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One-handed mode for Nexus5 and other android phones...?

I just recently bought Nexus5. it is my first experience with a 5 inch 16:9 phone and I am a bit frustrated about how difficult it is to do certain things when using the phone with one hand. I am left handed so some things are even more difficult for me than right handed people.
For example:
- pulling down the notifications from the top is very hard.
- reaching for the top right corner is even more difficult for me. Most programs have important buttons in the top right corner.
- right edge is also difficult for me
Galaxy S5 has a one-handed mode and Iphone6 and 6 plus seems to get it too.
- Does there exists an option in Cyanogenmod to shrink the UI to the lower corner in similar manner than in Galaxy S5...? Or is there any other good solutions.
- Does there exist somehow a way to forge a program to put important UI elements to lower edge instead of upper edge
- Does there exist a way to "mirror" the position of UI elements so that they would be more accessible for left handed people..?
Any other solutions for making the phone easier to use with one hand or for left hander are all welcome.

I saw an xposed module for one handed, but I have not used it.

Yeah, there are some Xposed modules that can do one-handed mode. I'm pretty much ambidextrous and have no issue with using my left hand, and my hands are by no means large.

LMT pie has a pointer system for one handed operation if you enable it. There are some apps on Google play store too, don't know what they are like though.

One thing I do to sort this is using nova launcher's gestures.
One swipe down on any of my home screens and it drops the notification shade. One swipe up and it gets me to the quick settings page. It's pretty useful.
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I use one handed mode xposed module. Pretty handy ton get to refresh and menu buttons in apps
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It only does the activity window (app) not status bar but loads of ways to trigger status bar drop.
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Moving the [Status Bar] to Bottom of the Screen

This is a feature which has regressed since the days of CM7, when it was possible to move the status / notification bar to the bottom of the screen. (See attached image.)
This was ergonomically far superior. Try it yourself with your phone turned off -- the anatomy of the hand and range of motion of the thumb make it much easier to swipe up from the bottom, especially when the phone's held with one hand.
Is there any app or xposed module which allows this change on later ROMs? I've searched fruitlessly.
Thanks.
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treff89 said:
This is a feature which has regressed since the days of CM7, when it was possible to move the status / notification bar to the bottom of the screen. (See attached image.)
This was ergonomically far superior. Try it yourself with your phone turned off -- the anatomy of the hand and range of motion of the thumb make it much easier to swipe up from the bottom, especially when the phone's held with one hand.
Is there any app or xposed module which allows this change on later ROMs? I've searched fruitlessly.
Thanks.
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there is module named *hand* you can hold your device upside down.... and boom....!!! status bar is at bottom of screen..... done...!!

EMONESSboy said:
there is module named *hand* you can hold your device upside down.... and boom....!!! status bar is at bottom of screen..... done...!!
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Very funny, but not helpful!

There used to be xposed modules like Phab7, but they only worked up untill kitkat. After that "tablet mode" has been removed from android code. To make such a module, a whole new statusbar and notification screen needs to be designed and coded. I guess there aren't enough people interested in this concept, or at least nobody thinks it's worth their time making such a module.
I wish I was able to make such a module, but sadly I am not.

Xornop said:
There used to be xposed modules like Phab7, but they only worked up untill kitkat. After that "tablet mode" has been removed from android code. To make such a module, a whole new statusbar and notification screen needs to be designed and coded. I guess there aren't enough people interested in this concept, or at least nobody thinks it's worth their time making such a module.
I wish I was able to make such a module, but sadly I am not.
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Would be really nice to have bottom status bar since a lot of flagship phones are around 5.5" to 6+". Such a waste of time and energy having to swipe down from the top or having to go to the home screen to be able to do the gesture half way down the screen. Even though I set long-press home for the notifications shade, it's just not satisfying.

if anyone did managed to pull this off, please share. thank you

Questions Coming to Google from Microsoft

Greetings,
Long time contributer to XDA here for Windows development. Since the windows phone is essentially dead I had to move over to Google. I picked up the Pixel 2 from VZW and I have a pile of questions about this phone. Hoping you can answer me as may friends with Droids, Galaxys, and Essential phones tell me this is the Google phone so their version of Android is different.
1. Can you customize the screensaver with something better? Just the clock and icons sucks. It plain sucks. My wifes Droid has circles you hold down to view at a glance. It's there other apps that make the screensaver show weather and calendar info etc. My windows phone had that and it was awesome.
2. I was able to respond to texts outside the pin or device lock. If I wanted to do anything else with message I had to unlock it. Is there a way to do this on the Pixel 2?
3. Going through the Play Store shows the same home screen apps over and over that just customize the background and make the same overall look of the Android OS. Are there home screen apps that tear that down and make it look completely different that are customizable? I used to live the Manilla UI of the late 2000s. Does anyone do that? Android has the ability not sure why noone though of bringing it back. It was clean a d smooth and highly functional.
Thanks in advance for helping me out. Currently running a home screen app toake it look like the windows phone but it VASTLY lacks the ability to show information, make it look clean, and all around is not as good as the metro style live tiles are. Also repsonding to messages and having to unlock all the time is so infuriating.
Phone info attached. Thanks!
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Since you bought the VZW version instead of buying from the Google Store, root might be hard to acquire if that's something that you want. Some of the apps that I'm recommending give you more flexibility and control if you have root access.
1) Take a look at "Widget Locker."
I'm not sure how well it works on the pixel 2. I just use the stock lock screen. Though I used it on my HTC M8 for a long time and it worked very well.
2) You could probably just turn off your lock screen, or find an app that lets you bypass it. Though your disabling part of the security of your phone if you choose to go that way.
3) Check out Nova Launcher, and Zooper Widget. There's also YouTube videos of a reviewer that goes over custom phone setups. When I get to my computer I will try to find them and post the link to their page.
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3) try Nova launcher (prime) and/or Klwp. Klwp let's you do practically anything you can or can't imagine, including windows-phone-like setups.
There are also some launchers like smart launcher, using a different approach then the standard launchers, although I don't use smart launcher some people really seem to like it

Try Microsoft launcher app. It will make your Android system have some windows phone behavior. But still not windows phone and I don't like it.

Navigation Bar gestures Problem?

I'm using Samsung Galaxy A7 2018 and I have a problem with the navigation bar, When I hide it and use it with Full screen gestures, I use the keys of the keyboard last row, while pressing the keys at the same time with gestures hints, it does not release up. Other touches at the same time with gestures are similar. Do not know if other people use this phone with the same problem as me? Hope to find some feedback. Thank you! :fingers-crossed:

I hope that I have understand correctly your problem but for me works properly?
I have hide mine permanently and use it with these settings.
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As for keyboard I`m using Swiftkey keyboard.
I have also hid my statusbar as I don`t need it for max screen estate with the Immersive app.

I experience the same thing in Samsung Galaxy A7 2018. If i completly hide the navigation bar and use full screen gesture, I experience this bug:
In the last row, when i hit an option or an icon, it holds down without release. For example in youtube landscape i hit the quality otion and it dosen't open i have to hit it twice or three times.
Maybe in the Android 9 Pie update samsung will fix this. It is normal to experience this bug because it's the first phone that has this option.
Also, is it because i use Nova Launcher? I never used stock launchers on phones because they look so ugly.
In Nova i can costumize Icon size, dock size, rename apps in menu and Home screen, change how many rows of icons and etc.

I also use Nova Launcher Prime but I don`t experience any problems.

Also forgot to say that when commenting in youtube the text is under the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.

Navigation key issues
I'm having the same issue.... At first I thought it was the keyboard so I tried several and had the same issue.

Eddietrix said:
Also forgot to say that when commenting in youtube the text is under the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.
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Idem, and Instagram this problem

A new update came out 1st February 2019. 397mb. It improved the touchscreen and fixed the hidden navigation bar, no more bugs at the bottom of the screen. But the text under the keyboard is still there. Maybe in android 9 One more month...

I have the problem in Instagram where the text box is hidden behind the keyboard

Deep Dive into the android gestures

Hello, I recently got a new Samsung Galaxy phone ( prior xiaomi user ).
On my previous phone, android 11 google pixel based rom, I used the android 11's gestures without a problem, my favourite one being the number 10 on this list. ( Android ALT TAB) https://www.computerworld.com/article/3439060/android-gestures.html
I want to know how I can achieve the same on my samsung galaxy phone (also android 11)

Goodlock family of apps including One Handed Operation plus (can setup custom navigation from L/R sides) give you more options.
Personally I loathe swipe navigation as the primary input.
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blackhawk said:
Goodlock family of apps including One Handed Operation plus (can setup custom navigation from L/R sides) give you more options.
Personally I loathe swipe navigation as the primary input.
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I did try one handed operation app but it didn't give me the option to swipe the bottom of the screen left or right to snap (quickly transfer) between apps

StickyFingers28 said:
I did try one handed operation app but it didn't give me the option to swipe the bottom of the screen left or right to snap (quickly transfer) between apps
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It's only from the sides. It actually works very well and uses little battery. There's an option for a floating nav button cluster too. When the primary swipe or button navigation fail in a app, the One Handed Operation plus ones almost always works, saving a reboot.
My one N10+ is running on Android 10 and swipe gestures are default. They drove me crazy for 5 minutes until I set up the nav buttons.
Meh, it's not a Pixel; take advantage of the huge array of stock customization options available on the Galaxy Store. Free icon packs, themes and more. Try Sound Assistant to set up to 100 volume levels. There may be other apps in the Galaxy Store to modify swipe gestures from the bottom or in the phone's settings. I never explored this as I like my dinosaur navigation.
Check in settings>accessibility for possible options too. Use Setting search function as well.
This is a totally different animal than a Pixel.