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[Q] How can I turn off Google Now being always on when swiping to the right?

After unlocking my phone, I get to my home screen with all my folders etc. As soon as I swipe to the right, I get Google Now!
It's as if it's an always on widget. On my N4, I would invoke Google Now by holding the Home key and swiping upwards (which I can also do with my N5).
Is this something that can be switched off or is this an integrated function of the system?
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.

Wutang200 said:
After unlocking my phone, I get to my home screen with all my folders etc. As soon as I swipe to the right, I get Google Now!
It's as if it's an always on widget. On my N4, I would invoke Google Now by holding the Home key and swiping upwards (which I can also do with my N5).
Is this something that can be switched off or is this an integrated function of the system?
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.
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As far as I can see the only option would be to either A) Uninstall Google Now, or B) Install a different Home Launcher ... Neither are suitable resolutions to your question. I personally like having it as a home screen since I turned off my softkeys in Lieu of LMS

The only thing I can think of is switch launchers to nova or something similar. You would lose the "OK Google" function from the launcher though., so not a good solution if you use that function. As far as I know there is now way to remove it from the stock launcher.
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Long press the homescreen, click settings, then uncheck the Google now option.
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Thanks guys.
I don't mind having it but just wasn't sure if it was a feature that can be turned off without completely disabling Google Now.
Battery life is quite impressive on this thing even with it always on!

Wutang200 said:
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.
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N-Forced said:
Long press the homescreen, click settings, then uncheck the Google now option.
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Can you not read???

bilago said:
Can you not read???
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It does not disable Google now entirely just the extra screen, maybe you should try it before you respond with useless replies.
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N-Forced said:
It does not disable Google now entirely just the extra screen, maybe you should try it before you respond with useless replies.
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Screen of my phone said:
Turn off Google Now?
This resets all card settings to their default value
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This page is the same page as if you went into settings from Google Now Directly. This will turn it off.
EDIT:
For Sh*ts n Giggles I went ahead and tested your method. Guess what? It turned off Google Now Entirely.

Change nav bar height - Oreo

I dont want to customize the nav bar. I want to remove it. I've been searching since I got stock Oreo installed and I can't find anything. Does anyone have any insight on if this is possible? And how to do it if it is?
I'm not really a noob when it comes to screwing around to get the results I want. So if there is any way to make it work, I would love to know it.
I am rooted and on stock Oreo.
For those of you who want just the nav bar removed:
Tulsadiver said:
I have something for you to try if you are stock Oreo. You need to have BusyBox installed. Flash via TWRP.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634795989
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If you want more modded besides the navbar removal, check out Tulsadiver's thread in Pixel themes and apps section.

I have this in a note file in a folder with ADB. I do not remember where I got it but I use it on my pixel. If anyone knows who I can give the proper credit to that would be great.
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◦If you only want to hide the Status bar, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=*
◦If you only want to hide the Navigation bar, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
◦If you want to hide both Status and Navigation bars, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
◦If you revert back to stock, use the below commands.
adb shell settings put global policy_control null*
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ronii1123 said:
I have this in a note file in a folder with ADB. I do not remember where I got it but I use it on my pixel. If anyone knows who I can give the proper credit to that would be great.
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◦If you only want to hide the Status bar, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.status=*
◦If you only want to hide the Navigation bar, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*
◦If you want to hide both Status and Navigation bars, type the below command.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.full=*
◦If you revert back to stock, use the below commands.
adb shell settings put global policy_control null*
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This will permanently hide it? Not like immersive where it will still pop up with the keyboard?

GeekMcLeod said:
This will permanently hide it? Not like immersive where it will still pop up with the keyboard?
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It will act exactly like immersive mode, where you can swipe from the bottom to pull the bar back up, and it'll disappear shortly after. Your keyboard will still work. I've been rocking this since I got my pixel.

GeekMcLeod said:
This will permanently hide it? Not like immersive where it will still pop up with the keyboard?
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Here's a pic for reference. I used the option to hide the navbar but not the notification bar.

ronii1123 said:
It will act exactly like immersive mode, where you can swipe from the bottom to pull the bar back up, and it'll disappear shortly after. Your keyboard will still work. I've been rocking this since I got my pixel.
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Well it's a better option than anything I've found. Thanks!
I'll hopefully just have to wait for custom Oreo roms to get no nav bar at all. I use pie controls so I never need the nav bar.
I really appreciate the option that you have given me for the time being though.

So am I the only one who has a huge delay (3-4 seconds) when using the FPS to unlock after this mod?

X04D said:
So am I the only one who has a huge delay (3-4 seconds) when using the FPS to unlock after this mod?
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I haven't noticed any difference and I've been using it for 24 hours.

GeekMcLeod said:
Well it's a better option than anything I've found. Thanks!
I'll hopefully just have to wait for custom Oreo roms to get no nav bar at all. I use pie controls so I never need the nav bar.
I really appreciate the option that you have given me for the time being though.
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I have something for you to try if you are stock Oreo. You need to have BusyBox installed. Flash via TWRP.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634795989

Tulsadiver said:
I have something for you to try if you are stock Oreo. You need to have BusyBox installed. Flash via TWRP.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634795989
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I just gave it a shot and it worked. I'd rather have the nav bar myself but it dose work.

X04D said:
So am I the only one who has a huge delay (3-4 seconds) when using the FPS to unlock after this mod?
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You are not alone actually, I didn't think it was the immersive mode tweak. I'm completely stock so I assumed it was a bug with the lock screen so I turned that off and it fixed it.

Misterxtc said:
I just gave it a shot and it worked. I'd rather have the nav bar myself but it dose work.
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Thank you sir. I don't know if you have your Center clock fixed yet but I have just posted a Aroma installer if you haven't.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/themes/mods-pixel-oreo-aroma-installer-t3665369

Tulsadiver said:
Thank you sir. I don't know if you have your Center clock fixed yet but I have just posted a Aroma installer if you haven't.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/themes/mods-pixel-oreo-aroma-installer-t3665369
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Awesome, I was thinking about attempting to try it today. I'll give it a shot. That's about the only thing left that I miss on stock.

Tulsadiver said:
I have something for you to try if you are stock Oreo. You need to have BusyBox installed. Flash via TWRP.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634795989
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Awesome! Really appreciate it! Maybe I'll actually stick with rooted stock now.
Misterxtc said:
I just gave it a shot and it worked. I'd rather have the nav bar myself but it dose work.
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Thanks for testing it for me before I had a chance to get it installed.

GeekMcLeod said:
Awesome! Really appreciate it! Maybe I'll actually stick with rooted stock now.
Thanks for testing it for me before I had a chance to get it installed.
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Just a FYI, if you install any of my bases in my Aroma, you lose your navbar being removed. However, I added that option in my Aroma so you can remove it again and keep any of the other mods you might like.

Tulsadiver said:
Just a FYI, if you install any of my bases in my Aroma, you lose your navbar being removed. However, I added that option in my Aroma so you can remove it again and keep any of the other mods you might like.
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I actually didn't even get it installed, I seen your post and decided to try that instead. I commented on my experience in your thread.

Misterxtc said:
Awesome, I was thinking about attempting to try it today. I'll give it a shot. That's about the only thing left that I miss on stock.
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I apologise, I totally hosed the center clocks. I also have this Aroma for the Nexus 5X and botched a copy-paste replace all. I'll let you know when it is fixed.

Tulsadiver said:
I apologise, I totally hosed the center clocks. I also have this Aroma for the Nexus 5X and botched a copy-paste replace all. I'll let you know when it is fixed.
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Not a problem. I locked myself out of my phone for 24 hours after I reset because I changed my google password when I was resetting. I won't do that again lol. I'll be happy to give it another try now I can use my phone again.

Misterxtc said:
Not a problem. I locked myself out of my phone for 24 hours after I reset because I changed my google password when I was resetting. I won't do that again lol. I'll be happy to give it another try now I can use my phone again.
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Ouch! I have saved doing a reset by booting back into bootloader right away, booting into TWRP, and then flashing one of my bases. Doesn't work every time though. I've reset my phone a boatload of times getting this to work on OREO. Plus SystemUI.apk has a bad nine patch PNG you have to remember to fix first before you recompile it.
I've uploaded a new version that I hope will work.

X04D said:
So am I the only one who has a huge delay (3-4 seconds) when using the FPS to unlock after this mod?
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Wow, was it really because of the immersive tweak? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Editing build.prop to completely disable the navigation bar stops Oreo from booting at all. I went back to Pure Nexus 7.1.2 because of this. For me the phone actually unlocks, but leaves the display blacked out. An alarm went off, but I couldn't see anything to silence it. I scanned my finger and felt the haptic vibration and heard the unlock sound, but still saw nothing. Kept trying to unlock for 15-20 seconds, alarm blaring the whole time. Finally I decided to Power+VolDn reset. I heard a screenshot sound effect as I held the buttons down.
Once the phone restarted the display worked fine. I checked my camera roll and there was a 100% black screenshot as my most recent.
Until there's a reliable way to hide the navigation bar, I guess I'm out.

bypass fingerprint lock?

So I was messing around with some settings today and using the double tap power button to launch camera from either ambient display or the lock screen. Well that's all fine and dandy and it works but I also let's anyone unlock your phone cause once in camera app you can hit the home button or back button and it'll allow access to the phone in its entirety. Kinda a fail set up. Hopefully fixed. Truly IDC caus no one uses my phone that I don't trust and I NEVER leave it anywhere that I feel wouldn't be safe. Let alone on table at Starbucks or a bar like I see sooo many people do.
All input is welcome on this subject

i couldn't get mine to unlock, but then again I am using Navigation Gestures not the Nav Bar

Nevermind I'm a retard, but as I stated I was messing around with settings today. I set the "on body" to keep device unlocked. Lol live and learn right?

Bradl79 said:
i couldn't get mine to unlock, but then again I am using Navigation Gestures not the Nav Bar
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Honestly I really really wanted to use the gestures, make things feel new and all coming from my old phone but truly I can't they are too show. I always use the double tap recent to almost instantly go back to last open app and switching apps is world's faster this way.

lg3FTW said:
Honestly I really really wanted to use the gestures, make things feel new and all coming from my old phone but truly I can't they are too show. I always use the double take recent to almost instantly go back to last open app and switching apps is world's faster this way.
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I've never heard such kind of gestures. Which phone/magisk module was that ? Google pixel ?
I also use gestures but once my thumb is on the top half of the phone it's a long way to reach the bottom of the screen [emoji2356]
So I couple it with pie controls

CodeBreaker13 said:
I've never heard such kind of gestures. Which phone/magisk module was that ? Google pixel ?
I also use gestures but once my thumb is on the top half of the phone it's a long way to reach the bottom of the screen [emoji2356]
So I couple it with pie controls
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I use pie controls as well. All phones with Oreo and above have the option to double tap the recents button and it will instantly switch back to the last app open. Say I'm in Facebook and leave to Samsung browser. If I double tap quickly on the recent apps button. I can switch back and forth very quickly between the 2 apps.

Hide hooks at the bottom in lockscreen

Hello,
i recently clean flashed my phone and saw these two hooks at the bottom. They appear when i'm in the lockscreen and disappear after i unlock the phone.
How can i hide those?

Auel Yakubu said:
Hello,
i recently clean flashed my phone and saw these two hooks at the bottom. They appear when i'm in the lockscreen and disappear after i unlock the phone.
How can i hide those?
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Use them once, swipe from one of the corners up to the middle and the assistant gets activated. Ask it something and close again. It should be gone after that. If not, change your controls to the gestures left and right and do the same again. After that change the controls/gestures tot the one you like.
Let me know if this works , good luck

Thank you, now i know that it has to do with google assistant. I tried to swipe up from the bottom corner but it didn't worked even though the system gestures are set to left and right. They also didn't disappeard after i deactivated it in the assistant settings.

Dont know why but i used the left and the right hook, and after that it dissapeared

Ziegenjupp said:
Dont know why but i used the left and the right hook, and after that it dissapeared
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And you just swiped up from one of them?
Cos it seems like i don't have access to them.
Edit: I changed the launcher from Nova to Oneplus and now it worked and they disappeared.
Thank you much guys!

Auel Yakubu said:
And you just swiped up from one of them?
Cos it seems like i don't have access to them.
Edit: I changed the launcher from Nova to Oneplus and now it worked and they disappeared.
Thank you much guys!
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I am using nova launcher and just used the right one, then i used the left one for one action and after that they dissapeared.

Question Nova Launcher or Android 13 OS problem?

I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.

CZ Eddie said:
I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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Plenty of people have this issue, some launchers don't work properly, I'm getting others issues as well like folders showing up in recents.
There's no real fix at the moment, you either change launcher or keep the issues.

Darn. Okay, thanks for letting me know that it's not just me.

I haven't had any issues with Nova Launcher. I'm using the Prime version. Perhaps that makes a difference?
Have you changed the settings within the config utility?

Yep, I've had Prime Nova for many years.
I change a TON of settings in the Nova settings.
It doesn't happen often enough to make troubleshooting easy.
I guess I could try resetting it back to factory defaults for a week or so.

CZ Eddie said:
I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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You mention that you're rooted and have mods installed...I would definitely look there first. I say this because I use Nova Prime on my 7 Pro and have zero issues. In fact I have been using Nova Prime on all my phones for years without any problems. YMMV

Every single third party launcher and device has this issue (and more) ever since Android 10 came out and tied Recents and Launchers together, it's worse with gesutres but can happen with navbar too.
Those who claim to not have it either ignore it, don't use their device fast or don't mind lag

Lawnchair alpha 4, no issues

Not rooted, qp beta, nova prime, no issues like that on mine.

..certainly no one can have accessibility function for gestures in nova launcher, this is due to google - android 13 security,
double tap would be a bless, so i don't understand why google is providing double tap on the back of the phone, but only strange single tap (lock screen) on the front of the device.. ?

I ran into a similar issue with Android 12 & 13 - it's a little tricky to get the gestures for Nova to work on the lock screen and provided a couple of screen shots to make things easier for you.

mikebb00 said:
I ran into a similar issue with Android 12 & 13 - it's a little tricky to get the gestures for Nova to work on the lock screen and provided a couple of screen shots to make things easier for you.
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..got latest 13 7pro + nova prime beta, except notifications, accessibility (nova launcher) is unavailable for security reasons - as google kindly prompting this in the settings..

gubik7 said:
..got latest 13 7pro + nova prime beta, except notifications, accessibility (nova launcher) is unavailable for security reasons - as google kindly prompting this in the settings..
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To enable accessibility, go to 3 dot menu in app info and bypass the restriction there.

Lughnasadh said:
To enable accessibility, go to 3 dot menu in app info and bypass the restriction there.
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spot-on thanks!

I followed this advice and Nova is still broken. Oh well. I guess I could try another Rom, but how do we launch the default launcher?

No problem with Nova 8.0.3 here. But i dont use navbar.
And accessibility is working as well. I use it for double tap to sleep.

akhenax said:
I followed this advice and Nova is still broken. Oh well. I guess I could try another Rom, but how do we launch the default launcher?
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Search default home in settings

CZ Eddie said:
I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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I only have that occasional issue if I have a **** ton of memory hungry apps running. And I think it started with the January update

Using total launcher and something similar happens to me. When I use gestures to pull up recent apps, I'll just see my homescreen instead of the apps themselves. Very weird but the behavior still works in that I can press the screen and it goes to the last app, which is what I want majority of the time.

Nova gestures work for me via Accessibility - but only for a few hours. Then, I can't see a note in Accessibility menu for Nova non-malfunctioning. Turning the Allow toggle off and on resolves the problem, temporarily.