Immersive mode without root - Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers

Does anyone know if it's possible to enable immersive mode on this phone without using root? Maybe a way to do it through ADB?

CleverFogs said:
Maybe a way to do it through ADB?
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Indeed there is. SystemUI tuner does exactly that.
There are some ADB commands that enable the app, but then you're good be immersed.

Didgesteve said:
Indeed there is. SystemUI tuner does exactly that.
There are some ADB commands that enable the app, but then you're good be immersed.
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Thank you my friend this does the job perfectly :good:

Just a quick warning to the uninitiated like me who try this without doing enough reading - if you enable immersive mode without an exception for the lockscreen system app (com.sonyericsson.lockscreen.uxpnxt) via SystemUI Tuner's 'blacklist' functionality, you may find yourself unable to wake up the phone and have a minor heart attack
PS if it does happen you can use a forced boot (Vol UP + power for several seconds) to recover.

I would love to do this but is it safe to interfere with the phone by using ADB ? I mean is there any possibility that I would brick my phone by using this ? I've just changed to this phone after bricking my old device so I don't want to take risk anymore .
Edit: I've done it, quite easily actually, and thanks @arctophile for the suggestion. Phone is much better with immersive mode.

arctophile said:
Just a quick warning to the uninitiated like me who try this without doing enough reading - if you enable immersive mode without an exception for the lockscreen system app (com.sonyericsson.lockscreen.uxpnxt) via SystemUI Tuner's 'blacklist' functionality, you may find yourself unable to wake up the phone and have a minor heart attack
PS if it does happen you can use a forced boot (Vol UP + power for several seconds) to recover.
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i would suggest disable it for any app that is not going to be benefited by this mode (back ground service apps). I got more than 100 apps on my XZ1C and blacklisting just the lockscreen system app alone is not enough.

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Torch functionality from GS4 Active?

Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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pfriederichs said:
Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Yea ours does it too there are a couple different guides out there just look for them you will find them
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I don't know about the Active, but on the regular S4 the LED light from the "hold volume up button" is noticeably dimmer than when you activate it with apps. I'm using the Notification Toggle app from the Play Store to put the LED toggle in the notification panel. It's nearly as convenient as using the volume button and it's brighter without any risk of accidental activation in your pocket.
Psykologikal said:
Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.
Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed
Use power toggles from playstore. The best
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Little Bigboy said:
Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.
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NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
mtran2988 said:
Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed
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I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.
GTRagnarok said:
NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.
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Alright, i'll give that a try. Not opposed to flashing roms, especially if they remove all this Samsung + ATT bloatware Thanks for your help.
Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
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One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!
mtran2988 said:
Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
EDIT:
One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!
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thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.
3 minit work pretty well you can set it to long press home
Try flashlight led genius from playstore , no root need , you shake it when your on the lockscreen,awesome app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed
djmouse said:
thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.
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I'm going to stick with what I think then. After I flip on the light.. it never goes back into deep sleep. Try it yourself. I'll take a look at 3 minit
FYI the wakelock it made was PhoneWindowManager.mTorchlightWakeLock
This is a feature in CM10.1. You can add it under lock screen options for long press home button. Absolutely love it.
mbc663 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed
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It doesn't seem to work for everyone.
scott14719 said:
It doesn't seem to work for everyone.
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I think your Android version needs to be 4.2.2 to do the torchlight thing through Nova. I could be wrong though.
Ok another update on this.
Since djmouse wasnt getting any sort of wakelock, I decided to try again getting it working. I enabled it through xposed instead of the nova shortcut.... and for some reason it's letting me go to deep sleep now! ... I also flashed crossbreeder... so that might be the savior. Not sure, but happy to report the wakelock seems to be lifted. I'll report back after a few days if it stays that way.
THanks djmouse for challenging me to try it again!
Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch. No root required.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie
XDA Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230

4.3 OTA and Power Saver notification?

I thought I read somewhere that the 4.3 OTA was supposed to enable turning off the Power Saver notification (a complete waste of screen space) but that doesn't seem to be the case? Or am I missing something?
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levman said:
I thought I read somewhere that the 4.3 OTA was supposed to enable turning off the Power Saver notification (a complete waste of screen space) but that doesn't seem to be the case? Or am I missing something?
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They moved it to the quick toggles.
You can turn Power Saver on and off in the Quick Toggles, but can't control the notification in the pull down. I want Power Saver on, but without the notification. If you go to "Power" under All Apps, there is a notification check box but it is grayed out.
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458566
Not sure if that's exactly what you're asking though.
CNexus said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458566
Not sure if that's exactly what you're asking though.
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He's trying to say that he does in fact want power saver to be on (which is just a press of the toggle), but while power saver is turned on, a notification appears in the status bar just like it used to. He doesn't want this notification.
Install this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmzsoft.powersaverdisabler&hl=en
remove the icon from the notification bar with it, then uninstall the app, powersaver still runs but it wont show in the bar anymore
done
You can also do it yourself straight from terminal emulator
Code:
su
pm disable com.htc.htcpowermanager/.powersaver.PowerSaverNotificationReceiver
orthonovum said:
Install this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmzsoft.powersaverdisabler&hl=en
remove the icon from the notification bar with it, then uninstall the app, powersaver still runs but it wont show in the bar anymore
done
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CNexus said:
You can also do it yourself straight from terminal emulator
Code:
su
pm disable com.htc.htcpowermanager/.powersaver.PowerSaverNotificationReceiver
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Thanks orthonovum and CNexus. I assume these both require root? Was hoping to avoid that ...
levman said:
Thanks orthonovum and CNexus. I assume these both require root? Was hoping to avoid that ...
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Yes you would need root, it would be a simple matter of rooting, running the app/command to remove the icon then unrooting however it just depends on how much effort you want to go through vs how much you hate that icon
personally I didn't mind the icon and learned to ignore it with 4.1.2 but now with 4.3 I decided to remove it. I'm not sure why they force it on us in the notification bar when its not really a "notification"
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Yes you would need root, it would be a simple matter of rooting, running the app/command to remove the icon then unrooting however it just depends on how much effort you want to go through vs how much you hate that icon
personally I didn't mind the icon and learned to ignore it with 4.1.2 but now with 4.3 I decided to remove it. I'm not sure why they force it on us in the notification bar when its not really a "notification"
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I actually hate that icon a lot! Almost as much as the big menu bar at the bottom of the screen, which thankfully is now gone. Rooting, removing and then unrooting is not a bad idea - I've rooted several devices, its not something I enjoy doing, but I can do it. I can't stay rooted thanks primarily to Time Warner Cable and their TWC TV app, that won't run with root without additional convoluted effort that doesn't always work.
My other alternative is to force close the notification manually ... given how infrequently I need to reboot the phone, I wouldn't have to do this all that often.

[Q] How to disable "Swipe down from the top to exit full screen" message?

I keep getting this notification when I have various apps open. It doesn't happen with the offending apps on every occasion but I sure as heck would like to disable this obnoxious message permanently of possible. Currently unrooted running stock 4.4.2.
Attached screenshot is the Dynamic Notifications app, not the stock active display.
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The screenshot
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Jersey846 said:
The screenshot
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Looks like you're using Gravity Box, with "expanded desktop" enabled? If so that's probably the issue. Try turning off expanded desktop and let us know if that helps...
samwathegreat said:
Looks like you're using Gravity Box, with "expanded desktop" enabled? If so that's probably the issue. Try turning off expanded desktop and let us know if that helps...
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Nope no Gravity Box. Not rooted.
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Jersey846 said:
Nope no Gravity Box. Not rooted.
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Ah...
Ok, here is your answer:
Open Dynamic Notification, click advanced options. Now click advanced options in the drop down menu.
UNCHECK "Use Immersive mode"
The status bar will probably show, but problem solved. Its immersive mode that causes the message to appear.
Any app that uses immersive mode will trigger the pop-up.
samwathegreat said:
Ah...
Ok, here is your answer:
Open Dynamic Notification, click advanced options. Now click advanced options in the drop down menu.
UNCHECK "Use Immersive mode"
The status bar will probably show, but problem solved. Its immersive mode that causes the message to appear.
Any app that uses immersive mode will trigger the pop-up.
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Alright thanks. I did try that and it does remove the message, I was just hoping I could get the full screen experience out of it. I'm guessing this is the app's issue? Wish I could just disable hints completely. Don't need em. Thanks man
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Jersey846 said:
Alright thanks. I did try that and it does remove the message, I was just hoping I could get the full screen experience out of it. I'm guessing this is the app's issue? Wish I could just disable hints completely. Don't need em. Thanks man
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I don't think its the apps issue...more like a 'bug' in android. Not sure if I would even call it a bug...there just isn't any option anywhere to turn off the immersive mode "swipe down" messages. I imagine it was intentional....cause you just know that 10,000 people would call in to tech support saying they're stuck in full screen and can't get out.
I guess this is one advantage active display has over dynamic notification....that and power saving. AD doesn't actually wake your phone...one of the co-processors in the "X8" system is able to provide the notifications while sipping battery power.
samwathegreat said:
I don't think its the apps issue...more like a 'bug' in android. Not sure if I would even call it a bug...there just isn't any option anywhere to turn off the immersive mode "swipe down" messages. I imagine it was intentional....cause you just know that 10,000 people would call in to tech support saying they're stuck in full screen and can't get out.
I guess this is one advantage active display has over dynamic notification....that and power saving. AD doesn't actually wake your phone...one of the co-processors in the "X8" system is able to provide the notifications while sipping battery power.
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I didn't know that about Active Display in respect to saving battery. Very cool! Might switch back. I was just used to Dynamic Notifications on my old phone.
UPDATE: Per your round-about recommendation I'm now using Active Display. Really like it! Guess I was quick on the trigger with disabling it and installing Dynamic Notifications when I first got the phone. I appreciate it.
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Swipe down to exit full screen on xbmc box
Having recently acquired on xbmc box from my son ( he couldn't be bothered to set it up) I was extremely frustrated by the swipe message so I googled it & no one had the answer, so I purchased a wireless keyboard mouse, Bingo Fn+ mouse hover curser over OK & it's gone, if that doesn't work , re install & try again.
From granny aged 69 !!!!!!
Is there a location for the image file in the root folder somewhere so I can delete it? Or a way to change the build.prop?
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Create a new one if you have a question

Quick Toggle for Noobs to Use My Phone

Does anyone know any easy way I can toggle the following settings all at once?
-turn off hardware navigation keys
-turn on software navigation keys
-turn off lock screen or (preferably) don't require PIN/fingerprint to unlock
I ask because I often find myself having to talk my parents/friends through using my phone while I'm driving, and they don't know my PIN and can't see the navigation buttons at the bottom of my phone because I have the backlight turned off.
On my OPO, which was not-encrypted, I was content with simply disabling the PIN requirement by using a CM profile, but on my OP3T that option is grayed out (because it's encrypted, right?). I would also just use 2 QS tiles to enable the NavBar and disable the hardware keys.
Anyone know a more efficient method?
RustySpackleford said:
Does anyone know any easy way I can toggle the following settings all at once?
-turn off hardware navigation keys
-turn on software navigation keys
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Did you find a good solution for this? I would really like to be able to switch between these modes with a quick toggle somehow. Any suggestions?
SYRE123 said:
Did you find a good solution for this? I would really like to be able to switch between these modes with a quick toggle somehow. Any suggestions?
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I haven't found anything. If there are terminal commands to enable or disable any of these settings maybe you could do it with Tasker.
I might look into that, but it seems like more work than I'm interested in.
RustySpackleford said:
I haven't found anything. If there are terminal commands to enable or disable any of these settings maybe you could do it with Tasker.
I might look into that, but it seems like more work than I'm interested in.
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I've looked through Tasker and haven't found anything yet

Immersive mode

Hi does anyone have a working immersive mode on the note 8 non rooted I want to avoid screen burn in and I just love having all the display all the time lol
Thanks
brockyneo said:
Hi does anyone have a working immersive mode on the note 8 non rooted I want to avoid screen burn in and I just love having all the display all the time lol
Thanks
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You can do adb commands to hide the status bar. You can also auto hide the navigation bar by double tapping the circle on the left side of it.
Composed on Galaxy Note8
GallardosEggrollShop said:
You can do adb commands to hide the status bar. You can also auto hide the navigation bar by double tapping the circle on the left side of it.
Composed on Galaxy Note8
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I've hidden the navigation bar it's just the status bar so will using the adb command way brake the keyboard? And it won't trip knox will it
Thanks
brockyneo said:
I've hidden the navigation bar it's just the status bar so will using the adb command way brake the keyboard? And it won't trip knox will it
Thanks
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I'm using Gboard and it's been working fine with it. It does not trip Knox either.
Composed on Galaxy Note8
You can get zacharee's systemuituner apk on the store and turn it on and off with a touch of a radio button.
brockyneo said:
Hi does anyone have a working immersive mode on the note 8 non rooted I want to avoid screen burn in and I just love having all the display all the time lol
Thanks
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thread is here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/immersive-mode-adb-shell-comands-hide-t3669589
I use tasker + AutoTools, does the job very good
Thanks guys I'm take a look at them soon do all these methods brake the stock keyboard?
Thanks guys
brockyneo said:
Hi does anyone have a working immersive mode on the note 8 non rooted I want to avoid screen burn in and I just love having all the display all the time lol
Thanks
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I have a quick setting toggle for immersive mode
All I've done is install systemui tuner and enable developer mode
skally said:
I have a quick setting toggle for immersive mode
All I've done is install systemui tuner and enable developer mode
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Ok thanks I'll try now am not at my pc at the min is there a way of getting systemui tuner working without using a pc (like terminal command) if not I'll wait till I'm home
Thanks
brockyneo said:
Ok thanks I'll try now am not at my pc at the min is there a way of getting systemui tuner working without using a pc (like terminal command) if not I'll wait till I'm home
Thanks
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Not that I know of (although I did it using an extremely cheap 8" windows 10 tablet, I think it's a chuwi hi8 pro, I usually use it to run bias FX)

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