Hi there,
I have (as I am sure a lot of people have!) installed the new ICS stock rom from Samsung. I have also rooted the device.
I can't seem to find a way however to "hide" the status bar (as I could before in non-official ICS ROMS. Nothing I seem to try works: Gesture Control does not remove it (but does report to Superuser that it is requesting and being granted permissions). Hide Bar seems to stop the process but it immediately restarts (as I can tell from the wall paper vanishing and then immediately coming back).
Does anyone know if there is another method or application that does work to do this?
Many thanks,
Graham.
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I was wondering if anyone has messed around with metamorph on their atrix? I would like to have a way to switch between different notifications bar mods...there are a few different mods out now for the atrix such as gingerblur, honycomb, xperia arc, cherryblur, etc...it would be great to have a way to switch between the different themes without having to install and uninstall via adb...i know cwm has been implemented which is great for modding without having to use adb, but i would like to see if anyone has tried metamoprh and if it's safe to use on my device...thanks!
I tried it once. The first zip (a status bar icon) I ran worked, the second (black notification bar) caused a softbrick.
I wouldn't trust it. Yet.
Nottach said:
I tried it once. The first zip (a status bar icon) I ran worked, the second (black notification bar) caused a softbrick.
I wouldn't trust it. Yet.
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what version of metamorph were you running and what did you run for the black status bar?
I haven't used metamorph but I have used Ninjamorph several times for a honeycomb mash up I made for myself. That will definitely do what you need.
Sent from my Honeycomb Atrix
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
infernaz said:
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
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3. you can download and install "Remove recent apps from status bar" under Options from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090186
4. you can try this lockscreen for Wildfire which is similar to default 2.1 lockscreen for Hero, download and install "Wildfire Lockscreen" from the same thread mentioned above.
Cheers!
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
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I found that if you select the slate skin, you get the status bar back and the whole rom feels faster. I also like the blue button highlights.
Thank you for your answers
Prof Peach I am currently using Slate theme but it just doesn't feel right
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
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I have found out that this problem is related to sd-card. It seems to be mounted as read only and some programs force closes when they cant write to that sd-card. I suppose this kind of stuff should be defined somewhere (maybe some ini file). So now the question is how can I make it writable.
P.S. I doubt it's my cards fault since I can access it through recovery USB mount without any problems.
P.P.S. I cant mount sd-card as disk drive through ROM.
P.P.P.S. I am also using LVX 0.6.2 so that may be a problem... I'll try flashing 0.5 when i get home
I guess I'm gonna need to reflash the ROM <looking for encouragement >
infernaz said:
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
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1. I think I've fixed it. I reflashed the ROM without wiping everything and now SD card works as it should, no FC's after that..
2. I have changed theme to Slate and then just accidentally changed back to default theme and the status bar is not transparent anymore
3. As stated few posts above the mod from SalsaSense works perfectly.
4. Same as 3.
5. It does seem to work well so I think it may not be needed here. However it would still be interesting to have some information about this.
6. Seems that old market app does not want to work with this ROM.. Oh well..
7. I've found out that compcache is not compiled into LVX kernel (or not enabled) so I could not test it out. About swap I did not test it either since atm my sd-card is too slow to even begin with something like that.
I hope this information will be useful to someone.
However I still have some issues... The phone drains battery in a day or so while doing nothing. Thats odd since with older sense 2.1 roms I could manage to push 3 to 5 days with light phone usage (really light, like 1 call a day, 3 texts and 10 mins browsing and of course alarm clock). However I did not use LVX kernel back then and governor was ondemand where now govenor is smartassv2. So battery life may not be entirely roms fault.
I'm gonna try to wipe battery stats and see how it goes then.
EDIT: Seems that wiping battery stats helped somehow. I don't have any idea how battery stats works, seems strange...
2. I have changed theme to Slate and then just accidentally changed back to default theme and the status bar is not transparent anymore
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This doesnt work for me, are you sure you didnt do anything else to remove transparency?
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This doesnt work for me, are you sure you didnt do anything else to remove transparency?
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Well the thing is I used Slate theme from the beginning and then after having problems and reflashing ROM without wiping any data etc I changed theme to Default one. Since then the status bar is just like the original one, no transparency.
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this. Strange.
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Well the thing is I used Slate theme from the beginning and then after having problems and reflashing ROM without wiping any data etc I changed theme to Default one. Since then the status bar is just like the original one, no transparency.
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this. Strange.
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I tried reflashing ROM without wiping any data still its transparent, which confirms the second part
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this.
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If you want the normal statusbar,just flash the battery mod from the optionals in the cdma thread....
Sent from my HTC Hero using xda premium
The battery mod just changes battery indicator, notification bar is still transparent.
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The battery mod just changes battery indicator, notification bar is still transparent.
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not really it reverts it to the default statusbar which is not transparent....
anyway i've removed the transparent status bar in Rose V4 so it shouldnt be a problem now on...
So I been trying out OpenOptimus 2.202.1 which is running on 2.3.3, it has its own custom status bar and icons, which are ugly and can barely read the battery number. I tried the stuff Ciaox posted about turning off the CRT effect from his zip he attached and then applying any of the frameworks he gave an link too. (Ones on Androidworld.it) I tried one of them, it would work the first time but when I have to reboot to ensure everything is running smoothly, my launcher is gone and only thing I can access is the status bar. I've tried this multiple times now, including apps that allow to change battery icon to different ones.
Reason I'm posting here to see if anyone else might know of this problem on other custom roms and any workarounds for it. I've gone through the process of wiping and re-installing, atleast 7-8 times now. I'm just getting sick of it, I like the Rom, just not the horrible status bar theme and icons.
I would like to get rid of some things in my notification bar. I am not likely to forget that ATT is my carrier and the battery icon is wasted space that could be put to better use.
I should add that my phone is rooted and on stock GB
I am not ready to flash a new ROM. I'm hoping for ICS. When it becomes clear that ICS won't happen, then I will flash.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
ADW Launcher (and Go) let you hide your status bar completely, but they don't seem to be more granular than that. I too would love to choose which icons show there.
If you want more control over the status bar, I believe you need to install a custom ROM, which can be somewhat intimidating (but isn't really all that scary). I do not profess to be a ROM expert at all, but I've played around with a few and the CM7-based ROMs allow to customize some of the icons that appear in your status bar and notification screen.
There are, of course, a ton of additional benefits to installing a custom ROM. If you're interested, you might want to check these threads out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 (General guide, howto, faq for ROMs, kernels, and more. Start here.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574 (Thread for the official CM7 build)
I am using Go, but am looking for a more fine grained solution. As stated in original post, I am not going to flash a new ROM until the ICS situation shakes out.
Thanks
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
I applied the mod from this thread to my 2.3.6 system:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353414
Make sure you read the first thread carefully in case you need the mod for 2.3.4 (which I suspect you do since you haven't changed anything).
It's not a new ROM, but it does require CWM to flash (probably because the bar can't be modified while the system is running).
I know many of the ROM guys have disabled ongoing WiFi notifications in their custom builds. Does anyone here have the information on how to disable on the stock ROM?
I've tried the SQL fix and it didn't seem to work (I may be doing it wrong). I saw a note somewhere that you may have to remove some other files to kill them, but I didn't want to break other aspects of the phone just to get the bar removed.
Thanks guys,
Ben