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i just started using launcherpro cause its super bad ass. but there seems to be no way to get a switch to turn mobile data on and off. i turn it on and off a lot and its a pain to keep switching it thru the menu. theres no downloads and no way to make one please someone save me before i kill myself and punch my girlfriend and ***** slap my dog ill do all three in reverse order
"you want to try getting physical with me?" -airheads.
but really, i assume you are on a sprint leak rom, and are used to the sense widgets. i feel your pain. i use an app called juicedefender (when i'm on a sprint rom) and it has a widget called APN off or something like that. the app its self is badass but that widget is... superbadass. check it out it maybe exactly what you've been looking for.
Have you long press on the screen and set it up that way? Choose widgets, go to settings and select mobile networks.
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Rally187 said:
i just started using launcherpro cause its super bad ass. but there seems to be no way to get a switch to turn mobile data on and off. i turn it on and off a lot and its a pain to keep switching it thru the menu. theres no downloads and no way to make one please someone save me before i kill myself and punch my girlfriend and ***** slap my dog ill do all three in reverse order
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Since it appears you're not running Sense, you should have a widget called Power Controls that should do it for you.
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Since it appears you're not running Sense, you should have a widget called Power Controls that should do it for you.
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Power Control only turns of sync (Google, Facebook, etc) but does not turn network completely off.
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Power Control only turns of sync (Google, Facebook, etc) but does not turn network completely off.
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You're right - thought it did but it don't. It turns off WiFi, GPS and BT but not network ... I don't use it.
Ya might try Quick Settings from the Market, which is what I do use ...
JuiceDefender does not work on CDMA phones from what I understand.
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And HTC Widgets don't work for the most part without Sense.
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Is it only on sense that long pressing the end call button brings up a menu to power off the phone, and somewhere in that menu is mobile data on/off, or is it just not something you want to be bothered with?
evilvoice said:
Is it only on sense that long pressing the end call button brings up a menu to power off the phone, and somewhere in that menu is mobile data on/off, or is it just not something you want to be bothered with?
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I'm on an ASOP rom, and long pressing the end call button gives me the mobile network on/off.
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JuiceDefender does not work on CDMA phones from what I understand.
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it works on official roms.
Anyone come across any fixes for the fact that (a) there is no LED indicator telling you that you have a message; and (b) there is no pointer/curser/trackball?
I tried NOLED app from the market, but thought it was useless.
NOLED is probably the only "fix" you are going to find for notifications. Android is a touch screen OS, why on earth would you need a pointer?
The trackball on the N1, for instance, is super helpful when typing.
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coldbeverage said:
The trackball on the N1, for instance, is super helpful when typing.
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So you didn't notice your phone didn't have a pointing device when you bought it?
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So you didn't notice your phone didn't have a pointing device when you bought it?
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Haha maybe he thought it it had some weird gesture area like the crappy Pre or something.
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ON topic, mate a lot of keyboard apps for android include a d-pad option which will let you accurately simulate a cursor/trackball.
No LED notifications is a bummer. Strange how people with iphones are not annoyed by that! Something like sms popup can be set to periodically vibrate to remind you etc. No real solution there Im afraid!
There was some dev work on getting the backlight touch buttons to blink but work seems to have hit a dead end.
Ozy: thanks for the helpful reply!!
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Ozy: thanks for the helpful reply!!
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No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
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No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
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Thanks! It's weird. I can't get NOLED to work on the Captivate. In any event, the backlight option is brilliant!
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No LED notifications is a bummer. Strange how people with iphones are not annoyed by that!
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Meh. I was always irritated by the notification LED on my MT3G. I love that my Vibrant doesn't have any blinkenlites.
coldbeverage said:
Anyone come across any fixes for the fact that (a) there is no LED indicator telling you that you have a message; and (b) there is no pointer/curser/trackball?
I tried NOLED app from the market, but thought it was useless.
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There is a dpad on the Samsung and swype keyboards. Hole the 123 key on S. And drag between the two bottom left keys in swype.
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No worries. For now, look for updates to these two links (I appreciate youve already tried NOLED but it can only get better )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692 - NOLED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426 - Use button backlight
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This second link is exactly what ive been looking,
I think the LEDs at the bottom would make perfect notification lights,
Is there any more news on this?
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Heh, its the ideal solution, except theres not really a solution at the moment. Drivers have now been made public (or so Im led to believe). so Im hoping to see it come along side Cyanogen Mod.
Theres an online petiotion that can be signed regarding some dev work for this. At the moment, theres like 350+ signatories....now if everyone chipped in $5 ......
for the D-pad just slide from the "S" sybmbol in the lowwer left of the keyboard to the "sym" key directly next to it (using swype, not the samsung keyboard). a directional pad pops up and it has backspace, backspace by full word, delete, cut, copy, paste, select all, page up, page down, home and end, and a "tab" key, though i don't know if it works like tab of if it is just a large space for starting paragraphs.
samsungs keyboard also has something similar if you hold the key to the numbers/symbols for three seconds.
micro2112 said:
There is a dpad on the Samsung and swype keyboards. Hole the 123 key on S. And drag between the two bottom left keys in swype.
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Wow. Thanks! Dolphin HD, LiveJournal, and text entry don't get along so well for some reason; it never puts the cursor where I tap when I want to go back and edit text. So I'm extremely happy to hear there are arrows on the Swype keyboard! The trackpad and GPS were the only two things I was still missing from my Aria, and you just remedied the former.
Though now I feel silly for not figuring it out myself!
Too be honest I only knew about it from a review I read but they didn't explain how to do it, after a few days of messing with it I found it in the swype tutorials
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In AT&T's infinite wisdom, they removed the menu option for switching between the 3G and 2G/Edge networks. I found the following on the forums on how to force 3g or 2g on the Captivate.
Enter the Phone app.
Dial *#*#197328640#*#*
Select [1] DEBUG SCREEN
Select [8] PHONE CONTROL
Select [4] UE STATE CONTROL
If you want 2G, select:
[3] CHANGE RAT TO GSM
If you want 3G, select:
[2] CHANGE RAT TO WCDMA
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Do any of you android developers have the ability to create a widget that does this for us? Something simple like press it once and you are in 2G, press it again and you are back to 3G? I'd pay $2 for that (or buy you a couple beers if you live in Denver.)
Backstory: I get HORRIBLE 3G reception at the office. So my phone tries desperately to find the 3G network with very little love. So I don't get 3G speeds but my battery gets drained. Edge works awesome at the office and is fine for getting emails and synching. I'd like to easily go to Edge in the office and then turn it back to 3G when I go out for lunch or go home. I've looked through the market and have not found something that does this in a simple way. If you read this and would be interested in such a widget, please add a comment so developers can see demand beyond me.
Comeon, you know you wanna...
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In AT&T's infinite wisdom, they removed the menu option for switching between the 3G and 2G/Edge networks. I found the following on the forums on how to force 3g or 2g on the Captivate.
Do any of you android developers have the ability to create a widget that does this for us? Something simple like press it once and you are in 2G, press it again and you are back to 3G? I'd pay $2 for that (or buy you a couple beers if you live in Denver.)
Backstory: I get HORRIBLE 3G reception at the office. So my phone tries desperately to find the 3G network with very little love. So I don't get 3G speeds but my battery gets drained. Edge works awesome at the office and is fine for getting emails and synching. I'd like to easily go to Edge in the office and then turn it back to 3G when I go out for lunch or go home. I've looked through the market and have not found something that does this in a simple way. If you read this and would be interested in such a widget, please add a comment so developers can see demand beyond me.
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here u go its the service menu option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748859
The OP just detailed the process for switching the radios in their post... They know how to do that already. What they are looking for is a widget that can do this so you don't hebert to fumble around jun the service menu.
I'll add five bucks to they put somebody can get it done.
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This would be awesome if someone could make it happen. The SGS info works really well and did make it easier, but it's still somewhat of a hassle going through all those menus.
Yeah...that's better, but still not what I was looking for. I hadn't seen that app yet, so thanks for pointing it out. I'd still like a widget that allows me to toggle 2G/3G with the push of a button.
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The OP just detailed the process for switching the radios in their post... They know how to do that already. What they are looking for is a widget that can do this so you don't hebert to fumble around jun the service menu.
I'll add five bucks to they put somebody can get it done.
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Sorry If I didnt make that clear, but my post is a program that gets you to the service menu without entering it manually,Yes you still have 2 do the steps but easier as far as getting into the service menu. I do understand that you are looking for a 1 button switch back and forth and hopefully someone will find it or make 1.
I have tried using the APN on/off widget, but found it ineffective. Wish some one could come up with an widget that Actually works on ALL AT&T ANDROID DEVICES as AT&T disables the toggle between 3G and Edge feature.
Smoda widget kind of does what you want, although I think it may disable data all together.
Can't be done unless you root your phone and install a custom ROM. Thats why you can't find a widget to do it.
I've written Toggle 2G that can do exactly what your asking for and combined with the Locale app can even do it automatically. But will require installing a custom ROM on your phone.
Cheers,
MB
P.S. I live in Centennial, so I'll take you up on your beer offer if this helps
Edit: I haven't done much research on the Captivate, so I don't know if there are any ROMs that will work.
@sfernadez:
I have been using that app for a while now... it makes it slightly more convenient, but it's not the simple 2G/3G toggle that we are looking for.
All of the widgets and apps that are supposed to do this just turn data off altogether on the Captivate.
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did this widget ever get made?!?!?! i need it
Hasn't been tested on the Captivate, as far as I know, but it's worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530&highlight=edge+toggle
vunuts said:
Hasn't been tested on the Captivate, as far as I know, but it's worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530&highlight=edge+toggle
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It's been a while since anyone has posted any updates here! is there any news if this had been tested to work on the Captivate Glide? there had not been any custom roms developed as of yet for this device.
My voicemail icon always stays on my notification bar anyone else have this problem? It has nothing to do with root or section mine has always done this
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My voicemail icon always stays on my notification bar anyone else have this problem? It has nothing to do with root or section mine has always done this
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Vm irritates me, I don't have mine set up on purpose. My mom drones on and on and on and... Have you tried an app killer to remove it? You don't have a VM hiding somewhere in there? Can you call customer service, would they be able to tell you if you have a vm hiding in there. My VM icon stays on on my USC work phone. I ignore it. I am sure that is a good fix until I actually get one about the shop being broken into, or on fire.
I would imagine, that customer service should be able to "reset" the system for you, it may just be a glitch.
If you have tried all these ideas, then I have no clue. Maybe Mtmichaelson can make it invisible. It'll still be there, but at least it wouldn't bug you, wouldn't want your story to end up like Poe's "The Telltale Heart"
Visual voicemail or standard (is there a diff?) On my d2 and my dad's dx, if you didn't exit with the star key it would stay on no matter what... could have just been a MOTO thing, worth a shot (unless you already do that... )
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Call Verizon tell them to delete and re add the feature on the account. It should reset everything and clear and voicemails
Honestly I haven't tried anything I was just wondering if I was the only one that this has happened to.
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Honestly I haven't tried anything I was just wondering if I was the only one that this has happened to.
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I think you're the only one. I might try going into settings, applications, manage applications, find the voicemail app and clear data ...maybe do a force stop.
Hey Beamer did you figure out the issue?
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My voicemail icon always stays on my notification bar anyone else have this problem? It has nothing to do with root or section mine has always done this
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Ive had the same problem before. I deleted all my VM and the icon would never disappear. Its an annoyance more than anything.
No I haven't figured it out but I don't want to just have it hidden because of work and I actually get voicemails all the time one other thing with that is it always shows 1 new message even if there are more than one
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So I was looking through the HTC One user guide and I happen to stumble across a 'missing your menu button' section. It details how to set your back button as a menu button. Screenshot attached!
Now I tried doing what they said, but there is no option under the menu (as you all are aware).
So I'm thinking HTC had this feature before, but removed it? Or they were thinking ahead while writing the user guide and so will add this functionality in a future update?
I hate the black bar as many of you do, but it didn't stop me from buying this beast of a phone. I've seen stories where people decided not to buy the One because it had a black menu bar (bit over the top in my opinion).
So what do you think guys? Hope for those that don't want to unlock their bootloader? Hope for those that were still undecided?
(If you want the user guide you can find it on the HTC website)
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I'm not sure why it isn't an option (yet) for the One. The One X used to have the same black bar, then they added the above option. Maybe they think it would be too much for two buttons to control so much? Shouldn't have removed the third button, HTC!
In complete agreement. The black bar is pathetic in my opinion, but phone was still too cool to resist buying it.
Love the phone but black bar is silly. Hope htc get it sorted for next update.
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And if they don't then just pop into the developer threads and choose a Rom that you like. Long-back menu reenabled and the ugly black bar is gone.
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That stupid black bar even appears in games. Quite often, there's no menu options in the bar, either.
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So I was looking through the HTC One user guide and I happen to stumble across a 'missing your menu button' section. It details how to set your back button as a menu button. Screenshot attached!
Now I tried doing what they said, but there is no option under the menu (as you all are aware).
So I'm thinking HTC had this feature before, but removed it? Or they were thinking ahead while writing the user guide and so will add this functionality in a future update?
I hate the black bar as many of you do, but it didn't stop me from buying this beast of a phone. I've seen stories where people decided not to buy the One because it had a black menu bar (bit over the top in my opinion).
So what do you think guys? Hope for those that don't want to unlock their bootloader? Hope for those that were still undecided?
(If you want the user guide you can find it on the HTC website)
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The option WAS meant to be there, sadly a bug in retail release meant it doesn't appear. They have managed to enable it by renaming the device and it appears back in the menu, so it's clear that it was a bug / oversight that made its way into retail software.
Sadly.... How long it takes HTC to release an update to remedy it is the big question.
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The option WAS meant to be there, sadly a bug in retail release meant it doesn't appear. They have managed to enable it by renaming the device and it appears back in the menu, so it's clear that it was a bug / oversight that made its way into retail software.
Sadly.... How long it takes HTC to release an update to remedy it is the big question.
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Some leaked news said that HTC intentionally removed the feature as per compliance with google android standards.
Riyal said:
Some leaked news said that HTC intentionally removed the feature as per compliance with google android standards.
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I read that too, and I don't get it.
Samsung on their devices, with an actual menu button is non-compliant, yet that goes through.... Official spec calls for the recently used button and it's no where to be found on the ONE...that's non-compliant...
So, they have to remove a feature that buried within the options and off by default due to "compliance"?
I'm going to lean my hopes on HTC just needing to fix it and bring it back... The feature was even in the phone during the announcement events, so it did exist.
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Some leaked news said that HTC intentionally removed the feature as per compliance with google android standards.
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Google Standard Compliance is not compulsory, it's just a recommended guideline. Google wouldn't force HTC to stick to it if every other manufacturer isn't.
The code is still there in the Rom. What the retail versions lack is the option in settings (an option that is reenabled in most roms)
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Google Standard Compliance is not compulsory, it's just a recommended guideline. Google wouldn't force HTC to stick to it if every other manufacturer isn't.
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There are some thats compulsory... Ask steve kondik aka cyanogen he just got a notice about that last year.
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All i can say, for easiest sake i hope they open it up in an update .. .. .. maybe if everyone hassled them Via Email they would? ? ?
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There are some thats compulsory... Ask steve kondik aka cyanogen he just got a notice about that last year.
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From the 4.1 Compliance Definition Document (CDD). Either way of HTC implementing settings is fine with Google. The fact that no other manufacturer with soft or hard navigation keys has ever had to implement an on-screen settings panel should have been a clue. The only thing that would cause a device to fail Google certification would be violating something labled a "MUST" in the CDD. I take it that Google was OK with HTC killing a dedicated home button and replacing it with a double-tap of another key even though the CDD says "MUST make these functions [home, menu, back] available to users at all times" along with "using dedicated keys." It would seem that the death of the home button would be more signifcant to Google than how settings were accessed.
http://source.android.com/compatibility/4.1/android-4.1-cdd.pdf
That is obviously very old, as they do NOT want you to have a menu button now.
EDIT: I stand corrected. Very strange they would include talk of a Menu in 4.2 when, as I understand it, they encourage phone mfg's not to have a physical menu button.
The black bar is not HTC's fault, it's the application developers fault, who don't adhere to Google's guidelines.
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The black bar is not HTC's fault, it's the application developers fault, who don't adhere to Google's guidelines.
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Tom369, I doubt you are correct. Apps like Tapatalk and most others need a menu button and I think it is htc s fault on how they want to have it.
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If a menu button is coded correctly into an app then you won't see the black bar. If the coders can't be arsed adding the button and code to do the job then you get the black bar. HTC adhered to Google guidelines, coders didn't.
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If a menu button is coded correctly into an app then you won't see the black bar. If the coders can't be arsed adding the button and code to do the job then you get the black bar. HTC adhered to Google guidelines, coders didn't.
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Absolutely correct. But when can you do? Some developers don't keep up, some don't even update their apps at all and have moved on to other things. Who can you blame most? Probably Google. Went with one idea, then drastically changed it.
Personally, when I heard they were dropping a button, I was excited thinking that it'd be the end of the pesky "recently used" button. Totally useless to me unless I'm copying from one app to another... otherwise, it's a bad button since it's behavior is not always *known* to me...
I can't recall what I recently used beyond an app or two, and it goes down to about ZERO if I've had the phone asleep for a while. Furthermore, most implementations take longer to *FIND* the app, IF it's in there than it would to just launch it again from a known location.... this is because the position will vary in the screen shown based on HOW recently used it was.
I blame Google. I get wanting to make it "simpler", but I would have kept menu, and dropped recently used.
We have so many confusing things that occur now with Samsung and LG bucking the trend and keeping a menu button, Motorola adding the [ . . . ] to the side of their on-screen controls when not implemented by an app developer... and HTC getting black-barred when an APP is old or hasn't been done correctly.
Seems like a greater mess for the sake of "simplifying" button count.
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That is obviously very old, as they do NOT want you to have a menu button now.
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It's the CDD for 4.1. Did you read the PDF? I'm guessing not.
Here it is from the 4.2 CDD. Can't get any fresher than that.
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If a menu button is coded correctly into an app then you won't see the black bar. If the coders can't be arsed adding the button and code to do the job then you get the black bar. HTC adhered to Google guidelines, coders didn't.
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The worst thing is...the xda app has the 3 button menu at the bottom
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