Not normal, coz it was annoying for whoever interacted with it.

Such a teenage thing to do

Sony xperia. Android 6-7 model. They provided on-screen nav buttons. It was a permanent placeholder on the screen. I rooted my phone and was able to hide it. Removed everything from my home screen, everything. Installed a white BG wallpaper with just a set of gorgeous blue eyes - a reminder of my fav song at the time.

Now without the nav only I knew how to use my phone coz unlike today, back then it wasn’t common to use gestures, so others wouldn’t know.

So, it annoyed my friends coz they couldn’t use my phone without nav, and no knowledge of gestures. Hidden meaning was the prominent wallpaper on the screen and nothing else. Yes I also manage to hide top notification bar.

Dear Sir or Madam Plu,
What did you get for Christmas this year?
… since you are the “O.P.” (poster) of theses & you did not say, i was a bit curious 😃 !
Kind regards,
-.- (my signature)

Answer to present post :
Anything whith meaning “irl” to the few.