Help Transparent navigation bar

[BigCiX]

Anyone know a link that'll help me get the navigation bar transparent so the black behind it becomes part of the wallpaper.

 

[BynoUK]

Thought that was standard? Mine was out of the box at launch. Stock launcher anyway.

 

[BigCiX]

Thought that was standard? Mine was out of the box at launch. Stock launcher anyway.

Only on the homescreen. Using the browser, hangouts or any other app it won't be transparent. If yours was like that out of the box then it wasn't new.

 

[BynoUK]

Only on the homescreen. Using the browser, hangouts or any other app it won't be transparent. If yours was like that out of the box then it wasn't new.

Ah, you'll need to root for that then unless another launcher allows for it, saying wallpaper in the original post threw me.

 

[BigCiX]

Ah, you'll need to root for that then unless another launcher allows for it, saying wallpaper in the original post threw me.

Correct. I would have to root. I just can't remember where the link is to root and have the navigation bar transparent.

 

[GuitarG20]

It's probably something you can do using the exposed module? That's my best guess as the easiest way to make it happen

 

[BigCiX]

It's probably something you can do using the exposed module? That's my best guess as the easiest way to make it happen

Can u pinpoint me the direction?

 

[thisISjoel]

Can u pinpoint me the direction?

You can try this. I didn't like it because sometimes other buttons end up under the navbar buttons but to be fair I didn't really play with it too much so there may be ways around that.

 

[BigCiX]

You can try "http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com...t-nav-status-bars-your-nexus-5-0154480/". I didn't like it because sometimes other buttons end up under the navbar buttons but to be fair I didn't really play with it too much so there may be ways around that.

Where can I find instructions on how to do this?

 

[thisISjoel]

Where can I find instructions on how to do this?

Sorry, I thought I had linked to this in my post.

 

[BigCiX]

Sorry, I thought I had linked to this in my post.

I'll follow those instructions later this week. Quick question. Whenever there's is a new update is it easy to unroot without loosing data?

 

[BigCiX]

OK here's an update. Rooted phone and tried a few different apps that'll give me the option to have my navigation bar transparent. Mostly all of them had flaws that made me remove them. Went back to good ol' stock and I feel good about it. Hopefully 4.5 or 5.0 something will change.