is there any way to use HTC Widgets with other Launchers?
I've been wondering this too! I love everything about LauncherPro except the lack of widgets! I never realized how nice HTC's widgets are until they were gone
Nope, and nope!! The HTC widgets are tied into Sense, lose sense, lose the widgets. There are a few in the market that replace the cool ones like the weather and clock. Beautiful Widgets is pretty ill, and very customizable, worth $2 in the app market.
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Why can't the HTC widgets (calendar) be used with ADW? I'm not a huge fan of sense but I am a huge fan of the HTC calendar widget.
Does anyone know why the HTC calendar widget cant be used with ADW or is it possible to get the apk? I like the ADW launcher the most but would like to have the HTC widget does any one know if this is possible.
HTC widgets are tied to Sense, can't be done. Get LauncherPro he has sense-like widgets
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Adw doesn't support it...and HTC doesn't want its widgets used with anything other than Sense....I would suggest using Launcher Pro Plus....they have widgets just like the Sense ones.....
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Thanks for the info.
There is an app called smooth Calender in the market. It is pretty much identical to the HTC calendar. Widget. And it is customizable.
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I'm looking to do the same thing. I would like to see if the windget apk's can be pulled with adb from the stock ROM. Is this a possible way toi get HTC widgets?
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I'm looking to do the same thing. I would like to see if the windget apk's can be pulled with adb from the stock ROM. Is this a possible way toi get HTC widgets?
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Everything "Sense" is tied into the sense framework and isn't usable in a rom that is not sense based. Widgets, apps, etc.
I like the jorte calendar over the sense one. Might give it a view.
THe one thing that gets me about AOSP is the fact that we can't have a calender widget like sense does. I've used launcher pro which has a very nice calender widget, but it seems not to run very well. Somone please develop a calender widget like the sense or launcher pro one (agenda view reeally).
There are some out there, but don't look nice
Colorize widget has a nice agenda calendar. It's free in the market.
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Pure calendar widget.
Try out Jorte. Free on the market. So many features and customizations, you won't be dissappointed.
I use smooth calendar, on android market.
Its free, & the same as sense calendar widget....( little better if you ask me, you can customize the view even more).
and ITS ON CM7
Now I have wimax and my sense calendar widget, NO REASON TO GO BACK TO SENSE NOW>
What about a good scrolling agenda widget. Still hunting.
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What about a good scrolling agenda widget. Still hunting.
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I use Android Agenda Widget Plus (paid version). Also has a free version. It is scrollable and is very customizable. Plus, I use it with TouchDown for Exchange
Free: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.roflharrison.agenda&feature=search_result
Plus: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.roflharrison.agenda.plus&feature=search_result
Thanks evyerone for the great responses - new apps I've never heard of. they are very promising - but I realized finally why you can't have one like the sense one or the launcher one - the launcher has to support "scrollable" widgets. Any how - as a result - i am using MIUI so there launcher isn't just yet scrollable - so it won't matter.
Thanks guys!!!
what do you guys think is the best home app? please tell me what you use and what you like from them
Wrong section, this belongs in Themes & Apps.
There are already too many threads on this, please use search next time.
So far the 2 favorites seem to be ADW and Launcher Pro, each has their pros and cons.
ah ok... sorry those are the ones im debating over...
I prefer Launcher Pro for it's speed and new widget skinning, but ADW is nice for dock customization and theming.
Depends on the person, really.
well i am using launcherpro right now not paid version and the only things that i would think of updating for would be resizing and the launcherpro widgets... but i looked at them right now and i dont think i will ever use any of those widgets
I use LP Sense UI.
Heavily modified LauncherPro Plus mod that looks and acts identical to Sense.
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what do you guys think is the best home app? please tell me what you use and what you like from them
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I've been using Zeam Launcher the past few days and am VERY pleased with it.
I just recently started using launcher 7. It's fast, stable and handles live wallpapers like a dream. Widgets even work. It's like a more customizable and functional wp7 ui. Ms should be made this is out lol the devs pooped on they're version.
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ADW ex for me. Fast and smooth and I love the dockbar.
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Been using GO launcer recently really like it even tho I have launcher pro paid
Used to love Launcher Pro until I tried Go Launcher.
My vote goes for Go Launcher w/ Folder Organizer.
I have paid LP, Adw EX and tried SPB, Regina and Zeam. I really like ADW EX and it seems to use less memory compared to LP. My phone doesnt like Zeam at all, its a memory hog on my Epic. SPB was disappointing, it doesnt do anything better then adw or lp; same thing with Regina. Overall my favorite at the moment is Launcher Pro (paid), it seems slightly smoother animaton wise compared to adw.
GO launcher EX is my new choice because you can customize the home screens on the fly. You can add or delete screens and change the order easily. You cannot do this in Launcher pro. Go also has tabs in the app drawer which includes a task killer. IMHO it combines all the best features from both.
I liked the go launcher until it kept resetting my screens, and always setting them back up pissed me off...
Been on zeam for a while now, liking it a lot, no issues thus far
Edit: that was on my old epic though, perhaps my new one will play nicer
+1 on GO Launcher EX
Smoothest launcher, very customizeable and free.
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After using Zeam, Launcher7, LauncherPro, and Adw...I'm going with ADW. Its fast, reliable and smooth. Sexy dockbar with is customizable as is everything else about it. Its my personal favorite.
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ADW ex for me. Fast and smooth and I love the dockbar.
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1+ on ADW EX. Have tried alot others and it seems to be the perfect fit between the most stable,quick, and customizable in my opinion.
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Either LauncherPro Plus or ADW EX. I paid for both and can't really decide so I use both of them
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I liked the go launcher until it kept resetting my screens, and always setting them back up pissed me off...
Been on zeam for a while now, liking it a lot, no issues thus far
Edit: that was on my old epic though, perhaps my new one will play nicer
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I had some similar issues with Go Launcher EX, but they updated it several weeks ago and it's been rock solid since.
I've got to give a huge +1 to Go Launcher for one reason - the app drawer customization. Has extra "tabs" for recent apps and running tasks, but most importantly it has the ability to create your own folders for organization. I've got folders for media apps (gallery, movie players, music players, etc), games, finance, and system tools. So much easier to find things and lets me keep my home screens clutter free.
LauncherPro, because their widgets are hard to beat. The facebook widget is better than anything else I could find, and now that they added custom skinning they are even better.
Pretty much I'm asking. Is there a launcher that is like adw and launcher pro but is compatible with sense widgets.
I've been looking but not finding.
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There isn't one. Sense, including the widgets, is proprietary to HTC and they are very quick to sue when it comes to their property. There are some skins available that make use of the google apps, calendar and music, that work well with LauncherPro. I've used Pure Music Widget by francois Deslanders and it has a nice transparent 4x4 widget.
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Hmm I see the issue. No one would wanna do that work for free. Thx for quick response.
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I've seen and tried some of the things you pointed out. But I guess I'm really just trying to make use of my sense rom. I'm using launcher pro and I love it but not being able to you the weather widget has always bugged me.
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I've seen and tried some of the things you pointed out. But I guess I'm really just trying to make use of my sense rom. I'm using launcher pro and I love it but not being able to you the weather widget has always bugged me.
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Beautiful Widgets has almost the exact same weather/clock widget as HTC, plus hundred of others to choose from. Only problem I ever had with it is it gets my location wrong sometimes.
Thx I've looked into beautiful widgets but I'm talking about the full screen weather widget the one with the forcast.
The reason I was asking was mainly because of the resizing of widgets in these launchers.
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GO Weather maybe?
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Thx I've looked into beautiful widgets but I'm talking about the full screen weather widget the one with the forcast.
The reason I was asking was mainly because of the resizing of widgets in these launchers.
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Yeah it only has a 4x1 weather widget which kind of sucks. Launcher Pro does allow resizing but it just keeps the same 4x1 widget and enlarges it to about 4x2 and it doesn't look good.
Cool so I just got done trying out the go weather app. Its not bad but I only really like it because of the live wallpaper.
But for that same reason It's not what I'm looking for. I do appreciate the idea. Oh well still looking.
I guess what I'm really looking for is that sense 4x4 forcast widget on one of my launcher pro screens. (I know not possible lol)
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There isn't one. Sense, including the widgets, is proprietary to HTC and they are very quick to sue when it comes to their property. There are some skins available that make use of the google apps, calendar and music, that work well with LauncherPro. I've used Pure Music Widget by francois Deslanders and it has a nice transparent 4x4 widget.
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Hopefully they release their Sense SDK soon like they said they would.
Palmary Weather Pro is very close. I think it's a buck or 2 in the market. I love it.
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Ima give that app a try. It looks cool. Thx for the reference
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Could also try fancy widget, has animation too
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I'm really liking that palmary weather. Its what I wanted very much. Thx
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I like both but TSF Shell is so much better. My only complaint is crappy widgets. Is there anyway I can rip the widgets from SPB Shell for TSF Shell? Like the Callender for one.
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kyhassen said:
I like both but TSF Shell is so much better. My only complaint is crappy widgets. Is there anyway I can rip the widgets from SPB Shell for TSF Shell? Like the Callender for one.
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Have you tried using 3rd party widgets such as Pure Calendar, Beautiful Widgets, HD Widgets, etc? If I remember correctly you can also use widgets for ADW and Go Launcher on TSF. Stock TW widgets work as well.
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Have you tried using 3rd party widgets such as Pure Calendar, Beautiful Widgets, HD Widgets, etc? If I remember correctly you can also use widgets for ADW and Go Launcher on TSF. Stock TW widgets work as well.
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Lol thank you again for helping. Most of the TW widgets got altered big time in TSF which is weird. They are not even close to what they should be. I will check the go widgets for sure I haven't played with the HD Widgets mostly due to idk if I want it.
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Lol thank you again for helping. Most of the TW widgets got altered big time in TSF which is weird. They are not even close to what they should be. I will check the go widgets for sure I haven't played with the HD Widgets mostly due to idk if I want it.
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I have both SPB and TSF but use TSF on my S4 and use HD Widgets for weather/clock and Pure Calendar for the calendar. Have used ADW calendar and other widgets in the past and they seemed to work/look fine on TSF.
The devs are still hard at work on TSF and I think once it comes out of beta (2.0) some more widgets will be released for it. Just a hunch.
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I have both SPB and TSF but use TSF on my S4 and use HD Widgets for weather/clock and Pure Calendar for the calendar. Have used ADW calendar and other widgets in the past and they seemed to work/look fine on TSF.
The devs are still hard at work on TSF and I think once it comes out of beta (2.0) some more widgets will be released for it. Just a hunch.
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I didn't realize it was beta till just now. Thank you for that. For what they got going so far is amazing. I'm really fond of rhee lasso mode and the free placement of the icon. Leaves so much for style it's insane. But I actually have beautiful Widgets pro and use that for my super clock, clock/weather I am really fond of the weather system built in it. I will definitely check out pure Calendar for sure. HD Widgets has a nice set up for sure but I will have to play with it.
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