Any way to get 7 homescreens? - Nexus S General

My dad called. He wants me to ask if there's any way to get 7 home screens.
Is there? Besides installed another launcher. Keep in mind I don't have a NS anywhere near me and he knows very little about the phone.

As far as I know, you're limited to only 5 home screens on stock Android. The G2 isn't as completely stock as originally thought, or so some say.
In any case, I put LauncherPro on my NS and haven't had any issues at all in case you wanted to go that route.

I'd like 3 screens!!!
Performance, my old chap.

Thanks for the quick replies. He's used launcher pro before ill tell em to just use it again.
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Launcher Pro on MT4G?

Is it me, or is Launcher Pro not working right on this phone? I'll set as my default, but everytime I hit the home key it keeps bringing me back to my Sense home. Errr... please don't tell me that I can't use LP.
=O does adw launcher work?
thats odd
LauncherPro is working perfectly for me! Check and be sure you made it your default.
Of course I've been setting it as the default, it's just not sticking for me. It keeps forcing me to Sense.
WilliamStern said:
Of course I've been setting it as the default, it's just not sticking for me. It keeps forcing me to Sense.
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Uninstall it and re-install LP again, backup its settings if you'd like before uninstalling so that you can restore them after re-installing.
It's working perfectly on my end.
Works perfect here as well.
Works great on mine as well.
Working with no issues.
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Clear the defaults of HTC Sense and hit home again. It should prompt you for the home default.
adw launcher works perfectly as well...
Finally got it to work. Thanks guys!
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Finally got it to work. Thanks guys!
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Anything particular that you had to do to get it work correctly, beyond what was suggested in this thread?
Also, I didn't want to create a new thread for this, but I just got back form the TMO store where I looked at the MT4G and the G2. Trying to decide if either is a good replacement for my Droid 1. Obviously, I'll be waiting for full permanent root on both before buying.
If you install LP or ADW, how much of that awful UI on the MT4G is removed/covered?
Random side note, on their live G2s, all the screens hung from the body when the phone was held upside down. Is that normal? All the G2 I've looked at are like that, but they've always been demo models and have been handled by who knows how many people.
No problems for me either
works FINE for me with no problems whatsoever! ADW launcher, now that is another story....very buggy on mine!
LP seems to work fine on my end even after last nights OTA update to 2.2.1
Bateluer said:
Anything particular that you had to do to get it work correctly, beyond what was suggested in this thread?
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Nope, just remove/clear your preferred launcher, hit home, check the box to remember default, them select LP as your launcher.
Bateluer said:
If you install LP or ADW, how much of that awful UI on the MT4G is removed/covered?
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Um, all of it. That's the whole point in installing a replacement - you choose to use one or another.
Bateluer said:
Random side note, on their live G2s, all the screens hung from the body when the phone was held upside down. Is that normal? All the G2 I've looked at are like that, but they've always been demo models and have been handled by who knows how many people.
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I think they're all like that, just how the hinge mechanism works, but you're probably never gonna holds it like that anyway during normal use. However, that would keep me from buying (prefer candybars anyway). Very happy w/the Glacier, though the battery kind sucks on mine.
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Um, all of it. That's the whole point in installing a replacement - you choose to use one or another.
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Doesn't remove all of Blur on the Droid 2/X phones. Thats why I asked.
working good on mine also..
Bateluer said:
Doesn't remove all of Blur on the Droid 2/X phones. Thats why I asked.
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No prob -I've not noticed remnants of Sense when in LP+
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I tried using the Sense UI for a few hours... back to launcherpro.

Any Aria users that have tablets too?

I know this is an Aria forum, but I have a tablet question. Are there any Aria/Liberty/Gratis/Intruder users in this forum that also use Android tablets? We are considering gifting one and wonder how they perform in terms of reliability. A friend has the Coby one and gets force closes often and AppsLib sucks.
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
Funny... I was searching on ebay for one of those a minute ago. I believe they operate reliably. But I would deffinitely go with one that runs Froyo, less chances of finding bugs.
I am using my Gtab to send tis, as my Aria Tethers me to a connection here in the mountains of the Poconos. Its ony at EDGE speeds, but it works for now. I love my GTAB. The hardware is impressive, save one item. Its downfall is the LCD screen. It has bad viewing angles in Portrait mode. Other than that, I have since turned my laptop on twice in the last two weeks since I got the Tablet.
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I used to live in the Poconos. Well, in Gouldsboro, Pa.
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I have a GTAB too. The thing is junk out of the box but killer after switching to a different Rom. Look in the G Tablet forum on here and do some research. I like it because I'm already familiar with the Android system and how it works.
greenmonsterland said:
I have a GTAB too. The thing is junk out of the box but killer after switching to a different Rom. Look in the G Tablet forum on here and do some research. I like it because I'm already familiar with the Android system and how it works.
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This is exactly why I went with the gTab. Plus the cpu makes the gTab a device that will be around for a while longer than most portable devices running Android
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I know this is an Aria forum, but I have a tablet question. Are there any Aria/Liberty/Gratis/Intruder users in this forum that also use Android tablets? We are considering gifting one and wonder how they perform in terms of reliability. A friend has the Coby one and gets force closes often and AppsLib sucks.
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
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I have a Coby (rooted with gapps and the new android market installed).. It is a little slower than what I'm use to, but i have not have many force close issues or than with ADW themes..
What did you guys pay for your G-Tabs? $400? Did you get it locally or from Amazon?
I'm pretty interested in it, but with all the newly-announced tablets at CES, I'm wondering if I should hold off.
I'm going to wait for a suitable htc tablet, like the so called "htc scribe"
I like htc
911jason said:
What did you guys pay for your G-Tabs? $400? Did you get it locally or from Amazon?
I'm pretty interested in it, but with all the newly-announced tablets at CES, I'm wondering if I should hold off.
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I did get it locally, but I only paid 319.99. Heh, I was able to negotiate the sears rep at the store down from 400 by telling him I was just going to buy it online and pick it up since I could get it for 380. He then did some numbers thing and viola! It was on m receipt for 320
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Yeah I have a Nook Color with launcher pro and the Android Marketplace and it works very well with almost no crashing...EVER!
anup111 said:
Yeah I have a Nook Color with launcher pro and the Android Marketplace and it works very well with almost no crashing...EVER!
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i would get the Nook Color, but i'd like to have camera and GPS for road trips. would be nice to play around with Google Maps and navigation on a tablet.
I was all set to buy a Nook Color for rooting, then a friend on another forum told me that he had returned his because the edges of the screen were not sensitive to touch at all. That worries me... you had any issues with that anup?
Sorry for the late reply... I don't have problems at all with touchscreen unitl my hands get sweaty (I know it's gross). When that happens the screen becomes unresponsive and I have to lock and unlock the screen. Then it's all better!
I ended up getting a Nook color yesterday. Had it rooted within 30 minutes. I'm using Zeam as my launcher and I really like it. This Nook has to be the best Android tab for the money if you ask me.
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I have a Gtablet too
With the stupid att data limit, i have come close to going over with my tablet.
I am glad you got the nook color... I think that for 250$ it is the most sensable choice. Let me know how you like it!
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Help with Atrix Dock....

Guys my cousin has the Motorola Atrix and he actually likes the blur. But he wants to change the 2 icons in the dock to something else...right now its phone and contacts.....can they be changed? Without using a different Launcher?
I honestly don't think so. I get my Atrix on Saturday, and will be using Launcher Pro. I'd play with settings if the goal was to keep Blur. HTC Sense didn't allow for much launcher customization on my Evo, but I had Cyanogenmod on it the moment it was stable.
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Thanks alot!!
Kind of a round-about way of saying "I don't know." But I made the Moto rep regret being in the store when I threw a barrage of questions at him. He ended up handing me the phone saying "Do your thing" and let me explore Blur a little. Seems pretty locked. Not much customization, other than with what widgets you use. Like I said, I'm a huge fan of ADW Launcher and Launcher Pro, and I'll be using LP about 25 seconds after booting it up the first time.
Yeah I missed with the Motoblur launcher and while it's not bad, it's no ADW or LauncherPro!

[Q] Question about launchers.

My cousin had a Droid 2 R2D2. I have a Samsung Epic 4g. I was going to show him launcherpro to see if he wanted to use that instead of blur. But he ended up just wanting the blur launcher back. So I went to Settings>applications>manage applications> running, clicked launcherpro, and I couldn't hit the Clear Default button. The only way I could get him back to blur was to uninstall lp. This does the same with adw too. Why is that? When I had adw and lp installed at the same time, I hit the home button and those were the only two options available to set as default. Again, I'm not used to blur, I'm used to touchwiz. I aso tried Home switcher for froyo, to no avail.
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I couldn't tell you why they do that but try Homesmack from the market to set blur as default while another launcher is installed.
Why would anyone prefer the original launcher over adw or lp? Hey to each is his/her own
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detox246 said:
Why would anyone prefer the original launcher over adw or lp? Hey to each is his/her own
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He is 10, and doesnt really understand the faster is better. He desnt want to learn anything new
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10!!!!??? REALLY!? You should just smack him, he really doesn't need a smartphone... or any phone for that matter.
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LOL, no offense to your cousin's parents, but there is no reason on this earth a 10 year old needs a Droid R2D2, or ANY smart phone for that matter. Maybe one of those phones where you can only call preprogrammed numbers and 911 or something....
I'm surprised though. I used to think teaching a 10 year old how to work one of these phones would be easier than when I try to teach my friends and coworkers...
And by the by... I just recently sbf'd back to stock, then rerooted (still stock rom), debloated my phone, made some build.prop tweaks, OC'd to 1.25GHz ulv, and installed launcher pro plus. The phone is running just as smooth and fast as liberty 1.5
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LOL, no offense to your cousin's parents, but there is no reason on this earth a 10 year old needs a Droid R2D2, or ANY smart phone for that matter. Maybe one of those phones where you can only call preprogrammed numbers and 911 or something....
I'm surprised though. I used to think teaching a 10 year old how to work one of these phones would be easier than when I try to teach my friends and coworkers...
And by the by... I just recently sbf'd back to stock, then rerooted (still stock rom), debloated my phone, made some build.prop tweaks, OC'd to 1.25GHz ulv, and installed launcher pro plus. The phone is running just as smooth and fast as liberty 1.5
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I totally agree with you. I don't know wtc his parents were thinking, but anyways. Thanks for the answers.
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anyone still using the g1/dream.

If so what are you using it for? Phone or other. Need ideas not going to throw it out due to its beautiful history.
kidrobot52 said:
If so what are you using it for? Phone or other. Need ideas not going to throw it out due to its beautiful history.
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I'm afraid I'm also not using mine for anything, sitting a draw, but like you I'm definitely gonna keep onto it.
Alarm clock? You could get a 1.0 ROM or something and delete almost everything but the clock (and probably need a launcher for it).
Doorstop? It's pretty tough and chunky, and the chin might help.
A remote/Bluetooth keyboard for some other device, e.g. tablet. Idk how this would work, I've looked into it before but can't find answers.
Def sounds like a good idea for a remote. Maybe for you tube app on my TV or something other. Maybe give it to my daughter and tell her to have a ball.
Funny, I just found one of these phones at a garage sale today..... Perhaps some resource-unintensive Linux distro could be ported to it and it could be used as a small Linux box.
Still using mine as a WiFi hotspot. Since I have a free data only SIM with a volume monthly quota of 30GB
I'm using mine as a sacrificial phone when I'm kayaking. It's perfectly capable of calls, SMS, and MP3s still. The touchscreen works through a transparent drybag. I can be confident that if I should wind up in the water and the drybag should fail, it's no great loss.
Mine is with my 2 year old daughter. She play games on it ,really there is no other use.
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as a student living abroad, it hosts my sim card in my home country to receive sms from my parents, who are not good at smartphone stuff...
As a backup alarm clock!!!:thumbup:
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I was going to use it as a GPS and/or Speedometer, with no sim in it (on my motorcycle), but first i need to instal a power port! as the battery life sucks once i turn on gps....or the screen!
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If so what are you using it for? Phone or other. Need ideas not going to throw it out due to its beautiful history.
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I want to use my G1 as a screen keyboard and mouse for my raspberry pi. It would be great if I could make it usb plug and play so I could just plug it into any pi and be off.
I'm using my old mytouch 4g as an IP camera. The g1's camera isn't as good but that's another idea.
update google g1 android 1.6 to 2.2 or latest
Hi,
i have rooted my tmobile android 1.6 to 1.0 and want to update it to 2.0 or later 2.2(froyo)
please provide working download links and full instructions
thanks
Just look at the stickied guide a few posts above this one, all info is there
And posting three times is just as good as once for future reference
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Using mine as a backup phone and experimenting.
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Mine is sitting in a backpack full of electronics. The camera is broken, though. It doesn't matter; It's running a ICS ROM which doesn't have camera working, anyways.
I lend it to my friend, he still uses it as a primary device !!! he was never interested in smartphones, so he is very satisfied with that phone
I Love G1
Mine, I'm still using it as my primary phone, I really love it.
I just picked up a package deal consisting of an HTC Radar 4G, a MyTouch 3G and this G1.
I have unlocked all of them (using a Lycamobile Sim). Unless I really fall for the Radar, I will probably sell it (worth more than what I paid for all 3) and keep the Dream alive :good:.
But first, need to get it up to Froyo. It will do what I need. It's the model T of Androids.
The MyTouch had a bad sim card holder, so I needed to do some solder work and hack the holder so that the card just falls in from the outside rather than slides in. The back holds it fine, but it probably not very salable (though the outside is in perfect shape)
Update-
Got the G1 rooted and running on Cyanogenmod 6. It was a struggle to find coherent , relevant, current (not really current, but currently working) info on how to work this ancient piece. It has given me a taste for it , anyway and I hope to try another ROM.
Frankly, I am just rambling to get my post count to 10 so I can ask a question in the modding forum....
It was sitting in a laundry hamper that I was using to store a bunch of old CDs and other stuff I don't use on a daily basis. It so happens that the hamper fell from the top of my bedroom closet and now I'm thinking of ways to use this thing, but the first thing that came to mind was to use it as a distraction for the kids. Now that I think about it, it could be used as a remote with keyboard and all. It's running CM6, but I'd like to know if there is a ROM that is very minimal. My phone has no ability to make calls anyway, but everything else works. Any ideas?

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