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For those of you who use ADW

Hey guys just a quick question about ADW...im having some problems when trying to add a picture frame widget. When I choose the photo I want and then I have the option to resize it,,instead of 2X2 I want to make it 4X2 however when I do that it still comes out to 2X2 but it takes the space of a 4X2. Now, I had no problems doing this with my Nexus One..so is it possible that its a 1.6 problem? or am I missing a setting somewhere?
Thanks

When you change the space settings the widget stays the same size, just has a kind of invisible border.
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Lord Takyon said:
When you change the space settings the widget stays the same size, just has a kind of invisible border.
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Right, thats exactly what happens....but before on my Nexus the picture itself would be bigger no invisible border. Why wont it work now? is it 1.6? Thats what Im trying to figure out

I don't think it's anything to do with ADW... It's the SE implementation of the picture frame widget I believe...

Is there maybe a better picture frame program in the market?
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Pepper67 said:
Is there maybe a better picture frame program in the market?
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Yeah I found a pretty cool one called Turtle photo frame.... problem is is it causes ADW to FC as soon as you add the widget. So I'm still on the hunt lol
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Search market for big photo frame, its exactly what your looking for
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jomil said:
Search market for big photo frame, its exactly what your looking for
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Lol yeah I'm tried that one already.....quality of life pics really sucks tho
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Some (although few) widgets actually stretch or shrink depending on what size you make them, however, try the 'Auto Stretch' option in ADW which may stretch widgets which normally wouldn't

Anything Missing?

Ok I know not everyone will have come from the X10 but even if you haven't is there something missing on the ARC that we could do with?
I for one am missing my web thumbnail's widget.
(if anyone wants to point me in the direction of one)

Face recognition

Actually I only realised it first have face recognition yesterday and although I never used it all that much I still think it would have been a nice to have.
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The only thing I miss about the X10 is the LED being on the front of the phone instead of on the side.
There's no comparison, none at all.

For grabbing your attention no, so in regards to notifications that definitely a down point.
Stlye wise its nicer but I prefer the function of it oget how pretty it look's.
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Where is Quadra POP?
I only had one game with Arc + I have to download half of it

Someone have a 'RECENT CALL' wizard/shortcut

album art grabber from within the default music player app..
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try life.contacts off the sony ericsson channel.. it's good!
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Missing from the Arc IMO - NFC, inductive charging, bigger battery.
None of them are likely to be deal breakers for anyone though.

im_iceman said:
try life.contacts off the sony ericsson channel.. it's good!
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I am using it already I think it is good & useful

The headphone icon when I use one

MxCraft said:
The headphone icon when I use one
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That would be very good.

Recommendations to make better our SGS3 in every way possible

I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?

ruffruff said:
I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?
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you can freeze it
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Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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sohebq said:
you can freeze it
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ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.

Just did everything in the op and phone feels tons faster
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Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
on stock

eggman89 said:
Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
on stock
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I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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ruffruff said:
ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.
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install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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sohebq said:
install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?

Sensamic said:
How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?
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u can frreze it through titanium backup and yes, root needed
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thirsty1258 said:
I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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Well I don't like samsung software, but i live their hardware so.. Perfect fit for me
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eggman89 said:
wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got s1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give s3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
on stock
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+++111
agree

yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I never saw the free ram and i cant see as phine's with my mom , but still 300mb? Are you sure
In my old optimus one I used to get 320 mb free on normal basis
It has just 512 mb ram!
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Sensamic said:
I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you

Please tell me how to revert, you bricked my phone!
Thank me if I've helped you

rishabho1 said:
This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you
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Was that reply meant for someone else? Nothing the op suggested would brick your phone.

norpan111 said:
Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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Yeah I'll be doing that once the fm radio works.
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White Theme of Phone and Messaging Applications

I recently upgraded from Xperia S to Xperia Z. Frankly I like everything about Xperia Z except the white theme of Phone & Messaging applications. I miss the black theme found in Xperia S. In fact this is the only thing I HATE about Xperia Z. Don't understand why Sony changed it? At least they should give an option to change the theme if the user want.
Apart from it I found Xperia Z to be better on every aspect except Wi-Fi signal which is better in Xperia S. Xperia Z drops Wifi signals frequently at places where Xperia S has no problem.
Please post your views whether you like Black or White theme for Phone and Messaging applications.

What firmware do you have? I'm experiencing Wi-fi signal drops when I'm far from the router, had no problem with an Galaxy S2

The idea is:
Productive apps -> White
Fun apps -> Black
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I own an S and to be honest I prefer the look of the white apps on the Z, at least from what I've seen in screenshots. Not sure how they look in person though - white apps on a screen that isn't full brightness don't look as good in my opinion.

Why So Serious? said:
I own an S and to be honest I prefer the look of the white apps on the Z, at least from what I've seen in screenshots. Not sure how they look in person though - white apps on a screen that isn't full brightness don't look as good in my opinion.
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I'm using the ported ones on my S and they look awesome even on full brightness. But who uses it most of time anyway?
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i might have different tastes with everyone else but i actually like white theme.in fact a themed most of my apps to white

Hi I'm not sure if this is correct forum but is there anyway to get transparent dialler and contacts on the z, without root. I love the phone but preferred the look of x10i I think it was. Apologies if I'm in wrong place. Thanks in advance
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White for me as well. Looks clean and modern. With Sony's holo-blue additions, it looks just great.

tonymather said:
Hi I'm not sure if this is correct forum but is there anyway to get transparent dialler and contacts on the z, without root. I love the phone but preferred the look of x10i I think it was. Apologies if I'm in wrong place. Thanks in advance
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No way.unless you use third party dialers.theming needs root
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It's a matter of taste, but actually I like the black one too. The only solution without rooting is to search for a 3rd party app.
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[CONCEPT] What I would make android apps look like

Hi everyone!
A couple of months ago my mother bought a Nexus 5 because she really disliked that she wasn't able to change anything to her then current mobile phone other than the background: she had an iPhone. Now she's been getting used to the whole Android ecosystem and the look and feels, however, certain simple tasks are still difficult for her. What I then noticed was that none of the official Google apps (camera, gmail and settings f.e.) had the same management. The buttons aren't in the same places and therefore you have to learn what to do per app. There is just no consistency.
That's the reason why I made these mock-up/concepts. Simple and easy to understand. Easy to get from one place to the other. Also, apps which are really close to one-another, like the contacts app with the phone and messages app, are connected via the tab-pullout.
http://i61.tinypic.com/2rp36dd.png
Normal camera lay-out
http://i57.tinypic.com/nebztu.png
Camera with tab open
http://i61.tinypic.com/2cneagn.png
Galery app
http://i58.tinypic.com/x53zok.png
Gmail app
http://i59.tinypic.com/14nk0ax.png
Gmail app with tab open
http://i61.tinypic.com/2n8sin7.png
Missed calls
http://i58.tinypic.com/2zoxmbo.png
Missed calls with tab open
http://i60.tinypic.com/2rzv0d5.png
Messages
http://i58.tinypic.com/tarfba.png
Messages with tab open
http://i59.tinypic.com/2qtzjn8.png
Contacts
http://i61.tinypic.com/10wi450.png
Settings
http://i61.tinypic.com/egafth.png
Settings with tab open
Feedback is welcome. Please keep in mind that this was just something I decided to do in my spare time and I thought would be fun to show you guys. Also, I am sorry certain texts are in Dutch, I made screenshots from my phone and didn't bother to change them .
EDIT 31-5-2014:
I've been thinking about how I could improve my last concept/mock-up and now I've come up with this idea.
It is a combination between the new looks of the Google Keep-app, Facebook-app and the camera app.
Now all navigation is in the bar on top, including the "sub-navigation". All the actions are in the lower bar, which looks just like the bar in the camera-app. I don't know what would be best: to make the actions disappear like the three-dot menu in the camera-app or like the actions in the facebook-app: disappear when scrolling.
Also, with apps like the music-app or youtube-app which have a thumbnail, they can take up some space on the action bar.
If there is not enough room for the actions, the action bar would be scrolable.
If a message or anything is selected, an action bar will pop-up below that message.
The action bar is in the bottom because it is easier to touch with your thumb on big phones (and maybe with some smaller phones as well).
I've put all the navigation stuff together and i've put all the actions together so it is more clear for newcomers and also so you immediately know where to go to instead of searching for what you want.

your camera ui is better than the stock one for sure. stock one is really annoying

nice job!
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mkwhater said:
your camera ui is better than the stock one for sure. stock one is really annoying
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Thanks! I always get annoyed that the features I always use are in such terrible spots: I hate the rings. This way it also follows the android app guidelines (sort off).
philippsp said:
nice job!
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Thanks!

Nice job man. I want !! Lol
Good work tho
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Your camera UI is really nice. Much MUCH better than stock. If anyone can make a camera app like that I would be all over it
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That's brilliant. Such a simple concept which explains why most avid android users are confused as to why the acreage users keep forgetting what to do, or don't use features at all.

This looks great! I wish we could implement this.
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Updated the first post with a new and improved concept.

Awesome messaging concept. Hopefully you can make an app out of it lol.
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dlsygaco said:
Awesome messaging concept. Hopefully you can make an app out of it lol.
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I hope I can once I've mastered the art of programming. Started 2 weeks ago with making apps, still don't know what on earth I'm doing hahaha.

thomasvant said:
I hope I can once I've mastered the art of programming. Started 2 weeks ago with making apps, still don't know what on earth I'm doing hahaha.
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Ill buy you a beer if you do.
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dlsygaco said:
Ill buy you a beer if you do.
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I'll hold you to that!