Want to start this thread for those of us that are new to CM7 like me. Looking for input on how to best use the capabilities of this rom. Any advice or direction would be great.
Example.
1How to change the battery icon to have a percentage instead of a icon.
Push menu button then settings hit CyanogenMod setting/ interface/ status bar tweaks/ battery status style. Here you can change the battery icon.
2 how to set CPU frequency (the speed your processor runs)
CM settings/ performance/ CPU setting. Here you can set CPU min and Max along with different governors like performance or powersave.
3 How to change notification power widget:
CyanogenMod settings/ Interface/ Notification power widget.
From here you can select what you want displayed in notification. (Widget buttons), order of the icons (Widget button order), and color under the icons (Indicator color).
4 How to set lock screen to delay the pin lock after screen is off.
Hit CM setting/ lockscreen/ delay and time out/ screen time out delay/ set it here.
Note: the following are my selections for the Security lock screen and the slide lock screen delays. You can change yours to what you prefer.
1. Select Screen timeout delay. I have this set to 10 minutes. This is the setting that sets how long to delay the security lock screen before it activates when the screen times out.
2. Select Screen turned off delay. I have this set to 10 minutes as well. This is the setting that sets how long to delay the security lock screen before it activates when you quickly press the power button to turn the screen off.
3. Make sure there is a check mark for the Enable slide lock delay setting. This ensures the slide lock screen has a separate delay from the security lock screen.
4. Select Screen timeout delay. I have this set to 5 seconds. This is the setting that sets how long to delay the slide lock screen before it activates when the screen times out.
5. Select Screen turned off delay. I have this set to Immediately. This is the setting that sets how long to delay the slide lock screen before it activates when you quickly press the power button to turn the screen off.
With these settings, my slide lock screen comes on 5 seconds after the screen times out, or immediately when I tap the power button. Then, in either case, the Security Lock screen comes on 10 minutes later.
If I tap a button before the 10 minutes expire, I am presented with my slide lock screen. If the 10 minutes has expired, then I am presented with my security lock screen. (The slide lock screen is never presented once the security lock screen has been activated.)
5 how to disable lockscreen.
CM settings/ tablet tweaks/ disable lockscreen.
6 how to mute camera shutter sound.
CM settings/ sounds/ mute camera shutter.
7 how to set quite hours were your phone automatically changes to silent.
CM settings/ sound/ quite hours.
Set for work or night or what ever.
8 how to put notification/status bar on bottum of screen.
CM settings/ tablet tweaks/ bottum status bar.
9 how to assign long press actions to your menu: home: search: buttons.
CM settings/ input/ long press settings. I set my camera to open with long press search button. Then search button to take the picture its really nice.
10 how to change music settings in CM settings.
1 CM settings/ input/ volume button music control.
2 CM settings/ lockscreen/ widget options/ lockscreen music controls. Here you can configure all kinds of settings.
3 CM settings/ interface/ notification power Widgets/ widget buttons. Here you can set play pause next and previous in notification pulldown.
4 CM settings/ sound/ here you can set the volume of notification and ring and alarm when music is playing.
11 how to change notification LED light settings.
CM settings/ interface/ LED notification here you can set color and how often it blinks for different applications.
12 how to change Wifi sleep policy
Seems alot of people were complaining about wifi issues in CM7 Beta post.
Since there is no blur to change this, and the only change we have is through..
Settings/ Wireless&Networks/ Wi-Fi Settings then menu button/ Advanced/ Wi-Fi sleep policy. By default CM7 turns Wifi off when screen turns off, I adjust mine to Never and no issues with Wifi. Reboot phone after setting.
13 how to change the trash can position on screen.
Hit settings then ADWlauncher/ UI settings/ trash can positions.
14 how to change lock screen back gound/wallpaper.
CM settings/ lockscreen/ styles options/ choose background. My lockscreen looks awesome now.
15 how to swipe across notification bar to adjust brightness.
CM settings/ interface/ status bar tweaks/ status bar brightness control.
16 How to remove app labels from icons.
settings/ adw launcher/ screen preference then hit hide icon labels. This should remove the labels.
Found this write up for CM settings thought it was very helpful.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/the-complete-review-of-cyanogenmod-7-walkthrough-guide/#10
PRESS THANKS IF THIS HELPS.
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Tomsgt said:
How to set lock screen to delay the pin lock after screen is off.
Hit CM setting/ lockscreen/ delay and time out/ screen time out delay/ set it here.
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No matter what I set I to as soon as I close my screen and reopen it, it makes me put in my pin again. Wish the delay would work.
A suggestion...If your going to do this put everything in the OP. Edit the OP as you find things you want to enter on it. Then give it a bump when you edit it with new additions as posts in the thread. Make your instuctions easy to read and idoit proof....someday youll have it as a Sticky
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Travisdroidx2 said:
No matter what I set I to as soon as I close my screen and reopen it, it makes me put in my pin again. Wish the delay would work.
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Yeah thats an issue I believe with CM7 itself not the rom we have.
Tomsgt said:
How to set lock screen to delay the pin lock after screen is off.
Hit CM setting/ lockscreen/ delay and time out/ screen time out delay/ set it here.
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motcher41 said:
A suggestion...If your going to do this put everything in the OP. Edit the OP as you find things you want to enter on it. Then give it a bump when you edit it with new additions as posts in the thread. Make your instuctions easy to read and idoit proof....someday youll have it as a Sticky
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Yeah thats an issue I believe with CM7 itself not the rom we have.
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Thanks for lletting me know not a show stopper everything else is so sweet.
How to change notification power widget:
CyanogenMod settings - Interface - Notification power widget
From here you can select what you want displayed (Widget buttons), order of the icons (Widget button order), and color under the icons (Indicator color).
Thanks man trying to get as much input as I can.
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Lots of edits hope this helps some one.
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Notification / Status Bar
6 how to put notification/status bar on bottum of screen.
CM settings/ tablet tweaks/ bottum status bar.
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I seen this when checking things out but didn't mess with it seeing how it said "tablet tweaks". After seeing this post I give it a try and I am glad I did, I love the bar on the bottom!
Thanks for sharing, Slim!
No problem just trying to help those of us that are new to CM7. If you have any suggestions for this thread would love to hear them.
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*Wifi sleep policy*
Seems alot of people were complaining about wifi issues in CM7 Beta post.
Since there is no blur to change this, and the only change we have is through..
Settings>Wireless&Networks>Wi-Fi Settings then menu button > Advanced> Wi-Fi sleep policy. By default CM7 turns Wifi off when screen turns off, I adjust mine to Never and no issues with Wifi
Edited op nice tip.
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Pixelation said:
*Wifi sleep policy*
Seems alot of people were complaining about wifi issues in CM7 Beta post.
Since there is no blur to change this, and the only change we have is through..
Settings>Wireless&Networks>Wi-Fi Settings then menu button > Advanced> Wi-Fi sleep policy. By default CM7 turns Wifi off when screen turns off, I adjust mine to Never and no issues with Wifi
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Yes and don't forget to reboot afterwards... had trouble with grabbing the IP from the access point.
Tomsgt said:
Lots of edits hope this helps some one.
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Nice job. Its looking good. Keep it up
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This is my lock screen. Check the OP for direction how to set lock screen background.
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Here's something I figured out that most people probably already know, but just in case.
If you don't like the default colors of the status bar icons, in order to change them you have to go to Theme Chooser and then you can select a different color.
If you want more colors, go to the Themes & Applications forums for more themes.
For days I was trying to figured out in Cyanogen Settings how to change the colors of the icons. I almost went into ROM Toolbox to do it and then thought about it a bit and realized the colors are set via themes. DOH!
Yeah was about to use rom tool box for my icons to. Found a cool ICS green theme love it.
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Any word on getting brightness notification bar swipe option functional on cm7 dx2 (where you control brightness by swiping your finger across notification bar)?
--nevermind, gotta hold your finger on it for a few seconds before you swipe.
screenshot
Long pressing the power button brings up the option to take a screenshot. Is this working for anyone? Anyone know where the images are stored?
Yes screen shot is working fine for me. Some times i have to reboot to get it to work. Screen shot image store in /mnt/sdcard/dcim/screenshot.
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Anyone know how I can add a shortcut or toggle for multi-window on/off? I would rather have that option because I tend to accidentally turn it on too often with the back button so I would like to disable that.
There's already a toggle in the pull-down notification bar I believe.
Not on Beans, it's gone. I would love to know if there's another toggle solution for this as well.
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There's already a toggle in the pull-down notification bar I believe.
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I'm on Beans ROM and it's not on his.
I'm getting ready to try this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2022255
I hate the screenshot button in status bar. I want to remove it but can't. I'm using Android 4.1
Please help me.
thanhli said:
I hate the screenshot button in status bar. I want to remove it but can't. I'm using Android 4.1
Please help me.
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You Usin any app? It must be in it's own settings to disable status bar icon. On ics and up, it has built in screen shot app. Just click power + volume down to capture screen shots.
Life!
I have no apps to make sreenshot. It's default setting of Rom.
Hi, I have exactly same problem, I have Venus 7 and this stupid screenshot button is on the taskbar, it is clean system I have also no special app and I can not find how to disabale this button icon.
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I have Multi window option enabled on notification panel (top).
There is a blue semi-circle that when tapped shows Multi window leftside bar. That's fine!
The problem is: after reboot or shutdown/power on the option in notification panel is enabled
but the blue semi-circle and leftside bar are missing. I have to disable/enable again the option on notification panel and then leftside bar appears.
Anyone with same behavior? Solutions?
S3 stock rom 4.1.2 XXELLA
Thanks
longpress the back button
hold back button
XeactorZ said:
hold back button
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so, what I just said? You must type really slow
Thanks I will try that @home. I dont have S3 here ...
It works great! Thanks!!
Running ArchiDroid v2.1 based on CM10.2 (android 4.3)
and i don't know if its bugs from the experimental cm10.2 or maybe something wrong with some setting of mine.
I've set bunch of quick toggles to show at notifications pull down window -
gps, airplane mode, bluetooth, etc etc...
when pulling down the notifications window i see only 6 quick toggles instead all of them.
when pulling/dragging to the sides, to see the other toggles like before, i see just blank space, no toggles there.
Someone experienced the issue, and maybe know how to resolve?
Thanks
Pulling down they sides is "quick pull down" and only works when there is no notifications.
There should be many settings for this. Not sure why you only have 6. Perhaps screenshots of your settings may help
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rootSU said:
Pulling down they sides is "quick pull down" and only works when there is no notifications.
There should be many settings for this. Not sure why you only have 6. Perhaps screenshots of your settings may help
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didn't understand your first line.
the quick toggles in the notifications pulldown window always worked for me - not matter if there's a notification or not.
my settings is :
Settings - > System - > Notification window/drawer (not sure exactly about the english translation - mine is in hebrew) ->
Power Widget checked
Widget buttons - > All my necessary toggles is checked.
I Havent changed any special setting - those settings worked before
thanks
adiel91 said:
didn't understand your first line.
the quick toggles in the notifications pulldown window always worked for me - not matter if there's a notification or not.
my settings is :
Settings - > System - > Notification window/drawer (not sure exactly about the english translation - mine is in hebrew) ->
Power Widget checked
Widget buttons - > All my necessary toggles is checked.
I Havent changed any special setting - those settings worked before
thanks
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Power widget and Quick toggles are 2 different things. So which is it? Or is it both?
My first line, there is a setting for "quick pull down". This means you can pull down the notification area normally, but if you pull down at the side "Quick pull down" it goes to quick toggles. But only if there is no notifications.
Without screenshots, I doubt anyone can help
rootSU said:
Power widget and Quick toggles are 2 different things. So which is it? Or is it both?
My first line, there is a setting for "quick pull down". This means you can pull down the notification area normally, but if you pull down at the side "Quick pull down" it goes to quick toggles. But only if there is no notifications.
Without screenshots, I doubt anyone can help
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i always thought it was called quick toggles (used to it from jkay mod)
but i mean the power widget , it adds buttons like in jkay mod - when pulling the notifications window, on top it - this are the toggles i'm referring to.
quick pull down option is disabled in my phone settings.
Thanks