Back with in S8+ days there were 3 apks floating around that allowed you to change the height of the navigation bar in order to increase screen real estate. I quite liked it as did a lot of other people I assume because you can find links to plenty of websites talking about it. However I can't find any talk about it for this phone.
Does anyone know of anything like this for the Note 8?
Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
Lance55 said:
Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
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Sure have! Doesn't seem to work.
andjohn said:
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Yep I had changed that. on both the S8+ and Note 8. That's good, but the nav bar still bugs me on this phone. Everytime I look at it, I notice it's too big lol
Hmm. I wonder if the guy who created the old apk uses an S8 and hasn't bothered to make one for the note 8. I'd imagine it is quite simple. Wonder if you could make the request?
Edit: I made a request to tigerhoods, who I believe authored the apk for the s8.
Here is the response I got:
it works when packed in a sammy theme if that makes sense..
u have to decompile a Samsung theme then add the nav values to the common.apk then recompile theme for it to take effect now
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Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
Lance55 said:
Here is the response I got:
Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
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Thanks mate. lol no way I can do this. Sounds like a lot of trouble now
Nothing new here?
If you mean something like that..... here are some overlay mods they are working without root. The 1 i have linked is to minimize the height a bit more then half.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=74274701
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OMG never looked in this Thread... Thanks!
andjohn said:
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Thank you so much for the tip! I've accomplished even more than I wanted...
Related
Main thread here
Made some ROM-independent files
Does not change anything else than just the resolution.
Flash desired zip with recovery or RomManager, NO WIPE
For BlaY0 B ROM use thoose:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10766184&postcount=29
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
TheGrammarFreak said:
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
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me too ! scripting was very nice .
please learn us how you create this
Hz.Farbod said:
me too ! scripting was very nice .
please learn us how you create this
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I would suggest that Google is your friend
TheGrammarFreak said:
I would suggest that Google is your friend
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can you give me any links for this ?
i can't find it .
http://www.google.com
TheGrammarFreak said:
http://www.google.com
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you are my herooo ! I love you !
TheGrammarFreak said:
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
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Just wanted to save you the job to edit and sign 60 files for each ROM upgrade
Really, You made a fantastic good work!
I just boiled it down.
TheGrammarFreak said:
http://www.google.com
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Best comment for to day!
snakehult said:
Just wanted to save you the job to edit and sign 60 files for each ROM upgrade
Really, You made a fantastic good work!
I just boiled it down.
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Yeah. when signing 60 zips I did think that there must be an easier way. And now I know it.
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Best comment for to day!
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I try
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you are my hero
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Good.
I've tried one and work like charm (I tried 130 and 135 as well)
problem is ROM manager scale incorrectly even with 'compatibility mode' turned off
I already tried to search the forum but have no luck
is there a way how to overcome this?
thx
agustrionopj said:
I've tried one and work like charm (I tried 130 and 135 as well)
problem is ROM manager scale incorrectly even with 'compatibility mode' turned off
I already tried to search the forum but have no luck
is there a way how to overcome this?
thx
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Did you reboot?
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Did you reboot?
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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Yes, I did it several times but the problem still persist
edit:
I think this behaviour are not consistent. sometimes when I reboot it, it's back to normal, but when I reboot it again, It went wrong again
weird
EDIT:
I can confirm now that after killing 'whole' task using task manager (or similar app), the problem is (always) gone. still don't know the culprit though.
Excellent work here my friend. Cheers.
Great app... I'm running at 130.
May I know what is the default density of our Legend? Tried to Google before I flashed this but couldn't find any info...
Edit: I tried LCDDensity for root from market and it told me the default is 160. Change to 140 and it looks great
Maybe I'm totally noob, but what's the point of setting a LOWER LCD density if the default is 160?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the higher the density, more things can be added to the screen and it "seems" bigger.
I'll try also to see the difference
Later Edit: OK, I've checked now. Tried with 130 and a lot more info seems to fit on screen. I have some questions/issues though.
1. What 110, 120...130...160 means? For sure not DPI as was my initial understanding. Usually, the higher the DPI setting, more screen space is available. And in this case I got better screen with a lower number. Could be the value of the setting then? And lowering it it'll give you in fact a higher DPI setting? Don't miss understood me, I just want to understand some of the things not playing with them like a robot.
2. Some widgets are scaled incorrectly (Sense Analog Small Black is one of them for ex). Any way to overcome this or is by widget design and I should find a better one?
Found a fix for 2...set the columns in ADW at 5 instead of 4. Now the widget is drawn correctly and have an extra space remaining
Rapier said:
Maybe I'm totally noob, but what's the point of setting a LOWER LCD density if the default is 160?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the higher the density, more things can be added to the screen and it "seems" bigger.
I'll try also to see the difference
Later Edit: OK, I've checked now. Tried with 130 and a lot more info seems to fit on screen. I have some questions/issues though.
1. What 110, 120...130...160 means? For sure not DPI as was my initial understanding. Usually, the higher the DPI setting, more screen space is available. And in this case I got better screen with a lower number. Could be the value of the setting then? And lowering it it'll give you in fact a higher DPI setting? Don't miss understood me, I just want to understand some of the things not playing with them like a robot.
2. Some widgets are scaled incorrectly (Sense Analog Small Black is one of them for ex). Any way to overcome this or is by widget design and I should find a better one?
Found a fix for 2...set the columns in ADW at 5 instead of 4. Now the widget is drawn correctly and have an extra space remaining
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When your adding a widget you'll have the option to set the size, set the width to 5 and you're widgets you want full width can be. I had to do this with my clock/weather widget.
I set it to 140 and it looks awesome! To bad that it shrinks the keyboard too..
it doesn't work for me on BlaYo rom ... does absolutely nothing ... any ideas?
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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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
Alright, so my aunt and parents all bought the Note 5. It seemed like the thing to do because I had just bought a Note 3 and loved it. Overall, they are pretty happy with it, but the comparison to my phone and theirs on the status bar is RIDONCULOUS. I can see it, but I'm still young enough to have 20/20 vision (probably not for long...).
Seriously, what is that, like a 2pt font? (I realize that it's probably a 10pt with a pixel density that is too high to make that reasonable.)
I poked in the settings, looking for something to change the size of the icons/statusbar, but found no love. There is a way to enlarge the interface, but it does nothing to the status bar. It would seem that not many are complaining about it, based on my search.
Regardless, is there any way to make the status bar/icons larger? Are there apps out there that wouldn't require rooting their phones?
Because people prefer it small. I so hope it is as small as iPhone, it still big compare with iPhone status bar.
Andrewtst said:
Because people prefer it small. I so hope it is as small as iPhone, it still big compare with iPhone status bar.
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Aw, come on now - the whole reason it's there is to know at a quick glance down, up to 3 feet away, what is going on. Sure, you have the notifications on the lock screen, but what if you want to know if your phone is muted during a meeting quickly? Grab the microscope and go all CSI on it?
If people don't like the status bar, just make it an option to remove it completely?
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Aw, come on now - the whole reason it's there is to know at a quick glance down, up to 3 feet away, what is going on. Sure, you have the notifications on the lock screen, but what if you want to know if your phone is muted during a meeting quickly? Grab the microscope and go all CSI on it?
If people don't like the status bar, just make it an option to remove it completely?
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I am telling you the reason why no people complain.
The status bar in Android is big enough to clearly see, Samsung smaller it is doing a correct choice, in previous Note4 and earlier is too big already.
Did you see anyone complain on iPhone 6 Plus or 6s Plus? or any Mi phone that follow iPhone status bar size. It is small and still clearly to see.
The only way to make it bigger is root the phone just can change.
I don't have great eyesight, and think the status bar is easy to read...
I don't know if any of the themes make it bigger, but that might be worth looking into.
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JasonJoel said:
I don't have great eyesight, and think the status bar is easy to read...
I don't know if any of the themes make it bigger, but that might be worth looking into.
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No themes will make it bigger. The only solution is root and change the lcd density same as Note 4 (640).
Samsung make smaller density this time at Note5 (560) thus everything look much smaller than before.
Andrewtst, either you're pretty rude or have a poor grasp of the English language. For many people, the icon size of the status bar is too small. We're asking how to make it larger. Constantly repeating "root" doesn't help fix the problem. In settings, under display, you can change the font size of every icon, except for those in the status bar. If you would like to help, please provide step-by-step instructions on how to enlarge the status bar icons. Thank you.
There's a free app called Display Scaling on the Play Store. In there, there will be condensed and standard. it will originally be in standard but change it to condensed then back to standard. and no, this does not require root. hope it helps!
The reverse
Alright, now that this is taken care of. Does anyone know anyway (without rooting) to reduce the size of the icons for the Note 4?
Are there even any that work for the note 8? Been trying to them the system and UI. Had to factory reset twice now ??
Online few work with Samsung at the moment... You can use these.
ArkhamKnight said:
Are there even any that work for the note 8? Been trying to them the system and UI. Had to factory reset twice now
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There are several working with Samsung now, in addition to the ones listed above. You can mix and match to make one of your own too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.dst
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.mdm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftdark.substratum
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftblack.layers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftlight.substratum&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=substratum.piereligio.bst
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There are several working with Samsung now, in addition to the ones listed above. You can mix and match to make one of your own too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.dst
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.mdm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftdark.substratum
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftblack.layers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftlight.substratum&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=substratum.piereligio.bst
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Thanks for the assistance man
The Dark Pixel one looks great. Highly recommend.
ggrant3876 said:
There are several working with Samsung now, in addition to the ones listed above. You can mix and match to make one of your own too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.dst
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.mdm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftdark.substratum
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftblack.layers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftlight.substratum&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=substratum.piereligio.bst
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Thanks! And to confirm, is having Root an absolute must to apply these?
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Thanks! And to confirm, is having Root an absolute must to apply these?
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These are not root for Samsung bone stock. Need Substratum on your device and the Samsung add on, $1.99 I believe unless they've lowered it from when I purchased it, both from the Play Store.
Will any make the pulldown dark transparent?
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Will any make the pulldown dark transparent?
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No, you'd need a layer from here and not sure ones been posted yet.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/overlayers-themes-notifications-note8-t3678166
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Will any make the pulldown dark transparent?
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Also, most of these will work except for the nav bar height. It will take some time as they're spread out all through the thread. These are for the S8+ and I'm using several on my Note 8, as I said all but the nav bar height should work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/substratum-inversion-ui-overlay-overlays-t3604341
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Will any make the pulldown dark transparent?
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Yeah, I am trying to find a theme that makes the notification pull down black as well..
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Yeah, I am trying to find a theme that makes the notification pull down black as well..
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Try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/theme-c-o-f-f-e-e-t3678720/post73920367
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Yeah, I am trying to find a theme that makes the notification pull down black as well..
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Substratum can't do that yet, I have a couple of layers that can - one with blue and the other with red.
Are there any substratum themes that are free for our note 8?
theres a couple in here...https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes
So glad someone brought this up, as the only one I could find was Swift Dark. I chose the tab for Samsung devices and Swift Dark was my only option to purchase. Waste of money as it currently stands since my current theme dark high contrast from the would you believe it Samsung theme store works just as good if not better. Substratum is hyped up in imho or immature for the N8.
My take, rubbish.
Edit: shouldn't have said "rubbish" , but inadequate at this time.
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I'm just using the samsung themes at this point; there are a few that are pretty nice, and until there is a BL unlock/full root for this phone, I wont bother with Substratum at this point..had it installed with a couple of the themes that supposedly work on this phone, but it borked gmail, play store and a couple of others, so off it went..
Its too bad, since I have bought around 20 or more subs themes in the past, so hopefully it will be fixed down the road.
This phone just came out, so its a matter of patience for now..
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So glad someone brought this up, as the only one I could find was Swift Dark. I chose the tab for Samsung devices and Swift Dark was my only option to purchase. Waste of money as it currently stands since my current theme dark high contrast from the would you believe it Samsung theme store works just as good if not better. Substratum is hyped up in imho or immature for the N8.
My take, rubbish.
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Yup. At this time, I only use it for changing my status bar and getting pixel UI settings
Always stays black if you install the ones you've updated with play store. Just install again in substratum
ggrant3876 said:
There are several working with Samsung now, in addition to the ones listed above. You can mix and match to make one of your own too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.dst
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.piereligio.mdm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftdark.substratum
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftblack.layers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftlight.substratum&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=substratum.piereligio.bst
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When you mention working with Samsung, one still has to avoid selecting certain options during installation of the overlays right ? Meaning I cannot merely select all after choosing S8 in the pull down menu without running the risk of bootloops?
In summary, which options should one not check for installation for those you linked on your post? Or are the Samsung specific ones all bootloop free.? Cheers
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Limeybastard said:
When you mention working with Samsung, one still has to avoid selecting certain options during installation of the overlays right ? Meaning I cannot merely select all after choosing S8 in the pull down menu without running the risk of bootloops?
In summary, which options should one not check for installation for those you linked on your post? Or are the Samsung specific ones all bootloop free.? Cheers
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I've used all, just select S8, except for the nav bar. I use another for that. Haven't had any bootloops and have been using them from day one. If you do have issues you just need to boot into safe mode and uninstall the overlay and you're back in business. The ones specifically for Samsung should be okay but the others probably not. Here's a new onr, I haven't tried it yet as I have mine setup just the way I like it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-samsung-galaxy-s8-s7-s6-j-t3685010?nocache=1