SwitchPro Widget Update Brings Notification Bar Toggles, No Root Required

by: | posted 03.06.12 | Apps, News

If you have yet to root your Galaxy Nexus and remain jealous of the pulldown notification menus that so many custom ROMs feature, give SwitchPro Widget a shot. Through its most recent update, the app was given the ability to add notification toggles to the notification bar, only you do not need root access. Similarly to what Power Control Plus does, you can customize your pulldown with about as many toggles as you can think of while maintaing good standing with Google Wallet and Movies. Ice Cream Sandwich is a requirement though.

Market Link ($0.99)

Cheers Jim!

Tip: Want Notification Bar Toggles Without Installing a Custom ROM? Try Power Control Plus

by: | posted 02.06.12 | Apps, News, Tips

Let’s be honest, notification toggles should have been built into Ice Cream Sandwich. Custom ROMs have had them for months, plus OEMs have even started building them into their skins. For whatever reason though, Google left them out and non-rooted users who own stock devices are stuck looking for options. One of those is Power Control Plus, an app that I was a huge fan of pre-ICS. This used to be a go-to app for customizing home screens as it gives you a ton of options for making the ultimate power widget. Once Honeycomb (Ice Cream Sandwich too) was released though, the app was given the ability to dock itself in the notification bar.

You don’t need root or a custom ROM – this can be installed with the tap of a couple of buttons. Colors, toggles and other goodies can be added thereafter.

Market Link ($1.99)

Cheers TheAndroid1!

Power Control Plus Updated, Allows for Notification Bar Toggles on Honeycomb

by: | posted 05.08.11 | Apps, News

Power Control Plus is easily one of the more “worth it” apps I’ve ever purchased on Android.  You can set up toggles for some 30 different settings and drop those into a widget that is customizable in more ways than I can even count.  With this latest update, an app that was already top notch, just got even better by introducing support for Honeycomb (Android 3.0).

As you can see in the screenshot above, PCP now allows you to set up a toggle widget that pins to your notification bar.  And unlike the version for phones, this notification toggle bar actually allows you to quickly adjust settings rather than through a pop-up screen.  If there was a setting that took too many steps to change on your XOOM, then I highly recommend you check this app out.  Plus, with all of the customization options, you can make it look uber sexy like I have just under my clock.

Market Link ($1.99)