The first ROM I flashed and have questions about is the Skydragon GPE version
1) Am I able to put it into silent mode instead of vibration? I don't seem to have that option when I hold down the volume bar to the lowest it can go, just allows vibrate.
2) Can I add more quick options in the notification area? Ya know, in Sense 6.0, where you can have like auto rotate, sync, hotspot and such. Or am I just left with the usual wifi, bluetooth and such?
That's all really about that one. The second ROM I flashed and tried out was Elix-R. The only real annoyance from that one was that after few hours of use, I was unable to send out texts or MMS. It would just fail. So of course I attempted my own troubleshooting, I factory reset, reflashed again and also changed out my SIM card to be on the safe side and still same thing persist. Wasn't sure if I were the only one having that problem. I'm on AT&T if that helps.
I kinda miss Sense 6. As much as I want "stock Android" Sense 6 just works amazingly. I might flash back, I don't know. I'm the most indecisive person lol
Im not sure about the first question, but for the second question you can change your quick settings tiles using gravitybox.
To get Gravitybox you have to install the Xposed Framework which you can find here (http://goo.gl/uGEfHi) and then you will need to install Gravitybox within the Xposed app.
I also use GPe, but the regular version and with Gravitybox I was able to customize the settings.
And also I get a silent option if I keep clicking volume down, it comes after Vibrate, but I think this is also a Gravitybox option.
Here are some pics
http://imgur.com/1piuEqV
http://imgur.com/P52qtGA
Not sure about that specific Rom, but default silent is one up from vibrate, or if you open sound properties when the volume slider is on-screen you can slide all the way left to silent.
Hello fellow Xiaomi users,
I got my Redmi 5 Plus a few days ago, updated it only via the system update (no custom twerks yet).
Currently I have the stock Android 7.1.2 N2G47H and the stock MIUI 9.6.2.0 NEGMIFD.
I have a couple of questions about the phone and I would really appreciate your help:
1) Will this phone get an official Oreo update? I've read that there should be one, but couldn't find any official date mentioned.
2) Stock launcher - I noticed that I couldn't remove app icons from the stock launcher. Is there a way to do that, and customize it all together?
3) Nova launcher - Since I couldn't remove unneeded app icons from the stock launcher, I installed Nova. An issue I find with it though, is that I no longer get skype notification sound - only vibration. Also sometimes messenger fails to make a sound as well, but that happens fairly rare. Any idea on a fix for this? Or maybe recommend a better launcher, that works with the phone?
4)Viber - I am using dual SIMs. One personal, and one for work. I activated only my work viber, but as soon as I started using it, it transferred all my contacts in it. So now my personal and work contacts got mixed. Wouldn't be an issue, If I didn't use viber on my work PC, and I would rather my personal chats to not be there. Any suggestion on how to separate my contacts? Anyone else had this issue?
5) Alarm sound - I am not sure if this happened after I switched to Nova, but my alarm sound is really low. The phones speakers are quite good, but when it comes to the alarm its quite low. I can barely hear it and wake up
6) Freezing - Sometimes when I type in let's say messenger, the phone freezes for some reason, until I type the next letter. For example if I try to type the word "submarine", I can type "subma" but it will freeze on "subm", and when I type the next letter (r) it will spit out both of the last written letters "submar" and then continue to work normally. What can cause those freezes?
I would really love to hear your opinion on these points.
Thanks in advance guys
1) For sure, in the main miui site is indicated and if is there is a closed beta available then we can expect an official version.
2) Remove the icons from stock launcher will mean uninstall them, you can only move them to the next display and maybe group them.
3) Check if all permissions are granted for this launcher including device control and accesibility, also enable in Nova persistent notifications. I use stock launcher, I put my preferred apps in main desktop, the others just moved them to the right and using the app "My Drawer" from developer Ofir Miron, it´s the only that I found that keeps the same icon from any theme that I pick, the others look very ugly.
I´m rarely use the other points so I don´t know
SubwayChamp said:
1) For sure, in the main miui site is indicated and if is there is a closed beta available then we can expect an official version.
2) Remove the icons from stock launcher will mean uninstall them, you can only move them to the next display and maybe group them.
3) Check if all permissions are granted for this launcher including device control and accesibility, also enable in Nova persistent notifications. I use stock launcher, I put my preferred apps in main desktop, the others just moved them to the right and using the app "My Drawer" from developer Ofir Miron, it´s the only that I found that keeps the same icon from any theme that I pick, the others look very ugly.
I´m rarely use the other points so I don´t know
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Thank you for the reply, I guess I will wait for the update for now, and experiment some more with Nova.
One more thing that came to mind - any way to use the proximity sensor to stop the phone for ringing or to answer calls? I had this options on other android phones - when the phone rings, and you bring your phone close to something (like your year) it picks up. Or when you flip it face down it stops the ringing. Any of these options available?? Can't find them so far.
surfistche said:
Thank you for the reply, I guess I will wait for the update for now, and experiment some more with Nova.
One more thing that came to mind - any way to use the proximity sensor to stop the phone for ringing or to answer calls? I had this options on other android phones - when the phone rings, and you bring your phone close to something (like your year) it picks up. Or when you flip it face down it stops the ringing. Any of these options available?? Can't find them so far.
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You can find Flip to silence ringer in menu from stock dialer.
SubwayChamp said:
You can find Flip to silence ringer in menu from stock dialer.
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Thank you, found it. Now let's hope that someone else can shed some light on the other topics as well. ^^
1. I recently got Pixcel 6. I have been using Android all these years. I thought now let me have Google Pixel 6. But here. When I call a number, that person when he receives. My mobile is not giving me any vibration. I have to hold near my ear. If I get vibration then I will take near to ear. So please add this facility in Google 6. Pixels.
2. Call recording is not there. I don't want to have third party app.
3. Please give permission to disable Search bar in Home Screen. I don't want even Date &Time below status bar on top left. Only on Status bar is required.
4. Dual App or Parallel app for Whatsapp isn't there.
swami.adityananda said:
1. I recently got Pixcel 6. I have been using Android all these years. I thought now let me have Google Pixel 6. But here. When I call a number, that person when he receives. My mobile is not giving me any vibration. I have to hold near my ear. If I get vibration then I will take near to ear. So please add this facility in Google 6. Pixels.
2. Call recording is not there. I don't want to have third party app.
3. Please give permission to disable Search bar in Home Screen. I don't want even Date &Time below status bar on top left. Only on Status bar is required.
4. Dual App or Parallel app for Whatsapp isn't there.
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You DO know this is a user forum, right? Google doesn't check here to see which features users want or don't want. At best you'll get user recommendations for 3rd party apps to do what you need it to do, or settings you missed.
I think you need to be in a custom ROM thread. What your asking is for features/ mods that are not included on the pixel 6. But that's not to say they can not be added to a custom ROM. So if you know how to unlock the bootloader and install custom roms (all the info you need to do that is on xda) and it is very easy with pixel phones find a rom you like then request those features in that roms development thread. That's not to say you will definitely get them but it's worth a try.
Is there anyway to move the navigation buttons to the right?
My thumb just can't reach the back button
Thanks
it grinds my gears too!, here we are at the most advanced android 13, many years of it on smartphones and yet still so many things baked into oems, like navigation customisation
to me pixel phones must solve these issues since its stock, and not just root everything all the time, to me its meant to solve the android problem of baked in oem features, like one ui or else samsung just wins androids, and pixels are done, i wont keep it that long lol
pixel6wheresatmos said:
to me pixel phones must solve these issues since its stock...
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They did. It's called "gesture navigation".
Get rid of nav bar, use XPosed Edge Pro, you can setup custom stuff
BarrettBear said:
Get rid of nav bar, use XPosed Edge Pro, you can setup custom stuff
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Xposed is the Android equivalent of cancer. The Fullscreen Immersive Gestures module for Magisk and a launcher that has custom gestures, e.g. Nova Launcher, is more than sufficient.
"Xposed is the Android equivalent of cancer"
Lol okay
Well I've tried Fullscreen Immersive Gestures on Magisk, it didn't work, so I have my solution which does work. I have zero space taken up at the top of the screen, and zero space taken up at the bottom of the screen.
I have an invisible app-switch, home, and back button at the bottom of the screen, and the ability to add dozens more should I care to.
Robshr said:
Is there anyway to move the navigation buttons to the right?
My thumb just can't reach the back button
Thanks
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Use Xposed Edge Pro, it allows you to designate your own invisible buttons. My setup is:
Lower left, swipe up to go into multi, long-press to bring up in-app menu
Lower center, swipe up to open Bottom Quick Settings, long press to go home
Lower right, swipe up to go back
But you don't have to use swipe up, you can tap, double-tap, long press, swipe up, swipe down, swipe left, or swipe right. You also have different areas, 3x per side (left/center/right, top/middle/bottom) for each of those, and each can be assigned to do a number of incredibly useful things.
If you have trouble reaching with your thumb, you can assign lots to the lower-right (near your thumb), long press to do one thing, swipe up to do another, swipe to the left to do something, etc.
Don't let anybody tell you it's bad, test it for yourself and make your own decision.
If you do use that setup, you can disable the nav bar entirely by:
Installing "MagiskHide Props Config", and a terminal emulator
Restart
Run the term emulator, give it superuser by typing su and granting, then run command props
Go to code 5 (add your own prop), type n for a new prop, call the new prop qemu.hw.mainkeys, give it a value of 1, press y to continue with defaults, press y to reboot again.
NavBar is now gone (like in my image).
If you want to bring the NavBar back, just run props again on the terminal, and delete the prop you made above.
BarrettBear said:
"Xposed is the Android equivalent of cancer"
Lol okay
Well I've tried Fullscreen Immersive Gestures on Magisk, it didn't work, so I have my solution which does work. I have zero space taken up at the top of the screen, and zero space taken up at the bottom of the screen.
I have an invisible app-switch, home, and back button at the bottom of the screen, and the ability to add dozens more should I care to.
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If it didn't work you're doing it wrong. But then again I really only use it to ditch the hint at the bottom of the screen, so my use case may not be typical.
There is a reason why custom ROM developers don't accept bug reports with that crap you use in play, and that's because 9 out of 10 times the issue is Xposed itself. So Xposed and its derivatives needed to be put out to pasture years ago and just die already. Anything they can do can a root app can do just as effectively, and without the system instability penalty of the cancer that is Xposed.
At this point we are getting a little off topic, as the OP I do think was trying to avoid rooting to solve his problem. Of course, root may be the only solution to the problem.
I have my Back-Button on the bottom right, just old-school without rooting.
Sry for my english, Germany here.
BarrettBear said:
Use Xposed Edge Pro, it allows you to designate your own invisible buttons. My setup is:
Lower left, swipe up to go into multi, long-press to bring up in-app menu
Lower center, swipe up to open Bottom Quick Settings, long press to go home
Lower right, swipe up to go back
But you don't have to use swipe up, you can tap, double-tap, long press, swipe up, swipe down, swipe left, or swipe right. You also have different areas, 3x per side (left/center/right, top/middle/bottom) for each of those, and each can be assigned to do a number of incredibly useful things.
If you have trouble reaching with your thumb, you can assign lots to the lower-right (near your thumb), long press to do one thing, swipe up to do another, swipe to the left to do something, etc.
Don't let anybody tell you it's bad, test it for yourself and make your own decision.
If you do use that setup, you can disable the nav bar entirely by:
Installing "MagiskHide Props Config", and a terminal emulator
Restart
Run the term emulator, give it superuser by typing su and granting, then run command props
Go to code 5 (add your own prop), type n for a new prop, call the new prop qemu.hw.mainkeys, give it a value of 1, press y to continue with defaults, press y to reboot again.
NavBar is now gone (like in my image).
If you want to bring the NavBar back, just run props again on the terminal, and delete the prop you made above.
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Are you running android 13 or 12
I'm running 13 and I don't think it's compatible with 13 as it won't install the Xposed framework
Robshr said:
Are you running android 13 or 12
I'm running 13 and I don't think it's compatible with 13 as it won't install the Xposed framework
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I'm still on 12. I stick with what I know works
Robshr said:
Are you running android 13 or 12
I'm running 13 and I don't think it's compatible with 13 as it won't install the Xposed framework
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Which is why Fullscreen Immersive Gestures - a Magisk module - is a better option than any Xposed crap. It at least works, if you set it up correctly.
mr73 said:
I have my Back-Button on the bottom right, just old-school without rooting.
Sry for my english, Germany here.
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How did you done that?
I can't find anything that works on pixel 6
valyemil811 said:
How did you done that?
I can't find anything that works on pixel 6
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I used "Navigation Bar for Android" from Wormhole Space, it works for me without rooting. IMO i like it because i use the back button more than the other ones, try it.
mr73 said:
I used "Navigation Bar for Android" from Wormhole Space, it works for me without rooting. IMO i like it because i use the back button more than the other ones, try it.
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I thought you made some .xml or adb modification straight to phone
Sry no, i dont have the time and ability to learn new things like programming or something like that.
mr73 said:
Sry no, i dont have the time and ability to learn new things like programming or something like that.
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Oki doki