Newer doesn’t always mean better. This fits the Android OS perfectly with regards to some solutions that are in fact less polished than their older counterparts. For many, the quick settings toggles used in stock Jelly Bean ROMs for Sony Xperia phones were ideal, since they were available right after pulling down the notification bar. In KitKat, these toggles were moved to the separate tab, making access a bit more cumbersome.
With some willingness and a bit of free time, you can easily bring back the Jelly Bean-style quick settings toggles to your KitKat Xperia ROM. XDA Senior Member anagramgenius wrote a guide in which the whole process is explained in detail. The method demonstrated by anagramgenius uses Apktool and any text editor. If you have them, you are good to go!
Right after decompiling the SystemUI of your ROM, you need to edit a few of XMLs and compile the file back. Not a single line in Smali is changed, so you don’t have to be afraid of those nasty build errors. The whole process should take no longer than 10 minutes and the result is spectacular. You will re-gain the quick access to your most favorite settings which will come back right where they belong.
Learn more about the modding by visiting the JB style quick settings for KitKat forum thread.
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