Reason to root? - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

What are the features I'm missing out by not deciding to root?
Thanks

Few ideas here

The main reasons I'm rooted is for Titanium Backup and Adaway.
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Kernels that allow almost infinite screen color adjustment. Substratum themes without having to connect to Andromeda.
Adjust settings like long press back button to kill app.
Flash new roms (if and when they become available.
And much more.

For me it's adblocking, YouTube red and advanced color control (you can tune your screen by your personal liking). Without it any phone is a trash for me.
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What do you mean YouTube Red? I'm rooted, is there a free YT red app?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can also install hacks for hotspotting?

C5Longhorn said:
What do you mean YouTube Red? I'm rooted, is there a free YT red app?
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Not sure what YouTube red gives, but the mod below removes YouTube ads, enables floating window and youtube background playback. It's so sweet!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-iytbp-injected-youtube-background-t3560900

Sweet, thanks for the follow-up will check it out.
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What Do You Think?

Hello GUIse,
Take a look at the screen shot below:
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Do you think there's something missing? I'm not sure, to me it looks a little "All over the place" I've been configuring the LCD Density by editing the build.prop and found 192 density is quite sweet & Launcher Pro works well with it.
But I'm wondering if I could get some advise on what to do with the rest of the free space on my home page!
I'm one of those people who likes everything in one place (Apps, games etc.)
Any feedback would be appreciated.
music player widget maybe?
I also like to have a calendar widget on my homepage.
And why is your game folder floating around ?
I've moved it now. Made an "Apps" folder as well so it suits the homepage.
Looks good now anyway. Will post a screenshot when I can
Right, after a little customizing I have come up with the attached image. What do you think?
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nitrozk said:
Right, after a little customizing I have come up with the attached image. What do you think?
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yep me want one how ?

[Q] Disabling avatars

Is there a way to disable the showing of avatars?
A few people have somewhat provocative pictures and I come to this site multiple times a day from work.
I'm not a prude, the images don't bother me personally and I'm not requesting anyone change their picture but in my work environment I'd like to be able to turn them off. Is that possible?
In tapatalk 2 there is an option in settings for it.
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Esoteric68 said:
Is there a way to disable the showing of avatars?
A few people have somewhat provocative pictures and I come to this site multiple times a day from work.
I'm not a prude, the images don't bother me personally and I'm not requesting anyone change their picture but in my work environment I'd like to be able to turn them off. Is that possible?
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You can turn off pictures in your browser but that's all pictures. If you use Firefox you can download an ad-blocker and specify the pic as an ad. Other than that I don't know of any options.
Thank you both for your suggestions. I'll give them a try.
Go to the user cp and then edit options. You'll find a section called thread display options and avatars are an option there.
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PRUDE!
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Has to be talkin about Isaint.. Lol.

AndroSense 1.0

Setup for your Apex Launcher pro with UCCW.
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If you like it, I made a simple How To on my blog.
You should know the basics of UCCW to get going, if it doesn't work out just contact me.
Why use this setup?
- It's clean
- It's smooth
- It shows notifications
- You can theme it to your likes, use your own pictures.
- Set up as you like
- For people want to get rid of the status bar, this is a must have.
Battery log:
Battery drained just 24% in 9.25 hours
(just make sure to soft reset your device after setup).
Peace
DizzyDix
Link to your blog?
Looks really sweet!
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Erahgon said:
Link to your blog?
Looks really sweet!
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Sorry, here it is:
http://myfirstsamsungs3.blogspot.com/2013/02/reserved-sense-10-for-android.html
Regards,
DizzyDix
Looks awesome too bad that this is no launcher ;(
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Changing the Dial pad and Message App Header

Just as the subject states, I am looking for the following:
In some cases, you can switch the theme of certain apps to dark mode, but what about the dialer? I hate a white dialer.
Also the messaging app.... That hideous gold color in the messaging app haunts me. I NEED to change it but even with tweakbox I cant seem to... Does anyone have any ideas?
like this?
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hello00 said:
like this?
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yes...like this
Exactly! How? Am I just missing a setting somewhere or is it a module for Xposed?
srbecker said:
Exactly! How? Am I just missing a setting somewhere or is it a module for Xposed?
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it is just a theme that i was working on
hello00 said:
it is just a theme that i was working on
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Looks great! I'm so used to turning on dark mode and installing TBO apps. I really don't like all the white and light colors.
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Cannot add softkeys (Nav bar)

On previous phones including the S5 you could just change the build.prop or use gravity box to add on screen Nav keys... but every time I try with the N4, when I reboot I'll get system UI crashing non stop until I undo my changes.
Has anyone gotten them somehow?
I'm just a big soft keys fan
I made a similar thread asking the same thing. Haven't figured it out yet.
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egodriver07 said:
I made a similar thread asking the same thing. Haven't figured it out yet.
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Just checking in to see if you've solved this. Sucks! I need my navbar
zgroten said:
Just checking in to see if you've solved this. Sucks! I need my navbar
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No. Nothing. I can't figure it out.
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I'm gonna bump this with a prayer
I take it you don't like the option that comes with the device?
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