I just updated, using KIES, to the latest Jelly Bean firmware, and although the upgrade went without problems, I have noticed that the top notification bar has an annoying ugle grayish hue. Has anyone experienced the same? And possibly found a fix?
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It's supposed to be like that. You can change it by modifying a file or two.
Ok, just seems like an odd design choice to me..
You mention some files that could be changed to alter this appearance, can you name the path and filename?
I assume rooting is required?
Thanks
Try editing your wallpaper to it is black on top where the bar is.. I think that the bar is a little transparent since on my sisters S2 it is somehow more blue/black/gray..
Or just changing the wallpaper to a dark/black one..
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hey guys I am a little confused with making the status bar in froyo 2.2 transparent. Would be great if someone could help me out.
I understand that the file "statusbar_background.9.png" is responsible for the statusbar transparency.
I have 2 questions:
1) Even when I put in a 100% transparent statusbar_background.9.png into my framework-res.apk file, the status bar still shows a shade of rectangle. I've read other posts and they all could successfully implement a 100% transparent status bar without the rectangular shape.
2) This problem did not happen in 2.1. Now, in froyo 2.2, while the status bar is transparent in the lockscreen, it becomes black when I unlock the screen.
or could I be doing something wrong? are there anything to edit in the xml files?
This has to be allowed in services.jar Don't know where in this phone, but it has to be there.
i just rooted my device. then i unstall stock221v13-bugfix-3.
at this time i wanna install themegs.
but i don't know how to install.
do anybody explain particularly??
oddo1907 said:
i just rooted my device. then i unstall stock221v13-bugfix-3.
at this time i wanna install themegs.
but i don't know how to install.
do anybody explain particularly??
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Don't Spam! and Do Not hijack threads!! plus this question should be in general!
2) This problem did not happen in 2.1. Now, in froyo 2.2, while the status bar is transparent in the lockscreen, it becomes black when I unlock the screen.
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Which launcher do you use?
For example launcher pro doesn't support a transparent status bar- I used a morph to make it transparent but it just changed to grey- locked its transparent.
I searched a little bit and the problem is launcher pro. It cuts the wallpaper so the back of the status bar is not the wallpaper but the color of the drawer- so it stays black.. or at least grey... I cannot really explain it to you- just google a little bit- it is a well known issue of launcher pro.
Just wondering if anyone can hook up a transparent status bar
Also for the sake of not starting a separate thread does anybody know how to add a default gallery such as quick pic to greyblur? Im talking specifically about the camera interface on the bottom left.
Clear status bars, while possible, don't work so well. This is because most apps have a background image and if the status bar is clear then you will see that image beneath it. So if you build a theme with a clear status bar that looks good on a home screen it won't look good in other places. Also when pulling down the notifications shade you see each part of it behind the status bar as you pull it down, which also looks weird. That said, if you'd like to see for yourself you can pick out one of my themes/ports and Ill make you a version with a clear status bar.
As for the gallery app question, have you tried clearing all your defaults? Try going to Manage Apps in Settings and clearing the defualt for gallery or gallery++, which ever you use.
thx for the reply. it seemed to work well on my old desire z but i see your points.
As for the gallery, i tried clearing all defaults but it doesnt work
Maybe try freezing the gallery app you dont want in titanium backup?
tried that too. all that does is just auto close the gallery and not fill it in with the new one.
blunted09 said:
Just wondering if anyone can hook up a transparent status bar
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I have it done on my phone, the issue with overlap during notification dragdown can be overcome with xml tricks in framework-res.apk. It depends on your firmware how well that goes. But as a starting point, all you need is to change a statusbar_background.9.png in framework-res.apk to be transparent. It helps if you run it through apktool to do the 9 patch stuff correctly. layout/statusbar.xml is another thing you'd want to mess with for the font colours, and there are a few one liners edits in services.jar for the clock colour, and transparent dragdown.
Cheers!
Whats the xml trick to have the pull down not show until beneath the status bar?
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tried that too. all that does is just auto close the gallery and not fill it in with the new one.
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Weird, maybe rerun the deodex zip? To refresh all your apps. I'm just guessing now.
yea im gonna try this again.
Nottach said:
Whats the xml trick to have the pull down not show until beneath the status bar?
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For the Bell stock firmware I just made the date background wider (fill_parent instead of fill_content) and used a non transparent png. Soon as you start dragging, the date's background covers up the transparent statusbar. Other firmware have a different statusbar.xml setup with the carrier up top instead of the date, haven't played with it much, but in theory you can do the same thing, for the text for the carrier, make it fill_parent, and set a different background. One caveat is that the market messes with the statusbar somehow, so it's fragile/buggy.
Cheers!
Hi,
Just installed CWM7 on my ST15i and I'm loving it, the only disappointment is the lack of customization when it comes to the status bar.
Does anybody know a way in which to manually change the colour of the status bar (pref. to white) and swap the notification pngs to contrast?
I know there's an app (statusbar+) which can "overlay" your old status bar with a new one, but it's sluggish and unresponsive at the best of times.
sikodemon said:
Hi,
Just installed CWM7 on my ST15i and I'm loving it, the only disappointment is the lack of customization when it comes to the status bar.
Does anybody know a way in which to manually change the colour of the status bar (pref. to white) and swap the notification pngs to contrast?
I know there's an app (statusbar+) which can "overlay" your old status bar with a new one, but it's sluggish and unresponsive at the best of times.
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Kindly post this at themes section
Hi I have looked everywhere for a transparent status bar and have not found one for s3 some just have the top bit but when you pull it down its not transparent.. i want the whole thing transparent, can someone help me out?
Don't make it to hard for me to understand i only rooted my phone yesterday
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Hi I have looked everywhere for a transparent status bar and have not found one for s3 some just have the top bit but when you pull it down its not transparent.. i want the whole thing transparent, can someone help me out?
Don't make it to hard for me to understand i only rooted my phone yesterday
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Why don't you simply update your phone to android 4.3 you will get transparent statusbar on stock firmware and you will be able to root it again too.
really?
I thought that was only for s4?
Also how can I update if ive rooted?
And if I find a way how can I make it transparent?
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I thought that was only for s4?
Also how can I update if ive rooted?
And if I find a way how can I make it transparent?
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You can update with Kies or Odin, Odin you can get from my signature, 4.3 firmware from Sammobile,com
If you want full notification background transparency on you phone you will need to do that yourself because the ones on XDA will be part of themed stock or custom roms, there are e few things that need to be changed in the SystemUI.apk to make transparent notification panels.
The way you want it to look is your personal choice but would suggest you don't set it to 100% transparent you should keep some shading..
So I have the new Sprint update for the Note 3. I noticed the weather widget seem different. It kind of gives more info on there (a little arrow that gives you the temps in a line graph. I probably have noticed cause I usually goto some other altered version)
The the transparency option is gone. Anyway to get that widget transparent? I kind there is is some way by editing the widget's images amd I could've swore I ran into someone that did that. So anyone know how to get it tranparent without changing to a different Accuweather version??