Is there a way to resize it? It takes half (if not more) the screen.
U have the option to remove your volume and/or brightness sliders if you like
It helps, yes. Any way to shrink it even more? Would DPI adjustments help?
JUst out of curiosity, why is the size a problem? I personally don't spend more than a second in the notifications area at a time. I look at it, and clear it out and close it. What do you do that it's an issue?
I wouldn't mind it being smaller as well, just a preference.
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I'd like it smaller also, but all the Dpi chnagers, at the moment make the system fc's if you make changes
You can thankfully change most apps to a lower dpi with xposed.
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Does anyone know if the default resolution can be modified? I really like this phone but the icons on the screen and the text under them are small. I was wondering if a custom rom can give the user the option to to adjust resolution. I downloaded spare parts from the market and was able to make changes to the font size in most apps but the settings dont apply to the regular home screen... Thanks
Once full root is achieved you can use a screen density app to change it, doesn't play well with sense roms though
You want the resolution bumped down by the way.. going up will make it smaller
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Try spare parts plus in the market. It works decent for increasing font. But it will revert if you rotate the phone and then you have to go back into the app and select the font size again. I just turn off auto rotation in display settings when I'm using it in portrait. Then if I want to use it in landscape I open up spareparts plus then select normal font the rotate my phone then hold home reopen the app and select the large font. But it will also revert once I rotate back into portrait. Also I keep a short cut to display settings on my home screen to make the transition quicker. Overall its a decent app and its free with no ads. Hope this helps.
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With stock ICS, I am bad at typing messages with the vertical keyboard, so I always have to turn it first so that the large keyboard appears (and sometimes it takes a while for it to register). I was wondering if there is a setting for it to automatically always select the horizontal way whenever possible...or perhaps there is an app out there or a way for it to register much faster.
Use holo launcher hd plus or any launcher in the launcher settings there is always an option default orientation change it to landscape then u can have a permanent landscape view not sure abt the option being there in touchwiz havent used it in a long time
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I use Set Orientation from gPlay, allows you to set (and force any app into, even it doesn't want to support) the orientation you want directly from the notification area.
Maybe that'll help you too.
having expanded notifications is hit or miss... even when nothing else is there, I'll get the small version. I want the full one of my music, of my scrrenshot especially so i can hit send etc.. i always have to manually expand them.. sometimes they're expanded on their own. there's no rhyme or reason from what I can tell. how can we get them to always be expanded?
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That is a pretty odd behavior. My first week I noticed the extended preview of messages, but now it seems that they are always the sheet version. I wonder if dumping app storage would rejuvenate the experience.
On aosp all you had to do was swipe down on any collapse notification to give the expanded version. On sense it apparently doesn't work that way and I've yet to find a way to get to expanded other than the top most notification.
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tbot said:
On aosp all you had to do was swipe down on any collapse notification to give the expanded version. On sense it apparently doesn't work that way and I've yet to find a way to get to expanded other than the top most notification.
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use two fingers and swipe down. they do it.. i just want them all expanded all the time lol
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You can pinch to expand or shrink the notifications. Supposed to be the same motion in 4.1+.
i figured out why it doesn't do it...
because of that stupid WIFI nag! when you do the trick to temp get rid of it (hold it down, hit app info, force close), then every first notification that defaults to the top IS expanded, every time. now i need to root to get rid of that nag!
Is it me or does having the soft keys eat up a strong 1/4" of the screen negate the larger screen?
I have used the program to auto hide them but every time I type a text they pop up and take be back, home or wherever depending on how I have the layout set.
In addition, the text messaging viewable area is smaller given these keys and continually hides the last messages.
Something tells me I am not going to get used to not having a physical home key and off screen menu and back keys.
Thoughts / Opinions?
Have you considered re-sizing them? G2 Xposed can do that if I remember correctly, and if you're on an AOSP-based rom Gravity Box can do it if that functionality is not included in the ROM. You can make them quite small, which may look a tad strange at first but in terms of actual use I think it's completely natural, considering any off-screen buttons would be below the screen anyway. I currently run them at about half height, and you can pretty easily get away with even less than that if you wanted to. I used to prefer hardware keys as well but in time I grew to like soft keys. I like how you can try all sorts of different sizes, button combinations and button layouts, to the point that I have even used soft keys of phones that did not initially have them. Try some different sizes and setups before giving up on them altogether.
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Have you considered re-sizing them? G2 Xposed can do that if I remember correctly, and if you're on an AOSP-based rom Gravity Box can do it if that functionality is not included in the ROM. You can make them quite small, which may look a tad strange at first but in terms of actual use I think it's completely natural, considering any off-screen buttons would be below the screen anyway. I currently run them at about half height, and you can pretty easily get away with even less than that if you wanted to. I used to prefer hardware keys as well but in time I grew to like soft keys. I like how you can try all sorts of different sizes, button combinations and button layouts, to the point that I have even used soft keys of phones that did not initially have them. Try some different sizes and setups before giving up on them altogether.
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Thanks Kindly.
I had been searching for something like this but for whatever reason didn't find it.
Love the call quality on the phone and this may just be the answer
The soft keys also keep the size of the phone down. Otherwise it would be a butt hurt Note 3 . This phone is a perfect size.
What app are you using to hide them? I'm using GMD Auto Hide.. The paid version. I never accidentally bring up the software icons while texting. Did you know you can adjust the area that triggers the software keys? I have mine set to a tiny area across the bottom of the screen.
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Also currently enjoying GMD auto hide PRO
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is that possible the Soft Keys to change smaller???
profeet said:
is that possible the Soft Keys to change smaller???
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READ, man.
DHM078 said:
Have you considered re-sizing them? G2 Xposed can do that if I remember correctly, and if you're on an AOSP-based rom Gravity Box can do it if that functionality is not included in the ROM. You can make them quite small, which may look a tad strange at first but in terms of actual use I think it's completely natural, considering any off-screen buttons would be below the screen anyway. I currently run them at about half height, and you can pretty easily get away with even less than that if you wanted to. I used to prefer hardware keys as well but in time I grew to like soft keys. I like how you can try all sorts of different sizes, button combinations and button layouts, to the point that I have even used soft keys of phones that did not initially have them. Try some different sizes and setups before giving up on them altogether.
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UDN Pro
I'm using Ultimate Dynamic Navbar Pro to hide the navigation bar. It takes some getting used to, but now I wouldn't have a phone without it.
You can set different triggers to show/hide the nav keys, I prefer sliding at the bottom of the screen to show the keys. With this you can also customize your buttons in many ways; glow effect, key color, keys sizes, fade effect and so on.
There's a free version available on Play Store, so give it a try.
Then there's pie to...
Or what I do, is:
Root (of course)
Download "texDroider" from the Play Store to change the DPI from 480 (default) to 400. Reboot. Enjoy MOAR SPACE
If you want to actually resize the NavBar to make it thinner:
Download the TWRP Recovery image using your phone that is designed for your version model
Download "Flashify" from the Play Store and select the TWRP Recovery file you downloaded (Probably in the "Downloads" folder on your Storage)
Reboot
Then look in the Development threads for a NavBar size mod, download the MEDIUM or SMALL. I use Medium with 400 DPI, else I'd use Small with 480 DPI
Reboot into TWRP and flash the NavBar Mod.
Rejoice
OR
Search for, and download, XPosed APK file from XDA, then install the APK
Search for and download the XPosed G2 Settings Module, then install the APK
Launch XPosed, enable the G2 Settings Module, resize NavBar
OR Hide them as previously said but I don't much care for this. It gets annoying pretty quick IMO. I move around too quick to require extra taps or swipes to go back or home.
I have cracked my phone on the top-right corner, which makes me unable to see my notifications. It is such a big issue, I would really like to make my screen smaller, just so I can see them again.
Is there a way (preferable non-root, but if it has to be rooted it's ok) to resize my screen? If you grant WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS to an app you can do things like enable fullscreen in all apps, so is there maybe a way I can make an app that resizes my screen all the time?
Why don't you use this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.onehandedmode
Hm this seems to do pretty much what I need! Thanks!