Make Status-bar and Notification Panel transparent in all android

In my previous article I have given detail about Xposed Installer. As per it after installing Xposed Installer you can download different Modules/Apps and using it you can do lot many system changes. So we can also make status bar and notification area transparent in our android phone with Gravity Box Module.

[Transparent Statusbar]

[Transparent Notification Area]

I have already explained how you can install XposedInstaller and different Modules in my previous article, you can refer it. So for this tweak you have to install Gravity Box module from the download section in the Xposed Installer. After installing just activate Gravity Box by checking it in Module section in Xposed Installer and click on install/update button from Framework section. You can refer my previous article from above given link if you have any query in installing.

Now after installing Gravity Box and activating it, open the app from menu of your phone.

How to transparent status-bar in any android?

•  In the app you will get different options, select Statusbar tweaks from it.
• Now in that section you will find out Transparency management option, click on it.
• In that section you will see two options for transparency, one for launcher and one for lockscreen. You can set any value you want as per transparency you want in particular area.
• That’s it. Just close the app, and you will notice that your status bar is transparent.

[GravityBox Options]

How to transparent Notification Panel/Area in any android?

• Same as above, first select Statusbar tweaks and then Notification drawer style from it.
• Now here you will get Background transparency option, set the value you want and you will get transparent notification area as per your selected values.

So that’s it. Like this you can make your status bar and notification area transparent. This tweak supports almost all the phone. So hope you are not the unlucky one. Enjoy.

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How to have Custom ROM features on your Android's Stock ROM?

If you have installed Custom ROM anytime then you should know that how it feels like. You will get many modification and features in Custom ROM that you will not get on Stock ROM (default android operating system given by company). Just like Custom ROM with this method you can make changes in notification panel, status bar, battery icon, lock screen and many more. So keep on reading if you are interested in such changes.

Xposed Installer is the app related to framework made by XDA developer which is really cool way to change and modify you android ROM without modifying any APK files. This installer itself will not do anything for you, but after installing this you can install bunch of modules/apps which will only work after installing this Xposed Installer, and with those modules/apps you can do lots of cool changes(system related) on your android phone.

Different modules have different choices and features. I will explain different modules in details one by one in my next articles. But each of them has different functions and with them you can do lots of changes on your android phone and you can get functions like you get on custom ROM. So you can have experience of custom ROM with stock ROM with this app. Let me tell you how to install this app.

How to install Xposed Installer?

• Download app from this link: Download (you will found it in download section)
• After installing app open it and got to Framework, you will get below page.

[Install Xposed]

• Now click on Install/Update button as shown in image and after few processes click on Soft reboot. (You must have rooted android phone for installing the framework otherwise it will not work)
• It’s done. Now Xposed Installer is installed on your phone.

Now you can move towards module section.

How to/Where to install modules for Xposed Installer?

• After installing Xposed Installer now go to Download section from the app.
• Here on the top you will found Xposed Installer app itself which you have already downloaded, but you can download future updates from their directly.

[Xposed Module List]

• After that on the list you will get all different kind of modules, just click on any one and you will found description regarding it.

 [Xpose Module Select and Download]

• Now select any module you want to download and download it directly from the app. Just as above images.
• After it finished you will found that particular module in Modules section on the first page.

[Select Module and then again click install/update]

• Now just select (check it) that module from there and then again go to Framework section from first page and click on install/update button from it as mentioned above. After it again click on Soft Reboot button.

After phone reboots, it’s all done. You can use that module from the app menu of your android phone. You can install different modules and activate them using same method mentioned above from Xposed Installer. Now as I mentioned I will tell you about different modules and its functions in different articles one by one. So wait for my next articles and I will update the links below with its functions.

Tweaks for all android using Xposed Installer and its Modules

Tweaks using GravityBox

• How to make Statusbar and Notification Area transparent in any Android.
• How to set background wallpaper on Notification Drawer/Panel in any android device.
• How to get transparent statusbar on Micromax canvas unite 2 a106.

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Play music together: Samsung’s Group Play kind of app for all Android

Samsung is having few very good apps on their smart phones. And one of them is Group Play which is really cool application for music lovers. Using it users can play single music in multiple phones together.

What is Group Play app? How it works?

Using Group Play we can share music and play same music on all devices together using wifi portable hotspot. It is not necessary that all phones having that music file, the phone which is having particular music can create portable hotspot and other devices can join it and then they all can play that music file together. So like this users can enjoy music in group and loudly with all those phone’s speakers. So it’s all magic of wifi portable hotspot.

Having Group Play kind of app on all android phones

Unfortunately this application does not work on all phones. Actually it only works on few limited Samsung phones for now. So it is not possible to have it on all android phones. But we are having one similar kind of application using it we can achieve the same thing what we can do with Samsung’s Group Play application.

One XDA developer has developed two applications which together can serve you same feature as Samsung’s Group Play. But unlike Samsung’s Group Play you have to install two applications for performing this task. Among them one app will create the wifi portable hotspot and work as actual player and other app will join that already created hotspot and work as speakers which will play that music files. So one app is for the phone which will share the music and other app is for other device which will play that music file by connecting wifi hotspot. Here are two apps.

Sound Seeder Player: This will share music over wifi hotspot

Sound Seeder Speaker: This app will connect to the wifi hotspot and play that music

[Sound Seeder Player]                 [Sound Seeder Speaker]

So users can download both apps. The one who want to share music over wifi hotspot will create wifi hotspot using Sound seeder player app and the people who want to use their phone as speakers will join that network using Sound Seeder Speaker app. That’s it.

So using this two applications you can do same task which offered by Samsung’s Group Play app. Only difference is that you have to download two applications to achieve this task unlike Samsung’s app. Well, this is not that hard task I guess, as you can have great feature for free. You can download the app from below link.

Download from here: Download Group Play alternative 

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Missing items in IOS 7 Control Center

IOS 7 just got introduced by Apple and for me it is working really well. Some people criticize about the icons design and all that but let me tell you personally I enjoyed it. I like the Control Center feature most in this new version. But still it can get improved in next updates. May be I am comparing it with Android features but there is nothing wrong in comparing in this section. IOS 7 Control Center is having toggles like wifi, Bluetooth and many other options like accessing music from it which is really cool, but still they are missing few important functions in this area.

Missing thing in Control Center

Data Connection and 3G: Well just like android phone we should get option for switching on and off data connection and 3G. Right now we have to go deep into settings for the same thing which is little inconvenient. So in next update Apple can provide this stuff.

GPS toggle: Similar to Data connection they should also give GPS toggle button so that user can directly operate GPS from control center.

 Changing Wallpaper: Well there should be some shortcut option to change the wallpaper of the phone. Right now we having no shortcut option, we have to go deep into setting to choose wallpaper. So it would be great if we can have some shortcut option just like we have on android.

So this is it. Actually Control Center is the feature I like most in this latest IOS version. But still it look incomplete without some of above functions. So it would be great if Apple can provide the missing features in next update. Well, I know more option can occupy more space, but we can always have more functions with swiping function, so with that we can have all those functions in one row itself. 

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First experience with IOS 7

Just yesterday Apple has launched IOS 7 for free publically. I am sure lots of users have gone through this update. Even I have installed this latest IOS version on my iPhone 4S. Let me tell you this new IOS 7 is quite big in size. I have downloaded around 1.2GB file for this new version. But it is surely worthy.

As per my first experience, it almost looks like themed (colorful) version of previous IOS version. Yes you will not found many big differences from the old version except its lookBut that’s the plus point, I mean as features and usage is familiar we can soon get used to of it. Overall experience is wonderful and personally I liked it because of few important changes like control center. Let’s see what changes you will get in it.

Parallax Mode: With this new mode you will found your screen display (wallpaper) and icons are separately available. You will find out icons are moving when you will tilt you phone left right. You will get experience something like 3D.

Icons: You will surely found new and colorful icons of many apps.

Camera UI: Camera UI has much more improved with new features. Now you can easily switch to video and other modes just by swiping. You can capture in different color mode and also capture in panorama mode.

[Camera]                                              [Panorama]

Airdrop: Now you can transfer file over wifi or Bluetooth on this latest IOS version.

New Lock Screen: Not much difference but now you can unlock your screen by swapping left to right anywhere on the screen. Just like previous version you can also access camera directly by swiping camera icon up.

[Lock Screen]                                      [Control Center]

Control Center: Now you can swipe up from bottom edge to get Control Center from where you can access different toggles and other features. You can control brightness of your device and music from the same place. Plus torch mode also included in this area.

Swipe to go back: Now going back to previous page is easy. I mean suppose you have open something from the setting window, now to come back to setting window you just need to swipe left to right. So this will make your experience fast and easy.

Multi tasking: Multi tasking is much more easy compare to before. Just press home button twice and you will entered in to multi tasking option from anywhere. To close opened apps from there you just need to swipe up that app’s window. So with this multitasking feature has been improved too.

[Multitasking]                                          [Folders]

Folder section improved: Now you can put more items in folder and you can swipe folder too like you do in home screen for putting more things in it.

 So this is it. Overall experience with this new IOS is just great. If you are not jailbreak lover then you can go for this update without a doubt. Jailbreak of this version is yet not available and it can take time. If you are okay without it then go for it.

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Reselling your phone? Things you should keep in mind

Reselling value of any smart phone is now quite low in compare of past. Even if you have latest purchased phone, if you are up to resell it, you will have to face loss without a doubt. It is same thing for any kind of phone; either you are purchasing some branded phone or less popular branded phone. So what to do? Well you can follow few simple things if you are a person who used to change your handset more frequently. It will help you somehow to get decent and proper value for your phone.

Few things you should keep in mind

Don’t keep phone for long: Well, there is time for any technology. So if your phone is having outdated technology and hardware then you will surely not getting enough amount for your device. That’s the simple thing, nobody wants to have outdated phone in high amount. So if you are a person who used to change your handset frequently then better you don’t keep it for long. Don’t keep it for years.

But that doesn’t mean that you resell your phone immediately like just in a month. Reduce price will be almost same for 1 month old phone or 6 month old phone. So don’t buy any phone in rush that you have to resell it in that less time.

Don’t rush for selling it: I have seen that few people just don’t wait when they decide to sell their cell. If you have decided to sell your phone then wait for the right deal if you want to have proper outcome of your phone otherwise you will not get proper price.

Grab the right opportunity: As I said you have to wait for proper deal no need to rush. But when you get the proper price for your phone means proper deal then better you don’t be greedy. Once you miss the change and good deal it may not come again and you have to sell it in less price.

Take care of your phone: If you are a person who used change phones frequently then you should take care of your device carefully. I mean reselling value decide from the condition of the phone. So better you don’t use your phone roughly.  

Keep bill and accessory: If you lost bill of your phone or miss any kind of accessory then this can cause you less reselling value of your phone. So better you keep them safe.

So this is it. Keep them in mind and I am sure this will help you to get good price of your used device. So take care if few things and get the good price for your used phone.

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iPhone 5c and 5s with new ios 7: Important points

Just today apple have launched two new iphones with latest IOS 7. New IOS 7 will be available officially on 18^th September. So yes rumors were right now we are having two new iphone with some expected features. Of course they will run on new latest IOS 7 which has many new changes in compare of previous IOS versions. Let’s see what new and important points available in two new iphones.

iPhone 5c features

• Will be colorful iphone
  
• Available in 5 colors: white, green, red, blue and yellow
• A6 chip for fast processing experience
• Will run on IOS 7
• 8MP iSight camera
• New facetime HD camera
• Body: un apologetically plastic
• Cases will be available too

iPhone 5S features

• Best suitable phone which runs on IOS 7
• A7 chip on board with 64- bit which makes it fastest iphone so far.
• 5 times faster than iphone 5
• Battery life is same or better than iphone 5
• Camera is much more improved with bigger and better pixel with 1.5 macrons.
• Flash has been improved with “true tone flash”.
• Auto image stabilization is also there.
• Burst mode which can take 20 photos in 2 seconds.
• Slow motion video option is also there.
• More and easy security with Touch ID: Unlock your phone with finger print.
• You can also access your finger print security mode with some applications.
• Case will be available in 5 colors.

So this is it. I have written down almost all new important features available on two new iphones. For me it looks impressive. But let’s wait till they come in market so that we can have more clear review. Right now it will be launched in few selected countries including China. But as per Apple they will make it available in many countries till the end of this year.

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