18:9 immersive mode/gesture controls/no root - LG G6 Themes, Apps, and Mods

DISCLAIMER: This guide was NOT made by me, I'm simply sharing this here because it's really useful IMO.
This is a guide made by reddit user turkcem421, on how to take advantage of this beautiful 18:9 aka 2:1 display.
Here's the link https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg6/comments/7bqy5r/guide_fullscreen_immersive_mode_with_gesture/
And some screenshots...

Very interesting, thank you. I was also looking for a way to do this after playing with a friend's iPhone X and realizing how outdated a navigation bar now feels.
I was on a different path. Instead of enabling immersive mode, my goal is to disable the soft keys entirely. This requires editing build.prop, which requires root, which I can't get on my H870DS. However it seems to be possible to edit it with adb as well, was going to try that next.
EDIT: file system is read-only, doesn't work with adb.
Also, there's an app called Pie Control that can provide gesture navigation controls and is very elegant IMHO. My goal is to use that as a replacement for soft keys.

Hi crabnebula,
Author of the reddit guide here. I actually tried the adb build.prop approach also! It was pretty tough to write it to the system successfully (as you noticed, there are a lot of weird things on the backend of the LG G6 compared to the Nexus phones that I am used to) but eventually I did manage to write it and chmod it by combining a lot of tricks I learned hereHowever it did not have any effect, i.e. the LG G6 ROM does not seem to care about what that line of build.prop says and just shows the buttons anyway. After that failure I ended up figuring out the solution that I put in the guide.
Pie controls looks nice too, I was considering it. There are two things I like about all-in-one gestures though that to my knowledge are not in the others (but I have not checked thoroughly)
1) all in one gestures includes both gesture controls and immersive mode in the same app, and the immersive mode also has a built-in fix to let the keyboard work (see my guide). I don't know another way to have immersive mode with a working keyboard, and it is also really handy that it's all one app, i.e. if for any reason the app crashes or is stopped then the nav bars also come back when the gesture controls stop working.
2) there is an 'alt-tab' functionality, comparable to double tapping on multitasking button. Very handy to do this with a single swipe. I didn't see any other apps that had this (but maybe I did not look hard enough)
 @yilun thanks for posting the guide here!

Thank you! The UI looks so much better without the nav-bar and status bar there to interfere. ^^

turkcem421 said:
Hi crabnebula,
Author of the reddit guide here. I actually tried the adb build.prop approach also! It was pretty tough to write it to the system successfully (as you noticed, there are a lot of weird things on the backend of the LG G6 compared to the Nexus phones that I am used to) but eventually I did manage to write it and chmod it by combining a lot of tricks I learned hereHowever it did not have any effect, i.e. the LG G6 ROM does not seem to care about what that line of build.prop says and just shows the buttons anyway. After that failure I ended up figuring out the solution that I put in the guide.
Pie controls looks nice too, I was considering it. There are two things I like about all-in-one gestures though that to my knowledge are not in the others (but I have not checked thoroughly)
1) all in one gestures includes both gesture controls and immersive mode in the same app, and the immersive mode also has a built-in fix to let the keyboard work (see my guide). I don't know another way to have immersive mode with a working keyboard, and it is also really handy that it's all one app, i.e. if for any reason the app crashes or is stopped then the nav bars also come back when the gesture controls stop working.
2) there is an 'alt-tab' functionality, comparable to double tapping on multitasking button. Very handy to do this with a single swipe. I didn't see any other apps that had this (but maybe I did not look hard enough)
@yilun thanks for posting the guide here!
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Thank you for the reddit guide and the further information. I really appreciate that you took the time to share!
Guess I'll give up on the build.prop setting.
After playing with AIO Gestures a little more, I have to agree with you. The combination of features makes it more useful and I actually prefer the way it works when using both the bottom edge and corners to replace the 3 usual soft keys, instead of a pie menu.
The only issue I have is that the phone seems to drop out of immersive mode when returning to the launcher and certain apps, but it's a minor nuisance.
I'm hoping that in a next version of Android and/or in future OEM updates, they are going to introduce native gesture-based navigation, at least as an option. In the meantime, it's great to have an alternative that works without root. Thanks again!

I'm using something like this since 3 weeks. What I've did to get the immersive screen was all in adb code. What is causing the battery drain is Google apps that won't support 18:9 mode so you have to exclude them from immersive. You can still use youtube modded APK (18:9 support) and Chrome beta to get full screen.
The adb code is
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.android.chrome,-com.android.vending,-com.google.android.gm,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I use aiog too.

PinG91 said:
I'm using something like this since 3 weeks. What I've did to get the immersive screen was all in adb code. What is causing the battery drain is Google apps that won't support 18:9 mode so you have to exclude them from immersive. You can still use youtube modded APK (18:9 support) and Chrome beta to get full screen.
The adb code is
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.android.chrome,-com.android.vending,-com.google.android.gm,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I use aiog too.
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Greenify doesn't help me with battery drain, anyway this tip solve my problems. Thanks a lot!

Happy to help

How can I disable it?

victor19 said:
How can I disable it?
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You mean revert the whole process?
You can do it one by one manually, but I'd recommend just making a backup and factory resetting.
The other way is extremely time consuming and not very practical at all.

PinG91 said:
I'm using something like this since 3 weeks. What I've did to get the immersive screen was all in adb code. What is causing the battery drain is Google apps that won't support 18:9 mode so you have to exclude them from immersive. You can still use youtube modded APK (18:9 support) and Chrome beta to get full screen.
The adb code is
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.android.chrome,-com.android.vending,-com.google.android.gm,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I use aiog too.
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I updated my immersive mode with the above command and did a reboot.
Solved my battery drain and heat problems immediately.
THANKS!!!

victor19 said:
How can I disable it?
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adb shell settings put global policy_control null*
Just like that

I have set it up correctly but have a few questions. Is op possible to disable the navbar completely everytime i swipe up to go home from the buttom. The navbar shows up and is in the way. And is it possible to disable the white glow on the screen from the all in one gestures app?

To disable glow go to "personalization" > "edge preference" and set "opacity" to 0%.

PinG91 said:
I'm using something like this since 3 weeks. What I've did to get the immersive screen was all in adb code. What is causing the battery drain is Google apps that won't support 18:9 mode so you have to exclude them from immersive. You can still use youtube modded APK (18:9 support) and Chrome beta to get full screen.
The adb code is
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.android.chrome,-com.android.vending,-com.google.android.gm,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I use aiog too.
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Does this solve all the apps that don't support 18:9? Is there a way to tell if there are other apps that cause it?
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tanguita said:
Does this solve all the apps that don't support 18:9? Is there a way to tell if there are other apps that cause it?
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This will solve the battery drain. If you need to take off another app from the inmersive just added to the line. ,-app

PinG91 said:
This will solve the battery drain. If you need to take off another app from the inmersive just added to the line. ,-app
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Indeed it does... I screwed up mixing the command with the immersion from aiog (which activated immersion for everything). Thanks again!
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PinG91 said:
I'm using something like this since 3 weeks. What I've did to get the immersive screen was all in adb code. What is causing the battery drain is Google apps that won't support 18:9 mode so you have to exclude them from immersive. You can still use youtube modded APK (18:9 support) and Chrome beta to get full screen.
The adb code is
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.android.chrome,-com.android.vending,-com.google.android.gm,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
I use aiog too.
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So if you force immersive this way, you still need to use AIOG with the special settings applied through adb in order for the keyboard to function in immersive mode, or do you only use AIOG for the actual gestures?

crabnebula said:
So if you force immersive this way, you still need to use AIOG with the special settings applied through adb in order for the keyboard to function in immersive mode, or do you only use AIOG for the actual gestures?
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Just for gestures. There is no need of touching any setting for immersive on AIOG.

Can't believe how simple that all was. Only thing I couldn't do was the SVC for ls993. Literally no one has it, spend 25 min looking and 5 minutes going through the tutorial.
Only issue I know is that some apps have a very small black sliver on the bottom, is this due to not forcing long display through the SVC? Does anyone know the SVC for ls993???
Either way, the rest works 1000x better than I expected and the battery drain solutions are terrific.
Home screen looks super good too

Related

hide navigation bar

Hi
Want to hide my navigation bar?
Any suggestions on how to go about it?
I would like to know this as well. AMOLED screens scare me.
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I think "pie control" does not require root.
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I'm using swipe navigation, that's the reason i want to hide it.
Save the extra screen space
https: // play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive (remove spaces)
I use this and highly recommend it for apps not requiring the keyboard much. Reason for this is that the keyboard will not appear while in full screen mode unless you swipe up, bring back the navigation keys, and then tap in the fillable field again. Otherwise it's the perfect app for long bouts of scrolling in apps like most reddit clients, twitter, google+, etc.
Power Toggle also has a quicksetting tile option for immersive mode im using nova launcher and i dont know if it's intentional or not but they have the option to make the navigation bar transparent. Give "Navbar app" a shot i think they have an option for a transparent bar as .
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Where is the option in Nova launcher to make the nav transparent?
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If you go under "Look and Feel" there should be an option that says "Hide notification", transparent, and dark. I tbought this was only fir the notification bar on the top but it instead made the navigation bar on the horrml
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I pulled the build.prop file via adb but can't seem to push it back after editing cuz i can't adb from recovery.
Hey,
So, screen burn in is definitely a concern of mine as well. I am well versed in AMOLED burn in going all the way back to the Droid Incredible and Verizon Fascinate days. From what I remember, it largely has to do with the black areas of the screen (notification bar, nav bar) not having any pixels being exercised. So, in essence, the rest of the screens pixels age (or burn in) creating that effect. Static images also burn in (nav bar buttons... Also concerning). I noticed somebody posted an app to change the nav bar colors with each app that's opened. Would this not prevent burn in as well as those pixels are now getting equally exercised along with the rest of the screen (with the colors changing too... Their being no static image)?
Just curious.
I edited the build.prop but I get system UI force close when I restart. Any ideas on how to stop that from happening? I want to use lmt launcher. Can't stand the nav bar.
easiest way to hide navigation bar is with Tiles app, with the imersive mode toggle. Doesn't require root either. Just an adb command to provide a certain permission.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-tiles-t3423850
I used terminal and "settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*" command and I now have a stable phone. I hope an option to permanently disable the navbar will come along like the qemu line in build.prop
pxan8 said:
I used terminal and "settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*" command and I now have a stable phone. I hope an option to permanently disable the navbar will come along like the qemu line in build.prop
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You used this after doing that qemu line in build.prop right? So basically two steps, one to make the nav bar go away, with the build.prop method and then the second one in terminal to get rid of the Force Close pop ups after a reboot? Am I right?
ithehappy said:
You used this after doing that qemu line in build.prop right? So basically two steps, one to make the nav bar go away, with the build.prop method and then the second one in terminal to get rid of the Force Close pop ups after a reboot? Am I right?
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No, just the terminal command. If I change the build.prop I get system Ui force close. Unfortunately haven't figured out how to stop the fc pop ups. I just put the navbar in permanent immersive mode.
Terminal
"Su"
"settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*"
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pxan8 said:
No, just the terminal command. If I change the build.prop I get system Ui force close. Unfortunately haven't figured out how to stop the fc pop ups. I just put the navbar in permanent immersive mode.
Terminal
"Su"
"settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*"
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Well that's great then. I am gonna try this out. If this terminal command makes it go away permanently and doesn't cause that FC issue then its better than the build.prop edit right? :laugh:
ithehappy said:
Well that's great then. I am gonna try this out. If this terminal command makes it go away permanently and doesn't cause that FC issue then its better than the build.prop edit right? :laugh:
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Definitely better than the build.prop. At least this way the phone is stable
pxan8 said:
Definitely better than the build.prop. At least this way the phone is stable
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Hey mate how to revert to old settings? I ran that command and it hides the navigation bar, but it still comes up when I swipe from bottom, which is annoying as I use GMD and I don't need it to come up at all. So I guess I'll go with the build.prop method, but just wanna know how to revert to old settings in Terminal.
ithehappy said:
Hey mate how to revert to old settings? I ran that command and it hides the navigation bar, but it still comes up when I swipe from bottom, which is annoying as I use GMD and I don't need it to come up at all. So I guess I'll go with the build.prop method, but just wanna know how to revert to old settings in Terminal.
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Hi... It's easy, the answer is right here on XDA...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/themes/how-to-enable-true-immersive-modes-t3554299
Cheers...

Android Oreo immersive mode problems

Does anyone experience extreme lag when using immersive mode on Oreo? I find that my phone lags when trying to turn the screen back on. It is especially evident when the screen has been off for more than 10 minutes. It is so bad that I cannot answer phone calls if the screen has been off for a few minutes as I hear the ringtone but the screen stays black. Does anyone know of a solution ? Immersive mode is a must have for me and I will have to revert to nougat for the time being if no solution is available.
I had the same problem and battery drain. Try using the following command to enter immersive mode. It fixed the lag and battery drain for me.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
bokononfoma said:
I had the same problem and battery drain. Try using the following command to enter immersive mode. It fixed the lag and battery drain for me.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
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This did the trick! I just changed .navigation to .full so I could get the status bar to hide too.
Thank you
bokononfoma said:
I had the same problem and battery drain. Try using the following command to enter immersive mode. It fixed the lag and battery drain for me.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
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Do you enter this command into terminal emulator? Just the same way you wrote starting with "adb shell."
coolhandz said:
Do you enter this command into terminal emulator? Just the same way you wrote starting with "adb shell."
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In terminal without "adb shell"
bokononfoma said:
I had the same problem and battery drain. Try using the following command to enter immersive mode. It fixed the lag and battery drain for me.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
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What kind of battery drain? I had lag on Oreo before I went back to Nougat, and also weird battery issues like apps reporting hours of use when they were only on screen for minutes.
If nav bar hiding was the cause of both issues I might try Oreo again.
Ezrem said:
What kind of battery drain? I had lag on Oreo before I went back to Nougat, and also weird battery issues like apps reporting hours of use when they were only on screen for minutes.
If nav bar hiding was the cause of both issues I might try Oreo again.
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Yes. I had similar experience. I did a factory reset but still had the problem. Hiding the nav bar was the cause, and using this command fixed the problem.
0hfrankieboy said:
This did the trick! I just changed .navigation to .full so I could get the status bar to hide too.
Thank you
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Wow, and all this time I thought Oreo was a pos, buggy, battery sucking release....
Phone feels normal again. This fixed all my issues!! Who would've thought...
I want to say that I too,...had the same lagging issue. And has worked for me too. Thank you both!!!
Sorry for sticking my nose in here, but how are you guys enabling immersive mode? It's not native to Oreo is it?
JimSmith94 said:
Sorry for sticking my nose in here, but how are you guys enabling immersive mode? It's not native to Oreo is it?
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Jim unfortunately it is not a native option in oreo. As far as I know one must have root and run the commands posted above in terminal or through adb.
0hfrankieboy said:
Jim unfortunately it is not a native option in oreo. As far as I know one must have root and run the commands posted above in terminal or through adb.
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Thanks Frank. I've been using Custom Navigation Bar: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner&hl=en but it toggles off or on for all apps/screens. I miss the Xposed Force Immersive Mode that let you pick and choose which apps you wanted to "immerse".
Is there a way to couple this command with Tasker so we can pick and choose which apps are immersive? That's how I've been doing it with Custom Navigation Bar, i.e. creating immersive profiles and enabling/disabling them for specific apps. Now thanks to this thread, I'm finding out it's probably what's causing my wake problems.
Thank you sir, this has been bothering me so long since Oreo update.
I have done factory reset, done clean update, cleaned the internal storage etc...
your comments really works for me.
bokononfoma said:
I had the same problem and battery drain. Try using the following command to enter immersive mode. It fixed the lag and battery drain for me.
adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
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Guys i use "tiles" and among the various options there is the tile for "immersive mode".
Works with all apps.
Just Whatsapp has some problem: if you enter emoji, the insertion bar disappears and you have to click the "back" button to see everything.
boojay said:
Is there a way to couple this command with Tasker so we can pick and choose which apps are immersive? That's how I've been doing it with Custom Navigation Bar, i.e. creating immersive profiles and enabling/disabling them for specific apps. Now thanks to this thread, I'm finding out it's probably what's causing my wake problems.
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You can run the command as a shell, you also have to check use root.
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Atomregen said:
You can run the command as a shell, you also have to check use root.
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I was afraid of that. My preference would be to have a non-root method, but it sounds like the only workaround is to root.
Thanks though.
boojay said:
I was afraid of that. My preference would be to have a non-root method, but it sounds like the only workaround is to root.
Thanks though.
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Here is an article, where it is described without root.
Atomregen said:
Here is an article, where it is described without root.
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Sweet, will have a look! Thx
So I've been testing another workaround for the past 24 hours and it seems to be working. It's actually a really simple solution that makes use of my first post about using Tasker to enable/disable immersive profiles for specific apps. All I did was add a task that disabled immersive mode whenever I turn off my screen, and voila, no more delays when waking the phone.

[Q] Gesture apps - Why home gesture dont work?

Hi to all!
I'm experiencing a really strange thing when try to set an HOME gesture with some of most famous apps for that purpose, like ALL IN ONE GESTURES, EDGE GESTURES and similar.
If I set recent apps and back gesture, they work in every way I set them...but if I try to set ANY KIND of gesture for returning to home... nothing happens.
The command work properly (I feel the haptic vibration, or alinz, that starts when a command is performed), but the gesture won't work in the end...
Anyone noticed that too? Maybe there's something I missed for make them work?
I use swipe up from bottom border and it works for me. I use aio.
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I didn't find the cause yet but it is also happening to me. If I reboot the phone the home gesture starts to work fine, it only breaks if I re-enabled the nav bar + disable immersive mode using their quick tiles provided by joneplustools and systemuituner. The easiest solution is to reboot the phone.
Well but are you rooted?
Because I can disable navbar but on home screen it'll be always there, so I can't use bottom gestures, only edge...
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Well but are you rooted?
Because I can disable navbar but on home screen it'll be always there, so I can't use bottom gestures, only edge...
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Right now I'm rooted, yes.
Without root the navbar always shows if you swipe from the bottom. You could try a 0px navbar by I think it doesn't work in OOS at the moment.
hardspartan360 said:
Right now I'm rooted, yes.
Without root the navbar always shows if you swipe from the bottom. You could try a 0px navbar by I think it doesn't work in OOS at the moment.
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I already have the 0pt navbar and used successfully on S8 but with OnePlus it just don't works, I suppose because the navbar is named "drawable" in OnePlus internals while in APK it's "navbar", at least I've read it on multiple sources...
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I already have the 0pt navbar and used successfully on S8 but with OnePlus it just don't works, I suppose because the navbar is named "drawable" in OnePlus internals while in APK it's "navbar", at least I've read it on multiple sources...
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Yeah that must be the reason.
If you don't want to root right now your solution is to use a gesture app like edge gestures or swipe navigation because you can use gestures from the right/left edge so you activate the navbar less often.
It's not ideal but is has one advantage; for example when I want to close a game using the back button, the gesture sometimes is not recognized and I have to activate the navbar using the quick setting and that sometimes breaks the home gesture like we discussed yesterday so I have to reboot the phone sometimes. You only have to swipe from the bottom and it's all fine.
hardspartan360 said:
Yeah that must be the reason.
If you don't want to root right now your solution is to use a gesture app like edge gestures or swipe navigation because you can use gestures from the right/left edge so you activate the navbar less often.
It's not ideal but is has one advantage; for example when I want to close a game using the back button, the gesture sometimes is not recognized and I have to activate the navbar using the quick setting and that sometimes breaks the home gesture like we discussed yesterday so I have to reboot the phone sometimes. You only have to swipe from the bottom and it's all fine.
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Yeah...but the fact that navbar is permanent in home screen no matter if you choose to hide it or not is really disappointing...
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I already have the 0pt navbar and used successfully on S8 but with OnePlus it just don't works, I suppose because the navbar is named "drawable" in OnePlus internals while in APK it's "navbar", at least I've read it on multiple sources...
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According to my experience this kind of problem is most likely caused by a third party app, possibly an xposed module or some half baked apk. Privately exchange a list of your installed apps, compare and concentrate on the more dubious apps you have in common and you may find your culprit there.
frozl said:
According to my experience this kind of problem is most likely caused by a third party app, possibly an xposed module or some half baked apk. Privately exchange a list of your installed apps, compare and concentrate on the more dubious apps you have in common and you may find your culprit there.
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Well I don't have any X module since I'm not rooted, apps installed I don't know but I doubt it because are the same apps that was in S8 before, so I don't think that an app can interfere with the 0pt navbar functions...
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Yeah...but the fact that navbar is permanent in home screen no matter if you choose to hide it or not is really disappointing...
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Yeah that's the main gripe. I suppose you are concerned about burn-in.
I don't know if stock OOS Oreo will fix that. Maybe some Dev can mod the navbar file as I was done with the old filetype as in the Galaxy S8.
I also can tell you that on LiquidRemix 8.0 ( it's on a Telegram group as is in testing stage ) you could hide the navbar completely without root but I understand that you don't want to change the rom and right now is has bugs so is better to stay in Oxygen.
Right now I'm using stock OOS 4.7.4 with root and to update is super easy, just download and flash the full zip, flash your kernel + magisk/superSu after and it's done.
I don't know if you care about Android Pay...
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frozl said:
According to my experience this kind of problem is most likely caused by a third party app, possibly an xposed module or some half baked apk. Privately exchange a list of your installed apps, compare and concentrate on the more dubious apps you have in common and you may find your culprit there.
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I can tell you that on a fresh installed OOS 4.7.4 without third party apps it doesn't work. The problem is that on Oxygen the navbar has another name in system so that mod doesn't work.
No I don't care about it because there's no need for it now, at least for me.
I've always rooted phones, no problems with that, it's just that I don't feel the need to do it with 5T since is nearly stock and good to run stock "as is"...

Alternative to hide navbar in Android 11 (without root)?

Does anyone have found a way to hide navbar in Android 11 without root? overscan or fullscreen ADB command still unusable un beta 3 :crying:
Few days ago Google confirmed that it was not a bug not able to use overscan (Status: Won’t Fix (Intended Behavior))
But there are not any comments on innmersive mode... Still in latest public Android 11 version youn can't set innmersive mode with adb command (adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*), it just keep reseting the settings to inmerssive.none=*
Do we have then to finally root or install custom 11 ROM to be able to hide the navbar?
RealCaracas said:
Few days ago Google confirmed that it was not a bug not able to use overscan (Status: Won’t Fix (Intended Behavior))
But there are not any comments on innmersive mode... Still in latest public Android 11 version youn can't set innmersive mode with adb command (adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*), it just keep reseting the settings to inmerssive.none=*
Do we have then to finally root or install custom 11 ROM to be able to hide the navbar?
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This is ridiculous. why remove something that works fine. I have been using adb to set immersive more or hid the nav bar in certain apps for about 5 years. Why change it now?
TrentSe7en said:
This is ridiculous. why remove something that works fine. I have been using adb to set immersive more or hid the nav bar in certain apps for about 5 years. Why change it now?
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I know... Maybe Google is forcing developers to properly adjust apps to fit screen size and to the use of the gesture bar.
This immersive app is working, but I don't like to much the behavior: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=immersive.duna.com.immersivemode
RealCaracas said:
I know... Maybe Google is forcing developers to properly adjust apps to fit screen size and to the use of the gesture bar.
This immersive app is working, but I don't like to much the behavior: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=immersive.duna.com.immersivemode
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Thank you for the link, but I see what you mean about the behaviour. It seems it is using the overlay permission to redraw the app over the top without the nav bar. Clunky, but it works.
Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root Android 11 that works
I tested and this Immersive app is working on Android 11 with PRO mode
It is called: Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root
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dunatv said:
Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root Android 11 that works
I tested and this Immersive app is working on Android 11 with PRO mode
It is called: Fullscreen Immersive - No Ads, No Root
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This doesn't seem to be available anymore. Do you have a link?
steelew said:
This doesn't seem to be available anymore. Do you have a link?
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According to the developer, he was forced to make a new Google account. Since he couldn't carry over purchase details for the old app he made a new version of it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duna.immersive
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
According to the developer, he was forced to make a new Google account. Since he couldn't carry over purchase details for the old app he made a new version of it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duna.immersive
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Thank you, I tried it but it only hid the nav bar background but left the white navbar pill/bar there.
steelew said:
Thank you, I tried it but it only hid the nav bar background but left the white navbar pill/bar there.
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Did you check out what the dev said on Google Play regarding that? If not, you should. The answer is there.
P. S. Quoting me won't help as a) I'm not the dev, and b) I don't use the app.

How To Guide How-To Enable Two-Button Navigation on the OnePlus 9 Pro with Android 11!

Hey friends! I don't know about you guys, but I really dislike the latest implementation of Gesture Navigation and the old 3-Button Navigation bar makes me feel like I'm stuck back on Ice Cream Sandwich! It made me really sad when Google forced all the OEMs to ditch 2-Button Navigation. Fortunately, we can now get it back! Even on Android 11!!
You will need USB Debugging enabled on your phone and ADB installed on your computer. You will also need your phone to be rooted with the latest version of Magisk installed.
It's a super easy process and all it takes is installing one Magisk module and an ADB command. I've created two versions of the module, one with the standard height nav bar and another with a shorter one that takes up less space on the display. You can find both versions of the module here: https://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Misc Files/Magisk Modules/Two-Button Navigation
After installing the module, all you have to do is go into ADB and run this command.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.twobutton
Here's a helpful video we recorded that should help you through the process.
Is there any way to bypass the adb command since you're using a Magisk module? Does it persist through reboots? Is there a way to run the command via the su command using a terminal emulator on the device rather than using a pc to issue the adb command?
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Is there any way to bypass the adb command since you're using a Magisk module? Does it persist through reboots? Is there a way to run the command via the su command using a terminal emulator on the device rather than using a pc to issue the adb command?
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I'm a noob at Magisk modules and couldn't figure out how to pass the ADB command during the flashing process. I'm hoping I can do a v2.0 and get that in there down the road though!
But yes, it persists through reboots. The only times it will get wiped is if you update your option in Settings, or if you flash a system update.
And I could see a terminal emulator working, I just haven't tried it myself yet.
rwilco12 said:
Hey friends! I don't know about you guys, but I really dislike the latest implementation of Gesture Navigation and the old 3-Button Navigation bar makes me feel like I'm stuck back on Ice Cream Sandwich! It made me really sad when Google forced all the OEMs to ditch 2-Button Navigation. Fortunately, we can now get it back! Even on Android 11!!
You will need USB Debugging enabled on your phone and ADB installed on your computer. You will also need your phone to be rooted with the latest version of Magisk installed.
It's a super easy process and all it takes is installing one Magisk module and an ADB command. I've created two versions of the module, one with the standard height nav bar and another with a shorter one that takes up less space on the display. You can find both versions of the module here: https://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Misc+Files/Magisk+Modules/OnePlus+Oxygen+OS+11+-+Two-Button+Navigation
After installing the module, all you have to do is go into ADB and run this command.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.twobutton
Here's a helpful video we recorded that should help you through the process.
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TY @rwilco12 but a thread was already initiated if I'm not wrong here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-enable-two-button-navigation.4260373/
Fre$h said:
TY @rwilco12 but a thread was already initiated if I'm not wrong here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-enable-two-button-navigation.4260373/
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Lol I totally missed that post! I appreciate him sharing my video! The modules I posted here are different than the one he attached to his post. Same net effect, just more options.
rwilco12 said:
Hey friends! I don't know about you guys, but I really dislike the latest implementation of Gesture Navigation and the old 3-Button Navigation bar makes me feel like I'm stuck back on Ice Cream Sandwich! It made me really sad when Google forced all the OEMs to ditch 2-Button Navigation. Fortunately, we can now get it back! Even on Android 11!!
You will need USB Debugging enabled on your phone and ADB installed on your computer. You will also need your phone to be rooted with the latest version of Magisk installed.
It's a super easy process and all it takes is installing one Magisk module and an ADB command. I've created two versions of the module, one with the standard height nav bar and another with a shorter one that takes up less space on the display. You can find both versions of the module here: https://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=Files/Misc+Files/Magisk+Modules/OnePlus+Oxygen+OS+11+-+Two-Button+Navigation
After installing the module, all you have to do is go into ADB and run this command.
adb shell cmd overlay enable com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.twobutton
Here's a helpful video we recorded that should help you through the process.
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OP, in theory, do you think it would be possible to somehow disable onepluses built-in navigation gestures, but keeping the 'hide nav bar' feature that goes along with it? I ask this because, I'd love to use a third party app to do navigation gestures. The built-in gestures have this annoying animation when you swipe up from bottom or swipe from the sides. It's subtle and it's very brief but it's there. And my OCD wants to get rid of it. Fluid navigation gestures for example is very clean and you don't see an animation when you use any sort of gesture navigation. It looks so much sleeker and snappier.
Burt Squirtz said:
OP, in theory, do you think it would be possible to somehow disable onepluses built-in navigation gestures, but keeping the 'hide nav bar' feature that goes along with it? I ask this because, I'd love to use a third party app to do navigation gestures. The built-in gestures have this annoying animation when you swipe up from bottom or swipe from the sides. It's subtle and it's very brief but it's there. And my OCD wants to get rid of it. Fluid navigation gestures for example is very clean and you don't see an animation when you use any sort of gesture navigation. It looks so much sleeker and snappier.
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In theory, yes, it is totally possible. I was able to do two different heights for the modules. Somebody could make one that has no height or even one that just never generates. That is beyond my skillset though. So in theory, yes, it is possible. Could I do it? Probably not.
What would be for me a better thing is just to be able to engage the gesture mode for the apps to be in full screen ( without the navbar) but with the navbar button's available too. A sort of weeding between a kingsize display with the usefull part of those buttons that I keep want to use for some reasons
Fre$h said:
What would be for me a better thing is just to be able to engage the gesture mode for the apps to be in full screen ( without the navbar) but with the navbar button's available too. A sort of weeding between a kingsize display with the usefull part of those buttons that I keep want to use for some reasons
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Agreed!
Hello, did you remove the module? The directory is empty(
OnePlus Oxygen OS 11 - Two-Button Navigation (SHORT)
And
OnePlus Oxygen OS 11 - Two-Button Navigation (STANDARD)
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Hello, did you remove the module? The directory is empty(
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Sorry about that, I must've posted the wrong link. I've updated it in the OP. Thanks!

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