Pixel is probably the best OEM out there when it comes to striking a perfect balance between the overall feature set and the OS stability. Incorporating just the right amount of features without crossing the lines of bloatware, the Silicon Valley giant seems to have checkmarked all the right boxes. Or is that really the case?
Well, the tech enthusiasts might slightly differ a bit as they would usually want the OEM to take a page or two from Samsung’s book. Fortunately, the AOSP ecosystem is blessed with tons of nifty modules including the popular Pixelify and Pixel Xpert. And now, we have a new addition to this family in the form of Android Enhanced. Here’s everything you need to know in this regard.
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Android Enhanced: Perfect LSPosed Mod to Customize your Pixel
Android Enhanced is an LSPosed Module created by the XDA Recognized Developer mwilky [the brain behind the Renovate Ice back in the good ol’ days]. it beholds a slew of customization features that will allow you to tweak numerous components of the OS, including the likes of Statusbar, Quick Settings, Notifications, Lockscreen, buttons, and a bunch of other miscellaneous tweaks. On that note, let’s get you acquainted with the truckload of features that this mod beholds:
Statusbar
Double tap to sleep
Brightness control gesture
Clock position (left, right, hidden)
Show seconds in clock
Set statusbar icons to system accent color
Custom global statusbar icon color (set all icons to one color)
Custom individual statusbar icon colors (separate colors for each icon) *
Use dual colors for light/dark icon modes *
Custom global dark mode statusbar icon color (set all icons when displaying on top of light app to one color)
Hide individual statusbar icons
Hide individual collapsed statusbar icons
Quick Settings
Dual tone background (applies material theming to the QS panel. If in light mode, adds a light background rather than the black)
Click vibration
Hide footer build number
Smart pulldown (automatically pull to full quicksettings panel based on certain conditions)
Quick pulldown (automatically pull to full quicksettings panel based on pull location)
Tile style (default, icon with background, icon with no background). *”Icon with background” is Android 11 style
“Icon with no background” is Android 9 style
Tile shape for “active” tiles (only when tile style is “icon with background”)
Tile shape for “inactive” tiles (only when tile style is “icon with background”)
Tile shape for “unavailable” tiles (only when tile style is “icon with background”)
Quick quicksettings row count
Quicksettings row count
Quick quicksettings column count
Quicksettings column count
Quick quicksettings column count (landscape orientation)
Quicksettings column count (landscape orientation)
Brightness slider position (above tiles, below tiles, hidden)
Show slider in Quick quicksettings panel
Set quicksettings statusbar icons to system accent color
Custom global quicksettings statusbar icon color (set all icons to one color)
Custom individual quicksettings statusbar icon colors (separate colors for each icon) *
Notifications
Auto expand first notification
Auto expand all notifications
Show/hide notification section headers
Mute notifications whilst screen is on
Lockscreen
Hide statusbar
Randomise keypad
Disable access to power menu
Disable access to quicksettings
Set lockscreen statusbar icons to system accent color
Custom global lockscreen statusbar icon color (set all icons to one color)
Custom individual lockscreen statusbar icon colors (separate colors for each icon) *
Buttons
Double tap homescreen to sleep
Toggle torch on long press power button whilst screen off
Automatically turn torch off when screen turns on
Disable double press power camera gesture whilst screen off/lockscreen
Volume key media control (skip forwards back when long press volume keys whilst screen off)
Miscellaneous:
Allow all rotations
Allow screenshots/screenrecord in secure apps
NOTE: Features having a star next to them denote that it is a paid one. Moving on, now that you are aware of the features of this module, let’s make you aware of its installation steps.
How to Install Android Enhance on Pixel Devices
Before starting, please take a backup of all the data on your device. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
- To begin with, unlock the bootloader on your device.
- Then root your device via Magisk/KernelSU/APatch.
- Now download, install, and set up LSPosed on your device.
- Then download and install Android Enhance from the Play Store.
- Now launch LSPosed, go to Modules, and enable Android Enhance.
- Finally, restart your device for the module to be activated.
- Then launch Android Enhance and you may now carry out the desired tweak.
That’s it. These were the steps to customize your Pixel device using the Android Enhance module. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
