Is there a children-friendly rom for x8? - XPERIA X8 General

Hi y´all
I´ve just bought this device for my 8 year old son, but he is finding it to complicated to use. Everyone knows a children friendly rom or know a way to simplify the OS? I also want to know if I can cut of youtube etc. ?
Thanks in advance

buenso80 said:
Hi y´all
I´ve just bought this device for my 8 year old son, but he is finding it to complicated to use. Everyone knows a children friendly rom or know a way to simplify the OS? I also want to know if I can cut of youtube etc. ?
Thanks in advance
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Wow..an eight year old kid with an x8....how the world have change...you should just buy a cheaper feature phone for kids..and i dont know how to make it kid-frenly..maybe you should remove every app except the phone and messaging app....and what do you mean with cut of youtube?..if you want to remove it,use titanium backup..
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I think you just need a launcher with big icons:-??

LegoGabi said:
I think you just need a launcher with big icons:-??
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I think launcher7 is kinda kid-frenly..it is a simple launcher with big icons.
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anmiman said:
Wow..an eight year old kid with an x8....how the world have change...you should just buy a cheaper feature phone for kids..and i dont know how to make it kid-frenly..maybe you should remove every app except the phone and messaging app....and what do you mean with cut of youtube?..if you want to remove it,use titanium backup..
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Yeah, it seems a bit "overkill". He started out with my old Vivaz, but it died
Titanium backup can remove all preinstalled apps? Didn´t know that as I never uses it. Seems like a good idea though. Thanks

anmiman said:
I think launcher7 is kinda kid-frenly..it is a simple launcher with big icons.
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Launcher7. OK I will look into it - Which rom can you recommend?

Try FroyoBread and put Launcher7 or other launcher you find on market:-??

buenso80 said:
Launcher7. OK I will look into it - Which rom can you recommend?
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All the rom is pretty much the same..but if it is for your son,you should use the stock rom..an eight year old would have no use of the extra modifications,but if you really want to install a rom,use floyo 0.20..althought it is an old rom,it is stable with everything works without too many mod..and about the apps,you can remove preinstalled app with titanium backup,but the phone must be rooted though..but to installed custom rom,you must root it also..hope this helps,and sorry for the long reply..
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anmiman said:
All the rom is pretty much the same..but if it is for your son,you should use the stock rom..an eight year old would have no use of the extra modifications,but if you really want to install a rom,use floyo 0.20..althought it is an old rom,it is stable with everything works without too many mod..and about the apps,you can remove preinstalled app with titanium backup,but the phone must be rooted though..but to installed custom rom,you must root it also..hope this helps,and sorry for the long reply..
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Long reply? Not at all... Thank you very much Floyo looks very nice and simple indeed

Why to remove youtube,my cousin has got 7 years and he is on youtube every day.
BTW you should learn it somethink about android to get it this is not normal phone and also learn it to use android market then android market settings and set content filtering.
Also stock rom should be perfect with app2sd.

as-mario said:
Why to remove youtube,my cousin has got 7 years and he is on youtube every day.
BTW you should learn it somethink about android to get it this is not normal phone and also learn it to use android market then android market settings and set content filtering.
Also stock rom should be perfect with app2sd.
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Didn´t understand it all, but thank you anyways....
Seems like a good idea with content filtering.

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Resizeable widgets???

Now I'm sure u have to be rooted in order for this to work in the first place but was wondering if it would be possible to get the program running in motoblur for the Resizeable widgets onto the incredible once your rooted?? Or if its possible to do it without root that would be Kool as well I was just wondering if it was even able to be done in the first place..thx in advance
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Now I'm sure u have to be rooted in order for this to work in the first place but was wondering if it would be possible to get the program running in motoblur for the Resizeable widgets onto the incredible once your rooted?? Or if its possible to do it without root that would be Kool as well I was just wondering if it was even able to be done in the first place..thx in advance
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Download launcher pro plus from the market. It allows for widget resizing.
So I'm assuming there isn't a way to get this to work w sense? What about when rooted do you think its possible?
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TheDroidDoes said:
So I'm assuming there isn't a way to get this to work w sense? What about when rooted do you think its possible?
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You can use launcher pro with sense, but you will lose the use of the sense launcher (rosie.apk) and the sense widgets. The launcher pro plus widgets are almost the same as the sense widgets. If you go ahead and root, what I do if running a sense based ROM is actually remove rose.apk and move launcher pro over into /system/app. Works like a charm and I have not encountered any issues as of yet.
You can use ADW Launcher. I think the free version lets you resize widgets.
Alright sweet am going to try ADW launcher first if that fails me ill just go ahead and root and change the rosie.apk to launcherpro so u say no hickups or anything like that?? No slow downs??? I rooted my old Eris no problem using adb n the sdk n all that so hopefully this journey won't be to bad.... do they have the one click root for the incredible yet or still done via command promt? Prolly should have looked before I asked sorry but thanks for all the help guys
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Alright sweet am going to try ADW launcher first if that fails me ill just go ahead and root and change the rosie.apk to launcherpro so u say no hickups or anything like that?? No slow downs??? I rooted my old Eris no problem using adb n the sdk n all that so hopefully this journey won't be to bad.... do they have the one click root for the incredible yet or still done via command promt? Prolly should have looked before I asked sorry but thanks for all the help guys
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Yes, there is one click root for the Incredible...
http://unrevoked.com/

x10 2.1 default battery optimiser

there is a small default app which works to save battery..i used it and found it really effective,it summarizes all battery eating stuff in one place.
if you have default 2.1 just go to application "support" and then click on tools and there you will find this battery optimiser
worked good for me,quick way to save juice
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thanks ,never noticed that lol.
been using Green power and phones been lasting over 30hrs. this should help
Would really thank you for this, just noticed that
really nice app
I don't see it... Maybe I deleted it?
Mind posting it?
Can't find it?
GN Multimedia - X10i
gunawan-1 said:
Can't find it?
GN Multimedia - X10i
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Me neither. Can someone please tell us how to get it? Thanks!
batman_112 said:
Me neither. Can someone please tell us how to get it? Thanks!
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In the app drawer there is an app called Support. Once you run it there is a tab called tools. That's where it's at. The icon is a gear with a question mark on it.
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SPIDERTECH said:
In the app drawer there is an app called Support. Once you run it there is a tab called tools. That's where it's at. The icon is a gear with a question mark on it.
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Got it!
No, I don't have that app.
Like I said, I might have deleted it.
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thanks!! gonna test my batt life later
Deleted that app, too.
I read somewhere you can set it in settings also. Like display timeout, brightness.... It isn't really needed.
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Flo95 said:
Deleted that app, too.
I read somewhere you can set it in settings also. Like display timeout, brightness.... It isn't really needed.
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yeah it is nothing NEW,all it do is ,it summaraizes all the battery eating stuff at one place,so it becomes really easy for everybody to do everything from there rather than going to millions of settings to do the same,i still have 85% after 12 hours with moderate usage.
.58 baseband
2.1 official
jit v2 and crap apps freezed
I am about to travel abroad, so I won't be able to use mobile internet at all and I really need the extra battery life, as I'm probably going to be wandering around all day!
So today, for testing purposes, I fiddled with the settings from this app, and in the last 12 hours I only lost 20%! That's quite awesome!
It's nice to have those settings gathered together!
Thanks for the find!
hmm, is there any way to get this app back on the phone?
one way for sure, PC Companion and Repair!
And second one would be... gimme moment.... made a Backup of ALL Apps. should finde it here somewhere... *searching*
Nope sorry, just made a Backup from all installed Apps and not Pre installed
P.S Here some Pictures of Battery Optimizer. Just found him out of curiosity 2 weeks ago ^^
Already had only 2 left when i found it ^^
I haven't this either and i just did a re-flash so all the apps are back and no "support" app at all :/
Ok, I found it in the thread of 'all 2.1 system apps'.
Here it is for whoever else wanted it.
Out of interest I tried to install on FreeX10 beta 4, but to no avail. What settings are you able to control? Is it like wifi/2+3G data/blue tooth on/off policies?
It's strange that this is so hard to find in 2.1 because 2.2 is the same way. There are many advanced settings hidden in the power control widget that have increased my battery life with 2.2 far beyond what I got with 2.1 optimized. Not to mention, I haven't come close to going over on my data plan for the first time, and no need to use APNdroid anymore. You would never know they were there if you didn't look for them. I wonder if this "hiding" is an attempt to run up our data plans and encourage battery sales?
@Batman_112, Good to see you made it out of the batcave. Lots been happening while you were away. Welcome back! ( ^o^) lol
I know why it doesnt work on freex10 because its 2.2froyo and the app 2.1 eclair
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shahkam said:
I know why it doesnt work on freex10 because its 2.2froyo and the app 2.1 eclair
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Very good.
I knew that, but like I said, out of curiosity I tried anyway. Thanks though.
Can you answer my question, since I wasn't able to check it out? What type of additional settings are there? Are they like the ones I described from 2.2?

[Q] I need a help

Hi..sorry for landing you here...i know i am quite disturbing..but i am really lost.......can anyone tell me why i can install those arc launcher in here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43...it says application not installed..:'(..whats the problem??can anyone guide me ??or reupload that arc launcher thingy so that i can install it? ...please..
Know what? I had the same problem too. I deleted ADW launcher and then the Arc one worked. If you have ADW installed, uninstall it. If you aren't in those circumstances, then I have no idea
Well...i had launcher pro plus....does it affect too??
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lukewong01 said:
Well...i had launcher pro plus....does it affect too??
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I don't know but don't waste your money by uninstalling it if you have bought it.
P.S. All the Arc launchers I've tried are SO laggy. Better stay with LP.
hmm...but i need arc laucher to add timescape widget...darm.
Chris95X8 said:
I don't know but don't waste your money by uninstalling it if you have bought it.
P.S. All the Arc launchers I've tried are SO laggy. Better stay with LP.
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If you bought an app once, you have it on your market account, so you needn't to buy it one more time ;p
lukewong01 said:
Hi..sorry for landing you here...i know i am quite disturbing..but i am really lost.......can anyone tell me why i can install those arc launcher in here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43...it says application not installed..:'(..whats the problem??can anyone guide me ??or reupload that arc launcher thingy so that i can install it? ...please..
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Did you downloaded exact version?
backhead92 said:
320x480
Standard, transparent dock
Standard, visible dock
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One of these two should work.
yes...i tried with ur link...still cant install
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Did you downloaded exact version?
One of these two should work.
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Perfect sense 2.2?

Before you tell me to use the search button i've been looking and trying out every sense rom there is and with every one of them there is something that's wrong. Now my real question is if any one could suggest a perfect sense rom. When I say perfect I mean good battery life and not laggy when switching through home screens.
I would be really grateful if someone did.
Thanks anyways!
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beston94 said:
Before you tell me to use the search button i've been looking and trying out every sense rom there is and with every one of them there is something that's wrong. Now my real question is if any one could suggest a perfect sense rom. When I say perfect I mean good battery life and not laggy when switching through home screens.
I would be really grateful if someone did.
Thanks anyways!
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Ok, I won't tell you to search.... but as this is a question..... I can tell you to post in Q & A next time.... and in my opinion, there is no perfect sense rom and never will be.... it can't be compiled just for our devices as their is no source code.... so it can never be perfect for our devices..... and another opinion of mine... sense sucks.... if you want sense so bad, but want a good working rom... do it this way.... install hyperdroid cm7..... install he launcher and choose the sense look in it.... then install fancy widget and choose the sense like clock theme.... then their, you have a perfectly working build that looks like sense......
Coredroid 1.6
diesburg said:
Ok, I won't tell you to search.... but as this is a question..... I can tell you to post in Q & A next time.... and in my opinion, there is no perfect sense rom and never will be.... it can't be compiled just for our devices as their is no source code.... so it can never be perfect for our devices..... and another opinion of mine... sense sucks.... if you want sense so bad, but want a good working rom... do it this way.... install hyperdroid cm7..... install he launcher and choose the sense look in it.... then install fancy widget and choose the sense like clock theme.... then their, you have a perfectly working build that looks like sense......
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Thank you I will move this topic.
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Coredroid 1.6
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I will look in to that. Thanks
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Have you tried HE launcher off the market? That combined with the fancy widget that's modified to look like the sense clock really looks a lot like sense.
Not a big fan of Sense myself, but I agree its Coredroid..the last version I tried was v1.5 it was really good, free of most issues and incidentally my last sense build...After that its CM7 all the way, with some time for MIUI in between which is also quite impressive but when it comes to raw speed nothing beats cm7/aosp builds...
I recommend imilka's Desire HD.
The only disadvantage is slow booting.
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Thank you I will move this topic.
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No you wont, A moderator will
Hi,
Without repeating what diesburg has said, I am using since two month boyppc rom. The actual version on my hd2 is GB sense 2.3.4 v25. For information it is not htc sense but a look like called launcher pro (LP). It is enough similar to make my day and the batterie last for about 2 days, good speed and bug free.
The other thing that I like is the easy installation
I can honestly recommend any rom based on Sense 3.0. Practically no problems, no FC, ​​no reboots, and I have not noticed any graphical bugs. 300MB free ram after boots and Everything works like a charm. I almost forgot to add that cam records in 720p
But for me the fastest and best performing Froyo Sense ROM is IMilka's Inc. with tytung_r10 kernel for Qaliza_DHD, i tried this Rom on CLK and is the fastest for me and i think that if you looking perfect sense rom you should try this combination.
If you decide to go down the route of installing a fancy widget clock, try to find version 1.3.0 as its the most sense-like clock. if I find a link for it i'll pop it in here.
EDIT: http://www.filesonic.com/file/12961909/Fancy_Widget_1.3.0.apk
Wait camera records in 720p!? Just like in windows phone 7. OK try it out.
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I actually ended up udi. Get launched pro with fancy widget and using theme manager with complete sense theme. I also got the sense dock and the sense wallpaper.
Do. Thanks for all the suggestions and help!!!
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CLK :/
mzebrowski13 said:
I can honestly recommend any rom based on Sense 3.0. Practically no problems, no FC, ​​no reboots, and I have not noticed any graphical bugs. 300MB free ram after boots and Everything works like a charm. I almost forgot to add that cam records in 720p
But for me the fastest and best performing Froyo Sense ROM is IMilka's Inc. with tytung_r10 kernel for Qaliza_DHD, i tried this Rom on CLK and is the fastest for me and i think that if you looking perfect sense rom you should try this combination.
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The thing about CLK is that its too complicated to install, I've tried once but failed.. I installed the rom in CWM and rebooted and it comes back to the white text and black background.....
i have tried alot of sense build...
i think rafdroid is great...
this build have more option to customize n stable support all app's that i used when that apps can't run on another sense build..
Takes a bit of learning but once you get past that you don't go back.
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beston94 said:
The thing about CLK is that its too complicated to install, I've tried once but failed.. I installed the rom in CWM and rebooted and it comes back to the white text and black background.....
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Hey man,you should try this tool, now this is easy like never before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090783
I guess..
If one of you can get me a good tutorial to how to get clk on my phone i would be grateful. ;D
beston94 said:
If one of you can get me a good tutorial to how to get clk on my phone i would be grateful. ;D
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download the hd2 nand tool its all 1 click install

Again only 4 columns home screen

OMG I was shocked to see the Note 3, just like the Note 2, only has a 4x5 grid on the homescreen. What I don't understand is how Samsung can develop a device with a huge screen, and then totally forget that they can make use of the extra room to place more icons. Even the original Note had 5 columns in the home screen by default (I owned the original Note, the Note 2 and now the Note 3).
I wanted to fix this using something like Assassin tools just like I did when I got my Note 2 a few months ago. Then I read about the Knox warranty void 0x1 on the Note 3. I don't want to void my warranty, although I find it completely rediculous that a user can loose warranty cause he wants to install another (modified) operating system to his device. Suppose Microsoft forbid me to install Linux on my PC!
But okay, we have to deal with it and we probably can't fix this problem (making Samsung change it's strategy) easily. So now it's becoming a challange to solve the wish for a more customizable home screen. How can we do that without root? Yes you could use a custom launcher, but I really like the Touchwiz launcher and it's widgets. Does anybody have ideas how to create a customizable grid on the Touchwiz homescreen to place icons and widgets, without the need to get the phone rooted?
Also: why can't we set the dpi per app? Same goes here, we have such nice devices with big screens, I'd love to have control over the per app dpi in Touchwiz! Is that possible without root? Anybody have a solution for that?
Or do I have to issue a ticket to the Samsung development team and clearify my wishes? And if so, will they listen?
I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone? the Samsung launcher had always been the same just like the xperia launcher etc
As for customising it if you don't want to root your phone right now when it is possible, im afraid you will have to wait it out. Try some other launchers at the moment besides I'm pretty sure most of the widgets work on different launchers
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misterashman said:
I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone?
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This ^^^^
misterashman said:
I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone? the Samsung launcher had always been the same just like the xperia launcher etc
As for customising it if you don't want to root your phone right now when it is possible, im afraid you will have to wait it out. Try some other launchers at the moment besides I'm pretty sure most of the widgets work on different launchers
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Ok I was not shocked in that kind of way (I love the Note series enough to keep buying each increment), but I can imagine that I'm not the only user with such a big screen who wished there was more room to place icons and use apps optimized for big screens. So the shock is that apparentely I am the only one complaining about this, or Samsung doesn't listen....
Luycks said:
Ok I was not shocked in that kind of way (I love the Note series enough to keep buying each increment), but I can imagine that I'm not the only user with such a big screen who wished there was more room to place icons and use apps optimized for big screens. So the shock is that apparentely I am the only one complaining about this, or Samsung doesn't listen....
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Fair enough that's just the Samsung launcher though, it's not the "Note3 launcher" I suggest installing nova launcher or apex and replicating the touchwiz look with themes or icon packs for now, just be patient it was only released a few days a go ^^
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Fair enough that's just the Samsung launcher though, it's not the "Note3 launcher" I suggest installing nova launcher or apex and replicating the touchwiz look with themes or icon packs for now, just be patient it was only released a few days a go ^^
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Okay, I guess you're right... ThanQ!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46021581#post46021581
to deal with the home screen issue I plan on throwing Nova pro on there shortly after i get mine. This is my first Note so i'll prob hold off for a week or two before i install Nova. I saw somewhere that a few widgets didn't work but the S pen and air command worked fine
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Luycks said:
OMG I was shocked to see the Note 3, just like the Note 2, only has a 4x5 grid on the homescreen. ....
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Mate, you are new on this board. That´s ok - but for the future: Please double check if your concern hasn´t been discussed before (and believe me: in most cases it HAS been discussed).
My thread is just a few days old. -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457197
EDIT: I just saw that you aren´t that new here - you just have 8 posts in 6 years^^
Multicon widget
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Mate, you are new on this board. That´s ok - but for the future: Please double check if your concern hasn´t been discussed before (and believe me: in most cases it HAS been discussed).
My thread is just a few days old. -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457197
EDIT: I just saw that you aren´t that new here - you just have 8 posts in 6 years^^
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Mate, I tried searching, but your thread didn't show up. Sorry... And yes, I'm a bad poster, I have a lot of knowledge from reading all threads and keep up with the development, but I'm always afraid to give an advise (we know there were brick risks, now KNOX..). But I really appreciate all the good work, knowledge and skills here. Again sorry!
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/Nova Launcher
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durtoffmysboulda said:
to deal with the home screen issue I plan on throwing Nova pro on there shortly after i get mine. This is my first Note so i'll prob hold off for a week or two before i install Nova. I saw somewhere that a few widgets didn't work but the S pen and air command worked fine
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Ok I'll try Nova (just installed Apex today, because I bought it earlier, but I''l give this one a look, since it seems like Touchwiz is not mod-dable without braking warranty). Thanx!!
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Okay! ThanQ for your suggestion!
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Mate, I tried searching, but your thread didn't show up. Sorry...
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Hehe, no problem at all!! To be honest: much more people should open up such a thread, making Samsung realize that it is necessary to work on this.
So: lets keep both (and more) threads (of this kind) up!
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Samsung just says "if you want more options, install another launcher. We're not stopping you."
That's the point of Android. Don't like it, change it.
I got rid of the Stock launcher within the first 30 minutes of purchasing my first Android phone (S3.) Haven't left Apex Pro since.
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Hehe, no problem at all!! To be honest: much more people should open up such a thread, making Samsung realize that it is necessary to work on this.
So: lets keep both (and more) threads (of this kind) up!
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Agreed!!!!
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Okay! ThanQ for your suggestion!
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Let me know what you think. I really like it.
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Let me know what you think. I really like it.
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Yeah it works but I can only make shortcuts to apps, not to (for example) browser bookmarks. Also missing the icon labels. But indeed it's a solution and I like the idea. I'll search for better widget and share when found. Thanx!
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