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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
somebody9 said:
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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rEVOLVE said:
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, fine people,
I had a look around xda (and around the web in general), and I'd like to know if there is a patch, or at least a starting point for me to build a potential patch for fullscreen on ICS for the galaxy tab. It's quite a widespread ICS issue (I also own a Kindle, with a ICS custom firmware) and so far, I still have found no solution for theGalaxy Tab 2 7", and no comfortable solution for my Kindle.
Any idea ? or already good existing implementation like the "smart fullscreen" I found somewhere and cannot link yet as I don't have any posts on xda ?
GMD Gesture Control + root works for me. Check it out in the play store, there's a free trial as well.
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CM9 has an option to allow applications to hide the statusbar.
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CM9 has an option to allow applications to hide the statusbar.
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This seems to work if the app uses the correct function call to "dim" the bar, then CM9 can hide it completely (if the option is selected in CM9). However, if the app does not do this, there is no way to force it as far as I can tell. MX Player works full screen, Perfect Viewer does not.
I'm hoping to find a way to force it so Perfect Viewer will work full screen, like in CM7.
I've got a Razr Maxx HD running rooted but stock JB 4.1.1. All I want to do is remove (hide, disable, etc) the Navigation Bar that takes up the bottom of the screen. I'm a Button Savior guy so I've got a way to navigate without wasting that screen real estate.
I tried adding the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to the bottom of my build.prop file (that worked great on my Nexus 7, BTW). That removes the NavBar but the wallpaper only covers part of the recovered screen area (the rest is either black or some other screen "bleeds" through) and it generates system.ui errors constantly.
I've tried several apps from Google Market (can't stand the name Play Store) but they all hide the Notification Bar on the top, too, and I want/need to see that.
I downloaded and installed an APK that was supposed to address this (can't find the file or remember the name) but all it did was automate adding the extra line to build.prop, resulting in the same problems.
I don't want to flash a custom ROM because, despite brilliant work by amazing devs, some of the still-missing features (camera, tethering, etc) are ones I need to have.
I use and like Go Launcher EX but I'd use another launcher if any of them had the feature to hide the NavBar but evidently none of them do.
The one thing I keep reading is that, if I decompile my frameworks-res.apk file, I can change a series of values that will make the NavBar disappear. I've read the instructions over and over and I just don't have confidence that I won't screw something up while trying to do this.
Is there ANY relatively straight-forward tool or app or setting that I've missed to get rid of the NavBar?
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I've got a Razr Maxx HD running rooted but stock JB 4.1.1. All I want to do is remove (hide, disable, etc) the Navigation Bar that takes up the bottom of the screen. I'm a Button Savior guy so I've got a way to navigate without wasting that screen real estate.
I tried adding the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to the bottom of my build.prop file (that worked great on my Nexus 7, BTW). That removes the NavBar but the wallpaper only covers part of the recovered screen area (the rest is either black or some other screen "bleeds" through) and it generates system.ui errors constantly.
I've tried several apps from Google Market (can't stand the name Play Store) but they all hide the Notification Bar on the top, too, and I want/need to see that.
I downloaded and installed an APK that was supposed to address this (can't find the file or remember the name) but all it did was automate adding the extra line to build.prop, resulting in the same problems.
I don't want to flash a custom ROM because, despite brilliant work by amazing devs, some of the still-missing features (camera, tethering, etc) are ones I need to have.
I use and like Go Launcher EX but I'd use another launcher if any of them had the feature to hide the NavBar but evidently none of them do.
The one thing I keep reading is that, if I decompile my frameworks-res.apk file, I can change a series of values that will make the NavBar disappear. I've read the instructions over and over and I just don't have confidence that I won't screw something up while trying to do this.
Is there ANY relatively straight-forward tool or app or setting that I've missed to get rid of the NavBar?
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qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in build.prop works fine for me I don't have any of the issues you mentionned
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Really? Interesting. Do you have a stock ROM rather than CM10 or ParanoidAndroid or something like that (many custom ROMs make it easier to do the modify build.prop method)? Are you on 4.1.1 rather than a newer version of JellyBean (4.2 it out in some places, I believe)? If the answers to both those questions is yes, what did you use to root? I'd love to solve the problem and I hope to avoid decompiling and recompiling.
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Really? Interesting. Do you have a stock ROM rather than CM10 or ParanoidAndroid or something like that (many custom ROMs make it easier to do the modify build.prop method)? Are you on 4.1.1 rather than a newer version of JellyBean (4.2 it out in some places, I believe)? If the answers to both those questions is yes, what did you use to root? I'd love to solve the problem and I hope to avoid decompiling and recompiling.
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Stock rooted 4.1.2 I have an XT925 device so BL is unlocked but it shouldn't affect that mod... I wish paranoid android was available on this phone! Maybe its the 4.1.1 vs 4.1.2?
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OP please pm me if you figure this out. I am literally in the exact same boat
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I wonder about 4.1.1 vs 4.1.2. Is that an OTA update being pushed out over time or a function of the difference between the XT925 and the XT926 (Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD, as I understand it)?
Digesting all I can as quickly as I can about all this. XT925 is an International version and XT926 is a US version of the same phone? I still can't figure out why some Maxx HDs have 4.1.2 and some do not (having "only" 4.1.1 instead).
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I've got a Razr Maxx HD running rooted but stock JB 4.1.1. All I want to do is remove (hide, disable, etc) the Navigation Bar that takes up the bottom of the screen. I'm a Button Savior guy so I've got a way to navigate without wasting that screen real estate.
I tried adding the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to the bottom of my build.prop file (that worked great on my Nexus 7, BTW). That removes the NavBar but the wallpaper only covers part of the recovered screen area (the rest is either black or some other screen "bleeds" through) and it generates system.ui errors constantly.
I've tried several apps from Google Market (can't stand the name Play Store) but they all hide the Notification Bar on the top, too, and I want/need to see that.
I downloaded and installed an APK that was supposed to address this (can't find the file or remember the name) but all it did was automate adding the extra line to build.prop, resulting in the same problems.
I don't want to flash a custom ROM because, despite brilliant work by amazing devs, some of the still-missing features (camera, tethering, etc) are ones I need to have.
I use and like Go Launcher EX but I'd use another launcher if any of them had the feature to hide the NavBar but evidently none of them do.
The one thing I keep reading is that, if I decompile my frameworks-res.apk file, I can change a series of values that will make the NavBar disappear. I've read the instructions over and over and I just don't have confidence that I won't screw something up while trying to do this.
Is there ANY relatively straight-forward tool or app or setting that I've missed to get rid of the NavBar?
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if you want just give me your framework-res and i will remove them for you
or try this first https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tsorn.FullScreen&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImRlLnRzb3JuLkZ1bGxTY3JlZW4iXQ..
I've used this program by tsorn . Problem is that most solutions from the app store that work on 4.1.1 disable the notification shade as well. Gestures and launcher shortcuts to the notifications shade will not either.
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rockstarr001 said:
I've used this program by tsorn . Problem is that most solutions from the app store that work on 4.1.1 disable the notification shade as well. Gestures and launcher shortcuts to the notifications shade will not either.
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well are you on a rom? i can remove the softkeys for you if its deoxed. dont want to have a chance of messing anything up
No, unfortunately I'm on 4.1.1 stock much like OP for the same reasons (tether/camera etc). It wouldn't be a problem if I was on alt roms since I have found apks that disable just the navbar and leave the notification shade. Problem is that installing them on stock rom will cause multiple UI error messages.
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Solved.
Get JB 4.1.2 from Telstra, look in Android development and flash it via RSD Lite, must be rooted and have alternative input method I use gmd gestures; Now use the buil.prop mod (qemu.hw.mainkeys=1) and U will have the status bar but not the navbar and no fc.
I have some issues with menu action (auto hiddes and must retry), solved with cm 10 instead of Telstra ROM, little more batt consumption and no blutooth music at the moment.
UPDATE: No need to use another ROM, In Telstra ROM go to config in Your phone, developer options, and check "Disable HW overlays", Ready!
You can use other ROM (4.1.2+) if U want, I like Telstra Rom cause it have good battery and all features in your cell phone works.
Does "Telstra" refer to the Austrailian mobile provider? I see articles that say Telstra pushed out 4.1.2 in mid-December. Is that what you're referencing? From what I'm reading it's not a custom ROM, more an upgrade to the stock ROM, right? If so, that seems like the right direction to me. If 4.1.2 means the build.prop modification will work without FCs and ONLY hide the navbar then finding the best (most stable and reliable) way to upgrade to 4.1.2 seems like the right goal. Is there a preferred link to get the right file(s) to do this upgrade?
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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One of the things that I loved about my ASUS Padfone 2 was the near stock UI.
The things that got changed by ASUS were mostly very useful, like the clipboard.
If I long pressed a textbox on my Padfone 2, the usual "paste" icon showed up accompanied by a second icon "clipboard".
When I clicked that icon, a panel slid up from where the keyboard normally is, which had the last copied elements as a small preview, with an additional button to edit the contents. In edit mode, I could delete elements or mark them as permanent (I guess the system would overwrite them when the cashe would be full at some point otherwise).
I miss that useful function on my Nexus 5.
Does anyone know a mod or custom ROM that does that?
I have looked into this on the play store, but the apps there require to run in the background or to switch to a third app to access the copied content.
You will have to look at the ROM feature list, but this is the first time that I have heard of this feature. If my memory is correct there aren't any ROMs with the feature but don't quote me. Third party app is your best alternative. This phone has 2GB of RAM it'll be ok in the background.
edit: You could also check xposed or make a request in the xposed thread.
I use clipper which is still a 3rd app but it works well for me. I use switchr to swipe in from the screen edge to access it.
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Thanks for the replies.
I am not worried about the RAM running full, but I don't like to have any more notification icons than necessary.
Looks like I'll have to compromise clean look for functionality.
I wish google implemented the way ASUS did it into AOSP. It was really perfect.
Maybe Cyanogenmod will do this.
Thanks again for your comments.