This APP replicates the Tuner UI of the system on Samsung and others

The System UI Tuner is a hidden menu that appeared in Android 6 (Marshmallow). The original or pure version of Android brings this menu and it can be easily unhided. However, on devices like Samsung The LG this menu has been disabled by the manufacturers. Luckily there is a way to Get System UI Tuner on Samsung and other devices where this feature has been removed.

System UI Tuner APP

It’s about using a app which offers the functionality of the System UI Tuner. Is named System UI Tunner. Like the original functionality, with this APP you can hide one or more of the information icons in the status bar. For example, hide wifi icon, be quiet, drums, clock and any other. You can also activate the demo mode. In this mode you can temporarily hide notification icons. You can also display a certain number of WiFi barscell signal visualize u hide the time or battery indicator.

The application can be activated in one touch if there is root access on the device. In case of being sin root, must activate via PC. For this, it is necessary to have the ADB tool installed and correctly configured to send commands. The drivers must be installed on the PC, as well as USB debugging enabled on the mobile. Ready everything, with the phone connected to the PC, open the ADB tool and send the following commands:

adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.systemuituner android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.systemuituner android.permission.DUMP

Once these commands have been successfully sent one by one, the application is ready to use. Slide the left side menu to play with its possibilities. In option Status Bar they can hide the information icons in the status bar.

The option Demo mode allows you to activate the demo mode and adjust all the values ​​that can be seen in the image below.

Tested on Samsung Galaxy S7 with Android Nougat

This application was successfully tested on a LG V20, according to the creator. He has also partially served in a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with Android Nougat (7.0). The option to hide icons in the status bar has worked. Not so the demo mode. This is probably because this mode is experimental according to the developer.

The application is open source. In theory it should work for any device with Android 5 Lollipop o superior. It can even be used on devices where it is available in the System UI Tuner. It is downloadable from Google Play or on the page where the programmer talks about her.

Update 16 April 2017: Before uninstalling this application, make sure that the same icons remain that were originally in the status bar. Uninstalling the application may not reverse any changes made to it.

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