Enable transparent status bar in GT-P1000 with Android 4.4.1

Android 4.4 KitKat comes with a ton of new features that make it interesting to use. One of the new features is the transparent / translucent status bar in Home / LockScreen. Basically there is a thread here that already talks about how to make the status bar transparent with a step-by-step you need to do. The guide is based-on Android 4.4. In Android 4.4.1 you don’t need to follow all the steps.


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If your Galaxy Tab P1000 or any other low memory devices (with only 512MB of RAM or less) running Android 4.4.1 or any custom ROM based-on Android 4.4.1, the transparent status bar is basically already enabled. You don’t need to recompile the framework-res.apk and put it on the system. The thing why it doesn’t take effect is because of the low memory / RAM.

Edit file /system/build.prop

So to make the status bar transparent, edit the /system/build.prop file then find and change the line:

ro.config.low_ram=true

to

ro.config.low_ram=false

Save and reboot the device.

After the device reboot, you can see the transparent bar like the image above.

See video below the step-by-step to enable transparent status bar.