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How to use gravityBox module to improve your Android

One of my favorite xposed module is GravityBox. The reason is because gravityBox has many tweaking options. So, you don't need to install many modules to modifying android framework. Just install gravityBox and you will get everything.

To install gravityBox on your android phone. You will need to root your Android. Then. Install the xposed installer, download here. Once installed, search the gravityBox module through xposed installer. There are two versions of gravityBox. GravityBox for android Jelly Bean (JB) and for Android kitkat (KK). If you have android kitkat on your system, then you have to install gravityBox kitkat version and restart your phone.

To start tweaking, open the gravityBox icon on app drawer. You will see a lot of tweak setting options. I will show you a few examples about how to tweaks your android using gravityBox module.

Showing used RAM / available RAM on Recent Tasks
Showing used RAM / available RAM on Recent Tasks using GravityBox

You can easily check the availability of RAM via recent tasks. To enable this, go to the miscellaneous tweaks > recent tasks RAM bar and set the position.

Enable shortcut/quicksetting on statusbar

If this setting enabled, you will see various toggle quicksetting on statusbar which is useful when you need to change setings like wifi setting,  network setting,  gps setting, alarm setting and so on.
Enable shortcut/quicksetting on statusbar using GravityBox

To enable toggle quicksetting on statusbar. Go to status bar tweaks > quicksetting management > master switch: on. You can also set the shortcuts to be appears on quicksetting.

Enable the LED torch on lockscreen

With gravityBox you can activate the LED torch via lockscreen. To activate,  go to lockscreen tweaks > enable torch. When you are on lockscreen, you can turn on the LED torch by press and hold the unlock ring.  To switch off press and hold the unlock ring again.
Enable the LED torch on lockscreen using gravitybox

There are many tweaks you can get with gravityBox. You can explore it by yourself. Happy tweaking! 

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