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Orientation-aware Launcher.apk!

This orientation-aware Launcher.apk is a perfect compliment to my Vanilla MoDaCo custom ROM, but can be used in any ROM! Basically, all this apk does is replace your existing Launcher.apk with one that has accelerometer sensing enabled.
To install this application, simply replace your existing Launcher.apk with adb. For example, in Linux:
adb push Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=84557978968581050941
Have fun!
Andrew

don't forget to adb remount first

Does this mean we can use our home screen in vertical?
edit : horizontal i meant to say

My home screen has always worked in vertical!

I think he meant horizontal.

This crashed my hero.

maxld said:
This crashed my hero.
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I'll make an update.zip later, this should solve some installation problems.
And btw, it allows the launcher to be in horizontal orientation: )
Andrew

"adb remount", then "adb push Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk"
then rebooted the phone .. but nothing changed :\

Just a note, this is for the android vanilla launcher, not HTC Sense.

Didn't work for me, showed a blank screen & kept force closing.

MaXo64 said:
"adb remount", then "adb push Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk"
then rebooted the phone .. but nothing changed :\
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Same here There must be somethign else in the framework of your ROM that enables this, I tried it on an ASOP 2.0 build and it doesn't work (I also downloaded your ROM, ripped the apk and pushed that and still nothing)

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voicemail upgrade notification on latest fresh rom- annoying!!

wiped cache,data,reinstalled the rom, voicemail setting is set to my carrier with my phone number,.. still gives me installation failed everytime! I don't care about the stupid update I just want it gone! I Can't get rid of the annoying icon in notification bar!

same here i just want it gone.
sweet rom though

you guys talking about 3.1 or 3.2? if its 3.1 look at the tutorial on fresh's website about using the fresh updater, how to set up the theme server's etc, and use the fresh updater app to update the vvm. Thats what I did for mine, and it worked fine.
If youre using 3.2, which i believe is still only available to donaters of his, then I would assume youd be able to figure it out, although his current 3.2 release isnt resigned so you would be able to use sprints updater i believe.
Best of luck.

mikek9 said:
you guys talking about 3.1 or 3.2? if its 3.1 look at the tutorial on fresh's website about using the fresh updater, how to set up the theme server's etc, and use the fresh updater app to update the vvm. Thats what I did for mine, and it worked fine.
If youre using 3.2, which i believe is still only available to donaters of his, then I would assume youd be able to figure it out, although his current 3.2 release isnt resigned so you would be able to use sprints updater i believe.
Best of luck.
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thxs i'm using 3.1, just based on what you said I manage to update the vvm via fresh updater, no tutorial necessary, took me literally 2mins, thxs again

no problem, glad i could help

i dont want it gone. i am happy to take whatever update is available.
i am using evio 1.1 and i will check his thread but any idead how to install the update?
did it on the wifes unrooted evo and of course it went thru fine.
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Go to the Application Box. (The button above the Home Button)
Look for Fresh Updates app.
Open that up Tap Menu > Click on Config > Hit Theme and Settings > Manage Theme Servers > Tap Menu then update featured Servers hit yes to update.
Then you will see can go back to tweaks and choose the Voice Mail update and download/install it.

I answered this in another post, but here it is again...this method is manual as opposed to using fresh updater as stated above.
1. Download the attached, updated .apk
2. Place the apk in your android-sdk-windows/tools folder (or whatever you named it)
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. open a command prompt and do (hit enter after each line)
Code:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
rm -f Sprint_VVM.apk
exit
then, from outside of the shell do (hit enter after each line)
5.
Code:
adb push Sprint_VVM.apk /system/app
adb reboot
You shouldn't have the update problem anymore if you complete all steps successfully
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[MOD] Default Froyo Launcher

This will allow you to use the default Froyo Launcher instead of using the HTC Sense Launcher included with the MT4G for those that prefer it!
This was compiled through the generic AOSP 2.2r1 source with 5 screens. I will make one with 7 screens if anyone would like it.
First of all, you will need root(VISIONary) and adb.
Second, you will need this file: http://www.4shared.com/file/Cd9kUAqL/Launcher2.html
Third, make sure your phone is in "Charge Only" mode when you connect it to your computer.
Next:
1. adb push Launcher2.apk /sdcard/
2. adb shell
Now in shell:
3. su (Superuser might pop up on your device, make sure to press "Allow")
4. stop
5. mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
6. cp /sdcard/Launcher2.apk /system/app/
7. start
8. Wait for the phone to do a "soft boot"
9. Once you pull down the Lockscreen, select Launcher instead of HTC Sense
Now, of course, this will go away once you reboot the phone, but you could use visionary.sh, a file that loads on boot if VISIONary roots your phone on every boot, and make it do these commands.
This was a simple idea I had after seeing Cyanogen's LED Notification Light Mod for the G2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797867&page=4
UPDATE: You might want to re-download the Launcher2.apk. The phone hotseat button now loads the HTC Phone app instead of not working.
UPDATE 2: This also includes the default AOSP wallpapers under Wallpaper > Wallpapers.

thank you very much. i was really looking for this. now all we need is perm root so this doesnt go away on reboot

Greatly appreciated!
Not to seem like I am spitting in your face, but I think I'll stick with LauncherPro if I want to get the stock look. Until persistent root is obtained I don't want to mess with anything that may go away.

JWhipple said:
Greatly appreciated!
Not to seem like I am spitting in your face, but I think I'll stick with LauncherPro if I want to get the stock look. Until persistent root is obtained I don't want to mess with anything that may go away.
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Ha I understand. I was using LauncherPro before I did this.

Updated Launcher2.apk so that the phone hotseat button now loads the HTC Phone app instead of not working.

travisjames said:
This will allow you to use the default Froyo Launcher instead of using the HTC Sense Launcher included with the MT4G for those that prefer it!
This was compiled through the generic AOSP 2.2r1 source with 5 screens. I will make one with 7 screens if anyone would like it.
First of all, you will need root(VISIONary) and adb.
Second, you will need this file: http://www.4shared.com/file/Cd9kUAqL/Launcher2.html
Third, make sure your phone is in "Charge Only" mode when you connect it to your computer.
Next:
1. adb push Launcher2.apk /sdcard/
2. adb shell
Now in shell:
3. su (Superuser might pop up on your device, make sure to press "Allow")
4. stop
5. mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
6. cp /sdcard/Launcher2.apk /system/app/
7. start
8. Wait for the phone to do a "soft boot"
9. Once you pull down the Lockscreen, select Launcher instead of HTC Sense
Now, of course, this will go away once you reboot the phone, but you could use visionary.sh, a file that loads on boot if VISIONary roots your phone on every boot, and make it do these commands.
This was a simple idea I had after seeing Cyanogen's LED Notification Light Mod for the G2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797867&page=4
UPDATE: You might want to re-download the Launcher2.apk. The phone hotseat button now loads the HTC Phone app instead of not working.
UPDATE 2: This also includes the default AOSP wallpapers under Wallpaper > Wallpapers.
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Dude is there anyway you can do this with the traditional sense launcher instead to replace the ugly espresso crap?

Omeer said:
Dude is there anyway you can do this with the traditional sense launcher instead to replace the ugly espresso crap?
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Since Rosie.apk already exist within /system/app, it would just throw an error when trying to copy it from the SD card to the system cache.

Lol yeah I found that out the hard way after semi bricking my phone last night. My question now is can rosie.apk that exists within the system cache be replaced by a custom one? I'm assuming no since the .apk being replaced would be in use atm...
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Ooh here's another idea. I saw a thread over at the Desire HD forums and someone ported/modded the themes into .apk files. The installation instructions are very straight forward, just install as normal .apk files or move the files to /system/app. Needless to say that just simply installing it didn't work on the MyTouch 4G. My concern now is can we use this method or any other method to push these .apk files to the /system/app folder to see if it works? A way to theme our devices will hold us eager beavers off till we get a permanent root.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

Great work, thanks a ton for this. One question though, is there any advantage of using stock launcher insteat of ADW or LP? I myself love ADW, especially with 3D look that AnderWeb is trying go implement but if there's performance gain with the stock - I'm all for it.

Omeer said:
Lol yeah I found that out the hard way after semi bricking my phone last night. My question now is can rosie.apk that exists within the system cache be replaced by a custom one? I'm assuming no since the .apk being replaced would be in use atm...
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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Even when using Launcher2.apk instead of Rosie, it failed to replace. I tried it last night after I saw your suggestion.
Omeer said:
Ooh here's another idea. I saw a thread over at the Desire HD forums and someone ported/modded the themes into .apk files. The installation instructions are very straight forward, just install as normal .apk files or move the files to /system/app. Needless to say that just simply installing it didn't work on the MyTouch 4G. My concern now is can we use this method or any other method to push these .apk files to the /system/app folder to see if it works? A way to theme our devices will hold us eager beavers off till we get a permanent root.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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You might be able to do that with this method. All I can say is, try and see if it works.
borodin1 said:
Great work, thanks a ton for this. One question though, is there any advantage of using stock launcher insteat of ADW or LP? I myself love ADW, especially with 3D look that AnderWeb is trying go implement but if there's performance gain with the stock - I'm all for it.
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Personally, I haven't seen any advantage to using Launcher2 over ADW or LauncherPro. The only reason I made this was because I like vanilla Android over Sense. But, I don't really see any performance gain. I might do a little bit more testing and get back to you.

travisjames said:
Even when using Launcher2.apk instead of Rosie, it failed to replace. I tried it last night after I saw your suggestion.
You might be able to do that with this method. All I can say is, try and see if it works.
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OK so I followed this guide exactly as outlined except I replaced the launcher2.apk files with the commonSense.apk file. Everything goes swimmingly until I pull down the lock screen when the screen just hangs for a good a while but ultimately results in no change. What I want to try now is to push .apk files onto the /system/app folder some how and that's not what this method does. I read somewhere that it's now possible to push .apk files to root folders, any ideas as to what that might be?

travisjames said:
1. adb push Launcher2.apk /sdcard/
2. adb shell
Now in shell:
3. su (Superuser might pop up on your device, make sure to press "Allow")
4. stop
5. mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
6. cp /sdcard/Launcher2.apk /system/app/
7. start
8. Wait for the phone to do a "soft boot"
9. Once you pull down the Lockscreen, select Launcher instead of HTC Sense
Now, of course, this will go away once you reboot the phone, but you could use visionary.sh, a file that loads on boot if VISIONary roots your phone on every boot, and make it do these commands.
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I think if you replace step 6 with
"pm install /sdcard/Launcher2.apk"
it should install to /data/app which should still be fine after a reboot.

Phone doesn't work
Thanks for that!
The left button doesn't work on my desire.
Is the link on #1 up to date?

[Q]How to restore Sense lockscreen?

This is going to be one of those things where some people cry out "Blasphemy!" But I will ask anyways.
I loaded up a ROM on my Evo that contains Sense everything, except the lockscreen. The ROM is perfect other than this problem. Despite my best efforts all I see is people asking how to remove the Sense lockscreen (wut?) and none trying to add it to a ROM after the fact. So I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enough to aid me in restoring the Sense lockscreen. I'd greatly appreciate the help.

Licht_ said:
This is going to be one of those things where some people cry out "Blasphemy!" But I will ask anyways.
I loaded up a ROM on my Evo that contains Sense everything, except the lockscreen. The ROM is perfect other than this problem. Despite my best efforts all I see is people asking how to remove the Sense lockscreen (wut?) and none trying to add it to a ROM after the fact. So I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enough to aid me in restoring the Sense lockscreen. I'd greatly appreciate the help.
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Restore nandroid

Find the HtcLockscreen.apk and use adb to push it to /system/app/

bcarter2000 said:
Find the HtcLockscreen.apk and use adb to push it to /system/app/
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If you're not good with adb, you can also use root explorer.

I've placed htclockscreen.apk into system/app but it doesn't enable the lock screen. Possible the APK I downloaded is misnamed.

Licht_ said:
I've placed htclockscreen.apk into system/app but it doesn't enable the lock screen. Possible the APK I downloaded is misnamed.
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Did you install it?
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk

Widget locker works well
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.

kd0axs said:
Did you install it?
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
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I tried but it says "Application not installed." I assumed that meant that I couldn't install system APKs or something of the like. I'll look for another source for the file. I'm sure this one is just bad. (Random Mediafire link.)
Edit : I downloaded from a better source. But this file also will not install. Placed it into the correct folder and am now rebooting to see if it works.
Edit 2 : Definitely not working. Am I missing something? I just place it in the folder... then nothing happens.

You have to install it after it's place in the folder. Use your favorite file manager and click on the apk file.

Licht_ said:
I tried but it says "Application not installed." I assumed that meant that I couldn't install system APKs or something of the like. I'll look for another source for the file. I'm sure this one is just bad. (Random Mediafire link.)
Edit : I downloaded from a better source. But this file also will not install. Placed it into the correct folder and am now rebooting to see if it works.
Edit 2 : Definitely not working. Am I missing something? I just place it in the folder... then nothing happens.
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Okay. Take your htclockscreen.apk, using Root Explorer preferably, and place it in /system/app. There is no need to install anything now. What is needed, is that you need to long press on the htclockscreen.apk after you copy it to the system/app folder, and press permissions. You must make sure that the "user" permissions are set "read" and "write". Make sure they're both checked. Once that is complete, reboot your Evo. You'll have the htc lockscreen, every time.
you can also use adb. If you don't have it all set up, there's an easy way around that. Download 'wireless adb' or 'adb over wifi' from the market. Activate that app (you have to have your wifi on), open up a command prompt and connect to your phone, by typing 'adb connect 192.sss.s.ss:8000' (it'd be your IP address and port, which the app will provide to you). Once connected, navigate to where you downloaded the htc lockscreen apk. (say it was in the folder C:\android, you'd type cd C:\android, then hit enter). Then do this. adb remount (hit enter).
adb push HtcLockscreen.apk /system/app (hit enter). Then type adb reboot (hit enter). That would be all you need to do. Either one of those two methods, with adb or the file explorer should solve your problem.

k2buckley said:
Okay. Take your htclockscreen.apk, using Root Explorer preferably, and place it in /system/app. There is no need to install anything now. What is needed, is that you need to long press on the htclockscreen.apk after you copy it to the system/app folder, and press permissions. You must make sure that the "user" permissions are set "read" and "write". Make sure they're both checked. Once that is complete, reboot your Evo. You'll have the htc lockscreen, every time.
you can also use adb. If you don't have it all set up, there's an easy way around that. Download 'wireless adb' or 'adb over wifi' from the market. Activate that app (you have to have your wifi on), open up a command prompt and connect to your phone, by typing 'adb connect 192.sss.s.ss:8000' (it'd be your IP address and port, which the app will provide to you). Once connected, navigate to where you downloaded the htc lockscreen apk. (say it was in the folder C:\android, you'd type cd C:\android, then hit enter). Then do this. adb remount (hit enter).
adb push HtcLockscreen.apk /system/app (hit enter). Then type adb reboot (hit enter). That would be all you need to do. Either one of those two methods, with adb or the file explorer should solve your problem.
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I've added the permissions as per your instructions and rebooted twice but I still have the stock lockscreen.

Licht_ said:
I've added the permissions as per your instructions and rebooted twice but I still have the stock lockscreen.
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What ROM are you running? I was under the assumption (for some reason) that it was a nonsense rom (sense based, but most sense elements removed). Are you on an AOSP rom? If you are, I don't believe you can use a sense htc lockscreen at all, and I apologize for the mis information. If you are actually using a sense based ROM, then I'm not sure why it's not working. What file explorer are you using? Root Explorer?
Edit: I re read your OP. I see you are on a Sense based rom. What rom is it? Maybe I'll flash it and see if I can get the htc lockscreen working. I feel like flashing something....

k2buckley said:
What ROM are you running? I was under the assumption (for some reason) that it was a nonsense rom (sense based, but most sense elements removed). Are you on an AOSP rom? If you are, I don't believe you can use a sense htc lockscreen at all, and I apologize for the mis information. If you are actually using a sense based ROM, then I'm not sure why it's not working. What file explorer are you using? Root Explorer?
Edit: I re read your OP. I see you are on a Sense based rom. What rom is it? Maybe I'll flash it and see if I can get the htc lockscreen working. I feel like flashing something....
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Eternal Prophecy 4.2
It has most Sense elements but just not the lockscreen.
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Question Is there any posibility to hide notification statusbar in this days?

Is any ROM out here with expanded desktop feature or any way to hide status bar? Old android has this feature

"System UI Tuner" from Play Store can hide both NavButtons & Notif-bar, but doesn't work on MIUI 🥹

also doesn't work on aosp ROMs. at least not on a11+ lineage, cR, Cherish, Havoc.

simondd said:
also doesn't work on aosp ROMs. at least not on a11+ lineage, cR, Cherish, Havoc.
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There is... magisk and download :
GitHub - Magisk-Modules-Repo/HideNavBar
Contribute to Magisk-Modules-Repo/HideNavBar development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Once hidden tho you can't open notifications

The first step to hide Android status bar/ notification bar on Android devices using Mobile Device Manager Plus is to lock down the device into Kiosk Mode. Kiosk Mode allows the device to run specific apps on the devices while restricting access to other apps and device functionalities such as to hide status bar.

Rstment ^m^ said:
There is... magisk and download :
GitHub - Magisk-Modules-Repo/HideNavBar
Contribute to Magisk-Modules-Repo/HideNavBar development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Once hidden tho you can't open notifications
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Not working

simondd said:
Not working
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How come?
Does it offer status bar modifications during setup? It may have been removed ... in which case I can send you the file for it.

Ok, send me please

simondd said:
Ok, send me please
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This should remove the status bar only.
To install - open twrp and copy this app into system apps folder.
It should work without issues, I made a more advanced version of it later on that fixed the spacing left by the status bar compensating for the notch but my pc got hit by malware so is gone...
Again - you can't open status bar anymore while this is active. I tried playing with it but the height of status bar is tied to swipe region - meaning if height is 0 so is touch region hence it can't be opened... There must be a better solution to this

Rstment ^m^ said:
Again - you can't open status bar anymore while this is active.
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Can you open it via gesture from external gesture app like Vivid NG etc ?

serraxer said:
Can you open it via gesture from external gesture app like Vivid NG etc ?
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you can ,and if you use lineage you can even open it normally - the gesture isn't tied to statsubar height
Needs to be moved into /system/product/overlay, use twrp for this or if not available adb root works too - this command will set everything up for adb
Code:
adb root && adb shell remount && adb shell
The commands for twrp or adb root are:
Code:
cp /sdcard/Downloads/status.apk /system/product/overlay/
chmod 644 /system/product/overlay/status.apk
reboot
When phone reboots you need to use adb again ( Or termux with root permission )
Code:
adb shell cmd overlay enable statusbar.killer
And that's it , it will persist through reboots

Rstment ^m^ said:
you can ,and if you use lineage you can even open it normally - the gesture isn't tied to statsubar height
Needs to be moved into /system/product/overlay, use twrp for this or if not available adb root works too - this command will set everything up for adb
Code:
adb root && adb shell remount && adb shell
The commands for twrp or adb root are:
Code:
cp /sdcard/Downloads/status.apk /system/product/overlay/
chmod 644 /system/product/overlay/status.apk
reboot
When phone reboots you need to use adb again ( Or termux with root permission )
Code:
adb shell cmd overlay enable statusbar.killer
And that's it , it will persist through reboots
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Will this work for Android 13?

Bxperiaz3 said:
Will this work for Android 13?
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try

Rstment ^m^ said:
try
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Works on my pixel 7 pro. It's great just wish you could still pull down the status bar

Bxperiaz3 said:
Works on my pixel 7 pro. It's great just wish you could still pull down the status bar
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Yeah, likely would require modifications to frameworks or some other package... But those are unique to every device build
Different approach would be required there ... you wont find any magisk module that does this - I've searched for it everywhere

Bxperiaz3 said:
Works on my pixel 7 pro. It's great just wish you could still pull down the status bar
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This mod only hides the icons in the status bar, leaving the dash still visible, or extends the screen to completely hide the status bar, gaining more screen space?

simondd said:
This mod only hides the icons in the status bar, leaving the dash still visible, or extends the screen to completely hide the status bar, gaining more screen space?
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Extends. Like full immersive, really enjoying it. On the pixel 7 pro the whole screen move up as well so theres no gap. Phone works perfectly, just have to get used to not seeing the status bar for a while.

Bxperiaz3 said:
Extends. Like full immersive, really enjoying it. On the pixel 7 pro the whole screen move up as well so theres no gap. Phone works perfectly, just have to get used to not seeing the status bar for a while.
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That's what I looking for! Can you explain how to properly install it? I'm a little bit confused Of course I'm rooted 🫡

simondd said:
That's what I looking for! Can you explain how to properly install it? I'm a little bit confused Of course I'm rooted 🫡
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Sure. Download the zip file, open magisk, go to modules, load from storage, flash, reboot, done.

Bxperiaz3 said:
Sure. Download the zip file, open magisk, go to modules, load from storage, flash, reboot, done.
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What zip file?