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[Q] Paranoid Expandable Desktop

So I've been working on a theme to post at mycolorscreen.com and when I was creating the wallpapers I took a screenshot
to get the exact size of the screen not realizing the soft key buttons covered the bottom portion of my theme (in Tablet UI).
I can get around using Apex Actions to see my recent apps and quick settings, but the problem is when I'm in expandable
desktop mode and I'm using an app I don't have the back or home button therefore I have to hold down the power button and
get out of expandable desktop mode and its just a pain in the butt and such a hassel. My question is is there anyway I can
use my volume up button for home and the volume down for back? Or perhaps an app someone knows off that could help me
with my situation?
Thanks in advance, elRei

Flash the latest Paranoid beta (v2.99 1/14/13) and turn on pie controls under Settings>Toolbars and you'll have this when swiping from the bottom of the screen in expanded desktop mode.
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lol I knew I should've updated when Goo Manager told me too, thanks

Hiding the buttons

I find the virtual buttons a bit of a nuisance, I would much rather use gestures. I originally wanted to hide them only on my home screen, but it seems it's all or nothing with qemu.hw.mainkeys in build.prop.
I'm fine getting rid of them, however I'm wondering if there is a gesture system I can have instead, for example a swipe from bottom takes me to the home screen?
Edit: I'm on rooted stock 4.3.

I'm using cataclysm ROM which has a unique feature which fades out the buttons after ten seconds in any app. Other wise I think there's an xposed module that can have swipes to navigate.
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Thanks man, turns out I was Googling for the wrong thing - once I figured out that they were called navigation bars I came across an app called " GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys" for rooted devices. (For future people)
I'd rather keep with rooted stock for now but I will be sure to keep an eye on it for when I decide to dabble in roms.

6.0.1+: Good Lock - How to adjust volume properly?

On KK and LL, and even with MM it is real easy to change all the volumes.
Press either volume key once, then you was able to adjust all volume (media, notification, etc.)
Now I can press VOL_UP, VOL_DOWN, but nothing really happens.
I tried all the magic, went into Settings, but without luck.
Again, on stock it's fine.
Maybe Samsung forgot to include this in Good Lock?
They even made it official some time ago.
Pressing the empty right area there, where the normal UI have the arrow does nothing.
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So something weird happened.
Installed the latest 24.0.7 version.
After installing it, and had a reboot.
When I pressed the volume keys, I had this little arrow.
Fast forward a few days.
Disliked the default purple pastel color, so I changed the color to a new one.
POOF, the arrow is gone.
It's a bug, I am 99% sure, but there is no way to contact / tell Samsung I suppose.

Mystery shortcut (or accidental feature) on my G4 Plus

Here's a nagging Android riddle I'd like to understand just out of curiosity, as opposed to researching an 'issue' that needs to be resolved. We all have better things to do (laundry, pull weeds, floss) than to make a case out of this post.
I'll ask anyway.
In my graphic the shortcut on the left shows normal behavior from the Settings widget in Oreo. The shortcut on the right, however, just showed up on the home screen out of nowhere. I'm clueless about how it got there and why it has color. Is anybody familiar with this?
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I think it's a spyware from mobile-tracker-free.com . Coz I used it before and it comes as the name of WiFi in the settings to avoid attention of the user.

rahulvidh said:
I think it's a spyware from mobile-tracker-free.com ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not spyware. But mystery solved. The peculiar green shortcut is an Oreo feature.
In my case it showed up by accident. Here's how it's done on purpose:
Long-press the Settings app icon until a pop-up box appears with a short list of widget items that can be dragged to the home screen. In my case there are only 3 options -- battery, data usage and wi-fi.
There are similar effects by long-pressing other apps like Gmail and Messages.

Home screen icons and buttons on home screen doubled.

Hello,
Thank you for your willingness to help me with this odd situation.
The TM variant of the LG V20 has been my daily driver for at least 5 years when I finally needed to replaced it due to charging issues. I bought and returned an LG V60 and a OnePlus 7 Pro. In the end I went back to what I know, another LG V20 which worked flawlessly untill this morning when suddenly my icon folders would not open. I redid all folders exactly as they were but rather than to replace the 1st set of folders the 2nd set stacked themselves on top of the 1st set. I removed the 2nd set, but 1st set still won't open and also can't be removed by dragging them to top of screen. Home screen buttons have "doubles" now and screen looping doesn't work anymore either even though looping setting is enabled.
I have cleared the cache, turned phone off and on and removed the battery ..... rudimentary I know.
Hopefully you will be able to help me solve this problem. Thank you very much
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