developer, nor are any of the individuals listed under "Thanks and Credits", above, are responsible for any consequences that may attend the flashing of this ROM. I have tested this ROM (Lotus v1.0) and found it to be stable during my own use, but this is an early release and has not been extensively tested by multiple users. Accordingly, by flashing this ROM, you are essentially a beta tester.
Been waiting for this... Love the matte Sense look. Thanks sk806.
Dloading, backing up and trying out this Rom, That matte finish looks very very nice.
Dl'ng now...
Dl'ing now as well.
Today is 4/11/11?
Samsuck said:
Dl'ing now as well.
Today is 4/11/11?
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No, it sure isn't!! I am a bit tired .
sk806 said:
No, it sure isn't!! I am a bit tired .
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hehe, thank you for this rom sir. Liking alot right now
Found a bug, at least on my end. Hit personalize, and change skin. It says "Phoneo" heh, instead of Phone lol
Samsuck said:
Found a bug, at least on my end. Hit personalize, and change skin. It says "Phoneo" heh, instead of Phone lol
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That is rather funny...I must have put an extra "o" in strings.xml when I was modding Rosie. Will fix.
Although, I kinda like "Phoneo"...
looks like a nice rom I"ll have to try it later on... the one mod I truly have found I can't do without is the 4x5 desktop... it just makes the larger screen look less empty... only rom I have found that uses this is perfect storm...
and since you remapped the rosie by moving the phone and app drawer does this mean that my current theme (distINCtion) will have the wrong icons placed over the phone and drawer?
Anyway to remove the 6 bar signal thing. It seems like on every rom I try that has that, my signal randomly drops to 0 and comes right back.
glad to see this steve! =) good job
Samsuck said:
Anyway to remove the 6 bar signal thing. It seems like on every rom I try that has that, my signal randomly drops to 0 and comes right back.
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All that does is indicate signal strength, it has no effect on how much you get.
LOL
D
Right, but for some reason when I have that on, the signal will drop randomly to 0 and in like 1 second come back up. When im on the stock 4 bar indicator, this doesn't happen.
Also, when you make a phone call, the text of the contact name is slightly to the right. Can anyone confirm? I can attach screenshot in a bit
this is weird, the buttons on the dock bar randomly switched when clicked the home button. Now the phone icon is in the middle (offcentered) and the apply drawer is on the left again
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gregdalfonso said:
this is weird, the buttons on the dock bar randomly switched when clicked the home button. Now the phone icon is in the middle (offcentered) and the apply drawer is on the left again
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Are you using a skin? I may need to adjust some things for the skins, it seems.
Anyway, do a hot restart and it will go away.
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Samsuck said:
Right, but for some reason when I have that on, the signal will drop randomly to 0 and in like 1 second come back up. When im on the stock 4 bar indicator, this doesn't happen.
Also, when you make a phone call, the text of the contact name is slightly to the right. Can anyone confirm? I can attach screenshot in a bit
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I see that too. I just redid the dialer yesterday and must have missed that. A compiling error for sure. Thanks for the spots.
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Samsuck said:
Anyway to remove the 6 bar signal thing. It seems like on every rom I try that has that, my signal randomly drops to 0 and comes right back.
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I can make that an option, yes.
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Patch Fix for Graphical Glitches
Hi all, I plan to make a small patch fix for the "phoneo" and contact text on in-call screen issues, as well as the Rosie icons switching around (which is really weird, but I know why its happening know). Please keep reporting anything else so I can include it.
Will release the patch either late tonight or in the morning. Thanks again.
Steve
chingy51o said:
glad to see this steve! =) good job
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Thanks, man! And don't worry, still working on the common project we have going....
Does anyone know if there is an apps can change the carrier name in PA 4.2.2.
I know aokp has it built in but nor cm or pa has that option. Or anywhere in the file I could change. Please Thanks
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Would be nice to do this on cm too
agreed.
using Straight Talk and seeing "HOME" is quite annoying.
This would be a nice perk also. I know some hybrid roms utilize it also. Like PACman and whatnot.
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So, I'm running CM, and since I just did this for essentially myself, and didn't want to take the time incorporating this into the settings app, etc, I just modded the necessary framework files (from decompiled source, rather than original .java source, I come from HTC devices where source is not an option, and I'm a glutten for punishment), so that I could display custom text on BOTH the lockscreen as well as both notification panels.
Lockscreen versus notification are two different framework locations, so I just modded the frameworks to look for a text file in /system/ (lock.txt, notification.txt), the contents of each text file being the text you want to display in the corresponding locations (lock screen and notification panels).
Lockscreen (see bottom of screen):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Notification Panels (see bottom for screen 1, and the carrier text on tile for screen 2):
I have a heavily modified framework for personal "tweaks" so if anyone is interested in using this approach, I can package it up with some instructions, but it will take me a bit, as I would have to start over for modding from an original / unmodified framework to start.
Would be good. The reason I would want it is because I am using straight talk and my carrier always says HOME. If it said my actually carrier I probably wouldn't care. Thanks
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theghazi said:
Would be good. The reason I would want it is because I am using straight talk and my carrier always says HOME. If it said my actually carrier I probably wouldn't care. Thanks
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Lol same I just want it to say AT&T instead of HOME
This has nothing to do with Themes/Apps..... AOKP has it but doesn't update the tiles, it still remains as your carrier name. Only changes lock screen and notification pulldown.
Xylon can do this, I tried PA before... Xylon also have PIE and many other options
JsChiSurf said:
So, I'm running CM, and since I just did this for essentially myself, and didn't want to take the time incorporating this into the settings app, etc, I just modded the necessary framework files (from decompiled source, rather than original .java source, I come from HTC devices where source is not an option, and I'm a glutten for punishment), so that I could display custom text on BOTH the lockscreen as well as both notification panels.
Lockscreen versus notification are two different framework locations, so I just modded the frameworks to look for a text file in /system/ (lock.txt, notification.txt), the contents of each text file being the text you want to display in the corresponding locations (lock screen and notification panels).
Lockscreen (see bottom of screen):
Notification Panels (see bottom for screen 1, and the carrier text on tile for screen 2):
I have a heavily modified framework for personal "tweaks" so if anyone is interested in using this approach, I can package it up with some instructions, but it will take me a bit, as I would have to start over for modding from an original / unmodified framework to start.
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Is that also working for the N4 stock rom?
FLH_Sky said:
Is that also working for the N4 stock rom?
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If it's deodexed it can certainly be done (at least more easily).
any update on this? i am looking forward to this.
Nothing. It shouldn't be hard for people who knows this stuff. In aokp its built in and does it so quickly makes me think that no framework stuff needs to be done. But than who am I to judge.
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theghazi said:
Nothing. It shouldn't be hard for people who knows this stuff. In aokp its built in and does it so quickly makes me think that no framework stuff needs to be done. But than who am I to judge.
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I haven't had a chance to work on it today, as I actually work from 9-5.
Trust me, it's a framework mod, I've been doing this a LONG time How else do you think you intercept what the framework would provide normally and display something else in its place? You have to go to where this normally gets outputed, and check for a System Setting flag that has been put in place, via the Settings app, and when present, use what the user has provided instead of what the system returns (in terms of how AOKP would do it). I've been doing this kind of mod directly via the framework for longer than AOKP has been in existence.
When I have the chance, I can gladly, as mentioned put something together, but in the meantime, if anyone wants to pull it off w/o modding the framework, and not making it static, be my guest, afterall, as you mentioned, it's not hard...
I am sorry if I sounded like that it is easy. I said I though it could be easy but than I don't know.
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I haven't had a chance to work on it today, as I actually work from 9-5.
Trust me, it's a framework mod, I've been doing this a LONG time How else do you think you intercept what the framework would provide normally and display something else in its place? You have to go to where this normally gets outputed, and check for a System Setting flag that has been put in place, via the Settings app, and when present, use what the user has provided instead of what the system returns (in terms of how AOKP would do it). I've been doing this kind of mod directly via the framework for longer than AOKP has been in existence.
When I have the chance, I can gladly, as mentioned put something together, but in the meantime, if anyone wants to pull it off w/o modding the framework, and not making it static, be my guest, afterall, as you mentioned, it's not hard...
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Never had a chance to play with framework. Will you instruct us on how to do this? Do I need to do this every time I flash new nightly?
Only thing I need from CM10.1 is this. And yes I have tried AOKP numerous times but a few glitches here and there bug me too much.
AshtonTS said:
Lol same I just want it to say AT&T instead of HOME
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What's funny is that on CM the samsung guys changed it to say AT&T, but I could never find the source. I've looked into this more than once and came up empty handed every time. I always just completely removed the text from the lockscreen and pulldown instead. Js definitely knows what he is doing though, so I would just hold out for him to come through.
rootuser11 said:
Never had a chance to play with framework. Will you instruct us on how to do this? Do I need to do this every time I flash new nightly?
Only thing I need from CM10.1 is this. And yes I have tried AOKP numerous times but a few glitches here and there bug me too much.
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Yes you have to do it every time when you flash. And you have to do it for the updated frame work so it will be a big hassle.
Aokp is bug free for me.
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sad but i guess not happening
rootuser11 said:
sad but i guess not happening
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All you have to do is use PAC ROM from blue and vertigo, it's in nexus 4 android development...It has cm+PA+aokp in one. This way you can have whatever it is you want.
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Pardon me if someone has posted this, but I didn't see it anywhere, and I thought it is an interesting view into the design concepts of the One.
I finally got my One, and after a day with it I realized why HTC removed the toggles that used to be in the drop down. The answer is that they intend us to use the "settings" button that is at the right edge of the notification bar. When I swipe down, I can hit that button and get toggles to airplane, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile data. I suppose those are the main ones that are used.
Of course it is only a shortcut to the normal settings menu, but it basically performs the same function as some previous toggles. On my Amaze, the standard was to swipe down, select the toggles tab, the use the toggle. This has the same number of touches to accomplish those "toggle" tasks.
However, we are still missing the wide array of toggles that were available before.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
There, i fixed it for you :thumbup:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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I think you are wrong. Drop down toggles were introduced with 4.2 and we have android 4.1.2. Patience
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mlodykaras said:
I think you are wrong. Drop down toggles were introduced with 4.2 and we have android 4.1.2. Patience
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I had them on my amaze with ICS, but then I only used stock for a couple of days before I went with NRG, who may have "enhanced" the notification bar.
Renzo4000 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
There, i fixed it for you :thumbup:
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Those are on the desktop, right? I'm speaking of ones on the bar that can be pulled down and accessed any time. Sense 5 comes with a number of toggles and toggle bars for desktop use.
stevedebi said:
Those are on the desktop, right? I'm speaking of ones on the bar that can be pulled down and accessed any time. Sense 5 comes with a number of toggles and toggle bars for desktop use.
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They are notification toggles not on your home screen. Im glad they are gone, ill wait for the 4.2.2 implementation otherwise you get a messy notification area like on touchwiz.
That may be the intention but I still think it is a poor implementation. I'm not sure there is anyone that would agree the current setup is easier than simply have notification toggles like stock 4.2.
+1 to Power Toggles, great way to bring back the notification toggles. Stock 4.2 notification toggle will probably be integrated but it's annoyingly an extra click. I would prefer it if it was just swipe down then press the toggle you want.
thunderdome116 said:
That may be the intention but I still think it is a poor implementation. I'm not sure there is anyone that would agree the current setup is easier than simply have notification toggles like stock 4.2.
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I don't particularly care for it either, since one has to back out of the settings menu.
Overall, I really think that I would prefer more control over the phone rather than having Sense 5 do things automatically.
They will be returned in the 4.2.2 update.
I'm betting we'll get them with the 4.2 update.
KidCarter93 said:
They will be returned in the 4.2.2 update.
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Good news, I miss the functionality.
Renzo4000 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
There, i fixed it for you :thumbup:
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I might sound like another entitled XDA-er, but power toggles uses a notification slot. :[ ew
KiraYahiroz said:
+1 to Power Toggles, great way to bring back the notification toggles. Stock 4.2 notification toggle will probably be integrated but it's annoyingly an extra click. I would prefer it if it was just swipe down then press the toggle you want.
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But there are drawbacks of using an app for toggles. If you force the toggles to always stay on top then you will have to manually expand every notification as only the top notification is expanded automatically. If toggles are built into the rom then they are not considered as a notification by the system hence no issue. If you want the toggles to always stay on top you have to live with a status bar icon as well. Then there are apps like poweramp and amazon app store which simply refuse to have a notification on top of their own. With amazon app store you will see a "fight" between power toggles and the download progress for the top spot. Needless to say its hugely annoying.
Now if you want automatically expanded notifications then the toggles can be set to low priority so other notifications will go on top of it but that again isnt a great solution as I want my toggles to be at one place all the time.
The best solution in my opinion is to keep your most used toggles in the notification drawer and keep the less frequently used toggles in the quick settings bar thats what I do in CM10.1. I really dont understand why OEMs cant get it right, there should be option to completely disable the toggles for those who dont want it and option to clutter your notification drawer with them if the user so pleases, its just all about options.
Looks like we may see notification toggles.
I like power toggles and all but man are those low res images ugly. >.< For being so popular I'd think they'd support 1080p displays.
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I don't care about the toggles, I just want the expandable notifications. :victory:
pdubcramp said:
I don't care about the toggles, I just want the expandable notifications. :victory:
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We have expandable, just have to use two fingers instead of one.
gtg465x said:
We have expandable, just have to use two fingers instead of one.
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:highfive: Whoa, can't believe I missed that. Two fingers is unnecessary though...
Gambler_3 said:
But there are drawbacks of using an app for toggles. If you force the toggles to always stay on top then you will have to manually expand every notification as only the top notification is expanded automatically. If toggles are built into the rom then they are not considered as a notification by the system hence no issue. If you want the toggles to always stay on top you have to live with a status bar icon as well. Then there are apps like poweramp and amazon app store which simply refuse to have a notification on top of their own. With amazon app store you will see a "fight" between power toggles and the download progress for the top spot. Needless to say its hugely annoying.
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Well, you can make the Power Toggle icon in the status bar invisible anyway. And I don't really use any other apps that fights for the top space. However it seems HTC is going to include this in their next big update, seems they got busy:
http://www.htcinside.de/htc-one-and...igen-verbesserungen-soll-vor-der-tuer-stehen/
Rough translation:
Earlier this week, has received a major update with the 230MB software number 1.29.401.12 the HTC one. Among other things, this update has improved the camera and fixed some bugs and improved performance. Now we reach about another update for the HTC one which is to be rolled out soon. This update is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and bring some small but nice improvements.
The information comes from Eastern Europe, the exact source but we can not name. But here we go ...
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
The update as mentioned above are based on Android 4.2.2 and Jelly Bean brings with it ever the latest Android OS version with it. The software number jumps directly from 1.29.x up to 2.x.
Software menu button flashing feed, TV app
The first innovations that should there is a workaround for apps that still require the Menu button. Currently, the HTC one receives at the bottom of an additional bar with a menu button. In early versions of the software you could adjust the back button as on the One that calls this through a long press on the menu. HTC had to remove this feature but unfortunately. Now this problem is to be solved.
In addition, to obtain HTC Flashing feed new content. What does this mean, I can not tell you exactly, unfortunately. But I expect that we will have more opportunities for the stream. Currently, there are in addition to the news feeds so only Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter, calendar, HTC share, Children mode and TV. I am almost sure that this list should still be extended. Also the app for the TV remote control to be improved. But no details are available for this purpose.
New Quick Settings menu
Many of you will certainly look forward to the next innovation. And that should be re-introduced the Quick Settings in the notification bar. The Chinese version of the HTC one, which was recently officially introduced already comes with a Quick Settings menu. See photo from Engadget China (already posted in #15)
More?
We do not know if those are the only improvements that await us. But I'm almost certain that HTC in a relatively big update (Android 4.1.2 => 4.2.2) will still pack a few other new features. We may get in the next few days still more. We are definitely excited and have been waiting for the update.
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I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example. If you select no notifications, there is not even an icon in the status bar.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU I was wrong about this one, while there are memory leaks they do not seem to affect battery life significantly
If you want to be able to switch on silent/airplane mode from the power off menu
if you want to keep ‘hi-res audio via usb’ ... as its gone in Lollipop. | reported by Scoobidu
if you liked the ability to go to relevant settings (wifi for example) by a long tap (on the wifi icon) in the control centerstill possible if you tap the name and not the icon, my bad
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I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU
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I approve everything that you said, my suggestion for everybody is to update to lollipop only when they'll make a 5.1 update that solves the cpu and memory problem.
difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You care about homescreen widgets, indeed in Lollipop you can have notifications on the homescreen but it is all or nothing. You can't just have whatsapp or email for example.
You want to use Xposed or Xprivacy. Indeed xposed is buggy and xprivacy does not work well (if you can install it without bootloops, which I couldn't)
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
You care about battery life. Indeed it seems that Lollipop is buggy and has some memory leaks which slow down the system and make it use more CPU
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Battery is the same. Performance is better. Especially on 726. Even benchmarks prove it.
You can change the theme to change the colour of the bar.
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Sadman Khan said:
Battery is the same. Performance is better. Especially on 726. Even benchmarks prove it.
You can change the theme to change the colour of the bar.
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Yeap, battery for me is quite the same, I am regreting because of xposed. But haopy because finally I can change from landscape to portrait easily and faster. Animations rock and the old statusbar sucked. New lockscreen is way better than the old one. And double tap to sleep works faster too. All while battery being a bit better than before.
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Aside from the small Xposed thing, I don't have a lot to complain about actually. Kinda like Lollipop.
Gonna try 23.1.A.0.726 if u say so..
E66666666 said:
Aside from the small Xposed thing, I don't have a lot to complain about actually. Kinda like Lollipop.
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Maan, I need a way to modify the NAV bar... Having the back key so far away when using constantly, irritates me. ALSO a way to set flashlight to a keypress...(xposed whyyy)
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fenchai said:
Maan, I need a way to modify the NAV bar... Having the back key so far away when using constantly, irritates me. ALSO a way to set flashlight to a keypress...(xposed whyyy)
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Yes Xposed is the biggest loss, you can install the alpha version of Xposed, maybe it will work I am not sure why it caused a bootloop for me (might also be older modules) the only catch is that you might have to reflash /system through the recovery (step 40 in http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/how-to-root-backup-drm-keys-t3013343) in case of bootloop but you don't loose your data/apps.
difto said:
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
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For who needs the "close all" button, I've just uploaded the russian firmware HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60044680&postcount=903
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difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
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+1
I have already rolled back to kitkat.. I prefer the UI and everything i need is compatible and working how it should ..
I have to say I didnt enjoy my experience with lollipop and can't see myself attempting the update again..
There were just no benefits for me other than it felt a tiny bit more snappier.
Poor/rushed effort from Sony in my eyes, they could of done alot better.
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Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!
Matteo Mazzu said:
Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!
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Notifications are a mess on Lollipop, either you have your lock screen full of notifications or nothing. You can just have icons in the status bar as on KitKat. As for the the silent mode of Lollipop, regular modes are also available if you put it on "normal ringer" and you click the speaker it will go on vibration instead. That said the power off menu is crappy too, no possiblity to put on silent, no possbility to put on flight mode.
sumon511 said:
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I dont get this. Just change to another theme, and the bar isn't blue anymore.
SylverPT said:
I dont get this. Just change to another theme, and the bar isn't blue anymore.
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There are some colour choices.they are all bright.you can not choose black like kitkat.bright colour distract me from app.
Matteo Mazzu said:
Even I've rolled back to KitKat.. I love the lollipop animation and the fact that is quicker, but not having the possibility to have more quicksetting (using Serajr Xposed App) and using many GB setting is a a enormous loss for me (and I hate the new silent mode on lollipop!) .. If CM didn't have the photo problem because of the loss of the algorithm, I would installed immediately . For now I'll stay on KitKat, waiting for having back the xposed modules at full potential. Just my thoughts and experience anyway!
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how many quick toggle can be on the notification bar?
I llike LP but it has some problem about xposed or some module
get bootloop 5 times on day hahaha
i back to KK temporary
sumon511 said:
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Change the theme man
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difto said:
I was quite disappointed by the update and I am thinking about rolling back on Kitkat. Those are my main concerns with Lollipop, feel free to share yours or your solutions/workarounds. So do not install Lollipop if:
You would like an efficient app switcher, this kind of drawer in Lollipop just complicate things, do not provide a good overview but that's my point of view. In addition it does not come with the close all button on every customizations
You don't want a blue notification bar which looks too bright in apps
If you want to be able to switch on silent/airplane mode from the power off menu
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You can still silent mode by pressing the volume button.
The themer a lil useless for me now, not sure if its the same for you guys but i theming changes nothing much other than minor colors, the nav bar seems to be unable to theme.
Agreed that the app switcher is not as efficient.
Anyways if you feel the animations a lil not your taste what i did was to set it to 0.5 in developer option. =)
Yes, you can change using the volume button but then you have to unlock the phone, press volume, press silent. Before you just pressed power, silent. Much better in a meeting were you forgot to silence it.
I was wrong, you can silence it while locked.
Love the device but I can't seem to find a way to disable heads up notifications! The system UI tuner cannot be activated by holding the gear icon on the T-Mobile V20. Any help ?
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I'm looking for the same answer, I'd prefer a bit more granular control of my notifications as the options available aren't enough. All I'd want to do is hide the "peek" option.
Seems like you have to go to the app specifically and tap notification from there you can hide them for that app.
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Tidbits said:
Seems like you have to go to the app specifically and tap notification from there you can hide them for that app.
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How did you turn on battery percent?
In the battery section in settings there's a toggle
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None of these settings are just for peek, you'd need access to the System UI Tuner for a slightly more granular adjustment. I would still want to be notified with a sound/vibration, I'd just want to hide peek which gets in the way when I'm doing other things on the phone.
Tidbits said:
Seems like you have to go to the app specifically and tap notification from there you can hide them for that app.
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courtmagician said:
None of these settings are just for peek, you'd need access to the System UI Tuner for a slightly more granular adjustment. I would still want to be notified with a sound/vibration, I'd just want to hide peek which gets in the way when I'm doing other things on the phone.
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Bumping because I am looking for the capability to do the same thing. For some reason they (ATT and/or LG) have blocked the System UI tuner which allows for blocking peeking notifications while keeping the sound and vibrations. Android not having a simple option to globally disable peeking is greatly annoying.
If there is no way to enable the System UI tuner is there another way to disable peeking notifications on the LG V20 while still allowing vibration/noise? Silent notifications are almost as useless as peeking/heads up notifications.
LG has. There has never to my knowledge has there been a LG device that has had it since it was introduced.
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Tidbits said:
LG has. There has never to my knowledge has there been a LG device that has had it since it was introduced.
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System UI Tuner is a special option, that has to be enabled (akin to Developer Options), added to Android M and above so barely any phones have it. Some carriers and manufacturers have disabled it on those that do, such as the V20.
Regardless of the System UI tuner there should be some other way on the LG V20 to disable peeking per app or globally. We are just trying to find a way on the LG V20 without also having to silence sound/vibration. There also does not seem to be an app to take care of the issue since those like HeadsOff are no longer compatible.
Does app info in application manager help with certain apps?
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Does app info in application manager help with certain apps?
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All you are able to do is what was linked above in the screenshot.
-Block (No notifications)
-Show silently (no sound, vibrate, or peek)
-Lock screen notifications (all, sensitive, none)
-Priority (yes/no)
Am looking for this too it's driving me nuts anyone? It was present on galaxy note 7
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add me to the list
this is an unbelievable situation, its driving me crazy.. i did lots of experiments and researches, still no solution, appearantly its an app based and not a general thing, i dont know why, apps and Andriod N.. Whatsapp in my case will be the exmaple
My conclusion is based on the below tests and readings:
- All my whatsapp settings are set to vibrate and/or sound, but no pop up
- Am using Novo launcher, so i thought the launcher is the problem, however, tried the default one, but still pops up
- surprisingly, Textra app, Telegram app, some other calendar apps, doesn't show a pop up peek if u disabled it from the app itself. keeping the sound and vibrate on as wanted.
- I sent to whatsapp an email, but the email they replied with was useless and didnt address the problem itself
- i tried few apps at the play store, but all of them didnt work, as non is built for Andriod N
- the only way is what mentioned in this thread, where you will block the notification alert and show it silently, and thats not what we want.
- Yes the UI Tuner is not activated and cant be activated in this device
The End result, its a problem in these specific apps with Andriod N, and its the problem from LG not activating the UI Tuner, if only there is a way to communicate with LG and force them to solve this problem.
Glad to hear others thoughts..
Dear all,
I can confirm that i was able to block the headsup using adb commands. Refer and search through the forums here at xda, few threads explained it.. Easy in 30 min done
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0
You're welcome.
You should still get the ticker-like notification in the second screen.
thanks it works
Paradoxumical said:
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0
You're welcome.
You should still get the ticker-like notification in the second screen.
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Yes am still getting the ticker and thats a very useful feature in LGv20, i dont mind that as long as the headsup is disabled.
Ok now how do we get the notification to show longer in the second screen? Most my apps time out in about 2 seconds with the exception of the stock messaging app, and bluemail (both show for approx 5 seconds)...
Amjad.AbdulGhani said:
Yes am still getting the ticker and thats a very useful feature in LGv20, i dont mind that as long as the headsup is disabled.
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Will this still show the pop up in the second screen? Also, where do you type that
koppee1 said:
Will this still show the pop up in the second screen? Also, where do you type that
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Its using adb, and u have to read about it and installing on ur PC then connecting the phone and doing the process and commands. There r threads in the forums of how to do it..
Amd ues the popup still shows up on the second screen