Why is the best time to rooting your Android – Hypertext

Have I ever mentioned here that my first Android phone was a HTC Magic, the original system was Android 1.5 Cupcake. That version was very limited, and for things as simple today as tethering, had to buy superuser , that is, obtain root access. Then came the fashion to install custom ROMs, because the scope in the depth of the changes of the system was much higher. That’s where CyanogenMod grew and made a name in the world of forums, to be what it is today. However, ROM change entails, in most cases, a very “complicated” for the average user process.

But with the passage of time, how to make changes that depth was found in just rooting system and make a instalarción an application. This application is called Xposed Installer manages the installation of the Xposed Framework in the system partition and its modules, which are similar to the iOS jailbreak tweaks. Thanks to them, you can customize your phone as much or more serial with a ROM . I leave some of the modules more you can benefit.

Gravity Box

With GravityBox you can modify settings 12S like CyanogenMod way.

For me is the king of all modules. If you like CyanogenMod, you’re in luck, because this module customization ability is similar . For example, starting with the status bar, we can make the battery charge is displayed as a percentage, the clock is displayed centered instead of left or the speed display which are currently downloading or up data. You can also add functions to elements that normally do not. For example, sliding the notification bar and found a watch today’s date. Normally they do nothing, but with GravityBox can set that pressing the clock the clock app (alarm, stopwatch, countdown) and pressing on the date the calendar application opens that opens We want. At the insistence of the floating notifications, it is also possible to limit the time intervals shown .

In addition, we can also set the controls that you want to appear on the notification bar , Lollipop, in Kit Kat and Jelly Bean, adding some that even the latest version were not available, as the rotation lock. Also it highlights the possibility of adding functions to the shutdown menu or software buttons (you can also resize) or hardware of our device. Offers this and much more, but I encourage you to try on your own.

Change the size of the interface with App Settings

Left: modified interface. Right. Serial interface

I think currently applications do not take advantage of either the size of the screen of our terminal , so it is best to resize interface, which is possible thanks to Android. Recently explained how to modify the whole system, but App Settings offers a more interesting possibility, as is to modify each application separately, it may be interested in some and not in others. It also allows you to adjust the language of each application or if we want the application to run, for example, immersive way

effective to conserve battery modules

Xposed Framework enables modules that can control the system at a very low level, and what better than to use them to save battery power. Hibernating we have apps like Greenify classics, which is responsible for prevent applications running in the background unless we activate temporarily, but it is very well designed and allows them to continue receiving notifications. But there are even more radical solutions, such as Power Nap for Xposed, which replicates the behavior Sony STAMINA mode or Amplify, which controls the intervals in which the system wakes up with things like the location. The latter is somewhat technical but the other two are very helpful.

The magic of gesture

I believe that, for the possibilities, Android gestures are something underutilized , but that gap is arranged Xposed plus many others. The most powerful module is Xposed Gesture Navigation, which literally allows you to configure a large number of gestures throughout the system and make unnecessary and even the use of software buttons . If we will configure many apps allow its edges to slide back with swipes, best SwipeBack2 module. And finally, replicating the behavior of the status bar of iOS, we Scroll To Top Status Bar, which, as the name suggests, brings us to the top of a list by clicking in the status bar.

Final Thoughts

Xposed is very stable since Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) to Kit Kat. In Lollipop is still in experimental stage , but in my case is practically stable. In addition to the generic modules as mentioned there are some Wanam Xposed, pensandos terminals exclusively for Samsung, as well as more specific. The biggest problem of all is to do root for certain terminals is complex in some cases, and make it causes us to lose the guarantee definitely others, but if not, I encourage you to give the passage .