DataSync app - Epic 4G Themes

Anyone ever tried this? Its an app that acts like a widget and allows you to toggle your 3g without mangling your APN. Its by a developer called TomatoX. Along with my Curvefish wifi toggle widget I went eight hours yesterday with light/moderate use and was still sitting at 80% when I got home. Turning off data has by far been the biggest battery saving mod I've done so far and this app makes it painless.

stir fry a lot said:
Anyone ever tried this? Its an app that acts like a widget and allows you to toggle your 3g without mangling your APN. Its by a developer called TomatoX. Along with my Curvefish wifi toggle widget I went eight hours yesterday with light/moderate use and was still sitting at 80% when I got home. Turning off data has by far been the biggest battery saving mod I've done so far and this app makes it painless.
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Imho it's easier to just long press the power button... U can do this from any app so you don't have to go back to your home screen...and the wifi toggle is in you're notification pull down. Just an idea because we are already limited with internal storage (by far the biggest disappointment of this phone) for apps, and I'm not a fan of putting them on my SD card. But if you like widgets this sounds pretty cool (-
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I'm a pretty heavy internet user and find it to be much easier to have a toggle on my homescreen. Both apps are very lightweight so I I find the functionality that I gain from them much more valuable than the very small footprint they leave. The DataSwitch app is only 20KB and the Curvefish wifi widget is only 168KB. MUCH smaller and more efficient than battery apps such as JuiceDefender.

stir fry a lot said:
I'm a pretty heavy internet user
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To each his/her own
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Thanks for the app. I like it
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!

I'll check it out
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GoTo Lockscreen

Had never heard of this app until today and I love it... Thought I'd give it a mention.
It's a complete lockscreen replacement.
does it feel as smooth as the standard lock screen? or does it cause some lag?
decalex said:
does it feel as smooth as the standard lock screen? or does it cause some lag?
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I haven't noticed any lag.
The only downside in my opinion, so far, is that the gmail icon counter only shows the count of your primary account. Hopefully they enhance that to show counts of multiple accounts soon.
The biggest down side about apps like this is its not a true replacement for the lock screen.. It is just an app that runs over top of the default one.. I bought widgetlocker and now dont use it. I will sometimes see the stock lock screen or it wont have lag when locking it.. I tried GoTo and its about the same..
I came from the iPhone and used intelliscreen which just added stuff to the default lock screen.. Was amazing.. Wish someone could come up with the same type of mod for the android lock screen.. =[
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The biggest down side about apps like this is its not a true replacement for the lock screen.. It is just an app that runs over top of the default one.. I bought widgetlocker and now dont use it. I will sometimes see the stock lock screen or it wont have lag when locking it.. I tried GoTo and its about the same..
I came from the iPhone and used intelliscreen which just added stuff to the default lock screen.. Was amazing.. Wish someone could come up with the same type of mod for the android lock screen.. =[
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Testing more, the only time I ever see the normal lockscreen is if I enable the option to disable the volume/camera buttons. I reported it, not sure what they'll do about it.
That said, I don't actually want that option enabled so I never see the normal lockscreen in my real use.
I also still have not run into any lag, but I guess that will vary based on a zillion different factors from person to person.
You're right though, I wish that things like this could be true replacements.
Theres a way to disable the lock.screen on htc devices but that's cause its a .apk with some digging around I'm sure someone can disable the tw lock screen. Doing so would allow you to use the app without the stock lock screen showing up. Not to sure about lag thought
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mysteryemotionz said:
Theres a way to disable the lock.screen on htc devices but that's cause its a .apk with some digging around I'm sure someone can disable the tw lock screen. Doing so would allow you to use the app without the stock lock screen showing up. Not to sure about lag thought
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That'd be cool... I'll have to search around.
I need to use the phone for a bit longer and test more, but I went into Titanium and froze TWLauncher and I am no longer getting the normal lockscreen, even if I disable GOTO, so I think it is gone.
I do see the normal lockscreen very briefly if I reboot the the phone, but it goes away in a split second and I don't see it again unless I reboot again.
Perhaps that is all that is needed.
This app is the bomb
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dmarden said:
I need to use the phone for a bit longer and test more, but I went into Titanium and froze TWLauncher and I am no longer getting the normal lockscreen, even if I disable GOTO, so I think it is gone.
I do see the normal lockscreen very briefly if I reboot the the phone, but it goes away in a split second and I don't see it again unless I reboot again.
Perhaps that is all that is needed.
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Nevermind... that SEEMED to work for a little bit, but now if I have the disable volume/camera option enabled I see the normal lockscreen for a split second again. It goes away quickly, but it does appear.
That said, I still never see it at all if I don't enable the disable volume/camera option.
Ok, I installed NoLock (free in the Market) and disabled the lockscreen with it and that works. I see the normal lockscreen very briefly upon a reboot, but never again after that.
I tested a bit longer this time before saying so, lol.
This thing works flawlessly for me. Sometimes my fat fingers have a hard time stopping on the text message one, but that is user error.
Goto is awesome... it even ran with no lag on my hero
Traced with Ultra Keyboard from my *Epic*
So I've been using this for a day now and I love it. Can change the shortcuts to similar apps, can unlock, doesn't make phone lag and it's only .99c
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I've also been using it for a day now, and it's a really nice app!
Been seeing the regular homescreen quite a few times though, will try to disable the "enable the disable volume/camera option"' option...
yeah as someone else said you have to use nolock (market) with any lockscreen app but i've heard that it does make it pretty flawless
You can do this and it's probably easier to change your lockscreen over and over, but you can navigate the system, or apply a new theme which either way can change the system files. Someone more knowledgeable than me can chime in as to what you need to do, I'm not sure if you can delete it and disable it that way or if it just puts something else up instead, but I definitely know you can theme the lockscreen because I have seen different ROM's have different lockscreens.
Thanks for.posting this app. Its pretty good.
Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
ive been using goto for roughly three months now.....
thats all i gotta say lol
What about the power consumption?
After 7 hours the battery is completely empty. This is not normal, right? ( HTC DESIRE HD )

RevoltRom 1.4 Findings

I've been using Revolt since 1.1 and have to say its been a fairly decent setup and the upgrades have been seamless, but I have a few concerns since 1.3 and things seem to be worse in 1.4.
1.3 issues
FC car home on startup
FC in Google Navigation when Speak Destination is selected (Fixed in 1.4)
FC when trying to access voice mail from Dial Pad
1.4 issues
FC car home on startup
FC when trying to access voice mail from Dial Pad
Ringtones\Notifications have double entries in selection menu (lost all my good ones from 1.3 too!)
Black background on text messages? (I dont mind it but its not consistent with any other menus that all have white)
I'd like to see these addressed or any suggestions if its just me with some of these problems. Overall this is THE rom to have for the phone, I have no problems with 3G delay or bloat/slowness like the factory rom and my phone never reboots or locks up.. just want to say keep up the good work and hope this helps make future roms better!
Hey thanks for the comments! Couple things, quick and easy fix for you for the voice mail button is to a) do as I do and long press
1 (hence the reason I didn't know there was a problem lol) or b) in the op of revolt is the Verizon visual voice mail app, download and install zip in cwm and you will be good to go with the button. Second, the fc on boot for car home is a battle. Lg has made it difficult on this one and so has google. It has been the death of me and I know majorpay has put in a load of work to get it running also, and everytime we think it is fixed it will work sometimes and not others. It is annoying I know but we are trying. The black and green mms is from a request and a port from my old theme for decrap. I am working on porting more apps as I go. The ringtones is coming from somewhere else. I had the same problem where I had downloaded and extracted a rom on my sdcard and it was pulling the doubles from there. Once I deleted that, no more doubles.
I am glad you like it! It is a work in progress and as time goes I will continue to try to make it better!
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Thanks for the reply, honestly the FC on car home doesnt bother me nor do I use it so no worries... thanks for the VM tip! that will really fix my only real battle with the Rom at the moment the rest I can live with!
Keep up the good work
I'll add another thing I found, when charging my phone does not show in the top status bar its charging or on the lock screen.... only under the settings menu.
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I'll add another thing I found, when charging my phone does not show in the top status bar its charging or on the lock screen.... only under the settings menu.
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The lock screen is a known problem for the charging status with the aosp lockscreen. I had basically rewritten the smali code for the lock screen to mimic that of the nexus one, and it still did not work. There were complaints of not being able to tell what the charge status was without going into the about menu, so I recoded the charging xml to show battery level. While charging, the led will be green if over 10% and red if under. That way you know if it is charging or not.
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The lock screen is a known problem for the charging status with the aosp lockscreen. I had basically rewritten the smali code for the lock screen to mimic that of the nexus one, and it still did not work. There were complaints of not being able to tell what the charge status was without going into the about menu, so I recoded the charging xml to show battery level. While charging, the led will be green if over 10% and red if under. That way you know if it is charging or not.
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Ok great, also to though the battery in the status bar does not change to a charge indicator like it used to. It just stays on the battery percentage.
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Ok great, also to though the battery in the status bar does not change to a charge indicator like it used to. It just stays on the battery percentage.
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Right I changed it to that so you know where you stand percentage wise while charging since it doesn't show on the lock screen.
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mtmichaelson said:
Right I changed it to that so you know where you stand percentage wise while charging since it doesn't show on the lock screen.
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Ok understand, just will take some getting used to! thanks
I'd hate to hijack, but on a somewhat related note of Revolt 1.4 findings I noticed when going to attach multimedia to a text message, at least using the stock messaging app, the text is invisible. I'd noticed this back with the RevoBread theme as well. Not too much of an issue just a slight inconvenience but easy enough to navigate past. Thanks for the hard work on the ROM mt!
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I'd hate to hijack, but on a somewhat related note of Revolt 1.4 findings I noticed when going to attach multimedia to a text message, at least using the stock messaging app, the text is invisible. I'd noticed this back with the RevoBread theme as well. Not too much of an issue just a slight inconvenience but easy enough to navigate past. Thanks for the hard work on the ROM mt!
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If you click and drag you can see what the option is without clicking it. Same thing for when you type a name into the top bar to add who you want to send a message to. I use it as a temp fix until mt fixes it.

Nexus 4: Updates I would like see

Hi, I am just sharing some things I would like to see in the future.
An option to completely disable vibration. Although I switched it off from the settings, I still had to go to WhatsApp to switch it off there too.
When I set an alarm through Google Now, it sets vibration on by default. I need to always go in to Alarm and remove the tick.
I like the keyboard, would be nice to be able remove a word from the dictionary from the predicted text on the keyboard by holding the word for an option to remove(similar to Swift Keyboard).
Multitasking, If I long hold the multitask button it should clear all the background apps rather then swiping them one by one. It would be very useful to have a pin icon next to an app to pin it down so you can keep an app running like YouTube in case if you are watching a long clip.
Camera is fantastic, I miss the pause feature while recording. Now I do use the Movie Studio, but it takes time to convert(Samsung has the pause feature I am talking about).
3G internet, there is an option to disable background data which is fantastic to keep free software from advertising on your phone especially if you aren't on an unlimited data plan. What is missing is that although I activate "restrict background data" there should of been an option to put some applications as exception like WhatsApp.
Many might not know, but if you long hold WiFi icon from the quick settings it turns on the WiFi, same for Bluetooth. I would like to see this reverse. One click toggles on and off and long press takes you directly into the menu..
I will add more things in the future.
I am not complaining, just features I wouldn't mind seeing. I am really happy with this phone.
Well i'd like to see BT working while WiFi is enabled too...!
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My alarm doesn't go into vibrate mode on its own when I set it with Google Now.
And I also agree that there should be a button to close all the programs out, but I think there are third party apps that serves the purpose.
Wifi not stall when in sleep mode, so notifications work.
Mobile network 3g to work properly on my sim, old but still works fine on other phones.. 1 minute works/ next minute stalled..repeat, 2g works ok
Speed to match other phones with s4pro
Volume raised to decent levels
non stupid quick settings.. c'mon how can they bodge it twice ? it's quick settings not brain surgery

[Q] Phone sweet phone.

Well, I finally made the switch from iOS to Android. But there are a few things I miss about it, albeit little things.
I have no idea what's good and what's bad in the Play Store, what to avoid etc.
I'm used to having notifications on the lockscreen. Yes, I've realised I can pull down the notification bar when on the lockscreen, but AFAIK that's only if you don't have a password/pattern/face-recog.
I've also tried the 'Productivity', that doesn't show Skype messages, Tweets, WhatsApp messages and stuff like that.
I also have a 4-digit pin for my lockscreen, I'm used to typing in the PIN then it'll automatically unlock.
But on Android (or on Sense, anyway) I have to type it in, then press enter.
Like I said, they're little things. But things I miss nonetheless.
So! Is there anything I can do/change or anything I can install to 'fix' these things?
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Well, I finally made the switch from iOS to Android. But there are a few things I miss about it, albeit little things.
I have no idea what's good and what's bad in the Play Store, what to avoid etc.
I'm used to having notifications on the lockscreen. Yes, I've realised I can pull down the notification bar when on the lockscreen, but AFAIK that's only if you don't have a password/pattern/face-recog.
I've also tried the 'Productivity', that doesn't show Skype messages, Tweets, WhatsApp messages and stuff like that.
I also have a 4-digit pin for my lockscreen, I'm used to typing in the PIN then it'll automatically unlock.
But on Android (or on Sense, anyway) I have to type it in, then press enter.
Like I said, they're little things. But things I miss nonetheless.
So! Is there anything I can do/change or anything I can install to 'fix' these things?
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I understand that you're missing the things you've been used to for a long time but at the end of the day this phone isn't an iphone and it's not pretending to be either.
For me if i want to know who's contacted me i unlock my phone and check, it's that simple. In all fairness, if a lockscreen can give away information then it's a lockscreen that's not doing it's job, i want my info to be private until i want to use my phone, otherwise anyone could just open it and take a look.
I'm sure that you'll find that after a while you'll see why people use android over ios and if you ever make the switch back to ios you will miss android so much it'll just make the iphone look stupid.
As a rule of thumb i always go for paid versions of apps and avoid any with aggressive ads, so anything that installs something else with it has to go, If anything has notifying ads then again it has to go.
Generally speaking that's about it with the apps, just go nuts.
There are tonnes of "Best app" threads on XDA and majority of them are in the top 100 apps on the play store anyway.
Afaik there isn't a way to have iphone style scrolling of your notifications.
You do get missed calls and texts on your lockscreen though (the productivity switch is probably the place to go to turn most of these on)
It can be done goto your messages go to settings it will be in there something like display message on screen same for WhatsApp and so on
Exact same problem over here. Coming from iOS and being used to get everything I need to know right there on the lockscreen.
There are some apps on the Playstore that you can use as a workaround though.
First, don't hesitate to use Notifypro, it will send you a little notification like you could get on iPhone. Notification will appear everywhere, in a game, a video, etc etc. Easily configurable and useful. Plus it's free !
Next, I tried it but didn't like it that much, it's Notification LockScreen Widget. I'm not really fond of it, there must anoter app doing it better...but I can't try anothere one since my phone has been shipped for warranty.
There are 2 settings on the security section in settings, one to show message notification preview and one to show phone notification on the lock screen. Try those...
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[snip] ...and if you ever make the switch back to ios you will miss android so much it'll just make the iphone look stupid. [snip]
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I've just realised how true this is now.
I've had to resort back to my iP4 while my One gets replaced, it's only been gone a few hours and I'm missing it already!
Same thing here. Was an ios user since iPhone 2g (the most beautiful one imho). This is my first Android phone after getting a nexus 7 last summer.
For me there's just some handiness in some of the functionality built into ios. What I "missed" was the batt status in percentages, volume control from headset and also the notifications.
Found these three apps:
Notification toggle
Can put a batt percentage in the statusbar. And also some very handy quicklaunch buttons in the notification tray like android 4.2.2. and touch wizz.
Jays headset control
The name says it all and it gets the job done.
LockerPro
It's a locks screen replacement which also shows notifications like ios.
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KH_ said:
Same thing here. Was an ios user since iPhone 2g (the most beautiful one imho). This is my first Android phone after getting a nexus 7 last summer.
For me there's just some handiness in some of the functionality built into ios. What I "missed" was the batt status in percentages, volume control from headset and also the notifications.
Found these three apps:
Notification toggle
Can put a batt percentage in the statusbar. And also some very handy quicklaunch buttons in the notification tray like android 4.2.2. and touch wizz.
Jays headset control
The name says it all and it gets the job done.
LockerPro
It's a locks screen replacement which also shows notifications like ios.
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Thanks for this info. I'm coming from a jailbroken iPhone 5 and I want the quick settings toggles on the lockscreen.
KH_ said:
Same thing here. Was an ios user since iPhone 2g (the most beautiful one imho). This is my first Android phone after getting a nexus 7 last summer.
For me there's just some handiness in some of the functionality built into ios. What I "missed" was the batt status in percentages, volume control from headset and also the notifications.
Found these three apps:
Notification toggle
Can put a batt percentage in the statusbar. And also some very handy quicklaunch buttons in the notification tray like android 4.2.2. and touch wizz.
Jays headset control
The name says it all and it gets the job done.
LockerPro
It's a locks screen replacement which also shows notifications like ios.
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Not bad for a first post
Thanks for the apps, and welcome to the forum!
Thanks, and np. That's why we're here right? To find and share!
Cheers!
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cheers KH_; can I ask, is it stable for you? lots of reviewers saying it crashes quite often?
Apologies for the late reply mate.
Locker pro works really well! It's great being able to see ur notifications and actually read the content from the lockscreen! The app has a shortcut and widget panel accessible from the lockscreen too.
Jays headset control didn't work at all on my device so deleted it. I got the HTC metal three button headset. Good price, sound at least as good as headset supplied with the phone, skip tracks and volume control!
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What Xposed features do you miss most on 5.0?

First off, let me say that I am overall happy with how rooted 5.0 has been running. The battery life seems fine (at least better than the mess that 4.4.4 was for me), and the phone seems to be running smoother on the whole, though that may or may not just be placebo.
The one reason I was weary of updating was the loss of Xposed functionality. While this has mostly only led to a few minor annoyances (such as the inability to hide specific notifications and toasts), the most annoying loss I've noticed thus far has been the ability to disable the home button screen wake. Now, my phone once again is constantly woken up in my pocket. To avoid music skips and accidental calls, I have had to disable the phone shortcuts and lockscreen notifications. Ideally, I could just disable the screen waking action of the button and avoid a lockscreen altogether, but for now it mostly just adds a lot of unnecessary swiping to my day.
I wouldn't say I regret the upgrade, because the PROs seem to outweigh the CONs. What has your experience been?
I miss App Settings. Being able to set individual DPI for apps was amazing, since I like to use a 380 DPI, and that breaks the camera pretty hard and makes the phone app look pretty wonky.
Amplify was also amazing for my battery, as of right now, my phone battery is being eaten up by some android system process constantly holding a connection to something. I've already disabled a bunch of stuff, but I can't find this rogue app. Wakelock Detector is also not working, not sure if anyone else has this option.
Wanam Xposed was a huge help for fixing a lot of inconveniences with this phone, such as dialog boxes for everything like Airplane Mode and Data. Also, losing a Data notification toggle hurt, and I still wonder why it isn't default.
There is a way to disable home button wake through editing a system file with a root explorer. Google it, if you can't find it I will find the exact file and walk you through it.
Same thing with adding back the data toggle.
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I miss App Settings. Being able to set individual DPI for apps was amazing, since I like to use a 380 DPI, and that breaks the camera pretty hard and makes the phone app look pretty wonky.
Amplify was also amazing for my battery, as of right now, my phone battery is being eaten up by some android system process constantly holding a connection to something. I've already disabled a bunch of stuff, but I can't find this rogue app. Wakelock Detector is also not working, not sure if anyone else has this option.
Wanam Xposed was a huge help for fixing a lot of inconveniences with this phone, such as dialog boxes for everything like Airplane Mode and Data. Also, losing a Data notification toggle hurt, and I still wonder why it isn't default.
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With SQLite Editor you can add the Mobile Data toggle and many others. Must be rooted
I thought XPOSED framework was ported over to Lolipop?
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I thought XPOSED framework was ported over to Lolipop?
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Only AOSP, it does not work with Touchwiz.
They're working on it though
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There is a way to disable home button wake through editing a system file with a root explorer. Google it, if you can't find it I will find the exact file and walk you through it.
Same thing with adding back the data toggle.
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I've tried editing the gpio-keys.kl file under system/usr/keylayout, but it doesn't seem to have any effect even after rebooting.
The line in question reads
172 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
I have tried removing parts or the entirety of the line, but the button responds the same either way.
I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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I've tried editing the gpio-keys.kl file under system/usr/keylayout, but it doesn't seem to have any effect even after rebooting.
The line in question reads
172 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
I have tried removing parts or the entirety of the line, but the button responds the same either way.
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Trying changing the one under qwerty.kl also.
johnkirchner said:
I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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Use Titanium to freeze PopupuiReceiver
The three big ones I've always used - GravityBox, Youtube Ad Free and Amplify.
Battery life isnt terrible on Lollipop, I float around 2.4-2.8%/hr with minimal use but yesterday being out and about I was at 4.5%/hr, amplify helps with that because that stupid ass NlpWakeLock is constantly waking the phone up. Sure I can disable location services but why should I have to lose functions to save battery?!??
johnkirchner said:
I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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Freeze PopUpUiReciever in Titanium Backup
I miss Youtube Adaway, the Xposed only Greenify features, and Snapshare.
I miss the Wanam Xposed modules, Xprivacy, and "Remove Restricted Notifications" - I have background data disabled, and that constant notification is killing me
App Settings, Wanam, and YouTube Adaway are big ones for me.
Definitely YouTube adaway.
gus2144 said:
Definitely YouTube adaway.
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Yeah, I had forgotten how annoying those ads are.
Anyone know the status of a working Xposed for L?
d34thbl00m said:
Anyone know the status of a working Xposed for L?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
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