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[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."
Louie4926 said:
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!

rfb813 said:
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
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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.

Help. Some problems are rooting 4.4.2 vinar

I just rooted to 4.4.2 vinar and have 2 issues. One. The s pen no longer works. The air command does not appear when the pen is pulled out nor does anything happen like it usually makes a sound. The pen displays a cursor over the screen though. The second issue is the "Ok google" feature stopped working. It was working great when I first rooted, but now it's not working at all. It works, but not the ok google, when you speak it. How do i fix these?

Aryajokin said:
I just rooted to 4.4.2 vinar and have 2 issues. One. The s pen no longer works. The air command does not appear when the pen is pulled out nor does anything happen like it usually makes a sound. The pen displays a cursor over the screen though. The second issue is the "Ok google" feature stopped working. It was working great when I first rooted, but now it's not working at all. It works, but not the ok google, when you speak it. How do i fix these?
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Vanir is AOSP. All Samsung software/features do not work since you are not on a TouchWiz ROM. Not sure if Vanir comes with two different launchers like some other AOSP ROM. You may now be using the one that doesn't have the OK, Google feature. Clear the default for the launcher or hit the Home button and select Launcher, not launcher3.
As a sidenote, you 'flashed' Vanir, not rooted.

asianflavor said:
Vanir is AOSP. All Samsung software/features do not work since you are not on a TouchWiz ROM. Not sure if Vanir comes with two different launchers like some other AOSP ROM. You may now be using the one that doesn't have the OK, Google feature. Clear the default for the launcher or hit the Home button and select Launcher, not launcher3.
As a sidenote, you 'flashed' Vanir, not rooted.
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Sorry, I'm not too in depth with the terms. I'm using the "launcher" not launcher 3. Also, I do have the one that has the ok Google feature because it was working for me, for some reason it just stopped working... If I could get the ok Google feature to work as well as the air commands, I'd be happy. Is that possible to do with another rom maybe? I saw that there is an official 4.4 update coming OTA in the next week or so. Would I be best just unroot ING and going with that? My phone is rooted.

No problem with terms. We all here have been a noob at one point. You can try to do a factory reset to see if that fixes your issue. Or reflash the Vanir ROM Never take OTA if you want to keep flashing custom ROMs. Let the devs here do their magic in bring a custom 4.4 TW ROM. Also look in the general section where someone post some apps to simulate the Spen features.

[PORT][UNOFFICIAL] Cyanide-L for d2tmo (5.0.2 Lollipop)

All credit to this ROM goes to rogersb11. The only thing I did was change the install script so that it works on the d2tmo. With that said, this is an unofficial ROM and is not supported in any way by the original developer. That means don't go bugging rogersb11 with any questions about this. It is unsupported. It is only here so us d2tmo users can enjoy his kick ass ROM until and if there is an official port.
I will help in any way that I can, this is what I am using for my daily driver right now and I love it.
The camera does not work. I don't use my camera much, so I am fine with that for now. If you need a working camera, then this is not the ROM you want on your phone.
A few notes before install.
Thanks to rogersb11 for the Cyanide ROM, TheGeekyNimrod for the d2att port, without which I could not have done this, and leonid002, because without his assistance, I would not have even known how to do this to begin with.
First let's discuss the bugs:
The AOSP Keyboard will continuously crash on you from the first boot. Make sure you have a Google keyboard APK at the ready. This ROM comes with ES File Explorer, thanks to rogersb11, who put the ROM together in the first place, so you should have no problem installing any APKs you need to install, even before replacing the keyboard.
Install Google keyboard, then disable your AOSP keyboard. One this is done your keyboard will work just fine.
The phone will self report as the i747, that is where this ROM came from. As soon as I find what I need to change to fix that, I will update.
I believe the camera bug is still here, havent tested it yet, so just download Nexus camera from the Play store.
Other than that, works great so far.
Anyway, now it is time for the... Wait for it...
DISCLAIMER:
Despite the quality of this ROM, it is an ALPHA build.
Neither I, or any developer is responsible if you brick your device in any way, you're neighbor steals it, your nephew flushes it down the toilet, or you somehow travel back in time to an alternate 2012 where the world comes to an end in December, resulting in your phone being destroyed. Any damage to your device is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
You should be able to use any current Lollipop gapps with this ROM.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download ROM below
Install a recovery if you don't have one (I use TWRP Multiboot, found in this same forum)
Factory reset (wipe Dalvik, cache, you know the drill)
Install the ROM (link below)
Install Gapps
Reboot into Cyanide
Install Google keyboard (or maybe your favorite alternative, SwiftKey works, not sure about anything else yet)
Disable AOSP Keyboard
Enjoy.
CYANIDE ROM DOWNLOAD:
1-02-2014 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717074572
12-28-2014 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717073794
XDA:DevDB Information
Cyanide-L Alpha d2tmo, ROM for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S III
Contributors
reeferbob, leonid002, TheGeekyNimrod,
rogersb11,
Source Code: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717073794
ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2015-01-02
Last Updated 2015-01-02

One thing I like about this ROM over CM12 is that the option to adjust your DPI is baked right in. Another is the darker theme, and the fact that you can wake with the Home button once again.
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Thanks for taking the time to port this I will check it out in the morning
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Thanks OP
Downloading now
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This thread is now opened and continue.
Edfunkycold
Have a great day!

Here's something for the webOS people: Download the app Swipe Home Button from the Play Store, and configure it so that swipe up brings up recents, and swiping far up brings up the app drawer. Do this and swap the Menu and Back buttons, and it feels that much closer to a Pre, albeit without a keyboard, and on much better hardware. I still wish I knew of a way to modify the recents so we could implement webOS 2.x like card stacks in some form. I will be trying to learn how I might be able to do that in my free time though, that was always my goal since I got an Android phone, was to try and make the UI as intuitive as webOS was. Lollipop delivered with that in a big way, but I guess I'm a little OCD and am nitpicking the small details at this point. I'm not sure how much of it is lollipop, and how much of it is from the Cyanide coder's skills, but it's snappy as hell, and definitely made huge steps towards what I wanted to see Android become.
Now just to get rid of Google's intrusiveness (because let's be honest, you lose much of the functionality of Android if you don't install the gapps) and still keep the functionality of fundamentals like the app store, Maybe a third party solution, kind of like Preware, would be the way to go about this? That still leaves the issue of fragmentation with different apps being in different app stores, however. Either way, this is the best Android has gotten for me, and I can only hope it gets even better, who knows, maybe somewhere along the way I will learn a thing or two and be able to help get there.
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reeferbob said:
Here's something for the webOS people: Download the app Swipe Home Button from the Play Store, and configure it so that swipe up brings up recents, and swiping far up brings up the app drawer. Do this and swap the Menu and Back buttons, and it feels that much closer to a Pre, albeit without a keyboard, and on much better hardware. I still wish I knew of a way to modify the recents so we could implement webOS 2.x like card stacks in some form. I will be trying to learn how I might be able to do that in my free time though, that was always my goal since I got an Android phone, was to try and make the UI as intuitive as webOS was. Lollipop delivered with that in a big way, but I guess I'm a little OCD and am nitpicking the small details at this point. I'm not sure how much of it is lollipop, and how much of it is from the Cyanide coder's skills, but it's snappy as hell, and definitely made huge steps towards what I wanted to see Android become.
Now just to get rid of Google's intrusiveness (because let's be honest, you lose much of the functionality of Android if you don't install the gapps) and still keep the functionality of fundamentals like the app store, Maybe a third party solution, kind of like Preware, would be the way to go about this? That still leaves the issue of fragmentation with different apps being in different app stores, however. Either way, this is the best Android has gotten for me, and I can only hope it gets even better, who knows, maybe somewhere along the way I will learn a thing or two and be able to help get there.
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another rom to play with thank man

In the future, I do plan to start officially building this for d2tmo. Just got a few things to get straightened out before I do. I have the device trees and everything, just gotta tie up some other ends before I dive into supporting two devices.
That said though, I will need testers as I don't own this particular device, and maybe someone to help d2tmo users trouble shoot problems that crop up specifically for their device.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

Masterloki666 said:
Thanks for taking the time to port this I will check it out in the morning
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So I've been running this all day and coming from latest nightly build this isn't bad at all still has some work to be done but its loli-goodness on our ol s3 that being said I did have a few hangs when listening to Pandora when trying to turn on screen an switch songs was at work an unable to see what exactly happened anyone else ? BTW thanks again
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The only things I've noticed so far are as follows:
Firefox makes Metro PCS think I'm tethering for some reason, except for, ironically, when I have request desktop site checked. Opera works great though. Not to mention, if you make sure to go into the settings and put Opera on Phone mode, the look and feel of it just kind of flows with Lollipop's multitasking cards, just horizontally scrolling and vertically closing.
I heavily dislike Chrome, so I don't use it, and couldn't tell you if it works or not, because I haven't installed it.
The stock browser kind of hung on me one time, but I haven't been able to make it happen again.
The phone shuts off without warning, it seems as soon as the battery goes down to 14%
As far as Pandora, I really haven't installed it, because I have Rhapsody. I may give it a shot and see what happens.
The Firefox issue probably has something to do with the lollipop user agent, as I know that this is how Metro blocks tethering. Still weird that it works fine with the other browsers though. Anyway, due to issues beyond my control, I probably won't be online for about two weeks after today, all my bills came up due at once so my phone bill will have to wait until next payday. The extra days off work the week of Christmas really put a strain on my finances. Sure I'll probably hit a hotspot from time to time, but my phone is my main internet connection at home. Hell, it's faster than cable internet or even any DSL connection I've ever had, so why spend the extra money? I'm really surprised how well MetroPCS works in Denver, even without an LTE phone. The HSPA+ is plenty fast. Before the T-Mobile deal, I had a Metro CDMA phone, in Texas, and it was atrocious.
But yeah, I have WiFi at work so I can keep checking in from time to time when I'm out on a smoke break, plus, I'm definitely keeping an eye out for new developments.
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I just got the new build installed, the dark color scheme is awesome. I just left in the check in the installer script for the d2att this time, and added one for d2tmo, maybe it will help anybody who may be testing across multiple devices.
In this one I've noticed the AOSP keyboard is working fine so far.
I will upload it as soon as I get the chance.
If you dirty flash over the previous build, make sure when you install the new build to reinstall the gapps. After its finished wipe the cache and dalvik, otherwise Google Play services will just keep crashing.
After reinstalling gapps, wiping the dalvik and cache, I got one Google play services error, but it hasn't seemed to affect anything.
Everything about this is the same as the build from rogersb11, I just edited the install script so that it installs on d2tmo as well. Just like the earlier build, it will be unsupported. There are bugs, and on an early build, that is to be expected. But so far, I've definitely seen an improvement.
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Installed and running pretty smooth. The previous build would randomly advance my clock by 5 hours and would show all incoming calls as from "private". The new build however does none of those things.
So far on the new build, music has crashed once but relaunching it fixed that. I was not sure what nexus camera to get, not to mention their permissions were a bit crazy so I went with Open Camera and it works fine.
Thanks for taking the time to make and port this. The t999 is starting to fall to the way side and I cannot afford a new device so being able to run 5.0 is a blessing.

Working perfectly Thanks to all the devs over at d2att right How come no devs have d2tmo?? Smh.

No SIM
Hey did a clean install and the rom is telling me I have no sim inserted? Anyone else running in to this issue or have a quick fix? I tried editing APN's but it wouldnt save???

Try installing the older build first, and then install gapps, let it run it's first boot, and let everything set up. Then reboot into recovery, and install the later build, reinstall gapps, and wipe cache and Dalvik. Then boot again as normal.
This has resolved a couple of issues for me, although I haven't gotten the insert SIM message with either of these builds. Can't thoroughly test anything until the end of next week though, my phone service is cut off until I can pay my bill on the 15th, and my WiFi reception where I'm at is spotty at best (on all my devices).
Also, I am on MetroPCS, not T-Mobile, I'm just using the T999 on their network.. Which I guess is also the T-Mobile network. Not sure if there are any major differences or not.
The only issue I've had was with su, and after installing SuperSU, a couple reboots, the last one was after changing my DPI to 240, I was able to gain root access.
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jonesin said:
Hey did a clean install and the rom is telling me I have no sim inserted? Anyone else running in to this issue or have a quick fix? I tried editing APN's but it wouldnt save???
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You may need to update your modem. I don't know about the T-Mobile modems and their availability, but for most using d2att in any LP rom, this has solved that issue.
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I just installed it on my t999l. Will report back how it runs. Thanks for the ROM.

jonesin said:
Hey did a clean install and the rom is telling me I have no sim inserted? Anyone else running in to this issue or have a quick fix? I tried editing APN's but it wouldnt save???
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I just installed the newer version, and I have the same problem. My device is t999l. Did you manage to fix the problem?

goldentequila said:
I just installed the newer version, and I have the same problem. My device is t999l. Did you manage to fix the problem?
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Yes I was able to resolve this by updating to the latest baseband/radio. Resolved the problem immediately, I used the latest one available dated march of 2014. Hope this helps.

jonesin said:
Yes I was able to resolve this by updating to the latest baseband/radio. Resolved the problem immediately, I used the latest one available dated march of 2014. Hope this helps.
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Thank you. I'll try that.
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goldentequila said:
Thank you. I'll try that.
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OK. I encountered one major issue that was a bit scary. Everything was working fine at the first boot (except for the sim card). But, I turned off my phone. I then powered it back on, but it wouldn't boot into Android. It would just get stuck at the initial boot screen and go black. I was able to fix this by removing the battery and restarting it. If anyone experiences this issue, try that.
I tried turning off my phone to boot into recovery, and the same problem happened. I'm going to reinstall the ROM and see if the problem goes away.

[APP] MW Commander

I was tired of the restricted list of apps compatible with multiwindow..... Until today....
Just tried MW Commander on my S6,
Works really well. It adds the ability to put any app into multiwindow state. And show up in multiwindow selection.
Been looking for an app that's works properly on the s6 for a while, so I thought I would share here.
This is a paid app, there might be ones out there that work that are free but I haven't found one that works well on our device and I think its worth the £1
I'm not affiliated with this app, just wanted to share as I couldn't find any posts about it in this forum.
Hope this helps someone to enjoy multiwindow on their device a bit more
P.S r00t is required

thanks checking it out

Good find - though I can't get it to work with some apps (Tapatalk for instance), but it does work on most of them
//M
Sendt fra min SM-G925F med Tapatalk

tiboric said:
I was tired of the restricted list of apps compatible with multiwindow..... Until today....
Just tried MW Commander on my S6,
Works really well. It adds the ability to put any app into multiwindow state. And show up in multiwindow selection.
Been looking for an app that's works properly on the s6 for a while, so I thought I would share here.
This is a paid app, there might be ones out there that work that are free but I haven't found one that works well on our device and I think its worth the £1
I'm not affiliated with this app, just wanted to share as I couldn't find any posts about it in this forum.
Hope this helps someone to enjoy multiwindow on their device a bit more
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Required root.. any other app without requiring root ?

momo220499 said:
Required root..
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Who cares if you can now root without tripping KNOX/loosing the warranty?
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Cr4z33 said:
Who cares if you can now root without tripping KNOX/loosing the warranty?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1
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Will samsung pay work ?

It seems it's working with all apps now, that's really cool and we'll worth the (little) money
//M
Sendt fra min SM-G925F med Tapatalk

tiboric said:
I was tired of the restricted list of apps compatible with multiwindow..... Until today....
Just tried MW Commander on my S6,
Works really well. It adds the ability to put any app into multiwindow state. And show up in multiwindow selection.
Been looking for an app that's works properly on the s6 for a while, so I thought I would share here.
This is a paid app, there might be ones out there that work that are free but I haven't found one that works well on our device and I think its worth the £1
I'm not affiliated with this app, just wanted to share as I couldn't find any posts about it in this forum.
Hope this helps someone to enjoy multiwindow on their device a bit more
P.S r00t is required
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Im having problems with it. In messages the keyboard after i enable the multiwindow manager for some apps like calc and a few more. The keyboard stars working a lil weird, for example when im in the messages app and have the keyboard open and I press the emoji button it doesn't change. and when i Press the add a file button it appers like the keyboard its not hiding for this to happen. Do you experiencing the same issues? Also if i have the keyboard opened and press the power button and turn it on the keyboard stays in the lockscreen and doesn't hide.

efrommel said:
Im having problems with it. In messages the keyboard after i enable the multiwindow manager for some apps like calc and a few more. The keyboard stars working a lil weird, for example when im in the messages app and have the keyboard open and I press the emoji button it doesn't change. and when i Press the add a file button it appers like the keyboard its not hiding for this to happen. Do you experiencing the same issues? Also if i have the keyboard opened and press the power button and turn it on the keyboard stays in the lockscreen and doesn't hide.
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I'm afraid I Havant experienced any of these symptoms. Which ROM are you using? Or are you stock? I would email the developer, as he will have a good insight into the problems you are having.
Sorry I can't help much more as I can not reproduce the problems
Cheers

tiboric said:
I'm afraid I Havant experienced any of these symptoms. Which ROM are you using? Or are you stock? I would email the developer, as he will have a good insight into the problems you are having.
Sorry I can't help much more as I can not reproduce the problems
Cheers
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Im using the stock ROM just rooted. I have restore twice to see what is the problem and in both do the same thing after i enable a few multiwindow apps.

Nothing is rotating on my phone

Hi,
My phone's rooted, using the ROM that came with root. I haven't had too many problems with it since rooting, but I've noticed that nothing is rotating. I have Screen Rotation turned on and have even shut it off and turned it on a few times. It hasn't made a difference. I noticed it when I was trying to look at pictures taken in landscape using gallery. They do not rotate. Then I went in to other apps and none of them are rotating either.
Any ideas on how this can be fixed? Since rooting it, I've been keeping my phone to minimal apps. I really don't have much installed.

Try this thread. It worked for me but I think I had to use a different version of the file "libgnustl_shared.so" that it links to.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...-screen-rotation-fix-libgnustlshared-t3408140
Thanks, Geno

usmaak said:
Hi,
My phone's rooted, using the ROM that came with root. I haven't had too many problems with it since rooting, but I've noticed that nothing is rotating. I have Screen Rotation turned on and have even shut it off and turned it on a few times. It hasn't made a difference. I noticed it when I was trying to look at pictures taken in landscape using gallery. They do not rotate. Then I went in to other apps and none of them are rotating either.
Any ideas on how this can be fixed? Since rooting it, I've been keeping my phone to minimal apps. I really don't have much installed.
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The stock touchwiz launcher doesn't like to sit in any aspect except portrait if u can't get other apps to rotate you may have issue

mojoswagger1980 said:
The stock touchwiz launcher doesn't like to sit in any aspect except portrait if u can't get other apps to rotate you may have issue
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Before rooting and installing that ROM on my phone, I had no problems with getting images to rotate in the gallery. I think that it has to be this ROM.

usmaak said:
Before rooting and installing that ROM on my phone, I had no problems with getting images to rotate in the gallery. I think that it has to be this ROM.
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Im not gonna lie, i am lost ! I cant remeber what rom this is in reference too. Hmmm touchwiz launcher must be modest rom jasmine rom paulpizz rom or nseven . Lets go with modest (its the most common)while u shouldnt need xposed (this is basic)But i beleive wanam touchwiz module has the options you are missing built into it. alternately you coyld grab a third party rotation control app from the play store or just change launchers. If your heart is set on touchwiz i beleive xposed is your best bet

mojoswagger1980 said:
Im not gonna lie, i am lost ! I cant remeber what rom this is in reference too. Hmmm touchwiz launcher must be modest rom jasmine rom paulpizz rom or nseven . Lets go with modest (its the most common)while u shouldnt need xposed (this is basic)But i beleive wanam touchwiz module has the options you are missing built into it. alternately you coyld grab a third party rotation control app from the play store or just change launchers. If your heart is set on touchwiz i beleive xposed is your best bet
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I don't remember, either. It is whatever came with stuff for rooting 5.1.1. It's been ok for the most part. The only two issues I've had with it are the keyboard missing all of the punctuation and this rotating issue. I'm using Nova for the launcher, but the rotation doesn't work on touchwiz either. I'm thinking of moving to the Note 8, when it comes out, so this might not be something that I have to worry about (be annoyed about) for much longer.
I'll have to look up that wanam touchwiz module that you speak of.