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[MOD] 18 Dec: UI patch (Menu Both Sides / Search / Search In Landscape)

While using paulobrien's UI patch with the search button, I noticed that when in landscape, the search button goes away. I made this to fix that. It is essentially paulobrien's code with some minor edits.
LTE version is based off of this.
Disclaimers:
-This is the first patch of this kind or any kind that I have ever made.
-It is only tested on VillainROM-AOSP-r1.1
-I am not responsible for your device being bricked.
-The usual
-etc.
Downloads:
Normal Order
GSM:
-Mediafire
-Multiupload
-XDA or bottom of post (SearchInLandv1.zip)
LTE: UNTESTED
-XDA or bottom of post (SearchInLandLTEv0.zip)
Recent, Home, Back, Search
GSM:
-XDA or bottom of post (SearchInLandRHBSv1.zip)
LTE:
-XDA or bottom of post (SearchInLandLTE-RHBSv0.zip)

Do we have a way to get this mod onto LTE version?

grooves12 said:
Do we have a way to get this mod onto LTE version?
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I will look into it.

Great!, confirmed working on revolution 2.1.1
Thank you
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grooves12 said:
Do we have a way to get this mod onto LTE version?
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+1 to that please.

OSully said:
+1 to that please.
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grooves12 said:
Do we have a way to get this mod onto LTE version?
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I made an experimental one for LTE. I do not have an LTE Nexus so I can't test it. If it doesn't work, re-flashing your rom should change it back to what it was.

Any way to change the order? Like recent apps, home, back, search.

sing1gnis said:
Any way to change the order? Like recent apps, home, back, search.
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I think so. I will try to make one with that order.

sing1gnis said:
Any way to change the order? Like recent apps, home, back, search.
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It is done. I tested it on my GSM VillainROM Nexus and it seemed to work. LTE version in the works.
EDIT: LTE version done

I flashed the searchinlandLTEv0.zip and did the standard wipe dalvik cache. after booting there are no soft buttons and the status bar is missing. power+volume down won't take a picture but ddms to the rescue. will a logcat help? let me know.
Edit: i am on stock 4.0.2 rooted w/ busybox.

crazifyngers said:
I flashed the searchinlandLTEv0.zip and did the standard wipe dalvik cache. after booting there are no soft buttons and the status bar is missing. power+volume down won't take a picture but ddms to the rescue. will a logcat help? let me know.
Edit: i am on stock 4.0.2 rooted w/ busybox.
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ROM needs to be deodexed and if it is a stock ROM it is most likely odexed.

LTE works fine. One thing though; the menu dots at the top are smaller than the bottom ones in landscape mode. Any way to fix?
Also for some reason the search bar has reappeared on my home screens even though I'm using novalauncher.
Would you mind modding the patch in this thread to work with landscape?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394639
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tkm89 said:
ROM needs to be deodexed and if it is a stock ROM it is most likely odexed.
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well my face is red.

Everything is working fine without a hitch on the lte nexus. I love the resizing of the icons
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tkm89 said:
ROM needs to be deodexed and if it is a stock ROM it is most likely odexed.
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same thing happened to me and I'm deodexed.

Working great for me on LTE.
Only issue I have is when going into apps that darken the buttons, ie: camera... it still shows 3 dots instead of 4.
Is it possible to get long-press shortcuts programmed into the buttons? Voice search for search and app switcher for home? Then can go to Back, Home, Search layout?

Thus is not for 4.0.3 roms correct?
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Any chance of getting an update to fix the couple little issues Pikabob?
-when going into apps that darken the buttons, ie: camera... it still shows 3 dots instead of 4.
-Dots on the top in landscape mode are not the same size as the bottom ones (for the menu option)

OSully said:
Any chance of getting an update to fix the couple little issues Pikabob?
-when going into apps that darken the buttons, ie: camera... it still shows 3 dots instead of 4.
-Dots on the top in landscape mode are not the same size as the bottom ones (for the menu option)
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I will try to fix those, but I may have to abandon the LTE version as I have no LTE model to test on.

Any chance the bottom buttons could be rearranged? To left to right-
Multitask search home back and invisible menu at both sides?
Cheers
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

[Q] ICS tablet mode - launcher recommendations

over at rootzwiki i just learned that ICS can go into tablet mode, so i did switch and i find it perfectly usable. some apps are even more useful than before like settings, mail, etc.
my only gripe right now is the launcher, it wastes space. i use nova with a 7x7 grid but in portrait mode its too small and in landscape mode i'd like to have more icons in the app-drawer.
does anyone know which launcher will do better? also, is it possible to get back stock launcher2? im on aokp b27 and it had trebuchet (which crashes) and nova.
thanks!
ps. for those who don't know it yet, try it out:
0. make a nandroid. should your launcher crash you are screwed
1. get latest aokp
2. change dpi to 190 in rom control
3. add hide-navbar option in powermenu
4. press powerbutton and hide navbar
5. reboot
trouble-shooting:
market trouble can be resolved by following the steps indicated in the AOKP dpi changer. i still had to manually delete its cache and data plus force close it until it finally shut up and let me download.
phone.apk will likely crash. it can be fixed be exchanging it with the one from AOKP's droid incredible build: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4168356/Phone.apk.html
i used adb, can also be done via root-browser i guess

molesarecoming said:
over at rootzwiki i just learned that ICS can go into tablet mode, so i did switch and i find it perfectly usable. some apps are even more useful than before like settings, mail, youtube, etc.
my only gripe right now is the launcher, it wastes space. i use nova with a 7x7 grid but in portrait mode its too small and in landscape mode i'd like to have more icons in the app-drawer.
does anyone know which launcher will do better? also, is it possible to get back stock launcher2? im on aokp b27 and it had trebuchet (which crashes) and nova.
thanks!
ps. for those who don't know it yet, try it out:
0. make a nandroid. should your launcher crash you are screwed
1. get latest aokp
2. change dpi to 190 in rom control
3. add hide-navbar option in powermenu
4. press powerbutton and hide navbar
5. reboot
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ADW Launcher Ex works fine...

looks like what i needed, thanks!!! will now download and try
btw, i had problems using the phone app, it crashed. i read pushing the Phone.apk from aokp droid incredible build into /system/app works. and it did. now it runs perfectly, no fc's, no crashes. i uploaded it here in case anyone needs it: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4168356/Phone.apk.html

Yea I was going to say, ADW is my choice for my 10" Tablet.
My Setup:
Hide Dock Bar
Hide Status Bar (top part with App Drawer and redundant menu icon)
Hide Desktop Icon Text
Create a Drawer Icon coupled with whatever desktop icons.
Crank up the desktop Row/Column
This gives you a pretty large work area that is edge to edge. I don't use the dock bar but rather hide it and place my own icons. This removes the restriction of a 5 icon dock.
However I've never done this on my Nexus so I don't know how small the icons would be.
Hiding the statusbar is tricky because it doesn't work via the options checkbox. You have to create a gesture to hide/show statusbar. Go to the desktop and perform the gesture to hide it. Then go back into settings and delete the gesture. Now you'll gain access to the top bar.
With the Status bar gone, you access ADW Settings via the App Drawer like other ICS launchers.

why hiding the navbar? it's only initially since tablet mode brings its own, and i really like it so far. i find it more useful than the one in stock ICS even.
i installed adw and sadly i really don't like it so far. it feels like gingerbread and i hate having to theme ICS when im on ICS. but function-wise i got tiny icons in portrait mode and they seem to behave kinda strange. for now i got nova back, wastes space but i find it optically more appealing.
what i search would be a launcher that can stretch icons. i'd like it to behave just as before, if i use a 4x4 grid it would be cool if it could use the entire screen and not just a tiny fraction. nova comes close using a 7x7 grid but 49 tiny icons look kind of cluttered - not really nice for a homescreen.
btw, look how youtube reacted to tablet mode, never used a tablet or owned one, so my jaw pretty much dropped when i saw it running.

APEX launcher does the job. uses 100% screenspace and icons are big enough.

Also, check out Go launcher Ex. Make the icons larger in the settings menu. I manual set them to 80 and they look great. I also remove the top bar in the launchers setting menu. Set the screen to 6x6 and it looks perfect. Of course running an ICS theme but I don't mind a theme when I am actually on ICS. it is when you are on GB running an ICS theme that makes it feel cheesy!
I wish we could run the density in 160 but it seems like no phone.apk will run in that density. While running in 190 you need to use a modded market but it still seems like the market causes issues with certain apps while trying to download them. 160 would be native so we wouldn't need a modded market.

i still know it from my gf's phone, but must say i never liked it much. i guess im pretty happy now with apex in tablet mode, looks almost stock without the dpi changes, as it should. if i had the 5-button dock back and the notification-curtain (don't like they way they implemented that for tablets, it sucks) yeah it would be perfection but that can't be done unless the rom gets rewritten. im using it now daily, can live with small kinks and the new gapps/settings more than make up for it - would never ever want to revert to old mail/youtube/contacts/callendar, etc.
btw, are there rom's out there making dedicated use of it? i guess could care less about the newest tweak that gives me 5 minutes more battery power. but something that transforms the entire UI/IX into something more useful...

Go Launcher HD is made for tablets. I haven't tested it, but you can get a beta on their site.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/03/go-launcher-hd-v1-0-beta/

mwalt2 said:
Go Launcher HD is made for tablets. I haven't tested it, but you can get a beta on their site.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/03/go-launcher-hd-v1-0-beta/
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Man that thanks button is in a bad spot. You just got a freebee.
That launder does not work with the densities that we can use. It does work at 160 in portrait but not landscape.

Wish someone implemented this as a stable and full functioning ROM..
Worked well with AOKP until it went into airplane mode and never got out. I then rebooted and my cellular data was gone all together. Guess it really thought it was a tablet.
Sent from the future.

molesarecoming said:
APEX launcher does the job. uses 100% screenspace and icons are big enough.
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Good call on Apex Launcher, looks good:
SocialReject said:
Wish someone implemented this as a stable and full functioning ROM..
Worked well with AOKP until it went into airplane mode and never got out. I then rebooted and my cellular data was gone all together. Guess it really thought it was a tablet.
Sent from the future.
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Yeah, data seems to be a little weird. I downloaded a file then it just stopped and wouldn't connect again and I couldn't make a call either. It was still showing full bars and 4G though. A reboot fixes it. I was running Franco's kernel so thought maybe it had something to do with that so I am back on stock kernel and going to see how it behaves. I so don't want to give this up. It it pure awesomenes!

SocialReject said:
Wish someone implemented this as a stable and full functioning ROM..
Worked well with AOKP until it went into airplane mode and never got out. I then rebooted and my cellular data was gone all together. Guess it really thought it was a tablet.
Sent from the future.
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thats terrible, i better make a nandroid before i try it. a custom rom would be great though, im getting really tired fixing this up.
the thing is, i really dislike the new tablet notification center, and the launcher. i wish it would behave just like before, if it could perhaps be tricked into ignoring the fake dpi. and i reaalllyy miss the notification curtain and the dock-bar. i tried hours to find some replacement for the old dock, the only thing that came close was desktop visualizr from the market, it creates resizable launcherbuttons with or without label and let's you set icons/images.
i love the new apps and settings, but the homescreen looks kinda long and dorky.

[email protected] said:
Good call on Apex Launcher, looks good:
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yea at least it fills up the screen, nova wouldn't. would be great through if it could do 5x4 icons + dock, everything in normal size, like before.
btw, your widgets look nice, could you share their names?

[email protected] said:
Good call on Apex Launcher, looks good:
Yeah, data seems to be a little weird. I downloaded a file then it just stopped and wouldn't connect again and I couldn't make a call either. It was still showing full bars and 4G though. A reboot fixes it. I was running Franco's kernel so thought maybe it had something to do with that so I am back on stock kernel and going to see how it behaves. I so don't want to give this up. It it pure awesomenes!
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Let me know if data is still a problem after reverting back to stock because I'm currently on Franco's kernel, also.
Sent from the future.

molesarecoming said:
yea at least it fills up the screen, nova wouldn't. would be great through if it could do 5x4 icons + dock, everything in normal size, like before.
btw, your widgets look nice, could you share their names?
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It is Beautiful Widgets and Pure News Widget.
SocialReject said:
Let me know if data is still a problem after reverting back to stock because I'm currently on Franco's kernel, also.
Sent from the future.
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So far so good on stock kernel after a few hours. Will continue to test.
Edit...Data just stopped working with stock kernel. That really sucks! 4G still shows and so does the data arrows but no data works...

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Someone implement this! Argh
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guys, i modded apexlauncher with apktool. made some changes in dalvik code to trick it into getting back the old dpi and brought back the dock through changes in the res files. icons are back to normal size aswell. it craps its pants though when it goes to landscape and the appdrawer shows only half of the screen, definitively needs more work. if someone could help with this i'd really appreciate it.
try it out for yourself: https://rapidshare.com/files/4205643622/ApexLauncher-signed.apk

molesarecoming said:
guys, i modded apexlauncher with apktool. made some changes in dalvik code to trick it into getting back the old dpi and brought back the dock through changes in the res files. icons are back to normal size aswell. it craps its pants though when it goes to landscape and the appdrawer shows only half of the screen, definitively needs more work. if someone could help with this i'd really appreciate it.
try it out for yourself: https://rapidshare.com/files/4205643622/ApexLauncher-signed.apk
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Nice so far!
Sent from the future.

[MOD] TABLET/HYBRID MODE UBER MOD [2012-04-24: v2.0: Nova is tablet-mode ready!!]

NEWS
Looking for a flashable ROM that does more than dropping you into tablet mode?
With little manual hacks and fixes we came only so far ... true hybrid mode with actual fixes and ICS-framework rewrites is being developed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619582
UNLOCK HYBRID MODE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS MANUALLY
Note: If you followed all the steps and you get something else than what is shown in the snapshots above, please search the thread, many things have been answered a dozen times already. Also make sure you do a full backup before you attempt to change anything!
1. Change your DPI
Edit this line in your /system/build.prop: ro.sf.lcd_density=192
192 is for Galaxy Nexus only! You can calculate the magic value for your phone, the formula has been explained here.
2. Hide the Navigation-Bar and reboot
Add this line to your /system/build.prop: qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 and reboot
We have collected no experiences with hardware-button devices yet, if you're on such a device check out Xylograph's efforts
3. Drop a couple of apk's
They all belong to their respective owners
3.1-3.2: Use ADB or Root Explorer, do not install, just drop it into /system/app
If you encounter problems, go to CWM and wipe cache/partition & advanced/dalvik cache. Also wipe cache & data in Androids app manager (Settings/Apps/All/...) and push the apk's again
3.1 Nova Launcher: 1.1beta (still has some small blemishes) or our Hack (for now its closer to stock): Rapidshare, Mediafire
ICS launchers do have some issues with tablet mode, all except Nova
If Nova was already installed pre-installed, delete it before you push. In that case you might want to backup your Homescreens in Novas settings
I suggest you use a sane grid like 5x4, small margins for both width and height and persistant search bar on always
3.2 Hacked Play Market: Rapidshare, Mediafire
The old market gives you compatibility issues
Just backup the old one before you drop the hack (rename it to appname.apk.bak, appname can be either Vending or Phonesky, depends on your gapps package)
3.3 Keyboard: Play Marked
Androids standard keyboard has a weird sizing issue, it looks quite awful in tablet mode
1. download & install
2. rename /system/app/LatinIME.apk to LatinIME.apk.bak
3. Keyboard Settings/Advanced/Vibration Setting/10ms
More working keyboards:
Swype Beta
Swiftkey 3 Beta
Thumb Keyboard (paid App!)
HINTS
Go to Settings, Display, Font size, set it to Huge
AOKP: Uncheck the IME Switcher in UI Settings
CM9: Check "Auto Hide" in System/Statusbar to finally get real Fullscreen
Correct Wallpaper size + Template
You're on AOKP, troubled by button-spacing issues? Xylograph has found your fix
You're on AOKP, troubled by a crashing phone? Try this one: Rapidshare, Mediafire
CHANGELOG[/SIZE]
2.0: flashable ROM thanks to Zer0_Cool!
1.9: new keyboards up + IME switcher hint, thanks go to bill12690!
1.8: new google play fix, seems to find apps that it didn't find before, imdb for explample
1.7: nova spacing issues, better overscroll layout
1.6: nova optimized for "Huge" font settings / new experimental Google Play hack
1.5: fixed folder grid size / fixed app drawer layout / fixed dock divider height
1.4: nova 1.0.3beta instead of apex / app folders work! / grids/stacks work / no fixed grid, configure as you wish!
1.3: new phone.apk which works under aokp 4.0.4, thx to faunh for finding it!
1.2: market fix from lcd desity modder, thank you raubkatze for extracting it! ::]
1.1: apex v1.0.2beta / landscape works, dock excluded / optimized for settings/display/font-size: large
1.0: dock / normal sized icons / set apex into hybrid mode / phone.apk from aokp/droid incredible

This MOD looks awesome!

Thanks buddy!
I was looking for this since I ve got a taste of it on my Note
Good job

Cool! How is it in landscape? Data drops? More info on stability would be very helpful! Thanks!
Sent from my Nexus Prime

no landscape in the launcher for now, just deactivate it. landscape for everything else is fine. i guess i'll fix it when i find the time. the dock has to be glued to the right side then, it should, in theory, not be so hard.
i did not experience data-drops until now. i can be reached just fine. i have to get back to my original country first and see if its an issue, sure hope not though. are you dead-sure it's not a radio/kernel/rom issue? by no means im an expert but in my naive mind i couldnt think of a reason why changing the dpi would make your signal drop.

molesarecoming said:
no landscape in the launcher for now, just deactivate it. landscape for everything else is fine. i guess i'll fix it when i find the time. the dock has to be glued to the right side then, it should, in theory, not be so hard.
i did not experience data-drops until now. i can be reached just fine. i have to get back to my original country first and see if its an issue, sure hope not though. are you dead-sure it's not a radio/kernel/rom issue? by no means im an expert but in my naive mind i couldnt think of a reason why changing the dpi would make your signal drop.
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Theirs absolutely no reason why it would affect anything other than how android sees the screen.

molesarecoming said:
no landscape in the launcher for now, just deactivate it. landscape for everything else is fine. i guess i'll fix it when i find the time. the dock has to be glued to the right side then, it should, in theory, not be so hard.
i did not experience data-drops until now. i can be reached just fine. i have to get back to my original country first and see if its an issue, sure hope not though. are you dead-sure it's not a radio/kernel/rom issue? by no means im an expert but in my naive mind i couldnt think of a reason why changing the dpi would make your signal drop.
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I got landscape to work on the launcher, but my signal went away! Nice feature but just not for me! Thanks though!
Sent from my Nexus Prime

Does this work with nova launcher???

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I got landscape to work on the launcher, but my signal went away! Nice feature but just not for me! Thanks though!
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No problems here with that. Did you push the phone.apk in the OP?
molesarecoming, no need to disable your navbar. Tablet mode does this automatically. I don't even have the option with Milestone 4 of ASOP and everything is just fine. And if people want even more room, all they gotta do is disable "show persistent search bar" in apex.
Also, imo no need to set your phone to always portrait. The app draw or home screen doesn't look perfect in landscape mode, but it's not all that bad. I have mine set to default which makes it only rotate in apps, never on home screen or app draw. (Not sure if that's what you meant) That's how I usually have things set anyway so it's perfect for me.
Been running this all day and I'm loving it!
Thanks again.
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collindubya said:
Does this work with nova launcher???
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Technically it works, but not well. If you plan on using this, trust me use his modded apex. Most everything else looks like crap. The exception being ADW EX, that looks good as well.

not compatible apps
So I wanted to try this out cause it sounded awesome... now I have it installed and I am loving the look... but when I try to download my apps again most now are saying not compatible with my device... and suggestions?
Also is there a way to get a stock looking keyboard on this cause mine is like half the screen....
Thanks

Looks good OP. Nice job. You should use a newer Apex Launcher. v0.8 is 2 versions behind the latest 'stable' Apex version. I'd like landscape as well .
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So I wanted to try this out cause it sounded awesome... now I have it installed and I am loving the look... but when I try to download my apps again most now are saying not compatible with my device... and suggestions?
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You need to use a hacked version of market/play store. I'm pretty sure there's a thread around here on xda with the necessary hacks for free or you can buy lcd density modder pro on play store which gives you access to a hacked version (both 'markets' accomplish the same thing from what I've read).

I'm excited for this one. Once this is easier to implement, i'll switch to this right away, best mod i've seen so far congratz!

Great mod also I just used spb shell 3d works great in tablet mode using this it uses the screen space well
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Anyway to get that camera change without changing the DPI?

mwalt2 said:
Looks good OP. Nice job. You should use a newer Apex Launcher. v0.8 is 2 versions behind the latest 'stable' Apex version. I'd like landscape as well .
You need to use a hacked version of market/play store. I'm pretty sure there's a thread around here on xda with the necessary hacks for free or you can buy lcd density modder pro on play store which gives you access to a hacked version (both 'markets' accomplish the same thing from what I've read).
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Here... I just applied OP's mods to the latest Apex Launcher; seems to work OK.

cool!!!
suport codename 1.5?

collindubya said:
Does this work with nova launcher???
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every launcher "works," well, except trebuchet. but nova wastes space, shrinks your icons and hides the dock. if you can live with that, yes then it works.
petrr311 said:
So I wanted to try this out cause it sounded awesome... now I have it installed and I am loving the look... but when I try to download my apps again most now are saying not compatible with my device... and suggestions?
Also is there a way to get a stock looking keyboard on this cause mine is like half the screen....
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go back to 320, force close market, delete cache and data, start it and press OK. go back to 192. it works, well, better but you still get that stupid message every now and then. but really it's their fault. it's easy to mod though, and there's been solutions for this.
install swype. it's the better keyboard anyway.
vapotrini said:
molesarecoming, no need to disable your navbar. Tablet mode does this automatically. I don't even have the option with Milestone 4 of ASOP and everything is just fine. And if people want even more room, all they gotta do is disable "show persistent search bar" in apex.
Also, imo no need to set your phone to always portrait. The app draw or home screen doesn't look perfect in landscape mode, but it's not all that bad.
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yeah i was wondering, in m4 the option was ... missing? weird. it's in my poweroptions now anyway. the problem was, system.UI crashed if i didn't disable the navigation-bar before reboot. it always did, so can it perhaps be they fixed it in m4?
in the hack at least landscape kills it, the dock gets punched out by the divider.

XanSama said:
Here... I just applied OP's mods to the latest Apex Launcher; seems to work OK.
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hey, thanks!

gdjackychen said:
cool!!!
suport codename 1.5?
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i dont know, its actually a feature of ICS - it does most of it by itself. can cna hide the navigation-bar? if not you can hack your framework. here's an instruction: http://baroqueworksdev.blogspot.com/2012/02/launch-tablet-mode-android-403-on.html but don't go to 160, it's way to small man.

SwiftLegend said:
Anyway to get that camera change without changing the DPI?
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i guess it can be modified, why not. trick it into believing the dpi of your device is 192. if you want you can have my apktool project (it took me days to figure out how to compile/decompile ics apk's without getting a crapload of error messages). with apktool you should be able to do this quickly. but as i wrote in the first post, if someone would invent a root-app that could individually set dpi for apps, it would do so much for us.

Jelly Bean and LCD Density, help!

I've tried about half a dozen Jelly Bean roms and a rooted stock image but there's nothing out there that works with any LCD Density modders. I've been spoiled at 240 and cannot go back to anything else, does anyone know what the issue is? I'm assuming this is a Jelly Bean issue maybe?
I've been using "LCD Density Modder", "LCD Resolution (Root)" and "LCDDensity for Root" but they either don't work or will freeze when booting, they all work fine on ICS but none of them on JB, would love to switch to JB but I cannot stand the density - any help would be awesome!
thanks!

You could try this: [JB:CM10:HYBRD] PARANOIDANDROID [1.9.4a, True HybridMode, Size & UI on Per App Basis].
It's a CM10 based ROM that allows you to scale down everything in Android (apps, widgets, notification menu, every other system component) to either Phone (obviously default on galaxy nexus), Phablet (half way between phone and tablet), and Tablet.
This would be almost the same effect of changing the pixel density, but in my opinion it's even better.

jong31 said:
You could try this: [JB:CM10:HYBRD] PARANOIDANDROID [1.9.4a, True HybridMode, Size & UI on Per App Basis].
It's a CM10 based ROM that allows you to scale down everything in Android (apps, widgets, notification menu, every other system component) to either Phone (obviously default on galaxy nexus), Phablet (half way between phone and tablet), and Tablet.
This would be almost the same effect of changing the pixel density, but in my opinion it's even better.
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hmmm... i'll have to check this out - thanks!

jong31 said:
You could try this: [JB:CM10:HYBRD] PARANOIDANDROID [1.9.4a, True HybridMode, Size & UI on Per App Basis].
It's a CM10 based ROM that allows you to scale down everything in Android (apps, widgets, notification menu, every other system component) to either Phone (obviously default on galaxy nexus), Phablet (half way between phone and tablet), and Tablet.
This would be almost the same effect of changing the pixel density, but in my opinion it's even better.
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ok, so i'm not looking for a faux-tablet interface, although that was fun for a little bit, i'm really just looking for a way to change my dpi to 240.

Hi,
you can change (and it's work) lcd density with this application. It's work with Jelly Bean. Others are just outdated. Don't worry about the Chinese symbols @ the screens, it's runs on English.
Dex

d1xt1r said:
Hi,
you can change (and it's work) lcd density with this application. It's work with Jelly Bean. Others are just outdated. Don't worry about the Chinese symbols @ the screens, it's runs on English.
Dex
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OMG! thank you so much!!!! I can finally move to JB!!! thank u! thank u! (btw the symbols are in Korean =P)

phi303 said:
I've tried about half a dozen Jelly Bean roms and a rooted stock image but there's nothing out there that works with any LCD Density modders. I've been spoiled at 240 and cannot go back to anything else, does anyone know what the issue is? I'm assuming this is a Jelly Bean issue maybe?
I've been using "LCD Density Modder", "LCD Resolution (Root)" and "LCDDensity for Root" but they either don't work or will freeze when booting, they all work fine on ICS but none of them on JB, would love to switch to JB but I cannot stand the density - any help would be awesome!
thanks!
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Andromizer_2.3.1 issue's going to continue the program. I eventually found it too called. long live the workers

google play fix?
does anyone know anything for a google play fix??? when i change the density most of the features are taken away from google play

jm0nki3 said:
does anyone know anything for a google play fix??? when i change the density most of the features are taken away from google play
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what I do is I clear all application data for the PLAYstore before and after changing the density and everything will work fine. I think it's possible to skip clearing before the density change but I do it just out of OCD lol

Nothing hard editing the build.prop file, other apps are just doing the same.

[Q] Rotate homescreen?

I thought the 4.1.2 update was supposed to give the ability to rotate the homescreen?
I have 4.2 and I can't rotate it 90 degrees or 180.
- Jakob

Jakmalmo said:
I thought the 4.1.2 update was supposed to give the ability to rotate the homescreen?
I have 4.2 and I can't rotate it 90 degrees or 180.
- Jakob
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Afaik, rotating the stock homescreen is a feature offered by custom ROMs only.

I believe this only applies to it running on the nexus 7. There is an ultimate rotation control app you can buy to do it with the stock launcher or you can use nova launcher to do it on the gnex.

Well the functionality has always been there but they won't ever activate it on a phone, as it makes no sense whatsoever. the update did however activate it on the nexus 7.

Edit
build.prop
And add this line at the bottom.
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
And just restart your phone.

Zealotic said:
Edit
build.prop
And add this line at the bottom.
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
And just restart your phone.
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This doesn't work on stock 4.2 anymore.
Check this one out:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ui.robot.rotate
Sent from my Nexus Prime JB 4.2