Running CM7 nightly 31, with TetherGPS (HTC Thunderbolt server --> NC client).
Everything worked great until I rebooted the first time - then the Nav icon disappeared from the app drawer. Read a thread about choosing Nav from within Maps, but I have no such icon?
Uninstalled and reinstalled Maps from the market. Nav icon back. Rebooted. Nav icon gone.
How can I keep Nav from disappearing? Sucks to not be able to reboot
assuming the nook is receiving gps data via tethergps, then when you program a location to drive in google maps, you will get a listed direction, on the top right corner of this list, the navigation icon appears
note if you're not receiving the gps data, the navigation icon does not appear
tarheeldan said:
Running CM7 nightly 31, with TetherGPS (HTC Thunderbolt server --> NC client).
Everything worked great until I rebooted the first time - then the Nav icon disappeared from the app drawer. Read a thread about choosing Nav from within Maps, but I have no such icon?
Uninstalled and reinstalled Maps from the market. Nav icon back. Rebooted. Nav icon gone.
How can I keep Nav from disappearing? Sucks to not be able to reboot
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animatechnica said:
assuming the nook is receiving gps data via tethergps, then when you program a location to drive in google maps, you will get a listed direction, on the top right corner of this list, the navigation icon appears
note if you're not receiving the gps data, the navigation icon does not appear
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So Maps does an active check for GPS data? If it somehow does this check on boot, that might be why the Nav feature is disappearing.
To be clear, it works on first Maps install with tethergps enabled. If I then reboot, even if I enable tethergps as before, the Nav icon is gone, I can't find the Nav icon anywhere in Maps - even after asking for directions. Hitting nav in Car Home also says the feature doesn't exist.
Thanks though, I'll try again after work and make sure tethergps is active before I open up Maps - I could be remembering wrong.
I had the same problem with the newer Maps, so I just run with an older version, and don't update.
Version I use is 4.5.1 (from Phiremod 5.1).
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Sweet, downloaded Phiremod and found the Maps.apk in system\app. Thanks!
Apologies for resurrecting the thread, but I had the same question. Does installing an older version of maps fix this? I'm going to try myself here shortly. I will post results. I would, however, be interested to see if there is a fix for the new version of navigation. As the op suggested, after installing the navigation icon is there and works fine, but disappears after reboot. The maps application remains as still works fine.
edit: looked around some more. thanks to roboray. suggested opening up maps, tap directions, type where you are going. on the direction screen, you will see the blue navigation arrow in the upper right hand corner of the screen, press it and it opens navigation perfectly.
also just opened it through carhome and it works from there also. I wonder if there is a way to place the shortcut to it back in the app drawer.
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The past few days I've been getting a "Status Bar" force close which means the notifications bar completely disappears, including the main Android buttons in Tablet Tweaks.
Going into the settings and toggling top status bar or bottom status bar doesn't bring it back, nor does going into Manage Applications and clicking Force Stop on the status bar.
Has anyone run into this issue and been able to fix it without rebooting?
Haven't had the issue in a while (knock on wood), but it always recovered pretty quick (a few seconds later). Have you tried disabling "disable fullscreen"? That seems to have helped out. I found toggling all the buttons in the Tablet Tweaks area fixed a lot of things...
I had the same issue yesterday. After playing with WIFI setting several times, the status bar suddenly force closed and was not able to recover. I had to reboot the Nook.
Same issue here. My status bar will occasionally force close when playing around with one specific widget (Pure Messenger). Sometimes it will come right back and sometimes it doesn't and nothing outside of rebooting will fix the problem.
Has anyone come up with a solution that doesn't require a reboot?
Same, restarts sometimes, other tines it doesn't come back. You could use Hot Restart rather than reboot but otherwise...
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Same, restarts sometimes, other tines it doesn't come back. You could use Hot Restart rather than reboot but otherwise...
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I have experienced thus as well. what's a hot restart?
moSess said:
I have experienced thus as well. what's a hot restart?
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App in the market, it's a widget that you tap and it'll offer to "hot restart", ie: Restart Android. It's a little faster than a full reboot.
You could try adding the open/close status bar shortcut to your homescreen. Long press on home screen->launcher actions->open /close status bar.
I've started using Taker on my NC and I've found every time I open it, Status Bar crashes, and about half the time doesn't come back... Meh.
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You could try adding the open/close status bar shortcut to your homescreen. Long press on home screen->launcher actions->open /close status bar.
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Thanks. Which launcher? I had one fc lastnight, but fixed right away by rotating to landscape.
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akenis said:
Thanks. Which launcher? I had one fc lastnight, but fixed right away by rotating to landscape.
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Sorry I should been more specific I use the stock ADW launcher that comes with cm7.
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Thanks. Which launcher? I had one fc lastnight, but fixed right away by rotating to landscape.
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Doubt that.. It fixes itself sometimes after a few seconds. Other times a reboot is required.
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Thanks. Which launcher? I had one fc lastnight, but fixed right away by rotating to landscape.
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The default ADWLauncher has it, although it interacts very strangely with the double-chevron "allow fullscreen" soft-button control (diddles the same API, perhaps?). Just added it, so I haven't had time for a status bar crash since.
Rotating never worked for me, but the "Notification Restart" app worked maybe a couple of times, but hasn't the last few instances.
Dennis
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The default ADWLauncher has it, although it interacts very strangely with the double-chevron "allow fullscreen" soft-button control (diddles the same API, perhaps?). Just added it, so I haven't had time for a status bar crash since.
Rotating never worked for me, but the "Notification Restart" app worked maybe a couple of times, but hasn't the last few instances.
Dennis
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Unfortunately the status bar show/hide shortcut trick doesn't work if the status bar itself is well and truly gone. So far only a reboot has brought it back reliably.
In other news though, I've recently removed the Elixir widget from my home screen and gone to manually turning on/off the WiFi and that seems to have improved things for me. YMMV
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Unfortunately the status bar show/hide shortcut trick doesn't work if the status bar itself is well and truly gone. So far only a reboot has brought it back reliably.
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I just upgraded to n102, no OC, and almost immediately got three instances of the status bar turning invisible, but still working (the screen space is still reserved but blank, the buttons work, you just can't see them), and rotating the screen fixes that problem. Smells like a missed repaint of some kind.
No complete crashes yet.
Tried both Apex and Go HD launchers (installed in /system/app), and both show the same problem: The status bar disapperars when there's a new notification. Instead, the open app starts to jerk down intermittently, and I can see the status bar trying to show up, just to disappear again. Mostly I have to reboot to grt it back, but now and then it reappears all by itself. A bit annoying, so: Anyone who has an idea about what to do to fix this?
<edit>The status bar reappears when the notification is cleared, i.e. I open the Mail app, the mail notification is cleared (I guess), and the status bar appears and behaves like normal again. That's the only way to restore normal functionality, it seems.</edit>
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Tried both Apex and Go HD launchers (installed in /system/app), and both show the same problem: The status bar disapperars when there's a new notification. Instead, the open app starts to jerk down intermittently, and I can see the status bar trying to show up, just to disappear again. Mostly I have to reboot to grt it back, but now and then it reappears all by itself. A bit annoying, so: Anyone who has an idea about what to do to fix this?
<edit>The status bar reappears when the notification is cleared, i.e. I open the Mail app, the mail notification is cleared (I guess), and the status bar appears and behaves like normal again. That's the only way to restore normal functionality, it seems.</edit>
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The problem you are having is caused by gmail. There is a way to fix it, they discuss it in another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896958&highlight=gmail+notifications
Just go into settings and turn off notifications to gmail
Thank you! I've disabled the notification, and keep my fingers crossed. If worst comes to worst, the std mail client on the Kindle is quite workable too.
ZilverZurfarn said:
Thank you! I've disabled the notification, and keep my fingers crossed. If worst comes to worst, the std mail client on the Kindle is quite workable too.
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I almost like it a little better. Since I have multiple email accounts.
onemeila said:
I almost like it a little better. Since I have multiple email accounts.
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Yeah, I agree - it's quite good. However, on all my phones, I have GMail in the GMail app, all other mail in Email app, and I'm not much for changes...
How to Remove the Softkeys of nook hd to use the whole Screen? I've rooted my Nook HD,But the softkeys (white side at the bottom of the screen)taking up the screen, Most apps from google play are not able to se the whole screen.How to remove the SoftKeys from the bottom of the screen, therefore I'll be able to use the whole screen for veiwing!
thanks
Update:I found the solution: GMD Gesture Control From google play(paid version)
longlivezq said:
How to Remove the Softkeys of nook hd to use the whole Screen? I've rooted my Nook HD,But the softkeys (white side at the bottom of the screen)taking up the screen, Most apps from google play are not able to se the whole screen.How to remove the SoftKeys from the bottom of the screen, therefore I'll be able to use the whole screen for veiwing!
thanks
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You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
leapinlar said:
You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
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They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
Note NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ do not support true full screen mode. The bottom system bar always displays. Therefore, the NOOK "n" key is the home button and not the back key since the system bar contains a back key that always displays.
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from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).
fanoush said:
They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).
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I'm sure it can be modified, but are you sure you want to? It can be painful to have to "home" for every "back". Anyway, it will have to be a hack in /system, which means recompiling, putting in the /data/su directory and symlinking, and hoping it doesn't bork the system!
Part of the reason I got the nook hd is that you get the whole screen while reading. It is quite annoying to have the bar but in every android device I've used, you don't get the full screen. But the Nook HD screen is 16:10 so in landscape movies are ok as 16:9 is the typical encoding.
fanoush said:
They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).
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I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.
longlivezq said:
I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.
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Status bar or navigation bar or both?
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
leapinlar said:
You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root from Google Play can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.
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Status bar or navigation bar or both?
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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Both
this app needs root authorization. Did you confirm that it didn't install anything in /system and don't goes to 8 reboot faild?
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Both
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I can confirm this app does work. But you need the paid version. Status bar hiding only works in the paid version. And I had trouble with the multitouch gestures, so I switched it to phone mode instead of tablet and single finger geatures were enabled. And that made it work well. And nothing apparently was written to /system to cause a reset.
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full!screen freeware to hide both status and softkey bars
leapinlar said:
I can confirm this app does work. But you need the paid version. Status bar hiding only works in the paid version. And I had trouble with the multitouch gestures, so I switched it to phone mode instead of tablet and single finger geatures were enabled. And that made it work well. And nothing apparently was written to /system to cause a reset.
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I have just found from google play a freeware full!screen to hide and show both the status and softkey bars, and downloaded and installed on my rooted Nook HDPlus. Worked flawlessly. It didn't reset my system even its use requires root.
My rooting has been done with the set of files and steps you provided, for which I am very appreciative. Thank you.
cool2know said:
I have just found from google play a freeware full!screen to hide and show both the status and softkey bars, and downloaded and installed on my rooted Nook HDPlus. Worked flawlessly. It didn't reset my system even its use requires root.
My rooting has been done with the set of files and steps you provided, for which I am very appreciative. Thank you.
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Yes, I have used it. It is an awesome app.
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The GMD gesture control works fine. Only drawback is that every time I use it to hide the bar it also removes the wallpaper from both stock and apex launchers.
Also, just found that Asphalt 7 from play store, that normally crashed before loading, plays fine with the bar hidden.
You loose the wallpaper because the way that GMD uses to hide the bar is kill the SystemUI service.
I used that method before on my Touchpad and it did work, but it is a little nasty.
Since CM10 you can hide the bar (Expanded Desktop) so it is a better alternative than GMD.
I use an app called Hide Bottom Bar. Much easier to activate than GMD. You can activate it from the notification panel or via widget. Also it doesn't kill your wallpaper. And you can access a soft key pop up with a one finger swipe from the bottom similar to Button Savior but without a persistent visible toggle. Very convenient. Only drawback is that it is not free.
I tested all previously recommended possibilities. No one suits for my needs. But ... i used TSF Shell launcher and TSF MIUI theme for starting theming phone my way. TSF Shell have possibilities to hide all stuff, that you get blank screen. I dont tested it yet on Nook but i will do this on next week.
Actually i have not ended my Nook HD+ theming (based on original Nook HD+ theme), running on CM10 and CM10.1. I hope i have time to end it this week and post it here too.
geomez said:
I use an app called Hide Bottom Bar. Much easier to activate than GMD. You can activate it from the notification panel or via widget. Also it doesn't kill your wallpaper. And you can access a soft key pop up with a one finger swipe from the bottom similar to Button Savior but without a persistent visible toggle. Very convenient. Only drawback is that it is not free.
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I just gave this a try. Found that unfortunately it does kill the wallpaper when I tried it.
Is there a way to add a "Home" soft key to the navigation bar (as in CM or standard Android navigation bars)?
Use Handy Soft Keys instead
Handy Soft Keys: It is a free app using which you will get navigation bar at any convenient position along the edges of the screen by drag and drop.
Hello! This is my first post on this forum, so please LMK if I have breached any protocol.
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD running 7.2.2 (I have disabled auto-updates by renaming otacerts) with Nova Launcher and Hololocker. Everything was working beautifully for a month or so, Google market is running great, etc.
It locked up streaming a video yesterday and I restarted the Kindle. When I restarted the Kindle, I had the screen locked in Horizontal mode. Now, when I start my system I cannot get the system tray to appear at the bottom of the screen nor can I get into the options menu at the top of the screen.
What are your thoughts on how to fix this? Some googling indicates that this functionality is controlled by the systemui.apk file. Is there some modification to this file I can do to fix the problem? Should I reinstall Hololocker? Nova Launcher?
Switching back to the Amazon home screen does not fix the problem.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
-a
Solved
>>Solved! (that was quick) Disenabling hololocker fixed this. Then I reenabled and it is hunky-dory.
However, if anyone has any good tips or tricks for hacking the systemui file, they sure would be appreciated!
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Hello! This is my first post on this forum, so please LMK if I have breached any protocol.
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD running 7.2.2 (I have disabled auto-updates by renaming otacerts) with Nova Launcher and Hololocker. Everything was working beautifully for a month or so, Google market is running great, etc.
It locked up streaming a video yesterday and I restarted the Kindle. When I restarted the Kindle, I had the screen locked in Horizontal mode. Now, when I start my system I cannot get the system tray to appear at the bottom of the screen nor can I get into the options menu at the top of the screen.
What are your thoughts on how to fix this? Some googling indicates that this functionality is controlled by the systemui.apk file. Is there some modification to this file I can do to fix the problem? Should I reinstall Hololocker? Nova Launcher?
Switching back to the Amazon home screen does not fix the problem.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
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apoth30sis,
The screen lockers sometimes cause the tray and the upper status bar to disappear. We
are looking into a solution. Do not edit the systemui.apk file, the results can be
disastrous. We will post a solution once we have a solid Locker program. So far
everyone has some bugs, so we are designing our own. Thank you for the post, we
will advise once we are ready.
I had similar problem. Somehow, the notification bar is tied into the Google apps you installed for Google Play. To fix this, you must activate your Gmail app on your fire HD. Once it's activated, your notification bar will return. Don't forget to reboot after activating Gmail app.
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I had similar problem. Somehow, the notification bar is tied into the Google apps you installed for Google Play. To fix this, you must activate your Gmail app on your fire HD. Once it's activated, your notification bar will return. Don't forget to reboot after activating Gmail app.
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ameswilliam,
This makes sense since Gmail sends a setup command to the notification bar.
Thank you for the feedback.
I have the latest version of Euphoria v1.1 ROM installed on my nexus 6, on the top of my home screen there's the persistent Google search bar, so I just long tap the home screen>settings>disable show search bar. When I return back to the home screen the Google search bar on top is no longer there. Problem is it keeps coming back sometime after 5 - 10 minutes even though it's disabled in settings and when it reappears it's partially loaded (not showing the full widget of the google search bar). So I have to long tap the home screen again>settings>enable the search bar and disable it again for it to be removed. Why is this happening and how can I stop the persistent google search bar from returning to my home screen? I still use the google search app so I don't want to permanently disable/uninstall it.
I did the following so far:
- uninstalled the stock google app, rebooted my phone and downloaded the latest version from app store but still having the same issue.
- I also tried this on another nexus 6 phone running the same Euphoria v1.1 ROM and it has the same issue.
- After disabling the persistent search bar I manually added the Google search bar widget to the home screen, but again 5-10 minutes later the disabled search bar still reappears on the top screen partially loaded.
I was able to resolve this issue using a working around, I did not want to install a 3rd party launcher and ended up coming across this fix through Xposed Installer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
- I downloaded and copied the following files to my phone XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk & xposed-v74-sdk22-arm.zip
- After installing Xposed I went to the play store and installed Xposed GEL Settings (activate module in Xposed Installer and then I rebooted phone)
- I long tapped the home screen>settings>disabled show search bar
- I opened the Xposed GEL Settings app>menu>google search bar>enable hide option and rebooted phone
- After phone rebooted the persistent google search bar was no longer on top of my screen and never reappeared