[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Bhargav97:
Know more about your omnirom...

This guide will familiarize you with some of the unusual techniques and special features you get with omnirom. It doesn't matter if you are using it on galaxy 5 OR any other device.

Let's start :)

Quick Settings Panel:

First of all please keep in mind what I mean by these:

Pen icon =

Square icon =

Remove/hide tiles:

--->Click on the pen icon on the Recent Apps panel to start editing tiles.

--->Then, just tap on the tiles that you want to hide/remove. Then, tap the square icon above. Tiles would automatically adjust themselves. If you want this tile back, just click on pen icon and then you'll see the tile you removed (in a smaller tile) and just tap on it again to get it back.

Example:

I have tapped on battery tile because I want to remove it.

Dim the tiles:

--->First of all, tap the pen icon.

--->Start taping on the tile you want to dim, until it turns dim. Usually after 4-5 taps it turns dim.

--->Then, finalize them by clicking square icon.

--->To un-dim, press pen icon and then just long hold it and move around little bit and bring back to its position, it will be normal again and press square icon to finalize.

Example:

I have dimmed battery tile,it's hardly visible. :P

Flip the tiles:

--->Just swipe right or left on the tile you want to flip.

Example:

I have flipped the battery tile and it looks like this!

I am swiping the battery tile.

Notification drawer contextual top background:

Morning

Afternoon

Night

As you can see in the screenshots, the top background in the notification drawer is changed according to the time.

Enable from Settings > Notification drawer:

Notification drawer quick swipe even better:

Now, you can swipe right/left from anywhere inside notification drawer to go to quick settings panel unlike in cyanogenmod where you had to swipe from a line at the bottom.

Example:

The white dot shows from where i'm swiping right.

OmniSwitch:

Enable from Settings > more... (under Interface). Check the box- 'Use for Recents' and also go to Settings below that option and it will open up a new window. Turn on omniswitch from there also and check 'start on boot' if you want.

To swipe away apps like you do in normal recent apps' screen, just swipe down on the app.

Searching for lockscreen settings?

Go here: Settings > Security > lockscreen.

There are many new options under there compared to cyanogenmod. One of them is 'See through' which will keep your last screen on the lockscreen.

Example:

I was in the launcher last time before locking.

Active Display:

This is really nice feature. When your phone is locked and you get a notification, it will display a special screen which will look as shown in image below. It can also get you to app from which you receive notification and also you can see the notification there if you want.

Example:

But, when this feature is turned on, your lockscreen becomes very unresponsive (maybe a bug). When you press any key to show up the lockscreen, it will take 8-9 seconds to come up the lockscreen.

Wanna change battery indicator?:

Head over to: Settings > Battery.

Want more performance Settings?

Just swipe right like you do in Play Store and you'll get more settings.

Example:

Saw the new download notification?

In omnirom, download notification is more detailed. It displays even the download speed.x

That's it for now...