Essentials

Essential tools, mods and workarounds for Pixels and other Androids

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Screen Off Widget: An invisible widget that can be placed on the home screen to quickly lock the device without using the power button. Now with configurable haptic feedback.
Caffeinate: A Quick Settings tile to keep the display awake indefinitely or for a set duration.
Sound Mode Tile: A Quick Settings tile to toggle between Ring, Vibrate, and Silent sound modes.
Button Remap: Long-press or double-tap hardware buttons to trigger various actions like flashlight, camera, or custom shortcuts.
Maps Power Saving Mode: Optimize battery usage during Google Maps navigation by managing screen state (requires Shizuku).
Link Actions: Intercept and manage how links are opened, allowing you to choose specific apps for different link types.
Snooze System Notifications: Automatically snooze persistent system notifications that cannot be dismissed normally.
Pixel IMS: Force enable VoLTE, VoWiFi and other IMS features on Pixel devices without root.
Screen Locked Security: Protect your device by disabling sensitive Quick Settings tiles and power menu when the device is locked.
Backups: (Experimental) Export and import your app settings.

Status Bar Icons: Detailed control over which system icons (WiFi, Data, Battery, etc.) are visible in the status bar.
Edge Lighting: Display a customizable lighting effect with new styles (Glow, Spinner, Stroke), per-app colors, and extensive customization options.
Dynamic Night Light: Automatically toggle Night Light mode based on the currently active application.

A collection of useful tiles to toggle system settings:

UI Blur: Toggle system-wide UI blur effects.
Bubbles: Toggle notification bubbles.
Sensitive Content: Toggle the visibility of sensitive notification content on the lock screen.
Tap to Wake: Toggle tap-to-wake functionality.
AOD: Toggle Always on Display.
Caffeinate: Keep screen awake.
Sound Mode: Toggle Ring/Vibrate/Silent.
Edge Lighting: Toggle Edge Lighting service.
Locked Security: Toggle Screen Locked Security.
Dynamic Night Light: Toggle Dynamic Night Light.

Make sure to get the latest version of Shizuku preferably from a fork such as yangFenTuoZi/Shizuku or other not from the Google Play as it is no longer well supported especially with Android 16 QPR1 up.
Also It seems like Shizuku might not work with root mode for the app but it will work with ADB/ Wireless ADB method so please use that impleemntation to start Shizuku services for now.

Last updated: 2026-01-03