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what do you have on your homescreen?

What kind of programs, widgets, applications, etc. Do you have on your home screen??
The g2 comes with 7 screens.. I only have my main home screen setup. Any suggestions on what to put on the other ones?
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get launcher pro plus, the epicness will amaze you. get widgets like: to do list; beautiful widgets; countdown widget; tesla flashlight widget, phone dialer widget, these are a few. launcher pro plus comes with its own facebook, message, phone contact widgets pretty similar to htc sense

I really like this buzzbox app for current news.
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bigstunta101 said:
get launcher pro plus, the epicness will amaze you. get widgets like: to do list; beautiful widgets; countdown widget; tesla flashlight widget, phone dialer widget, these are a few. launcher pro plus comes with its own facebook, message, phone contact widgets pretty similar to htc sense
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Cool thanks bro
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Being used to the G1 I'm having a hard time using up all the screens. I've delegated my home screen with with most used apps,left screen for entertainment, and the right screen for tweaking.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

3rd screen: Standard power widget, 5 settings shortcuts, droidlight, speedtest, and calculator.
Home: Search, Battery Left widget, Audio Manager widget, Gallery, Camera..
5th: my "Cloud" screen (amazon mp3, youtube, Market, and the like), a folder for Google maps and sky stuff, Astro file, and a simple notepad.
6th: Browser shortcuts, Dolphin, Xda, Music, and Persian Analog Clock widget.
Cluttered? yes

I don't really know what to put for all these screens. I came from a MT3G, but with cyanogen I could have like 9 screens but could edit it back down to 3. Now I'm stuck with 7...
So I made one dedicated to music, I like this page

how are you guys taking screenshots?
I have launch pro plus but I'm more like a minimalist.
I just have the black background (which matches the black tmobile gel case actually) with Beautiful Widgets. One of the other screens is just a basic Launcher Pro Calendar Widget, and the another is Friends (Facebook+Twitter).
I put my commonly used apps/games on the bottom (quick launch) which also has 3 pages.

For that one I used Shoot Me app from the market, but requires root.
You can also use USB Debug. ADB on pc too

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What app are you guys using to do a screenshot?
EDIT:
Nevermind i see the previous post mentioning ShootMe

nighthawk626
I like your layout.
What apps you have on there?
I love that you have your discharge date countdown on your home page.
But 1600 days!? You do a 6 yr term?

rockgod said:
nighthawk626
I like your layout.
What apps you have on there?
I love that you have your discharge date countdown on your home page.
But 1600 days!? You do a 6 yr term?
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The same ones that bigstunta101 mentioned, they are pretty neat. But yea I'm on the 6 year to-hell-and-back ride.
The apps are: countdown widget, system info widget, tesla light, taskiller, mobile signal widget and cache clearing app I think. But thnx
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ddgarcia05 said:
I really like this buzzbox app for current news.
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+1 great widget
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Here's my homescreen:

Ha, I figured out screen cap ! (PDAnet for the drivier install, Android SDK for capture)
But... How do you paste it full size?

Oh yeah!! I got it!

Shots!
A few of mines!

My browser setup!
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[Q] Where is the videorecorder app?

Hi,
Before I got the SGS2 I had a desire running htc's sense. Back then I had a camera app and a video recorder app, which was nice since I was able to create two icons on the desktop that would open the camera features in either photo or video mode directly.
There seems to be no such option in the touch wiz interface or is it just me who are blind?
One thing I noticed is however, when I use the widgetlocker lock screen I am able to create two shortcuts on the sliders, one for photo and one for video. This gives me exactly what I want, and the funny thing is, when I look in the task manager showing last used apps there is actually a video recorder application showing up.
So.. do any of you know if theres somekind of trick I can do to create such shortcut on the desktop for the video camera or maybe find the hidden application and create some kind of wrapper of some sort. It seems interesting that the developer of widgetlocker apparently is able to launch it directly...
/m

you use the camera app, you slide the setting from camera mode to camcorder one.
The switch is next to the shutter button.
see the red circled are of the photo.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Tinderbox (UK) said:
...you slide the setting from camera mode to camcorder one.
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Did you read the question? What I want is a direct launch, just like on the desire or with the widgetlocker lock screen. Also when done via the widgetlocker lock screen the last used apps list (hold home button) shows that the actual videocamera application is in fact present in the system.

Jeeez how ****en rude... Did you read the answer.. There is only the switch in the camera app....
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Anyway.. Found a solution on the market, don't know how I could miss that earlier.
Camcorder Shortcut
Cheers!

Please be polite people!
Enemies are not here!
OP, you can also just create a shortcut with any shortcut app if you have them installed. I use "dg QuickCut" for my shortcutting needs.
You will need to create a link to the Camcorder "Activity" , and it has the exact same icon you circled, and it brings you to same camera app Samsung customized, with that toggle switched to the Video mode.

There was a problem with above solution. Since it would launch the camera app in somekind of locked video only mode with the photo/video toggle dimmed. This was not the case when launching the camcorder from widgetlock lockscreen. Also it was still a little bit weird that the tasklist would show something that looked like a samsung stock icon but no app was to be found.
I looked a bit more around and found this info at another forum, and it works perfectly! Also when using this method the icon is the same as seen in the tasklist when using widgetlocker method and the photo/video toggle is not dimmed. Super!
Here is how to do it:
1. install launcher pro from market
2. longpress touchwiz home screen, not launcher pro home screen - add activity -> camera -> camcorder
3. uninstall launcher pro (if you don’t wan’t it) and the created shortcut will remain on your touchwiz home screen

kreoXDA said:
OP, you can also just create a shortcut with any shortcut app if you have them installed. I use "dg QuickCut" for my shortcutting needs.
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Even better, thanks a lot!!! Off to get QuickCut..

Tinderbox (UK) said:
you use the camera app, you slide the setting from camera mode to camcorder one...
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mega999 said:
...I looked a bit more around and found this info at another forum, and it works perfectly!...
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I just thanked both of you guys for doing the extra work of creating screen grabs and detailed steps. Peace!

mega999 said:
Hi,
Before I got the SGS2 I had a desire running htc's sense. Back then I had a camera app and a video recorder app, which was nice since I was able to create two icons on the desktop that would open the camera features in either photo or video mode directly.
There seems to be no such option in the touch wiz interface or is it just me who are blind?
One thing I noticed is however, when I use the widgetlocker lock screen I am able to create two shortcuts on the sliders, one for photo and one for video. This gives me exactly what I want, and the funny thing is, when I look in the task manager showing last used apps there is actually a video recorder application showing up.
So.. do any of you know if theres somekind of trick I can do to create such shortcut on the desktop for the video camera or maybe find the hidden application and create some kind of wrapper of some sort. It seems interesting that the developer of widgetlocker apparently is able to launch it directly...
/m
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i find fastcam app from Samsung app store only for video. but not for photo. if you find one for photo tell me. sorry for engl.

fualex said:
i find fastcam app from Samsung app store only for video. but not for photo. if you find one for photo tell me. sorry for engl.
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You can use Tasker for this.
create a new task, add an action -> media -> photo.
Set a filename, I like to use date and time (I think %DATE%TIME but double check the help to be sure). Check discrete if you want it to be silent. then save.
go back to home screen, add a widget, tasker, and choose the task you just made.

change brightness

is there anyway to change brightness without minimizing application or going to setting menu or use widgets. Tab 2 has this cool notification bar from where you can do lots of things like changing turning off/on gps,wi-fi,sync, change volume and brightness (manually) or set auto. And it does it without interruption.. very useful! On Nexus 7 it's a whole different thing.. i use power toggles from playstore and it has that option to put the toggles in the notification bar.. it works but not the way i would like it to.. Like for example i'm watching youtube and i want to bump up the brightness i pull down notification bar select brightness slider and youtube stops the video.. now after i adjusted the brightness i have to click on play icon sometimes the video resumes sometimes it reloads or rebuffers.
You get the point.. Thanks!

Try Widgetsoid.
It might work better for you than power toggles
Widgetsoid

Manatee Burger said:
Try Widgetsoid.
It might work better for you than power toggles
Widgetsoid
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no it does the same thing .. ohh well!
quad core should handle simple things like that.. i'll write to painless death see what they gonna tell

Maybe this?

nope the same thing.. i guess it's JB itself! No matter what i try it does the same thing stops(pauses) youtube. I wish youtube had those gesture controls like in MX player or BS player or basically any other third party video players!

Notification Toggle. You can have access to all the settings like WiFi, GPS, brightness, sound etc. all in the notification drawer.

veeman said:
Notification Toggle. You can have access to all the settings like WiFi, GPS, brightness, sound etc. all in the notification drawer.
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yeah i've tried it not exactly what i'm looking for.. I want application that would do it seamlessly without any interruption. Just like volume.. when press volume rocker the volume control pops out over playing video you can still use the rocker or you can slide the volume on screen while your video plays I want the same thing with the brightness ..

I just use Jkay's deluxe settings. It integrates the settings in the notifications panel
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

What you want is display brightness ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness&hl=en ). It makes swiping your notification bar adjust brightness. Go through the settings to get it like you want. Hope that helps.
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You need Power Toogles... search for it on the market.
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FromiOSToAndroid said:
I just use Jkay's deluxe settings. It integrates the settings in the notifications panel
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Looking for this in Play Store. Can you link?
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FromiOSToAndroid said:
I just use Jkay's deluxe settings. It integrates the settings in the notifications panel
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Yes thats what i want! Do i have to root or something in order to get it?

try Screen Filter ， absolutely awesome application.
love life love my N7

Never mind i found it too bad its not compatible with nexus 7! Ill try it with nexus phone because nexus also missing that feature

Hmmm... Not compatible with galaxy nexus

DKM119 said:
You need Power Toogles... search for it on the market.
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Yeah im already using it.. I even wrote to developer a few a hours ago. Haven't reply yet.

skyrocket727 said:
yeah i've tried it not exactly what i'm looking for.. I want application that would do it seamlessly without any interruption. Just like volume.. when press volume rocker the volume control pops out over playing video you can still use the rocker or you can slide the volume on screen while your video plays I want the same thing with the brightness ..
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You could try the SGT7 CM10 ROM. That has the toggles in the notification drawer. It might work for you.
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Biggzz said:
Looking for this in Play Store. Can you link?
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This actually is a feature inside deluxe settings.

Share your Shield Homescreen and Launcher Screenshots

Hey guys,
I am starting this thread so others can show off their tweaked Homescreens and Launchers.
To start this off attached are my screenshots.
(if you don't know how to take a screenshot on your Shield, here is brief info from nVidia site:
"You are able to take a snapshot of the current SHIELD screen display by simultaneously holding down the NVIDIA Button and Volume Button buttons until the image is shown briefly in the center of the screen. If you have audio turned on, you will hear an audible click.")
L.

This is my current Apex Launcher Pro setup. I haven't changed it since I first got this device, the layout suits me fine.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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BeerCZ said:
Hey guys,
I am starting this thread so others can show off their tweaked Homescreens and Launchers.
To start this off attached are my screenshots.
(if you don't know how to take a screenshot on your Shield, here is brief info from nVidia site:
"You are able to take a snapshot of the current SHIELD screen display by simultaneously holding down the NVIDIA Button and Volume Button buttons until the image is shown briefly in the center of the screen. If you have audio turned on, you will hear an audible click.")
L.
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Are you using the stock launcher ?, how do you get those icons on your lookscreen they look amazing

psycho1200 said:
Are you using the stock launcher ?, how do you get those icons on your lookscreen they look amazing
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Nope, that is Smart Launcher 2 with some customization.

Smart Launcher 2 used to be my favorite launcher on my old device. I was waiting to own a device powerful enough to handle Apex without any issues
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Very nice!
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I'm using TV Launcher for my shield.

I am using SquareLauncher here on my Shield.
Modified it with own tiles to look like an Xbox

Pretty basic....Apex launcher

I'm using Apex again
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leolawliet said:
This is my current Apex Launcher Pro setup. I haven't changed it since I first got this device, the layout suits me fine.
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What theme are you using? It looks really good.

I have the usual homescreen with boring calendar, GMail, and Nine Folders widgets. Purely utilitarian.
But what I am proud of is the music player screen.
Launcher: Nova (no icon pack)
Live Wallpaper: Audio Glow
Widget: Google Play Music (love the new Material design on this widget)
It is functional, beautiful, and the screensaver remains in sleep mode while music isn't playing. You get the particles floating in the background.
Highly recommend the live wallpaper for those who love to play music on their Tabs.

tried a few launchers with controller support, ended up with FAST

Here is my home screen.

Awesome screens guys, can't wait to start modding mine out myself. Kinda Off Topic: but has anyone seen pics/video of the inside of the Shield Console. i've been looking but can't find anywhere. a link would be greatly appreciated if anyone has come across anything.

killerskincanoe said:
Awesome screens guys, can't wait to start modding mine out myself. Kinda Off Topic: but has anyone seen pics/video of the inside of the Shield Console. i've been looking but can't find anywhere. a link would be greatly appreciated if anyone has come across anything.
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He has the 16gb model
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61050843&postcount=17

Does anything special need to be done to the shield to run a different launcher on it or did you all just sideload the launcher?

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jaredmorgs said:
I have the usual homescreen with boring calendar, GMail, and Nine Folders widgets. Purely utilitarian.
But what I am proud of is the music player screen.
Launcher: Nova (no icon pack)
Live Wallpaper: Audio Glow
Widget: Google Play Music (love the new Material design on this widget)
It is functional, beautiful, and the screensaver remains in sleep mode while music isn't playing. You get the particles floating in the background.
Highly recommend the live wallpaper for those who love to play music on their Tabs.
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Is this the homescreen for the Android TV? If so, how did you get Nova running? I haven't rooted mine, just tried sideloading some apps, but I haven't been able to get anything working except the stock Leanback Launcher. Please fill me in on how to change the interface. Thanks.

TVLauncher 6 colums, custom wall paper for fake android TV show bar and my Visio tv app bar. Love my set up

show off your in car nexus 7 2013 home screen.

I want to start a thread to see how everyone is setting up their in car home screens. looking at others home screens may help give ideas to other forum members whom are not satisfied with their current setup. Please give detail such as what launcher plus any widgets, apps, or tasks you may be using.

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Heres mine, Im using invisible widget to access the "Icons". Using an app which ides the nav bar, and also using nova prime!

BurningCanine said:
Heres mine, Im using invisible widget to access the "Icons". Using an app which ides the nav bar, and also using nova prime!
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I saw yours and I like how simple it is. Is there any way you can pm me your zw file for the home Screen.
I was also looking at digital car. It's a nice interface but this is Still in alpha, so some features do not function, the way I would like them to. .

butwhydoitalk2u said:
I saw yours and I like how simple it is. Is there any way you can pm me your zw file for the home Screen.
I was also looking at digital car. It's a nice interface but this is Still in alpha, so some features do not function, the way I would like them to. .
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I am working on a file that includes all of the apps and icons that people would generally use. I should start a thread seeing what apps people mostly use during the car installation. I like how simple it is, and it would be cool if i can find a way to scroll to a different setup with different apps.

BurningCanine said:
I am working on a file that includes all of the apps and icons that people would generally use. I should start a thread seeing what apps people mostly use during the car installation. I like how simple it is, and it would be cool if i can find a way to scroll to a different setup with different apps.
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It would be interesting to have certain "buttons" to show a popup, probably can do that via popup widget and zooper. it would be nice to able to press another buttkn and switch to a dedicated "homescreen, with apps for that particular function. For example, if I press map, it shows a window with waze and the other side a larger compass and a minutes til hom /work widget, or if I press music it takes me to a page that has my music app (musix) and on the side a visualizer of sorts Or a scrollable music library which will play a song if it is selected. And with the changing home screen the wallpaper changes along with it. It would even be cool to have something like aviate app from yahoo that changes with the time of day or even the weather. Just brainstorming.
I know there is a general thread on in car installs but it goes between 2 devices with different hardwares And different roms/options available But a dedicated thread of apps and widgets or an all around theme will probably be beneficial to all since most the time they are both interchangeable.

butwhydoitalk2u said:
It would be interesting to have certain "buttons" to show a popup, probably can do that via popup widget and zooper. it would be nice to able to press another buttkn and switch to a dedicated "homescreen, with apps for that particular function. For example, if I press map, it shows a window with waze and the other side a larger compass and a minutes til hom /work widget, or if I press music it takes me to a page that has my music app (musix) and on the side a visualizer of sorts Or a scrollable music library which will play a song if it is selected. And with the changing home screen the wallpaper changes along with it. It would even be cool to have something like aviate app from yahoo that changes with the time of day or even the weather. Just brainstorming.
I know there is a general thread on in car installs but it goes between 2 devices with different hardwares And different roms/options available But a dedicated thread of apps and widgets or an all around theme will probably be beneficial to all since most the time they are both interchangeable.
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I wish i was better at coding and app development because i think it would be cool to implement such a theme or app like this, users could choose color schemes crop their own logos, choose what apps to run. And it would create an overlay for them.

My tablet was out of service...I somehow fried the motherboard with a faulty OTG cable. Thought I'd update on how the home screen looks. Still have not installed it into the car.

butwhydoitalk2u said:
View attachment 3232529My tablet was out of service...I somehow fried the motherboard with a faulty OTG cable. Thought I'd update on how the home screen looks. Still have not installed it into the car.
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Can you tell me what that top left widget is? How did you make this home screen? What launcher is this?
Dave

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onepuff, what theme is that? I like it. cookie are those physical buttons at the bottom or screen buttons? I am starting to miss forward/back especially when I want to change a song and I don't have pandora in the forefront.
Dave

It's just a wallpaper with transparent Zooper widgets. Same guy that did the one in OP's post did the main design. I just played with it in photoshop. He had some icons for things. I just made text for everything to make it simpler for me to change.

heres my homescreen, made in photoshop, invisible buttons via desktop visulazer , and nova launcher
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4691/aDBv7s.jpg

moiloon said:
heres my homescreen, made in photoshop, invisible buttons via desktop visulazer , and nova launcher
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4691/aDBv7s.jpg
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I did the same! (buttons, photoshop, nova)

RR 7.1.2

G35 tablet install
G35x 2005 2013 nexus 7

Alfa Romeo GT
Qi charging and BT audio sound
Bonus my car
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Here is my updated Homescreen
https://youtu.be/d8KqejvybwY