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[APP] Void Lock! A Gesture Lockscreen

Void Lock
A Secure and Convenient Gesture Lockscreen
Features:
-Gesture Unlock
-Key Combo Unlock
-Gesture to launch apps from lockscreen
-Gesture to change settings like Vibrate and WiFi from lockscreen
-MugShot
-And... anything else you can just read from the description on the Market Page.
Pics:
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Issues:
Make sure to follow every instruction when doing the Setup. Especially on the brightness part.
Update:
1.9
-Lots of bugfixes. Improved launching and also removed screen flickering
-Attempt to get rid of navigation bar for ICS devices that has no hard keys
-Added in Setup Brightness to Settings. Added in new gestures: Show Notifications and Glimpse Text.
1.8
-ICS Support
-Able to set Void Lock as default Home Launcher now for more security and bugfixes
-Fix for status bar showing, only if set as default Home Launcher.
-Fix for popups showing up that blocks gesture and keys input.
1.6
-Fixed MugShot crashes
-Added requested feature: Shortcut to toggle on/off status of Void Lock.
1.5
-Fixed stock lockscreen bug
1.4
-New Setup Screen!
-New attempt at fixing bug with stock lockscreen
-Added 5 tips
1.3
-Added setting for SoftKey Lights Off. Find in Essentials.
-Added setting for custom brightness for settings like Show Time. Find in Essentials.
-Added Notification to prevent system from closing service. Able to lock from Notification.
-Added Information Section in Settings. Information section contains Uninstall Info, Tips, and EmailMe.
1.25
-Fixed up a bug related to calling. Lockscreen should not interfere with any Incoming and Outgoing calls anymore.
-Fixed up Setup bug. All devices should be able to finish Setup now.
-Turned off Start at Boot by default. New users can now reboot to remove lockscreen if there are any problems. When the lockscreen can be unlocked properly, go to Essentials in Settings to turn on Start at Boot.
1.2
-Fixed up the lockscreen interference with Calling.
-Modified order of launching. Should stop the stock lockscreen from showing up now. At least it does for my devices. If any devices still has the stock lockscreen showing, tell me which device it is.
-New Feature: Screen Timeout replacement. When screen timeout activates, it will launch Void Lock instead of turning off the screen. Enable it in Experimental Section of Settings.
Links:
Free Version

Nice app, need translation?!

Nice app.
I found the setup a bit confusing, but i don't really know how it could be made better.
After trying it i got some FCs:
I was using the unlock feature.
http://pastie.org/3074624
http://www.pastie.org/3074625
I'm using a i9000 on latest cyanogen build from repo.
I would make screenshots with another font ;-).

djkidy123 said:
Nice app, need translation?!
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thanks, translations are always welcome.
Dark3n said:
Nice app.
I found the setup a bit confusing, but i don't really know how it could be made better.
After trying it i got some FCs:
I was using the unlock feature.
http://pastie.org/3074624
http://www.pastie.org/3074625
I'm using a i9000 on latest cyanogen build from repo.
I would make screenshots with another font ;-).
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Yea, I wasn't too happy with the setup, but... I only found out about the brightness thing after testing it out on a i9000 too. Tried a more automated approach, but doesn't produce the same results as regular presses. I'll upgrade the setup process when I find a better solution.
Thanks for the logs, I tried reproducing the problem, but didn't get a force close, but I think I might know what the problem might be.
Will get to work on that.
lol the font looks really really cute.

I'm still not able to reproduce the forceclose, but thanks to the logs, I believe I fixed the problem. One of them was leftover code I missed removing which strangely wasn't causing me any problems.
The other... should be fixed.
You'll see an update soon.

doesn't work on ICS 4.0.2...

matiu said:
doesn't work on ICS 4.0.2...
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I confess, I have not been able to test it out on ICS yet...
Which phone are you using and which part doesn't work?

New update! Should fix up the phones having the lockscreen suddenly locking and also those who still has their stock lockscreen show up.
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA App

constant FC on the setup wizard (when setting unlock key)
nexus s 4.0.3
if you need help testing on ICS i can help you with beta-test. PM me if you'd like that.

DevJackey said:
I confess, I have not been able to test it out on ICS yet...
Which phone are you using and which part doesn't work?
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Google Galaxy Nexus, your application crash during the setup (after making the first gesture)

matiu said:
Google Galaxy Nexus, your application crash during the setup (after making the first gesture)
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Thanks I'll investigate.
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Had to use No Lock app, to disable normal lock screen, then set the VOID, work great!

Nice work there....but i have one problem tough....during calls the phone gets locked itself and i have to unlock it again to hang up and stuff
And could you add a "disable stock lockscreen" feature?? It would be highly appreciated

csoulr666 said:
Nice work there....but i have one problem tough....during calls the phone gets locked itself and i have to unlock it again to hang up and stuff
And could you add a "disable stock lockscreen" feature?? It would be highly appreciated
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I'm currently fixing up the call lock right now.
There wasn't a disable stock lockscreen feature because it was supposed to disable the stock lockscreen automatically. However, that only seems to be working on the phones I'm testing on and strangely, the phones I can test on won't show the stock lockscreen, but some others does.
I'll be doing some more work into this part.

Update
New update out. Fixed up the calling. Now, the incoming call and incall screens won't be locked up. After call, it will lock back up. This works if you press the power button to turn off too.
New Feature. Find it in experimental setting. New feature affects the screen time out. Now, if you want, the Screen Timeout will lock with Void Lock instead of turning off the screen. Good feature for those like me who uses the WakeLock and avoids using the power button.

I forgot to disable my other lock screen and now seem to be locked out of my phone. Evo 4g with decks rom. any suggestions?

Great dev! can't wait for it to work completely on ICS

Couple of issues
evo 3d: when going to uninstall the uninstall screen flashes like crazy, buttons are highlighted (force stop, clear data, move to sd, uninstall) and blinking, takes several taps before you can get it uninstalled.
evo 4g: also when uninstalling it flashes, sometimes you have to clear data, move to SD card, then uninstall
it's one of the oddest things I've ever seen... and no, I'm not the one who left the nasty market comments.

18rmiller said:
I forgot to disable my other lock screen and now seem to be locked out of my phone. Evo 4g with decks rom. any suggestions?
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I believe you have emailed me about this problem. I've replied to the email.
roshga said:
Great dev! can't wait for it to work completely on ICS
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Thanks, I also can't wait for it.
mildlydisturbed said:
Couple of issues
evo 3d: when going to uninstall the uninstall screen flashes like crazy, buttons are highlighted (force stop, clear data, move to sd, uninstall) and blinking, takes several taps before you can get it uninstalled.
evo 4g: also when uninstalling it flashes, sometimes you have to clear data, move to SD card, then uninstall
it's one of the oddest things I've ever seen... and no, I'm not the one who left the nasty market comments.
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Wow! that's also one of the oddest things I've heard about.
But, I can't imagine why it would happen. None of my code goes beyond the lockscreen and shouldn't affect the uninstalling at all. I just did an uninstall on my phone, tablet, and old phones to see if I get the same issue, but it was able to be uninstalled properly.
The only uninstall issue I know of is that the app is granted Device Admin status after the first time you press the Void Lock app, but that will only give you an Uninstall is not Successful message instead of the issues you are having.
Also odd that it happened to both of your phones.
I can't seem to think of why that uninstalling problem happened and I'm 100% positive that none of the code for Void Lock will affect the uninstalling. But if all that flashing and etc happens only when you are uninstalling Void Lock then Void Lock should definitely be the culprit. Its so strange...
Hmm, could it be related to your rom?
I also never had to clear data or move to SD card to uninstall it. Just disable device admin in the phone's Security Settings and then uninstall it and it'll work properly.
I'm not too worried about the market comments. I guess I expect it because of all the incompatibility issues I have not been able to predict when I released it. Yet, it does work for a lot of phones so I wouldn't even know which phones to restrict. All the problems seems to be coming from manufacturers making changes to the default lockscreen. Still working on fixing all of that right now.
I am a bit upset at those nasty market comments that rates low because of not being able to uninstall. I did give instructions in the market description. I guess I'll need add a new tab in the Settings to describe how to uninstall.

nice lockscreen.

Status Bar Customization

I have my status bar almost ICS'd, but I noticed that one of the last problems is the spacing between like the WiFi, 4G, Signal, Battery, and Clock icons is further apart than in ICS. One of the reasons I noticed is that the 4G icon is 4G with a signal bar beside it instead of combined like pictured. I tried changing it with Rom Toolbox with no luck. Also, I would like to get my clock font color changed to the ICS blue, as well as figure out how to apply the Rugular Roboto font to it because it seems the bold one currently is applied to the clock. Any suggestions for these issues?
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The blue signal bars indicate wifi connection w/background data active
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916x10 said:
The blue signal bars indicate wifi connection w/background data active
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And the 3 bars resonating off the 4g is the 4g signal strength. Isn't that redundant as the wifi signal icon also tells me my wifi strength?

Calundle said:
And the 3 bars resonating off the 4g is the 4g signal strength. Isn't that redundant as the wifi signal icon also tells me my wifi strength?
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No sir
The bars "resonating" off the 4g are just indicators that the data connection is active, the blue signal bars indicate the wifi connection is active and show it's signal strength....the signal bars next to the battery show how strong your 4g strength is. The redundant part is having both wifi and data active at the same time.

916x10 said:
No sir
The bars "resonating" off the 4g are just indicators that the data connection is active, the blue signal bars indicate the wifi connection is active and show it's signal strength....the signal bars next to the battery show how strong your 4g strength is. The redundant part is having both wifi and data active at the same time.
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Yea, that makes sense. Well I thought that because when looking through the framework-res I noticed there was sys_4g_signal(1-4) that looked as if they were there to represent signal strength. I just want an exact replica of the ICS status bar! :O How could I go about deactivating the 4G icons when wifi is enabled?

Calundle said:
Yea, that makes sense. Well I thought that because when looking through the framework-res I noticed there was sys_4g_signal(1-4) that looked as if they were there to represent signal strength. I just want an exact replica of the ICS status bar! :O How could I go about deactivating the 4G icons when wifi is enabled?
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The 4g icon is gonna be there so long as there is 4g available in your location, but you can turn off the data connection and get rid of the 4g signal bars by going to settings/battery&data manager/data delivery and unticking "data enabled".
Or you could install HiAPN and place it's data toggle on your homescreen. Or you could use the drop down toggles in your ROM, it would be the icon showing the up and down arrows.

Blur overrides the default .png's for the 4G icon which is why ROM Toolbox doesn't work. If you want to get the right icons then look in /system/app/SystemUI and/or /system/framework/framework-res for the signal icons that start with "zz_moto". However, you would also need to do some XML editing to remove the icon that says "4G".
The clock's font color is located in framework-res/res/values/styles.xml in the entry "StatusBar.Icon."
Or, you can take the easy route

cogeary said:
Blur overrides the default .png's for the 4G icon which is why ROM Toolbox doesn't work. If you want to get the right icons then look in /system/app/SystemUI and/or /system/framework/framework-res for the signal icons that start with "zz_moto". However, you would also need to do some XML editing to remove the icon that says "4G".
The clock's font color is located in framework-res/res/values/styles.xml in the entry "StatusBar.Icon."
Or, you can take the easy route
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If blur is the issue then deblur using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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mtnlion said:
If blur is the issue then deblur using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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Has anyone tried this and confirmed it to work cause I did and couldn't get it to run. But I could have been doing something wrong as well Was hoping it would work for my lil project........

That deblur script looks interesting. Am I right in thinking this would best be run on a factory reset stock rooted phone instead of on one of our current ROMs?
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JRW 28 said:
Has anyone tried this and confirmed it to work cause I did and couldn't get it to run. But I could have been doing something wrong as well Was hoping it would work for my lil project........
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I haven't tried it but I am using the list of .apks that it removes and it works well if you don't go on a mass-deleting frenzy .

cogeary said:
I haven't tried it but I am using the list of .apks that it removes and it works well if you don't go on a mass-deleting frenzy .
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But the problem lies when you delete a blur app and try to replace it with another. I've learned more then I wanted to know in the last 3 weeks

I would think the deblur would be no good in terms of an official update from Motorola. I'm freezing stuff and will defrost before an update. Unless we get CM7 OR CM9 then its a whole new ballgame.
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Of course there's always the factory reset route in any case I guess. That's what's so fun about these devices. Choices, options, customization...
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KEB64 said:
Of course there's always the factory reset route in any case I guess. That's what's so fun about these devices. Choices, options, customization...
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Once we got our FXZ I got very proficient in getting back to stock and not by means of choice
To move forward you just have to take a leap, somethings work and then a LOT doesn't.... LOL

That's too funny. I don't have windows so I know nothing about FXZ or RSD light (did I even spell that stuff right). I've only had to pull the battery - just the other day in fact from a boot loop. Then it put me back into CWM recovery-on-boot. Then it was a small matter of restoring my backup. I'd probably be a bit more adventurous if I had experience recovering in LINUX. I know its possible (and documented somewhere) I just haven't had the need. (Yet)
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CWM on boot is a necessity if your are flashing a lot or modifying your phone. Once you find something you like just flash the removal zip and your good to go.
I've tried verything I know to get the gps fully functioning along side of it but they just dont want to coexist :\

VictoryRom is the only ROM I've tried that coexists with CWM Recovery on Boot. IIRC
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Victory Rom doesnt have init.d support enabled so that may have something to do with it

JRW 28 said:
Has anyone tried this and confirmed it to work cause I did and couldn't get it to run. But I could have been doing something wrong as well Was hoping it would work for my lil project........
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The developer of the script had an a2 owner confirm it works. I'm assuming it was on straight up stock.Haven't had any real reason to try it personally, but I always keep track of potentially useful mods.you should see my subscribed threads
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Why the space on the notification bar?

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Can anyone answer the question that I've written in RED on the image?
I always have a space in that spot, which seems to be a waste. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peter

PeterHTC said:
I always have a space in that spot, which seems to be a waste. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peter
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Pure guess. There's a hidden app that loads at startup that they don't want displayed. It could be unique to Rogers.

PeterHTC said:
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Can anyone answer the question that I've written in RED on the image?
I always have a space in that spot, which seems to be a waste. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peter
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the app Visible Vote Mobile's icon is a blank space in ICS for some reason (and they haven't updated it yet), but any app would change locations depending upon the ordering of and reception of new notifications, not stay over to the left like that (in the newest slot I believe)...

It's not a Rogers thing, mine doesn't have this. Was it doing this at first boot, or only after some apps were installed?
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s.m.knipe said:
the app Visible Vote Mobile's icon is a blank space in ICS for some reason (and they haven't updated it yet), but any app would change locations depending upon the ordering of and reception of new notifications, not stay over to the left like that (in the newest slot I believe)...
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What happens on my screen is as follows: Whenever an app is opened and running, one that has an icon on the notification bar, that icon will first appear to the very far left of the notification bar. Then, a few seconds later, it jumps over to the right about 4-5mm as you can see in my OP image.
I just did another test, and created two images. The first one below was taken just a moment after I plugged the phone into my computer with a USB connection. As you can see, the USB Debugging icon appears, and it's to the absolute left. Then, after it disappears, all the icons jump over to the right, as you can see in the second image below.
Peter

I really can't say for sure ...
craig0r said:
It's not a Rogers thing, mine doesn't have this. Was it doing this at first boot, or only after some apps were installed?
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I really can't say for sure. It's been there as long as I can remember.
So, you're saying that your unit does not have this behaviour?
Peter

Are you using the app "notification toggle"? I know that app will cause the gap in the notification bar if you set it to hide the notification icon.

PeterHTC said:
I really can't say for sure. It's been there as long as I can remember.
So, you're saying that your unit does not have this behaviour?
Peter
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Right. My unit from Rogers does not exhibit the behaviour in your screenshot. It behaves perfectly. So it's almost 100% got to be an app that's installed.
I would go to Settings -> Apps -> Running, and then start killing apps one by one, watching the notification bar each time to figure out what the culprit is. (I presume when you drag the bar down, you don't see this "ghost" notification.) Note: Your phone may become unstable if you start killing all your running apps, but a reboot is guaranteed to bring it back to normal.

Found it ...
jhuynh said:
Are you using the app "notification toggle"? I know that app will cause the gap in the notification bar if you set it to hide the notification icon.
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Actually, you have the right idea. I had a look at all my running programs, and one in particular came to mind. It's called 3G Watchdog.
It allows you to have a notification icon if your data connection is active; however, even when your data connection is not active, the icon is still there, it's just invisible.
Peter
Addendum: I sent an email to the developer to see if he can change the app so that when you don't want a notification, it does not take up the space. We'll see what he/she says.

PeterHTC said:
Actually, you have the right idea. I had a look at all my running programs, and one in particular came to mind. It's called 3G Watchdog.
It allows you to have a notification icon if your data connection is active; however, even when your data connection is not active, the icon is still there, it's just invisible.
Peter
Addendum: I sent an email to the developer to see if he can change the app so that when you don't want a notification, it does not take up the space. We'll see what he/she says.
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Whenever a notification first pops up on the task bar it will take up the "entire" top bar (from left till the system battery & signal). Afterwards, if the notification is active it will display in whatever order it was opened.
In the case of 3G watchdog... it must always run as an active application or else android would shut it down if memory got low. As you can see... that would cause some problems. Hence... to keep the app open they must have it set as an active notification which forces the icon to be in the notification bar.
If the bar bothers you, I suggest using HTCs built in data usage tool. You can restrict data usage with it.

Habits are difficult to break ...
Maedhros said:
Whenever a notification first pops up on the task bar it will take up the "entire" top bar (from left till the system battery & signal). Afterwards, if the notification is active it will display in whatever order it was opened.
In the case of 3G watchdog... it must always run as an active application or else android would shut it down if memory got low. As you can see... that would cause some problems. Hence... to keep the app open they must have it set as an active notification which forces the icon to be in the notification bar.
If the bar bothers you, I suggest using HTCs built in data usage tool. You can restrict data usage with it.
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Your explanation makes perfect sense. Thank you!
As you know, it can be difficult to break well-established habits, and I've come to rely on my 3G WatchDog meters (see below).
On the other hand, if I did remove 3G WatchDog, and use HTC's built-in data usage tool, it would give me a bit more space for other apps on my home screen but, as I said, habits are hard to break.
Peter

3G WatchDog Developer's answer ...
Here's the reply I got from the developer of 3G WatchDog:
Hi Peter,
Thank you for using 3G Watchdog.
The space in the status bar corresponds to an invisible notification which is linked to the "Increase service priority" option in 3GW Settings > Advanced. As explained when you check this option, "This feature requires a permanent notification in the status bar. The icon will be hidden whenever possible, but the notification text can't".
Technically this is because Android allows to raise the priority of applications only if they have permanent notifications in the status bar. The underlying idea is that these are applications which must not interrupted even if you are doing something else (e.g. a music player) - the permanent notification stays there to give the user a way to easily control theapps (e.g. pause/restart the music).
I let you update your thread with this answer.
Best regards
Richard
Peter

hi all,
this problem also happen to me. However it wasn't 3G Watchdog causing the problem. It was My Data Manager app which has similar function like 3G Watchdog.
Thx to Maedhros and PeterHTC to give some light of what causing this empty space on notification bar

Data monitoring is built into Ice Cream Sandwhich. I'm not sure if this is the HTC tool you guys are talking about, or if they added their own (that would seem redundant, but redundancy is to be expected with mfg/carrier bloatware; see AT&T Navigator vs Google Maps w/ Navigation). I've played around with it a little bit, it's one of the nicer additions in ICS. Though I'm on grandfathered unlimited, so it's not terribly relevant to me. Still nice to be able to track data usage.

@ PeterHTC & linuxspy
I use "TrafficCounter" and have no problems with the space on the notification bar.

SwitchPro Widget also leaves a blank space in the notification bar while running.

Note 5 ultimate performance guide - no root needed.

Retain your factory warranty and Samsung pay with this guide. I assure you your phone will FLY after you do these mods. As an Added benefit your battery life will be increased as well. Here we go:
Unknown sources - Needed for installing the next app.
Before we get started lets go into settings and enable "unknown sources"
-Open settings>lock screen and security
-Turn "unknown sources" to ON
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Adguard - Replacement for adaway for non-rooted phones.
-Navigate to https://m.adguard.com/en/install.html
-Scroll down and click "download and install" (yellow button)
-When download is finished click on it to install the APK
-Once the app is installed open it
-Click the grey button in the middle of the screen to activate adguard (it ill turn green)
Package disabler pro - Replacement app for Titanium Backup's "freeze" feature for non-rooted phones.
-Open the playstore
-Search for "Package disabler pro"
-Don't be cheap, pay the 2 dollars. It's worth every penny.
-Install the app and run it.
-When you open the app it will look like this:
-I can sit here all day and go through the hundreds of entries. Or you can just import the .xml that I made. I researched every single package that I disabled individually and then tested for weeks to make sure there were no glitches or missing features. **WARNING** disabling certain services or apps can cause you to have to wipe out your phone and restore the firmware. The ones in my .xml will not harm your phone. If you want to experiment beyond what is in my .xml just be sure to research before disabling anything. Also I may have disabled apps that you use so you may want to scroll through what is disabled to make sure I didn't turn anything off you want.
-In the top right click the three dots
-Click "Import from xml" (this is for the T-mobile variant, but will work for all Note 5's)
-Select my xml ("disabledSAFE.xml") and click import (it's attached to this post as a .zip file)
Speed up all animations.
-Go to settings>about device
-click build number 7 times to enable developer options
-Go to settings>developer options
-Scroll down until you see "window animation scale".
-You are going to change "window animation scale" and the 2 entries following it, for a total of 3 changes.
-Change all 3 to "0.5x"
**MISC**
Battery life
I took it upon myself to do some battery life testing. I calibrated my battery by running the phone until it shut itself off. I then plugged it in and didn't take it off the charger until it was at 100%. That night I took the phone off the charger, it was at 100%, I did not turn the screen on. I just let it sit for 8 hours while I slept. I had google now and location totally disabled. By morning I had lost 4% battery. The next night I did the same thing but with location services enabled. I lost 5% that night. The next night I enabled google now. That night I also lost 5%.
Something to note. The battery discharges faster from 100% than it would at, say 60%. If the phone were at about 60% when I ran my test, I would probably see a loss of 2%.
These findings are interesting becuase I have done extensive testing in the past regarding location services, using better battery stats, wake lock detector, and GSAM battery monitor. In the past, on previous phones, I always had significantly more drain when anything location related was allowed to run. I noticed when I got the Note 5 it slept really well out of the box. So maybe they figured it out with this phone, I don't know. The battery is smaller than my Note 4 was, but certainly lasts longer.
Anyway, try out this setup and tell me what you think!
T-Mobile Wifi Calling
I added a new .xml called WifiCallEnabled.xml for T-mobile users. This is the same as the original zip, only with Wifi Calling enabled.

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Anyone know how to resize embedded images on a forum?

Nice guide. It's pretty much what I do but I only turn on Adguard if I'm visiting a site with annoying ads. I don't like the VPN notification up top.

Thanks, why not just disable window animations altogether?
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barfingmonkey said:
Thanks, why not just disable window animations altogether?
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To me, it looks terrible, but others may do this for a little more speed.

Did you disable Wi-Fi calling using your XML?
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shook187 said:
Did you disable Wi-Fi calling using your XML?
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Yes I have a t-mobile note 5 with at&t so can't use it. I will re-enable it and upload a new xml for you guys.

Attached is wifi calling enabled, everything else from the original .xml is still disabled. I will also post it in the OP.

Hi seh 6183,
Thank you for this guide.
Maybe a stupid question but everything works as before when we use your xml?
I do not want to loose any functionality on my note 5. I know you stated that in the OP but maybe there are some things we loose but you don't care about these. Like S Pen, location,......
A second question: how much batterie life did you win after using this? Just curious.
Thank you

peterkef said:
Hi seh 6183,
Thank you for this guide.
Maybe a stupid question but everything works as before when we use your xml?
I do not want to loose any functionality on my note 5. I know you stated that in the OP but maybe there are some things we loose but you don't care about these. Like S Pen, location,......
A second question: how much batterie life did you win after using this? Just curious.
Thank you
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Everything is working using my .xml minus a few things I never use such as WiFi Calling and s-pen keeper. I have uploaded a second .xml for WiFi Calling in the OP and if you want to re-enable s-pen keeper, just open PDP and scroll down to s-pen keeper and uncheck the box. While you're in there look through the others to see if you see anything else you may use such as the T-Mobile account app.
I've actually never done battery testing with and without packages disabled. I will do that tonight and update the OP tomorrow.

Thanks for this. Xml file worked great. Any idea on how to disable the headphones volume warning?

cmart4 said:
Thanks for this. Xml file worked great. Any idea on how to disable the headphones volume warning?
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Sorry thats built into Touchwiz. This app can only disable apps and services.

So to reverse everything you have turned off we can simply just unchecked all the boxes in the PDP app and all will be back to normal?
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dandan2980 said:
So to reverse everything you have turned off we can simply just unchecked all the boxes in the PDP app and all will be back to normal?
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That would take forever, just hit the 3 dots in the top right and select "Enable all disabled", and you'll be back to stock.

I read everyone comments... I would
Say that after the last update that was of 144mb... My battery percentage has only gone down 3-4 percentage at night time

Well boys I'm off to greener pastures. I rooted my phone yesterday and installed a rom and a kernel. I hated giving up my warranty and Samsung pay, but I hated more the lag and bad ram management. I particularly hated the keyboard lag and auto correct issues. When I read the features of the arter kernel I was blown away and had to try it. I had to do something because I kept looking at nexus 6ps every day and was probably going to make the switch, so I would have lost Samsung pay anyway.
The note 5 truly is the best phone overall, but some things just need to be ironed out and that unfortunately can't be don't without root.

And? You like it much better?
What are the advantages?
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Is adguard safe?

peterfabri18 said:
And? You like it much better?
What are the advantages?
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So far there is zero lag. None while typing or scrolling. I'm using the darthstalker rom and arter kernel. Converted the storage to f2s using arter and everything flies. Apps stay in memory way longer too. Will test battery over the next couple days and see if any lag comes back.

System UI Tuner - Apply System UI Tuner settings on any Android device.

I just received the Nougat update and realized that the big Samsung in the sky disabled System UI Tuner. So when faced with defeat I decided to spin up an Android emulator and using the some nifty ADB commands reverse engineer all the settings inside the System UI Tuner menu. I then confirmed you could just apply the same settings and they would work and then created an easy to use application to apply them.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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To get started you will first want to enabled [Developer Options]:
Go into [Settings]
Tap on [About device]
Repeatedly tap on the [Build Number] until a toast notification comes up stating you have enabled developer options.
Go back
Next you will want to go into [Developer Options] and enable [USB Debugging]:
Go into [Developer Options]
Scroll down and tap on [USB Debugging]
Finally plug in your device to your computer accept any prompts that appear on your phone and run the application. The application will take a few seconds to load as it finds your phone, but after that you will be able to select the settings you want and see them instantly apply to your phone. Features I've noticed that do no work on the Galaxy S7 are: Battery Percentage in the icon, and Do Not Disturb features.
Download - Version 1.1.0
Source Code
Big thanks goes out to @regaw_leinad for AndroidLib (Thread) and @muniz_ri for DeOdexed Marshmallow Rom (Thread)
Release Notes
v1.1.0
Improved performance was doing a lookup of the user id when I could have just passed "current" to the settings executable.
Added NFC for Samsung Devices.
v1.0.0
Initial Release
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Power Notification Controls on the Galaxy S7
No alarm icon showing and long time.

This is a great app - warning for S7 users, though - when I tried to disable the alarm icon, the phone kept crashing system UI. I fixed it by relaunching the app and turning the alarm icon back on. So far, that's the only thing I've seen that doesn't work. I have time and battery icon turned off and so far the phone has rebooted a few times without any issues - it doesn't crash system UI and remembers my settings.
Nice work! Great way to hide time/battery without root.

bigkevbosky said:
This is a great app - warning for S7 users, though - when I tried to disable the alarm icon, the phone kept crashing system UI. I fixed it by relaunching the app and turning the alarm icon back on. So far, that's the only thing I've seen that doesn't work. I have time and battery icon turned off and so far the phone has rebooted a few times without any issues - it doesn't crash system UI and remembers my settings.
Nice work! Great way to hide time/battery without root.
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That is strange. That is the one thing I have disabled and it's working for me on my S7 (SM-G930T). I did do a factory reset after getting the update so that may be the reason why it's working on my phone.

bigkevbosky said:
This is a great app - warning for S7 users, though - when I tried to disable the alarm icon, the phone kept crashing system UI. I fixed it by relaunching the app and turning the alarm icon back on. So far, that's the only thing I've seen that doesn't work. I have time and battery icon turned off and so far the phone has rebooted a few times without any issues - it doesn't crash system UI and remembers my settings.
Nice work! Great way to hide time/battery without root.
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StevenMattera said:
That is strange. That is the one thing I have disabled and it's working for me on my S7 (SM-G930T). I did do a factory reset after getting the update so that may be the reason why it's working on my phone.
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I don't get errors disabling any icons, however, when I'm trying to enable the battery percentage in icon and nothing happens. Do you know any way to do this? Hiding icons is pretty nice without root. Good job.

serio22 said:
I don't get errors disabling any icons, however, when I'm trying to enable the battery percentage in icon and nothing happens. Do you know any way to do this? Hiding icons is pretty nice without root. Good job.
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That is correct. I did not see any changes with battery percentage, or with the Do Not Disturb features. (Should have probably included that in the original post.) I left them in the app, because maybe they will work on other phones.

StevenMattera said:
That is correct. I did not see any changes with battery percentage, or with the Do Not Disturb features. (Should have probably included that in the original post.) I left them in the app, because maybe they will work on other phones.
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Yeah still good to leave there. At least I can hide the icon to save some room. Thanks man, good find
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I used it to remove the annoying Alarm Icon. I always have an alarm so having a icon for it seems a little redundant. Thank you for this!

StevenMattera said:
I just received the Nougat update and realized that the big Samsung in the sky disabled System UI Tuner. So when faced with defeat I decided to spin up an Android emulator and using the some nifty ADB commands reverse engineer all the settings inside the System UI Tuner menu. I then confirmed you could just apply the same settings and they would work and then created an easy to use application to apply them.
To get started you will first want to enabled [Developer Options]:
Go into [Settings]
Tap on [About device]
Repeatedly tap on the [Build Number] until a toast notification comes up stating you have enabled developer options.
Go back
Next you will want to go into [Developer Options] and enable [USB Debugging]:
Go into [Developer Options]
Scroll down and tap on [USB Debugging]
Finally plug in your device to your computer accept any prompts that appear on your phone and run the application. The application will take a few seconds to load as it finds your phone, but after that you will be able to select the settings you want and see them instantly apply to your phone. Features I've noticed that do no work on the Galaxy S7 are: Battery Percentage in the icon, and Do Not Disturb features.
Download - Version 1.0.0
Source Code
Big thanks goes out to AndroidLib - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512685
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is there anyway to remove the nfc icon with this ?
many thanks

ryanz999 said:
is there anyway to remove the nfc icon with this ?
many thanks
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Great idea! After digging through the android source code on how the icon_blacklist setting works. Then digging through a DeOdexed Marshmallow rom (Thanks @muniz_ri [thread=3415952]thread[/URL]) and de-compiling a few APK's, I was able to find the key Samsung uses on the NFC icon. (For anyone interested it's "nfc_on") A link to the new version has been updated in the original post.

StevenMattera said:
Great idea! After digging through the android source code on how the icon_blacklist setting works. Then digging through a DeOdexed Marshmallow rom (Thanks @muniz_ri [thread=3415952]thread[/URL]) and de-compiling a few APK's, I was able to find the key Samsung uses on the NFC icon. (For anyone interested it's "nfc_on") A link to the new version has been updated in the original post.
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Absolute legend works a treat on my S7 !!!!

Would it be possible to remove the carrier name from the status bar with this app?

I've tried using this and it's Power Notification Control setting is very buggy on my S7. It works perfectly fine on my wife's. This lead me to believe that maybe it was an internal thing going on with mine because I was a beta tester for samsung and she wasn't, but we're both on 7.0, so I flashed stock 7.0 with odin to have a clean system and see if that was the problem, but I'm still having the same issue.
(It changes the ui, adds the option but when I go to activate it, I can not push the star to activate the bar and change the setting.

This mod has improved my quality of life. HAHA!

blankfaced said:
I've tried using this and it's Power Notification Control setting is very buggy on my S7. It works perfectly fine on my wife's. This lead me to believe that maybe it was an internal thing going on with mine because I was a beta tester for samsung and she wasn't, but we're both on 7.0, so I flashed stock 7.0 with odin to have a clean system and see if that was the problem, but I'm still having the same issue.
(It changes the ui, adds the option but when I go to activate it, I can not push the star to activate the bar and change the setting.
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I have the same problem with my s7 edge

I am happy to find this app. Hate that alarm and bluetooth icon always being there. Seems to be working great on my S7 edge. Is there a way to remove the AM/PM in the clock? I know when its morning or night.

Love the app any chance to remove this garbage it added after root?

hatdrc said:
I am happy to find this app. Hate that alarm and bluetooth icon always being there. Seems to be working great on my S7 edge. Is there a way to remove the AM/PM in the clock? I know when its morning or night.
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I would love this as well. I know if it's am or pm. I was a beta tester for 3 months and I repeatedly asked samsung to remove it. Worthless and takes up space.

I have tried using this app on my Galaxy s6 but it does not work. I do know however that the icon_blacklist adb commands do in fact work (as I have used them to hide my wifi and cellular icons in the status bar), so if this program is based on icon_blacklist, then it should. I researched androidlib.dll and made sure I have .NET framwork 3.5 or higher installed and enabled, and I do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, it's a Samsung Galaxy S6 920v, MM 6.0.1. Not sure if this will work only on Nougat or not.

StevenMattera said:
I just received the Nougat update and realized that the big Samsung in the sky disabled System UI Tuner. So when faced with defeat I decided to spin up an Android emulator and using the some nifty ADB commands reverse engineer all the settings inside the System UI Tuner menu. I then confirmed you could just apply the same settings and they would work and then created an easy to use application to apply them.
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Incredible app.
Is there any way to activate the "Dark Theme" in the SYS UI Tuner? Especially useful for us S7 AMOLED users.

Hi,
This is a great program! I'm just curious, will this work with other phones? We are experimenting with the same thing over on the LG V20 forums but only with the adb commands themselves, no front-end app or anything like that. So is it possible that this would work?
If not, would you mind sharing the adb command for enabling Power notification controls? That's the feature I want the most but after some quick Googling I can't find out how to do that.
Thanks!
EDIT: Whoops, I didn't see on GitHub that it says it will work on any Android device. I tested it out on the devices in my signature (LG V20 US Unlocked & LG G Pad III 8.0 Wi-Fi if you're on mobile and can't see my signature). The "Power notification controls" feature that I was mostly after doesn't work. I have the same problem as these guys:
blankfaced said:
I've tried using this and it's Power Notification Control setting is very buggy on my S7. It works perfectly fine on my wife's. This lead me to believe that maybe it was an internal thing going on with mine because I was a beta tester for samsung and she wasn't, but we're both on 7.0, so I flashed stock 7.0 with odin to have a clean system and see if that was the problem, but I'm still having the same issue.
(It changes the ui, adds the option but when I go to activate it, I can not push the star to activate the bar and change the setting.
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Patybello said:
I have the same problem with my s7 edge
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Any ideas? I messed around with a few of the "Status Bar" icon settings and those seem to work.
EDIT 2: I figured out how to get Power notification controls working (kinda)! It's still a little wonky and sometimes it locks up, crashes, or just resets though. blankfaced and Patybello, let me know if this works for you. What you have to do is get a notification from the app you want to change into your notification shade. Then slowly pull it left or right just a little bit until the cog icon appears, and click on it. From there if you tap the star icon with the A in it you can set the app's notification priority level (some levels on certain apps cause the notification window to reset/crash when you select them though , so YMMV)! Just make sure you hit "Done" afterwards. Sometimes you can then go into Settings > Notification > Apps to change it from there but a lot of times it just completely freezes up or resets itself, so I would recommend not trying to make any changes in there. I can't reboot my phone right now but I did reboot my tablet and it appears that the priority levels stuck, so hopefully this lasts!