GravityBox - a complex Xposed module
targeted for devices running Android
4.1/4.2/4.3, which turns vanilla ROM into
feature-packed "non-flashing" custom ROM.
Originally, this module was designed for
MTK6589 devices which lack custom ROMs
built from source due to MediaTek closed-
source policy.
Later on, it was adjusted to support other
(non-MTK) devices running vanilla or close-
to-vanilla AOSP ROMs.
Introduction
The app utilizes amazing Xposed framework
coded by recognized
developer rovo89 which, briefly, provides
interface for injecting code into any app,
including system services allowing
modifications of applications and system
services at run-time. One of the biggest
advantages of GravityBox is that it is not
bound to any specific device. Actually, it
should run on any device having vanilla
Android 4.1/4.2/4.3 (ROM close enough to
AOSP).
This project wouldn't be possible without
rovo's Xposed framework, so huge kudos to
him.
Feature highlight
GravityBox provides 2 main groups of
features:
Fixes - help to fight typical MTK6589 bugs
like:
--- Date&Time settings crash
--- Caller ID mismatch
--- Split conversation in messaging
--- Wakelock in calendar app periodically
turning on the screen
--- Waelock in messaging app turning on the
screen every time new message arrives
--- Missing TTS settings in Language&Input
--- Missing extended developer options
Mods - the set of additional useful features
that make using the system more easy and
fun
--- CyanogenMod Pie controls
--- Expanded Desktop
--- Statusbar QuickSettings tile management
with tile reordering
--- Lockscreen targets
--- Statusbar color and transparency
--- Statusbar Brightness Control
--- Statusbar icon colors
--- Additional QuickSettings tiles:
------- Sync on/off, WiFi AP on/off,
GravityBox shortcut, Torch, Network mode
(2G/3G/2G+3G switch), Sleep, QuickRecord,
QuickApp, GPS on/off, Ringer mode, Volume
tile
--- Quick pulldown - switches to
QuickSettings when status bar is pulled down
near edges
--- Auto-switch to QuickSettings when there
are no notifications
--- Center clock in statusbar
--- Battery indicator style
--- Navigation bar tweaks
--- Low battery warning policy
--- Disable LED flashing when battery low
--- Disable LED while charging
--- Auto-hiding of signal icons for empty SIM
Slots
--- Advanced power-off menu (reboot,
recovery)
--- Volume key cursor control
--- Skip tracks by volume key long-press
while screen off (thanks to rovo89)
--- More volume levels for music stream
--- Option to control safe headset media
volume
--- Button for clearing all recent tasks at
once
--- Fullscreen caller photo
--- CRT screen off animation
--- Minimal brightness setting
--- Autobrihtness levels adjustment
--- Lockscreen tweaks - show widgets
maximized, lockscreen background style
(color fill, custom image)
--- Lockscreen rotation
--- Phone tweaks - flip action, disable
vibrate on call connect
--- Hardware key actions - menu long-press/
double-tap, back long-press, home long-
press
--- MasterKey vulnerabilities patched (thanks
to @Tungstwenty )
--- Dithered Holo background
--- Option to use solid black Holo
background
--- Expandable volume panel
--- Option to unlink ringtone and
notifications volumes
--- Notification drawer style (background
color, image for portait/landscape,
transparency)
--- Button backlight modes (default,
disabled, always on while screen is on)
--- Button backlight notifications (for devices
that lack Notification LED)
--- Navigation bar ring targets
--- GravityBox Actions (shortcuts)
--- Lockscreen "see through"
--- Smart Radio
--- Notification control (allows controlling
notification lights/sounds/vibrations on per-
app basis)
--- Ascending (increasing) ring tone
... more to come
Compatibility
Some words about GB's main concept. One
thing I didn't like about xposed modules was
that it was always necessary to reboot a
device after making a change to some
option. Since GB's main concept was to turn
MTK devices running stock ROM into
something that's close enough to a feature-
packed custom ROM, I had to take a decision
- for it to be as much comfortable as
possible and to really behave like a custom
ROM, I had to design it to support most of
the preference changes to be done on the fly
without needing to reboot a device. While
this sounds nice, it also brings couple of
"drawbacks". For changes to be made on the
fly, it is necessary to make some
preparations when device starts. This means,
even if you don't use the particular feature,
the necessary preparation/modification is
already there and is waiting for the user to
come and change that option.
This means it is not possible to "completely
deactivate" particular feature if it causes
trouble on your device or if you installed GB
because you want to use only one particular
feature you can't find elsewhere.
This results in issues on ROMs/devices that
have parts that are diverting from default
Android implementation too much, or are
running heavily modified custom ROMs.
If you experience weird issues after installing
GB, even if you didn't activate a particular
feature, it is not because of GB is broken, it
is because it is not compatible with your
ROM. It is very similar as if you installed
ROM built from source for Nexus to some
Xperia device - it won't work.
Next thing, GB is a complex module and is
not suitable for 1 purpose scenario. This
means, if you are running custom ROM built
from source (CM, PAC, ...), and you are
missing a certain feature, your best option is
to go ask creators of those ROMs to
implement those additional features.
Supplementing missing features on well-
known custom ROMs built from source by
installing xposed modules (especially
complex ones) is definitely not a good way
to go and can cause more trouble than good .
And finally, the last. GB being a complex
module, it shouldn't be combined with other
complex modules often racing for the same
goal. They can conflict/fight on the same
playground and there's no way you can
deterministically say which one's going to
win.
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