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[MOD] Smaller navigation bar [VZW]

** Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. Proceed at your own risk. I am not liable or responsible for anything. **
** Disclaimer 2: I don't own a Verizon G2, so while I know my tweaks work on AT&T and I made the same ones against Verizon framework files for these, I currently have no guarantee they work. **
Description:
I like my screen real-estate. Going from S4 -> G2 I was sad that despite the larger screen, I had *less* real estate because of the on-screen soft keys.
I know a lot of you use GMB Hide Soft Keys and it is a great app, however, I personally prefer to have an always-on, always-available set of navigation keys.
Enter this mod. It shrinks the nav bar down considerably, increasing screen real estate.
Notes:
Screenshots attached
Tested conceptually against similar tweaks made on AT&T LG G2
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TWRP Flashable Zips:
Tiny: https://db.tt/7TZsrAif
Mid: https://db.tt/W8re2KL9
Stock: https://db.tt/BL4b42ZC
APKs for devs or experienced users:
Tiny: https://db.tt/tPxoev19
Mid: https://db.tt/SP5nASoA
Stock: https://db.tt/M1fgR6dG
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Thank you for taking the time to make this mod for the Verizon model.
Sent from Verizon logo plastered G2 bastard

Awesome! And works with the black bar, and recent mods!

That's awesome, I'm finally satisfied with the G2's screen. Thank you very much. :good:

Do you think this will work on tmobile version?

This looks great! Thank you.
Is there a way to hide the status bar at the top? Since we have the pulldown menu button I would like to hide the status bar entirely and free up that real estate.

thanks dude, works well! and confirmed it works with the black status bar mod
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 4

does not work, I have a bootloop brick with no adb sup[port and cant boot recovery...
OK
1. Turn device off by holding power key down until bootloop stops.
2. Hold power, down volume and where the home key would be.
3. choose yes factory reset, should take you back to recovery....

chakra said:
Do you think this will work on tmobile version?
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chakra said:
does not work, I have a bootloop brick with no adb sup[port and cant boot recovery...
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I know for a fact that this will not work on T-Mobile directly, the same tweak will, but it would have to be T-Mobile's file version.
You should be able to garner ADB access from the LG splash boot screen by holding Vol Down on boot, it won't go into recovery but it will lock up on the LG logo and should be recognized by your comp, at least it worked for me during testing.
Get a T-Mobile owner to send you framework-res.apk from /system/framework and replace yours and you should be good to go.
Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk 2

What folder app are you using to make them look like that?
thanks btw! i'm going to probably do this mod.

jim_0068 said:
What folder app are you using to make them look like that?
thanks btw! i'm going to probably do this mod.
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I'm actually using Nova Launcher, it has a few different Folder display options. You'll lose the ability to double-tap-screen-off on the homescreen, but you can still double-tap-screen-off on the status bar up top at any time to get the same result.

burningembers said:
I'm actually using Nova Launcher, it has a few different Folder display options. You'll lose the ability to double-tap-screen-off on the homescreen, but you can still double-tap-screen-off on the status bar up top at any time to get the same result.
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The Screen Off app from PlayStore will give you back the screen off tap ability when using Apex and Nova.

jspradling7 said:
The Screen Off app from PlayStore will give you back the screen off tap ability when using Apex and Nova.
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yep i use this, and it works great!

Does flashing this mod take the message quick reply away? When I installed the gmd app the other day I lost the quick reply no matter what I did. Can anyone confirm it still has pop up

frandre813 said:
Does flashing this mod take the message quick reply away? When I installed the gmd app the other day I lost the quick reply no matter what I did. Can anyone confirm it still has pop up
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yeah i still have it.

Thanks for this mod! Makes my phone perfect now!!
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk 2

frandre813 said:
Does flashing this mod take the message quick reply away? When I installed the gmd app the other day I lost the quick reply no matter what I did. Can anyone confirm it still has pop up
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jayochs said:
yeah i still have it.
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It shouldn't affect quick reply in any way. It is a relatively simple and unintrusive tweak, affecting a separate class file than what is involved with quick reply.
I don't know enough about how GMD works, but I know it is still quasi-beta and people can sometimes have weird interactions with untested UIs.
Cheers.

jspradling7 said:
The Screen Off app from PlayStore will give you back the screen off tap ability when using Apex and Nova.
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Thanks for that tidbit. I have actually been using Tasker to do it with Nova, but for people that don't have Tasker yet, and it's good to have options.

This worked great. It really makes a big difference.
Thank you

My Verizon G2 is rooted and has the OTA 11B software, so I haven't tried to get TWRP installed yet.
Is there any way to install one of these smaller navigation bars without flashing the zip via TWPR?
I tried the APK (renamed with as .apk), but they would not install.

Add an actionbar (soft-buttons stopped working)

Looking like a temp fix but I need something to work for now. I do I enable the action bar at the bottom of the screen. I don't want to have to install an entire new rom with this pre-enabled just to get the bar. Is there an app in the store that can enable this functionality?

JDMpire said:
Looking like a temp fix but I need something to work for now. I do I enable the action bar at the bottom of the screen. I don't want to have to install an entire new rom with this pre-enabled just to get the bar. Is there an app in the store that can enable this functionality?
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Not quite the same implementation, and I haven't tried it on my Note3 but Button Savior was a similar thing I used on my eink Nook when I had it in semi tablet mode. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey

Do these mods exist yet for M Preview?

Hi all! I was planning on waiting for the official release of 6.0, but my Nexus 6 hasn't been wiped in over half a year and is starting to get laggy.
Before I flash M Preview 3, I was wondering if the following functionality that I usually achieve through MCR Control on 5.1 was available in any way on M Preview (via mods, etc):
Reverse position of Back and Multitask buttons on nav bar
Double tap to wake screen
Show percentage inside battery icon in status bar
Add reboot button in notification shade
Enable LED while charging
The most important thing in the list for me is probably swapping the position of the Back and Multitask buttons, since this greatly increased the ease of using the Nexus 6 one-handed for me (and my muscle memory grew accustomed to it long ago). The rest of these features are nice-to-haves, but the Back button being on the left in stock is a significant enough change to potentially hold me back until someone mods it. Anybody know?
Thanks!

no, except batter percent is there.

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Hi all! I was planning on waiting for the official release of 6.0, but my Nexus 6 hasn't been wiped in over half a year and is starting to get laggy.
Before I flash M Preview 3, I was wondering if the following functionality that I usually achieve through MCR Control on 5.1 was available in any way on M Preview (via mods, etc):
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CappyQ said:
[*] Reverse position of Back and Multitask buttons on nav bar
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Not that I have found.
CappyQ said:
[*] Double tap to wake screen
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Elemental X kernel allows this.
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[*] Show percentage inside battery icon in status bar
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Part of the OS now.
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[*] Add reboot button in notification shade
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Have not seen this.
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[*] Enable LED while charging
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Elemental X kernel allows this.
CappyQ said:
The most important thing in the list for me is probably swapping the position of the Back and Multitask buttons, since this greatly increased the ease of using the Nexus 6 one-handed for me (and my muscle memory grew accustomed to it long ago). The rest of these features are nice-to-haves, but the Back button being on the left in stock is a significant enough change to potentially hold me back until someone mods it. Anybody know?
Thanks!
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As noted above, some will work, some won't.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

_Dennis_ said:
As noted above, some will work, some won't.
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Thank you so much for the thorough breakdown! It's good to know most of these things can be accomplished.
Hopefully someone can still figure out or provide instructions on how to swap the navigation buttons - in the meantime I'm going to hold off. Guess I did this to myself by letting myself get used to it!

No problem. I guess you can use auto hide soft keys. It allows you to move the buttons on a fake nav bar after hiding the stock one.
Fixed the app name.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

CappyQ said:
Before I flash M Preview 3, I was wondering if the following functionality that I usually achieve . . .
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Make a full nandroid backup to your PC and flash the M preview and you get quick answer on all your questions.
My experience was as follows:
A. flashing the P3 image is easy, but requires a factory reset.
B. M has the same ugly interface as Lollipop.
C. My GPS navigation app, does not work in M.
D. I did not notice a better performance.
E. I could not change the DPI setting, and has to live with the idiot Google defaults.
F. Customizing M needs still rooting etc.
G. Installing M wiped the internal storage, including backup. ( transfer to PC first )
At this moment I am back to 5.1.1 because two essential apps do not work.
Disappointing is that M still has no special features/settings for phablet devices with hires amoled displays. For instances dpi-settings and g-apps with a black/dark background.

Can anyone running M Preview perhaps check whether SoftKeyZ works on there to swap Back and Multitask? It reportedly works fine on the Nexus 6 with 5.x, but I don't see anyone who's tried it on 6.0 yet.
XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/themes-apps/root-softkeyz-apply-mix-softkeys-t2219804
APK (from developer's site): http://janiselfert.com/data/SoftKeyZ.apk

[Q] Bring Back Hide Navbar function on Home Screen

Hy guys, any zip to flash on twrp to Bring Back Hide Navbar function on Home Screen ?
No custom rom thanks

wolfgart said:
Hy guys, any zip to flash on twrp to Bring Back Hide Navbar function on Home Screen ?
No custom rom thanks
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can't you just install a different homescreen with that functionality? because I don't think there's any flashable zips with that functionality for this phone yet, i could be wrong though

lennie said:
can't you just install a different homescreen with that functionality? because I don't think there's any flashable zips with that functionality for this phone yet, i could be wrong though
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Maybe yes, but i would stay on Stock Homescreen but with that functionality bring back

wolfgart said:
Hy guys, any zip to flash on twrp to Bring Back Hide Navbar function on Home Screen ?
No custom rom thanks
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Like in the pics?
I'm using bxActions, Stock rom, no root. One of the options is full screen on/off and It works also on home screen.

There is an option in the nav bar settings to do this also. If you go to settings, display and navigation bar it is the top option.

dschachm said:
There is an option in the nav bar settings to do this also. If you go to settings, display and navigation bar it is the top option.
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That option is to hide or show the button on left of navigaton bar. Not to hide navigation bar itself.

LionheartSilver said:
Like in the pics?
I'm using bxActions, Stock rom, no root. One of the options is full screen on/off and It works also on home screen.
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good app but i prefer some tweak to bring back this option for hide navbar in home screen . Maybe old S8 FW had this option and we can repack someting and flash here

babbar559 said:
That option is to hide or show the button on left of navigaton bar. Not to hide navigation bar itself.
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It does hide the nav bar. you'd have to swipe up to make it appear much like in Macs well except on the homescreen.

boogiecornejo said:
It does hide the nav bar. you'd have to swipe up to make it appear much like in Macs well except on the homescreen.
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The toggle u r talking abt in settings does not hide nav bar but little dot button on left side of Nav Bar sure does it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

boogiecornejo said:
It does hide the nav bar. you'd have to swipe up to make it appear much like in Macs well except on the homescreen.
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Original request is this... Hide on homescreen

wolfgart said:
Original request is this... Hide on homescreen
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U can do it with systemui tuner or Nova launcher if u use it.

wolfgart said:
Original request is this... Hide on homescreen
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oh. My bad.

How can i move down a dock icons , without losing samsung pay on lockscreen?

Navbar weirdness

I installed some mod that made my navbar look and act weird. Basically, after installing a certain mod (can't tell which one actually), the navbar looks like this:
I wouldn't mind it too much but the fact the home softkey is not perfectly centered annoys me. Also, on this navbar, clicking the home softkey plays the little animation with the four google dots, another thing that I don't really like.
If I go to Settings, Apps & Notifications, Default Apps, Assist & Voice Input, and change it say to Firefox, and then back to None, the navbar becomes normal again.
But at reboot I get the crappy misaligned one again. I don't use any Assist&Voice Input app, so I set it to none. I also deleted the Google App and Assistant and everything else related to it, because I don't use that stuff.
Like I said, I think a mod that I installed caused this issue. It could have been Pix3lify or the modded Xperia Home with the pill navbar. I removed both mods but the navbar goes back to the weird one after any reboot, so maybe a leftover from one of these mods is still in my system, but I can't find it. How can I restore the default navbar without doing a factory reset? Unfortunately I don't have a backup and I would rather avoid the factory reset. Again it's not a big deal, but I would like to fix it.

While this might not be a perfect solution, you can modify the looks of the navbar with a substratum theme.
Such as this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rc.navigate
This is the substratum theme engine, and it requires root on android 9 and up:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.substratum
If you need more info about substratum look in the app's description or just ask here.

Ephesus said:
While this might not be a perfect solution, you can modify the looks of the navbar with a substratum theme.
Such as this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rc.navigate
This is the substratum theme engine, and it requires root on android 9 and up:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.substratum
If you need more info about substratum look in the app's description or just ask here.
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Could be a solution, but I don't feel like installing more stuff on my phone. Do you know which file is responsible for the navbar's appearance?

MarkMRL said:
Could be a solution, but I don't feel like installing more stuff on my phone. Do you know which file is responsible for the navbar's appearance?
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Sorry, I don't know that.
Maybe this article about modifying the stock navbar can be useful?
https://www.xda-developers.com/add-custom-buttons-to-nav-bar-on-samsung-galaxy-s8-galaxy-s8/
Or this one:
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...icons-or-re-arrange-the-buttons-without-root/
They might mention it somewhere.

Weirdly enough, if I use Substratum, the theme I set appears on top of the crappy navbar, and by that I mean that I see both at once once. Guess I'll have to factory reset huh

I was bored today so I came back to this issue. I reflashed System with flashtool, which brought back all the bloatware obviously, but the navbar stays in its weird mode. If I create a new user, the new user gets a normal navbar. If I enable Google and the search assistant, the navbar stays weird on reboot but as soon as I start Google, the navbar becomes normal again.
Anyone know a possible solution to this puzzle?

MarkMRL said:
Anyone know a possible solution to this puzzle?
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Just do a full reset and start from scratch. No one likes doing them, but sometimes it's the only option.