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[THEME] Honeycomb Theme

I looked around and basically just couldn't find a good honeycomb theme anywhere from what I saw so I decided to take matters into my own hands...I do like honeybread for CM7...but it was just not exactly what I was looking for. So I'm running on the ADW Launcher EX so anyone can have the exact same setup with no problems at all. The Apps+ icon in the top right I made with the SiMi Folder widget with a custom pic icon...the clock in the bottom right is the One More Clock widget from the market. My messenger/calendar/gmail widgets are all from the Pure Messenger and Pure Calendar widgets from the market. The bottom left icon I made with desktop visualizer and just have it linked to my current browser. The analog clock is obviously the Honeycomb clock FREE from the market. If you go into the ADW settings you just change the screen transition effect to Effect 1 to get the nice honeycomb like scrolling effect. I have gestures setup so when you swipe up on the home screen it pulls up the app drawer and if you swipe down it pulls down the notification bar...this way I can still use them w/o it ruining the honeycomb look. I also added the circle batter widget into the mix in the bottom left. My home screen is setup for constant landscape orientation and 10 wide by 7 high icon space...this was made this way just to make the icons and stuff where I wanted them too. You can't really use all of this space because the widgets overlap and it just makes it a pain so I don't recommend it. The other thing you have to do is download the free honeycomb theme on the market for adw...this is just to get the google widget that I am using. Also you'll want to download the honeycomb wallpapers app from the market...this is where I got my wallpaper from cuz it just looks the best in landscape...the one that comes with the theme just isn't that good if you ask me...both apps are made by the same developer. Anyways...here are some pics...I'm running this on my OG Droid with the MIUI ROM on it...hope you all enjoy. Just click on the pictures to look at them bigger and get a better idea of how it looks...I added them to this originally with them already full but the preview was cutting off the right side of the pictures and I just didn't want to chance it...please tell me what you think.
Here is a list of all of the Apps/Widgets that were used:
ADWLauncher EX by AnderWeb - $3.18
Honeycomb ADW Theme by GFX Android - FREE
Honeycomb Wallpapers by GFX Android - FREE
Circle Battery Widget by Cedric Depoortere - FREE
One More Clock Collection Free by Xaffron Software - FREE
Honeycomb Clock FREE by juliojs - FREE
SiMi Folder Widget by hateman - FREE
Pure Calendar widget (agenda) by Francois DESLANDES - $2.06
Pure messenger widget by Francois DESLANDES - $2.06
Desktop VisualizeR by Bii, Inc. - FREE
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Looks good.
So it's a collection of various free and pay items that we can get mesh together on any rom I imagine?
Maybe you can link to all the stuff...

zeppelinrox said:
Looks good.
So it's a collection of various free and pay items that we can get mesh together on any rom I imagine?
Maybe you can link to all the stuff...
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yes exactly....sorry for how messy it all was...lol...i added a list of all of the apps..their developer...and how much they cost...i can't add links cuz i don't have enough posts...all you have to do is find the right sizing of all of the widgets...most of them i have set to 1x1
I also went ahead and added the 2 custom icons that i made for this...you can use them if you want or pull others from the net

Wow!! U inspire me.....nice theme!
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vesparados150 said:
Wow!! U inspire me.....nice theme!
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Thank you very much the good thing is this is just really a collection of apps that i've brought together...so any android device can have this exact same setup

How can i get my screen in constant landscape orientation? Is this ADW specific?

m0jo said:
How can i get my screen in constant landscape orientation? Is this ADW specific?
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yeah it's a setting in ADW...i'm not sure what other launchers options are though...it's possible other launchers let you do this as well

Edit: my bad, delete the post :O

looks nice ^^ i will try it

warlock464 said:
looks nice ^^ i will try it
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thank you...hopefully it's close enough to actual honeycomb for everyone

muy buenos

chopitol said:
muy buenos
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thank you ^^

looks really good. Should try it once i have the time

Very nice! Thanks for the details as I will try this..

uptheironsrafi said:
looks really good. Should try it once i have the time
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white2kss said:
Very nice! Thanks for the details as I will try this..
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glad to hear it

The 3rd image reminds me of the Desktop Cube in Compiz Fusion on Linux distros.

Ima Goodlady said:
The 3rd image reminds me of the Desktop Cube in Compiz Fusion on Linux distros.
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lol...i've never seen this before

Ima Goodlady said:
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ah yeah it does kinda remind me of that...just inside out ^^

Woah. I need that for the Nook Color! Nice Cube.
Anyone see the movie "Cube"....crazy, now i have to find that and watch it.....
Valdrien said:
ah yeah it does kinda remind me of that...just inside out ^^
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Tips & Tricks: Replacing Sense with CM7

I think not only I would appreciate tips how to replace Sense with CM7 with the same functionality.

If you want app suggestions.
Syncmypix for facebook image sync to contacts.
Pure messenger widget to replace friendstream.
Dialer one or go dialer for dial pad quick dial of contacts.
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I'd say Launcher pro plus, as close as you'll get to Sense but with the upside of fully resizable widgets and other fantastic stuff like an SMS widget that lets you preview your texts at a glance.

I find Go Launcher much smoother. I still have my Launcher pro licence, but its completely uninstalled from my device. Plus its still updated.

go for android make message widgets fb/twitter widgets calendar clock contacts task manager and so on just like LP+ but without having to pay for them... bonus.

I actually did replace a sense 2.1-3.0 mix rom with the latest cm7 nightly just yesterday and I have to say that it's awesome!! i found my way with GO launcher ex which has now a lot of widgets, such as contacts, calendar (both beautiful), facebook and twitter as well... the clock/weather widget is provided by GO weather (with LG skin!!).
I also installed an awesome theme for go launcher, which is RetroPlus..
it is amazing how smooth my desire is now!!
and that new rings lockscreen is just spectacular!!

RyoSaeba254 said:
new rings lockscreen is just spectacular!!
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Huh? Is this a new feature for CM7?

What about a good keyboard replacement? I hate the stock keyboard and love the HTC one.
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SwiftKey X is pretty good...
And the biggest tip is: Just go CM7. You wont ever go back.
I was really attached to Sense. Now it gives me the chills. lol

el_durao said:
SwiftKey X is pretty good...
And the biggest tip is: Just go CM7. You wont ever go back.
I was really attached to Sense. Now it gives me the chills. lol
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I've gotta say that i would agree with you but there are a few things that are not as good as sense in CM7, such as the camera and Facebook intergration. I think if those 2 were resolved then I'd go back to CM7..

Like rootSU I've a paid copy of Launcher Pro Plus, but after switching to Go Launcher Ex I'm finding it a lot better.
Best keyboard imho is Swype.

el_durao said:
And the biggest tip is: Just go CM7. You wont ever go back.
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I tried sever times CM7, and eventually I ended up with Sense again.

zedmarcus said:
Like rootSU I've a paid copy of Launcher Pro Plus, but after switching to Go Launcher Ex I'm finding it a lot better.
Best keyboard imho is Swype.
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Same here! Go EX has been smoother and widgets are not bad at all.

el_durao said:
SwiftKey X is pretty good...
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+1 on SwiftKey. I find both of the launchers very smooth, but you must set memory preset to 'light' in LPP. After doing so I couldn't make it lag with helicopter view again, even with all 5 screens loaded with widgets. I used my widgets and LPP on top of the Sense roms for 6 months or so.
rootSU said:
Dialer one or go dialer for dial pad quick dial of contacts
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Alternate dialers have no permission to clear notifications on 2.3.

Here you go. the "only" true sense-like launcher:
http://lpsense.allo-mobile.fr/lp-sense-ui-download-is-here/
+ sense widget pack for this launcher
+ Fancy Widget clock (h7C)
+ Widget Locker (with sense theme)
+ dialer one
+ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970459 (for t-mobile Theme Chooser)
DONE
(and do not forget to press the thanx button )

erklat said:
Alternate dialers have no permission to clear notifications on 2.3.
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Wouldn't know. Don't use.one. stock is best.IMHO
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DhD Paint and Speed Problem

Hi everyone.... I've been using dhd for almost 6 months and notes that it got slow with time... I mean it's transitions and animations and scrolling everything got dead slow... Don't know if it's because of gingerbread or anything else... Plus its paint is also fading around the corners...
Any suggestions for improving the speed thingy... I'm on stock but planning to flash a custom rom very soon... Any recommendations... Thanks....
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No idea about what is happening to your paint but for the speed of your phone It happens, sometimes when you have too many apps running in the background. I think.if u get a custom Rom the.best 1 that I recommend is Rcmix3d 3.5 works pretty good for me.
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Go for the MIUI.. if you go en(dot)miui(dot)com (I'm not spamming lol.. but my first post actually contains a link >.<… you can pick your rom there... I ain't going back to sense... check out cyanogenmod

matoxic said:
Go for the MIUI.. if you go en(dot)miui(dot)com (I'm not spamming lol.. but my first post actually contains a link >.<… you can pick your rom there... I ain't going back to sense... check out cyanogenmod
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Sense is fine but if you compare it to Cyanogen Mod or MIUI HTC Sense would be slow it depends on what you want other people will always recommend their daily Rom hell i would recommend you RCMix Runny 1.5 but thats my opinion.
Flash CM,MIUI and Sense rom then pick the one you prefer.
Happy Flashing

Stock HTC Sense is just really slow. Scrolling a 4x4 page full of icons on stock 2.1 sense is slower than scrolling a page of 4x4 icons on pretty much any custom rom.
CM7 and Miui (replace miui launcher with LP/ADW/Go) are fast and stable roms. Sense roms look nice, especially since sense 3(.5) has 3d widgets.

314 said:
Stock HTC Sense is just really slow. Scrolling a 4x4 page full of icons on stock 2.1 sense is slower than scrolling a page of 4x4 icons on pretty much any custom rom.
CM7 and Miui (replace miui launcher with LP/ADW/Go) are fast and stable roms. Sense roms look nice, especially since sense 3(.5) has 3d widgets.
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My MIUI, is rock solid I love it.. 1.4ghz, UV-50.. and after tweaking a little more its blazing fast.. I receive hardly any slow down whatsoever the built in antispam get rid of those annoying loan texts I managed to receive.. it has a lot of options that are useful to me (maybe not for others).
The above is my opinion, and like the above said, I would also recommend installing all 3 and decide on that. The one thing I would add about sense , its too bloated lol, even after uninstalling alot..

314 said:
CM7 and Miui (replace miui launcher with LP/ADW/Go) are fast and stable roms. Sense roms look nice, especially since sense 3(.5) has 3d widgets.
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Why change the launcher in miui...????
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salarkhel said:
Why change the launcher in miui...????
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So it doesn't get mistaken for an iphone? My recommendation would be either Stock Cyanogen or my current favourite Blackice.

salarkhel said:
Why change the launcher in miui...????
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the Miui launcher seems to be somewhat laggy [Especially with a LWP]. Compared to ADW/GO/LP, it doesn't have any extra features or customisation - or even an app drawer.
The only thing you lose when switching to a different launcher (and uninstalling the miui default launcher) are miui widgets (folders, etc), however there is still the Music widget and the Miui icons. Pretty much all launchers except MIUI have app drawers, and go launcher allows as much homescreens as miui (and is much more customisable). Most launchers also have better Transition effects than miui as well (Go has Random transitions) and have continuous scrolling.
I don't really see the point in folders anyways- Opening one takes abut as much time as sliding to a different screen, or opening the app drawer...

May be in should go for cm7... And chroming out my fone for that paint problem....
As for miui if it looks like iOS then am out of this league.... I hate iOS...
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314 said:
the Miui launcher seems to be somewhat laggy [Especially with a LWP]. Compared to ADW/GO/LP, it doesn't have any extra features or customisation - or even an app drawer.
The only thing you lose when switching to a different launcher (and uninstalling the miui default launcher) are miui widgets (folders, etc), however there is still the Music widget and the Miui icons. Pretty much all launchers except MIUI have app drawers, and go launcher allows as much homescreens as miui (and is much more customisable). Most launchers also have better Transition effects than miui as well (Go has Random transitions) and have continuous scrolling.
I don't really see the point in folders anyways- Opening one takes abut as much time as sliding to a different screen, or opening the app drawer...
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There is a speed fix for that.. Go into launcher setting, and "enable" hi Res gfx.. then go back to your launcher and flick a few screens.. then go back to launcher settings and "disable" the option.. and like magic aall form of lag in the launcher is removed! I didn't believe it would happen when o was told, but its 100% working for my.. and like I said in my earlier post.. anyone who says MIUI is slow, I'd laugh
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salarkhel said:
May be in should go for cm7... And chroming out my fone for that paint problem....
As for miui if it looks like iOS then am out of this league.... I hate iOS...
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It does look like iOS, but you need to try it first.. I am also a hater of the iPhone and apples other devices.. but MIUI and android has a helluva lot more functionality and freedom that the iPhone *cough* Apple down allow you.. also on MIUI the themes are brilliant, you can mix and match everything..
CM7 for the matter, is also an excellent ROM.. blazing fast also, and has some great addons.. but I ain't used it a lot myself so I can't tell you a lot about it other than its speed
Sense, is complete bloatware.. HTC really need to tone down the unbelievable amounts of useless apps especially background apps.. and now sense 3.5 eye candy.. instead of eye candy, more functionality as well.. you even seen their adverts.. they actually open the website, press home and then rapidly press bookmark so it "looks" instant lol.. you can even even witness the screen lag in the advert "/.. go CM7 lol

Alright I can find a very nice how-to for miui on their page but not for cm7.... Plzzz help me in this matter... I need a SINGLE link to a thread or site that tells in detail how to flash cm7.... It's getting irritating from my side but am a newbie....
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Task Killer Full version - don't want any lectures on how they are deemed to be evil and wrong and you shouldn't need/use them....but i use ARHD Rom....and task killer works awesome for me.....just build an ignore list for front end apps and apps u dont want dead...VOILA.
IMHO....works awesome.
matt

I know the thread is slightly old, but I thought I would post, the aluminium is anodised, not painted. The wear you are having is because the layer of aluminium oxide is rubbing off. That will be due to misuse or friction of some sort, it doesn't and can't happen naturally.

salarkhel said:
Alright I can find a very nice how-to for miui on their page but not for cm7.... Plzzz help me in this matter... I need a SINGLE link to a thread or site that tells in detail how to flash cm7.... It's getting irritating from my side but am a newbie....
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Try the cyanogenmod wiki, it has instructions from stock rom, but the reality with almost all custom roms is "enter clockwork recovery, and wipe and then install from zip"
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Non-Sense User, Please give me your feedback

Hi all Desire HD Owners
We all know that Non-Sense ROMs are more lighter and have a great performance due to a lot of free RAM ,,,
So if i want to use CyanogenMod as example what is the best apps I should use as a replacement to sense widgets like clock and weather widgets and also what other apps u recommend to use while not using a sense ROM specially launchers ?
Thanks a lot and waiting your help

The Fancy Widgets clock is pretty good. There are a few calendar widgets on the market too which are good. If you haven't tried MIUI rom - I recommend that for lots of nice differences.
If you are looking for launchers you might try my page here to get a few ideas.

I like SimiClock widget a lot.. it's a very minimalistic clock widget.
It's beautiful on a dark theme.

I tried miui but it's looks like iPhone a lot and I don't like that at it..but it's an amazing ROM...
Also there is no topic in DHD Forums to show users HS like the one in Wildfire forums which is great and presented a lot of nice ideas ....

I used Cyanogenmod for a while...as for launcher I hate the default ADW because it's the ugliest piece of software on the planet so I found a mod that replaces ADW with the default gingerbread launcher which is very very sexy, especially the app drawer.
Just google the terms "stock gingerbread launcher on cyanogenmod 7" and lots of links will come up

I have a desire (similiar to dhd) I went to cm7. But came straight back as I couldn't live without the sense functionalities!
Sure AOSP roms ate faster, but I rather have more features than better performance
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now on blackice cm 7.1!
for clock and calendar I'm using simiclock (includes meteo, battery% and other stuff) and simple calendar widget, i like that style! I've replaced the music app with the one from IceCream sandwich.
if you like the dolby and srs in blackice there's icetool to enable them.
I think you can give a try to that rom!
Sorry for bad english!
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My personal opinion.
I used to love sense and really liked the widgets. So I have been running it for over 2 years.
I decided to make the step to MIUI and now I cannot get back.
MIUI is so fast and you can set everything the way you want.
I especially like the folders that you can drop your programs in. So I have a folder with GPS things, different tools folder, camera stuff folder etc etc.
The fact that you can also make a backup in MIUI which saves everything, yes also location of icons and folders makes this one perfect for me.
For the clock and weather I use the fancy widgets and for email I use K9 which you can configure the way you want.
I admit it took a couple of weeks to get used to. Sometimes I flash a sense rom just to try it but I've always came back after max 3 days.

Thanks all for this great feedback and waiting more from you cuz i will try MIUI or CM7.1 for a while and want to find a replacement for most of apps and widgets i use , also when CM will came with ICS so we all will be able to try it and use ICS at our devices and abandon Sense ROM
Thanks again all

MohamedYousri said:
Also there is no topic in DHD Forums to show users HS like the one in Wildfire forums which is great and presented a lot of nice ideas ....
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You mean like this one?

I use Launcher Pro (its the smoothest and most stable imo) with the 3D clock & weather widget - it looks nice and is free.
If you search on the android market, you can find quite a few free apps better than stock 2.1 HTC Sense (excluding camcorder). There's just no true 3d widgets like the ones in sense3.0, or a lockscreen that works as well (miui lockscreens are somewhat laggy and don't have proper music/weather/etc. Agile lock takes around 3 seconds to appear after opening the screen)

Try Android Pro Widgets, they look quite similar to some of the sense ones
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=search_result

Thanks for the tip. Following this thread.

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You mean like this one?
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LOL ! Now i have to read all the 148 Pages

Regarding MIUI, you know that you can use another launcher right? The "iPhone-ish" part of MIUI is the launcher, and if you don't like that you are free to install whatever launcher you want. I'm currently using MIUI + LauncherPro and it's flying.

I use ADW, there are loads of free themes about so not liking the look is a bit of a lame excuse, but you can use any of the other launchers, I also like functionality over looks which is why I'm currently using BlackIce in my opinion AOSP wins over any other ROM any day, tried MIUI but if i wanted my phone to look like an iPhone i'd have bought one

I recommend touchpal dialer or go contacts to replace the awesome sense dialer
sent with love from me to you

I wont go with what's best for widget, as I find the less widgets the better.. but my apps are mainly;
Root Explorer
OC/UV Beater 2
CacheMate
Clockr Evolution isn't that bad
4EXT recovery updater
andrev oc installer (MIUIAndroid doesn't have it preinstalled)
SystemApp Remover
Current Widget
They're my tools apps that I have flashed into my ROM from clean recovery.. I'm not a fan of widgets, and bloat so I keep default apps to a bare minimum.. hence systemapp remover.. if I can remember correctly before I flash my apps.. I have between 55-65 apps/services on my phone.. whereas a clean install of a sense rom can come between 170-180 lol

TRY GO Lancher EX . and search for those awesome Free theme
u will love it . and it is fast and smooth ,
and get a beatiful clock widget .
trust me , u will fall love on it .
however personal opinion
i try many launcher .
here my fav
1.Go Launcher EX
2.Retina 3D Launcher
3. Launcher PRO
that all
i used to be ADW but they are not improve like other did .
just more theme but without any new features added compare to other.
however there is a huge pretty and nice ADW theme .
HTC DESIDE HD : 3 ROM install and switch between them when i get bored .
Rom 1 : RCmix3D runny sense 3.5 version 2.2
Rom 2 : MIUI FREEEze Edition 1.10
Rom 3 : BLACK ICE V 1.0 ( this Rom is dam super fast & smooth, high score in benchmark )
3 Rom install and switch anytime with sync my call log , contact , sms , apn list ( using my trick)

I am also on BlackIce CM7.1 with Lord Clockan's excellent kernel(s). I will never go back to Sense. Ever.
I use Android Pro Widgets, Beautiful Widgets, Minimalist Text, Moogly, and System Info Widget.
For look and feel, I use CM themes, ADW themed icons, and Alt Drawer. Between all these, the ability for customisation is enormous.

[APP][FWD] Sense 4 clock widget

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554077
As they say, looks legit. Found this floating about on the Desire HD forums, and tried it out on my creaking Leedroid based Desire. Looks just lovely, much better than the other Sense 4 widget floating about.
Note that the widget isn't animated in any way, and works independantly of any oher weather service. Ideal for people running ASOP, or Sense users that don't have HTC Laputa installed.

tnks

Thanks, nice widgets

Thanks

Thankx
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Why just Sense 4 Clock widget? Now you have ROM
First Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 with Sense 4.0 on a QSD Soc device!
Enjoy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1653537

Since i started flashing ROM's the only thing i have missed is the sense clock!
Going to try this one out. Thanks!

thx! I'm going to try it out too.

Cannot set as widget on miui 2.4
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Work perfect on sandvold 0.9 beta ics rom
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nice works very good.

thanks

[APP][FWD] Fancy Sense
Here are some other mods, which uses Fancy Widgets as base, etc
Most exact copy - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721809
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732330
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549580
In any of the above widgets, the black background image below clock for weather, location, temp, etc does not fit properly.
There are option to hide widget elements too. I usually hide weather icon, black bg. set temp to deg Celsius.

I find these solutions mediocre the least, despite the effort for their development. Nevertheless I prefer the slick, small clock of sense 3.5 rather than the huge white Sense 4.0 clock, but still, it's just personal.

SpecBxl said:
I find these solutions mediocre the least, despite the effort for their development. Nevertheless I prefer the slick, small clock of sense 3.5 rather than the huge white Sense 4.0 clock, but still, it's just personal.
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I agree, although there is a similar clock (4x1) in sense 4. But i still prefer the sense 3.5 one, it's more elegant.

Thanks!