The kindle Fire HD does not have any buttons on the front side. If you're running an app in fullscreen then a little picker shows up at the bottom of the screen that contains the buttons "Back, Home" etc.
How do other ROMs handle this lack of buttons? I would like to install CyanogenMod on my Kindle, but I am not sure how it will cope with the Kindle having no buttons.
It does have buttons, they are at the bottom of the screen except for when on full screen mode. Then you just swipe up from the bottom of the screen and they show up
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wire55 said:
It does have buttons, they are at the bottom of the screen except for when on full screen mode. Then you just swipe up from the bottom of the screen and they show up
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I was talking about hardware buttons or soft-touch button - like actual physical buttons.
I'll show you a screenshot so you get the idea, though keep in mind I'm using a tablet ui so on a normal ROM they are still there but more centered whereas mine are left justified.
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Wow that pic is old, surprised I still had it sitting around, you can tell by the date in the screenshot.
When in full screen, rather than minimizing the bar like in amazon's os, it turns all the symbols and such into a small dot that's a barely noticeable on the black bar so it doesn't take away from the video, though personally I liked Amazon's solution better, thought it was kinda neat despite everything else in the os I hated.
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I'll show you a screenshot so you get the idea, though keep in mind I'm using a tablet ui so on a normal ROM they are still there but more centered whereas mine are left justified.
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Wow that pic is old, surprised I still had it sitting around, you can tell by the date in the screenshot.
When in full screen, rather than minimizing the bar like in amazon's os, it turns all the symbols and such into a small dot that's a barely noticeable on the black bar so it doesn't take away from the video, though personally I liked Amazon's solution better, thought it was kinda neat despite everything else in the os I hated.
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Thanks for the pic. What ROM are you using?
Personally, I kind of like Amazons solution, but I would like to see it improved. My ideas is the following: Make the button-bar auto-hide when running a fullscreen-app. A click on the volume buttons on the backside could make the button-bar visible for a few seconds.
I'm on cm 10.1 with my tablet ui patch flashed on top of it. I couldn't get tablet ui working on cm 10.2, jester supposedly did but he never released it on his tablet ui page. I think I can also get this look using a ROM link the pacman ROM or one of the others on cm 11, I've just been lazy and haven't tested them out.
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Is there a Super Dark Notification bar theme that makes the Notification bar Blend with the Nexus One's Outer layer ((the Black lining ))?
You won't get it as dark as the actual border, but there are plenty of "black bar" notification bar tweaks. Check out my signature for a version of black bar that works in FroYo (FRF50, not 72 yet, sadly).
Look in the Themes and Apps section for more. Also, if you use the search function, you'll find a ton for whatever custom ROM you are on already.
Do you need to root frf50 ti change the colour of the notification bar?
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Do you need a rooted Frito frf50 to replace the standard notification bar with a black one?
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You can actually get is as black as the border..here is a quick ss off my home screen >>>
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lemmi kno op i can send you just the .9 png so u can metamorph or ninajamorph it
exactly as above. i use a completely black color, 100% true black. and then use a true black wallpaper, so that they blend together completely. cant tell one bit, and it looks great! plus its saving so much battery
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You can actually get is as black as the border..here is a quick ss off my home screen >>>
lemmi kno op i can send you just the .9 png so u can metamorph or ninajamorph it
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Thats exactly what im looking for!! Does it work with Froyo??
yes i am using one with froyo. just search around for the thread.
You'll never get it as dark as the border, purely because it's a backlit screen, so even 100% black will still be fairly light. Hell, even when the display goes off it's still not 'that' black.
But yeah, the picture that icegad posted will be as dark as you can get it.
Well, I use two cheap mounts for my Nexus 7:
- On home, I use a mount that I saw on a youtube video a year ago, It uses a rubik's snake:
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- And for car, I use a foto stand made of plastic (0,50€), yes, a foto stand
The tablet doesn't move and fits perfect!
Any suggestions for improve the mounts ?
Nice stands but a dock would have some form of connection for power and data surely?
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Nice stands but a dock would have some form of connection for power and data surely?
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ups sorry! I change the name. Thanks
Very nice car stand! My only concern is that you are almost blocking the buttons... Wouldn't be nicer if you trimmed the stand a little?
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Very nice car stand! My only concern is that you are almost blocking the buttons... Wouldn't be nicer if you trimmed the stand a little?
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Thanks !
The stand is made of cheap plastic, I think if I try to trim it'll break. The only button I cannot access is the "recent apps" that is unnecessary for mi when I'm driving. I'm thinking to use GMD Gesture app for replace all the buttons.
At the moment, I can use back and home without problems
If you used the true tablet UI tweak, you wouldn't have to worry about that, because your buttons would all be on the left side!
Try the belkin case for the kindle fire. I use it on my acer a100 in the home and car. With a small bungee cord between the headrest posts then able to play movies in any vehicle for the kids. Will post pics after work today
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I tried the tablet ui but I didn't like! I like the actual notification bar. Buttons are not a problem for me, I need home and back and I can press them.
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Try the belkin case for the kindle fire. I use it on my acer a100 in the home and car. With a small bungee cord between the headrest posts then able to play movies in any vehicle for the kids. Will post pics after work today
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I don't know what do you mean! I'll wait for screenshots
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How exactly does the car mount hold the tablet in place? It looks like if you'd punch the gas that thing would be on the floor.
This is what it looks like out of the car. It doesn't block my connections as well as set up any where I need it. Great for protection also. It is the belkin case for the kindle fire.
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The second picture with the case on the side and the tie down... Looks like a cross bow.
What is the screen resolution of the HD+ ? I've read in reviews that it's 1920x1280, but I see in our hardware spec on the root level that it's 1920x1200
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What is the screen resolution of the HD+ ? I've read in reviews that it's 1920x1280, but I see in our hardware spec on the root level that it's 1920x1200
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It is native 1280. But since the navigation bar is usually always there, I think they advertise it has 1200 available. And I don't know what hardware spec on the root level means.
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It is native 1280. But since the navigation bar is usually always there, I think they advertise it has 1200 available. And I don't know what hardware spec on the root level means.
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As for the navigation bar always being there, that could be considered an issue on landscape mode.
In portrait mode, those extra 80 pixels can be really handy for reading.
"root level" - The root forum for Nook HD+; essentially, what I'm showing in the screen capture.
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As for the navigation bar always being there, that could be considered an issue on landscape mode.
In portrait mode, those extra 80 pixels can be really handy for reading.
"root level" - The root forum for Nook HD+; essentially, what I'm showing in the screen capture.
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I still don't know what you mean. What root forum for the HD+?
And as far as hiding the nav bar, it can be done. See my linked post here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36143250
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I still don't know what you mean. What root forum for the HD+?
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He means this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2034
At the top of the page it shows stats for the HD+.
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He means this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2034
At the top of the page it shows stats for the HD+.
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Thanks. That page only shows if you are using the XDA 2013 beta format in your browser, which I hate. I use XDA 2010 for it's simpler format.
And the authors of that page are just wrong. It is 1280.
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And the authors of that page are just wrong. It is 1280.
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Yup, there was some mention about its unusual 3:2 aspect ratio in reviews. Which means 1920x1280. Someone was probably "correcting" what they thought was a conflation of the more usual 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 resolutions.
so what do you guys do for wallpapers?
any 1920x1280 or 1920x1200 image? or soemthing else, since the screens slide horizontally and rotate and stuff.
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so what do you guys do for wallpapers?
any 1920x1280 or 1920x1200 image? or soemthing else, since the screens slide horizontally and rotate and stuff.
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You actually need something even bigger so your launcher screens can shift. There are some on the device too.
Hi all!
Got a recent problem i flashed a new CM on my HOX and now i cant stretch UCCW skins till the border of screen.
I got last Nova Prime, no status bar, no dock bar, no margins, and i always get 2/3 px margin in skins in the bottom of the screen.
Its like the util area of the desktop doesnt go till the end of the screen, and i got that 2/3 px in bottom that i can see the background.
Never happened to me, i already had this UCCW theme properly adjusted to my screen, and after flashing the rom i cant fit it properly ..
I checked and double checked every setting, even expanded desktop in CM settings, and i cant figure what im missing.
Anyone can give me some hints ?
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Actually i have a similar issue here, got a better result with apex though still some issues fitting widgets together a bit.
Havent found a real solution for it though so if anyone knows i am interested as well
Question for you, do your widgets have vertical spaces in between as well?
Im using albinomans cm10.1 ROM btw.
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Actually i have a similar issue here, got a better result with apex though still some issues fitting widgets together a bit.
Havent found a real solution for it though so if anyone knows i am interested as well
Question for you, do your widgets have vertical spaces in between as well?
Im using albinomans cm10.1 ROM btw.
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nop .. i got only that horizontal space in the bottom :\
Sorry for OOT.. i thanked to you because i love your skin at the top..
Actually i've always get the same problem with those launchers, apex or nova, until i use 'the gridless' SS Launcher so i can set them up properly..
Sorry for my bad English..
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i have same issue with the fit of UCCW to the both edges of the screen. It's fit to the top and bottom conner but at the midle of the edge, it seems to be an arc.
Hello all. I'm sure most of you have heard of Halo))) by now. It's Paranoid Android's answer to Samsung's multi window feature. After using Halo for 3 days now on Carbon ROM, I would say this feature is just as useful as multi window.
It basically sets up the same way. You set up your favorite apps and then let's say you're browsing the web and you quickly want to check sports scores, just tap on the Halo icon on left hand side of your screen and then scroll to your sports app. Then your sports app will overlap your browser until you tap on your browser to make the sports app go away.
Halo is also great for incoming notifications. When you get a text message, again just click on the icon and the message will overlap whatever app you're in.
This is available in the following ROMs found in the Original Development Forum:
Paranoid Android
Carbon
Pacman
I thought this could be a useful Halo discussion thread for this brand new feature.
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Hello all. I'm sure most of you have heard of Halo))) by now. It's Paranoid Android's answer to Samsung's multi window feature. After using Halo for 3 days now on Carbon ROM, I would say this feature is just as useful as multi window.
It basically sets up the same way. You set up your favorite apps and then let's say you're browsing the web and you quickly want to check sports scores, just tap on the Halo icon on left hand side of your screen and then scroll to your sports app. Then your sports app will overlap your browser until you tap on your browser to make the sports app go away.
Halo is also great for incoming notifications. When you get a text message, again just click on the icon and the message will overlap whatever app you're in.
This is available in the following ROMs found in the Original Development Forum:
Paranoid Android
Carbon
Pacman
I thought this could be a useful Halo discussion thread for this brand new feature.
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Halo looks like a pretty sweet Mod. I wonder if there are any intentions of this Mod working on a TW Rom
I don't wanna quote you and make the post unnecessarily long... but I was thinking the same thing. This would be AWESOME if we could get Halo on a TW ROM. Especially now that they have opened up their sources for it, I'm sure it's just a matter of time till it comes!!
Yes please. That looks awesome
Not sure if this will make it to a TW ROM. I guess it's possible since we got PIE using LMT.
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this looks good...thanks.
not know