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My second theme after the GB theme i made for CM. It is a mix of INexus Suave HD, Sense UI and the GalaxyS UI. It is a bit more colorful than my GB theme.
Thanks to Mark aka MrDSL of miui-dev for granting me permission to use parts of his SuaveHD theme.
Screenshots : Check this link.
Procedure
Copy the downloaded zip file to openrecovery/updates and apply using OR. Androidiani OR is recommended. Wipe dalvik/cache in OR before applying. Use Cyanogenmod settings to change your date, time and notification ticker color to white(ffffffff) .
Download link
There is no lockscreen mod in this build.
No Animation - http://www.mediafire.com/?nrkw7uc7w1cmld8
Bounce Animation - http://www.mediafire.com/?d84gsr6npx09t99
Flip Animation - http://www.mediafire.com/?vk5nbnpkm13ssw0http://www.mediafire.com/?kmry28ov9xqmp6k
Fold Animation - http://www.mediafire.com/?k28pgbp29u8fc75http://www.mediafire.com/?9qch71dn19ls21f
Flying Animation - http://www.mediafire.com/?pcf8ok9u3hey5hthttp://www.mediafire.com/?84bkqi5w96jo0ca
Reserved for future use.
Wow! That looks very nice! Gonna try it right now Thanks!
Hello! You did very nice job with this theme. I've done everything as you've described and applied it. It runs flawlessly, but there is a strange problem with Facebook and Twitter widgets. It just don't want to display them. They aren't even at the widget list. I've tried to reinstall both applications and it seemed to work, but after restart this problem appeared again. Is this thing just by me or it can be related with the theme?
P.S. : I've tried to post a screenshot, but as a new user I don't have this right. If needed I'll send a PM with link
I really like that theme but I face the problem, that my SIM-Card is not recognized when the OS is started. Any ideas what to do to fix that problem?
EDIT: Problem solved, somehow my SIM-Card had a bad connection...
First of all I would like to say that this is amazingly nice! I just have some feature requests which will hopefully be considered to be added in a new version. It's a bit inconsistent with the colors, the red is missplaced in the context menue, i would be more happy with a blue-black style.
Here is my wishlist:
Flashing Bump of gingerbread, this appears when trying to over scroll
3D Menue, I just saw that with Nexus One and Nexus S for now
Gingerbread dialer, the current menue is wonderfull, leave the blue as it is =D
Gingerbread keyboard in blue with the select tool
black context menue like in gingerbread and icons in blue
browser addressbar in black
notification bar slider like in gingerbread
battery icon like in gingerbread
EDIT: I just saw that there is a gingerbread theme and that i should post that stuff in the other thread, sorry for that!
Joro_D said:
Hello! You did very nice job with this theme. I've done everything as you've described and applied it. It runs flawlessly, but there is a strange problem with Facebook and Twitter widgets. It just don't want to display them. They aren't even at the widget list. I've tried to reinstall both applications and it seemed to work, but after restart this problem appeared again. Is this thing just by me or it can be related with the theme?
P.S. : I've tried to post a screenshot, but as a new user I don't have this right. If needed I'll send a PM with link
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Well, that's strange. Can you check if this happens without the theme applied? If it does, i'll have a look.
Joro_D said:
Hello! You did very nice job with this theme. I've done everything as you've described and applied it. It runs flawlessly, but there is a strange problem with Facebook and Twitter widgets. It just don't want to display them. They aren't even at the widget list. I've tried to reinstall both applications and it seemed to work, but after restart this problem appeared again. Is this thing just by me or it can be related with the theme?
P.S. : I've tried to post a screenshot, but as a new user I don't have this right. If needed I'll send a PM with link
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Since widgets don't work when the app is on the SD card, maybe they somehow got installed there.
Well I guess zeppelinrox was right. It's because Facebook and Twitter apps were installed on the SD card. I moved them to phone and everything was just fine.
First I tried with the default CM theme, but it happened again. Soo I think the problem is solved for now.
Is there a way to remove the ugly picture or the birds? I'd really like to have my own picture there.
And a small bug: If you have the lockscreen in landscape the sliders are not themed.
DrZippit said:
Is there a way to remove the ugly picture or the birds? I'd really like to have my own picture there.
And a small bug: If you have the lockscreen in landscape the sliders are not themed.
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Which ugly picture and what birds?
If you are referring to the wallpaper, you can have even uglier ones if you want to.The choice is yours.
Regarding lockscreen problem, i'll look into it.
Looks great! I'll try it.
Thnx
I'm using it right now. It's very nice theme, like every other from you. I've been using yours GB theme for Cronos and CM. And I have a question - could make a pure Sense theme for CM 6.1.2?
It would be great. Thx for patience.
Very nice theme.
Great work brother .
Big thank u.
Best wishes
adamz667 said:
I'm using it right now. It's very nice theme, like every other from you. I've been using yours GB theme for Cronos and CM. And I have a question - could make a pure Sense theme for CM 6.1.2?
It would be great. Thx for patience.
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I made one for cronos long time back that can be found here. I will create one for cm6. No problem. In a couple of days and pm you.
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Hi sileshn, I would love to see Sense UI Theme for CM6 (Milestone) too.
Sir_Nick said:
Hi sileshn, I would love to see Sense UI Theme for CM6 (Milestone) too.
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I will. I am busy with work ATM.
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adamz667 said:
I'm using it right now. It's very nice theme, like every other from you. I've been using yours GB theme for Cronos and CM. And I have a question - could make a pure Sense theme for CM 6.1.2?
It would be great. Thx for patience.
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Sir_Nick said:
Hi sileshn, I would love to see Sense UI Theme for CM6 (Milestone) too.
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Here you go guys. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088247
Just flashed SC 2.4 voodoo rom and have some questions about it.
1. how do you delete the home screen? (I have 7 home screens now.. which is too many for me)
2. When I turn on Camera, it says update firmware. do I have to update firmware?
3. how can you customize shortcut on the bottom (a grey box that have call, app list, browser icon)? sry its kinda similar question as #1.
4. What kind of launcher does Superclean rom use? when i see task manager, icon looks like Touchwiz.. but overall interface and app list look like ADW.. but doesnt have ADW options though.. I'm confused.
I thought I had more questions but I forgot
I will edit this post if I think of more.
triple486 said:
Just flashed SC 2.4 voodoo rom and have some questions about it.
1. how do you delete the home screen? (I have 7 home screens now.. which is too many for me)
2. When I turn on Camera, it says update firmware. do I have to update firmware?
3. how can you customize shortcut on the bottom (a grey box that have call, app list, browser icon)? sry its kinda similar question as #1.
4. What kind of launcher does Superclean rom use? when i see task manager, icon looks like Touchwiz.. but overall interface and app list look like ADW.. but doesnt have ADW options though.. I'm confused.
I thought I had more questions but I forgot
I will edit this post if I think of more.
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1,3, 4: its pretty much the stock aosp launcher, so any kind of home screen customization is out of the question unless you get something else like launcher pro/adw. Its called launcher2, I believe, taken straight from aosp source. So, if you want to change stuff, you're going to have to look at other launchers.
2. Yes.
And if you're looking for alot of customiziation options along with neat transitions built in...try launcher pro. I've been using it for years on different androids and love it.
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1,3, 4: its pretty much the stock aosp launcher, so any kind of home screen customization is out of the question unless you get something else like launcher pro/adw. Its called launcher2, I believe, taken straight from aosp source. So, if you want to change stuff, you're going to have to look at other launchers.
2. Yes.
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you mean I can't even set numbers of home screen with 'launcher2'?? thats not good..
what does aosp stand for?
If I use launcher pro or adw, stock launcher will be running in background? running 2 launchers will consume more battery and RAM?
2 launchers won't affect you that much. I used to run LPro and Twiz back on DI01 and could get 24-48 hours of bat life.
From what I have read on other posts just make sure that there are no widgets running on the unused launcher, as they might sitll be using the data connection to update.
AOSP is android open source project.
http://source.android.com/
Personally I recommend Lancher Pro over ADW, but I'm sure others will tell you differently. Free versions of both exists so just try em both out.
Full Battery Popup
I didn't know where to post this but I downloaded the new superclean 2.4, and despite it including a program that should have disabled it, I still got a pop-up notifying me of my full battery in the middle of the night. Does anyone know why I got this or does the full battery popup disable not work for all phones?
If you don't like having two launchers and want more customization options, install Launcher pro and uninstall Launcher ebproductions. I use nothing but LP, none of the other launchers can cut it for me.
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I didn't know where to post this but I downloaded the new superclean 2.4, and despite it including a program that should have disabled it, I still got a pop-up notifying me of my full battery in the middle of the night. Does anyone know why I got this or does the full battery popup disable not work for all phones?
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Did you wipe prior flashing?
And launcher pro is imho the best hands down. Try the trial and if you like it pay for the full. The twitter and facebook widgets are the best of any out there...bar none.
go launcher
re jenisiz - I used rom manager and always back up previous rom and wipe data but i did not try to do it myself in cwm but now that you mention it I will give it a shot
re triple486 - Launchers make all the difference. I have tried just about everything I could find and I personally liked Go Launcher. Launcher Pro is cool but i would say it is 100 times better for the pay version. You can resize widgets to your liking and there is a lot of support for theming the Launcher Pro widgets. Overall, any launcher seems like it offers more flexibility and features than the stock or aosp launcher. Try the free versions and see what you like.
Battery pop up still there
I cleared all data and the cache twice but the full battery popup is still there.
I did not mention this but i installed the Revolution theme over superclean 2.4. Will that prevent the battery popup from being disabled?
triple486 said:
you mean I can't even set numbers of home screen with 'launcher2'?? thats not good..
what does aosp stand for?
If I use launcher pro or adw, stock launcher will be running in background? running 2 launchers will consume more battery and RAM?
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Yeah, the only cool thing about the stock AOSP launcher is the 3D app drawer, LauncherPro does this as well but it's not quite as good.
Once LauncherPro/ADW is installed and running, you can use the task manager to kill the other launcher so it's not running in the background.
Press your home key and set the default to LauncherPro/ADW and it will use these by default from then on and the other launchers will not run.
I personally use Launcher Pro on all my android devices and I always recommend it over ADW but they're both good and its just a matter of personal preference, you can install both and try them - it wont hurt anything and they hardly take up any space.
If you set one as a default and want to change the default again go to settings > applications > manage applications - find the launcher you set as a default, and click "Clear Defaults".
THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST UPDATE, AS THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY.THIS THEME IS NOW ZIPPED AND IS READY TO BE DOWNLOADED ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. Please refer to the readme file in the .zip folder for instructions. DOWNLOAD LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. DROPBOX LINK HAS BEEN UPDATED, IF IT *STILL* DOESN'T WORK, THE MIRROR DOES
Sorry I had to yell like that.
Changelog:
v1.0 First version
v1.0.1 Added free flipclock, and market links for convenience
v1.0.2 Added bootanimation
v1.0.3 Added HTC app: Calculator (requires ADB push)(Instructions below)
Added HTC app: Music
Added HTC app: Teeter
Added 25 Wallpapers (All included wallpapers are 640 x 480 in resolution)
v1.0.4 Added an icon pack, for those of you who aren't rooted and running CM7 / NTSense (courtesy of wwalczyszyn from DeviantArt)(Link to his page at the bottom)
Added Ringtones
Added Alarms
Added Notification Ringtones
Added general UI sounds (they aren't applied to anything in the theme, but they are there)
Added a bunch of Fonts
Added application: "Type Fresh" for installing fonts (root required)
v1.1.0 Added ~15 Sense Themed Clocks, courtesy of FactoryWidgets and DNSProject
Just a thought here....I've spent a bunch of time on this theme, between searching the vast interwebs for applications that work, to editing files, to theming apps and testing them, at least 60 hours of my life have been put into this project. I don't take donations or anything, so could you guys help spread the word to all of your friends so i don't feel like I did all of this for just a few people? Or at least hit the thank you button every now and then. I would appreciate that.
Alrighty fellas, I've compiled a theme together for pretty much any android device capable of running CM7, but since I created it on my Optimus V, I'll post it here.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE FILES USED IN THIS THEME, I SIMPLY COMBINED WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME. Furthermore, a few of these apps are paid apps, and I cannot suppply those to you.
I'd like to give a big ol' thank you to AOSP for creating such a great base ROM to work with, nhnt11 for creating the themed menus and status bar, and the devs of all of the apps used in this project.
What is themed:
-Status Bar
-Notification Drawer
-The entire Launcher
-App Drawer
-Menus (including highlighted text)
-Widgets (Only "LP Sense UI widgets" "Toggles" and "Search" are themed)
-Keyboard
-Lockscreen
-Clock
-In-App Titles
-Boot Animation
-HTC app: Claculator
-HTC app: Music
-HTC app: Teeter
-Wallpapers / backgrounds
-Alarms
-Ringtones
-Icons
-Fonts
HOW TO FIX "ERROR INVALID_KEY" WITH FACEBOOK WIDGET
In order to get functionality from the Facebook widget back, as per THIS, you will need to uninstall the facebook app from your phone, then uninstall and reinstall LP sense ui app. From there, when you enter your credentials in the widget settings, it should work. After it is done synching and whatnot, you may reinstall Facebook app. It *should* work.
Step One
You are going to need to install a CM7 ROM with the Theme Chooser application if you want the status bar / menu themes to work. At this point, I'd like to give you this warning:
IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF YOU EFF UP YOUR PHONE, YOU ARE DOING THIS OF YOUR OWN ACCORD
#Step 1a (Skip if not rooted)
In order to install the fonts that I've included, you will need root access. There are two ways to install them: one through ADB, the other through a
market app, Type Fresh (included in the "app" folder) I feel it necessary to link to the original page for instructions. Here is the URL:
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2009/04/25/how-to-change-fonts-in-android/
Step Two
After installing the ROM, you will need to download NTSense, provided by nhnt11 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970459
Just follow the instructions on the link provided.
Step Three
Now you will need to install LP Sense UI, provided at the bottom of this thread. THIS IS NOT THE PAID VERSION, IT IS THE REGULAR FREE VERSION, HOWEVER WIDGETS DO WORK.
You will need to set it up properly for it to work. Do the following:
From Homescreen:
Menu>Preferences>Sense Mod Configuration
Set Number of docks to "1"
Dock Background>Standard (be sure to press it, even though it is selected, or else it wont work properly)
Home button on app drawer "on"
Enable auto Rotation "off"
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That should be it for the launcher. You can set other things how you like, I usually use "Rotate 2" as my transition, it looks great with the theme
Menu>Preferences>Homescreen Settings>Transition Effect> "Rotate 2"
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Step Four
You will need to purchase "WidgetLocker" from the market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
It is $1.99 USD, but it is worth it, it is helpful for many other themes and is great as a lockscreen in general.
be sure to open WidgetLocker from the app drawer to open it in edit or "Tool" mode.
FROM "TOOL MODE:"
Menu>Settings>Enable WidgetLocker
(Skip this if you don't have root) Menu>Settings>Advanced>Root Helper>Check All Boxes, set Autoswipe Pin/Password to "Auto"
Menu>Settings>Advanced>Check "Hide Notification Icon" and "Hide Interaction Warning"
Configure the rest how you prefer.
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While you are in tool mode, long press every app, slider and widget and drag it to the trash bin at the bottom of the screen. Then do this:
Menu>Add>Custom Slider
Select "Sense" from the box directly underneath the picture of the slider.
Save.
You will need to long press the slider and drag it all the way to the bottom of the screen, being careful not to put it in the trash bin (or else you'd have to make a new slider )
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Step Five
Install any of the clocks in from the included "clocks" folder found under "apps"
Should you install the flipclock app, be warned:
NOTE: THIS CLOCK HAS NO FLIPPING ANIMATION. HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE THAT DOES FLIP IN THE FUTURE, BUT NO GUARANTEES. I WOULD NEED A LOT OF HELP.
Step Six
In order to get the toggle widgets, such as wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate, silence, etc. you need to Purchase Beautiful Widgets from the Market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.levelup.beautifulwidgets&feature=search_result
I have included a brightness control and battery indicator themed to look Sense-esque. They are at the bottom of the Post.
FOR THE BATTERY INDICATOR:
1. Apply Widget to Homescreen
2. Tap on it
3. Select the "Preferences" tab in the top right corner.
4. Check every single box, especially Swap Low/High res. You can select the temperature unit of your choice.
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Alright Guys, have fun with this, Feel free to thank me if this helped you at all. screen shots will be posted in The Second Post.
DOWNLOAD LINK FROM MY DROPBOX
Sense UI theme hosted by Dropbox.
MIRROR
Sense UI theme hosted by 4shared.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157626954358030/
Sorry I couldn't post in-forum screen shots, I don't know how to.
Also Reserved.
Yo man you can also take framework .png sources from my sense port
ciaox said:
Yo man you can also take framework .png sources from my sense port
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Hey, I appreciate the offer, I will keep that in mind
even if i dont like htc based themes i like your idea
this is good, but i wont use it,
(Im android forward fan, not htc)
i will use it when times come, thank you
SWEATTAIMI said:
even if i dont like htc based themes i like your idea
this is good, but i wont use it,
(Im android forward fan, not htc)
i will use it when times come, thank you
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Thanks a million, dude
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Nice one bro!
Thank you for your hard work. +1
If I want only black status bar with sense icons which steps I must done?
Layio said:
If I want only black status bar with sense icons which steps I must done?
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You would head to the NTSense page and click on the link to download older versions and then get the Gingerbar theme. But since I'm nice, here is the direct link:
To the list of all older NTSense themes:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjstlbwbel2s34y
To the one you are looking for (Gingerbar):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjstlbwbel2s34y/NTSense-gingerbar.apk
kovacsgellert said:
Nice one bro!
Thank you for your hard work. +1
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Hey man, no problem! I enjoy doing stuff like this to help out my mates!
It wont let me login to sense Facebook widget. Says error:invalid_key
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Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
b00gieMan_droid said:
Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
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Dude, there's no need to be a complete d1ck. It may have some problems, but it far from sucks. Its really nice looking. I just need to know how to fox the fb widget.
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You can't fix the FB widget...!!! If you want that then you'll have to purchase from LP Sense UI's blog or use an old "ahem" russian version where everything is in english... but certain parts are in russian... certain button language.
EDIT: AM NOT BEING A D1CK! I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING. I MOD MY PHONE MORE THAN YOU EVER ATE FOOD OR FARTED!
Sigh... chill out people. Just use web browser mobile version of FB for this social crap. (The whole FB is junk anyway.)
b00gieMan_droid said:
You can't fix the FB widget...!!! If you want that then you'll have to purchase from LP Sense UI's blog or use an old "ahem" russian version where everything is in english... but certain parts are in russian... certain button language.
EDIT: AM NOT BEING A D1CK! I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING. I MOD MY PHONE MORE THAN YOU EVER ATE FOOD OR FARTED!
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Yeah, not a D1CK at all... just cause you think you're perfect, you don't have to go around and call someone else's work a complete price of crap. There's no point. And this theme is visually appealing, which is the major role of a theme. It just has some bugs that need worked out.
Oh, and if you're so great, why don't you make a cm7 sense theme that looks an acts identical to the real thing, including all the icons, app drawer, and Widgets. You should be able to get that done in a couple hours right?
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Woah chill out people. I dont want a flame war here. I didn't make any of this, its just compiled together from what's available. If you want something fixed take it up with the original Dev.
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b00gieMan_droid said:
Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
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Hey, I'm sorry you feel this way, but I've posted a fix in the OP. It is not a true "fix" but more of a compromise. I would appreciate it if you would please stop posted offensive comments.
Hope it helped.
bjones72751 said:
Dude, there's no need to be a complete d1ck. It may have some problems, but it far from sucks. Its really nice looking. I just need to know how to fox the fb widget.
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Hey man, check the OP for a Facebook widget fix. I haven't tried it yet, but the kind gentlefolk over at android central believe their fix works. Hope I helped.
Hey guys I wanted to make this post in the forum for his rom but I'm so new it won't let me so I thought I'd do it here. I have just today rooted my HTC Hero GSM phone and installed the new v3.1 rom from elelinux. Everything works fine but I'm just missing 2 widgets.
When I was running v2.1-update1 i had it so that one of the home screens had a full screen bookmark widget and another one had a full screen (well I mean so big you couldn't actually place another shortcut or anything on that screen) widget for my text messages. I know that the rom has both txt message app and a bookmarks section in the browser but before I could put both of these on the home screens and when I go to widgets from the home screen those two are missing from the list.
Can anyone help me out how to find it if I am missing it, or can you point me in the right direction?
I think those are sense widgets you refer to. Won't get these on aosp but there are similar alternatives on the market
I have the same issue... and I don't think it's related to Sense apps. I have tried to download, for example, "Laik Agenda widget", that works perfectly in other non-sense android phones, does not appear in the list.
I have also tried with 4 or 5 different calendar widgets, and no luck.
naevtamarkus said:
I have the same issue... and I don't think it's related to Sense apps. I have tried to download, for example, "Laik Agenda widget", that works perfectly in other non-sense android phones, does not appear in the list.
I have also tried with 4 or 5 different calendar widgets, and no luck.
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I had a same problem.Are you using elelinux ROM like OP?If you do, then go to settings>applications>manage apps>choose widget that you want and tap on it> then tap move to phone and thats it.That was the problem when I couldnt see some widgets, downloaded from market, in the list.
Just my personal $.02 from having used a couple of different ROM setups in the last month or two:
It seems to me that Launcher Pro works much better with Cyanogen than with MIUI. I originally ran MIUI with LP, but ran into some problems:
- LP would freeze on startup quite often. Problem could be fixed by 'force closing' LP, or giving it a long time for bootup. But still kind of annoying
- Occasionally my LP applications pane would lose all the apps. In other words, when you went to open up your applications list, it would be empty. A hot reboot would fix this. Again, annoying.
Because of these LP issues (minor but a hassle), I stopped using LP and set up the MIUI launcher to run the way I wanted to:
- put all the apps into a couple of folders to clean things up
- used Beautiful widgets & folder organizer same as I did in LP
However, I just don't like the MIUI launcher as much:
- Only allows 4 launcher icons on the bottom of the screen
- No secondary action on icons at bottom (cannot swipe icons for secondary action)
- cannot customize icons at bottom of screen
- cannot 'loop' screens around
So, I switched to Cyanogen to get back to LP. Voila - day 2 (yes its early), and it seems to work great. no bugs with LP yet, and super fast smooth. I really like using LP, and based on that preference, I have to give it to Cyanogen. There are things I miss from MIUI (hot reboot, great toggles on drop down), but some things that are better about Cyanogen (can turn off swipe when I have the pattern lock enabled).
But overall, my personal experience is that Cyanogen and LP Plus run better together than MIUI and LP Plus.
carlbettag said:
Just my personal $.02 from having used a couple of different ROM setups in the last month or two:
It seems to me that Launcher Pro works much better with Cyanogen than with MIUI. I originally ran MIUI with LP, but ran into some problems:
- LP would freeze on startup quite often. Problem could be fixed by 'force closing' LP, or giving it a long time for bootup. But still kind of annoying
- Occasionally my LP applications pane would lose all the apps. In other words, when you went to open up your applications list, it would be empty. A hot reboot would fix this. Again, annoying.
Because of these LP issues (minor but a hassle), I stopped using LP and set up the MIUI launcher to run the way I wanted to:
- put all the apps into a couple of folders to clean things up
- used Beautiful widgets & folder organizer same as I did in LP
However, I just don't like the MIUI launcher as much:
- Only allows 4 launcher icons on the bottom of the screen
- No secondary action on icons at bottom (cannot swipe icons for secondary action)
- cannot customize icons at bottom of screen
- cannot 'loop' screens around
So, I switched to Cyanogen to get back to LP. Voila - day 2 (yes its early), and it seems to work great. no bugs with LP yet, and super fast smooth. I really like using LP, and based on that preference, I have to give it to Cyanogen. There are things I miss from MIUI (hot reboot, great toggles on drop down), but some things that are better about Cyanogen (can turn off swipe when I have the pattern lock enabled).
But overall, my personal experience is that Cyanogen and LP Plus run better together than MIUI and LP Plus.
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You have a few facts wrong about miui.
1. I've had 6 icons on the bottom dock with miui
2. You can customize the icons, use theme manager.
Just wanted to make sure you're aware of these features!
Sent from my HTC Incredible
lpp is my choice.miui doesn't have 3 scrollable docks. I love the lpp widgets for easy productivity and lpp uses themes and can change icons on home if needed. I use cm7 themes from market which also makes me content for app drawer icons
Something else to note is that Widgetlocker now works very well with android 2.3.5 (presented in latest versions of MIUI and CM7)
some screenshots of it while using CM7 attached
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Little more back on topic, MIUI is better for those who like more theming options.
CM7 isn't as great in that area, but for my tastes I've customized my phone to where I don't have any need for additional theming options since CM7 + LPP provides a pretty decent amount of ways you can customize the looks.
not a fan of miui lock but I do like agile for sense 3.0 lock for cm7
There are a ton of MIUI lockscreen themes including sense 3.0 ones, if you're into that kind of thing
Lockscreen theming is a big reason MIUI>CM7 for me, including how you can mix and match theme elements and customize basically everything.
And TheWhiteBandito is right, you can have up to six icons in the dock and you can use whatever icons you like. I'm not sure why the OP had issues with LP+MIUI, I can't personally speak to it but I know many people use alternate launchers (including LP) on MIUI without issue.
big thanks to TheWhiteBandito and k_nivesout for correcting me on the six icons & also changing the icons themselves.
There are several subtle things that work better for me with CM7 & Launcher Pro. Generally my perception is that it's faster & more stable.
Since I use the security lock pattern, the theming of the lockscreens is not so useful to me because I'd rather bypass that entirely & just use the security pattern instead of having 2 screens to go through to unlock my phone.
At any rate, it probably comes down to exactly how you use the phone & your personal preferences. But I stick with my original point - if you are a big fan of Launcher Pro, I think it works better with CM7 based on my experience with it on both ROMs.
Lastly, don't get me wrong - I think MIUI is a GREAT ROM, and I've installed it both on my phone and some of my friends phones, and I'd happily use it again.
I would tend to agree that it does come down to how you use your phone. CM7 has some advantages, and so does MIUI, just depends on your preferences and needs. It's good to see open discussion on pros and cons of roms without the "my rom is better than yours" element being part of it.
Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).
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Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).
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MIUI is definitely a top ROM. Very unique and at this time it's pretty stable too.
When I ran MIUI, it was very stable until I'd flashed about 20 new releases without wiping caches even, (including making the transition from FroYo to GB) and I loved the themes. Then I went to CM7. WOW. I last tried it at 7.0.4, 7.1RC1 is so much faster for me than MIUI OR CM7.0.x. It aslo seems a bit more stable, and everything just works. I use GO Launcher EX, and it seems a bit faster on CM7 but I am running CM at 1GHz, MIUI I UC'd to 806 MHz
gio2005 said:
Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).
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I can understand not being able to tolerate a ROM if Swype won't work. I run MIUI and have Swype running; followed the steps here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-generate-license-for-swype-3-0-beta-on-miui-android/
..to get it working.
The only thing that I "don't like" about MIUI is that it doesn't support scrolling widgets (Pure Messenger).