[Xposed] [Beta] True Silent Mode for Lollipop topic

True Silent Mode for Lollipop

I proudly present, my first Xposed module: True Silent Mode for Lollipop :fingers-crossed:

This module will restore the good old silent mode from Kitkat where you can press VolDown another time after reaching vibration mode.
New notifications won't make a sound or vibrate but still show the LED.

Ever since the release of Android 5.0 I've been terribly annoyed by the lack of a true silent mode in Lollipop.
And it seems I'm not the only one, users are raging here at xda, at reddit, at Google's AOSP issue tracker and on various other places of the web.

Quite quickly after the 5.0 release rumors started spreading that Google will bring back the silent mode for Android 5.1.
As always Google didn't comment on them, but it seemed plausible after all that demand.
But with the launch of Xposed for Lollipop thanks to the fabulous @rovo89 and new rumors that 5.1 will not include the new (or should I say old?) silent mode I decided to take things into my own hands now.

This is my first Xposed module and in my tests everything works as intended on my Nexus 5 with the Stock 5.0.1 ROM, but I'll flag it as beta for now.
If you encounter any bug attach a logcat to your bugreport or there is nothing I can do for you.

Attention:
I wrote this module for AOSP-based ROMs, it should work on all Nexus devices and Google Play Edition phones.
There's a good chance that it breaks if some vendors or did change basic internal android functions (Samsung, LG etc.).
Additionally it could conflict with custom roms like Cyanogenmod or ParanoidAndroid, but here I could check the source to make it compatible quite easily.


Please note that there isn't a statusbar symbol to indicate the silent mode, yet.
Currently the only visible indication will be that the volume slider is in disabled state for silent mode (see screenshot).
This is based on Google's design: Volume: Remove silent mode icon
I'm planning to add some more graphical visualizations in future versions, for now I wanted to focus on a quick release so other people can take advantage of the functionality rather than having to wait for some eye candy to arrive.


Download:

• True Silent Mode @ Xposed Module Repository

Installation:

1. Install Xposed for Lollipop


2. Download the module from this thread or via the Xposed repo and install it


3. Activate it in the Xposed installer


4. Reboot


5. (this module comes without a user interface, enable/disable it in the Xposed installer)

Changelog:

Code:

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v1.0: initial beta release

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Last but not least an obligatory huge thanks to @rovo89 for his amazing Xposed framework!

If you like my work feel free to donate via Paypal.
Donations are never expected or required but always appreciated!

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[Q] Is there any true Silent Mode enabling app for Lollipop? topic

As the title says.

I am tired of finding an app which will bring back the Silent mode in Lollipop, nothing works, including the one which was released earlier today claiming about bringing Silent mode back, SoundHUD, it does not work on my Note 3.

So I am asking this here, in case there is an app and I don't know it.

Again, I have a Galaxy Note 3, so if there's an app which works on a Nexus or those type of devices doesn't mean it will work on mine.

3Gb RAM, Octa-cores, android 5.0, and still no true multitasking topic

So we have devices with 3gb of ram (soon even 4), multi-core processors with over 9000 GHz, Android has hit version 5.0, but...... we still can not have TRUE multitasking. Most of the apps will just freeze if putted into background, and the so called "multitasking view" is nothing but a history of all the apps we have opened.
Coming from Symbian, which can do perfectly working true multitasking on just 256mb of ram, I find it...... kinda funny.
What do you guys think?