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The proper lcd density seems to be 270 for this build.
download 'LCDDensity for Root' by Elviss Kustans from market and set density to 270dpi.
solved the weird positioning of shortcuts and widgets on stock launcher
alternatively you can edit the build.prop
I chose this method to quickly find the proper number
NOTE: The Change in density is required for the stock launcher of 2.3.4 HKTW rom. The device is otherwise crisp at default with other launchers.. So do not bother incase you dont want to use stock launcher.
I'm still trying to decide between 270 and 275.
Build.prop says 275 is correct for qHD screens, but 270 fits a little better.
rjohnstone said:
I'm still trying to decide between 270 and 275.
Build.prop says 275 is correct for qHD screens, but 270 fits a little better.
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content on the right edge goes out of the screen
add some 4x1 size widget so that you can compare the space left on both edges.. 270 looked perfect
IMO 260 is ALMOST perfect
would love to try this if i can get one of the root methods to work but thanks for the info! more motivation to try harder lol
270 or 275 I still have the huge space in the bottom part.
Yeah I'm going to use a launcher until the vertical spacing can get worked out.
pmcnano said:
270 or 275 I still have the huge space in the bottom part.
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That's an issue with the launcher itself.
270 makes all the text bigger. Not digging it
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neer2005 said:
270 makes all the text bigger. Not digging it
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Yeah, 270 looks way too big for me. Sticking with the default 240 for now.
Jotokun said:
Yeah, 270 looks way too big for me. Sticking with the default 240 for now.
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Same here, i really don't see anything wrong with 240 either. 270 is definitely too big for me though
I'm using 268 o.o
updated OP with the note
NOTE: The Change in density is required for the stock launcher of 2.3.4 HKTW rom. The device is otherwise crisp at default with other launchers.. So do not bother incase you dont want to use stock launcher.
anyone know how to remove the black bar in notifications?
Problem is whenever you change the lcd density on atrix the dialer crashes. I've been trying to do this since atrix first came out and knowone has been able to make it work. Are you saying u can change the density on this new build and the dialer does not crash!!??
DukeL said:
Problem is whenever you change the lcd density on atrix the dialer crashes. I've been trying to do this since atrix first came out and knowone has been able to make it work. Are you saying u can change the density on this new build and the dialer does not crash!!??
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DukeL said:
Problem is whenever you change the lcd density on atrix the dialer crashes. I've been trying to do this since atrix first came out and knowone has been able to make it work. Are you saying u can change the density on this new build and the dialer does not crash!!??
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Yes.
The dialer on 2.3.4 works fine at higher pixel densities.
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Wow that is really good news! I always wanted to make everything a bit bigger as I thought the icons always looked a tad too small on the qHD resolution. That alone makes it worth upgrading!
Off topic but if you use the stock launcher simply for the new app drawer then this tip may help.
It is possible to use the new MotoBlur app drawer with any launcher. Simply replace the new launchers app drawer with a shortcut to 'all apps' app group.
Nottach said:
Off topic but if you use the stock launcher simply for the new app drawer then this tip may help.
It is possible to use the new MotoBlur app drawer with any launcher. Simply replace the new launchers app drawer with a shortcut to 'all apps' app group.
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Mind explaining how to do that exactly? I'm on ADW EX and I have no clue lol
If you don't care for Touch Wiz, try LauncherPro - I found that it is way smoother on my Note than either ADW (which I use on my SGS) or Go launcher.
LauncherPro is the only one i never tried... i'm sure it's still zippier than TW
SPB Shell 3D in tablet mode works great!
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SPB Shell 3D in tablet mode works great!
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Yes..but I found the icons is abit "shrunk" as compared to other launchers...Is there a way to increase the size of the icons?
Regards..
Go Launcher Ex is possibly the finest.
rdosti said:
Go Launcher Ex is possibly the finest.
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I agree to that. Could get snappier though.
ADW EX all the way!
I used it in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyfrD4VrHY
pete338 said:
Yes..but I found the icons is abit "shrunk" as compared to other launchers...Is there a way to increase the size of the icons?
Regards..
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For some reason, SPB Shell 3D defaults to tablet mode on the Note. That's why the icons and widgets were so small. Once you change to the smartphone interface in "Experimental Settings," everything will become normal-sized.
SPB Shell really shows off the power of the Note. I had to use Launcher Pro with my Dell Streak because it just wasn't able to handle SPB Shell.
James Harrison said:
I used it in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyfrD4VrHY
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Waiting for ur tutorial..
rdosti said:
Go Launcher Ex is possibly the finest.
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Just switched to Go Launcher! Wow! I can't believe this is free! It's an excellent replacement launcher. Thanks for the heads-up!
Not many people use LauncherPro nowadays, it seems. I do like the ability to set 15 shortcuts on the bottom quicklaunch bar. How does it run on the Galaxy Note, given that Touchwiz is GPU accelerated?
Neither Go launcher nor Launcher pro accept S-memo notes as widget. When you try to send the note as widget, it gets attached to tw anyway.
Ernesto de Bernardis
N900 - Galaxy Tab 7"
VTL.Launcher
VTL.launcher is what I've been using on my note. This launcher is based on ADW but optimised for tablets, which will add allot of useful option for use on your note.
James Harrison said:
I used it in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyfrD4VrHY
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denialnw10 said:
Just switched to Go Launcher! Wow! I can't believe this is free! It's an excellent replacement launcher. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Am I the only person having issues with ADW EX and Go Launcher EX?
ADW EX: Layout is tablet, lots of overlapping, menu at the bottom is cut off in portrait mode.
Go Launcher EX: LAG LAG LAG when flipping through homescreens in 5x5.
Yep I tried all of them and they all sux on Note. Who cares about Launchers since we will have ICS
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Am I the only person having issues with ADW EX and Go Launcher EX?
ADW EX: Layout is tablet, lots of overlapping, menu at the bottom is cut off in portrait mode.
Go Launcher EX: LAG LAG LAG when flipping through homescreens in 5x5.
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To be honest, after a while I have noticed the lag, which is quite annoying on Go Launcher. I'm up for trying something else now me thinks...
marianoitalianoo said:
Yep I tried all of them and they all sux on Note. Who cares about Launchers since we will have ICS
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We do? I don't remember a hacked ROM for ICS on the SGN...
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We do? I don't remember a hacked ROM for ICS on the SGN...
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He said "will have" (ie: future tense). Theres been confirmation that the Note is indeed a device getting ICS... As for when that is, who knows. Samsungs firmware update schedules are always a laugh. I figure by the time ICS rolls around the XDA community would have provided about 40 different custom ROMs based on it anyway.
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He said "will have" (ie: future tense). Theres been confirmation that the Note is indeed a device getting ICS... As for when that is, who knows. Samsungs firmware update schedules are always a laugh. I figure by the time ICS rolls around the XDA community would have provided about 40 different custom ROMs based on it anyway.
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I just hope that the wacom digitizer drivers and custom behavior related to the stylus won't turn out to be too problematic to put into custom ROMs. it'd be a shame to choose between ICS or pen functionality, or wait for Samsung to release a touchwizified ICS.
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I just hope that the wacom digitizer drivers and custom behavior related to the stylus won't turn out to be too problematic to put into custom ROMs. it'd be a shame to choose between ICS or pen functionality, or wait for Samsung to release a touchwizified ICS.
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If I had to give up my wacom stylus, I would have just stuck with my SGS2.
GALLERY APP FOR GINGERBREAD (ROOTED), CM7, CM9
- Looks like ICS gallery.
- Gives better quality to photos.
- LG UI 3 icon and Gallery as name in the app drawer.
- Just take a look.
This one only works in system/app.
1- Put the apk in system/app using a file manager with root privileges.
2- Set permissions to rw-r-r
3- Reboot and enjoy.
This one can be installed as a normal apk.
looks nice, testing right now on my galaxy gio
edit: does quickpic need to be uninstalled for this to work or can i have both? o;
awesome app..very useful..!
alkspo said:
looks nice, testing right now on my galaxy gio
edit: does quickpic need to be uninstalled for this to work or can i have both? o;
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Yes you need to unistall the old one, in both cases. (Signed and unsigned)
john9 said:
awesome app..very useful..!
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sorry for off topic but,
STOP COMMENTING IN EVERY SINGLE THREAD just to get your posts and thanks meter up, i already see you spamming the gio, so i went on your profile and bam.
and app is great, uninstalled quickpic, much faster than stock gallery
Good, i was wanting this a lot of time, and now finally found it!
Thank you so much
Btw, Rise Against, ah? It's my favourite band!
Lynx901 said:
Good, i was wanting this a lot of time, and now finally found it!
Thank you so much
Btw, Rise Against, ah? It's my favourite band!
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Yeah!!!!! Rise Against!!!!!
Thank you I'm downloading it right now.
great.....downloading now..
I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I am not sure about the vertical dots but the transparent google search bar is from android 4.0. You can change to that under the nova settings.
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I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.
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I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.
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Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??
jscarano said:
Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??
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Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.
Mac of York said:
Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.
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I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though
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I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though
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Yeah, I absolutely love this layout. It's much nicer than the regular.
Maybe an older version of nova might have that Google search
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Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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you could change your DPI in dev options
but then your clock is gonna mess up
i used to be a nova fan too but now i've given SEx a chance and i kinda like it.
i've uninstalled nova completely and just use stock.
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but then your clock is gonna mess up
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gonna try changing to a different dpi but what do you mean that the clock is gonna mess up?
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gonna try changing to a different dpi but what do you mean that the clock is gonna mess up?
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it'll appear much bigger and off its place
you'll see it on both your lockscreen clock and AOD lol
Change the grid size to use more icons. That should shrink all of them.
some themes also have a smaller icon footprint.
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some themes also have a smaller icon footprint.
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Yep , like the ones named "minu" in the Galaxy theme store.
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Use Lawnchair launcher. Its customizations are easy to use. It's really easy to use all around.
Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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This is my screen witb samsung experience at 450 dpi. Icons looks great
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This is my screen witb samsung experience at 450 dpi. Icons looks great
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That's wonderful, can you upload a screenshot for The setting because I can't find it?
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That's wonderful, can you upload a screenshot for The setting because I can't find it?
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U have to enable developer mode. If u dont know how. Is setting-about phone - software information -
Build number. Now click build number 7 or 8 times and a new setting will enable in setting call "developer mode" will be the last one afte about phone.
Now in Deleloper mode. Scroll down to -minimum width- if u are in qhd+ resolution. U will probably be in 410 dpi. From there u can change dpi. Now the higher u set it the smaller everything will get. If u go up to 450. Font will be small. Just go to font and increase font size while everything stay small. Dont set it more than 452 dpi cause it will break samsung keyboard and touchwiz icon will look like ant. Just 450 or below. If u are using other launchers and keyboard then any dpi will be good
Thanks my friend, everything works great.
I'm on QHD resolution and I don't even have to make the font bigger. It's very good in 450dpi.
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eduardmc said:
U have to enable developer mode. If u dont know how. Is setting-about phone - software information -
Build number. Now click build number 7 or 8 times and a new setting will enable in setting call "developer mode" will be the last one afte about phone.
Now in Deleloper mode. Scroll down to -minimum width- if u are in qhd+ resolution. U will probably be in 410 dpi. From there u can change dpi. Now the higher u set it the smaller everything will get. If u go up to 450. Font will be small. Just go to font and increase font size while everything stay small. Dont set it more than 452 dpi cause it will break samsung keyboard and touchwiz icon will look like ant. Just 450 or below. If u are using other launchers and keyboard then any dpi will be good
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Can you share the wallpaper please?
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Thanks my friend, everything works great.
I'm on QHD resolution and I don't even have to make the font bigger. It's very good in 450dpi.
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Np bro thats why we are here. To help each other
Any way to get rid of the blank spaces? I feel there's so much wasted space otherwise
Nice share!
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600 dpi max after that i have had too many issues, you may need to restart to let phone configure to change but thats what i run at
Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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Here is a screenshot in 600 dpi and nova launcher to the max minimized!
HuStLaZ said:
Any way to get rid of the blank spaces? I feel there's so much wasted space otherwise
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If u havent. Try changing the grid from the default 5x5 to 5x6 in samsung experience launchwr setting
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If u havent. Try changing the grid from the default 5x5 to 5x6 in samsung experience launchwr setting
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Ended up using Nova launcher and it lets me use up all the space
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Ended up using Nova launcher and it lets me use up all the space
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Great home!
what calendar widget is it?