System UI Tuner Can't Enable - LG V30 Questions & Answers

I'm trying to enable the System UI Tuner option by holding down the settings icon on the notifications bar, but it doesn't work. I've got developer options on, have ensured all three animation scales are at 1X and tried both charging and uncharging. A search in the V30 forum shows only five instances for "System UI Tuner" Is anyone actually using this with the V30? How did you get it working?
I'm hesitant to do the Frankenphone option and root because my bank app is blocked for rooted devices and apparently even the hide root options don't fix that.

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xm41907 said:
I'm hesitant to do the Frankenphone option and root because my bank app is blocked for rooted devices and apparently even the hide root options don't fix that.
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Really? You're saying Magisk Hide doesn't work for you banking app? I find that hard to believe when it fools all other apps pretty well. Everyone here is using latest Magisk.

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ChazzMatt said:
Really? You're saying Magisk Hide doesn't work for you banking app? I find that hard to believe when it fools all other apps pretty well. Everyone here is using latest Magisk.
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I'm going off what others have said on the USAA forums, that somehow it still detects root and blocks. Some people have said Magisk works, others have said it doesn't. I'm not sure I want to risk it as I do all my banking through the app.

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xm41907 said:
I'm trying to enable the System UI Tuner option by holding down the settings icon on the notifications bar, but it doesn't work. I've got developer options on, have ensured all three animation scales are at 1X and tried both charging and uncharging. A search in the V30 forum shows only five instances for "System UI Tuner" Is anyone actually using this with the V30? How did you get it working?
I'm hesitant to do the Frankenphone option and root because my bank app is blocked for rooted devices and apparently even the hide root options don't fix that.
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Are you using the stock ROM or a custom ROM? I don't know if LG included a system UI tuner in their OS. I've never seen it anyway. And I don't know about your specific bank but the only thing I have seen people say isn't working on custom ROMs is Android Pay. I'm running the stock LG OS and have root using magisk and I'm not having any issues with Android Pay or any other apps.

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jsgraphicart said:
Are you using the stock ROM or a custom ROM? I don't know if LG included a system UI tuner in their OS. I've never seen it anyway. And I don't know about your specific bank but the only thing I have seen people say isn't working on custom ROMs is Android Pay. I'm running the stock LG OS and have root using magisk and I'm not having any issues with Android Pay or any other apps.
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Stock ROM. I haven't touched the bootloader/rooting/custom roms yet. The most custom thing I've done so far is switch to Nova launcher.
The USAA app appears to be doing weird things with root detection. Some people that were rooted and unrooted their device still can't access it, even after a data wipe. I'm taking the posts with a grain of salt, as other people seem to have success with Magik. It does apparently flag if Google Pay is tripped for root, so that might be an issue with custom roms.
These days, I really don't need root anymore with Stratum and other theming options. I would like to try System UI Tuner and see what it does just because it's a baked-in function (maybe not LG?) before going the root route.

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xm41907 said:
Stock ROM. I haven't touched the bootloader/rooting/custom roms yet. The most custom thing I've done so far is switch to Nova launcher.
The USAA app appears to be doing weird things with root detection. Some people that were rooted and unrooted their device still can't access it, even after a data wipe. I'm taking the posts with a grain of salt, as other people seem to have success with Magik. It does apparently flag if Google Pay is tripped for root, so that might be an issue with custom roms.
These days, I really don't need root anymore with Stratum and other theming options. I would like to try System UI Tuner and see what it does just because it's a baked-in function (maybe not LG?) before going the root route.
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In my experience, the status bar isn't very customizable on the stock ROM. even with the system UI Tuner app in the play store, some things can't be changed. Most likely due to LGs framework being different from stock. What is it exactly you would like to change with a System UI Tuner?

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jsgraphicart said:
In my experience, the status bar isn't very customizable on the stock ROM. even with the system UI Tuner app in the play store, some things can't be changed. Most likely due to LGs framework being different from stock. What is it exactly you would like to change with a System UI Tuner?
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I don't think the playstore app is the same one built into android. I could be wrong though. I don't have any specifics I'm looking to do. I tend to be minimalist in my GUI and mostly wanted to play with it and see what I could do.

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xm41907 said:
I don't think the playstore app is the same one built into android. I could be wrong though. I don't have any specifics I'm looking to do. I tend to be minimalist in my GUI and mostly wanted to play with it and see what I could do.
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It does a lot of what the built in System UI tuner does. The problem though, like I said, is that LG has their own framework and doesn't have a built in System UI tuner of their own as far as I know. The most customizing I have done is with Substratum themes. But even those are limited (again, because of LGs framework). I'm just saying, root won't get you many more options than what you already have. Unless you use a custom ROM.

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jsgraphicart said:
It does a lot of what the built in System UI tuner does. The problem though, like I said, is that LG has their own framework and doesn't have a built in System UI tuner of their own as far as I know. The most customizing I have done is with Substratum themes. But even those are limited (again, because of LGs framework). I'm just saying, root won't get you many more options than what you already have. Unless you use a custom ROM.
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I see. This is my first LG, coming from the Galaxy Note line of phones. If I go custom ROM, then my reasoning would be more for battery life and efficiency than any GUI functions.

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jsgraphicart said:
I'm just saying, root won't get you many more options than what you already have. Unless you use a custom ROM.
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I disagree.
I'm rooted stock firmware and I have Nova launcher, icon packs, my own wallpaper.
PLUS, I've also installed this Magisk mod:
Anxious Kernel Script (kernel tweaks),
Dual Speaker Mod for US998,
ESS DAC for Low Impedance Headphones/AUX (should work on other models, idk),
Google Dialer,
Google Sans,
LG G7 ThinQ Camera Features,
sqlite3;
US GPS Config,
YouTube Vanced (no ads, better options -- like download, resolution)
as well as enabled call recording: (clarification, this "mod" itself is not a TWRP-flashable Magisk module, but does require root permissions.)
There's tons of other Magisk modules I've not even looked at. Magisk is becoming the "xposed" of a few years ago where you can have "pick-and-choose" custom ROM options WITHOUT installing a custom ROM.
AND I have TWRP custom recovery to make image backups (like having a magic time machine) or to flash other Magisk modules.
I have Titanium Backup which lets me back up and restore apps + data. I just had an app update and took away a feature I liked. BOOM. Restore recent version through Titanium Backup, lock out future updates until they come to their senses.
With root (even on stock firmware) you have so many options to improve your phone or have TOTAL CONTROL over your phone.

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ChazzMatt said:
I disagree.
I'm rooted stock firmware and I have Nova launcher, icon packs, my own wallpaper.
PLUS, I've also installed this Magisk mod:
Anxious Kernel Script (kernel tweaks),
Dual Speaker Mod for US998,
ESS DAC for Low Impedance Headphones/AUX (should work on other models, idk),
Google Dialer,
Google Sans,
LG G7 ThinQ Camera Features,
sqlite3;
US GPS Config,
YouTube Vanced (no ads, better options -- like download, resolution)
as well as enabled call recording:
There's tons of other Magisk modules I've not even looked at. Magisk is becoming the "xposed" of a few years ago where you can have "pick-and-choose" custom ROM options WITHOUT installing a custom ROM.
AND I have TWRP custom recovery to make image backups (like having a magic time machine) or to flash other Magisk modules.
I have Titanium Backup which lets me back up and restore apps + data. I just had an app update and took away a feature I liked. BOOM. Restore recent version through Titanium Backup, lock out future updates until they come to their senses.
With root (even on stock firmware) you have so many options to improve your phone or have TOTAL CONTROL over your phone.
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Oh, I agree, root opens up a lot. But as far as System UI tuning like he mentioned, you're kind of stuck with what LG gave us. As far as those Magisk Modules, I may try some out. I've only installed the Grennify module. I can never tell if something will work with the H932 or if it will break something so I haven't dived too much into modules yet