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[q]cm10 for our note's?

Will it ever come to our device?
I come from international note 1 forums where cm10 was plentiful lol! Nah for-real though.I read around a lot and from what I gathered its gonna be near impossible till Samsung releases a proper source code... smh... correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought cm 10 was basically jb and jb is what our phone has. . And does man or hasn't even been a week yet and yet we are already rooted and have several custom roms to choose from.
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cherylbaker said:
I thought cm 10 was basically jb and jb is what our phone has. . And does man or hasn't even been a week yet and yet we are already rooted and have several custom roms to choose from.
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There a couple of threads going about this on the international forums - In a nutshell, the official maintainers of exynos devices are fed up with Samsung's lack of release proper source. Until that happens, the best we can expect is a port/KANG.
Here's one particular thread where Entropy weighs in on his thoughts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941039
There's another one buried in the International general forums but I can't seem to find it at the moment.
EDIT - I don't know why you'd want AOSP on this phone, though. It's so buttery smooth and Touchwiz adds a lot of benefits on this phone - even more so when the Multiview patch gets pushed to us. I'd just wait for an AOSP theme and just flash that.

In answer to your question..
chunology said:
There a couple of threads going about this on the international forums - In a nutshell, the official maintainers of exynos devices are fed up with Samsung's lack of release proper source. Until that happens, the best we can expect is a port/KANG.
Here's one particular thread where Entropy weighs in on his thoughts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941039
There's another one buried in the International general forums but I can't seem to find it at the moment.
EDIT - I don't know why you'd want AOSP on this phone, though. It's so buttery smooth and Touchwiz adds a lot of benefits on this phone - even more so when the Multiview patch gets pushed to us. I'd just wait for an AOSP theme and just flash that.
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As someone who's come from AOSP I can't see why anyone would keep this nonsense on the phone any longer than necessary. The calendar is a prime example IMHO- other the gimmicky S-Pen notes on a picture of the calendar, the calendar doesn't separate Sync and display like CM- so I can't keep track of what my wife is up to without having to see all her appointments. The screen palm/capture thing is also tied to media hub and the rest of the (as far as I can tell ) completely useless bloatware (samsung suggest? tied to yahoo? Please.). I can't figure out how to change the toggles on the notification bar (please, please tell me there's a way to put whatever you want like sound in there as a toggle).. Wifi tether or the lack of it is another issue. Then there's the amaturish and completely annoying startup and shutdown sounds. Really, you have to disturb a meeting to shut down your phone? There's no over/under clocking except via the somewhat vague "battery optimization". Rooting and Nova has taken care of my major launcher problems. I guess I might miss S-beam unless CM ports it but honestly, I've found it extremely tedious to use IRL and not encountered anyone else who uses it has outside of the two hipsters near the apple line and the oh-so-sweet wife of the traveler.

I can't wait for CM10 so we can get Paranoid Android! It would be nice to have the status bar on the bottom within reach. I'm going to try to patiently wait it out and let the N2 price drop. My local Sprint stores are sold out anyways.

guisar said:
As someone who's come from AOSP I can't see why anyone would keep this nonsense on the phone any longer than necessary. The calendar is a prime example IMHO- other the gimmicky S-Pen notes on a picture of the calendar, the calendar doesn't separate Sync and display like CM- so I can't keep track of what my wife is up to without having to see all her appointments. The screen palm/capture thing is also tied to media hub and the rest of the (as far as I can tell ) completely useless bloatware (samsung suggest? tied to yahoo? Please.). I can't figure out how to change the toggles on the notification bar (please, please tell me there's a way to put whatever you want like sound in there as a toggle).. Wifi tether or the lack of it is another issue. Then there's the amaturish and completely annoying startup and shutdown sounds. Really, you have to disturb a meeting to shut down your phone? There's no over/under clocking except via the somewhat vague "battery optimization". Rooting and Nova has taken care of my major launcher problems. I guess I might miss S-beam unless CM ports it but honestly, I've found it extremely tedious to use IRL and not encountered anyone else who uses it has outside of the two hipsters near the apple line and the oh-so-sweet wife of the traveler.
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Everything you're asking for you can get with root and modified stock.

guisar said:
As someone who's come from AOSP I can't see why anyone would keep this nonsense on the phone any longer than necessary. The calendar is a prime example IMHO- other the gimmicky S-Pen notes on a picture of the calendar, the calendar doesn't separate Sync and display like CM- so I can't keep track of what my wife is up to without having to see all her appointments. The screen palm/capture thing is also tied to media hub and the rest of the (as far as I can tell ) completely useless bloatware (samsung suggest? tied to yahoo? Please.). I can't figure out how to change the toggles on the notification bar (please, please tell me there's a way to put whatever you want like sound in there as a toggle).. Wifi tether or the lack of it is another issue. Then there's the amaturish and completely annoying startup and shutdown sounds. Really, you have to disturb a meeting to shut down your phone? There's no over/under clocking except via the somewhat vague "battery optimization". Rooting and Nova has taken care of my major launcher problems. I guess I might miss S-beam unless CM ports it but honestly, I've found it extremely tedious to use IRL and not encountered anyone else who uses it has outside of the two hipsters near the apple line and the oh-so-sweet wife of the traveler.
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I agree with most of what you said, yet touch wiz is growing on me.
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I much prefer Cm 10 as well but if it doesn't use the Spen then I'm gonna stick with touchwiz. Never thought I'd say that but I use the pen more than the keyboard by far now that I'm getting used to it. I just want a dark theme doesn't even have to be AOSP just not cartoony & imbelIished
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Been playing the the N2 and the S-pen. It would be nice to have the on-screen navigation buttons. I keep trying to press the back and home buttons with the pen!

guisar said:
As someone who's come from AOSP I can't see why anyone would keep this nonsense on the phone any longer than necessary. The calendar is a prime example IMHO- other the gimmicky S-Pen notes on a picture of the calendar, the calendar doesn't separate Sync and display like CM- so I can't keep track of what my wife is up to without having to see all her appointments. The screen palm/capture thing is also tied to media hub and the rest of the (as far as I can tell ) completely useless bloatware (samsung suggest? tied to yahoo? Please.). I can't figure out how to change the toggles on the notification bar (please, please tell me there's a way to put whatever you want like sound in there as a toggle).. Wifi tether or the lack of it is another issue. Then there's the amaturish and completely annoying startup and shutdown sounds. Really, you have to disturb a meeting to shut down your phone? There's no over/under clocking except via the somewhat vague "battery optimization". Rooting and Nova has taken care of my major launcher problems. I guess I might miss S-beam unless CM ports it but honestly, I've found it extremely tedious to use IRL and not encountered anyone else who uses it has outside of the two hipsters near the apple line and the oh-so-sweet wife of the traveler.
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Samsung will release exnos 4 source code before the end of 2012. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929188

mrnamster said:
Been playing the the N2 and the S-pen. It would be nice to have the on-screen navigation buttons. I keep trying to press the back and home buttons with the pen!
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Add this line to your system/build.prop
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Save and reboot
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you can still use the Spen with CM10 i use it on the galaxy note 10.1 you just can't use the samsung apps like Snote, however there are many alternates that you can use that perform the same functions in the play store. so cm10 is definitely something worthwhile on these note devices if you are an aosp fan.

I want a nice stable version of MIUI and I'll be a happy camper. Keyword is STABLE...so I don't see that happening anytime soon.

epicnoob66 said:
Add this line to your system/build.prop
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Save and reboot
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Nice. Now if only it was possible to shrink the buttons down a bit, add the search button, and only have them pop up when the s-pen is out it'd be perfect
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mrnamster said:
Been playing the the N2 and the S-pen. It would be nice to have the on-screen navigation buttons. I keep trying to press the back and home buttons with the pen!
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If you're rooted, try and app called "Button Savior (Root)"
You can toggle the buttons with a click of an on screen button.
Been using this for the past few days and I love it.

Thanks epicnoob66 and CECHOI for the tips.
Still can't wait for CM10 and PA. PA has the best boot animations.
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I also miss being able to kill apps with the back button.

+1 for CM10. I really hate all the gimmicky crap on touchwiz, I still have my GSIII which is running CM10 and it is so much nicer. It also made the GSIII faster so I don't see how the same wouldn't apply to the Note2 (although it is plenty fast as is), it has to, all the stock roms that include touchwiz are upwards of 700MB and CM10 is about 150MB, that's a lot of bloat

mrnamster said:
Been playing the the N2 and the S-pen. It would be nice to have the on-screen navigation buttons. I keep trying to press the back and home buttons with the pen!
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Stock option just press the S-Pen button and draw a "less than" symbol "<" on the screen and that's your back function.
Also for menu just hold the S-Pen button and draw a "^" symbol and that's your menu command.

Good stuff! Is there a a gesture for Home? I find it tricky to press the Home button with the pen.

I saw the samsung galaxy note2 n7100 has begun getting nighltlies. Does that mean we will get it soon?

[Q] AOKP app selection menu

My searches turned up fruitless ... Maybe I don't know the right terminology.
What I'm wondering is if there is an easy way to pull the app selection menu from AOKP ROMs and use it in any rom I flash. I'm talking about the menu I get when I open a link or doc and I have multiple apps that could handle it. I love the radio button it has that allows me to select the app I want with one press instead of picking "just once" each time.
I'm no developer but know my way around a rooted device. Thanks for any answers you may have!

Nah, not possible. Only thing you could do is cherry pick that feature and compile it into your own rom. But even that may prove to be tricky since it's tied to rom control and such.
good day.

Lame! Thanks for the reply though.

[MOD]{Xposed} Samsung keyboard short delay

This is based on the work from the Original thread and the original thread link from that post. All I did was package it into an Xposed module so you don't need to flash a particular version to get the short delay. I have only tested this on the international stock odexed ROM, but it should work on any ROM with the stock Samsung keyboard. If it doesn't work, please send me a copy of /data/xposed/debug.log. It's super simple, so I don't expect problems. I'm running the multi-DPI keyboard mod as well, and it works fine.
Installation is like any Xposed module, so see the Xposed thread for info on how to use it. Once installed, it should show up as a module in the Xposed installer app. Just check the box to enable it and reboot. You should be good to go after the boot is complete. Please be sure your Xposed install is working. Try using one of the other mods to make sure before reporting bugs with this module. The setup is pretty simple, but there are a few steps to getting it going. Once I get some reports that it's working, I'll post the source to github. I just don't want to push out source that doesn't work for anyone other than me.

I use that module for Xposed in my Galaxy S4, and I have a question: is that mod correctly work on another device than Galaxy Note II? In my phone there is no autocorrection, and delay is not short. Is any possibility to further decrease the time?

tomurbanowicz said:
I use that module for Xposed in my Galaxy S4, and I have a question: is that mod correctly work on another device than Galaxy Note II? In my phone there is no autocorrection, and delay is not short. Is any possibility to further decrease the time?
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I have only tested it on a Note2 and Note3. It worked for the Note3 without any changes. The S4 may well use a different keyboard app as the Note keyboard has a number of options for the larger screen. This mod never did anything with auto-correct, only the keyboard long-press delay. Going much lower will break some other features, or just make them really hard to use.

Trying it now on my note 2, key board feels snappier but I'm still testing it, question if I ever want to go back to original, what arte the steps to go back?
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KingP1n said:
Trying it now on my note 2, key board feels snappier but I'm still testing it, question if I ever want to go back to original, what arte the steps to go back?
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I'd imagine you just disable that particular module in xposed app.

sino8r said:
I'd imagine you just disable that particular module in xposed app.
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Exactly.
Make sure you reboot after disabling, like all xposed modules.

short delay time
How can i edit the short delay time from say 200ms to between 100 and 150.. i understand this will break swype but i dont use swype anyways. any advice is greatly appreciated! thanks!

xxcoover said:
How can i edit the short delay time from say 200ms to between 100 and 150.. i understand this will break swype but i dont use swype anyways. any advice is greatly appreciated! thanks!
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You will need to edit the source code and rebuild the module as I didn't think anyone would want to configure it like that. See the link below for the source.

I tried this on my Galaxy Note 3, and now the keyboard is missing the shortcuts. Anyway to get the shortcuts back on my keyboard? I already uninstalled this tweak, and I tried a factory data reset, and the Samsung keyboard still has no shortcuts.

ZOMBIExM4STER said:
I tried this on my Galaxy Note 3, and now the keyboard is missing the shortcuts. Anyway to get the shortcuts back on my keyboard? I already uninstalled this tweak, and I tried a factory data reset, and the Samsung keyboard still has no shortcuts.
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This mod doesn't change anything I can think of that would affect that. I tested it on a TMO US Note3 with stock software and it worked fine. Modded ROMs might have compatibility issues with it as they may have changed the code I'm taking over. As I understand it, the shortcuts are handled by CSC settings. Have you recently installed anything that could mess with those? A data wipe won't affect CSC, as it lives on the system partition. I believe there was an issue similar to this with Wannam breaking wifi calling due to CSC mods, as one example. Even an update to another app could have done it. It's hard to say.
If you want to get it back to stock, the only way I can think of would be to restore the stock CSC. The simplest way would be to wipe system and re-flash the ROM. Then install things one at a time to look for what might be messing with CSC settings.
The code is about as simple as an Xposed module can be, it takes over one method in the keyboard class and tells it to use a shorter delay. The original method is a one-liner, as is mine. It's literally "return 200;".
Here's a direct link to the code: https://github.com/travistabbal/Xpo...SamsungKeyboardShortDelay/ShortDelayMain.java

I have the At&t Note 3, so I don't have any custom roms. The only other app I have is Wanam Xposed and the only thing I have enabled on Wanam is the flashlight on the lock screen. Before I installed this tweak I had the shortcuts on my keyboard, after I installed it and rebooted my phone the shortcuts were gone. It feels weird without them, I'm so used to them being there. I rooted my phone with Kingo root, and I wouldn't know how to flash to the stock rom. Please help.

ZOMBIExM4STER said:
I have the At&t Note 3, so I don't have any custom roms. The only other app I have is Wanam Xposed and the only thing I have enabled on Wanam is the flashlight on the lock screen. Before I installed this tweak I had the shortcuts on my keyboard, after I installed it and rebooted my phone the shortcuts were gone. It feels weird without them, I'm so used to them being there. I rooted my phone with Kingo root, and I wouldn't know how to flash to the stock rom. Please help.
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If you disabled/uninstalled this mod, and rebooted, it's no longer there. It makes no persistent changes to the system. If Wanam updated before you rebooted, that could do it. That one does modify CSC files. I have no idea if that is what happened in your case or not. I'm afraid that I can't be much more help directly as I don't have an ATT N3 to test on. The best advice I can give is to hit the ATT N3 Q&A forum and post there about your issue. Perhaps someone can send you a backup of their CSC files? Or someone may have run into the same thing and know the cause. I would be VERY shocked if this little mod had anything to do with it though. It's only a few steps away from "Hello World".

Wanam is what's breaking the symbols. There's a setting to turn them off, and it's "on" by default.
Turning it off doesn't always make the symbols come back. But after a few reboots they will be there. I had the same problem before I even found your .apk
And updated version would be great where I can pick my own milliseconds.. I'm a 128ms kinda guy

wdkingery said:
Wanam is what's breaking the symbols. There's a setting to turn them off, and it's "on" by default.
Turning it off doesn't always make the symbols come back. But after a few reboots they will be there. I had the same problem before I even found your .apk
And updated version would be great where I can pick my own milliseconds.. I'm a 128ms kinda guy
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Thank you so much for saying this. I have a Verizon Note 3 but I was having this issue on a new ROM and I thought I had some weird junky modified keyboard because I didn't even realize it was a Wanam option. It was driving me insane. Somehow I found your post in a search and I'm glad I did! I actually couldn't get them to come back after a few reboots but uninstalled Wanam with the symbols turned on, reinstalled, rebooted, and THEN they came back.

This is nice! I have another question too if anyone can answer me. I flashed the root 4.3 stock odin style onto my note 2. After rebooting brand new and checking my samsung keyboard settings, it showed having the auto replace option there which is good for me. After a while though i noticed that it would not replace my words anymore and checked the keyboard settings and the auto replace was gone!! Anyone know what may have happened?

[Q] Change notification bar to be more tablet-like?

I like my Note 8! It's practically perfect for me, except for two big, glaring issues:
While the hardware "home" button is great, the "menu" and "back" buttons below the screen eliminate the advantage gained by spending the extra $100 by making it impossibly frustrating to take notes in class, and
The thickness of the notification bar is pretty cool, but its placement and behavior is decidedly phone-like.
These issues should be software-fixable! I just don't know what I'm doing.
The question, in three parts:
Is there any way to/How do you
Move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen,
Change it to be more like a proper tablet's bar, including buttons and the one-touch notification pop-up thing, without going CM7's route, and
Disable the "menu" and "back" buttons while keeping the "home" button? (Alright if "home" needs to be disabled too, though.)

ZaphodAK42 said:
I like my Note 8! It's practically perfect for me, except for two big, glaring issues:
While the hardware "home" button is great, the "menu" and "back" buttons below the screen eliminate the advantage gained by spending the extra $100 by making it impossibly frustrating to take notes in class, and
The thickness of the notification bar is pretty cool, but its placement and behavior is decidedly phone-like.
These issues should be software-fixable! I just don't know what I'm doing.
The question, in three parts:
Is there any way to/How do you
Move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen,
Change it to be more like a proper tablet's bar, including buttons and the one-touch notification pop-up thing, without going CM7's route, and
Disable the "menu" and "back" buttons while keeping the "home" button? (Alright if "home" needs to be disabled too, though.)
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I agree, it should be something that is editable without much change, but the reason for it is just how each particular program (including the system files, notification bar, etc.) just read the screen's DPI and go from there.
To answer your questions, 1, 2, and 3 are a No until custom development begins. Then all of those wants could easily be fulfilled.

ZaphodAK42 said:
I like my Note 8! It's practically perfect for me, except for two big, glaring issues:
While the hardware "home" button is great, the "menu" and "back" buttons below the screen eliminate the advantage gained by spending the extra $100 by making it impossibly frustrating to take notes in class, and
The thickness of the notification bar is pretty cool, but its placement and behavior is decidedly phone-like.
These issues should be software-fixable! I just don't know what I'm doing.
The question, in three parts:
Is there any way to/How do you
Move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen,
Change it to be more like a proper tablet's bar, including buttons and the one-touch notification pop-up thing, without going CM7's route, and
Disable the "menu" and "back" buttons while keeping the "home" button? (Alright if "home" needs to be disabled too, though.)
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Here is what i did.
After I rooted the note 8, I went to the play store and installed "Rom Toolkit" Then, when to the performance tab in Rom toolkit and lowered the "ro.sf.lcd_density" to 170. For some reason it show this twice. I only changed the top one.
For some reason, it will move the notification bar to the bottom and act like a tablet at that point. I was surprised and it is a nice change. Of course you will need to tweak a few items to get it the way you want, but it great! I do recommend you guys use a Launcher from the Play store. I used Apex launcher for mine.
I will not be responsible if you screw something up. Change this at your own risk!

I'm waiting for this ROM. Then the note 8.0 would be perfect. I love the form factor, but wish it was a small note 10.1 vs. a large note II.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216311

con_oner said:
I'm waiting for this ROM. Then the note 8.0 would be perfect. I love the form factor, but wish it was a small note 10.1 vs. a large note II.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216311
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Thats a sweet looking rom! Hope it does get posted for the note 8. I have been using that Muilt Window app from the play store.

Louie4926 said:
Here is what i did.
After I rooted the note 8, I went to the play store and installed "Rom Toolkit" Then, when to the performance tab in Rom toolkit and lowered the "ro.sf.lcd_density" to 170. For some reason it show this twice. I only changed the top one.
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I changed it, and restarted the device when the little prompt came up advising me that it might be a good idea. It's stuck at the boot animation now. Is there any way to un-upscrew it at the moment?
edit- Holding down power and the down-volume button, I got to the "odin mode" screen. I'm going to download Kies and see if it allows for recovery.

ZaphodAK42 said:
I changed it, and restarted the device when the little prompt came up advising me that it might be a good idea. It's stuck at the boot animation now. Is there any way to un-upscrew it at the moment?
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Now that sucks!!
ok, here is what you can try. Go into recovery mode and If i recall it is the power and vol up button. When the Samsung boot screen shows up, where is shows the GT5110 etc.. Keep holding the Power and vol up button a few seconds longer then let go.
Now, when you are on the recovery screen, choose wipe data/factory reset and cache. AFter it is done, reboot.
Should boot up ok after that.
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ZaphodAK42 said:
I changed it, and restarted the device when the little prompt came up advising me that it might be a good idea. It's stuck at the boot animation now. Is there any way to un-upscrew it at the moment?
edit- Holding down power and the down-volume button, I got to the "odin mode" screen. I'm going to download Kies and see if it allows for recovery.
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You will be able to ODIN back to stock if need. I screwed when i kept tweaking and playing with widgets and stuff.
Just make sure to download the correct Factory rom for the note 8 and it will be returned to stock, just like you got it from the store.

ZaphodAK42 said:
I like my Note 8! It's practically perfect for me, except for two big, glaring issues:
While the hardware "home" button is great, the "menu" and "back" buttons below the screen eliminate the advantage gained by spending the extra $100 by making it impossibly frustrating to take notes in class, and
The thickness of the notification bar is pretty cool, but its placement and behavior is decidedly phone-like.
These issues should be software-fixable! I just don't know what I'm doing.
The question, in three parts:
Is there any way to/How do you
Move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen,
Change it to be more like a proper tablet's bar, including buttons and the one-touch notification pop-up thing, without going CM7's route, and
Disable the "menu" and "back" buttons while keeping the "home" button? (Alright if "home" needs to be disabled too, though.)
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Here is a screenshot with the notification bar on the bottom.

Louie4926 said:
Just make sure to download the correct Factory rom for the note 8 and it will be returned to stock, just like you got it from the store.
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Samsung's support site doesn't seem to have the firmware available for download. The official help pages tell me to use Kies. I am updating it now, but would rather use Odin, of course.
I'm doing a "firmware emergency recovery" with Kies. It was simple enough to start... now let's see how it ends. I think that it's pretty darn cool of Samsung to basically say "yeah, tweaking is okay, and we'll help you fix it if you break it."
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Sweet pic
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Awesome! Do you happen to be running a mod to the multi-window thing? I suspect that this is what the problem was, in my case, but I'd like to be sure.

ZaphodAK42 said:
Samsung's support site doesn't seem to have the firmware available for download. The official help pages tell me to use Kies. I am updating it now, but would rather use Odin, of course.
Awesome! Do you happen to be running a mod to the multi-window thing? I suspect that this is what the problem was, in my case, but I'd like to be sure.
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I actually downloaded the rom from a site when i googled it and to my surprise the samsung apps were still there. It the recent google room if i recall correctly. I used ODIN to install it and not Kies. I really dont trust that program.
No, I just turned enabled the multi-window option in the setting and installed the multiwindow app from play. Was going to mod it as well, but did have a chance too. If i recall, the mod is supposed to enable all apps for multi window correct?

Louie4926 said:
If i recall, the mod is supposed to enable all apps for multi window correct?
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The app from the store is indeed the one that I was referring to. Hmm... I will try and do the build.prop edit again once this thing is done restoring. Hope it works, to be sure! It's just too bad that there's no way yet to go in and change a simple little file. I hope that we get a proper recovery soon!

Louie4926 said:
I actually downloaded the rom from a site when i googled it and to my surprise the samsung apps were still there. It the recent google room if i recall correctly. I used ODIN to install it and not Kies. I really dont trust that program.
No, I just turned enabled the multi-window option in the setting and installed the multiwindow app from play. Was going to mod it as well, but did have a chance too. If i recall, the mod is supposed to enable all apps for multi window correct?
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Do you have the file for the ROM that we can ODIN if we get into a problem?

ZaphodAK42 said:
The app from the store is indeed the one that I was referring to. Hmm... I will try and do the build.prop edit again once this thing is done restoring. Hope it works, to be sure! It's just too bad that there's no way yet to go in and change a simple little file. I hope that we get a proper recovery soon!
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Yeah, I wish it was easy.... Now that XDA has a forum dedicated to the note 8, hoping there will be more development on it and we start see support for it. I was really thinking of returning it, but after this mod, I started using it a lot more than my mini. My mini is more of my game tablet now LOL!!

Louie4926 said:
Yeah, I wish it was easy.... Now that XDA has a forum dedicated to the note 8, hoping there will be more development on it and we start see support for it. I was really thinking of returning it, but after this mod, I started using it a lot more than my mini. My mini is more of my game tablet now LOL!!
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I restored it successfully using Kies (not bad), and applied the dpi tweak.
Holy cow, I see what you're saying. It feels like a functional tablet now, instead of a giant-sized phone! If only there were a better notes app (OneNote for Android with pen recognition, please?), this thing would be golden! I replaced a tablet PC (screen broke) with this little gizmo, and I think that this will out-preform it!

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Do you have the file for the ROM that we can ODIN if we get into a problem?
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The rom I used was from this page. Used ODIN to recover and came up ok. *Mods* if not ok to link please disable. Sorry.
I know it is a euro rom, but it did get me out of a jam. At least until the Samsung USA releases one.
h**p://www.hotfile.com/dl/201338528/3429827/N5110XXBMCA_N5110OXXBMC5_EUR.zip.html
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ZaphodAK42 said:
I restored it successfully using Kies (not bad), and applied the dpi tweak.
Holy cow, I see what you're saying. It feels like a functional tablet now, instead of a giant-sized phone! If only there were a better notes app (OneNote for Android with pen recognition, please?), this thing would be golden! I replaced a tablet PC (screen broke) with this little gizmo, and I think that this will out-preform it!
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Glad it worked great for you!!! It is sweet ain't it. :good:
The big change i did like was the notifications. Instead of filling the whole screen it just pops up in the corner.
Yeah, I agree, hope Onenote would do that, but I wont hold my breath with Microsoft.

Louie4926 said:
Glad it worked great for you!!! It is sweet ain't it. :good:
The big change i did like was the notifications. Instead of filling the whole screen it just pops up in the corner.
Yeah, I agree, hope Onenote would do that, but I wont hold my breath with Microsoft.
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I'm having an issue with the cool setup... whenever I go to install something, the tablet freezes and necessitates a reboot. This stops happening when I change the DPI back to default. Any ideas on how to make this stop happening? Thanks for your help so far
Sent from my GT-N5110 using XDA Premium HD app

best resource for Samsung firmware I've seen
is Samfirmware.com. tons of firmwares for most Samsung devices.
Before you get too deep into modding, make a note of what ROM your device is on, including all the characters in the code - ie, mine is
JZ054K.N5110UECMCA
(and I'd love to know what folks who haven't flashed their devices have - I'm pretty sure that's what Kies downloaded for me, though.)
Rather than try to find the Note 8 (listed as a phone, since in some places it will be one) you can use the "search for your device" box to get a list of all the firmware they have for it.,

roustabout said:
is Samfirmware.com. tons of firmwares for most Samsung devices.
Before you get too deep into modding, make a note of what ROM your device is on, including all the characters in the code - ie, mine is
JZ054K.N5110UECMCA
(and I'd love to know what folks who haven't flashed their devices have - I'm pretty sure that's what Kies downloaded for me, though.)
Rather than try to find the Note 8 (listed as a phone, since in some places it will be one) you can use the "search for your device" box to get a list of all the firmware they have for it.,
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A checked on SAMMOBILE and they have a lot of the stock ROMs but not the US 4.1.2 version yet. After I got my Tab, it did the OTA update on the 16th. Sammobile should have this up soon so if we have problems we can Odin back. They have a number of European 4.1.2 Roms, British and Austrian.

samfirmware doesn't always know where a firmware is distributed.
The one I downloaded from them, I picked because it matched the code on the packaging:
the packaging on my unit reads "Model GT-N5110ZWYXAR"
The full listing for the firmware I downloaded included region XAR when I downloaded it; Samfirmware has now updated that to "Cellular South," which is a US cell carrier code from Samsung. (Cellular South is AKA Cspire, HQ'ed in Ridgeland, Mississippi, it turns out.)
My memory is that I actually did use Kies to recover my device, but never want to again, as it involved downloading a 1.2 gig file over a DSL line. Having the full firmware around should I want to do a restore or inspect the default configuration is very handy, though. I've extracted the /system image onto one of my linux boxes to poke around in.
thanks to whomever suggested we look at multwindow apps. I set up "Samsung Multiwindow Manager" earlier today, and it's great. I told it I was on a Note II and so far it's working fine.
I've never been able to get a viable build.prop with a lower lcd_density setting to work, and stopped trying.
For those giving it a go and not wanting to do a complete device reset:
Rather than Odin mode, get into recovery mode. (when shut down: Home + Volume Up + Power for a couple of seconds after the splash screen)
If you connect your device to your computer in recovery mode, the recovery shell that Samsung puts on the device supports ADB.
Whenever i've bootlooped my device trying to adjust lcd_density, I've been able to restore a backup of build.prop and reboot.
HOWEVER: make sure your backup of build.prop is on the device (preferably build.prop.bak or similar in /system) - I wasn't able to push the file in in recovery mode, but could rm the unhappy build.prop and cp the backup file back into place.

Louie4926 said:
Here is what i did.
After I rooted the note 8, I went to the play store and installed "Rom Toolkit" Then, when to the performance tab in Rom toolkit and lowered the "ro.sf.lcd_density" to 170. For some reason it show this twice. I only changed the top one.
For some reason, it will move the notification bar to the bottom and act like a tablet at that point. I was surprised and it is a nice change. Of course you will need to tweak a few items to get it the way you want, but it great! I do recommend you guys use a Launcher from the Play store. I used Apex launcher for mine.
I will not be responsible if you screw something up. Change this at your own risk!
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Actually, I noticed the number on build.prop in Galaxy Tab Plus is 160. You try the number between 160 and 200.
There are two lines in build.prop.

How To - Use LG's built-in FM Radio Apps Secret Recording Feature

*Update/Edit* I've been informed that this radio mod is still possible to do (as of December 2022) however you will now most likely need root privileges for Shortcut Master to access the necessary hidden menus. /Oops Edit pt2. Props to @aospray & @br0adband for revealing this new hurdle & bringing it to my attention.
Greetings all. I am sharing this brief little How-to Guide for anyone that wants to expand the functionality of LG's FM tuner to include the ability to Record directly from the FM radio. You will have the option to record only songs using the apps hidden "Record Music Only" option, or you can record a stations full broadcast including commercials and on air talk.
First a quick side note:
*Since different variants of the V30 include the LG FM radio App while others include NextRadio and so on, for the sake of brevity I am going to assume anyone reading this already has LG's FM radio app on their phone and it is functioning. Depending on your Variant, ROM, and a couple other factors, this may not be the case for you, but maybe you are reading this and now you want this expanded functionality so you will need to download and install the FM radio app if it is not preinstalled on your device.
If you you need to add the FM radio app to your device, you can check out this thread by @rustypie below with some different dl links and a flashable zip made by @syndre or do some searching on the forum as well as on apk sites and I am sure you will find the right method and APK for your variant. (I am using the regular download of the newest version of the app that I dl'd from apkmirror)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/themes/lg-fm-radio-app-download-verizon-v30-t3689294
What you need:
- LG V30 (any variant, or any phone that can run the LG FM radio app)
- LG's FM Radio Application installed on your device ( I am using 7.10.8 on my device, but I had this working on the older versions of 7.0.16 and 4.70.9, so it should work regardless of which one of the apps work on your specific variant/device)
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/lgelectronics/lg-fm-radio/
- Shortcut Master (Paid or Lite version)
https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=shortcut+master
I am including pictures to make this easier for people, so please check them out to aid you in getting this accomplished.
Step 1 - Open Shortcut Master and use the menu at the top right to do a search. After you click search, make sure your select "all apps" from the drop down menu so that it searches your whole phone. Search for "FM Radio".
You should see similar results to those in my attached picture. You are looking for the entry with subtext of "com.lge.fmradio.recordactivity". Click on this and press launch.
*You may want to click "favorites" or "homescreen" to make this easier to access in the future. The app will not retain this preference after use and will always revert back to the version without recording functionality, so having a link in shortcut master or on your homescreen makes it easier to get back to .
Step 2 - Pressing launch in Shortcut Master should have opened your FM radio app. You will now see two things that were not there before. One is a record button on the main screen of the app, and the other is in the recording settings menu in the menu of FM app. If you want to record exactly what you would hear on the radio, simply press the record button and let it record. If you want to record only music and not the commercials and djs, go into that new recording settings menu and enable "record music only".
That's it, You are now able to record all you would like until you close the app. Next time you open the app it will revert back to the old UI, so you will have to repeat the steps if you want to record again later.
Enjoy

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Also, I just realized I posted this in Theme apps and Mods, and it should probably be in Guides, News and Discussions section. I dont think i can move the whole thing, so if a Mod would like to move it to the other section, please feel free.

Great find!

JonnyTrulove said:
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Also, I just realized I posted this in Theme apps and Mods, and it should probably be in Guides, News and Discussions section. I dont think i can move the whole thing, so if a Mod would like to move it to the other section, please feel free.
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In the future, when you need to have a post moved to a different subforum, report your post using the report button, and the moderators for the LG forums will be able to take care of it for you. I've reported it for you this time (these aren't my forums).

mattgyver said:
In the future, when you need to have a post moved to a different subforum, report your post using the report button, and the moderators for the LG forums will be able to take care of it for you. I've reported it for you this time (these aren't my forums).
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Interesting. Never thought to "report" my own thread. About a year ago, I created a guide on the US998 Hidden Menu which I accidentally started in the Q&A section instead of the Guide section. Still bugs me when I run across it.
EDIT: OK, just reported my thread.

2019 me : Who uses FM radio recording today?
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2022 me : still an useful feature

Biswarup801bk17 said:
Who uses FM radio recording today?
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Same who may use FM radio.
It's free, doesn't use mobile data plan. In emergencies when WiFi and cell phone outages may occur, FM radio can still be there.

Hi, wow, great find. Sometimes I am listening and I will hear something that I want to download but I know I will forget it by the time I get home.
The "record only music" feature is a bit limited though although clever.
If music is already playing it just says waiting for music so you have to wait for that track to finish, then it has to recognise talking (somehow) before it will record.
If you do not check and miss the "waiting for music" message and the track just started then you wont get it recorded.
Even so, click to record is really useful for me.
@Biswarup801bk17: why would you want to know that? tut, tut...

Biswarup801bk17 said:
Who uses FM radio recording today?
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Quick and easy way to make your own ring tone, notification sound, etc.

@JonnyTrulove,
You probably already know this, but you made XDA News.
https://www.xda-developers.com/record-audio-lg-fm-radio-app/

ChazzMatt said:
@JonnyTrulove,
You probably already know this, but you made XDA News.
https://www.xda-developers.com/record-audio-lg-fm-radio-app/
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I didn't, that's pretty cool, thanks for the heads up!

gazzacbr said:
Hi, wow, great find. Sometimes I am listening and I will hear something that I want to download but I know I will forget it by the time I get home.
The "record only music" feature is a bit limited though although clever.
If music is already playing it just says waiting for music so you have to wait for that track to finish, then it has to recognise talking (somehow) before it will record.
If you do not check and miss the "waiting for music" message and the track just started then you wont get it recorded.
Even so, click to record is really useful for me.
@Biswarup801bk17: why would you want to know that? tut, tut...
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Just Curious

This is neat, just to play around with. The one thing I can't figure out, though, is why does only THAT shortcut app show the recordActivity? I've tried at least 10 so far, including Nova Launcher's built-in activity launcher, and all of them only show FM Radio's introActivity. What strange magic makes his work?! the lite version's limitation is not being able to save that activity as a homescreen shortcut.

mattgyver said:
This is neat, just to play around with. The one thing I can't figure out, though, is why does only THAT shortcut app show the recordActivity? I've tried at least 10 so far, including Nova Launcher's built-in activity launcher, and all of them only show FM Radio's introActivity. What strange magic makes his work?! the lite version's limitation is not being able to save that activity as a homescreen shortcut.
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Because Shortcut Master will access even hidden menu shortcuts. Stuff you're not supposed to see.

Fantastic, it works with with my LG V10 from Tmo!!!
It can finally record!
Would it work with other brands like HTC too?

mattgyver said:
This is neat, just to play around with. The one thing I can't figure out, though, is why does only THAT shortcut app show the recordActivity? I've tried at least 10 so far, including Nova Launcher's built-in activity launcher, and all of them only show FM Radio's introActivity. What strange magic makes his work?! the lite version's limitation is not being able to save that activity as a homescreen shortcut.
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Shortcut Master is definitely one of my favorite apps. That said, you can seriously mess your phone up though. Like really badly. Just a warning. And not like the usual just in case kind of warning, but a legit guarantee that if you go poking around enough you almost definitely will screw something up that you may need a restore or full redo to fix.
I had considered starting a Shortcut Master thread, and half heartedly did a while back, but I called it something like LGV30 tweaks and mods discussion. I didn't follow up with a shortcut Master section just out of fear a hundred people would ruin their phone but maybe I'll start one now if there is interest, since the Pandora's box is already kind of opened with it being part of most of the V30 guides I've done.
There is a surprising amount of stuff that only this app seems to get to. The paid version is well worth the buck ot two just for convenience sake and I'd normally say buy it to support further dev, but I think the developer is retired as I haven't seen an update or anything new in a while other than him taking the lite version off the play store last year, but still worth supporting his previous efforts.
Shortcut Master is great for accessing the hidden system menus such as your APN presets and all of the sections of the phone that are blocked off of the specific build your on.
Some of my faves are:
The hidden section of the systems built in Call recording screen.
-For anyone that modified their LGIncallUI to allow recording, this setting will let you track specific numbers or tell it to record all calls.
The extra hidden menu items that Sprint trys to get rid of.
(You'll notice in the pics there is the Hidden menu, and the carrier hidden menu. The Carrier one has access to a bunch of stuff removed.)
Your built in Bluetooth settings page that LG for some reason doesn't allow you to access.
AT&T's video call settings (these don't actually VCs work on Sprint)
And quick access to the Radio Info section
I'm attaching a couple pics for anyone that may be interested in some of what I just mentioned.
But one more time, you are all seriously warned! Know that you will mess your phone up just aimlessly clicking around.
I legitimately ruin my phone at least once a week and have to do a full reflash or restore. I am actually past due for one now, as I've managed to screw up something and now my settings force close when I try and enter developer options. So again, you are WARNED!
Have fun.

mustasusi said:
Fantastic, it works with with my LG V10 from Tmo!!!
It can finally record!
Would it work with other brands like HTC too?
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It should work with any device that can already run the Radio app since it's all built into the app, and is just hidden. So if you were able to get the apk to install and work on your HTC I don't see why it would not.
If you have issues you may be able to use "XML a road to vendor apps" module ( I think that's what it's called) on your HTC to get it to install the LG Radio app. Just a guess though.

Biswarup801bk17 said:
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Most phones meant for market outside the US have FM . This feature was removed or turned off by US carriers to enable users to use data to maximize their profit. As a preference it is a feature I put into consideration when purchasing a smart phone except if I have no option despite the fact that I have unlimited data. I just refuse to accept that I have to use data to listen to FM stations around me. I do not consider a phone as an upgrade when a carrier or or a manufacturer remove basic functions from the phone.
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ChazzMatt said:
Same who may use FM radio.
It's free, doesn't use mobile data plan. In emergencies when WiFi and cell phone outages may occur, FM radio can still be there.
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WELL SAID !! :good::good:

Has anyone had this not work because it appears to require root? I realize that there's no mention of requiring root at all in this thread, so I decided to give this a shot on my V30 just now. installed the latest LG FM Radio app (7.10.8), installed Shortcut Master (paid, forgot I even bought it in the past, go figure), and followed the instructions as written but of course - and my V30 is not rooted at the present time - it's telling me it requires root to even start the FM Radio app with the shortcut (using Launch).
The FM Radio app works fine, but whenever Shortcut Master calls it I get the following so if anyone has any tips to get it functional I'd appreciate it, thanks.
ps
I did a complete clean install of US99820h on my V30 earlier today and for some strange reason now when it's in Hi-Fi DAC mode (I have ~50 Ohm headphones) I've apparently lost the single-step volume control, dammit - now it's jumping 5 steps each time, 35, 40, 45, etc, instead of 30, 31, 32, and so on. Funny how a clean install can sometimes break so many things, eh?
Later Edit:
The reason I'm having issues with the single-step volume is because I'm using Button Mapper so I can skip audio tracks using the volume buttons; it's overriding the defaults of the volume controls for the most part. It has some advanced options to disable the functionality when the volume panel is showing onscreen (meaning I get the single-step control again but the first tap skips 5% regardless), and with the screen off it doesn't provide any single-step control whatsoever, kinda crappy but that's how it goes. I wish phone makers would just include the option to skip tracks with long presses by default, make it an option you can enable. BLEH.
Final Edit:
I decided to do a clean everything last night, started totally fresh, from scratch, and do everything one step at a time, got it all working just fine and with Magisk 19.2 installed I was able to get the recording aspects working too with the LG FM Radio app so, I'm good to go.

From your last edit, you are rooted now? Was that the solution?