As everyone probably has seen the notifaction bar access in ICS is a nice new feature. However, I am pretty sure it would be possible to also make this possible with Cyanogen Mod, there has been a request already, but it was "closed" due to insufficient stars with a given period. I think it would be nice to go ahead and star this issue as much as possible to get this feature in CM 7.x
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2710
dekeijzer said:
As everyone probably has seen the notifaction bar access in ICS is a nice new feature. However, I am pretty sure it would be possible to also make this possible with Cyanogen Mod, there has been a request already, but it was "closed" due to insufficient stars with a given period. I think it would be nice to go ahead and star this issue as much as possible to get this feature in CM 7.x
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2710
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This is a bad idea. I see alot of security risks with this and I hope google fixes it. Nothing should be able to be accessed while the screen is locked.
zelendel said:
This is a bad idea. I see alot of security risks with this and I hope google fixes it. Nothing should be able to be accessed while the screen is locked.
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Wouldn't a simple feature on-off toggle fix everything? Let people choose if they prefer security and privacy or ease of use I guess. I have a business phone and a personal phone..with no real "personal" data, so I wouldn't mind being able to quickly access notifications when the phone is locked.
MacCarron said:
Wouldn't a simple feature on-off toggle fix everything? Let people choose if they prefer security and privacy or ease of use I guess. I have a business phone and a personal phone..with no real "personal" data, so I wouldn't mind being able to quickly access notifications when the phone is locked.
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As long as there is a way to shut it off then I wouldnt mind it.
You can already do this using widgetlocker. It is a convenience as well as potential privacy risk.
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zelendel said:
This is a bad idea. I see alot of security risks with this and I hope google fixes it. Nothing should be able to be accessed while the screen is locked.
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I am pretty sure you will still have to entern your unlock pattern/code when you open a notification.
zelendel said:
This is a bad idea. I see alot of security risks with this and I hope google fixes it. Nothing should be able to be accessed while the screen is locked.
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You can't access it if you have any type of lock on your phone. So if you have pattern set up you won't be able to pull it down. So thats your fix. If security is your priority then you already have a pattern lock or pin set up right?
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Picked up my Z3 earlier in the week but am still currently using my S3. From those who already have the phone, what are some of the first things I should do? I wanted to make a Nandroid backup of factory setting but that's not possible without rooting and installing a recovery, which I'll not be doing until it can be done without unlocking bootloader. So what are some other things I should look at first?
Interested to hear some thoughts.
z4ppy said:
Picked up my Z3 earlier in the week but am still currently using my S3. From those who already have the phone, what are some of the first things I should do? I wanted to make a Nandroid backup of factory setting but that's not possible without rooting and installing a recovery, which I'll not be doing until it can be done without unlocking bootloader. So what are some other things I should look at first?
Interested to hear some thoughts.
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Get yourself a pc with adb (android development tool) sorted, so you can remove the `small apps` nonsense at the bottom of the recently used apps display. (No need to root,unlock etc your phone to do this). Small apps are just widget-like things you can have floating on top of your screen all the time.
I want to know if we need te charge or discharche the Z3 out of the box?
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I want to know if we need te charge or discharche the Z3 out of the box?
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The manual says: "Make sure that the battery is charged for at least 30 minutes before you turn on the device for the first time."
Actually, you could read the manual while you're waiting!
I'll receive mine today or tomorrow, so I just want to be sure to not turn it on too fast
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Get yourself a pc with adb (android development tool) sorted, so you can remove the `small apps` nonsense at the bottom of the recently used apps display. (No need to root,unlock etc your phone to do this). Small apps are just widget-like things you can have floating on top of your screen all the time.
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I'm actually a mac user so don't have access to a windows running pc and haven't bootcamped or setup a virtual windows partition, since I never really need it. So I'm guessing I'll have to give this all a miss.
poldie said:
Get yourself a pc with adb (android development tool) sorted, so you can remove the `small apps` nonsense at the bottom of the recently used apps display. (No need to root,unlock etc your phone to do this). Small apps are just widget-like things you can have floating on top of your screen all the time.
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Not sure why people hate the small-apps so much.
OP, run the Xperia update center, update apps and you're off to the races. Kinda boring, but it is what it is.
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Not sure why people hate the small-apps so much.
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I don't mind the concept. That is, I can see why some people might like it - some people use the floating heads feature of facebook messenger after all - but to have it use up so much space under the completely unrelated recent apps list, with no way to remove/edit it is just plain stupid, and is the sort of thing that makes people want stock android.
Here is a wild theory or two..
Don't have a computer with me right now, however I have a crazy idea.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unlock-bootloader-verizon-google-pixel-xl/
Could this possibly be a weak point with our devices, no matter what version of the bootloader Samsung is using?
This would be quite a bit different than the Pixel devices.
Disable everything security related. This includes that abortion called Knox and all the little things that go with it. Even Bixby. Take everything labeled with the Samsung name and disable it. At its core, it's still Android. Of course this will be the next patch.
Number 2
I wish we could still have towelroot around, but would it be possible to get a oem unlock code and insert it into the system UI?
Or like we used to do it, cook and hide a magisk module or su apk renamed into the system. Whether it be at the bootloader or Kernel level that would pass the damn safety test without tripping anything?
I'm not looking forward to picturing the result if we can't get past people who have no idea what this phone is capable of doing and placing a ball gag on the bootloader.
"The more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain"
-Montgomery Scott - USS Enterprise.
Good luck and good hunting!
emod0705 said:
Here is a wild theory or two..
Don't have a computer with me right now, however I have a crazy idea.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unlock-bootloader-verizon-google-pixel-xl/
Could this possibly be a weak point with our devices, no matter what version of the bootloader Samsung is using?
This would be quite a bit different than the Pixel devices.
Disable everything security related. This includes that abortion called Knox and all the little things that go with it. Even Bixby. Take everything labeled with the Samsung name and disable it. At its core, it's still Android. Of course this will be the next patch.
Number 2
I wish we could still have towelroot around, but would it be possible to get a oem unlock code and insert it into the system UI?
Or like we used to do it, cook and hide a magisk module or su apk renamed into the system. Whether it be at the bootloader or Kernel level that would pass the damn safety test without tripping anything?
I'm not looking forward to picturing the result if we can't get past people who have no idea what this phone is capable of doing and placing a ball gag on the bootloader.
"The more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain"
-Montgomery Scott - USS Enterprise.
Good luck and good hunting!
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...okay, a thought...we're always trying to gain root access, usually through boot-loader but not always right?
This may be a repeat or already tried method, and apologies...
Kustom Live Wallpaper and widget enable you to access the ENTIRE file system...all the way to RIL in private-app...could an exploit ride on it's coat tails?
Once it's there, can it make use of being there?
SO! I've escaped the blue bubble cult! And even though I really enjoyed jailbreak tweaks (what are even the equivalent of tweaks on android? lol) and theming on IOS, I don't really even know where to begin looking for info on doing similar things with android, and more specifically my oneplus 6, I'm excited but it's all a bit overwhelming. Any help? Any recommendations on where to begin?
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SO! I've escaped the blue bubble cult! And even though I really enjoyed jailbreak tweaks (what are even the equivalent of tweaks on android? lol) and theming on IOS, I don't really even know where to begin looking for info on doing similar things with android, and more specifically my oneplus 6, I'm excited but it's all a bit overwhelming. Any help? Any recommendations on where to begin?
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Honestly, the first step for you is to figure out what exactly you want to do. Jumping headfirst to things on this OnePlus 6 without a gameplan sounds like a recipe for hard brick.
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Honestly, the first step for you is to figure out what exactly you want to do. Jumping headfirst to things on this OnePlus 6 without a gameplan sounds like a recipe for hard brick.
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I'd just like to manipulate the UI, similar to some of the tweaks on IOS. I haven't used the phone enough to want to change much of its core functionality yet... So mostly surface level things for now. I also figure that would be a good place to start in terms of difficulty and knowledge as well.
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I'd just like to manipulate the UI, similar to some of the tweaks on IOS. I haven't used the phone enough to want to change much of its core functionality yet... So mostly surface level things for now. I also figure that would be a good place to start in terms of difficulty and knowledge as well.
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Tweaking the UI is seriously as simple as going to the google play store and downloading a launcher. No need to do anything drastic yet buddy. If I may, I would recommend "Nova Launcher". The free version on the play store will give you plenty of options to change your UI and I have been using it for years on several different phones. Forgive me but I know nothing about IOS - a closed source operating system on an item I payed money and purchased to use for my own desires seems silly to me.
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Tweaking the UI is seriously as simple as going to the google play store and downloading a launcher. No need to do anything drastic yet buddy. If I may, I would recommend "Nova Launcher". The free version on the play store will give you plenty of options to change your UI and I have been using it for years on several different phones. Forgive me but I know nothing about IOS - a closed source operating system on an item I payed money and purchased to use for my own desires seems silly to me.
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Yeah, it's one of many reasons I left after years. They made it increasingly more difficult to even sustain a jailbreak, on a device I overpaid for.. but I digress lol. Thanks for that tip, I remember using nova launcher years ago on one of my old galaxy phones, so I'll start there.
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Yeah, it's one of many reasons I left after years. They made it increasingly more difficult to even sustain a jailbreak, on a device I overpaid for.. but I digress lol. Thanks for that tip, I remember using nova launcher years ago on one of my old galaxy phones, so I'll start there.
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While I will happily walk you through the whole unlock bootloader, install TWRP, and obtain root access process for this phone, if you have been away from android for a long time you will find it much more difficult than it was on your old galaxy phone, so why go there with no real reason behind it.
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While I will happily walk you through the whole unlock bootloader, install TWRP, and obtain root access process for this phone, if you have been away from android for a long time you will find it much more difficult than it was on your old galaxy phone, so why go there with no real reason behind it.
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I've just decided to pretty much go through my jailbroken phone and see just what I'd like to carry from that setup over into my oneplus 6. Fortunately, most of system tweaks I had made on my iphone are baked into android already, so it's really coming down to theming as I look at it deeper. However some tweaks I used to use might require (please correct me if I'm wrong). For example, I used a tweak on my iphone that allowed me to create gestures. Plugging in headphones would open my music app, double pressing the power button turned on my flashlight, it was highly customizable, things like that.
Honestly if you are rocking OP6 just root with magisk, grab TWRP and that's it. Then explore your magisk module options, add adaway for systemwide ad blocker, download magisk youtube vanced that blocks ads and let you download directly , what else.... Substratum for theming ....
As others are getting at, take it one step at a time. Android gives you more flexibility than your old phone did, so you'll enjoy that. Rooting will give you further options.. I agree with the poster who said to try launchers. You can change the look of your phone in pretty dramatic ways with them. Different ones have different benefits. I use Action Launcher most of the time. There are lots of them and they can change the look and feel of your phone a lot without doing anything permanent or potentially damaging to your device. Change launchers and whatever you did with the last one is no longer visible. Go back to the stock Oxygen one at any time if you like.
If you like gestures, Oxygen gives you some. Other launchers, including the aforementioned Nova and Action do, too, albeit not necessarily the exact same ones. GMD Gestures takes it much further, but that requires root. It used to be one of the first things I installed on my phones and tablets. Navigation Gestures uses a different approach, more limited, but it doesn't require root.
Rooting requires unlocking your phone and flashing Magisk. This is not hard to do, but you need to connect your phone to your computer and use a command line to enable some of it. The procedure is simple enough, but if you haven't done it, it might seem daunting at first. But you've jailbroken, so you will probably be fine with all this. There are pitfalls with each device, which you can read about at length here in this phone's part of XDA.
Read up, take your time, and if you do root, make sure to read the guides carefully and do all the steps. Missing things or doing them out of order can cost you sometimes.
youre in for a surprise, enjoy the ride
I'm going to echo what some others have said and suggest you take it slow. I was jailbreaking from the 3G days so I know what you're thinking about doing. My wife still has an iPhone, and trust me, there are great many things you can do in terms of tweaks and theming without ever thinking about rooting. I'm a Nova Launcher loyalist as well, but there are dozens of great launchers out there. Try a bunch out, play around with themes, wallpapers, and icons to get a look you like, then start thinking about rooting.
Unlocking and rooting OP phones is much more straightforward than any other Android phones besides Pixels, so when you're ready to start, it's not that challenging. However – especially if you're coming from Samsung – forget everything you think you know and start reading the guides posted here. There is unfortunately a fair amount of bad and less-than-ideal information floating around about this phone. I'd recommend starting with these:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/guide-noobs-guide-to-b-partitions-op6-t3816123
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/guide-how-to-install-official-twrp-t3801558
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/oneplus-6-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-t3792643 [note that some of the info in this thread is obsolete/incorrect, so refer to the two above in any conflicts, but it's good for the very basics]
There are pre-rooted boot images you can use to gain root without getting custom recovery like twrp. But you will need to unlock your bootloader first. Like everyone else said, Android is much more flexible compared to iOS when it comes to customization.
The main reason why I rooted in the first place was to get Adaway which removes ads from your phone. Also YouTube Vanced like someone mentioned which removes ads from youtube videos.
Systemless root like Magisk which does not touch systemfiles is the way to go if you are gonna root your phone in the future.
It is very, very easy to brick your phone if you are not careful. Read the guides here on xda, check what OxygenOS version you are have and so on. Do not try to flash a older version, that will brick your phone.
A small tweak you can try right now is to first enable developer options by tapping your Build number under About phone in settings. From there, scroll down til you see something about animation (should be under Drawing). Set the three settings to either off or 0.5. That should speed things up.
Maybe you should NOT root your device and stick with stock save us all some headaches.
I come from an Jailbroken iPhone as well. I can do pretty much everything I could on my iPhone except see the amount of battery cycles and current wear.
Xposed has more modules than you'll know what to do with.
Combine that with all the customizations you can do without root like launchers, full UI and app theming with substratum, custom ROMs, magisk modules, TWRP flashable zips for some mods, etc.
There's SO much stuff you can tweak
Xposed has more modules than you'll know what to do with.
Combine that with all the customizations you can do without root like launchers, full UI and app theming with substratum, custom ROMs, magisk modules, TWRP flashable zips for some mods, etc.
There's SO much stuff you can tweak
Cydia -> Magisk and optionally Xposed
Winterboard -> Substratum
Greetings!
About 10 years ago, I left the smartphone world.
Recently, with the retirement of everyone's CDMA equipment, I've been all but forced to start using a smartphone again (and I'm glad I did). I can see things have become a great deal more complicated than what they used to be...
I had unlocked my HTC Touch Pro and was able to get into and change anything there, because I had found an abundance of resources on this site for editing registry entries to change icons, sounds, and all sorts of other things I wanted to customize. That was a WIndows phone, of course, which appears to be nothing like Android's system.
But now I'm using an A71 5G (A716U), and though I've been able to find a lot of guidance in making the phone my own (much of it from here), I've not found any fruitful information about how to change those annoying system sounds outside of rooting or bootloader unlocking, neither of which I'll be doing. Screen taps, charge-start notifier, default notifications....don't like any of'em.
So, with all that, this is my question: Is there any way that some genius here might know of to customize any and every internal system audio file without rooting or using the bootloader unlock? I've spent a good deal of time over the last 4 weeks trying to find a method to make this happen, but every resource eventually comes down to having to root the phone.
...Along the same lines, I would also (of course) absolutely love to replace the entirety of the startup and shutdown splashes and sounds....
Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer!