Android apps by tsorn

full!screen

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:19:31 +0000

Full screen for tablets!
Hide the systembar and use your tablet in fullscreen-mode without losing systembars main functions: navigation options and notifications .

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~ please note: This app requires root!
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~ read below for issues and limitations !
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This app is a light-weight replacement/companion for the default systembar on tablets.
It can disable the bottom systembar on most tablets running Android 3 or Android 4.
Now you can use the full screen for your own apps without wasting space for the bottom bar.

» Play games,
» Watch videos,
» Surf the web,
» Read your mails...
››› everything fullscreen and without losing the main functions of the systembar:
Go back, Go to Homescreen, switch between recently used apps, access notifications...

The provided replacement buttons can be configured in function, visibility, position and size. Following actions can be assigned to any button:
• Go back: Navigate back within apps.
• Go to homescreen: Shortcut to directly go to homescreen.
• Show recent apps: Quickly switch between recently used apps.
• Show notifications: Display a panel with notifications.
• Restore systembar: An action to quickly restore systembar.
• Open apps menu: Easy access even to menu of older apps.
• Pie-Menu: Opens a configurable pie-menu.

The also available plus-Version supports an automatic mode:

Just define the apps you want to use in fullscreen mode and full!screen+ takes care of the rest. It will automatically disable the bottom bar for those apps.
- Start your browser -> *puff* bottom bar is gone.
- Switch back to Home -> the bar reappears.
- Play Video -> always in fullscreen.
You don't have to care!

issues and limitations:
- in case you experience problems after reboot like notifications not working or not able to autostart:
Please upgrade/change your SuperUser-Manager and use it to upgrade/install latest su-binary! (I suggest to use "SuperSU", as it is the most evolved of it's kind)

- There are limitations with phone devices. You might lose ability to accept incoming calls or receive SMS in fullscreen mode. Please make sure to test this before using full!screen.

- On devices with split systembar (notifications on top and navigation on bottom) it is not possible to just hide navigationbar. This unfortunately is a system-limitation and no workaround possible.

- Also the well known "swipe-to-kill" option currently is not possible. (The information used for the recent-apps-list is handled by Android itself and it is not possible to remove items from that list.)

tags: fullscreen - full screen - hide bottom bar - hide system bar - hidebar

Recent changes:
If you experience problems with update: Please CONTACT me, else I just can guess what those problems are caused by!

1.6
› New action: Pie Menu... this opens a Pie menu which can be freely configured for any event.
› New event: Swipe... a third action can be assigned to buttons which will be invoked when swiping over the button.
› Added extended options: enable them within the apps menu to freely change color and feedback of touch areas or to change long click timeout.
› Bugfixes.

full!screen+

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:13:59 +0000

Full screen for tablets!
Automatically hide the systembar depending on currently active app. Use your tablet in fullscreen-mode without losing systembars main functions: navigation options and notifications .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ please note: This app requires root!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ read below for issues and limitations !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This app is an easy, automated, light-weight replacement/companion for the default systembar on tablets.
It can disable the bottom systembar on most tablets running Android 3 or Android 4.
Now you can use the full screen for your own apps without wasting space for the bottom bar.

» Play games,
» Watch videos,
» Surf the web,
» Read your mails...
››› everything fullscreen and without losing the main functions of the systembar:
Go back, Go to Homescreen, switch between recently used apps, access notification...

The provided replacement buttons can be configured in function, visibility, position and size. Following actions can be assigned to any button:
• Go back: Navigate back within apps.
• Go to homescreen: Shortcut to directly go to homescreen.
• Show recent apps: Quickly switch between recently used apps.
• Show notifications: Display a panel with notifications.
• Restore systembar: An action to quickly restore systembar.
• Open apps menu: Easy access even to menu of older apps.
• Pie-Menu: Opens a configurable pie-menu.

This plus-Version provides an automatic mode:

Just define the apps you want to use in fullscreen mode and full!screen+ takes care of the rest. It will automatically disable the bottom bar for those apps.
- Start your browser -> *puff* bottom bar is gone.
- Switch back to Home -> the bar reappears.
- Play Video -> always in fullscreen.
You don't have to care!

!! Please get the free version first to make sure your system is supported !!

issues and limitations:
- in case you experience problems after reboot like notifications not working or not able to autostart:
Please upgrade/change your SuperUser-Manager and use it to upgrade/install latest su-binary! (I suggest to use "SuperSU", as it is the most evolved of it's kind)

- There are limitations with phone devices. You might lose ability to accept incoming calls or receive SMS in fullscreen mode. Please make sure to test this before using full!screen.

- On devices with split systembar (notifications on top and navigation on bottom) it is not possible to just hide navigationbar. This unfortunately is a system-limitation and no workaround possible.

- Also the well known "swipe-to-kill" option currently is not possible. (The information used for the recent-apps-list is handled by Android itself and it is not possible to remove items from that list.)

tags: fullscreen - full screen - hide bottom bar - hide system bar

Recent changes:
If you experience problems with update: Please CONTACT me, else I just can guess what those problems are caused by!

1.6
› New action: Pie Menu... this opens a Pie menu which can be freely configured for any event.
› New event: Swipe... a third action can be assigned to buttons which will be invoked when swiping over the button.
› Added extended options: enable them within the apps menu to freely change color and feedback of touch areas or to change long click timeout.
› Bugfixes.

MTK CPU-Control test

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:21:04 +0000

MTK CPU-Control-test is a tool to control frequency and voltage of the famous MT6573 CPU from Mediatek.

It was developed because similar tools like SetCPU don't support this CPU which is widely used in most currently available dual-SIM-phones.

MTK CPU-Control-test can be used to overclock CPU to get more power or to lower the clock to save energy.
On rooted phones the supply-voltage of the CPU can be changed to lower energyconsumption or to stabilize the CPU at higher frequencies.

MTK CPU-Control-test provides just a simple interface for easy change of CPU-frequency and -voltage. Use this app to check if your system supports changing of these parameters and to be sure that your overclocked System remains stable.

The full version of this app has more features like CPU-Monitor, dynamic frequency changing and different profiles for optimized usage.

Recent changes:
- added voltage-control. Note: this feature is only available on rooted devices
- added About- and Help-Dialog.
- fixed a small bug occuring on few devices.
- changed required API-Version to support elder devices

MTK CPU-Control

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:25:59 +0000

MTK CPU-Control is a tool to set CPU frequency and voltage of the famous MT6573 CPU from Mediatek.

NOTE: This app currently only supports MT6573. This CPU is able to run at 806MHz at maximum. Please get the testing-version of this app to make sure that your system is supportet and that your CPU remains stable at maximum frequency.

MTK CPU-Control was developed because similar tools like SetCPU don't support this CPU which is widely used in most currently available dual-SIM-phones.

MTK CPU-Control can be used to overclock CPU to get more power or to lower the clock to save energy.
Dynamic voltage-Control allowes to save even more energy and enables CPU to run stable at higher frequencies.
NOTE: use this feature with care! Keep the voltage as low as possible without destabilizing your system.

MTK CPU-Control provides a CPU-Monitor to show current state of the CPU in Taskbar, dynamic frequency changing for optimized balance between maximum power and best battery-usage. Profiles can be configured for different CPU-behaviour under special conditions (Screen off, Low Battery).

Recent changes:
- added voltage-control. Note: this feature is only available on ROOTed devices.
- revised UI. Added more Information.
- Bugfixes. Service is running more reliable now.
- changed required API-Version to support elder devices
- implemented "fail-safe-mode". See help for details.