I tried asking in the development forum, but since I don't have any posts it wouldn't let me.......as I'm a newb. I rarely post on forums unless I have problems or can offer advice to help someone else, but I'm still new to all the root level modifications such as ROMS, themes, etc.
Anyways, I flashed Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo ROM, which I love btw, and all is working great, so far. I tried flashing the Themed LauncherPro for Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo and it flashed ok, and all seemed to work fine except one thing. When I scroll to the left or right there's only 1 screen on each side of the home screen whereas there's always 3 screens on the left and right side of the home screen using HTC Sense. I tried searching, but couldn't find anything on the matter.
Also, from what I could tell there was no way to go into any settings for the launcher pro after I flashed that theme. I had installed the original launcher pro app, but had to un-install it as per directions before flashing the "Themed LauncherPro for Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo" mod. I'd like to use this theme because it provides 5 rows on the bottom to leave more room up top on the home screen, but if it only allows me to use only 3 total screens versus the 7 total screens in HTC Sense then I'll do without it.
I hope I was able to describe this in detail enough for someone to understand what the heck I'm trying to say. I guess I'll find out.
You can set it to have as many screens as you like (up to 7).
menu > preferences > homescreen settings > number of screens
FYI, you posted in the right forum regardless of how many posts you have.
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You can set it to have as many screens as you like (up to 7).
menu > preferences > homescreen settings > number of screens
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When I flashed it the first time and hit Menu, nothing happened except the haptic feedback. I thought this was odd that I couldn't access any sort of settings menu. I suppose it was a bad flash or there were some conflicts going on because I failed to wipe data, system and cache after having flashed a couple ROM'S with Myn's being the last. Last night I did a proper "wipe" and re-flashed Myn's ROM and then re-flashed a few things afterwards like Vanilla Lockscreen, RLS5 browser fix, Transparent Title bar, etc...
I'll try to re-flash and see what happens.
All worked when I reflashed!
The moral of my story is to do a proper "wipe" before reflashing ROM's, so things don't conflict. I'm still learning as all of this is still fairly new to me. I rooted for the first time about 3 weeks ago.
does the launcher pro theme or whatever it is let u use all your sense widgets my gf has mys to but she wants the icons below instead of the stock rosie
samsunghater said:
does the launcher pro theme or whatever it is let u use all your sense widgets my gf has mys to but she wants the icons below instead of the stock rosie
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Nope. The paid version of Launcher Pro has Sense like widgets and with the paid fancy widgets app you can duplicate the clock, but the LP Plus widgets aren't quite the same and there aren't replacements for all the widgets.
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I would really like one or two more sliding panels. is there a way to add another panel?
Also are themes just background/icon packages or do they change more?
Excellent question, i myself would like a couple extra slides. Although, i believe there is already a thread created for that.
From the aHome themes I've downloaded, its the icons, background and skin of the bottom tab when you slide up that are changed.
The only way I know of adding more panels is to download either Fresh Fase or Panda.
Try the following thread it will give you options to have 2-10 slide panels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538871
Ive been thinking about the same thing. But that thread says the app is unstable.
MurderDeathKill said:
Ive been thinking about the same thing. But that thread says the app is unstable.
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i think the advanced launcher works ok. used it before, no issue then..
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i think the advanced launcher works ok. used it before, no issue then..
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I currently use it on a stock, unrooted MT3G. No problems.
You need to load an alternative launcher. The stock one only supports 3 home screens.
Advanced Launcher is now stable though it is a bit slower than the stock one if you make heavy use of submenus. It scrolls the screens as quickly as the stock launcher... it is just the submenus that are slower. I have 62 apps in 5 submenus.
I use it with 6 screens and have no issues.
if you use cyanogenmod's rom you can apply this updated advancedlauncher.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=577651
It worked great for me, although now I use my own modified launcher with less tweaks to make it slightly faster. And installing aHome, PandaHome or OpenHome will make your OS slower.
Home problems are solved
Search the market for Home++. I've tried them all and this works the best. You get up to 7 screens. Have the option of allowing the wallpaper to scroll with the screens or sit still, choose which screen is the home screen, use the apps clock and calendar or the stock one, power strip at bottom with quick launchers, and theres almost no lag.
Best i've used yet. Can't hurt to try it.
I'm debating going to launcher pro but was wondering a little something.
If I just change my default launcher to launcher pro, is sense then disabled or do I have to remove all the sense widgets from my current sense setup first??
I'd like to leave my setup as is and change over to launcher pro, in case i decide to go back to sense.
Thanks all!!
I haven't used Launcher Pro, but have gotten quite familiar with ADW.Launcher. In my experience, you don't have to do anything to Sense when you start using an alternate launcher. If you clear the defaults for your alternate launcher, you can pop right back into Sense and still have everything just the way you left it.
well i was wondering if i set LP as default, can i delete htc sense from phone? like the dock
You don't have to do anything with Sense. You can switch back and forth between the two (download Home Switcher in the market to easily switch back and forth). The only thing is Sense widgets only work with Sense (you can't add the Friendstream widget to one of your screens when using Launcherpro). The dock you see with Sense is different than the dock in Launcherpro.
Yeah, used to go from one to the other when I first started dealing with the different launchers. Can still have your regular "Sense" setup and switch between your "ADW" launcher (or even LPro for that matter). Pretty handy and quick. Just hit the home button when not checked as default. If you need that home button to display all screens at once, there are swipe functions for that.
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well i was wondering if i set LP as default, can i delete htc sense from phone? like the dock
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If you are rooted you can delete /system/app/rosie.apk, but it wouldn't really provide any benefit. It doesn't start automatically and take up ram or anything.
Defaults wiped
I have tried this on a couple roms so far, same problem.
I have Fresh Evo running currently, with Launcher Pro as my choice for daily use.
Before it was Baked Snack.
Every time I reboot, or change battery, etc, I have to go through the default choice again. It won't save. I've checked through applications and once they're set all looks fine. I do know how to set them that way as well.
But once the phone has been cycled, I have to give the choice again at start and when exiting gmail or the first app I exit.
Anyone else know of this? Fix? Ideas?
I don't think it's a rom issue, which would be a lot easier to get an answer for.
Thanks.
I've been using ADW since I started playing with CM several weeks ago. I really like it and have no plan to switch to anything else. That said, I am confused about different versions. I know CM ships with one version, but because of the magic of froyo (I think, anyway), a version that I downloaded from the market many moons ago keeps automatically reappearing every time I flash a new nightly. And until I select one as the default, they both appear as an option when I press the home button. Eventually, I get it reconfigured back the way I like it, but it's kinda time consuming and a bit frustrating.
One of the versions has an "Edit" button when you press the menu key while on the home screen. This pops up a nice little aerial view of your home screens and you can add, delete and otherwise manipulates those settings. However, it's not always there and sometimes takes a little fiddling to make it show up. So far, it seems to show up by accident or of its own volition. I've also played with the options to back up and restore ADW settings, but it never seems to remember my ****. Default screens, number of screens, shortcuts, etc.....sometimes they are there and sometimes not.
If anyone can make any sense of the versions or point to some place with some info, I'd love your thoughts. FWIW, I did actually try to search, but ADW is so common, the results were like finding a needle in a haystack.
Thanks!
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I've been using ADW since I started playing with CM several weeks ago. I really like it and have no plan to switch to anything else. That said, I am confused about different versions. I know CM ships with one version, but because of the magic of froyo (I think, anyway), a version that I downloaded from the market many moons ago keeps automatically reappearing every time I flash a new nightly. And until I select one as the default, they both appear as an option when I press the home button. Eventually, I get it reconfigured back the way I like it, but it's kinda time consuming and a bit frustrating.
One of the versions has an "Edit" button when you press the menu key while on the home screen. This pops up a nice little aerial view of your home screens and you can add, delete and otherwise manipulates those settings. However, it's not always there and sometimes takes a little fiddling to make it show up. So far, it seems to show up by accident or of its own volition. I've also played with the options to back up and restore ADW settings, but it never seems to remember my ****. Default screens, number of screens, shortcuts, etc.....sometimes they are there and sometimes not.
If anyone can make any sense of the versions or point to some place with some info, I'd love your thoughts. FWIW, I did actually try to search, but ADW is so common, the results were like finding a needle in a haystack.
Thanks!
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CM6 uses a decently customized version of ADW since it is open source (LauncherPro is a superior launcher but CM6 is all about open source....)
Just delete your market version of ADW.
So Cyanogen's version is the one with the "Edit" button on the home screen menu? I suppose I could just delete one and see what happens, eh? Worst thing that could happen is I need to reinstall it, right?
Yeah CM6 has that edit button.
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CM6 uses a decently customized version of ADW since it is open source (LauncherPro is a superior launcher but CM6 is all about open source....)
Just delete your market version of ADW.
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Lol to each his own. I have used ADW for a long time now, and I used LP for several weaks. I stoped using LP right around the time that he was starting to have a paid version. I didnt stop using it for that reason. I personaly like ADW. If you ask me ADW is the superior launcher. The only think LP has over ADW is a customizable dock, I loved that option. Other then that LP falls behind on some key features like swype gestures, the galaxy s app drawer and settings to adjust the speed of the app drawer opening and closing as well as settings to adjust the bounce between page changes on the home screen as well as settings to adjust the speed between pages. Furthermore, ADW also allows you to customize the size of the widget you are placing on the homescreen. ADW also allows you to customize icons with a custom icon image (think better cut here) it has a hidden dock bar that allows for tones of apps to be placed below it. Yes LP has a similar option but you can only place a max of 15 icons there the 5 you normaly use and 10 more no biggy though 10 should be enough actually 7 is for me. Oh and you can adjust the coloms and rows to allow for more or less apps on the screen and in the app drawer. Just saying man lol.
Its still comes down to the user and what he likes. I just like to keep the sides equal. Also I know LP has the notification counter icons but after not using them for so long I actually prefer it without. Wow I just said that.. that was a big issue for me when first changing from LP to ADW. LP is also more sense then ADW considering the creator is making some great sense like widgets. Great work from both developers I just prefer ADW, the options appeal to me.
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I've been using ADW since I started playing with CM several weeks ago. I really like it and have no plan to switch to anything else. That said, I am confused about different versions. I know CM ships with one version, but because of the magic of froyo (I think, anyway), a version that I downloaded from the market many moons ago keeps automatically reappearing every time I flash a new nightly. And until I select one as the default, they both appear as an option when I press the home button. Eventually, I get it reconfigured back the way I like it, but it's kinda time consuming and a bit frustrating.
One of the versions has an "Edit" button when you press the menu key while on the home screen. This pops up a nice little aerial view of your home screens and you can add, delete and otherwise manipulates those settings. However, it's not always there and sometimes takes a little fiddling to make it show up. So far, it seems to show up by accident or of its own volition. I've also played with the options to back up and restore ADW settings, but it never seems to remember my ****. Default screens, number of screens, shortcuts, etc.....sometimes they are there and sometimes not.
If anyone can make any sense of the versions or point to some place with some info, I'd love your thoughts. FWIW, I did actually try to search, but ADW is so common, the results were like finding a needle in a haystack.
Thanks!
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If you have two ADW launchers then most likly google is restoring your apps when you flash a new rom. My suggestion is turning that off and restoring the apps manually. Manually implies finding them and restoring them from the market if possible. Titanium backup is great but you should be restoring an app you saved from a diffrent rom on to a new rom and so forth. I am not sure why you have to ADW launchers this is just my theory.
Have you tried removing ADW from your market downloads or uncheck automatic update? I don't use CM6 so I'm not sure if the apk info for the edited ADW version isn't being recognized by the market. But on the thing about the "edit" button, I don't think that's a custom CM6 option because I have it on my market-installed ADW.
For some reason I thought it was 2.2 that implemented the automatic backup of apps, but it makes sense that it's google doing it behind the scenes. I removed the market version of ADW with no problem and hopefully it won't come back next time I flash a new nightly CM.
Thanks to everyone for your help.
Yeah remove the the ADW that is located in your market downloads. Also the menu edit was impliment with version 1.1.2-.4 and is not just a CM6 option.
It is 2.2 that back ups apps I am not sure how that works though.
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Yeah remove the the ADW that is located in your market downloads. Also the menu edit was impliment with version 1.1.2-.4 and is not just a CM6 option.
It is 2.2 that back ups apps I am not sure how that works though.
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Yeah noticed that, was crazy because I coulda sworn it wasn't there before in cm before the final.
Good to know. =)
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I ran a few searches and while there are some topics on other sub-forums just thought I'd ask here. Is there a general aversion to using this app?
I've used it on all the ROM's I've flashed and have found that it is more efficient than a stock launcher. It most often runs smoother as well especially the app drawer.
I know there are many who use it here, but overall rosie's get the win on XDA hance all the rosie/Sense mods.
Is it because it is not an open source launcher? Is it the aesthetics? Is there such a thing as "Android Purists"?
What say you!
I love it but won't use it because i love my sense widgets too much and it acts funny.with widget locker
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Been using it since almost Day 1. I change backgrounds and clocks fairly often. Wouldn't use anything else.
You lose all the sense widgets. And in the new sense roms which have been ported to the inc, there are great new ones - so on the new sense roms I can't afford to use launcher unless they have equivalent widgets.
I use launcher pro on cm6.1 which is an aosp rom. There it is the better option because I don't have any possibility of getting the sense widgets anyways...
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Thanks for the replies so far! I use one widget (smooth calender) and forgot about all the sense widgets folks like to use.
I use launcher pro as well. I think its a great home replacement. Gives great options in settings to change almost everything. I currently just have it set to give me 3 home screens and that is it. I don't need any more than that currently.
I replaced the Sense widgets with beautiful widgets and extended controls. I also love launcher pro's ability to make custom shortcuts that can take you directly a page in the setting menus that may be 2 to 3 pages in. Saves a lot of time as I currently have one set directly to the development page. Have to turn that thing on to use PDAnet.(The 3g hotspot just doesn't work for me very well as it drops my laptop every 10 minutes and then it cannot join it again till I restart the hotspot on the phone.)
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I never really liked senses giant phone button at the bottom of the screen all the time. With launcher Pro I can make the dock look like stock android. Once I made the switch I never went back
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I use launcher pro as well. I think its a great home replacement. Gives great options in settings to change almost everything. I currently just have it set to give me 3 home screens and that is it. I don't need any more than that currently.
I replaced the Sense widgets with beautiful widgets and extended controls. I also love launcher pro's ability to make custom shortcuts that can take you directly a page in the setting menus that may be 2 to 3 pages in. Saves a lot of time as I currently have one set directly to the development page. Have to turn that thing on to use PDAnet.(The 3g hotspot just doesn't work for me very well as it drops my laptop every 10 minutes and then it cannot join it again till I restart the hotspot on the phone.)
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I never really liked senses giant phone button at the bottom of the screen all the time. With launcher Pro I can make the dock look like stock android. Once I made the switch I never went back
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Launcher Pro is great, and Launcher Pro Plus is worth every bit of $2.99. It's one of the only apps I've paid for and it has all of the sense widgets; including multiple bookmark and calendar widgets for example. In addition, having the ability to resize any widget to your liking I find makes it that much more attractive. Like you also said the shortcut option basically eliminates the need for apps like Bettercut. And of course the obvious options to change docks and icons make it a fun alternative for people.
Good stuff I've always like LP as well and got the + version as soon as it went live. A lot of proponents so far!
I think i remember seeing something that the dev of Launcher Pro asked that it not be cooked into custom roms
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I think i remember seeing something that the dev of Launcher Pro asked that it not be cooked into custom roms
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If the stock launcher isn't used, they cook ADW or launcher 2 into ROMs. But you always have the option of installing LP and even removing the launcher you had previously
OK so I have been trying a lot of ROMs and have finally found one that I really like and is more stable than the Stock ROM the phone came with. It's Calkulin's EViO 2 v1.8 for my EVO 4G. I download it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745205
Everything works and is rock stable except for one annoying little bug. In any home screen, flicking up makes the notification bar disappear. To bring it back I have to go to ADW Settings > Screen Preferences & then check the "Hide Status Bar" followed by unchecking the "Hide Status Bar".
As, I write this... I just realized that this probably an ADW bug rather than the ROM itself. I'm still new to the forums so I couldn't post in Calkulin's thread. I'm hoping he will see this and provide a fix. While I wait, I am also going to backup the existing ADW using Titanium Backup and try a new version and see if it helps. I will post again if it fixes the issue.
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OK so I have been trying a lot of ROMs and have finally found one that I really like and is more stable than the Stock ROM the phone came with. It's Calkulin's EViO 2 v1.8 for my EVO 4G. I download it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745205
Everything works and is rock stable except for one annoying little bug. In any home screen, flicking up makes the notification bar disappear. To bring it back I have to go to ADW Settings > Screen Preferences & then check the "Hide Status Bar" followed by unchecking the "Hide Status Bar".
As, I write this... I just realized that this probably an ADW bug rather than the ROM itself. I'm still new to the forums so I couldn't post in Calkulin's thread. I'm hoping he will see this and provide a fix. While I wait, I am also going to backup the existing ADW using Titanium Backup and try a new version and see if it helps. I will post again if it fixes the issue.
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Why couldn't you post in Calkulin's thread, if you don't mind me asking?
NVM....I copied your post and placed it in Calkulin's thread.
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hermanlf said:
OK so I have been trying a lot of ROMs and have finally found one that I really like and is more stable than the Stock ROM the phone came with. It's Calkulin's EViO 2 v1.8 for my EVO 4G. I download it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745205
Everything works and is rock stable except for one annoying little bug. In any home screen, flicking up makes the notification bar disappear. To bring it back I have to go to ADW Settings > Screen Preferences & then check the "Hide Status Bar" followed by unchecking the "Hide Status Bar".
As, I write this... I just realized that this probably an ADW bug rather than the ROM itself. I'm still new to the forums so I couldn't post in Calkulin's thread. I'm hoping he will see this and provide a fix. While I wait, I am also going to backup the existing ADW using Titanium Backup and try a new version and see if it helps. I will post again if it fixes the issue.
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I'm pretty sure that's a feature of ADW. Last time I used it, you could set up certain gestures, one of which was hiding the notification bar via swiping in a specified direction. Make sure you don't have any gestures set up in the ADW settings.
It is definitely an ADW thing, but I could never get it to go away, even when turning off all swipe gestures. I like LPP better anyway, so I never really bothered to get into it. Interested in how to fix it though.
Figured it out. If you swipe up, the bar hides itself. If you swipe up again, the bar is visible again.
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