From dd607aa07dece95dd288cda2e1f89be117710e19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: firestarsdog <229254897+firestarsdog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:12:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] temp force dev until simple mode

---
 .../layouts/settings/starpilot/longitudinal.py   |  2 +-
 .../ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/vehicle.py     |  2 +-
 starpilot/common/starpilot_variables.py          |  5 +++--
 .../common/tests/test_starpilot_variables.py     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/longitudinal.py b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/longitudinal.py
index 0551b8b3bf..ef96d49ca2 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/longitudinal.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/longitudinal.py
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ class StarPilotLongitudinalLayout(_SettingsPage):
   def _developer_feature_access(self) -> bool:
     return (
       starpilot_state.car_state.hasOpenpilotLongitudinal and
-      (self._params.get_bool("DeveloperUI") or self._params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode"))
+      (gui_app.big_ui() or self._params.get_bool("DeveloperUI") or self._params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode"))
     )
 
   def _speed_unit(self) -> str:
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/vehicle.py b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/vehicle.py
index ed28301081..10ebde197e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/vehicle.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/starpilot/vehicle.py
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class StarPilotVehicleSettingsLayout(_SettingsPage):
       allowed_ids = set(range(9)) | {11, 12, 13, 14}
       if key == "LKASButtonControl":
         allowed_ids.add(9)
-      developer_access = self._params.get_bool("DeveloperUI") or self._params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode")
+      developer_access = gui_app.big_ui() or self._params.get_bool("DeveloperUI") or self._params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode")
       options = [o for o in ACTION_OPTIONS
                  if o["id"] in allowed_ids and
                  (cs.hasOpenpilotLongitudinal or not o.get("requires_longitudinal", False)) and
diff --git a/starpilot/common/starpilot_variables.py b/starpilot/common/starpilot_variables.py
index 4810bddcde..9d4cd6633a 100644
--- a/starpilot/common/starpilot_variables.py
+++ b/starpilot/common/starpilot_variables.py
@@ -989,7 +989,8 @@ class StarPilotVariables:
     toggle.static_pedals_on_ui = self.get_value("StaticPedalsOnUI", condition=toggle.pedals_on_ui)
     toggle.rotating_wheel = self.get_value("RotatingWheel", condition=custom_ui)
 
-    toggle.developer_ui = self.get_value("DeveloperUI")
+    big_ui = os.getenv("BIG", "0") == "1" or HARDWARE.get_device_type() in ("tici", "tizi")
+    toggle.developer_ui = self.get_value("DeveloperUI") or big_ui
     developer_metrics = self.get_value("DeveloperMetrics", condition=toggle.developer_ui)
     border_metrics = self.get_value("BorderMetrics", condition=developer_metrics)
     toggle.blind_spot_metrics = has_bsm and self.get_value("BlindSpotMetrics", condition=border_metrics)
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ class StarPilotVariables:
       condition=toggle.car_make == "gm" and toggle.has_pedal and "BOLT" in toggle.car_model,
     )
 
-    developer_feature_access = self.params.get_bool("DeveloperUI") or self.params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode")
+    developer_feature_access = toggle.developer_ui or self.params.get_bool("GalaxyDeveloperMode")
     toggle.pulse_and_glide_available = toggle.openpilot_longitudinal and developer_feature_access
     toggle.pulse_glide_speed_delta = self.get_value(
       "PulseGlideSpeedDelta",
diff --git a/starpilot/common/tests/test_starpilot_variables.py b/starpilot/common/tests/test_starpilot_variables.py
index 3241de5d0c..dd1d71e80b 100644
--- a/starpilot/common/tests/test_starpilot_variables.py
+++ b/starpilot/common/tests/test_starpilot_variables.py
@@ -293,6 +293,22 @@ def test_disabled_conditional_experimental_toggles_are_off(monkeypatch, tmp_path
   assert toggles.conditional_signal_lane_detection is False
 
 
+def test_big_ui_exposes_developer_toggles_without_persisting_developer_ui(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+  params_cls = spv.Params
+
+  def isolated_params(_path=None, memory=False, return_defaults=False):
+    return params_cls(str(tmp_path / ("memory" if memory else "params")), return_defaults=return_defaults)
+
+  monkeypatch.setattr(spv, "Params", isolated_params)
+  monkeypatch.setattr(spv.HARDWARE, "get_device_type", lambda: "tici")
+  monkeypatch.delenv("BIG", raising=False)
+
+  variables = spv.StarPilotVariables()
+
+  assert variables.starpilot_toggles.developer_ui is True
+  assert variables.params_raw.get_bool("DeveloperUI") is False
+
+
 def test_device_shutdown_hours_convert_directly_to_seconds():
   assert spv.device_shutdown_seconds(6) == 6 * 60 * 60
   assert spv.device_shutdown_seconds(0) == 60 * 60