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Status Bar Removal beta + FullScreen beta [JellyBean]

Seeing as how some were concerned with burn-in/didn't want the status bar I'm releasing a first step towards it.
The status bar has been removed, however apps don't seem to reclaim it. I'll be working on this tonight/tomorrow and post any updates on it.
This is for Bigxie's v1 version of JB.
Update:
Adding a fullscreen version that permanently remains fullscreen after 2-3 force closes (There's only a few but they stop after a minute or two and I've yet to have any issues with anything else though I haven't extensively tested it).
XDA is having issues with photos for me, screenshot is here: http://postimage.org/image/yx6en8kif/
FullScreen Mode: http://multiupload.biz/0y10uw1bgdgh/FullScreen Mode_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html
And for those with issues:
Standard JellyBean:
http://multiupload.biz/5puvw2cp7yp1/JB-Original-Navbar_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html

one questions: are only the icons removed or the hole status bar includig the black background?
the status bar doesn't burn in. the rest of the screen just loses brightness, whereas the status bar is black and doen't emit light. the oleds in this section and in the softbutton-section don't lose brightness because they aren't used that much. that's crappy, cause it is pretty good visible after just a couple of months of usage.

madphone said:
one questions: are only the icons removed or the hole status bar includig the black background?
the status bar doesn't burn in. the rest of the screen just loses brightness, whereas the status bar is black and doen't emit light. the oleds in this section and in the softbutton-section don't lose brightness because they aren't used that much. that's crappy, cause it is pretty good visible after just a couple of months of usage.
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The whole status bar is gone, you can't even slide it down or anything. Also could you elaborate on the losing brightness part please?
Also if anyone else has ideas I'm willing to try them. Causing the SystemUI to crash it enters the correct full screen for a min or two, but that isn't permanent nor ideal.

especially the blue subpixels lose brightness the older they get. entering fullscreen mode, let's say watching a movie, shows, that the status bar and onscreen buttons area are more blue than the rest of the screen. this is because these areas weren't used that much.
samoled is very crappy when it comes to longevity. especially for power users it's really bullsh... i had it on every samsung samoled so far. only omnia 7 with windows phone doesn't show these "burned icons" because it's mostly running in full screen, except you touch the status bar, then the icons pop in.

Lol sorry to say but after reading this thread ... I'm just as confused as the box boy in your phones background... =\ not going to try this one...
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madphone said:
especially the blue subpixels lose brightness the older they get. entering fullscreen mode, let's say watching a movie, shows, that the status bar and onscreen buttons area are more blue than the rest of the screen. this is because these areas weren't used that much.
samoled is very crappy when it comes to longevity. especially for power users it's really bullsh... i had it on every samsung samoled so far. only omnia 7 with windows phone doesn't show these "burned icons" because it's mostly running in full screen, except you touch the status bar, then the icons pop in.
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Wow i`m waiting for a replacment now for this burn in crap,i like the phone but this is unbearable wish i would of known.

How the hell do you check your notifications?? This seems kind of stupid.

akira02rex said:
How the hell do you check your notifications?? This seems kind of stupid.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28124445&postcount=1
I've seen a couple of requests like that one. Notifierpro apparently lets you (I've never tried it) and my curiosity as to how to actually remove the status bar lead me to this. (I'm not so worried about the burn in, and will leave my status bar there, I just know a couple of people seemed to want it gone to remove burn in)

Why not hide it with Nova/Apex launcher?
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DavidXSU said:
Why not hide it with Nova/Apex launcher?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Because it will come back whenever you go into any other app. I don't care for this mod, but can see its use for some.

MattJ951 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28124445&postcount=1
I've seen a couple of requests like that one. Notifierpro apparently lets you (I've never tried it) and my curiosity as to how to actually remove the status bar lead me to this. (I'm not so worried about the burn in, and will leave my status bar there, I just know a couple of people seemed to want it gone to remove burn in)
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Thank you for your work!
Just a question, if I was using apex, and I set swipe down action will show notification, will it show?

right7left said:
Thank you for your work!
Just a question, if I was using apex, and I set swipe down action will show notification, will it show?
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No Idea, sorry, also adding an update to the main post.
http://postimage.org/image/yx6en8kif/

tried this on holo launcher, notifications didn't show up
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Hi matt
I have error 404 when trying to download the full screen zip
Is it possible to have the reversal zip ? or a toggle function ?
I need a mediafire or dropbox link for Fullscreen please

Updated with original/ working upload for fullscreen

Thank you
Is it possible to have a toggle Fullscreen ?

brunoisa10 said:
Thank you
Is it possible to have a toggle Fullscreen ?
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I might be able to make an app do it, to swap out the SystemUI.apk when toggled. idk if you can do that with the phone running though.

hi matt
just installed your Full Screen mod
and my Gnex is never starting (stays on bootloop)
I have the Jelly Belly V2 ROM
any idea ?

brunoisa10 said:
hi matt
just installed your Full Screen mod
and my Gnex is never starting (stays on bootloop)
I have the Jelly Belly V2 ROM
any idea ?
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Probably isn't compatible with Jelly Belly V2.
I've only tested it on bigxie's v1

strange as it it is system.apk or system UI if I'm right , so must be the same on JB ROMs

Keep navigation bar position regardless of position?

Is there anyway to have the navigation bar stay on the right when the display is in landscape orientation?
It takes up so much room when it's on the bottom position while in landscape mode...

oilfighter said:
Is there anyway to have the navigation bar stay on the right when the display is in landscape orientation?
It takes up so much room when it's on the bottom position while in landscape mode...
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Weird, mine is always on the right in landscape

r9800pro said:
Weird, mine is always on the right in landscape
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What ROM are you using?

r9800pro said:
Weird, mine is always on the right in landscape
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edit: oh, your tablet is in (UI) Phone modus?
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oilfighter said:
What ROM are you using?
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Stock unrooted 4.3.1 JB
Ed V said:
edit: oh, your tablet is in (UI) Phone modus?
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I don't even what this means I am new to Android

Oh, but thats not the navigation bar but the dock
Your navigation bar is also on the bottom, where those white little icons are
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r9800pro said:
Stock unrooted 4.3.1 JB
I don't even what this means I am new to Android
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The "Navigation bar" (sometimes called navbar) is the Home, Back, Multitask black strip.
See how much space it's taking up at the bottom? I'm looking for a mod that'll move it to the right edge of the screen while in landscape mode.

oilfighter said:
The "Navigation bar" (sometimes called navbar) is the Home, Back, Multitask black strip.
See how much space it's taking up at the bottom? I'm looking for a mod that'll move it to the right edge of the screen while in landscape mode.
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In aokp Roms there is the option to move it to the side. I know for a fact its in Jamison's solo ROM. You change ui to phone instead of phablet and it will appear on the side.
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byron1985 said:
In aokp Roms there is the option to move it to the side. I know for a fact its in Jamison's solo ROM. You change ui to phone instead of phablet and it will appear on the side.
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nice, thank you!

Ed V said:
Oh, but thats not the navigation bar but the dock
Your navigation bar is also on the bottom, where those white little icons are
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oilfighter said:
The "Navigation bar" (sometimes called navbar) is the Home, Back, Multitask black strip.
See how much space it's taking up at the bottom? I'm looking for a mod that'll move it to the right edge of the screen while in landscape mode.
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Thanks for the correction. I am new to Android as I said earlier and have something new to learn every day

What good is the huge screen if you can't use it all?

Hi Guys,
Just moved over from a Xiaomi Mi Max 3. I'm certainly not a notch guy on phones, but it's hard to ignore a 7.2 inch screen.
I have disabled the button navigation at the bottom of the screen to maximize screen real estate, but what I notice is that pretty much every app I run wont use the space beside the camera notch. It will either go "full screen" and leave the time, date, battery etc up there, or it will black all that stuff out. In both cases the apps don't actually use any other that space up there. Google Maps for example, it runs "Full Screen" and the time and date stuff is blacked out but the app wont actually use that space. If you're not using the space for the app why not leave the normal stuff up there?
I'm not sure if this is a limitation of the apps, or the UI itself? With video apps like you tube you can zoom out to take advantage of the extra space, but most app like Chrome don't use any of this space.
I'm scratching my head on this one as maybe this is how things are on "notch" phones?

Hey
Do you have some screenshots of both cases ? i'm not sure i understand you properly. I'm planning to buy the phone but i was expecting a way to force full screen apps normally like on samsung without this kind of issues.

casinca said:
Hey
Do you have some screenshots of both cases ? i'm not sure i understand you properly. I'm planning to buy the phone but i was expecting a way to force full screen apps normally like on samsung without this kind of issues.
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I think i always want to see the bar for my messages , time, battery, and signal ,, it doesn't show in videos so that's fine i think most phone always show the top bar that's what it's there for

stestesteste said:
I think i always want to see the bar for my messages , time, battery, and signal ,, it doesn't show in videos so that's fine i think most phone always show the top bar that's what it's there for
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Right, but that's the problem. Fire up Google Maps and turn the phone in landscape mode and that notification bar goes completely black. It's not being used "full screen" by google maps, it just becomes dead space not used for google maps or the notification bar.... You tube can be expanded to use this space. So I think maybe there needs to be an "expand" settings that makes all apps use this by default. Even with YouTube you have to do the expand every time...

Ah ok i see, On my phone it's turning transparent dark grey on google map for the notification bar. I agree it would be annoying if it's turning completely black even for screen burning.

casinca said:
Ah ok i see, On my phone it's turning transparent dark grey on google map for the notification bar. I agree it would be annoying if it's turning completely black even for screen burning.
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Yup, Wasted space... We need to be able to use all the screen

I don't have mate 20 x yet. But with my previous phones I used to use app called gmd full screen immersive mode. To hide the top and navigation bars to use the whole screen.
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I think it's because alot of apps don't support this aspect ratio.

You can try on the display setting of the notch. Choose "show notch" on the app that you want to run fullscreen

maquan said:
You can try on the display setting of the notch. Choose "show notch" on the app that you want to run fullscreen
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That works perfect thank you now maps is in full with notch?
Update ,,,when i screenshot it don't show notch but it does work lol

You can use ADB to force full-time immersive mode...
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*

maquan said:
You can try on the display setting of the notch. Choose "show notch" on the app that you want to run fullscreen
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YES! That is perfect, it now uses the whole screen, you can even see the maps under the notification bar.
Thank you!

Really nice find. Doesn't work on browsers though, annoying lol

[QUESTION] Infinity display?

Hello.
Take this video to 2:53: https://youtu.be/SIpuT2jmRx8
Any way to do same with our device?
I know about Nacho Notch, but I don't find a way to get the icons bellow notch.
Thanks

romulocarlos said:
Hello.
Take this video to 2:53: https://youtu.be/SIpuT2jmRx8
Any way to do same with our device?
I know about Nacho Notch, but I don't find a way to get the icons bellow notch.
Thanks
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This phone has a IPS display. So you can't totally hide the notch since you can see the screen lit up up there. Also the notch is pretty big, why would you want to change its shape?

TheoXSD said:
This phone has a IPS display. So you can't totally hide the notch since you can see the screen lit up up there. Also the notch is pretty big, why would you want to change its shape?
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On the video the youtuuber just put the icons bellow the notch. Is what I ask if is possible!

romulocarlos said:
On the video the youtuuber just put the icons bellow the notch. Is what I ask if is possible!
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Check my answer again. The youtuber disabled the notch on an AMOLED display. While any android phone you can disable the notch using various methods, on IPS displays you're still going to see the notch. While icons are moved down under the notch area, you also lose display space.

TheoXSD said:
Check my answer again. The youtuber disabled the notch on an AMOLED display. While any android phone you can disable the notch using various methods, on IPS displays you're still going to see the notch. While icons are moved down under the notch area, you also lose display space.
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I understood your reply, friend. Maybe I'm not being clear because language.
Yes, I want to move icons under notch area. I know I'll lose screen space, but maybe is less annoying than icons disappearing under a point.

romulocarlos said:
I understood your reply, friend. Maybe I'm not being clear because language.
Yes, I want to move icons under notch area. I know I'll lose screen space, but maybe is less annoying than icons disappearing under a point.
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Without root you can't. Use that app, or if you don't want to use it, you can find some Magisk modules that can do that for you.
Xiaomi removed the options to hide the notch from the developer menu.

TheoXSD said:
Without root you can't. Use that app, or if you don't want to use it, you can find some Magisk modules that can do that for you.
Xiaomi removed the options to hide the notch from the developer menu.
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Thank you for answer. I'm already using Nacho, but if I need root to get icons bellow notch, for now it will stay stock.
Anyway, can you point me to a tutorial for this?

romulocarlos said:
Thank you for answer. I'm already using Nacho, but if I need root to get icons bellow notch, for now it will stay stock.
Anyway, can you point me to a tutorial for this?
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Install: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/guide-install-magisk-proper-support-ota-t3836952
The module: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/themes/magisk-module-notch-killer-ignore-t3894060

Thanks you

True immersive mod

Hello there,
With my GS8, I was able to hide status bar to enter in immersive mod.
With my GS20+, this option is not available anymore.
I try to enter into immersive mod with some ADB commands but a Black bar stay present during the navigation.
Is there any solution to fix it ?

something like this? But you need root.

The way I did it is with System UI Tuner from the Play Store and it works fine. For some reason, tge ADB commands for immersive mode get weird on newer Samsung devices and leave the black bar at the top of the screen but work just fine on other devices such as OnePlus and LG, but with System UI Tuner, you can enable immersive mode on Samsung devices just fine.
Here is a link to it in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner
You will have to run ADB commands to enable permissions for it but it works great. I have used it successfully on the S9, S10, and now the S20. No root is required either.

Pitipilot said:
Hello there,
With my GS8, I was able to hide status bar to enter in immersive mod.
With my GS20+, this option is not available anymore.
I try to enter into immersive mod with some ADB commands but a Black bar stay present during the navigation.
Is there any solution to fix it ?
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/ hiD both of mine using that oN my ULTRA

MASTERGRAD said:
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...re-screen-real-estate-no-root-needed-0177297/ hiD both of mine using that oN my ULTRA
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I used that one on my S8 and actually still have the link to that page saved in an email I sent to myself. I had issues with it on my S10. I have been using System UI Tuner on my Samsung devices since the S10, although I did use it on one or two of the S9s I had because it was just faster.
I didn't have to use System UI Tuner on any of the OnePlus phones I had because the ADB commands worked fine. I use gestures on my phone so I don't need to hide the navigation bar since there is an option to hide it built into Android 10 when using gestures, I just had to hide the status bar.

System UI tuner still leaves a black bar on top on my S20 Ultra.
I think we need root for a true immerssive mode.

Kiran-Kumar said:
System UI tuner still leaves a black bar on top on my S20 Ultra.
I think we need root for a true immerssive mode.
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No black bar on my S20.

truckerdewd said:
No black bar on my S20.
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This is how it looks on mine in potrait mode.
It appears as if I have turned on hide cutout.

truckerdewd said:
I used that one on my S8 and actually still have the link to that page saved in an email I sent to myself. I had issues with it on my S10. I have been using System UI Tuner on my Samsung devices since the S10, although I did use it on one or two of the S9s I had because it was just faster.
I didn't have to use System UI Tuner on any of the OnePlus phones I had because the ADB commands worked fine. I use gestures on my phone so I don't need to hide the navigation bar since there is an option to hide it built into Android 10 when using gestures, I just had to hide the status bar.
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Whatever you assume. i needed no assistance,as you addressed wrong person as i didnt create the thread

@truckerdewd @MASTERGRAD
on devices with a punch hole this doesn't work. Like @Kiran-Kumar wrote it just turn's that area into a black bar.
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I have used it successfully on the S9, S10, and now the S20. No root is required either.
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Show us the receipts. I wanna see proof.

Any update `? I'd love to kill that useless status bar

@Mucky2
do you have root?

Mucky2 said:
Any update `? I'd love to kill that useless status bar
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You can "kill" the Status bar with the options offered on this thread, but the black bar still remains, except on the Home screen and maybe a couple of apps...
S20U-Exynos

Xode said:
You can "kill" the Status bar with the options offered on this thread, but the black bar still remains, except on the Home screen and maybe a couple of apps...
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Have you seen my video?

Xode said:
You can "kill" the Status bar with the options offered on this thread, but the black bar still remains, except on the Home screen and maybe a couple of apps...
S20U-Exynos
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Well, with killing I meant a clean display without the black bar lmao. @chieco No I don't got root rights, but afaik this is achievable even without root. My guess is that the android version with one ui does not support immersive mode for the given display resolution. However, there should be a solution for this.

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No black bar on my S20.
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How did you get rid of the black bar on S20?
I tried immersive mode "full" and "status", and neither provided true immersive mode. The clock, network status and battery icon disappear, but launching any app still shows a black bar across the top. "Immersive mode" just removes text from the top, but the black bar remains.

@Mucky2
unfortunately you are wrong. It's sadly not possible to achieve Full Immersive Mode without root.. your guesses are wrong. There is a non-root option but that costs money and doesn't work for all apps and it has few other downsides to it. A friend of mine found the method I'm currently using, and it also works on my S20+ that is rooted.
@sublimaze
He didn't! he's talking crap. He is one of those people who's knowledge isn't updated and think those old method's still work. Since my S10 every time I opened a thread here or on reddit, there are always these people who pop in think they know it all but in reality they make claims that are untrue and can't be backed up by them. I asked him to show proof but nada! Because he can't! But he sounded so sure...
My friend is the only one who knows how. But he asked me not to share it. Maybe I can finally convince him to join xda and share his method with us.

Mucky2 said:
Well, with killing I meant a clean display without the black bar lmao. @chieco No I don't got root rights, but afaik this is achievable even without root. My guess is that the android version with one ui does not support immersive mode for the given display resolution. However, there should be a solution for this.
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Hope too that there is some solution without root....
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Have you seen my video?
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Just watched that video and it looks interesting but there is no explanation at all ... it was probably recorded on rooted devices and if so then i'm not interested...sry [emoji6]
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Xode said:
Hope too that there is some solution without root....Just watched that video and it looks interesting but there is no explanation at all ... it was probably recorded on rooted devices and if so then i'm not interested...sry [emoji6]
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Yes it is rooted. I would say one more reason to root that's how it goes folks if you want full control of your device you need to root it. Otherwise Sammy is going to dictate everything you can and can't do with it. Must feel good to pay upwards of 1000$ and not being able to get rid of the Statusbar. It was especially annoying on the S10 since the Statusbar was sooo huge due to the punch hole being big af. Atleast on the S20 line the punch hole shrank enough where the statusbar is at a normal hight.

chieco said:
Yes it is rooted. I would say one more reason to root that's how it goes folks if you want full control of your device you need to root it. Otherwise Sammy is going to dictate everything you can and can't do with it. Must feel good to pay upwards of 1000$ and not being able to get rid of the Statusbar. It was especially annoying on the S10 since the Statusbar was sooo huge due to the punch hole being big af. Atleast on the S20 line the punch hole shrank enough where the statusbar is at a normal hight.
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Yeah, it was obvious [emoji16] .... this device is too expensive to root (for me) ..... still i can live nicely without full immersive mode [emoji106]
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