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[Q] Tablet Mode

I rooted my Note 2 (amazingly easy via Note toolkit, thanks), then installed Rom Toolbox and set the DPI to 180. Guess what - NO TABLET MODE! Yes, some apps were with split screen interface, but I saw no navigation bar and no unified notification bar. I am sorely missing the nav bar to the point that I might go back to my beloved Galaxy Nexus.
I guess Samsung have thrown stock Android tablet mode completely out with their Note 2 ROMs.
I can see that Paranoid Android is a ways off, and despite myself I like the S Pen and its associated features, so I was hoping to switch to tablet mode and have the best of both worlds. No luck.
Anyone have any idea how to improve this situation?

It seems like its your first time using any non-nexus phone
There is no tablet mode in stock touchwiz/sense etc if you lower dpi...
They just decrease in size, and apps like keyboard which dont have a "tablet mode" in them FC.
However in Note I there WAS a way to introduce navigation bar for stock rom too...ill post it here so please tell me if it works
Ill be awaiting your feedback :good:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808882
This is the mod...
You just made me remind it

How dare you , just look at my signature! But yes, after Android 4.0, I have been using Galaxy Nexus only - in between I bought a Galaxy Note, flashed stock ICS ROM on it, and enjoyed the tablet benefits. But its horrendous battery life on that ROM made me return to the GNex. I bought Note 2 on launch and am already regretting it because TW is so FUGLY compared to AOSP JB. Thanks for sharing the mod, I will try it and report back

talhamid said:
How dare you , just look at my signature! But yes, after Android 4.0, I have been using Galaxy Nexus only - in between I bought a Galaxy Note, flashed stock ICS ROM on it, and enjoyed the tablet benefits. But its horrendous battery life on that ROM made me return to the GNex. I bought Note 2 on launch and am already regretting it because TW is so FUGLY compared to AOSP JB. Thanks for sharing the mod, I will try it and report back
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Haaahahahahahah xD i am using xda-developers app on the app you cant see the signatures
Sure please tell me

talhamid said:
I rooted my Note 2 (amazingly easy via Note toolkit, thanks), then installed Rom Toolbox and set the DPI to 180. Guess what - NO TABLET MODE! Yes, some apps were with split screen interface, but I saw no navigation bar and no unified notification bar. I am sorely missing the nav bar to the point that I might go back to my beloved Galaxy Nexus.
I guess Samsung have thrown stock Android tablet mode completely out with their Note 2 ROMs.
I can see that Paranoid Android is a ways off, and despite myself I like the S Pen and its associated features, so I was hoping to switch to tablet mode and have the best of both worlds. No luck.
Anyone have any idea how to improve this situation?
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So you are willing to go back to nexus to have the navigation bar that you miss on the Note 2 with 180 dpi? Sure ParanoidAndroid is a solution.. but that means losing S Pen functionality. Then again.. so does moving back to nexus. Might aswell stick to Note 2 legends.

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Sobakel said:
So you are willing to go back to nexus to have the navigation bar that you miss on the Note 2 with 180 dpi? Sure ParanoidAndroid is a solution.. but that means losing S Pen functionality. Then again.. so does moving back to nexus. Might aswell stick to Note 2 legends.
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Actually that's why I am kind of torn. I love the S Pen functions, and NOTHING ELSE, on TW. And I love EVERYTHING on AOSP JB .

talhamid said:
Actually that's why I am kind of torn. I love the S Pen functions, and NOTHING ELSE, on TW. And I love EVERYTHING on AOSP JB .
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Why not use the Nova Launcher then ? Sure, it's not stock JB, but gets rid of TW and keeps the goodies intact.. (except for the buddy pages, but these are not that significant...)

Yrcimim said:
Why not use the Nova Launcher then ? Sure, it's not stock JB, but gets rid of TW and keeps the goodies intact.. (except for the buddy pages, but these are not that significant...)
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I am already using Nova. Surely TW launcher is insufferable for someone who is such a big fan of AOSP android ui. Now if only I could get the softkey navigation bar
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talhamid said:
I am already using Nova. Surely TW launcher is insufferable for someone who is such a big fan of AOSP android ui. Now if only I could get the softkey navigation bar
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bro can i know if the mod worked? so that i can add it to my jb mod collection

Stock ROMs does include some of the TW tablet roms components - for example, minimode-res.apk - is responsible for running tablet miniapps on Samm tablets. It has no reason to be on phone ROM but it is included. (Is also included in JB stock rom) Only reason why tablet mode do not work well, is some of the NOTE apks are HDPI+XHDPI, but as soon as you lower your DPI, android will start to recognize apps as LARGE/XLARGE MDPI/HDPI and there is no programmed layout for the apps to be running this mode.
See my signature, there is a hacked ICS SystemUi.apk from Tablet 7,7, which is running fine on Note1 with 213dpi and 160dpi(160dpi breaks call functionality) - mod taken from US Note1, thanks Dagr8, Wanam might be there also included, Qaazi76 for posting.... Thank to them, hopefully there will be also interest to run tablet mode on JB Note2 from devs.
After i just replaced that SystemUi on Note1, you have "microtablet" on 160dpi, with miniapps running from Note 10,1, some apps, Splanner, Email from Tablets are running....but there are some gugs. 213dpi works fine, also calls work just Contacts.apk is broken but still usable as a Phone for daily in TW tablet mode. Anyway, this is NOTE 2 related so...i believe that stock JB rom is capable to run Tablet, just needs some hacking.
So, as soon as some samsung tablet gets JB, hopefully some of the previous hackers (dagr8,etc...) will work on tablet UI for stock TW rom. Or, they may take the previous hacked systemUi as a sample, or somebody might just try to replace the systemUi from the thread just to try.
Hopefully they will work on it as i still keep N1 cause tablet mode. Sorry Samsung, but i see no sense to have big screen with big fonts, icons etc...Your stock UI for NOTEs is wrong!!!
Layout after setting to 213dpi - is very OK for the screen size (I mean Note1)
160dpi - is too small

Jamal Ahmed said:
bro can i know if the mod worked? so that i can add it to my jb mod collection
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Tried it just now. It did not work. Maybe it needs to be updated or something for Note 2 firmware
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nav bar
navigation bar can be enabled by editing build.prop
add this line at the end of build.prop to enable:
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
tested with N2 on samsung based rom and worked.

[Q] LED not blinkig for missed calls, is this a bug or a "feature"?

My question is fairly simple: LED blinking for missed calls (actually not working on my Nexus) is a "feature" (read: it's not implemented on purpose) or a real bug in JB 4.1.2?
Please and please, avoid LightFlow suggestions... I know how it works, I even own the app, but I'm not using it because battery life :good:

hey i just noticed that.. its there on all 4.1.2 roms and i just flashed the stock rom yesterday so didnt notice.. but i think its a bug doubt its a feature

Never worked for me since ics, just for sms/mail
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use codename android, you can set a color for missed calls, i had kept it red and it works fine

bk201doesntexist said:
Never worked for me since ics, just for sms/mail
Sent from my i9250
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So ICS -> JB 4.1.1 -> JB 4.1.2 -> JB 4.2. Seriously? I don't think it's a bug, because they didn't managed to fix it during 4 releases. In addition, because it's not working since ICS, that sounds like a never implemented feature to me, do you agree?
rrohanjs said:
use codename android, you can set a color for missed calls, i had kept it red and it works fine
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No way for me to flash a ROM other than stock. I've brought a Nexus just because I want to enjoy vanilla Android, ASAP.

Gremo said:
So ICS -> JB 4.1.1 -> JB 4.1.2 -> JB 4.2. Seriously? I don't think it's a bug, because they didn't managed to fix it during 4 releases. In addition, because it's not working since ICS, that sounds like a never implemented feature to me, do you agree?
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Yes, I agree. I didn't say it was a bug though

[Q] note 2 4.2.2 roms

Ok well I get strait to the point I love my note 2 and would love to run a 4.2.2 rom .I have used pacman...aokp...and a couple others but it seems that no matter which one I used sending mms or reciving them does not work. Any help would be appreciated .exact situation is go into stock messaging app choose an attachment and try to send it but it will just stay in the sending stage and eventually fail after an hour and as for reciving .I dont recieve anything from anyone when it comes to mms .I know it isnt my network because when I use any 4.1 or 4.1.2 rom it works perfectly.:crying:

Use a different sms/mms app like handcent or GoSMS.

DarkManX4lf said:
Use a different sms/mms app like handcent or GoSMS.
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I would rather find a way to use the stock one since anyone else who has these roms dosnt have this issue

infinititech89 said:
I would rather find a way to use the stock one since anyone else who has these roms dosnt have this issue
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I have this issue all aosp roms have these issues they will get worked out as is took 4 months to get the galaxy s3 aosp roms to be 99% bug free. Flash back to a touchwiz rom update your prl and profile then flash your aosp ROM. Go SMS is better than the stock touchwiz or aosp imop lots of useful features.

infinititech89 said:
Ok well I get strait to the point I love my note 2 and would love to run a 4.2.2 rom .I have used pacman...aokp...and a couple others but it seems that no matter which one I used sending mms or reciving them does not work. Any help would be appreciated .exact situation is go into stock messaging app choose an attachment and try to send it but it will just stay in the sending stage and eventually fail after an hour and as for reciving .I dont recieve anything from anyone when it comes to mms .I know it isnt my network because when I use any 4.1 or 4.1.2 rom it works perfectly.:crying:
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Try when you install to format system then flash and flash the radio also. Not saying that is the problem. But could help rest the most issue. I'm using pac with no issues
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I have the same exact issue and have found no solution. Combine that with the fact that GPS won't work over LTE and it's enough for me to just stick with TW which is performing near perfect for me.

SantinoInc said:
I have the same exact issue and have found no solution. Combine that with the fact that GPS won't work over LTE and it's enough for me to just stick with TW which is performing near perfect for me.
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Yea tw seems to be the way to go I guess I will just wait for the official 4.2.2 release I have put to much time and effort into this lmfao about 2 weeks

lbcoach3347 said:
Try when you install to format system then flash and flash the radio also. Not saying that is the problem. But could help rest the most issue. I'm using pac with no issues
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How do I go about flashing the radios hate to sound like a noob but have to start leaning some where lol

infinititech89 said:
How do I go about flashing the radios hate to sound like a noob but have to start leaning some where lol
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you can just download the radio zip file and flash through twrp or other recovery.

smccall said:
I have this issue all aosp roms have these issues they will get worked out as is took 4 months to get the galaxy s3 aosp roms to be 99% bug free. Flash back to a touchwiz rom update your prl and profile then flash your aosp ROM. Go SMS is better than the stock touchwiz or aosp imop lots of useful features.
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Hope they fix it soon because my note 2 has been my fav device but I love stock android and keeping up to date with the latest and greatest in android ! Note 3 were are you lmfao

Touchwiz via Whoomp!!
infinititech89 said:
Yea tw seems to be the way to go I guess I will just wait for the official 4.2.2 release I have put to much time and effort into this lmfao about 2 weeks
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Guys I haven't experienced any issues when I flashed Whompasaurus, which is basically a souped up version of stock. It gave me the ability to overclock at 1.8Ghz, keep my touchwiz features for s-pen etc., and allowed me to do it all through AROMA, an interactive user interface of installing what I wanted to keep stock and what I didn't care about installing. Give it a shot....

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Guys I haven't experienced any issues when I flashed Whompasaurus, which is basically a souped up version of stock. It gave me the ability to overclock at 1.8Ghz, keep my touchwiz features for s-pen etc., and allowed me to do it all through AROMA, an interactive user interface of installing what I wanted to keep stock and what I didn't care about installing. Give it a shot....
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They are talking about aosp roms. Like cyanogen. Whompasauras is based on stock.
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Boring 4.3 update

I loaded the 4.3 leak and its smooth and runs great but I don't notice anything else but the flare/light lock screen, not even a themed out dialer or more features with Messaging app, like more bubbles or background options. I really was hoping for a revamped UI for TW but samsung kept it the same. Might as well just call it 4.2 since we didn't see 4.2 on our devices, except the i9300. But as I play with the leak on my phone its just too boring. Sorry but Samsung had us skip 4.2 to give us 4.3, I know its just a leak but how much different will the actual release be? not much.
That's why I flash CM roms to give it a different look on my phone. So glad I rooted my phone. Any way I thought I just vent a bit on the so called update that looks totally the same as 4.1

Yeah this is exactly why I'm going Nexus 5.
But I don't think 4.3 had many visual changes aside from the WiFi connection bars and tabbed settings. That being said it definitely brought along a vast improvement over GPU rendering, better battery life, and overall smoothness.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Yeah this is exactly why I'm going Nexus 5.
But I don't think 4.3 had many visual changes aside from the WiFi connection bars and tabbed settings. That being said it definitely brought along a vast improvement over GPU rendering, better battery life, and overall smoothness.
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Yeah you're right. far as smoothness it is better. far as visual its not attracting. But the phone runs faster and not a big fan of toggles. I hope to get on the N5.

That's the thing, not much change from 4.1 to 4.3 visually, even with stock android. Trim support should keep or system running smooth tho

atb1183 said:
That's the thing, not much change from 4.1 to 4.3 visually, even with stock android. Trim support should keep or system running smooth tho
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Thats true sometimes all those apps that come with the rom I never use. But I don't understand whats "knox" and I do like the samsung apps like calendar, notes, music apps. I just hope that if we ever get TW 4.4 I hope that at least it'll be an nice minimalistic TW UI. that'll be nice to see that. I wish I was good at programing. I can do images, icons but not good with coding. Hopefully we can see a google style TW UI. I just think that TW should go another direction and lean more towards a google style UI. Flat colors.

I beg to differ due to the fact that I'm not bothered by the lack of aesthetic changes personally. I'm fine with stock 4.1.2 right now so the overall performance improvements are a good enough upgrade for me. I wasn't expecting Samsung to change much anyways.

Biggest plus imo is group messaging. I haven't run a TW Rom since getting this phone until now. I was fine with asop, but the Wi-Fi calling is another big plus with TW.
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Thanks guys for pointing out some things I didn't noticed. I never used group messaging or used wifi calling. I guess everyone has a thing or two with the update. I use my phone in the most basic way, I mean basic. I make a few callings, text mostly to people and try to customize my phone to look cool. I mean thats it. I don't use really the other special features that comes with the phone. Maybe Gmail and on occasion the web. I just like to try to make my phone look different. and love trying out roms.

Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.

I like it...
I personally like the (leaked) 4.3 update. I did use CyanogenMod for awhile on my S3, but there was just a few too many bugs that never seemed to get resolved (camera issues, audio issues), which ended with me going back to TW. I like the transparent notification bar with 4.3, and the fact it seems to (so far) be smoother than 4.1.2 was, with better battery life as well.
Most likely I will get a Nexus 5 after the holidays, because I personally love stock Android, but I will miss wifi calling.

rcsrich said:
Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.
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It does appear to be affecting our release, but I believe ours to be relatively free of the issues in that article. (We've had a few problems, but it's only been for a few people). Just keep in mind they are talking about the I9300 in the article, a very different device from ours.
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rcsrich said:
Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.
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The only issue I've seen is the keyboard and lack of kernel source. Other than that all is well with the current leak itself IMO, so the official release shouldn't be too much to wait on.
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We're at the middle of the month and hoping that the actual release would come out but don't know if it will. Plus again, its the TW I do like it but its just not a lot of fluff for me to keep it on. I like making my phone look different thats why I keep trying out roms. I'm on MIUI because it looks awesome especially with the themes.
I did like KITKAT 4.4 from CM but it still has some bugs. I'll probably try it out again. My friend is jumping ship from his GN2 for the N5 he's never going to see the 4.3 update anytime soon.

I wish you all good luck with the 4.3 drop..even sprint didn't get theirs on the 6th like they were supposed to.
Nexus 5 will be here in..3 days.
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TheLastSidekick said:
I wish you all good luck with the 4.3 drop..even sprint didn't get theirs on the 6th like they were supposed to.
Nexus 5 will be here in..3 days.
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Should I be sad or happy?

johnny quest said:
I loaded the 4.3 leak and its smooth and runs great but I don't notice anything else but the flare/light lock screen, not even a themed out dialer or more features with Messaging app, like more bubbles or background options. I really was hoping for a revamped UI for TW but samsung kept it the same. Might as well just call it 4.2 since we didn't see 4.2 on our devices, except the i9300. But as I play with the leak on my phone its just too boring. Sorry but Samsung had us skip 4.2 to give us 4.3, I know its just a leak but how much different will the actual release be? not much.
That's why I flash CM roms to give it a different look on my phone. So glad I rooted my phone. Any way I thought I just vent a bit on the so called update that looks totally the same as 4.1
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Well At Least You Know Your Updated On Firmware Somewhat

Well, the last leak is working perfectly for me, I was hesitant to switch from Dirty Unicorns back to TW, but I tried it and I'm really happy with it. The icons seem to have a better definition, the UI is a lot smoother, different lock screen options including the light effect swipe to unlock from the S4, different setting menu (tabs), toggle tiles and Gear support. Yes, Gear is working perfectly with the unbloated knox free leak. The Gear is now getting all notifications with text to read due to software released that you can flash thru Odin. Stock keyboard isn't working yet, but shouldn't be a deal breaker, I use swype anyway. Overall, I love the last leak and can care less if they delay the official update.

I'm loving the 4.3 leak.
Bluetooth is finally working properly for me. No more connection glitches or horrible crackling audio in A2DP.
Google Voice properly integrates with the new call log.
Lock screen improvements are very useful to me.
Notification improvements are great and work more reliably with Knock+2
I just wish I could find out if ANT+ is truly enabled as was reported for the international version. I can't seem to get it working.

revwillie said:
I'm loving the 4.3 leak.
Bluetooth is finally working properly for me. No more connection glitches or horrible crackling audio in A2DP.
Google Voice properly integrates with the new call log.
Lock screen improvements are very useful to me.
Notification improvements are great and work more reliably with Knock+2
I just wish I could find out if ANT+ is truly enabled as was reported for the international version. I can't seem to get it working.
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Its possible there could be a couple of reasons it wont work. If its rom related, then its probably just not been implemented in this roubd of testing. Much more likely though is it is probably because of the kernel. the kernel used is the AT&T kernel from the oldest leak of 4.3, UVUEMJ2. Either too many changes were made, it wasnt yet added, or its implmented differently in tmobiles kernels.
Isnt it a wifi technology? or is it used via bluetooth? if it is wifi, as i seem to recall, itll definitely be kernel related. the sole reason for using the older AT&T kernel is wifi doesnt work with tmobiles, so if it is a wifi only protocol, thatd be the most likely reason.
hope that makes sense!
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DocHoliday77 said:
Isnt it a wifi technology? or is it used via bluetooth?
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I think it's most closely related to bluetooth low energy or 4.0 .

Statusbar at the bottom

Hi, i would like to know if it's possible to move the statusbar on the bottom.
I mean this http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GestureControl-Android-Settings.jpg
I'm stock rooted. Thanks.

soul said:
Hi, i would like to know if it's possible to move the statusbar on the bottom.
I mean this http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GestureControl-Android-Settings.jpg
I'm stock rooted. Thanks.
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Well the only thing I can think of is by flashing a Jellybean version of Paranoid Android. Then use the Hybrid engine to change it to the Tablet ui to get the same thing you see in that picture. See this post. But for KitKat the Tablet ui was killed off and there is no way to activate it, hence no hybrid engine in the new KitKat PA. I don't believe there is any way to do this in KitKat right now, probably ever. Hope this helps.

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Well the only thing I can think of is by flashing a Jellybean version of Paranoid Android. Then use the Hybrid engine to change it to the Tablet ui to get the same thing you see in that picture. See this post. But for KitKat the Tablet ui was killed off and there is no way to activate it, hence no hybrid engine in the new KitKat PA. I don't believe there is any way to do this in KitKat right now, probably ever. Hope this helps.
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Yes, thank you. That's the only thing that i want to do but i don't want downgrade to jb. Thanks anyway!