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Best Android Widgets

Just thought I'd start a thread on what the best android widgets are (paid and free). I installed the various Tattoo builds and love the HTC interface, but as of now, they are just too processor/memory intensive and they lag up the phone too much. I've now installed Myn's Warm Donut because it runs fast and so far, hasn't caused any hang ups.
So far, I've installed Home++ and it works well as a home replacement. I'm looking for a weather widget to replace the HTC weather widget, and so far have only found WeatherBug as a widget. Works well, but isn't flashy.
What are everyone's favorite Android Widgets???

I would say my number one widget when im not using hero or tattoo is "beautiful widgets". I love the animated weather and hero like weather clock. not the latest version because htc asked them nicely to change the interface because its to much like the real thing, so i use like 2.36. i think 2.5 and up are changed interface and its not near as good. it is a paid app. i also just tried home++ and didnt quite find it as appealing as open home. home++ changes android interface too much for me. no home replacement apps work with live wallpapers as of yet.

You want Weather Widget 2 Ver. 3.2...its the best I think you can find and works well with Myn's build.
PM me if you cant find it.

So farm here's what I'm running on Myn's Donut build without any problems at all:
Accuweather
Amazon
AP Mobile
Facebook (widget)
Home++ (home replacement)
NewsRob
The Weather Channel (widget)
Ultimate Stopwatch
Google Voice
Weatherbug (widget)
Smooth Calendar (widget)​

wdbanks said:
You want Weather Widget 2 Ver. 3.2...its the best I think you can find and works well with Myn's build.
PM me if you cant find it.
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Thanks wdbanks - I found a version but it doesn't fit 240 x 320. Is that app only for 320 x 480 screens?

I use weather widgets 3.2 on 240x320

Just got a Nexus One

I just got a nexus one exactly one week ago and Im lovin it. I made the switch from win mo. I had the Touch HD and Xperia X1. Now I dont want to root the nexus because it voids warranty and there seems to be many problems users are having with it. I dont want to have no warranty if anything happens to mine.
So I would like to know, what apps should I get and what widgets. There is a very limited number of widgets on the nexus and I want to fill up the home screen. I downloaded engadget and they have a widget, I downloaded a couple of games, xda app, and the htc sense keyboard. So I hope you other nexus users can help me since Im an andoid newbie.

mets3214 said:
I just got a nexus one exactly one week ago and Im lovin it. I made the switch from win mo. I had the Touch HD and Xperia X1. Now I dont want to root the nexus because it voids warranty and there seems to be many problems users are having with it. I dont want to have no warranty if anything happens to mine.
So I would like to know, what apps should I get and what widgets. There is a very limited number of widgets on the nexus and I want to fill up the home screen. I downloaded engadget and they have a widget, I downloaded a couple of games, xda app, and the htc sense keyboard. So I hope you other nexus users can help me since Im an andoid newbie.
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What are you looking for in a widget?
I'm currently using..
Beautiful Widgets (paid)
AudioManager
DaysUntil
National Rail
Network Widget
PhotoFrame
Pure Calendar (paid)
Pure Music (paid)

nice, just downloaded. audio manager. Im looking for sense like widgets. If there was an htc desire compatable with att 3g. I wouldve got it

Hmm ok I can tell you about a couple of apps that I use often at least:
Handcent SMS - Much better than the built in messaging app imo
Dolphin Browser - I prefer it to the stock browser
3G Watchdog - Keeps track of how much you transfer over 3G, very useful
Agenda Widget - A good widget for showing upcoming appointments
RealCalc - A calculator with a "few" more options than the stock oen
Nimbuzz - Will cater to most of your IM needs
Spotify - Good for streaming music and storing it offline if it's available in your country
Doggcatcher - Great program for podcasts
Barcode Scanner -Good to have to scan in those barcode links that are used a couple of places
Battery Indicator - Gives you a number to look at in the notification bar instead of the pretty useless built in battery icon
Connectbot - SSH client
Smart Keyboard - A great keyboard with different skins and dictionaries for many languages
Documents to Go - Great office suite
Xe Currency - Keeps you up to date with conversion rates
Weather widgets - A good clock/weather widget
Games:
Don't know about that many games and I can't get the full versions of most of them since I don't have paid apps where I come from and I'm not rooted, but I can suggest a few.
Snesoid - Essential imo, play all those great SNES games on your phone and you won't need much else on the gaming side
Abduction - Jumping cows, what else do you need from a time waster?
SFCave - classic game from the early Palm devices if I'm not mistaken
Toss It - Good time waster
3d Pong - Classic flash game
Anways my tip for you is just to look around the market and test out apps, many are free and most have at least a lite version and that is the best way to find out if you like/need an app.

mets3214 said:
nice, just downloaded. audio manager. Im looking for sense like widgets. If there was an htc desire compatable with att 3g. I wouldve got it
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I'd definitely give Beautiful Widgets a go then

fwiw, handcent sms is a great app. it totally replaced mine.
the htc keyboard is great, i have it on my rooted desire rom.
Beautiful Widgets is what your looking for if you want sense style widgets. I believe they nearly got sued for their weather clock.
I love the textsfromlastnight widget, lol, but dunno if you like that site.
i keep the facebook stock widget open.
weather/news widget is actually ok, but i use the desire weather widget.

Unbrand Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow widget refreshing

Hi there!
Bought an chinese android unit with android marshmallow, all i expect from it is to autorun torque widgets on homescreen, start the jetAudio player of mine, and to turn on the skycash parking widget.
After turning off and turn on the unit - the skycash widget is perma connecting to data, torque widgets are frozen (if u add any new one - they start working), and none app can autorun (music player included).
I bet its a well known issue, so it is possible to deal with it somehow?
The unit is eincar 2 din 6.0 unit (i cant give a link cuz of spam protect, but i assume they put same software everywhere in their units)
I'll be gratefull for any solution.
PS. I was ofc trying already SU apps, autostart apps, givin all possible permisions to the unit, and so on..
Ah, and forgot to mention - its the [email protected] debugging mode pass ROM

Link to product pls

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Link to product pls
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alie expres and then: /item/Android-6-0-Car-GPS-radio-Stereo-with-Navigation-2Din-7-Vehicle-Radio-In-Dash-GPS/32802158604.html?spm=2114.010208.3.123.0UBU25&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10065_10151_10068_10304_10301_10136_10137_10060_10155_437_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_303_100031_10099_10103_10102_10096_10052_10053_5320016_10142_10107_10050_10051_10171_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_519_10111_10112_10113_10114_10182_10078_10079_5260015_10073_10123_10189_142,searchweb201603_2,ppcSwitch_4&btsid=a0eaa028-2a00-472e-8e84-c1a8a4f02988&algo_expid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea-17&algo_pvid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea

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Sorry broken link

ultradj83 said:
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Cant paste full one, cuz of 10 posts problem.
aliexpress.com /item/Android-6-0-Car-GPS-radio-Stereo-with-Navigation-2Din-7-Vehicle-Radio-In-Dash-GPS/32802158604.html?spm=2114.010208.3.123.0UBU25&ws_a b_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10065_ 10151_10068_10304_10301_10136_10137_10060_10155_43 7_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_303_100031_10099_1 0103_10102_10096_10052_10053_5320016_10142_10107_1 0050_10051_10171_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_101 10_519_10111_10112_10113_10114_10182_10078_10079_5 260015_10073_10123_10189_142,searchweb201603_2,ppc Switch_4&btsid=a0eaa028-2a00-472e-8e84-c1a8a4f02988&algo_expid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea-17&algo_pvid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea
It works for me

Transaero said:
Cant paste full one, cuz of 10 posts problem.
aliexpress.com /item/Android-6-0-Car-GPS-radio-Stereo-with-Navigation-2Din-7-Vehicle-Radio-In-Dash-GPS/32802158604.html?spm=2114.010208.3.123.0UBU25&ws_a b_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10065_ 10151_10068_10304_10301_10136_10137_10060_10155_43 7_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_303_100031_10099_1 0103_10102_10096_10052_10053_5320016_10142_10107_1 0050_10051_10171_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_101 10_519_10111_10112_10113_10114_10182_10078_10079_5 260015_10073_10123_10189_142,searchweb201603_2,ppc Switch_4&btsid=a0eaa028-2a00-472e-8e84-c1a8a4f02988&algo_expid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea-17&algo_pvid=97f485de-7232-4fca-ab5f-3fe97a1ce7ea
It works for me
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How can it run with only 256MB of RAM?
Does it work fine with Android apps?
Then, about Torque, did you install his widgets?
If you set a widget on the home screen, it will call torque on boot or even if it's not loaded during normal usage.

ultradj83 said:
How can it run with only 256MB of RAM?
Does it work fine with Android apps?
Then, about Torque, did you install his widgets?
If you set a widget on the home screen, it will call torque on boot or even if it's not loaded during normal usage.
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It runs just fine, lil "laggy" when got chrome, navi, torque and mp3 turned on.. but works good.
The main thing is about no refreshing the widgets AFTER reboot.
I've somehow forced him to take the torque widgets.. but as usual it looks like "Torque not installed, download it from app store", while it is installed from the appstore :x and it does not call torque even if i have it on homescreen and choose it in autostart app.. Only way that it worked with autostarting any app was FCC car launcher's autostart option..

Transaero said:
It runs just fine, lil "laggy" when got chrome, navi, torque and mp3 turned on.. but works good.
The main thing is about no refreshing the widgets AFTER reboot.
I've somehow forced him to take the torque widgets.. but as usual it looks like "Torque not installed, download it from app store", while it is installed from the appstore :x and it does not call torque even if i have it on homescreen and choose it in autostart app.. Only way that it worked with autostarting any app was FCC car launcher's autostart option..
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Well, sounds like memory isolation safety feature on Android 6.
Any apps cannot call for any other apps in background.
In fact you shouldn't need the widgets, Torque should boot automatically.
What's the problem using car launcher's autostart?
Have a try with PVC Startup Builder or Start And Stay.

Well, sounds like memory isolation safety feature on Android 6. -> then how can i take it of?
In fact you shouldn't need the widgets, Torque should boot automatically. - but it doestn
What's the problem using car launcher's autostart? - the OEM launcher doesnt have any autostart, all it can do is the freakin poor music player to start playin after boot
Have a try with PVC Startup Builder or Start And Stay. -neither of app can start after boot
Some pictures then
Rooting seems to undoable..

8227L customisation - FM radio app + launcher

Hey guys,
I’ve just got an 8227L Android head unit for my car. Wanting to make a few changes but not sure how exactly to achieve this.
I’ve found a really nice iDrive looking launcher I want to use but can’t get it to show the built in FM radio app up in the app list which I think has been hacked into the ROM on the device somehow, nor the AV in app and a couple of other built in ones.
Anyone know if I can either install an alternative FM radio app for it and add this into the new launcher, or is there a way to add the built in FM app to a third party launcher - it’s quite a good app so would be fine keeping it.
I guess if none of that’s possible the other alternative would be to have a shortcut to the stock launcher from the third party launcher but can’t find a way to do that either.
Only other thing I want to do is get rid of the weird colourful flowery boot animation when it turns on - just plain white Android text or a black screen would be fine. Guessing I might need root for this? Very new to all this and those are the only changes I’m wanting to make really.
Thanks for reading!

Which launcher you are talking about?

dofun car launcher theme can't play my default music app !

my android head unit with dofun car launcher theme can't play my default music app or any music app, when i touch on music place in the left of display say "app not install"
please any one faced that, or what the name of the music app to download & install that compatible with that theme, note that Spotify app does not work either, the name of theme "cool purple" and more like that.
please any one can help....
thanks for all,

Unit is an odd ball.
What does seller suggest

marchnz said:
Unit is an odd ball.
how is this...what is oddball?
do you mean that it is not original?
What does seller suggest
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