Separate internet quick settings tiles

imbatman

As someone who has to turn my mobile data and wifi on or off multiple times a day, the current combined internet qs-tile in android 12 and 13 is really horrible to use.

On android 12 I had the tiles separated with just a simple adb command, but on android 13 it is not possible to get them separated without root anymore.

To my understanding, there isn't any disadvantages having the tiles separated and according to this reddit post by an AOSP developer it is quite simple to bring them back.

Could GrapheneOS implement the separated wifi and mobile qs tiles again as an alternative to the current internet tile?

User2288

imbatman As someone who has to turn my mobile data and wifi on or off multiple times a day, the current combined internet qs-tile in android 12 and 13 is really horrible to use.

100% agreed. I hate it too. I wish it gone.

matchboxbananasynergy

Hey there! I can understand where you're coming from, but this is unlikely something that GrapheneOS would do.

It would require dedicating resources to implementing that change and maintaining it going forward. That, combined with the fact that it's not a privacy or security related change makes it something that the project is unlikely to want to implement.

imbatman

matchboxbananasynergy Of course it will take some resources and I understand that it might be seen as something unimportant, but as explained in the reddit post, it would only require deleting a tiny amount of code and then enabling the already existing tiles.

MetropleX

matchboxbananasynergy It would require dedicating resources to implementing that change and maintaining it going forward. That, combined with the fact that it's not a privacy or security related change makes it something that the project is unlikely to want to implement.

As mentioned by my colleague every extra line of code, every change from the base AOSP requires maintaining, while the code is there now, there is no guarantee it will be available to revert the A12 and A13 change in the future. Providing it now just kicks the can down the road for a return of questions like this as it will happen eventually anyway.

Also note from the link provided:

Developer here. Any customization added is more code to test and maintain. Any simplifications means less code to test and maintain.

ReadOnlyUser

imbatman I didn't tested this on my own but maybe this is what you are looking for: https://github.com/CasperVerswijvelt/Better-Internet-Tiles

imbatman

ReadOnlyUser I've tried this before, but this also won't work as it requires root or Shizuku, which you can't enable on GrapheneOS because of the limited adb permissions.

yewawin203

imbatman I currently have Better Internet Tiles working on my Pixel 7. The latest beta build of GrapheneOS (20230125) re-allows Shizuku to run.

N3rdTek

martinkunev you're aware you just described literally less than 5 seconds during a whole day? Golly, you must have a stroke if the TV remote is just out of reach.

On another point tho,

imbatman shizuku works just fine what issues are you having

digital

Any news or workarounds about this?

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It is one of those Google stupid design changes that makes little sense.

Send a feedback to Google.

Pociwo

How is this a bad thing? It's literaly an IMPROVEMENT. You click on network tile and you can disable or enable cellular of Wi-Fi. Plus you can see all the Wi-Fi networks and stuff. The only downside is to have to make ONE more click AKA 0.1s more time.

martinkunev

Pociwo How is this a good thing? I need to click two times more and wait _300ms each time and I do this maybe 10 times a day. What's the improvement? That two things which are never used together are grouped at the same place.

+1 this bug should be fixed if possible

Pociwo

I think that GrapheneOS should make a statement somewhere that there are only a few full time devs and they can't afford to waste their time on implementing and maintaining things that only make a minor difference.

MetropleX

Pociwo this isn't a case of limited resources and we are open to feedback for UX/UI improvements, should they be easily provisioned and maintained. You only need to look at the Messages app being given dark mode as an example of that.

tw-hx

@imbatman Are you me? I posted an almost identical topic a couple of months ago...
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/1113-re-enable-provider-model-option-for-wificell-qs-toggles/

Linked within is the Github Issue I filed, and Daniel McCay outlined a similar argument to the mods in this thread if you are interested.

imbatman

N3rdTek shizuku works just fine what issues are you having

Happy to report no issues.
Shizuku has been working perfectly since January 2023, when some changes were made to the adb restrictions, as yewawin203 pointed out back then.

WhoTheFuckisAlice

This one more click is not a big deal, but what I would find very nice would be that the data connection is deactivated 5 minutes after a WLAN connection is established (as you can do with the WLAN after you are out of the zone).
If the WLAN connection is disconnected, the data connection should be switched on again automatically if it was previously switched on. In combination with the location-dependent switching on of the WLAN everything goes automatically and one can do this without these clicks completely :D

But I already know, I expect again too much, or it is not possible because....or this won't work because ... it is not AOSP ... security ... permissions ....