[Q] Translucent bars on the Moto G - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have been trying to get the translucent look on my rooted Moto G (because I like it so much on my Nexus 7). Is there any way of installing a Kit Kat like launcher on our 4.3 device? I'd like both the nav bar and status bars to be transparent. I'd be grateful for any tips!

StrangerWeather said:
I have been trying to get the translucent look on my rooted Moto G (because I like it so much on my Nexus 7). Is there any way of installing a Kit Kat like launcher on our 4.3 device? I'd like both the nav bar and status bars to be transparent. I'd be grateful for any tips!
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Never mind, managed it with Gravity Box!
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[Q] Can you change which settings are in the notification bar panel?

Hey everyone
So I used to have a Galaxy s3 and used Cyanogenmod and you could change which settings appeared in the quick settings panel in the notification bar, but I can't find that option anywhere on my Nexus 5, does anyone know if this is possible? Or is it just a feature of CM that isn't on the Nexus 5?
Thanks!
Sadly this is not a feature that stock android supports gonna have to wait till the CM team come out with CM11 that or some Dev makes a ROM which includes it, personally this was one of my favourite features of CM
Oh okay, I thought might be the case. Thank you
Widgetzoid
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Mistakes Google made in kit kat.

Hello guys,
I am on android kit kat right now and I can tell you many reasons why it is poor cosmetically.
First it looks like they took jelly bean and slapped a kit kat wrapper on it:
Look at the settings app, it has some blue colored toggles. Wait...... The new stock color base is white. What gives?
Now, the transparency issues. I like the transparent status bar a lot. But slide down the notification center. Its solid. That's right solid, they should make it transparent so the UI actually go in sync.
That's all i can think of right now. So anyone with a nexus or running a custom rom comment below if they think something is a little off in Googles new OS.
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Yes, its not perfect, but its getting there. Im sure when they hit 5.0 they will implement a lot more continuity into Android.
I suppose its Google just testing the water
nick benedetto said:
Hello guys,
I am on android kit kat right now and I can tell you many reasons why it is poor cosmetically.
First it looks like they took jelly bean and slapped a kit kat wrapper on it:
Look at the settings app, it has some blue colored toggles. Wait...... The new stock color base is white. What gives?
Now, the transparency issues. I like the transparent status bar a lot. But slide down the notification center. Its solid. That's right solid, they should make it transparent so the UI actually go in sync.
That's all i can think of right now. So anyone with a nexus or running a custom rom comment below if they think something is a little off in Googles new OS.
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Thats why its cheaper
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Someone will create a CM theme that fits 4.4 KK theme.
It's not perfect but I personally enjoy it.
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I think the biggest mistake I did google both have chosen to no longer support the galaxy nexus.
Saluti,
Paola.

Circles Widget

With KitKat coming to the Droid line do you guys think there is a way to get the widget to work on the X? I heard it was able to work before when on 4.2.2 via apk/ launcher. Really like this widget truly a shame it didn't come to the moto X. I have already tried other circle clock widgets from the play store but none seem to work well with KITKAT, I would get the force close all to often. Thanks for any help in advance.
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With KitKat coming to the Droid line do you guys think there is a way to get the widget to work on the X? I heard it was able to work before when on 4.2.2 via apk/ launcher. Really like this widget truly a shame it didn't come to the moto X. I have already tried other circle clock widgets from the play store but none seem to work well with KITKAT, I would get the force close all to often. Thanks for any help in advance.
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You could use something like UCCW to create a widget. I am 99% sure that someone has probably created a UCCW theme that looks similar already.
smartphonedude said:
With KitKat coming to the Droid line do you guys think there is a way to get the widget to work on the X? I heard it was able to work before when on 4.2.2 via apk/ launcher. Really like this widget truly a shame it didn't come to the moto X. I have already tried other circle clock widgets from the play store but none seem to work well with KITKAT, I would get the force close all to often. Thanks for any help in advance.
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My wife wants my Droid Maxx Circles app AND my tray counters for phone and SMS... neither are on her Moto X with 4.4 ... so I am in a similar boat. Hopefully somebody will help you and help me (make my wife happy)
You need to extract the Motorola launcher and circles and weather app and use as your standard launcher...Unfortunately the Motorola launcher doesn't support transparent status/notification bars atm
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You should try zooper widget. It should be easy to create something very similar, and you can show the current stardate.
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There are a few clones of that exact widget on the play store. Have you tried one of those?
One More Clock available in the play store.
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Very nice circles
You made that with One more clock? It looks just like my old Razr HD circles. I sure miss them on my XT1060 Moto X.
Thanks
Gov.Robbed said:
One More Clock available in the play store.
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Gov.Robbed said:
One More Clock available in the play store.
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tried this, though it is not flipable, it still looks pretty familiar with the circle widget
many thanks
Here my modification to Moto G, try it, maybe works on your's rooted Moto X:
Droid Ultra Circle Widget for Moto G 4.4.2

Anyone want this Google Play Edition Moto G?

It just appeared in Play store.Cheers!
same price,and will definitely update to 5.0,I think.
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https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=moto_g_8gb
So this version just receives updates faster?
I got mine through Google Play that should count lol!
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I'm actually contemplating between either that or the nexus 5.... but since it's so cheap, I just might get both.
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Frawgg said:
So this version just receives updates faster?
I got mine through Google Play that should count lol!
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1. Is there any other difference too between a normal Moto G & the GPE one?
2. Can someone please confirm me the total amount of the 16GB GPE edition? (with taxes, shipping, etc.)
I live outside US and have requested a friend of mine (in Atlanta) to buy it for me, so need to know the exact amount!
The ones on the Official site & Amazon are $216 & $217 respectively.
A.Zee said:
Is there any other difference too between a normal Moto G & the GPE one?
Plus, can someone please confirm me the total amount of the 16GB GPE edition? (with taxes, shipping, etc.)
I've actually requested a friend of mine (in Atlanta) to buy it for me, so need to know the exact amount!
The ones on the Official site & Amazon are $216 & $217 respectively.
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The GPE would more than likely have some motorola apps removed and possibly a bootloader that doesn't have to be unlocked by requesting a key from Motorola
If it came out 2 weeks earlier, I would have purchased GP edition for sure.
But unfortunately (or rather not) got US GSM version from Motorola.
Just bought one and its on its way. Question, does the GPE have the transparant bar on the lockscreen / homescreen like the Moto version? Or is it black like the rest of the GPE devices? The homescreen doesnt concerne me since I plan to use the Google Experience launcher but that black bar on the lockscreen.... yuck :/
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mike21pr said:
Just bought one and its on its way. Question, does the GPE have the transparant bar on the lockscreen / homescreen like the Moto version? Or is it black like the rest of the GPE devices? The homescreen doesnt concerne me since I plan to use the Google Experience launcher but that black bar on the lockscreen.... yuck :/
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It will not be transparent unless you use a 3rd party launcher like Nova Launcher. The launcher3 that GPE devices use don't use transparency.
bozzykid said:
It will not be transparent unless you use a 3rd party launcher like Nova Launcher. The launcher3 that GPE devices use don't use transparency.
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Thanks for the reply. Any idea on the lock screen? If the black bar also present?
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bozzykid said:
The launcher3 that GPE devices use don't use transparency.
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Launcher3 does indeed use transparency, however GPe devices use Launcher2
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Nonononononono. Lockcreen will be transparent. Stock feature of systemui.apk. homescreen will have bars without a launcher that supports transparency
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eksasol said:
some of the replies doesn't have a clue what you are asking since they haven't used a Nexus 5. I don't know for sure since I don't have a Moto G Google edition. I think if it doesn't come with a Google launcher like the Nexus 5 it's safe to assume the lockscreen will also have a black bar. Though the point of Google edition is you can unlock the bootloader and easy install custom roms so if stock don't have it you can flash a framework mod with transparent lockscreen. If you aren't planning to root then I don't think it's necessary to get the Google play edition imo.
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You don't need to root to get a transparency in the launcher. You just need a launcher that supports transparency like Nova Launcher. Also, the lock screen should have a transparent status bars by default.
Are you rooted? Do YOU want stock launcher with transparency, and stock wallpapers? Own a GPe? Replace the file in system/priv-app with this https://www.dropbox.com/s/xco9j32o19eidqx/launcher2.apk made this for Nexus 4 but I figured it'll work on anything
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Or just use the Launcher2 from Moto's 4.4 update which has transparency.
Ill have to see when it arrives, my question is because when my nexus 4 got kitkat update, the laucher had black bars as well as lockscreen which was expected, I changed to Google Launcher and the homescreen was transparent as promised but It did not affect lockscreen when it came to that and I wondered if it was the same thing here.
Ill find out Monday thanks all who helped
Rusty! said:
Or just use the Launcher2 from Moto's 4.4 update which has transparency.
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This is the same apk, buy I added back Google stock wallpapers SL you have both I hated launcher2 with bars
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mike21pr said:
Ill have to see when it arrives, my question is because when my nexus 4 got kitkat update, the laucher had black bars as well as lockscreen which was expected, I changed to Google Launcher and the homescreen was transparent as promised but It did not affect lockscreen when it came to that and I wondered if it was the same thing here.
Ill find out Monday thanks all who helped
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4.4.1 introduced transparent lock screen to all devices
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One thing that bothers me is that in the GPE it is written that FM radio not included.
Is this SW related or is this missing in the HW.
If it's hardware the this is a different version and Rom.
If it's software then how can this work. Loading a clean rom from the Europe versions?
Can somebody test this?

Transparent Launcher for Non-rooted Phones?

Is there a basic launcher that allows trasparency on non-rooted Nexus 5? I used Holo Beta from the playstore before but it does not seem to work on Kit Kat. 4.4.2
Thanks folks!
third son said:
Is there a basic launcher that allows trasparency on non-rooted Nexus 5? I used Holo Beta from the playstore before but it does not seem to work on Kit Kat. 4.4.2
Thanks folks!
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I think you need more details than this? If you're non-rooted, does that mean you are on stock ROM as well?
If you're on stock, the base standard out-of-the-box launcher supports transparent navigation bar and status bar? You can't get much more basic than out-of-the-box!
If you don't mean navigation bar and status bar, which transparency are you referring to?
Or do you mean "basic" as in lighter and simpler than the stock launcher?
Action launcher
All of the major launchers have transparent top and bottoms. If not download nova beta, apex, etc. They should be up to date by now. My personal favorite is nova but it is your choice.
Hope this helps, please clarify if this is not what you were asking.
Yeah I kind of posted without checking what I wrote... Duh.... I meant transparent themes.... I was on carbon 4.2.2 on my galaxy s2. I may end up just rooting to get more goodies... I am loving stock right now. Got 4.5hours sot yesterday!
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Thanks for the replies guys.... I appreciate it!
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third son said:
Yeah I kind of posted without checking what I wrote... Duh.... I meant transparent themes.... I was on carbon 4.2.2 on my galaxy s2. I may end up just rooting to get more goodies... I am loving stock right now. Got 4.5hours sot yesterday!
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What is a transparent theme?
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mistahseller said:
What is a transparent theme?
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Like this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mix3d.theme.hologlass.beta
Doesn't matter now that I have rooted... Here we go again!
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