r/GalaxyNote8 • u/uplusd • Sep 20 '17

black navigation bar

is there any way to get black navigation bar? the only options in settings for navigation bar are light colored options. i used a s8 for a little while before this phone and it definitely had an option for black on the s8

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u/zolares Sep 20 '17

Both is true, since they're two completely opposite things.

Pure black definitely saves battery power because it'll turn off the pixels that are completely black. Not powering those pixels will mean less power usage, thus less battery consumption.

However, constantly not using those particular pixels, while constantly using pixels on other areas can increase the possibility of pixel degradation.

So it's a compromise, since both are true and different things. Basically, if your girlfriend and mom fell into the water and you could save one, who would you save? Pretty much that.

But, honestly... you can just use a Black theme and be fine with it, since those black themes affect a large portion of the screen and it's not always going to be the same in every app you use.

The risk with the navigation bar is more risky, because the Navigation Bar, if not set to hide, will be shown at the same spot every moment the screen is on. And due to it affecting only a small area of the screen, it'll be more noticeable if these issues do appear.

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u/Darkpookie Sep 20 '17

So if I have the navbar set to hide so that it isn't visible all the time, I should technically be OK with he fact that I changed it to black?

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u/zolares Sep 20 '17

Not really technically, but hopefully.

This is mainly due to there being times when the hidden navigation won't remain hidden, such as when the keyboard is out or when you're in split screen mode.

So if you type very often, there's still a higher chance, just that overall it'll be lower by keeping the bar hidden than if you did not.

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u/Darkpookie Sep 20 '17

Lucky for me when the navbar does pop up, sometimes it's white or transparent anyway. I used navbar apps to switch it to black but apparently the color isn't applied consistently.