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Nav bar mod?

Hi there
Is there anyway to move the Nav bar to the top? I currently have my DPI at 175, running stock. I've tried looking at features and reviews of certain Roms, but nothing showing or telling me what I need to know.
So could anybody tell me if nav bar can be moved to the top of the screen? Preferably using stock? If not, which rom will allow me to do this? Also modding the icons would be awesome. Ie changing battery icon, etc. It says in ROM toolbox lite that I can change it, but it doesn't let me?
Any ideas or tips would be awesome.
Thanx in advance. Sorry for the noobness and for bringing up a post like this if there's one of these already
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Actually never mind.
I just read abit more in the forums and found an app GMD gesture to just hide the nav bar instead of trying to move the nav bar to the top.
Either keep topic here for others who might find the idea useful, otherwise just delete
Cheers
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Deactivate On Screen Buttons

Iam searching for a possibility to deactivate or make the Onscreenbuttons transparent, to use the Full Resolution of the Display.Maybe there is a app that Activate/deactivate that on the Top bar.
Thanks

Maybe should have posted this in q&a

Hide bar from play store , must be rooted
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Sorry
funziebear said:
Hide bar from play store , must be rooted
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Didnt find it, just found "hide bottom bar". And thats for tablets

surfalex2000 said:
Didnt find it, just found "hide bottom bar". And thats for tablets
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Read the description of recent updates...says it works for nexus4 too
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There is an app, personally I used AOKP toggles on the Nexus 7 (im sure it will come to 4 soon) or in systemUI theres an XML you can edit (no clue which...) and set navigation bar height to something lower like 40 odd. 96 was stock on GNEX and 48 was stock on Nexus 7. Idk what's going to be stock on this device so make sure its not unsuitable

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Harry GT-S5830 said:
There is an app, personally I used AOKP toggles on the Nexus 7 (im sure it will come to 4 soon) or in systemUI theres an XML you can edit (no clue which...) and set navigation bar height to something lower like 40 odd. 96 was stock on GNEX and 48 was stock on Nexus 7. Idk what's going to be stock on this device so make sure its not unsuitable
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This is what i want to do, but for the entire system, maybe by long pressing the power button
Read this:
n Android 4.0, the APIs updated with new flags of SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION, that requests the navigation bar hide completely. Be aware that this works only for the navigation bar used by some handsets (it does not hide the system bar on tablets). The navigation bar returns to view as soon as the system receives user input.
You can also use SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE flag, to enables “low profile" mode for the system bar or navigation bar. Navigation buttons dim and other elements in the system bar also hide. Enabling this is useful for creating more immersive games without distraction for the system navigation buttons, and SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_VISIBLE flag to request the system bar or navigation bar be visible.

There's a AOKP ROM for the Nexus 4 which has
Nav Bar Transparency
Nav Bar Button Reorder: Back-Home-Search-Menu
Nav Bar Color Picker
Nav Bar Button Glow Duration: Off, Fast, Slow
Nav Bar: Long press to Search button
Nav Bar Hide on Lockscreen
So if you use that ROM with an app like HideBar it should meet all of your needs.

How Do I Hide the Software Keys?

I want to use PIE control instead. Is there some kind of build.prop mod or something that hides the nav bar?

Might be worth going for a custom ROM that has PIE. All you then have to do is switch to Expanded Desktop and there you have it!?
You'll find many ROMs that do PIE. There is also a launcher that does that, it's called LMT Launcher. You will find it here on XDA.
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I don't want to flash a whole new ROM. I just want the PIE control and nav bar removal. PIE control has a Play Store app so I don't need to flash that but I know there has to be some kind of simple mod to remove the nav bar.

Ah, ok, didn't realize there was an app for it.
How about this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780970
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It seems to force tablet UI, but the nav bar still remains. I know there was a way to make the nav bar appear for the Note 2 so there has to be a way to hide the nav bar for the Nexus 7.

download LMT launcher, it's been around longer than PIE has and doesn't require any specific rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

you can go into google playstore and search for PieControl Pro. There is a free version and a pro version for $1.99

cnstarz said:
download LMT launcher, it's been around longer than PIE has and doesn't require any specific rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
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So can this hide the nav bar?

Flash ParanoidAndroid ROM it has built in PIE navigation in Quick Settings so when you tap on it your navigation bar hides and PIE control activates and if you are worried about Tablet UI you can turn it off any time you want. =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800268

Found this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985592
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Zecharixs said:
So can this hide the nav bar?
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are you on the stock rom? not sure if LMT can hide the navigation menu. you may as well just flash any other rom since almost every other rom lets you hide the navigation menu anyways. LMT is also way more customizable than PIE.

At the end of build prop add
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Save and exit, I don't believe it works on stock rom though but I could be wrong.
I use this on roms that don't have it built in navbar hide built in, and I use lmt launcher, because I prefer it to pie.

Hreidmar said:
Flash ParanoidAndroid ROM it has built in PIE navigation in Quick Settings so when you tap on it your navigation bar hides and PIE control activates and if you are worried about Tablet UI you can turn it off any time you want. =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800268
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I was gonna say the same thing...ive been using that for about a week now, im diggin it, tho i like cyan a lil better(my droid 4)...the pie menu is amazing, ability to move it to either screen edge, change the colors and buttons...pretty sweet, smooth rom

Nav bar location.

I guess this is a question for anyone who my know the answer from owning the first gen and I know its going to require root and likely a custom ROM.
So in landscape has anyone seen an option to have the nav bar on the sides and not located on the bottom? I find it awkward to use the nav buttons in landscape. I guess pie controls would fix this, but I like nav bar better.
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Yeah you're right, will need root or custom rom. Does lmt need root? I forget

How to resize navigation bar?

Please, somebody help me with mod, or explain how.

To resize the navigation bar you have to change the DPI of your device in develepor options. (Only works if you are in Android nougat)

axelrodmagma said:
To resize the navigation bar you have to change the DPI of your device in develepor options. (Only works if you are in Android nougat)
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"Smallest width"? But this is for whole screen, not only for navbar?

There's a navbar height changer for substratum.
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seabro01 said:
There's a navbar height changer for substratum.
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it doesn't work on stock...