Galaxy S Notification Bar - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My girlfriend has a galaxy s and in the pull down notification bar there is power control buttons for bluetooth, wifif etc. Can we get this sort of functionality on the desire?

I think there are enough things on the pull down bar already. I find the power control widget already on the phone to be a great tool.

itsfozzy said:
I think there are enough things on the pull down bar already. I find the power control widget already on the phone to be a great tool.
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i just find it clogs up home screens, would be great if the power control bar could be integrated into the pull down notification area. Replace the carrier name and you wouldn't be adding any more to it

There is an app called bar control that does this I use it for WiFi and location switches so I don't have to leave a page
boc_est1986 said:
My girlfriend has a galaxy s and in the pull down notification bar there is power control buttons for bluetooth, wifif etc. Can we get this sort of functionality on the desire?
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bob dylan said:
There is an app called bar control that does this I use it for WiFi and location switches so I don't have to leave a page
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thanks i'll hace a look for it

There's quickdesk, which does the same kind of think you are after.

quantumandy said:
There's quickdesk, which does the same kind of think you are after.
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quickdesk doesnt have many functions, cant turn things on/off just takes you through to the settings. Was looking for something like extended controls but the buttons are in the notification bar when you pull it down.

boc_est1986 said:
quickdesk doesnt have many functions, cant turn things on/off just takes you through to the settings. Was looking for something like extended controls but the buttons are in the notification bar when you pull it down.
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Err, add widgets or shortcuts to it? Not all that difficult. Search the market for widget toggles you want, WiFi, gps etc then just add them to quickdesk. Sorted.
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[Q] Stock browser: quick toolbar + fullscreen, no soft buttons??

Hi all,
I'd really like to know whether setting quick toolbar + full screen browsing into the stock browser does hide the software button of ICS. I mean: does it really have a fullscreen browsing that way, can I use the whole screen?
A screenshot would be really appreciated!
You know what: I own a Galaxy Note and I cannot make up my mind whether to change it or not for a Galaxy Nexus. I have an ipad2 too and maybe a note is too much. But I like big screen and maybe a nexus with its 4.65 screen it's the perfect size. However, browsing on a 4.65 screen with ICS software buttons, it's like browsing on my old Galaxy S2 in terms of visible screen. Thus browsing in real full screen would be great!
Thanks in advance
The softbuttons are still visible in fullscreen mode.
There's the labs feature quick controls which hides the address bar, also a labs feature to hide the notification bar, however nothing removes the soft buttons, they just turn into dots and dim.
Bisazz said:
There's the labs feature quick controls which hides the address bar, also a labs feature to hide the notification bar, however nothing removes the soft buttons, they just turn into dots and dim.
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Thanks for your answer!
Then the best I can achieve is to remove address bar and notification bar.
Such a pity!
DanVanDamn said:
The softbuttons are still visible in fullscreen mode.
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Thanks for your answer.
Who knows, maybe one day devs will be able to hide them, like it happens for videos.
That would be great! I mean: when you have the quicktoolbar, they could insert there a back button and we could have the whole screen estate to browse!
That's what I'm hoping happens, if eventually someone manages to get them to hide from a swipe down then reappear with a swipe up or press of the power button or something, It would be awesome
Not, until we can access the bookmark via Quick Control as well.
Currently, when you enable Quick Control, you need to long-press the back button to access the bookmark.
There is no other way ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389351
Aratheba said:
Thanks for your answer.
Who knows, maybe one day devs will be able to hide them, like it happens for videos.
That would be great! I mean: when you have the quicktoolbar, they could insert there a back button and we could have the whole screen estate to browse!
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Actually, if you go to the new tab shortcut, the bookmarks tab is in the top right next to the new tab and options button.

[Q] What's the best setup for S-Pen on CM/AOSP ROM?

I'm running PAC-Man ROM and am thankful for the settings that allow me to use gestures (when the S Pen's button is held) but it's a huge pain to have to hold the button for these gestures. The button on the pen is too low on the pen for my liking when I'm trying to use it as a pointing device/extension of my hand.
A couple of ideas I have had:
-the input settings that I described earlier
-the Sidebar application. I would love it if I could access shortcuts through Sidebar that emulate the back and menu keys but unfortunately the only button that can be emulated is the home key!
-CM S Pen Add-on used in conjunction with Note Buddy. I like the idea here, but I'd like to know if there's a way to automatically activate the AOSP on-screen buttons when I detach the S-Pen, but Note Buddy doesn't seem to support any extensions.
Are there any other solutions you guys have come up with that allow me to use my Note in a practical way with ONLY the S-Pen? That means I don't want to have to take any fingers off of the pen or have to lift my other hand to press the menu and back buttons.
I use GMD SPen control & cant say enugh good things about it! It can do everything you are looking for (I think) I have it open lecture notes when I detach the pen, & simulate the home button when I attach it! But you can set up any user gestures you want!
Just bought the pro version...
Very nice application...
And it's running well on carbon 1.8..
Thank you....g
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I'm not really willing to shell out $6 just yet... I'll have to do some more research!
I also found another method: use the ribbons feature built into PAC-Man ROM (not sure if it's an AOKP feature) in order to swipe out a tray from the right side of the screen that has the nav buttons in it. Still wish I could get the real navbar to display by default though!
Edit: Just remembered there's also PA Pie.
To add a navbar to ANY rom that doesnt have one..
open your buildprop (in /system)
scroll down to the bottom, and after the last line, add this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
save the changes, reboot the phone, and BOOM, you have a navbar..works on AOSP and TW roms..
wase4711 said:
To add a navbar to ANY rom that doesnt have one..
open your buildprop (in /system)
scroll down to the bottom, and after the last line, add this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
save the changes, reboot the phone, and BOOM, you have a navbar..works on AOSP and TW roms..
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Getting a navbar to display is not the issue. What's difficult is trying to get the navbar to display only when the pen is detached! :/
rrroach said:
Getting a navbar to display is not the issue. What's difficult is trying to get the navbar to display only when the pen is detached! :/
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I have a tasker task to launch with the help of secure settings to hide the navigation bar when spen is attached and to show it when I de-attach the spen. Just take advantage of the expandable desktop function (and select it to only hide the nav bar when pen is inserted).
Works like a charm.
pemell said:
I have a tasker task to launch with the help of secure settings to hide the navigation bar when spen is attached and to show it when I de-attach the spen. Just take advantage of the expandable desktop function (and select it to only hide the nav bar when pen is inserted).
Works like a charm.
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Are you referring to the "Expand desktop" option under Custom ROM Actions? That option has a red circle next to it for me, meaning that it is not supported by my ROM. :'(
Which rom are you on? Is it featured in your rom?
If so, you need to turn on expanded desktop and reboot. You might also need to make secure settings a device administrator.
For me, on SlimBean, it's a red circle at first too, but it turns green when following my steps above.
Try it out and report your progress.
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pemell said:
Which rom are you on? Is it featured in your rom?
If so, you need to turn on expanded desktop and reboot. You might also need to make secure settings a device administrator.
For me, on SlimBean, it's a red circle at first too, but it turns green when following my steps above.
Try it out and report your progress.
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The reboot worked! Can't believe I hadn't thought of that. xP

[Q] Add buttons to app drawer?

Hi
Is there a way to add quick buttons to the notification drawer (the one you open by just swiping down on the screen, I mean), instead of tapping the upper-right button first?
There are very few options I use very often (like wifi on/off, plane mode on/off, rotation on/off) and I wish I could have those buttons directly in the notification drawer, instead of doing one more tap on the related button.
Any idea?
I've looked over the Internet but I can mainly find either apps that include other apps in the drawer or development explanations. I would just like to have a "widget" at the top of the drawer.
Thanks
sbiricuda said:
Hi
Is there a way to add quick buttons to the notification drawer (the one you open by just swiping down on the screen, I mean), instead of tapping the upper-right button first?
There are very few options I use very often (like wifi on/off, phone mode on/off, rotation on/off) and I wish I could have those buttons directly in the notification drawer, instead of doing one more tap on the related button.
Any idea?
I've looked over the Internet but I can mainly find either apps that include other apps in the drawer or development explanations. I would just like to have a "widget" at the top of the drawer.
Thanks
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This doesn't really answer your question, and you probably know this, but there are certainly widgets or mini-apps or something that would let you put something on your home screen (or a different screen) to control those things.
Andyw2100 said:
This doesn't really answer your question, and you probably know this, but there are certainly widgets or mini-apps or something that would let you put something on your home screen (or a different screen) to control those things.
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Yeah there's a native widget doing this, thank you.
Yet I'm looking for the same thing in the notification drawer.
In the meantime, if you know a widget that I could freely customize, plese feel free to tell
Nova Launcher might make things easier
sbiricuda said:
Hi
Is there a way to add quick buttons to the notification drawer (the one you open by just swiping down on the screen, I mean), instead of tapping the upper-right button first?
There are very few options I use very often (like wifi on/off, plane mode on/off, rotation on/off) and I wish I could have those buttons directly in the notification drawer, instead of doing one more tap on the related button.
Any idea?
I've looked over the Internet but I can mainly find either apps that include other apps in the drawer or development explanations. I would just like to have a "widget" at the top of the drawer.
Thanks
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So this is not a complete solution, but it will get you closer to what you are looking for. The pre condition is that you have to be using Nova launcher or any other launcher that supports gestures. So in case of Nova, you change the swipe down gesture to "Expand Quick Settings". This way at least when you are on the home screen, you can quickly get to your settings by swiping down or whatever other gesture you use.

[Q] Hiding soft keys quickly

First off, let me say that I love that the G3 comes with a setting to hide the soft keys. The only complaint I have is it takes too long to go away once you bring it up. If you don't know what I mean go into an application bring it up and go home and see how long it stays.
I used an application called UND Navbar and it works great, you can choose to hide the bar as soon as you press a button. The only downside is the fact that you can't use the split screen and other button combinations the g3 has, you're stuck with the traditional soft keys.
Is anyone aware of an app or an Xposed Module that would allow me to have the navigation bar hide once I click one of the buttons?
yugendreams said:
First off, let me say that I love that the G3 comes with a setting to hide the soft keys. The only complaint I have is it takes too long to go away once you bring it up. If you don't know what I mean go into an application bring it up and go home and see how long it stays.
I used an application called UND Navbar and it works great, you can choose to hide the bar as soon as you press a button. The only downside is the fact that you can't use the split screen and other button combinations the g3 has, you're stuck with the traditional soft keys.
Is anyone aware of an app or an Xposed Module that would allow me to have the navigation bar hide once I click one of the buttons?
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G3 tweaksbox ?
Still_living714 said:
G3 tweaksbox ?
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I have that and I've looked through. I don't see any settings for that.
Could you guide me to what you are talking about, because I can't find it.
yugendreams said:
Could you guide me to what you are talking about, because I can't find it.
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Hey dude i was using UND aswell problem is its quite slow, and often it glitches or buttons dont work.
I tried many methods, by far the best one is "Auto hide soft keys" off the market - its VERY snappy and you can adjust the miliseconds for it to minimize OR just get it to minimize once you hit the key.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys&hl=en
UND was lightning fast for me but the problem was it doesn't give you the split screen and drop down options that the lg soft keys have. It's the same problem with GMD.
yugendreams said:
UND was lightning fast for me but the problem was it doesn't give you the split screen and drop down options that the lg soft keys have. It's the same problem with GMD.
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Like what?
Split screen works for me with GMD enabled, but you may mean something else.
Like what?
Split screen works for me with GMD enabled, but you may mean something else.
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How do you get it to work? It disappears from the bar when I turn the app on.
yugendreams said:
How do you get it to work? It disappears from the bar when I turn the app on.
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Go to the recents window, select Dual Window - Slide first app UP - slide 2nd app DOWN, use as normal, touch the bottom when you want the nav bar to reappear.
Okay, that makes sense. I feel pretty stupid right now considering I see that option every single time I go to the recents window.
yugendreams said:
Okay, that makes sense. I feel pretty stupid right now considering I see that option every single time I go to the recents window.
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All good brother - you got there in the end.
Enjoy

Vibrate/Silent/Ring switcher toggles & Double tap turn on screen

Hi, I bought swift phone, arrived yesterday. It's great, i known yet the cyano nice one.
I have 2 simple question:
I can't find Volume and Vibrate/Silent/Ring switcher toggles
There is the possibility to turn on the screen with double tap (like lg or nexus phone...) I find the way to turn off with double click on status bar
Thanks
1. Use the Volume buttons.
2. Download a third party app.
1) use profiles, configure your profiles in the settings, then switch between profiles using the power button (long press).
olli_o said:
1) use profiles, configure your profiles in the settings, then switch between profiles using the power button (long press).
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thx, but there's a way to set a volume/vibrate toggle in the status bar?
kaste81 said:
Hi, I bought swift phone, arrived yesterday. It's great, i known yet the cyano nice one.
I have 2 simple question:
I can't find Volume and Vibrate/Silent/Ring switcher toggles
There is the possibility to turn on the screen with double tap (like lg or nexus phone...) I find the way to turn off with double click on status bar
Thanks
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go to a about phone / ans enable advanced mode.
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