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Stupid question about Espresso....

OK, I know right off the bat that this is a dumb question, but I just can't figure out what the big deal about Espresso is. I've searched many, many times, but that just brings up people asking how to install it.
What I'm curious about is what's the big deal? What does Espresso bring to the table? Functionally, not cosmetically, why would I want Espresso on my phone?
Because if it's just a cosmetic change, people surely wouldn't be cluttering up threads so much asking about it, right?

It brings nothing but a newer looking Rosie Bar. I for one cant stand it and would prefer the stock Rosie to Espresso. Ive also grown to like the Droid Launcher...

obannvi said:
It brings nothing but a newer looking Rosie Bar. I for one cant stand it and would prefer the stock Rosie to Espresso. Ive also grown to like the Droid Launcher...
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OK, thanks.
That's pretty much what I thought, but so many people seem so very, very eager to get it within 10 seconds of a new rom release, I thought maybe it might add some actual functionality.
But if it's just the cosmetic change, then I agree, it's butt-ugly. Stock Rosie looks much better. Haven't tried out the Droid launcher yet, I'll give it a look. Gotta say though, I'm not sure about ditching Sense. It's not so much Sense itself I'm attached to, but some of the widgets that depend on it....

I for one think any variation of rosie is ugly, I prefer nexus launcher. I also liked launcher2, with the app dock. That sinistermashes dudes idea for a dock as a launcher was a kewl idea. Conservative and intuitive.

subliminalurge said:
Gotta say though, I'm not sure about ditching Sense. It's not so much Sense itself I'm attached to, but some of the widgets that depend on it....
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Neither the Droid Launcher or Espresso themes ditch Sense. They just change the look of the launcher bars at the bottom of the screen. All the Sense features and widgets still work fine with either of them.

I like the stock rosie or the nexus launcher, at least those tell you which screen you're on. The expresso doesn't and it's big... too much space taken up.
I don't get what the big deal is.

subliminalurge said:
OK, thanks.
That's pretty much what I thought, but so many people seem so very, very eager to get it within 10 seconds of a new rom release, I thought maybe it might add some actual functionality.
But if it's just the cosmetic change, then I agree, it's butt-ugly. Stock Rosie looks much better. Haven't tried out the Droid launcher yet, I'll give it a look. Gotta say though, I'm not sure about ditching Sense. It's not so much Sense itself I'm attached to, but some of the widgets that depend on it....
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The Droid Launcher I put together doesnt get rid of Sense.

subliminalurge said:
OK, thanks.
That's pretty much what I thought, but so many people seem so very, very eager to get it within 10 seconds of a new rom release, I thought maybe it might add some actual functionality.
But if it's just the cosmetic change, then I agree, it's butt-ugly. Stock Rosie looks much better. Haven't tried out the Droid launcher yet, I'll give it a look. Gotta say though, I'm not sure about ditching Sense. It's not so much Sense itself I'm attached to, but some of the widgets that depend on it....
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Mind directing me to a screenshot of the Droid launcher? I'm intrigued.

Can anyone tell me how to restore the stock rosie? I want that expresso gone.

Gregalous said:
Mind directing me to a screenshot of the Droid launcher? I'm intrigued.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6048904&postcount=1349

obannvi said:
The Droid Launcher I put together doesnt get rid of Sense.
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I'll check it out. As I said, I'm not attached to sense, I just can't bring myself to get rid of a few of the widgets that rely on it.
That said, from a cosmetic point of view, I think Espresso is going about 10 years backwards from a UI design point of view. I also think the stock, Google developed Android launcher belongs somewhere in the Windows 3.1 league.....
Then again, I also don't understand why people give a crap about the lockscreen. I always just do a quick double click on the menu button and never see it in the first place.
Maybe I'm just not the target audience for these particular tweaks....

subliminalurge said:
I'll check it out. As I said, I'm not attached to sense, I just can't bring myself to get rid of a few of the widgets that rely on it.
That said, from a cosmetic point of view, I think Espresso is going about 10 years backwards from a UI design point of view. I also think the stock, Google developed Android launcher belongs somewhere in the Windows 3.1 league.....
Then again, I also don't understand why people give a crap about the lockscreen. I always just do a quick double click on the menu button and never see it in the first place.
Maybe I'm just not the target audience for these particular tweaks....
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Id give up sense in a heartbeat if i could find a bookmark widget and email widget as nice as senses. And the full weather animations too.
I hear beatiful widgets has animations? Same level as 2.1?

iPhone status bar theme MIUI

Hey!
Can somebody make a theme for MIUI status bar like iPhones one (screenshot) ?
The point is to make it a little bit thinner than normal MIUI.
Note: I want it for MIUI Gingerbread 'cause it's easier than MIUI v4, but if you want it for MIUI v4 ...
Thanks!!

Every time i look at a picture of an iphone i want one so badly

Me too, but my phone looks now like an iPhone with MIUI + Ultimate iPhone theme.
Now I'm tryin to make it perfect

ugh. just go buy one.

If you pay for it then okay!
In Europe it's expensive my dear friend!

Try this psd, mate, not so hard but it need a lot of time with these resource you can rebuild the iphone theme for miui for best result
http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/iphone-4-guid-psd-retina-display/
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License: This file may ONLY be used for mocking up iPhone apps. No, can’t be used in a theme to sell or go in ads for your new app or use it to build your Web site. It is a tool for designers, that is it
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Better if it's free

Hey! The problem it's that I don't know how to do that. But thanks!!

gfs222 said:
Every time i look at a picture of an iphone i want one so badly
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Get out... now.
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timpuri_noi said:
Get out... now.
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LMAO!!!!

I'm 95% already done with this, i need help to separate, and put Battery to Right Side.

Cool, but the most important thing is to make it thinner, like the iPhones one

darius4cs said:
Cool, but the most important thing is to make it thinner, like the iPhones one
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Don't even think that's possible unless you use a lower DPI.
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Umm probably with an 3rd party app?

darius4cs said:
Umm probably with an 3rd party app?
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Yeah. LCD Density will do it, but it will make everything smaller.
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GANJDROID said:
Don't even think that's possible unless you use a lower DPI.
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i guess you can do it by editing systemui.apk's layout xml files manually

your gonna mess up alot of things by editing status bar to be thinner.
If you do it, the time will have to be changed to be smaller and fit, then it will have to be modded again so miui can change where it's location is. All this but for pretty much every notification you'll ever get. all the icons are going to have to be smaller than before, and it may not even fit on the status bar.
Just use a lower dpi, im on 200 and it looks really good.

Changing DPI, the icons remain at the same dimension and the labels are smaller and they come on the icons..

Velcis Ribeiro said:
I'm 95% already done with this, i need help to separate, and put Battery to Right Side.
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The battery and signal are a cluster. I'm not to fimiliar with MIUI but I'm guessing it follows the same principle. Only the battery text can be moved to the right on its own. I may be wrong but that's how it was when I was running CM7.
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Looks Great
Hi guys,
It looks absolutely awesome!!!!
Is it still a work in progress? or is it finished and the full thing is in a different thread?
Cheers guys

you could use custom status bar + in the play store . I use it all the time

Best launcher and its setting for tablet

Hi,
Im using Nexus 7 right now. Its a pretty device (although Ill probably sell it, its too little, Im looking for something bigger). In case of 10" tablet, I would probably stick to the landscape position for all the time, maybe except when reading. But here, Im tempted to use both vertical and horizontal positions. Trouble is when it comes to launcher. I hoped at least the stock launcher would be "rotation ready" but it is not - when I put some widget in when vertical, it gets crushed in horizontal.
My question - is there a launcher capable of keeping different icon/widget positions according to the position of the tablet? Apex for example has many options to set, but that is not this case ...

I don't have any problem with Nova rotating widgets.

davisac said:
I don't have any problem with Nova rotating widgets.
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Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.

michalurban said:
Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.
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Huh, not doing that here. I'm running PA2.99 in tablet mode. Might have something to do with the display difference.

davisac said:
Huh, not doing that here. I'm running PA2.99 in tablet mode. Might have something to do with the display difference.
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Not sure what PA2.99 is but its clearly caused by the display properties. If only there was some launcher with more settings for different positions ...

michalurban said:
Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.
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You can resize the widgets dude. Or play with home screen grid size. You have to play with it to make it look and feel the way ya want. I find the process rather fun actually. Oh yea I'm talking about nova launcher btw

Personally, I'm gonna vote for apex. Smooth & stable, with plenty of customization.
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[Q] Since no root available yet. Any way to change DPI?

I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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Nope sorry.

JesseTron said:
Nope sorry.
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I figured as much. I suppose I'll just to wait for root; hopefully it won't be too long. Thanks for the response.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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I agree, that is the one thing I hate about not having root access. If they were give us this option I would be inclined to not hate TW so much.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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Don't talk about it, I miss per app DPI. It hurts
I wouldn't have left my S4 behind if i didn't have a small crack and a messed up chassis. I have to keep reminding myself that the battery life/camera/performance are worth it. But i am scared that it is a plausible reality that we get no root.

byte9 said:
Don't talk about it, I miss per app DPI. It hurts
I wouldn't have left my S4 behind if i didn't have a small crack and a messed up chassis. I have to keep reminding myself that the battery life/camera/performance are worth it. But i am scared that it is a plausible reality that we get no root.
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No skepticism, we'll get it . I did notice changing the font to extra small helped fit more on the screen in gmail and a some other apps, not the same as a higher DPI but it works for the time being.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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I know this may not be what you want (if you actually like touch wiz) but you could always use a launcher, I know with nova you can change text size, icon size, rows and columns, and etc.

Adema360 said:
I know this may not be what you want (if you actually like touch wiz) but you could always use a launcher, I know with nova you can change text size, icon size, rows and columns, and etc.
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Yeah, I do use Nova launcher, which helps but it doesn't affect the DPI in apps which is what I really want. Hopefully someday...

bigger samsung stock keyboard

Hey,
Is it somehow possible to increase the height of the samsung stock keyboard beyond the stock values? I know I can adjust the size in settings but I want to make it bigger because I'm using quite low DPI. I'd there any setting or value I can change in root browser?
Same question for SwiftKey BTW. I know it's possible with gboard but I don't like it.
Thanks.

reppi said:
Hey,
Is it somehow possible to increase the height of the samsung stock keyboard beyond the stock values? I know I can adjust the size in settings but I want to make it bigger because I'm using quite low DPI. I'd there any setting or value I can change in root browser?
Same question for SwiftKey BTW. I know it's possible with gboard but I don't like it.
Thanks.
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Stock keyboards always suck. Try A.i.Keyboard. I use to only rock Swift, not anymore. The amount of customization makes all others look like a joke. Look at screenshot how easy its to adjust like you asked.

Nick216ohio said:
Stock keyboards always suck. Try A.i.Keyboard. I use to only rock Swift, not anymore. The amount of customization makes all others look like a joke. Look at screenshot how easy its to adjust like you asked.
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Thank you. I'll give it a try

reppi said:
Thank you. I'll give it a try
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Yeah you probably won't look back after some use. Go through the settings as well. Tons of options to pick to your likens. Also notice you posted asking for emoji. Dowload there add on for it and offers android, apple, 3rd 1 even better then android and apple.

Nick216ohio said:
Yeah you probably won't look back after some use. Go through the settings as well. Tons of options to pick to your likens. Also notice you posted asking for emoji. Dowload there add on for it and offers android, apple, 3rd 1 even better then android and apple.
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The customization options are great but there was a huge data leak with this keyboard so I won't use it. But thank you anyway.

reppi said:
The customization options are great but there was a huge data leak with this keyboard so I won't use it. But thank you anyway.
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Data leak?

Nick216ohio said:
Data leak?
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https://9to5google.com/2017/12/05/ai-type-data-leak/

Gboard

De_Falt said:
Gboard
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Gboard doesnt allow you to make the keyboard any taller than the stock keyboard.

Praks93 said:
Gboard doesnt allow you to make the keyboard any taller than the stock keyboard.
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Gboard Settings -> Preferences -> Layout -> Keyboard Height.
It's superficial at best, but it gets the job done for me.

reppi said:
https://9to5google.com/2017/12/05/ai-type-data-leak/
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Well that's concerning :/ There is options to not allow them to have access to contacts, sms, storage. But I see where your coming from with concern.

De_Falt said:
Gboard Settings -> Preferences -> Layout -> Keyboard Height.
It's superficial at best, but it gets the job done for me.
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What i meant was that the maximun height it allows you to set it is no more than the maximum height of the Samsung Keyboard.

try this one:
View attachment Xperia_Keyboard_8.0.A.0.50_v8_by_yener90.apk
let me know

aefelix said:
try this one:
let me know
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Perfect. Thank you!