Here's the source where I found this, I'm pretty sure this would work on all AOSP type ROMs like CM7.1 and Verizon Stock, even though the site says 2.3.6. Not sure about the Sony Timescape. I'm not familiar enough with these steps to pull this off, maybe if someone could work this out and possibly even make a flashable zip?
http://androidandsandu.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-add-virtual-softkeys-navigation.html
I wasn't sure if this should be in the Development section or here because it's theme based, but it does involve compiling I believe. I placed here for the sake of Themes.
Why would you want less screen space?
Less screen space or not it is still a nice update/feature that can be useful on gingerbread. Granted it sounds like a whole lot of work, but there is already a thread where others have ported the "ICS swype to clear" notifications. If someone wants to try this I say good luck.
Ios suckkss.
We have hardware keys. Thus no point for softkeys unless you don't like screen space
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People might want soft keys because their hardware is starting to go. My Xperia's home button and back button are really soft to press. I too would like the ICS on-screen keys because, not only that, it's also more convenient.
Xepter Keedas said:
People might want soft keys because their hardware is starting to go. My Xperia's home button and back button are really soft to press. I too would like the ICS on-screen keys because, not only that, it's also more convenient.
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That's what I was thinking too, plus, you would have either equal or more screenspace if you lower your DPI, I have it on 210 instead of 240 and I have more than plenty of space. Plus the softkeys would be smaller.
just use button saviour available from the play store, you can hide and show it..plus it has themes, yes, ICS is there...
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I like how some roms like the vegan tab and the honeycomb roms have a bar at the bottom with the back button home button and menu. How can i install that for other roms that dont have something like that? Can anyone help me out thanks!
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I like how some roms like the vegan tab and the honeycomb roms have a bar at the bottom with the back button home button and menu. How can i install that for other roms that dont have something like that? Can anyone help me out thanks!
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Vegan, if you're speaking of the Froyo one, uses VTL Launcher as it's default home launcher.
Honeycomb, it's pretty much a built in kind of thing.
VTL is a launcher adapted by the Vegantabs team to provide a froyo and GB launcher that was moer "tablet friendly" you know, putting a dock at the bottom of a landscaped screen. It's an adaptation of ADW launcher. Go to the Vegan Tab Devs website to download it for free, for XDA mambers.
It's not bad, but I prefer Launcherpro, myself.
Or you could just actually use a honeycomb rom. Honestly on flashback for a week now i haven't found a reason not to use it. Every single thin/ i use on this tablet works fine just so long as you use opera(which has actually kind of grown on me). Just make sure you use the disable capacative buttons because that can get annoying.
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Or you could just actually use a honeycomb rom. Honestly on flashback for a week now i haven't found a reason not to use it. Every single thin/ i use on this tablet works fine just so long as you use opera(which has actually kind of grown on me). Just make sure you use the disable capacative buttons because that can get annoying.
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Do the THD games work normally? Hi-def graphics and all?
Button savior in the market will also do the trick on most any rom.
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Do the THD games work normally? Hi-def graphics and all?
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They did for me when I was on flashback, Gtabcomb, or Illuminate.
Hardware acceleration doesn't really effect 3d graphics rendering like you think it would
My advice, do a titanium backup of your apps, flash an HC rom, test what you want, then eitherkeit, or revert back to whatever you were already on.
thanks guys
Hi everyone. First of all, many thanks to Gary for Root. It was quick and painless.
Now that we have root, I was wondering if anyone knows what needs to be deleted in order to get rid of that pesky pop up menu you get by pressing on the Chevron/Arrow in the middle of the bar.
I have the Wizz Bar (what an unfortunate name) installed and it does the job so much better. If you're wondering what Wizz Bar is, it basically allows you to pick your own applications or commands and bind them to the little Chevron or Arrow in the middle of the Honeycomb Bar (also called the "Mini Apps Tray")
However the built in action that pops up the Task Manager/World Clock/Calculator etc also initiates. Is there some way to remove the TouchWiz Apps Tray?
Or does this require more tinkering than a simple apk deletion from system/apps
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Or does this require more tinkering than a simple apk deletion from system/apps
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It's much more involved. That aspect of touchwiz is buried somewhere in the frameworks. The last time I checked (a month ago), several people on both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 forums were looking for the same thing, but I haven't seen any good solutions.
If you find something over in one of those forums, try to get information on HOW they did it, and I'll try to reproduce it with ours.
I know with HTC phones modding such things requires the knowledge of decompiling, compling and signing apk's using apkTool or apkManager and editing smalis in notepad ++. You would have to track down which particular file contains the code and then know how to edit it to hide the taskbar. As an example just the simple task of hiding the clock in the notification bar of my HTC Incredible phone required the addition of 2 lines of code in the clock.smali file inside SystemUI.apk and the only way to get it to work was to push the file back to the phone and set permissions with adb. You couldn't just copy and paste it back in.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I actually did go look at a bunch of 10.1 and 8.9 ROMs and it looks like there may be a solution out there. I've contacted one of the ROM developers for an answer.
If someone tells you what file to edit and what lines of code to use please post it as it will be useful to the community.
You may install honeybar form market to hide/unhide the bottom bar(notification and clock as well)
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i just tried honeybar and it doesn't work for me. I also have go launcher ex installed so not sure if it's conflicting. I see the white box for honeybar, but pressing on it multiple times does nothing (it even goes away eventually as described in the install notes).
Honeybar isn't the solution that most of us are looking for. I myself love the Honeycomb default bar. It's the Mini-Apps Tray that is entirely useless. The least that Samsung could have done was to make the shortcuts changeable by the user.
The whole point of quick access to shortcuts is to have a quick access to the applications you use the most without flipping through homescreens or going to the Apps Tray. Thanks Samsung, I really need the World Time and Calculator more than I need the Browser and Settings Panel.
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Hi everyone. First of all, many thanks to Gary for Root. It was quick and painless.
Now that we have root, I was wondering if anyone knows what needs to be deleted in order to get rid of that pesky pop up menu you get by pressing on the Chevron/Arrow in the middle of the bar.
I have the Wizz Bar (what an unfortunate name) installed and it does the job so much better. If you're wondering what Wizz Bar is, it basically allows you to pick your own applications or commands and bind them to the little Chevron or Arrow in the middle of the Honeycomb Bar (also called the "Mini Apps Tray")
However the built in action that pops up the Task Manager/World Clock/Calculator etc also initiates. Is there some way to remove the TouchWiz Apps Tray?
Or does this require more tinkering than a simple apk deletion from system/apps
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I've wondered whether there was a way to intercept the trigger that touching the chevron activates and just redirecting it to another command (such as what happens when you hit the "home" button after you've installed a home replacement). That way we wouldn't have to worry about hacking the touchwiz dock for customizing, we just replace it altogether so something else is invoked by touching the shortcut.
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I've wondered whether there was a way to intercept the trigger that touching the chevron activates and just redirecting it to another command (such as what happens when you hit the "home" button after you've installed a home replacement). That way we wouldn't have to worry about hacking the touchwiz dock for customizing, we just replace it altogether so something else is invoked by touching the shortcut.
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Re-mapping the function would be more involved than just turning it off but it is possible if you know what you're doing. For HTC phones there's a mod called rosie remap which does just about the same thing but its a complicated hack. It remaps a + button on the phone that ads apps to the homescreen, the mod allows you to reassign the button so it opens any app you want. I believe this is a framework-res.apk mod. Eventually someone who is familar with touchwiz will do these mods, if they haven't already for the 8.9 or 10.1, which should all be pretty much the same.
Edit: I think the chevron function would be in the touchwiz apk located in system/app but I don't know what Samsung calls it. HTC calls their Sense UI Rosie and you mod Rosie.apk to do the remapping of their UI specific buttons. If the chevron is part of honeycomb itself then it would be in the framework-res.apk file I bbelieve.
This is good info flowing in. I'm gonna see if I can figure out some more.
On a positive note - guess what Samsung changed? Exactly what I was *****ing about :
Mini Apps : Upgraded so you can choose and edit your own Mini Apps tray. You can easily access favorite features such as Calendar, Email, or PenMemo as a pop up over full screen applications.
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On a positive note - guess what Samsung changed? Exactly what I was *****ing about :
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Was there an update that I don't know about that allows this??? I really like the idea of the mini app tray, but like was said before, not having the ability to put your most used apps there makes it pretty useless.
Please explain how apps can now (or in the near future) be changed in the tray.
Thanks!!!
I guess until they release 7.7 we won't know. Unless there's an update out on KIES. But I really doubt it.
Confirmed:7.7 has fully customisable mini apps tray...i'm disappointed in Samsung for releasing 'premium' products in such close succession that are so different in functionality. Why did they not include this basic and important feature on all new of their new tablet products? I actually feel somewhat conned now
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i just tried honeybar and it doesn't work for me. I also have go launcher ex installed so not sure if it's conflicting. I see the white box for honeybar, but pressing on it multiple times does nothing (it even goes away eventually as described in the install notes).
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doesn't go launcher ex look like **** on the tab+? i installed it yesterday and when i found out that i can't remove the dock, i uninstalled it.
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doesn't go launcher ex look like **** on the tab+? i installed it yesterday and when i found out that i can't remove the dock, i uninstalled it.
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Pare, actually like it better because i don't like stock honeycomb desktop and app drawer. I set swipe up gesture to hide/unide the dock and also changed the stock dock icons.
Once we're able to customize the Touchwiz shortcuts, or hijack the launch command so we can tell it to launch something else, I'll be much happier.
For those who've not seen this function in action yet, check it out in this video at 2.05: http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=tBpzweqvKJA
Surely Samsung can put this function in tab plus on an update ... and they need to. The app tray is almost functionless otherwise. The presence of this thread is sufficient evidence that there is a high demand and several unsatisfied customers. Many customers have spent over £400 on this tablet. Why did they put it onto the 7.7 which was going on sale only a few days/weeks after the tab plus?
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Just for my two cents, I would also like to see the app tray made editable. I've only had my unit for a couple of days, and I already feel its wasted on me for what it holds. Hoping for that to change in a coming update.
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On a positive note - guess what Samsung changed? Exactly what I was *****ing about :
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Where is this "mini apps?" Did I miss something?
Hi,
Each time I get new android device I find very useful to use the Button Savior application.
It will create a small soft key on the screen which can be used for going back, home, etc.
It is in the market.
Why would I use it when I already have enough physical and soft keys. Back, menu and home are more than sufficient for everyday use imho.
It looks like a useful app, I think orlean was just offering an opinion on something he finds helpful.
Its a great battery drainer. Use it, u will realize....avoid....
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Hi guyz
Is is just me or does anyone else also feel that the majority of the apps take up screen estate with the lone lingering menu button at the bottom
I wanted to move away from sense launcher and thought of adopting the Go Lancher, but for this the home screen itself shows the menu bar below (ugghh!).
Thankfully apex/nova came to the rescue.
But many other appls like XDA, reddit ... show that wasting part of the screen.
So do we have to wait till developers update their apps for OneX? (i thought since galaxy nexus already is a 4.6 " screen this issue was already behind us)
carporsche said:
Hi guyz
Is is just me or does anyone else also feel that the majority of the apps take up screen estate with the lone lingering menu button at the bottom
I wanted to move away from sense launcher and thought of adopting the Go Lancher, but for this the home screen itself shows the menu bar below (ugghh!).
Thankfully apex/nova came to the rescue.
But many other appls like XDA, reddit ... show that wasting part of the screen.
So do we have to wait till developers update their apps for OneX? (i thought since galaxy nexus already is a 4.6 " screen this issue was already behind us)
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It's an ICS menu button issue. There's a great post on the Verge discussing it as well. http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/6/3003345/the-menu-button-an-insight
Because the HOX didn't use a menu button on the bottom of the phone (good) it does this instead (bad)
I'd personally like to see the menu key functionality replaced by a long press of home/recent apps. That way you can just bring it up when you need it, like older Android phones.
Should see something like this once we get that BL issue resolved.
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I'd personally like to see the menu key functionality replaced by a long press of home/recent apps. That way you can just bring it up when you need it, like older Android phones.
Should see something like this once we get that BL issue resolved.
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Or if developers followed the development guide the problem wouldn't exist at all since the overflow menu would be located on the top bar.
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As per the Verge post linked earlier:
The menu button. It's a button, that won't, just won't, go away. Google have already attempted to kill it by introducing the action overflow in Ice Cream Sandwich. They've removed it from the default roster of buttons on the Galaxy Nexus, and with good reason. But it refuses to die.
This mainly because app developers are not reading the guidelines and saying "Let's follow these." They're keeping with the archaic menu button. Worse still, the apps are not Holo themed, and in many cases, still made for Gingerbread. Take Google Currents. While a very nice app, it still has menu button support and is made for Gingerbread. This is an app BY GOOGLE, and it still has menu button support. This needs to - must - change.
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Hello Friends:
After using the Galaxy S3 for 6 months or so I decided I couldn't stand not having a keyboard anymore and picked up a Relay from Amazon. It came with Jelly Bean preloaded out of the Box. I've already rooted it thanks to the fine people on this forum and though it's noticeably slower than my S3, I smile every time I get to use a keyboard again. (battery life seems pretty amazing too and I'm getting almost as much life as the genuine extended battery 3000mAh I bought for the S3)
However I'm having an issue with the keyboard. For most apps, like XDA, Messaging, Google Search Bar, etc.. the keyboard works fine. However if I am on the Internet, say for example the google home page and use the search bar on the actual page, I have to hold the alt key in to access the secondary characters instead of just pressing it once like you do normally. This becomes annoying when I want to us the @ symbol and have to hold the alt in on the left side and cross my right hand all the way to the left side of the keyboard to get that symbol. I also noticed this in the Netflix app so far.
After some searching, it appears that some Relay users experienced this problem post Jelly Bean update but my phone came with Jelly Bean preloaded so I don't have an ICS backup to go to.
Does anyone have a work around? (I can't use CM-10, if that is a solution because I depend on wifi calling all day at work)
Does anyone have the Stock ICS ROM? If that's a solution, I'll take it.
I also considered perhaps remapping the voice search key on the right side to have a second Alt key on that side of the keyboard, but I'd like to do that as a last resort.
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.
EDIT: Sorry I didn't realize I put this in General instead of Q&A. Please feel free to move to the correct section.
RE: Alt key issue
Don't worry, CM10 is not the solution. Stock browser does same thing in it.
Check here for possible stock ROM, or I have restored my phone to ICS using Kies, not sure if that always works for newer versions of phone or not though.
What might be simpler though is use a different browser. I do not have the problem in Firefox on CM10. The ".com" alt shortcut still doesn't work, but I don't mind that much. Maybe Chrome/Opera/etc would also work?
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Don't worry, CM10 is not the solution. Stock browser does same thing in it.
Check here for possible stock ROM, or I have restored my phone to ICS using Kies, not sure if that always works for newer versions of phone or not though.
What might be simpler though is use a different browser. I do not have the problem in Firefox on CM10. The ".com" alt shortcut still doesn't work, but I don't mind that much. Maybe Chrome/Opera/etc would also work?
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I actually tried Chrome before to see if it would be a work around and it was not. You were right about using Firefox though, that did solve the problem! Thank you so much! Oddly enough though, the .com button does work in Firefox for me in a quick test on the Google home page.
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