So I actually like stock on this phone... - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

I've tried a bunch of different ROMs and I always come back to stock. BUT there are a couple things I can't stand:
The home screen not rotating and the status bar. I like a transparent status bar with white lettering.
Is there any way to get these things on stock or a *very* stock ROM?

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Try a rom called jelly butter. Sounds exactly what you're talking about.
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rudeguy said:
I've tried a bunch of different ROMs and I always come back to stock. BUT there are a couple things I can't stand:
The home screen not rotating and the status bar. I like a transparent status bar with white lettering.
Is there any way to get these things on stock or a *very* stock ROM?
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Tweaked by imnuts has everything you're after amd Google wallet works on it
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hopesrequiem said:
Try a rom called jelly butter. Sounds exactly what you're talking about.
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Try out our Rom and the remix ones and see if they suit your fancy.
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rudeguy said:
I've tried a bunch of different ROMs and I always come back to stock. BUT there are a couple things I can't stand:
The home screen not rotating and the status bar. I like a transparent status bar with white lettering.
Is there any way to get these things on stock or a *very* stock ROM?
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Yes - all using xposed. Obviously, you need to be rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
[INDEX][XPOSED] Collection of XPOSED Modules <7/24 Updated!>
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so I can use the xposed framework on stock?
PS: Tried tweaked because imnuts is one of my heroes and it didn't have either feature I was looking for

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rudeguy said:
so I can use the xposed framework on stock?
PS: Tried tweaked because imnuts is one of my heroes and it didn't have either feature I was looking for
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yes you can use xposed on rooted stock.
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joshm.1219 said:
yes you can use xposed on rooted stock.
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I now want to have your love child

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rudeguy said:
I've tried a bunch of different ROMs and I always come back to stock. BUT there are a couple things I can't stand:
The home screen not rotating and the status bar. I like a transparent status bar with white lettering.
Is there any way to get these things on stock or a *very* stock ROM?
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If you unlock the bootloader using:
[Jailbreak][Root][Recovery] No You Verizon -VRAMC3 --update 10MAY13 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
then you'll have root and *very* stock ROM, the one you always had.
After getting root that or some other way you can enable continuous home screens by modifying <launcher disable page rotation> in the feature.xml file in the system/csc directory. (See the Verizon GN2 Root section of Android Central for an article on enabling continuous (infinite) home screen.)

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rudeguy said:
I now want to have your love child
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You should be having my child. I linked it.
*sad*
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You can always swipe a seclauncher2.apk feom a rom that has rotation home screens. I did it from one a long time ago, and keep it handy. Let me see if I can dig it up for you.
Here it is.
http://db.tt/LNV1c0wO
Backup your old one by renaming it with .bak before pasting this in system apps. Verify that the permissions are correct, and reboot. If for some reason I grabbed the wrong one, tall at me, and I will send the right one.
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Or you could do a very simple file edit where you change one word from true to false.
Goto system, CSC, open feature.XML in a text editor and scoll down till you see a line talking about launcher rotation being disabled
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So many ways to skin a cat.
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Im the same way as you, I like to stay stock.
I use Clean Rom because its a very good base rom stripped of bloat - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073390
Then you can use my theme which has skip options for EVERYTHING you want/dont want - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236731
My theme has everything you mentioned, I have an option for 50% transparency on the status bar or 100% transparency, I also have a section for white status bar icons.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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rudeguy said:
I've tried a bunch of different ROMs and I always come back to stock. BUT there are a couple things I can't stand:
The home screen not rotating and the status bar. I like a transparent status bar with white lettering.
Is there any way to get these things on stock or a *very* stock ROM?
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Have you tried scotts clean rom?

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I would love to stick with stock on this phone....but I absolutely hate the humongous font....so I run jellybeans ROM and use a 280 LCD density which is near to perfect for this phone
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So u change the rom just to change the font size???? It's called it is in the display settings.
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nickhex89 said:
So u change the rom just to change the font size???? It's called it is in the display settings.
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Dude....I don't think you understand. LCD density is not same as font size.
Open up news.Google.com on your phone and compare with the screenshot below...you should get the idea
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hopesrequiem said:
Or you could do a very simple file edit where you change one word from true to false.
Goto system, CSC, open feature.XML in a text editor and scoll down till you see a line talking about launcher rotation being disabled
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Found the file in the location you mentioned, but can't find anything about launcher rotation. Would you be willing to cut & paste that section from your feature.xml for reference?

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I too like stock the best. I have flashed them all and always come back to stock. I especially love comments like, this ROM is perfect .... Except this or that doesn't work right!
Stock, rooted and loving it!