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How to: Dark navbar in dark themed apps

So as the oneplus missed the bit on dark navbar on dark themed apps:
Small guide for the somewhat skilled xda-members.
Take backups as usual.
Pre req:
1: Deodexed rom
As not there are none so you have to do it yourself
(Fulmics deodex tool is an good start)
I may provide an rom if enough requests.
2: Decompile OPSystemUI.apk
An excellent toll : Advanced+ApkTool
3: Go to: OPSystemUI.apk\res\values\colors.xml
Change to <color name="op_nav_bar_background_light">#ff000000</color>
4: Recompile, and flash
I attach an updater for deodexed roms.

The reason for why it's white is because it's to avoid possible burn ins. And I read somewhere that you can download this app called "navbar app" which can change it to black if you're really wanted too.

Tefzors said:
The reason for why it's white is because it's to avoid possible burn ins. And I read somewhere that you can download this app called "navbar app" which can change it to black if you're really wanted too.
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Navbar app resets to defaults, eg, not functional on op5T

For me "Navbar Apps" does the trick, you just need to grand accessibility service, you don't even need root. I just disabled the color changing animation.

Any screens?

Navbar apps work but not everytime. Like - It doesn't work perfectly on Nova Launcher and Google App.

For the most apps the navbar app improved the ugly grey navbar. Facebook in App browser for eg forces the grey navbar. I attached chrome screenshots with enabled black navbar and the default grey one. Nova launcher works perfect for me.

I've never been a fan of the black navbar. I've always thought it should match the color of the top status bar.
So far, using the Light theme, the off-white navbar looks pretty good.

DocRambone said:
Navbar app resets to defaults, eg, not functional on op5T
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I'm using it ,it does no issues so far

DocRambone said:
So as the oneplus missed the bit on dark navbar on dark themed apps:
Small guide for the somewhat skilled xda-members.
Take backups as usual.
Pre req:
1: Deodexed rom
As not there are none so you have to do it yourself
(Fulmics deodex tool is an good start)
I may provide an rom if enough requests.
2: Decompile OPSystemUI.apk
An excellent toll : Advanced+ApkTool
3: Go to: OPSystemUI.apk\res\values\colors.xml
Change to <color name="op_nav_bar_background_light">#ff000000</color>
4: Recompile, and flash
I attach an updater for deodexed roms.
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Thank you for this...
I really miss some of the ROMs from the good old days. Where Devs would take stock ROMs deodex them, decompile individual apps make edits like you mentioned above and smali edits. In some cases the end result would be a stock based ROM with all the extra options.
This was all before Xposed.

Tefzors said:
The reason for why it's white is because it's to avoid possible burn ins. And I read somewhere that you can download this app called "navbar app" which can change it to black if you're really wanted too.
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I don't think you need to worry about burn in down there. Better option would be to change the spacing and nav theme more often (like once every few months).

The reason for why it's white is because it's to avoid possible burn ins.
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White color only makes it burn in harder.

I have not had any issues with the navbar apps from play store. I set to static black and stays that way. I would not mind a fully deodexed stock ROM though, That would be nice. No other modifications, just deodexed, fixed nav of course why this thread is here, and boom. lol

Am really disappointed ,I never imagine that you can change navbar color /icons /notification background /etc. on samsung s8 /s8+/note without root and in our device it will be so difficult .
Never mind i will live with this .

m7ixalis said:
Am really disappointed ,I never imagine that you can change navbar color /icons /notification background /etc. on samsung s8 /s8+/note without root and in our device it will be so difficult .
Never mind i will live with this .
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You can change everything except for the navbar.

reqmon said:
White color only makes it burn in harder.
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Yeah not sure what they were going on about.
bp328i said:
Thank you for this...
I really miss some of the ROMs from the good old days. Where Devs would take stock ROMs deodex them, decompile individual apps make edits like you mentioned above and smali edits. In some cases the end result would be a stock based ROM with all the extra options.
This was all before Xposed.
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+1 to this, I would love to see a deodexed stock OOS for our device that has a few modification options. Similar to what Fulmics did with the LG G3 (and other LG devices). He is the author of that deodex tool after all. Probably most of it could be done through modifying this same system APK & flashing on a rooted device, something I'm considering toying around with (but it would be time consuming...). Only problem with solutions like this is when new system updates come out you need to wait for an updated version of this as well in many cases.

Easier just to install Navbar apps from play

reqmon said:
White color only makes it burn in harder.
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No, the *off white* color used with the grey buttons reduces burn-in greatly. A black navbar on an OLED screen simply causes the pixels in the navbar strip to remain deactivated for prolonged periods of time, causing the buttons themselves and every other part of the screen whose pixels remain active more often to degenerate at a much faster rate, causing the burn-in effect. Since the nav-bar isn't completely white, the pixels in that area aren't being driven as hard as they would be, were they stark white, or as white as the display can go. The grey buttons/icons help reduce burn-in as well, as the pixels are still active and "lit" in these areas and are not being driven the hardest possible (stark white on OLED drives the pixels harder than off-white, grey, and most other colors displayed by the phone).

TurboBot247 said:
No, the *off white* color used with the grey buttons reduces burn-in greatly. A black navbar on an OLED screen simply causes the pixels in the navbar strip to remain deactivated for prolonged periods of time, causing the buttons themselves and every other part of the screen whose pixels remain active more often to degenerate at a much faster rate, causing the burn-in effect. Since the nav-bar isn't completely white, the pixels in that area aren't being driven as hard as they would be, were they stark white, or as white as the display can go. The grey buttons/icons help reduce burn-in as well, as the pixels are still active and "lit" in these areas and are not being driven the hardest possible (stark white on OLED drives the pixels harder than off-white, grey, and most other colors displayed by the phone).
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This might be right. But it's ugly as f***

MrPepperino said:
This might be right. But it's ugly as f***
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If you use a dark theme it is.
I use the light theme so it matches pretty well.

[Aspect Ratio] Issues with games that do not properly support 19:8 or 18:8

Hi everyone!
I just got my Oneplus 6 yesterday and I couldn't be happier. It feels and looks amazing!
I do have one issue: Two of the games I play do not properly support the aspect ratio of our OP6, so things are cut at the top and at the bottom and some elements look larger than they actually are. There is a function under display for "fullscreen apps" but unfortunately it does not fix the issue. I understand that the Oneplus 5T has a function called "compatibility mode" that adds black bars to the apps' most common aspect ratio (16:9), but I have not been able to find it in OxygenOS 5.1.8 in the OP6
Is there any way to get that option back? If not, do you think it is something worth requesting in the support forums? Have you had this same issue and found another way to solve it?
I'd appreciate any input you can offer!
Have a nice day

+1

[LIVE WALLPAPER] Borderlight - edge highlight live wallpaper (Updated 02/24/2019)

Borderlight live wallpaper
This is an updated version of the original Borderlight found here. It's a live wallpaper that creates a thin colorful line on the edge of the display (hence the name), the new version also allows you to display a normal background image behind the edge highlight and darken/desaturate it when the device is locked/unlocked.
There is no real way to programatically get the shape of the display in Android, so I did the next best thing and created a preset system, where users can tweak the wallpaper for their phone and then share their preset with others.
I need your help!
See this post for details
Update 2/24/2019:
New notch settings (OP6T and other teardrop notch phones should be supported now)
Pink highlight of the outside borders when changing screen shape settings (makes it easier to configure the screen shape just right - just move the sliders until there's no pink visible)
Update 2/23/2019:
Moved to Google Play
No new features (yet), but they're coming soon!
Update 11/2/2018:
Force black theme on Android 8.1+
Fix red tint on Huawei/Honor/Vivo devices (hopefully)
Fix preset codes not containing notch width
New launcher icon
Update 11/1/2018:
Background image support
Only show border when locked/unlocked
Desaturate/darken/hide background image when locked/unlocked
Black out clipped parts of the screen - the wallpaper looks good on screenshots now
Shorter, less annoying preset codes (with support for the old ones)
Correct rendering in landscape mode
Wider range of border radii - will now support Pixel 3 XL
Get Borderlight on Google Play
Or get legacy APK here:
View attachment borderlight-debug-v1-1.apk
XDA:DevDB Information
Borderlight, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
dax105
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 1.0
Beta Release Date: 2018-11-01
Created 2018-11-01
Last Updated 2019-02-23

Great work dev!
Settings for OnePlus 6 with very thin border
[H4sIAAAAAAAAAF2OWw7CIBBFt1Tio3U2Q3iMZSKFBgZNXb2hoq1+nrk3cy5NakSLWXFJiikGH80NLQghzWI85hkrnSXV4p0yafLEy6fWdf9JCbssRDbuWrwPmLOOzHGCfnifk7JUMscZDgepY7KYMj2xqjeqv7JJiAGaaT/262omhzQ6hqHhgyw7EKdebq7Lj71NOg4Sg9IeVwOIRmsRxAtbEYSuJAEAAA==]
For Dark Wallpapers :
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Pd-Dz4sRZnK1BEvI2-OCp7iL6Aaciath
My HUMBLE suggestions :
1) An option for wallpaper slideshow.
2) Custom wallpapers with the same effects ( like oem logo, geometric shapes, popular shapes etc with minimalism in mind).
3) Option to change colors (or add different gradients, custom color combinations).
4) Presets of popular Phones built in ( Can add from trusted users)
5) Option to enable just a single beam of light (which doesn't cover the whole border).
6) Toggle for; only on notification/lockscreen/charging etc
7) Different patterns\animations for cycle like pulse, fade, etc ( rather than linear motion).
8) Option to change the direction( clockwise or anticlockwise).
9) Always on display.
10) An option to store and load different Presets
These are all SUGGESTIONS and NOT requests.
You have done a Great job in making this app so lite and minimalistic. Once again THANK YOU for keeping the app ad free !! :good:

This new update was all I was waiting for, awesome job with the custom image!
Sent from my OnePlus A6003

Awesome, great, too good!!
Can there be one more setting?
Seperate border size for left/right and top/bottom, u must be aware of black border tempered glass for oneplus 6 covering the sides of screen. If this setting can be implemented then this problem of tempered glass would be solved.

Awesome! The background image I select won't stay in portrait and I can't resize it, but the border is perfect on my Pixel 3 XL! Here's my present, I made sure it was perfect:
[H4sIAAAAAAAAAGWO6w6CMAxGX4kZRdzLLLtUaBwrWTsTfHq5CBj9+X09PW0i8V22AQsLDbpuDPa2hQBspWQrSCmSf0DQlXGUA2TGF+hT/ZVmgH0GSBP0t14OQZqPdYBtJ1pdlfGjj8ADTEN1MccX6nxaPU9kdBhRxt3x0+92VX389xJjAmZHItTr5rbWq30rKwPJugiLTW9pAbV6A5rAmvwUAQAA]

qtpa2tnh said:
The background image I select won't stay in portrait and I can't resize it
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That's weird, I did not add an option to crop the image, but it should definitely stay in portrait . Maybe you could try cropping the image to your screen resolution beforehand?
BTW: The images work like this: If the image resolution is smaller than your screen, it will just get placed in the center of the screen, kinda like a logo. And if it's larger, the full vertical center portion of the wallpaper will be used (sides will be chopped off to make the correct aspect ratio).

Does this work on Oppo F9?

Thank you,man

Hedgehogsxz said:
Does this work on Oppo F9?
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I'm not sure tbh, you can try and if you won't be able to adjust it to the teardrop, I'll make a new version that will allow it.

Great
Looks great works on my 5T

great wallpaper

Great update! Its qorking perfectly with no bugs, i have one request, if you can add a wallpaper cropper, that would make it the best live wp, great work!

Wonderful!! I agree with the other suggestions about being able to crop any picture. Next step is offering a paid version. Or at least a donate option. Your hard work deserves it.

Does not recognize my redmi note 5 pro and displays a notch

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Does not recognize my redmi note 5 pro and displays a notch
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The app is not supposed to recognize your phone, you should open the settings and disable the notch there.

Wow. This is amazing. Perfect on 3XL. How do you get it to work on lockscreen? I selected both at initial start and it only shows black screen on lock now..
Thank you for your work.

Does not work on my Jiayu S3A with MAD OS OREO 8.1.0

Amazing. Thanks for this.
Using it on my Vivo Nex full screen... Wonderful. Keep the good work going.

Looks nice but I'd like to use it with my current bg. However I can't seem to find the settings. There is only a big activate button in the app. No options to import or edit settings. Do I miss something? OP6.

Delete. Me

Is there a ROM / Root app / Magisk Module to disable OxygenOS rounded corners overlay

I really dont like the 7 Pros rounded corners and am wiling to reduce the screen height so that I can add a custom (drastically reduced) rounded corners, but OxygenOS doesnt give me the option to disable the stock rounded overlay. I tried looking in system apps, theres literally nothing to disable (root or otherwise)
Is there a custom rom or something I can do to completely disable Oxygens rounded corner overlay?? WIlling to do anything!!

imatts said:
I really dont like the 7 Pros rounded corners and am wiling to reduce the screen height so that I can add a custom (drastically reduced) rounded corners, but OxygenOS doesnt give me the option to disable the stock rounded overlay. I tried looking in system apps, theres literally nothing to disable (root or otherwise)
Is there a custom rom or something I can do to completely disable Oxygens rounded corner overlay?? WIlling to do anything!!
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If you are talking about physical corners, it's absolutely not possible due to the fact that the screen itself is already rounded. If you are talking about software, well.. It's not possible. Every window and animation in the system is meant to catch the rounded corners, so it's a design choice. However, I might have a solution for you. You can download an app called "round screen corners and hide notch", in which you will be able to reduce the notch space and create fake squarish borders, but you'll have to sacrifice the status bar area. I don't know if that could help you, I tried to understand as much as I could.

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If you are talking about physical corners, it's absolutely not possible due to the fact that the screen itself is already rounded. If you are talking about software, well.. It's not possible. Every window and animation in the system is meant to catch the rounded corners, so it's a design choice. However, I might have a solution for you. You can download an app called "round screen corners and hide notch", in which you will be able to reduce the notch space and create fake squarish borders, but you'll have to sacrifice the status bar area. I don't know if that could help you, I tried to understand as much as I could.
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I am referring to the software added overlay that is baked into OxygenOS (that essentially works the same as that rounded-corner app you're referring to). I cannot rely on the rounded-corners app for two reasons: 1. While it does add corners below the status bar and the navbar, it does not force those areas to be black so it looks ridiculous most of the time. 2. It is not consistent 100% of the time, and 3. Fullscreen games follow fullscreen rules and therefore get shoved to the corners
My solution is to shorten the software display height from 1440x2976 (or whatever default is) to 1440x2940, to bring the top screen down just a bit, as well as the bottom bit up. Problem is, when I do that, the actual rounded corners overlay follows with it, which looks just as hideous.
Funnily enough, if I screenshot the screen, it does not show the overlay.
If I can disable / remove the software overlay, I can use the same round-corners app to shove the overlay in each corner so that even fullscreen apps look perfect. Something I will gladly sacrifice a little bit of bezel for.
The root cause is that the 7 Pros corners are pathetically rounded. If only they were as subtle as the Note 9, or heck, even the Note 10!

imatts said:
I am referring to the software added overlay that is baked into OxygenOS (that essentially works the same as that rounded-corner app you're referring to). I cannot rely on the rounded-corners app for two reasons: 1. While it does add corners below the status bar and the navbar, it does not force those areas to be black so it looks ridiculous most of the time. 2. It is not consistent 100% of the time, and 3. Fullscreen games follow fullscreen rules and therefore get shoved to the corners
My solution is to shorten the software display height from 1440x2976 (or whatever default is) to 1440x2940, to bring the top screen down just a bit, as well as the bottom bit up. Problem is, when I do that, the actual rounded corners overlay follows with it, which looks just as hideous.
Funnily enough, if I screenshot the screen, it does not show the overlay.
If I can disable / remove the software overlay, I can use the same round-corners app to shove the overlay in each corner so that even fullscreen apps look perfect. Something I will gladly sacrifice a little bit of bezel for.
The root cause is that the 7 Pros corners are pathetically rounded. If only they were as subtle as the Note 9, or heck, even the Note 10!
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I don't think there is a way to remove them in oxygen OS, or maybe just by messing around with the adb overscan command, but it would not work as you'd like. What I know is that some custom roms doesn't have this overlay, due to the fact that it comes from Oxygen OS.
So there it is, if you really want to get rid of this, you can just install a custom rom (I think Pixel Experience doesn't have this overlay, also Havoc OS doesn't have it, except for the last build where they added it). I did notice the weird and horrendous looking corners when there is no overlay, it looks like they didn't care about this since they were able to fix it with the software.
Also, why would you want the overlay to be working even in full-screen apps while it's already fully functional ? For me, when I launch games and other full-screen apps, it does work perfectly, is it not the case for you?

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I don't think there is a way to remove them in oxygen OS, or maybe just by messing around with the adb overscan command, but it would not work as you'd like. What I know is that some custom roms doesn't have this overlay, due to the fact that it comes from Oxygen OS.
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I tried overscan, it messes with the navbar so that method doesn't work entirely. There is another thread I read on the Pixel forum that I will absolutely be trying this.. Its another ADB command where you can edit the radius its self as a value (36 is tock Pixel, 0 is disabled, 16 is what Samsung uses), and it seems most people got it to work on 9, but not on 10 and that's ok because I prefer 9 anyway (well I prefer 8 actually lol)
So there it is, if you really want to get rid of this, you can just install a custom rom (I think Pixel Experience doesn't have this overlay, also Havoc OS doesn't have it, except for the last build where they added it). I did notice the weird and horrendous looking corners when there is no overlay, it looks like they didn't care about this since they were able to fix it with the software.
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I was actually in the middle of booting Havoc to test exactly this but then I flashed the wrong gapps and had to leave for work lol
Also, why would you want the overlay to be working even in full-screen apps while it's already fully functional ? For me, when I launch games and other full-screen apps, it does work perfectly, is it not the case for you?
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Here are my use-cases that make the stock body shaped corner radius don't work and what other obstacles get in my way:
- Stock radius clips most game settings / corner elements and it just looks absolutely awful
- Rounded-corners app can't get rid of this because the radius would be behind it, until I set the radius even bigger, which is pointless
- When I reduce the display height, Android follows it as a universal display so everything is 100% compatible since the phone thinks the screen is physically smaller
- If I can remove the stock software radius, leaving it squared off will actually make it look worse because I set the display height to include the slight area where my smaller corner radius would be otherwise cut off from the sharp corner of the screen (#4 below)
Heres an illustration of what I mean (very bad photoshop lol):
{
"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",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
As you can probably tell, the stock radius is just insane, preferred radius is great, but squared corner would mean I would either have to further reduce the display height and thicken the bezel, or add a very slight radius

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I tried overscan, it messes with the navbar so that method doesn't work entirely. There is another thread I read on the Pixel forum that I will absolutely be trying this.. Its another ADB command where you can edit the radius its self as a value (36 is tock Pixel, 0 is disabled, 16 is what Samsung uses), and it seems most people got it to work on 9, but not on 10 and that's ok because I prefer 9 anyway (well I prefer 8 actually lol)
I was actually in the middle of booting Havoc to test exactly this but then I flashed the wrong gapps and had to leave for work lol
Here are my use-cases that make the stock body shaped corner radius don't work and what other obstacles get in my way:
- Stock radius clips most game settings / corner elements and it just looks absolutely awful
- Rounded-corners app can't get rid of this because the radius would be behind it, until I set the radius even bigger, which is pointless
- When I reduce the display height, Android follows it as a universal display so everything is 100% compatible since the phone thinks the screen is physically smaller
- If I can remove the stock software radius, leaving it squared off will actually make it look worse because I set the display height to include the slight area where my smaller corner radius would be otherwise cut off from the sharp corner of the screen.
Heres an illustration of what I mean (very bad photoshop lol):
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Okay, so after a bit of reading, what you are trying to say is that the stock OnePlus overlay doesn't appear in full screen apps / games?

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Okay, so after a bit of reading, what you are trying to say is that the stock OnePlus overlay doesn't appear in full screen apps / games?
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I don't think you understand what the display height and software overlay means.
The physical OnePlus 7 Pro has extremely rounded bezels that cut off elements in full screen games because they are shoved behind what would have regularly been a squared corner. I cannot fix this because there is no physical screen there, so to resolve it I can move the screen upward and remove the software overlay entirely, but I cannot find a way to do that just yet (will experiment when I get home). The issue with simply adjusting the display height doesn't work because the software overlay corner radius comes with it, so the elements remain hidden under the overlay where what would've been physical screen limitations

imatts said:
I don't think you understand what the display height and software overlay means.
The physical OnePlus 7 Pro has extremely rounded bezels that cut off elements in full screen games because they are shoved behind what would have regularly been a squared corner. I cannot fix this because there is no physical screen there, so to resolve it I can move the screen upward and remove the software overlay entirely, but I cannot find a way to do that just yet (will experiment when I get home). The issue with simply adjusting the display height doesn't work because the software overlay corner radius comes with it, so the elements remain hidden under the overlay where what would've been physical screen limitations
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Ohhhh okay I just got it, so it would be like hiding a notch to make the bezels more squarish, just like on the screenshot, so that elements would not get cut in the extremely rounded corners... But it would also do this for the bottom of the display.. Well that means you would have to find an app / adb command that could modify this, but I really don't know if it's possible..

I'm still a little confused about what the problem exactly is.. the missing screen space due to the rounded corners? Don't quite understand how moving the picture would solve that problem.
And as far as UI and corners , where exactly would they be? I do use substratum and pitch black so i may not even see it but the only ones who can spot are at the bottom of the notifications and that can he changed via substratum and think
Edit: seems like you no longer can on android 10. But might just be that specific theme

SharxX8 said:
I'm still a little confused about what the problem exactly is.. the missing screen space due to the rounded corners? Don't quite understand how moving the picture would solve that problem.
And as far as UI and corners , where exactly would they be? I do use substratum and pitch black so i may not even see it but the only ones who can spot are at the bottom of the notifications and that can he changed via substratum and think
Edit: seems like you no longer can on android 10. But might just be that specific theme
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My goal is simply aesthetic. I want to reduce the display height and reduce the stock rounded corners, it will look better. I drew pictures that more than illustrates what I am doing

Well outside of the options that you already explored the only thing i can think of is xposed.
I'm not up to date on that one but substratum coupled with something like gravitybox always seemed to be the best option for asthetic customization.
The former helps me personally to hardly notice what your're describing with actual black hiding most if not all corners in the first place and latter might help in adjusting some of that.
I suppose similar modules and / or custom roms that incorporate such features might help. You probably have to dig a little deeper though

Someone finally ask the same question as mine! Hope thay some dev can disable the rounded corner on OOS so that I can freely adjust height/width without seeing that rounded corner
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I thought people would not understand my problem cause they had never tried to use "wm size" command. And indeed, they don't understand your problem @imatts
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Even for those who use the same mother tongue language as yours, it is still difficult to explain the problem when they don't think. How the f* is that when we ask about the software issue then all the replies are "it is the hardware, it is the screen corner, you can't do anything >< ". Speechless!

_DoomD_ said:
Someone finally ask the same question as mine! Hope thay some dev can disable the rounded corner on OOS so that I can freely adjust height/width without seeing that rounded corner
I thought people would not understand my problem cause they had never tried to use "wm size" command. And indeed, they don't understand your problem.
Even for those who use the same mother tongue language as yours, it is still difficult to explain the problem when they don't think. How the f* is that when we ask about the software issue then all the replies are "it is the hardware, it is the screen corner, you can't do anything >< ". Speechless!
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Yea its been pretty frustrating trying to understand what is causing this overlay and how to resolve it. The issue is that it isn't a simple app that handles it, but rather a line of code that runs natively in OOS or other roms, so if you try to ADB change it, it doesn't work or stick because the ROM overrides it. Super annoying
I've been having difficulty flashing different roms to check which rom doesn't have the added overlay, or at least the settings to reduce / disable it. Havoc 3.1 has the setting, but it doesn't work. Havoc 2.9 (android pie) doesn't have the option but I want to update to 10. Bliss apparently has the option but I am unable to boot it successfully. I think it may have been because I was booting from. a base of 10.0.3 and not the latest 10.3.0. I will try that once I'm off from work

So I realized that on Android 10, Substratum CAN momentarily alter the rounded corners, which means there is hope that its possible to remove entirely. Devs im talking with are saying its a custom shape and not possible, but I am seeing it with my eyes in real time, so it absolutely should be. I truly wish I had the skills to understand. It has something to do with the framework file under system/products/overlay, but I have no clue where to look, how to edit it, and how to apply it.

Have you taken a look at the Out of Oxygen substratum theme in the themes section for our device? It has options for the corner radius which may help.

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So I realized that on Android 10, Substratum CAN momentarily alter the rounded corners, which means there is hope that its possible to remove entirely. Devs im talking with are saying its a custom shape and not possible, but I am seeing it with my eyes in real time, so it absolutely should be. I truly wish I had the skills to understand. It has something to do with the framework file under system/products/overlay, but I have no clue where to look, how to edit it, and how to apply it.
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yep, i could also see the full screen when i changed from vertical to landscape youtube view. it was just a second moment, caused by lag i think, and it clearly showed that the rounded corner was just an overlay.

imatts said:
I tried overscan, it messes with the navbar so that method doesn't work entirely. There is another thread I read on the Pixel forum that I will absolutely be trying this.. Its another ADB command where you can edit the radius its self as a value (36 is tock Pixel, 0 is disabled, 16 is what Samsung uses), and it seems most people got it to work on 9, but not on 10 and that's ok because I prefer 9 anyway (well I prefer 8 actually lol)
I was actually in the middle of booting Havoc to test exactly this but then I flashed the wrong gapps and had to leave for work lol
Here are my use-cases that make the stock body shaped corner radius don't work and what other obstacles get in my way:
- Stock radius clips most game settings / corner elements and it just looks absolutely awful
- Rounded-corners app can't get rid of this because the radius would be behind it, until I set the radius even bigger, which is pointless
- When I reduce the display height, Android follows it as a universal display so everything is 100% compatible since the phone thinks the screen is physically smaller
- If I can remove the stock software radius, leaving it squared off will actually make it look worse because I set the display height to include the slight area where my smaller corner radius would be otherwise cut off from the sharp corner of the screen (#4 below)
Heres an illustration of what I mean (very bad photoshop lol):
As you can probably tell, the stock radius is just insane, preferred radius is great, but squared corner would mean I would either have to further reduce the display height and thicken the bezel, or add a very slight radius
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I also want the same thing in my Xiaomi Mi A3. It seems your and mine problem is totally same. Have you found any workaround for this?

imatts said:
My goal is simply aesthetic. I want to reduce the display height and reduce the stock rounded corners, it will look better. I drew pictures that more than illustrates what I am doing
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I think you dont like bottom cornors as that cover the display of the object/text on the screen alot sometimes. I have experienced the same issue sometimes but i can live with it.

Fill notch space when in landscape mode

Is there any way to fill the notch space with statusbar icons when in landscape mode? I did some searches on google with no luck (many explain how to fill the space with the app screen, but that isn't what I want) Basically what I wanted is having a battery indicator, etc. in the empty space left when playing games not to have unused screen space.
I'm using Asus zenfone max pro m2 with android 11 custom from if that helps.

After the same same thing myself for my OP 8T. I've been searching forever now and from what I've read it's not really possible unless the app developer includes it themselves. Google seem to have removed immersive mode as we knew it.
I have a "workaround" but it's not at all perfect and don't know if it will work on other phones. It's a Magisk module called "none display cutout".
In landscape it works well but in portrait it pushes status bar notification icons already on the left even further to the left and under the camera cutout in the corner. Depending on where your selfie camera is positioned this may not be an issue for you...
Post for the module:
Enable Notch Killer/Full Screen for any app on Android 11[root]
UPDATE 2.0: @LOGMD has perfected the notchkiller mod with clock padding, solved other elements going behind the front camera issue, and released a magisk standalone version ...
forum.xda-developers.com
There's even a cool little Tasker task in the post so you can create an on/off toggle in the new android power menu.

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After the same same thing myself for my OP 8T. I've been searching forever now and from what I've read it's not really possible unless the app developer includes it themselves. Google seem to have removed immersive mode as we knew it.
I have a "workaround" but it's not at all perfect and don't know if it will work on other phones. It's a Magisk module called "none display cutout".
In landscape it works well but in portrait it pushes status bar notification icons already on the right even further to the right and under the camera cutout in the corner. Depending on where your selfie camera is positioned this may not be an issue for you...
Post for the module:
Enable Notch Killer/Full Screen for any app on Android 11[root]
UPDATE 2.0: @LOGMD has perfected the notchkiller mod with clock padding, solved other elements going behind the front camera issue, and released a magisk standalone version ...
forum.xda-developers.com
There's even a cool little Tasker task in the post so you can create an on/off toggle in the new android power menu.
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Thanks for the reply. I just installed the module, it works. Sure it is not what I wanted in the beginning, but yeah, It is indeed a bit better than a black bar when playing some games. Also, a cool tasker!

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I posted the screenshot above as a separate reply by mistake so deleted it.
But yeah, there's also an app on the Play Store that works with the Magisk module:
Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root - Apps on Google Play
Fullscreen immersive mode in applications or games
play.google.com
That too has its issues and I don't recommend it BUT it does show that proper immersive mode (removing the status bar) is indeed possible on android 11...
Edit:
Ya know what, I didn't read your post properly. This absolutely isn't what you asked for haha sorry, mate.