I have switched to Nova launcher and changed everything I can to dark theme without resorting to Substratum.
The ONE thing that still annoys me is the incredibly bright Phone APP and Dialer screens. Especially when a call comes in/answered it's full screen light blue!
Anyone have a fully working solution?? Root or non-root, OTHER than Substratum?
Rick
Blackice
I used non root substratum and changed everything to dark. I don't see any other way.
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never go dark with a LCD screen.
Why not?
Azdian said:
never go dark with a LCD screen.
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Azdian said:
never go dark with a LCD screen.
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Why?
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The LCD screen lights stay on regardless of theme color. AMOLED has individual pixels which a dark theme has potential to save battery.
I'm not looking to save battery, just eliminate the glare from hideous screens (Call/Dialer/etc.)
Is anyone else having an issue where contacts are showing duplicates just because they are on WhatsApp, viber, allo, etc? I can't seem to find a way to stop it. I've hidden duplicates on the contact app but not been able to on the phone app
khushg said:
Is anyone else having an issue where contacts are showing duplicates just because they are on WhatsApp, viber, allo, etc? I can't seem to find a way to stop it. I've hidden duplicates on the contact app but not been able to on the phone app
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I'm not sure if that's specific to Essential... But I've fixed it by making sure a sync just happened... And then wiping data on Contact Storage... And Contacts... Then forcing another sync...
It takes some time for everything to come back... But it fixed it for me...
It still shows wonky in a couple of other apps... But I don't care enough to mess with it
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blackice000 said:
I'm not looking to save battery, just eliminate the glare from hideous screens (Call/Dialer/etc.)
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*General Disclaimer*
If you can manage to not follow etiquette... Stay away...
****
Now... You can go check out TeamBlackOut...
They invert what they do... Don't take requests... And are perfectionist... I don't have a link... But you can find it by searching
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What's that got to do with annoying Bright, ugly Call and phone screens?
blackice000 said:
What's that got to do with annoying Bright, ugly Call and phone screens?
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TeamBLACKOut takes the white out of apps...
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Also, why is it such a P.I.T.A to answer the phone by sliding up???
Annoying!
Rick
BlackIce
blackice000 said:
Also, why is it such a P.I.T.A to answer the phone by sliding up???
Annoying!
Rick
BlackIce
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Sliding up in general...
If I don't use the fingerprint scanner... It takes me 3 tries to unlock the screen too
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Pretty lame that it's so hard to answer the phone. I mean...IT'S A PHONE!
Also, you can only use the fingerprint scanner if you activate number or pattern security...why not just for other purposes, like answering the phone?
blackice000 said:
Pretty lame that it's so hard to answer the phone. I mean...IT'S A PHONE!
Also, you can only use the fingerprint scanner if you activate number or pattern security...why not just for other purposes, like answering the phone?
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You can with root I think...
On Oreo there a fingerprint api that allows for reading directional swipes and stuff
That's cool. Have to look into it. Waiting for OREO SECOND release. I cannot Beta test on my primary phone!
Rick
BlackIce
blackice000 said:
That's cool. Have to look into it. Waiting for OREO SECOND release. I cannot Beta test on my primary phone!
Rick
BlackIce
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I too use this as my primary phone...
And truth be told... It's not really a test... It's more a preview...
There are no bug I have found in my day to day use... And on the B2 release... Battery is tame to say the least...
I'm averaging 4.5% per hour... Combined use... On AccuBattery... And it keeps going down...
rignfool said:
TeamBLACKOut takes the white out of apps...
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I have the same issue...frustrating as hell.
Also Hate google phone app.
Hi I have a Xperia XA1 Plus and I also hate the google phone app is there any solution available for my phone?
Thanks for the reply.
have you looked at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free
True Phone Dialer & Contacts
Maybe what you are looking for.
Related
Is there any way for me to disabled the lock screen? Its such a pain. Every time I hang up, lock screen. Turn on the screen, it times out, lock screen. 1.6 sucks....
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No lock, on the market dude
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Battery indicator pro also gives you that chance. It works most of the times.
PS. @spacegravity4me: You should have made a search before posting, dude, there´s a lot of threads about this.
Zenghelis said:
Battery indicator pro also gives you that chance. It works most of the times.
PS. @spacegravity4me: You should have made a search before posting, dude, there´s a lot of threads about this.
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lol okay, thanks for the help though guys.
spacegravity4me said:
1.6 sucks....
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Are you insinuating that a lock screen is a 1.6 problem...?
spacegravity4me said:
Is there any way for me to disabled the lock screen? Its such a pain. Every time I hang up, lock screen. Turn on the screen, it times out, lock screen. 1.6 sucks....
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Don't know what you're complaining about, for the past 2 days my lock screen has mysteriously vanished. Which means I can't put the phone in my pocket. Annoying, really.
I would do a factory reset but then I've got to do one for the 2.1 update anyway so I'm just going to wait it out
Lol..my lock screen turn out the reverse way,to the left now??
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Are you insinuating that a lock screen is a 1.6 problem...?
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I'll say that the lock screen on the Xperia X10 is pretty terrible. It has caused me to miss calls because I couldn't manage to move the slider all the way. I'm not sure why it couldn't handle that, but it's quite annoying.
rynoon said:
I'll say that the lock screen on the Xperia X10 is pretty terrible. It has caused me to miss calls because I couldn't manage to move the slider all the way. I'm not sure why it couldn't handle that, but it's quite annoying.
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I get that too, but yeah, it's definitely an X10 problem, and not a 1.6 thing. Thankfully, SE is taking the update opportunity to change it, so hopefully it will be more responsive.
try swipe it backward
aminmizar said:
Lol..my lock screen turn out the reverse way,to the left now??
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Hold it at the top(of the swipe pattern) and turn it to the other side...
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Hold it at the top(of the swipe pattern) and turn it to the other side...
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Lo..tried that aint doing what it suppose to Im a lefty and im liking it this way. Thanks for the info though.
So far, I have one missed call out of 10 calls so I was quite lucky.
They have change it to the one similar to iphone which is no longer unique anymore.
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They have change it to the one similar to iphone which is no longer unique anymore.
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I'd rather have common and working than unique and broken.
Hi. Does the Nexus 7 have a notification LED on the front?
I haven't noticed any LED notification.
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then time to get noled...
Questions go in the Q&A section
movieaddict said:
then time to get noled...
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Yeah but that always freaks me out, thinking its going to burn my screen out. I know it probably won't, but I freak out.
Also why would one need an LED light on a tablet?
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Yeah but that always freaks me out, thinking its going to burn my screen out. I know it probably won't, but I freak out.
Also why would one need an LED light on a tablet?
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Why wouldn't you want useful things?
Out of curiosity, which tablets do have notification LEDs? I've tried searching but it's come up vague.
i've yet to see any tablet with an LED.
It's not needed as much on a tablet as on the phone with missed calls and texts.
NoLED should suffice just fine. And NoLED combats burn-in by having an option to move the notification around so it's never using the same pixel for long.
ive had noled on all s1 and s2 and s3 and i have never had any problems with it and now they have themes!!
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I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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Out of curiosity, which tablets do have notification LEDs? I've tried searching but it's come up vague.
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The moto Xoom has one.
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neok44 said:
i've yet to see any tablet with an LED.
It's not needed as much on a tablet as on the phone with missed calls and texts.
NoLED should suffice just fine. And NoLED combats burn-in by having an option to move the notification around so it's never using the same pixel for long.
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The xoom and xoom2 both have led notifications
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altrikdout21 said:
I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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It will be useful for Whatsapp if we ever get a tablet version, with account linked to phone account.
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It will be useful for Whatsapp if we ever get a tablet version, with account linked to phone account.
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I actually was thinking that, as I will be using google voice to text every now and then. Nobody I know uses whatsapp :/ google voice on iPhone is pretty slow so I'm looking forward to see how it does on the Nexus!
altrikdout21 said:
I mean I wouldn't mind an LED light at all, but I see more of a use for it on a phone (unread text, missed call) than a tablet. I always have new emails so I don't know what it would really notify me of.
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I always wished I could just look over without picking it up, to tell if I had something.
NoLED is really only for OLED screens, on an IPS it will run your battery bone dry in double time
Notification lights for things like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter
My HP Touchpad has an LED...
Idea, is it not possible to make a costum ROM with a function, "use screen as notification LED"?
I do not mind that there is no LED. I have a U20I thats runs so slow, that any replacement for android gaming is good for me .
My current tablet has capacitive keys and I use backlight notifications, so not having BLN will take a little getting used to.
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NoLED is really only for OLED screens, on an IPS it will run your battery bone dry in double time
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NoLED has an option to not turn the screen on when the proximity sensor is "close", so you can just keep the tablet face down when it's not on the charger.
thomas15v said:
Idea, is it not possible to make a costum ROM with a function, "use screen as notification LED"?
I do not mind that there is no LED. I have a U20I thats runs so slow, that any replacement for android gaming is good for me .
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You don't need a custom ROM. NoLED will do what you want.
Hi guys,
I modded the Stock Google Calendar (v20130821) so that you can see the appointments with text instead of small bars.
Flash the attachment in your recovery and enjoy!
This works on odexed and deodexed stock ROMs, but although I tested it on my own N5, you may want to backup your system first for your convenience.
UPDATE: I don't own the N5 anymore, so I won't maintain this further.
Here is a How-To to mod the calendar yourself: click me.
If I didn't buy digi calendar, I would be all over this. You are a true scholar sir! This will make a lot of people happy.
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Yes! Thank you!
I can ditch Pro Widgets now which I set up to do this!
Nice mod, thank you
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install error
It is error when I try install my nexus5.
Guess I'm using ART runtime. (No dalvic)
How to solve this problem?
Thanks! I was missing this. Those default color lines were pretty useless.
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Solcalendar people.
That's way how the calendar should display items. Thanks!
Is there any way to change the widget brackground from smoke grey to a haze white? Then of course the font for the dates have to be dark.
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Solcalendar people.
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What's wrong with the upgraded Google calendar? Sure the widget could be nicer. But i's 1.6 Mb vs 16 Mb. :silly:
:highfive:
OP did it! I am a true calendar junkie, without it i would miss all of my stuff, and now a have a freaking usable calendar?!
This is ingeniousm will trow it on my Nexus as soon as im back from university!
This kicks ass!!
A bit off-topic but this caught my eye, what is that app/listings of all the TV shows for your calendar?
FC on stock odex rom.
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Is there any way to change the widget brackground from smoke grey to a haze white? Then of course the font for the dates have to be dark.
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Yes it is possible.
But I gave my N5 back to Google, so I won't update this mod anymore, sorry
When a new Play Store update arrives, I will mod again then, because I post only mods for devices I can check myself.
zephiK said:
A bit off-topic but this caught my eye, what is that app/listings of all the TV shows for your calendar?
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That were reminders that new episodes are available in Germany
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FC on stock odex rom.
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Any more input please. When? Why? Always? One time?
Maybe you can try to re-flash, wipe cache and Dalvik and/or delete app-data from the global settings menu.
The mod itself can't produce any FC's - I haven't changed anything in the program code but only some integers in .xml's and one smali file for the graphics.
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It is error when I try install my nexus5.
Guess I'm using ART runtime. (No dalvic)
How to solve this problem?
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I'm sorry to say that I can't help, I have no N5 anymore to test the calendar with ART.
But as the signatures of the mod are the same as the original calendar, there shouldn't be an app specific problem.
How do u install this. Do I have to be rooted?
why did you return N5? are you getting another one? This was an excellent calendar MOD
@wyrman: read the OP, thanks
@THE_KINGDOM: I returned the N5, because I wasn't satisfied at all. There were too many glitches which I don't want on my daily driver. Speaker quality, bad viewing angle on my LCD, notification LED did what it wanted but didn't notify me, phone wasn't always ringing, and so on...
Build quality was great, camera was good too, but for me there were too much odds at all.
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@wyrman: read the OP, thanks
@THE_KINGDOM: I returned the N5, because I wasn't satisfied at all. There were too many glitches which I don't want on my daily driver. Speaker quality, bad viewing angle on my LCD, notification LED did what it wanted but didn't notify me, phone wasn't always ringing, and so on...
Build quality was great, camera was good too, but for me there were too much odds at all.
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OP ?
wyrman said:
OP ?
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"Flash in recovery"
belair56 said:
"Flash in recovery"
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You have to be rooted dont you?
wyrman said:
You have to be rooted dont you?
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Rooted no unlocked bootloader yes.
Many many users are unlocking bootloader flashing custom recoveries to flash ROMS, mods like this etc....
But not rooting.
Sorry OP for OT
caribouxda said:
Solcalendar people.
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Beautiful calendar. Hopefully there will be a lock screen widget option soon.
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So yesterday the Good Lock app randomly auto pushed to my phone from the Galaxy app store.
Has anyone else had this happen?
It also replaced the system ui. I was able to open the app and uninstall it, but I get a notification about twice a day saying I have an app to update. Every time the notification is for Good Lock.
Is Samsung forcing it on its users now?
Also is anyone using it ? Does it still negatively effect the battery? Does it remove the theme sort from the phone as well?
Thanks!
Happened to me too. I also uninstalled it, couldn't achieve a look that I like. You can disable the notification from the Galaxy Apps settings menu
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I like it, it's cool imo. The multitask screen looks better.
Hmmm...
At first, I was angry it auto updated/Installed. It.changed everything I was used to. I HATED it!
Then I played around with it a bit, and I can now see some useful features in it. Mostly the lockscreen widgets and the Routines. I'm not a fan of the notification shortcuts though.
Im going to give it a few days to sink in. If I don't miss the old layouts, then I'll keep it.
Just REALLY wish theyd update the autocorrect though. I had to retype many words in this message!
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Still seems strange to just push it on users have not heard them doing that on any other devices so far. Makes me wonder if it will be the stock setup on Android 7.1 for Samsung.
ShrekOpher said:
Still seems strange to just push it on users have not heard them doing that on any other devices so far. Makes me wonder if it will be the stock setup on Android 7.1 for Samsung.
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I think I saw on Sammobile that the Nougat ROM being tested for the S7 has it. I'll see if I can find it.
EDIT:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/09/22...y-s7-to-bring-grace-ux-and-improved-features/
I've used good lock mostly on my s6 and a bit while I used the s7edge as a loaner. I actually think I prefer the grace ux on the note to good lock these days but good lock has a lot of features and is always adding user requested features.
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I just checked out the reviews for good lock this isnt an isolated incident. People are really mad, complain their phone now has "girly colors" and threatening to go back to iOS if they don't add the ability to change colors (which you've always been able to do)
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Yeah I tried good lock and it was okay but I couldn't stand the hideous colors in notifications, and it just seemed way too busy. I only used it because I missed KitKat style lock screen music album art, but I found out Samsung music still has an acceptable form of it and I'm satisfied with it.
carelockh said:
Yeah I tried good lock and it was okay but I couldn't stand the hideous colors in notifications, and it just seemed way too busy. I only used it because I missed KitKat style lock screen music album art, but I found out Samsung music still has an acceptable form of it and I'm satisfied with it.
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You can change the colors.
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You can change the colors.
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It's not easily noticeable though. There isnt a very noticeable "colors" section.
I think that's confusing people.
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Took me awhile to figure out how to change colors, buried in the routines menu. And because I use a them already, was even more fun trying to get them to match. I did try it for a few days, but went back to the regular lock screens. Also didn't seem to work real well with AoD.
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been using on my 2 phones for months; i prefer the stock Android UI look as well as the ability to "keep" some of my notifications so i can follow up later. the latest version allows you to further customize the colors (not just dragging the polygons from left to right or vice-versa). takes (me a) little effort to get it like i want it, but i can then backup and restore when necessary. --- i'm a keep it simple/basic user so the less stuff, the better (for me).
also, @nuclearrage, what issues were you having with AoD? GoodLock and AoD are working fine on my devices.
I have tried both alternatives to the lack of one on the 6T. Nice apps ,but just not working out for me .. considering all the posts on the subject, does OP have any plans for a fix/update, @funkwizard? Thanks in advance
Have moved over to the OnePlus community.. Moderator, would you close this please? Thanks in advance
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I'll be honest, I don't miss the LED notification. It really frees me to not be a slave to the phone. I use Mighty Text on the phone and at least while I'm home, notifications will show up on my laptop. The last few days I've been using their Chrome plugins which adds more notifications to the desktop, but I'm about ready to uninstall that because it can be really annoying.
I miss the LED terribly but haven't had time to look at the software alternatives. I often need to have the phone completely silent/no vibration, and not being able to see what's going on via varicolored strobing LED is a miss. Love the phone otherwise, but I really gotta sort out a solution using ambient display or some such, without killing the battery.
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Frankenscript said:
I miss the LED terribly but haven't had time to look at the software alternatives. I often need to have the phone completely silent/no vibration, and not being able to see what's going on via varicolored strobing LED is a miss. Love the phone otherwise, but I really gotta sort out a solution using ambient display or some such, without killing the battery.
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Plusbeat. I've tried pretty much every other app none of them work well but that one.
Plusbeat is the best one. Love it
I use AOE and it is working great for me
I actually despise when people post
"There's a beer going your way
Confirmation number blah blah blah!"
Because i ponder and ponder and fail to see any other reason than bragging; however, I'm only doing this to convince you of how much i like the app! Do note, this isn't a premium i paid to unlock functionality, it's just well deserved, in my opinion...
PapaMag said:
I use AOE and it is working great for me
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What is AOE?
An always on display mod? I didn't miss led but aod yes and now that I rooted my 6t I am searching for an aod compatible with 9.0.11
vegetaleb said:
What is AOE?
An always on display mod? I didn't miss led but aod yes and now that I rooted my 6t I am searching for an aod compatible with 9.0.11
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It's a app that lights up the edge of your screen when a notification comes in. It can also light up the Status Bar area if you are in another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe&hl=en
PapaMag said:
It's a app that lights up the edge of your screen when a notification comes in. It can also light up the Status Bar area if you are in another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe&hl=en
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Thanks
I ended up installing the app "always on amoled" which looks pretty good. I will see how battery will behave
vegetaleb said:
Thanks
I ended up installing the app "always on amoled" which looks pretty good. I will see how battery will behave
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Looking forward to your report!
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Looking forward to your report!
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Very nice aod but it eats too much battery, it was at 18% battery usage, so I uninstalled it.
I am going to backup my stock rom and try the new aod magisk module