Hi all,
Can anyone help/advise on going back to the version of gmail and street view (with the arrows rather than dropping the peg man) that exists on v2.1?
Is it possible?
I have (hopefully) settled now on a rooted stock 2.2.1 unbranded ROM so just for complete happiness I wanted to revert those two back to the 2.1 version of the apps if at all possible...
I find the peg man version of streetview hard to use and the newer Gmail has this annoying huge great menu bar and arrow at the top of the e-mails.
I did try cyanogen but although it looked really nice I couldn't really get the hang of using it. I might go back to it but am so used to the sense UI now I'd probably stick with that for the time being.
Actually I installed the latest gmail app and at least it gets rid of the massive bar at the top of e-mails as you scroll down.
I'm now just hoping to replace the version of streetview installed (1.6.0.6) with the latest version that had the arrows to click on direction. I can't get the drop pegman thing to work...
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I have a couple of questions about LauncherPro Plus that hopefully someone can shed some light on.
First, I noticed when i was using the latest Fresh Rom that when I used the LauncherPro Plus People Widget and clicked one of my contacts a list of options were displayed, including their facebook status. in addition their contact picture was excellent.
I flashed CM6 and reinstalled LauncherPro Plus and the People widget. Right off the back the pictures seemed somewhat blurry and digitized. Furthermore when I clicked the a contact their facebook status didn't appear anymore...only text, email, phone number etc.
So is there a fix or workaround to get the launcherPro widget to work like it do on a sense rom or is it limited?
Thanks
plmiller0905 said:
I have a couple of questions about LauncherPro Plus that hopefully someone can shed some light on.
First, I noticed when i was using the latest Fresh Rom that when I used the LauncherPro Plus People Widget and clicked one of my contacts a list of options were displayed, including their facebook status. in addition their contact picture was excellent.
I flashed CM6 and reinstalled LauncherPro Plus and the People widget. Right off the back the pictures seemed somewhat blurry and digitized. Furthermore when I clicked the a contact their facebook status didn't appear anymore...only text, email, phone number etc.
So is there a fix or workaround to get the launcherPro widget to work like it do on a sense rom or is it limited?
Thanks
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I could be mistaken, especially since I don't have much experience with Fresh, but it sounds ilke the facebook integration from sense vs the NON integration (segregation?) of facebook in CM.
vladthedog said:
I could be mistaken, especially since I don't have much experience with Fresh, but it sounds ilke the facebook integration from sense vs the NON integration (segregation?) of facebook in CM.
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Well ok..now this is strange! Right after I read your post, I was clicking my contacts on the People Widget and now the fb icon appears. Furthermore some is even showing their fb status.
In AOSP roms, facebook is not as integrated in where on sense based roms it is. It isnt that the widget is broken or not working correctly its just one of the diffrences between AOSP and Sense roms.
as far as the "blurry" pictures I ma not sure on that one but i have seen others report this may be able to search for a fix.
I tried out CM6 today, and there are some things I absolutely LOVE about it. It's VERY responsive, more so than any other ROM I've tried. I love the launcher and the transparency to the wallpaper when you're scrolling though your apps. And I love the 3d gallery.
There are some dealbreakers for me though.... I don't like:
1- The camera app, I much prefer the HTC once.
2- The contacts list, I loved he way the stock one synced w/facebook updates and user pictures.
3- The calendar, which again synced with dates from facebook (birthdays, events, etc).
Are there apks that I can download to replace the ones in cm6 with? Or will I have to use a Sense ROM to get those?
No. It won't happen. If you want Sense, go to Sense. Otherwise, just look for alternative apps on the Market.
short answer, no
long answer;
sense widgets only work with the sense launcher. download official facebook app to sync with cyanogenmod or syncmypix. for the calendar, use ebobirthday to grab facebook birth days then sync to gmail and in gmail under calendar on the left at the bottom click "other calendars" then add "browse interesting calendars", then more tab, then subscribe to "Contacts' birthdays and events" as for the camera, someone made progress getting it working on the n1 but have not seen anyone trying to get it working on evo. right now, it is still a bit ugly and some things do not work, but they will soon enough. when cyanogen and the rest of the team are done, you will be able to do way more with their camera than you every could with the stock on. infact you already can with a large assortment of codecs and fine tuning options. hope this helped
You could try LauncherPro Plus. It won't give you a camera app, but it has an ever-increasing assortment of Sense-like widgets.
@DomSim: Thanks for the long answer =] I though from reading another thread that CM6 didn't link the contacts w/facebook, but you're telling me otherwise, so I will give that a try (I'm flashing CM6 again as I post). Honestly, the larger font on the contact list still bothers me, I wish it were smaller =[ And thanks for the info on getting the calendar sync, I don't think I EVER would have figured that out, hahaha!
@Noxious Ninja: Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a whirl once I'm flashed back on CM6. =]
One more thing I missed: The stock Sense clock/w weather! I love that clock =[ But I actually like the clock from CM6's lock screen better. Is there a widget for that?
Beautiful Widgets
skyyhacylon said:
One more thing I missed: The stock Sense clock/w weather! I love that clock =[ But I actually like the clock from CM6's lock screen better. Is there a widget for that?
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I finally took the jump to cm7 final as the first installed rom on my phone, had been rooted for a while now. It loaded LauncherPro with no issues but most of my system app shortcuts don't work. How can I get access to the Dialer? I wanted to create a custom shortcut with LauncherPro and change my icon. Where may I find it? Same with contacts?
Ok I feel like a idiot because I found them under apps named as contacts and phone under applications. I was looking at the Activities, sorry.
No need to feel like an idiot each ROM is different and takes some getting used to. The fact you were able to figure it out on your own will make you feel that much more comfortable with your new ROM.
As above, I'm looking for a contacts widget that will work with 2.3.3. Does anyone know of any? I've tried a half dozen or so from the market but they either don't work, or don't work the way I want them to.
I'm just looking for a non-scrolling sense type one. I don't want to install any launchers or anything like that, I'm happy with the phone as it is in that respect, so I would rather have a static one.
The closest one to the mark was Contact Widget, it looked the part but was very buggy. It was meant to show 20 contacts at any one time but after I had selected the 20, it then only displayed 4 and pretty much froze. Not sure if that's a 2.3.3 issue or not.
Any recommendations?
If you want one that's non-scrolling, I would suggest not installing anything. Just add shortcuts to your contacts on the home screen. You can also put them into a folder if you so choose.
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If you want one that's non-scrolling, I would suggest not installing anything. Just add shortcuts to your contacts on the home screen. You can also put them into a folder if you so choose.
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Thanks for that, 2 years I've been running android and didn't know that lol.
I eventually found and sorted out elixir which does the job nicely.
Hey,
Anyone know if it is possible to get a contact shortcut to update its picture when facebook does? The contact picture, etc all updated... but the icon on my homescreen won't update even though the picture updated everywhere else? Running CM9 w/ Apex.
efaden said:
Hey,
Anyone know if it is possible to get a contact shortcut to update its picture when facebook does? The contact picture, etc all updated... but the icon on my homescreen won't update even though the picture updated everywhere else? Running CM9 w/ Apex.
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I've had varying degrees of success with different roms working or not with FB pic update. Currently I am having good luck on the Energy rom (which is awesome), but on the roms I was having issues with, I used syncmypix or something similar. though, I didn't care much for the fix, because it's just one more thing running in the background. If you are happy with your current rom, and have issues though - it's a good temp fix at least.
I am actually using HaxSync to get the pictures which is working fine. The problem is that the picture for the actual shortcut doesn't update. If I go into the contact the picture is correct.