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Landscape vs portrait

Dell have forced us to be landscape when I find the phone is best in portrait. Reading is a much better experience and this is also true for holding it.
Landscape gives you the space for typing andwatching movies but little else.
I would also prefer portrait home screens or at least have the choice
Any one else agree?
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once we get 2.1 look into launcherpro, very good home alternate. Used it on my nexus one and i miss it now. wish developer would make one for 1.6 or we get the update soon.

The only issue with alternative home screens (noticed this with slider homescreen) the dell lock screen kicks in and the home screens are runnimg in the background. I just want a phone thar I can use as I please nit limited by dells tinkering
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I like it better in Landscape when it to goes to portrait it seems alien to me, but thats just me

Samsung Galaxy S Rotation Animations

Hey Guys
Just wondering if it is possible for us to have rotation animations on the Galaxy S. It would much improve the looks of it, and would make the phone feel more smooth. I heard that cupcake versions of Android had it, so can we not use the libs to port it to 2.2 FROYO on the Galaxy S?
I put £20GBP as a bounty to the person who does this. Please post here if you wish to offer a bounty to a developer who manages to do this!
Thanks
Adam Downing

This is one of those situations where open source would come in handy.
Your best bet would be to wait for cm/aosp for our phones and then modify source.
IMHO

I too would appreciate this as long as it didn't sacrifice performance in any way, shape, or form
Another thing that bugs me is that the screen fade on/off is not quite perfect. It was terrible in Eclair, in the latest Froyo XWJPA the fade on is nearly perfect but fade off is still choppy.
You'd think something as simple as fading the display on or off would be piece of cake for this beast. The Aria and Milestone that I use do it very smooth no problem.
It's just little things like this that, when put together, make or break the experience.
IMHO

If yo guys try it in SGS Tools it will animate. Maybe someone can port that over to all other apps? Pretty sure its not very simple...

Beast11 said:
If yo guys try it in SGS Tools it will animate. Maybe someone can port that over to all other apps? Pretty sure its not very simple...
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SGS Tools or SpareParts?

I know this is pretty old but has anyone been able to add screen rotation animations to the SGS yet ? (Possibly for 2.2.1?)

currydude said:
I know this is pretty old but has anyone been able to add screen rotation animations to the SGS yet ? (Possibly for 2.2.1?)
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Not as far as I know. No Android device has had it since cupcake and I don't see it coming back based on the fact that nobody has worked on it for any phone AFAIK.
The latest Froyo ROMs like JPY are fast enough that's it not as important as it once was, but I still feel that it would give an awesome premium feel to the UI and I'd gladly donate if it was done.

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Hey Guys
Just wondering if it is possible for us to have rotation animations on the Galaxy S. It would much improve the looks of it, and would make the phone feel more smooth. I heard that cupcake versions of Android had it, so can we not use the libs to port it to 2.2 FROYO on the Galaxy S?
I put £20GBP as a bounty to the person who does this. Please post here if you wish to offer a bounty to a developer who manages to do this!
Thanks
Adam Downing
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what do you mean by rotation animations? is it same as transition effects? as I start with Froyo I dont have any Imagination about cupcake

^he means the iphone animation when you rotate the screen. you seen it or not?

I see it on the Tablet-PC Video with Android 3.0. But it is a long way to it. So I would love to see a good animation on the Galaxy. I would donate, too!

I wonder if we could do a pseudo rotation.
You could run a service that monitors the sensor and when the phone is turned it could quickly take a screen shot. The animate that and then show the real screen.
So it would go: Sensor rotate triggered> Portrait Screen shot before rotate allowed, Rotate screen, but show Portrait screen, Screen shot screen underneath> Spin Portrait screen shot around center>Fit and overlay ontop of Portrait screen the landscape screen shot to center and stretch to correct size> then show real landscape Screen.
Hmm I know it sounds alot, but this phone it fast and actually the Iphone rotate isn't THAT fast, it seems to have a little more delay tolerance on rotate than Androids do.
I'm sure this kind of thing would be very easy for a dev to try out. Wish I was a dev
Logicalstep

Yeah SGS Tools has Rotation animations, try it and you'll see what i mean. I tried using the XML's from the app in the framework but nothing changed

Has anyone find solution on this one jet? Seems like the SGS2 has got it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362354 ...
We have kind of rotation animation on ICS but it is far away from what can be...
.... take a look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382242 ....

You also can install an other launcher. I'm using nova launcher prime.
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[App] New ADW Launcher EX!!!!

Go check out the New adw launcher ex ($3.28)
worth every cent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5WD-HDagM
Its absolutely amazing, im using it on Darkstone superram 1.5.
screen below.
If you have any questions before you buy, you may ask

bought it yesterday and uninstalled launcher-pro right away.I`m using it wit GIPAQ-MIUI.Boy its blazing fast and its a beauty.

Tried it. Couldnt put my HD2 away. I was kept swiping in the app drawer...........so silky smooth.....

ganjaweed said:
bought it yesterday and uninstalled launcher-pro right away.I`m using it wit GIPAQ-MIUI.Boy its blazing fast and its a beauty.
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akbisw said:
Tried it. Couldnt put my HD2 away. I was kept swiping in the app drawer...........so silky smooth.....
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lol same here, i drained my battery playing with the new animations and all that, i uninstalled launcher pro before even trying the new adw

I just can't use anything or even a build that doesn't have the scrolling wheel at the bottom. It's a must have for me.
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This + NAND = nexusS quality experience?
Either way, very nice launcher!

I was hoping there was a demo or a lite version to experience it a little bit... this way I am not sure if I am sold on it - gotta pay $3 to experience - to late for refund then.
we'll see what happens in reviews - so far it looks pretty kewl

Juts download and install applanet, You will get all the latest paid versions for free, This is what I use to "test" programs and if I like them I buy them, If I dont like them or find something wrong with them I bin them.

xunus said:
I guess he mean by "what type of version is this? Does it support HD2 or is it a port?"
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port??
Dude its a Android app. Just boot your HD2 into android and install it.

Hello!
GDE launcher anyone tried? I now use it because I like doing dice table, the animation is spectacular.

looks decent,
features i use the most on launcher pro...
continuous scrolling dock
(dock) swipe up to:
-launch another app (2 actions per icon)
-show 'leap' view
-show notifications
can anyone say if these features are available in this?
many thanks

kam333 said:
looks decent,
features i use the most on launcher pro...
continuous scrolling dock
(dock) swipe up to:
-launch another app (2 actions per icon)
-show 'leap' view
-show notifications
can anyone say if these features are available in this?
many thanks
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i believe it has everything except the dock swipe

Do you know where I can suggest the dev some features ?
Most important for me is : set the default screen to the first one not the centre, put the "1-icon dock" on the right or left and not only in the centre, be able to choose the icons background.
Fantastic job for the rest. Super fast...
Edit : can someone confirm me that ADWNotifier works with this ?

Take care if couldn't be refunded after I tried it. I prefer the miui ui

Sichroteph said:
Take care if couldn't be refunded after I tried it. I prefer the miui ui
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The refund period recently changed to 15 minutes, contrary to the 24h earlier. What kind of person proposed this change, I don't know. This short timespan barely left me with any time to test ADW EX, so I ended up asking a refund because I don't feel like buying a product I'm not sure I like.
In short: it's not the devs fault.

Liking it...
.. but doesnt feel faster to me compared to launcherpro
Yeah sure you can set the homescreen transitions to fly by alot quicker than you can in LP, but overall LP just feels smoother to me.
Apart from that, my currentwidget now hovers between 9-16ma in standby, where my phone was consistant between 6-9ma with LP.
Using HD2ONE 0.3.6

StephanV said:
The refund period recently changed to 15 minutes, contrary to the 24h earlier. What kind of person proposed this change, I don't know. This short timespan barely left me with any time to test ADW EX, so I ended up asking a refund because I don't feel like buying a product I'm not sure I like.
In short: it's not the devs fault.
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Oh ok thanks. I thought I still had 24h with the older market but i was wrong. 15mn is way too short!

Sichroteph said:
Oh ok thanks. I thought I still had 24h with the older market but i was wrong. 15mn is way too short!
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Certainly too short to really try a launcher that looks and acts seemingly like another one. Not enough time to find out any specific nuances that we may like.
In fairness though, I can't see any reason why anyone would change launchers to use this. They all look the same to me, with a few "little" features that hardly make the transition worthwhile.
Not knocking the app itself. Just don't get reinventing the wheel, and then releasing newer versions of it.

johncmolyneux said:
Not knocking the app itself. Just don't get reinventing the wheel, and then releasing newer versions of it.
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Haha nicely worded.

been using LP for about 3 weeks now, love it, however i just got ADW, been using it for like 30 minutes, and extremely loving it.
The one important thing i noticed:
w/ 7 screens in LP fully packed w/ widgets,folder, apps...when you 'pinch' the screen to view the preview screens it stutters. Like it lags the first time you 'pinch' it, after that initial swipe, it is fine. This got really annoying, especially when coming out of sleep mode.
w/ 7 screens in ADW EX fully packed w/ widgets,folder, apps...when you 'pinch' it is still smooth as silk, coming out of sleep mode as well.
I'm still comparing the two for now, i'll keep you all updated
comparing both w/ DS's SupperRam 1.5

Homescreen Lag

every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.

p2flol said:
I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.
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I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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could be. I haven't tried removing the Widgets and seeing if it increases the speed. might give that a try. But rendering Widgets in portrait shouldn't be any slower than landscape... "shouldn't" lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?
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You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:

p2flol said:
You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:
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I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific

Oasisplayer311 said:
I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific
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I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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That seems logical, however, it's just as choppy and laggy when you have the Xoom upside down (camera down, HDMI up). I only observe smooth transitions when in the standard, landscape position (and even this isn't always lag-free).

p2flol said:
I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.
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that's how launcher pro looks. I just don't like the small app icons. Plus I'm ADD so looking for an app in that is like looking for buried treasure haha

dxTop
I use dxTop Pro on my Xoom, pretty nice interaction. But I didn't set it as default. So each time I hit the home button I get a pop up to select either dxtop or launcher (the xoom default home). I find dxTop as a good alternative. That's why I don't use it as default, just when I wanna play around with a new home. Plus it offer the same exact 3D effects as the default home on the xoom. But with dxTop you have a "cube like" interface. So you can swipe up, swipe down, swipe left and right, and there is a swip for the center. So in all u have about 5 different swipe positon. Not just the current left to right position on the xoom default. You can google it for a demo and more info. Just thought i'll add my 2¢.

Anyone else using the Note in landscape only?

Am I the only one using the Note in landscape mode *only*?
Customized ADW EX launcher to landscape only. Downloaded a paid app from Market that locked everything in landscape, even the got d.... dialer (finally!!).
I really love it that way. Only problem is that I haven't found a lockscreen that works natively in landscape.
Would love if Google and various devs. would consider making apps more landscape friendly.
The whole thing as using a phone (as the Note) in portrait mode doesn't make sense IMO. Just think of how you are watching TV, movies in cinema etc.. - Same with a nice big screen phone as the Note.
EDIT: Oh, and have of course changed the DPI to 240. Again, would love if in the future everything would be a lot smaller than it is today. Going from 240DPI to the standard 320DPI is buck ugly. Way to big. Why not use the screen space a lot better? Like having a 15" laptop running a virtual resolution at 640x480.. Nobody would have that.
Oh well.. Only me that is a landscape fanatic?
Best regards

Surfing websites is NOT always landscape friendly.
Blogs, forums, etc. a vertically much longer than wide.
I dont prefer landscape at all. I dont watch movies on Note.

Landscape Love
slkdk said:
Am I the only one using the Note in landscape mode *only*?
Customized ADW EX launcher to landscape only. Downloaded a paid app from Market that locked everything in landscape, even the got d.... dialer (finally!!).
I really love it that way. Only problem is that I haven't found a lockscreen that works natively in landscape.
Would love if Google and various devs. would consider making apps more landscape friendly.
The whole thing as using a phone (as the Note) in portrait mode doesn't make sense IMO. Just think of how you are watching TV, movies in cinema etc.. - Same with a nice big screen phone as the Note.
EDIT: Oh, and have of course changed the DPI to 240. Again, would love if in the future everything would be a lot smaller than it is today. Going from 240DPI to the standard 320DPI is buck ugly. Way to big. Why not use the screen space a lot better? Like having a 15" laptop running a virtual resolution at 640x480.. Nobody would have that.
Oh well.. Only me that is a landscape fanatic?
Best regards
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I am in love with landscape too!! I use my dell streak in landscape fix only, however in that case if you remove auto rotate checkbox then the phone itself fixes in permanent landscape...
For your lockscreen issue....try widget locker a very good lock screen and it supports landscape as well, highly customizable .....
If it helped click thanks!!!!

Hmm.... Well, to each his own. Dell streak is of course set up as a landscape device and devs spent months figuring out how to"fix"it.
So, if you are so inclined, here is how to change the default orientation (including stock lockscreen). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084850
Of course, this is for GB only. And oh yeah, car dock mode auto rotates the lockscreen based on sensor. ICS is of course a bit different. AOSP has tablet mode which includes lockscreen rotation built in. You can get the same effect in phone mode with a simple framework edit. See the link in my sig for my CM9 MOD. The latest version has lockscreen rotation including a link to the tutorial I (and Matius44) followed to enable it. That would work on imilka's AOSP rom + but I have no idea about this touchwiz crap we are forced to endure to use the spen suite of apps.
Sure, you COULD just use widget locker or GoLocker autorotate feature... but then why the hell did you post to xda;-) (not a dig on Geo lol)
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Cetin said:
Surfing websites is NOT always landscape friendly.
Blogs, forums, etc. a vertically much longer than wide.
I dont prefer landscape at all. I dont watch movies on Note.
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Fyi, landscape Web browsing on a large form device such as our Note, allows one to read the entire width of a page legibly without zooming in and out. Sure, you can fit a 'whole' page in portrait, and with the incredible resolution of the Note, maybe even read it with a magnifying glass! :grin:

hey nick nice to see comrades here! Mayn am waiting for some themes from the thor of themes!! and thats you ofcourse!!
Peace Out!
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I use my note exclusively in portrait and its locked in that orientation at all times... the only time i use it in landscape is for games and movies... browsing and emails looks perfect already in portrait .

geo.samuel said:
hey nick nice to see comrades here! Mayn am waiting for some themes from the thor of themes!! and thats you ofcourse!!
Peace Out!
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Yeah man! There seem to be a pretty big number of ex Dell Streak ppl with the Note now. We should have or own sub forum
Thor of themes LOL! I've been thinking we need a Spiderman and star wars theme around here... But then again, Samsung has a new freaking base every other week.
Oh, and so as not to be completely off topic, I rotate 90 clock wise for landscape. This actually puts the volume keys on the top and right is volume up and left is volume down. (again, not to sound like a broken record, but streak was f-ing backwards to the on screen volume adjustment)
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nbass668 said:
I use my note exclusively in portrait and its locked in that orientation at all times... the only time i use it in landscape is for games and movies... browsing and emails looks perfect already in portrait .
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So maybe that's nice for you but completely off topic, yes?
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slkdk said:
T: Oh, and have of course changed the DPI to 240. Again, would love if in the future everything would be a lot smaller than it is today. Going from 240DPI to the standard 320DPI is buck ugly. Way to big. Why not use the screen space a lot better? Like having a 15" laptop running a virtual resolution at 640x480.. Nobody would have that.
Oh well.. Only me that is a landscape fanatic?
Best regards
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Btw, you think 240 is fantastic, just wait until you can daily drive CM9 at 160. Here is m my demo vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=416fOhnkr0o

Never used Landscape mode as Portrait is enough for me. Since the Note is already big, I find it quite inconvenient to hold and use it in Landscape. Portrait is the way to go for me.

i love using my note in landscape as well! but my only problem is when it comes to texting i always have to change it to portrait because i use swype and having to swipe through such a big screen is hard

Rotation locker, free from the market could have accomplished the rotation. With¡, and without touchwiz.
Sent from my brain

Did you get stock dialer on 240 dpi??
Sent from my brain

slkdk said:
Am I the only one using the Note in landscape mode *only*?
Customized ADW EX launcher to landscape only. Downloaded a paid app from Market that locked everything in landscape, even the got d.... dialer (finally!!).
I really love it that way. Only problem is that I haven't found a lockscreen that works natively in landscape.
Would love if Google and various devs. would consider making apps more landscape friendly.
The whole thing as using a phone (as the Note) in portrait mode doesn't make sense IMO. Just think of how you are watching TV, movies in cinema etc.. - Same with a nice big screen phone as the Note.
EDIT: Oh, and have of course changed the DPI to 240. Again, would love if in the future everything would be a lot smaller than it is today. Going from 240DPI to the standard 320DPI is buck ugly. Way to big. Why not use the screen space a lot better? Like having a 15" laptop running a virtual resolution at 640x480.. Nobody would have that.
Oh well.. Only me that is a landscape fanatic?
Best regards
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Hey dude can you make a video on how you customised your galaxy note??
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even i love to use my note in landscape mode! check this video for the ultimate tablet experience on our phone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40_HVKmuLBA&feature=g-upl&context=G2343947AUAAAAAAAAAA

anyone having issues with some apps not liking the DPI change? ie s-memo

N1NJATH3ORY said:
Hey dude can you make a video on how you customised your galaxy note??
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Quick text how to:
ADW EX Launcher (any launcher that can change orientation will do)
In launcher settings, set desktop column and rows to 10.
Chose nice icon pack that you like (i have black background and minimalistic white icons)
Set icon size to something preferable.
Get rotation locker and set it to landscape.
If you have like me, use Tasker to set orientation to auto in some preferable apps, like Youtube or S-memo.
Stock up your homescreen with cool widgets and what ever you like. I like not to have a dockbar.
Best regards

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anyone having issues with some apps not liking the DPI change? ie s-memo
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361462

nickshertzer said:
Yeah man! There seem to be a pretty big number of ex Dell Streak ppl with the Note now. We should have or own sub forum
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Nice to see you guys here as well Nick brother I love all ur themes and mods and still use em, and thanks Geo for ur suggestions to make the move to Note.
As Geo.samuel says we are waiting for some awesome stuff from yoou my brother Nick!!
Peace!!

nbass668 said:
I use my note exclusively in portrait and its locked in that orientation at all times... the only time i use it in landscape is for games and movies... browsing and emails looks perfect already in portrait .
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me too!
bollocks of ten chars