Just picked up this phone coming from 2013 X. It's nice and with xposed installed I have it almost to my liking.
Is there a way or a module that will blackout the apps/system like on custom ROMs?
matt1313 said:
Just picked up this phone coming from 2013 X. It's nice and with xposed installed I have it almost to my liking.
Is there a way or a module that will blackout the apps/system like on custom ROMs?
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I am a big fan of inverted roms as well. By using nova launcher with black app drawer background and stealth icons i got this.
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I have that already. Was looking for more system/ gapps inverted.
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Hello all,
I'm running Paranoid Android and am absolutely loving it - but I'm looking for a way to possibly make the bottom bar (back, home, multitasking, notifications, time) completely transparent.
Anybody know how?
Thanks,
Kevin
You need a launcher like Apex or Nova that supports it.
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I'm running Nova - there's no setting I can find Any help?
kn100 said:
I'm running Nova - there's no setting I can find Any help?
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It works on stock launcher as well. Just go to the hybrid settings, go to apps, find the launcher and set the nav bar transparency.
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Just go to themes and there you'll find only one theme available, that one will give you all those things you seek in transparent!
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Can some one create a flashable Mod for rooted stock rom, which allow to add and edit the quick setting panel as the CM has one?
This is the feature I most miss on my Nexus 5 by far with the stock rom, on my previous phones I had alwasy CM roms installt. Maybe I will also do with my current N5 when official nightlys are available.
Thanks in advance!!
Solution:
Install Xposed framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47771876&postcount=5621
And install Gravity Box
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316070
X-Jonte-X said:
Can some one create a flashable Mod for rooted stock rom, which allow to add and edit the quick setting panel as the CM has one?
This is the feature I most miss on my Nexus 5 by far with the stock rom, on my previous phones I had alwasy CM roms installt. Maybe I will also do with my current N5 when official nightlys are available.
Thanks in advance!!
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I highly recommend Cataclysm Rom, the best rom for Nexus 5 by far imo. It has almost every mods and tweaks you need except for theme chooser, etc.
I want the same. I want to keep stock rom as I love the pure aosp.
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Ben36 said:
I want the same. I want to keep stock rom as I love the pure aosp.
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Stock is not AOSP. This is Google's version of Android. AOSP is the open source project that everyone works from.
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I want Google ROM with a few mods. One being the quick settings mod. If anyone does this or needs a tester please let me know.
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Google really nailed it with the Nexus 5 and 4.4. This is the first phone I am not running to root, unlock, and start flashing away stock. With a few *minor* tweaks such as quick settings customization it would be near perfect.
I want to add screen orientation and flashlight to the quick settings. Google why cant you just be smart!
Just use Power Toggles in the meantime.
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Elisha said:
Just use Power Toggles in the meantime.
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+1
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LPT said:
I highly recommend Cataclysm Rom, the best rom for Nexus 5 by far imo. It has almost every mods and tweaks you need except for theme chooser, etc.
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I definitively will give it a try, it looks really interesting.
Just wait for Xposed Framework, lets you modify stock without reflashing, etc. It doesn't work yet since 4.4 breaks everything in it, but the developer will probably have that all fixed up by the end of the month if I had to guess.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
I still don't get why Google didn't make this feature. The Quick Settings Panel hardly improved from Android 4.2. I would stay 100% stock ROM if Google added this feature, battery percentage (no not the crappy white one that's in there now) and long press volume rocker to skip tracks.
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Solution:
Install Xposed framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47771876&postcount=5621
And install Gravity Box
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316070
I find AOSP plain and boring so i try new homscreen replacement now and then and have compiled a list of top 5 android homescreen replacements and they are
1] Next launcher
2] Go launcher
3] themer
4] Buzz launcher
5] Nova launcher
here is the blog post i wrote about it Top 5 android theming apps
Wergin said:
Good apps thanks
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welcome
Also Apex Launcher (similar to Nova but some slight differences).
I tend to use either Nova or Apex (currently Nova since they were the first to add in KitKat's transparent status bar) but Themer is on track to be very cool for people who want something a little less like an extended version of the stock launcher. It's still in beta but it's from the folks at mycolorscreen who have become the best source for custom theming on Android.
My number 1 spot would go to Themer. Liked it from my old phone. Since I'm not that keen on customizing anymore, and I want to have Google Now with just 1 swipe away on my homescreen, I don't use it currently. But from all the launchers I have tried so far, themer is my favorite one. The second place goes to Action Launcher.
Good information sharing..
Where is the Mi Launcher?
And tsf launcher too
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@hapticc - your page isn't opening mate
about the launchers, my favorite atm is holo launcher...
cos all i need from a launcher is gesture swipes.. up & down for notification & app drawer..
nova & apex have these only in paid version..
i wish GEL would incorporate gestures..
along with access for google now & LMT, that would be perfect
Sliding Explorer
Sliding Explorer have full screen on 4.4:laugh:
solved said:
Where is the Mi Launcher?
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Doesn't work...
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I was always a nova user since i had a galaxy nexus. Since getting the nexus 5 though, i discovered more customization tools for themes and widgets, and ive been using Go launcher just because it works with the aesthetic/homescreen setup im currently using.
If nova launcher had a few more tweaks to it like icons not clipping/cropping, id probably go back to using it.
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Juansegovia20 said:
And tsf launcher too
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TSF launcher is great but next launcher has replaced it.
letmedanz said:
@hapticc - your page isn't opening mate
about the launchers, my favorite atm is holo launcher...
cos all i need from a launcher is gesture swipes.. up & down for notification & app drawer..
nova & apex have these only in paid version..
i wish GEL would incorporate gestures..
along with access for google now & LMT, that would be perfect
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Fixed the link sorry for inconvenience
aangelsmithh said:
Good information sharing..
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Thanx for positive comments its make me blog more and more
DigitalUnderground said:
Doesn't work...
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Yeah they updated it to work on their website but the play store version wasn't updated yet. I had a thread on it. The only thing I don't like about it is non transparent nav bar. The notification bar is transparent but not the nav bar. In the broken version it was transparent. Not sure why it was removed unless that's what caused the issues
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I am running Cloudy Stock and was wondering..... Is there any way to make my navigation buttons look like Android L? I've tried a soft keys app and some Xposed module that supposedly allows you to theme using a cyanogenmod theme but it was not what I needed. Any thoughts on how to do this? I don't really know how to decompile framework and and all that. Or have the time for that matter so I was looking for something relatively easy if such a thing exists haha.
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Has anyone tried using custom launchers like Nova on the Essential? Do they use the full screen or do they letterbox around the camera like apps that haven't been updated tend to?
bump.....this is an excellent question I didnt think of. If someone could try action launcher it would be appreciated!!!
Nova and Action Launcher both are not full screen.
bretrick30 said:
Nova and Action Launcher both are not full screen.
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Neither is the pixel launcher port
graffixnyc said:
Neither is the pixel launcher port
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You just killed any excitement I had for this phone. Nova is an automatic install for me. It may take them several months to update
Yup, nothing is full screen right now. Just the stock Essential launcher which is pretty terrible and has virtually no settings.
Isn't the stock launcher literally Essentials own port of the Pixel launcher?
IM0001 said:
Isn't the stock launcher literally Essentials own port of the Pixel launcher?
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Probably fork of launcher3 from aosp
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slothdabski said:
Probably fork of launcher3 from aosp
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Which is the same launcher I am using on my U11 right now instead of Sense.
Love it. Simple, fast, smooth.
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You just killed any excitement I had for this phone. Nova is an automatic install for me. It may take them several months to update
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They will fix it in no time..
I'm not too sure it's something that Nova can fix. I just received this email response from them when I inquired about it.
Hello,
This is a bug on their end that we are hoping to have a work around for at some point in the future.
Please contact us using Nova Settings -> Contact Support. This helps us help you better!
Answers to your questions are often found in the FAQ's: https://help.teslacoilapps.com/faq
I have an HTC U11 and own the paid version of the Shortcutter app by LeeDrOiD. I've installed it on my PH1 and it's giving me a few more features such as custom quicksettings tiles and a sidebar. I have enabled his version of night mode which adds some red to the screen. It's gonna have to tide me over until we get root and custom launchers etc. rolling.
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Arrow launcher is not full screen either.
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what about lawnchair? anyone tried?
I want to increase my grid size to 7 by 5 and stock launcher just has 0 customization!
Did anyone who installed a different launcher have any issues switching back to the stock Essential launcher (Launcher3)? I tried Action Launcher and after seeing that it was not full screen I switched back to Launcher3. However, Launcher3 won't run now - it keeps crashing. I tried uninstalling Action Launcher and rebooting but neither helped. I'm stuck on Action Launcher now because the stock launcher crashes before loading the home screen. Any advice? Anyone have the stock launcher apk?
UPDATE - I got it working again by clearing the cache and data for the app. I just have to set it back up with my preferred apps & widgets again.
What sucks is that the the status bar size is HUGE!! I tried many apps for status bar overlay but doesn't work with custom launcher. Pretty stupid of Essential!
varun.gid said:
What sucks is that the the status bar size is HUGE!! I tried many apps for status bar overlay but doesn't work with custom launcher. Pretty stupid of Essential!
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That doesn't have anything to do with essential, the custom launcher developers have to update their launchers to work with essential phone.
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I sent an enhancement request to Nova and they responded with the following:
"Essential has made it that only apps that are whitelisted will use the full screen. You would need to contact them directly."
Looks like we all need to be submitting requests to Essential. Seems to be a stupid decision on their part.
tigercranestyle said:
folks of you want to use custom launchers, it takes about 60 seconds to submit a request here:
https://support.essential.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
one thing android has always been better than ios at is customization. with this phone we can't say that. fill out the request, please. include the name of the apps... nova launcher, action, lawnchair, etc.
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Thanks. Just submitted asking to whitelist Arrow Launcher.
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Ahh the joys of beta testing