Non working compass work-arounds - Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G

I'm currently using CM 10.0 nightly 2013-09-01 but I think this is true with all the custom ROMs. In most applications such as Google maps when you rotate your device the compass rotates in the wrong direction. A few applications work such as Field Compass. Here's a slightly longer list of working/non working apps by rasafrasit
If the compass can't be fixed for all applications here's my limited ideas for work arounds.
One cumbersome work around is to switch back and forth from Field Compass to the non-working app.
Another idea would be to find a working application that allows for a 1x1 widget and then use Overlays to keep the widget open with your other app. Anyone know of a Blaze suitable compass app that has a 1x1 widget?
Another idea would look like Statusbar compass. It's a good idea but suffers from the usual Blaze compass defect. Anyone know of another status bar compass the points in the right direction?
Lastly another cumbersome solution is to use Destination Compass. It won't work if your flying in a jet but if you're walking you can make your destiation directly north of you on the artic cirlce and you'll gain a pointer on your status bar that points north.
For those of you interested in a working compass on custom ROMs I've posted the issue in the development thread asking if there's anything we can do to make the job of fixing the compass easier. If you've got ideas for an actual fix (not a work around) please post them there.
Mike.

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[REQ] Cell broadcast info or location info via GPS in Manila, possible?

Hello, I wonder if it's possible to show the cell broadcast info (channel 050 for the actual location) in Manila 2.5 just like in Nokia mad phones...I know that exist an old old today plugin but it doesn't work well and of course it's not Manila "compliant".
Alternatively is there a way (an app) to get the location name from GPS and show it in Manila (near the operator name)?
Thanks and regards
Andrea
any chance to find a solution for this issue?
Have a look at CHTS Loco - location based on cell information and narrowed down further by proximity to remembered wireless hubs (so it can even pinpoint which room you are in in your house!). Keep watching it because the dev is working on GPS integration, but GPS use brings with it serious battery drain so current way is excellent. Should be pretty easy to produce a simple widget to display cell based location - I'll look into it.
Dunc001 said:
Have a look at CHTS Loco - location based on cell information and narrowed down further by proximity to remembered wireless hubs (so it can even pinpoint which room you are in in your house!). Keep watching it because the dev is working on GPS integration, but GPS use brings with it serious battery drain so current way is excellent. Should be pretty easy to produce a simple widget to display cell based location - I'll look into it.
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Unfortunaltey CHTS Loco doesn't "show" the location in the home screen, it "just" allows to perform a location change triggered event if I didn't missunderstand....
just the name of your location? why you don't use the location based service from htc? shows you the current location in/around the clock and weather animation?
quserdy said:
just the name of your location? why you don't use the location based service from htc? shows you the current location in/around the clock and weather animation?
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Yes, buy it updates the data minimun every 15 minutes....

[APP][2.2+]Assistive Zoom - One finger zoom control in any browser (ROOT) test needed

NOTE: This App is ROOT required
First time on Android device. This App allows you to send pinch to zoom in/out event on any window with JUST ONE FINGER. So when you are only one hand free, and want to zoom in a web page, Assistive Zoom can help you big time. Just hold on the floating zoom button of Assistive Zoom and move up/down to control the scale factor. This App works in any pinch to zoom enabled window or App.
Since this is my first release and due the the fragmentation of Android system, I am not sure it works on all kind of platforms. I have tested on my 2.2, 4.0, 4,1, 4.2 devices without a problem. So please help to test if it works on your device. If you experience any problem, please let me know. Also, any suggestion is welcome.
[Features]
☆ Works in any pinch to zoom enabled window
☆ Floating trigger button can be disabled/enabled at anytime
☆ Control scale ration at finest level
☆ 3 styles of trigger icon to choose from
☆ Customizable triggering and zooming options
☆ Works from Froyo (2.2) to latest Jelly Bean (4.2)
[Download]
(1) Playstore Link [HERE]
(2) Attachment below.
[Video By Robert Olejnik]
FAQ
(1) Why it doesn't work?
Ans: This App requires root to function properly. If you are greeted by message your device is not rooted upon launching the App first time, then you probably have an unrooted device.
(2) Why webpage scales unexpectedly?
Ans: Please enable alternative pinch action
(3) Why some text on a webpage is automatically selected after scale is finished?
Ans: Please disable alternative pinch action
Amazing. Never thought it was possible. Good job. It really comes in handy when i neesnit.
convenient. I think Button Savior can also have this button.
Very convenient! Although, I suggest that the icon for the zoom could look a bit more minimal and nice looking. Other than that, it's very good!
EpiclyEpic said:
Very convenient! Although, I suggest that the icon for the zoom could look a bit more minimal and nice looking. Other than that, it's very good!
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I will add more zoom button styles in later release. If you want minimal design, there is a style called Hilo in trigger icon style. Also, you can set lower transparency value in auto dim transparency setting to make zoom button even less obstructive looking.
Great app! but one question
is there any way to change position of zoom button vertically?
nice app....really handy
fanfan-liu said:
is there any way to change position of zoom button vertically?
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hi,
currently u cant move vertically. I am still finding a good way to do it. The problem is if zoom button is not centered vertically, user will get unequal distance in either vertical direction to triggernzoom action.
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good to know no failed case for now. looks like my 2.2 to 4.2 handling is good.
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jerryfan2000 said:
hi,
currently u cant move vertically. I am still finding a good way to do it. The problem is if zoom button is not centered vertically, user will get unequal distance in either vertical direction to triggernzoom action.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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If this is the main concern, then you will have same problem if you want to integrate this function in Button Savior.
Hi, new user to the forum and expecting my first tablet, Sony Xperia Tablet Z on Thursday.
I stumbled across this forum and thread while searching for Android apps that might be able to zoom in/out with one finger. I am a high level quadriplegic and use a capacitive mouthstick made by griffin for touchscreens since I cannot use my arms/hands/fingers. I am looking forward to seeing this app progress to the point that I can use it. Being new to tablets, I am not going to be comfortable rooting a brand new device that I have much to learn about, but maybe after a few weeks I'll be ready to experiment and help test this app.
I am just excited to see that someone is trying to develop such an app, so kudos to jerryfan2000!
fanfan-liu said:
If this is the main concern, then you will have same problem if you want to integrate this function in Button Savior.
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yes, this feature would poses some challenges to me on Button Savior if I want to make it as easy and simple to use as it is right now on Assistive Zoom. So far, the best solution I figure out is to show a separate zoom button at middle of screen upon tapping on Zoom Button on Button Savior. So that would require user to press 2 times compared to 1 touch to zoom on Assistive Zoom.
Bob422 said:
Hi, new user to the forum and expecting my first tablet, Sony Xperia Tablet Z on Thursday.
I stumbled across this forum and thread while searching for Android apps that might be able to zoom in/out with one finger. I am a high level quadriplegic and use a capacitive mouthstick made by griffin for touchscreens since I cannot use my arms/hands/fingers. I am looking forward to seeing this app progress to the point that I can use it. Being new to tablets, I am not going to be comfortable rooting a brand new device that I have much to learn about, but maybe after a few weeks I'll be ready to experiment and help test this app.
I am just excited to see that someone is trying to develop such an app, so kudos to jerryfan2000!
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It is glad to know it has potential to help you. Rooting is not as harsnor dangerous as you think. You still need to manually grant root permission to any App that requests root. And you can also unroot at any time if you need to send your device back for repair.
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Bob422 said:
Hi, new user to the forum and expecting my first tablet, Sony Xperia Tablet Z on Thursday.
I stumbled across this forum and thread while searching for Android apps that might be able to zoom in/out with one finger. I am a high level quadriplegic and use a capacitive mouthstick made by griffin for touchscreens since I cannot use my arms/hands/fingers. I am looking forward to seeing this app progress to the point that I can use it. Being new to tablets, I am not going to be comfortable rooting a brand new device that I have much to learn about, but maybe after a few weeks I'll be ready to experiment and help test this app.
I am just excited to see that someone is trying to develop such an app, so kudos to jerryfan2000!
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Welcome.
I think this would be great for use with mice or the S-pen, but I have 2 suggestions that would improve on it.
1: allow (homescreen) shortcuts to enable, disable, and toggle the service so it's easy to automate it with apps like tasker and GMD S-pen control.
2: undo dimming upon "mouse over"/hover for supported devices like a mouse, or Samsung airview(Note 2/8, S4)
this would make the icon easier to find if it's set to hide completely.
edit:I noticed a small problem that makes this app useless in some apps.
in opera mobile classic it only switches between zoomed out and standard(double tap) zoom states, nothing in between.
and in the image viewer built into FX File Explorer you can only switch between zoomed in completely, and zoomed out completely.
I just started testing the pro version, and find it to be a great app. It's particularly useful to me when operating my Note II with one hand.
My first suggestion is to enable faster zoom speeds.
Tis is a really great idea. I tried it for five minutes and then bought the Pro version.
Well done and very many thanks for a great app!
thedicemaster said:
I think this would be great for use with mice or the S-pen, but I have 2 suggestions that would improve on it.
1: allow (homescreen) shortcuts to enable, disable, and toggle the service so it's easy to automate it with apps like tasker and GMD S-pen control.
2: undo dimming upon "mouse over"/hover for supported devices like a mouse, or Samsung airview(Note 2/8, S4)
this would make the icon easier to find if it's set to hide completely.
edit:I noticed a small problem that makes this app useless in some apps.
in opera mobile classic it only switches between zoomed out and standard(double tap) zoom states, nothing in between.
and in the image viewer built into FX File Explorer you can only switch between zoomed in completely, and zoomed out completely.
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Hi,
Both suggestions are good Idea. I will take them. I don't have s pen device but I can try mouse over with my nexus 7. I am not sure is it possible to detect mouse over in Android but I will try.
For problem with opera and image view, you can try testing again with alternative pinch fix on or off. I will also try it on my phone. But if you have discontinuous zoom problem, alternative pinch action toggle is always the first to try.
mouse-over is definitely possible on android, many websites rely on this for their menu and those websites work fine in opera mobile classic if I use a stylus or mouse.
Photoshop touch, and many Samsung apps support it through airview.
and the xtralogic remote desktop app can track the mouse cursor so the remote cursor follows the android cursor.
and I did test the different zoom methods, but there was no difference.
particularly in FX it's annoying, because it's zoom levels are so far apart and it doesn't have double-tap zoom.
Nice app!!
This is a great app - I've been looking for something like this! Works well for my GSII on Android 4.1.2. I just saw that the Pro version allows to control whether or not the zoom is shown per app, so I'm going to have to give that a try. Ideally I'd just like to have the assistive zoom for a few apps: Chrome, Evernote, etc. ...
thanks!

Help modifying home screen w/ Tribuchet

Hi guys!
I just installed Pac rom KK, which works great. I'm almost fully done playing with it
Unfortunately I get stuck at the very end with something that to me (as a user, not a dev) seems quite trivial.
Seeing how I've tried to find different solutions for many hours without making any progress, I turn to you in desperation.
What I want to achieve is a clean home screen (like a painting, and nothing else, not even navigation bar) along with no use of physical buttons.
I've set everything up with full screen, gestures, pie control, and all the good stuff which makes the phone easy to navigate.
What I have left to do, and where I am stuck is:
- adding app drawer to something other than the icon, and physical buttons (basically meaning quick settings, pie control or gestures)
- removing app drawer logo from the home screen, along with the home screen dot (the one showing which home screen, and if more also how many there are)
- also locking home screen (meaning that it won't bounce)
For you who have taken the energy to read this far (which I very much thank you for), I'm sure you realize that these are easy fixes.
Thing is...I don't want to use a launcher such as nova or AWD.
...I don't want do download another pie control for the sake of having one where you simply (being the keyword) can add app drawer.
....I have removed navigation bar (which I want removed), so can't use navigation actions.
I'm sorry for being so extremely picky, but I've spent to many hours trying to get this juuuust right. I hate basically dumping this on you guys, but I'm really at loss here.
The "easiest" workaround I could come up with was to write a small app, which only function would be to open the app drawer, and then hook it up to Pie Control. Only problem is, I can't code for sh#t. I do have Xposed, so a nice and slim Xposed solution would suit me just fine. The only thing I want to keep away from is apps doubling in function (one gesture app doing this and that) and/or apps that might have a problem interacting.
If anyone would care to help me with this, I would be so grateful.
Thank you so much on beforehand!
Summary of specs: Xperia Z2 (d6503), Pac-man Rom KK (RC-3) (4.4.4), Xposed
munte89 said:
Hi guys!
I just installed Pac rom KK, which works great. I'm almost fully done playing with it
Unfortunately I get stuck at the very end with something that to me (as a user, not a dev) seems quite trivial.
Seeing how I've tried to find different solutions for many hours without making any progress, I turn to you in desperation.
What I want to achieve is a clean home screen (like a painting, and nothing else, not even navigation bar) along with no use of physical buttons.
I've set everything up with full screen, gestures, pie control, and all the good stuff which makes the phone easy to navigate.
What I have left to do, and where I am stuck is:
- adding app drawer to something other than the icon, and physical buttons (basically meaning quick settings, pie control or gestures)
- removing app drawer logo from the home screen, along with the home screen dot (the one showing which home screen, and if more also how many there are)
- also locking home screen (meaning that it won't bounce)
For you who have taken the energy to read this far (which I very much thank you for), I'm sure you realize that these are easy fixes.
Thing is...I don't want to use a launcher such as nova or AWD.
...I don't want do download another pie control for the sake of having one where you simply (being the keyword) can add app drawer.
....I have removed navigation bar (which I want removed), so can't use navigation actions.
I'm sorry for being so extremely picky, but I've spent to many hours trying to get this juuuust right. I hate basically dumping this on you guys, but I'm really at loss here.
The "easiest" workaround I could come up with was to write a small app, which only function would be to open the app drawer, and then hook it up to Pie Control. Only problem is, I can't code for sh#t. I do have Xposed, so a nice and slim Xposed solution would suit me just fine. The only thing I want to keep away from is apps doubling in function (one gesture app doing this and that) and/or apps that might have a problem interacting.
If anyone would care to help me with this, I would be so grateful.
Thank you so much on beforehand!
Summary of specs: Xperia Z2 (d6503), Pac-man Rom KK (RC-3) (4.4.4), Xposed
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Well tasker can do most of this, like mapping the action of opening the app draw on certain events on the pie controllers or hardware button press. the only thing it cannot do is hide the app draw button. as far as I'm aware, this cannot be archived without changing the launcher. although perhaps changing its icon to a transparent one may help in this matter.
angelus0w said:
Well tasker can do most of this, like mapping the action of opening the app draw on certain events on the pie controllers or hardware button press. the only thing it cannot do is hide the app draw button. as far as I'm aware, this cannot be archived without changing the launcher. although perhaps changing its icon to a transparent one may help in this matter.
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Thank you very much for your help!
I will look into it, and I'll repost my fix

Compass On Your Android™

Compass On Your Android™ is an app for all of you who like spending time in nature. When you are mountaineering or camping, it is very important to know in what direction you are heading, and thanks to this great orientation tool you will always know where north is, and you will never get lost. All you have to do so you would properly use the compass is to calibrate your phone, and that's it! Set background that you want to use, choose your favorite design for the compass, and customize it to fit your liking.
You can download the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ogirdesign.compassonyourandroid

Fill notch space when in landscape mode

Is there any way to fill the notch space with statusbar icons when in landscape mode? I did some searches on google with no luck (many explain how to fill the space with the app screen, but that isn't what I want) Basically what I wanted is having a battery indicator, etc. in the empty space left when playing games not to have unused screen space.
I'm using Asus zenfone max pro m2 with android 11 custom from if that helps.
After the same same thing myself for my OP 8T. I've been searching forever now and from what I've read it's not really possible unless the app developer includes it themselves. Google seem to have removed immersive mode as we knew it.
I have a "workaround" but it's not at all perfect and don't know if it will work on other phones. It's a Magisk module called "none display cutout".
In landscape it works well but in portrait it pushes status bar notification icons already on the left even further to the left and under the camera cutout in the corner. Depending on where your selfie camera is positioned this may not be an issue for you...
Post for the module:
Enable Notch Killer/Full Screen for any app on Android 11[root]
UPDATE 2.0: @LOGMD has perfected the notchkiller mod with clock padding, solved other elements going behind the front camera issue, and released a magisk standalone version ...
forum.xda-developers.com
There's even a cool little Tasker task in the post so you can create an on/off toggle in the new android power menu.
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shadowofdeth said:
After the same same thing myself for my OP 8T. I've been searching forever now and from what I've read it's not really possible unless the app developer includes it themselves. Google seem to have removed immersive mode as we knew it.
I have a "workaround" but it's not at all perfect and don't know if it will work on other phones. It's a Magisk module called "none display cutout".
In landscape it works well but in portrait it pushes status bar notification icons already on the right even further to the right and under the camera cutout in the corner. Depending on where your selfie camera is positioned this may not be an issue for you...
Post for the module:
Enable Notch Killer/Full Screen for any app on Android 11[root]
UPDATE 2.0: @LOGMD has perfected the notchkiller mod with clock padding, solved other elements going behind the front camera issue, and released a magisk standalone version ...
forum.xda-developers.com
There's even a cool little Tasker task in the post so you can create an on/off toggle in the new android power menu.
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Thanks for the reply. I just installed the module, it works. Sure it is not what I wanted in the beginning, but yeah, It is indeed a bit better than a black bar when playing some games. Also, a cool tasker!
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I posted the screenshot above as a separate reply by mistake so deleted it.
But yeah, there's also an app on the Play Store that works with the Magisk module:
Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root - Apps on Google Play
Fullscreen immersive mode in applications or games
play.google.com
That too has its issues and I don't recommend it BUT it does show that proper immersive mode (removing the status bar) is indeed possible on android 11...
Edit:
Ya know what, I didn't read your post properly. This absolutely isn't what you asked for haha sorry, mate.

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