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Fancy widget v1.3.0

So I just found the fancy widget apk which imitates htc.s sense UI and..
It Looks awesome on my x10, but the widget doesnt display any weather information ¿
Do I need to install something to access this feature?
Thanks in advance.
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I had it before.. its pretty random.. it used to be on n off for me!!
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Beautiful Widgets is better imo.

Aparently its been pulled from the market following a complaint by HTC?? Just tried to find it and couldn't so had a google.
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/news_and_weather/fancy-widget_gztv.html
I just got Beautiful Widget yesterday and its lovely. Yes I had to pay 1.78 Euros for it but well worth it. Might be an alternative if you can't get yours working.

You may need to go to the fancy widget config screen and uncheck the location box at the top and then 'set location'
Will no longer be greyed out. Set ur location and it should work. Did for me neway . . . .
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killerskincanoe said:
You may need to go to the fancy widget config screen and uncheck the location box at the top and then 'set location'
Will no longer be greyed out. Set ur location and it should work. Did for me neway . . . .
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Can someone post a video of beautiful widget running on their x10? I want to buy it based on what everyone is saying but I don't know much about how it actually looks

To be fair its a bit pointless showing you any pics of it cos its soooo skin-able that it would take 100's of shots to show you.
Its 4 colums wide and two deep, you have large clock display, day, date temperature and picture of the weather. The clock can be either in its own box with background or a see thru one so it sits over your wall paper nicely (which is what I have got!) The clock font and colour is hugely changeable, you just download more skins to your phone - free once you've made the initial purchase. The weather pictures probably have a dozen different settings. The text colour for the day date bit is entirely your choice.
It is 'beautiful' and for under £2 its pretty darn cheap for what you get.

suzed said:
To be fair its a bit pointless showing you any pics of it cos its soooo skin-able that it would take 100's of shots to show you.
Its 4 colums wide and two deep, you have large clock display, day, date temperature and picture of the weather. The clock can be either in its own box with background or a see thru one so it sits over your wall paper nicely (which is what I have got!) The clock font and colour is hugely changeable, you just download more skins to your phone - free once you've made the initial purchase. The weather pictures probably have a dozen different settings. The text colour for the day date bit is entirely your choice.
It is 'beautiful' and for under £2 its pretty darn cheap for what you get.
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Thanks for the great description
But with the imminent update to 2.1, is there any point in getting it now? We can just use the weather live wallpaper

Imminent do you know something we dont? Lol. Hadn't thought about that, but I'm kind of bad at waiting for stuff when I decide I want it. Typical impatient woman!

suzed said:
Imminent do you know something we dont? Lol. Hadn't thought about that, but I'm kind of bad at waiting for stuff when I decide I want it. Typical impatient woman!
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Well by imminent I meant coming anytime before the world ends in 2012
I think I will wait it out. Thanks though

Hey killerskincanoe that fixed my problem, I jus entered my postal code and the rest is history. Thanks
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pngface said:
Can someone post a video of beautiful widget running on their x10? I want to buy it based on what everyone is saying but I don't know much about how it actually looks
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Are the screenshots in the link not enough.

pngface said:
Well by imminent I meant coming anytime before the world ends in 2012
I think I will wait it out. Thanks though
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Man it's like $2 wtf...people should help the dev community out more, it's a damn good app, so is Touiteur (LevelUp Studio as well)

The biggest differences between 1.6 & 2.1 (Screenshots)

Have tried and compare my and a friends screenhots of the 2 different Android versions (1.6 & 2.1)
The impressive change in my eyes is enough the calculator

More screenshots here.

Impressive
one of the differences is the calling screen, I liked the 2.1's where you can easily put on speaker or do other stuff

Aw, I didn't even realise the calculator changed. I liked it before.
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Aw, would of been nice if they based the calculator more on the dialer, then i'd like it more.
The 1.6 one looks um "old" while the 2.1 one looks sorta out of place for a calculator haha.

The 1.6 slide-to-unlock wasn't that bad, let alone the sliding lag..Actually it was different from the usual slide locks/unlocks but the lag was awful so I prefer the 2.1 one!

a2gelos said:
The 1.6 slide-to-unlock wasn't that bad, let alone the sliding lag..Actually it was different from the usual slide locks/unlocks but the lag was awful so I prefer the 2.1 one!
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tip for the day
you can actually continue to slide unlock in the same pattern as 1.6, you do not have to use the slide across the screen as indicated on the lockscreen.
see screenshot and try to unlock as shown with the red arrow (ie - the old way)
it still works

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tip for the day
you can actually continue to slide unlock in the same pattern as 1.6, you do not have to use the slide across the screen as indicated on the lockscreen.
see screenshot and try to unlock as shown with the red arrow (ie - the old way)
it still works
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Thats pretty cool! It was easier to slide the old one. More ergonomic if that's the right word for it.

Reeonimus said:
Thats pretty cool! It was easier to slide the old one. More ergonomic if that's the right word for it.
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is good hey
btw - love the Mitch Hedberg quote! shame he's gone, he was brilliant

of corse the arch slide works..
the screen dose not track that your finger has left where the slider is but still tracks your finger move to the right and thus it unlocks

ya .. UI looks more elegant and rich.. and particualrly the android linked UI like drop downs , icons .. and other menu stuff and all looks a lot better

Love the new calculator. i can actually use it now without pressing every key at once!!

Punnisher_42 said:
Love the new calculator. i can actually use it now without pressing every key at once!!
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Are you serious?
How have you managed to do anything on the X10? Most actions require much more focused presses (eg. text messaging)
I dislike the thicker notification bar at the top, I don't see any viable reason to make it more like the stock size.

Cool, anybody got any screengrabs of the x10 mini post update?

Sony X10 Style Lock Screen

Hi
I've got a Desire 2.2 and an x10 which has just updated to 2.1
I like the lock screen on the new x10 2.1
Anyone know if there is one like that available for the desire ?
Basically a lock screen showing my wallpaper, date & time (large) and have a slider at the bottom.
Slide left to right to unlock
Slide right to left to adjust the ringing volume.
When a call comes in and the phone is locked, you see who is calling and sliding left-> right answers, right -> left drops the call.
Anything like this for the desire... ideally free
Thanks

search around this forum, you will find some roms using it, like OD, or maybe widgetlock clockscreen

Are there any ROMs which allow a screensaver with, eg, a faint clock, such as that on many Nokias? I really miss this since jumping from symbian!

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Are there any ROMs which allow a screensaver with, eg, a faint clock, such as that on many Nokias? I really miss this since jumping from symbian!
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hmmm this aint symbian dude....
and thats a good thing. why sacrifice battery life for just a clock??

deepakoffline said:
hmmm this aint symbian dude....
and thats a good thing. why sacrifice battery life for just a clock??
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Oh I know, there very good reasons I jumped ship! This is a about the only feature I miss!
And the advantage of the screensaver, which doesn't have to be a battery drainer at all, is a customizable notification bar. A plain old LED doesn't really cut it!

For the X10 style lock, try LockBot. Has an excelent clone and works very well
Sent from my GT-P1000

Cheers
LockBot Free is what I need

[Q] [NAND] Pixelated graphics and widgets in all NAND roms. (Banding)

Hello xda,
Im currently using the rom on my signature which runs close to perfect. But I want to know why and how can I fix the ugly pixelated graphics and widgets in the rom. Is not a specific rom issue since all NAND roms i've tried have that problem. Back in SD this issue was fixed and graphics looked perfect. How can I achieve that sharp and nice look?
Thank you all, this community is amazing.
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do you have a screenshot at all to show us? Maybe a photo of the screen from another camera if that is easier?

Here's a screenshot with music and calendar widget.
Notice the ugly pixels and blocky look.
Edit. Actually don't know why drocap won't show it. But all of you who have nand open those widgets and you'll see what i mean

sorry dude... it looks normal... and looks totally fine on mine, I have a Telstra HD2 (512ROM) tried the CM and Desire and MIUI based ones, they all work great on mine, no odd looking pixels

Pens and DreamS said:
Notice the ugly pixels and blocky look.
Edit. Actually don't know why drocap won't show it. But all of you who have nand open those widgets and you'll see what i mean
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Maybe that issue caused by image compression ... I think.

The rendering of widgets can be affected heavily by the launcher. I've heard suggestion that Launcher Pro will get rid of that problem. Worth a try since you just uninstall it if it doesn't fix it.
If it is down to the launcher, there's not going to be any fix for you, other than hope that there's an update to the launcher you use, that addresses the issue.

Thank you all for your answers. Will try another launcher and see.

I installed launcher pro (free) and tried it in the beginning with MDJ 2.6 G-bread nand version... I noticed pixelated widgets but kind of did not care. I also installed bunch of things after 1st boot and started using the phone. Among other apps it was ADWlauncher EX which I paid... I rebooted after that once for different reason and once it booted up again I literally noticed huge bump in how smooth and fluid motion was with this launcher - pixelation was also gone and I do not know whether it was launcher that made it that way - but I definitely love it

I know what he is talking about. I try to avoid widgets with that ugly looking thing. Which is why I'm currently using transparent widgets.
These screenshots have been taken with this app called "shoot me" As you can seen, they look perfectly fine
But, now look at these pictures taken with my digital camera

hello00 said:
I know what he is talking about. I try to avoid widgets with that ugly looking thing. Which is why I'm currently using transparent widgets.
These screenshots have been taken with this app called "shoot me" As you can seen, they look perfectly fine
But, now look at these pictures taken with my digital camera
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Looking at the pics you posted I believe this is the banding problem alot have referred too caused by the 65k limitation on the screen.. Yes it is capable of 262k but the devs haven't figured out how to unlock it yet.. Winmo say it's a software limitation.. Hope this is a lil explanation.. The reason your screen shot doesn't show it, is cause android itself isn't limited to 65k colors only the screen is (currently)..
Swyped from my desire hd2

squish099 said:
Looking at the pics you posted I believe this is the banding problem alot have referred too caused by the 65k limitation on the screen.. Yes it is capable of 262k but the devs haven't figured out how to unlock it yet.. Winmo say it's a software limitation.. Hope this is a lil explanation.. The reason your screen shot doesn't show it, is cause android itself isn't limited to 65k colors only the screen is (currently)..
Swyped from my desire hd2
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Thanks for your explanation. This doesn't bother me at all. Just wanted to post some ss's so you guys could have an idea what the OP is reffering to.

Pens and DreamS said:
Thank you all for your answers. Will try another launcher and see.
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Hi, can you update us on whether this has worked for you?
I'm facing this problem too, and I'm still keeping the power control widget even though the pixelated one looks very ugly..

Sense 5

Hello all... I was trying to find if such topic has been presented before.
What is your expectations for Sense 5 as software and inhancements? For me, I wish they consider the following from my experience in HOX+:
- Gmail in mail application: I like to use Gmail in HTC mail app (imap) instead of Gmail official app. However, there is no star option for a message. Hope HTC is fixing this in Sense 5.
- Although I like HTC notes and HTC tasks apps, I wish they will allow to disable it if I want to use different apps. In HOX+ they prevented disabling them as they are connected to calendar and other messaging system. Also, the evernote merging in HTC note app isn't complete and it misses tags.
- I hope they can now provide an option to choose what info I can sync from Facebook (pics, contacts, ...)
- Movie Editor doesn't have a link in gallery app.
- Flickr merging (I like it of course) isn't complete and miss a lot of features. They either make it complete or allow us to disable it if I want to use different client.
- I like the way of Linkedin are being sync into contacts but it doesn't allow to open Linkedin contact link in the official app as it does in Facebook
- Stocks market by HTC & Yahoo doesn't support all market. So, another app is needed. I hope it's been fixed in Sense 5 or being able to be disabled too.

SenseTV, boomsound, Zoe that's about it. I don't care about anything else on sense 5.

i just dont like the icons of sense5,

该隐之怨 said:
i just dont like the icons of sense5,
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I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it

Honestly as long as the messaging app looks crisp, I'm a happy camper! haha.

Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool

kalo88 said:
I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool
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+1
Much more classy
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Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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It's all to do with reducing the lag on Sense, making everything flat will mean that everything will be a lot smoother and take less time to load so reduces lag. This is something that I really want as even on Jelly Bean Sense 4+ still lags and stutters at times which on the devices we have it shouldn't happen.
Push mail in the default mail app would be nice too.

It looks way better than the old one. Simple is better :victory:

I like the new icons... Been looking for a sense 5 cm10 for theme the last week.

I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?

What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.

clarkgable said:
I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?
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Yes you can
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Aetherion90 said:
What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.
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I think it is still present in the other (normal) home screen
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Bought the Desire HD and One X when they were released .. Haven't regreted it a second!
As soon as the HTC One is out im all over that ****!
This phone is going to be a blast!

Movie Editor
I want Movie Editor back on mi HOX+ with Sense 5.
Anyone know if this application can be downloaded ???
Thanks !!!!
Matias.

xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo

crixley said:
Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo
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They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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Look above, I didn't bump the thread...
I'm using an app and didn't notice the date it was originally made.
Anyway I agree with the same size, but I don't like them all being the same shape.
I think that looks cheesy