[Q] Codename android 3.6.6 tablet ui - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Sprint gnex running codename android 3.6.6 with franco kernel nightly: r281.
I wanted to try out the tablet ui and once i reboot the interface just looks really funky. The app icons are way to big, even in the app drawer they are too big. I was wondering if there is some setting that i need to enable so the tablet ui is usable.
I have posted screenshots to show what i am talking about.

MartianCeo said:
Sprint gnex running codename android 3.6.6 with franco kernel nightly: r281.
I wanted to try out the tablet ui and once i reboot the interface just looks really funky. The app icons are way to big, even in the app drawer they are too big. I was wondering if there is some setting that i need to enable so the tablet ui is usable.
I have posted screenshots to show what i am talking about.
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Decrease the DPI.
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That worked great, thanks for the help
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Anybody running a density other than 240 or stock 320?

320 is too big and 240 is too small.
And I read using anything other than those will cause market compatibility issues ..correct?
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highflyin128 said:
320 is too big and 240 is too small.
And I read using anything other than those will cause market compatibility issues ..correct?
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I use 280, retains all the phone layouts. 240 was too small and made a few apps turn into tablet mode, which is more worse than better.
To fix market incompatibilities, buy:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
and apply the market fix, works great.
I feel quite comfortable with 246 (240 was causing some layout issues).
LCD Density Modder fix is great. I had some issues with previous releases, latest one fixed everything!
maddler said:
I feel quite comfortable with 246 (240 was causing some layout issues).
LCD Density Modder fix is great. I had some issues with previous releases, latest one fixed everything!
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Do all your apps still show up in the market? Cause the market uses your density as part of the compatibility check to see what available for your phone.
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Running 246 now. If the market works fine and shows me all apps im gonna keep bumping up.
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Now some apps show up not compatible with this device.. I hate the market density check.
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I like 260 myself. Market issues to deal with here as well... still, it's worth it if you ask me.
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Now some apps show up not compatible with this device.. I hate the market density check.
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Use LCD Density Modder Market fix...
maddler said:
Use LCD Density Modder Market fix...
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Wheres that downloaded from?
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This?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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highflyin128 said:
This?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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Yes. There should be a free version too.
Ill prob buy the pro. Thanks from the info
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maddler said:
Yes. There should be a free version too.
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Just to add, Pro version doesn't have market fix.
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stock launcher?
How can I getvthe stock launcher to put the icons on the whole screen? There is a lot of emptu space around them right now
andy2na said:
I use 280, retains all the phone layouts. 240 was too small and made a few apps turn into tablet mode, which is more worse than better.
To fix market incompatibilities, buy:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
and apply the market fix, works great.
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Trying it now.. Thanks
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macman159 said:
How can I getvthe stock launcher to put the icons on the whole screen? There is a lot of emptu space around them right now
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You can't modify your settings in stock launcher.
I'd recommend using Nova Launcher to change this (you can find it in the Themes & Apps section) change the Columns & Rows to your liking.
You can do this with any other launchers as well. Stock launcher has very limited options, so you can't change Columns & Rows.
ADWLauncher works great too. More options than nova as if now.
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Anyone having problems with icons cropping in a wierd way?
On homescreen and dock. Using 260 DPI. Icons in drawer is perfect. Only homescreen and dock.
Any fixes?
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Mine look fine at 260. But im running adw and i have the dock icons scaled down a bit
https://picasaweb.google.com/115746918584799936997/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCFtamBkNn31wE
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To anyone who doesn't feel like buying an app to fix the Market, you might try this:
1. Set your DPI to something "normal" like 240 or 320.
2. Reboot.
3. Force close the Market app (if it's running) and clear its cache+data.
4. Using Titanium Backup, freeze the "Market Updater" application.
5. Set your DPI back to whatever you want.
6. Reboot.
7. Launch the Market.
I believe that will prevent the Market from seeing you have a non-standard DPI.

Honeycomb Launcher for Nexus 7

I cant promise that it will work! but it should. Anyways the attachment is in the post. Happy Honeycombing! xD
Anybody try this?
I tried this a while ago on ics and it worked on a tf101. Not sure if it still will in jellybean though.
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I tried it.
It sucks.
I'll pass their launchers are extremely buggy and not stable
It works at first then after a few all hell breaks loose
They been like that since it came out....never fixed it
I'll stay with apex for now
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Apex with Tablet UI is working out great for me , Tablet UI should have been Nexus default layout.
anilkuj said:
Apex with Tablet UI is working out great for me , Tablet UI should have been Nexus default layout.
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I'm using Apex and it's working really well for me. I don't see anything options in the settings for a Tablet UI, so I'm a little confused by your comment. Does Apex automatically use a Tablet UI versus a phone UI on the N7 or....?
dferrey said:
I'm using Apex and it's working really well for me. I don't see anything options in the settings for a Tablet UI, so I'm a little confused by your comment. Does Apex automatically use a Tablet UI versus a phone UI on the N7 or....?
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You need to set the Tablet ui in the build.prop file.
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dferrey said:
I'm using Apex and it's working really well for me. I don't see anything options in the settings for a Tablet UI, so I'm a little confused by your comment. Does Apex automatically use a Tablet UI versus a phone UI on the N7 or....?
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You need to be rooted and them use an app to change DPI ..easy
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Extinction of TouchWiz ROMs

So has development of TW ROMs stopped? Is there not any mods or tweaks left to make a unique TW ROM? I'm kind of getting bored of having the same styled ROMs because honestly all CM based ROMs are pretty much the same because of the fact that they are all CM based obviously. It was nice having TW and CM7. Then getting CM9 and CM10 and now CM10.1 but it seems that all the ROMs have the same basic settings and themes.
Avatar ROM was a little different and I liked it but not too much different since its also CM10.1 based. What I'm really looking for is a TW ROM with all the mods that they're used to be like the lockscreens and clock position in status bar and all the little things that made TW ROMs better. Do any of those even exist anymore for any phone?
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You not so satisfied with The People's and Legacy? I don't use them but they still seem popular after all this time.
And why not take time to theme and mod CM ROMs yourself? Themes, lockscreen mods, launchers and widgets are scattered around for you to revamp the experience. Personally I don't like non-AOSP style, but to imitate a GS3 I downloaded a "GS3-Addon", did a bit modification to it and flashed upon a CM10 nightly, which in the end turned out to be REALLY, REALLY similar experience to the real TouchWiz 5!
Just saying, you can try similar tricks yourself, though it takes some time
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AndyYan said:
You not so satisfied with The People's and Legacy? I don't use them but they still seem popular after all this time.
And why not take time to theme and mod CM ROMs yourself? Themes, lockscreen mods, launchers and widgets are scattered around for you to revamp the experience. Personally I don't like non-AOSP style, but to imitate a GS3 I downloaded a "GS3-Addon", did a bit modification to it and flashed upon a CM10 nightly, which in the end turned out to be REALLY, REALLY similar experience to the real TouchWiz 5!
Just saying, you can try similar tricks yourself, though it takes some time
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Could you post a screenshot of your TW 5? I'd like to see how close you've gotten. And your right about all that but I'm honestly just missing the good old TW ROMs that had amazing battery life and many tweaks and themes and stuff. I used to theme TW ROMs and worked on a few mods and I was doing pretty good but that was last summer. Since I started college I haven't really had much free time to work on that kind of stuff.
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lilajrestnom said:
Could you post a screenshot of your TW 5? I'd like to see how close you've gotten.
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Not SO close actually TW-specific apps are mostly missing. But apps like S Note, Super Video (floating video player on S3), TW5 launcher and widgets are all there. More I can't remember.
I'll post screenshots 2 days later as we're having tests these days and my E4G is currently on CM10.1 so I have to restore the nandroid backup.
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AndyYan said:
Not SO close actually TW-specific apps are mostly missing. But apps like S Note, Super Video (floating video player on S3), TW5 launcher and widgets are all there. More I can't remember.
I'll post screenshots 2 days later as we're having tests these days and my E4G is currently on CM10.1 so I have to restore the nandroid backup.
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Its cool don't worry about the screenshots.
Do you know a way to get the lockscreen on cm10.1 to be like it was on 10 and 9? I mean to have the rings with the shortcuts before the actual unlock pattern? Is there a way to change that? I wanna start working on my ROM to make it the way I actually want.
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lilajrestnom said:
Its cool don't worry about the screenshots.
Do you know a way to get the lockscreen on cm10.1 to be like it was on 10 and 9? I mean to have the rings with the shortcuts before the actual unlock pattern? Is there a way to change that? I wanna start working on my ROM to make it the way I actually want.
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nope, I don't know how to make it like that, sorry.
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I believe there is an option for that in settings-->lock screen somewhere in that menu
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phonehunter59 said:
I believe there is an option for that in settings-->lock screen somewhere in that menu
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It's not there in CM10.1, I checked.
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@lilajrestnom Hey I have an idea. Settings - Lockscreen - check "Maximize widgets". In this way you'll have to long press the lock icon on the bottom of the screen to bring up the lock security, which I think is just what you want. This is tested to work with "pattern" lock security.
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AndyYan said:
@lilajrestnom Hey I have an idea. Settings - Lockscreen - check "Maximize widgets". In this way you'll have to long press the lock icon on the bottom of the screen to bring up the lock security, which I think is just what you want. This is tested to work with "pattern" lock security.
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Ya I've done that and that's the closest I can get to what I actually want. I really just wanted the real rings before the pattern lock but it seems like that's the best I can do for now thanks tho.
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Requesting Tablet UI

Anyone porting tablet ui to cm 10.2? Really miss it.
PA has it and is available in the original development section now. It is super stable.
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What does tablet ui do? Don't we already have a tablet layout?
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Imppy said:
What does tablet ui do? Don't we already have a tablet layout?
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No the stock rom has the Phablet UI. Tablet UI places the buttons on the bottom left and puts the notification bar and settings in the bottom left. I do not like the phablet UI so I am using Paranoid Android until we get AKOP.
nrage23 said:
No the stock rom has the Phablet UI. Tablet UI places the buttons on the bottom left and puts the notification bar and settings in the bottom left. I do not like the phablet UI so I am using Paranoid Android until we get AKOP.
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you meant the notification in the lower right. :good:
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you meant the notification in the lower right. :good:
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Yes

Any way to enable tablet ui?

Like in nexus 10 or paranoid android rom. Status bar with nav bar in one place. For stock 4,4 or cm 19,2 stable. Thx!
As of now there is no way to get tablet ui on kitkat. Google apparently removed the code. In previous versions the tablet ui was still there just not being used.
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nrage23 said:
As of now there is no way to get tablet ui on kitkat. Google apparently removed the code. In previous versions the tablet ui was still there just not being used.
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What about cyanmod 10.2 based on 4.3?
Even the new 4.2 for nexus 10 doesnt have tablet ui anymore
Apex launcher, and no doubt Nova, allow you to combine the Nav/notification bar for a slightly tabified ui. They also allow other config options like being able to disable the dock and/or the notification bar for a full screen display.
You could look into Xposed modules for changing DPI, but I have no idea how those work with kitkat.
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ezas said:
Apex launcher, and no doubt Nova, allow you to combine the Nav/notification bar for a slightly tabified ui. They also allow other config options like being able to disable the dock and/or the notification bar for a full screen display.
You could look into Xposed modules for changing DPI, but I have no idea how those work with kitkat.
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Dude, I have tried both launchers and with both I am not able to move nav bar and status bar in one place like in truly tablet ui.
R1_ said:
Dude, I have tried both launchers and with both I am not able to move nav bar and status bar in one place like in truly tablet ui.
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Sorry, I forgot that setting in Apex only disables the dock and puts a persistent search bar at the top. Not very tablified.
Since I accidentially updated to a newer CM10.2 I miss my TabletUI and even more since I saw the new ipad mini retina this weekend. I would do it on my own, but I don't know how.
Please somebody who did it in the past post an TabletUI update for the stable CM10.2 or give me some hints how to make this patch on my own.
Darkstar2000 said:
Since I accidentially updated to a newer CM10.2 I miss my TabletUI and even more since I saw the new ipad mini retina this weekend. I would do it on my own, but I don't know how.
Please somebody who did it in the past post an TabletUI update for the stable CM10.2 or give me some hints how to make this patch on my own.
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Just would have include all the the code google removed.
But the best would be to bid farewell to this relict of the past.
(Tablet UI is now dead for more than 2 years so let it rest in peace.)
TDO said:
Just would have include all the the code google removed.
But the best would be to bid farewell to this relict of the past.
(Tablet UI is now dead for more than 2 years so let it rest in peace.)
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Ok, I understand. But I don't want to give up! Why should I buy a tablet with super high resolution and then waste the space with useless notification bars? I made a tabletUI Update for the stable CM10.2 for DEB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48538860&postcount=104
We will see what the next Android Update brings...
You know that Android 4.4. introduced the immersive mode.
Developer just need to use it in their apps.

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