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Huawei P9 EMUI 5 Recent Apps Grid ?

Hello~
Recently I have updated mu Huawei P9 (EVA-L09) to Android 7, EMUI 5 (5.0.1) and if there is one thing I don't like about it, it's the recent apps view.
Previously on EMUI 4 it was nice grid-like which was scrolling from left to right nad to throw out app I had to swing up.
Now they screwed it up and made it like a stack which must be scrolled up-down and left-right swing closes the app.
Is there any way to change it to more grid-like like in EMUI 4?
I have access to TWRP, Magisk, root so no holding back here.
I have tried adding custom prop by Magisk
Code:
ro.recents.grid=true
but that didn't do the trick so far.
Any help will be welcome.
Thank you for advance and have a nice day.
iSubaru

Android 10 gestures

Hello!
Just updated to Android 10 and switched to the new gesture navigation and I love it. The inconvenience is that they seem to work only with the stock launcher which is terrible. Any workaround this issue ?

Well, i got Android 10 update yesterday (not beta but official live version). I use Nova launcher prime. Somehow gestures work - at least back button, to the home screen button and last used apps button all work. Double tap to open Bixby works too for me in Nova. I did Android upgrade, without phone reset.
NB! Nova launcher states in settings, that gestures don't work...but like i said, they work for me.

Such a shame that Samsung still makes a crappy launcher with no special features.
I guess we'll have to wait for updates, the pixel 4 got an update that made gestures work with 3rd party launchers.

I'm the same (Nova Prime), and my gestures are just as they were pre-upgrade - which I'm kind of happy about. But I just don't quite understand why! I didn't think launcher would affect it.

I'm sure that after Android 10 goes final you'll see a lot of apps update. I can understand a developer not wanting to spend a lot of time developing an app for beta compatibility. Even Samsung waits on their own apps while in beta, e.g. Good Lock.

Tel864 said:
I'm sure that after Android 10 goes final you'll see a lot of apps update. I can understand a developer not wanting to spend a lot of time developing an app for beta compatibility. Even Samsung waits on their own apps while in beta, e.g. Good Lock.
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Erm...don't know if you are aware but the beta program is over,the final software is available via OTA update, I am not running a beta version of the software .
And Samsung just implemented Android 10's gesture navigation, which is available since September.

What can we do for a overall stock like experience on the phone

Should I wait for rom support or can anyone help me by suggesting an app to make the phone look like stock android

You'll need to wait for custom support.
The only way to make it the more stock possible is to debloat.
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tascommando360 said:
Should I wait for rom support or can anyone help me by suggesting an app to make the phone look like stock android
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Has been said that next ColorOS will have a more stock look. If you are rooted you should freeze contacts, phone, launcher and messages and use Google apps together with a custom launcher, like Nova. It is only a partial solution.
Or there are some magisk module (pixelify) that can turn interface into Google's one, but I don't if they can work on realme too.
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tascommando360 said:
Should I wait for rom support or can anyone help me by suggesting an app to make the phone look like stock android
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Install Lawnchair 2 from store + pixel bridge, uninstall aps that you can and hide rest of them with Lawnchair settings but keep in mind that those will not change settings in visual neither notification bar (slide down). Also you can hide aps like stock calculator and install Google one, same to clock, phone, messaging etc. With Lawnchair a is ezpz to hide apps and do not care about them and everything without root.

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Install Lawnchair 2 from store + pixel bridge, uninstall aps that you can and hide rest of them with Lawnchair settings but keep in mind that those will not change settings in visual neither notification bar (slide down). Also you can hide aps like stock calculator and install Google one, same to clock, phone, messaging etc. With Lawnchair a is ezpz to hide apps and do not care about them and everything without root.
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Yesterday evening I have unlocked the BL and rooted my device. After doing it I tried to freeze system apps and install their replacements (messages, contacts, clock and phone replaced with Google apps) and lawnchair and nova.
It surely gives a better experience (more stock) but the battery started to decrease very fast and almost every Google app and launchers appeared in this screen. Now there is only phone, but there where all gapps.
I've never seen any launcher using so much battery life.
P.S. I freezed Google app (highest drain) but custom launcher drain even more than stock one.

asusgarb said:
Yesterday evening I have unlocked the BL and rooted my device. After doing it I tried to freeze system apps and install their replacements (messages, contacts, clock and phone replaced with Google apps) and lawnchair and nova.
It surely gives a better experience (more stock) but the battery started to decrease very fast and almost every Google app and launchers appeared in this screen. Now there is only phone, but there where all gapps.
I've never seen any launcher using so much battery life.
P.S. I freezed Google app (highest drain) but custom launcher drain even more than stock one.
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But why to use lawnchair + nova ? also hmm i think that some system apps like phone messeges could not be locked just hided. Was your google phone app works normaly with stock phone locked and freezed ? Another thing - I'm running Lawnchair + pixel bridge and every time i enter to battery settings and then optimize system propose to close them so i think that probably stock launcher keeps working in background. My phone is not rooted neither unlocked, but i do not see that much of power loss due use of Lawnchair with pixel bridge. In my use daily usage of power per Lawnchair is 21mAh + google service 38mAh.

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But why to use lawnchair + nova ? also hmm i think that some system apps like phone messeges could not be locked just hided. Was your google phone app works normaly with stock phone locked and freezed ? Another thing - I'm running Lawnchair + pixel bridge and every time i enter to battery settings and then optimize system propose to close them so i think that probably stock launcher keeps working in background. My phone is not rooted neither unlocked, but i do not see that much of power loss due use of Lawnchair with pixel bridge. In my use daily usage of power per Lawnchair is 21mAh + google service 38mAh.
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I wasn't using Nova and Lawnchair together, but I tried them both separately.
I have always, even in Samsung devices, freezed system app as SMS and phone without problem, and here was the same. But they always were in the battery optimization screen.
One of the reason I rooted the phone was exactly the "double launcher" problem. And freezing stock launcher didn't cause any issue.
To be honest, I don't dislike this stock launcher, but I like pixel icons too much, and with stock launcher can't be changed.
And, no less important, it has too few personalizations.
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Hmm strange, I never freezed system aps. In all my phones before when I was unlocked and rooted I just uninstall them. But with RX2 Pro I can not help cuz until custom ROMs I will not being unlocked neither rooted.

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Hmm strange, I never freezed system aps. In all my phones before when I was unlocked and rooted I just uninstall them. But with RX2 Pro I can not help cuz until custom ROMs I will not being unlocked neither rooted.
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I always prefer freezing them instead of uninstalling, because remove them is an irreversible and invasive operation. But everyone choose what he prefers. I also chose tho freeze them on realme because i've read few messages of people who went into bootloop after uninstalling some apps.

OneUI/Android10 OTA too buggy?

Judging by the numerous complaints of issues with the new A10 updates, it looks like OneUI with Android 10 is NOT ready to replace Android9, yet it's rolling out as OTA upgrades. I predict it won't be long before people regret this new update and want to roll back to A9. I have a U1 variant and haven't gotten a prompt to update yet. It seem like a good time to fire up adb and disable the packages that are responsible for updates.
Anybody love the new OneUI w/A10 they got on their N9 via OTA? What's good about it?

I haven't had any issues and know a few others that haven't as well, but we are a small amoint of people, so yeah.
I really don't feel a difference between Android 9 and 10 with the exception of how dark mode is implemented now. That's honestly it for me. Battery life for me on the Note 8 and 9 have always been meh, but so has every other phone for me with the small exception of the Xperia Z Ultra and LG Optimus something big. Whatever the big one was.
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I went back to Android 9 a couple days ago. To me, and this is just my opinion, 10 feels like 9 to me. And the sad thing is Samsung considers this a major update so that means the 9 will not see anymore other then security patches.
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I went back to Android 9 a couple days ago. To me, and this is just my opinion, 10 feels like 9 to me. And the sad thing is Samsung considers this a major update so that means the 9 will not see anymore other then security patches.
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Google did state that Android 10 would be a significant improvement over Android Pie. Whether that is the case or not we have yet to be certain. But it is safe to say that Android Pie for the Note 9 will not be receiving any security patches now. As Samsung will only be releasing patches for Android 10 for the Note 9 from now on.

That is what I meant. 10 patches not Pie
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On 10 and loving it. Miss a few good lock options. Battery life has been great while gaming compared to 9. I read a lot of posts here and have not run across any issues yet.

This is what I am waiting for, more news of good or bad experiences with A10. I am very happy on A9 (I have U1 variant) and I dont want to click update yet because I like it how it is. I hate that they stop security patches tho. Dark mode means squat, I have themes that work for that. I also use good lock features alot. I guess I will keep postponing the update till I see more threads about it. The silence is weird, normally there are pages of complaints after a new version comes out.
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Iv been on 10 for awhile now, and i have noticed its a little sluggish. Flashed in odin, then i performed a factory reset and it is still sluggish. Hoping for an update soon

Yeah, comparing A10 to A9 (stock) is a different comparison than OneUI A10 to OneUI A9 (Samsung's) ... and that is because one of the major differences with stock Android is that A10 finally integrated dark mode.... But Samsung did that with OneUI on A9, sooo... I have OneUI with Android 9, everything is dark, it all looks good, and I like it. Also, nothing seems buggy.
It doesn't look like there is any reason at all to upgrade to OneUI w/A10, unless I like to take my chances and see if Samsung bugged up a rushed release.
I actually really, really, hate white apps. So if OneUI with A10 integrates dark mode into apps much better than it does with A9, then I would consider the upgrade, for Google apps like gmail, maps, docs, etc.

Good points from all. It's not that Android 10 is bad, it just doesnt seem much different then Android 9. For me the gestures were horrible. I'm sure peeps like them but just not for me.
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Android 10 OTA has been great for me - getting better battery life and everything smooth and fluid. No problems whatsoever, and I just did the upgrade OTA, no clean wipe or anything like that (thankfully). Did use Galaxy Labs App Optimiser and I do believe apps open noticeably faster afterwards.
P.S. Still using navigation gestures as I was on 9 and notice little difference.

How are the gestures in 10 different from 9?
I have no buttons on my screen. Bottom right corner swipe up goes back to previous screen. Bottom middle swipe up goes to home screen. Bottom left swipe up shows all running apps.
Is OneUI/A10 different than that?

Someone can tell me how is the volume on Android 10 compared to Android 9? Is it louder or similar?

gruuvin said:
How are the gestures in 10 different from 9?
I have no buttons on my screen. Bottom right corner swipe up goes back to previous screen. Bottom middle swipe up goes to home screen. Bottom left swipe up shows all running apps.
Is OneUI/A10 different than that?
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i think you are using 3rd party launchers? because the new full gestures can only be used on samaung one ui launcher

I am in San Francisco, with unlocked US Note 9, and have not received A10 update.
Has anyone on here in the bay area received it?
If needed, point me to another thread for this question.

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i think you are using 3rd party launchers? because the new full gestures can only be used on samaung one ui launcher
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Stock full screen gestures (no buttons showing) in settings > display > navigation bar. This is built into OneUI/A9

gruuvin said:
Stock full screen gestures (no buttons showing) in settings > display > navigation bar. This is built into OneUI/A9
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so you mean to say you dont have the new full screen gestures of android 10?
bdw your fullscreen really shows fullscreen apps?

I've had A10 for a few days now, and besides one small glitch (commas and periods are doubled when I press the icons, and sometimes the space doubles also using the space bar), I've had no issues with it.

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so you mean to say you dont have the new full screen gestures of android 10?
bdw your fullscreen really shows fullscreen apps?
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I mean to say that I am running stock A9/OneUI with fullscreen gestures built into the OS (not from a third-party app), and from what people are describing about the fullscreen gestures in A10/OneUI, they are not any different. And yes, my fullscreen really shows fullscreen apps--no software buttons.

Ive found that A10 and UI2, cannot handle gestures and fullscreen mode any where near as well as A9 UI1.
Ive tried A10 twice now and both times, from a full wipe, the fullscreen/immersive mode messes up the A10 gestures. Whereas A9 can run fullscreen (no buttons, no taskbar, full immersive for all apps) and use gestures without any issue, and with just one swipe.
You try using proper fullscreen/immersive on A10 with gestures, and it takes two swipes to do anything, and Edge Panel Apps just gets ruined, as you cannot swipe open any more. There must be some conflict in Fullscreen/Immersive mode.
I use bxactions to toggle Fullscreen/Immersive from the Bixby button.

Nova Launcher issues?

Anyone else using Nova Launcher on the Pixel 5? It seems to redraw when swiping up and keeps going back to pixel launcher every so often.
Is this just an android 11 issue?

It happened the same to me with lawnchair. The 3rd party launcher occasionally crashes, so it loses default status and the pixel launcher comes back.
I installed after the latest beta of lawnchair and the problem is gone.

I'm still on my Pixel 2 XL on Android 11 and have no problems with Nova Launcher. If there really is a problem with Nova Launcher, I imagine there will be an update coming soon.

no problems here with the nova launcher beta

It's doing it on mine regularly, I'm on the beta as well.
Are you using the gesture navigation?

Nova seems fine here as well (using latest Play Store release)

I had issues yesterday on my pixel 5 however i restarted the phone and selected "always" for the nova launcher and seems fine now.

had this issue too, but it works fine since i set it as the default launcher in the system settings two times. From there on, no more occourences of the pixel launcher at all

There are definitely issues with Nova and Lawnchair as launchers for this. Tried the latest stable and beta versions for both with no difference.
They redraw the homescreen apps when you come in and out of the multi-tasking app view.
People saying they are not having issues are likely just not noticing it, as it happens in a really quick blip - but it's enough to be annoying once you notice it the first time.
It doesn't always result in Pixel Launcher resetting to the default launcher - most of the time if you just see you homescreen apps flash in and out is all.

Agreed. It all works but it's not perfect by any means. Don't forget the additional delay while the task switcher realises it needs to shift to the right to show the first app. Shame really. It was enough to make me stick to the stock launcher.

Nova is total bugged right now, but this ist mainly causes by Android itself.
https://help.teslacoilapps.com/faq/gesture-navigation

Had mine since last wednesday and ran Nova since the start, not had one issue with it?

Sorry but i cant believe you.
I am able to reproduce several issues.
Example, complete GUI does not respond to the first click after App minimize and you can see it refreshes the Launcher GUI.
https://youtu.be/4GfQri5Hw2U

Had it since day I don't experience any issues as well.

It's not perfect but I'm still using it. Nova can't do anything about it. I prefer a slightly buggy Nova over stock launcher.

The issue is caused by gestures from doing some digging around. If you use on screen buttons, it will work fine. Something for Google to fix in the code... again!

Well for me its working, you just have to set Google pixel launcher as default and then change to nova launcher.

novl said:
Nova is total bugged right now, but this ist mainly causes by Android itself.
https://help.teslacoilapps.com/faq/gesture-navigation
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I'm using Nova with full gesture control.

Guitarfreak26 said:
Anyone else using Nova Launcher on the Pixel 5? It seems to redraw when swiping up and keeps going back to pixel launcher every so often.
Is this just an android 11 issue?
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I started using the Beta on my Pixel 2 and tried on my 3. On both phones, I had the issue of Nova losing default, and would have to launch it or restart. Eventually the issue went away by itself, after about 3 days. Same thing happened on Beta 10 as well.

Cicada1o1 said:
The issue is caused by gestures from doing some digging around. If you use on screen buttons, it will work fine. Something for Google to fix in the code... again!
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I experienced the same problems with gestures on. Changed to on screen buttons all is good.