Best way to remove app labels in Sense? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Title says it all. Just got into myn's TwoPointTwo and the Sense he's themed along with Manup have made me go back to Sense. I know other home replacements allow ways to remove labels, but I was looking for an app/theme to fix the labels.
I've tried BetterCut, but it seems to still have a mini-label if I use a space as the title for the icon. (Won't let you have a blank label for an icon.)
Any help is welcome!

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Has no one seen a way to do this?
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Desktop Visualizer should do this, its free in the marketplace.

Thanks for the suggestion, but this still leaves app labels in sense, albeit smaller ones. Anyone else have a suggestion?
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Until someone figures out how to edit Sense to hide the icons I think FolderOrganizer is the best bet. I've used BetterCut but found it to be painfully slow. And, I do not think it will hide the labels anyway, only change icons)
The other thing I have grown to love about Folder Organizer is that it shrinks the icons a little bit which I prefer. When using Launcher Pro I could hide the labels at the icon's regular size but after going back and forth between Cyanogen and Sense ROMs I have come to prefer the look of smaller ones.
Here are some screenshots of my homescreen. I am currently running Matted Blues Sense ROM with custom icons:
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Only suggestion I have is try multicon...if u do a 1x1 widget and set it to one app, it'll remove the label...however, it will enlarge the icon...a lot. If u set it to 1x2 and do 3 icons, it looks pretty good, so long as the icons are high quality.
Aside from that, I haven't seen any widget type apps that will allow removal of text...
Let us know if u do find anything.
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I’ve been looking for something to remove labels from the icons on the home screen since I first got my HTC Incredible 9 months ago and finally found the solution this week. I use Multicon to put 2 apps in a 1x1 square at opposite corners without labels for most apps which looks nice, but occasionally wanted an app to be easy to push on the fly so just wanted the one large app icon, but hate the labels underneath. There are two options for this.
Option 1: You can use Multicon with a 1x1 widget and reduce it to 1 column 1 row. This will produce an icon with no label, but the icon will be larger than it would normally be which some people may not like. Depending on the resolution of the icon itself it may appear slightly blurry.
Option 2: Finally, I found an app that will let you have an icon almost exactly the same as adding the app to the homescreen normally, just without the label underneath. All you need is the free/lite version of Folder Organizer.
Here is the link: Not allowed - just search for Folder Organizer Lite
Longpress home screen. Add > Widget > Folder Organizer Item > Apps > Unclick “Show Text under Icon” at top > Scroll down and select your app > Done.
This results in a nice app icon in 1x1 space with no label underneath and no black spot where the label would be – very nice and clean looking!
FYI - this is using the HTC Sense UI

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[Q] Complete Honeycomb Experience

OK guys, I Just did about two hours of searching and I haven't found an answer.
I'm hoping to make my EVO look like honeycomb as much as possible.
What I'm aiming for is something like these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12151321#post12151321
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Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Anyone?
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I think you're best bet is to start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992402
That should get you the wallpaper and the analog clock.
The digital clock you can get with fancy widget pro (it's one of the skins, if you need help setting it up, let me know).
The icons seem like they would be very easy to build in photoshop if no one has built them already. If you are using ADW EX or Launcher Pro, you can create custom docks and icons and use them.
I also think you can get something similar to that battery percentage with battstatt pro.
It would take some work, but I think making your homescreen look very close to that is doable. If you need help with the icons, I might be able to do it for a donation, but it wouldn't be for a bit. I may be able to do it over the weekend, but I'm going to be out of town for business and not sure what my schedule is going to be like.
Edit: I saw the icons were available in that thread, that's good, hardest part if they didn't exist. I started reading that thread, seems like you should be able to do it with CM7, that theme, the icons he posted, Built in ADW or EX/LP, some of the widgets I mentioned and the Honeycomb boot animation.
He's right, and then search themes and apps [or google] for honeycomb icons, then you can use launcher pro, ect to change the icons to make them honeycomb icons.
jstalford said:
I think you're best bet is to start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992402
That should get you the wallpaper and the analog clock.
The digital clock you can get with fancy widget pro (it's one of the skins, if you need help setting it up, let me know).
The icons seem like they would be very easy to build in photoshop if no one has built them already. If you are using ADW EX or Launcher Pro, you can create custom docks and icons and use them.
I also think you can get something similar to that battery percentage with battstatt pro.
It would take some work, but I think making your homescreen look very close to that is doable. If you need help with the icons, I might be able to do it for a donation, but it wouldn't be for a bit. I may be able to do it over the weekend, but I'm going to be out of town for business and not sure what my schedule is going to be like.
Edit: I saw the icons were available in that thread, that's good, hardest part if they didn't exist. I started reading that thread, seems like you should be able to do it with CM7, that theme, the icons he posted, Built in ADW or EX/LP, some of the widgets I mentioned and the Honeycomb boot animation.
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I don't see the icons in that thread
From the post above the one you linked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12151203&postcount=24
Hmmm, those are diff icons than the ones you posted, but I think they are the actual HC icons. The ones in the screenshot would be much easier to make.
Well, The only thing I got sorta right was the dock... But I'd like to find that small HC Digital Clock
Fancy widget pro. You have to get the pay version to be able to change skins. Download Honeycomb skin.
Fancy widgets gives you a bunch of diff widget options. Just choose clock widget and under appearance settings, hide the background and hide date.

[MOD][FIX] {Battlinesvc} Thin battery indicator on status bar (w/Minimalistic Text)

This is an idea borrowed from BattLineSvc app which I used to install on my old WM phone. I've searched the andriod market for similar app but there isn't one for the un rooted phone. So for the sake of un-root users (and myself) here's an alternative.
Mimic version - battlinesvc on GoLauncher EX w/ Minimalistic Text
I've done some mod on the ttf file so that all numerical digits are replaced by emdash. The original letter fonts and symbols are kept intact. The method for customising fonts can be found HERE with the credit goes to the authors and contributors. You can refer to the link if you wish to mod your own font types other than the one included below.
Link for download click here or here
Save ttf file into GOLauncherEx > fonts folder
Steps:
I assume that by this stage you already knew how to work around with the relevant apps.
1. Create Minimalistic text with 6x1 Hor setting (important for the batt bar to stretch across the screen in one single line)
2. Create Custom layout, dump the clock settings, and add in Battery level bars 0% - 100%
2a. Add new row, add in texts or clock(only text format). You may change individual item's font size and text style, but not colour. [Hopefully Minimerlistic team would add in colour option in the future]
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3. Go to Text style and change all three to size 14, 15, 15 respectively
Colour: Normal(white), Accented and other(green)
Font family: change all to the new mod font; untick bold / italic
4. Change Orientation of Vertical block to Top
5. OK to save and exit to desktop.
6. Now on your desktop, shift the new battery bar to the top most of your screen, drag arrows to resize it for maximize horizontal and minimize vertical(to the max), tap onto the top resizing arrow and drag all the way up beyond the status bar.
From the screen above my status bar and dock bar were hidden. There are settings in GoLauncher Ex for this function.
Battery line will follow under status bar when it hide or unhide. This mod can only be shown on a single page. I have not tested with other possibilities.
Cheers.
Wow, this is great. I used to run that same app on my HTC Touch and missed it dearly! Any chance of re-upping the custom font used? Links appear to be broken. Thx
Great! I'm yet to test this but I thought I'd add my early support as I loved this on my HD2 WM. Thanks!
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I need some help; the mod font doesn't show up even after I've pasted it into the GoLauncher fonts folder via Astro File Manager.
can i have a copy of the line font? thanks.. u cant send it via PM.. =]
Does this not do the same thing?
https://market.android.com/details?...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wdnkuYmF0dGVyeWJhciJd
thanks! looks nice on my phone

[Q/Opinion] Launcher 7

Im not sure if this should be in Q&A or Themes &Apps..
Ive been trying to use launcher 7, I really like it actually.
The problem is it seems very buggy and laggy on my phone. I don't use that many tiles and about four widgets. Usually after a few minutes the widgets move all over the screen and out of the tiles.
I haven't seen any complaints in the comments in the market, only praises on how well and stable it is. I've used it both on a TW and cm7 ROM, locked home in memory trying to get it to function correctly.
Has anybody else have the same experience or is it just me and my phone? Am I doing something wrong or is this launcher still a WIP?
Have you ever considered using an app called Desktop Visualizer to create your own Windows 7 launcher? I mean it's not exactly the same but it does allow you to use your own images:
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Thanks Im definitely going to check that out.
One word of caution though. When I attempted doing this several years ago, the only launcher that would allow you to place the icons so that they touch each other without leaving a gap was LauncherPro. Every other launcher I tried to use left a gap & didn't make it look so seamless.
You should also be able to find pre-made icon packs & tuts here on XDA.
Here's one to get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783946
Update: Man what a pain. Using the included icon pack, I'm having trouble getting them to align correctly. Not only that in order to resize the home screen icons using Launcher Pro, you need Launcher Pro Plus which is a paid app. So I tried using ADW Launcher...still can't get them to align correctly.
I guess the icon packs were created for a specific sized screen (hence the problem with alignment). I'll continue to give it a go to see if I can get it to work.
Okay got it finally.
First you need to set your launcher to 5 rows & 4 columns.
Then when creating your icons (.png) from whatever image you find they need to be at the following resolutions/pixels:
1x1 = 110x122px
1x2 = 115x264px
2x1 = 230x124px
3x1 = 355x124px
4x1 = 475x124px
You may also be able to find icons packs/sets on the net but they have to be made specifically for screen resolutions of 800x480 in order to align correctly on our screens.
Hope that helps
EL TEJANO said:
Okay got it finally.
First you need to set your launcher to 5 rows & 4 columns.
Then when creating your icons (.png) from whatever image you find they need to be at the following resolutions/pixels:
1x1 = 110x122px
1x2 = 115x264px
2x1 = 230x124px
3x1 = 355x124px
4x1 = 475x124px
You may also be able to find icons packs/sets on the net but they have to be made specifically for screen resolutions of 800x480 in order to align correctly on our screens.
Hope that helps
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I don't use desktop visualizer but had to say thanks anyway. This is exactly the kind of helpful post that deserves thanks. Damn nice of you to share this info with us!

Quick math calculation

Considering our screens are 480x800 and I set my home screen to 4 columns by 5 rows, what size does that make each square? Actually let me reword that as the dock bar takes up a portion of the screens real estate (however I have no idea how much of the screen is dedicated to the dock bar).
What I'm attempting to do is create a photoshop wallpaper with various icons, images & words and then use that wallpaper on my phone. From there I'll overlay an invisible icon over each corresponding icon, image & word that will launch the specified app I set the invisible icon too. Does that make sense?
As an example: Lets assume that I set the image below of The Rock as my wallpaper & want his right eyeglass lens to launch the gallery app when pressed. Using Desktop Visualizer, I'll create an icon using the invisible icon I have, set it to launch the gallery app & once created on my home screen, drag it atop his right sunglass lens.
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You could use minimalistic text and bypass all the effort...
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cwbarrick1 said:
You could use minimalistic text and bypass all the effort...
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Not if I want to use images or actual photos
EL TEJANO said:
Considering our screens are 480x800 and I set my home screen to 4 columns by 5 rows, what size does that make each square? Actually let me reword that as the dock bar takes up a portion of the screens real estate (however I have no idea how much of the screen is dedicated to the dock bar).
What I'm attempting to do is create a photoshop wallpaper with various icons, images & words and then use that wallpaper on my phone. From there I'll overlay an invisible icon over each corresponding icon, image & word that will launch the specified app I set the invisible icon too. Does that make sense?
As an example: Lets assume that I set the image below of The Rock as my wallpaper & want his right eyeglass lens to launch the gallery app when pressed. Using Desktop Visualizer, I'll create an icon using the invisible icon I have, set it to launch the gallery app & once created on my home screen, drag it atop his right sunglass lens.
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Why don't you just screen shot your home screen and load that into Photoshop.. doesn't have to be about math. However, if you truly wanted to do a math problem then it would need to be known what launcher, what dock, size of dock icons, margins in between icons, margins below status bar, margins above dock, and margins left and right between screens which you'd likely find by decompiling the app and diving into the layout. #1 seems a bit more straight forward haha
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[Q]: Add Widgets to Sense Tray (Rosie)

Hi,
Puzzled with how and if one can add a widget to this bottom "tray" (is it called Rosie?)
So far, I understand that we have an opportunity to add an app or a shortcut to this tray. No widgets, however.
None of the widgets that I have installed would fit the empty space on the tray. Sense just doesn't allow me to draw a widget and leaves it on Home Screen.
I will explain why I need this opportunity.
There's a nice email proggy, Aquamail (please don't consider this post to be an ad whatsoever), whose widget (with the overlay showing the number of unread items) I would like to have in the tray and on the lock screen, as a result.
But the author says HTC doesn't offer any API for Sense, and it's just not possible to implement.
Please enlighten me about whether this is possible and whether you know any software that is able to place its widgets in this tray.
PS: Although the default "Mail" and "Messages" widgets placed in the tray (see the screenshot below) are actually no widgets but "apps", they still show unread items in the overlay, but it seems only HTC know how the heck to enable such apps to do this.
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Thanks!
PPS: You can add a shorctut too, but a shortcut seems to be impossible to show anything in an overlay (the overlay below is just part of TC's icon, so don't get confused)
You want to add widgets to dock? Try Apex Launcher. It allows users to add 1x1 widgets in the dock. Apex Pro also has the option whereby you can choose apps like phone and mail apps(either stock or any other similar app from play store),place their icons on screen or dock and get number of unattended(unread mails, missed calls) displayed in icon's top right corner.
But placing widgets in dock in apex launcher will not display them in lockscreen. If you really want that,try any of lockscreen replacement apps like widget locker. Widget locker allows you to customize lockscreen,place widgets,icons...try it yourself
Thanks, I am of course aware of the multitude of third-party apps, but the reason to start this thread was to find out whether we do have this opportunity with the stock launcher and locker or we don't.
Guys!
Any chance to have some info from those who know for sure whether it's possible or not?
I saw this tweet from HTC today and thought that maybe there was finally a chance?
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