I happen to be one of those rooters who still enjoys the Sense UI over an AOSP base.
However, I was wondering if there was a way to lower the amount of home screens I have. My daily is Myn's RLS4 and with Sense I find myself only really using 3-5 home screens and basically fill the other 2 with widgets just so they are not blank. I wouldn't mind them if I have to, but it's possible my phone would run a little quicker and save some battery if I were able to limit the amount of home screens and focus on using the apps for the info when I need it rather than have the widgets constantly running.
I'm not sure if there is a way to integrate a Miui or ADW/Launcher Pro method of controlling how many screens we have, but I think it's not far out of the ballpark.
I searched through the forums for about an hour looking for any info, but didn't find anything. Please post a link if this has been discussed already.
haha bump. i would like to know that aswell. there are times that i miss the clouds fly by lol.
teshxx said:
haha bump. i would like to know that aswell. there are times that i miss the clouds fly by lol.
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hahahahahahabumpha
Seriously though, when I first got the Evo, I was like yeah seven screens your other phones suck. Now I just want 3, maybe 5.
teshxx said:
haha bump. i would like to know that aswell. there are times that i miss the clouds fly by lol.
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For the clouds just install "widgetlocker" it has the option
Hey bud not sure if you noticed, but this is not the Q&A section. Questions are to be asked in Q&A.
....really you cant change that in the sense options somewhere? Just another reason Sense is lame, imo.
LauncherProPlus, FTW!!! I got one homescreen, and 15 icons in my dock, not to mention swype gestures, and running CM6 so i have lockscreen gestures as well...
My Evo > Sense UI
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Hey bud not sure if you noticed, but this is not the Q&A section. Questions are to be asked in Q&A.
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Hey buddy, this is a development question. It was more of a suggestion of an idea that I had not seen before more than a question about something that exists.
The community is about making better devices, apps, etc. for all and there's no need to waste your time posting a reply about being in the wrong section. If it is violating anything, the mods can move it.
Moved to Q&A as this is a [Q]. The Android Development threads are for software coding/releases.
Bump. Nothing on this yet?
Any info would be nice.
Thanks
bump
Would love some guidance on this, hoping the # of homescreens config is held in a file somewhere and someone with a rooted phone can edit it?
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Devs, just throwing a question out there, is it possible to change the grid size on the home screens for the Evo? The reason I ask is that my old HTC hero had a 4x4- based grid for icons, same as ours does now, but I don't really need the icons to be larger than they were on the hero, I'd much rather be able to have a 5x5 or 6x6 grid for the homescreens. It would be great to be able to stick 36 icons on a single page instead of the normal 16.
I figure, we have all that glorious screen real-estate, but if everything is just a scaled-up version of a smaller screen, then its not really being used to its full potential, is it?
Just my thoughts, I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement, but I'd like to know if its possible.
Totally possible and relatively easy. I'm running 5x5 workspace and a 5 column launcher right now on my Hero. I posted a tutorial in the Cdma Hero section. I'll post a link in a second. BTW, I thought it would be a perfect mod for the Evo because of the huge screen.
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I'd be willing to look into it too since I'm looking in to getting an Evo. Let me know.
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Im sure it is very possible. ADW.Launcher allows me to 6x6 8x8 etc. still a little buggy tho.
well, I'm a relative noob, not a developer or coder, and starting to get traction on making themes, so this one is probably outside my knowledge range to do.
Do you guys think that it would be ROM- specific like alot of the themes I see around here?
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well, I'm a relative noob, not a developer or coder, and starting to get traction on making themes, so this one is probably outside my knowledge range to do.
Do you guys think that it would be ROM- specific like alot of the themes I see around here?
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It is definitely ROM specific. What ROM are you using?
EDIT: Scratch that, see you're running Senseless. The MOD I posted is really for Sense ROM's. If you're not going to run Sense, you should just DL and install ADW, like KShawn said. It does it on the fly and allows you to select widget cell sizes.
Please post questions in the q&a forum. That's what its for
If possible, do it for Fresh 0.3 please Thanks a lot in advnace!
Sorry Toast, my bad. It seemed more of a theme issue to me than a general question.
Ok after browsing all these ROMS and basically starting to get a headache lol, can anyone recommend a rom thats stock froyo (or close to as I use the football app and the nascar app etc) that also allows me to tether wifi. Ive probably looked at over 7 roms maybe more and they all seem custom in some way shape or form which im not interested in. I did look at the stock rooted 2.2 but I dont think it suits my needs, unless theres something im missing about tethering
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Ok after browsing all these ROMS and basically starting to get a headache lol, can anyone recommend a rom thats stock froyo (or close to as I use the football app and the nascar app etc) that also allows me to tether wifi. Ive probably looked at over 7 roms maybe more and they all seem custom in some way shape or form which im not interested in. I did look at the stock rooted 2.2 but I dont think it suits my needs, unless theres something im missing about tethering
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Once you are rooted, the wireless tether application for root users will work on every rom. You can use any stock rom of your liking and then add the wireless tether app from the market and you will be all set.
Wow! Seriously?! Why in dev section?! I'm sorry to be rude but I'm getting tired of ppl always posting non-developing stuff on the DEVELOPMENT section. I almost never comment but I'm tired of this.
Please, next time post it on the Q&A section.
Thanks.
Edit: I'll be glad to help if mods move it to Q&A.
Stock froyo like sense 2.2 rooted? There's that option, if you mean like stock android froyo ala 2.2 there is CM6
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Wow! Seriously?! Why in dev section?! I'm sorry to be rude but I'm getting tied of ppl always posting non-developing stuff on the DEVELOPMENT section. I almost never comment but I'm tired of this.
Please, next time post it on the Q&A section.
Thanks.
Edit: I'll be glad to help if mods move it to Q&A.
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OP,
I understand your headaches since I am basically wanting the same thing. But after a little looking around, think that the ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743352 is what you are looking for. They use to have a thread on just ROMs, how they have been modified, etc.
Also krazyconejo, maybe this is a way for a developer to help out a user? I know that the developers love to have their ROMs used, or at least some input instead of jumping on a guy, maybe you should strongly suggest for future education. Sometimes it is better to coach a fellow member than hit him over the nose with a rolled up news paper (figuritively speaking) - without being disrespectful to you.
Krazy..ive spent the past few hours searching and reading this section of the forums, so excuse me for posting here and upsetting you lol. Since this is a question about ROMS specifically and this section has them all listed, I felt it would be better answered here, then in a general Q&A section. I tend to value the replies I get in a specific forum topic more then a general one
like I said before I usually don't say anything and just ignore it. But if I come to the developing section, I expect to see that and not waste my time with this.
As for OP sorry for being mean but if you would had posted this in the right place, I'm petty sure someone would had helped.
*Not gonna respond anymore. OP if you still help pm me and let's just let this thread die.
Thanks.
if you want the football and nascar app...just flash any rom and install those apks.
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... I use the football app and the nascar app etc...
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Sorry, I didn't get past this part. I'm still too busy reeling from the discovery that someone actually uses those two apps to recommend that you use DamageControl 3.5 or something based from it.
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Sorry, I didn't get past this part. I'm still too busy reeling from the discovery that someone actually uses those two apps to recommend that you use DamageControl 3.5 or something based from it.
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lol.....I concur.
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Krazy..ive spent the past few hours searching and reading this section of the forums, so excuse me for posting here and upsetting you lol. Since this is a question about ROMS specifically and this section has them all listed, I felt it would be better answered here, then in a general Q&A section. I tend to value the replies I get in a specific forum topic more then a general one
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This may be true however it is still the wrong place to post this. questions go in questions forum or in the thread of a specific rom/kernal if they pertain to it. since this is a general questions about roms and doesnt fit into a specific rom thread it belongs in the Q&A forum. Most of the people who will give you a true answer from dev also frequently go to the QA section. also yuo will get flamed less and not have to wade through as many posts telling you that you posted wrong.
To answer your question. You can use wifi tether with stock rooted froyo or almost any custom rom. you can still use football/nascar you can try Damage control 3.5 which will let you easily select what you want to have or not of the sprint apps and have the rest removed. you can also use roms like fresh Evio and baked snacks and install the .spk for those 2 apps.
Thread moved to Q&A.
Baked snack then install nascar and football apk. If you need them im sure they are floating around here somewhere if not pm me.
You could also try fresh. He puts all the apks he removes in a folder on your sdcard.
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lol thanks for all the info...Kinda new to the whole rooting thing and with all the roms flying around and the 100+ pages for each its alot to read over but I tried as much as I could
And yes I am a nascar fan and a football fan..And since Verizon has the good app lol..I use what I got!!!
You could also probably find those .apks by browsing for a folder of the Fresh Removed .apks folder that comes with the Fresh ROM, or just find some Fresh user to upload them for you.
SilverZero said:
You could also probably find those .apks by browsing for a folder of the Fresh Removed .apks folder that comes with the Fresh ROM, or just find some Fresh user to upload them for you.
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I just said that 2 posts up
OK, OK before anyone starts flaming me and saying read honestly it's too much to read I work and have a family and cant read 1,000 post threads to get my answer.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way let's start with what i'm looking for.
I want a rom that has mostly all the stock things like sprint nav, sprint zone, gtalk, sprint football, flashlight, fm radio etc...... Most of the stock goodies or at least an option to install what i want to install from the stock apps.
Also I want a functioning 4g, 3g and possibly a free hotspot app if not no big deal. I dont want a rom where major things (or mostly anything) is broken.
Now hears the hard part which would prob bring the flame, and please be gentle guys for example virus rom looks like it has some goodies, mikfroyo, and one i really like is myn's warm two point two.
With that said i need to have my phone work not halfway working but fully working web, calls, etc.......
Is it possible to have the best of both worlds with these roms fully functionality with the beautiful customization or is it impossible.
I want opinions or experiences or suggestions and please if your not gonna help my cause you dont have to post.
Thanks in advance to all who help in any way they can
I don't know what your idea of halfway working is, because pretty much all sense roms (besides Desire HD and Desire Z) here have everything working... Myn's is no exception. If you like the way his rom looks, use it. The only roms with outstanding issues (4g and hdmi) are aosp based roms (Cyanogenmod, MIUI, LiquidE). Hope this helps.
FYI, there is a Q&A (questions and answers) section, where this post would belong
semi new
I'm semi new to the android seen but I have used all of the following:
Myn's TwoPointTow
MIUI
Synergy
Virus AirBourne
CM6
Ava-FroyoV9
Frost
Fresh
Out of all of them my personal favorite is Ava-FroyoV9. It does everything I want with no problems what so ever and has a nice look to it also.
Again, just my opinion.
Using virus anthrax and its my favorite so far . Miui looked cool but buggy. And know 4 g. Avav9 was also great myn as well.Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
You don't have to read a 1000 pages to get this info..
the Dev's have all the info your looking for in the first post of their rom threads.
They say wether or not something works or not.. and if it has the stock apps your looking for.. and MOST of them give you the .APKs to install the stock apps after if you want them on you SD card after install..
Simple as that..
Simple rules of thumb:
if its a Sense based rom, everything works.. (Desire based sense roms excluded)
if its a ASOP based rom, no HDMI or 4G yet.
and Almost all of them have the wifi-tether program install by default for hotspot. If not its EASILY installable..
and to avoid flaming wear a fire proof suit. (q&a section, there are no stupid questions there)
Azrael best Rom if u ask me
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thanks for all you guys response and i will use the q&a section for things like this for now on and Mods if you wanna move to proper section go ahead.
I personally like xxbabiboixx and virus anthrax ROM.. just a matter of style.
funny thing is i work and have kids wife and still im able to post in the correct section and search
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OK, OK before anyone starts flaming me and saying read honestly it's too much to read I work and have a family and cant read 1,000 post threads to get my answer.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way let's start with what i'm looking for.
I want a rom that has mostly all the stock things like sprint nav, sprint zone, gtalk, sprint football, flashlight, fm radio etc...... Most of the stock goodies or at least an option to install what i want to install from the stock apps.
Also I want a functioning 4g, 3g and possibly a free hotspot app if not no big deal. I dont want a rom where major things (or mostly anything) is broken.
Now hears the hard part which would prob bring the flame, and please be gentle guys for example virus rom looks like it has some goodies, mikfroyo, and one i really like is myn's warm two point two.
With that said i need to have my phone work not halfway working but fully working web, calls, etc.......
Is it possible to have the best of both worlds with these roms fully functionality with the beautiful customization or is it impossible.
I want opinions or experiences or suggestions and please if your not gonna help my cause you dont have to post.
Thanks in advance to all who help in any way they can
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If your looking for a basic stock sense with wi-fi tether and a few light mods this is a great ROM: "Sprint Lovers ROM"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
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funny thing is i work and have kids wife and still im able to post in the correct section and search
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hahaha. lol. this is hilarious. cause i have kids, wife and a job also and just like CheesyNutz i was able to find all the information i needed by putting the time in to search for what i needed to find. it also didnt take reading 1000's of post's. but that is beyod the point...... oh wait no it is the point. he knew that he was going to get flamed for not wanting to search the forum for the info he needed. instead he just went ahead and started yet another thread asking the same question asked in other threads. maybe that is why you have to read 1000's of post's.
Okay with that being said...... I personally like AZRAEL rom and the stock sprint apk's are included in a folder that is added to the sdcard when you install the rom.
Ok Im sure its out there somewhere but Ill be damed if Im reading 728 pages of threads. How in the world are people getting SR 4.0 flashed? I keep getting a error on rom manager and I cant find the file in the normal thread. Am I missing something. HELP ME SOMEONE! I see a QR code but it says 3.5
Mod please remove post i am dumber then a iphone user.
HAHA epic!!
Ha tard
CM7 nightly
masully1984 said:
Ha tard
CM7 nightly
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Good one...
/sarcasm
Kipphh said:
Mod please remove post i am dumber then a iphone user.
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Awesomeness.
that's an Iphone user.....lol
Scenes won't save in 4.0
Hi all,
I'm a newb to all this...been with my droid inc for a bit now and only just decided to root it and try out some new ROMS. Chose Skyraider 4.0 as my first and am VERY happy with it, no issues except 1.
I can't post in the development thread as I'm a newb still and I have done a search and I can't seem to find the answer to this one issue:
I can't figure out how to save scenes in skyraider??? guessing it just doesn't work? did I get a bad flash? pending improvement?
thanks for any replies
Y
Lazy8 said:
Hi all,
I'm a newb to all this...been with my droid inc for a bit now and only just decided to root it and try out some new ROMS. Chose Skyraider 4.0 as my first and am VERY happy with it, no issues except 1.
I can't post in the development thread as I'm a newb still and I have done a search and I can't seem to find the answer to this one issue:
I can't figure out how to save scenes in skyraider??? guessing it just doesn't work? did I get a bad flash? pending improvement?
thanks for any replies
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I believe you need 10 other posts first. Welcome to xda, land of dinc
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Yes I do there's 2 now
any of you think you can help me out? i cant post in the developers thread either haha and i need a fix now. i stupidly tried ussing metamorph to change the icon on the new rosie dock thing. and now the htc launcher keeps FC on me and i really dont want to nandroid and have to re do everything. so is there any way i can get the rosie dock thing back to the original skyraider one it came with?
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any of you think you can help me out? i cant post in the developers thread either haha and i need a fix now. i stupidly tried ussing metamorph to change the icon on the new rosie dock thing. and now the htc launcher keeps FC on me and i really dont want to nandroid and have to re do everything. so is there any way i can get the rosie dock thing back to the original skyraider one it came with?
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adb push Rosie.apk syste/app
Hey all, this is one of my first post here, but I have been a user since the original Moto Droid. Before asking any questions I wanted to thank EVERYONE here who has helped me & the Mods for keeping this place so neat and clean!
Does anyone know of a way to get the pure android experience on this phone? (i.e. sms, dialer, icons, lock screen, etc) Like what comes on the new Galaxy Nexus!?
Please forgive me if this has been addressed already, I couldn't find anything with any solutions or definite answers.
Thanks!
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Hey all, this is one of my first post here, but I have been a user since the original Moto Droid. Before asking any questions I wanted to thank EVERYONE here who has helped me & the Mods for keeping this place so neat and clean!
Does anyone know of a way to get the pure android experience on this phone? (i.e. sms, dialer, icons, lock screen, etc) Like what comes on the new Galaxy Nexus!?
Please forgive me if this has been addressed already, I couldn't find anything with any solutions or definite answers.
Thanks!
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Your answer is
AOKP
CM9
Codename
Those are as stock they can get
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Yup, or Codename, they are based off Android Open Source Project but have a few tweaks and tons of settings to play with.
Thanks for the fast replies! Clicked the button for you both.
I was hoping for a way to just strip it like you could senseUI on the Evo.
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Thanks for the fast replies! Clicked the button for you both.
I was hoping for a way to just strip it like you could senseUI on the Evo.
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There used to be some bare roms, but now now with ICS going on, it seems gingerbread roms are going away.
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A couple themers are actually in the process right now of making a sense ui theme no sure when it will end up happening but you may wanna wait for that
xST4T1K said:
A couple themers are actually in the process right now of making a sense ui theme no sure when it will end up happening but you may wanna wait for that
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Awesome, I will wait a while and see what happens. I'm fairly please to be stuck with this theme if I'm forced to have one.
Running Caulkins v3 now for optimized battery.
Thanks everyone for your help and replies!
I found something that I am 100% happy with and thought I would share for others.
I used Caulkins Rom found here ~~> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837
And the ACS ICS theme found here ~~>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1322272&highlight=pure+android
And came up with a very fast, battery saving, pure(ish) android experience.