Is there any way (with or without root) to increase the maximum number of notification charms shown in the status bar in Android P? So far, I've only been able to find a way to customize the clock position but not the notifications themselves. Thanks!
Yeah, I hate this change in Android Pie. With this and the lack of notification LED, it seems like Google is actively trying to destroy Android's notification system.
+1 The entire notification bar is a train wreck. Move the clock back to the right where permanent icons/info belongs, and clear space on the left for notifications, and let them breath. Probably my biggest annoyance with the phone is the whole lack of notification management. Turning off the AOD lead to missed notifications, so I have to sacrifice battery for the AOD... Then the dumbass clock and 4 icon limit is STILL causing missed notifications. If you have weather app and another notification always hanging around, you're down to 1 or 2 true notification icons?! Seriously?? Really hope Google fixes this, but I have a bad feeling this is how we have to live now... constantly pulling down the notification shade to see what was missed.
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+1 The entire notification bar is a train wreck. Move the clock back to the right where permanent icons/info belongs, and clear space on the left for notifications, and let them breath. Probably my biggest annoyance with the phone is the whole lack of notification management. Turning off the AOD lead to missed notifications, so I have to sacrifice battery for the AOD... Then the dumbass clock and 4 icon limit is STILL causing missed notifications. If you have weather app and another notification always hanging around, you're down to 1 or 2 true notification icons?! Seriously?? Really hope Google fixes this, but I have a bad feeling this is how we have to live now... constantly pulling down the notification shade to see what was missed.
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Google wont be satisfied until our devices are just as hampered as Apple's.
I don't understand the problem. I have an unread email, a few texts, a whatsapp, and an ebay auction won. I can see the text and the email and the dot. I swipe down, see the text and the email are unimportant, dismiss, and there's the whatsapp and the ebay. Sure, they aren't right there, but you don't read the email in the 1/8th of an inch of status bar, you preview in the notification shade or read in the app.
I wish I could only get 4 notifications. Since switching to the Pixel 3 XL I have one persistent notification that my Fitbit sync service is running. No WhatsApp or Gmail notifications, leading me to miss things left and right. I shut off AoD to save battery, but I don't think it worked before either.
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I wish I could only get 4 notifications. Since switching to the Pixel 3 XL I have one persistent notification that my Fitbit sync service is running. No WhatsApp or Gmail notifications, leading me to miss things left and right. I shut off AoD to save battery, but I don't think it worked before either.
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you can hide persistent notifications now without disabling them completely. Just swipe to the left and click on the gear icon, and it will give you the option to minimize the notification. this will allow it to stay in the notification tray without displaying on the notification bar.
Got it working. Apparently my do not disturb settings were conflicting.
i have the same issue, with pie it limiting notificatiosn been shown in status bar, in Note 9 al least there is an option and you can chose to show all notifications.
With the last version of GravityBox you'll have an option to remove max notification icon restriction
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79066439&postcount=2
I don't own the mate 20 pro. I've only fiddled with the phone in a store. One thing I noticed right away was the fact that notifications seemed to have NO TIME LABEL. Normally, every notification on newer androids have a time entry saying either "12:30" or "2m ago" etc, indicating when the notification was added / the messages received etc. On the mate 20 pro I tried, it seemed this had been removed. Can someone owning the phone confirm whether time was removed from notifications in EMUI 9 or if I was just in some kind of a fluke situation?
See images of a mate 20 pro in the store WITHOUT time labels and another image of another phone WITH:
https://imgur.com/a/d9MZuy2
https://imgur.com/a/L2eozkK
I think this has to do with the limited space because of the notch.
I own the phone, and there is indeed no time in the notification bar.
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I think this has to do with the limited space because of the notch.
I own the phone, and there is indeed no time in the notification bar.
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Just for clarification: see image of notifications WITH time and a screenshot of the mate 20 oro WITHOUT. Notice red circles. I'm not referring to the time in the top right corner of the status bar. Are these time labels indeed missing?
https://imgur.com/a/d9MZuy2
https://imgur.com/a/L2eozkK
EDIT: can't see how the notch would be an issue as these labels appear further down, well below it.
Just checked on WhastApp notifications, I do get the time (says 1m at the end of the header of the notification). It might be something developers need to implement on their apps.
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Just checked on WhastApp notifications, I do get the time (says 1m at the end of the header of the notification). It might be something developers need to implement on their apps.
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Good to know. Saw on a review just now too that it does have times. Maybe I was just unlucky to have notifications that has no support for it. Thanks for the reply!
Hello,
I have been using the F1 for one month now, and I love the power and photo quality of this phone for it's price.
But one thing is a problem for me: the notch.
In one hand, I like having a display that is covering the maximum of the front of the phone, and in the other hand this big thing is allowing only to see a few notifications and system icons.
With MiUi 10, we have a feature to display the notifications under the clock (see here), but with Custom Roms like LineageOS you can only have two or three icons, or hide the clock, and this become also a problem on the right side when you have wifi, cellular data, bluetooth, GPS and the battery icon: somes disappear and are replaced by a dot on the left, and you need to expand the notification panel to see the icons.
Because of these issues I am constantly using the feature that hides the notch by totally disabling the top part of the screen.
So my question is: is there any app/mod/anything that could make the status bar use the left and right side of the notch and a bar at the bottom like a normal phone?
I have made a concept in GIMP in the attachments.
Thanks in advance for your reply and sorry for my English
Have a great day,
hydargos
Hey all, I have an issue with the notification settings being limited/not available for some apps. Both Yi Home and Mi Home are missing the option to configure notifications for certain categories and the MIUI settings claim that the apps haven't shown any notifications (see greyed out 'categories' in the first two attachments). If I take i.e. the BlueMail app (third attachment), I have all the default categories available (floating, lock screen, sound, vibration and LED).
What else is weird is that Mi Home does vibrate and activates the LED when a notification is shown, but Yi Home does not do anything, it only shows the notification in the status bar so I no longer get any alerts from my camera unless I unlock the phone and go look for it manually. This is a big problem for me and I would appreciate it if somebody could tell me how to fix this. I've looked through all the settings and tried everything I can think of but it just seems that MIUI doesn't detect the notifications for some reason.
I just checked the Yi Home app on my Honor 7 and there I do have more options, see attachment. So really not sure whether this is an app bug, OS bug or MIUI bug.
Is there really no one else here that uses either of these apps on the Pocophone to see if he/she has the same problem?
SOFTWARE
Theming Options:
- Changing Status Bar Icons
(One of the issues that users from other brands face are the different designs on the status bar icons, having an option to select between Oppo and Google icons would allow the users to theme and easily recognize some of those icons).
- Add options for Status Bar Clock
(Likewise to make it easier to users preference, to be allowed to change the status bar clock between Left, Center, Right, Off, with a extra checkbox to hide it on Homepage from Oppo Launcher. This can be seen in any Xiaomi device that automatically hides the clock when going to the homescreen).
- Add Battery % next to the Icon on Status Bar
(Add an option to allow the user to choose to have the % of battery next to icon).
- Change Theme accent
(Allow users to have personalized experiences and allow them to change the theme's accent. That change would affect every toggle colour, active icons on notification bar. This can be seem in every OnePlus device).
- Change Folders Background
(Allow the users to change the folders background).
- Possibility to change lockscreen style
- Since the Theme Store is not acessible on Europe. An app like Samsung Good Lock would be the best way to people to personalize the lockscreen in terms of Clock Style, Shortcut Icons, Fingerprint Icons.
Oppo Launcher:
- Double tap to lock the device
(This change would make the stock launcher experience much easier without having to use physical key to lock the device).
- Google Feed option to replace Smart Assistant
(The way Google Feed is implemented on Launchers would make the stock launcher experience much better to use and would contribute to people to don't change launcher just to have this change).
- Set Home Screen to a random page
(Allow the user to set a random page as a HomeScreen)
- Custom Icons
(Probably one of the most important features on customizing your phone. Allow the launcher to use different icon packs).
- App Drawer
(Ability to sort by other than date order eg alphabetic - ascending and descending options etc. Possibility to have folders inside it).
- Notification Badges
(Notification counter badges on all Apps Installed that have Notifications).
General Changes:
- A Better Always on Display
(Having a Tap to show on AOD instead of using the Proximity Sensor).
(Always On Display to be always ON like it should be, at least give a option to be always active/smart/off)
(To show every app icons that have notifications active)
(Bigger Notification Icons)
- ROM Updates Links
(Having a place with links where people can download the latest OTA files. This would make the update process much easier for everyone).
- Optimized Charging Features
(Following several studies saying that higher Watts hurt the battery and not every user needs 65W all the times having an option on developer settings or anywhere else where we can select lower Watts to charge the phone to maximize the battery life).
Also some Settings to stop the charge when reaching 80% (a few studies show that you should keep your battery levels between 20 and 80%)
- No Animations to Fingerprint Scanner
(Having no Animation as an option will make the phone to be faster to unlock the device and since the finger physically hides every animation it's a major improvement since when unlocking speed is the key function. This can be seen in any OnePlus device).
- Missed ROM String Translations
(In every ROM update, the Portuguese (Portugal) language at least has some flaws. In this matter i can easily and gladly help translating options properly).
- Camera and Microphone access indicators
(Much like the implementation in iOS 14, Access Dots should show colored dots whenever the camera or the mic is in use. Although the dots usually show up at the top right corner of the display, you should be also to choose the location for the dots from within the Settings. You should also be able to choose from different colors for the camera and the microphone and change the size of the dot from the Settings).
- Lockdown Mode
(Introduced on Android 9 Lockdown mode aims to protect those who want to keep their private data from the prying eyes of thieves and others. How lockdown works is by blocking fingerprint sensors, facial-recognition, and voice recognition. Once lockdown activates, the only way to enter your device is via PIN code, password, or pattern. Considering fingerprint sensors, facial recognition, and voice recognition are more easily bypassed than PIN, password, or pattern, this could be considered a must-use for those who consider security a top priority).
- Virtual LED Notification
(Since most OEMs removed the LED it would be good to have a more permanent alternative to Horizon Lights implemented by Oppo. This feature only happens for a couple of seconds which is not the best idea for the users. Having a small dot appearing randomly on the screen would be a viable option besides the Horizon Light. This LED Option should be able to customize the dot colour per app, move the dot to avoid screen burns and must be permanent until the user dismisses the notification).
- Ultra Vision Engine
(Show which apps it works with and allow more apps like Plex. Emby, Kodi.
eg: little watermark notification saying ultra vision engine at the beginning).
Camera & Gallery Changes:
- Improve bokeh effect for portrait shots.
- Improve anti ghosting / merging of HDR shots.
- Add Focus Tracking and/or Eye tracking.
- Improve the Front Camera quality in HDR and details.
- Allow Auxiliary Lens on GCam
(This change would allow the development of GCam Mods for all the Oppo devices and consequent the boost of sales since these Mods improve a lot the Camera Performance.
Whitelist the package name "org.codeaurora.snapcam" on Camera2API to allow the access to Ultrawide and Telephoto without Root.
This change can be seen in all the Xiaomi, Samsung, OnePlus 8 Pro and other brands).
- 48MP Mode on GCam
(Allowing 3rd Party Apps, in this case GCam to allow 48MP Modes. This would mean a lot to every user that can consider this device. This change would allow a better development of GCam Mods for all the Oppo devices and consequent the boost of sales since these Mods enhance the Camera Performance.
This change could benefit Ultrawide and Main Sensor. Front Camera is capped also to 8MP instead of 32MP.
With a simple camxoverridesettings.txt it will be activated maxRAWSizes=1 <— activate array 1 ( 8000 6000 )
This change can be seen on the latest OnePlus 8 Pro and all the ASUS and ROG devices).
- Allow 3rd party Galleries with Stock Cam
(When freezing or uninstalling the Stock Oppo Gallery you can't preview the photos taken with other Galleries).
- Video on Ultrawide
(Ultrawide IMX586 can easily make 4K60 and its currently only doing 4K30).
- Video on Front Camera
(Front Camera is more than capable to use higher resolutions than [email protected] For example P40 Pro with the same sensor can do 4K60).
- Camera quality on Snapchat, Instagram & WhatsApp
(Microphone volume on Snapchat, Instagram (WhatsApp is fine)
For Some reason, on Snapchat specifically, the microphone quality/volume is pitiful, friends struggle to hear when in a empty room with no other sources of volume such as a TV. Tested this on most social apps & it happens the absolute worst with Snapchat, it may be something on Snapchats end rather than Oppo's but it doesn't happen with any other device.)
- Allow more Zoom on Stock Gallery
(On the photo gallery allow further zoom levels, so you can zoom close up in pictures. at the moment you can only zoom like 2-3 level on the Samsung devices you can zoom right in.)
- Zoom Preview after 10x on Stock Camera
(Like Samsung and Huawei on their Camera Apps are doing a little preview when the zoom levels are higher than 10x would make the user to know precisely where he is zooming).
- Photo Album - Hide unwanted photo folders eg WhatsApps images
(Ability to sort in ascending order or descending order
Ability to remember last selection for start up eg Albums -> Camera instead defaults back to Photo category)
Currently Bugs: (from July Security Patch Update)
- Lock screen notification stays lit when charging
(When receiving a new notification arrives whilst plugged into a charger, the lock screen wakes up (as set to do previouslly), but doesn't then fade out. Instead it keeps the Phone Screen on until the notification is cleared or the charger is unplugged).
HARDWARE
- Flare Issues (There's an issue with Flare with the Find X2 Pro in some/maybe all units. When a source of light hits the lens sideways in a certain angle it provokes a horrible and unusual flare due probably to the bad quality of the lens coating. This issue is only on the IMX689 sensor and one should be aknowledge by Oppo and fixed).
If you guys don't mind i'll add some of the ideas you guys may throw in this thread to make it easier if anyone from Oppo checks it.
As OP, plus:
Stock Launcher:
- double tap to lock
- Google feed
- set home screen
- custom icons
AOD:
- tap to show
Status bar
- show batt % next to batt icon
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Additionally, I'd love if they gave us some optimizations for social media apps:
Camera quality on Snapchat, Instagram & WhatsApp
Microphone volume on Snapchat, Instagram (WhatsApp is fine)
For whatever reason, on Snapchat specifically, the microphone quality/volume is pitiful, friends struggle to hear me when I'm sat in a empty room with no other sources of volume such as a TV.
I've tested this on most social apps & it happens the absolute worst with Snapchat, it may be something on Snapchats end rather than Oppo's but it doesn't happen with any other device I've used.
If you guys don't mind i'll add some of the ideas you guys may throw in this thread to make it easier if anyone from Oppo checks it.
sirTAVARES said:
If you guys don't mind i'll add some of the ideas you guys may throw in this thread to make it easier if anyone from Oppo checks it.
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TheInfiniteAndroid said:
Additionally, I'd love if they gave us some optimizations for social media apps:
Camera quality on Snapchat, Instagram & WhatsApp
Microphone volume on Snapchat, Instagram (WhatsApp is fine)
For whatever reason, on Snapchat specifically, the microphone quality/volume is pitiful, friends struggle to hear me when I'm sat in a empty room with no other sources of volume such as a TV.
I've tested this on most social apps & it happens the absolute worst with Snapchat, it may be something on Snapchats end rather than Oppo's but it doesn't happen with any other device I've used.
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Last ones from me that I forgot to add
Lockdown Mode that was introduced back in Android 9 Pie should be on this device it's not even up for debate I have no idea how it's missing.
I'd also love a to see Oppo incorporate notification dots similar to the ones found in iOS 14, it shows a green dot in the notification bar when the camera is accessed & a orange dot when the microphone is accessed.
*This is already available through a third party app but incorporating it in to the OS would be nice, link below*
https://www.xda-developers.com/acce...s-camera-and-mic-access-indicators-to-android
TheInfiniteAndroid said:
Last ones from me that I forgot to add
Lockdown Mode that was introduced back in Android 9 Pie should be on this device it's not even up for debate I have no idea how it's missing.
I'd also love a to see Oppo incorporate notification dots similar to the ones found in iOS 14, it shows a green dot in the notification bar when the camera is accessed & a orange dot when the microphone is accessed.
*This is already available through a third party app but incorporating it in to the OS would be nice, link below*
https://www.xda-developers.com/acce...s-camera-and-mic-access-indicators-to-android
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Lock screen notification stays lit when charging
On my phone, if a new notification arrives whilst plugged into a charger, the lock screen wakes up (as I've set to do), but doesn't then fade out. Instead it keeps the phone screen on until the notification is cleared or the charger is unplugged.
This is what I sent to oppo.
1) Always on display switches off after around 10min or so.* - so does not work as "Always on"
2) Could we implement something like "Samsung Smart Stay" where the screen detects your face and keeps the screen on? currently the screen goes to sleep after 10-20 seconds. really annoying when reading something and you have to constantly tap the screen.*
3) On the photo gallery allow further zoom levels, so you can zoom close up in pictures. at the moment you can only zoom like 2-3 level on the Samsung devices you can zoom right in.
4) Allow changing of the clock design on the Lock Screen
5) Notification counter badges on all icons/apps - eg Aquamail
6) Always on display to have notification counter on icons eg like Hauwei phones.
7) App Drawer - Ability to sort by other than date order eg alphabetic - ascending and descending options etc.
- ability to have folder in app drawer.
8) Photo Album - Hide unwanted photo folders eg WhatsApps images
** *** * - Ability to sort in ascending order or descending order
******** - Ability to remember last selection for start up eg Albums -> Camera instead defaults back to Photo category
9)* Ability to change Folder back ground colour. eg black
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10) Notification screen light to stay on mimicking the LED notification light on the Samsung in different colours.
11) Ultra Vision Engine - show which apps it works with and allow more apps like Plex. Emby, Kodi etc. eg little watermark notification saying ultra vision engine at the beginning?
***** Q) which apps does it support?
Thanks
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It'd be nice if the ColorOS team could give us a native battery health monitor too, Google for whatever reason refuse to implement it to stock Android
& AccuBattery isn't as accurate as native, it's always good for users to be able to check battery health to see how much the original capacity is degrading, that way we know when we can expect to get a replacement battery
TheInfiniteAndroid said:
It'd be nice if the ColorOS team could give us a native battery health monitor too, Google for whatever reason refuse to implement it to stock Android
& AccuBattery isn't as accurate as native, it's always good for users to be able to check battery health to see how much the original capacity is degrading, that way we know when we can expect to get a replacement battery
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i'd appreciate at least the battery graphic.
Notification icon sizing should have its own setting instead of being under 'Display Size' which sizes also text windows together. Notification icons are quite small and increasing it then makes text windows (SMS, Whatsapp etc) too big.
- Add background running restrictions who actually work
- Include adb set permissions in Oppo permission monitoring instead of having one or the other
- Improve bokeh effect for portrait shots
- Improve anti ghosting / merging of HDR shots
- Integrate with Google (feed, live captions, recorder app, google photos, dialer app, messaging app)
- Collaborate with one of the gcam modders and make this the gcam phone of our dreams
- remove bloat installation of 3rd party apps like Facebook and Chrome
- Improve OTA rollout strategy
I wished the message symbols on AOD would be larger...
...and Focus tracking would be nice...
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I wished the message symbols on AOD would be larger...
...and Focus tracking would be nice...
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Agree! They are way to small.
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- fix bug of split screen not working when using third party home launcher app like Nova.
- allow selection of third party music player as default music app, and allow gestures on screen off to interact with it
Hide battery icon.
Set min and max auto brightness (would help with green tint).
Ability to set colour of notifications and status bar.
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Hide battery icon.
Set min and max auto brightness (would help with green tint).
Ability to set colour of notifications and status bar.
Split screen enable 120hz instead of calling at 60.
Able to separate ringtones, notifications, in music player, and file manager.
Also hide recordings from music player??!!
- telephone/Dialer app like Samsung s20 Ultra with Unknown User/incomming calls indentification
- Call recoder at dialer app when calling
- better weather widget with more days
Widget limitations
I spent two days talking to OPPO customer service, but still no luck.
They either don't understand what I mean or just don't care but they keep saying it's a Gmail problem...
Which is not as I can add multiple widgets on OnePlus, Huawei and Samsung as well.
So I thought I would add it here, hopefully will be added to the next update.
My problem and probably others as well is with the widget limit on apps.
For some reason ColorOS only allows one widget per app. This is mainly frustrating for Gmail Widgets.
You see I have multiple accounts on my phone but I can only add one Gmail widget to my homescreen...
Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or is this a knows limitations for others.
Thank you!