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[Q] how would one go about making sense clock work for other launchers

on a sense rom like fresh how would one go about, through apk editing/hacking or otherwise, how would one go about making sense widgets appear in nonsense launchers. i was thinking that you could insert the necessary frameworks and whatnot into the clock widget apk and make it look for them inside the apk instead of the htc framework but i have no idea how you would do this or if it even would work
at least is there a way to copy the weather animations somehow?
edit- after some research apparently the stock android framework doest support animated widgets which is kinda sad.

Exactly...it wont work
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yea sadly there is not much hope of getting the animated weather portion of the widget onto other launchers. you can find alternatives to the clock look however with out the weather animations.

daktah said:
on a sense rom like fresh how would one go about, through apk editing/hacking or otherwise, how would one go about making sense widgets appear in nonsense launchers. i was thinking that you could insert the necessary frameworks and whatnot into the clock widget apk and make it look for them inside the apk instead of the htc framework but i have no idea how you would do this or if it even would work
at least is there a way to copy the weather animations somehow?
edit- after some research apparently the stock android framework doest support animated widgets which is kinda sad.
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Beautiful Widgets, Weather and Toggle Widget, and a few others are your only options. Beautiful Widgets is pretty cool. It's got a 4x1 version that basically has the same info -- I'd probably use it even if I did go back to the Sense launcher for some reason.

ya i use beautifulwidgets and i love the customizability but nothing beats those clouds and sunrays flashing of your home screen
too bad someone couldnt figure out how sense does animated widgets and make an openDorothy framework or something that other launchers could piggyback off of to support animated widgets
to those who dont get openDorothy: htc codenamed sense rosie, most noticeable in the actual apk which is called simply rosie.apk.
in the jetsons the maid was named rosie (pic) and was a robot.
in the old anime from the late '99/early '00 the big o there is an android named R. Dorothy Wayneright (pic) who is the main characters assistant. while not technically a maid, its close enough.
so to sum it up, htc sense is codenamed rosie which reminds me of rosie the robot who was a robotic maid which also made me think of r. dorothy who is sort of like a maid and is more advanced than rosie the robot, implying that if someone were able to make the piggyback framework it would be superior to htc sense. also "open"dorothy because it would be better off as opensource. simple right? lol

[Q] Moving programs/apps from one ROM to another

I'm a beginner, but I've been trying to read up the various posts/wikis around, so I think I have the basics down. I have root and started playing around with various Sense ROMs (because I was familiar with the default Inc ROM, whatever it's called, stock ROM or something?) but a friend has been raving about how he loves Cyanogen (albeit he has a DRIOD) so I tried it out, and liked it.
I really liked the combo weather/clock widget that is included with the HTC Sense UI though, and I was hoping I could somehow copy the .apk files over to the SD card, and then install them after flashing a non-Sense ROM. I've found a few that look promising, like weather.apk and com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk, but after copying them over, nothing would show up in the app or widget menus, so I think I'm either missing files, or it just won't work.
From the little I know, I'm guessing it's perhaps because there are some system files or calls or something specific to the Sense UI that the widget requires to run?
I saw in Titanium backup that certain apps appear to be tied to certain ROMs, for example TB won't let me install "cyanogen settings" on a non-cyanogen ROM.
Is there just a fundamental difference in the code or somewhere that will stop the weather widget from working? Or can I edit or copy enough files to get this to work? Are there replacements for the weather widget? I saw several posts about something called beautiful widgets, but I also heard that it's either no longer available, doesn't work well, or has other problems.
Less importantly, I also prefer the sense keyboard, calculator, and dialer to the cyanogen ones, can any of those be ported over? Or do they have the same problems?

You cannot use Sense widgets with launchers other than Sense. They are tightly integrated.
There's nothing wrong with BW. It's highly customizable and functional. It's definitely still in the market and definitely still being supported.

Cool, I'll go get that.
Any ideas about the calc/dialer/launcher? I don't think those count as widgets, but maybe they're integrated into Sense also.

They are integrated, with the exception of the HTC keyboard. Search for HTC_IME.
If you want your sense items, you will need to run a sense Rom =/
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DialerOne
DialerOne will allow for speed dialing in an AOSP ROM.
If you used that feature w/ the Sense-based ROMs, that app is a nice way to get speed dial back. Note that it will replace whatever stock dialer is on the ROM.
Also, the only other place I know of that gives the cool clock/weather for AOSP ROMs is BeautifulWidgets - a paid app from the market.
FWIW - the HTC Flashlight does work in AOSP ROMs.
hth

Fancy Widget Pro
You can skin Fancy Widget Pro to look like the Sense Flip Clock. This is the closest thing to it.

Thanks, I guess the short answer was basically that I just need to get replacements for everything, or learn to like the AOSP versions. Did get Beautiful Widgets though, looks good.

[Q] Stock Accuweather Widget

Hi,
I have seem to have over-written the stock accuweather widget that somes with the i9100. Is there anyway to get it back? I've had a look around for it online and can't seem to find it...
Any help would be appreciated...!
Cheers
Dan

how is it called? is it an apk? if yes i could extract it from mine and send it to you, because the same happened to me with the browser ;-)

Go to app manager and select the accuweather app, there will be an option there to "uninstall update". That will restore the original widget.
(I assume you overwrote it with the samsung apps update, that's what I did)
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i think this is what you looking for

Does anybody know if it is possible to use this widget with the ADW Launcher (EX)? It seems to work okay in 2x1 mode, but as soon as I try to resize it (4x1 would be my preference) the widget goes haywire - the background won't fit the new size.
Everything works with the TouchWhiz-Launcher, so I guess the way the widget was coded prevents it from being displayed correctly.

icon changing SENSE?

Hello guys,
I have a little question.
So im using a Sense 3.5 Hybrid rom and i hate the sense icons for some apps (Camera, Browser, Messages, People, ect) and some of them you can change using shortcut apps but some dont like the Messages app.
So i was wondering how can I change the icon possibly in the apk file so it stays permanantly not just with a shortcut (sort of what the SNS Gingerbread rom has http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131217)

You can use a Desktop Visualizer widget and the icon will stick. Since it's a widget, the system can't change it.
If you want to change the icon permanently, you can either use something like Metamorph or Ninjamorph or you can pull the apk and modify it, then push it back. I haven't ever tried theming Sense, so perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject can help you out.
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does anyone have s planner widget for 4.1.1

Deleted my s planner widget in the process of debloating my bell 4.1.1 rom. The application still works, the widget does not show up however. Does anyone have a copy of this widget they can upload. Ive been searching for a while and found a old version of it but that didnt seem to work so I am looking for the one that comes with the 4.1.1 release.
Thanks

just download one of the k3 based roms from development and copy them out of the zip file.

simplywinter said:
Deleted my s planner widget in the process of debloating my bell 4.1.1 rom. The application still works, the widget does not show up however. Does anyone have a copy of this widget they can upload. Ive been searching for a while and found a old version of it but that didnt seem to work so I am looking for the one that comes with the 4.1.1 release.
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Are you sure you deleted it then? The S Planner 4x4 calendar widget only works on TouchWiz launcher. If you use any other launcher (Nova, Go Launcher, ADW, etc.), then only the smaller 2x1 widget shows up. That's because some of the Samsung widgets make use of the TouchWiz framework, and other launchers can't do that.
I'm using ADW right now, but I really like the large S Planner widget. I considered going back to TouchWiz, but I'd lose some other features that I like (like scrolling wallpaper).

So that explains why I can't see some of then other widgets when using nova. For example, I think the weather widget isn't available.
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It is infact deleted. I checked the subdir its supposed to be in. I must have deleted it when I ran a debloater. I am on 4.1.1 with touchwiz only and I have root. My data plan isnt very big and im working of my phone right now so I thought someone may be able to pull it off their phone and upload it. Pm me if you are able to do this.