Pie One UI wasted space - Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers

Ever since updating to the Android PIE Samsung One UI this one thing has bugged me to no end.
See the attached image. Why is the 'Settings' heading so large?
It seems to take up around 40% of the screen for no good reason.
I know you can just scroll down but why does it need to be so massive?
Hope there is some way to make it smaller as it is ridiculously large.
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K1LLER HORNET said:
Ever since updating to the Android PIE Samsung One UI this one thing has bugged me to no end.
See the attached image. Why is the 'Settings' heading so large?
It seems to take up around 40% of the screen for no good reason.
I know you can just scroll down but why does it need to be so massive?
Hope there is some way to make it smaller as it is ridiculously large.
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All native apps are like this. It is to make one handed use easier. Its actually a great design idea for such a tall device.

Mr. Orange 645 said:
All native apps are like this. It is to make one handed use easier. Its actually a great design idea for such a tall device.
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I'd copy that. you now can easily reach the top entry of an menu which i welcome

K1LLER HORNET said:
Ever since updating to the Android PIE Samsung One UI this one thing has bugged me to no end.
See the attached image. Why is the 'Settings' heading so large?
It seems to take up around 40% of the screen for no good reason.
I know you can just scroll down but why does it need to be so massive?
Hope there is some way to make it smaller as it is ridiculously large.
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Because it's faster/more natural to swipe up + makes more sense (like a title of X) vs having to swipe down to pull settings text and options lower to reach with one hand. I explain myself badly, but from design stand point this is the better choice and makes more sense vs the other way around.

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Task Bar and Bottom Bar

Is there a way to get rid of the top and bottom bar, to show wallpaper behind it,....... seen below!!
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EDIT: I figured it out. Also had to do a bit of work on the actual Pic, still have that pesky line under task-bar though,... WTF!!! lol
quadjacks said:
Is there a way to get rid of the top and bottom bar, to show wallpaper behind it,....... seen below!!
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Well there have been hacks to get rid of the bottom softkey row but it gets rid of it in all apps which starts a no-no.
Another method would be to use homescreens that are full screen... kinda like the ones you have to launch (basically an app). You don't really get rid of the bars, just have a program covering them up.
Another method, which I used to use, is to skin the bars with the same image so it appears they're gone, with just the background and icons and softkey text. It actually works well. Of course you need WM6.5 that allows skinning.
Other methods include "desktop" replacements like WAD and such. They basically skin the bars to your liking and works with older windows mobile OS's
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Well there have been hacks to get rid of the bottom softkey row but it gets.................OS's
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Thanks Player911 for the advice. BTW, i am using WM6.5, so what would you suggest as best.
Please keep in mind i am running the Gen.Y Manila "Revolution" R1.5 VGA Port CFC with the Panaramic background.
I'd like to know this also...
And it'd be amazing if anyone ported this to vga...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=553529
looks great, please share how you figured this out!
civicvx94 said:
looks great, please share how you figured this out!
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Yes please, because this is something that I have been wanting to do for a long time too, and many forum searches have pulled up threads deeming it impossible...
euphoria47 said:
Yes please, because this is something that I have been wanting to do for a long time too, and many forum searches have pulled up threads deeming it impossible...
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Hey guys i put together a tutorial
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=87958

MySenseUI [Artists Impression]

So, I've been very intrested how the SENSE UI was designed so I decided to give it a whirl and rebuilt it from the original wallpaper.
It took 20 minutes to design the user interface, and here is a basic artist impression. I've been quick reasonable pleased with my results and
hope to continue building up this mockup. If you have ideas, or maybe we could team up and create our own app that fits along the SenseUI!
Ahoy!
[NOTE]: This is designed not an actually application/framework that can be used on your Hero.
//More will follow.
//For design enquries of your own applications, please pm me. For example if you are intrested in hiring me for freelance work then pm me. Thanks.
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I would be very interested tu use this UI.
The screenshot does not show a lot but i love it
uhm, all you did was making a rectangle bottom bar, which we've seen already, and the clock got changed a bit? for me the clock is out of proportions, and the rectangular bottom is not my taste, but it is not actually ugly. can you make without that dark veil over it? as if it was the regular homescreen view?
I like what you did there. The font is nice and the shading/colouring is very well done for the sense ui.
Would you be changing the sense ui clock or making your own widget? I only ask because I didn't think we could theme the clock.
I would love to see more of this actually. Here's me hoping you will do something with your idea
Looks great mate, just wondering what the name of the font is?
I love it!
Please make a final version.
you love it??....you didn't even see it whole,just one pic...and even if you did those are only pictures made in photoshop/corel...the guy himself said it's only designed and does not exist
any update on this one
farukb said:
any update on this one
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seems like the "dev" has vanished...
FYI - I'm currently working on something similar to this.
really amazing sense ui re-design , i'll be glad to use it
lads, this was never a theme, the OP was just showing you how he would have created rosie, instead of the htc way.
i agree on that one,and i didn't expect to get a skin,just to check if he designed other screens
i cant wait ;( i love it...
An update to this impression will be released within the week. A lot of changes applied and multiple samples of MySensaeUI. Some are a lot more developed then the one I posted 2 weeks ago. Look forward to it

Android Icon based tabs( Coming Soon - or later )

I don't know how much you guys pay attention to what goes on in the other sections of this forum but since I still own a Fuze as well as the HD2 I wanted to make sure you guys knew what I was still up to.
I made an Android 3D model a bit ago and offered it to the public to use as they wanted if they just asked for the file. Well nobody asked to use him so I guess I can waste some time here and there and get out a set of tabs. I'm not saying it will happen fast, but today I started from scratch with the other models like the phone,MMS,headphones,Footprint,etc..... I have him placed with several of them so far but with all the tabs that are out there right now it will be awhile till I have each of them made.
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Just eleven more to do,lol........
Edit: was made later this eveing
New eMail icon. The other one looked odd in that direction plus it didn't allow me to use him at full size to the envelope.
Ok so what would poeple rather see...............
Him in Blue as shown above
or
Green like in the new Web icon?
those look great ...green or blue both are cool looking
Not totally happy with it but you get the idea. I'll just have to redo the shadowing. It's all wrong for the arrow.
How do you guys feel about a TwitterDroid?
Docs tab but I will have to do some work on this one but it's there for the most part.
Contacts......
One more.....What do you think for a weather icon?
I think they are pretty neat, and a little cute. LOL love em. U have a Hero and a Touch Pro, glad I saw these, made my night. Looks like a lot of hard work, nice job.
I have an HD2 and a Fuze(Touch Pro) I do not have a Hero.
Settings ......
I cleaned up the settings icon. I kind of rushed it the last time and short cut doing some things. Even this last one is not fully up to my specs but it will do for now. I have plowed out most of the tabs I'm going to do. Out of 17 total I have 3 more left.
Updated twitter icon possibly???????
they all look great Wil
Most likely the new Music Icon
Pictures & Video
Well I thought I would throw some humor into missed calls. If anybody has any ideas for something better I'm all ears. I can't think of anything I want to render for it.

gingerbread live wallpaper

exactly what it says found this on one of the forums update zip install.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8510941/gingerbreadlivewallpaper.zip
Works thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Live Walpaper Nexus S
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1-download the file : DOWNLOAD
2-put the file on your phone
3-open ROOT EXPLORER
4-do a backup of “livewallpaper.apk” in “system/app”
5-copy the file that you've downloaded into “system/app” (overwrite it)
6-restart the phone and set your live wallpaper
thanks!
... is not at least 10 characters.
Works great! Although I'd prefer a bit more quality on the background. I figured it should have been better being a direct pull from the Nexus S.
Anywho, I sorta remade the static background of it last night pretty quickly on my laptop with no mouse since I dig the design. Maybe those of you with the Nexus Revamped Pro edition may want to use it with a custom background so it looks a bit better.
Thanks for this. New look for today.
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Works great! Although I'd prefer a bit more quality on the background. I figured it should have been better being a direct pull from the Nexus S.
Anywho, I sorta remade the static background of it last night pretty quickly on my laptop with no mouse since I dig the design. Maybe those of you with the Nexus Revamped Pro edition may want to use it with a custom background so it looks a bit better.
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It's not a direct pull from the Nexus S. This is just a look alike made by the3dguy. The real one will look nicer when we get it.
Ahhh I stand corrected. Only one more day I suppose
Found this in yet another system dump people are doing. Still doesn't look that crisp.

I hate the way the keyboard predicts text now.

Google ruined the keyboard for me. Before the word you were typing was in the center, now it only shows up in the message you are writing. I assume the logic is the word being there twice is redundant. But now I have to continuously look around in the message instead of in that one box to be sure my typing is correct.
I went back to SwiftKey for now which I hadn't used since Google enabled swipe. Judging by the reviews I'm not alone.
Its definitely taking some getting used to for me. A little frustrating but I'm flexible. As of now I agree, I liked the way it corrected in the previous version better. But I'm getting the hang of it. I swipe more often than not so it doesn't seem to play as big of a role in messing me up. Could we be missing a setting (in correction section) that would change it? Idk haven't dove to deep into it yet
I haven't been able to find a setting. I hope I will get used to it as for now it makes me not want to type as much. Feels slow.
Yeah, I hate that the word you are typing doesn't show as a suggestion any more (other than the floating weird which I shut off) I've been trying out other keyboards.
lightsout said:
Google ruined the keyboard for me. Before the word you were typing was in the center, now it only shows up in the message you are writing. I assume the logic is the word being there twice is redundant. But now I have to continuously look around in the message instead of in that one box to be sure my typing is correct.
I went back to SwiftKey for now which I hadn't used since Google enabled swipe. Judging by the reviews I'm not alone.
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You might be interested in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016053 I'm using Ross minimal android l theme
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skw5115 said:
You might be interested in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016053 I'm using Ross minimal android l theme
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Thanks man. Been playing with SwiftKey actually again recently. Just installed this one love the themes.
Does the Super Switftkey Keyboard themer posted above require root?

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