30 Nov: UI patches (LHS / RHS / Both / Search Button / When Hidden)

[Guest Paul]

This is now included in my MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Galaxy Nexus - details.

Following on from my earlier 'left hand' patch, I now have a full set of UI patches for the Galaxy Nexus. These patches change the behaviour of the legacy menu button. Options are:

• Show legacy menu button on both sides
  
• Show legacy menu button on both sides and keep them active even when not visible
  
• Show legacy menu button on both sides and show a search button
  
• Show legacy menu button on both sides, keep them active even when not visible and show a search button
  
• Show legacy menu button the left hand side
  
• Show legacy menu button the left hand side and keep it active even when not visible
  
• Show legacy menu button the right hand side
  
• Show legacy menu button the right hand side and keep it active even when not visible
  I'm now using both sides always active with search button personally!
  
  Here is the both sides with search button version in operation...
  
  Before:
  
  
  
  After:
  
  
  
  If you'd like to try it out, simply flash the appropriate update zip from below using ClockworkMod Recovery.
  
  This is only tested on a device running the I9250XXKK1 / ITL41D ROM.
  
  Downloads:
  
  
• Both sides - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 289e77604ee75e7acb2809523c7bb9d7
  
• Both sides + menu button active when not visible - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 7cff9ce3273f5ca7224a5e23e9711044
  
• Both sides with search - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 5234e7499953b1cb8276ce7692386351
  
• Both sides with search + menu button active when not visible - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 0dd211d46752d69ad180e43a4cf1d21a
  
• Left hand side - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 70f432f51b232879dabc109ba56a27e3
  
• Left hand side + menu button active when not visible - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 4d53e0f9fa491e32c7724b5e5bb89323
  
• Right hand side - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 87d3b14039a9b5c367b4dcf05207cde3
  
• Right hand side + menu button active when not visible - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 35a9ecdbd729a8cf39b112ed614ef5ee

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[Guest Paul]

Weirdly, I find this more comfortable when using it right handed too. Go figure!

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[Guest mamoulian]

Is this updated to the one with a menu button on either side that you tweeted?

If not, can you post that too please? :-)

[Guest Paul]

It's not, but I will post that (and some others). ;)

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[Guest Paul]

Additional options added! :)

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[Guest Rik Brown]

Does this restore access to the Facebook app's Settings, so I can turn off the damn notifications?

With stock it shows no legacy menu button, but also has no new-style menu button/way to access Settings. Very frustrating.

[Guest rockbmi]

adb shell cat /system/app/SystemUI.apk>/sdcard/SystemUI.backup.apk

The system cannot find the path specified.

[Guest Paul]

Does this restore access to the Facebook app's Settings, so I can turn off the damn notifications?

With stock it shows no legacy menu button, but also has no new-style menu button/way to access Settings. Very frustrating.

Yes, if you use an 'always on' version. :)

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[Guest rockbmi]

Any help with the above error, would love to add this to the phone.

Edited November 21, 2011 by rockbmi

[Guest Paul]

Do you actually have ADB on your machine?

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[Guest rockbmi]

Do you actually have ADB on your machine?

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Yeah, adb devices brings up my galaxy nexus, i have also installed your insecure boot image.

[Guest Rik Brown]

Yeah, adb devices brings up my galaxy nexus, i have also installed your insecure boot image.

Try putting the bit after shell in speech marks.

e.g. $ adb shell "cat /system/app/SystemUI.apk>/sdcard/SystemUI.backup.apk"

Edited November 21, 2011 by Rik Brown

[Guest rockbmi]

Try putting the bit after shell in speech marks.

e.g. $ adb shell "cat /system/app/SystemUI.apk>/sdcard/SystemUI.backup.apk"

Worked a treat, thanks. Why did I have to do that though.

[Guest Rik Brown]

Worked a treat, thanks. Why did I have to do that though.

Your shell was assuming the ">" was a redirect for itself, not one to pass through to your Android device's shell. Hence it was looking for a /sdcard/ on *your* computer, not your phone. The quotes tell your shell to pass everything inside them through to the adb shell.

I can only assume this behavior is slightly different on different shells. For example, I'm using bash on OS X and had to quote it. Potentially on Windows or Linux that ">" is passed through.

[Guest Paul]

Updated!

All mods reworked, added search button version!

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[Guest Paul]

I'll change these to clockworkmod zips when CWM is ready...

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[Guest nicandris]

can i rearrange the keys as i please? i dont want to bother, but i would like em to be as my Nexus One, Back-Menu-Home-Search

[Guest Paul]

can i rearrange the keys as i please? i dont want to bother, but i would like em to be as my Nexus One, Back-Menu-Home-Search

And the open apps button? It probably makes sense to keep the (smaller and not always displayed) menu buttons at the edges no?

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[Guest nicandris]

And the open apps button? It probably makes sense to keep the (smaller and not always displayed) menu buttons at the edges no?

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oh forgot about the dedicated open apps button... if it's possible to shift places, open apps could be at the edges, but i was wondering about the main buttons if they can be rearranged

[Guest Spunks3]

Couple of questions. And before i ask, love the work being done! Okay first question, does the search button have voice search capabilities if held down? Second question any chance anyone feels like making a YouTube with this mod being used? Thanks, keep up the great work!

[Guest Paul]

The search button works in the YouTube app but no, no press-hold functionality yet.

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[Guest TheBishopOfSoho]

Im getting operation not permitted on the mount step, any ideas why? Im on Windows 7, have your r2 superboot installed...

Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system

mount: Operation not permitted

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Edited November 23, 2011 by TheBishopOfSoho

[Guest Paul]

You should have my 'insecure boot image' installed in order to use this patch. You install this at your own risk.

[Guest TheBishopOfSoho]

Doh!

I thought your superboot did that!

[Guest TheBishopOfSoho]

Great, all done and working great, nice work and thanks for your help Paul!