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[Q] Is it possible to get rid of the slide to unlock screen?

So is there anyone that has developed something that will allow you to get rid of the unlock screen completely? I think it would be nice to just be able to hit the button and not have to slide the screen every time.

i havent used this app so i dont know if it works or not but it does what you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&feature=search_result

I use Battery Indicator Pro. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicatorPro
The free version can't disable the lockscreen.
Just search for "disable lockscreen on the market.

Awesome! Thanks you guys!

On CM7 there is a feature for disabling the lockscreen.
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dastin1015 said:
On CM7 there is a feature for disabling the lockscreen.
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Except that it re-enables all the time. (Issue 2121 on the Bug Tracker).
Been waiting a long time for this to be fixed.

I know there is a app that uses your proximity sensor to detect if the phone is in your pocket, and if not it will unlock your phone when you press the power button.
Going trough my app list now.
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Found it, it's called Intelligent Keylock Unlocker

DirkGently1 said:
Except that it re-enables all the time. (Issue 2121 on the Bug Tracker).
Been waiting a long time for this to be fixed.
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I found the same, BUT!
Disabling instead from the recently added 'Tablet Tweaks' menu means it stays disabled. No idea what's wrong with the other disable methods, but this one works. Yay!

richardkemp said:
I found the same, BUT!
Disabling instead from the recently added 'Tablet Tweaks' menu means it stays disabled. No idea what's wrong with the other disable methods, but this one works. Yay!
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I love you.
Now i can reconfigure my Power Widget as i don't need that particular toggle switch any more!

Theres an app on the market called no lock. all it does is gets rid of the lock screen. I was using battery indicator pro for it but hated the notification that was always there.

dragonithe said:
I know there is a app that uses your proximity sensor to detect if the phone is in your pocket, and if not it will unlock your phone when you press the power button.
Going trough my app list now.
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Found it, it's called Intelligent Keylock Unlocker
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Thanks for this. It sounds really nice, I'll be sure to try it out.
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Flashlight with volume up on regular S4?

So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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There is a thread about this in the Apps section already.

I am also interested in this. The one thread I found was the one we're you have to download nova or apex launchers but that's not working. Any other way to do this without rooting?
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mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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You switched back too? I thought you were happy with your active? I switched back to the s4 today too, I missed the better camera and amount of accessories, plus my active had horrible.call quality (not sure of I had a bad one or what)
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Solange82200 said:
You switched back too? I thought you were happy with your active? I switched back to the s4 today too, I missed the better camera and amount of accessories, plus my active had horrible.call quality (not sure of I had a bad one or what)
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I loved the active but I'm with you on accessories. I bought a fairly nice case and there's so many more options for the future. Plus, if I ever want to replace the housing of the device, or even just change the color of the battery door, it'll be much simpler with the original S4. Also I don't think the Active will ever have the ROM and modifications support the S4 has even when/if they eventually get a custom recovery.

mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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i've used the nottach xposed mod on three different roms. works great!

mixlex said:
i've used the nottach xposed mod on three different roms. works great!
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I'm on stock TW with Nottach and it doesn't seem to work for me (and a lot of other people). I've tried the shortcut option and the Nottach way (which basically is the same) and neither seem to work.

on any rom except mint jelly all mods have to be done through the xposed installer or nothing will work.you have to place the nottach Xposed apk on your sd card (or on phone storage i suppose) then you have to install with an app called xposed installer which you can get from the xposed thread. install the framework thru the xposed installer. After installing hit the module button top right and check the xposed module apk..All mods are done from there or nothing works. also when changing colors make sure the switch top right on the color choosing screen is turned on or again nothing works. give it one more try..
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I'm on stock TW with Nottach and it doesn't seem to work for me (and a lot of other people). I've tried the shortcut option and the Nottach way (which basically is the same) and neither seem to work.
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https://github.com/rovo89/XposedInstaller.This is the link to the installer you need to get it to work. All mods done thru this app if not on mint jelly rom.

drsiddiqui1 said:
I am also interested in this. The one thread I found was the one we're you have to download nova or apex launchers but that's not working. Any other way to do this without rooting?
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Don't get me wrong, I would love to do this as a flashable MOD for my DeOdexed stock (1st Gen P-Rom) without having to install anything else and I encourage anyone that can do it. I just pointed out the other thread in the APPs section so people interested can see if there is any further information in that thread that they might want to check out.
I think the "X-Posed" Mod and Nottach's contribution is awesome and potentially one of the best things that can happen for this phone, but just a simple MOD for the torch to work via volume keys sure would be nice.

mixlex said:
on any rom except mint jelly all mods have to be done through the xposed installer or nothing will work.you have to place the nottach Xposed apk on your sd card (or on phone storage i suppose) then you have to install with an app called xposed installer which you can get from the xposed thread. install the framework thru the xposed installer. After installing hit the module button top right and check the xposed module apk..All mods are done from there or nothing works. also when changing colors make sure the switch top right on the color choosing screen is turned on or again nothing works. give it one more try..
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https://github.com/rovo89/XposedInstaller.This is the link to the installer you need to get it to work. All mods done thru this app if not on mint jelly rom.
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I have xposedinstaller and use nottach for more than trying to get the torch to work and nottach works fine. For some reason it just doesnt work for torch
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seems a little buggy on the torch..This is what works for me. With screen off, power button on,power button off, then volume up. Then it works, pretty much have to do it every time but at least it works that way for me. Also the setting for long press of brightness icon seems to work all of the time. Hope this works for you.

mixlex said:
With screen off, power button on,power button off, then volume up.
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Doesn't work for me. Neither does switching music tracks with the volume keys. Anything involving volume keys just won't work using Xposed for me. :'( But the brightness shortcut works fine, I just wish the actual button hotspot was a little larger; I generally have to be sure to touch the very center of the icon for it to work.
Right now I'm just using Flashlight LED Genius, which turns on the torch on the lock screen when you shake it. Seems to work pretty well. And gives me some exercise!

johnus said:
Doesn't work for me. Neither does switching music tracks with the volume keys. Anything involving volume keys just won't work using Xposed for me. :'( But the brightness shortcut works fine, I just wish the actual button hotspot was a little larger; I generally have to be sure to touch the very center of the icon for it to work.
Right now I'm just using Flashlight LED Genius, which turns on the torch on the lock screen when you shake it. Seems to work pretty well. And gives me some exercise!
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i have the same problem...

mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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HEY! this rom has an add on for EXACTLY what you want. idk if you can use it on ur stock one but go to add on section
it works PERFECTLY (well, on that rom at least)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313469

[REQ] Remove 3 Dot Overflow in 4.3 Roms

Hi everyone,
Since I use a menu button in my navbar, I was wondering if there was a mod, that I could flash to remove the 3 dot menu. If there are none, I am willing to do it myself and have tried the following methods but they don't work for me. So if anyone knows of a mod or a guide, that would be great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297692
The above link was the only one I could find, the rest mostly relate to HTC One threads.
Rom: Vanir Nighlty, Android 4.3 (AOSP Base)
EDIT 1: Here are the steps I tried:
To remove 3-dot menu:
Decompile your framework-res.apk
Go to values folder
Open bools.xml
Search for
<bool name="config_showNavigationBar">true</bool>
and change it to
<bool name="config_showNavigationBar">false</bool>
Recompile your framework-res.apk
I also made sure to sign the apk and zipalign it before putting it in a flashable zip
One thing I also tried, it was a long shot & it didn't work but I decompiled the framework of an MIUI rom since they have it enabled, and tried taking a few things from there but it didn't work
EDIT 2: I have already tried editing the build prop with a line from a HTC thread but it didn't work (phone wouldn't turn on)
Also, if anyone knows where menu-related stuff is within framework res that would be great because that would be a good place to test. (That's if the solution lies within framework res)
EDIT 3: Update: AOKP unofficial 14th September (4.3) still has the bug
Updated post with screenshots

I'm using Full screen toggle apk and LMT pie for navigation on stock 4.3 rooted and working well. See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558

Melt1down said:
I'm using Full screen toggle apk and LMT pie for navigation on stock 4.3 rooted and working well. See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
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I think you have misunderstood me. I mean the 3 dot menu in apps

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Checking to see what I can do now
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melbourne408 said:
Checking to see what I can do now
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Thanks, much appreciated
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Bump, anyone?
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bump too ...
as a start ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645052
http://mobility.forumsee.com/a/m/s/...hree-dot-menu-and-remap-multitask-button.html

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bump too ...
as a start ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645052
http://mobility.forumsee.com/a/m/s/...hree-dot-menu-and-remap-multitask-button.html
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Thanks xanthrax but I already tried that a while ago, I edited the build prop and my phone wouldn't turn on, so the search continues.....

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that the overflow menus you are referring to is coded into the app and not really dependent on anything else. Meaning that it is part of the app itself and not something the OS shows. Isn't that what Google's android interface guidelines suggests?
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PMentior said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that the overflow menus you are referring to is coded into the app and not really dependent on anything else. Meaning that it is part of the app itself and not something the OS shows. Isn't that what Google's android interface guidelines suggests?
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I'm not a dev or app developer so I can't really comment on that. But I do know that some roms do have this feature on 4.3, it's just that it it doesn't work.
So im pretty sure the answer lies within the rom itself, not the apps maybe. Although im not even sure if the solution lies within framework res, it could be system ui or even at source, in git, which would make it out of my hands

I know that there are roms that can add the menus button permanently to the nav bar (PA can do this) but I have never seen one get rid of the menu overflow button within any apps themselves. Even back to 4.2 roms I never saw that type of behavior.
In fact now that I think about it when I still had my GS3 which has a physical menu button there still was the menu overflow button in some apps because that is what Google's app guidelines say to do.
Edit - I think what you are seeing about the htc one is about removing the black onscreen nav bar that shows up in apps that don't use the menu overflow button on app because the htc one has hardware keys but not a menu key.
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PMentior said:
I know that there are roms that can add the menus button permanently to the nav bar (PA can do this) but I have never seen one get rid of the menu overflow button within any apps themselves. Even back to 4.2 roms I never saw that type of behavior.
In fact now that I think about it when I still had my GS3 which has a physical menu button there still was the menu overflow button in some apps because that is what Google's app guidelines say to do.
Edit - I think what you are seeing about the htc one is about removing the black onscreen nav bar that shows up in apps that don't use the menu overflow button on app because the htc one has hardware keys but not a menu key.
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There are roms on 4.2 that can remove the 3 dot menu because I used them. All roms (Or at least most) on 4.2 based off AOKP have the feature, i used to use Rootbox rom on 4.2.2 and Xylon rom and the feature worked perfectly. But if you look now on 4.3 AOKP builds, it just doesn't work for some reason

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PMentior said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that the overflow menus you are referring to is coded into the app and not really dependent on anything else. Meaning that it is part of the app itself and not something the OS shows. Isn't that what Google's android interface guidelines suggests?
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The apps seem to know if the phone has a menu button or not.
Just throwing this out there but PAC has the overflow menu disabled by default!
If there was a way to port this to other roms I would be ecstatic!
But alas I do not know how to cherry pick commits and I have no idea where the commit is in PAC's GIT
You find me that commit and I might be able to add it and build it with a friend of mines help.

Hide nav bar root required

Sideload and install gmd hide soft keys run it and select hide soft keys keys and setup your quick nav bar ..my suggestion is to use the pro version of gmd and set navigation control's to none and then use udn pro as your navbar which seems to work better for me
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Works great, but how do you get the new nav bar to push everything up when on the bottom? Right now I have it set to 20px so it doesn't interfere with much, but it conflicts with my keyboard from time to time...
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Did you guys lose menu buttons on some apps after installing these? My menu buttons for Voice and Trillian for instance have vanished and the menu button for the bar doesn't work on most apps for me.
Edit: Never mind, my issue was related to a busybox installation that was fixed by installing with a different installer. Oops.
Thanks for the info on this, it's very useful and stock is kinda lackluster.

aimlessanomaly said:
Did you guys lose menu buttons on some apps after installing these? My menu buttons for Voice and Trillian for instance have vanished and the menu button for the bar doesn't work on most apps for me.
Edit: Never mind, my issue was related to a busybox installation that was fixed by installing with a different installer. Oops.
Thanks for the info on this, it's very useful and stock is kinda lackluster.
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I just got the same problem.
You mean that re-install the busybox will solve this?

911sakura said:
I just got the same problem.
You mean that re-install the busybox will solve this?
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I reinstalled with a different installer from the play store and it worked for me.

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I reinstalled with a different installer from the play store and it worked for me.
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I tried many kinds of installers but all failed, could you tell me which one you used?
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911sakura said:
I tried many kinds of installers but all failed, could you tell me which one you used?
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I used the one from Faznx92's root tutorials, but I never had a busybox problem...

Something weird is going on, I got the menu problem again after rebooting I guess. Every time I uninstall busybox I get them back. I'll try the method OP used.
Edit: I keep getting the same problem. Each time I enable the auto hide soft keys app, I lose menu buttons in apps. Thr trick I found is to launch them all after booting then enable the auto hide. Just need to do that every time you reboot.
I would still love to be able to fix it for good

Freeze or uninstall stock "Soft Key Bar?"
Is it possible to remove it completly? I use auto hide soft keys but the stock Soft Key Bar interferes with it.

Atise said:
Is it possible to remove it completly? I use auto hide soft keys but the stock Soft Key Bar interferes with it.
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This

Do you guys know any way of swapping the default navbar with an aosp navbar? I want it to stay without hiding. I am mainly missing the recent apps button in the default navbar.
Thanks a lot!

You can disable the navbar with gravity box and use pie controls. That's what I do

Use UDN lite. Its far better and has more customization in the free version.
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clear-all button in recent app
thx. btw, gravity box brings back the clear-all btn in recent app list.

peter_b93 said:
Do you guys know any way of swapping the default navbar with an aosp navbar? I want it to stay without hiding. I am mainly missing the recent apps button in the default navbar.
Thanks a lot!
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I am wondering the same thing, also the clear all button in the recent apps.

You can turn off hard keys. (sm-p600 mk1)

Sorry if this is old news but I seen a few people asking if you could disable these especially over at the clean Rom thread cause the developer included soft keys in the rom. Anyways again I'm sorry if this is old news but you go to accessibility/access control. It then walks you through a series of steps like if you want certain parts of the screen to not be affected by touch and so on. I thought this was pretty sweet. Not sure if it's for all models and firmware but worth a shot!
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I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?

Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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No... I'm stock right now. I don't remember seeing it before so not sure how I got it there. Maybe from exposed?
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Again not sure how it got here...
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Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.

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It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.
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It can if you have nova launcher pro. With a gesture. The notification drawer that is...
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I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.

Stocklone said:
I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.
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Weird... Did you x out of the past that says disable parts of the screen with touch? Wonder why it does that.
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