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Any change a developer could do a mod to add the Galaxy Nexus navigation buttons to the screen? I for one don't like the physical home button and would really like the screen buttons. If the unoffical AOKP rom had the standard AOKP custom nav button mod I would be all over it but seeing how it's unofficial/alpha and the CM10 roms are very alpha I'd rather wait. Based on the info I found it's relatively easy mod if you know how to decomplie and recompile the framework-res.apk. I attempted to do this but kept running into issues and my limited knowledge of Android development (to say the least) seems to be the biggest huddle.
IMO, I'd still like the native button active but others would prefer them disabled.
Here a thread on the mod for CM9/CM10... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788780&page=1
Thanks!
rkirmeier said:
Any change a developer could do a mod to add the Galaxy Nexus navigation buttons to the screen? I for one don't like the physical home button and would really like the screen buttons. If the unoffical AOKP rom had the standard AOKP custom nav button mod I would be all over it but seeing how it's unofficial/alpha and the CM10 roms are very alpha I'd rather wait. Based on the info I found it's relatively easy mod if you know how to decomplie and recompile the framework-res.apk. I attempted to do this but kept running into issues and my limited knowledge of Android development (to say the least) seems to be the biggest huddle.
IMO, I'd still like the native button active but others would prefer them disabled.
Here a thread on the mod for CM9/CM10... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788780&page=1
Thanks!
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It won't work on the stock ROM. But it works in CM10, I have it on my phone and am loving them. Just like my old Nexus.
I know the mod in the link I provided will not work on the stock rom. Thanks for your most value input and stating what is outright obvious for the mod in the link. No reason a developer couldn't create a mod that does work with the stock rom though. Already using a few mods on my stock rom.
rkirmeier said:
I know the mod in the link I provided will not work on the stock rom. Thanks for your most value input and stating what is outright obvious for the mod in the link. No reason a developer couldn't create a mod that does work with the stock rom though. Already using a few mods on my stock rom.
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There might actually be a reason. The framework is totally different.
tekhna said:
There might actually be a reason. The framework is totally different.
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Of course the framework is different, one is TouchWise and one is CM9/CM10 but that has absolutely nothing to do with a developer modifying the stock TW framework-res.apk with this mod. Why do users who have no clue keep adding their useless 2 cents? I now understand why the developers get so frustrated and the development forum in highly moderated!
Here a new thread to shows how to do this mod on any ROM. If I had the experience of decompling/compling apks or time I would do it.
http://thetechjournal.com/how-to/tutorial-how-to-use-on-screen-virtual-buttons-at-ice-cream-sandwich-rom-on-android.xhtml
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Of course the framework is different, one is TouchWise and one is CM9/CM10 but that has absolutely nothing to do with a developer modifying the stock TW framework-res.apk with this mod. Why do users who have no clue keep adding their useless 2 cents? I now understand why the developers get so frustrated and the development forum in highly moderated!
Here a new thread to shows how to do this mod on any ROM. If I had the experience of decompling/compling apks or time I would do it.
http://thetechjournal.com/how-to/tutorial-how-to-use-on-screen-virtual-buttons-at-ice-cream-sandwich-rom-on-android.xhtml
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lol, someone who has no clue yelling at someone he thinks has no clue about clueless 2 cents. Being an asshole is a really great way to get people to do things for you, I've heard.
Im dont know why anybody wants onscreen buttons? Yea the nexus had them and thats fine. But with 2 capacitive buttons and a hardware button, why have nav buttons that do the same thing? All its does is take up screen space no?
droidstyle said:
Im dont know why anybody wants onscreen buttons? Yea the nexus had them and thats fine. But with 2 capacitive buttons and a hardware button, why have nav buttons that do the same thing? All its does is take up screen space no?
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I agree with this. I have figured out how to get them and I've been using it for a day or so now. I don't like it. I thought I would, but I don't.
droidstyle said:
Im dont know why anybody wants onscreen buttons? Yea the nexus had them and thats fine. But with 2 capacitive buttons and a hardware button, why have nav buttons that do the same thing? All its does is take up screen space no?
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I hate the physical home button and much prefer the on-screen buttons.
tekhna said:
I hate the physical home button and much prefer the on-screen buttons.
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why?
droidstyle said:
why?
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Because I'm used to capacitive buttons, it's clunky to use a physical button, and depressing the button off-balances the whole phone if you're using it one-handed.
tekhna said:
Because I'm used to capacitive buttons, it's clunky to use a physical button, and depressing the button off-balances the whole phone if you're using it one-handed.
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I totally agree!
It's funny how people think that because they don't mind the physical home button that everyone else should feel the same way. The screen is big enough that I don't mind losing a little space. Give me a "touch" home button and task list button that I don't have to wait 2 seconds for...
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Because I'm used to capacitive buttons, it's clunky to use a physical button, and depressing the button off-balances the whole phone if you're using it one-handed.
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To each is own...i would much rather have more screen. However if they designed this device like the nexus with only nav buttons, then that would be ok. I just dont like the idea of having multiple buttons that do the same thing.
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lol, someone who has no clue yelling at someone he thinks has no clue about clueless 2 cents. Being an asshole is a really great way to get people to do things for you, I've heard.
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Whatever! It's the same BS that the developers get upset over. People who have no clue making useless statements that do nothing for the cause. It's a waste of space and time...
I could be wrong but I thought all ICS and JB frameworks have the vitual navigation button code, it just a matter of enabling it. See the second link I posted...
rkirmeier said:
I totally agree!
It's funny how people think that because they don't mind the physical home button that everyone else should feel the same way. The screen is big enough that I don't mind losing a little space. Give me a "touch" home button and task list button that I don't have to wait 2 seconds for...
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I dont expect anybody to feel the same way...I was simply wanting to know why he didnt like hardware button.
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Whatever! It's the same BS that the developers get upset over. People who have no clue making useless statements that do nothing for the cause. It's a waste of space and time...
I could be wrong but I thought all ICS and JB frameworks have the vitual navigation button code, it just a matter of enabling it. See the second link I posted...
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You "Totally agree" with the guy in one post and then call him clueless in another. A guy who has been part of xda since 2007 and has 1000 more thanks than you do. Be civil
bobdude5 said:
You "Totally agree" with the guy in one post and then call him clueless in another. A guy who has been part of xda since 2007 and has 1000 more thanks than you do. Be civil
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I don't see why agreeing with someone preference for something and calling them out regarding a statement that seems clueless has anything to do with each other. Unless he knows for a fact that the Touchwiz ICS framework-res.apk has been stripped of the navigation button code (not just disabled) his comment was clueless... Having a 1000+ posts does not make someone an expert and if he knows for a fact then he should have said the TW ICS framework has been stripped of the navigation bar code...
There are plenty of opinions on the value of the mod. The original thread link I posted seemed to suggest there are a lot of people who want this. This thread so far may not support that for US users... Oh, well... If there is no dev that wants to do this mod then I guess I'll wait for a stable release of AOKP where I can modify/add buttons too...
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rkirmeier said:
I know the mod in the link I provided will not work on the stock rom. Thanks for your most value input and stating what is outright obvious for the mod in the link. No reason a developer couldn't create a mod that does work with the stock rom though. Already using a few mods on my stock rom.
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As I said in my post, "it won't work on the stock ROM". The support for it is just not there in TouchWiz. You can modify the framework-res.apk if you want (I've tried), but it just won't work. If you want on screen navigation keys, you'll need to get onto CM/AOSP.
Here are my reasons for preferring nexus style on-screen buttons:
1. I no longer have to overextend my thumb to press the menu button when holding the device with one hand. Usually this results in my palm hitting something on the screen unintentionally.
2. Once frustrated with #1, I will tilt the device down (increasing the chances of dropping the phone) to be able to successfully press the menu button. With on screen buttons I no longer have to do this.
3. If 1&2 are not an option I am forced to use 2 hands to control the device. With on screen buttons this is no longer so.
4. I will no longer accidentally press menu or back while playing a game in landscape mode.
5. I will no longer accidentally tap something on the bottom edge of the screen when attempting to press the back or menu button. Because it is a far stretch, part of my thumb will often interact with the lowest point of the screen before interacting with the back or menu button.
The slogan for this device shouldn't be "Designed for humans" but rather "Designed for gorilla hands".
If possible, I would also like to see on screen buttons on touchwiz.
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michaelw9 said:
As I said in my post, "it won't work on the stock ROM". The support for it is just not there in TouchWiz. You can modify the framework-res.apk if you want (I've tried), but it just won't work. If you want on screen navigation keys, you'll need to get onto CM/AOSP.
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Ok, thanks for the update and clarifying the the ICS framework has been stripped of the code for the onscreen navigation buttons. Really too bad but CM and AOKP are both coming long nicely...
Is there a way to do this by chance? Its very weak
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duarian said:
Is there a way to do this by chance? Its very weak
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I believe that's under settings/language & input/android keyboard (sliders to the left)/options for advanced users/
I tried the 60ms setting...still too weak.
Thats OK said:
I believe that's under settings/language & input/android keyboard (sliders to the left)/options for advanced users/
I tried the 60ms setting...still too weak.
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Yeah I did that, I think thats just for the input though. Not entirely sure. Thanks for the feedback!
I wonder about this too. I'm able to get the haptic feedback for the keyboard to what feels normal but the haptic feedback for other buttons are very weak. I wasn't able to find a way to increase it for the back home and recent buttons, but I would like to find out how. The haptic feedback for those buttons were so weak that I never noticed it a week after I got this tab.
Seems like the vib on touch used work good waaay back on ICS .26...
Wonder what happened?
There's gotta be tweak to restore it.
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A feature like this is available in base OASP/AOKP, I believe, and as far as I recall CMx as well. If not natively available, it can be hacked in by a ROM developer, obviously -- if you have a favorite ROM, give PM'ing its dev a try. I haven't looked at the framework yet, so I have no idea of it's level of 'accessibility'.
Hi all,
I know on other Phones it is possible to tweak so the backlight of the buttons will light up at a notification. So I was wondering if it was ported to the sensation?
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Not that I'm aware of, but it definitely sounds like a cool feature. I'd use that!
i think that feature would be supported by kernel
i can't think another way
using an app... i am not so sure
by the way it would be a cool feature:good:
yeah, I'm also thinking of a modified s2w or something..
But thanks for the answers, although there isn't something like this ):
Sh0wt1me said:
Hi all,
I know on other Phones it is possible to tweak so the backlight of the buttons will light up at a notification. So I was wondering if it was ported to the sensation?
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I found an great app for this, try it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1958939
Is there any way to change the nav keys to be smaller and add a menu button?
pretty much all custom ROMs have this, but there aren't any stable ones yet, and I am thinking there might be a framework.res or systemui.apk mod I can make to at least do that much. I hate those big buttons taking up my screen real estate..
I also want to be able to mod this, but it looks like it requires a ROM.
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Zandeer said:
I also want to be able to mod this, but it looks like it requires a ROM.
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The Nexus 4 had a flashable zip that just modified some framework files I believe that you could flash over stock before this was incorporated into every major ROM.
orangekid said:
Is there any way to change the nav keys to be smaller and add a menu button?
pretty much all custom ROMs have this, but there aren't any stable ones yet, and I am thinking there might be a framework.res or systemui.apk mod I can make to at least do that much. I hate those big buttons taking up my screen real estate..
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You could download softkeyz from the play store. It's great for edition the nav keys if your phone is rooted. I use it all the time on my n4.
orangekid said:
The Nexus 4 had a flashable zip that just modified some framework files I believe that you could flash over stock before this was incorporated into every major ROM.
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It'll definitely come, but you're gonna need to be patient. A LOT of people don't even have the phones in their hands yet. Give it a few weeks, let the devs get a chance to work on the phone, and then you'll start seeing the customization options.
contagous said:
You could download softkeyz from the play store. It's great for edition the nav keys if your phone is rooted. I use it all the time on my n4.
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I'll check it out, thanks for the heads up
Vincent Law said:
It'll definitely come, but you're gonna need to be patient. A LOT of people don't even have the phones in their hands yet. Give it a few weeks, let the devs get a chance to work on the phone, and then you'll start seeing the customization options.
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Well I'm not looking for spoon feeding. If someone did it for the Nexus 4, just a tip on which files to mod etc..
In jellybean the navbar pngs were in systemui/res/drawable-*dpiHere*
They're named something like
ic_sysbar_home.png iirc.
You could try editing them in Ps and replace the old ones with edited ones.
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In jellybean the navbar pngs were in systemui/res/drawable-*dpiHere*
They're named something like
ic_sysbar_home.png iirc.
You could try editing them in Ps and replace the old ones with edited ones.
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That's the info I was looking for, I'll go ahead and decompile systemui.apk and go from there.
Interested in this also. If I could just shrink down the size that would be good enough. I had a zip for my ATT LGG2 that did this perfectly. But not sure it will work on N5?
contagous said:
You could download softkeyz from the play store. It's great for edition the nav keys if your phone is rooted. I use it all the time on my n4.
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Does Softkeyz allow you to adjust the size of the keys too or just color and arrangement etc?
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WMguy said:
Does Softkeyz allow you to adjust the size of the keys too or just color and arrangement etc?
Thanks
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It simply changes the actual image (png file) of the softkey, so if you select an image that is smaller, the softkey will subsequently be smaller.
WMguy said:
Does Softkeyz allow you to adjust the size of the keys too or just color and arrangement etc?
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Honestly i can't remember but i think it allowed custom images so my guess is you can make an image within a size limit and it should be fine if you cant change the size of the standards.
I have set my n4 back to factory for my girlfriend and my n5 doesn't have it on yet so can't check right now.
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Honestly i can't remember but i think it allowed custom images so my guess is you can make an image within a size limit and it should be fine if you cant change the size of the standards.
I have set my n4 back to factory for my girlfriend and my n5 doesn't have it on yet so can't check right now.
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Softkeyz doesn't appear to support 4.4 yet.
I'll gladly donate to anyone who can shrink down the navbar size on the Nexus 5. And/Or make it transparent on third party launchers. (Nova)
Here's the thread from the LGG2. I doubt it's too hard to do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454782
Check out Candyshop thread in the Themes section, looks really promising right now.
orangekid said:
Is there any way to change the nav keys to be smaller and add a menu button?
pretty much all custom ROMs have this, but there aren't any stable ones yet, and I am thinking there might be a framework.res or systemui.apk mod I can make to at least do that much. I hate those big buttons taking up my screen real estate..
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You can use UDN or SoftKeyZ . Both of these work flawlessly
During my Nexus 5x days, my daily driver was Pure Nexus, and one of my favorite features was the ability to enable/disable the flashlight/torch via holding the power button (with the screen off mainly).
I know PN is available for the Pixel right now, but I'm trying to stick with Stock for as long as I can so I can take OTA's. Does anyone know how to get the same torch functionality? I am currently rooted and have found several non-root apps that allow 3 taps of the power button to enable torch...but it's not the same thing as being able to long-press with the screen off! I liked being able to take my phone out of my pocket, hold the power button to enable torch, then tap the power button one more time to disable...all without turning on the screen.
Thanks all in advance for your help!
Did you ever find something? I miss that I could do that on my n5x too.
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for but I am loving Torchie right now. It has brought one of the best and simplest things from custom roms. It tends to be a bit of a power hog when enabling use with the screen off, but I have found it is pretty easy to manage. Non-root as well.
I wish Android would add this feature as stock it's such a useful feature
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I ended up biting the bullet and going to Pure Nexus. It has been rock solid for me, and this feature among others make it well worth the effort and few nuances there are. I will agree, though, it would have made it a tougher decision to move away from stock if Google had this feature built-in!
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I ended up biting the bullet and going to Pure Nexus. It has been rock solid for me, and this feature among others make it well worth the effort and few nuances there are. I will agree, though, it would have made it a tougher decision to move away from stock if Google had this feature built-in!
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I've been with pure Nexus every step of the way with this pixel and bless that guy's heart for continuing the good work that he's been doing.
but like you I want Oreo now and a way to activate the flash light just by holding down the power button when the screen is off
Honestly this was really the only reason that I stayed on pure Nexus for so long and one of the main reasons that I actually root in my pixel in the first place for. This is one of the most convenient modifications I've ever ran across and I actually use it every single day for so many different things. I just upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo and am horrified that there is no simple solution for this on Oreo yet. Could somebody please implement this into Oreo somehow on the system level, possibly within the kernel or something of that nature?
Just wanted to give an update. I found button mapper with root seems to work great with volume down for the flashlight. It seems to break a couple things though
(volume down to take picture and DND mode) and I need to contact the developer. It works great for turning on and off the flashlight though with screen off or on. (requires root).
xmoox said:
Just wanted to give an update. I found button mapper with root seems to work great with volume down for the flashlight. It seems to break a couple things though
(volume down to take picture and DND mode) and I need to contact the developer. It works great for turning on and off the flashlight though with screen off or on. (requires root).
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Which button mapper are you using? The only ones I see don't work with the screen off
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Which button mapper are you using? The only ones I see don't work with the screen off
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton
The one by flar2
First of all, I'm glad some of you are resurrecting this post. Maybe someone much smarter than me can explain how the developer of Pure Nexus is able to implement this? These developers never ceases to amaze me in what they can add on the front of functionality...but is it not possible to develop (again, someone much smarter than me) a flashable zip to implement this?
I like how much Google continues to add in to stock Android on customization and features that we used to have to root for. This flashlight mod would almost certainly keep me on stock...
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xmoox said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton
The one by flar2
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Thanks, it works great. I set it to volume up so I can still turn on DND mode and take pics with volume down.
Gravitybox for Xposed has an option to do it now. It works exactly like pure nexus
shagbag913 said:
Gravitybox for Xposed has an option to do it now. It works exactly like pure nexus
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You the real MVP. For some reason, this feature seems hit or miss for me though. Will report back with any fixes.
Thanks for the heads up!
jimbub said:
You the real MVP. For some reason, this feature seems hit or miss for me though. Will report back with any fixes.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Yeah, hopefully they update it to make it more reliable
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Yeah, hopefully they update it to make it more reliable
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Actually, found a fix in the gravitybox main thread.
Disabling battery optimization in settings for gravitybox seems to do the trick! :good:
Seems to fix things on my end, hopefully this works for you too!
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Actually, found a fix in the gravitybox main thread.
Disabling battery optimization in settings for gravitybox seems to do the trick! :good:
Seems to fix things on my end, hopefully this works for you too!
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Thanks! That seemed to work.