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Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?
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I don't think it really moves it from 5" to 4.5". Probably more like 4.8".
If you don't like it, definitely look out for customer roms. Even CM offers full screen mode. But there will be plenty of ROM's with PIE available within the next few weeks.
I hope Google gives us the option to hide it a bit more, such as in the camera, video and gallery apps...
It's a waste of space and is one of my major gripes with the phone (I still love it).
I do find that the extra bevel space at the bottom gives you a much better place to grip the phone.
Get another phone.
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It's not. How easy is it to take same approach as galaxy ? I don't see any cons in doing that.
It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.
I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.
_MetalHead_ said:
I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.
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I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
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jodvova said:
Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?
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This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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SymbioticGenius said:
I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
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This is the app I use for the pie controls- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.eatheat.pie
Add this to your build.prop to get rid of your navbar- qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?
I like the navbar, I just don't like how big it is. Once Xposed is working for 4.4 I'll ditch the pie controls and just shrink the navbar down to my liking.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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I like the navbar, and it's a key feature of Nexus devices. If you think it's stupid, don't get a Nexus device. Simple as that.
I swear, this is just like people who buy Samsung phones and then complain that they hate Touchwiz. If you hate an intrinsic property of a specific phone, maybe just don't buy that phone. Seems pretty obvious to me.
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It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.
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You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?
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You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?
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Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
calendar
camera
and etc.
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Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?
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Google was never fast at coming with good designs. It took them like 2-3 years to come up with a nice looking design for android. Same for web.
So I hope in a next iteration they will get rid of nav bar on phones whatsoever.
Count me in as a nav bar supporter. It's not like it takes up that much space. Plus, on custom roms, you can customize it, which is a lot of fun as well!
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Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
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None of those are full screen apps. Try YouTube and Netflix.
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So, I got an Honor 8 recently and I've noticed a bit of lag on 3rd party keyboards, Fleksy in particular. When I try to use the swipe to space or delete gestures in Fleksy the 8 doesn't register it and just types letters instead pretty often. It was bad enough that I had to give up on using it. Even upon switching to GBoard I feel like I noticed some lag when typing quickly. It went away after disabling vibrate and pop up on keypress.
It just seems strange. I've used Fleksy for years on multiple phones and never had this problem. In-between my OnePlus X and Honor 8 I used it on an $80 Samsung phone and it worked flawlessly. Is this a problem anybody else has had with the Honor 8?
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So, I got an Honor 8 recently and I've noticed a bit of lag on 3rd party keyboards, Fleksy in particular. When I try to use the swipe to space or delete gestures in Fleksy the 8 doesn't register it and just types letters instead pretty often. It was bad enough that I had to give up on using it. Even upon switching to GBoard I feel like I noticed some lag when typing quickly. It went away after disabling vibrate and pop up on keypress.
It just seems strange. I've used Fleksy for years on multiple phones and never had this problem. In-between my OnePlus X and Honor 8 I used it on an $80 Samsung phone and it worked flawlessly. Is this a problem anybody else has had with the Honor 8?
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Could you try SwiftKey or swype and see if the problem persist?
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Could you try SwiftKey or swype and see if the problem persist?
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No, I'm not really getting any noticable lag on either of them. I'm not entirely sure if lag is the problem or just something with the Fleksy gestures and the Honor 8 but I haven't seen anybody else with the phone say anything about it.
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No, I'm not really getting any noticable lag on either of them. I'm not entirely sure if lag is the problem or just something with the Fleksy gestures and the Honor 8 but I haven't seen anybody else with the phone say anything about it.
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Hm... I just tried Fleksy, and I'm having some LAG with it as well. I have noticed that if I change Fleksy language to English, there's no LAG at all, but when I change it to my language (hungarian), which is in "beta" there is LAG.
Do you use it on another language and not English?
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Hm... I just tried Fleksy, and I'm having some LAG with it as well. I have noticed that if I change Fleksy language to English, there's no LAG at all, but when I change it to my language (hungarian), which is in "beta" there is LAG.
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Nope, I'm using it in English.
Use Gboard bro simple and clean one.
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Use Gboard bro simple and clean one.
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That's what I'm using but even that had some lag until I changed some settings. But I just really love the gestures of Fleksy and don't get why it has this issue on this phone.
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That's what I'm using but even that had some lag until I changed some settings. But I just really love the gestures of Fleksy and don't get why it has this issue on this phone.
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Yeah I typed this message.using Fleksy I didn't. Experience any lag. The gestures Are awesome.
venugopalu007 said:
Yeah I typed this message.using Fleksy I didn't. Experience any lag. The gestures Are awesome.
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And you're running a stock EMUI rom? This sucks, wish I could figure out my issue. I love Fleksy but can't use it with it misreading my swipes so often.
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And you're running a stock EMUI rom? This sucks, wish I could figure out my issue. I love Fleksy but can't use it with it misreading my swipes so often.
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Yes I am on stock Rom .
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And you're running a stock EMUI rom? This sucks, wish I could figure out my issue. I love Fleksy but can't use it with it misreading my swipes so often.
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Fleksy is better in swiping compared to swype and SwiftKey?
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Fleksy is better in swiping compared to swype and SwiftKey?
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It doesn't do "Swype" like tracing a complete pattern to type. It just has gestures like swipe left to delete the last word, swipe right to space, swipe right twice to punctuate then swipe up or down to change punctuation and swiping up/down to change the last word you typed. Once you get used to the gestures they're just really useful and can make typing a little quicker.
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It doesn't do "Swype" like tracing a complete pattern to type. It just has gestures like swipe left to delete the last word, swipe right to space, swipe right twice to punctuate then swipe up or down to change punctuation and swiping up/down to change the last word you typed. Once you get used to the gestures they're just really useful and can make typing a little quicker.
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I'm typing this right now on flesky and I can report NO lag at all.
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ayush rao said:
I'm typing this right now on flesky and I can report NO lag at all.
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Only op has the issue. Me too tried earlier.
venugopalu007 said:
Only op has the issue. Me too tried earlier.
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Oh I didn't see ur post. So it definitely a device issue.
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ayush rao said:
Oh I didn't see ur post. So it definitely a device issue.
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Yes, he only has that.
ayush rao said:
I'm typing this right now on flesky and I can report NO lag at all.
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I don't think lag is the right term. It's not really lag just not properly registering the swipe gestures the way it's supposed to.
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I don't think lag is the right term. It's not really lag just not properly registering the swipe gestures the way it's supposed to.
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I had that issue to a certain extent and I realized I wasn't swiping long enough.
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Try adjusting the swipe length in keyboard settings. No lags for me so far.
Do we have such option in stock rom?
Oneplus 6 got rid of the swipe down for notifications gesture. Is there any way we can get it back? Maybe like the flashable zip the 5t had in omnirom? This may seem like such a small thing but it's huge for me. With this gesture I dont have to reach up to get my notifications down and thats a lot less of a chance for having the phone drop and break on me. Especially because it's all glass now.
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Oneplus 6 got rid of the swipe down for notifications gesture. Is there any way we can get it back? Maybe like the flashable zip the 5t had in omnirom? This may seem like such a small thing but it's huge for me. With this gesture I dont have to reach up to get my notifications down and thats a lot less of a chance for having the phone drop and break on me. Especially because it's all glass now.
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Well, the phone hasn't practically even released at this time, so it will take a bit of time to know.
I think the reason why there are no fingerprint gestures is because of the reduction in the size of the fingerprint sensor.
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Oneplus 6 got rid of the swipe down for notifications gesture. Is there any way we can get it back? Maybe like the flashable zip the 5t had in omnirom? This may seem like such a small thing but it's huge for me. With this gesture I dont have to reach up to get my notifications down and thats a lot less of a chance for having the phone drop and break on me. Especially because it's all glass now.
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I'm in the same boat I'm worried about this I really want this phone but this would be abit of annoyance
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I'm in the same boat I'm worried about this I really want this phone but this would be abit of annoyance
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Well I'll be getting mine hopefully on thursday. If I figure out how to add it back I'll let you know.
I have it since monday, there's no fingerprint gestures :/
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I have it since monday, there's no fingerprint gestures :/
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep
This may work, I used it before but it was a little buggy.
joeb690 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep
This may work, I used it before but it was a little buggy.
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Hi thanks. Tap actions are working but swipe actions aren't working
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aecampos.android.fingerprintgestures
I use this on my 2XL, not sure if it will work with the 6, but I hope it does as my 6 should be here early next week.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aecampos.android.fingerprintgestures
I use this on my 2XL, not sure if it will work with the 6, but I hope it does as my 6 should be here early next week.
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I have tested it and it doesn't seem to work on the OnePlus 6 ...
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I have tested it and it doesn't seem to work on the OnePlus 6 ...
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Ahh, thanks for giving it a try and letting me know before I get my hands on the device. Hopefully the developer updates the app to make it compatible with the 6! (if possible)
Quite upset about the removal of this feature as well. It was really useful. I'll be looking out for it / monitoring this thread to see if anyone has a solution. Wish OnePlus would simply add it back.
Workaroud
I followed this guide and it seems to be the only app that works with my OP6
android.gadgethacks.com/how...e-notification-gesture-other-devices-0174514/
just add https before it as i can't post links yet
would be amazing to get swipe gestures, especially while reading ebooks or articles, its so convenient scrolling and reading with one hand and a coffee in the other
@Funk Wizard wink wink
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I followed this guide and it seems to be the only app that works with my OP6
android.gadgethacks.com/how...e-notification-gesture-other-devices-0174514/
just add https before it as i can't post links yet
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That's not swipe either. I think the hardware doesn't support it
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Quite upset about the removal of this feature as well. It was really useful. I'll be looking out for it / monitoring this thread to see if anyone has a solution. Wish OnePlus would simply add it back.
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I'm holding off on purchasing until I hear confirmation that it can be added
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That's not swipe either. I think the hardware doesn't support it
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It does work if you download the app from the guide and enable foreground activity.
I've been using it for the past 24 hours with no issues (just the annoying android notification that there is an app running in the background which I hid so now all good)
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It does work if you download the app from the guide and enable foreground activity.
I've been using it for the past 24 hours with no issues (just the annoying android notification that there is an app running in the background which I hid so now all good)
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That's not swipe gestures on fingerprint, it's a tap gesture on the fingerprint not a swipe
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That's not swipe gestures on fingerprint, it's a tap gesture on the fingerprint not a swipe
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Ya i guess you are right, i thought it was swipe
I really hope they bring that feature back
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep
This may work, I used it before but it was a little buggy.
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I find this works well when you set it up for tap to toggle notification tray and enable foreground services under the non-exposed settings.
Any more updates on this? It's quite annoying they've not included that feature
Hi there. I´m new to the Mi Mix 3, overall it´s a great phone but I really miss the fingerprint gestures like i had on my Pixel 2 (swipe down to open the notifications). I tried several apps, but non of these semms to be working. I´m on the EU 8.12.27 beta ROM with root. Is there any app that is working with this phone or is there any setting that can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance
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Hi there. I´m new to the Mi Mix 3, overall it´s a great phone but I really miss the fingerprint gestures like i had on my Pixel 2 (swipe down to open the notifications). I tried several apps, but non of these semms to be working. I´m on the EU 8.12.27 beta ROM with root. Is there any app that is working with this phone or is there any setting that can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance
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Finger print quickaction is the closest I can get but need to double tap sensor. Swipe or single touch won't work.
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Finger print quickaction is the closest I can get but need to double tap sensor. Swipe or single touch won't work.
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Thanks. Not as good as on the Pixel, but it´s working :good:
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Thanks. Not as good as on the Pixel, but it´s working :good:
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I came from the 2xl so know the feeling, I'll try find one
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I came from the 2xl so know the feeling, I'll try find one
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This one works with single touch
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This one works with single touch
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I already tried that. But it doesn´t feel very handy to me. When you accidently touch the sensor than the action is executed. And the swipe doesn´t work very well. A bit of hit and miss imo.
Is there a way so these can overlap or stack a little? It is pretty stupid to have it only show one a page and have to cycle through them all to get to the other side. I've seen Samsungs that stack a lot better and it actually works. I don't really mind they are horizontal now but why don't they stack at all?
On a side note, is there any way to get my clock back on the left and maybe the data rate on the left on the status bar?
Never looked into that but it would be nice. I remember they used to be like that, or I had them like that somehow years ago at least.
Also, the clock is on the left, so I assume you meant right. I know it's possible with root and xposed. Might be possible only root. Not sure if you can do it without root.
Same with data rate, I know you can do it with root and xposed but not sure without.
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Never looked into that but it would be nice. I remember they used to be like that, or I had them like that somehow years ago at least.
Also, the clock is on the left, so I assume you meant right. I know it's possible with root and xposed. Might be possible only root. Not sure if you can do it without root.
Same with data rate, I know you can do it with root and xposed but not sure without.
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Yeah I did get Gravity box working and the status bar fixed, still looking for a way to change the recents menu but I'm losing hope heh
If you do find a way, I'd love to know. I definitely wouldn't mind a recents menu like that again.
Also, never really looked at the GB settings for data rate but I'm glad I did to see if it worked. Got it so it shows me the rate only when my download is in the status bar.
Honestly haven't used GB since lollipop and KitKat days. 7pro first phone to have it in a long time for me.
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If you do find a way, I'd love to know. I definitely wouldn't mind a recents menu like that again.
Also, never really looked at the GB settings for data rate but I'm glad I did to see if it worked. Got it so it shows me the rate only when my download is in the status bar.
Honestly haven't used GB since lollipop and KitKat days. 7pro first phone to have it in a long time for me.
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I found something called Omniswitch but it looks like they stopped after Oreo :crying:
Mibuix0r said:
I found something called Omniswitch but it looks like they stopped after Oreo :crying:
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Ever since I seen this thread I've been looking for and trying different methods of stacking them. Can't fricken get it. You've really made me want this back. Lol. Even horizontally stacked would be nice.
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Ever since I seen this thread I've been looking for and trying different methods of stacking them. Can't fricken get it. You've really made me want this back. Lol. Even horizontally stacked would be nice.
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I found something called Xposed Edge Pro and it has a running apps menu that you can set to replace your recents button
Also, HavocOS has its own slim recents that looks awesome just trying to figure out if I can flash the rom without losing everything
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I found something called Xposed Edge Pro and it has a running apps menu that you can set to replace your recents button
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Was that the bottom bar with app icons in it? Literally just downloaded the app for that but I like seeing the apps too so I deleted it. Unless it was something I missed.
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Was that the bottom bar with app icons in it? Literally just downloaded the app for that but I like seeing the apps too so I deleted it. Unless it was something I missed.
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Yeah its just that thing at the bottom, it is not pretty but it works better. I think HavocOS is the best bet, there is an Android 10 version available they just never updated the thread on here.
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Yeah its just that thing at the bottom, it is not pretty but it works better. I think HavocOS is the best bet, there is an Android 10 version available they just never updated the thread on here.
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Thanks! Looked into Havoc and it basically has everything I use GB for. Gonna try it out this weekend.
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Thanks! Looked into Havoc and it basically has everything I use GB for. Gonna try it out this weekend.
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So I tried havoc and it doesnt have the slim switcher
Omniswitch does have its own recents thing and it is pretty sweet though
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So I tried havoc and it doesnt have the slim switcher
Omniswitch does have its own recents thing and it is pretty sweet though
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So recents are just normal? I still kinda like all the settings and customization. But knowing me, I'll probably never get around to actually checking it out.
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So recents are just normal? I still kinda like all the settings and customization. But knowing me, I'll probably never get around to actually checking it out.
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Omnirom has even more stuff from what I saw, if you are going to try one try that.
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Yeah its just that thing at the bottom, it is not pretty but it works better. I think HavocOS is the best bet, there is an Android 10 version available they just never updated the thread on here.
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Tried xposed edge again and actually looked at it more. I'm in love. Paired with A10 gestures I can use the sides for entire navigation. Used pie before but this is so much better. Set a power menu one too. Don't actually mind the opened apps thing either.
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Tried xposed edge again and actually looked at it more. I'm in love. Paired with A10 gestures I can use the sides for entire navigation. Used pie before but this is so much better. Set a power menu one too. Don't actually mind the opened apps thing either.
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I am now in love with Omnirom and Omniswitch, the vertical one is perfect and still slides and has screenshots, you can also add custom buttons and make it transparent or wte colors you want. There is also a horizontal version that is a lot more condensed without screenshots. See the pics attached. Fair warning though, on android 10 with these new roms you will lose your face unlock if you still have it.