Google's launcher DARK news feed - Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion

I just noticed my news feed is dark all of a sudden. It also has a new topic identifier icon.

saham424 said:
I just noticed my news feed is dark all of a sudden. It also has a new topic identifier icon.
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I don't know about you, but I like the new look...

FrankoHN said:
I don't know about you, but I like the new look...
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I love this look, I've been waiting for everything to have a dark mode!

My google feed don't work and never worked since I purchased my pixel 2 xl one week ago.
Neither in the stock launcher or in nova launcher withbgoogle companion app.
I also noticied that in settings remindres and customisation are grayed out.
Any one having the same issue?

saham424 said:
I just noticed my news feed is dark all of a sudden. It also has a new topic identifier icon.
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Are you on pie?
What's your Google version? Play service version?
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I've had the new News Feed for over a week, but no dark theme. ?

Prattham said:
Are you on pie?
What's your Google version? Play service version?
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I'm on latest pie September patch

Chance Ill said:
I've had the new News Feed for over a week, but no dark theme. ?
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is your device theme on dark?

saham424 said:
is your device theme on dark?
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It's set to automatic. It didn't dawn on me to set it to dark, but it should work the same considering some are saying it's goes according to time of day

I have dark news feed...
My device is LG G6 on Oreo 8.0.0
Ruthless Launcher and Rootless Pixel Bridge
Love this new appearance...

This how mine looks like...

FrankoHN said:
This how mine looks like...
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Is that from your Google app?

Travisdroidx2 said:
Is that from your Google app?
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no.
It is what was known as google now, then google feed, and now known as discover.
It is what you see when you have the option enabled to display the google app to the left of home screen.

uicnren said:
no.
It is what was known as google now, then google feed, and now known as discover.
It is what you see when you have the option enabled to display the google app to the left of home screen.
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Ah gotcha, I just tried it on my work pixel 2 and I see what your talking about. I use Nova launcher on my pixel 2Xl that's why I wasn't seeing it. Looks nice.

Travisdroidx2 said:
Ah gotcha, I just tried it on my work pixel 2 and I see what your talking about. I use Nova launcher on my pixel 2Xl that's why I wasn't seeing it. Looks nice.
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Ya, its a google server side switch as well. I have seen in the recent past people who have gotten it in the actual google app. Many have also gotten the full dark theme in now/feed/discover and had it revert back to the non-dark.
google and their tricks.

Travisdroidx2 said:
Ah gotcha, I just tried it on my work pixel 2 and I see what your talking about. I use Nova launcher on my pixel 2Xl that's why I wasn't seeing it. Looks nice.
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You can install the Nova Google Companion app to have the google feed by swiping to the let like the stock pixel launcher
https://help.teslacoilapps.com/nowcompanion
For me it was working in my previous devices but unfortunately i can't get google feed to work with my pixel 2xl, i have just a blank page in both stock and nova launcher.
Would you want to try to see if it is working for you.

dr.guru said:
You can install the Nova Google Companion app to have the google feed by swiping to the let like the stock pixel launcher
https://help.teslacoilapps.com/nowcompanion
For me it was working in my previous devices but unfortunately i can't get google feed to work with my pixel 2xl, i have just a blak page in both stock and nova launcher.
Would you want to try to see if it is working for you.
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I use Nova Launcher with Google companion as well. I can confirm that, at least at the moment,, the dark theme doesn't apply despite having activated dark theme in settings. If I switch to the Pixel Launcher, the dark theme becomes active

Was the dark news feed added with the October security update?

Chance Ill said:
I use Nova Launcher with Google companion as well. I can confirm that, at least at the moment,, the dark theme doesn't apply despite having activated dark theme in settings. If I switch to the Pixel Launcher, the dark theme becomes active
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Lucky you, I have no luck to get it working

Mine isn't dark in Nova at all. I switch back to Pixel launcher and the background is dark, but each feed is still white.

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We have ROOT now, what do we need to use Layers (theme's)?

I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?
tele_jas said:
I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?
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First of all, Layers has been deprecated and Substratum has taken it's place. Although it does have legacy support for Layers still. And secondarily, (maybe a silly question, but I'm just going on the way you've worded your question) did you download the theme(s) you want to try from the play store? And then there's also a good chance, even though android now has (some) native support for RRO themeing, that some things like the ui and dialer etc will not themes as the commits are not there from ZTE.
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First of all, Layers has been deprecated and Substratum has taken it's place. Although it does have legacy support for Layers still. And secondarily, (maybe a silly question, but I'm just going on the way you've worded your question) did you download the theme(s) you want to try from the play store? And then there's also a good chance, even though android now has (some) native support for RRO themeing, that some things like the ui and dialer etc will not themes as the commits are not there from ZTE.
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I seen there was a new name with "Layer's" being secondary in some of the descriptions? A lot can change in a month, because I was using "Layer's" just last month on my Moto X Pure and had no idea it was going away.
Yes, I did download the theme I wanted from the PlayStore (Dark Stock).
I may try it again since I've done a few more things to it....And I realize that not everything is "theme-able", mainly looking for just a few things, like the notification cards in the pull down and my settings menu.
But the fact I was still using the Layers Manager was probably the issue. I just installed the Substratum manager and it worked, at least for the notification cards. The settings menu wasn't completely themed, so I un-theme'd it.
This is all I really wanted! My PlayStore is also themed, the rest is left alone.
tele_jas said:
This is all I really wanted! My PlayStore is also themed, the rest is left alone.
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Sweet. So it didn't theme settings either? Nice to see that this much is indeed working. Are you familiar with TBO and their themed apps etc?
tdgillihan said:
Sweet. So it didn't theme settings either? Nice to see that this much is indeed working. Are you familiar with TBO and their themed apps etc?
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The settings *DID theme, but they looked like cards with a white background and you could see around the edges and the gaps between "groups". It didn't look very good, so I un-themed the settings.
Phone didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Contacts didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Playstore did theme
Calculator did theme
I don't use Gmail, but I'm sure it would have
Nova did theme, but I've already got the search bar colored the way I want it, so I un-themed it too
I normally don't theme the calendar or Google Photos, because I've had issues with the apps after they update - so I leave them alone.
No, not familiar with TBO? Is that "Total Black Out" or "Team Black Out"? If so, I have seen those.....But I like the more dark gray, or dark gray-blue themes as opposed to total black.
tele_jas said:
The settings *DID theme, but they looked like cards with a white background and you could see around the edges and the gaps between "groups". It didn't look very good, so I un-themed the settings.
Phone didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Contacts didn't theme (didn't expect it to)
Playstore did theme
Calculator did theme
I don't use Gmail, but I'm sure it would have
Nova did theme, but I've already got the search bar colored the way I want it, so I un-themed it too
I normally don't theme the calendar or Google Photos, because I've had issues with the apps after they update - so I leave them alone.
No, not familiar with TBO? Is that "Total Black Out" or "Team Black Out"? If so, I have seen those.....But I like the more dark gray, or dark gray-blue themes as opposed to total black.
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Cool. Yes, that's Team Black Out. Yeah, I like the same color elements. Would you be willing to install the theme able Google Dialer and Google Contacts and see if they worked?
Here is the link and you can find them and other theme able apps in here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apps-themeable-hangouts-layers-cmte-t3113192
This is how my Nexus6 looks.
tdgillihan said:
Cool. Yes, that's Team Black Out. Yeah, I like the same color elements. Would you be willing to install the theme able Google Dialer and Google Contacts and see if they worked?
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Will the Themeable google Dialer/Contacts that's in the PureNexus thread work? Or do you have a link you could give me? You can PM me it if you prefer?
[EDIT] I found them in the TBO thread
tele_jas said:
Will the Themeable google Dialer/Contacts that's in the PureNexus thread work? Or do you have a link you could give me? You can PM me it if you prefer?
[EDIT] I found them in the TBO thread
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Yeah, they're the same pretty sure.
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tdgillihan said:
Yeah, they're the same pretty sure.
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So....The ones from the PureNexus thread would reboot my phone every time I tried to open it. The ones from the TBO thread work just fine and were able to be themed as well. I much prefer the Google dialer, so I appreciate the lead on this!
tele_jas said:
So....The ones from the PureNexus thread would reboot my phone every time I tried to open it. The ones from the TBO thread work just fine and were able to be themed as well. I much prefer the Google dialer, so I appreciate the lead on this!
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That's great news. I'm thinking maybe with that, Nova Launcher and TBO theme able apps for Google I may just be able to live with the factory ui for a while until we can get something more aosp once I get mine. But this is nice to have more of an aosp flavor for now. BTW, have you tried installing Xposed for other personalized modification?
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That's great news. I'm thinking maybe with that, Nova Launcher and TBO theme able apps for Google I may just be able to live with the factory ui for a while until we can get something more aosp once I get mine. But this is nice to have more of an aosp flavor for now. BTW, have you tried installing Xposed for other personalized modification?
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I normally don't do Xposed with a custom ROM, but Xposed is great at modding a stock ROM....So, yes I installed Xposed for just a couple small things (using GravityBox):
1) Round battery icon
2) Center clock
3) More music volume steps (30)
I also used emoji switcher and have "Emoji One" emoji's.
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I normally don't do Xposed with a custom ROM, but Xposed is great at modding a stock ROM....So, yes I installed Xposed for just a couple small things (using GravityBox):
1) Round battery icon
2) Center clock
3) More music volume steps (30)
I also used emoji switcher and have "Emoji One" emoji's.
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Oh man, this is pretty much all I need to get me by until some actual development starts up. That is if we ever get sources or AOSP type ports. Only thing I worry about with ports is full functionality of all the features this phone has and oft times battery life can take a hit due to lack of full optimization. Thank you.
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From looking at the Substratum page, it seems like it has two modes -- one with root and one without. Is that accurate? It'd be nice to have themeability while still staying stock.
TeutonJon78 said:
From looking at the Substratum page, it seems like it has two modes -- one with root and one without. Is that accurate? It'd be nice to have themeability while still staying stock.
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You can read up on and ask questions here:
https://plus.google.com/communities/102261717366580091389
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Man all this good stuff is moving me in the direction of getting this phone, how is the battery life on this beast?
tele_jas said:
I had a Moto X Pure and was running a rooted version of the stock ROM..... I installed Layer's manager and the layer of my choice (Dark Stock) and it worked.
I tried this with my Axon 7, the Layers manager installed fine and ran, but I couldn't find any of my installed themes to apply? Is there a setting that needs changed in a ROM in order to be able to change the theme, or are we just not there yet?
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When you say we have root, are you referring to this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/wip-axon-7-root-bootloader-unlokced-t3441204
From what it looked like there it was still untested on US model.
Oogar said:
When you say we have root, are you referring to this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/wip-axon-7-root-bootloader-unlokced-t3441204
From what it looked like there it was still untested on US model.
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No, I have my bootloader unlocked.

Stock Nougat Theme

Hi,
I would like to know if anyone has gotten into the development or release a stock nougat themed for LG V20.
I don't want to use a custom ROM or such to keep the features of the LG V20.
Thanks :good:
Nova Launcher. You are welcome.
Late to answer but nova launcher or pixel launche only changes the home screen. I wanna change the look of the framework. I dislike lg ui color theme
DeathTrigger said:
Late to answer but nova launcher or pixel launche only changes the home screen. I wanna change the look of the framework. I dislike lg ui color theme
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I have made a few dark nougat style themes. Search google play for dark matetial theme for LG V20 or Dark Aosp for LG V20
There are a few stock lg themes that make it darker and use nova launcher. I am quite pleased with it. This is by far Lg's best UI. Previous iterations were terrible terrible copycats of TouchWiz.
markbencze said:
I have made a few dark nougat style themes. Search google play for dark matetial theme for LG V20 or Dark Aosp for LG V20
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Just gave Dark Material a spin,very well done sir!
2muchspl said:
Just gave Dark Material a spin,very well done sir!
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Glad you like it. I have 9 themes for the device out
Light Material Theme
markbencze said:
Glad you like it. I have 9 themes for the device out
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Hey man, do you think if it's possible to get a stock light theme? you know, like on the Pixel?
BTW, your themes are awesome, I've bought three of them haha
DeathTrigger said:
Hi,
I would like to know if anyone has gotten into the development or release a stock nougat themed for LG V20.
I don't want to use a custom ROM or such to keep the features of the LG V20.
Thanks :good:
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Go to Google play store and do a search for LG home
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Hey man, do you think if it's possible to get a stock light theme? you know, like on the Pixel?
BTW, your themes are awesome, I've bought three of them haha
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Thanks a lot. In constantly tinkering in something. Pixel light is impossible. Text colors tied to icons amd such. The action bar is what kills it. I would like one too

Substratum + Andromeda Rootless Works!

So being overwhelmed with joy, I didn't spend much time searching to see if this was already stated... none-the-less, Substratum themes work great on Stock Oreo, rootless, with the help of Andromeda. Here's a guide if needed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...top-clients-release-notes-t3668682?styleid=18
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...and a pic.
...those "thin"navbar icons may slow burn-in. ...allegedly.
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Indeed. I'm trying Archangel's blank navbar for that purpose until all that gets figured out.
Any substratum themes that make the nav bar set to 0
gaw316 said:
Any substratum themes that make the nav bar set to 0
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Maybelle pointed one out, here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazed.navbars&hl=en
oryanh said:
Maybelle pointed one out, here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazed.navbars&hl=en
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Oh, awesome! You can adjust the height to 0?
gaw316 said:
Oh, awesome! You can adjust the height to 0?
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Sorry, no, I misunderstood. There's a blank Navbar theme you can use. its there, just invisible.
Here's a good one if you're like me and like to have more than 3 columns for your quick toggles.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.msfjarvis.substweaks&hl=en
I've been running for half a day so far all is well..
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How has everybody's experience been with Substratum and apps? I love the theming capability, but keep on having certain apps force close. This is my first attempt with Substratum so I am sure I am doing something wrong, but not quite sure where to look. I have ensured that apps are all updated, and I choose the correct version on theme application, but I still end up with certain apps crashing. For example, I was using swift black (very nice btw) and Google photos and facebook messenger would force close. Is it best to only theme system stuff and leave apps alone? Or is swift black to blame? Or am I doing something wrong like I suspect?
It depends greatly on the themers, but can be easily broken by an app update. Themers like de Jan, Niklas Schnettler, Jeremy Beck, I could go on... Are very thorough and quick about updating themes. One approach is to Apply all the Overlays, as I'm sure you've done, but if an app crashes, just go back into Substratum and reapply the specific app overlay. If this doesn't help (oh, and reboot) then remove, uninstall or disable that specific app overlay. I'd say I probably have a an 80% success rate on all Overlays working perfectly on a given theme. (I have maybe 15 apps over and above stock) You could also just not theme apps, and only system and the base stock apps. It will still be gorgeous...
Try these: Outline, Mono, (anything from DeJan or Kohlewrrk) Spectrum, Aligned)
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How has everybody's experience been with Substratum and apps? I love the theming capability, but keep on having certain apps force close. This is my first attempt with Substratum so I am sure I am doing something wrong, but not quite sure where to look. I have ensured that apps are all updated, and I choose the correct version on theme application, but I still end up with certain apps crashing. For example, I was using swift black (very nice btw) and Google photos and facebook messenger would force close. Is it best to only theme system stuff and leave apps alone? Or is swift black to blame? Or am I doing something wrong like I suspect?
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I don't use Facebook but I'm using Swift Black for photos.. You will get FC on apps when versions get updated before the theme is updated... I've seen them plenty while using Substratum on Samsung devices
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I don't use Facebook but I'm using Swift Black for photos.. You will get FC on apps when versions get updated before the theme is updated... I've seen them plenty while using Substratum on Samsung devices
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I wonder if that is what it is. I may have to try being more meticulous since I cannot fix it unless attached to a computer. Thank you for the reply. Have you noticed any issues with system theming?
SixFootPigeon said:
I wonder if that is what it is. I may have to try being more meticulous since I cannot fix it unless attached to a computer. Thank you for the reply. Have you noticed any issues with system theming?
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I’m using aospUI Black theme for system and it seems to be good just a few blacked out icons like in about phone but mainly good ..
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That's good to know. I wanted to give this a try.
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Anyone know a theme that centers clock that currently works
I want to be able to theme my phone without rooting, and sure, the 1.99 for Andromeda is no big deal. However, a lot of other themes (like Archangel's navbar app) are paid as well, so I'd be spending more in addition to paying first to be able to theme. Are there any other themes with transparent navbars, or just any other way so that I wouldn't be spending more on top of the first price?
Currently this no longer works with 8.1 Beta until the code is updated by the developer..
oryanh said:
So being overwhelmed with joy, I didn't spend much time searching to see if this was already stated... none-the-less, Substratum themes work great on Stock Oreo, rootless, with the help of Andromeda. Here's a guide if needed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...top-clients-release-notes-t3668682?styleid=18
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...and a pic.
...those "thin"navbar icons may slow burn-in. ...allegedly.
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Invisible icons like these will slow it down lol.
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Invisible icons like these will slow it down lol.
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Just so you guys realize, a nav bar without any pixels (total black) will actually leave a burn-in of that exact size. In order to limit that, you need to fill it with some color other than red (red pixels don't wear).
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Flux theme crashed system UI for me... which corrupted the OS. Had to do a factory reset to get it running again. Just FYI.

Couple of positives, nova launcher installed and faster unlocking

Finally put nova launcher on, cannot stand that white mess at the bottom of my screen with the pixel launcher when using anything other than a black wallpaper, i mean what the hell was Google thinking with that awful looking feature, i really have no idea, either way glad I did cause now been able to get rid of that unsightly long Google search bar as well, and don't know if I'm imagining it but now since I've switched to the nova launcher and have ambient display disabled the phone is unlocking faster to screen on without the Google launcher ? so seems it's not just the ambient display issue but also seems to be the pixel launcher is lagging, go figure but it's faster for me, hip hooray.
Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Yeah I don't know why I didn't do it sooner, my home screen is so much cleaner and can have light wallpapers haha, I'm not sure if it's me but it does feel a bit quicker, could be in my head.
Scott said:
Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Search for Nova Companion app
Scott said:
Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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My mind is blown that you, of all people, just tried Nova.
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Thanks this worked, it's one of the reasons i didn't want a different launcher but with the wahed out crap at the bottom and the ugly search bar, this now works with a swipe to the left cheers.
Also just to add i am certain the phone is now unlocking faster with nova installed and ambient display disabled, it's win win all round.
i love nova, but the only reason i stick with the pixel launcher is because google can query the google weather API more reliably and frequently than third parties (like Nova) can, so the weather display is more accurate on google's pixel launcher
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Yep, works great!
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My mind is blown that you, of all people, just tried Nova.
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No No... Not just tried, just switched. I have used Nova for years but I got placement with the Pixel 2 XL.
Ady1976 said:
Finally put nova launcher on, cannot stand that white mess at the bottom of my screen with the pixel launcher when using anything other than a black wallpaper, i mean what the hell was Google thinking with that awful looking feature, i really have no idea, either way glad I did cause now been able to get rid of that unsightly long Google search bar as well, and don't know if I'm imagining it but now since I've switched to the nova launcher and have ambient display disabled the phone is unlocking faster to screen on without the Google launcher ? so seems it's not just the ambient display issue but also seems to be the pixel launcher is lagging, go figure but it's faster for me, hip hooray.
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I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
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Can you share the link to the modded launcher? :good:
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
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Also can that be used not rooted, I don't want to root.
And does the modified launcher get rid of that ugly search bar ?
The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
Ady1976 said:
The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
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What app do you use for weather?
constantin_frunza said:
What app do you use for weather?
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I'm using Yo window weather app from the play store, was recommended to geoweather but it's crap, kept coming up with cannot connect to server for weather data stupid error, however this yo window has great reviews and works fantastic it's this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yo.app.free
It does the job perfectly for me.
Ady1976 said:
Also can that be used not rooted, I don't want to root.
And does the modified launcher get rid of that ugly search bar ?
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Sorry think you have to be rooted.
Ady1976 said:
The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
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Rootless and modded pixel launcher are slightly different. The modded one has the option to remove the white
Reuben_skelz92 said:
Rootless and modded pixel launcher are slightly different. The modded one has the option to remove the white
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Aah right ok no problem, I'll stick with nova, works perfectly anyway and now with the companion apk it's Google now integrated.

Best Dark Theme

Heya,
Just wondering, if you had to put a simple, but complete (full UI) dark theme on your Note 9... which one would it be (that you can find on the default samsung theme app).
I always use material dark or material black on my Samsung phones.
herandy said:
I always use material dark or material black on my Samsung phones.
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Where can I find this? Thanks!
herandy said:
I always use material dark or material black on my Samsung phones.
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The good old ones.. these never change :good:
eaoosa said:
Where can I find this? Thanks!
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samsung theme store. search for them, you will find them.
You can use substratum with andromeda
If you want a COMPLETE dark theme, you'll want to get Swift Black.
I like Britzer. It's a very dark cool gray with Pixel blue accents and is very lightweight. For icons I use Pixelize.
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Theme Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/themes/theme-greenyon-mdr-t3829268
pro4ever said:
You can use substratum with andromeda
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CyberLykan said:
If you want a COMPLETE dark theme, you'll want to get Swift Black.
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I had been using these on my s9+ but it started to get real wonky in the last few months, to the point where it wasn't worth it and I removed it completely.
Do you guys just turn off auto updates on those apps and then deal with the annoyance of having to confirm that those aren't auto updates every time your other apps update? It seemed like a lot of times, my "don't auto update" apps would somehow end up auto updating again at some point, and it would frequently break the main google app, google search bar, youtube, etc.
Still a lot better than the days you'd have to hook it back up to a PC to run andromeda, but a hassle none the less and having the main google app constantly break on me was a bad enough experience that I just went back to a dark samsung theme. Curious to see others' experience with it
MikeyNick said:
I had been using these on my s9+ but it started to get real wonky in the last few months, to the point where it wasn't worth it and I removed it completely.
Do you guys just turn off auto updates on those apps and then deal with the annoyance of having to confirm that those aren't auto updates every time your other apps update? It seemed like a lot of times, my "don't auto update" apps would somehow end up auto updating again at some point, and it would frequently break the main google app, google search bar, youtube, etc.
Still a lot better than the days you'd have to hook it back up to a PC to run andromeda, but a hassle none the less and having the main google app constantly break on me was a bad enough experience that I just went back to a dark samsung theme. Curious to see others' experience with it
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I turned off auto updates in google play settings and will update apps together with "Swift for Samsung" theme so that the apps won't crash. The update cycle of the theme is frequent enough (atleast once a week). My expereince with the swift themes is really good as it themes many 3rd party apps unlike a samsung theme.
Where to download Britzer?
Guyinlaca said:
I like Britzer. It's a very dark cool gray with Pixel blue accents and is very lightweight. For icons I use Pixelize.
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Yeah I like that, thanks.
alexchin91 said:
Where to download Britzer?
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Samsung themes app
pro4ever said:
You can use substratum with andromeda
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Does this work on the note 9? Been really enjoying it on my note 8.
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I really like "sd_Black" by [aire] combined with the Icon pack "New Year Glow Icon Pack" by Navin Rai.
Limeybastard said:
Does this work on the note 9? Been really enjoying it on my note 8.
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+1
But still you get white navbars etc
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Limeybastard said:
But still you get white navbars etc
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No you don't.
There is an adb command to change the navigation bar color. I'd do a search for it.
mahmoudhafez2000 said:
Still in setup mode
Theme Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/themes/theme-greenyon-mdr-t3829268
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how you change the icons to small ?

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