Hey all, since we don't have root or custom ROM's yet, what are some of the must have apps to add additional functionality you find missing from your favourite roms? Things like additional tiles for the notification tray, etc. I'm looking for whatever you can't live without!
@mikeandjaimie
Immersive mode is cool,especially for video/games:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/razer-phone/how-to/tip-immersive-mode-root-required-t3714812
An Ad blocker is #1 on my list,whether rooted or not.
For unrooted,I go with Block-This:
https://block-this.com/
Real easy to use:
1) Choose whether to have auto-start on boot
2) Whitelist on a per-app basis
mikeandjaimie said:
Hey all, since we don't have root or custom ROM's yet, what are some of the must have apps to add additional functionality you find missing from your favourite roms? Things like additional tiles for the notification tray, etc. I'm looking for whatever you can't live without!
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Brevent.
Save resources and battery. Legendary app surpasses Greenify
Tasker is still one of my favorite applications to use.
Hi guys . I will add to this list a simple app that enable a simple think but usefully for us
Just search for Battery Percent Unlock on app store install it . Enable it . Enjoy .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ethanf.nexusbatterypercentenabler
Aburel18 said:
Hi guys . I will add to this list a simple app that enable a simple think but usefully for us
Just search for Battery Percent Unlock on app store install it . Enable it . Enjoy .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ethanf.nexusbatterypercentenabler
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You don't need an application for this. You can simple just unlock system UI Tuner
Bring down notifications. Long press the settings icon. You will now have access to system UI tuner
Thanks .now I done it . Every day you learn something new
Goog1e Phone said:
You don't need an application for this. You can simple just unlock system UI Tuner
Bring down notifications. Long press the settings icon. You will now have access to system UI tuner
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Holding on the settings icon does nothing for me. As soon as I let go it just loads the normal settings menu.
kdogguk said:
Holding on the settings icon does nothing for me. As soon as I let go it just loads the normal settings menu.
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Are you sure you're bringing down the notification center from the status bar?
Bring that down and hold onto the top right settings icon. You have to hold down for 5 seconds
Goog1e Phone said:
Are you sure you're bringing down the notification center from the status bar?
Bring that down and hold onto the top right settings icon. You have to hold down for 5 seconds
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Yes, that's what I do. The phone vibrates but nothing happens.
I'm on UK 3 branded, so maybe it's been disabled in some way.
kdogguk said:
Yes, that's what I do. The phone vibrates but nothing happens.
I'm on UK 3 branded, so maybe it's been disabled in some way.
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Your doing it wrong.
I too am 3 razer.
Do as per the instructions a few posts back.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bk0q9rizayxa0k/screen-recording_20180104-094306.mp4?dl=0
Pull down notification bar and hold settings for 5 secs....
Nothing happens.
kdogguk said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bk0q9rizayxa0k/screen-recording_20180104-094306.mp4?dl=0
Pull down notification bar and hold settings for 5 secs....
Nothing happens.
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Didn't open anything but "settings" for me but then when I scroll down the menu ,it is above "about phone" and below "developer options"
Also I noticed my settings icon also has a wrench on it. I held it again and turned it off just to test, then I was able to turn it back on and even got a toast pop-up saying congrats it's enabled...
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Didn't open anything but "settings" for me but then when I scroll down the menu ,it is above "about phone" and below "developer options"
Also I noticed my settings icon also has a wrench on it. I held it again and turned it off just to test, then I was able to turn it back on and even got a toast pop-up saying congrats it's enabled...
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Well i have no idea why it didn't work before. But yes you are right, i tried again and sure enough i got the popup saying "congrats" and its now there.
Thank you for this buddy :good:
kdogguk said:
Yes, that's what I do. The phone vibrates but nothing happens.
I'm on UK 3 branded, so maybe it's been disabled in some way.
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Nope. It works for me im using the three branded. When it vibrated there should be a toast notification saying its active. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the settings and there should be an option called system ui
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How can I enable the battery percentage on my Pixel?
Swipe the notification tray down.
Then hold the setting button, it looks like a bolt or cog.
Hold it for a few seconds the let go.
You'll see system tuner pop up in setting menu.
Tap that and go to status bar and it'll be at the bottom.
Good luck!
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Wunzero said:
How can I enable the battery percentage on my Pixel?
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That requires a modification. If you care to and are rooted, flash this via Twrp. Select the very last option first (base). Hit finish, on next screen select check box at the top and hit finish again. This time select either percent with battery icon or without. Hit finish and finish again. Always make a backup first.
There are other mods in the theme section that will get you there too.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120702554
Might help to install busybox into system first
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767132025
Edit: I might have misunderstood. The systemui tuner method will give percent inside the battery. The mod method gives you percentage beside or instead of the battery icon.
Thanks. I may root it soon.
i have no mods and battery percentage...its an option in setting like the first reply suggested
bytethegroove said:
i have no mods and battery percentage...its an option in setting like the first reply suggested
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I see. That's inconvenient though.
Wunzero said:
I see. That's inconvenient though.
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Why is is inconvenient? Perhaps you misunderstood? Pull down the notification area, press and hold the settings icon until you see a message that says system tuner has been enabled (or some such thing). Then go into settnigs, scroll to the bottom and you'll see system tuner there. Touch it and enable the battery percentage there. It puts the percentage in the battery icon in the status bar. Only has to be done once.
robocuff said:
Why is is inconvenient? Perhaps you misunderstood? Pull down the notification area, press and hold the settings icon until you see a message that says system tuner has been enabled (or some such thing). Then go into settnigs, scroll to the bottom and you'll see system tuner there. Touch it and enable the battery percentage there. It puts the percentage in the battery icon in the status bar. Only has to be done once.
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Wow, thanks!!! Clearly I misunderstood and never knew this hidden feature.
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Why is is inconvenient? Perhaps you misunderstood? Pull down the notification area, press and hold the settings icon until you see a message that says system tuner has been enabled (or some such thing). Then go into settnigs, scroll to the bottom and you'll see system tuner there. Touch it and enable the battery percentage there. It puts the percentage in the battery icon in the status bar. Only has to be done once.
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Hey I just came over from Sprint and got the Pixel. I am 100% stock unrooted and long pressing the settings icon does nothing. I have even found a YouTube video showing this method and it simply doesn't work. I am on the latest February patch, could this patch have changed this and it's no longer available? Not knowing the percentage on the fly kinda sucks.
xbmoyx said:
Hey I just came over from Sprint and got the Pixel. I am 100% stock unrooted and long pressing the settings icon does nothing. I have even found a YouTube video showing this method and it simply doesn't work. I am on the latest February patch, could this patch have changed this and it's no longer available? Not knowing the percentage on the fly kinda sucks.
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It should still work but I've heard stories of some people both on Nexus 5X and Pixel having difficulties getting it activated.
Hi there,
is there a way to stop apps being killed?
Some of the apps, that I need to stay open, are being automatically killed in the background, even though there is enough RAM (2.2GB).
I went to battery settings or anything, but there is no option that I could find.
Any way to do it without root?
Regards
Larlen said:
Hi there,
is there a way to stop apps being killed?
Some of the apps, that I need to stay open, are being automatically killed in the background, even though there is enough RAM (2.2GB).
I went to battery settings or anything, but there is no option that I could find.
Any way to do it without root?
Regards
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It's done differently on EMUI 8 devices.
Settings > Battery > App launch
Select your app, turn off the toggle so you get a pop-up called Manage manually. Make sure the three options are enabled (blue) then press the OK button.
This will stop the operating system from closing the app.
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It's done differently on EMUI 8 devices.
Settings > Battery > App launch
Select your app, turn off the toggle so you get a pop-up called Manage manually. Make sure the three options are enabled (blue) then press the OK button.
This will stop the operating system from closing the app.
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Thank, done that, unfortunetely app is still being automatically closed randomly. Oh well
Larlen said:
Thank, done that, unfortunetely app is still being automatically closed randomly. Oh well
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Might be Doze doing that then. Try playing with those settings:
Open the 'Settings' app
Select 'Apps and Notifications'
Select 'Apps'
Press the 'Settings' cog at the bottom of the screen
Select 'Special Access'
Select 'Ignore Battery Optimisation'
flibblesan said:
Might be Doze doing that then. Try playing with those settings:
Open the 'Settings' app
Select 'Apps and Notifications'
Select 'Apps'
Press the 'Settings' cog at the bottom of the screen
Select 'Special Access'
Select 'Ignore Battery Optimisation'
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Did not know about that, will try it out, thanks!
Done this, app is still being closed, even when I opened it the evening before I went to sleep. It is an app that will alert me when someone is having a hart-attack in my neighbourhood. Quit annoying.
For EMUI 8, tried everything on mate9, any setting is useless to stop closing apps in background, only can do:
1. swift to apps using push notification
2. downgrade to EMUI5.0
3. rooting if possible.
What I have found is that if you lock the app in the open app manager window it won't kill it.
I want to keep my Developer Options enabled so as to speed up the transitions and window animations scale, BUT WHENEVER I DO SO NOTIFICATION BAR BECOMES RED AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE . Thus I disable the Developer Options.
Can someone please help me to keep Developer Options ON without that red notification bar.
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I want to keep my Developer Options enabled so as to speed up the transitions and window animations scale, BUT WHENEVER I DO SO NOTIFICATION BAR BECOMES RED AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE . Thus I disable the Developer Options.
Can someone please help me to keep Developer Options ON without that red notification bar.
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it seems impossible ... and I would like to
Just use auto notification to hide that massage as i do at my device and keep developer mode ON.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autonotification
paatha13 said:
Just use auto notification to hide that massage as i do at my device and keep developer mode ON.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autonotification
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That's a good work around.
But I want a proper solution to this, in some other post someone told me that disabling vivo service app might do the job , but there is no option to disable that app.
Edit: tried your method, working great as of now.
Abby 244 said:
disabling vivo service app might do the job , but there is no option to disable that app.
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You can disable any app using adb.
BlackPanther_ said:
You can disable any app using adb.
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But disabling it will break AOD functionality.
Just go in to all applications find for instance on my phone (vivo service) and clear everything in there, it will remove the red bar in status bar and development options will still be running.. Happy.. ?
ruk21201 said:
Just go in to all applications find for instance on my phone (vivo service) and clear everything in there, it will remove the red bar in status bar and development options will still be running.. Happy..
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This works for me too..best solution right now if you dont want to rely on a 3rd party app that gets system access.
Abby 244 said:
I want to keep my Developer Options enabled so as to speed up the transitions and window animations scale, BUT WHENEVER I DO SO NOTIFICATION BAR BECOMES RED AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE . Thus I disable the Developer Options.
Can someone please help me to keep Developer Options ON without that red notification bar.
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Look here
Tested working fine until the next restart :good:
ruk21201 said:
Just go in to all applications find for instance on my phone (vivo service) and clear everything in there, it will remove the red bar in status bar and development options will still be running.. Happy..
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This is working for me. With people using Android 9, go to Settings > More Settings > App manager > click More on the upper right and look for vivoService > click Storage to Clear Data
Every now and then I'll see a stick figure icon on the left side of my status bar by the clock and on the lock screen/aod in a bubble.
when I unlock the phone or pull down the notification panel any info disappears.
Anyone know what this little guy is for and how to get rid of him?
and the screenshot is.................? kinda hard to help if we don't see what it is..
The only icon I can think of that resembles a stick figure is the SMART THINGS icon.
joancolmenares said:
and the screenshot is.................? kinda hard to help if we don't see what it is..
The only icon I can think of that resembles a stick figure is the SMART THINGS icon.
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It;s a stick figure, like the stick figure that was coming up on peoples nav bar on 8's and 9's for accessibility settings
it looks JUST LIKE THIS ONE IN THE PINK CIRCLE without the dots under it but its a icon by the clock
When you need a hug. Push this. That makes you more accessible.
here are screeenshots, I got it in action.
It has something to do with one of the apps I enabled in accessibility mode.
Anyway to stop the "check access settings" little guy notification from coming up
ratchetrizzo said:
here are screeenshots, I got it in action.
It has something to do with one of the apps I enabled in accessibility mode.
Anyway to stop the "check access settings" little guy notification from coming up
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If you tap on the icon and bring up that app's notification settings, there may be an option to never notify for accessibility notifications.
VICosPhi said:
If you tap on the icon and bring up that app's notification settings, there may be an option to never notify for accessibility notifications.
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it's greyed out, on android 12, i've been googling this and you cant disable these notifications.
just clear them out when they pop up every couple of days
ratchetrizzo said:
it's greyed out, on android 12, i've been googling this and you cant disable these notifications.
just clear them out when they pop up every couple of days
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Tasker app has autonotification module/app that can be used to hide these nuisance notifications
ratchetrizzo said:
here are screeenshots, I got it in action.
It has something to do with one of the apps I enabled in accessibility mode.
Anyway to stop the "check access settings" little guy notification from coming up
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What is the widget/notification app are you using for the battery and clock, and how did you get the refresh rate on the notification panel?
ratchetrizzo said:
here are screeenshots, I got it in action.
It has something to do with one of the apps I enabled in accessibility mode.
Anyway to stop the "check access settings" little guy notification from coming up
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Try this: Go to accessibility- advanced settings- accessibility button - Deselect 'Accessiblity'
linom said:
Try this: Go to accessibility- advanced settings- accessibility button - Deselect 'Accessiblity'
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It's already set to none. if i enable it i get a floating icon.
And i'm using the the screen HZ app on here (it's the only one, you can find the thread, i think it's galaxy HZ.
VICosPhi said:
Tasker app has autonotification module/app that can be used to hide these nuisance notifications
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I'll mess with tasker today
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It's already set to none. if i enable it i get a floating icon.
And i'm using the the screen HZ app on here (it's the only one, you can find the thread, i think it's galaxy HZ.
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Thanks, no clue then. It must be one of the apps, maybe the Galaxy HZ app having access to screen as it shows the stick figure in the notification as well. Check the app in Accessibility settings and try disabling it.
Also, what is the other app with moon and glowing clock? (screenshot attached)..looks cool
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Thanks, no clue then. It must be one of the apps, maybe the Galaxy HZ app having access to screen as it shows the stick figure in the notification as well. Check the app in Accessibility settings and try disabling it.
Also, what is the other app with moon and glowing clock? (screenshot attached)..looks cool
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Weather neon, TONS of customizations for it, from dozens of widgets of all sizes down to changing colors of every piece individually.
that's just the notification one I liked but there are a ton more, and a big main one with different clocks
it's worth checking out, some stuff is iffy with it tho
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Every now and then I'll see a stick figure icon on the left side of my status bar by the clock and on the lock screen/aod in a bubble.
when I unlock the phone or pull down the notification panel any info disappears.
Anyone know what this little guy is for and how to get rid of him?
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My stickfig has a purpose, I can dim the screen at night or brighten it up. The icon comes up when you slide out the 'stick'. You can park this feature anywhere, to enable go to 'visibility enhancements' >>'extra dim'(screenshot is from S22)
So I'm guessing you can disable your stick figure somewhere there as well.
Sorry, me again!
I'm working on the notifications, and how to get them coming through, I'm on MIUI 14 now. I've got the always on display set to 'on' and to show notifications. But they don't seem to be showing for some reason.
jamesbilluk said:
Sorry, me again!
I'm working on the notifications, and how to get them coming through, I'm on MIUI 14 now. I've got the always on display set to 'on' and to show notifications. But they don't seem to be showing for some reason.
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Probably not very useful for your case but on MIUI13 I have no problems with AOD notifications. everything appears there.
Have you enabled all the apps in Settings>Notifications and Control Centre>Lock Screen ?
I think they are connected with the AOD ones...
OrionBG said:
Probably not very useful for your case but on MIUI13 I have no problems with AOD notifications. everything appears there.
Have you enabled all the apps in Settings>Notifications and Control Centre>Lock Screen ?
I think they are connected with the AOD ones...
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I popped out for a bit this morning, and Strangly, I had a missed call, and text notification waiting for me. Seems to take a bit of getting used to the notifications on this, some apps only notify when I open them, even if they're set to lock screen.
jamesbilluk said:
I popped out for a bit this morning, and Strangly, I had a missed call, and text notification waiting for me. Seems to take a bit of getting used to the notifications on this, some apps only notify when I open them, even if they're set to lock screen.
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MIUI Battery optimizations...
You need to disable this for every app you need consistent notifications. Hold your finger on the app icon and then select App Info. Then scroll down until you see " Battery Saver" Change it to " No Restrictions" for all the apps you need. Also from that page, you can enable the Autostart option
OrionBG said:
MIUI Battery optimizations...
You need to disable this for every app you need consistent notifications. Hold your finger on the app icon and then select App Info. Then scroll down until you see " Battery Saver" Change it to " No Restrictions" for all the apps you need. Also from that page, you can enable the Autostart option
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Thank you for that I shall go and do those now!
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Then scroll down until you see " Battery Saver" Change it to " No Restrictions" for all the apps you need. Also from that page, you can enable the Autostart option
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done everything, still not working.
I read new messages (whatsapp) when i wake the phone manually, most of the time
Maybe this option does not exist on your device but just in case:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...om-for-xiaomi-12s-ultra.4481389/post-88059765