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How can I remove the today app tray at the bottom

I have some running apps that for some reason show an icon on the today page at the bottom, any idea how to remove them?
thanks

Bump, been looking for the answer as well.

I finally found the answer. But to do it, I also removed the soft keys on the home page.
PMC Today Shrink is the app I used

Hi!
I'm looking for a similar solution!
But I don't want remove my softkeys!
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance,
Federico

when using the shrink app the soft keys still are there you can access them by pressing the hard keys below where the soft keys were

start -> settings -> Today -> Items tab -> Uncheck HTCHomeplug
hope it helps.

steve960 said:
when using the shrink app the soft keys still are there you can access them by pressing the hard keys below where the soft keys were
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Yeah I've understood this but I prefer to see them.

zntfdr said:
Yeah I've understood this but I prefer to see them.
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yeah, me too

lockscreen stock android

help, I need the default screen lock android no lg... can someone help me? thanx in advance

Just go to settings, location and security, screenlock (I'm not quite sure about the english menus) and choose pattern instead of none
kind regards, by the way it's not dev-related :>
N0r0

N0r0 said:
Just go to settings, location and security, screenlock (I'm not quite sure about the english menus) and choose pattern instead of none
kind regards, by the way it's not dev-related :>
N0r0
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I didn't found the "ScreenLock" menu...

Its kinda dev related, here you go, just flash with CWM...
Credits to paul!
http://db.tt/DMAPcxN

Spuggi said:
Its kinda dev related, here you go, just flash with CWM...
Credits to paul!
http://db.tt/DMAPcxN
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Thanks very much

apply the mod ... works fine ... 2 bugs:
1. menu key unlocks the phone
2. long press power returns menu to shutdown
can you fix this?
i really like it ... please fix it ...
your the best ... thx!!

it's supposed to be like that.
And it shouldn't be a problem, no way you would unlock the phone in your pocket anyway.
First you would have to accidentally push the power button, then you would accidentally have someone's finger in your pocket to push the menu button. And what's the chances of both happening in the same five seconds?

[Q] Removed persistent google search bar

All,
Gladly recieved my Z3 compact yesterday. Playing around with it I've removed the google search bar from the very top of the home screen. At the time, there was a message telling me how to get it back. I didn't read it! Now there is an empty, unusable space where it once was.
How to get it back? Could someone with a Z3 compact attempt to delete the search bar and read the message which tells you how to get it back?
Please note, adding it back as a widget WILL NOT work, as the space at the top now seems to be reserved.
I don't want to change launcher; I figure - if the space can't be used for anything else, or any other widgets, I may as well have the search bar there.
Thanks

Goto Settings -> Apps -> All -> Find in the list "Xperia Home" -> Tap on it -> Select "Delete Data".
Mind you, this will not only bring the Search bar back but will restore the Home Screen to its original settings completely. Means, the Home Screen will again look as if you just unpacked the phone.

wow - spent the last 24 hours setting up my icons! is there no other way?

Yes, just bring the Search Bar widget on.

I wonder why the Google search bar widget is fixed onto the home screen like that? It seems obtrusive and unnecessery to me. :-/

sxtester said:
Yes, just bring the Search Bar widget on.
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No. As I said in my original post, the space created when I deleted the search bar cannot be simply replaced by another widget search bar, or any other widget for that matter.
If it was as simple as long pressing in the space, and adding back the search bar widget I wouldn't be on here!
Can anyone guide me? Is there a way of replacing the built-in google search bar without loosing all my home screen customisation?

greenredblue said:
Can anyone guide me? Is there a way of replacing the built-in google search bar without loosing all my home screen customisation?
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Your best bet is to make a screenshot of every home screen page, so it will at least be easier to redo your home screen customization. If the space of the google bar is unusable, then there is probably no other way than to delete the data for Xperia Home and redo everything.
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Oh an idea just came up: you know how you're able to delete and add home screen pages, right? Are you able to delete the page that has the reserved space? See if the space will be usable if you re-add the home screen page after deleting it. You might just be able to delete the page with the reserved space, add a new page and shift your icons and widgets one page to the left/right to restore your original page setup.

Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.

greenredblue said:
Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.
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Though is it possible to delete the home screen page with the permanent google search bar?

greenredblue said:
Well I did it. I think the only way was to delete all data and start from scratch. Thanks for the help everyone.
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So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?

CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!

AlexFLCL said:
I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
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See if you can just delete the home screen page that has the reserved space? When you long touch an empty area on the home screen, every page should have a little cross in the corner, does it work for the page that had the google bar?

degraaff said:
See if you can just delete the home screen page that has the reserved space? When you long touch an empty area on the home screen, every page should have a little cross in the corner, does it work for the page that had the google bar?
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The trouble is that this space is reserved on all pages, not just only on the home screen...

sxtester said:
The trouble is that this space is reserved on all pages, not just only on the home screen...
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That's outrageous! So every page also has a permanent google search bar?
Anyway, I found this: http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/26/google-app-requirements-android/
It's probably related to this news. I think the "powered by android" branding at boot-up is related to this news as well.
The part where it says that Google wants to be represented prominently on the home screen. If Google keeps up that attitude its ego is going to burst, lol.

Same problem here ...
Hi, apart from Google's politics and its ego, here I'm having the very same problem: cannot figure out how to put the search bar back
[My actual problem is: this bran new phone is a gift I've done to my wife, so this is going to be unpleasant ].
Anyone an idea (a precise idea)? Please... Thanks!

ZioFranz said:
Hi, apart from Google's politics and its ego, here I'm having the very same problem: cannot figure out how to put the search bar back
[My actual problem is: this bran new phone is a gift I've done to my wife, so this is going to be unpleasant ].
Anyone an idea (a precise idea)? Please... Thanks!
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U can get it back by clear data on settings >apps >xperia home ..
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CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I did, and it says:
Delete Xperia Home data in Settings -> Apps to get back the Search Bar.
So it's basically what sxtester said haha.
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AlexFLCL said:
I removed it and I want it back too, back I follow the steps and I cant get to "xperia Home".
could you, kindly, tell us how to get it back?
Thanks in advance!
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Seeing that you are from Spain, your phone might be in Spanish (just as mine).
In our case, the process is:
Ajustes-> Aplicaciones -> Todas-> Find in the list "Inicio de Xperia" -> Tap on it -> Select "Borrar Datos".
Hope it helps! And sorry for the language mix, but as the thread is in English, I think is appropiate to keep it that way

I'm afraid Android is slowly trying to become more locked down like iOS. I mean, they tried it with Android Silver but luckily OEMs weren't interested in a locked down version of Android. But now Google is still doing unacceptable things such as forcing OEMs to place a permanent Google search bar on top of every home screen page. It's also happened to me twice that a bunch of Google apps such as Hangout, Pictures, Google+ re-enabled themselves x days after disabling them.

I checked the message
CollinsJ said:
So after you reset did you remove it again and read the message on how to get it back for future reference?
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I reset the home screen data, them i attempted to delete the google bar again in order to see the message. It is as follow: "Clear Xperia home data in settings > Apps to bring back the search bar"
This bar is fixed in all home pages in Z3. So you cant retreive it by deleting a single home page as someone suggested in this thread.
Z3 is powered by Google so I guess this is why they fixed this bar in all home screen pages. Just guessing.

This worked great and found an easy way to get icons back...
sxtester said:
Goto Settings -> Apps -> All -> Find in the list "Xperia Home" -> Tap on it -> Select "Delete Data".
Mind you, this will not only bring the Search bar back but will restore the Home Screen to its original settings completely. Means, the Home Screen will again look as if you just unpacked the phone.
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This worked perfectly to restore the google tool bar on each screen (without taking up icon space) and as I was warned, returned all screens to their original state, but instead of using the old method of going to all apps, holding down the app you want, and dragging to the correct screen (very time consuming). I wrote down what apps go on what screen and where, then by holding down in an empty space on any home screen, you get a toolbar that includes "Apps." Hit Apps, this method is so much faster (you can easily pick apps, then the screen you want it on, and location, and easily move on to the next icon to place)! This entire process took less than 5 minutes.

[Q] Impossible to enable lock screen in stock rom [SOLVED: DEMO MODE]

Hi,
My P7 does not have lock screen, instead of this, loads an annoying app called P7 (which comes with stock ROM).
Any of you have an idea to enable lock screen? In settings->security->lock screen, option appears in grey and it is unselectable
I have updated to B126 to check if there was an issue with my stock rom, but it is the same.
Thank you

chenchix said:
Hi,
My P7 does not have lock screen, instead of this, loads an annoying app called P7 (which comes with stock ROM).
Any of you have an idea to enable lock screen? In settings->security->lock screen, option appears in grey and it is unselectable
I have updated to B126 to check if there was an issue with my stock rom, but it is the same.
Thank you
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I'll take a guess here that you have the default magazine slideshow lock.
Go into the theme app and click customize them you can change the lockscreen style to one that allows widgets etc.
It took me a little to figure it out also when I got my phone.

drguild said:
I'll take a guess here that you have the default magazine slideshow lock.
Go into the theme app and click customize them you can change the lockscreen style to one that allows widgets etc.
It took me a little to figure it out also when I got my phone.
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No, i dont have any lock screen. When i press power off button to go to lockscreen, by default, the P7 app appears with a lot of spam about huawei. If i disable this app by settings->applications->p7->disable, when i press power button, screen goes black and when i press again, instead of see the typical lock screen, i see the desktop directly

chenchix said:
No, i dont have any lock screen. When i press power off button to go to lockscreen, by default, the P7 app appears with a lot of spam about huawei. If i disable this app by settings->applications->p7->disable, when i press power button, screen goes black and when i press again, instead of see the typical lock screen, i see the desktop directly
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Please take a screenshot of what you mean.

This was already discussed before, use the search button next time.
Your phone is in demo mode, used for demostration in shops.
Try method post #20 first, if it doesn't work do the steps in post #18.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p7/help/ascend-p7-strange-problem-t2872181

drguild said:
Please take a screenshot of what you mean.
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This is what I have in security (it is in spanish, but the menu is the same)

vEEGAZ said:
This was already discussed before, use the search button next time.
Your phone is in demo mode, used for demostration in shops.
Try method post #20 first, if it doesn't work do the steps in post #18.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p7/help/ascend-p7-strange-problem-t2872181
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Sorry, but i have search using lock screen, lockscreen... and some other combinations but i did not find anything. Thank you very much for the tip

chenchix said:
Sorry, but i have search using lock screen, lockscreen... and some other combinations but i did not find anything. Thank you very much for the tip
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DId it work out?

vEEGAZ said:
DId it work out?
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Not at all, but I learnt about demo mode, and I was able to find the app in /cust/hw/demo, so I removed this and then I did a factory reset

Help please

Can anyone help me I've pressed something on my phone and I don't know what it is and now googles stuck on my home screen and all my apps have a weird blue ring around them, it's an mi note pro any help would be great full thanks

Kim123 said:
Can anyone help me I've pressed something on my phone and I don't know what it is and now googles stuck on my home screen and all my apps have a weird blue ring around them, it's an mi note pro any help would be great full thanks
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easy way, do a factory reset or try
Go to your Settings > Apps > swipe to the “ALL” tab > select “Google Search” > press “Disable”.