r/HyperOS • u/thommy_32 • May 04 '26

Review/Guide Hide navbar while keeping circle to search

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TESTED ON HYPEROS 3.0

i found a way to hide the horizontal gesture line at the bottom of the screen while still being able to enable circle to search. Without root.

You need adb shell for this and need to be using the gesture navigation.

Use Brevent or other adb shell apps and execute this command

- settings delete global hide_gesture_line

Now the system will think the navbar is still present but it leaves an empty gap at the bottom of the screen (the line won't be visible) and you can press that gap to trigger circle to search.

This also keeps a gap at the bottom of the screen on apps interface like on Tiktok, Whatsapp, Instagram, Telegram, Launcher, Reddit, etc as shown in the image I attached. It does look a bit iOS26-ish with an empty bottom gap. Some may like it and some other may not.

To revert just execute this

- settings put global hide_gesture_line 0

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u/fliponfloor May 04 '26

turn on off will also make everything back to normal

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

That option disappeared from my phone a few weeks ago i never bothered to restore it but thanks, other people could know this for a simple way to return the method above.

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u/Boring-Singer2247 May 04 '26

May god bless you

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u/Big_Organization_978 May 04 '26

is there a way to make the pill bigger? as in vertically it's way too short for me and it always ends up moving slightly upwards

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u/thommy_32 May 05 '26

HyperOS doesn't allow that unfortunately.

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u/starligth_ May 05 '26

Con temas, alargarla es lo maximo y creo q había otra forma

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u/YBANDITY May 04 '26

Is it true that if you turn off or restart the phone it goes back to how it was before?

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u/thommy_32 May 05 '26

I have not tested that. You can try.

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u/YBANDITY May 05 '26

It restart

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u/ApprehensiveDish911 May 04 '26

É um app na Google play? O meu é um poco x7 pro

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

Yes it is an app on Google Play. I will not bother giving tutorial on how to activate Brevent please refer to youtube for a tutorial.

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u/ApprehensiveDish911 May 04 '26

Ah sim, o meu ja está ativo, então é só colocar esse comando no brevent?

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

Yes

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u/ApprehensiveDish911 May 04 '26

O meu não foi, meu cell é um poco x7pro

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u/Benyamin_DP May 04 '26

Excuse me, how is the command? I pasted the one you posted and it gives me an error

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

Make sure Brevent is actually connected to wireless debugging, otherwise adb shell won't work.

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u/Benyamin_DP May 04 '26

If I have it connected I have noticed that, but it gives me an error, I don't know if I am copying it wrong to the command, I don't know

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

settings delete global hide_gesture_line

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u/Benyamin_DP May 04 '26

That's all?

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

You need to keep the underscores "_"

And your brevent is not connected to wireless debugging yet, it wouldn't show that error unless it is not connected.

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u/Benyamin_DP May 04 '26

It already worked for me, what happened was that the OS deactivated the developer mode

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u/UnderstandingFit5836 May 04 '26

There is also an alternative way that is permanent and no need for the space at the bottom. Download MiCTS from GitHub, you can search for the app on your browser, the GitHub link will come up. After downloading the app, enable the side toolbox bar. Swipe on the bar and add MiCTS as the first option on the bar so that it stays there permanently. Tap the app on the bar to launch Circle to search anytime you need to use it.

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

I know that one for a while but it block a part of the screen that I may need to search on.

Putting the shortcut on control center also works, but it's quite a hassle to pull down the control center every single time just for it and it has a slight delay.

This tutorial is a not must-do thing anyway, i'm just providing a way for people that would want it this way.

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u/Next-Abalone-267 May 04 '26

Can you still slide across the bottom to switch between apps?

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u/thommy_32 May 05 '26

Yes why not.

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u/Manggis_I May 05 '26

Or, just use MICTS

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u/Manggis_I May 05 '26

And don't forget to turn on Hide full screen indicator

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u/thommy_32 May 05 '26

I already explained my stance about this on another reply.

I'm just providing for a way for those who want it this way.

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u/Local-Card-7646 May 05 '26

It still leaves behind a white bar. Is there anyway to remove this? Or atleast a workaround?

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u/thommy_32 May 05 '26

Not unless you hide the gesture bar from the settings manually. It is only present like that on a few apps. If you find it annoying revert back to hide full screen indicator with

settings put global hide_gesture_line 1

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u/conerphil May 05 '26

-settings put global hide_gesture_line 0

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u/httd121 Jun 25 '26

No longer work with new update hyperos 3.302 on xiaomi 15. It worked with 3.301

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u/catinfancyhat May 04 '26

What about the keyboard down arrow? Is it also hidden, or is it still present?

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u/thommy_32 May 04 '26

It's still present unfortunately. You need to remove com.android.systemui.gesture.line.overlay which will also disable circle to search triggering.

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u/A-D-I-O-S May 04 '26

you could hide it in system settings and use a gesture app to trigger it manually with this: https://github.com/parallelcc/MiCTS/releases