I recently bought an android double din Pumpkin, I dont know if it has a specific model number or something, but I want to know if there is a way to change the volume slider color or make the volume number bigger because when driving in the day I cannot even see the number since it is dark even with the brightness all the way up. I want to know if there is any mods that make the number bigger or change the color of the slider so that I can see it because I can go above vol 23 since from there it distorts with my car audio system.
Thank you for the help
You'll need to root your system, install Xposed, then install 7floor's Xposed Volume Bar. There aren't different colors to choose from but it's is way easier to read and see in sunlight.
JrFaust said:
You'll need to root your system, install Xposed, then install 7floor's Xposed Volume Bar. There aren't different colors to choose from but it's is way easier to read and see in sunlight.
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Thank you very much, exactly what I was looking for and even better.
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Got things working well and quite impressed with with NC and CM7 nightly with D's OC kernel. A few things ellude me?
1. Can someone please detail how to boot into CWM. I press and hold power + n for 8 seconds, and then release n, then release power. Nothing. What should I be seeing?
2. Long time Launcher pro user on my Epic. Does it work well on nc? Seems like icons are small and I need to add more rows and columns. Do must people run stock res or alter it somehow to make more readable?
3. Soft buttons seem a little small. What's the best app to make usable soft keys.
4. Maybe some of these display issues are better with a theme of some sort? Might try one... what's ur fav? Don't really care about fancy...just something that makes navigating through android more forgiving.
5. Playing around with D's new volume app. Seems like that will become standard equipment. Any other "must have" apps/tweaks?
6. Phone/sms... how usable is this thing for making calls/sms? What apps/accounts work best?
7. Have about an inch and half row of pixels that seem weird. Most noticable while sliding up the notification bar...thought it was a scratch at first...kinda greenish looking and thin. Is that common? I could go back to stock and get replacement... bought a week ago. Barely noticeable...
Thanks.... just trying to get this thing set up sweet for my son. Might need to go get one for myself!
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akenis said:
Got things working well and quite impressed with with NC and CM7 nightly with D's OC kernel. A few things ellude me?
1. Can someone please detail how to boot into CWM. I press and hold power + n for 8 seconds, and then release n, then release power. Nothing. What should I be seeing? If you have it flashed to eMMC from Rom Manager, then you should boot while holding both buttons, after a couple seconds, then release power only and continue holding n till you see CWM appear.
2. Long time Launcher pro user on my Epic. Does it work well on nc? Seems like icons are small and I need to add more rows and columns. Do must people run stock res or alter it somehow to make more readable? I've used it everyday since I have had my NC. It is very quick and I have had no issues with it. Customize to your hearts content.
3. Soft buttons seem a little small. What's the best app to make usable soft keys. The CM7 tablet tweaks from mad murdoc included in the ROM are very very usable. You can change the dpi from stock 161 to anything above, instantly making everything larger.
4. Maybe some of these display issues are better with a theme of some sort? Might try one... what's ur fav? Don't really care about fancy...just something that makes navigating through android more forgiving. I like and am currently using Purple Punch by Upward Spiral. List of his themes here. These are also available to install straight from the Market.
5. Playing around with D's new volume app. Seems like that will become standard equipment. Any other "must have" apps/tweaks? I always choose to install Cachemate for Root Users and Adfree and adbWireless pretty much instantly on any new rooted android device. CPUspy is also a nice one in that it lets you see if your Nook is actually sleeping or not.
6. Phone/sms... how usable is this thing for making calls/sms? What apps/accounts work best? Calling is unheard of I believe. Texting would be easy with Google Voice or another "textfree" type application
7. Have about an inch and half row of pixels that seem weird. Most noticable while sliding up the notification bar...thought it was a scratch at first...kinda greenish looking and thin. Is that common? I could go back to stock and get replacement... bought a week ago. Barely noticeable... It was an issue of just a line of missing pixels in the Notification Tab. Nothing to be worried about. It is not there in newer nightlies.
Thanks.... just trying to get this thing set up sweet for my son. Might need to go get one for myself!
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Answers in bold, hope it helps. Other forum members will probably add their say in.
Two things I will add:
1. I use Launcher Pro daily on my Nook Color. I think its almost a must with its ability to set so many icons in a row (in the paid-for version).
2. The issue with everything being small is due to our screens having a low natural DPI (160). A tablet like a Galaxy Tab is set on a much higher DPI (220+) for older eyes. Since your son is using it and not you, let him try it out with a low DPI before you mess with it. If you still want to increase it, use the LCD density program from the market.
poofyhairguy said:
Two things I will add:
1. I use Launcher Pro daily on my Nook Color. I think its almost a must with its ability to set so many icons in a row (in the paid-for version).
2. The issue with everything being small is due to our screens having a low natural DPI (160). A tablet like a Galaxy Tab is set on a much higher DPI (220+) for older eyes. Since your son is using it and not you, let him try it out with a low DPI before you mess with it. If you still want to increase it, use the LCD density program from the market.
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Thanks..
1. I played with ADW for a bit, but went back to L Pro. I had to use my paid version to make some widgets fill all the rows and columns I made. It really is versatile...
2. Thanks, I'll def look for LCD density in market and give it a try.
Thanks for the answers above.
1. Yeah all is on eMMC.. I've scene the boot sequence described so many different ways. Will try yours!
3. Will try the DPI adjustment
4. Will check out Purple Punch theme. Looks Cool. Learned about Theme Switcher app that came with CM7, and tried the Honeycomb look.
5. What is Cachemate? Love cpu spy, and my nc is sleeping like a baby!
6. Can't seem to get very far with GV texting. In the setup It seems to be looking for a phone?
7. Updated the nightly and the row of pixels is still there. I can still see it besides the notification tab. Think I'm going to try going to stock and see if I notice it.
Thanks again!
akenis said:
Thanks for the answers above.
1. Yeah all is on eMMC.. I've scene the boot sequence described so many different ways. Will try yours!
3. Will try the DPI adjustment
4. Will check out Purple Punch theme. Looks Cool. Learned about Theme Switcher app that came with CM7, and tried the Honeycomb look.
5. What is Cachemate? Love cpu spy, and my nc is sleeping like a baby!
6. Can't seem to get very far with GV texting. In the setup It seems to be looking for a phone?
7. Updated the nightly and the row of pixels is still there. I can still see it besides the notification tab. Think I'm going to try going to stock and see if I notice it.
Thanks again!
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The pixels is next to the notification tab? You should take a picture of that. Could be a hardware problem.
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The pixels is next to the notification tab? You should take a picture of that. Could be a hardware problem.
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It's a horizontal line about 2/3 of the way up the display, starting about 1/3 of the way from left side. Very thin, and about 3 inches long. Slightly greenish tint and brighter toward the left. Most noticable on black background (like when sliding upt the notification bar). It's even noticable from CWM (when I'm able to boot into it!)
btw the key combination u mentioned above boots into uboot or something I know nothing about!
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It's a horizontal line about 2/3 of the way up the display, starting about 1/3 of the way from left side. Very thin, and about 3 inches long. Slightly greenish tint and brighter toward the left. Most noticable on black background (like when sliding upt the notification bar). It's even noticable from CWM (when I'm able to boot into it!)
btw the key combination u mentioned above boots into uboot or something I know nothing about!
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Definitely sounds like a hardware issue, as in it could be a line of hot/stuck pixels. I would restore to stock and see if it is still there, if it is, take it into a B&N store.
And yes, the uboot is/was a new edition to the nightlies not to long ago. It makes dual boot's and booting to recovery really easy. To boot into recovery make sure to select
Boot Device: eMMC
Boot Mode: Recovery
Boot now
There is just a simple key press to boot right into recovery, but I can't say I know it exactly.
Hi all,
Just switched from CM to MIUI and so far quite liking the change. There are a couple of features from CM which I am missing a little and wondered whether there were any mods for them:
Ability to change brightness quickly by pulling top bar down slightly and adjusting left and right. Is there a patch around for this?
Abilitiy to tweak auto-brightness levels
Any other tips about MIUI worth knowing?
Cheers,
MIchael
try changing your toggle settings to page instead of compact. As for tweaking the auto settings..not sure about that
d88888b said:
try changing your toggle settings to page instead of compact. As for tweaking the auto settings..not sure about that
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cheers for the reply... should have been more specific. On CM (and my last phone - Galaxy S) it was possible to pull the notification bar down slightly and then drag left to right to adjust. Was always nice an easy to do when out and about in bright sunlight when you cant see anything on the screen.
a brightness slider in the notification bar? ive never seen this but im interested
i thought the button in the notification bar was the only option
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a brightness slider in the notification bar? ive never seen this but im interested
i thought the button in the notification bar was the only option
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what I am talking about isnt a visible slider... its quite hard to explain but is demonstrated in this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgIaVNzwhjk . Its an option you can turn on somewhere in the CM settings
also, have found how to adjust auto-brightness levels in MIUI so ignore that request, just need to see if this brightness slider is possible.
Pull down the notification shade. If it is in page view, hit the backlight button. Once you hit the backlight button, a slider will appear on the bottom of the shade and you can adjust the brightness. It will be there any time you adjust the shade.
If your shade is in toggle view, put it in page view by hitting Settings>personal>toggle>page
Hope that helps
U can set max brightness by pressing together menu button and volume up
understand what you are asking for since I use CM a lot
but not available that way in MIUI yet
Actually, cyber, my slider don't even work
hi, i have rooted my tablet and use rom tool box to change the dpi to 175, effectively give me full tablet UI.
which is very nice.
the notification bar at the lower left, when i swipe it upwards,
there is a brightness control.
i seldom use this slider because the auto brightness works so well.
i'm thinking it will be more useful if it can become a volume control.
is it possible? is there an app for it?
or is there any mod i can flash to make a volume control appear there.
hope to hear some feed back. thank you
mtxx1 said:
hi, i have rooted my tablet and use rom tool box to change the dpi to 175, effectively give me full tablet UI.
which is very nice.
the notification bar at the lower left, when i swipe it upwards,
there is a brightness control.
i seldom use this slider because the auto brightness works so well.
i'm thinking it will be more useful if it can become a volume control.
is it possible? is there an app for it?
or is there any mod i can flash to make a volume control appear there.
hope to hear some feed back. thank you
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Yeah, this custom ROM has it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796668
'Volume in Notification' app
Also, from the conversations I've read, the best setting for tablet UI is 160.
kwarner666 said:
'Volume in Notification' app
Also, from the conversations I've read, the best setting for tablet UI is 160.
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Thanks for the app recomemdation
160 DPI? I've been using 175 for the last 5 days. No force close or hang. What kind of issue is expected?
Why is 160 the best? The font is smaller in 160.
If you use a strange dpi, then some apps might not appear in the Play Store because they have dpi requirements.
Just curious about the DPI. I have not rooted, but was "thinking" that the font would get larger if set to 160 dpi. I have a 5" Galaxy Player and the N7, and everything on the N7 is smaller (except the screen). Music Widgets are much smaller with a much smaller albumart. I was hoping if I rooted icons and text could be made larger. I have settings set to largest.... and I don't consider myself blind... just old
I'm kind of curious.... I had a kindle fire which had no volume buttons so a notification volume slider was crucial but the N7 has volume buttons so I don't understand why you would need a slider. Please understand I'm not trying to say you're wrong for wanting one, just curious why.
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I'm kind of curious.... I had a kindle fire which had no volume buttons so a notification volume slider was crucial but the N7 has volume buttons so I don't understand why you would need a slider. Please understand I'm not trying to say you're wrong for wanting one, just curious why.
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No problem. Here's an example,
Open a YouTube video.
The volume is too loud, find the volume rocker,top right,
Nope not there. Rotate tablet and check all sides to find it.
After a few seconds looking, found it.
If there is a volume control at notification bar,
Just swipe it down, and control from it.
Much faster, no need fiddle with the tablet looking for it.
I have tried to search on Google, but could only find mods to change the icons.
Is it possible to make the software keys bar (back, home, multitask) more narrow? I would not mind if it could be made 2/3 of the current size and just had smaller icons.
Rooted & unlocked with stock 4.2.1.
Martiiin said:
I have tried to search on Google, but could only find mods to change the icons.
Is it possible to make the software keys bar (back, home, multitask) more narrow? I would not mind if it could be made 2/3 of the current size and just had smaller icons.
Rooted & unlocked with stock 4.2.1.
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I would like to know this too, so bumping thread!
It would be sweet too to embed buttons for Track back/forward so it's possible to control music when using fullscreen apps like Sygic Nav. - I would kill for that feature.
// Per.
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edit framework-res not sure and dont ask me how cause i dont know
Paranoid Android will do it, and let you change the navigation bar button colors, too.
I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow.
Hello all!
I'm coming from a s5 mini and the one thing I was really sad to let go was the notification led. It's a great feature and I really miss it.
Always on display can do somewhat the same thing, but not that good. I often leave my phone on a table and walk around and I want to be able to just glance at my phone and see if I have any notifications. Yes, always on display shows notification, but it has a clock and 2 lines of text above them, making it harder to distinguish if you actually have notifications from some meters away.
I was thinking if I could change the color of notifications. The clock could stay white, but have a green notification for a miss call for example, that way the notification will pop out and catch your eye.
Also it would be perfect if I could assign different colors for different apps, that way it would act like the beloved notification led..
thats not possible for now but if it interests you heres and an apk that will make aod display notifications only , just install choose analog reboot and its done https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlNdpKNMp2XWkYY01k9kg3-Ax78rjg
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heres and an apk that will make aod display notifications only , just install choose analog reboot and its done https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlNdpKNMp2XWkYY01k9kg3-Ax78rjg
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thank you, thank you, thank you :good:
I just found this thread. That sounds exactly what I want - I dont want the AOD on all the time - just to give me notifications.
The link above is now dead - Any chance it could be made available again?
EDIT: Probably should add - would this work on an a5 2017 running Oreo?
after quite a lot of searching i found the original thread about it , just scroll down a little until you see downloads and select just notifications , but there are more greatt aod things there. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/root-customise-display-updated-t3688153
edit: doesnt work on oreo
Ok thanks. I have oreo. Doesn't seem to work.