How to get a simple freaking Nav Bar - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So yeah, both my back and menu capacitive buttons are broken, I need some way to add a nav bar to my phone.
I tried the "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" on build.prop and it does not work.
Tried Resurrection Remix and some other roms which do offer a nav bar, but my phone gets overheated as **** and battery lasts no longer than half a day with normal use.
Is there any other way to add a nav bar ? I could be running kitkat or lollipop, i dont really care, all I want is to have a nav bar on the bottom of my screen.
Help please.

Try the SlimPie feature. It's that thing where you drag from the edge of the screen and various buttons pop up.
Resurrection Remix has it. And Slim roms too. Other roms that combine features should also have it.
It's your best bet if the actual nav bar doesn't work.

GDReaper said:
Try the SlimPie feature. It's that thing where you drag from the edge of the screen and various buttons pop up.
Resurrection Remix has it. And Slim roms too. Other roms that combine features should also have it.
It's your best bet if the actual nav bar doesn't work.
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I did tried RR, but the overheating and battery drain on there was simply incredible, plus google play services along with other processes kept crashing.
Would you mind linking me to other roms which I should try?
I'm currently testing GearCM to see if it overheats or not.
Isn't there any way to add a nav bar to a stock OS? I mean I don't want any fancy features other than the nav bar, thats all i want.

Poroto said:
I did tried RR, but the overheating and battery drain on there was simply incredible, plus google play services along with other processes kept crashing.
Would you mind linking me to other roms which I should try?
I'm currently testing GearCM to see if it overheats or not.
Isn't there any way to add a nav bar to a stock OS? I mean I don't want any fancy features other than the nav bar, thats all i want.
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Oh, you have a I9500. I have an I9505. So I can't suggest any roms, sorry.
Try finding a rom which has the SlimPie feature I was talking about. It's not a nav bar, but it's the closest you will get.
I don't know if there are any nav bar apps, but google can surely give you some answers.

Cm 12.1 already offers that,not satisfied?
Download slimpie (note: its not available in the play store, so search in google for its apk)
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Poroto said:
So yeah, both my back and menu capacitive buttons are broken, I need some way to add a nav bar to my phone.
I tried the "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" on build.prop and it does not work.
Tried Resurrection Remix and some other roms which do offer a nav bar, but my phone gets overheated as **** and battery lasts no longer than half a day with normal use.
Is there any other way to add a nav bar ? I could be running kitkat or lollipop, i dont really care, all I want is to have a nav bar on the bottom of my screen.
Help please.
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Use gravity box my friend. Have your phone rooted, install gravity box and enjoy. Feel the power

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[Q] Notification Bar Broken (looking for workaround)

Well, I have a weird problem I have never seen before. My notification bar area has lost touchability. I know, this sounds weird. In other terms, I have lost the touch function of the top ~1 cm of the screen.
I have tried wiping everything possible, changing roms, kernels, recoverys; nothing helps. I have officially given up on making the top bar work. Oh and I might note that I am out of warranty and Sprint will not help.
So now, here comes my question: Is there any app that lets me perform a gesture while inside any app to open my notification bar? Something similar to wave launcher but for opening the notification bar.
If you are on CM7, you can use the Tablet Tweaks under Cyanogenmod Settings to move the status bar to the bottom -- then you can swipe it from there.
abiezer said:
Well, I have a weird problem I have never seen before. My notification bar area has lost touchability. I know, this sounds weird. In other terms, I have lost the touch function of the top ~1 cm of the screen.
I have tried wiping everything possible, changing roms, kernels, recoverys; nothing helps. I have officially given up on making the top bar work. Oh and I might note that I am out of warranty and Sprint will not help.
So now, here comes my question: Is there any app that lets me perform a gesture while inside any app to open my notification bar? Something similar to wave launcher but for opening the notification bar.
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So part of your screen failed...get it fixed... better than a workaround
Why are you out of warranty? They know you're rooted? You should have a 1-year manufacturer warranty from HTC.
Also, if you use 3rd party launchers such as ADW and LauncherPro, you can change your swype down gesture. For example, you can make a swype down on the homescreen open the notification drawer.
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If you've taken it to Sprint & they've refused to fix it, try a different store. Unroot first, of course.
You could always flip the phone to landscape and pull it down from there. I hate auto-rotate, but that's just me.
Also, in slightly older versions of MIUI, the "recent apps" window was part of the notification area. I really liked being able to long-press the home button, then swipe left/right to get to notifications/toggles. It was especially handy in an app where the notification bar is automatically hidden. I believe the last build to include this was 1.4.8, everything since has a separate window for recent apps. If you like MIUI, you could try 1.4.8 or before.
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[Q] Nav buttons on left

Which custom ROMs support having the Nav buttons on the left side. I'm using PA and I like it, but I'd like to try some others as well. I'd really like a battery icon that shows the percentage.
toricred said:
Which custom ROMs support having the Nav buttons on the left side. ...
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For the option of Nav buttons on the left I am fairly sure I read that this custom ROM has that feature:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998585
I'm a huge fan of the true tablet UI (single bar at the bottom with clock and notifications on the right, and navigation buttons on the left) so I'm using SGT7 ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065049. Its based on CM 10.1
It also has the option for battery percentage.
EDIT: just released today is a pure AOSP ROM with tablet ui. I haven't tested it but I'm sure its solid: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078315

[Q] Paranoid Android 3+: Can I display status bar with Pie Controls?

I'm really digging Paranoid Android and the extended dekstop mode... That being said, I really miss my status bar. While the Pie control is a fantastic replacement for the bottom control bar, it's much less functional and efficient when it comes to displaying information and notifications.
I miss seeing my time, reception and notifications all the time.
I'd like to get the best of both worlds - Pie Control, with a Status Bar, but so far I haven't had any luck with settings. Is this possible at this point at all?
Komladov said:
I'm really digging Paranoid Android and the extended dekstop mode... That being said, I really miss my status bar. While the Pie control is a fantastic replacement for the bottom control bar, it's much less functional and efficient when it comes to displaying information and notifications.
I miss seeing my time, reception and notifications all the time.
I'd like to get the best of both worlds - Pie Control, with a Status Bar, but so far I haven't had any luck with settings. Is this possible at this point at all?
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Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid properties>interface>workspace
Just FYI, the paranoid android team is working on improving the pie so notifications show up as a "tickler" even in pie mode
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brodern said:
Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid settings
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Well, that's that.
Thanks!
Exactly what I wanted.
Komladov said:
Well, that's that.
Thanks!
Exactly what I wanted.
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I must be missing something. I set navbar to 0% as instructed, but the status bar still doesn't show up.
Also, I would like to have a customizable PIE control. There is currently no way to add buttons to PIE. When I'm on AOKP, I always add two buttons to the navbar - menu and search. The menu button is very handy as I can hit it and it shows "Nova Settings" and "System Settings," the two setting menus I use very frequently.
While the search button is on PIE, the menu isn't. Unfortunately, I can't live without it.
[EDIT] Nevermind... you do allow the menu button to show up in PIE. The position can't be changed, but it's a lot better than I mistakenly thought. Sorry!
Make sure not to enable expanded desktop if you're just trying to hide the navbar, if you just set the navbar to 0% it'll hide it and you won't need expanded desktop.
And make sure to press the "apply" button.
Forgot it myself ^^
brodern said:
Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid properties>interface>workspace
Just FYI, the paranoid android team is working on improving the pie so notifications show up as a "tickler" even in pie mode
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Yo thanks so much for this. Just like the OP I love the pie control but always need the constant status bar. My man!
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brodern said:
Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid properties>interface>workspace
Just FYI, the paranoid android team is working on improving the pie so notifications show up as a "tickler" even in pie mode
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Yeah, but now the second ring (date, time etc) never shows up. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?
I posted this in another thread a while ago but didn't get an answer.
Is there a way to get the Notification bar AND the notifications in the PIE format too? Let me explain. Right now, I have full-screen PIE controls and in the settings I have the Pie type set to "Quick" which brings up the notifications right when Pie gets activated. I really like that functionality and I want to keep it. Is there any way to get that when using the above-posted solution? I can get the Notification bar and Pie controls just like what was posted, but I also want the notifications to pop up when I activate Pie. Anyone get that to work?
Had the same issue
aaronbrako said:
Yeah, but now the second ring (date, time etc) never shows up. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?
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Had the same problem as I switched back from using JellyBam to Paranoid Android. As the Paranoid Settings are persistent on the SD card I figured that was where the problem was. I had set the Nav bar to 0% in the Paranoid Settings as that was the only way to hide it in JellyBam, which meant that upon launch already it was set like that. My Pie menu was also not displaying the second ring, however when I set the Nav bar back to 100% and then enabled Expanded Desktop it all of a sudden started working again.
I'm not sure if it was because of the change in the Nav bar size or that I played with the different layouts, but it made the Pie menu work as per usual again. One more thing to mention is that despite where I had tried to set the Pie gravity to before doing all this it never took effect, even after a restart. Now all is fine again.
So play with your layout setting (tablet, phablet, phone) and then set them back to your preferred ones and see if that works.
I know it's most likely not exactly your scenario but am hoping that somehow this helps.
aaronbrako said:
Yeah, but now the second ring (date, time etc) never shows up. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?
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It is not possible to have the full pie and status bar at the same time because it is redundant as said by moles the dev of pa. But they are working on pie2 as of now.
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brodern said:
Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid properties>interface>workspace
Just FYI, the paranoid android team is working on improving the pie so notifications show up as a "tickler" even in pie mode
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Thanks! Exactly what I wanted! Works like a charm.
brodern said:
Yep, just set navbar to 0% in hybrid properties>interface>workspace
Just FYI, the paranoid android team is working on improving the pie so notifications show up as a "tickler" even in pie mode
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For some reason I see my status bar everywhere except my home screen(._.) Paranoid 3.6 with Nova Launcher...
Any idea why ?
danielzyy said:
For some reason I see my status bar everywhere except my home screen(._.) Paranoid 3.6 with Nova Launcher...
Any idea why ?
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Check under your nova settings, you probably checked hide status bar
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Shyju
Use your 2 finger and pinch your home screen to enable status bar/ navigation bar.
Komladov said:
I'm really digging Paranoid Android and the extended dekstop mode... That being said, I really miss my status bar. While the Pie control is a fantastic replacement for the bottom control bar, it's much less functional and efficient when it comes to displaying information and notifications.
I miss seeing my time, reception and notifications all the time.
I'd like to get the best of both worlds - Pie Control, with a Status Bar, but so far I haven't had any luck with settings. Is this possible at this point at all?
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Hey guys I just flashed paranoid android and I can't get my status bar to come back with these instructions.. any advice? This is driving me nuts.
used paranoid android for a month.
I used paranoid android for a month on my note 2, and from my short experience I know messing with it's settings kinda sucks... I would recommend taking the nav bar to 0%. And then to download LMT launcher and put it in the bottom of the screen. Don't forget to leave full screen mode. Hope I helped :cyclops:
Randomsanity said:
Hey guys I just flashed paranoid android and I can't get my status bar to come back with these instructions.. any advice? This is driving me nuts.
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Hope its not too late, just hold down the off-button and unselect "fullscreen", this will bring your notification bar back
JimWest7997 said:
Hope its not too late, just hold down the off-button and unselect "fullscreen", this will bring your notification bar back
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Life saver! thank you, it worked for me. I was just about to re-install the ROM !
JimWest7997 said:
Hope its not too late, just hold down the off-button and unselect "fullscreen", this will bring your notification bar back
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thank you so much

Looking for a highly customizable 5.1 rom

Currently I have AOKP 4.4.4 on my phone and it has so many options (see google images search for examples) in its "Rom control" menu. But this rom has started draining battery so I need to get another ROM.
I have tried Cyogenmod 12.1 and Omni ROM, both based on Android 5.1 and they are both pretty similar and they have very little customization options for status bar and navigation buttons and its pretty sad. Its 2015. All roms should have options like displaying the Day of the week in the status bar, letting me completely customize the navigation buttons and so on.
The options I need are:
- customizable menu buttons such as home, power, back button. I want to be able to change the order, add buttons, even use graphics as buttons so I can change the look of the button. Assign a button to anything whether its opening an App or turning off the screen.
- Customizable status bar. I want to have Date, Day of week, time, Battery percent (number) and also battery icon
So can anyone suggest any ROMS? I can use Multi-Rom which lets me quickly try other roms so I can try them all easily.
alan-31 said:
Currently I have AOKP 4.4.4 on my phone and it has so many options (see google images search for examples) in its "Rom control" menu. But this rom has started draining battery so I need to get another ROM.
I have tried Cyogenmod 12.1 and Omni ROM, both based on Android 5.1 and they are both pretty similar and they have very little customization options for status bar and navigation buttons and its pretty sad. Its 2015. All roms should have options like displaying the Day of the week in the status bar, letting me completely customize the navigation buttons and so on.
The options I need are:
- customizable menu buttons such as home, power, back button. I want to be able to change the order, add buttons, even use graphics as buttons so I can change the look of the button. Assign a button to anything whether its opening an App or turning off the screen.
- Customizable status bar. I want to have Date, Day of week, time, Battery percent (number) and also battery icon
So can anyone suggest any ROMS? I can use Multi-Rom which lets me quickly try other roms so I can try them all easily.
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Not sure what you talking about, but omnirom has not been released yet. But sure, go ahead and complain.....
greg17477 said:
Not sure what you talking about, but omnirom has not been released yet. But sure, go ahead and complain.....
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I tried this which is the 'unofficial' Omni rom 5.1.
I did try 4.4.4 Omni which is the latest official.
My main question is: I am looking for a highly customizable 5.1 rom.
alan-31 said:
Currently I have AOKP 4.4.4 on my phone and it has so many options (see google images search for examples) in its "Rom control" menu. But this rom has started draining battery so I need to get another ROM.
I have tried Cyogenmod 12.1 and Omni ROM, both based on Android 5.1 and they are both pretty similar and they have very little customization options for status bar and navigation buttons and its pretty sad. Its 2015. All roms should have options like displaying the Day of the week in the status bar, letting me completely customize the navigation buttons and so on.
The options I need are:
- customizable menu buttons such as home, power, back button. I want to be able to change the order, add buttons, even use graphics as buttons so I can change the look of the button. Assign a button to anything whether its opening an App or turning off the screen.
- Customizable status bar. I want to have Date, Day of week, time, Battery percent (number) and also battery icon
So can anyone suggest any ROMS? I can use Multi-Rom which lets me quickly try other roms so I can try them all easily.
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I use chroma for now 17.04 and i find it good enought.. But u can try all roms..it.s free..and i see that u are using multirom..why dont u just flash them and see what.s best for u? ...it.s free..
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dramalicious said:
I use chroma for now 17.04 and i find it good enought.. But u can try all roms..it.s free..and i see that u are using multirom..why dont u just flash them and see what.s best for u? ...it.s free..
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Cool. I'm trying this rom now.
There's lots of roms but its hard to find a nice stable rom with all the features I need so I thought I would ask if people can suggest any.

Is there an app to change status bar icons?

As the title states, I've installed Screwd and I'm going for a red theme.. I've changed the clock and nav bar buttons via the ROM options, but there doesn't seem to be anything for the battery, WiFi signal, mobile signal and other potential icons which pop up.
Quite simply I'd like to edit them, an app would be preferable, I'm aware that I can edit some files to get the desired colours although I'd like to avoid that as its a bit of a ballache if you don't do that a lot..
Any ideas?
Thanks.
PS: I won't use xposed so that option is out.
Edit: just realised I hadn't put "Colours" I don't want to edit the image of the icons, just the colour.
Thanks again.
I'd check out layers.
However I use xposed for all theming needs. I would reconsider using it
Pain-N-Panic said:
I'd check out layers.
However I use xposed for all theming needs. I would reconsider using it
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Would layers be functional with a CM based ROM ? AFAIK screwd is CM based so not sure if this would work..will look into it cheers.
Edit: OK so as far as i can see, it is compatible but it doesn't alter the status bar icons..at least not on their own. Unless I'm not seeing something.
And no I wouldn't use xposed it murders battery life.
This is as far as I've got with it. ROM toolbox doesn't even have icons for cm13. So annoying.
Any other ideas
Anyone???

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