Paranoid Android is arguably one of the most popular and widely used custom ROMs in the android community. One of the flamboyant feature that paranoid ROMs exhibit is its multitasking capability which competes with other popularly known ROMs. When we speak of paranoid android multitasking capability, then there are two main features that should be unveil which are the pie control and the halo feature.

The pie replaces your android device on-screen navigation buttons with a customizable one. Thus its main function, is to give you the power of gestures navigation in whatever app you're in, so you can simply swipe from the bottom or any side of the screen to reveal a beautiful customizable menu with your favorite actions included. Whereas Halo is a floating icon that displays notifications from various apps installed on your phone. It features a little bubble which hovers over all your apps and gives you quick access to your notifications (Which is similar to facebook chat heads but this time, you get quick access to all your apps) by showing them in a beautiful and intuitive way, you can launch, dismiss and scroll through all of them. In as much as this features are widely known, they can only be found in most paranoid android ROMs.

Also Read: How To Enable ListView Animation On Any Android Phone.

However you can easily get this feature on your android phone if perhaps you don't want to install any paranoid android ROM due to reasons best known to you. With the help of an Xposed module and the pie control app, then getting this features on your android device can almost be easy. The pie control app can be the most easiest way to get this feature running on your android device, as one of its main pros is that it supports android 2.2 and above. This has been made possible by an xda developer member EatHeat. The pie control app acts similarly to the official paranoid pie control and brings all the functions that it provides.

The Xposed Module method can only work on any android device running on 4.4 and above, thus its not supported for gingerbread and jellybean android device. The biggest pros about the xposed method is that with one simple module, you can be able to get both the paranoid android pie control and halo features. However your android device needs to be rooted before you indulge into this procedure as most of the functions and features needs root access in other for them to work flawlessly.

Get Paranoid android Pie Control On Android Jellybeans.

Pie control offers many options that can be customized to your preference. But first of all grab and install the pie control application from here. Or rather get the updated version from the google playstore by clicking here. Now locate the app from your app drawer and launch it. From the app main screen, you will see varieties of options that can be customized to your preference. Now tick the "Enable Pie Control" box and all the options under settings will be unlocked. Easily swipe from any side of the screen and you will see it working.


The gesture offers basic controls such as option, home, back and menu. Apart from that, it also offers additional control such as search, volume up, volume down etc. Pie control comes quiet in handy when your hardware button isn't functioning perfectly. From the settings, you can tinker with any options to see what functions they hold. The edge preference allows you to show the trigger either from the left, right or both sides of the screen. You can also tinker with the height, thickness, position and color. The transparency option is quiet handy and looks professional. Thus once set to the minimum, you won't be able to see the edges at the side of the screen.



The pie menu preference also has its own function, once tapped on, you can choose to enable a glow around the pie which after ticked should look like the below screenshot. Also you can drag the inner radius and outer radius distance from the screen edge to your preference. However if you've set the transparency under the edge preference then certainly you won't see this function in action. Under the pie menu color, you can can tinker with it to see there functions individually. You can also choose to show the pie control at your device notification panel if you desire. The vibrate on touch allows vibration once the pie gesture is called out. So you can choose either to enable it or to disable it.



So this is the way to set the paranoid pie control feature on your android 4.2.2 jellybean device. The pie control app is quiet lightweight, so it works perfectly and smoothly.

Get Paranoid android pie control and halo feature on android kitkat and above.

This procedure can give you both the paranoid android pie control and halo feature, however your device needs to be running on android 4.4 and above in other to get this feature. We're going to use an xposed module to achieve our aim here, so make sure your device is fully rooted before proceeding.

Firstly you've to download the xposed installer app from the xposed repository website. Now install the app and from your app drawer, locate and tap on it to open. Go to the download section and from the search bar, type in "Unique Control (pie) (halo)" without quote. Now tap on the result, from the module description swipe to the left, then download and install the module.


Now you need to activate the unique control module from the xposed installer application. To do this, locate the xposed app from your app drawer and tap on it to open. Now tap on the module section and tick the unique control box. Use your device back button to navigate back to the xposed home screen. Now this time click on framework and perform a soft reboot to enable changes.


We won't explain much here, however we are going to give you a few tip on how to tinker with unique control. From your app drawer, locate the module and open it. Now from the Halo tab, toggle the main switch button and it will ask you to enable accessibilty service, tap OK and on the next page, tick the unique control box and use the back button to enter the module home screen. This time the toggle will be enabled.


Now click on the pie tab and again tap main switch in order to toggle it. It will again ask you to enable accessibility service, click OK and on the next screen locate and tap on unique control then enable it. Again use the back button of your device to navigate to the module main screen.


There are other options you can enable in this modules, so you have to explore and tinker with them. This feature is fully customizable and works smoothly. However after tinkering with this module, swipe up from the bottom of your android device screen and you should see the pie control and halo feature smiling at you.



So this is the easiest method to get paranoid pie control and halo features on your android phone. If perhaps you have any queries related to this article, then you can easily drop your comments below. Also endeavor to share this post if it works for you.

Facebook is undoubtedly the best social media website ever known, earlier this year the giant of all social media boosted of 2 billion monthly users and that's no small number. From discovery 70 percent of all the people in the world make use of facebook to communicate with there receipents. However facebook can be much more fun if only you can be able to perform certain tricks on it. In as much as we frequently use facebook for varieties of purpose, there are times when certainly we feel like performing most tasks automatically on facebook. Doing them manually can be extremely boring and discouraging. From the last decades when facebook was crawling to it's feet, there wasn't much tricks to perform then but now the case is quiet different. Every thing has its own peneration and with the right procedure you can be able to add some certain features and functions to your facebook chats.

In this article we're compiling the best facebook tricks, tip and hacks you should know to get the best out of your facebook chats. Most of this tricks can come in handy and can certainly help you perform certain tasks on facebook without stress. If you're a facebook addict, then certainly you should apply this tricks and see how tremendous they work. Some of this tricks can help you know how facebook works and you probably will also use it to boost with your friends. However in as much as this tricks can be gullable, you should read and perform the instructions as designated in other for you to get a successful outcome. We're sharing the best facebook tricks, tip and hack for end of 2016 and you will find them interesting if you ride on with the procedures.

#1. Write Colored Text In Facebook

Ever wonder if it's actually possible to write a text on facebook with different colors included?. Then it's certainly possible. By default all text on facebook are colored in black and there's no option to edit text on facebook in other to add some beautiful colors to them before posting. However there's a way to do this and it only involves you knowing some facebook colour codes to use. Before we proceed below are some of the facebook color codes you should use..

<g=b0ffd700>  golden
<fg=b0000000>  black
<fg=b0ff7f00>  orange
<fg=b0ffff00>  yellow
<fg=b0ff00ff>  light pink
<fg=b0ff007f>  dark pink
<fg=b0ff0000>  redish pink
<fg=b0800000>  brown
<fg=b0ffc0cb>  light purple
<fg=b06f00ff> dark blue
<fg=b0c0c0c0>  grey
<fg=80ffffff>  sky blue
<fg=b000ffff>  light blue
<fg=b0bf00ff>  purple
<fg=b08f00ff> dark purple
<fg=b0808000> mehandi green
<fg=b0ba55d3> light purple
<fg=b0f000f0>  majenta
<fg=b00000ff>  blue
<fg=b0b08080>  steel grey
<fg=b0000080> movve
<fg=b0964b00> light brown
<fg=f0f00f0f>  red
<fg=b000ff00>  green

Now from the above facebook color codes, your duty is to implement them while type any text on Facebook. For instance when you're sending a text to your recipient you should input one of the above color code. See screenshot for better understanding.


As you can see, it's quiet easy. You can also update your timeline using this trick. It's not a must that you can color all your text, if perhaps you input the color codes before typing a text, then all your text will be colour. However when you input the color code in between text, the effect will take place right from where the color code begins.

#2. Create Single Name On Facebook

During registration, facebook does not allow its user to create only single name while opening an account. Since by default you're required to input your first name and last name on the box provided. However creating only a single name on facebook can look professional. Thus there's a way to reset this.

Procedure

Firstly log in to the facebook account that you wish to create a single name. Navigate to "Settings and Privacy" which should be at the bottom of facebook homepage. Tap on it and on the next page, click on "Choose Language".


Now select any language of your choice either Hausa, Português or Deutsch. Next navinavigate back to Settings and this time click on " General". From there tap Edit name and on the next page delete the last name and middle name . Type your Single Name in the first column and hit the "Review Change" button.


Next navigate back to Settings and Privacy, click on Language and this time revert back to your default language. Then you should see your single profile name working perfectly.
As you can see we didn't use any proxy to achieve this tricks and it worked perfectly. However you can still revert back to your default name if perhaps you don't fancy this trick.

#3. Send Secret And Self-Destructive Messages On Facebook

Just like WhatsApp, Facebook has also updated a feature that can allow I it's users to have a secret conversation and no unauthorized users can be able to see the conversation you have with your friends. Not only that, you can also send self destructive messages on Facebook which will disappear after the scheduled time elapse. This trick can only be achieved of you are using facebook messenger. However we won't be posting this trick here since we've already written an article on this topic. So use the link below to read this trick.

Read Here: How To Send Secret and Self Destructive Messages On Facebook Messenger.

#4. Download Facebook Video Without Any Software

By default facebook users can only be able to play any facebook video sent to them without any option to download it. This can be discouraging considering if you've a low speed internet connection. However there's a cool trick that can allow you to download your facebook videos free.


We're going to use an online website to achieve this. Firstly open the facebook video you wish to download on your computer system and right click on it. Now select "Show Video URL". Then copy the URL of that particular video and save it to your clipboard. Next go to en.savefrom.net and from the search box provided, paste the facebook video URL you copied earlier on and hit continue. Once it provides result, choose the video format you prefer and it will start downloading.

#5. Auto Wish Your Facebook Friends Happy Birthday 

Friends are the best things one can have, but when choosing a friend you need to make out those that can impact knowledge in you. As a facebook users there's a high possibility that you have over 500 facebook friends on your list, and thus every month there birthday comes up. However since sending  a birthday message to manually them can be stressful and boring. But certainly you can overcome this if you know how to automatically send a birthday message to them.


Firstly go to birthdayfb.com and log in with your account. If perhaps you don't have an account, then you can easily sign up. Now click on connect with friends and endeavor to accept permission. From the next window, you can see your friend's name whose birthday is coming soon . click on the down arrow type in your greetings for them and then schedule the message.

#5. Create Facebook Fake Conversation Online

Pranking your friends on facebook could be much more fun if actually you know the extact trick to use. If perhaps you've ever thought of creating a fake conversation and sending it to your friends, then you're at the right place. There are lots of online websites that can allow you create facebook fake conversation. However we're recommending fakeconvos.com and that's because it has proved to be the best fake conversation website that let's you easily.


To start your fake conversation, firstly go to the website and log in with your facebook account. Now  you need to proceed with the guides shown to you and also input the receiver and sender name. Then you can create any fake conversation and use it to prank your friends.

#6. Create Facebook Fake Walls Update

This is one of the best facebook tricks I have come to fancy since the past few weeks. You can easily fool your facebook friends by creating a fake status/wall update. For instance using this trick, you can make bill gate share a post about you or your blog which looks real but in reality its actually fake.



There are lots of tools on the internet that can allow you to create a fake facebook walls, however we're recommending thewallmachine.com . The wall machine is a "What you see is what you get" website that can allow you to create fake facebook walls. All you've got to do is to log in to the website, connect your facebook profile and start the fake wall creation. Then after that post it on facebook.

Final Words

There are lot's of facebook tricks out there and mostly they involve some extension, however we will keep updating this post for more facebook tricks and tips. So stay tuned!.

Our android phone needs some tinkering and few customization to get the most out of it. When you purchase a new device, one of the basic thing you've to do is to enable some settings and explore round the internet for essential apps. However you can also go further to customize your device and thus take control over it while tinkering with it the way you desire like a boss.

ListView animation can be one of the essential customizable feature you need on your android phone. If you're one of the geek that loves to Install custom ROMs, you probably would have noticed this feature (ListView animation) on one of the ROM you have flashed.  ListView animation gives life to text, it helps to animate text while scrolling through your android phone. Thus this looks perfect and makes your device more gullible and awesome to its beholder.

Also Read: How To Customize The Status Bar Of Your Android Phone Without Rooting.

In this article we're going to guide you on the procedure to enable the list view animation on your android phone. The good news about this feature (ListView Animation) is that it supports all android device running on 4.0 and above. So there's no exception for this procedure, however your android phone needs to be rooted as usual in other to enable this feature. Since we're going to be using an xposed module to achieve our aim here.

Procedure Too Enable ListView Animation On Any Android Phone.

Download and install xposed installer from the xposed repository website, now from your app drawer locate and open the installed app. Tap on the download section and use the search icon to find "Xuimod" without quote. From the search result, tap on it, then swipe the screen to the left to jump to the version tab. Then hit the download button.


After downloading the module, install it and launch the xposed installer again. This time go to the module section, locate and tick the Xuimod box, now use your android device back button and navigate back to the xposed installer home screen. From there tap on the framework section and perform a soft reboot to activate or enable changes.


Now we need to do some tinkering here. Locate and open the xuimod from your device app drawer. The app offers varieties of option, however tap on the listview animation option under Animation. From the next page that will emerge, hit the ListView animation option again and a popup will appear. By default it's in OFF so you can either choose to animate your text from the left, right, scale or alpha etc. So select any option you prefer.


Nex tap on ListView Interpolator and from the popup, select whether to accelerate, decelerate or anticipate your listviews. The animation duration does not offer much function, hence you can leave it in default value or drag the icon to your desires preference. Also the ListView  persistent cache determines which cache to persist on your device memory so its either you choose the scrolling/animation cache or you leave it in No cache which is the default option.


The animate once option does not offer much either, its main function is to repeat animated that has already been animated before. So you can either tick the box or leave it blank like before. Now the next option is Test ListView. Tap on it and a popup will appear, simply scroll there it and see the ListView animation Working perfectly.


The Backlist Apps option helps to prevent some of your apps from animating, to backlist apps, tap on it and on the next page, click on Add at the upper right corner of the screen beside the help option. Now from the popup option that will emerge, select the apps you want to prevent from animating and that is it. To revert back to default, simply tap on the selected app and it will disappear.

Customizing & Tinkering Further into Xuimod Module

We won't explain much here, let's just explain some essential features found in xuimod. From the module (xuimod) home screen, you can go further in customizing the battery, clock and notification mods. Beware every tinkering you make here requires you to restart the system UI before changes can be enabled.

Going further into the xuimod, you will see some option to tinker with the system, IME, Toast and ticker animation. To be sincere here, I haven't explored nor tinker with this options, however the ticker animation once enabled and tinkered, can help determine the animation your notification comes with thereby overriding the default animation. You can explore further to see what the other option has intact.

Now from the options under framework we have the lock screen, scrolling and other mods. They all have there various functions, the scrolling mod for instance comes in handy when you feel like customizing the scrolling capability of your android device to be more faster. After tinkering with the xuimod module, simply launch any of your application and scroll through them to see the difference.


So this is how to enable list view animation on any rooted android phone, once you've rooted your device, you're voiding its warranty but also at the process allowing it to perform more functions rather than the designated ones. So enjoy your listview animation. Its stable fast and smooth.

Customizing your android phone status bar and notification panel with material status bar can be quiet easy if only you can figure out the steps. So in this article we are going to guide you on how to customize your android device without having root access.

Have you ever thought of the possibility to customize your android phone (kitkat or jellybean) status bar to look classic just like that of lollipop and marshmallow devices?. Or perhaps you want to feel how the interface of your jellybean or kitkat phone will look like when tinkered into lollipop. Whatever your reasons might be, we are here to guide you. After the android lollipop 5.0 was launched, it came with a total system UI which from every notch differs from that of android kitkat and jellybean device. Whenever the word "Customize" is been mentioned, the first thing that tends to pop into our mind is Root Access. However you don't have to worry about that now, because we are going to tinker/customize your android phone from all notch without your device having a root access.

Also Read: How To Launch Your Favorite Apps From The Notification Panel On Android.

The guide we are going to share won't involve any Xposed Modules since it doesn't require root access. To customize your android phone, we are going to use an app know as "Material Status Bar". I came across this app when I was researching for a way to enable dynamic status bar on any android phone which i will certainly post later. However you can use this app (material design) to tinker and make your status bar auto-match with any current app you're running.

Material Status Bar was developed with the aim of giving you a lollipop/marshmallow status bar with material design look and feel. The app has been bombarded with many features which we are going to unveil as this article unmask itself. With material status bar, you can enable heads up notifications, change the color of your status bar and make it blend with any running app, and also material status bar is capable of modding your notification bar to look like lollipop/marshmallow. Enough said already, let's get down to the main business.

#1. Download & Install Material Status Bar 

Firstly you need to download and install Material Status Bar from the Google play store, the app has both free version and the pro version which cost a token, apart from the full screen ads integrated in the free version, the app are almost identical. So download or purchase whichever one you prefer and install it.


Now locate material status bar from your app drawer and tap on it to open. From the home screen of the app you will see some options, however, toggle the icon at the top right corner of your phone screen a popup will emerge.


Now you need to enable the services presented to you in other to allow material status bar work correctly. There are two shortcut namely Notification & Accessibility. Firstly tap on notification and it will take you to another home screen as shown below.


Now from the screen presented to you, tap on "Material Status Bar". Then toggle the "OFF" icon. A popup will again emerge asking if you want to use the app since it will observer your actions, just tap OK to grant it permission.


Now use your back button and return to material status bar home screen, select Notifications this time around and a new home screen will emerge, tick material status bar and from the popup, tap OK to allow material status bar read all your system notifications.

#2. Customize The Status Bar 

Once you've done the steps above, then you're almost there. As said earlier, the main menu of the app has some few options, so let's run through them individually. Make sure the toggle icon at the upper right corner is enable. Under theme, you have four options & by default its in Lollipop, but you can choose the one you desire.


Now if you've selected any option from the theme, it will automatically change the colors of the status bar according to any running app just like Dynamic Status Bar Feature on Lollipop. Now head over to Transparent status bar and select your default launcher, in other to make your status bar transparent when you're on the home screen. Make sure you're using a non-scrollable wallpaper in other for this to work.


However if it fails to change the color of any running app, tap on App List and select any app you which to set its custom color,  a popup will emerge, you can drag the scroll bar to choose your desired colour or simple search for the color palette of that particular app. Example Facebook colour palette is #3b5998, copy it and paste it on the color picker box from the emerge popup then tap Set.  Open the app (Facebook) & you will see that the status bar matches with the Facebook color.


Now the next option remaining is the "Color Picker", its main function is to get color from screenshot. Tap on it and on the next click "Select Image" from the upper right corner, your gallery will be launched, select any image. Now once you tap on any part of the selected image, the action bar color will change or blend with the selected image color. Tap "Copy Color" at the upper right corner & you're done.


Now go back to the App list and choose any app you which to change its custom color, for instance I selected my default launcher. Paste the color you copy earlier on in the color picker box and tap Set. Locate and open the app you tinkered with its color and see the result. Below is my default launcher home screen. (Note the transparent status bar can do this work better).


Now if you swipe from the left of material status bar or tap the three horizontal line icon in the upper left, you will see some options which you can tinker with. So let's have a glimpse at some of it's function.


Under customize, you can see about five options, you can tick the box available and see there function on the status bar. This looks cool, as it helps to set a center clock and shows battery percentage. Make sure "Autonomous start" us enabled, in other to auto start this feature when your phone boots up.


Now under the notifications panel, you can change how the notification panel looks when you pull it down from the status bar. Toggle the notification panel and make sure other boxes are ticked (optional).


Now once the notification panel is ticked, toggle the status bar again and pull down the notification panel to see changes. You can upgrade to the pro version to get more themes and features.


The heads up notifications is one of the best features that was launched on every android lollipop, however material status bar can enable it right from the heads up option. Under the Heads Up option, make sure its toggled and from the style option you can select either light or dark. Also you can choose your heads up position to appear either below status bar, over status bar or bottom of screen.


The backup & Restore option can come in handy when you want to save your color codes and also import them (color code) from previous backups.

What To Gain With The Pro Version Of Material Status Bar

The Pro version of material status bar comes with lots of features and themes that can completely change the experience of your android phone. However it cost only a token but you can purchase it to unlock most of the restricted features and themes. Below is one of the themes and features you can unlock once you purchase the pro version.


Guess this is it, N465.00 or $1.50 can't restrict you from laying your hands on material status bar Pro. If you can stomach the price, then you're good to go. Customizing your status bar can never be easy without a rooted android phone and some few xposed modules, but material status bar made it 100% easy for us. Enjoy your new transformed kitkat/jellybean device.