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This is what I wanted out of my S8+ the moment I heard Samsung was going soft nav bar style... PIE Control!!
Heres how to do it;
Install a pie control interface from play, here are a couple;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ace.jun.simplepie&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.halo&hl=en
Then add this line to build.prop under /system/ dir to disable soft nav bar;
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Save and reboot
May want to think about using titanium to convert user app pie controls to system app as well to prevent accidental uninstall (I haven't done that yet.)
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You can use LMT (search xda for it) dies not require root and when's great.

ShrekOpher said:
You can use LMT (search xda for it) dies not require root and when's great.
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+1
LMT is the second most important app on any phone I use. Pie, gestures, ISAS.... beautiful tasker compatibility ?
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Thanks for the info. Quick question though, is there a way to permanently hide the Navigation Bar without Root? I'm familiar with the above method of the Build.prop, but I'm not rooted currently, and can't seem to figure out how to remove it.

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Is there any way to have different style lockscreen on Rogers latest rom with root?
I don't like pull-down bar. Swipe left-rigth looks better (or dialer style).
Is it possible? I found some zips for desire, flashed and got loopbug after HTC quietly brilliant logo.
Thank for support.
If you delete the htclockscreen.apk from the system using root explorer or something like that it gives you the stock"froyo" lockscreen
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d3adbroke said:
If you delete the htclockscreen.apk from the system using root explorer or something like that it gives you the stock"froyo" lockscreen
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I renamed it but get weird lockscreen.
sliders work up/down instead of left/right. date and time shown on left side
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What's wrong?
Besides when someone calls i need to pull down tab like in sense lockscreen

[How to] Remove Navigation Bar on 4.4

Thanks to bluecarbon for pointing this out. If you want to remove your navigation bar and use some type of pie controls (I'm using LMT) it can be done with a simple build.prop edit. Make sure you have a backup in case you make an error editing the file and be sure your pie app is up and running before you reboot.
Just go into system and add the following line to the build.prop file at the bottom, save and reboot (you may need to reboot more than once):
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Doesn't work for me
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Doesn't work for me
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I had to reboot twice to get it to work.
yup it worked. thank you so much
You can also do this with GravityBox.
How do you stop the chrome three dotted drop down menu disappearing?

[Q] How to get AOSP Soft Keys Style

I really love this 4-buttons style of AOSP, menu button is on very right position, and seems like it does not take space. Like bellow.
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Does anyone know how to get that instead of stock soft keys? Or what application provide soft keys customization function including adding that menu soft key?
Thank you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
Do you have any solution that make it always on instead of auto hide
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Do you have any solution that make it always on instead of auto hide
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Have you given pie a try? also GMD auto hide soft keys can be turned on all the time but then you have it cutting into content... sadly Softkeyz dosnt work with the G2 so for now i think the only way to get stock AOSP softkeys would be to rom an AOSP rom... i would suggest trying out pie though! didnt think id like it as much on this phone.. i just hide with GMD auto hide soft keys all the time and downloaded the PIE app from the play store... full 5.2 inch display is a win for me

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.

[Q] LMT Pie service + custom icon pack HELP

I've searched and searched but have not found a solution to this problem.
First, a bit of background. I'm currently working on a ROOTED note 3 from Verizon, running the Alliance ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553357), with the NOVA launcher (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en). I've enabled my LMT pie service (some info here for those new to PIE: http://ausdroid.net/2014/05/12/app-review-pie-control-pie-everyone/), and I'm loving it. I've downloaded the LUMOS icon pack (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kov.theme.lumos&hl=en) and installed to NOVA without a hitch.
Here's the problem: The LUMOS icons are installed perfectly in the app drawer of NOVA, but they still show the old icons on the PIE service. Now, I know I can setup a folder to call custom PIE icons, but I'm not sure how to gather the individual icons out of the LUMOS icon pack, because I'm a scrub. If I can get access to the individual icons, then I can put them into the proper folder so that it works with PIE. Anyone know how to do this? Or possibly of a better way to go about things?
Can post screenshots if needed, but I think you can get the gist of what I'm asking. THANKS!
Themed Icons:
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PIE lmt service using old icons:
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Problem solved. Used this app to make all icons use the same theme/images:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sg.ruqqq.IconThemer&hl=en

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