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Post your Homescreen

Hello at all!
I know there is a thread like this in the Android Gerneral forum, but since we did not get any premade Skins (except Black Mod), i wanted to see what you have done to pimp your Homescreen.
Here is mine.
[Modded Black Mod (modded by me), Helix Launcher, Tenius Icons, Beautiful Widget, Pure Calendar Widget]

And here is mine:
(sweeter home, and this is my first theme)
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how do you make this print screens?

Mine fyodor 0.5.3.1 with black bar, transparent notifier and lockscreen + senseUI

Bikers said:
how do you make this print screens?
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What you mean? I took the screnshots on device with drocap2, I copied them to pc, compine them in one picture by photoshop and uploaded them with imagesark

larc0s what is the name of the app where are wifi, bt, and other stuff to turn ON/OFF ?

MPodlesnik said:
larc0s what is the name of the app where are wifi, bt, and other stuff to turn ON/OFF ?
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It's "Switcher Pro" for 0,99$ in the market

larc0s said:
Hello at all!
I know there is a thread like this in the Android Gerneral forum, but since we did not get any premade Skins (except Black Mod), i wanted to see what you have done to pimp your Homescreen.
Here is mine.
[Modded Black Mod (modded by me), Helix Launcher, Tenius Icons, Beautiful Widget, Pure Calendar Widget]
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How did you change the style of the keyboard and the battery indicator? Looks really nice!
Regards!

I changed the png's in the framework-res.apk

larc0s said:
I changed the png's in the framework-res.apk
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Great! Thanks bro!

first homescreen is nice, how i do that with my htc tattoo???

Launcher pro icons

I know how to change dock icons on launcher pro, but how do I change the other icons on home screen?
Thanks
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you need to use something like desktop visualiser or folder organiser

When you add a new shortcut you get an option to change the icon right after selecting the app. Would be so nice if you could change icons on existing shortcuts.
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With Bettercut or Desktop Visualizer.
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With Bettercut or Desktop Visualizer.
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Not needed. only add new shortcut, then when you select name for the shortcut you simply press the image above the name to change the icon

Hastle really going through so many icons,
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is there a way to change the folder icon of launcher pro? as it is so boring brown

Here's a tutorial on customizing LauncherPro - lots of links to icon & dock collections there, as well as some custom Desktop Visualizer icons.

rum0s said:
is there a way to change the folder icon of launcher pro? as it is so boring brown
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I'm also wondering if there's a way to do this

gambit07 said:
I'm also wondering if there's a way to do this
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rum0s said:
is there a way to change the folder icon of launcher pro? as it is so boring brown
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Am I right in guessing nobody found an answer?

might be easier just to use adw and get a theme that you like, it's less hassle and changes the icons for you...

HRQPK said:
might be easier just to use adw and get a theme that you like, it's less hassle and changes the icons for you...
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Yeah I have ADW all set up and organized with the icons I like.
Thing is, I'm trying LP since yesterday and my Milestone 2 (Droid 2) feels faster and more responsive... And I'm not using live wallpapers or any other bloatware lol.
For example, when I click on a blank spot and click on 'create widget' (normal widgets, not LPP widgets) the menu for the widgets appear instantly. In ADW after I click 'widgets' it takes three seconds for the widget menu to appear.
Same thing with the app drawer, 3 seconds of black screen on ADW and instant on LPP, and I'm using the 3D mode in both.

You can change folder color by using 7Zip, Find your Launcher Pro .APK file right click, select 7Zip, OPen Archive. Drag the res file to your desktop. Click " Drawable-hdpi find the PNG folder files, should be two(OPENED, and CLOSED). Edit files with Photoshop or whatever program you desire and SAVE. Go to APK folder in 7Zip and delete the res folder. After your done drag the modified res folder back to where you originally grabbed it in the 7Zip file. Install APK on your phone and your folders should all now be your modified version. Caution you will have to un-install Launcher Pro first then redo your folders.

[Q] Background and colors of calendar app

Hi, I find the Arc's calendar app very difficult to read with the white text on dark blue background.
Anybody found a way to modify that "theme" or reskin the calendar app?
I've been thinking of editing the xml layout files in the calendar apk (my device is rooted) but thought I'd ask first before starting...
thanks
erwan

if you change the system background (there's a thread on here for it) it will be reflected in the calendar, and the calculator.. amongst other things!
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im_iceman said:
if you change the system background (there's a thread on here for it) it will be reflected in the calendar, and the calculator.. amongst other things!
Sent from The Arc!
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I guess we could indeed do that but that would not change the text color (currently white or light gray) and might be impossible to read of a different background.
we need to be able to fully skin the Calendar app or replace it with the stock Android one.

Game folder or widget?

Sorry if this sounds stupid but how would I go about making a games folder for all my games. I'm on taboonay so the games have all been removed. If I use a widget would that take me to a location where all games are stored, not apps screen? I've been focusing so much on performance that I've only just got around to personalizing the tab after a month of use!

Try Folder Organizer or circle launcher

xamilek555 said:
Try Folder Organizer or circle launcher
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Great i'll play with those later when the kids are in bed

Another to try is "application folder"
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+2 for folder organizer lite. Once you make your folders and add in all your apps or links I then use the widget Desktop Visualizer to make my own icons.
If you use DV, add the widget and pick the size you want. Then when you see the green outline for the app on the screen choose other, folder organizer link and then pick your folder. It looks very clean with a variety of sizes for the icons. (Before setting it all up though- Just download a pick for your icon and choose it from the gallery when your setting up the widget, or you can just use organizer lites icons)
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Stardate Tab 10.1 said:
+2 for folder organizer lite. Once you make your folders and add in all your apps or links I then use the widget Desktop Visualizer to make my own icons.
If you use DV, add the widget and pick the size you want. Then when you see the green outline for the app on the screen choose other, folder organizer link and then pick your folder. It looks very clean with a variety of sizes for the icons. (Before setting it all up though- Just download a pick for your icon and choose it from the gallery when your setting up the widget, or you can just use organizer lites icons)
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I'm using astro to view the zip file containing the icons i downloaded but i can't see the icon image when choosing. All have the same file image so it's a painin the arsegoing throughthem all. What am I doing wrong?

Did you unzip the files? Then you have to view the images so that the gallary is associated with them. Then when you set up the DV widget you choose the icon, just have to know where to find them. They don't have to be icons from icon packs though, you can use any small sized JPEG as well.
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All sweet with the widgets, how can i just have widgets with icons and no text labelling the folder. Folder organizer won't let me have a link with image only. Is this possible?
The text sayin "games" kind of ruins the nice icon.

irishmoe said:
All sweet with the widgets, how can i just have widgets with icons and no text labelling the folder. Folder organizer won't let me have a link with image only. Is this possible?
The text sayin "games" kind of ruins the nice icon.
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Try to make a widget with a only space or Tab on it's name
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I can't believe I didn't spot that. I tried the same thing in folder organizer. What a dumdum.
Thanks again.

S4 Default Wallpapers (resetting to default theme)

How can I get back the following default wallpapers without actually resetting the phone to factory settings that came on the phone when I was unboxing it on my SGS4?
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The other screen capture labeled CAPTURE2 is a solid light blue color with the hint of Sun glow on it.
I only have the plain normal blue solid color for the Home/Lock screen wallpaper.

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How can I get back the following default wallpapers without actually resetting the phone to factory settings that came on the phone when I was unboxing it on my SGS4?
Please see screenshots.
The other screen capture labeled CAPTURE2 is a solid light blue color with the hint of Sun glow on it.
I only have the plain normal blue solid color for the Home/Lock screen wallpaper.
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Look in apps and theme`s section, Rosario http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313566 has many wallpapers also saw this one.

gee2012 said:
Look in apps and theme`s section, Rosario http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313566 has many wallpapers also saw this one.
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NEVER MIND:laugh::laugh: I have it. I downloaded it.
However, can someone tell me where SGS4 stores its default Wallpapers? In which directory?
Because now, I would like to move this to the default Wallpaper directory.
Thanks!

Is there any special reason that you want to add them to wallpapers? You could add them to your gallery and then set them as wallpaper.

Dont think you understand my point here....
I know how to set the wallpapers. But I need to locate the folder in which these DEFAULT wallpapers are so I can add my downloaded image along to those default ones.
IThanks

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Dont think you understand my point here....
I know how to set the wallpapers. But I need to locate the folder in which these DEFAULT wallpapers are so I can add my downloaded image along to those default ones.
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secwallpaperchooser.apk

grgsiocl said:
secwallpaperchooser.apk
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For some reason that light solid blue color (with the sun beaming down) wallpaper was indeed in my list of default wallpapers list.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39745417
Please see that wallpaper from my first posting. Thats gone from the default wallpapers list and plus, I even did a factory reset and still, its not there. However, could be that I had this 300MB Firmware update last week and the firmware replaced that wallpaper from the default lists?
But somehow it got replaced by a darker solid blue color.
Thanks