The navigation bar is noticeably taller after a ota update. the current version is FRD-L04C567B162
is there a way to reverse this? just the nav bar setting??
They changed it because people were complaining about it being too small. I don't know of any option to change the size in Settings. You can lower the DPI setting a little which reduces its size. Mine's set to 440 or 420 from 480 if I'm remembering correctly.
evilpaul13 said:
people were complaining about it being too small. .
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them idiots! way to make your own phone appear smaller.
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RIG : Mate 7 M7-TL10
ROM version : V128
Root : Yes
Q : " i'v rooted my phone via Kingsroot 4.0 to get more seeing space by decrease DPI value. i set DPI value 380 right now
status bar nad navigatian bar look perfectly except the navigation bar position,
back, recent and home key are not alligned to the center, the position after DPI change are in the slightly on the left,
can someone here help me to fix this.
TIA
prahastaabenk said:
RIG : Mate 7 M7-TL10
ROM version : V128
Root : Yes
Q : " i'v rooted my phone via Kingsroot 4.0 to get more seeing space by decrease DPI value. i set DPI value 380 right now
status bar nad navigatian bar look perfectly except the navigation bar position,
back, recent and home key are not alligned to the center, the position after DPI change are in the slightly on the left,
can someone here help me to fix this.
TIA
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That's because of the STUPID skinning that Huawei did to its EMUI overlay. I think it is in theory possible to hack the SystemUI or to re-skin the navbar, but it's probably a rather difficult process or more people would do it. Easiest thing is to install Xposed framework, App Settings module and set the SystemUI back to 480 dpi. I know of no other workaround. (Also, setting SystemUI back to 480 dpi also fixes a number of other awkward theming issues, e.g. on the lock screen. The camera app also looks weird at a lower dpi, etc. etc.)
[sorry i mean S8plus not S9plus. I haven't invented time travel (yet)]
I've never had a soft one and quite like the "always there" hard buttons on my Note 4.
I'm looking for a new phone though and have finally narrowed it down to:
S8plus
Huawei Mate 9
I worked out that with the stupid aspect ratio the 6.2" screen of the s8+ is actually narrower than the M9. BUT this is clever in order to have the nav bar out the way not being a nuisance.
I was seconds from placing an order on Wonda only to have a think about the Nav bar. It actually eats up (I'm guessing a centimetre?) space at the bottom of the screen and it seems to me that this will be the case for all apps, except for games or vids I suppose. Very annoying I guess! From my searching I understand that without a root it's not easily hideable. (Wonda will be putting an international ROM on the Chinese version and I think someone said here this won't affect it being rootable but I am not sure so I'd rather not risk it).
What a real pain in the backside as it effectively reduces the screensize!
It's for this reason only that I'm considering the Samsung S8plus instead. Yes the aspect ratio is ridiculous but if my 1cm estimate is correct, going by *my* calculations of actual screen real estate I get the following:
Mate 9:
Screen width 7.34cm
Screen height 13.06cm
Actual usable height when removing the 1cm of the navigation bar = 12.06cm
Total usable screen aree with nav bar present = 7.34x12.06 = 88.52cm2
Samsung S8plus
Screen width 6.89cm
Screen height 14.16cm
Actual usable area when removing 1cm of navigation bar = 13.16cm
Total usable screen aree with nav bar present = 6.89x13.16 = 90.67cm2
It seems that even with the stupid aspect ratio the S8+ might produce a bigger useable screen.
Can anyone confirm how much screen size is used up by the nav bar?
Can anyone advise how much of an impact this has?
If anyone knows of any tricks to reduce this impact it'd be appreciated
Thanks
The nav bar is about 1/4" high. Coming from the Note 3 (and Note 1 before that), I also had some concern about going to an on-screen nav bar, but in reality, it hasn't been an issue for me. When using most apps, the loss of height isn't typically an issue. We most often use the phone in portrait mode, so it's the width that affects the scale/size of what's being viewed, the nav bar just hides area that you haven't yet scrolled to. At times when you really need the entire screen (pictures, videos, and presumably games) the nav buttons are either superimposed on the image, or go away completely.
For full-screen games/apps the navigation bar hides, and is accessible again by swiping up from the bottom. Took a while for me to figure that out (for games that have no Exit button) xD
You can install apps like Fulscrn to hide the navigation bar completely.
I get about 7.5 mm which is a little more than 1/4 an inch (about .295 inches). Here is a screen shot with and without navibar when using browser. I have the Chinese version which allows you to hide navibar.
mscion said:
I get about 7.5 mm which is a little more than 1/4 an inch (about .295 inches). Here is a screen shot with and without navibar when using browser. I have the Chinese version which allows you to hide navibar.
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Ah although im buying from china i think they are putting an international rom on it which means i wont have this
tboy2000 said:
You can install apps like Fulscrn to hide the navigation bar completely.
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Cool.. how well does it work though? Wont it stop you using the keyboard too?
applehater00 said:
Cool.. how well does it work though? Wont it stop you using the keyboard too?
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I used GMD Immersive for a while. Tried to persevere but it was just too much trouble and eventually gave up.
Is there a way to change the color of the status bar icons yet?
The stock white is killing me, My eyes are not what they use to be. In past phones I had changed them to a bright green which was easy to read.
I would also be happy If I could make those icons larger somehow.
I also have a hard time seeing the notifications on my lock screen, Larger text would be great.
One would think Android would give us an option for visually impaired just like they did for the hearing impaired
Thanks
You could go to settings -> display -> zoom screen and font
There you can change the size of things on your screen, and make fonts bigger.
Thanks, I just tried that, it doesnt change the size of the status bar nor the lock screen notifications
Hey guys, I'm curious how they handle the notch if you change your display size? I typically run a custom display size so everything is a bit smaller. I notice on stock display size the status bar is the height of the notch....does this change when you change the display size?
Is the notch slightly visible in full screen videos now?
Hope someone that has the OP6 can chime in
No, it scales in the same way and I'm running about 590dpi
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No, it scales in the same way and I'm running about 590dpi
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Excellent, thanks for confirming
Hi,
The font size of the status bar (time, wifi symbol etc) does not seem to change with either the system font size setting nor the screen zoom setting like it has on other galaxies I've owned. Can anyone else confirm this ? Anyone know how to make it larger as it's tiny!
You can try zFont app, which will change font for everything in the phone, so you can get very slightly bigger font or at least better readable.