I recently installed a new ROM with M2D, and have a couple questions about it.
I was wondering if it was possible to disable the large finger-enabled menus. For instance under the messages tab, when you press "Menu" (in the bottom right) It pops up options in a fashion that it takes the entire screen up, allowing you to use your finger and forcing you to select an option before you can leave the menu.
Is there a way to get classic menus back with M2D?
Well firstly this is the wrong section to have posted this query, secondly i know about this and it doesnt force you to make an option, you just press menu again to get rid of it. have u actually tried that, nyways hope that helps
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sofir786 said:
Well firstly this is the wrong section to have posted this query, secondly i know about this and it doesnt force you to make an option, you just press menu again to get rid of it. have u actually tried that, nyways hope that helps
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My fault as accidentally moved it here out of ROM Development "posted in wrong area" Mind you it's rather general
You can use advanced config to disable menu enhancements.
Hi der,
I have flashed a minitab rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968561 on my note . Everything is working very smoothly as it should be. It is really a greate rom, thanks to the developer. Since my note already have a back button and a menu button, I really dont want to waste my screen space on some so called navigation buttons. Its really anoying. I have tried to apply couple of solutions like editing the build.prop as it is suggested in the thread. But it seems not working. I really don care to loose the accessibility of the mini mode buttons from the navigation bar.
So somebody please help me with a real solution to either disable or to hide the navigation bar for this particular rom. Thanks in advance
PS: I post this query here because I am a new member to this community and they don't allow me to post on the main thread.
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SonOfDestiny said:
Hi der,
I have flashed a minitab rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968561 on my note . Everything is working very smoothly as it should be. It is really a greate rom, thanks to the developer. Since my note already have a back button and a menu button, I really dont want to waste my screen space on some so called navigation buttons. Its really anoying. I have tried to apply couple of solutions like editing the build.prop as it is suggested in the thread. But it seems not working. I really don care to loose the accessibility of the mini mode buttons from the navigation bar.
So somebody please help me with a real solution to either disable or to hide the navigation bar for this particular rom. Thanks in advance
PS: I post this query here because I am a new member to this community and they don't allow me to post on the main thread.
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If I understood your problem, you installed a ROM that works in tablet mode, showing you the menu, home and back keys on the bottom of the screen. To solve this you need to change the LCD density in build.prop: ro.sf.lcd_density. The default density of the Note is 320 dpi (ro.sf.lcd_density=320), what puts you in "phone mode", i.e. the bottom bar doesn't appear. Try changing that on your build.prop. Search the forum if you don't know how to do that, because a mistake could leave your device in a bootloop. Other options you have is to flash a different ROM.
I was wondering if there is any port/app double tap to wake the screen like the lg g3?
Can someone tell me?
Use search: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sit...pub-2900107662879704:4763122713&ie=ISO-8859-1
I have not found any port for our device tho
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mrjraider said:
Use search: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sit...pub-2900107662879704:4763122713&ie=ISO-8859-1
I have not found any port for our device tho
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Thank You
The Double-Tap to wake function is not able to make it to Xperia SP so far as Kernel Developers see it as a waste of battery life and the hardware for the phone simply doesn't allow the phone to have the function. So you might want to go for other devices if you want that function mate!
All,
Gladly recieved my Z3 compact yesterday. Playing around with it I've removed the google search bar from the very top of the home screen. At the time, there was a message telling me how to get it back. I didn't read it! Now there is an empty, unusable space where it once was.
How to get it back? Could someone with a Z3 compact attempt to delete the search bar and read the message which tells you how to get it back?
Please note, adding it back as a widget WILL NOT work, as the space at the top now seems to be reserved.
I don't want to change launcher; I figure - if the space can't be used for anything else, or any other widgets, I may as well have the search bar there.
Thanks
Goto Settings -> Apps -> All -> Find in the list "Xperia Home" -> Tap on it -> Select "Delete Data".
Mind you, this will not only bring the Search bar back but will restore the Home Screen to its original settings completely. Means, the Home Screen will again look as if you just unpacked the phone.
wow - spent the last 24 hours setting up my icons! is there no other way?
Yes, just bring the Search Bar widget on.
I wonder why the Google search bar widget is fixed onto the home screen like that? It seems obtrusive and unnecessery to me. :-/
sxtester said:
Yes, just bring the Search Bar widget on.
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No. As I said in my original post, the space created when I deleted the search bar cannot be simply replaced by another widget search bar, or any other widget for that matter.
If it was as simple as long pressing in the space, and adding back the search bar widget I wouldn't be on here!
Can anyone guide me? Is there a way of replacing the built-in google search bar without loosing all my home screen customisation?
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Can anyone guide me? Is there a way of replacing the built-in google search bar without loosing all my home screen customisation?
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Your best bet is to make a screenshot of every home screen page, so it will at least be easier to redo your home screen customization. If the space of the google bar is unusable, then there is probably no other way than to delete the data for Xperia Home and redo everything.
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Oh an idea just came up: you know how you're able to delete and add home screen pages, right? Are you able to delete the page that has the reserved space? See if the space will be usable if you re-add the home screen page after deleting it. You might just be able to delete the page with the reserved space, add a new page and shift your icons and widgets one page to the left/right to restore your original page setup.
Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.
greenredblue said:
Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.
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Though is it possible to delete the home screen page with the permanent google search bar?
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Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.
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So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
AlexFLCL said:
I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
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See if you can just delete the home screen page that has the reserved space? When you long touch an empty area on the home screen, every page should have a little cross in the corner, does it work for the page that had the google bar?
degraaff said:
See if you can just delete the home screen page that has the reserved space? When you long touch an empty area on the home screen, every page should have a little cross in the corner, does it work for the page that had the google bar?
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The trouble is that this space is reserved on all pages, not just only on the home screen...
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The trouble is that this space is reserved on all pages, not just only on the home screen...
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That's outrageous! So every page also has a permanent google search bar?
Anyway, I found this: http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/26/google-app-requirements-android/
It's probably related to this news. I think the "powered by android" branding at boot-up is related to this news as well.
The part where it says that Google wants to be represented prominently on the home screen. If Google keeps up that attitude its ego is going to burst, lol.
Same problem here ...
Hi, apart from Google's politics and its ego, here I'm having the very same problem: cannot figure out how to put the search bar back
[My actual problem is: this bran new phone is a gift I've done to my wife, so this is going to be unpleasant ].
Anyone an idea (a precise idea)? Please... Thanks!
ZioFranz said:
Hi, apart from Google's politics and its ego, here I'm having the very same problem: cannot figure out how to put the search bar back
[My actual problem is: this bran new phone is a gift I've done to my wife, so this is going to be unpleasant ].
Anyone an idea (a precise idea)? Please... Thanks!
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U can get it back by clear data on settings >apps >xperia home ..
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CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I did, and it says:
Delete Xperia Home data in Settings -> Apps to get back the Search Bar.
So it's basically what sxtester said haha.
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AlexFLCL said:
I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
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Seeing that you are from Spain, your phone might be in Spanish (just as mine).
In our case, the process is:
Ajustes-> Aplicaciones -> Todas-> Find in the list "Inicio de Xperia" -> Tap on it -> Select "Borrar Datos".
Hope it helps! And sorry for the language mix, but as the thread is in English, I think is appropiate to keep it that way
I'm afraid Android is slowly trying to become more locked down like iOS. I mean, they tried it with Android Silver but luckily OEMs weren't interested in a locked down version of Android. But now Google is still doing unacceptable things such as forcing OEMs to place a permanent Google search bar on top of every home screen page. It's also happened to me twice that a bunch of Google apps such as Hangout, Pictures, Google+ re-enabled themselves x days after disabling them.
I checked the message
CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I reset the home screen data, them i attempted to delete the google bar again in order to see the message. It is as follow: "Clear Xperia home data in settings > Apps to bring back the search bar"
This bar is fixed in all home pages in Z3. So you cant retreive it by deleting a single home page as someone suggested in this thread.
Z3 is powered by Google so I guess this is why they fixed this bar in all home screen pages. Just guessing.
This worked great and found an easy way to get icons back...
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Goto Settings -> Apps -> All -> Find in the list "Xperia Home" -> Tap on it -> Select "Delete Data".
Mind you, this will not only bring the Search bar back but will restore the Home Screen to its original settings completely. Means, the Home Screen will again look as if you just unpacked the phone.
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This worked perfectly to restore the google tool bar on each screen (without taking up icon space) and as I was warned, returned all screens to their original state, but instead of using the old method of going to all apps, holding down the app you want, and dragging to the correct screen (very time consuming). I wrote down what apps go on what screen and where, then by holding down in an empty space on any home screen, you get a toolbar that includes "Apps." Hit Apps, this method is so much faster (you can easily pick apps, then the screen you want it on, and location, and easily move on to the next icon to place)! This entire process took less than 5 minutes.