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can someone make a rom or theme thats stable?? ive been trying anything i could, to make my hero as authentic nexus as i possibly could ie the nexus application grid, the dots in the corner, the animation to the app drawer, the white taskbar, but i cant handle the launchers buggy-ness and i dont like helix because its just not the same...if there is one thats not a test or something thats stable out there could you please help?
thanks everyone!
I dont have "buggy-ness" using the launcher.
What do you mean?
White task bar
It has a new rosie launcher, but if using the nexus launcher you will never see it.
Do a full wipe and get DC 2.07.2.. Then flash the livewallpaper update.
You will have the nexus launcher and live wallpapers.
Then flash the above white taskbar and it will look like a nexus phone. (I think, i dont want to test)
Its also funny cuz I was googling something yesterday about the HTC desire, and every Nexus forum is trying to get HTC Sense on there rom by using Desires rom.
And you are doing the opposite.
when my phone is on standby and i turn my phone back on to the lockscreen, i unlock it and either the screen is black, or just the wallpaper shows. no icons or widgets. its like its loading them, and its takes a few seconds till they show up, and sometimes it doesnt switch screens, i have to swipe like five or so times before it recognizes my finger
Nexus launcher from the market is fantastic..
Ran good on Flipz.. But it runs incredible on DCv2.07
and is that white task bar compatable with fresh 2.0d?
thank man
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and is that white task bar compatable with fresh 2.0d?
thank man
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http://logika.net/downloads/white_taskbar_launcher_fresh20d.zip
THIS ONE FOR SURE SHOULD WORK
Same thing as above, but its was made for 2.0d rom
Though it should work for all damage and fresh roms.
Make a nano backup before flashing.. Just in case you dont like some of the changes, you can always go back and try something else.
Hey all,
So I am not new to Android, but I am new to using a launcher or anything other than regular apps. I want to try the ADW launcher, but I have some questions since I don't really know anything about how launchers work.
Can someone explain to me the very basics of what installing a launcher will do? Also, if I don't like it or don't understand it, can I uninstall and not have to hard reset?
Is there a how-to for using ADW?
Thanks ahead of time!
Install it thru the Android market place just search adw launcher and if you don't like it uninstall like any other app from the Android market
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So I can just uninstall and not have to do any reset?
Can you explain to me what a launcher does (briefly)?
Sorry for such a basic question, but hey we all have to learn sometime.
Thanks!
go hear its anderwebs dev page the dev for adw launcher. it should be able to tell you everything about the launcher and show you some picture of what it looks like and what it does. but yea just install from android market and if you dont like just uninstall like any other app without having to reset your device just go to market/downloads then uninstall.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/
hears a video of it to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gRgpuQE_k&feature=fvst
the version in this video is 0.7.1 and it is now on 0.7.8 so theres been plenty of new features since then
I really appreciate the info. I installed it this morning, but couldn't even figure out how to change the settings. I read the instructions on adw's page so I might try again.
My calendar widget wouldn't work and there were also only 5 screens instead of 7. Can you have 7?
Maybe I need to mess with it more. I guess I'm just not sure of the benefits of using it. Will it help my battery last longer? Will the MTS be faster? Or is it more of an aesthetic thing?
thnx
I didn't have any problems with it other than lag here and there. It might just need the dev to do a bit of fine tunning, or could be me with my luck. Nice interface. Good features, and a lot of flexibility. I do like sense though and I think I will just deal with all of TMobiles extra crap for the time being. All in all a great replacement though.
Press the menu key while on the home screen, then you can select the ADW settings. You can have 7 screens if you want.
The HTC Sense widgets will not work outside of the sense launcher.
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Press the menu key while on the home screen, then you can select the ADW settings. You can have 7 screens if you want.
The HTC Sense widgets will not work outside of the sense launcher.
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what he said
also keep in mind that My Modes function will not work with a launcher program. I tried Helix, ADW, and launcherpro and since they seem to be just a "skin" so the apps don't rearrange and stuff when you change modes. It meesses it up. Then when you uninstall you have to set up modes again. Just FYI, not sure if you use the modes or not.
Thanks for all of the info. I don't use modes, but I do like the widgets, particularly calendar and weather. Being able to see what I have to do every day right on the home screen(s) is very helpful!
http://androinica.com/2009/09/24/dont-like-the-android-calendar-widget-get-a-pure-one/
And for the weather/clock I am using beautiful widgets. There are options out there
When I'm flipping left and right on my home/widget screens this short cut/jump to screen pops up on the bottom. I can't figure out how to disable it!! I try to go into my drawer/all app list and end up jumping to another home screen. Please help
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You could just use a different launcher? I've moved to ADW Launcher and I'm loving it so far. Lots of options/tweaks.
Drop blur & just use an alternative home launcher such as adw or launcher pro.
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Just downloaded new launcher. Good info thanks y'all.
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I use launcher pro (plus) the beta version is free, basically i turn off homescreen rotation (like it is in moto, which i agree with i'm only gonna hold the homescreen one way)
and i enable 5 rows in the homescreen Gives so much more room to have widgets. as well as icons, it looks kinda messed up if you go landscape homescreen.
It just makes sense to me and wish more wide phones (which is about all the new phones now) should come like that
Hi,
I am fairly new to the Android world and I have some questions for you guys.
So as I said the Atrix is my first Android phone I've already rooted it and done all the modification we, bell users, can do.
There is one thing that I think is really weird and its the widget positioning. Why do all widgets have 1/8 of free space on top, on bottom and on the side? And why is there already "pre-designed" area to put you widget in? It feels to me like I can't place them like I want... Am I doing something wrong or is there an option somewhere to remove that?
I tried searching Google for that but wasn't able to find the right word so I can get relevant results.
I am currently using Go Laucher.
Thanks for you help and sorry if there is some english mistake, english isn't my first language.
It is like a fixed grid, but you can have some more freedom/customization using apps like luncher pro
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I'll try Laucher Pro then!
Thank you!
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It is like a fixed grid, but you can have some more freedom/customization using apps like luncher pro
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or using go launcher create a 5x5 grid, or use desktop visualizer to use custom icons all over, etc etc
LauncherPro Plus allows widget resizing. Get it if you dont already have it.
Stick with Go Launcher because 1) it's free and 2) it allows widget resizing without paying (ala Launcher Pro Plus).
Set your grid to 4x5 tight or 5x5 extra tight and you will have barely any margins on the sides.
I changed to 5x5 and it helped a lot!!
Thanks to everyone!
I've got a question slightly related, is there a way to set up the original homescreen launcher to come up when I press the home button because I got Go Launcher and pressing home only seems to go there and I have to kill it to get back to the original screen.
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I've got a question slightly related, is there a way to set up the original homescreen launcher to come up when I press the home button because I got Go Launcher and pressing home only seems to go there and I have to kill it to get back to the original screen.
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settings/applications/manage applications/go launcher/clear defaults
Thanks for the reply, I already did that but i can set the default for the home button as as the original launcher as long as I have other launchers installed, the original just doesn't show up in the list of choices. I have Launcher Pro as well as I was testing which I would like better but when I press home the list comes up with only Go & Pro launchers, I guess I'll just have to go with a third party one then it seems the default launcher doesn't get it's own app or whatever.
just uninstall them if you dont want to use 3rd party launcher....its that simple
Shadohw said:
I've got a question slightly related, is there a way to set up the original homescreen launcher to come up when I press the home button because I got Go Launcher and pressing home only seems to go there and I have to kill it to get back to the original screen.
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get home switcher from the market its free i have like four dif ui on my atrix
Hello guys, I am new to this forum and I bought a XPeria Arc the other day and let me say its the best phone ever made. Nothing beats it. So anyway I have been going through its never ending features and found out that the phone has more than one home screen. However I want only one or two. So I removed the timescpae app and the other widgets and emptied three out of my five home screeen to keep it short and simple. My problem is the empty home screens are still there and wont go and wont go. SO when I press the home button I am taken to an empty home screen with just a wallpaper. So my question is how do i remove empty unwanted home screens and just have one or two?
your only option is to use another launcher such as launcher pro or ADW from the market as you can specify how many home screens you use. These are great launchers and have their pros and cons when compared to SE launcher.
Best thing is to try them and see what you think
but as for your issue with pressing the home screen and going to an empty screen, you need to move your widgets to that screen. The home button centers your screens on the middle one
I think you may have your widgets on the wrong screen you need to have them on the 3rd screen/middle screen.
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